Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-08
SINGULAR FRUIT FOR A THEE.
Shfnsss Product That Bears Tnllow
 Brought to South carolina.

Brought to South Carolina.
 The people of China are emiaontly practical, and have added much to the civilization of mankind by their habits of industry, of which the method Of obtaining vegetable tallow is an excel lent example The tree producing this tallow IS called Stiilingia Sebifera, and The words remind us Of tue dropping product and Its soapy nature. The Chit nese pick the seeds Of this tree in au- tumn, and first place them in wooden cylinder, open at the top and perforat- ed at the bottom. After being steamed over a fire for ten or fifteen minutes the tallow is soitened and is then more readily separated. The seeds Ire trans- fsrred from the steaming cylinder to stone mortar in which they are gently Ueaten. They are then thrown on a eteve, heated over the fire and sifted, by which process the tallow Is separat- ed and resembles coarse Indian meal. In this state the talloW ig put between circles of twisted straw and these plae- ed in press, by which the tallow Is forced out and falls into tub. Freed from all impurities, it is then semi fluid of beautiful white color. Candles made oi it easily melt in hot weather and on this account they are dipped in melted wax of various colors-red. green or yslloW-and are exposed for sale by tallow chandlers and other shopkeapers. This remarkable tree IS found on the banks of the Min, in Sze. chuen. It also grows near SoochoW and bas been transplanted to Nort( and South Carolina. It is tree with shining green leaves and small yellow flowers at the end of the branches. They are succeeded by dark colored seeds and vessels containing delicate white seeds. In late autumn, on the banks of the Tsien-tang river in Cho- kiang. south of Hangchow, this tree is a striking object. The leaves are then of blood red color instead of light green. When the tallow has been squeezed out of the seeds the remainder is preserved to be used as fue. or te enrich the land.-Philadelphi Record LAND POSSESSED BY DEVILS CvA SpirltA Are SdPpOs6u tO DOmlnate
 an Interior African Country.
 What an unmodern sound is that oi ga devil possessed land!" Still, Capt. Welbey. who has been wandering in the interior Of Africa, declares that he found one there. It is called Walamo, and is believed to be haunted by evil spirits. Capt. Welbey was warned by his escort before he passed it's limits that he would become the prey of de- mons. He found it most winsoms country, full of luxuriant vegetation and picturesque streams. The first omen of danger perceived by Capt. Welbey was the sudden madness of one of his men. This unfortunate rushed into camp raying maniac. Othe: cases of an equally terrible and dan- gerous sort soon followed. The Al ricans who formed Capt. Welbey's es- cort assured him that devils took hold of all who were watched by the Wala- mo inhabitants while they ate. H. himself, skeptical regarding these amazing statements, partook of meal before many Walamoans, who ob served him aK the while, he declares. With great fxity. Afterward, to his own astonishment, he began to fee! exceedingly ill He does not admit, however, that he went mad, and .s numerous explorations were subse- 1uently made by him. he probably die not. sensible solution oi the whole strange problem is doubtless to ne found in some malarial or other pois- onous condition of the iand Hosts o. horrors have thus far oogged the trend of British exploration in Africa, but none, perhaps, has been haugat Nith such ilNpisS mystery as vhis.