Show ru e 0 OUR Ur n n MO flA II A M I faA YI L 1 DA I N C CA M Ii PITA PIT I Ii A l Our are h and lid When and hert the they the Come Colne ot of BIR Th They anent Thirsts In d 4 ti it UI and WIN Were Worked b by life under the n l Shedd 14 o The Town of and Its lis Curious Sur to 0 tM or of IAfe oa Us IDd ot t torI tor torI I id I e i lV M vv 1 j I l PRANK G vj t HoO by Funk 0 OI t I ire r rI d 1110 O 70 11 I mak r One m Well 11 all I have b to ay It is isy fP t y vU u w tt to 10 be bun of cf 70 your au II hJ ha better r u It Oft on with a r uttered by CoL J Jas the thea II 11 Ih h a hu l 1 e r h i ge ot of our troops In InN Inthe N I III the Isle lula Jr aft t I I south ot of u ab JI He hu has hun n IL l Ih thousand u and soldiers boat to toI I t stations l about th thi the thern i rn m lout coast ot of this great t tI I ups occupy tb the lead I L 1 J I tor nr ev hundred 11 garrison town of off f II The rhe Spaniard f of their army Huth uth and It i Inn toda today with the I situated on the IX ex IXL exi L i rn l end of t I rp through r j going In from frum t Ila Ia It has rt n fairly I 1 u It t th h ships hl have tu to In the shore and paa t ut II t to the thes I s ant n Of the trans I d ays 1 ley I tune lUIl I III lilt tran upon unnI I d I I send t and the II I l v ware IL ILMI 1 MI tam am k 1 I uw 11 been Nn t et tm lIy i i I up sell l lg g bl hr da w wl 1 I l stuff luff which hould i i VI u OI IrAL Iona be called a Mo rn 1 It Il le II occupIed only the th and sow sowa a It Is I hower how r the Ihl theM 1 M I a u an and 1 d o I the two to i three w l I u who a 11 tr 11 pa pai i U II I It HulU nI Tb ac I le a II hR hag moss mort pl I n on en th the shut hol holI 4 I lol by th hun hull hunI I II ty an and j jIk Ik 10 and fro III ling of In II It looks look more like 01 I n II with tI the u thant than t 1 iII Ils I II tsIh h tree r 1 th h lea t a a as you OU t II t te Ia and till ull about I or of tropical I lire I rt mile and miles mile I r s above aboe and b below low It itt t f out lit into Inlo the country r J rr which hang over b by cocoanut tree tre r r tt II hundred f feet t hip high o r d j banana and hemp n 11 Of Ih varnished green 11 hu huh h Il Ie a gm m It la III corn com trots parallel lt 11 vl I nI sl the water r 11 its aidee are lined I the hp branches of which 1 had and under them r I IIi street t nosy a canal anal u as aM clear 1111 n crystal 1 here and there thre by byr r of mho mahogany ny teak t I t mIc d It is I t fed 1 h by a lit r fl 11 lor r p end ot of the town ao L bridge over this which t h market mark t and homes hom 1 1 n street are the th orn offices of oft 4 t it h port an Omaha II Ip and al aiso the gen gent In f t r the department of building u nn UI with oyster shell hell 1 1 great balcony looking a In It you ou And thE list regiment ant his hll j tit th management of Jf nil 1 Civil and military n IT h Tr for Instance are III all ur I regulates r lod they have to PlY pay so soh Ith h tor or the right to sell II III I 1 the h prices ot of things t hi In Int t tells lust Jut how bow many i r t t 11 for 10 cent lie He lieh m I h I t t by a stroke of the ther J r announced that no nor r F 1 sold In t rI I to a little 11 ho wanted to open a as color s 1 hi hisky ky To him the colo YI know there are only A two wo ell of people in hi thle region There Thera art are the Mora M and the Christians The Mo Moron according to their religion relon are not Dot permitted to drink and 4 the only Christians hen bre who have money to spend nd are the soldiers What you rou ar are asking I Is that I you GU tile the Ion don Ic ton bed whisky to IG m soldiers wen Well sir Ir you rou cant have bays IU It The Irish Irishman man IDaD went away AMS PARK FARM FARMOn On Ob Of the most moet curious dudes that Colonel Pettit ba has Is II the as a man mana a ape to tile t e b biggest t farm tarm which the United State Awns It I is situated about miles from here bere said Is Ie so 10 lar that a fast tut walker wilker could not get et around It Il In a dy day It between and a acres Id and netted the It le II said laid about 1000 a year Within the put few months one of M the Chinese capitalists here bere h has at af to PY pay a year yar rental for It It if the will band It over to him hem on lease leal but u yet I hi his proposition has hal not Dot ben been accepted The farm con i lalle hemp plantations and It le II said Id that there le II worth of hemp now slacked up on It ready for tor shipment It h has tens lent of thousands of cocoanut trees treel and Includes tome some val valuable al timber There Ther II I a sew w mUl upon It but the ma machinery h or of this I le OU out t of order The Tb farm was wal operated by the Spaniard u a penal settlement and lId In a as It belonged to the govern overn meat ment It becomes omel the properly of the United Slates The Tb Spaniards worked several hundred convicts convict upon It and the most mOlt ot of the revenue ot of It ft probably went wat Into th the p keta of the Uncle Sam Bam ha has two other farms farma Jut just outside of which came me to him In the same lame way The They embrace some IOme fine nf rice lands landl and an alar a large banana plantation They are right on the edge of the town and It was In company with the or mayor and quartermaster Sharpley that I drove OUt to eel eec It There were perhaps SIll f tty men mell anti and women at work in th the rlee fields bar vesting the crop ADd to say the they were working away under Ins lall The They had pat up white cotton upon a rude framework and this w was at attached to a pole pol which w was duck up upright right In the ground se Ie that the they could work away under It and be in III the shade The They wire were the riot rice talk stalk by talk stalk as is I the custom here leaving A IU ON T THE WAY TO THE BOERS CAPITAL I I i A rr ale aley y t r v 1 1 r It ItI ti d I r I CA CAi r i 1 1 a 1 1 l aLL i Ii r a aki i ki t t i j r t Dl t I of f lose 10 of danger from rm nil nn alert and wily I foe arts 1 tyre Ih t ontra the lb dalIy ut II AI tummy filets Aikin I 1 up The n a V h n 11 Ind remar J la 31 at hw hor 11 t n nl I th Ih deal era n I r rn ral tall n al 0 II ft au 4 at to e Wales an AD III l LJ J r j d df 4 I I f only about eight Inoh Inches of Itra straw on 01 each stalk as d the Uti stalks tala up u Into sheaves heave from elx to eight bt inches in hi dl 41 Here Her and aad th then over the farm w were threshing doors each erected on a framework ot of bamboo so 10 that It WM was almost u s high up h th the Air Ir as ID n American windmill The sic rIet la Is drawn u up from the ground to th the door and aad trodden out b by the feet tb the wind car tying away IW the chaff chaft who the gains of paddy tall fall to the ground In the banana plantation I made a photograph to show the height ot of tb the stalks Ik stand standIng Inc Ing beside on one of them u I did so 10 The They ar are I judge at least feet teet high A FOR OUR These farms tann otter splendid opportune ty tF to our agricultural department to establish an experiment station down here hen on the edge ede of th the equator There re reI I lb no Helter soil 1011 In the world than that thai about and the method of handling handlin It should be tested at Once It will produce excellent colt coffee and In all probability cotton colton tobacco and su IU sugar pro gar It I 1 not far from the tea Ion cone of India and Ceylon Clylon and It ma may be that the tle lulls of this great Ireat Island Iland ot of be some IOme da day covered with plantations of coffee and tea The climate I le very similar liar to that ot of Java and Ceylon and the boll 1011 fully as al rich All kind of tropical fruits can call be groan In the market today I picked up some ome green leaves Ilave and lind wondering what th they y might be began beall to chew them They burnt my lips II Pl and aDd I found that tb they y were wre from the cinnamon tree Iree which grows wild la in the forests The bananas banano here herl have hav a flavor such as you OU will 11 not lIot and In those thOle ot of Cuba or Porto lorto PortoRico Rico There are many man e ot of white yellow 1101 and green TIle The green banana has hal a yellow ellow flesh b band and II Its flavor I le delicious Then Theil there is the durian durlan a fruit which smells Imel like ilk cheese but which Is II so 10 de that you OU eat It disregarding Ute the theodor odor The I Is another 41 de delicious licious fruit and In addition there are oran oranges and lemons the aut and the papaya nearly all or of grow grew wild I d TUB TILE CATTLE OF MINDANAO these farms farm Uncle Sam should bould make some experiments In cool rats rala Ing In This Is II one of th the chief stock re glens of the PhilippIne the n nab mall are an small antI and no hu hap been paid to breeding Th The cattle look ook somewhat like Ilke Jerseys but hi here and there you ou sea let a trace of a hump huml OR on the tb back Tb lWe said to be a cross CIOll between be I tween tb the Indian the Australian cattle Tb They dress drea more than III pound but tb they are so 10 scarce that 00 Dow bring more than 13 or 30 o gold lold apiece and bullocks more mort The Th cattle caUle a an chiefly owned by the Mora who bo bouk uk ask aU all kinds of prices and usually take much less len than they ther uk ask The animals are sll 11 grass rut teeS fed and the meat is II ex excellent The cattle are raised chiefly for beet beef all over the th Philippines although al though In some islands such ucb u Panay they Itley art are employed as carrll carriage and draft ft animals animal The nath native u a rul rule use u no butler butt and outside ot of the th towns but Ut lit UttI tI milk The result I la that lb there are but few rw good cows cow although It ft is Ia believed that such luch could be bred NOW TIlE FOR TIO Not only the agricultural department but also allO the geological surrey and tM the Institution should hould send parties to the Philippines In the rear future The fhe islands as al I have bave paid ald leave have not been explored end a In investigation lion should be made ot of them at a athe lb the earliest moment The Th scientists should be here at th the present pr ent there are plenty ot of soldiers to pret them and when they can easily Itt gel a guard to accompany them to an any place they wish hh to 10 go 10 This will make them I IlIa sat lIa f th the savages of the mountains and x II enable them to undertake sour which In the times of an aD sty If for force e might be dangerous to ray laY laYth the th This Is eo 0 In where the land asT 1 have bave said Ild belonga almost entirely to the government now OUR JIE NER NAR NERTHE THE It I am with th the Ro here at n and I UI I Ih the man will pity on mf ilK as It h this HI He can In rave f hi hie pity y f r f I a good mosquito netting t I I one oneSt St III night you 0 can get alon along u as comfort comfortably ahl ably h re fr all as nl at any allY other army poet pest that th the Putter owns The refit 1 1 b a art r I 1 rg I LULL I c lt ti I tt e It a ht nv Wo etil I hOUM ilk l II 11 l of r I err e with I I I mound al 41 6 I led ul Ih the ril rays of the sun un by bel w I Tl The house is 1100 floored with mahogany board some ot of which ar are two feet wide and twenty feet tet loa long Xu Its an fro from fifteen to tW twenty II feet high It II b right on tb the beach and 04 It U a etl slid sea Ita breeze breele which blow through It aU all lIa day and all night In the add 14 evening we go 10 out and take taIL a bath In tile the sea ea and I u is sure lure you ou that U ft lb this time Ume of the year the weather It II gaits It u pleasant plant a as that ot of an any of our middle States at In June JUn and aDd July We hi have as a excellent mess mes pre presided sided Over b by Major ll one n of the features o of the Ua breakfast being a aIa glass Ia of r milk fresh from the trees In the Yard ant There er are other good OO quart quarters I hi parts pari of the city but so 10 tr tar some ot of the lower cers cere have not bet base able abl to get houses and they have han put up sheds of bamboo JiM ran on the de ground not nol tar far from eras These hUh hub have hav floors floore anti and w walls of but bill their r root roof are made of tents They see art elevated leYal about three feet from the ground INJUn and are b by ho 10 means o INT INTREPID TA TARS S UNDAUNTED BY AC ACCIDENT IDENT w A ra r r o H a ar 1 p j j r CO COi Tea t tv 1 V fJ 1 v M t i f s 0 N AT 7 b It t xv w wL L i xin t t k fr rr Wt y S cw mn soy e y c a I W I 1 raw sae 1 t M 4 J t s sa e 1 4 a 4 4 Tit 0 A IlL IlLI e I Y I rn I r 1 p pI I s sF 1 y 1 F sira K vii it h f 3 In t ties advance to ascending Uh a k Ws the 11 carria cartage of a twelve P beats down and s to have hav ended But the of the tle naval nal brigade rigged a de del delay l lay b by which they were enabled to carry Ih the gun Into Ute the dished p position and to work It until re repairs pairs paiN could be made mad V I find and the soldiers a atts d with wed their lot Jot Th They are ant men com coming ing chiefly from Ohio Indiana and IDd Ken Kentucky tucky with a few tew tro from Int and Tennessee UNDER MARTIAL LAW like most mOlt of the Philip Phllip Philippine pine towns town I is under martial law The Moroe Ire are not nol allowed to bring their knives Into the city Ity and no one can lit be liton beon on tb the streets after dark without giving an aa count account ot of himself There are belt 1 ported on 1111 every block and nil all night lon long these sentinels call out the thu hours houn They wakened awakened m me with 1 cv tIT cry cell caU during 01 my feet night or eo here Tile The man under the regimental headquarters had a voice 1111 like tb the tra bull ot of Bohan BIhan Itt fie was wal number I and I could hear his hav heavy tones tonu ringing out nUl upon the night alt air Number 4 1 One All II b welL That sound would hardly dl die away Iway be beto tole to number 6 1 would break out In a treb treble Number II 0 One oclo k kAS Ail AS is well and then number would go 1 It on 08 another key hy and so 10 on until gaber I 1 and Inn even the unlucky num Wt r IS 13 Ono One night I heard beard the Ur I gay hour houri from 10 until S I called calif with Ith commands to halt between U tt and warnings to the passerby to Mind up and be recognised This rIll call t of t th the hours le II done don at an all of the theet po et ot of till this part ot of the wOrld and the most vigilance is II kept t to JUar guard against surprise AMONG OUR OIL BROTHERS Tile The soldiers do well to eyes open for tor although tb these are now at peace with Ith u us and we e call them brothers I they hey Ire are fit of seek a nature ture that the be least leat indiscretion might make e them break break out into war They caused canted the mire trouble tit than aa any other tt lb the tic races They art are dlf I from the others Ip In their manner customs and religion and tb the handling of them is III one of the tbt most delicate problems Uncle Ram lIam la has to solve It II III I ii I believe It a more one thin than that ot of the Indian or the negro It will 1111 not be a question u ot of making the Moros American citizens so IV muck muda as keeping tit them from bringing about a state Ite of aroby and nd bloodshed The questions of religious fanaticism ate hen added to 10 those ot of barbarism for the Morse although they url ore Mo are Ife little better than savages Their houses pro thatched huts end and their only man art are weapon of war in the shade of lancea Iana and mat terrible swords Ird Ty They carry knives called barongs which are a sort of a cross crOll bel between n It a word sword and a meat mat ax but which ar are so 0 sharp harp that I am amable amable able to shave the hairs from the beck bak of my hInd hand with any ate oa of them The have bur krill or fir shout lt tt the Ille blades of which wind in III and out like ilkI I a snake th these thy they use UN for |