Logan Republican | 1904-02-20 | Page 5 | Fun in the Philippines

FUN IN THE PHILIPPICS. Joker Has Natives Scrambllit for Heated Coins. While n big cinwJ of Idle laKrors passed tho dull afternoon hours Away on Cnlle Solcdnd, near the ltlno'itlo canal, )esterda. a practical Joker t'Jii-eluded t'Jii-eluded that It was about time to create some excitement, and to liven up thliiKS, sns the Manila Cahlenews. Ho utilised the stove of a restaurant for the purixisu of hentlng n big lot of copper coIiih until they were in n white glow. Thou ho got a shovel and threw them among the chattering natives, na-tives, who at once commenced to fight nnd scramble for their possession. No sooner did the untlves step on one of these heated pit ces of nione. or try to Krab It, than he dropped It again and hopped about frantic wltp pain. Later on, when the money had cooled cool-ed off, It disappeared rnptdly, but the Joker nnd the bystnuders had had their fun.