The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28

Park, one of Chicago's Ioveliest suburbs
and the home of the Sigsbee family, and
soon to welcome the doughty hero him
self
The Manila lilies have bloomed in that
suburb for period of forty years, and
never found themselves famous until now
But they We're cherished members OF
large floral family, valued for associations
and admired because of their almost per-
feet beauty.
Since they have been labeled with The
name OF Dewey they have appeared in
public places, and been fondled by admir-
ing crowds, and if money could have pur-
chased bulbs for potting they would have
accumulated a fortune the one fact that
they were exotic children Of Manila Civ
ing them a prestige over all their COM
panions. Dewey did the rest, connecting
them by long stretch of time with the
vital present, when the lily of Manila may
become the American floral emblem OF
victory From a mean temperature Of 81
degrees, it has grown and thrived in our
icy winters, through that care which
Few housewives give to their plants TO
repay it with great clusters of odorous
blossoms of the indescr.bIe pink shade
known as early dawn" each lily cup
hlled with a cluster of golden petals, the
cups themselves of the haring chalice
shape. Florists have applied Ia vain for
bulbs of this lily for 1t has tender asso-
Citations extending to a time when Manila
was only commercially known.
Forty-elght years ago a dying man was
carried from an ocean steamer and set
ashore al the Island Of Manila. His wife
accompanied him. and both were welcom-
ed kindly by the English residents of the
island. Contrary TO expectation, the sick
man recovered in that tropical cline and
after a short stay was enabled TO resume
his iOilYpaW n Ian A limo
Among the souvenirs of their stay in
Manila the travellers brought back with
them a wonderful lily, unlike any flower
they had ever seen and the botanical
name of which they did not know.
When the sick man died shortly after
reaching his home the lily which had
gladdened him became dearer than ever.
IL had bloomed as sweetly on the ocean
ana in the rigors of a winter in the East
as In its native soil, and ten years later
was brought to the West, where it has
been so long acclimated that It has become
hardy citizen of its adopted country.
lt mas given generations of sturdy bios
SONS to the family that has cared for it
so many years, and this year it is remark
able for the lavshness of its blossoms and
its peculiarly beautiful color. The hope
is now expressed that the white variety
may be secured
Apropos to Manila. To know that cock
hghting is legitimate Sunday sport, sane
toned by the government might shock US
If we did not know chat the cooking main
is also one of our own amusements Sun
days and weekdays, in defiance of gamb-
ing laws. One of the refugees of the Chi
cago ire who escaped blackened and
scorched from his burning home, ran Wild
~ through the streets carrying under his
arm bantam cock with single feather in
It's tail. Being asked why he was saving it
the n n
ming.
In Manila the limit of betting at a cock
fight is $50. The occasion is made one of
public pastime there being gay booths. as
at fair. The noise is simply deafening
the men shouting over their bets, using
many menifuous Spanish oaths and the
fowls in long, struggling rows, growing de-
tance to each other, while picturesque is
landers sell each all sorts of jingiing
things, spurs, emedals, images in silver Of
the Blessed Virgin, and even feathers of
the game cocks most likely to win, the
feathers possessing The virtues of a mas
cot. Some of the birds are carried about
in the arms of the men who own them,
dark-browed, sulen-looking fellows, who
soothe their savage impotence by alter
nateiy cutting and caressing their feathered
money-makers. ms cad of boutonniere
of flowers, the Manila bird pitter wears
the feathers of his favorite pinned to his
breast. ne winners are caught up and ca
| ressed, their wounds cared for, and a gill
of best Spanish liquor poured down their
threats. On the other hand, the bird that
loses would be trod savagely under the heel
of its owner did not some of his more SEN
sible friends rescue it for possible victory
in the future. The birds wear a long and
| savage spur, which they are trained to use
with deadly facility
In American ATTITUDES we have had ex-
perlence with earthquakes, tornadoes, cy-
clones and other diversions of nature. but
the typhoon of the monsoon of the East
Indian Islands are unknown in our oceans.
The wild southwest monsoon has risen,
On broad gray wings of gloom.
These lines were not written of our coun-
try, albeit an American poet wrote them.
They were inspired by the actual presence
of that strange creation Of the atmosphere
where all the elements are at variance. and
arise in contention of might to rend and
destroy. Manila has evidence of their VS.
it's, as she has of the destructive cart n
quakes whose memorials are broken
bridges ruined towers. And the same trop-
ical conditions from which these powers
of destruction are evolved gives us a ~ep-
| resentation and beautiful token TO grace
our carnival of peace-the Manila lily.
TREASURES FROM THE DEEP.