The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-30

months, sometimes for the whole Of the
whole Of tie winter The nuts are then
placed in q kind of vertical oven; ire IS
kept up under them. ald this causes them
70 lose their moisture. As soon as they are
dried the shells are broken, and the white
kernel IS peeled, and Jnen ground and MADE
into a homogeneous mass. Ihls IS then
placed in water which IS kept boiling. Inc
fatty matter floats 70 the top and the dirt
goes 70 tne bott m. The butter IS then Put
into jar filed with cold water and beaten
/ clear. Whilst IN this jar it absorbs GER
tain amount of water, and TO get rid OF TINS
1t Is AIKEN cut and beaten again. By Is
primitive process only about 10 to y per
cent Of the butter can be saved.
What the natives would do without it it
IS Lard to conceive. 1t practically serves
them as food, medicine ana ralment I'm the
sense that they oil their skins withitl. They
eat 1t in the same way that we do ordinary
butter, and mixed with an animal fat, 1t is
considered a pa acea against all evils and
di-eases. 1t is also employed for lighting
purposes, and TIE smoke which Is produced
| by Its combust on is said 70 be very ettica-
| clOus IN the cure of snake bites 1t IS also
largely used for soap making; for this lat
ter purpose 1t has more than 0 ce been in
troduced 20 European manufacturers, but
up to the present has never been utilized on
an extensive scale. No doubt, as the re-
sources of the country are further developed
ana lnter-communlcatiOn bet Neen the
island the coast becomes more fAcill-
tated, we sh all find lis as well as other pro-
ducts equally valuable make their way to
this market
The Indian representative of the family,
the Ba'sla LatIfola, is very abundant il
al parts Of India, a d the butter expressed
from the seed is used in mucht same way
by the native Indians as that of the Bassia
Parkll Is by the West Africans, whist the
trult in many parts forms q staple article
OF food. Every part of the tree, in fact, is
OF use. The timber being hard and strO &
Close and even-gralned, is used for the
wheels of carriages, railway sleepers, etc
Inc ii Wers, when dried, have somewhat
the odor and appearance of Sutana raisius.
Iney are produced in enormous quantities
IN March and April after the old leaves
nave len and before the ew leaves ha ce
appeared; the crop rarely fails. The fleshy
no ers faiI Oft AMI cover the ground b.
neath trees, aid are gathered eagerly
~ natives every morning during tae
lowering season. A single tree yields from
2OO TO 400 pounds weight of flowers. They
are very rich in sugar, and yield when fer
lnented large quantity of spirit, as much
as b. 10 gallons of proof spirit per l00-weight
having been obtained from them. The
spirit is manufactured to a great extent in
India, and it is said that the government
eceives quite large amount for duty on
the spirits distilled.
The flowers have from time to time cen
placed before important dlstilers in Eng
Iand, but owing to peculiar flavor being
developed-caused, it is Thought, by the
persistent stamens, which it is difficult to
remove from the howers-the s, irit distilled
has never been brought into consumption in
The British maFket