Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01
FROM OVER THE SEA.
= GREAT COMMERCE BEARER FROM
INoiA's CORAL STRAND.

A Bark Arrives In New York from p.-s.
Whence Clearing Papers from Am.rs.~
Are Seldom sned-Articles Of Com.
merce from the Tropics.
The marine investigator at Sandy Hoor
casting his eyes seward the other dav'
spled something which unaccustonesi
eyes would not have seen. He claimed
ms glasses, fine double extra power oncs
TO his eyes and stood in posture OF scrn.
tiny for many moments.
It's bark, says he, still tocussino
his glasses on the distant object.
shadowy substance began to appea.
on the horizon. The eye of the landsman
would have simply noted that something
That sailed was approaching
shes Nova Scotian," was the laconio
ufterance that came from beneath the
binoculars
Then it's the Strathay, now due was
the equally laconic outcome Of a marine
encyclopedia who stood near.
Pretty soon the bark's sails doomed nm
against The horizon and she came Whom
IN along IN spanking breeze to the
lower pay. She was the Strathay, ninety
DAYS from midas coral strand, and she
bore royal cargo. When Capt. Urou
mart got his quarantine papers he brought
his vessel in tow Of tug, her streamers
lying, up to Brooklyn pier, and a LONG
sea voyage was ended
The Strathay comes from ports whence
clearing papers from America are seldom
issued She has been In the dismal and
trlghtfully hot harbors of A1ipee and
Cochin, on the Malabar coast, in the
southern part of India
CEYLON's SPICY BREEzEs.
She had lain for days getting the spicy
breezes of Ceylon at Columbo and the
blood heat rays of the sun, and there took
IN i,ooO barrels of plumbago. Then in
southern India, where the man eating
crockodile abounds, and sharks turn on
their bellies and swallow elen at a crunch
ing gulp, she found 1900 barrels OF CO.
coanut oil, which will be evolved into
American soap, and great quantity Of
the mating that is made from the fibrous
bark of the cocoanut. Then the Strathav
was ready to make for civilization and
New York. and she came along with some
rip-roarlng DreeZeS, great commerce
bearer, under foreign flag.
only two or three vessels arrive from
Alipee and Cochin in the course OF a wear.
Tie freights of these are consigned to the
firms who virtually nlonopolize trade from
this quarter.
There are no harbors at these ports. and
vessels are obliged to anchor two miles
OFT in the open sea. Though havenless
the land is assured with many lagoons or
oackwaters. The country is low and
sandy and covered with luxuriant vegeta-
ton and vast forests of palm trees. From
the latter are obtained the chief com
modities of commerce. The STRAIGHT
steinmed trees are from forty to eighty
feet high, and the natives climb these
with the aid of a short cord, connecting
their big toes, which helps ascension by
atting them into grooves of the bark.
After the nuts are knocked off the thick
hllskS are separated from the inner shell
by sharp iron spikes, and then laid in pits
dug along the seashore, where the salt
>ater macerates them. When the husks
become sufficiently pliable they are taken
out and beaten with clubs, which COM
pletely parts the fiber from the pithy
portion. 1t is then thoroughly cleaned
and dried. and known as khair OF coir.
and Is twisted into yarn and then woven
INTO mating. The kernels, by hydraulic
pressure, yield the oil now so much used
by American soap makers, as it produces
soap capable of floating upon water.
Thousands of Hindoos, male and female.
are employed in these industries BY the
white merchants. They are very docile.
exist on rice, fish and fruits, and receive
equivalent to five or six cents for their
daily wage.
SPECTATORS MISTAKE.
Two or three years ago great specula-
ton took place in the raw fiber, and
thousands of bales were imported and
held with the expectation that it would
figure largely in mattress stuffing and
rad
owing to the tiber's lack of elasticity. and
spectators lost heavily. 1t is said that
the French are beginning to make cut
rasses of it for their ironclads, as it offers
more resistance than steel to cannon
ball, and greater value may be put upon
it in the future
Other articles of commerce seldom
heard of come from this far off shore.
Cus-cus, a fragrant root from which
sachet powder is made; citronella and
lemon grass oils, also used in perfumery:
the button like seeds of nux vomica. con-
tanning the principle of strychnine; carda-
mons, ciuchona and turmeric, yellow
root used in dyeing, ard which is said to
be used in the adulteration of mustard.
Eight white people and 80, 900 natives
compose the population of Alipee. About
seventy-tive different castles are repre-
Scultu. ne ClltDdt6 Is TROPICAL, but
healthy. Melting eyes and well favored
forms are reported to be characteristics of
the Hindoo females. These are possibly
enhanced by the limited inventory of ap-
parel, a palm leaf or two covering the
whole body. The sailors are no: proof
against their seductions, and rigorous
have to be taken for their re-
straint. The mate of the Strathay, a
bronzed Scotchman, said to reporter
sadly:
"Th' weemen played the devil VII the
sailor lads! All, coodna gang ashoor the
twinty days we were off tn port, for ma
time was taken oop watchin' 'emi Why,
mon, we had to fawsten the chield's
hawnd an flute, an even then, wad ys
think it, twa o. 'em breaks loose, jumps
over the side and swums AVA to the shoor
an W never clapt cen on 'em afterr'-
New York Evening Sun.
King Who Hesitated.