The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03
QUEER TREAkS AROUND MANILA.
Personal Experiences oe = Doctor
IN the RhllinnilAa.

IN the Philippines.
DR.. Joseph c. Thompson. a surgeon on
the cruiser Baltimore. the flagship Of the
fleet Mt Manila. and a nephew Of Mrs.
Reuben w. Jones. Of this city. writes en-
tertainingly Of his experiences In the Orr
ent. The doctor. though . very young
man. stood high 40 linguist and natural
Malay. Spanish and other languages with
huency. His last letter was In part a. fol-
lows.
The steamer finished my Journey on
from Cebu to Manila was q weird speci-
men OF a craft: she was not much larger
than a big sea-going tug. and made about
i've miles an hour. Our saloon quarters
scene. the decks being crowded with large
oxen. some cows. two horses. lame black
dog. sheep. goats. four white rabbits and
q brown one with half an ear gone and =
cat. while swinging above were two par
rot cages holding cuckatoos. The passen-
gers were two st. Augustine nuns. who
clasped their hands together. rolled their
eyes upward and grumbled when l told
them ! did not 80 to church; a Spanish
oficer. a Chinamap from Annoy. who Is
worth about six millions: several Filip;nos
and another ofYicer besides myself. You
should have seen the Chinaman's nails.
They were beauties. several of them near
xracsfully. ana polished and msnicured
no the enamel ehone In fine style. At
Iloilo we ran aground In the mud. the
tide went out. and the natives came down
10 the waters edge to shoot at us They
did not stay long for their target practice.
l got behind an iron hatch and with q
mauser sent a lot Of pro1ectiies among
them. and m they were In group they
made a fair mark to aim at. and as re-
suit three more Filipino angels were crea-
~ y
Filipino society; they gave big dance
and the foreign residents went. There
were not many. but were all curious just
the same The health officer attended
He II a Spanish doctor OF the old school.
lives In swampy part OF the town and
keeps horses and prize Chinese geese en-
the ground floor OF his house. All tints
dark-nrown wives Of the local Malay
chiefs 20 the palc-faced fragile mates OF
the American officers stationed there,
Also al types Of gowns. from the native
silk skirt (which Ia just tucked in AT the
waist. and II held In place simply by faith
and very dexterous grabs and extra tugs
when II begins TO drop on 10 "A pale Mic
in the late spring Of 1896. The native fair
ones ia no. wear stockings, or II they
did they were footiess: for occasionally
when dancing slipper would drop IN, ana
then you could see the foot searching the
foor franticaily under the pettico1t for the
lost garment. Sometimes the toes would
struggle out beyond the rim Of the dre=s,
and they looked like very weii-kept ;oes.
'One OF the most vDrgeously bedecked
creatures was Il little MALAY girl OF about
Il years She was M pretty an picture
and fell quite In love with her. We went
out 20 dinner together, and ] thought AZ
the time she was a wee bit awkward with
the cutlery, but chivalrouss attributed II
10 their unwIeidy proportions. the dulinNs
OF the Knife and the age % the rooster in
the salad. But minute later. when my
back was turned I became aware that
she had laid the products 81 civilization
carefully upon her yet unt0ldnd NAPKIN
and was devouring chat - the correct
wOrN her food with he. fingers hut !
kept my presence Of mind and remembered
reading long ,iue aso an anecdote 81
one 90 our presidents Who had rural
friend visit him and drink cut " the finger
bowl ennalatei BIS great cxampie--iusi
put INV knita and fork out Of commission
and dd IS she Gid
That's Same ntsle chsrub gave me her
fsn AMI an invitation TO call. accepted
both. Two DAYS later pui on a boiled
shirs (which Is always suspicious act
out herel. ard called in IN. only victoria
IN tAe town at the correct hour OF go p.
w We stopped before hitle hsmAo,
there found her--eh asi.=s sfeck ms, ss~S
hstless-~rlat IN a ehietx ssirf and wais.
~ @art 81 fwe-piy MOSQUITO netting
Ike fanrtc saua;ttng behind a zee ripe
rnmagaes bananas @Nrne SECTIONS az sugar
cane aua rows of sapRre-facef gtn boz
sAes, H&ed With rtn ~ native brew Che
stop. ana led me TITO the house when
STE caro- or tire ship she could ne. keep
from nsarSe.ing AZ she electric hgh,. and
saeFt faliv tw@n,y nsinates turning On ana
OF ne globes 81 my room.
During the hfw cyclone cas-. ~ Us lately
J went g he observatory where thcy
Nagla ard launch weather -eporss sar
she aarsh rfscv1nr fxN thfrsesr-r lannfh&
~ an fnch thTu@gh rscroa,aGe ara
heard mountain creak and grcan tina,
~ae NitrA@t ur 30 a tsieThDn~ with A m
crorA1ne ,&ffsshrsfnt I also saw In :ne
kaT~s monastery q prtssr Repairing rcear-y
81 SsaNds that hal worn out
THE pyfsSse wire run the cemetery en~r-
rsarsss h-rr have a curious re,hi.d 81 max
tFx rncrey. tAry barry their patrons Azs
make fA~ refs tivrs ray y eort az rsorshty
r~rt When ERE rmyrasrts stoy zoe rcskr~
IL given. srt then the bsties are eng ur