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IN MANjjjC]
the Peculiarities of Dress and QulexCus
toms of the Filipinos. ‘
WAY OK DOING HOUSEWORK \
is not a deal of fun in
H||iippines, but one occasionally
a sight or an incident
■brings a Km,if. I'-uallv, these
BP§B typo which must he s. -n to l.c
HBBptcd. In waii'lcring ahoiit Ma
Hcttculurly the new i-n v, in.-li
Bpntre of material life as the
BHBB* f Spirit 111! life, o:
HBHBfre his Hose at home m ro
"ear and (mu i-.vei
1a v ami I. vv.a •.
BBBy organs arc <|u 1 1 o severe.
HHHpp io fair measure oflen eto
■HPye ft" well, ljut that instrument
HPfcesses a wider adaptability than
Hraes the nose. It resents less keenly.
PThe novelty is ephemeral, but there is
novelty for the outsider in the life of
the chief city of the Philippines. The
novelty gone, one rather shrinks from
it all. It gets almost to border on the
repulsive, so greatly is it lacking in
inherent attractiveness.
A HIGH-BORN FILIPINA WKAIIING UPPF.B
GARMENT OF OONTLT PINA—A TEXTURE
OF PINEAPPLE LEAF, AS CHOICE AS
THE FINEST LACE.
The native woman’s shoe consists,
usually, of a flat sole with a toe-cap.
Sometimes the cap has room for all
the toes, sometimes not. Often the
sole is raised from the ground by
wooden heels and sole—blocks like,
but lower than those used by the
Japanese. Stocking are not usually
worn. The gait of the Filipina is a
little outward curving awing from the
knee, with a remillunt aide awing of
the hip. Thero is, perhaps, a certain
grucu in the movement, but there ia
alao a good deal of “scuffling,” and a
general appearance of being slipshod.
In fact, one geta an idea that the
average Filipino, male or female, is
only uhout half-dreaaed anyway, from
our standpoint. The customary male
body-covering is only an undershirt.
Those of higher social rank and greater
wealth wear also a cotton shirt, or a
garment of gauzy texture of some lo
cally made material. But the garment
will he worn, like a coat, in the full
measure of its beauty, outside the
trousors. A higher atep in tho social
scale brings the substitution of the
coat for the shirt. A Filipino dude
with a cane and a little “billy-cook”
bat, a pair of black trousers, and a
gauze shirt, worn outside of them, is
a resplendent spectacle, and lie has the
air of being entirely conscious of it.
From our standpoint, thero is tho
same half-dressed look about tho
women of the poorer classes. The
Negrito woman of the mountains may
use only a oluth extending from waist
to knee. The Mangyau woman of
Mindoro may wear a contrivance of
braided rattan, which is even more ab
breviated. These garments do not sug
gest the half-dressed. They are dis
tinct. There is no suggestiou of Eu
ropean costume. It is not so with the
Filipino woman at Manila. Her gar
me'nts are ueither dress nor native
costume. Pieces of cloth cover her
from the waist downward. The shoul
der aud body covering varies in the
number of articles and detail of con-
THE STOCKS IX MANILA.
(A Filipino oriminal ami tils jailer in a Manila house of correction.)
etructioa. All an l cut .somewhat low
ia the ueck, ami on a plan which give
Ahem a ‘‘list to port or to starboard,”
leaves a shoulder and an upper
Spjjßt,holly bare. In the upper oir
'' 'Xt reise.l a greater care
uni' h Iketciile!.
lgal|K.gi n:i \. e hod aeivss the
shoulders and pinned in front. This
tends to steady the outfit and keep it
m place. The sleeves are gathered at
the shoulder and fiare outward, broad
ly bell-mouthed to a little below the
elbow.
The Filipino may be said to work
in driblets. Concentration for any
length of time is not a national charac
teristic, there must be plenty of in
termissions, and the work must never
be of such a character as to preclude
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FIUPINO WOMEN BOWING BEFORE THE CATACOMBS.
thn smoking of the favorite cigarette.
In house work it takes one native ser
vant to accomplish each tusk of a dif
ferent character. For instance, in a
large house there is a “floor boy,"
whose duty it is to keep all the beau
tiful hardwood floors in a clean and
shiny condition, and this is the way
he does it: The dust is first carefully
brushed up with a hemp arrangement
which in its effects is a cross between
a feather duster and a hearth brush.
This is merely a preliminary to the
act of polishing, a work of art which
has been developed on original lines.
Two large, soft cloths are laid on the
floor, and the “boy,” who may be a
grandparent, firmly plants a foot on
each, lie next glides slowly back
and forth on the floor, more like a
man on snowshoes than anything else.
Waddling along in his flimsy white
clothes, casting an occasional look
behind at his trail to see if it is suf
ficiently shiny, he presents a picture
which is so amusing that you cannot,
help bursting into laughter when you
see it for the first time.
The native is often barefooted; if
not, be almost invariably wears the
native slippers which are called
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MOVING in MANILA —ALL HOUSEHOLD
GOODS AUK HANDLED IN THIS WAY.
“chinelas” or "zapatitos,” and which
consist of a sole and a toe. Many
keep these on without fastening ap
parently by suction; others stick the
little toe outside and hold the shoe on
by this method. From long practice
in this the little toe is bent in the
form of a crescent, but the natives
seem to have few ideas of physical
perfection and do not object to such a
tritle as a crooked toe. Filipinos at
times seem much like monkeys. If
they wish to pick anything up from
the floor they do not find it necessary
to stoop as we do; they grab it with
their toes and convey it to their hand
in that method. In sitting they are
fWWR as on a chair.
Besides the natives in Manila, there
is a large population of “Mestizos”
and “Chinos.” The former is the
name for half-castes, the latter for
Chinese. After being in Manila a
week or two most foreigners find it
more natural to use these native terms
than the ones that they have been ac
customed to. The “Chinos” are many
of them well-to-do, being merchants
or having some trade, such as tailor
ing. A great number of them, how
ever, are coolies, and form a large ele
ment of the picturesque in Manila. If
the Filipinos are satisfied with a few
clothes, the coolies are quite content
to wear almost none, and nobody
thinks anything of it. They are to be
seen on the street at any hour of the
day, even at noontime, when the
poorest native prefers a siesta to the
most lucrative employment.
No “American” or “United States”
express vans are to be seen rattling
about the streets of Manila; the coolie
in bulk represents the only express
company there. Trunks, boxes and
all sorts of merchandise, furniture
from easy chairs and refrigerators to
pianos are carried by the capable
coolie by means of poles which he
rests on his bony shoulders, and the
tough bark of some native tree. If
the burden is heavy it is carried by
two or four men, being swung between
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A FILIPINO COCKFIGHT.
them on the poles; if it is light and
capable of division he places it in two
pails or basket panniers which he bal
ances at each end of his pole. When
heavily loaded the coolie goes at a
peculiar sort of dog trot, which con
sists of short stealthy steps and a move
ment of each shoulder with it. The
coolie, like all his celestial brethren,
cultivates the growth of his raven
locks, though they seriously interfere
with business. At borne they never
seem to adopt any kind of coiffure ex
cept the pigtail, but in Manila indi
vidual tdste comes into play in this
matter and the results are varied and
interesting. Sometimes their tresses
stream freely down their backs and
no attempt fs made to confine them in
any style whatever.
One feature of the houses in Manila
which is rather hard for the foreigner
to get accustomed to is the presence
of tile great number of lizards which
crawl around the ceiliugs ami walls of
the rooms at night. They are harm
less, but the thought that they may
occasionally lose their grip and drop
down in one’s face is not calculated to
make them welcome members of the
household. There are many scorpions
about, but they keep exclusively in
the dark corners of the house and yard
and otherwise behave themselves well.
The Frilled Sheep of Africa.
The sheep that inhabit the moun
tainous regions of Northern Africa up
to Nubia is u kind of wild sheep which
has received its specific name from
the long mane which covers the fore
part of the body. Captured young,
it can easily be tamed and trained.
The old bucks, however, are very
vicious. These animals attain an
average height of thirty-seven and a
half inches, and the length of the
body is from sixty to sixty-live inches,
without measuring the tail. The
illustration represents a specimen of
these sheep living at the zoological
garden in Berlin, Germany. It is not
known whether the frilled sheep had
any relation with the domestic ani
mals of Africa. Skeletons of these
sheep are found in the Egyptian
museums, and these quadrupeds are
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AN AFRICAN FRILLED SHEEP.
represented in different old Egyptian
designs. It seems that these animals
have to be considered as tamed, but
not as domesticated.
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BALLOT REFORM
Governor of Georgia Will Take
a Strong Position.
FEATURES OF HiS MESSAGE
Chief Executive Will Also Advise
Equalizing and Reduction of
Burden of Taxation.
In his forthcoming message to the
Georgia legislature Governor Candler
will recommend such an amendment
to the constitution as will restrict the
ballot to the virtue and intelligence of
the state. The governor will point
out the evils that have grown up as
the result of traffic ifa the ballot, and
will lay it down as a self-evident
proposition that the man who would
sell his ballot is not entitled to it.
The corrupting influence upon the
body politic of the purchase and sale
of votes and tftie evils growing out of
such a system are pointed out in
strong laugauge in the draft of his
message.
The steps taken by sister states to
wards restriction of the ballot are re
ferred to, and while there is no sug
gestion of any particular plan for se
curing the desired end, the governor’s
idea that the mass of the ignorant ne
gro vote should be eliminated is made
clear.
He is decidedly specific, however, in
his declaration that the distinction
should not be of race color, and that*
it should not be based on a property
qualification that would eliminate a
man for lack of this world’s goods.
Virtue and iutelligenee—good citizen
ship—that should be the test. It is
understood that several bills looking
to such an amendment to the consti
tution have been prepared by members
of tlie legislature, and this franchise
matter promises to become one of the
most interesting before the general as
sembly.
Tax Coaim;Hion Upheld.
Governor Candler naturally devotes
considerable space in liis message to
the necessity for lightening the br
dens of taxation wherever it is possi
ble, and for eoonomy in the expendi
ture of the people’s money. That was
one of the ohief planks on which he
made his campaign, and his whole re
cord has borne out his professions in
this regard. He will tell of the
work of the tax commission, whose
report will be presented during the
earlyrdays of the legislature’s session,
and will commend the whole subject
to the careful consideration of the
state’s lawmakers.
With regard to the public schools of
the state, Governor Candler will urge
that they should be more closely re
stricted to the elementary branches,
as is contemplated by the constitution
and in the acts establishing the public
school system. He thinks there has
been too much of a teudenev toward
higher branches; and this, he thinks,
is a perversion of the intent of the
public school system, and one that
does grave injustice to the people who
are really meant to be benefited by the
public schools.
Crime and mob violence will be
dwelt on at some length. The gov
ernor points out the expense of the
administration of the criminal laws in
the state, showing that the cost is
more than half a million dollars for
meting out justice to the negroes
alone. He points out the injustice of
charging the acts of the criminal class
against the race, and tells of the many
leading negroes who are as law-abiding
as the whites, and who join them in
condemnation not only of mob vio
lence, but of the terrible crimes that
have incited such violence.
At the suggestion of very many me
chanics and artisans throughout the
state, Governor Candler will recom
mend the establishment of a bureau
of labor statistics as a part of the ag
ricultural department. Most of the
states of the union have such depart
ments, and the statistics they gather
have proven of great value in many
ways.
MACON COMMITTEE SUCCESSFUL.
Admiral Dewey Promises to Visit Central
City at Early Date.
A Washington dispatch e-j/s: Ad
miral Dewey received a call Thursday
from a delegation from Macon, Ga.,
headed by Representative Bartlett and
President Smith, of the Maeon cham
ber of commerce, who presented an
invitation to him to visit Macon. Ad
miral Dewey expressed his thanks and
said that while he regretted that
he could not make the visit at the
time of his trip to Atlanta, yet
he expected to go south during the
winter or early spring, and at that
time he would visit Macon and Savan
nah.
LAWTON ENGAGES REBELS.
One American Killed; A Spaniard and Fif
teen Insurrectos Captured.
L special received Thursday from
Manila stated that General Young’s
advance guard of General Lawton’.'
column left Cabiao Wednesday morn
ing and entered Sau Isidro at half past
1 o’clock. The American loss was one
killed and three wounded. One Span
iard and fifteen insurrectos were cap
tured.
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on but never
before has for au absolute
white mun’s the state taken
such definite
It takes vote in the
assembly to sikß t an amendment to
the people, ratification takes
only a majoritj^ote.
In the presenW general assembly of
175 members ofVie house and 41 sen
ators there are only nine in both
branches who are not Democrats. Of
the total of five Populists it is said
that four will support the bill. The
Republicans will oppose it. The main
opposition to this proposed amend
ment, therefore, will come from the
Democrats. This opposition will be
based on two or three arguments that
will be strongly presented.
First, it will be said the disfran
chisement of the negio vote will cut
down Georgia’s representation in con
gress.
Second, it will be argued that the ne
gro vote in Georgia is under control,
that the counties are all practically
Democratic and that the conditions do
not necessitate a measure of the kind.
Third, it will be opposed by some
politicians who have heretofore and do
now deliver the negro vote in their
counties at tteir will.
The friends of the bill, who are
probably now in the majority, will
argue that there are now one hundred
thousand eligible negro voters in
Georgia; that in fifty-six counties in
the state the negro vote is in excess
of the white vote, and the present
conditions are dangerous, if not men
acing, and should be remedied before
Georgia feels the disgrace that pre
vailed in North Carolina for five years
previous to the last election in that
state. It will be further advanced
that the very principle of according
the right of suffrage to an ignorant,
incompetent man is wrong and should
be nmendea.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
I,i*t of New Industries Established the
Past Week.
The more important of the new in
dustries reported during the past
week include agricultural implement
works in Texas; brick and tile woiks in
Georgia and West Virginia; a canning
factory in North Carolina; cast iron
pipe works in Alabama and Tennesee;
coal mines in Kentucky, Tennessee
and Virginia; cotton mills in Alabama,
Georgia and South Carolina; a distil
lery in Kentucky; two electric light
plants in Alabama and one in Texas;
flouring mills in Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Kentucky, North Coro
lina, Tennessee (3), Texas and
West Virginia; a foundr.y in
Tennessee; a grain elevator, a
hardware comp any and an ice and
cold storage plant in Texas; a jewelry
manufacturing firm and two knitting
mills in North Carolina; a knittiDg
mill in Tennessee; lumber mills in
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West
Virginia; a mining and milling com
pany, capital in Arkansas;
a naval stores manufactory in Missis
sippi; paint works in Kentucky and
Virginia; an oil development company
in Texas; a phosphate plant in Flori
da; a tannery in West Virginia; a
telephone company and a tile and ce
ment works in Tennessee; a wood
working plant in Arkansas.—Trades
man (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
HOSPITAL MEN NEEDED.
Chief Surgeon at Manila Makes Requisi
tion on Sternberg at Washington.
A Washington dispatch says: Sur
geon General Sternberg has received
word from Colonel Woodhall. chief
surgeon at Manila, that he has at
present thirty-dight hospital stewards,
ninety-eight acting hospital stewards
and 1,041 privates of the hospital
corps, and that he requires twelve
more stewards, thirty-two acting hos
pital stewards and 700 privates, in
view of the increase of the army.
DEWEY HOME PURCHASED.
The Fitch Place on Rhode Island Ave
nue, Washington, Selected By Admiral
A Washington dispatch says: The
Dewey house committee which has in
charge the purchase of a home for the
admiral from the moneys received by
popular subscriptions, has selected
house No. 1747 Rhode Island avenue,
N. W., known as the Fitch house.
The house is one door removed from
the corner of Connecticut avenue in
what is regarded as the most desirable
section of the city. It is understood
the amount of popular subscription
was sufficient to cover the cost of the
house, its furniture and all incidental
expenses.
Chicago Landmark Burned.
A business block in South Chicago
burned early Sunday morning, entail- I
ing a loss of §120,000 and painfully in
juring twelve persons. Fourteen
buildings were burned. An old land
mark was destroyed in the Grand Cen
tral Hotel.
Forty-Fifth Off For Manila.
The Forty-fifth volunteer infantry,
Colonel Dorst commanding, left St.
Paul, Minn., Sunday for San Francis
co, under orders for the Philippines.
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WtWit B'enus Nobody Good. ''
f That small ache or pain or •weakness is
f ihe “Cl wind” that directs your attention
io the necessity of purifying your blood by
taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Then your
whole body receives good, for ihe purified
blood goes tingling to every organ. It is
the remedy for all ages ar.d both sexes.
The Generosity of Men.
We all admit that simple living Is
;he best, and in our gonerouslty we
ire perfectly willing that everybody
jut ourselves should try it.—Philadel
phia Saturday Evening Post.
“A Grand Remedy,” says Mr. Tliornton
“I have suffering with ludigostlon and
I tried all the as well a&
several eminent physicians, without avail. I
was Induced to try Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy
and the first dose relieved me. It Is a grand
remedy. I recommend it as worthy of a trial
by all who wish to bo ouvod.
A. B. Thornton, Atlanta, Ga.”
50 c#nt6 per bottle, at all drusgism. or sent
forpric*-. express paid, by Tyner Dyspepsia
Renv’dy f'o.. 45 Mitchell St.. Atlanta, Ga.
Send Five Cents in stamps for Sample , FREE.
Some folks run away to got married, and
some folks run away to tfet unmarried.
I cn't Tcfcacco Spit ano Smc-ke Your Lite Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, norve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or sl. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Cos., Chicago or New York.
The last but not least—the one used by a
St. Louis shoemaker.
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FOil sau BY AU ORUGfIiSTSi Pmct SOe. PER KTTTIL
Sour Stomach
•‘After I wns SndKccil to try CABCA
KF.TB, I will never be without them in the house.
My liver was in a very bad shape, and my head
ached and 1 had stomach trouble. Now, since tak
ing uascarets, 1 feel fine. My wife has also used
them with beneficial results for sour stomuch.”
Jos. KRSHLING, 1981 Congress St., St. Louis, Mo.
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xSfowv. TRADE MARK REGISTERED
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do
Good, Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe, 10c, 2ac, 50c.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
SloHlns Remedy Compuny, Chleese. Montreal. Sew York. 3XB
KflaTfl.Qfin Bold and guaranteed b, nlldruß
"• I (tlfcW to Eiv,SE Tobacco Habit.
WANTED AGENTS lor our Cotton
Book ; It begins at 3c. and runs to lie.;
figures the lCths and 20ths from 300 to 700
pounds; a *4.00 book for only 99c. It sells
like “hot cakes;” terms liberal. Alsoior
the Bible Looking Glass. It teachesthe
Bible by illustrations; agents making from
$4.00 to SIO.OO per day. Write to-day.
J. L, NICHOLS & CO., Atlanta, Ga.
SEED WHEAT NRSALEJ_
—— W e again offer the cleanest sued wheat on
the market, and from probably the largest
crop yield in the State, if not the United
Stales. We had 355 acres in wheat this year,
and the crop averaged 20 bushels nor acre.
Where we had a good stand, not whiter kil
led, we had over 40 bushels per acre. One
hundred bushels of our wheat will contain
less ooekie seed than one bushel of ordinary
seed wheat. Price $1.15 per bushel on cars
at Charlotte. Bags hold two bushels and
are new—no charge for bags. Terms- Cash
with order.
CHARLOTTE Oil & FEBTILIZcS 00.
l*er FIXED OH A LB. Pre.’t.
CHABIOTI L. - - - - . >. c.
lOATO SSHOai.lf^l
S3 m—bmm tuition low. All nooks fr'REE. ■
a ■sSnBnE&XJU SITU ft T IONS GUARANTEED B
gfl Over 5u RemiMcton and Smith hre-mier type- E?
B writers. 354 s-tudenw last year from 7 B
B Bth year. Send fo- catal gue. Address. l>ey*t‘Y2. B
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