'Cbe Conservative.
native womeii with long blaok cigars be
tween their teeth , which were a dirty
red from chewing betel nut.
AngclcH.
At Angeles I saw the soldiers gathered
around blankets , rolling dice , snapping
their fingers , grunting and yelling "Big
Dick from Boston , seven come eleven. "
They wore all having a splendid time
for the paymaster had just made them a
visit.
Then we crossed the Bio Grande
where lay the little river gunboat
Leguna-de-Bay. Sanfernando surely
must be an unfortunate place , for when
we reached there the switch was open ,
and the engine wrecked a line of freight
cars. I will never forget seeing those
Filipino women falling off the coaches.
I rolled down a steep grade into a water
hole. The engine was but slightly dam
aged , and only one Chinaman killed
which didn't make much difference , and
we wore soon under headway again.
And now I will tell you of Manila , of
the famous Escolta , of strange sights
and dirty people , of Oavite , and last
about the man with the yellow stripes.
Manila.
If you follow up Escolta , the main
street of Manila , to a place called Oalla
De Alex you will see -great build
ing with an inner court in which plays a
beautiful fountain , and in the house the
walls of each room are painted like the
curtains of a stage. In this place I
secured lodging and for hours I would
sit in the open windows and watch the
crowd pass by. There were worneu
with bell-mouthed sleeves and short
skirts , chattering incessantly ; others
with a small baby astride each hip , and
half-caste ladies , who wore very low-
necked dresses. I don't see why they
wore them that way , for their necks
were anything but beautiful. Men with
many kinds of headgear , derbys ,
fedoras , pauarnas , and crushers , large
and small straw hats of every style , and
when their owners pass you they bow
very low and say "Buenos Bias , senor ,
Oomo esta dia. " There is one thing
that would improve the Americans , and
that is Spanish politeness.
Then I would spend whole days along
the Pasig river , with its low stone
walls and bum-boats without number ;
little dirty , dingy arrangements , in
which their owners spend their lives.
Then there was the Bridge of Spain ,
with its narrow archway , and the walled
city , with a great moat all around. If
such places as those had to be taken by
infantry alone , I fear they would never
fall , until the moat below was full of
dead bodies.
In the open to the left of the fort , was
a level place with many white tents
and a board in front which reads , "First
Division Hospital. " To the rear is an
other open plot of ground covered with
hundreds of small boards , bearing words
ike these , "H , S , Oo. D. , 28rd Inf. "
and so on down the long lines.
One day I stood there and the hearse
went by. The band was playing softly ,
and a squad of infantry followed close
behind. Turning to a bystander , I said ,
'Whom are they going to bury now ? "
'Mr. Logan , " he said , "killed yesterday
at San Tabian. " So the funeral march
leeps playing , today , tomorrow ; its
music never ceases , and the lines of
wooden stakes grow longer.
Cavito.
Wandering about , I spent a whole
month in narrow streets , broad plazas ,
and at Oavite , where one can see a dis
mounted cannon , and out in the bay I
could look on the wreckage of May 1st ,
1898. Do you wonder that I was proud
of my country ?
I was sitting on the Escolta- one
evening , watching the endless stream of
single horse buggies go past , and some
of Spain's crushed honor , "ignorant
fools" , still holding their heads high ,
drove by in their cara-matoes , with
their native driver , when an old man
came up and sat down beside me. He
was of an uncertain age , and his face
was deeply pitted with small pox. As a
buggy passed he turned to me and said ,
"Senor , you Americans will never know
what we have suffered at their hands.
This is true what I tell you. My two
daughters were sold for thirty Spanish
dollars , to the soldiery. Oh yes , that
was many years ago and they are both
dead now , When their masters got
tired of them they were either shot or
sent away" , and the old man leaned his
head on the bench as he muttered ,
"Ourse them , curse them to the end of
time. "
As I was going to my lodging place
that night , I passed a native wine shop.
Inside were several government team
sters , ex-soldiers and negroes. Some
were drunk and others happy on the
way. A Spanish woman attended the
bar ; most saloons in the far east have
bar maids. As I came up , one of the
negroes holding a glass of "beno" , threw
it into the woman's face , at the same
time insulting her in the grossest terms.
All of the wretches jeered except one
fellow in the corner with two yellow
stripes on the sleeves of his coat and a
great scar on his left cheek. Jumping to
his feet , his voice choking with passion ,
he hissed "cowards" ; then drawing his
revolver he cried , "Get out of here every
damn one of you , a woman is a woman ,
no matter whether she is doomed to hell
or not. " The soar on his face grew
fiery , and there was a dangerous gleam
in his gray eyes. Some of the men
glanced at their guns. Every moment
I expected to see the flash of a revolver.
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
THE CONSERVATIVE for the next three
months , or until the close of the cam
paign , for 80 cents. Address , Morton
Printing Company , Nebraska City , Neb
PASTIME FOR INVALIDS.
A timely suggestion comes from Miss
Emma Mayhew , of Michigan , who read
with interest an article in the Tribune
on nature study as a resource for inva-
ids. She writes : "An observation
hive of bees is an ideal diversion for
; hose who cannot sit up. The glass
hive should be placed in the window ,
and so arranged that the bees may have
outdoor exit , but no entrance into the
room. It should be set up and placed in
charge of a competent beekeeper , al
though when once established there is
ittle for him to do , as the bees manage
their own affairs with much efficiency.
That is , they do during their busy sea
son , which lasts a ? long as the flowers.
When the honey flow is over , the bees
should be returned to the apiary until
the next summer.
"When the hive is settled there is
much opportunity for observation. The
queen bee can be seen inspecting the
brood chamber and depositing her eggs.
The attendant bees can be watched as
they assiduously wait upon and feed
her. Then , when the brood is hatched ,
the bees can be seen caring for the new
comers , keeping the hive clean and
properly ventilated. When the little
ones grow older it is interesting to
watch them as they come bustling in
with their loads of variously colored
pollens , depositing them and hastening
away for more , or when wax is needed ,
hanging for hours almost motionless.
"They have wonderfully wise and
winsome ways , these wee workers.
They seem like friends when you have
followed them from the time the tiny
egg is deposited , seen the larva fed , then
the cell containing it capped over , have
watched the young bee as it emerged ,
and seen it , soon as her toilet was over ,
take up her duties. .
"It will add much to the pleasure to
have a good book on bees , to which to
refer for interpretation of movements
one fails to understand , or to verify
observations. "
Miss Mayhow has for years been
obliged to lie in bed without oven the
thinnest of pillows. N. Y. Tribune.
BRYAN'S INSINCERITY.
Brilliant and eloquent Bryan may be ,
but wo doubt if these qualities , even
when added to his other personal virtues ,
will be sufficient to outweigh in people's
minds the impression that he has again
produced of shiftiness and lack of bal
ance. If the silver question is of the
importance he has said it is , and which
his party's platform shows it to be , how
can he keep entirely silent about it in
accepting the nomination ? He cannot
do so without convicting himself , as we
submit he has done , of insincerity and
cowardice. Manchester ( N. H. ) Union ,
( Ind. Dem. )
