She carried a swagger stick of philippine camagon wood, tipped with a rare piece of Chinese ivory carving.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
They were respectively a member of the philippine Commission and an American agent for a button factory in the United States, who was desirous of making arrangements for a permanent supply of shells.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
Owing to the existence of this and other infectious diseases in the philippine Islands, an order has been issued by the Department of Agriculture prohibiting the landing of any live stock or animals of any kind from the philippines at any of the ports of the United States or the dependencies thereof.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler