Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-18

ways liked him and never noticed any
%pecnliarities before this, when we ate at
his house; which we never did. But the
diagnosis cannot be mistaken when one
reasons, n pOsteriOri. from visible symp-
toms. Aud drst they both sat at tabieOn
the same Sxt6 inch sofa and he did lots Of
little things which she could have done
better than he-then. on ye wives who
read, he attempted 10 wash the dishes,
while she, reclining In her silken up.
holstered chair daintily encouraged him.
But you need not send your husband here,
ladies. The regiment Is full, aud there
are enough husbands here with a far
away.I wish | hadn't done.it look upon
their facial protuberances. Well, there
may somewhere exist a land, where IA
the poet say s-But what | started out TO
say Is that Artiacer Wheeler's wife cams
IN Sunday evening On a visit to her
husband aud Will remain, more or less,
some time.
We promised The CITIZEN to write up
the city OF Manila from a war-like point
Of view, at 30 much a view; aud II we
are going 10 do 80 at all We might rs we'll
do IL now, ~ when WI are mustered
out In a few days WI will need some
money, and any way will be quite busy
hunting a iOb. The writer once passed
within 1900 miles OF the island Of Luzon,
which Is situated partly, at least, In the
city Of Manila. The city, "a far IA we
could observe, consisted OF 10000 souls,
mostly men and women. strangely
enough, the men are all males, ths women
females. They have no female men or
male women; no dudes or new women.
The children are young according to
their ages, and, like the adults, have the
distinguishing characteristics Of sex.
They grow larger rs they grow older, and
when they reach their full height they
stop. Most OF the people live in light,
elevated bamboo houses. Those who do
not live In houses live somewhere else.
Their sun acts peculiarly. He comes up
out Of the water, generally from the east,
and goes down into the water" as he
kisses the Filippins good night. in the
west. | could not ascertain whether he
IL a Baptist or Presbyterian Ialso noticed
water on all other points OF the com
pass. From this l should think the island
Is surrounded by water. Another thing:
The water Is salty, or most Of II. One
cannot drink II. The soldiers are afraid
to drink II. Once some did, and their
quartermaster Struggled them into the
commissary IA salt pork. This all shows
the uses intended for water, viz: to wash
clothes and things. The Philippines are
like the measles-they break out. When
this war began there were 700 islands;
thirty day ago there were l,4OO islands;
now there are 2,40O Of them. The reason
OF this il that the large volcano holders
there heard that the New Mexico bat
TALON was coming, and opened the vol.
eanic thrOttles, started the fires into ex-
pansiye action and threw up several
hundred islands for the boys.
But, alas, '%'lnnocuOus desuetude," over
which we have no permanently temper
AIRY control, has bleached us from hence
to hitherto. And that reminds me:
The brightest and most precious jewel
which God has set In the earthly crown
Of mans life, a jewel which ever and
always lightens aud brightens his path
in the dark valley OF humiliation,
OF despair and death, and In the
bright sunshine while on the top
most wave OF success, shared by the wife
with her husband. by the sister and
brother, by the parent and child, aye,
| believe, even In the realm TO and from
which old Charon plies-is the divine
faceted iewel-Hope. | told the good
people OF Albuquerque on the eve OF our
departure that | would tell them al
about II on our return, II alive.
Surgeons Llndley and smith examined
me at the hospital this morning. After
repeated questions and answer they
satisfied me that | am quick. | hereby
fulhl the promise generously. You have
more than | know. (Cayite papers please
cOpy.)
Our arms have not yet arrived. But
that cannot dampen tho ardor and down
east Yankee ingenuity of Company A,
We have been lighting without arms OF
anything else for six weeks, and have
never been whipped. HencefOTth we
shall pile PeliOn upon 0ssa in victory,
| saw M this morning. IL was the
regulation length and sawed out from a
board. IL was a wooden libel on a gun,
Several Of them will be turned out by
the carpenter. Uncle Sam does not pay
for them. The s~ergeants DO. They will
will be bayOneted with tallOw candles.
They are for the sergeants.
Two OF the regiment 10 day started for
Washington, d. c. In charge OF Charles
commonly called "Andy"l Jones, the al
legged mentally unbalanced member Of
Company A. He will be examined there
for admission 10 the aboard OF strategy
And this reminds me OF the company
board OF strategy" They are regularly
organized and have a pass word. TheJ
meet and practice on each other. Thu
theory which makes most OF them sickes.
and puts most Of duty ia preserved
and pressed upon outsiders. The las.
one is that Sampson take his fleet anC
lombard and sink the rock OF GibraltsI
which would a la Hobson bottle up Ca
mara In the Mediterranean sea.
It's too, too bad, chow stale, fiat AM
Improbable" seem TO Sergeant Harding
"all the uses In the world" II is min