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Show BETTER mNBEESffAX. A PECULIAR INSECT SUBSTANCE OF 8TIUNCF ORIOIN, Hat lar.tllfatl-in of He rr-Mlnetloa, Haw Hi In.'eell leeil-Thrle fr-i-.aca-lleu anil th. I ..a tTLIrh Ilia Uat le 1-e.l-ll I. Warlh at a raaa.l. Itecealtv theite-it-ier llrtllo Immjht froit China tlire. email (xi-laite rarefulle in rloetit Id mat tlnt-an.,1 oil r-a-a-r, an,) l-rtrlnil lln iiiparKripllon. "Vr-jeMM. vvaxi t.aa-illa t.aa-illa Willi earn." The wtlnlit lit thea. tack aire era almtit Oft) nctinr'a, but the value t to t-onlfnu iva ellacnl to be Jro, ur 1 n pound. The Iwi via rcmlnnctl m liatlloe all It uiuuractunra at 1-itereon. h. J . abtl II. nee to whteh lee irat era to la) wit li Ilia BUilUK tf their mill rialuct. 1 ill rear. It a iieullir ttll.lmetvllfr.tinii mnlerlaltr from tlia be yrodtirl.ae'l la lu Ita vt7auol"iar.nititlloo. Intact III. the nlr varletr of wait artuallreecreleil bran aulcial. 'rhe-ae-iOrrful Lhlaeie uimt-tla llotl-'l'eo Tino, Wa I'rli," ut ltP, f ever ar-nlte of ll.i at.Iinal, veiretaUoaml mineral klnRiloni known la Uon-ilhor owl hlail-ornli,t,i-.aa of ttiltwa-t-iro ducln Iniirt u 'llrlnx oq dew," ami east Hat vrei pen-ilrea from tin botlr " it wa kkowk or is leu. The aiibUum l, whin free from l-nnnr. Itlia, wlille, lanl and trajnilueelit, meltlng u la in M data, i-.o.lnnIe, ami e, u La-illeil vrllhoul lolllu anything It t-otae In rental l with. When naul on laxlitc fabllralt Impart Rlonr ilieen lh-,1 endure en-dure for n lonir period Iklnir flee Inni alearlc or any other ael.l, It iloe not Injure vesetableoranrnWr. Ill the woik eotltle.1 .Nnvti Alia M-nli," M-nli," hr llarlinl, ,uMMin at I Lime In 10M, tha Ural mention nf thl peeullir wax la moile kliowu lo Kurufealii. lliejtiillt fathrre, lu ttelr varlon luono.rarha on Chine, tnallera, tj.o mini Ion the annlee!, but until 1F the worM at leu, waa In lltnerane. of tbe true halluof the Mat traducing Inaett and tha inethirl em-lilevril em-lilevril to salher tha iru Till, kuawleilpi woa lelnrd lie llr, lloala of the lltltltli rouaular aerilce, who waa tallMiul at hun Khiz.011 the U r Yantitae river, In the border jirovlnreuf fmhnrn. lllaeu toniolratcal and laitaBlcal IdrotHeatlon of the liibjectle admitted to Ik conclualir, and aelt at teat the Ueallona that hare been ralwil I rem time In time Tha Inaect llaelf lloni;a to the fanillr of Ccrcldir, an onler that embrace the curhl-I curhl-I tal biu. laa Ineert, the meat bur. tlne-CllivleolTnbii;. tlne-CllivleolTnbii;. It bejilnt Ita life oj tbeleaieeofa larco lilted prim of the laurel trpo In the form otiuullacalit, .re auuablr ei:ua liowtm wax la itct ni. The tree growths the Chku CVanir ral !T The euibrto Ihnart aralea are tfatheri'd I nun the leatet aud made up Into inner parkagea of a catljf each mne rind one-lhlnl l-ounJO, and In loada of alttjr (Miuixla jxiitere can) them orer mountain and tirnin to the high landi near ChlV tlug loo lu rltfchneu. Unljr during the cool ntgbte the iwiteri travel, a ilurlug tha Car !e teniwrature la too high and would tend to tha developnteal of tha Inarct an I Ihilrracape from the aralea. Upunorrlral at the high landa the arale are unpwktd, and from twtntrto thlllr. Incloaed Ilia Irafof thewoot oil tree, are atlwhe.1 to thu branch! ute ipocleaot laotllitalnaali irrulnuaClilornala). Thirteen dare It tald to U the erlod of IncuUtlco, and when the loatitt emerge from the tcalea iher trarel from the brtmhea to the leaiet, nntllng among thimforawrik, Taking up pualtlone on the brancUi, the frnietet com memo loe-poalt loe-poalt acalea, while the malet etrretetle eubalanco known u white a. The wax appear aa a white coating on the under tide of the lenvea and twlga, and ffrodnt!lr aprtad orer the whole branch, attaloln alterlhree luontha a thuknea of anutrtcr ffaulnrli. The branchea are thtn lopped oil nud tbe was remoteil parttr hj land, thla being thollratiiualllr.and partly br Wiling ihe 1 rnnihca, thlt Utter method remlerlug tl e wax uarx ana luiermr i inaiijr the in artatbitbaveaUA&tiithe bottom of the ait are ptacftl In n bag and aqueried llltder arudeprraa uulit thejr giro tl the laat alropnf thelrlrodurt Owing to tho crude treatment tbe loiccti aad egga ate ile atrujeil, rendering nereaaarir the tuppl uf Ireah twalia by the method dnai rltvd. now tub wax u t arn Although undivided alUution and re tearch were given to the Inaect daring tho period of production aud their ecU'eev latenre, tu tho uraldeil ije there la no vlalhlelmpreaalon on lenvea or I ark 'Ihe deduttlon I Ihirefom drawn that thewax laactuallr pto'urelfrom Ihe rraou recant fhelnarcu, lalevcal cconour, and eotol taluil from tbe viatuble llaeuo of tbe tree. Tho alraoge fail remain! thalbolh the laurel NUdaali, upon which the Inaect la tuaturut and reaU In au emlirvu ataie, are Wtli Dumber of the order tKcaou, to which tha olive trcolilouK. The ChluoM umi the wax far coating the tallow candle llaed 111 tcmplca and In Ihe homoMf the wealthy, at a ghue fir floe pajier, fcllk and rottoua, and alao to iwluh Jilgh griolee of furniture and oruAiurui. rlo valualilu I the wtx deemed that the lit ' viott uire la taken lu lu trauajMirt to lu ileLtlnatloa, aud It la placed lu the treaaura romiiaofthe uaiiere that carry It from the upper Vangtaa fort to Shabghil an I ether polalt no the I'Muuao j oaat thereby luiurrlug an evpeote of c xl ra freightage. M ero It poaalble to procure a aupilyof the egg cl thla wat prndiitlng inaect there U no doubt thlt theyooul 1 be propa gated In Call farm. a the laurel, ball and ollrtigrowlnlukurliuteln tbe auie.au I la valuable article of commerce would he eecurrd. Tbe entire production u eatl tutted to he only lOUOto l.'l pound during the aeaaoii, front April to Juuo. It Va exported from tho two ritem provlncw ef China, tacchuen and Houau, ljUu Vreuclaco Chronicle |