The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-17

ly picturesque, the occasional red roof
of a foreign building in no wise les
SEEMING the uncivilized appearance Of
the whole. Rising behind the town is
Mount Dajo, made famous by the Won
derful assault and capture of it by our
troops. Cotabato, Parang- Parang and
Malabang, on the Celebes sea, were
next touched at, and then after an
other stop at Zamboanga and again at
Camp Overton the course lay toward
Cebu in the Visays.
Cebu is a prosperous town and a
great trade center, hemp and coal be-
Ing Its chief exports. Shells OF every
description are for sale, but otherwise
there is little one cares to buy. Here
In the Church OF Santo Nino is pre-
served little black statue of the Holy
Child which was brought over by Ma
gellan. The collection of jewels for
1t is said to be priceless. They were
stored in Hongkong during the insur-
rection, and they remain there, as the
duty is too high to permit of their be.
ing brought back. Across the strait is
the little island Of Mactan, where Ma.
gellan was killed.
On leaving Cebu we stopped at Or
moe in Leyte and then anchored for a
short while in Carigura bay to unload
provisions for Tacloban. At Calbayog,
Samar, we stopped for a couple OF
hours only, and then made for home,
and were met in Verde passage by the
steam launch from Batangas, which
1crh fp IL, I
With visions OF waving palms and
bamboos and riotous burst of color
in your mental picture of the tropics,
Manila is a disappointing reality, as 1t
lies low and business-like along the
water front. The dolce far niente Of
southern climes seems to have no
place in this commercial metropolis,
where everything is life and hustle.
The great bay is large enough to ac-
commodate the fleets OF, the world and
an enormous breakwater built out
from the mainland gives shelter to at
least forty large vessels. At all times
the roadstead Is filled with ships, and
the clanking of chains, the footing Of
Hhistles and the rapid liquid speech
o. the native coolies working along the
water front create lively scene.
The houses are raised high above
the ground to avoid the dangerous
earth vapors which the Tagals call
"altmoon," and seek to avoid at the
beginning Of the rainy reason; the
walls are fitted with slices of lattice
work into which shells are inserted In.
stead of glass, and with these drawn
back the house looks like an open pa.
vilion. The ground floor is occupied
by shops or used as grain store room
or carriage shed, and not infrequently
as stable, in which case the walls
are dispensed with. These native
houses are built of hard wood. mostly
of mahogany, which is disfgured witt
whttewash and paint, some Of them be
ing respondent in pink, blue or vel
low. The living rooms are reached
by a fight Of stone steps running
up on the outside. Rents in Manils
are high, 200 or 800 pesos ($10O a
$500 being the average price pei
month for a dwelling of moderate
size.
The city of Manila proper is huge
fortress, surrounded by high ston,
walls and bastions and bulwarks O,
the landward side and protected by
moat which may be flooded by mean,
of sluices to cut off the city. Fort San
tiago, the citadel, guards the entranc,
to the Pasig, which divides Manila int,
, two parts-the walled city Just de
: scribed and the commercial centers
The Escolta in Binondo is the priu
, cipal shopping street and 1t is pros
, porous looking with its many pedes
TRANS. its trolley cars and electri
| lights; the shops are up to date an,
, almost all desires can be satisfied /
l you are willing to pay Manila prices
: Here, as everywhere in the islands
3 John Chinaman absorbs a large par
> of the trade and is the picture of cor
], tentment as he lazily smokes his pip
: in the doorway.