, 1885-03-15
JAMAICA'S PRODUCTS.
A SPICY" CORNER OF THE NEW Or
LEANS EXPOSITION.
Nutmeg. Peppers and P~imento-cofoe
Grown Mt nm Altitude of 5000 Feet
IA Annatto shrub-coca. Co
coanut and nchon

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All through the graceful court that the
island government has erected In this our
exposition, there over comes and goes n
spicy smell, an odor that has surely strayed
from tho nconss-swept plains OF Araby the
the BEST Shut your eyes and compliment
yourself II IL Il grateful 10 your nostrils, for
loi In the Koran il is written that yours Is a
fine nature and III for tho appreciation OF
paradiSei Did not the great prophet lack
Tread that he might nave spices 10 his life
time, AM, pressing them TO his lips, breathe
out his soul 10 Allah with the ascending
fragrance when Il was Overt
Thero Is something organically wrong with
the moral construction Of him who hates a
goily smell. II you haven't opened them
yet wake now, my friends, to the fact that
around you are neither Arabias sands nor
Jamaica's streams, but only a few dozen
jars Of scraps and seeds more generous than
they look. Here Is the brown nutmeg Of the
family pudding, with its three coverings,
the shell, the pulp like that Of a peach, and
the red and decorative mace Here are the
large mild peppers and the small and vicious
"bird' variety. Cinnamon also. popularity
supposed 10 be obtained only from the East
Indies, and pimento or allspico, with which
jamaica supplies the world. More graceful
than any Is the swaying pimento tree, moro
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vation and grows in tho pasture land. I'm
der its grateful shade springs the succulent
pimento grass, on which the cattle feed and
thrive. And In the curing season, when this
spice Is thrown Jamaicans got IA special
revelation Of future bliss. The close con-
junction OF this exhibit with the alcoholic
contribution is strongly, strangely suggest
i've OF an empty seat during entr'actes.
Two distinct Glasses Of coffee are shown,
that produced in tho lowlands by the negro
settlers, and that grown at al altitude Of
5000 feet Tho fresh gathered cherry, the
husk with the double bean in II, and the bsan
itself, raw, roasted, and ground, Of the va
riety that has taken the gold medal at ever
great exposition, form a proud feature Of
JamAica's display. Among the strange
seeds are these of tho cacao, from which
chocolate il made. A trco that grows la the
shade of the broadly waving banana. Jobs
tears, small purple seeds used by tho negro
women as ornaments; tho black, round,
Ginning soap-berry that nature has patented
for the wash-tubi sea beans OF every variety,
and many mure. In q largo jar is shown a
branch Of the papaw tree, foliage, flower
and fruit From 1t is made a valuable pep
sino powder called papaine. Tho coca leaf,
used by tho natives as a substitute for to
bacco. and recently discovered TO DO a local
~anmsthetic, Is also here. The extract was
u,ed successfully in an operation upon tho
tongue u%ndergons not long ago by Gen.
Grant The discovery makes a valuable I'D
dition to modern science. The waxy seed Of
the annatto shrub Is usod In coloring fan
nels a light tan, and gives its golden color 10
much pura country cheese.
An nnpretending jar Of bark illustrates "A
product without tho aid OF which every
European in the tropics would shake and
shake until he gyrated himself into a grave
the ehinchona- Foreseeing the possible
exhaustion OF the quinine bark OF South
America, from the reckless cutting of tie
trees for immedia TO profit and character.
lsticaily DESTROYS Of retaining everything
colonial, oven to the colonists, the British
government lately planted $50 acres Of
chinchonas.. This department Of cultiva
ton has not oxistel twenty years IN ia
mhica, yet Is already largely profitable.
The cocoanut, with it. economic product.
has "a case 10 itself. The spronting plant
surmounts II, the cloven nut showing the
ever impenatrablo mystery of life from
death. Ga the shelves we find the oil, the
cake, small nut Of young treas and orna-
ments made from Them, scrubbing brushes,
mats. and coarse hats into which the fiber l.
manufactured. The small, brown, ferret
like mungooso, an Indian import, Is chasing
rats thrcu "a n wilderness OF split palmetto.
Ten years ago this valuable colonist was in-
troduced 10 the rodents Of Jamaica sugar
plantations Since then he has paid his
hotel bills at the rate OF $780, 900 per annum.