The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-05

ceived the idea Of making an extra3t Of the
plant. He boiled the roots in water aud evapp-
rated the liquor to dryness by the heat OF the
sun. The product Of this experiment was valued
by the trade In this county at about 920 per
ton, East ludia cutch at that time being wortu
f22. Mr.. Balm had, however, difficulties to con-
tend with as regarded his appliances and other
''The other new article of commerce brought
to light by Mr.. Bain 10 called the Cape saffron.
This remarkable product, which strIktpgly
resembles the Spanish saffron IN all out its color
Is the dried Hover OF very snail plant,
extremely common in some parts OF the eastern
distriols OF the Cape OF Good Hope, taking the
place of our common toadfax (llnarla vulgaris),
and belonging to the same natural order
(scraphalariace@l. 1t yields color like that of
saffron, and, what is very remarkable, it yields
il as readily when mixed with cold water; it's
odor beng that OF good saffron, and equally
strong. The flowers are called by the Dutch
geele bloemetjee,' and, on account of the fine
orange color which they impsrt, they are in
daily use among the Moham medans for the
purpose of dyeing. II this article possesses the
qualities claimed for 1t, there can be lute doubt
of its competing with ordinary hay saffron, and
the results in commercial point of view, will
be indeed Invaluable. The lowes'.priced saffron
is to. day quoted at slXty-slx shlllings q pound,
aud the supply, we believe, is extremely limited.
Mr.. BAN states that he Can procure almost any
quantity, and lay it down in this country at 5s.
TO Is. Cd. pound.
ave are Informed that Mr.. Bans work on the
Free State Boer Republic will be published
valuable information IN regard 10 toe countries
which Livingstone and others have already
made so interesting TO English readers With
statistics of primary interest TO the merchant,
his description OF animals hitherto unknown to
European natuTalists, and anecdotes innumer-
able of Boer life and adventures in the prairies,
the work will no doubt prove attractive to the
readirg public generally. MIR. Baiu, who was
form erly resident for some years in Liverpool,
has received from the Duke of Edinburgh who
has himself visited the Free State, special
permission to dedicate his work to his royal
higbness. Specimens OF the Glands boontjes
and OF the Cape saffron lie in the Exchange
rooms for public Inspection
RoFBUcK's UNPoPULARITY.-Mr. Roebuck
has been treated with some GOODNESS by the
workmen of Sheffield, in the course Of his
canvass. Some of the Zone family, one reli-
gion, one language party" " attributed this to
the English dissatisfaction at Mr.. Roebuok's
sneers against Americans. The Pail Mall
Gazette describes its real cause in the follow
ing passage:-"Mr. Roebuck might have gone
on abusing America to the last day of his life
if he had only defended and encouraged prac-
tices which are abominable in the eyes of
every honest man. The constituency quarrel
with Mr.. ROebuck because he will not say that
it is tolerable, where trade interests are con-
eerned, to murder men, to deprive their fami-
lies of the means of bread, and to bring their
houses down about their ears. Mr. Roebuok
declares that 'rstteniDg' and it's iniquities
are barbarous and wrong; that is his ofFense."