The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-11

is repulsive. but the Filipinos seem to
| enjoy it and express their satisfaction
| in vociferous cries of 'Bueno. Bueno.
| Americans and Erglishmen do not cal
| chicken on Monday Il the Philippines
There are not many places Of amuse-
ment. There is a Filipino theater
where only performances of an aero
| batic nature are given. | nave not az
| tended. but they are said to be quite
| fair, and the music good. The music
| in the churches is fine and the native
! bands are good. There is not much to
| see in Manila. though it is quaint old
| city. After seeing one of the massive.
| elaborate. old cathedrals, that are FOUND
| in every street, one has seen them all,
as the architecture and decorations are
the same. and it is so with the other
buildings ana streets. In the SUBURBS
and outlying districts there are some
elegant residences surrounded by love-
ly grounds and drives. There are some
of the most beautiful sunsets and sun
rises here such as the poets and nov
elists describe This climate is far ahead
of Cuba and the West Indies. Yellow
fever is unknown in these Islands, and
there has been no cholera since the city
put in waterWOrks in 1880 All the wat
er in Manila is piped from the noun
tainse, Is miles away. and is good, pure
anu dDullualll. lllt al liooPS
drink boiled water. and our diet is most
ly rice. soups and light meats. We
wear white uniforms here. Our cloth
ing is of light texture, with white he'll
NETS made of cork.
Since the Americans have entered
Manila several newspapers have been
started. The one thatahas the most for
eign news is The American and is
maintained by the officers of the army
and navy. Il usually has a paragraph
or two of cable news daily. There are
others published by soldiers.
There is a large Spanish cemetery out
side of the city. It is enclosed by three
circular stone walls, each about 30 feet
high and 90 feet thick. In the center of
it there is chapel containing the tombs
Of many former governors and military
commanders of the Philippines. The
people here are not buried in the earth,
but are slowed away in vaults made in
the walls, one row above another, with
a slab at the entrance of each niche,
with the names. dates of deaths, etc.
The friends of the dead pay yearly
sum for these inches If the friends
fail to keep up these payments, the
dead persons bones are thrown out on
one side. This pile is very large and
contains skulls and bones of all descrip-
tons. Some of them are quite fresh.
and the last time l was there | saw
skulls with long black hair in the pile.
This shows the utter heartlessness of
the Spaniards. 1t is the same in all the
cemeteries here and in Cavite On the
LIST of November Gall saints day.. there
is fiesta and all having dead rela-
tivse repair to the cemeteries and burn
candles and many colored lights before
the tombs. They remain far into the
night and the cemeteries present a
strange weird appearance.
THE better class of Spanards and
natives always sleep during the day
time and come out late in the day and
ride about the city. The female popu-
latOn of this class always ride when
they go out, but never use the street
cars. They ride in carriages and box
shaped vehicles called 'caramatos,' a
kind of a cab drawn by the little ponies
that thrive here. The poorer classes of
people here look alike, dress alike and
live under miserable conditions of ig-
norance, filth and wrechedness.
1.-The water buffalo is the beast of
burden here. It is of maltese color and
resembles COW. They are used like
oxen and draw great loads. They are
slow and sure and live to a great age.
1t has great fondness for wallowng in
mud and water" atTtE