Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1888-05-02
FROM OVER THE SEA.
A GREAT COMMERCE BEARER FROM
lNplA'S CORAL STRAND.

The marine investigator at Sandy Hook,
casting his eyes seward tlAe other day,
spied something which 1maccustomed
eyes would not have seen. He clapped
his glasses, fine double extra power ones,
to his eyes and stood in l,osture OF scru-
tiny for many moments.
It's q bark, says he, still focusing
his glasses on the distant object.
A shadowy substance began to appear
on the horizon. The eye of the landsman
would have simply noted tn at something
that sailed was approaching.
#"She's Nova Scotian," was the laconic
utterance that came from beneath the
binoculars.
''rhen it's the Strathay, now DUE" was
the equally lacontc outcome Of a marine
encyclopedias who stood near.
Pretty soon the bark's sails doomed up
against the horizon and she came whoop-
ing along In q spanking breeze to the
lower bay. She was tha rStrathay, ninety
days from midas coral strand, and she
bore royal cargo. When Capt. Urqu-
hart got his quarantine papers he brought
his vessel In tow Of q tug, her streamers
flying, up to Brooklyn pier, and o 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
frightfully hot harbors Of Aipee 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 1000 barrels Of plumbago. Then in
southern India, where the man eating
crockodile abounds, and sharks turn on
their bellies and swallow men mt crunch
ing gulp, she found 1,200 barrels Of Co
coanut oil, which will be evolved into
American soap, and q great quantity Of
the mating that Is made from the fibrous
bark Of the cocoanut. Then the Strathay
was ready to make for civilization and
New York. and she came along with some
rip-roaring breezes O. great commerce
bearer, under foreign nag.
Only two or three vessels &rrive from
Alipee and Cochin I'm the course of year.
The freights Of these are Consigned to the
firms who sirtually monopolize trade from
this quarter. S. 80 s.
There ars 10 iiarhors ut these ports, and
vessels are obliged to anchor two miles
OF in; the open sea Though hevenless
the land 10 assured with many lagoons or
backwaters. The country is low and
sandy, and covered with luxmriant vegeta-
ton and vast forests Of palm trees. From.
the latter are obtained the chief COM
modities of commerce. The straight
stemmed trees are from forty to eighty
feet high, and the natives climb these
with the aid of q short cord, connecting
their big toes, which helps ascension by
fitting them into grooves Of the bark.
After the nuts are knocked Oh the thick
husksl ARE separated from the inner shell
by sharp iron spikes, and then laid I'm pits
dug along the seashore, where the salt
water 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 or 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 1--WE or six cents for their
80"
SFScoLAtoHS MiSIAAE'
Two or three years ago great specula-
ton took place In the raw hber, and
thousands OF bales were imported and
held with the expectation that 1t would
figure largely In mattress stunning and
kindred uses This was not realized,
owing 70 the nDer's iack OF elasticity, and
Spectators lost heavily. 1t IL said that
the French are beginning 20 make cui-
rasses OF 10 Tor their ironclads, ~ IL offers
more resistance than steel 70 . cannon
Dan, ana 2 greater value may % pus upon
70 ID the future
Other articles OF commerce seldom
heard. OF come nom this far ON shore.
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