The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06

Bur English oak - Incompatible not
only IA it, color but also IA .ts InarsIng-
anG ITS texture. whIcN has = T." 'ulIar
flexible -Ditne-- Ike tha' Of lea 'ner.
Now that the supply of San Domingo
mahogany j. prac'icltly negitgi BILE. the
hest Of that wood 'rnI-~ from iuba Hon
dura- ana Ne Tiro: brit n giant logs ike
the s. mo African nn-' Cuban mahogany
a. "A rule - a tall and spinding tree 10
grows sIngly here and there, jumping
np ont OF the lower tangi" OF rho tropical
jungle. The natives cat rhe trees square
the logs roughly with their axes ard haul
them ont 81 rhe fnTe~'
And they intend To keep right on doing
il too. "a Mr.. Williams Of the Stapleton
mill found out to has rorTow Few years
ago. Being of "A progressive turn 81
mind Mr. Williams Thought II would he
a good plan to begin az the beg inning 81
his business and get ms own timber on,
OF the forests No the firm bought Mt
Calcutta lot of elephants trained 10
haul teak ia the sigdgy. squudgy creek. :
"a kipling puts IL The elephants cost
S. UD apiece and We're sent To the Anda =
mans To- get out vermiiIon wood
The Andaman-Se natives had been on
tbs. job themselves up to that time FIT
or sixty of them would put a cable around
log and in the cour-e 81 time drag II
out Of the forest. One elephant did the
same work in leSa time and asked no
wages For about twenty four hours the
pachvderm fore. was highly successful.
Then an elephant was rnyslnriousIv shot
Then another one and another. Insid I.
81 n few DAYS there had been SIS 00D worth
Of mortality in that elephant stan Inside
~ - month or two every elephant was
dead The natives were hauling NJ OF
yOre
And 50 10 was IN Cuba The firm bought
scores Of cattle to get out the mahogany
logs which they began cutting themselves
The natives displayed a diabolicai in
genuIty in the assassination Of these ca tile.
killing about sixty 81 them at ono. by
poisoning the water which the cattle
drank Mr. Williams gave mp irving 20
h.. progressive along that particular line
and the timber - now got out by natives
working on small contracts.
Probably there IA more nonsenre talked
about mahogany than about any other
wood or coIrse the people who in.
varIably ask whether a piece of furni-
tiIre ~ solid mahogany and who wh.i,
told that u u veneered say ooh with
IN. AIR 81 having wre=ted from you the
shameful truth. are not so common as
they once were Rut rhera are more
all the time who talk about crotch ma
hognny and natural mahogany with
ont the faintest idea Of the facts IN either
case.
II j.. a common thing To see a woman
pOIntinR Out the crotch IN n panel
when "a ~ a matter ~ fact u ~ nI~rely
two UinCas Of the wood matched IN /,
r.rf."ily apparent design. The real
crotch il m tho wood itself. formed
10y the junction ~ n branch with the trunk
Md 50 with the natural finish ma
hogany. In reality mahogany runs a
surprising gamut Of color. from pale
ashes 81 roses Ia the deep red Of yer.
million wood. which - really a mahogany.
10 80. the thin slices II wood a. they
come from IN" huge knit" tn. largest
knife in the world IL is one would think
they yer, shifnmering lengths ~ MORE
silk They can he rolled almost like
silk too when they are first cut for they
have b"en steamed in huge vat until
they are soft 4 dozen oT more squared
cover fastened down and the steam turned
on. Some ~ the logs stay there seyeral
DAYS. others not so long. Then the siA-
Teen foot knife, whose blade weighs