The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

After being out of the United States for two years, during which time he visited on a bicycle nearly every country on the globe. W. c. Sanford is with his friends, MT. and Mrs. Jesse Wadsworth, in North Montgomery.
 A most interesting character Is MT. Sanford, and talk with him Is treat better than all the modern short stories put up in a bunch. He started on his long journey on the Sth of May, 1899 and landed in New York on the 11tn of May, 1901. This was two years and three days during which time he travelled 2,50o miles on his bicycle.
 On the Sth of May 1899 under a contract
 with a bicycle firm he left Battle Creek, Michigan, on a tour of the world. His first stop at a town of any importance was at South Bend, Ind. From there he made Terre Haute and then St. Louis, dropping down to Nashville, then to
 Birmingham and over to Memphis and
 Kansas City. From this point he follow ed the route of the old Santa Fe trail- that same route over which so many canvas topped ''prarie schooners" with the legend ''To Frisco or Bust" had traversed in days gone by.
 Getting to Los Angeles ha struck out for San Francisco, making his first trans-continental finish of 2.100 miles. In San Francisco he met some of his old schooImates who were then in the
 United States army getting ready for the
 journey out to the Philippines. He was persuaded to accompany them and was put at the head of the carpenters de-
 partment, sailing on the 9th of November on the Sheridan, formerly the famous | ocean liner.- the Berlin. They made
 Honolula in seven days. but on account
 of the bubonic plague raging in the Sandwich Islands, did not land. They then steamed for the Island of Guam
 the little island made famous by Gov ernor Leary when, he issued the famous proclamation commanding everybody on the island to get married.
 On December 27th they made Guam, | but on account of the fact that there
 were fifteen cases of measles on board | the Sherman the Governor of the island would not permit landing, not wanting | the measles to mix with his bubonic plague Then steaming for Manila they went | by the south end of the island of Luzon, ] arriving at Manila on the End of Janua- | ry. Stanford spent one year in Manila | as the head of the carpenters depart ment. making desk and office furniture for the official quarters, wagons and cof- | fins-the latter being used as fast as ! made siss His descriptions of Uncle Sans new | possessions are very interesting. The l islands, he says, are very rich, especially | in gold but it is certain death for a prospector to get up in the country of | the tribes inhabited by the ''headsmen. | These people take a head--they have nc | use for the body-and place 1t on pole | over their houses--the. more heads tht
 more honor. The day he left, Sanford
 says three headless bodies were founc
 floating down a river. They had cVi'
 dently been prospecting -and that was
 the way they came home.
 His views regarding the genus Filipino
 are expressed in language extremely
 forclble. but not altogether compliments rv to those dark-skinned gentlemen. | The only time in all his career. he says
 that he ever had the pleasure of meeting