Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
WHOLE NO. 1858
6 FROM OVER THE SEA.
A GREAT COMMERCE BEARER FROM
midas CORAL STRAND.
A Bark Arrives In New York from Ports
Whence Clearing Papers from America
Are seldom Issued-Articles Of Conn
meree from the Tropics.

The marine investigator at Sandy Hook,
| casting his eyes seaward the other day,
| spied something which unaccustomed
eyes would not have seen. He clspped
/ his glasses. fine double extra power ones,
/ 10 his eyes and stood in a posture Of scru-
| tiny for many moments.
It's bark" says he, still focusing
! his glasses on the distant object.
! A shadowy substance began TO appear
on the horizon. The eye of the lanCsman
would have simply noted that something
| that sailed was approaching.
| ''She's Nova Scotian," was the laconic
! utterance that came from beneath ths
/ binoculars.
| Then it's the Strathay, now due" was
the equally laeonic outcome of marine
encyclopedia who stood near
Pretty soon the bark's sails doomed up
against the horizon and she came whoop-
ing along in a spanking breeze IN tho
/ lower bay. She was the Strathay. ninety
/ days from India's coral strand, and shs
I bore q royal cargo. When Capt. Urqu-
/ hart got his quarantine papers he brought
his vessel in tow of tug. her strcamers
flying, up TO a Brooklyn pier, and = 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 Aiipee and
Cochin, on the Malabar coast, in Lhs
southern part Of India.
CEYLoS's SPICY BRFEZES
She Ind lain for days getting the spicy
breezes OF Ceylon mt Columbo and thu
blood heat rays of the sun. and there took
in goo barrels of plumbaSo. Then in
| southern India, where the man eating
crockodile abounds, and sharks turn on
their bellies and swallow slen at a crunch
ing gulp, she found 1000 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 Sirathay
was ready 10 make for civilization and
New York. and she came along with some
p-roaring breeZes, great commerce
bearer, under foreign flag.
Only two or three vessels arrive from
Alipee and Cochin In the course Of a year.
The freights of these are consigned TO the
firms who virtually monopolize trade from
this quarter.
There are no harbors AZ these ports, and
vessels are Obliged TO anchor two miles
off in the open sea. Though havenless
the land is assured with ul@ny lagoons or
backwaters. The country IL low and
sandy and covered with luxuriant Vegeta
ton and vast forests of palm trees. From
the latter are obtained the chief con-
modities of commerce. The strais nc
stemmed trees are from forty 10 eighty
feet high, and the natives climb these
with the aid of a short cord, connecting
their big toes, which helps ascension by
fitting them into grooves Of the bark.
After the nuts are knocked oil the thick
husks are separated from the lriner shell
by sharp iron spikes, and then laid in pits
dug along the seashOre where the salt
water macerates them When the hBsks
become sufficiently pliable they are taken
out and beaten with clubs, which com
petely 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, 10y hydraulic
pressure, yield the oil now SO much used
by American soap makers, as IL produces
soap capable of floating upon water.
Thousands Of Hindoos male and female.
are employed in the industries by tho
white merchants. They are very docile,
exist on rice, fish and fruits, and receivs
equivalent To Ave or six cents for their
daily wage.
sPEcULAToRs' 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 IL wouit
figure largely in mattress stuffing and
kindred uses. This was not realized.
owing 10 the fiber's lack Of elasticity. aud
Spectators lost heavily. II is said that
the French are beginning 10 make cut
RAISES Of it FOR their ironclads, As ii offers
more resistance than steel TO a cannon
ball, and a greater value may be put upon
IL in the future.
Other articles Of commerce seldom
heard of come from this far of shore.
Cus-cus, q fragrant root from which
sachet powder Is made citroneIla and
lemon grass oils, also used in perfumery:
the button like seeds Of nux vornica. con-
tanning the principle Of strychuine, carcia-
MONS cinchona and turmeric, yellow
rot used in dye;uR ard which Is said To
be used in the adulteration Of mustard.
Eight white people and ~ 600 natives
compose the population Of Alipee- About
seventy-ffye different cas;es are repre-
rented The climate L. tropical hue
healthy Melting eyes and wei favored
forms are reported % be characteristics II
the Hindoo females. These are possibly
enhanced by the limited inventory r ap-
pareI. a pain Leaf or two covering tia
whole body. The sailors are Ho: proof
against their seductio3s and rigorous
measures have 20 he taken for their r.
straiut The mate Of the Sggsthay, .
bronzed scoschman, sGld 20 reporter
sadly:
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sailor lads! An cOosina gBug asoDOr tho
t1luty days We were OF m pert, for Ia
time was taken oop waschin' EN-! Why,
mon, we had 20 faxBtcn the ehisld's
hawnd an fGts an even thea wal -
think II, iza o en- breaks io.ss. jumps
over the side aad svurls ava % Sc sb1,1r
ar " never clap; cen On EN- sfteri-
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