Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1886 — Mahogany. [ARTICLE]

Mahogany.

The finer sorts are found in the mountainous districts of Cuba and St. Domingo, and are called Spanish mahogany, though the forests on the coasts of Honduras supply the English market with a large amount. The seeds from the mahogany tree are winged; they are carried in all directions, and take kindly to the soil, which, however, has much to do with the value of the timber. If the wood grows without any moisture, except what it receives from the atmosphere, the grain is harder, more knotty, and of a deeper color; for this kind as much as a thousand dollars has been paid for a cubic yard, while the poorer quality has not brought a hundred dollars. Asa rule, the branches furnish better timber than the trunk, the wood being of closer grain, and more richly figured. The tree takes 200 years to grow before it is fit for use. A London firm once paid $15,000 for three mahogany logs, the product of a single tree. They were cut into veneers from an eighth to an inch in thickness, and when polished>reflected the light in the most varied manner, like the surface of crystal. , The virtues of St. Jacobs Oil, as proclaimed by millions of restored sufferers, should induce every one to supply his household with this great specific. It conquers pain.