The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-11

lTC exhibit of T8nle fore Is displayed ~
the Louisiana State pavilion. III the Agri-
culture Building. at the Pau-Auericau
Exposition Ramfe was first introduced
into the United States in 1>55 from Japan
1t Will grow in any soil where the win
tiers are not TOO severe y Temperature Of
81 degrees however. VIII hill it The
yield is from fifteen TO twenty tons to The
acre The fibre Is made from the inner
bark. which is cut in strips four feet
in length. Samuel z Allison. Of Calves
ton Tex. invented ana built the only ma
chine for separating the inner from the
outer bark
This machine was taken TO Galveston by
Mr.. Allison. and was destroyed with its
inventor, during the disastrous storm Of
last fall. with all data regarding the
specifications Of the invention The outer
bark Is Of d resinous nature. and in Jap
an is separated from the inner bark by
hand. each stalk being handled separate
y. and the two LAYERS of bark separated
with knife. Al the fibre now used in
this country is procured from Japan,
Louisiana having no machinery 70 pro-
duce the fibre, and labor being too ex-
pensive TO compete with the cheap Japan
csc labor Ramie can be made into cloths
OF various textures and viii take any dye
j mas q silky appearance and when in
terwoveu with silk 1t i next to imp0ssi-
BE to discover the Tarnie fibre The sails
Of the Shamrock and Constitution and
nearly all the racing yachts are made
from ramie fibre
Ramie Is the strongest and longest veg
etabIe fibre known \ very superior grade
OF plush IS made from IT. The reed grows
profuseIy through louisiana without any
cultivation whatever 1t grows TO the
height OF from four 10 eight feet four
foot reeds being the most desirable for
use It is of rapid growth, sometimes
producing as many as five crops a year
The Louisiana Commissioners say that
State produces enough Tamje to supply
the United States. ana are anxious TO in
terest capital in the production OF II.
Louisiana Is rich in vcCGs-the long
and short-ieayed pine, water elm. pecan,
the Southern hickory, bitter pecan, hack
berry Persimmon, red oak. water oak
sycamore, beech. willow. magnolia. thorn
locust, locust. red maple, box elder. red
gum, black gum. tupeIo gum. blue ash
white ash Eastwood, cedar ash. pricBIy
ash, red haw. wild plum, cottonwood. vel
low poplar. cypress. and the Usage orange
or bois dare Bots dare IS an exceed
jnsly hard wood, bright orange in color.
and is used extensively for paving blocks
and fence posts This wood Is also used
as q substitute for lockwood in making
roller skate wheels and rollers for pull
Ieys- The cypress Is used extensively for
making posts and railroad ties, shingles,
splints. and is bought largely by brewers
for cooperage purposes. Cypress is more
durable and lasting than cedar. Samples
Of all the woods mentioned are exhibited
in the Forestry Building at the Pan
American Exposition, the cross and the
quarter sections being shown. Cypress
knees are here shown. d peculiar forma-
ton growing from the roots Of the cy-
press tree in low sections They serve
as aerators. carving air TO the tree roots
in places where the water covers the
roots. The lumber buyer in the South
uses these as indication of the soundness
of the tree. tapping the knees in testing
his timber rather than the body Of the
tree to determine If the tree he hard or
solid If the knee Is solid il is a sure
Indication that the tree Is so. n he Ag-
ricuIture Building at the Louisiana ex-
hihit are shown tweHty-fOur varieties Of
the pecan nut, ranging in size from the
ordinary pecan. which we can buy in our
markets, to a variety much larger than
the ordinary pigeons egg Nearly all Of
these varieties are paper sheIled and can
be easily broken with the hard. Turpen-
tine, tar. tar oil. cTeOsute. pyroligueous
acid Cwood vinegar wood alcohol. are
produced in Louisiana from fat OF refuse
pine. The broken and fallen wood OF the
pine which has lain waste in the forests
IS cut into foot billets, put into q copper
still. and heated, dry distiIIation being
used. It first produces d gas. then the
wood alcohol. creosote. and turpentine
which afterward are separated; next tar
oil, and pyToliSneoUs acid or wood vine
gar; lastly tar The charcoal derived
from this dTy-heat psocess is of 4 supe-
TioT grade. very solid. and heayy-and
burns much longer than the ordinary
charcoal and gives a more intense heat.
This is an entirely new process of distfIIa-
tion, the old process of tapping the tree
being moTe expensive and taking more
time
The first early apples exhibited at the
Pan-American Exposition came in from
Missouri The variety is the Early Har-
vest, a weH-known and delicious summer
apple OF the Mississippi Valley. The ship,
nent came from southern Missouri ard
is made from the earliest products of one
OF the finest apple belts OF the Union
Commissioner Bell has Just returned from
Missouri and has arranged for an exhibit
Of the Stone Hill Wine Company, Of Her
mana No He says It will be the great
est wine exhibit ever shown from points
between the Mississippi River and tho
Rocky Mountains. The Stone Hill Wine
Company possesses cellar capacity and
carries a stock Of wine unsurpassed by
any firm in the United States. Commits
sioner Bell says this company has for
tune in its wine cellars. all of which are
below ground. More than twenty brands
Of Missouri wines are exhibited in the
Horticulture Building, including the IA
nous Black Pearl. wine which won the
Medal Dor at the Paris Exposition. 1t is
claimed by Nj. Bell that the Missouri
wines rival If they DO not excel those OF
California.
Mr. Scott superintendent Of horticuI-
ture- has the finest display Of roses or
the Pan-American grounds ever seen ir
the United States. Twenty thousand
blush roses are now in fun bloom In
walking through his rose gardens one is
reminded Of the famous valley Of Cash
mere where for centuries the altar Of ros-
es has been made. It is possible this in
dustry may Yet be introduced on z large
scale into the United States.
There has recently been installed in the
exhibit Of the Bureau Of Education in the
Government Building a school exhibit
from the Philippine Islands and Hawaii
be 4 surprise 10 those VINO imagine the
Inhabitants Of our new possessions are
baTbarians- Among the most notable OBJ
JectS Of the Philippine exhibit were tho
various books ordered fer school use in
the islands \ manuscript poem in the