The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
AN ESTEEMED CONTEMPORARY.
Contents of News Columns of the
Manila Times.

AIItnl the fi1ttlpfu tpufaNlt
We are indebted to friend OF one OF
the bold soldier lads in the First Cd.ifor
mia Infantry for copy OF the Manila
Times dated November Z.
As its name suggests. the Manila T mes
Is printed in the American language Its
business Office is at No 2 Plaza de Ger
vantes. Its publisher announces that he
employs the best skilled American aoor.
the result being the finest printing in the
Orient. "Asiatic labor may be cheap" he
says, but it gives poor results and taxes
a long time" Job work is so ic It'd The
Times is delivered by carrier. It is on
sale in the streets and at the barracks
The bundle for Cavite catches the 1870
feTryboat every afternoon.
At present the Times is a four-pag pa
per. blanket shape Its advertising pages
run to big type. but not TO Illustrations
One entire page pToclams the inconpaT
able excellence of a Milwaukee beer.
Among the other advertisers we nOte two
bank agencies. an insurance agency, two
jewelers., tine San Miguel Oil Works. the
San Miguel Flour Mill, a rival printing
establishment, a steamship agency, three
brokers, a patent paint man, two wine
stores, three brokers' a dispensary where
you can get good old Bourbon whisky
at 500 a case. s1.SI a bottle and the En-
glish Hotel No. l6 Esco.ta. We a so OBJ
serve a condensed timetable of the Ma
Mia and. Dagupan Railroad Company
the only means OF communication with
the richest provinces Of Luzon-" You can
go (first-ciassl TO Malolos for Size, 10
Calumpit for $3.50. to San Fernando for
81. to Tarlao for 1897. 10 Bayambang for
| $5.42, and to Dagupan for SS.4S. The time
| from Manila to Dagupan is eight hours
| and few minutes over.
! There are three editorial articles in the
/ II.
I the editor complains that the native buff
/ falo-the carabee-is altogether too numer-
/ Gus on the city big bridge, the Pusnta de
: Espana, and great nuisauce-gettiag in
the way of carriages, stopping street cars
and delaying the traffic generally. He de-
scribes the caraboo (which is used for haul
ing heavy goods as cross between
gutta percha camel and a tired hippopOta-
nous. Its contract speed is about two
miles week, ne says. and it does not
always come up TO contract The topic
OF the second article is the great possibil-
ties of the Philippine molasses industry.
The third article is a catalogue of muir
dered monarchs; il smells OF the scissors
and paste pot.
Skipping double column OF cablegrams,
we reach the city news. The post Office on
| November was packed with Spauiards,
/ buying stamps and mailing letters for
uOEIt- III ltt DdStbdll 6tilAC VI tue tldf uG-
fore picked nine licked the nine Of the
Colorado volunteers, to .. Other games
were in prospect. A glove contest for the
I championship of the Eighth Army Corps
was announced. A dozen Americans at
tended the inaugural ball Of the Filipino
Club on the night of November s. Ii was
a very gay, swagger affair. Among the no.
tees we find one addressed to Delka Kappa
Epsilon men. informing them that it viii
be 81 plate at the Thanksgiving dinner
and that john F. Bass. Gastembide Street,
/ wants to hear from them right away.
I Among the things announced for sale We
note a canoe, Dayton bicycle, a quiiez and
pony $3.50. collection of shells. and 4
good collection of stuffed Philippine birds.
We salute the esteemed Manila Times
and wish it all sorts OF good fortune. In
the one hundred and thirty-five years dur
! ing which We have been watching this
queer world we have seen many unexpected
sights. but not many stranger than this
American newspaper printed under the
American flag on the other side OF the
globe and with the score OF the game in it.