Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
FROM TROPICAL cLIMEs.
Another Interesting Letter From far Away
Manila.

e "ibh 1he 70. N aJ Manila and ha
C kindly allowed us 10 use part of IL
The letter is written on the backs o
old records taken from the ancient
q Spanish arsenal at Cayite and is quit,
curio. We will quote extracts from
! 10.
, CAVPrE ARSENAL, July IS, 1898.
A few short months ago | had nc
idea that would ever be here with a
distance Of 1919 miles Travelled since
enlIsting on Nay 10, sO3G of them by
water, by land on cars 772 and tie
balance II miles by march, this does
not include any Of our drills. Follow.
Ing is the daily routine: First call for
reveille 4:45, assembly 4:55, reveille
5OO this Is Il. m. not p. M Then we
have breakfast which consists of
coffee and biscuits which occasionally
are substituted by hot cakes with
syrup made from sugar From TO 7
we drill, except on Saturday and Sun q.
day, grand mount comes off about 8
O'Clock and we don't do much Of any
thing from that till mess which is at
IL IN. We hold the morning drills so
early on account of the heat in the
forenoons which is the hottest part OF
the day. In the afternoons il gener-
ally clouds up and occasionally 1t
thunders "to beat the band" and oh
no IL don't rain it just spills out, no
Oregon mlsts here.
l am the company clerk which was
some what Of snap up till yesterday
when | was not excused from drill ary
longer, but no other work do / have to
do except TO keep the books of the
company. am excused from all guard
and fatigue duty, but my time is
pretty well taken up as the books
were 10 pretty bad condition as viii
Wann who used to keep them took
sick and now lies in the hospital with |
consumption and that left the work |
in bad shape for me to take up. Here
goes tapssO must finish tomorrow,
Yesterday we not only received
mail but got word that Sampson had
sunk CerYera's entire fleet. Well you
can imagine the "three times three"
that we gave, and suppose old Salem
turned herself loose and celebrated
accordingly.
Honolulu Is simply paradise, but
since we left there IL becomes Paradise
Lost, the streets and yards are simply
one grand park, the foliage is i'm
mense and words cannot dlcrlbe its
graudure. 1t puts one very much in
mind of Golden Gate Park in San
Francisco.
The houses are all low, being mostly
me story, and some with very thick {
walls. The streets are narrow, with
'ldewalks about 2! or 3 feet wide con-
listing OF cement or gravel. The
climate too is delightful, the warm &
'st part of the day being about 8 n
!. IN. after which cool breeze springs
Up and the rest of the day Is delight
ul. u
The people include nearly every
on the face Of the globe, V,
We passed within sight OF the JI
sland OF Molokol, where all lepers
re sent, aud it fills one with sym
athy and pity for those people as
on look toward the island in the uI
istance aud think of the living death
ley are suffering, eXiled from home, w
lends and loved ones, even though
hey are simple minded natives,
ostly. Gu
| noticed In one of the papers from
regon yesterday, picture of W
papish beauty, we'll, / wish TO good. "" -.
'ss l might have the pleasure OF
eing one as we have seen nothing
1t natives here aud they are very =
lall looking, something like
linaman and you can imagine the
shtof white girl now would be a
1st pleasant sight aud welcome, too.
After leaving San Francisco | had
share OF seasickness and felt
little dizzy again when we sailed
20 the chaffy and turbulent waters =
the China seas, But outside OF NJ
~ have enjoyed excellent health "a
i am troubled only with an i'm q
nse appetite, which, while on N
'rd the ship, was not always ap- u
'sed, as our ratlons were slim and
any too well cooked either, but
the fare is good under the cir HI
distances, Last Sundays bill of Nv
| will send you for dinner: writ
eken SOUP, biscuits, onion stew. ago
ed potatoes, vinegar pie, coffee mer
hanback,. dow
dart
W '"u"y' July ~, dinner; Nut stan