When they were young

Title

Language

English

Year

1936

Subject

Villamor, Ignacio -- Anecdotes

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Abstract

[This article provides a short, interesting story on the life of Hon. Ignacio Villamor.]

Fulltext

7G THE YOUNG CITIZEN Maka le, Ethiopia's "Salt Seller" By J. C. p To you, salt may appear of ve- guard it on the east, northeast, and iy little value. But the moment southeast. Because of its salt trade. you run out of"salt and have to go it can well suppor~ a population of v:ithout it, you will realize how 15,000 people. It is one of the important it is. Makale is an im- largest, busiest, and most prosperous portant city of Ethiopia. chiefly, settlements in the Ethiopian provt•ecause it is the center for distribut- ince of Tigre. ing salt. In this country, salt is The round native houses are scat used as an article of food and as tcred over hillsides. There. are a currency. You can buy anything in Ethiopia with salt just as you do here with money. Once a month thousands of merchants and their camels: leave Mako.le for the salt lakes of Danakil. Here layers of dried salt and sand, broken into blocks weighing 3 Vi pounds each, are offered for sale. A salt block costing ·less than a cent;,vo in Danakil is sold for seven centavos in Makale. At a place about a hundred miles south of Makale, the same block may be sold for a peso. Forty-one years ago, Makale' was in the hands of Italian troops. Af· ter about a year the city was taken back by the Ethiopians. Now it is again occupied by the Italians. ThC city of Makale stands on a number of hills. High mountaim T 0 T 0 y ,. WATCH TOTOY CLOSELY. SEE WHAT HE WILL DO NEXT MONTH. few churches, a large markec, and a large stone palace. Several na· tive huts are frequently surrounded Vy a rough waJI inclosing a family's dwellings, live stock and garden. Little irrigation ditches supply waCl!r for gardens of flowers, ferns, and fruic trees such as orange, lime and lemon. There are birds of bright feathers. among which are the green and yellow pigeons. The people of 1\.fakaie are very proud of their palace. It was built by an Italian architect for King Johannes, during whose times Makale was used as the capital of Ethiopia. The palace which was strongly constructed of limestone blocks, also served as J. fort. The grounds are indmed by two outer walls~ · Note.--The information was March, 1986 -WH i;N nu;y WERE YOUNG True Anecdotes A poor Young man from the lloi:os was on a boat bound for Ma· nila. Ir was his ambition to finish a course in the big city. On the boat, there were other young men who were also on their way to Manila. ~rhey were rich .. Their clothes and manners showed that they had plenty of money. They would gather on the deck to talk noisily Jbout what they did with their money. As they Calked. they smoked expensive cigars. The poor boy also wanted to smoke but he could not afford even cheap cigars. So he stayed on the deck with the rich young men .and inhaled thr. smoke blown toward him. In Ma'lila, the poor student worked and studied so hard that he got ahead of the rich students. He became a successful lawyer and later served in the highest court of the land. He was also one tim\.' president of the University of th12 ' Philippine.~. The roor boy was Hon. Ignacio Villamor. THE RUINS OF GUADALUPE (Conlimrd from page 74) beams fall on its gray walls which cast their shadows on the plateau. the pile presencs a glorious pictu're which has an appeal to all lovers of the beautiful. In the peace of some night when soft breezes waft upon its walls, the imaginative passerby seems to hear the sou·nd of ZI solemn mass and sacred hymn'i sung by an invisible choir for the rerose of souls long departed. The ruined pile is but a shadow of its former s;?lory. and if its ancient wall~ had the power of sprech. they could tell to the legions of admiring visitors many interesting events which took place during more than three centuries of their existence. In their dignified silence the ruins of G11ada]up~ stand as .. n important landmark i'l Philippin'' history. taken from the Geographic New<; Bulletin

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