St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-13


and ivory in furniture or in ornaments
at every turn. The numerous exhibits
are arranged around the hall and an
neXes in handsome cases made of SATIN
wood and ebony. Others are disposed
about the wall and pillars of the build
ing. There are models of the people
taken from life, .
SHOWING THEIR DRESS -
| and general appearance, those of the
aborlgones, now numbering but 4, 200
being specially interesting. There are
the masks of the devil dancers, models
of native carts and animals, representa-
tionS of fowls, rich costumes aud Jew
els, level case worth 81, 500, and many
| other items of great value.
When the exceedingly interesting
features of the exhibit in the main
| court and in the smaller courts, which
are on the same general plan, are com
pretended, it is readily understood why
10000 OH Chicago day and $4,000 people
daily visit this exhibit, and why the
Hon. Mr.. GrlnlintOn. the special COM
missioner i'll charge, is called upon to
personally entertain many hundreds of
people monthly, and why he was able to
distribute 10000 cups and $1,000 pack
cts OF CeylOn tea during the month of
September. The interest excited by
! the exhibit made by this
GEM OF THE EASTERN SEAS
has led Mr.. GrinlintOn to secure one of
the best locations on State street, Chi
cagO, for the further and permanent ip-
PRODUCTION and sale of CeylOn tea, which
has already become wonderfully popu-
lar among the more than one million
people who have sampled it during the
fair.
For many years Ceylon was famed for
its valuable woods, precious stones,
spices and coffee; but there came time
when its leading interest-cotfee-b
came failure, and bankruptcy and
ruin prevailed on every hand. Then
attention was turned in another direc-
| ton, and tea became the staple product
or Ceyion. as it long had been of China
and Japan. The area Of CeylOn is %, 333533
square miles. about the size OF Ireland.
and Is only about One-third of the state
OF Minnesota; the area cultivated but
3,202.0OO acres; and of this 265, 900 acres
are now devoted to tea, giving Il. 800, 465
pounds for export in 1892, against 1861
pounds III 1878, which was practically
the beginning of the life of the tea in
dustry in Ceylon, though the first eX-
portatlon, amounting to % pounds only.
| was made five years before. The tea Is
grown Oh land varying in altitude from
near the sea level TO 1000 feet above,
the product on the higher lands being
] flDer-havored than that nearer the sea.
THE PRODUCT VARIES
IRON 800 to 700 pounds per acre, and on
specially favorable soils it sometimes
reaches 1000 pounds. A model of the
factory n nj l,it
/ is explained personally by the commits
Sloner to visitors 1t illustrates the proc
ess of fitting the product for the mar
ket, and brings out III strong light the
great superiority of CeylOn tea over its
competitors. The advantage claimed
for II is its absolute purity and cleanli-
ness, and the fact that with great
strength and body it combines the
purity ana delicacY of flavor uf the, best
! OF other teas, making it more refEesh-
ing and lnvlgOrating beverage than the
others. 1t can be drunk by itself, not
! requiring to be blended with weaker
and poorer teas i'll order to soften its
flavor. 1t is claimed that it contains
one third more theme than the. China
leaf, as Minnesota wheat is conceded to
contain more. of that which is valuable
III bread than grain grown in other
climates or on other soils. | should like
to speak of the -
ANTIQUITIES OF CEYLON, :
OF its temples, tanks and ancient cities,
but lack of space forbidS. SlnghaleSe
annals record 160 soYereigns, and back
OF that is its ancient history, not to
speak OF its occupation by the Portu-
guese. Dutch and English, the latter
since 1856. twenty-five hundred years
ago there was city in Ceylon, now in
ruins, described as having temples and
palaces whose golden pinnacleS glitter
III the sun, the streets Spanned by
arches bearing flags. Elephants. horses
and myriads Of people pass and repasS;
JugglerS, dancers and musicians Of all
nations with clank-snellS and other in
struments Ornamented with gold. The
distance from the principal gate to the
south gate is sixteen miles. and the
same from the north 10 the south gate.
The smaller streets were innumerable,
while on the larger ones there were
1000 houses, many of them two stories
| in height" 1t is from this remote age
| that the
| TEMPLE DECORATIONS
! come which are reproduced in the sew
| eral courts of the Ceylon exhibit. Their
| plan of exhibit and the men to carry it
J out were certainly wisely chosen, and
results will surely be reached which
| could be attained in no other way, and
before many months pass CeyIon tea
will have made itself favorabIy known
all over this vast country. The com
miss Toner, MIR. GrinIinton, expresses
! himself at all times in the highest man
ner of the orderly conduct, sobriety
and excellent temper and disposition
! shown by the vast American public
who visit the worlds fair. There is no
representative here who entertalns a
higher opinion of our people than the
commissioner of Ceylon, who is most
: popular with the American people.
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