The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
NEWS HND COMMENT

Philippine words as rule are Jaw
breakers. In the Chicago Record John
n McCutcheon, its Manila correspond
cnt. thus helps to decipher them: Ca
vite" IL pronounced as II spelled kay
vectv.' with the accent on the "vcet'
'orregldor, the island at the entrance I"
the bay. Is kor-reck..dor, with the
'reck' softened little bit, as If you
started to- say "reck." but quit on the
second thought Marlveles does not
rhyme with steals" but with "fellios,
and MalaCanan. the suburb where the
governor general lived in Manila, sounds
like MaaCanyan. Luzon is simply Lu2Oll,
but 1t doesn't rhyme with 'boozin''
LiDgayan is pronounced as IL 1t were
rhyming with "sighin'." Boinao is Bow
lon-ow, like "how." Caribao, the water
buffalo and principal beast of buruan
here, ends the same way-that IS, Carl
bow. Callao, the captured Gunboat, whose
captain didn't know war mad been de-
clared, sounds as if ii were spelled cal
VOW" the "Cal" rhyming with "sai ana
the "yow" rhymng with how" Min
danao belongs to the same class, Just as
If II had always been spelled "MindenoW'
and there had never been an 'ao IN H.
"Negros," the great sugar island, Is easy,
the one pronouncing it keeping in mind
the simple fact that the me is spoken
as IL II were may" Panay the home or
|
nigh" with the accent on the nigh.
Leyte is "Lay-ty,' and Gulmaras ls
| Gimmer-as, with the accent on the emu
Butuan in Mindanao, where the gold
comes from, iS very much disguised. Lit
| tie would one think that in every DAY
| life In these parts II is called "Boo-too-
an" with the accent on the too lligan.
also in Mndanao. is lll-egan, strongly
| suggesting bad health III an Irish family.
| ll.oilo r. Eel-o-cel-o. Camarines Is Cam
| mar-ennies and Albay Is "AlOuy.' Ma
| late and Masbate are in the same class,
| former being Malatty and the latter Mass"
| batty. Antique, one OF the provinces or
Panay, is called 'Anticky." Benguet, in
Luzon. is just plain Ben-get. Bayambans
| is By-um-bang. Tagalas and Nasayas,
| the two great tribes of the Philippines,
| are Tag-ollas and Niss-eye-us. The great
volcano of Taal in Batangcs, is called
'Towel." and the big lake in Luzon is
| caled "Lay-goond de Buy although Il is
| correctly written Laguna de Bay.
| Ex-senator Brice's Chinese railway con-
| cession authorizes the construction of y
| trunk line from HankOw to Hong Kong,
| 1000 miles, with branch roads and feeders
| traNersing a fertile country having a
| population i'm excess Of go. 900 900. All the
| material, including ties, will have to be
| shipped from this country, because of the
| scarcity of timber and the absence of
| steel rail mills in China The timber sup
ply will be scut by sailing vessels from
| Oregon, and the rails and other conStruc-
dion material from the Pennsylvania
mills. Negotiations are now in progress
| which may yet give to Mr. Brice and his
associates practical control Of the entire
railway system of China. The Importance
| of all this to American trade in the far
east, especially in view of our acquisition
of the Philippines, is obvious.
Here is a description from an Old Eng.
lsh periodical which New York Sun cor
respondent thinks would apply to Il. J.
GodlIin. of the New York Evening Post
| "A Tory can rise no higher than the as
| sumption of question. lie has pre-
iudice in favor of certain things anC
against certain persons. This Is all NJ
knows of the matter. He. therefore, gives
you assertions for argument and abuse
for wit If you ask q reason for his opin
ions he calls you names, and II you ash
why he does so he proves that he is IL
the right by repeating them thousant
times" AS a definition of the typica
American Mugwump this is worthy o
preservation.
| Uncle Sans uniform may not be a thint
of beauty but ii has it's advantages
| Writes McCutcheon from Manila: i
| does an American citizen good to see nov
superior in physique and how strong II
healthful development the soldiers of hi
country are. They are usually so mucl
taller than the Spanish and insurgen
soldiers that there is no comparison. Tn
uniforms worn by the Americans ar
somewhat ugly and unmilitary looking
but there is always that suggestion o
health and strength about them that tn
offense to esthetic ideas of beauty is no
noticed
The western members of the Fifty
sixth congress who say they saved tn
day propose to get if they can the fat of
fees in the organization of the house.
this expectation is realized, the witty an
amiable Major Mcdowell, of Sharon, Wi
soon be out of job. much to every Penn
syvanian's regret. But il probably wi
not be realized,
EX-COnSul Williams, well known 1
Scranton. is credited with having sal
that the easiest way for Uncle Sam {
solve the Aguinaldo problem is to offe
that ingenious young gentleman $4,000
take a permanent vacation. If Mr.. VII
, Jams said this he was very likely joking