The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-17
ODDITIES or orR EXPORTS.
Unexpected Features of our Trade
with other Lands.
from Tho Wilmington Poaf.

From the Washington Post.
There b. no civilized land in the world
AMI Jew savage ones. where evidences 81
American Ingenuity aud skin DO not con.
front the traveller on every side. Up NJ
tho north OF Sweden trains Of reirdeei
are drawing American Woodcutting ma.
chlnery to points NOT far distant from tho
North Cape. The machinery has TO Do
hauled hundreds OF miics over the plains
Of snow. but the shrcwd Swedish lumber
men have found that its use almost dou-
blea their profits Again. Puntas Arenas
in Terra del Fuego Is the most southcrly
continental rpot on the globc Tho i'm
portant nght house ;horo o. equipped with
electric machinery manufactured within
few hundred miles Of New York city.
Some o. the schemes devised by the en-
terprising Yankee ore 50 daring that they
might have been aimoet sacrilcgious in
a less practical age. 4 large couslgn-
ment or steel pumps was lately shipped
"a the East Their destination was the
Jordan. Formerly pilgrims with an cys
20 the main chance had found IL prohta-
bic TO secure calabarhcs Of water from
the sacred river and SCH their contents
TO churches ana converts. 20 be used M
holy Wntcr. 4 wideawnko American saw
hls opportunity He devised steam
pump o. convenient size n number ~
which were set up az suitable points alons
the banks or the Jordan The result
was a profitable business in retailing 10
the churches al over Europe.
Again. American devices are finding
Faas.
Sovereign Pontin has recently been our
customer FOR hashlight apparatus.
which stands by his couch. and can be
ignted a. any moment during the night
by pressing n button.
Tnadlion has assigned 10 BaRdsd the
honor Of producing the most celebrated
~ Jumps But q New York house has
superseded Aladdin and his Renii. The
lamps are u fsnclful pattern and are dcc-
GRATED with devices often more pleasing
10 tho eye Of the Oriental than the NOR
ais Of tine ascetlc They are Of simple
design. operating without "a chimney. on
the principle q the blast furnace. They
are conveyed 20 point on the Persian
Gulf. from whcnce they arc hauled over
scmo 81 miles Of desert on camel back
They are then Transferred % RATS and
towed a hundrcd miles up che Euphratee
where they are again loaded on camcls.
which convey them 10 their destination.
- miles from the river These lamps are
quite the thing IN fhc orient. Among the
~ eidenceR thnf they decorate are the pal
aces Of the sultan or Morocco. the pr nee
Of Siam and several raiahs in British
India. They are also popular In Jerusa-
lem.
IN India, too. Il looks az though ~ no
distant date the purka will be a thing Of
the pest and the punka waila seeking a
new lob A demand for electric fans Of
American manufacture has arisen among
the more ur,-to-date ~ the native Princes
a little Sultan in Borneo ia particular
having iad 90 a considerable supply The
forrld climate Of india oncns up a num-
her Of possibilities 60 the entcrprising
trader. a few soda fountains have re-.
Gently been shipped TO Calcutta expert
mentally. and 10 10 thought a considerable
trade ga this typical American article
MAJ eusue Ice plants. too. have been
shlpped 20 varlous parts OF the country
ana fhere g. q cali for more. Another ar
tielo considered Indispensable In many
parts Of this country. mosquito curtains
Is becom ~ popular In the East. and a
large consignment has recently been
shipped 20 Syria.
Nor does the ancient land ~ Egyp, turn
up H. nose az our new-fanEled contriv.
anees The supply of images in the pyr8.
mids having run rather low. owing 10 tho
aepredntiona Of curio hunters. an Amesi
eap arm has been filling up the vacancle.
with most Interesting and antique appear.
ing little statues. A. a matter of fact