HARDWOOD RECORD 



eontrastiveness and boldness are also elements 

 of beauty, never occurs to the many who see 

 the beauty of an American elm, but who can 

 not see the beauty of a wild black cherry. 



"But the tree is not only attractive in 

 figure; both its leaf and fruit deserve a share 

 of our attention. Notice the vigorous way 

 the leaves grow on the branch of the tree; 

 there is a bluntness to their figure notwith- 



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FLOWERS, FOLIAGE AND FRUIT OF BLACK 

 CHERRY. 



standing the sharp tip, and there is a cer- 

 tain firmness of purpose in the way each one 

 spreads itself out from the side of the branch- 

 let to catch the sun and rain; the very teeth 

 are finely and firmly cut, and they are set 

 close, as if to make a bold stand against 

 the elements. These leaves are in sharp con- 

 trast with those of the older cherry, and their 

 whole aspect is indicative of youthful vigor." 

 When cherry is nicely filled, well rubbed 

 and not varnished, it has a soft glow not 

 possessed by any other wood, and has none of 

 those distortions of grain which are so un- 

 pleasant in mahogany. The facility with 

 which cherry can be worked makes it a fa- 



vorite with the cabinet maker, house joiner 

 and wood carver. It also possesses the qual- 

 ity of "staying where it is put," which is 

 more than can be said of most hardwoods. 



While good taste ordinarily dictates that 

 cherry be finished in a tone approximating its 

 natural color, it is quite frequent that it 



PRINT OP LEAF OF BLACK CHERRY, 

 ACTUAL SIZE. 



masquerades as mahogany. A well-known 

 and perfect method of making cherry look 

 like mahogany is to have the wood rubbed 

 with diluted nitric acid, which prepares it 

 for the materials to be subsequently applied; 

 afterwards, to a filtered mixture of an ounce 

 and a half of dragon 's blood dissolved in a 

 pint of spirits of wine, is added one-third 

 that quantity of carbonate of soda, the whole 

 constituting a very thin liquid which is ap- 

 plied to the wood with a soft brush. This 

 process is repeated at short intervals when 

 the wood assumes the external appearance of 

 mahogany. If the composition has been accu- 

 rately made and properly applied, the sur- 



the wood will resemble an artificial 

 mirror, which should it ever fade, can be 

 readily restored by rubbing thi with 



a little cold drawn linseed oil. 



The world's total supply of black cherry 

 comes from the eastern half of the United 

 States, and in a limited quantity from the 

 British American provinces. Perhaps the 



ENLARGED SECTION OF BOLE. DEPICTING 

 BARK OF BLACK CHBBBY. 



highest type of black cherry is found in West 

 Virginia, although some stock from Canada, 

 the Adirondack region of New Vork. Penn- 

 sylvania, and, in fact, down the entire length 

 of the Appalachian range to northern Geor- 

 gia, is of very good physical quality. The 

 photograph of the specimen of forest growth 

 of wild cherry herewith shown in the larger 

 illustration, was made in Blount county, 

 Tennessee. This tree had a diameter of forty- 

 eight inches, and measured seventy-five feet to 

 the first limb. In it remarkable 



for size, because the .cherry of this region 

 and farther north, ojften shows a much 

 greater size. 



Makers of }/lachinery History. 



Harry C. Atkins. 



Young America today is proving the 

 fallacy of many trite sayings. 



The long-accepted idea that sons of rich 

 raen are usually worthless now gains credit 

 only among the unthinking. 



George Gould has carried his father's 

 stupendous operations to greater honor and 

 higher financial standing than did his sire, 

 and the present generation of both Astors 

 and Vanderbilts is a refutation of the oft- 

 made statement that "what the father 

 makes the son will spend." 



"Other times, other manners." 



The boy who is the heir to wealth today 

 deserves more credit if he can keep his 



NUMBER III. 

 father's accumulations together than did 

 his father in making them. 



Fortunes were easier made when the coun- 

 try was young, and the strenuous competi- 

 tion of today keep3 the keenest minds busy 

 planning business coups that would ri 

 have been thought of by the earlier found- 

 ers of America's prosperity. Thoy only 

 planted the foundation securely, hardly con- 

 ceiving the magnificent structures their 

 sons would raise on them. 



A young man who has not only kept bis 

 inherited business intact, but has 

 it greatly, is Harry C. Atkins, president of 

 P. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., the great saw- 

 manufacturing concern of Indianapolis, Ind. 



Mr. Atkins was lorn in 1868 near Boise 



where his father, Elias C. 



Atkins had mining interests in addition to 



the saw manufactory in Indianapolis. Prom 



the common schools of Indianapolis the boy 



• hero he was grnd- 



1 with honor in lbstt. Every vacation 

 during his school and collego life was spent 

 in the factory, in one or another of the dif- 



t departments, learning the details of 



manufacture, and so enthusiastic was 

 he over the work that upon being grad- 



1 ho decli- as a 



ing touch to hi 

 took up his life work :m a saw manu- 



