, 1880-05-19

tneSt llHts IL llaa h4WAyA lleiu II Tiice tt1uUHR
thront nn,t lungs. Yes,'' continued Nj. King,
waxing enthusiastic, ''fron tl,no llnacmor-
ial honey hna been hold III high estou1n. md
yXou will ro,nemher i,na been nsea evon az A.. a.
Judgments of lilo Lord aro sn,d to bu
Kwcgtcr nlso than honey and tho honey
comb" Palestine was called N land TINT
ilowoth With null: mud h,,oney," 'n1 nn4 l'oro
own country. Until two conturics ago honey
was Tho great sweet Of tho world,
but, tho .ars Of re'lntnE sugar caused
1t to DO left. far behind, bccanso tho
workers to rot Mt tletr stores. hut tits prcs-
cnt century has brought bookkeeping from
Il Rntno OF luck to n Bcfonce, and SO many
tha industry tlnt within Eonoratton il has
nlAdo grcntor atridca tl'un any othor.
This KILLING Of tho goose, that lays tho
golden egg," wh.ei, Mr; Ktng spoke ,,,u,f of,
a rntess e :! wore ae1Sa lbs Ss u to d.
stroy tho aoslrco Of valuable product, nna
llas caused fears OF stoppnge Of ono os our
most
IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES;
that In tho rubber trndc.
In tho beginning Of this century, when
sonlu GnturprssnE business nun woke
up to tito fac6 that. .1udln rubber. waa
good for something brsldua crnslng lead pom
for the vsrlety NJ uses 1t has glnco boon put
to, parties were sent to tho East 1ndies nnI
soutlA1neriuato to prooMrot Tho raw caontohoue;
Nnttvca Of couEso lid tho actunl lnbor, md
given tllem,, and cut down tho rubber trcos
to obtain thu ,Eu,n1ny Juice .-.-..--
This practtco WIS carrlcd on for years,
until thu coasts Wcro seriously depleted, anu
annual tapping, evun tint In tilno Kills thu
tree; consequently 1t Is now neocssAry to
travel hundreds, evon thousands Of miles
Into tho lntOrtor, following. tho courso OF
rivers or stroan,s, to procure tho oro.,tchono,
extracted from full grown treo during tho
! ANNUAL tapping.
have boon constantly rising. In price,
$1. 20 per pound, 2b rer cont Of which is lost
| In tho process of purf!lcatiun. Tho natl vca,
In order to mako woight, cunningly adl u
generous allowance Of sand nad dirt.
SEQ, ,0UU. 200 worth per annun at present,
ind rs tho demand tor rubber goods Ii
steadily increasing, filroady tho EruAt mnll,i-
/ factltera, both abroad and ut homo, hnve
buun seriously discussing tho question Of
hns boon made public m invention, or,
rather, n discovery, through which tho mnr-
kcts ct tho world areto be supplied with 2
Ut. for rnSnsr s sna geoa
/
Mr.. Daniel NJ Lamb announces TINT sinco
1875 lla has boon experimenting to find IN
equivalent for thu caoutohouc troe, nna has
done so IN our colnmon milk-wcotl,
which he rronounccs tho rubhor-trcG
Of North AIncrtcn In talk your
correspondent had with tho gentleman tlliH
morning. Au oatd: "For ycnrs wus Goa
vinced tl'at this plant contained
to form rubber: but laborlng under the error
that tho sup contained thu gt,il, lnistii.
rcctod many of my experiments, but nt last
with tho nld of q magnifying glass, I dis:
which coyor the outside Of tho stalk as regu
larry ns though stamped In
"Onco on tho right track, peraeverod IN
til succeeded In making q varicty Of artk
and oxcept that tlleso nre Of superior light
ncss 1t would bo tnposs[biu to discover thni
they were not Of thu imported caoutohouc,
"Dcterminel to ttst my discovery on !
aryer sssle planted a. ten acres Will
Eayo 1t in the wny Of single tot
dressing wns repaid by its growing to
height ct seven fuet, md with o stalk nearl,
two inches In diameter.
"This I harvested. and found 1t yielded
thrcu tons por aero, thnt each ton yieldcl
. 300 pounds Of gum, and that, counting II
every Item OF exl,enso, tho rubber could b.
obtained at & cost Of twenty cents per pound
which, NJ tho plant is indigenous, ind its cul
tivntion little cost, vii. yet allow An,orca Il
supply tho world with her nativo rubber.n
I'm thu coitrso Of your experiments dll
yon discover Uses for any other part Of til
, plAnt!"
Didn't 7? Why. ,yon" can get the fines
j sort of lubrtcatlng oil from tho seed; the Hos
! In tho pod can bo woven int0 material thu
/ resembles 1rlsn p9plin, an experiment. suu
roots ure endowed with medicinal nropertiot
md tho refuse Of tho wcuu thrown Into
, stove gtycs out tho Harlo lieut. as wood"