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Show AVANE01 ...CD OF VALUE. Its Fibers MtVe the Brit Kind ef Maltreat Known. Every year Amsterdam receives nearly l.e-ou tiounds' welcht of a curious curi-ous and Interesting vegetnble known in Java and In tho trade as kapok It la a sort of yellow wadding which nature usee as a covering for tho seeda of certain trees In the Matac-caa. Matac-caa. Ita flbera being very ponresltt-Ing. ponresltt-Ing. It haa been found ImiKiasible to spin or weave it. but It gives excellent excel-lent reaulta for bedding, making a mattreas delightfully soft It it Is exposed ex-posed lo the sun before being used. It Is exceedingly light and buoyant. In thla respect greatly surpassing cork, as K will support In the wster thirty-five thirty-five times Ita own weight. The tree whence It la derived (Krlo.len.inin) grows rapidly, and In the aecond year la twelve to fifteen feet high, but It does not fruit abundantly until the fourth year. I.Iks the cotton plsnt It beatrows two gifts on man. the special wadding mentioned, which llnea the husk, and Ihe oil extracted from the Beeda. which Is used especially especi-ally In the Chinese markets. The threads of the soft fiber taken from the pods are light yellow, rather allky and only about aa Inch In length. They are made into an Inch In length. |