Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-10-16
Continued from Last Week. J
PHILIPPINE
TEACHERS.
Incidents of the Voyage aud
Notes of the Pedagogical
Army That Has Gone to
Garry Light tn The
Far West.

| l"ritten Tor the CEREpo ADVANCE
The Porag islands " ere discovered
in 1880 by Captain Cook, who allow
ed his sailors to impose upon the
natives causing them 10 rise in battle,
in which the captain was slain. The
land is now held mostly by plapta-
tInon corporations, which produce
sugar alone. tits almost impossible
for n stranger to purchase land.
These plantations work from one To
two Thousand men and produce about
ten tons of sugar to the acre. The
plowing is done by steam engines
which are stationed quite a distance
apart and between which cables run
with three plows pointing one way
and three the opposite. The islands
are wholly of volcanic origin and
present many maj ajestic scenes, spread,
ing fields of verdure, flashing ex.
panses of sea with broken and reef
bound coast where the billowing
waves continually chase each other
and back into white sea foam on the
fringing reefs; the towering grandeur
of hills and extinct volc Inoes succeed
and intermingle with alluring effect
which forms fitting background
for embowered homes, groves of
algeroba, palms and other tropical
trees, bordered with waving fields of
rice, cane and taro. The most sublime
and scenic view of the islands Is the
PALl. As one stands at the Niagara
Falls for the first time, he cannot
well forget the sense of sublimity
that steals through his veins, or az
he views the granite mountains
dark chasms and far expanding plains
from Pixies Peak, reels under the
stimulating grandeur Of the wonder
full vintage, so when you stand at
the Pail beholding on two sides of
you the rag red edges of the mount
aims with their dykes, ridges and
and cloud-capped peaks with swiftly
varying shades sublimely outlined
against the sky; at your back mar
row green valley six miles in length
gradually descending down to Homo
lulu; in front, the most charming
and picturesque view to be imagined
at your feet you look down a
! precipitous cliff, hundreds Of feet
In descent at whose base a broken
plain teeming with vegetation ex-
tends TO the sea where the coral
reefs, stolls and intervening breakers
play so strongly on your fancy that
you become entranced with the
scenic vision and long for perpetual
enchantment. From visiting many
places of lesser note and after pur-
chasing books and other articles
necessary for our leisure we return
to our voyage.
At Saturday noon Aug. 3, we
were all on board the ship ready to
proceed.
Many friends mingled With native
venders had gathered at the wharf
to see us depart. The teachers had
enjoyed their stay and regretted to
leave. They had made many &C
quaintances and had formed liking
for the people and the place and ex-
pressed themselves as delighted with
the hospitality and courtesy they
received. After departure nothing
of note happened until Wednesday
night when vaudeville show was
given. This consisted of mixed
troop Of teachers and ships crew. Ii
was quite good and enjoyable. The
following parodies were sung.
GOO GOO EYES.
A teacher on the steamboat deck stood looking
az the sea,
The pork and beans she had for lunch with her
She had IL bad-'twas very sad.
She saw the waves come rolling IN, her food
She tootred aronrd ard es,,y tt,r o,1-s - 49,.