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is forty miles from the ssa "a.

10 ASiNy hiiiV' ilOin the sea IA. \
from the hills. Her area IA .,
miles, a trifie more than one.ho,;
OF the State OF Pennsylvania
population, according to the los,
sus, was Els, 2OS, and should ss 9
spite the intrusiveness of tbo
European powers, succeed in AM
Crete, she will have added 200 0oo
to the sum total of her nbahhl
and a territory of $50 squaro m@
The addition Of Crete would also
her further claim to the perhane ~
vlable distinction of being mora IL,
| ly populated than any other COM.
in Europe, with the exception NJ {.
den and Prussia. About one.b,w
her people are agriculturists and a.
herds.
One of England's little wars bas !,
been brought to successful termi
tion on the frontier of Assam
tribe known as the Apatanangs 4
raided a tea estate in North LakbI
pur, numbering two native serv,
and Carrying away three Others
mediately force of 800 military mi
under an English Captain was Sent /
to teach the Apatanangs a lesson
started en- Feb. l, and had to nor
trate a region never before entered
civilized men. The route for In,
marches was over boulders along /
bed of the Ranganadi, and the nrs
pieces in the gorges had to be surmour
ed by bamboo ladders. After this ca,
the crossing of a range of mounta
5000 feet high, then the descent
the Pangi river, and the crossing
another range Of 1000 feet An
some further difficulties the plateau
the Apatanangs was reached. It
ten miles in length, is laid out
terraces artificially irrigated, and nal
nificent paddy crops are raised PriI
roses, daphne, wild Strawberries rad
berries, and currants abound, al
every small hill is laid out with pla
tations of pines and dwarf bamboo
The Apatanangs, who possess abo
1900 houses, are allied in race to d
Abor Daphlas, but are especially al
tinguished from their latter by th1
custom Of wearing cane tails dyed rel
The captiyes were recovered, and d
villages punished, and /
Daphlas prisoners were also release
One interesting discovery made vi
that the Apatanangs have direct rel
lions with the Lamas of Thibet.
Modern mining methods and Amer
can and English capital are soon to
applied to the working of the ancie
Ell Dorado of the Iberian Peninsula
Mr.. Harmony, United States Cons
at Corunna, in a report to the Sta
gives the views of Amen
can experts who have been invest
eating the mineral fields of Galic
which have been famed for their rich|
rom a very remote period. The Pho
nicians, and later on the CARTHAGE
ans, worked the gold and silver MIND
Of Spain. Hannibal extracted dali
near Carthagena a quantity Of thO|
metals equivalent to 5000 pesetas Isl
L5S). The most renowned of anCie1
historians mention the riches Of Ibe
a in precious metals and relate th1
n the time of Justinian gold was foun
n the fields worked by the plough
oliny, the younger, says that in h|
line 1000 pounds of gold were e1
racted annually from Galicia, AstuT|
IS and Portugal. The immense guam
tiles Of this metal drawn from Spai
estored and replenished Romes publ
reasury. Cate ON his return from
.oyerning Spain handed over eightee
ons Of silver and nearly 1000 kilO
rams Of gold, The discovery of th|
Few World put a stop to the mininI
Industry in Spain, but it now seem
robable that some of the famous Oh
lines will be worked again on an e1
ensive scale. Rich ores of tin, coppe1
nd anthony are also common in THU
istrict, and iron is so abundant thai
'onsul Harmony says in any othe1
ountry but Spain it would have rel
eived special attention from the Cow
A thousand million tons 4
ne estimate of the quantity in Called
lone. Consul Harmony says the ques1
on of gold is well worth the attention
{ American miners and inventors Whd
ave been used to work low gfad7
efractory ores.