MAINE HERMIT HUNTER
GREENLEAF DAVIS IS CHAMPION
BEAR KiLLEa OF STATE.
Although Four Score Years of Age He
Still -Enjoys Roaming the Forest
—Has Over Two Hundred
Hides to His Credit.
Patten, Me.—Greenleaf Da via, “the
hermit of Shin pond,” has killed more
than 200 bears. Davis has held the
record for having killed the most
bears of any man in Maine for more
than 20 years, and though he is now
past SO and lame and bent from
rheumatism, no season passes with
out adding from one to five bears to
his tally.
“When I was young,” says he, “fat
bears were almost as thick along the
old growth beeches on the slopes of
Mount Katahdin as red squirrels are
ito-daur. I-n the fall, after the early
ifroste loosened the beechnuts, I could
go out with an aged smooth-bore gun
and shoot two or three most any day.
“Every fall father used to call us
hoys and make up a bear hunt to se
cure fresh bear’s meat for roasting
- pieces all winter. Sometimes the
hunt lasted a week, and sometimes
longer, but we never quit until we
bad put by the carcasses of from six
to ten fat bears.
“In the days when Tippecanoe ran
for president there was no railroad
track within 100 miles of where we
/resided, and if anyone had told us
about Chicago dressed beef coming
through to Maine in refrigerator cars
we should have locked him up as in
sane.
“The hindquarter of a fat bear
which had fed on beechnuts, when
hung on a spit, roasted before a hard
wood fire and basted in its own fat
=until it was all shiny brown, made eat
ing that was good enough for the min
ister or the first selectman.
“The kidney fat of the bears, which
was soft and oily like lard, was used
for frying doughnuts and for bread
-■shortening, while thhe harder belly
fat was run up into candles for fur
nishing light for the house.
“I have eaten hundreds of brown
-doughnuts that were fried in bears’
grease. That grease to-day I could
sell to the druggists for five dollars a
quart.
“As for the bearskins which we took
off, they were rubbed on the fleshy
side with powdered alum and salt
and used for rugs and coverings for
beds and robes to be used when tak
ing long rides in cold weather. No
body placed any value on the pelt of
a bear then, for It was the meat we
were after, and as the skin had to
come off before we could get at the
flesh and fat, we considered the hairy
covering as a sort of by-producL
“One could buy all the bear pelts
he wanted 60 or 70 years ago for $1
to $1.25 each, and now those same
pelts would bring $20 apiece.”
On the death of his father, 50 years
ago. Mr. Davis inherited a log house
and log sawmill, driven by water
power, and a township containing
more than 23,000 acres of thrift;* tim
ber land. Now he has but a few acres
surrounding his aged home on the
shores of Shin pond.
Henry D. Thoreau, the philosopher
Concord. Mass., visited Mount
Watahdin in 1813 to secure material
for his book, “Maine Woods,” and
Mr. Davis spent weeks in roaming
the forests with him.
In addition to being a hunter and
fisherman, Mr. Davis is something of
an original investigator into natural
history, and he lakes considerable
pride in his prior announcement that
the beautiful markings on rock maple,
GREENLEAF DAVIS.
(Champion Bear Killer of Maine Is an
Octogenarian.)
called “birdseye,” are caused by wood
peckers seeking for the sweet sap, the
dents of the sharp bills leaving scars,
which turn to a reddish hue.
From May until November, yearly,
the veteran nimrod lives in his bach
elor’s hall at Shin pond, but for the
last few years, as he is older and
feebler than before, he goes to Patten
village to avoid the rigors of a winter
in the woods.
Not only is Mr. Davis an optimist,
a naturalist, a hunter and philosopher,
he is a poet, too, of some ability, and
many of his metrical sketches have
been printed in local Maine papers
and in the New York sporting and
outing journals.
MARRIAGE MEDALS LATEST.
New French Idea Taken Up by Amer
icans.
New York.—Spring weddings have
this year an element of novelty so far
figures draped in classical fashion and
on the other is a wreath of laurel
bearing the words “^ouvenir de Mar
riage,” and after that are the names
of the contracting parties, with the I
date and the word 3 “Prosperite” and j
“Bonheur.” The silver is frosted and I
the workmanship of the medallions ex- j
quisitely fine.
REWARD FOR LONG SERVICE.
Sydney Olivier Appointed Governor of
Jamaica.
London.—Sydney Olivier, C. M. G.,
has been appointed governor of Ja
maica to succeed 3ir Alexander Swet
tedham. whose resignation resulted
from the demand of the British gov
ernment that he apologize to Admiral
Davi3. U. S. N„ for the insults he of
fered him at the time of the earth
quake. Mr. Olivier entered the co
lonial office at the? top of the open
competition, 25 years ago. He has
been acting colonial secretary of Brit
ish Honduras and auditor general of
the Leeward islands. He was co
lonial secretary of Jamaica for five
years and acting governor general in
three different years. He is the au
thor of many articles of socialism and
economic.
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Latest Wedding Novelty.
ras the presents are concerned, which
the talent of a French medallist now
in New York has made possible. The
redding medal has just been put on
the market by a firm of jewelers, and
at mapy of the spring marriages
there has been seen such a gift on the
table of presents. It is usually given
by the bridegroom to the bride or by
the bride to her husband, although it
may be presented by any friend or rel
ative in lieu of an ordinary gift.
These marriage medals' are made
of silver and are about two inches in
diameter. On one side is a pair of
Highly Improbable.
Editor—I wish I knew what our
lady readers want.
Assistant—Why don’t you send out
a circular letter and ask them?
Editor—Great heavens, man, do
you suppose they know?”—Puck.
His Reform Measure.
“Money, my son,” remarked the
good old deacon, “is the root of all
evil.”
“I believe it, dad,’’ rejoined the way
ward youth, "and I’m doing my best
to tear up evil by the roots.”—Chicago
Daily News.
— m---w--W
TOO MUCH OF A JOKE FOR HIM.
"I never knew a woman who had a
sense of humor,” said Smithers.
“Never?” queried Mrs. Smithers.
■"Never,” repeated Smithers.
■“There never was one. Man is the
•only member of the haman family with
humor.”
“Possibly you’re right,” said Mrs.
‘Smithers. “By the way, do you re
member the trip you made to New
“York two or three months before we
were married?”
“The time I went there to boy some
new machinery?”
“Yes.”
“Yes, I remember it- What of it?”
“This morning I ran across one of
•the letters you wrote me while yon
were there. You said yon had stood
on Fifth avenue and looked at the
beautiful carriages and hones, and
added: ‘Sweetheart, same ’day yon
shall have a horse and cart— ”
“Oh, shut up that nonsense! I never
wrote anything of the Uni!”
“Yes, dear, yon duL Watt tin I get
the letter.”
Vi i " mW
“You bring that letter here and 111
tear It up! Don’t worry mb with Idiot
ic stuff like that! I don’t want to hear
another word of it! Any more talk
about it and I’ll go donn to the theater
to-night—and I’ll go alone!”
“Then you did write it. dear, didn’t
you?"
“Maybe I did. I don’t know. I did
a lot of fool things before I was mar
ried. But what’s the use of bringing
it up now?”
“Oh, none in particular,” replied
Mrs. Smithers. “But I thought it
might give you an opportunity to ex
hibit your sense of—” _
But Smithers had fled.—Chicago
Journal.
ftersonal Conviction.
“The mental condition of the de
fendant was a matter of much curi
osity.”
“Yes," Answered the Juror; “but
what Ifd like to have the alienists.do
is to Investigate the mental condition
of the men who refused to agree with
me about a verdic t.”—Washington
Star.
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Some Points on the Laying of Farm Drain Tile
Quick Method of Filling Ditch After Tile Have Been Covered.
*
In digging either an open ditch of
one that is intended for tiling, always
begin at the outlet and have this out
let so that there will be a drop of at
‘east six inches. Tile drains are often
rendered entirely useless when they
flow into a stream or pond on the
level or when they open out on the
ground without any drop at the
mouth and unless there is consider
able fall there it will be but a short
time before the drain is plugged up at
the mouth and the whole system ren
dered worthless until cleaned out.
The best drains are straight, as this
allows the tile to he placed in line
without curves, which retard the flow
of water. Sand and silt will lodge at
a curve if anywhere, in the drain. In
order to insure a straight ditch, a line
should be used, set three and one-half
inches back from where the ditch is
to be, so that it will not be disturbed
when the trench is dug.
The tile used should be large
enough to remove in from 24 to 28
hours all the excess of water from the
heaviest rains. Where there are large
wet places to be drained, large pipes
are necessary, but where the work of
draining is systematically carried out
over an entire field regardless of wa
ter or contents, wet or low places,
smaller tile will give satisfaction. The
greater the flow, the smaller the tile
may be. If the grade is doubled it in
creases the carrying capacity of the
tile nearly one-third. If anyone is ir
doubt as to what size tile to use it
would be safest to get some that is
too large rather than too small. On
account of sediment, roots and silt, it
is seldom advisable to use tile smaller
than three inches in diameter, al
though on high ground two inch tile
may be all right.
A three-inch tile will drain 5 acres
A four-inch tile will drain 12 acres.
A five-inch tile will drain 20 acres
A six-inch tile will drain 40 acres.
A seven-inch tile will drain GO acres.
He further specifies that a two-inch
main should not be laid longer than
500 feet and a three-inch main not
longer than 1,000 feet.
When the trench is being dug, the
dirt should be piled as neatly as possi
ble, thus preventing its falling back
into the ditch. It is then an easy
matter to finish filling the trench with
a plow and two horses, using a long
evener as shown In the accompanying
illustration. Some people have used
road drags for this purpose very suc
cessfully, while shovels may be used
in the absence of something better.
System of Ear Marks for Stock
Where numbers of pure bred stofck
ire kept a system of individual mark
ing is desirable. In the accompanying
illustrations, the first column repre
sents the key of all numbers, while
the second column represents the
units from one to ten. All numbers
below 100 are made by a combination
of numbers 1, 10, and 30, as shown
in the first four illustrations of the
first column. Begin numbering on the
right ear and it will be easy to remem
ber that any number on the right ear,
if placed in a like place on the left
ear, will be multiplied by ten, thus,
one notch on the tip of the ear means
three, but. if the notch is put in the
tip of the lift ear it means ten times
three or 30. This rule does not hold
good as to the notches in the points
of the ear. One notch in the point of
the right ear means ten and in the
point of the left 2,000. The notches
are added together to make the final
number. Any one taking up this sys
tem of numbering will be aided if
they draw a number of ears and mark
the notches with a pencil for each pig
before making the notches and until
perfectly familiar with this system.
In connection with these ear marks
it is well to use a card for each ani
mal. A pair of ears are printed at the
Key Diagram to Markings.
top of each card and the same notches
are marked on it that are cut in the
animal's ears.
Two Types of Trussed Beam
A beam or girder which exceeds 2*
feet in length may be strengthened
oy trussing bo that it will not bind or
sag. The beam is first sawn into two
aalves in the direction of its length
and the sides reversed. Between these
;wo halves the truss is Inserted as rej>
resented. The central stud is furnish
ed with a head which rests on uppei
surface of the beam while the lower
end has a nut and washer as shown
at A. Somewhat different forms of
construction are- shown in the twc
lower figures.
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Too Many Founderera.—There U al
together too much floundering around
in the business of stock breeding. If
people would only nse a little more
good, common sense. For instance,
how in the world can any neighbor
hood hope to products a uniform lot of
-horses when every breed from road
sters to draft horses are represented?
Some men in the course of their ex
perience have had every breed of cat
tle on their place. Undoubtedly, the
;erm “breeder” is wrongly applied in
Ihe majority of cases. A breeder in
;he highest sense of the term is un
common indeed.
Fattening Geese.—A cheap way to
fatten geese is to feed them chopped
:umips or other vegetables at this
season of the year. Corn or corn
meal in addition makes an excdllent
diet. *
• Potatoes as Cattle Feed.—In
opinion of a German writer, about. 12
pounds of raw potatoes can be fed ad
vantageously to cattle, and if fed, with
supplementary food there need be no
fe»r of physiological disturbances.
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They should he mixed with hay or cut
straw to Insure proper mastication.
Feed only ripe, healthy tubers and it
is best not to water immediately after
feeding.
• _^_
When Turkey Hens Set.—Most tur
key hens prefer to select the location
and make their nests in the brush. If
they are allowed to do so, be sure that
the sides of the nests are* high enough
so that the eggs will not roll out
-»
Feed for Chicks.—Young chickens
will learn to eat wheat, kaffir corn or
other small grain feed quite early, and
may be given all they will eat of
them without injury to themselves.
s_
Remember This.—The market valu^
of food products fed to any animal
that is to be eaten begins to decrease
as soon as the animal arrives at ma
turity. p . '
The Moat* Profitable Caw.—Under
present conditions the most profitable
dairy cow is the one that helps yon
to make the most butter in winter
FORMS OF SOCIETY
ETIQUETTE THAT MARKS THE
WELL BRED.
Time for Returning First Calls a Mat
ter on Which Authorities Differ
—“Housewife” for the
Sewing Roopi.
First calls should be returned with
in a week, according to 'Manners ant1
Social Usages” (Harper Brothers),or
as some authorities 7say, Within a |
fortnight. If a lady is invited to any
entertainment by a new acquaintance,
whether the invitation come through
a friend or not, she should immediate
ly leave cards, and send either a re
gret or an acceptance. To lose time
in this matter is rude. Whether she
attend, the entertainment or not, she
should call after it within a week.
Then, having done all that is polite,
and having shown herself a woman of
good breeding, she can keep up the
acquaintance or not as she pleases.
Sometimes there are reasons why a
lady does not wish to keep up the ac
quaintance, but she must recognize
the politeness extended.
No first visit should be returned by
card only; this would be considered
a slight unless followed by an invi
tation. The size of New York, the
great distances, the busy life of a
woman of charities, large family, anu
immense circle of acquaintances may
render a personal visit almost impos
sible. She may be considered to have
done her duty if she, in her turn, asks
her new acquaintance to call on her
on a specified day, if she is not her
self able to call in person.
After balls, amateur concerts, theat
rical parties, garden parties, ”at
homes,” cards should be left by all in
vited guests within a week after the
event, particularly if the invited
guest has been obliged to decline.
These cards may be left without in
quiring for the hostess, if time press
es or if thd weather is bad; but it is
more polite to ask for her, even if it
is not her day. If it is her reception
day, it would be rude not to inquire,
enter, and pay a personal visit. After
a dinner or a formal luncheon, one
must pay a personal visit. These are
called “visits of digestion,” and a per
son who fails to pay them is thought
to be lacking in courtesy, especially
in the case of atf invitation to din
ner.
It is proper to call in person, or to
leave a card, after an acquaintance
has lost a relative, after an engage
ment is announced, after a marriage
has taken place, and after a return
from Europe; but, as society grows
larger and larger, these visits may be
omitted, and cards sent if it is impos
sible to pay the visits personally.
A novel and convenient article for
the sewing room is the housewife
made on the plan of a suit case. It
stands vertically, and is made of
wood. The upper inside is fitted with
shelves and pegs for spools, hooks for
scissors, etc., and also a small folding
shelf supported by hinges and chains.
The lower part is lined with a pretty
design of cretonne, against which is
tacked several pockets of the same
material for pieces, tapes, etc., three
on one side and a large one on the
other. On each side of the large
pocket is a brass fixture to hold
shears. All inside metal fittings are
of l)rass.. This particular housewife
is stained a dark brown, with a row
of nickel like a regular suit case, but
it can be made in any color to match,
the furniture of, the sewing room.
When not in use it can be closed, and
thus be kept free from dust. Al
though this convenient article is rath
er expensive to buy at the shops, any
competent worker in wood can make
it at slight cost.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Add alum to the paste used in scrap
books and it will keep the moths out
of them.
Rub the backs of old paintings with
oil of cedar to protect them from in
jury by insects.
Add a pinch of soda in water in
which fresh-cut flowers are put and
they will keep lonfer.
Do not stretch table linen, but iron
while damp, and press until quite dry;
otherwise it will be too limp.
There is no better filling for nqedle
and pin cushions than she'ep’s wool, as
its oily qualities prevent the needles
from rusting.
After the carpet is tacked down, if
it is liberally sprinkled with salt and
swept with a clean broom the colors
will be brightened wonderfully.
Cut stale bread into the thinnest
possible slices and brown it in the
oven. Then crush it with a rolling
pin, and. you will have bread crumbs
for browning cutlets, friend oysters
and the like. ,
How to Clean Brats.
First clean the brass in the ordinary
way either with one of the ready-made
polishes, or with paraffin and finely
powdered bathbrick mixed to a rather
soft consistency. Polish with dry, fine
ly powdered bathbrick, then rub
quickly over with a little petrol, and
afterward polish with dry whitening
and a leather, using a brush for any
parts into which the leather will not
go.
Be sure that all stains are removed
before you begin polishing. Stains ofc,
long standing, that bought ready-made
polishes will not move, will always
yield to a vigorous treatment with
bathbrick and paraffin; in fact, this,
applied with a rather stiff nailbrush,
is what dealers use to clean old brass
that has become absolutely black
through lying by.
The 8mell of Food in Your Kitchen.
A French cook told me one day that
a piece of dry bread tied in a bag
and put in the pot with cabbage would
absorb all the odor which otherwise
would permeate the home. Try it.
Cheap. If your soup is nidorous, pour
in a tablespoonful of strong vinegar.
Cauliflower may be rendered less of
fensive in-the cooking by a teaspoon
ful of common baking soda, but it
will not be so white when done. But
after all is said, the scent of the *
cooking will hang round us still.—
Victor SrcO, «n N. T. Pres,,
SAILOR’S RETREAT
HAVEN IN WHICH WORN-OUT
SALTS 0^4 FIND REFUGE.
Interesting Glimpse of This Great In
stitution in New York and How
It Came to Be Estab
lished.
Visitors to Staten Island, New York,
walking along the shore road near
New Brighton find themselves sud
denly in the presence of a large tract
of ground separated from the outer
world by a massive iron fence seven
feet high, within which five great
stone buildings like Greek temples fill
the eye, their pediments supported by
a row of lofty columns with Ionic cap
itals. Broad flower beds embellish
the lawns, which are sufficiently pro
tected from the summer sun by many
fine old elms, and an actual village of
smaller but equally massive buildings
are clustered in the rear. A brick
gateway stands in the center of the
north side of the grounds, which im
mediately dispels any lingering mys
tery, for on the arch above are the
three words “Sailors' Snug Harbor.”
Here disabled sailors who have
passed the sixtieth mile stone of life
and who have served five years un
der the American flag may find de
lightful refuge from the storms and
vicissitudes of life. It is not neces
sary that this five years be served dur
ing five successive years; all that is
required is the knowledge that the 60
months have been sailed under the
Stars and Stripes; and if the man
has lost a foot or a hand or has been
in any way so injured as to render
him incapable aboard ship, and is in
digent and destitute, he is accepted at
a far earlier age than the 60 years of
the physically sound.
Perhaps the grandest part of the
endowment is found in the fact that
the institution is open to the races of
the world. Sitting within its halls the
Norseman brushes elbows with the
Englishman, the Dane holds the match
that lights the pipe of the tottering old
man who claims the port of Bremen
as his birthplace. Indeed, the Ameri
can seaman does not appear to pre
dominate on the roll of the Sailors’
Snug Harbor; at least more broken
English is heard in a day spent there
than the simon pure article.
Daniel Delehanty, late commander
in the United States navy, is at pres
ent governor of Snug Harbor, and
since its foundation in 1801 there have
been only four other governors. The
first was John Whetton and the sec
ond was Augustus Depeyster, and in
these modern times, when the prop
erty has grown to such fabulous value
and when the number of inmates has
reached a total of nearly a thousand,
a man of great executive ability is re
quired to administer the general gov
ernment of Snug Harbor. The exec
utive offices are situated in the mid
dle one of the five great frontal build
ings, where Gov. Delehanty sits at his
well-litered desk, with his clerical
staff hard by.
This splendid institution was the
gift of Robert Richard Randall, whose
father was a master mariner, accord
ing to history, who flourished about
150 years ago, privateering the Gulf
of Mexico and probably on the Span
ish Main as well.
His headquarters were not far from
the present site of New Orleans; and
the Spanish vessels bound to and
from the Gulf and other ports and the
mother country in Europe constituted
the booty or prey of Capt. Ra.ndall.
For this was fully 25 years before the
war of independence, when it was a
common thing for governments to
Chapel at Sailors’ Snug Harbor.
grant permission to privateer—a sort
of licensed piracy, which would not,
of course, be tolerated in this era.
When Capt. Randall died his son
Robert Richard inherited his prop
erty, and subsequently formed a
strong friendship with Alexander
Hamilton, having met that statesman
in New York city, where Randall
finally established himself, though
most of his land and estates remained
in the south.
One day he was introduced in New
York to a large land owner, who, in
broken health and unable to with
stand the asperities of the northern
winter, offered to exchange a portion
of his real estate to the northward of
the old city for Randall’s land in the
south. This was subsequently ac
complished; and it is this property
that at the present time yields the'
enormous income that supports the
Snug Harbor.
With all the skill of his brilliant
intellect Alexander Hamilton prepared
the will of Robert Richard Randall,
and to such purpose that to the pres
ent day it remains impeccable, like an
impregnable citadel built upon a rock.
It is a felony, according to the word
ing of the document, to sell any por
tion of the estate, and it is also a fel
ony for anyone to receive it.
THE WALLED MANILLA
PHILIPPINE CITY AS DEFINED BY
ITS DEFENSES.
Ancient Bulwarks Tell an Interesting
Story of the Struggles and Vicis
situdes of the Old City Which
Has Now Been Outgrown.
The recent fire which swept part of
the town of Manila lying beyond the
old wall of defense of the city has re
minded one again of the fact that
there is an old and new Manila and
that all the history of the past of the
Philippine city is written into the
two and three-quarters miles of moss
pedition and succeeded in trapping
the enemy, but the wiley Chinese dug
a trench by night and escaped with
their boats into the open sea.
In 1590 Gov. Desmarines began the
permanent fortification of Manila,
where Fort Santiago now stands, add
this remains to-day, being the oldest
piece of masonry under the stars and
stripes. After 317 years of thrilling
history, the old stones are still in the
wall.
Fort Santiago is the Mecca of the
oriental curio hunter. What the tower
is to London, the Vatican to Rome,
and Bunker Mill monument to the
United.States, Fort Santiago is to the
Philippines. Its square walls and em
battled turrets have stood unchanged
since the days of the pilgrims, and
still hundreds passHjy the old gateway
and give no thought to it all.
The waters of the Pasig every day
wash the old stones placed in 1590.
Since the American occupation, some
changes have been made, but the old
fort still stands, though the old artil
lery has been removed. With the
establishment of the civil government
in 1901 the use of the place as a for
tress was forever abandoned and it is
now used as an office building by the
miiitafy government.
Many strange things have happened
under the shadow of the old fort, and
there are old men living in Manila who
shake their heads wisely and intimate
that if they were to tell all they know,
it would make an astonishing tale in
deed. How much they really do know
is a question, but it is certain that
the natives have a great fear of the
old pl.«ce. The records of the church
historians associate the place with
many supernatural manifestations.
Some saints who had been buried, and
were supposed to remain so, as a spe
cial favor to the city failed to stay bur
ied, and appeared on the walls of the
fort with strange portent for the be
lieving.
There are some weird tales floating
about concerning secret chambers in
the old walls of the fort. There i3
certainly some foundation for these
in fact, for there are numberless store
rooms and magazines and underground
chambers, and outer curtains are con
nected with the main walls in some
cases by underground passages. The
filling of the old moat has closed these
passages forever, and also obliterated
the evidence of much of the most in
teresting old secret construction. Sev
eral of these chambers were opened
in making changes in the walls, and
found filled with human skeletons.
No Health There.
Mrs. De Fashion—So you were at
Health Springs during the summer.
How did you like it?
Mrs. De Style—Well, the place is
pretty enough, but I didn't think much
of the water. It didn’t taste bad at
all.—N. Y. Weekly.
That Might Be.
“Who is that man?”
“He’s.an alienist”
“I wonder why they call..them that?”
“I guess it’s because their views are
so alien to fact and reason.”—Haiti
more American.
The Double Gates in Manila’s Wall.
grown stones and grass-covered crev
ices of the old wall. The modern tour
ist who walks about Manilla, telling
her towers and counting her bulwarks,
finds himself fascinated by a construc
tion that bears evidence of many build
ers and widely-separated plans of de
fense.
The whole story of all the known
history of the Philippine islands from
the days of naked barbarism to the
zenith of Spanish power, is written
into these walls. Siege and surrender,
defense and conquest have all left
their inscriptions, and it needs but the
historic imagination to give these
stones speech to tell their tale of
three centuries.
The first wall, built in 1570, was of
hewn logs, at best a feeble defense;
and in 1574 the first attack of Chinese
pirates overcame the fortress. Li Ma
Hon, a Chinese general and big boss,
having 2,000 Chinese soldiers and a
Japanese general to make them fight,
found his realm grown too small for
him, and, sighing for other worlds to
conquer, set sail for Manila. His 70
“large vessels” stopped at the mouth
of the harbor at Mariveles, while 600
men were sent across the bay to take
the city. The invaders entered the
city, burned the houses, destroyed the
place and killed many persons, but
the Spaniards rallied and drove them
out.
Gen. Salcedo was up near Dagupan,
120 miles north of Manila, at the time,
and hearing of the trouble, hastened
to Manila with his4roops. He prompt
ly attacked the Chinese and drove
diem away to. Pangaslnan, .where they
set up a little despotism and lorded
it over the helpless natives in oppres
sive fashion. Legaspi gathered an ex