The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-23

and ten IN length 10 worth. by itself. from
50 cents TO 81. A double row 81 these
veneers piled UP i've feet high - worth
easily Saeo.
In the log. mahogany sells here 1T q
dollar 10 dollar and 4 half a foot. board
measurement IL comes from MexioO and
Cuba. ami. brought to this city In legs. Il
Is sold Ia veneers. These veneerx. stacked
UP in pEes In the sheds. are so brittle that
the oriy way OF shipping them TO the fur
nlt1re and piano manufacturers Is to pack
them in cases. case usually holds SO
sheets or from $40 10 $500 worth. and 10
50 heavy that the strength OF from four
10 six men, With rollers. Is necessary 10
get " upon n truck. A case - known IN
the trade a fitch"
Even usfvarnished and unpublished a.
these rare woods are In the rcnxh. tho
patterns are easily visible ana the de-
signs and yefning are very beautiful.
Nearly all these woods are sold In yenecrs.
for two reasons. First they are too cost
ly 20 use sosb1iy, and second. they al have
a tendency 10 warp Next In popularity
to mahogany comes American figured wall
nut, from Kentucky. West Virginia. Ten-
nessee and the western part Of North
Carolina. The finest logs or this timber
are TO be found on the slopes OF the Hue
Ridge and Cumberland mountains. So im-
portans is il 10 get woatss OF fine patterns
that the leading walnut dealers Inspect
the trees themselves before they are cut
down. They employ experienced woods-
men TO search over the whole region
where the best walnut HES for months at
time. and then. the finest trees having
been marked. the dealers leave the city
and travel through the woods on horse
back themselves selecting she most val,I-
aide trees. afferward buying them from
the farmers or the owners Of the land
These precautions amply repay the trou-
bic. for the reason that at times American
wainat sells for - cents a foot in veneerS.
and a single leg six feet long has been
known to Yield much rs $525.
From Bahia comes the finest rose wood
of the world. Its veneers selling at s cents
foot. IL Is not brought here. however,
in any great quantity. rosewood IL no
longer the fashionable material II was II,
the days 81 our grandmothers~ White ma.
hogany from the west coast OF Mexico
and sa.inwooi from San Domingo of
rafe yellow tint and OF dainty pattern.
the finest qualities OF which have sold Tor
60 cents In veneers and the poorest veneer
less than 10 cents. are still In great demand.
Ono OF the most curious OF the rare
woods is Amboy. reddish brown. veIned
irregularly. and used mainly for iniaying
IL comes from Africa. and Is sold at 70
cents a pound.
Two OF the finest foreign woods are
French burl, from Persia. and the Circas-
sian walnut that Is cut around the shores
OF the Black sea. French buri costs Is
cents a pound. and It's grain is a most
curious thing. Ii Is really n walnut wood,
the 'burf being wart. or knot, that
forms on The side OF the tree while II IL
young. thus twisting the course OF tho
sap vessels and forming strange patterns
and odd combinations OF lines. At times
these buris are extremely valuable. A
single log has sold for as much as s., $40.
The features OF the circassan walnut are
the high polish 10 which II can be brought
and It's vivid stripes OF dark brown ami
black.
Some other expensive native woods are
figured curly ash. tienred North Carolina
birch. which has reddish tinge. poplar
and American chartered oak, used main
ly for house work. All Of these fetch
from 20 s cents a foot In veneers. Eb-
ony sold at SO "A ton. cocoboio. somewhat
resembling rosewood. and granadiiia,
heavy and black, are much Ia use for
knife handles. san Domingo lignnm villas
is perhaps the heaviest wood that Is 10
be found. A stick eighteen inches in de
ameter and three TO four feet long weighs
from I'VE hundred to six hundred pounds-
Spanish cedar and suakewpod. the latter
50 called because It's grain II like this
markings OF some scrpents. are used for
many purposes Turkish lockwood comes
here in rather large quantities, and has
been long the popular material for wool
angraylngs Amarillo ~ one OF the most
artistic Of all woods. with it's bright yell
iow surface.