The daily sentinel., 1907-10-22
THE GRAND SENTINEL TUESDAY OCTOBER

The polite clerk took our bin ami
we said Annoy money" He bowed I
and retired. Ii about five miutes /
he returned with the silver. We were /
not from Missouri this time. Later
when we looked at our money we |
found that the honorable Jan hal |
taken our gold certificate and had |
given us absolute Japanese silver /
and had charged us per cent for
the transfer. Verify the Oriental |
banker is not in business for his
health
Tour Through Annoy
After the interview with the
banker guide was secured and we
were ready to see Annoy. There were
Tour ladies' in the party and three
gentlemen. The guide walked ahead
an American man followed him
then came two ladies' another man,
two more ladies and an American
man brought up the rear. This order
was maintained SO as to keep the
women always in view. You take no
chances In China.
Dirty, Dark Streets
We plunged at once into a perfect
labyrinth of dark winding streets.
We had read of China's narraw
streets, but our imagiuation had not
grasped 1t. From seven to ten feet
is the usual width. They may be
even less and on rare occasions more.
The little shops are open to the
street; they may be fifteen by twenty
feet or Just box. Everything is
done in the street They grow
poultry, pigs and mangey dogs with
out limit; they kill they cook. they
bake and they eat in the street
There are no sewers and the street
answers the double purpose No
tongue can describe the scene
Many Awful Scenes
The people are emaciated with
opium and wasted by disease. The
children have heads and bodies
covered with eczema and ulcers till
you shudder. The halt the lame
and the blind are there. Dogs from
which the hair has fallen, hogs so
poor, you wonder II they are starry
ing. and everywhere and always the
filth and stencil
A FrightfuI Picture
As we passed one street a horrible
creature came running after us with
face blackened with coal dust and
filth, bare above the waist ard his
back and arms a solid mass of
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Whether a leper or an unfortunate
wretch who had been bambooed we
could not tell. Cold shivers ran up
my spine at the sight. He ran past
us and seized some cakes from a mar
ket woman and crumbled them in
his hands. Then a Chinaman seized
a club and the last we saw OF him
he was running for his life down a
narrow street.
No Wander at Plague
Annoy is built on a hillside. On
the opposite side from the sea is
the cemetary encircllng the city like
a crescent. Each grave is cemented
over with concrete and they are
packed closely together as possible
and extends for miles. Between the
city and the cemetary II there is
any between" are the open wells
I from which the water supply comes
They are about fifteen feet deep.
Within stones throw are the els
terms where the city's filth is gather
ed for the farms. We did not won
der that the plague is always there.
After what we saw We did not dare
to think of the wretchedness behind
tho scenes.
And Annoy 1s a sample of 400,-
000,000l
The Sleep of Death
We hear in America of the sleep
ing China and the day when she
shall awake and take her place n
mong the great nations OF the world.
Her sleep is like that OF Lazarus.
1t is death-and no power less than
that which touched Lazarus can
give her life. China cannot help
herself Her millions are the fet-
tered victims of conditions that have
developed through twenty centuries.
Gangrene has been Ia the sore of the
body polite for a thousand years
and the ulcer will rot heal. Only
In his dream did Daht visit the
Inferno We felt that we saw 1t with
our own eyes. It's China.
4 Tropical Rain
From Annoy to Manila Is about
700 miles and the course lies east
of south The months OF August
and September are typoon months
and as the barometer had been going
down for week, we expected
trouble. The storm did not come,
however, and the trip across the
China sea was made without incl
dent. Sunday morning August 25, We
were awakened by the sound of the
! rain pouring on the CABINS. we Were
having a real tropical rain, and how
1t did pour We had better idea
OF the Hebrew expression: THE
windows OF heaven were opened as
reported by Noah in Moses ac-
count OF the food than ever before.
1t was over in half an hour and on
to the east we could see land. We
were dressed In short order and on
deck as we were interested in that
particular expanse of green.
Reach Luzon
It was Luzon and we were within
175 miles OF Manila! By dark we
were nearing Corrigidor Island from
which the light house flashed at
minute intervals red and two white
| lights far out to sea. Nature meant
Corrlgidor for fortress; 1t divides
the strait into Manila bay into two
channels 1t rises perhaps two hun
dred feet above the sea and Is per-
haps three miles long ard one wide.
Cannon placed here command both
channels.
Where Dewey Won Victory
At six-thirty we passed the light
house and headed straight down the