Show dogwood the west indies are very rich in forest st trees many of those these are arc turned to singular uses the bark of the prune tree Is used in the making of a liquor suggestive of cherry brandy the wood of the ironwood which sinks in water Is turned into massive mallets tor for the heavy work of the carpenter the atie ru rubber b tree Is tapped by the negro boys and its oozing juice Is made into balls baits for their games or it if near vie fie seaside for dressing the oakum with which the cracks in the fishing canoes are calked balked the calabash bears a fruit we skin of 0 which when dried gives the natives drinking vc vessels sels and water bottles the fustic gives a beautiful yellow dye and the logwood dyes a rich purple and la Is much used in the manufacture of crusty old port the west indian negro Is a born bom poacher he catches the quail by the cruel expedient of strewing finely powdered cayenne or bird pepper in the little dust pits where the birds wasll wash tuc the burning powder gets into the eyes of the bird which confused conf used and helpless is then easily caught when he be wants a wholesale supply of fish he explodes a piece of dynamite which was probably intended for the making of new government roads over a bole in a mountain stream and the fish are killed by the concussion but his favorite resource is the bark of the dogwood one of the most plentiful of the forest trees this he drops into a river hole and the mullet intoxicated come to the surface of the W water ater this singular property of the dogwood has baa been made the subject of recent experimentation and it Is now found that the sap of the tree specially prepared gives a solution lution which acts acta as a powerful local can ann aesthetic esthetic and it Is expected that the new extract will wl 11 be of great service in dentistry |