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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1899)
OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BjffilL October 8 , mw. Charms of the Snlu Islands Undo Sam's Irritating tussle with the pugnacious Tagala dries not wholly darken the vlow nf the Philippines. There arc Hovornl bright apt , Is In tlit ? picture , and the brightest nt the prevent moinont Is the Suhi group , whore Ills excellency the sultan pre serves the pence and draws $250 ( Mexican money ) a month from the United States , Correspondent McCutchcon rf the Chicago Record , who accompanied General Dates to the Siiliiw , drawn this plcturo of a locality "whrro every prospect pleases nnd only mnn Is vllo : " Thti Atcnnior Churruca left Manila July 12 .tnd reached the hnrbnr of Hello In thirty In urs. Twenty hours moro of steaming ando \\o reach that great unexplored , mysterious Island of Mindanao , which la unld by every body out hero to bo the richest Island In the world. Then comes ten hours among the most pxqulslto Islands I've over seen the Sulu archipelago. Many of them are uninhabited and wo nit with our feet on the mil and look out acroPH the glassy sea , who- surfaces Is broken only by the skipping flight of hundreds rf flying fish , and pick out island1) on which wo can establish n government nnd bo n king. The water IB clear nnd wo rnii see the white coral sand fnr down below. Po/ptm of little Islands arcscattered over the Irsom of thnt peaceful summer pen and thr > rich green of their hillsides nnd the broad , white , gleimlng beaches nnd the brilliant nnll of nntlvo "plntns" make n picture thnt Is Ideal. Porno of the Ifllnmln rise llko castles from the sen ; others nro mountains which nature IIJIH henv ( > d up In single peaks during some mighty subterranean explosion , \vhllo the picttlest nnd most pxchnntltig of nil nro these dainty llttlo patclien of tropical gor- gpousnrps that fltPiu to float nil the blue water , with n white pedcstnl of sand thnt innl < ) the Inland look : llko n china dish nilnd with beautiful , green plants. Thou wo coino to the Island of Sulu. which In the Inigest of all In the group , although It IH only thirty-five miles long and twelve wide. Thorn Is n charm ab"Ut the nnmo of Sulu. It seems so remote nnd fnr nwny. \Vn prepare ourselves for the town our fancy linn constructed a pntrh of white houses half builod In waving palm trees rising from a Inwblto stictch of cornl bench. What n strange looking Island It Is ! ( Julio unllkn any wo'vo seen bef"rc , for bore Is u towering purple penk , with Its crest In n mantilla of Inry clouds , nnd then come , ranged In soldierly precision by Its side , tin oo Mat-topped hills , nil the snmo shape nnd slzo , nnd on beyond these another tow ering , ptatoly mountain. The middle ono of the square-topped hills Is bnro of trees nnd Its smooth sides , green ns n field of young wheat , look from the sen llko the brond lawns of an ICugllsh park. On the very topmost point rf this hill Is n small ! cluster of trees , which spring up as unox- 1 pectedly and with apparently ns little pur- IIOHO ns the topknot of n Jnpnncso baby. The Spanish captain of the ship tclle us that the hill Is called the sacred hill , because the tombs of omo ancient hndjls nro sheltered by the little bunch of trees , nnd wo wonder whether Americans would bo safe In ns- eondlng It. Over on the bench to our left Is n Moro village , which vin learn Is Patlhola , where the most powerful of nntlvo princes , or dntos , has IIH ! homo. Aso stenin farther down the iHlnndH there nro m.tny native sall- bp < aiH HOOII , nil with gorgeously colored sails , which HOOIII moro brilliant than even the snlls of Italy. IimiKlnn a tall made of the American Hag and you mny have some Idea of the Hplmidnr of these Moro snlls. The steamer m\v swings In n long curve around a jutting point nnd nwity over on the other sldo of the harbor lies the town of Join. U looks llko a fashionable seaside re sort nil white and green , nnd the long atone pier extending fnr out In the harbor waters Is ornamented with gay lampposts nnd n bright , octagonal lighthouse tower. Swarms of soldiers nro streaming down to watch the ship cmno In , for It brings letters and mall nnd now s from the outside world , which has been totally lacking since the lost ship came In three weeks before. There Is no cable to Jolo , nnd only a ship every two or three weeks. The nearest po'nt which connects thorn with clvlllzntlon IB the little town of Snndnlcnti , Borneo , ISO miles to the west , You mny Imagine how remote nnd Isolated a plnco must bo when Its nearest port Is n plnco In the remotest part of the remote Is- Innd of Dornoo. A few native sampans come out to the Churrucn ns she drops her anchor and some soldiers pnddlo out In nntlvodugouts. . In nn h"ur we nro landed on the pier , nnd then wo begin to have a complete Idea of the exquisite beauty of Jolo , the prettiest place In the Philippines. A huge castellated gate way stands at the end of the plor , nnd through this yon pass Into the main avenue , Callo Marina , of Jolo. Ycu nt once feel that you've been dropped down In n park or a venerable college cnmpus. The street Is lined with Immense trees that make a tun nel , even though the street Is forty yards wldo. On ono side Is the fins residence of Captain Tlnnn , the Cnptaln Chinaman of the Stilus , nnd his house , both In situation and oxtrfit , Is the best one In the town. On the ether side Is n short row of shops , nil uni form In filzo nnd design , nnd ptlnted with dollcnto ghmlcs of coloring. Then there comes a llttlo park with a fountain playing deep In the waving trop'cal ' verdu'e that nils It. Then more shops , nil alike In coloring , nnd n few spreading nwnlngs , beneath which nro tables nnd chnlrs like a Parisian boule vard cafe. The streets nro ns clean as brorena can mnko them , for there nro no vehicles In Join nnd horses are nllowed In only by special permission. All the architecture Is ornnto nnd gnyly colored , nnd everything Is on such n tiny scnlo thnt you Imnglne yourself lookIng - Ing nt some fancy stngo setting. All the streets nre nllke lined with grent nrchlng trees , nnd flnnVod here nnd there with carefully - fully kept gnrdcns. A wnll nbout ten feet "high purrounds the town , nnd scattered nl"ng on Its top nre llt tlo sentry towers , while at the corners and gates are fnncv blockhouses. In fifteen minutes you cnn wnlk thr"Ush ; every street In the town. fT Jolo Is scarrelv mTo than fiOO ynrds long nnd 30(1 ( yards deep , nnd swli n wnlk Is sure to leave you In n fltnte of astonishment nnd wonder nt finding such n perfect gem of n town In such nn out--f-the-wny place. ThT" jre water works nnd excellent stone gutters , nnd the town , unlike mnst towns , has no p-or quar ter , but Is everywhere uniformly clean and excellently built. Under the Yellow Flag It Is next to Impossible , says the Detroit Fre-o Press , for the people of the north to realize the effect produced upon n southern city by the appearance therein of yellnw fovcr , People rise In the morning JTOUH , careless , secure In the popsceslon of health and well-being ; during the day a rumor creeps nbout thnt such n mnn on such n Htreot has yellow fever , that the authorities know It nnd nro Investlcatlne It. People cease to laugh as they pass each other , nnd gather In knots on the corners tn dlsrura the rumor , ny night apprehension has taken tht , place of pleasant security. Many of the moro timid do not wnlt for the result of the ortlclnl Investlgntlon , hut nre passengers en the outgoing trains thnt evening. On the morrow comes the authentic announcement , It la the plague , and the nervous element 1 thrown Into a pnnlc such ns one sees on'y on a burning ship where numbers of humati beings arc assembled , and \\hence the mean- , of escape arc limited. Fabulous prices art paid for cabs and carriages and baggng wngons ; depots nre blockaded with vehicles , nnd ticket omccs are besieged with people who fight for place nnd preference with the fierceness of desperation. Every n rthorn bound train Is leaded with those who have the money to seek safety In the far , coo climes ; nnd nil day Ions ; the country roa's are. thronged with hnoks nnd carts and wagons In the latter of which men , wome.i nnd children often sit on their housch 1- turnlture all fleeing Into the country be fore the quarantine cuts them off. Kven after thn rule. " are established by the neigh boring towns nnd hamlets , these people con- tlnuo their exodus under cover rf n'gnt nnd by lonely roads , renting unoccupied cabins or even tenting In the woods to es-npc the plngue-flP.ed atmosphere of the city. Twenty-four bourn nftrr t e first ts'-i" Is announced , hundred * jind hundroda of homes throughout the city are left t--nin-l s. an ! the erstwhile busy streets > ave ft dree tec ? look. Then , for thee who hive rerrnlne from duty or Inability to pet a ay , there follows a time tro horrible f r outsld rs ti conceive r t. Fnrtunnte'y , many of th se wh nro left are the cool-hendel , q"l t olt7en' who take a philosophical view < t thl gs and refuse to give way to useless fen's. tlut bravo as they nro It In a nnve-tosting time. Business Is dead ; the quarant'ne ruts elf from outside traffic , and home trad ? ! limited to the absolute ne e'oHles of life , shops and wnrehnuses are closed , nnd t me hangs heavy on hands emptied of fc r ac customed tasks. The all-abs rb ng topic cornea to be the fever , and sprcu atl n c n- ters on the next victim. Aft r a'l. this I the trying part of It ; losa of bu ln ° ss. In terrupted commerce , enforced Idleness ef hands anil capital nro thlnes bird to bear ; but to rend day after dny thit ihh or ihat acquaintance has been f tile'en to watch , the yellow flags the plausue's cl na blos som grimly from block to b'ock , from d torte to door , and wonder when It will rrach on > 's own lintel thnt Is whnt Ties men's BUR ns wnr In Its fiercest nspccts neve1c'n In war there la the exhllnra I n of rctlon , th * Intense relief of hitting bakIn n f v r epidemic there Is the helplessness of be ng struck In the dark by n foe whose blow may not bereturned. . And se it lo that it requires men of fine courage nnd Inrgo cnllber to meet the ex igencies rf n plague visitation , to put self nshle nnd devote every energy to the public welfare , to run commissary departments for the largo proportion of provisions are thus obtained to maintain law and order , to leek after sanitary regulations and to nurse the sick , and oftentimes to bury the dend for lack of a sexton. As the plague spreads the trouble grows. There Is al ways moro or less neglect nnd lawlessness from certain nources ; nnd nt lost death walks th highways nnd byways unchal lenged nnd leaves so many victims In his wake thnt coffins are stacked up In the potter's field awaiting their turn at th hands nf the grave-diggers. Often nigh' finds the tasks of this nature unfinished and thn graveyard presents a gruesome sight , with the new graves and the un burled coffins Illuminated by the dlslnfec tant fires of pitch. Under such n mentn strain It is not surprising thnt some fall nn ' falter by the way ; and so there go fort' disheartening tales of drunken nurses , of fnlthlesc Inspectors , of dishonest distr'b ' utTs of public provisions , and worse still of men nnd women hurried to their grave' ere death had really claimed them. Storiop such ns these nre many and harrowing dur Ing nn epidemic , nnd mnny of them are true. true.But But there nre deeds of heroism to offset THIS ELEGANT GONDOLA COUCH § I Unsurpassed In value. Abartatn wlthouta parallel. 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