Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-02

Trinidad. and equally good for street.
having and Eun-mnklng. Beyond
doubt Cuba's greatest mineral righy'
are In nnc copper There are ineE-
hauatible deposits of thiB metal not on
ly Ia the fnr-fnmod Sierra del toht",
cooper MountainE1 Of the eastern
end, but IN other parts " the ISLAND
Tho comparatively small quantity tnhi
an yet been taken out yielding an aver
age OF GO per cent pure metal Long
before Columbus sighted those shores
the Indians were mining copper iu the
Cobro hills. ArrhupuiuulEtH ful
strong proof that it was carried ncroH.
10 Florida many centuries ago ana
used by the Indians of that peninsula
l trlnltots OF pure copper having been
l found IN their burial mounds.
In the line Of furniture, tableware,
/ sewing machines. farming implements.
and "a hundred other manufactured
] articles which are found in the hum'
| blest homes Of the United stnteath're lH
! q marked scarcity 10 cuba, even among
| the richest. Already the giib-tonsued
| Yankee agent IL abroad ih the lhnd'
] with His ready samples usually photo
] grnphic-rcprcson Arms in Chlcugu.
| st. Louis and other fur-uwoy cities. \
| company has recently been formed 200
] washington and New York which lf
| about 10 establish commission house
| In Havana similar 10 those carried On
~ GRAcE-EYRE PEOPLE
N New York In the various American
] cities. FOR tho sale ~ those articles ~
| cuba. In an parts Of spanish America.
I except cuba, these commission hpufe1
may be found. dealing In all manner ot
things. from plows 10 slycrwnrc. most
l ~ from Photographic samples ana DO
/ Ing banking business 49, well
] The other day I mot couple OF SAM
/ guinc MlaHiouriaus, Who are cNpeehNf
10 get rich IN short order on the chhl-
| net woods of the island Here "a grr-
! tninly very wide hcld. which has
never before been worked. Even the
! names OF the valuable woods are most.
] iy unknown 20 Americans, the old
! spanish nomenclature. which has no
! regard Tor correct botanical clnsginch-
| lion. being sim used IN cuba. Suluc NJ
! our commercial lntorcBta viii better de-
| fine them. but go Far these chuiccft
| products ~ the tropical wilderness .sr
| known 10 Few but the "Mlmhi'-t the
| cuban woOdemn who hew "a ruthless
/ wny with muchoteH and call thn mon
| nfcha OF the forest by names that dee
scribe their uhauctrriHtlcT. For exc
ample. there Dr. the qulchru- hhohn,
"mnchctc- breaker DO called because
10 o. stronger than any Implement OF
Iron or steel. and viii turn tho edge NJ
tho
BEST AMERICAN AXE
that can be- brought against g. II
averages nfty feet no holght but ~
rarely moro than one foot thigE-tull
and straight nH an AmuEpnlan arrow
which Or greatly resembles, and ~
dark. notified grain takes ON betuu-
| fui polish. Then thHru lH the que
| brachu-colouio," bright I'D wood
| which seems 60 be- absolutely indcHtruc.
! table. TmbprH made nf this redwood
when the first Span!nrda discovered the
0 D. HIHH
| earth or water. but are ms hrm ana
strong today, uftcr more than four ccn-
! turtles Of usage. uH when taken from
their forest. The tree grows TO great
height and large In diameter NJ the
| b1ss. but lta foliage ~ not nearly F0
beautiful az that Of many Inferior
trees one secs good deal ~ the tim.
| Dor iu the old churches of cuba ana
| in the uncovered ruftrrH ~ the finest
! houses. and no plaster, knlauWluc OF
paper could be- half no handsome as the
great rcl-brams overhead,
Tho "JuCaro' resembles the rrd'
wood and so does the "ACnna'
being good hard. rcd wood, but like
third cousins or poor relations IN inc
urlHt0cratlc Quchrhchl-coloradu family
There iH also the iigui. yayr dnFnme
mucaEuu, and no vud OF other strange
ynrlctles. besides the palm. coep1nut
mango and colba, nll usrfui cunstrug'
ton timbors each Tor special purposes
For cabinet and ornamental woods
oven the brazilian forests con show nn
finer specimens than the wilhH OF cas-
. ] tern cuba. SutlnWuuil luncDWonl
rosewood ebony, olive HnlmWuod, ma
| hOrluy llEuuW vitae, mnhul, Fumbu'
! LIMBO. guuyaCuu. DurtcUlllllu, guuNhnn
aablcu ami % hundred other N1rittle'
with uufpeUublr local names. rnrhanl
the bcholdor with The lovelineas OF tholl
POLISHED GRAIN,
in nl unts. from pure white, TO pale
, ! mink dark rod BRIGHT brown ErnNH
/ | brown ANA yplIuwR tl phun black Tn,
, | ruuyaoan ~ black nH jct, ono OF IA
b hardest woods known, mnl"H un clr
| giant VunItr ard docs duty 10 WulilnF
. | and turner's work The mora "a bll
} ! tree with heavy yellow wood, which
| when polished takes the rich color u
4 | mahogany und " much used in max
, ! Ing furniture FROM IN" yunNnlNu-
| white wood with black holrt-tool
1 | handles and oars are made, SnilnWuu.
, has I'd lemuu-colorrd grain, highly luH
, | trnus and fragrant The s1lmWOod u
/, very popular though not ~ beautiful
/ because no Insect VIII come near t.
Ia rrrnt puInt On this hug-lufeHtcd couu
4 try sapOdllll. a very hard wood, mot
UcI black and red, IL considered cN
. trpmcly valuable Tor decorative nnt
. cabinet work. along with the brlgh
, yellow grluaillln and palv-grc"n olive
These forests have one enormous ad
=. / vantage over those 90 Brazil. VIZ; tina
there nm. no dangerous serpeuta AM
! Wild beasts in thvm. Even the truplcu
. / luuvlpH hurhOr few NluarH ana IA
, ] mountain wltdcrN fHHH nav" no NOR
slxurs lnust thln the Wild hog or tnpli
Speaking NJ swine there arc plenty o
tho true rn20r-bnck variety In cuba
with blue skins long shouts and ~
q hair tu speak of; hut their meat lR sal
r 10 Dee finer than that Of their Fellow