The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-01

who knew about politics han about geography started
department Washington and sent IN has resignation saying
asked the owner OF the Cocos islands where his prop
700 miles southwest of Sumatra and miles from Snga
pore 1t consists wenyfour small coral islands which
thousands OF and he harvests something
like Goeoanuts every yfaf he tOa oe no" ne
nuay amounted to $4,000 and upward he eocoangtS are
gathered when they fall and the meat taken out and dried
in the sun. 1t then barreled and sent away by the
shipoad 1t requires about 600 to do the work and
these and their families constitute thg population The king
islands His nearest shopping place IS BATAVIA where ne
trip one Of seven days the wind right II he strikes
asked him how he liked it, He replied it not bad
but rather lonesome He thinks that cocoanuts could be
gT gro, on onod ne groye onab to net at least dollar tree
year The planted fifteen feet apart ne trees re-
qure cultivation TO speak Of and each tree viii produce
Saw great many cocoanut plantations during my stay
in the Philippines and told that the trees each need
just about dollar year hey begin to produce az seven
aed hat there are more than zooooooo cocoanut
lava Madura and hnd the natives drying cocoanus to
rope where is used make coeoanut oil soap and other
things Fromhe husks brushes and mating are made
nuts to make one fiber and the best fiber worth
NO." ''' IN THE TIMoR ISLANDS.
Coming westward from Thursday island Just north OF
Australia the first large bodies OF land were part OF
the Tin,or group the Lesser Sunda islands sailed
right through this little archipelago gong between Wetta
island and the great Island of Imor Tmor is three times
as Biz as Porto Rico and about equally owned BY the
Dutch and Portuguese The Dutch part OF It is lar better
ruled and far prosperous than the Portuguese part
Each section has It's capital but that Of the PortuGuese)
;s 1jserabIe village Of clay huts, matched with straw
while thar OF the Duch-hupang-s tine little city with
About Dill there coffee plantations run by chinese
who soueeze the life of the people. he natives are
ixture of Maays Pspuans and Poynesians the most OF
whom are seisavaee Some head hunters and IN the
is ere are tribes whose chiefs sacrifice certain number
of slaves at every royal funeral 4, ~
IN upt half as m
but their country better governed There IS resi-
d Governor who advises with the native chiefs at hupang
and there are soldiers keep the people in order lhee
Jersbie trade the OF which is carried on BY bar
yaiuabe article OF exchange red bead, worth
much thas a single string will sell for $50.
THE ISLAND OF FLORES.
p;,e Wetta island sailed for several days by the
Islands Of Ombsy Panfar and others to the great Island OF
For.s This as long from Philadelphia 70 Boston, ana
h, s wide as Porto Rico its widest part i was once
claimed BIZ the Portuguese. bun IS now owned ly 'he Va
NJ od see the volcanoes from the steamer ana were old
-, ~ country was very mountainous with many Npes-
s II has only about 100000 people who arc mostly saw
gss There are no products 70 neak OF ne ,laIsSst
,e.mes do not call there ard It business 10 done Oy