| Show curiosities OF COMMERCE use cargoes of twine la their cues two or three curiosities of commerce are mentioned in the report of the commissioner of customs at canton woolen goods says the new york journal of commerce are not much in demand in that latitude lati tide but woolen cord is now very largely used by the natives here for plaiting into their cues and the importations of this article are steadily increasing the import of kerosene oil at canton increased from three million gallons in 1883 to more than nine million five hundred thousand gallons in 1891 it is peddled on the street the empty cans serve a great variety of the domestic servant delights in them as convenient and all embracing receptacles and readily fashions them into handy utensils for daily use they are converted into lamps boxes toys for children and all sorts of domestic articles flattened and pieced together one sees them generally used in conjunction with the usual matting as coverings for boats and sheds they supply the packing tins in lard and ginger are exported the sent from here to alie northern ports consists largely of lamps boxes and various small articles made of old kerosene tins and ornamented with lacquer varnish evidently the shipment of oil to china in bulk is an expedient of doubtful value |
