March 25, 11)00.
OMAHA ILLUSTRATED J VISE.
Features of Country
Life in the Philippines
(Copyright, 1000, by Frank G. Carpenter.) wldo strips of green nnd embroidered with
black pig. Tho caribou nro overywhero.
Thoy drag groat form enrts with whocla a
yard In dlamoter; they hnul sleds through
tno rlco Holds, for tho ground Is so soft
that no wagons aro used there You eeo
them plowing, going along with their heads
down, dragging rudo one-handled plows llko
tnoso of tho scriptures. They aro ridden
PANJQUE, Feb. 7.-(SpccIal Correspond- wild flowers. You must add magnificent ,".1 ' "L-",U . " '! . A" V . " .
ence of Tho I3eo.)-I have been riding all mountains as blue as tho IJluo llldge of tho geo them rlddrn Z Z 11 Z, i .m
day through one of tho richest valleys of Allegheny rising and falling In rugged B, J u 1 dde by th" blr
this Island of Luzon. I have come with volcanic beauty away off at tho right and Kv"ry other buffalo you sco In the Mo Ids
Ocncral Wheeler and his staff from Manila tho loft, and through tho valley these tall blS on back There Is a ffi
over tho railroad to tho little town of tufts of bamboo green. Upon this as a back- cnrlbou now wlth n gro;t whUo erano roost.
Panlquc. whero tho general now has his ground tho Filipinos stand or rather stoop, i,,B on !,m, further on thoro Is another
headquarters. Wo aro clghty-thrco miles moro plcturcsquo oven th'an their surround- wlth a crow on Its back. Each bird Is peck
north of Manila and within forty miles of Ings. Thoro nro hundreds of women dressed lng at Its buffalo, but tho buffalo understands
tho end of tho railroad on tho Gulf of In queer clothes, In which bright red ofteu It. Ho realizes that tho birds aro good My
Llngavcn. This Island reaches for 150 forms tho principal color. They havo great catchers and that they llvo off tho Insects
ru,llcs north of that point and below Manila round hats llko bread bowls turned upeldo which aro trying to llvo off him.
Its tall extends out to tho southeast, a dls- down, short Jackets which always scorn to iinuie of the nice 1,iiiiuIci-n.
tanco of at least 2'.0 miles further. From bo Juet about to fall off from their shoulders, Speaking of threshing rlco reminds mo of
this you may get somo Idea of tho great bag-llko skirts which aro often tucked up so nn ncdcut which created quite an oxclto
slzo of Luzon. If a railroad wero to bo that half a leg shows, and bare feet. Tho mont ln Genorni wheeler's brigade 'boiiio
built from Its southernmost point to tho men wear their shirts outsldo tholr thin weeks ago. Tho pounding of tho pcstlo In
cxtremo north It would be lunger than tho cotton trousers nnd many of them havo on tho rlco mortar cunkes a boom boom boom
which In Its regularity sounds like tho
llring of musketry.
Tho lnsurrcctos wero supposed to bo very
closo to General Wheeler ono daj when
Captain E. V. Smith of tho gcnoral's staff
thought ho hoard llrlng. It seemed to bo
about two miles on", nnd It came In Irregular
shots, boom! boom! boomcty boom! Ho
was standing by Genoral Wheeler nt tho
tlmo and nsked: "General, do you hear
that?"
I
It will bo handed back to Its owners In a
short tlmo.
Village of I'unliiur,
Panlquo Is a typical country vlllngo. At
least It Is typical of this part of Luzon.
Nearly every suction of these Islands has
peculiarities of Its own. Tho dialect are
so different that It Is said tho common
puoplo of southern Luzon aro unablo to muko
tli oni bo1vo understood In tho north. At the
same tlmo tho Tagnlo and Spanish aro
enough to enable ono to trade anywhere.
Tho common peoplo nro not travelers.
Tho ordinary man does not know anything
nbout tho country ten or fifteen miles bo
yond him. Not long ago a priittt was nuked
If thoro wero not somo men In his vlllngo
who could guide ono of tho regiments over
tho mountains. Ho replied thnt he suppo-vd
thoro was not n mnn In tho town who had
over been to tho mountains. Only the fa went
of tho Filipinos of northern Luzon havo ever
visited Manila nnd as a rule the average
man seldom goes llvo miles awny from
homo.
Outsldo tho snvngo regions tho houses of
tho peoplo are much tho samo everywhere.
Evury vlllngo has a plaza or open space in
tho center, with tho church, the government
olllces nnd somo of tho host houses facing It.
Hack of this, often running for miles Into
tho country, tho roads nro lined with
thatched huts, niado of poleti of bamboo nnd
roofs of nlpa palm. These huts nro utuinll
from throo to six feet nbovo tho ground in
ordor to bo out of tho way of tho water
during tho rainy season. They nro eo high
up thnt tho water buffalo and other, llvo
stock of tho owner enn bo stnblod under tho
hut.
This often forms n shelter for tho farming
tools, enrts nnd sleds. Tho houses of tho
hotter clnss havo a first Btory of stono nnd a
second story of wood. Thoro Is no plnBtor
"Yes. sir." rnnllnil Mm innnmt "II an ii it 1 1 a
tW 'AtK-JkJLLwW.' MHtLJnHif'uW lfek JlcxJ 1 10 1110 as ""ugh thoy wore llrlng over nt
WftJiiMflBlLjSlifl CTfcffMiidl J Dacolor. I think wo had better go to tho
'.m TV iHffLA'mVH 1 l fl Kflll L 111111 linil WTlf.ttint ntivtliliirv Ann
bo seen. Tho lookout was a tnll tree, ln
which n man was stationed with a pair of FRANK (1. CARPENTER AND GENERAL
glasses to scan tho country and guard J OH WHEELER,
against surprise. Upon being asked ns to
whethor ho saw anything tho sentinel re- aro eight locomotives bine near llanbnn ln In nny of tho houses. Tho walls nro of
plied that ho did not, but that ho was certain one of tho rivers which cross tho track, hoards and tho windows, which nro very
there was llrlng nbout two miles off. You seo tho remains of Intrenchments largo, usually consist of a lattlco work,
Upon this tho general and his staff started every few miles nnd In somo plnces tho filled with thin oystor shells. Tho best
with tho regiment ln that direction. Ah fortifications thrown up by our Boldlors, bo- houses of tho country towns, as well nn
they came nearer tho sound they wero nblo hind which they lay and shot nt tho enemy. Manila, uso tho ground lloor for tho stable
to locato It, and thoy found that tho shots Tho railroad belongs to nn English syndl- nnd tho mnn or woninn who goes out
enmo not from muskets, hut from tho cato, which will undoubtedly nttompt to to call on a rich Filipino friend hna often
pounding of tho rlco. Thoro wero a halt mako tho Americans pay hcnvlly for their to walk carofully by tho iioraca In ordor
dozen women nnd ono man at work, nnd uso of tho road. It Is a question whethor not to soil his or hor dross,
that wns all. Slnco then tho Incident has anything should bo pnld, for tho road, I am i do not know how tho country stores
been known In Wheeler's brlgndu as tho told, was operated by Filipinos, nnd tho innk in timm r M.t n, n...
dlstanco between Now York City and Pitts- groat hats llko tho women. Thero aro also bnttlc of tho rlco pounders. Filipino omployos of tho company wero tho vory VCTy Bmnu, t should think $50 would
nurg. Tho biggest part of tho Island is cnuaron or an ages, somo dressed mucn llko Buniewmu. similar case 01 premaiuro men woo mo uio mosi damage to uio rnu- mly nu (no ury K0OJs In Pnnlquo nnd leavo
consldornblo chnngo nftcr tho purchnso was
goes raado. Tho averago storo Is n small hut
MCE POUNDERS.
u
llko tho women. Thoro aro also b
A somewhat similar
north of Manila, whero It Is on tho averago tholr paronts nnd a fow with almost no excitement occurred Just oulstdo Manila road, Its depots and rolling stock
over 100 miles wldo nnd longer than from clothes at nil. Seo that boy over thero. Ho ,lear lA l'om" cuurcn, in wnicn tno Twenty- Tho railroad Is 120 miles long. It
Now York to Washington. It has an nrea has a white shirt, tho tall of which Just
fully as great as that of tho stato of Ohio, touches his hips, with a black belt around
and an enormous amount of good land. I havo his waist. Tho rest of his body Is as bare
mot during my stay In tho Philippines men as when he wns born.
from nearly every part of It and all spoke Tho most of tho rlco had been cut eomo
of Its fortllo valleys and rich, rolling foot- weeks ago. Tho heads havo been taken off
fifth Infantry formed tho actors. It was through a country ns lint as a Moor nnd Its open to tho street tho goods bolnc snrond
when the regiment was now to tho Philip- construction must havo been comparatively out on tho lloor for aalo. Tho merchant
Pines. Tho soldiers had boon placed thero easy and cheap. It has tlfty-Blx-pound rails, a usually a woman who snuats down
on guard, when they saw what thoy thought n Bnug0 0f forty Inches and rolling stock nnrnng S Mis 7s siio wn.ts for her cus"
woro signals, Hashing hero and thero from England. The cars havo been repainted tomers
through tho darkness. Thoy shot at them nnd labeled with the l.nuni nf tin iinit.xi
(iMicriii win-fler In Hie l'lelil.
I havo spent somo tlmo with Gonoral
and trado with them for tho precious motal. handlo, and sho bends over low as sho cuts. torn un aRn'n n,u' ngnln by tho Insurgents, of tho rainy season.
I expect to mako an expedition north boforo Somo of tho girls nro qulto pretty, nnd JUU,ly ul 1110 H11UI0 "re " ruins, and Micro Tho rnllrond has been In operation for
I leavo tho Philippines, when I shall bo visions of Ruth ns sho gathered tho straw
ablo to give a fuller detail of Its mineral for old Boaz como beforo you.
A Human Tlirc.liliiK Mncliliic.
But what aro thoy doing In that field over
thero? A man nnd a woman, facing each
other, aro hanging on to a polo nailed to
bamboo stakes In tho ground, nnd Jumping
up and down on tho rlco straw which lies
thirty to fifty miles wide and moro than 100 li ' '"UB
. ti ...rtniii uufcuu. IUL7 tuu UUitUlIlK
resources.
Valley North of Manila.
I wish I could show you tho rich valley
which extends all along both sides of tho
railroad from Manila to tho Gulf of Lln
gavcn. It Is a vast fiat rlco field from
hills. It has mountains covered with valu- ono by ono, tied up In bundles not much ,n!yt0 '0;rn afterward that they had been states government
nhln tlmlinr nnrl ripnnalta nf rnnnnr nnrl irnlil. hlcirGr thnn n. frnnd-alzpfl hminnot nnil rnrrleil 110 lire Hits. 11 IS Bam liini UOll- Tlm
Somo of tho officers who havo Just returned homo to bo threshed. Half of tho straw, for jlral AnJ,y Durl, nt totho .m.on orderf for nblo to an extrcmo. Thoro aro first, second Wnoolor at his hoadquartors In tho Hold.
from tho cxtremo north tell mo tho savages somo reason, Is left ln tho Hold, and peoplo ,, ., V . vuuuiiicb. and tlllrd clag8( tllQ flrst not JjcInB botU)r His vitality Is wondorful. Ho Is as actlvo
thero showed them gold nuggets and quills aro now going through and cutting tho stalks. "l' "",,r"" ' riilllpiihieM. t)mn tlmt of our mmgrnnt cnrs Tno roni,. nt C3 ns ho wns when ho wns nt tho hoad
8f gold dust and coarso gold. They say tho Thoy tlo them ln bundles and shock them Tll railroad which goes through this val- bed Is, I uhould Judge, not over three feet of tho cnvalry forces of tho confederacy,
peoplo wear rudo rings made of puro gold, up In low windrows and small piles. Each 'ey la tho cnly railway of tho Philippines, nbovo tho surrounding country, and It seems now nioro tlinn ihlrty-flvo years ngo. Ho
and that tho Chlncso travel to tho north girl has a hook llko a knlfo, with a long lt ls now ,n un'l condition, having been to bo enough to preserve it from tho Moods "Ponds a part of each day In tho saddle,
ana has boon In actlvo eorvlco ovor Blnco
ho enmo hero. Ho has been In fourtoen
different engagements and has dono remark
ablo service In his dashing military way.
At Porac last September ho chargod ovor tho
enemy's breastworks and took tho town,
driving tho lnsurrcctos Into tho mountains.
Ho was In tho thick of tho light at Angolcs
In November, and at Danban his troops
woro under Mro directly In front of tho
onomy's fortlflcntlons. Ho wns In a number
of skirmishes, nnd It wns n groat regrot to
him thnt ho was not given Ooiiaral Lawton's
command in tho south after that hero was
killed.
The fact that Oenoral Wheeler has kept
well, notwithstanding his ago, Is an ovl
donce, bo ho thinks, of tho snluhrlty of tho
cUmnto of tho Philippines. Ho says these
Islands nro ns healthful ns nny pnrt of tho
United Stntes. Ho tolls mo ho has not had
a sick day slnco ho camo horn nnd that not
withstanding ho has marched for dnys with
his clothro wet to the skin, has slept on
tho ground nnd undergone nil sorts nf hard
ships. At ono tlmo I nm told thnt somo of his
ofllcors objected to allowing tho troops to
march further on a cortnln day. Tho gonoral
thought lt wns Important to reach tho next
town, twelvo miles distant, nnd ho snld:
"I will not nsk my men to do anything
which I am not willing to do myself. Here,
captain, you take my horse. Olvo It to that
sick soldier nnd I will enrry a gun and walk."
miles long. Hero and there ls a little patch
of corn, and abovo Calumplt somo fow
plantations of palo green sugarcane, but
tho rest is all rlco, rlco, rice. Thero aro
fow fences. I saw nono except somo about
tho cano fields. You can look over miles of
lovel fields now gray with tho harvested
rlco, but green whero tho vegetation ls
sprouting up through tho cutoff stalks.
Near tho railroad at least thoro is no
irrigation. Tho fields aro very small and
each ls surrounded by n llttlo mud, grass-
grown wall to keep ln tho water, but the
out with their weight tho rlco left In tho
straw. Tho crop itself is threshed whon tho
grnin Is first cut. Tho llttlo bundles aro
stneked up about tho hut or placed, with
tholr heads downward, on tho ground Inside
an Inclosuro to dry. When thoroughly rlpo
tho heads of tho stalks aro put ln a mortar
mado by hollowing out n block of hard wood,
and men or women pound upon thoni with
great wooden pestles, thus threshing tho
rlco from tho straw. Tho winnowing Is dono
by tho wind, tho rlco b)lng thrown Into tho
feiunu Mill IU IVIVJI 111 IUIT VY UlUJ , UUt WiU l - . . ...
water comes from tho floods of tho rainy ",r "Baln n" 1 a1gnln clal f 1 ln a tray
.), if .,i. f ,i,. .i .i.. Hlriln mill lllllTll!mH.
eomotlmcs dropping tho water almost ln
streams. I am told that tho rainfall ln parts
Wo look In vain for cows and horses In
mo uoias or this valley. Tho ponies of
of tho valloy ls as much as eight feet In a Lu,zon aro ,rn,B",1 ln otner sections, and tho
vear, so that If all tho water was hold ln lt uu,jr ""," v,sd' o me water butlaloes
would almost cover tho head of tho average or carlbou nnd now and then an ugly
Filipino standing upon tho shoulders of one
of his brothers. Now everything Is com
paratively dry.
Tho walls about tho fields nro usually about
a foot high and not moro than eight Inches
wide. Thoy form tho paths through tho
country as tho water falls and somo of them
nro qulto worn. Somo parts of tho valley
havo a slight slopo and In such places tho
fields aro terraced, rising gently from ono
platform to another.
Tho valley ls spotted with groves and
clumpa of tall bambocs, great bunches of
green foathors with stalks flfty feot tall and
branches which quiver with every passing
brocze. You bco but fow houses. They aro
In mest cases hid by tho bamboos, which
shado them. Tho people do not llvo on their
farms, but In villages and towns scattered
nlong tho roads Just ns do tho farmers of
Franco and Germany. Many of thorn walk
soveral miles to tholr work every day. I am
told that tho roads aro nearly overywhero
lined with houses and that somo little towns
consist of a single street several miles In
length.
Queer Country Scene..
But let mo glvo you somo pictures of our
Filipino subjects as they work In tholr fields.
"You must first Imaglno tho beautiful valley
mado up of a great patchwork of those llttlo
Bllver-gray patches wtwod together with
A COUNTRY HOUSE-'-TIIEY STABLE THE HORSES UNDER THE FLOOR.'
Kbout eight years. It wns originally built
on n guaranty of 8 por cent from tho Span-
Iflll rnVOrtimntlt ltflf Onuf nn..tnnlna
c ........ w. i., ....I, iiiu nini. .uti 1 1 ti. lui n ltrm t . . .
failed nnd those who followed claimed they ,U'1 l.,mt' nH 11,0 St0ry K0CB' 1,0 look t
had to pay so much to tho government In tho """ """" regi
wny oi orinory mat inoy couki mako no
money. Tho original capital was to bo loss
than $5,000,000, but tho road ls now bonded
up to tho nock, nnd what will bo dono with
It when peaco permanently comes ls not
mont. Ho kept up nil tho way. innkliie thu
twelvo miles In loss thnn four hours, nnd
enmo out of It without holng especially
fntlgucd.
At nnolher tlmo ho hnd chargo of tho pro-
known. It should bo a very valuablo vlHlon8 ror General MaoArthur's division. It
property, for It runs through ono of tho was vory Important that somo 21,000 rations
richest parts of tho Islnnds nnd must havo 1)0 move(1 ncross ono of tho prlnclpnl rivers,
In tho neighborhood of 5,000 squnro miles of Thcso rnllons weighed nbout 120,000 pounds,
rlco nnd sugnr lands along tho track. It lins Tno fln,lllor' needed them Immediately nnd
nlso other territory which lt taps, connect- tnoro wns nn ,,rllgo or boats to got thorn
lng tho northern pnrt of tho Island with aoross tho rvor. When tho general arrived
Manila. at 1,10 stream ho found that tho soldiers hnd
At present tho road is run entirely by tho nni 71, v0U,,1IIcnrry ?ly tth.Ui
ii.iiora ti, r i. ..i ' 300 Pounds nt n tlmo. Ho saw that w th
soldiers.
tho
engineers, tho mall clerks ani thn .mtinn "ul"1 i irmn woum no ueiayc.i for
men. Every train has gunrds ln uniform IV' S( " "l"ea t0 bu"' ft ontoon br,,,B-
upon It, and at every station there Is a com- ? Cn W? " tho thcr 8,(Jo of tho
pany or' so read, -o defend any attack" Zw Z'rluTAT f W,th.hJm ,an,1
and then somo on ihoots at tho cars as thoy ! ,r.W ' tho Bkl?' lhoy flWam tho r,vor-
l'o flvintr ninnL'. Wn i,n,i nn 0,h w,l lur u nn cut uio namnoo noces-
tho wny to Pnnlquo, but no ono wns hurt
Until recently nono but soldiers woro al
PANIQUE, LUZON A TYPICAL TAGALOG VILLAGE.
sary to mako tho bridge Notwithstanding
that ho was soveral hours without clothes
t.-. -
lowed to travel on tho roafl without a pass, Z. S, ' Tcr,cncuca no, v". rcs"ltB fr"n
... ... . .... ' this action. T?l wnrle riiiUo1 In nn niinn
uui ii win soon no open to both passengors , V .
and freight of all kinds, and It may bo M jf