New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

man is entitled to all that ne can get hold Of .,a
the scene which ensues would be fun OF danger =
peopIe who were endowed with less hshliks char.
teristics Canoes are banged and crowded tozsths-
nobody paying the slightest attention TO the po,l
ton or rights OF anybody else Like the Marr.
'cocheros" they attempt TO prove that the irn
penetrabiIity OF matter IS faHacy
In the heat Of the argument blows are resor,s1
TO; one man raises up his paddle to bring IL dovr
on another mans head; another swings his srnar
net IN the air for the benefit OF a nelghbor a.
result It often goes overheard. or Is seized ~
somebody else. and the owner comes on without
disposed Of the lions share going to those Wa
batsnts hscoTos friends again a. before ara goI1-
amicably to their homes to repeat the same thing
The Laguna de Bay is twenty-seven miles at n,
widest point. and all the shores may De distiactIy
volcano. situated in the centre OF Lake Taal sons
there IS the soft haze which Is characteristics of
Filipino landscapes at every season 0f the yea
and Los Banos These places were first taken Ia "a
July by a small expedition which was led BY Gen
era LaWton, and which Mrs. LaWt0n accor--
Eanirdan on which Mrs IaWton VAS Disra5 aI @ .as
with its guns For some time the boat suffered
from the shore though it can Be plainly seer fro
the water good sized fishing village marks tss
that the launches do venture within hals niis
OF the shore. Passengers and cargo must De landed
BY the bancas OF the natives
Every boat which drops anchor or Calanba 4,
aPproach1ed oy funny o.G natye enarsetsE eaei
honorary position OF captain Of the port 5avi1E
nSiiGT g fnrSrtspce O al nv visiti1g ali ships a. F e
him the privilege of going out IN his banca night
spur Of the mountain Of Los Bahos. which rsss
70 a considerable height and is one o. the most
Is almost sheer from the waters edge Los Bsios
place IS celebrated for rs not springs, which rise
there and flow into the Laguna. making line of
built hospital there which consists o. several
buildings, one OF which contains series of baths
hcial to sick people. and the place was besides
SometnnG 1itsd d prgse1t te bniiTg 5s IONS
and as a hospital for soldiers The baths are dngy
and out of repair the pipes which connected t1an
with the hot springs having been torn Up and car
by the men for cooking \ short time ago seq
geant fell into one OF the springs and vas badly
Besides the Government buildings at Los Basos
former is used as a barracks BY the soldiers 4s
there is a serious lack Of accommodations il was
@ suH, o,,Ig IA b a {11e5 f+5 bo7ast 7ri5s - & -
that IL has been kept Though filed with long rows
Of army cots il is scrupuloUSly clean and every
ornament and every tile is intact, from the or-an
and chairs in the gallery 20 the three altars and
their various images and ornaments The yestments
and other articles used IN special services have been
locked in the ssersty wh,9h @ n NOBODY lg 2 enters
observation I have come 70 the conclusion that in
almost all the same care has been observed
NNuTCleS
Up. bit by whom the Insurgents They have not
only destroyed eddces. but have carried away much
that is valuable in the way OF ornaments and what
they did take the ''Chfnos' laid hold o. When
We have taken possession the churches have been
secure from further demolition and spOliaJiOn. and
the sensational stories which have been dissem-
mated broadcast over the United States have hard
" a foundation OF fact
The native village which stretches 10 the lett at
Los Bahos IS OF the prettiest IN the Islands
The mountain back of the is filed with gaus
in the shape OF small deer and sntpe- Il has also
been filed with insurgents up 10 recent date and
they have signaIled nightly from the peak 70 an
other peak across the lake. For the last tew days
that the insurgents have retired account % our
movement south. A short time ago after pay day
two Of who had celebrated the affair BY
the quaftng OF native vino" took stroll Just
bey5rd the OuIpoSts. II cost the life OF one. while
the other left for dead with a half dozen bolo
slaShes-
Government for the putting in order o. the baths
and erecting suitable hospital buildings for the
a great health resort for the people OF Manila A
hotel will be put up the foot OF the mountain and
busy people will run down on a fast launch %
spend Sunday. The term summer resort can
hardly be employed in climate which keeps you
guessing the year round as 20 whether the present
month Is hotter than the last
Leaving Los BanOs ar 9 O'Clock in the morning
on the same launch which took fifteen hours %
come up to Calamba the day before, you reach
TO tow down When once in the river you are car
ried along by the swift current in way that IS
exhilarating after the slow progress up the day
before