The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-11
SCENE OF The BATTLE.
SOME FECfS ABOUT MlNglA'5 HlS-
TORY. PeoP. AND COMM Rcs.

| Id, lQe CaplIal VI tLS LII gSlES
Islands, is situated Cavite is iG the
B,v o. Msrila, spd about ten miles
southV est CT tie city OF Maria. The
town OF Cavite has population OF
ever fve thousand aGd the population
Of the pot is less ihan six hundred
souls There is al arsenal st Csv;te.
which IS the capita OF the province Of
the sane name. The resjd nee Of the
| governor is situated there, and the
place is the chief naval depot OF TIE
Spanish POSSESSIONS il tha: past Of The
world.
BUILT ON SEA AND LAND
Manila, the capital city Of the Island
OF Luzon and of ali the Philippine Is
lands, is also situated on Manila Bay,
a, the mouth Of the River Pasig. The
city forms the segment OF circle ce-
tvs en- the river and the sea, and its So
burbs ex!erd over numerous is'ets,
formed By the river and its brar c1es
The river PAsig is prolonged into the
caT by two piers. AZ the ED o. one
of them is small fort, aid a light
house is situated ct the eEd Of the
other pier. Vessels OF small tonnsga
can 90 up as far as the bridge which
crosses the rivir.
The town stands on the south side,
bas dilapidated look, but is said to
be strongly fortified On the north
side IS the Binordo sutucb, which is
the residence OF the foreign merchants
ard tie great centre OF trade. It is
mere popuIcus than the cit7 itself.
SPANISH AND ORIENTAL.
Manila has boln 9 Spanish and an
Oriental appearance. There are long
lines Of heavenly mounted batteries,
dark looking churches, strange lcok,
irg tontrs and o. as>iye houses o. solid
ma orry. These miogie with light
little houses, cot a&es, IN groVss Of
troeical trees, raissd from tEe ground
| oy posts IL order 10 permit the frse
| casSaEe Ct the waters ID the rainy sea
son. Tae sireets are straight, mostly
unpaved ard almos:impass!o!e Guflj g
! Toe rainy season.
IL TIE city The houses are tIo stories
! high, srt each has IFS central court
yard. There reside the heads CT the
state, tbs church AID tee army, and
Ill these WHO claim - beloIg 10 tie
aristocracy.
| The bridge across the river leads
from tbe city proper into The Blnondo
suburb, where street, called the Es-
calta, runs 10 tie righ: ard TO tae left.
Il is lined with innumeraote shops,
stores and stalls, ard is usually crowd
ed with feople of various races.
Beyond the E.calta is colony o.
Chinese, Indians and half castles. who
do business az goldsmiths aud ,6tl-
ers, painters ard enameilers, OH aud
soap merchants confeclioners snd
keepers OF gambling houses and cock
shops. The o.her suburbs have each
special character For instarce,
Ssn Ferando is the sea! OF the great
cigar manufactures, and Santo Mesa
is the centre OF tie cordage manufac.
tory. st the Alcs;cerfa suburb the
Chinese sampars discharge their car
goes; the fishermen and WeaVers IL
nsbit the suburb OF Tondo, and lis
gardens supply the markets With fruit
for lis embroderies. Paco IS where
the artisans and arti:ts live, ard
health seekers flock to Santa Ana ard
San Pedro Macati
SOME FINE BUILDINGS
The p.inclpal tu.!cings II Manila
are the Cathedral, the palace 9! the
governor, tne palace OF lhe archoiSh
op, the town hall, beautiful build
ing; ten churches, belonging tc she
different religious eriers several mo
nasterjes, number OF converts, the
arsenal, three colleges for young men,
two colleges for young women. the
supreme court building, the prison,
the civil hospital, lhe university, tie
| marine school, the commercial school,
the theatre, large building, the Gus
tom house and the barracks
Thare are several large squares IN
Manila, the largest of whicD IS the
Prado, in which is situated bronze
statute of Charles ".
FOUNDED IN THE 18TH CENTURY
Maulla's municipality da.es from
the year 1871, when the city was foun-
ded BY L.gpaspi. It is splendid nat
ara! trade ceDtfe, and saL Ks ~l!a
Calcu ia and Batavia. B=ing the chief
port in the Pnilippine Islands, all
their productions fow there and It's
barbor is visited by very great mum
Der Of vessels of all sorts and slz S. lis
tXooIts consist Of sugar, tob .ccJ, IN
olgo, Manila hemp and cordage, goli
dust, BIRDS uesLs, coffee, sapanwo.d,
mats, hats, hides, lrevaog, tortois;
shell, cigars, cotton, rlce, esc.
It's mai acturers are chiefly cigars
and cneruo!s, a government monopo
iy; to,dage from the hlaments OF the
aoaca; beautiful faorlcS. known as
oinss woven from The fort Of The
piueapp e leaf, aud a'terward exqais-
l!e!y mbroicered various other cloths
made OF the aoaca 6!smens, pure aid
mixed, cotton fairies, mats and cigar
cases.
SUBJECT To EARTHQUAKES
In 1916 Manila WAS nearly destroy.
ed D7 earthquakes, which have since
frequently a, q severely visited tae
place =. British feet captured Mani
Ia in 1852. and held It for fifteen
months, WHEN it was by treaty seStor-
I'd to Spain. The population OF Ma
Mia, with is suburbs, is aoout 100,
0C0.
The Philippine Islands bslong to
the Malay A.: hipslago. Mex. to Cuba
they are The most valuable colonial
possession OF Spain. Ia al there are
about 2)C Islands IN the PhiIipplas
group, the prilcipsl Of which are
Luz1r, M.1danca snd Palawan, vita
M.Gdo:o Panay, Negros, Zebu, Bohol,
Leyte, Sanar auo Masbate aud many
other smaller Islands. Their total area
are ssima:ed a. about lis. 526 square
niles, and the tot>l population Is eStl-
ms.aO 10 be ahau; S COO coo uefsoQ: