The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11

blackberry, shelbark hickory and slippery
elm Maine from her thick forests has sent
the pitch pine. large-toothed aspen and
Eastern hemlock New Mexico from her
mountain sides has given the bull pine.
white birch and walnut the white oak. white
ash and chestnut trees take up New Jerseys
place in the row Washington. not long ago
all forest, helps to uphold the roof with a
monster canoe cedar an alder tree and a
Western larch Missouri bears her burden
on short-leaf pine, mocker hickory
and bald cypress, cut from the forests.
Nebraska furnishes a spruce tree and oaks.
and California has redwood tree, n sugar
pine hemlock to do duty for her. The
buckeye tree Is 0hio's own. On the homely
buckeye is tackled sign which reads
''asculus glabre." But the loyal ohioan
prefers the common "buckeye."
Rows of polished woods, all labeled. occa-
sionally arranged into some semblance OF
order and sometimes used as the material
for n pavilion, make up the interior OF the
Forestry building. British India, Japan.
Siam, the South and Central American Re-
publics and France and Germany among
the European Governments have contributed
exhibitions to the display.
Teak is the wood OF India most universally
used. In Europe teak is used for the wood
work OF iron ships and war vessels, and in
India tor the construction of houses. The
South Arcot and Nellore districts OF Burmah
is n carved doorway in the Forestry Build
ing which is a marvel OF the wood carver's
art. II was executed by a famous Mandalay
carver, Maung Shevi Daing, and required
years OF labor. The detail work is elabo-
rate. The work was done under the direc-
tion OF the conservator OF the forests of the
eastern circle of upper Burmah, and by him
exhibited. The general outline and design
OF the doorway Is the same as those used IN
the thrones and in different parts of Manda-
lay palaces. The doorway Is about nine feet
high. The carving in triangular space
over the door represents the city of Manda-
lay with the king and his courtiers in the
foreground. The lowest tier shows the city
walls with one OF its seven-roofed gateways,
about which stand the guardian Mats" ana
other NEUROLOGICAL figures. On the tier
above are carved the kings ministers, while
above all are the king and his queens in the
palace.
The carving was done In teak wood and
has a strong odor OF sandal OIL There are
tables and mantels delicatey carved ip orr
entail designs One mantel in the exhibit is
OF shisham, redwood, walnut, book wood
and teak wood. and was raised from the
ruins OF Vijianager near Bellary, In Madras.
The teak IL 600 years old, and the shisham
dates back before the Christian era. The
mantel was designed by three Sikh carpen-
ters, Aarman, Utam and Gopul, subjects of
the Maharajah of Kapurthala. Here also
are slabs OF ebony from Indian forests and
dyes and tanning substances used by the
Hindoos. doorway of padouk wood forms
the entrance to the British India exhibit.
The wood In color is between mahogany and
cherry, and In the beauty Of the grain IL
more perfect than either.
The woods OF Japan differ from those OF
any other Nation. The grain OF the trees ex-
hibited is exceedingly fine. Among some OF
the most beautiful and valued woods are the
Il.
straight-grained and hard, while the sugi-
moku has beautiful wayy grain and is softer
than the ito-masa. The yearly rings of the
sugi-moku form In waves, and the wood is
largely used In interior decorations. The
forests OF Ono-Gor and Hidi In the province
called ksit, which takes u beautiful polish
and ID chosen by the wealthy tor the adorn-
ment OF their houses. The largest part OF the
Japanese exhibit is given up to bamboo. The