The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-08
of One of These Scarlet, Gold
and Nickel Wonders From
America Described.
How Wealthy Warehouseman Bought One of the
Finest and Squirted Water all Over Town,
Just For Fun-Ku- KIuxing in Manila

man IN ehe river holding Che SlFcssen hose
, had har1 work 70 prevent MS being sucked
, up Before ehe hose charged on the engine
we had TO shut OF steam.
The two boys were ashed from tbs
river more frightened c6an hurt. and
native Malay policeman. p0l.ceman-like.
: promptly arrested them FOR daring % pa
drowned. Theboys blown through the
, screen door had received a badly lacerstei
ear. but he roo was arrested for getting
In the way. The natives IN generaI nl~e~I
their bare feet stepped on IN the ruch che
Spm'ards asked where the collation. was.
the Englishmen said nothing. The poIsce-
man marched the three BAYS In under-
shirts or 20 the station house. and next
T morning the Diario de Manila devoted
two columns 10 describing the wonderful
machinery that came from America
Since then water oxen haveoften drag
ged the big engine 20 fires. that q nisht
topple over brick walls ief, standing IN
the ruins, and native servants nave given
the nickel boiler coats % varnish o. re-
move the need OF cleaning and polishing.
That fire engine gave the people OK Ma
Mia a foretaste OF the America with
which Deweys guns have made them
better acquainted. and there Il T. now to
astonish the admiral and his officers when
first they set foot IN the blockaded city.
Besides the sugar and the hemp which
gone 10 Boston. to New York and 70 The
'Breakwater" from Manila. To no and
Cebu. there comes she tobacco which has
often found is way 10 American firms
who deemed II profitable 20 mix the phi
/ Hppine variety with that coming from the
/ West Indies. Very few OF the smoking
/ public realize how excellent that variety
4 Is for the cheap cheroots long bought
and smoked by the sailors on American
/ vessels have always been the standard by
! which Manila tobacco has been sudRei-
much TO its discredit-aud so one seems
to have taken the pains TO md out that
cigars OF a better quality exist
Manila's best cigars mode OF especially
selected tobacco. wrapped in the neatest
OF silver foil. and packed In rosewood
boxes tied with Spanish rlbbon-coqts but
five cents and is considered a rare deli
cacy. one scarcely ever sees these cigars
the Incompatible OF the
city itself and the brand is so choice that
few smokers are acquainted WITH Il. The
foreigner at Manila thinks ne is pavtnu
deaor for mis- weed az 20 per Thousand.
and some Of the most professional smokers
limit themselves 20 the bouquets. which
correspond to our 'Nwo for a quarter
but sell FOR tl30 hundred Bel8w, these
upper grades come various assortment
OF cheaper varieties including the che
roots. big a. one end and small az tbs
other and the hrec-d0iiar-a-t thousand ci-
gars. which are made Of The FIRST thing
that comes handy. and are regularly sold
to the crews on deep-watcr merchant
men.
The native or The Philippines wants rs
cigarette. and Ee,s Il. Packages of thirty
are sold on almost every corner FOR a
couple OF coppers. and % my mind ths
Manila cigarette IS Tar superior 20 ne
variety found IN Cuha Smoking g. of
course. encouraged by prices such a.
these and one finds % perfectly good form
TO borrow a cigarette as VOL az A Ileht
from his ne'Ehb9r "a ne tram car or Ga
the plaza Even on enc toll bridge ,aat
spans the Pasig You pay your copper FOR
the crossing and get far ygu- casaae-a
box ~ matches. And = ys1 are queer
enough not 70 want tho matches ~.
management Tia give you instead
check THAI avails Tor The return TRIP.
OF late years tho cigarettes found IN
Manila have been turned out by ,h7uazn8s
from the fast-Funnirg Frsnoh machines
IN p0ssession % the big tobacco Sscf0rfea.
bat this is not 20 say that maIrtIdes ars
not stiil made By hand. 7 BAD taa r,--
fortune 20 Try To intere-, one q to
smaller concerns ia t1e pgrchaee p ORE o.
merican pattern. which worked ~ Ge4a.e
he speed O: the Frsneh article Rut sa
lgurod without or host. ard since tie
7rger factories rad made contracts 20
squ'p ,hemselyes wien the P7-.r.an patsat
2 apparently seemed dee.1e81y zranr
heir in'ereTt % allow ere Intro1uc.i1e ~
he fast-runn.rE American mechanism
rat had q capacity q Iz 90 pieces per
lem. or 20 lntn1.e.
80 sooner cad ems t~o scgfree-a from
scr York. zeo aa1 come oat 20 rsif 80
oachias ,oEeraer. started operations .ha7
here was r8t 1eba- rarr dor az see
o'ei ar aaonyns4aa esHara8aira-.a-. rezf-
~. "Yo8 arc agsee1 t0 o. n3 raa-s
FORK on the us~aae tst rave tsua ~
nee" u state ~ Curious ts-p.8a-fea
1ay came ~ Cur erce. v-rs~- us fr-
-eared th=ir fears Hr f-ia.srr 20 tt-r
b. in~iseaf u ere -F1 risss.ersr.as uto.
srne gears aT5. osn~ t1 Mania % Teach
-ssf erfa'.Era t9 -sss aatsres Ii es---a tazs
leY tad b1 sbrzaa 'hsr iah.-z uesz
-fer ere feer - tas.- room az .ar fe.-
- nigh, vss .-srszt f-is ru-rrsrs '-Ta4
70 aar-ef t7 ffe1-fH- Ee.f t.ae-gs
- iesse ere
FaTirg 30 at.ert7 20 ~.- ~.--.g-
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