The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-24


From the san francisco Examiner.
Oiled rags are used for brooms.
Catte are no larger than goats.
Women exceed men ia numbers.
Hats are worn only by foreigners.
All the women smoke large cigars.
Spanish soldiers march bare-f0o-e1.
The natives battle three times day.
Water bunaioea are used for blowing.
Manila was founded hv Legaspi In 1911.
AL the inhabitants fan asleep at midday.
KuiVes and forks arc unknown in the is
land.
Freedom OF speech is absolutely prohib-
tied.
Mluila is pronounced Mah-nee-la by the
natives.
Indians and Chinese patronize The horse
car lines.
In I645 the city was nearly destroyed by
an earthquake.
\ fashionable deiicacy for the menu Is
lie grass-hOgper
Tho poorer classes robe themselves in one
yard of cloth.
The common laborer receives as much as
10 cents q day.
Mosquitoes are more formidable than
Spanish guuboats.
Electricity is used for Illuminating pur-
poses IN Manila.
Manila paid 100000 to England as a
ransom.
The yearly output of cigars from the
Philippines IS 40 U0,Ccy
The chief occupation of some of the saw
age natives is murder
The streets of the capital city are under
water much of the time.
Manila IS considered commercially equal
to Calcutta and Batavia.
Visitors to the islands are not numerous.
The earliest were Magellan.
The high quality Of the indigo is &C
knowledged throughout the world.
The oil of the cocoa is used for lighting
purposes throughout the Islands.
The bushmen are more dreaded than
earthquakes, typhoons or plaques.
The land Is fertile, but the natives are
too incident and ignorant TO cultivate it
with the best results
Hundreds Of persons have been sent to
the penal settlements, and even deprived
of life.
Horses are a curiosity. The few that are
raised in the Islands are too small to
brand.
The male halfcaste wears trousers and
a shirt. The latter is not confined in the
trousers.
The streets of Manila are unpaved. Dur
ang the rainy season they are impossible.
In 1897 the United States took Al per cent.
Of the Manila hemp exported.
The instruction has been caused by op-
- -.-'-'~ 5A@NN anu a u l0u4il5 rate Ol TAX
alton.
The British captured Manila in 1862. with
a fleet of fourteen ships, and held il for
fifteen months.
Delinquent taxpayers are whipped at the
post. banished and their property conhs-
Gated.
The atmosphere of Manila has been
iikened to the SAVIOR of cachous and the
bite of red peppers
IL Is estimated that tI1svo a 20 1 0oO i-1orl-,
in the group. There has been no official
counting.
The typhoon and earthquake have been
the most frequent and dreaded visitors UP
to the appearance of Dewey.
For three years the United States I'M
ports from the islands have averaged over
%,000000 a year.
Primo de Rivera, governor Of the islands
twice made an enormous fortune out of
gambling licenses.
The capital of the Philippines is Manila.
II has population of 200, 900 and over GO. =
600 in the suburbs
In the Philippines they have butterflies
as large as bats. Their color is fawn and
they have ruby eyes.
The wealth of the man who owns a shirt
IS estimated by the hneness of its texture
and the way IL is worn
The streets of the city are lined with
massive stone houses, sOmber churches.
and airy cottages in tropical groves.
For 200 or 300 years insurgents in the ISL
ands have been increasing in numbers and
strength of purpose.
Cen Weyler was Governor of the ISL
ands for four years. He saved 81 goo OO0
out Of his annual salary of $4,000.
The chief diversion of Manila is the cock
fight. The pit is as big as circus. -Four
thousand spectators can be accommodat
ed.
Houses are raised on posts to permit the
water to flow under them in rainy season
They are built TO withstand earthuuakes
The mestiza of the islands is supersti
tious and languorous. She has been cali
ed the human butterfly. Her garments
are silk, very thin, and very loose.
The orchid, found IN the jungIes. and
dlfhcult of access sometimes commands
Sl,0O apiece. 1t takes months to stalk the
demon flowers"
SPANS troublesome and impecunious no
pies nave always been sent to Cuba and
the Philippines. 1t is not considered man
nerly to question how they obtained their
wealth when they returned to Snain.