The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-08

as men. but the best quality is exported.
The amount in 1894 was 1000 tons Of leaf
tobacco, valued at 81. 10000. Spain takes
50 per cent and Egypt 10 per cent of the
leaf tobacco. Of the manufactured to-
baceo, 20 per cent goes to China and Sing
| apore, 10 per cent to England and per
cent to Spain. Cocoanuts are grown in
souothern Luzon and are used in various
ways. The products are largely consumed
in the Islands. but the exports in 1894 were
valued at g, 100000
Cattle, oats and shtep have been intro
duced in Spain, but they are not numerous
Domestic pigs and chickens are seen
around everywhere in the farming dis
tricts- The principal beast of burden is
the ctrabao, or water buffalo, which is
used for blowing rice fields as well as
drawing heavy loads on sledges or on
carts. Large horses are almost unknown.
out there are great numbers of native
ponies from to Z hands high, possessing
strength and endurance far beyond their
size.
Gold is found in a vast number of local
tiles in the archipelago. from northern
Iuzon to central Mindanao. In most
IA
IN existing water courses or in stream de-
posts now deserted by the current These,
last are called "alluviones" by the Span
iards. 1t is said that in Mindanao some
OF the gravels are in an elevated position
and adapted to hydraulic mining There
are no data at hand which intimate deci-
slvely the value of any of the placers
They are washed by natives largely with
cocoanut shells for pans, though the batea
is also in use. In the province of Abra.
a the northern end of Luzon, there are
placers, and the gravel of the river Abra
is auriferOus. In Lapanto there are gold
quartz veins as well as gravels Gold is
obtained in this province close to the COP
per mines. In Benguet the gravels of the
river Agno carry gold. There is also gold
in the province of Bontoo and in Neuva
EciJa. The most important of the aurif-
erous provinces is Camarines Norte Here
the townships of Mambulao, Paracale and
Labo are especially well known as old
producing localities. Mr.. Drasche, a we'll
known German geologist, says that there
were 200 natives at work on the rich quartz
veins of this place at the time of his
visit about twenty-five years since. At
Paracale there are parallel quartz veins
in grantees one of which is twenty feet
in width and containe chute in which the
ore is said to assay IS ounces of gold per
ton. One may suspect that this assay
hardly represented an average sample
Besides the localities mentioned, many
others of this province have been worked
by the natives. The islands of Mindoro
Sunuyan, Panay, Zebu and
Bohol are reported TO contain gold, but
no exact data are available. At the south
Of Leyte, there are gold quartz veins, one
of which has been worked TO some extent. |
1t is six feet in thickness, and has yield |
ed from Sc I'd 81 per ton. In the island if |
Mindanao there are two known gold-bear-
ing districts: The province of Surigao, |
where Placer and other townships show |
gravels and veins, and the province of |
Misamis. Near the settlement of Imponan |
and on the gulf of Macajalar there are |
said to be many square kilometers of |
gravel carrying large quantities of gold |
with which is associated platinum. The
product of this district was estimated some
years since at $50 ounces per month, all
by natives with bateas of cocoa
nutshell dishes.
In almost every neighborhood there is
some one whose life has been saved by
Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoaa Remedy, or who has been cured Of
chronic diarrhoea by the use of that medi-
zine. Such persons make a point of tell
ng of it whenever opportunity offers. hop
ng that it may be the means of saving
1ther lives. For sale by druggists.
Washington, April 6.-The state depart
nent has been informed that the Haytien