Show extraordinary shipments shipment tV of bilk sills W worms orin T the q d merim steamship ship city cily cz y of 0 chester which left this port for bler bier Ller liverpool pool pooi last las t saturday took defit as s paro part of her cargo a curious shipment of live stock which after nearly cir navigating cum tho the globe Is As to go to the government of france the lot consisted consist edof of some thousands of silkworms silk slik worms and somo some tons of silkworms eggs gathered in the tilo neigh of yokohama japan and shipped from that port via A america morlea meriea merica for paris the french government has recently made great efforts to encourage the raising of silk slik in france and has fre imported experimental lots ids of worms aud nud eggs from froin japan via the suez canal finding these experiments successful 3 they lately sent agents r to japan to purchase 1 ve very ry large lot and dir directed feted them to be shipped neross across this continent as it was be believed 11 i eged that this route would woula ige bote both shorter and cilda cheaper er than dhan that by way odthe of the suez canal accordingly a lot of worms and eggs costi ng over yand and weighing with their wrappings knore than nine nino tons was purchased in japan forwarded thence by steamer which arrived at san ban Francl franci francisco franciso so hii on the tho instant and transferred to an ep express ress car of the american merchants union line which left san fr francisco on the and chicago on the instant and arrived hero berc at seven even last fri friday ay morning til the e immense vaine value of the consignment caused the express company to bo be especially careful as to its safety and mr whitney the chicago ago age agent nt accompanied tilo tho precious frel frei freight g I 1 I 1 t from omaha to this eity city it was also guarded by py ail afi an italian petro savie savle two frenchmen ferari feralin and one japanese with an up unpronounceable pronounceable name there were in all packages occupying one express express car which had beatt beitl spec spee specially lally provided with a cedar lining to prel prep prevent the smell of tho the paint from reaching the worms these were accommodated voth euth vuth quarters in forty wooden boxes each about three thred neet feet square and havi ngone one end composed of tin perforated a ted with about tilo tho the size slie of a rea pea I 1 in ii each ikach box there th ere were ivere four glass shelves and on each shelf thero there yvere lvere vere from tivo five tp sty six hundred ellk warms anda and a plentiful supply lyof of in mulberry leaves for their flod the other boxes were precisely like tea lea boxes lein weing being g lined with I 1 lead eada aper paper covered wit with h ric rico rice e raper paper paper and wrapped in tin mattin matting 9 the eggs lay inside of these thee boxes upon a sort of dried gamss grass gnass peculiar to japan w which aich resembles the dried ue u dali upholstering the eggs are very rul rui minute nute being about the hb size of a small and it will be seen cecil ta at nine nino tons ions of t these fittje particles a rt 6 ae s represent immense myri Ps ad ads af future silk spinners the utmost precaution had to fo be employed d throughout he e journ journey ey of these attie little travel lers leis to pre vent tile the worms from being suii quil and the agga aroln brohl hate hatching Aill two very vers essential points were eliat the car ahou abou should id be liepa dark and cold coid the instruction 9 were specific that they must nt pdt be placed li in any car in in which clithero thero there was or lia lla had d recently been a fire A cir clr car was therefore provided which had not been boen bc an in uke use for several days and as it an additional dit ional prec pree precaution aution lution if waa lined with ith cedar boards so so asto osto as to conceal the s smell in ell eil of the paint this car was mft then kept hept closed halow allowing in only willy a malj small aperture in n one of pf ta the doors for the admission of air ait it was lens leas less than eight days bays on the tile road between sail san francisco and new york having been attached during the whole trip to express passenger trains la last st friday the cases were carefully removed on covered wagons from the tile new york central railroad depot to the inman steamship wharf and loaded alithe on the tho city of chester under the superintendence of their bourguard four guard lans ians who nho will accompany them to paris and anol who appear by tile hie care that they constantly exhibit regard lag the safety of their costly charge to be anxious anxious for the moment to arrive when they will obtain the receipt t foiles for its safe delivery government of exance y Y graphe graphic 1 I r |