The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-18
LIEUTENANT GRAHAM L. Jo]

I SON of Atlanta, who is at present
L. stationed in the Philippine islands
with the Eleventh infantry has written
an interesting letter descriptive of a Moro
market day III the town of Malabany,
Mindanao island.
He writes
saturday is the Moro market day.
twenty minutes is about as long as the
average American can admire their mar
ket without experiencing severe attack
of terra frma. NAL de mer: l am pretty
good at standing odors. but the Moro Is
too much for me; that is l have not sue
ceeded in training my nose up to the
proper degree Of proficiency as yet. The
human cologne of Moro is something
entirely new; but it will never become
fashionable odor.
."The Moro Is such strong believer In
mart of the old Kentucky saying: Water
was made to sail ships on, run under
bridges and wash clothes in, that l am
all but forced to say that some of the
a,o1igines must have been blown over
from, the Green Grass State. The Moro's
toll me that lots of people have been
drowned in water; they seem to class
c,othos washing under the same head;
thov are a conservative race Md take no
chances
at IS a most interesting, unique and
unusua; sight to see these people coming
to Malabang for market
..Datto Grande and his following, some
two hundred strong, come from the Lake
I.anao country. a distance of some twenty
oya miles. to Malabang. A few of
cr,ndes big men ride native ponies.
hu+ nv far tho greater number are on
foot The clothes his subjects wear are
vow, artistic-discarde soldiers clothes
,f i,bali are made into pants which re-
earhlo bathing trunks. others have
saahos wrapped around their walst-the
Younger ones are not so particular; they
wear long hair and really look q'llte az
tractive with their lark brown SKIN
light coats and pants, gwen them oS
Mother Nature
"Dotto piange's men arrive in vintas.
,,,r,o twenty strong, from Cottobatta,
and really it is a pretty sight to see
these queer crafts with their long out
riggers. as they swiftly ghde up 'i,e
Rio Grandc river. adding TO the music
90 tho tonl-tom, with the Clink of their
,d,,lo h,a6es TO announce that PlanGe
H. Croa+ is ahout to land
.o,ha c,,,tan p,Itig. his men and slaves,
,ao down from the mountains with
hoa,.v nacks large bejuco baskets, CON
tanning the articles they are TO sell and
exchange
patio Ali brings his mon in from Gown
tho coast Add to these a few Philip
$50, a rr,rner of Chinese merchants
ard two or three Americans and the
,,.r,,o+ follxe are ready for business
"At the first glimpse of light every one
heeins 10 prepare for the coming day;
nacIls are unstrapped baskets emptied,
and the cargo of the vintas are brought
ashore Each sultan and datto are as
aie,rod certain horizons Of the market.
thasa nortions are subdivided into small
stoI,c which have rourh shelves on
witch the goods ard produce are placed
-, ,,,a,y put tho mos pop,ilar way is to
-. o,,a~,.,hiI. ON . large nalm mat
,,t;ah i. snrcad out on the ground
..o,, ,o1l.,no into the market Grande's
,,o,, arc the frst ones we see They
sa,,a+ ahout nell-meU. and have the ar
49, ~. ,,ieh ia dfanose Of down by
tbetr eaa+ chickens. assorted sizes. are
tied 70 stakes driven into the ground;
three young carapao are hitclle" 20 'iie
Of the sheds supports; MORO cio'" %
brilliant rue Is oITered you l''Ne ie
low who mas had ms n0H7 ""N Pe'i
his ear cut Off in one OIL the many coi'l~
bats holds out a number OF sashes iiladt
OF a mixture of hemp ana cotton LOT your
INSPECTION; others nave rice spears
krises knives, armour and the IKE AS
we we're about to leave Grande sa" an
old woman over in one corner "uSS
cooking, on eo'ns 'Fe' i' H.. ,,r,s.
""0"e y, e,,,. 7i,,,,l....s of ar tba rate
"oiPe'' 49,. ,,o,,,,nre ,aottened ONT
~ ""e ~ ~ ,,,,It tna hn,ar 90 de-
D'l9 -. ',.,,, ,,s, serve tbem hot for an
sire, s"o wa 49,, ,,.era look
r,,.. 49,, and request
'''9 VIZ g - .,o,.,,, ,.,o,,ers worth.
eN VIC 49,, s,laetad ahout thirty
ia Ing ....r, .t,,,r. +ho,,,. ,,t,
heallh9 -i"oN't'9 'Niif,,..' ,,,,,l,,,,.+
lry'ne IA" 49,, 49,. bo.,ne,s
"lI. in very s'i'. XXX,
"eie le'U' =, ....o- ,.t,,o ot
eo ou' 20 ~ 49, a.,.,.1 - H. arr
green paI"' go 49,,
friend 'he Pu' c""S0' e'"79''VPi 49,
Tor ne oeVou1eu '"7A' WV"
NO. dlo not o"S any N0,i
Shrimp ana 60" ''''S'e 49,
gra sshopper
Datto Piange IS me fuooer KING Oh
southern Mlndanao- Ills harem Is ~
Gated some thirty mlltS up the flo
Grande river from Cottohati2. range
lahu ehprac'S Hc"ii ~ or vie OV'''tt
drained by the f'o N''Hoe riFti ""u us
troutares; TINS is suppose" 70 De 'ne pes'
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