, 1873-08-23

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playing before the door. One Of them had
a stone which attracted his attention /; he
asked the mother if she would sill him the
stone which the child had Just picked up.
The good woman rppiied-"What! sell
a stone Take it if you like" The stone
was shown to Dr.. Anderson, of Cape Town,
who recoguis d it as a diamond. 1t was
shown at the Paris Exhibition, and valued
at 500, Search was made, and diamonds
found over several hundred square miles !;
all the district might have been bought
before for a few shilIings the thousand
acres. One sees that the introduction Of
these products into industry is only due to
the fortunate circumstances of having been
noticed by observing eyes. Immense
quantities Of products remain without use
in several count is Of the world, which
have to be sought out and examined.
When they arrive at any seaport, or are
shown, for instance, at the Vienna Exbi-
bition, they require to be tested and studied
as to their utility and applications. What
happens nowadays? A captain or a mer-
chant, a little more obscrvaut than others,
brings home a new product which he has
oHFiI ~ a. Abt@Ou COuHOiy5 @iFCH l ~ Mo
ag mt, or puts it in IA brokers' hands, who
ignorent of lis nature and value, utterly
ignores it, and throws it aside. Buyers,
not knowing the article, will not examine
il, and after being deposited in some odd
corner of the warehouse, it is thrown away
on the first general Clearance. Such would
have been the fate of the first lot Of alpaca
wool if Mr.-now Sir-Titus Salt had not
seen the bales in a warehouse in the Liv-
crpool docks, and perhaps the immense
mandatory of alpaca at Saltalre, near
Bradford, would never have existed.
There are thousands of useful products
still remaining without any useful appllca-
cation in the different countries Of the
world. They must be examined and
studied, aud who knows what riches will
be still found amongst these unknown pro
ducts. aud how many Of them may develop
into great manufactures e? The Vienna Ex-
hibition opens an immense field tor Obser-
walton, and some of the new or lIttle-knoWn
products will be shown thare. Textile
fabrics are wanted everywhere. Paper
manufacturers require new raw materials f;
they have tried successfully esparto, wood,
anu UdODdO' 11OW many ObuCl hOiCo
would perhaps be useful to them 2 1t has
been attempted to spin China grass, the
Hibiscus c0Rndbjnus, &C.. how many other
flores might be found suitable for textile
fabrics ? Numbers of palms furnish hbres
for mats could not the fibre of the date
be used like that of the cocoanut husk
OF new dye stufs there have been intro
duced Intian madden, China green, and
chayroot why are the woods and roots
growing in hot countries not more eXamIn-
ed for tinctorial properties 2 In oils for IL
Elimination, soap making, and food, we
have lately begun an extensive trade In
cotton seeds, sesamum, ground nuts, and
palm kernels could we not also add cas-
tanheiro oil (BerthOHetia eTceIsa), with
which Brazil could furnish all Europe
1t is an excellent oil for lighting purposes
and good for soap making. Could we not
also get Owala oil PentacJethrG mGcrOphy-
Ha) Of the Gaboon, which is beginning to
be used for soap making under another
name and introduce more of the AteWrjteS
nut or 6anc0ut oil, of which the shells
could be used for tanning leather, Oil
nuts which are too hard for extracting oil
from easily would form an excellent COM
bustihIe for the Atlantic steamers on their
homeward voyage, and they only cost the
trouble of gathering. CGrapG nuts are
allowed to rot CD the soil of Guiana, and
cloves upon the island of Mahe'-From
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