The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07

the hyena. leopard and the bear are
found in these islands In variety,
beautiful plumage and charming sing
ing the birds are said to be superior
to those Of any other part Of the earth.
CrOcOdiles. boa constructors and liz
ards are found. There are many dan
gerOus snakes. but in this densely pop
ulated district there are very few, and
the people tell ne that very seldom is
any one bitten by them They also
tell me that the natives understand
how to cure the worst of the bites by
using herbs.
The flowers Of the island are very
beautiful, and many years ago q priest
collected thousands of varieties. and
saw in a convent a copy # some books
giving a description of eash flower and
a painting Of the flower, apparently in
water cOlOrs. each painting occupying a
large space
The market place Of each town is
filed with men, women and children
with their baskets and fruits and other
articles for sale. Although bananas
and cocOanuts grow in our yards, We
purchase Of the natives. AT first, prices
were reasonable, but now we pay about
a cent, Mexican, apiece for bananas
aud about cents apiece, Mexican, for
cOcOanuls.
The natives bring very nice little
fish to US. which they catch in the
neighborhOod Of the town
Soldiers and Natives.
The relations between the soldiers of
my command and the people are most
cordial Our soldiers protect them in
every right, and as they sell market
products 10 the soldiers at higher rates
than formerly obtained, they appreciate
patton is to them The son of the
president of this city said yesterday:
The Spanish soldiers and the insur-
gent soldiers are harsh and unkind
and take anything from US that they
want and pay nothing, but the Ameri-
} can soldier is kind and pays for every
thing"
There is no limit to the bamboo,
4 which grows with great rapidity and is
used in building houses.
The leaves of the Nipa palm are used
| for an outside covering of the roofs of
/ houses The women do q great deal OF
/ labor, and they and the men often wear
| hats made of grass, palm leaves OF
| bamboo. which are some thirty inches
/ in diameter. These hats turn water
/ and serve as an umbrella as well as to
! protect the head from the sun. / often
/ see women working in the fields wICn
/ umbrellas like those In use in America
/ The sugar mills are very primitive
very much like those first construct
/ ed in Cuba and other sugar countries
/ If the methods Of cultivation now in
uss in the Hawaiian islands and
/ Louisiana were used, and if the i'm
/ proved machinery which these lOcali-
/ ties now have were introduced, the
amount OF sugar produced in the Phil
/ ippines could be increased many fold
/ The exports Of hemp have greatly in
/ creased. In the year 1882 1926 tons OF
/ hemp were exported, which has in
| creased until there was exported il
1897 112, 755 tons. and this output car
/ be much enlarged.
The shipment of coffee gradually in
/ creased until the year 1886, when the
/ exports amounted to 1887 tons, anC
/ from 1880 to 1890 the shipments aver
aged about 5000 tons a year, but from
/ that time they have fallen off, and
/ from 1893 TO 1897 the annual shipments
! averaged only 200 tons.
Wild Cotton.
! I learn the following about cotton
/ from reliable sources:
The cotton tree is found growing in
an unculuvated state in many islands