The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-17

which amounted in that year to $50 ounces
This Is represented by the smallest pyramid.
The next year gave 939 ounces. In 1856 the
output jumped up 70 65lS ounces. and every
year thereafter the gold product almost
doubled. until in 1892 II amounted TO l29,-
6l5 ounces. Nuggets and dust are exhibited
from the Puruni washings, Grootc Greek.
the districts OF Demerara. Essequebo and
other gold bearers. SO rapidly is the gold
industry developing that "A railroad connect
ing the Essequebo and Demerara Rivers is to
be built for Transporting the product.
British Guiana has but one railroad. n
short coast line connecting Georgetown, the
metropolis of the country. with Mahaica,
twenty miles distant. Lines of steamers.
however use the rivers, and ferry steamers
ore numerous. Logs and large timbers are
transported in manner peculiar TO the
country. Instead of being rated down the
rivers the logs are sluns in the water on
either side OF punt, much after the manner
OF loa ling pack mule. model of one OF
these log-laden punts is one Of the promi-
nent exhibits The punt is shaped some
what like an Ohio River coal barge, only
narrower. II is a house boat in which ham
mocks are slung, for whole Indian families
often live on these punts. The craft is steered
by long sweep and carries u surprising
amount OF timber. The logs lie ON outrig-
gers of wood, which extend on either side
twice the width OF the punt.
DTlAlHu huliAlit u Tltil III WoOuS. lHf 1hct
Ia proved beyond peradvcnture by the variety
OF forest products which are shown. Huge
timbers form a gigantic fence around the sec
tion, and hundreds OF polished squares are
arranged In Il separate exhibit. Pilot Daniels
tapped the round trunk Of the eta palm al
most with affection. as he recited the virtues
OF the best OF all trees. The eta palm gave
food, shelter, clothing and drink to the ma
tive Indians, and the OF civilization made
II great commercial product. Its nuts are
edible, and the tender shoots or palmettos
which grow from the crown are esteemed rs
delicacies and preserved in sirup and rs
pickles. Its fiber, originally woven into
ropes and cloth, makes mats and hammocks,
It's oil is used for medicine and cooking and
its sap or milk, which flows readily when the
tree is gashed, is caught in calahushes, and,
after fermentation, drunk as wine.
The woods exhibited embrace some OF the
hardest and heaviest in the. world. They
vary in color from nearly black through the
browns TO almost pure white. Perhaps the
most singular Is the notified "lettcr wood"
which resembles closely the snakewood OF
East India. Its dark markings across the
grain look like irregularly formed letters. II
Is the heart OF u tree, rarely exceeding six
inches in diameter, although the tree is some
times two feet across. Taxing very high
polish, II is largely used for walking canes
and for inlaid work. The greenheart. from
which the quinine OF British Guiana is taken,
Is dense, heavy timber of greenish yellow
color, almost entirely free from knots and
even grained. II ranks with oak and teak
for ship building and is used all through the
country for building the homes OF the peo-
Pile. Mora is a reddish-brown wood, not so
heavy as greenheart, but like greenheart is
procurable In logs OF slxtyto eighty feet long
and up TO two feet In diameter Wallaba Is
dark crimson In color, and makes the shin
giles OF the country. II is easily split. and Is
also used for paling and vat slaves. As stor-