The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-01

and taste like the pith of corn
stalks, and lemons that are sour
and bitter as they are large, hard
woods of all kinds, and flowers
galore.
The natives here are nearly all
pure Malays with a slight admix-
ture of Chinese blood. The ma
tives are the laborers here; and
the Chinese, the merchants and
mechanics. The religion is Cath
olic with a terrible hatred of the
Spanish and the Spanish priests.
The Spaniards held this island in
complete subsection from the time
of Magellan Q52D till threeyears
ago, when without a warning the
natives rose, killed all the Span
ish priests they could find, and
drove the small garrison on the
island into the town of Cebu, and
besieged them in the fort. Rein
forcements from Manila enabled
them to regain control of the
town; but for three years they
held the seaport, while the rebels
held the rest of the island, which
is 120 miles long by from 20 to B
wide. When the Spanish gave
up the Philippines to the U. s.,
they embarked on a war vessel in
the harbor, shelled the town for
a couple of hours, and moved
away leaving everything to the
mercy of the rebels. Some days
afterward our forces were well
coined here and everything was
peaceable until one day in Au-
gust, when, without Il moments
warning, three of our soldiers
were attacked, killed, and horri-
bly, mutilated. Then the trouble
began. Most of the men armed
themselves and fled to the noun
tains, and for three months, we
have had Il guerrilla warfare. The
American loss here up to date
has been about 10 killed and &c
wounded
CEBU, THE CITY,
has about $4,000 people, and
three magnificent churches with
affairs covered with gold and sill
yer. The people are all supposed
to be hostile to us. Few mer
ever leave the quarters without
their rifles. With my usual Gu
riosity, have explored the tow
from end to end, and have haC
the pleasure of meeting some
} pretty good people. The Ian
guage (Viscayan) is very easily
learned, and fatter myself upor
being able to speak it with suffi
cient fiuency to be able to buy
anything / want and secure any
} information l may desire.
The natives live on anything
chiefly rotten fish and rottel
meat, with fruits for dessert
They drink great quantities o
; palm wine made from the sap o
: the palm tree. Gold is very
abundant here, and the noun
tains are said to contain any mum
Der of streams and valleys tina
would pay well to work Oul
quarters are an old Spanish man
sion whose floors and rafters ar,
composed of mahogany. Th'
buildings around our quarter
are deserted, and from them w
have furnished our home will
tables of the finest woods, chairs
rockers, silver lamps, etc. Pearls
of an inferior character are plen
tiful here, as the fishermen wer'
3 pearl fishers prior to the out
break of the war. When we one,
make our great round up here
there will be more than one mai
who will carry away enough
pearls to enrich himself. w
have great stories of plumber il
9 Iloilo and Luzon.
: enclose you a scapulary worl
; by all the Catholic women here
e 1t is worn around the neck an,
e has been blessed by the priests
? 1t never leaves the body until j
J, has been replaced by new one
o | have quite collection of relic
v which / will try to send you som