The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-12-13
MANILA TO IL0IL0.
An Interesting Voyage, but Not
Without Its Dangers.
THROUGH A TYPH00N.
Storm Followed by Shower OF
LOcustS.

T1ouo ISLAND OF PANAY, Sept. 10.
The Venus, one Of the Campanla Mari
timn,s steamers, scheduled to san lor
Masbate. Iloilo Cebu, Cagayah ue .nls"
mis- and IIigan, Aug. 30, was the sLip l
seIoctad when | decided to visit llollo.
After many delays | finally Went aDoaru
Scnt 4 hut we did not get away thit ua4 :
Tha CAPTAIN went ashore Tor solnc puiI
nose and did not return, ana SO we ulieu
an5 sIant there in sight OF the teahiS
dr;v;ng on the MeIacon and where, as we
took our coffee at ESQ, occasional no 1IsS
could he heard of the band concert on the
Luneta.
A COSMOPOLITAN COMPANY.
We dined on the upper deck win win. tn n
sbin.s officers. some Filipino families us
inc the cabin dining room for their meals
senarately during the trip. Excepting tne
EiIininos, Sonora Angela de Gambler, Wlle
Of Snanish lawyer in Manila, was the
only lady passenger. The sterner sex was
represented by Christobal ASullar,
Colonel in the Spanish army, VINO Moi1 "a
hrorze medal struck in his honor lor
bravery displayed against the MoroS III
1894: Lieut.. Henry G. Merriam, lStn lnl::'
recently promoted, reporting to MS reel-
ment: Mr.. John NJ. Dean, OF the ATTY i
and Navy Department, \. NJ. y. a, M
Heaton Davis, sanitary engineer, WHO Has
Gvnd 20 wears in the Orient, now go1hs
70 Cehu. Mr.. Robbins, Quartermaster De-
nartment, who has lived nine years III ihe
Fast. Messrs. LeGarre and Edison, pno-
torraphers, in business at Cagayah; MlI-
danao; Mr.. Frank Lapham, saloon keepel
et Cebu: Monster Halter, late Oh the
Erench army, an American by adoption,
Nth . strong German accent, who does
q ..neer pizness'' in Cagayan, but intends
remoyinC to Cebu: Mr.. WantZ, running
. variety store in Cagayan, and an eX-
soldier going to the same place as teach-
or These, with the Captain, Juan b;
Amnaran. and Mates Enrique Ornuco ana
Carlos Bores, constituted our mess. Pc Pc
side these and some 30 Filipnos, the
steamer carried probably 80 soldiers, re
crIIits and men restored to health, gong
10 ioin their regiments, and two Chlnos,
one young. tall, philosophlc-looklhg per
sonage. who appeared as though he might
he a yeritable descendant OF Contuclus'
going south as q cook for an officer
mess.
Amenities in linguistics are not uncom-
mon in the Philippines, to which Amerl-
cans. by their blunders in attempting TO
sneak Spanish. Tagalo and Nisayan, have
contributed not a little. More than one
American has asked in Spanish for soup
when he wanted soap, said he was very
tiresome when he meant tired, or called
for a cold head when he desired beer:
and we have some pleasantrics of the
kind at our first meal and afterward on
the Venus. On the launch when coming
to the steamer Mrs. Merriam, bride, by
the way, who came aboard TO see her hus-
band off. got into conversation with the
sonora and a younger lady, who had also
returned TO shore in the launch. Being
at the senora's right at the table, ven
tured to ask her who that lady was. Ap-
parently, as if to relieve my uncertain
Spanish, she replied, in fairly good Eng
fish:
''She is my son.
'Your daughter" suggested the Lieu
tenant.
firmly. "She is my son."
At which there was a positive roar of
laughter, much to her confusion.
Later the Spanish officers were speak
ing of the fate of a Spanish vessel, the
"Amorita," when Mr.. Davis volunteered
the information that he knew Senior
Amorita very well and that he lived in
Gibraltar. Still later, Herr Halter made
some inquiry as to whether the sonora
was married. to which she answered
equivocally in Spanish. After a long