Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-16

ly see that shall never be able to read
the second chapter OF that beautiful
letter written by my dear friend,
Neeves.) 1t was certainly noble at
tempt on his part ~ cheer the life Of
one exIled, as your humble. May his
name be written In the book Of fame
and guiding star to future writer's.
Let us all arise and sing, ITS up to
you Reeves" If you will all promise
to be quiet and give me your attention
for few moments, shall tell TO you
tale untold, aud shall relate II to
you In very few words, but expect
you to make out the rest by little
thinking. l, myself, Ed Stair, took a
trip to the grand and glorious city,
called Manila, and am alive. TO jump
from two years sojourn In the wilds
Of these Luzon jungles to a place like
Manila Is a fearful ordeal. / took to
the middle Of the street from force Of
habit, for out where l came from,
nothing but the pure of heart and re-
cruits hug the edges. The praises of
the U. s. gold brick ''hombre'' will go
sounding down the ages in song and
story, but figuratively speaking, they
are not neck high 10 U. S. gray back,
compared with these Manila cherubins.
that corral the jungle rube and. Incl.
dentaly, his coin. Judging from the
sollcitude the above mentioned rratern-
ity rendered me, they were evidently
under the impression that my purpose
there was to purchase the wall
City, but
Alas for the hopes and the sighs OF
man,
And the luck of these grating
gents,
Their teeth fell out when / showed
my hand:
l had but Mex" ten cents.
Now my dear friends you can see the
trying position l am placed in and,
If am one of the lucky ones to return
and be among you once again, l trust
you will not take advantage of one so
young and tender, but look upon me as
a poor unfortunate and help to guide
me over the bad places. | am very
sorry to say cannot write you a few
lines in regard to our little chocolate
tinted brothers, this time. They have
grown to be such an eyesore that all
my inspirations have come to naught,
but will in the future try and serve
you to the best of my abilities. We
nave III the last few months been ex-
terminating "hombres" at the rate oI
about ten a day by means of ropes,
and am sorry to say the decrease can
not be noticed.
shall take few minutes recess be.
fore'I make an attempt to finish this
message of love.
Yours, Jasper" until after recess;
maybe shall take more than recess.
Terrible storm raging for the last "A
hours; the weather has grown SO cold
i am compelled to wear four pairs of
khaki pants, seven undershirts, three
khaki blouses and four pairs Of woolen
socks.
Latest news from the Island of Sa-
mar: While Co. &c" Ninth Infantry
We're seated at the breakfast table,
400 armed Gugus rushed in upon them
killing 53 and wounding II. The gar.
rison consisted of about II men. ia
Gugus were killed during the attack.
(Who said the war was overD
A steamer belonging to one of the
largest and wealthiest trading firms in
the Orient was overhauled some few
days ago near the Island of Samar. The
cargo was found to consist Of guns
Somebody's lamp will go out)
must tell you of the school teachers
we have them galore; never saw such
a hungry looking lot Of Uncle Sans
apostles in all my life. They have
braved 1000 mile sea voyage to dea
out knowledge to these murderou.
grasshopper-e eating tribes, only to bs
confronted with rice, grasshoppers
pinkchow and beetles as a means t.
sustain lfe There is no place to pur
chase stores outside the army store
houses, and army regulations do mo-
allow civil employees to purchase from