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Show TERRIBLE TYPHOONS They Bring Much Unhapplness to the Filipinos. MkbIU- la Often Vlilled r D. traotlro lllail and Rain nam Itlot Tlirouiih th , rr (tlrvct. W: The red Inmp that hanga beneath the white light In front of the oulca of the captain of the port Is a nlgnnl to mnrlnccs that a typhoon is on the uny. Tho warning has been out. for amoral doys, nnd the storm it predicted pre-dicted Is here. The typhoon Is howling howl-ing about the steels of Manila nnd oicr the hills of Luzon. For two dnyi the rain has been coining down In tor rents, but It wns not until this morning morn-ing that the storm took on Ilia characteristics char-acteristics of a typhoon. The white-enps white-enps are plunging nhout In the bay nnd tettcls thnt nrn nnchorcil In the harbor swing hcnvlly on their chains and rock with the waves that swell across this landlocked hnven, Ships out In tlic'occnn are watched for anxiously. The sen possesses most of the terror during these storms, but( on land there Is trouble too. Trees are blown down and the frail native house are wrecked. Inhabitants ore drenched and business Is nearly at n standstill. Streets run full ot water, which orccps Into the little stores, nnd the proprietors spend their time In balling out the water that ls nnkj deep Inside the doorsllls, Tho street car rumbles on during tho storm. The driver drones on his wldstlo as tho curtains flap wildly In the wind nnd slta huddled on the front end of his cart, while the more patient nnlmnl plods slowly nlong the wet street The water buffalo enrca very little-If the rain Is coming down. It Is different with tho driver, usually, n Chinaman, or, as he Is known here, "Chino," but Bomctlmcs a Filipino. These people wear n great variety of rain coats. It only has been this last rainy season that- aproe of Uicm hnv appeared' In great blue overcoats with" brass buttons. The buttons bear tho eagle of tho United States nnd thc.re Is reason to believe that government clothing is being worn by those .who never carried a gun. Tho usual rain coat of tho native Is made of the husk of tho coconnut, Tho fiber Js won Jno a sleeveless cpnt, and over this tjiere is a cape o( the saroo material. When clnd. In pno of these coats, the wearer looks like ths cannibals In tho picture books. The legs nre bare, tho thin white trousers being rolled up to the thigh. Tho wearer tops out his coatume with n broad-rlramed hat. generally of straw. Another protection ls tnado of closely woven nlpa, which fits over the shoulders and slants down bo ns to tjtrn the flood that falls jp jhe ground, This Is a good protection, jf there Is no wind to drive the rain beneath be-neath the roof for It is little else thn thnt. The wearer looks like a caricature carica-ture of a ballet girl. With the exception of umbrellas, Vhlch few of them possess, the women wom-en nre without protection from the storm. They go to nnd from the mar. kct ns they do on the brightest days, seeming, sntlsfled If they mn only keep their heads dry. When their wnres nre sold they turn the basket upside down on their hrnds and plod nlong smoking their cigarettes. When n person ha to go out during dur-ing the rainy season he uses, n enro-metfn enro-metfn or ,n qullez. They nre built so the storm cannot get In to the passenger. pas-senger. The drivers generally wear little helmets that are not seen in any other part of tho world. They are like n sun helmet, only Instead of pipe clay there ls n coating of white lead, which tho sailors use In painting ships. Some of tho drivers have risen to the position In life whero they con afford n white rnln cont, with a hood, hut Mich nn outfit is considered very nrlstocrntlc, nnd few outsldo tlie liveried liv-eried servants can nfford such n luxury. lux-ury. When passengers nre not In the conveyance the driver slta back out of Hie wet, cither behind the curlnln of the enroraettn or under the roof of the qullcz. Tho native does not enjoy this wet season nny more than a. southerner enjoys a winter In Canada. Around the quartermaster's department n number of Filipinos are working. Thay certainly are the chilliest lot that ever saluted n foreman. Thev make no effort to temper tho element's by heavier clothing, but go nhout in tho same white clothes thoy wear In May. The foreman, n heavy sergeant, who goes nhout In a poncho nnd a pair a nibl-cr boots, greeted them as they left the building to-nlghtt "Muchn ngnn, much fren?" "SI, senor," they replied, as thny nhtveed on Into tho streets nnd tiled to their homes. "Say, you mean to say them fellers want to fjght In this kind of weather? No, slr-cr. There's no more fight In them than there Is In n wet chicken." Chicago Chi-cago Record. Hoom In h IroMlon, ' Clara Dear Isabel, you are at last a successful artUt, Isabel-Oil, Clara, I don't feeljny-self feeljny-self a success; I've Just motedup a little, because a lot of oldsr strollers 4inTe4got jtljr,ed and quit, Detroit Free' J jlP ' "-' ' SB! " MtlliiiWiMiifSijsiiiwMn . ;.. A bom of Air. Daniel Thomn Jr. Is. afflicted with -gravel trouble, and "will probably haVolo undergo ati operation. opera-tion. i Mr. JohrfE. Austin Of ileber"clty yaa aivlsltor on Sunday. "Lovely spring, lingers ot the lamps of 1 winter. " - . The BrAdshr,'lro3.,Jncob)fe Undsey nnd the Jenny Lahd nnd Livestock company shipped a train, consisting of thirteen cars of cattle to Albertn, .Canada, .Can-ada, Monday. The shipment g6es over tho Oregon Short Lino, nud consists principally of youni Btcers and stock cnltle, which will be pastured on tho extensive tracts recently purclinccd by these gentlemen in tho Northwest Territory. Ter-ritory. Superintendent rinrduer lms a forc-of forc-of twenty men nt work pelting n)j readiness for the osmose braueh of the sugar factory, which will commence making brown sugar to-day. Tho off product of syrup loft from last season's run, that contained too much of tho bnso salts lo let It crystal!, improve,, with ngo, and niter passing through tho osmose process will bo converted Into brown sugnr, which will bo niado into refined sugar whon tho plant commences com-mences its reguhr season's run will September. Tho brown sugar run will Inst about sixty-five dnys, nud enough syrup is on hand loiuakcnbout 1,760,000 pounds. . s |