Show I 11 MAJOR STANTON j T Army P im tr Relates Some Very Verv In 11 i I i b ALS I 11 J 1 11 III lilt jl u met err ery lI Ur JIll ill tot Not lie IU lieS S IfS n I 1 Th very 11 c letter letterIs Is III from the of Wor Charles IL B Stall Stanton ton Salt Lakes Lake moat mast let la en The letter Is II to 10 as aA fM bitt of February Uti relateS some very amusing that author while travel traveling over tb the olt the sob diers Th tr is II BI as lt It has hi been Wert Jut just a 11 month since I wrote to and nd awa away the hard Ht cit oil ohe bv had 1111 In the and I nver bew It w was possible to do 10 snitch In a given time I paid iii January pay y rolls aggregating about more than an any man n never ever paid b In one ml month so 10 yen can d we are not an any TIle The troop here are so 0 tc scattered that w we travel for tor a month without a break lOin going ott on toot with a full tull siam horseback or ambulance sleeping out 0 eating when we get a chance chines etc tc Its t a ret t experIence but a man who bo WIl wantS loom ore 0 of It than thaD we art are getting hive bristles on him AI Aa w we PIlI pa we go 10 out again aln next month and It bids fair to tobe tobe be hard harder work than In January Two pm who started out on lieu Janu at 1 2nd one olle for the northern part of Luzon lulOn the other olber to the southern I is islands lands landi are not Dot home bome yet fet and nd we hv hive not even heard beard from them except Itt In directly DOGS DOOS A FA VOlUTE FAVORITE DIRT DIm DImIn In my hit letter I think I told you ot of the Zulu Island Illand the and nd since Ince then I have met one of the northern tribes the who art are head bEad hunters hunten rhey he are big and bLacic or rather bron bronse color wear human haman teeth ot of dead enemies plaited In their hair have from two to a don dosen heads banging around In the rafters raften ot of their and are re cannibal Their fi fa favorite diet I is a young or puppy and nd they carry carl them over the moult table In baskets so 10 that they wont be We tried to get Ift some eggs P from them and anel by br gestures made mad out we weere were ere very hungry They consulted and brought In a dna woolly pU pup and were wre greatly astonished when we take him They wear nothing but a 0 string although tb they live from to feet teet above abon sea level and It I ii so 10 C cold your breath breaU steams in hi U the mom morning Int Their weapons are re an ax axe In inthis this U j string tria or belt bela and aDd a Wicked look lookIn lookIng In Ing spear pear A chief threw the latter through a target the siss I of a playing card at ninety feet teet Their money mony is I a copper coin made by bJ themselves called clickers and nd they use nothing el else Their pipe bowls ire made of brass gold a silver diver and nd they have plenty of It Ther The mk make ru ruI by fusing copper and lead Th The chief I of the tribe h hu a met ot of gold to eat on III as we were Pre told by bS a local meg mA pate who saw when Way Wey Wayler let ler Went ent up II to call on the chief This local magnate mena offered nuggets and nd dust at 10 per aw It cluid have been had at I 1 thInk COPPER AND ND GOLD PLENTIFUL Copper and nd gold must be very easy euy of a access eli for tor they Iby have any nJ quantity ot of It and no tools but axes axil that I saw w to work with Uh They Ther sie a hard lut these thele and iii an people are ml and look alike to hero so It If w we ever do ny mining well hv have to them em MI II the people ope hire here saying that is II tM the richest island ut of the group In hemp timber copra sugar cane 1111 and ad gold bt U to the latter th there rt is II enough on Luson to tomake tomake make thou thousand of people rich Major Sa has gone up a ot of water a half ball mile seeing Inc nothing but black sid nd all the Urns and that I ii only forty torb mil from Crom Man Manlia Mani lia i rn the extreme north away tip up In lb hi mountains are re splendid pine for elite eeLs but tut In thE southern Islands there arts are hundreds hUndred of ot of forest ot of hard wood They have ve enough ot of It to make the Pullman cars and pIanos piano of the world for a century I saw aw In CEbu a table top ot of one piece ot of wood inches In dla meter and boards buArd three feet teet wide all hewed out by hand hantl anti and th they polish lIke Ebony The steps alpI and sonic In the Hotel blot here art are planks of rote rose wood two feet teet wide wideAN AN MU MElm Although we work like Uke dogs we occasionally lilt got a side aide light lIht on life lite that is II very I 1 met an arm army mule driver on Cibu island nd that Wu was a We e were going up on the mountains eight mil miles with four big mules and an ambulance and nd he kept talking to tb the mu mules all the while u as tilt they understand him In follow tollow big Ing the river we wa Mm came to a place pae where the water had to one sIde and aad trOt got stuck uck In a bad mud hole hol lie gave mt me the lIn lines jumped down In Inma I ma mud and to ht hIs waist swore a little at t wt and nd then went I to see III It was AI Intact taming all au the Um tim Addre the near Wheeler ht hi tilt said Dont you shako your Our at me hie sir Dont u tell m me you cant pull pullout pullout out of kolf for tor t I knew a damn dam eight been In lots Iota ot of worse than thIs and md always rot got out and you can leave Ire this one behind WO too If you want to Now fow you u good ee lM and when I give gYe a yell 11 you move JOU hear me meRe Re nl walked around the wagon petted I isell If one of them R a little and then ott on tInt one side lid give ave A yell that 1 m Inc ot of items bom The mules WIt welt dry ground around so that I VP went OV over r back backwards and nearly Dearly broke m my n neck k but we were O 0 K It ItI I 1 commended him on n hl his manage meat and hl he sold aid O OI that mIl mIlIn In maior Ye lee you JOu vi alwa argue wIth lIh a mule mut If y u kl some Mme thin and he be dot dont ou youve get to con rinee hIm It if It tau takes a pIck handle flut Dut If IC he ha knO end and b he knows knowl you dont ew Ie it all lieU hell wont roo move him JL |