The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO: CALL, THURSDAY, GREAT CHIEFS ELECTED FOR THE ENSUING TERM @S b TWO PROMINENT OFFICERS OF THE RED MEN. | P O = D A s an e o dnd - L o S e S S ) ~7=HE principal business at the sessions of the Great Council of the Im- proved Order of Red Men and of the Great Council of the Degree of Po- hontes yesterday was the election of at chiefs for the ensuing great sun. D. Brandon was elected great sa- . James Boyes, great senior sega- x : John R. Tyrrell, great junior saga- nore; E. B. Wilson, great prophet; Porter Bliss, chief of records; W. J. Smith, great keeper of the wampum; E. B. Wil- | great representative to the Great cfl of the United States. The great contest of the day was for the office of great junior sagamore, which s the eteppin < highest honor n the rese fornia. The of- fice went to M ung attorney of Grass V nthusiastic er and well e sessfon will close e new chiefs elected and 1 will be raised up. ed that the trophy of best exemplification of the befc the Great Council of Bald Bagle tribe, is the captain. e of Pocahontas Mrs. Jen- scted great Pocahontas; . great Wenonah; Mrs. M. ‘Wilson, great Minnehaha; Mrs. E. J. \B;una, great keeper of records; Kate A. | Keane, great keeper of wampum; Edith { L. H. Gish, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Kate | Benham, great trustees. The council voted in the negative on the - proposition to withdraw from the | Great Councll of California and apply for & charter from the Great Council of the United States. Last evening there was a grand ball {in the Mechanics’ Pavilion to the great chlefs and representatives of the Great Councils. This function was in charge of the following committees: Reception Committee—James Boyes, chalr- | man; sacheme—R. Hoeber, William Greenblatt, A. Brown, Dr. Z. T. Malaby, W. D. Allen, J. Meillette, H. A. Sloss, A. Dawson, C. Le | Baron, C. H. Abbott, L. H. Enemark, G. H. Rosenbohm, Hon. George H. Cabaniss, W. C. Greaves, V. F. Northrop, F. D. Ritchie, W. C. Rowley, J. H. Jordan, T. H. Bridhoff, George | W. Phelps: Pocahontas—Mrs. A. M. Bliss, Mrs. | E. J. Lake Miss 8. Gillogley, Mrs. Seaborg, Mre. M. Cills, Miss L. Cullen _assistant floor | Jonee, Estarziau, H. Miller, E. A. Lemoine, tein, L. Linkesch, E. R. Burke, L. Gran- {well, J. A Ellert, W. E. L A Heints, James Hoar, F. L. Griffith: G. H Stein, C. Gay, R. Lockwood, Miss M. Searey, | Miss 'B. ‘McKeénna, Miss K. Cunningham, Miss | 3 Walworth, Miss N. Libbing, Mrs. K. Adams. FRESHD WOMA SUES THE SMHTA FE BHLWAY Demands $5000 Damages for Being Put Off a Train on the Desert. PSRRI L, Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. @ | | | | FRESNO, Aug. 8.—~Lyda May Morris yesterday began suit agalnst the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company and the Pull- man Car Company for $000. The action is based on an incident which occurred at Needles last February, when the em- ployes of the company put Mrs. Morris off the train for Fresno. The Pullman porter told her to get out of the car. She objected, whereupon he forced her out. The train started up and carried away her 2-year-old child, which ‘was still in the car. She did not see the baby again until 11 o'clock of the follow- ing day. In the meantime she suffered great mental anguish and was compelled to hunt hotel accommodations in a :g&nge desert town in the dead of win- HEALTH OF THE ARMY. Remarkably Good Showing, Consid- ering Lack of Surgeons. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Secretary Root said to-day the latest reports from Gen- | eral MacArthur showed that the sickness in the army in the Philippines was § per cent, which was considered a remarkably good showing, owing to the lack of sur- geons, due to separation of commands. There were some small detachments with- | out a surgeon, but this defect was being remedfed with all due diligence. | T S o o o HE steamer John 8. Kimball, sched- uled to sail for Cape Nome at 10 o'clock this morning, will carry one happy girl who goes with a stout heart to face the hardships of Alaskan life, because there she will meet her be- trothed. Miss Rae Boas, daughter of Isa- dor Boas, will take passage on the steam- er and on the day of its arrival at Nome she will be married to Fred Carter. The groom-to-be was formerly manager of the sporting goods department of New- man & Levinson’s. He was a member WILL SAIL FOR NOME TO BECOME A BRIDE cuire prbvos, WILL BE MARRIED IN FAR AWAY ALASKA. % | | | | ! AUGUST 9, 1900. FRED CARTER. B o e e e g of the Olympic Club and is widely known in San Francisco. Three months ago he went to Cape Nome to engage in & gen- eral merchandise business. He has pros- pered so well that he and Miss Boas have declded to hasten the wedding day. A large numbef of the friends of Miss Boas will gather at the wharf this morn- ing to wish her godspeed and a quick voyage. She will go in company with Mrs. Cassius M. Coe, wife of the former San Francisco newspaper man, Who is now editor and proprietor of the Nome Gold Digger. rs. Coe is making her first trip to the great mining camp. Following is General MacArthur's offi- cial report of sickness in his entire army on July 31: Sick in hospitals, 3755; sick in | twice in Denver before he died. quarters, 1071; percentage, 8.04. “But what I was going to tell you was — how the old gentleman cured me of my Rev. Cyrus Hamlin. envy of the rich. He took me down one . 3 Gay and showed me his famous gacht PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. $—Rev. Dr.|id Nourmahal. It was a beaut, T tell Cyrus Hamlin, the veteran missionary to|you.” When I had looked through the Turkey and the founder of Roberts Col- lege at Harpoot, aled here suddenly to- night. rand saloon and the elegant staterooms, sald: ““Mr. Astor, T certainly do envy you, | Davies Defoated. with ail your wealth and your fine yacht ® s ¢ and houses and lands.’ ° UTICA, N. Y., Aug. 8.—Tom Davies of “Don’t do it, Mendel: don’t envy me at San Francisco was defeated in a handlcap wrestling match here to-night by George Barber of this city. all off as you are. and be happy with your little family. sald Mr. Astor. ‘You are far better | You can go home at nlg}‘l: SIS FILIPINCS ABE SIMPLE AN UAPABLE PEOPLE Father McQuaide Favors a Protectorate Over the Islands. NS Brilliant Lecture by the Eloguent Catholic Priest—Defends the Friars and Denounces Unjust Critics. RIS B to my mind, are a very oral people and can be When self-government. n it would not pay us Islands. On the st dangerous our flag from the g remain there, but tectorate over & McQuaidemade the course of his Observations,” st night, the au- all echoed the applauding scintillating ture. The elo- who recently re- labor in the ed with inter- ople who popu- d“for two hours atly interested rts of his sted fully hanking his on, Father 1 in Holy t the outset tically alluded _criticisms made Bishop Potter of New York. The uated that the famous GRAPE-NUTS. KNOWLEDGE OF FOOD Proper Selection of Great Importance in Summer. ts in hot weather proposition, as all d must be used that or the undigested parts to the intestines and It is important to know that a food be cbtained that is always safe; that rape-Nuts er writes: “My baby took the 1m at 2 baby show on the 8th every way a prize baby. on Grape-Nuts since he nths old. T also use your i Coffee for myself.” Mrs. k, Alvin, Tex. food is not made solely 1 by any means, but is all human beings who erious, difficulties in t of value is that the n the process of drugs or chem- imply by the ac- and time, which to grow, and ) grape Sugar. » the system ready n food, beyond gzested, is that ents to quick- e brain and the body. tement I am consistent. | o lend | is now | PEDBIIPIPEDIVEDIDIIIP IV PRIV PPIDODI D49 090090V D 0006040000060 0000 HE ophenomenal run of the Police @ et ebebeleteited Department was made by Sergeant Hans H. Christiansen of the Califor- nia-street police station Saturday | nignt. A chase of twenty-three blocks after a steed that felt the lash at every | step failed to stop his action, and he cap- | tured his game only to find that all his | sprinting had been for naught. In the | chase five officers were distanced and | were found clinging to lamp posts an hour |afterward. Still the sergeant speaks | lightly of the feat and tells how he was | just catching his second breath to con- tinue the run to Land's End when a hill stopped the horse. Saturday night Christiansen, with Of- ficers T. W. Handley, Robert Silver, John Duane, Peter Peshon and Samuel Dag- gett, were standing near the corner of California and Kearny streets. A horse and wagon dashed, by but did not attract thelr gttention until a small boy accosted them and revealed the startling informa- tion that the driver had just driven over SERGEANT CHRISTIANSEN WINS LAURELS IN SPRINTING EVENT | | | | | AN - gts-l:?;YlAN.‘;EN CHASED For LED THE CHASE" o * RUN OF POLICE SERGEANT THAT WILL MAKE DEPARTMENT HISTORY. ! ! i &+ “Say DE GUY JuS .l;unnfib ovER A "BLOKE” DOwWM DER. STREET, R YER. WISE ? AT A RECORD— BREAKING SPEED Downr KEARNY STREET « ~eadt v J THE OFFICERS Becarme WINDLESS COPS” BLOCKS RUN e« = . THE AMBULANCE AFTER A RUN oF 4189655 MILES THE SKATE" THREW UP HIS FEETAT THE PomnT OF CHRISTIANSENS CLOB 3ay BUT DEM €obs 1S EASY " G e e A A g B e e S SIS S e e Y an old man and killed him some distance | into Bay street, pufiing like a com- down Kearny street. pound ten-wheeler. Christiansén kept “Get t' sprinting,” sald the kid, *or|close in the wake and beganito figure you'll lose the feller. dde’s tryin’ to | that a halt would at least be called at the escape.” Presidio gates, or if they were open that “Follow me,” shouted Christiansen to|he could corner the quadruped at Fort Point, where the road ends. came to a sudden endin worth street was reache: refused to climb the hill. The sergeant placed handcuffs on the driver's wrists despite his protestations and drove the worn-out horse back to the station. His wind gave out for the first time when he was told that the in- formation that caused him to run twenty- three mncksland nearl; klll;d five of his men was only a canard, an - cident had occurred. i “What made vou whip up your horse when you saw us following you?" asked the dismayed officer of the man in the vehlmle. i “I'm a farmer from San County. " was the reply, Fand T reag o about” the ‘cops’ all _wanting to own horses and buggies. What chance would { have jstgod :galnlzt ulxho( you? I'm on 0 my_ job,” he said as he led th around to'a stabie to. give 1t rest "OT° is musings when Leaven- and the horse | the others, “‘and remember the records of your superiors.”” Whereupon he started on the run in the direction ‘of North Beach. The driver of the horse, when he | saw the squad after him, applied the whip without reserve and the animal hit only the high cobbles. Silver got lost first. They found him afterward at the corner | T o i Saano csased to hear the sergeant’s command to follow in the re- gion of Jackson street. When the steed | furned into Montgomery avenue Handley made the excuse that his beat was on Kearny street, and as the Chief might be along any moment, he did not like to Jeave it. Peshon and Daggett dropped exhausted before another block of ground { had been covered. PRTRR The sergeant, intent on racing e | hors:, dldr‘not discover the absence of the | men until he had reached Filbert and Stockton_streets. Still he kept on the chase. From Stockton the animal turned 1 — Potter is in a class all by himself.” He said that when Bishop Potter said that foncubinage was prevalent in the Philip- ine ‘rchlpelafi». e said what was abso- rutely false. @ outlined the history of the trouble in the islands from the time when Admiral Dewey won his memorable Sictory. He said the Filipinos were slaugitered during the hostilities as peo- ple were never before. He told of the guerrilla warfare which the natives have adopted, and gave as his opinion that they ola eep it up until the end of the world. He eul! the American volun- teer soldeer, whom he sald was possessed of intelligence, courage, chivalry, impetu- o . ualities of the Fili- pllnl:,l“fl.i'fi-:t "fic'«'i’ de l:«l'dothue they Were an industrious, pious, law-abiding ?:‘ o le%tnre Professor e ered an organ ve some sang. kav.yfnhers Dempsey and DOES NOT ENVY THE RICH. A Barber Has Been Contented Since you want to go on a modest little fiyer, all you've got to do i3 to run down to Coney Island, meet your friends, load ourself up on beer and be haj He Shaved William Astor. f have always to be on my p'?{l'xdw :":? “I've got over envying thé rich many |have to dress for dinner, go out and be bored at the theater and opera, receive all kinds of people and be woF death in many #‘a’yn. T “‘On my yacht I have forty- o ple to watch everythinf.l dowuyflm g:?p about me. When I'm in New York. my wife is in Europe, when I'm heré at Rokeby my wife is at Newport, Family? {nh‘:yc no family, and u‘?;ar happiness— “That was the way he talked, and I've "%Tngt was o fine man old Wi a fine , -0l " proceeded Mr. Mendel, -ha“wlilnm Borhood of | vears ago.” said P. J. Mendel, one of the | most crudite barbers in Chris Rowedder's shop, as he dabbed on another brushful of lather and began rubbing it in with an easy, contemplative motion of his experi- enced hand. “How was it?" asked the customer, as soon as Mr. Mendel loosened his grip on his _chin and gave him power of s h. “Oh, it_was old Willlam Astor, of John Jacob Astor, who cured me. “Is that so? Where was this?" “Up at Rhinebeck, New York. where the | the rest of the week, and a one-night | Beginning with a Sund; old man’s country home, Rokeby, is lo- | very particularly in the ne! gcated, you know—about seventeen his costamers “Adanrs sppis: ad one above i’onghx psie, on the Hudson. of the easlest faces to shave you ever lived there eigl years and used to go | saw, fellow, too; stood six feet two 10 ot i it ot oo vy [ 408 ekl B8 v ol S oo e Wi In 1@ CO! . ) 3 e ), er.’ " —] ver - Boem e e well, He visien imeting Post. i Tven: MIDWEEK NOTES OF THE THEATERS RAND opera at the Tivoll is draw- ing splendid crowds. ‘Otello,” with Salassa, Avedano, Miss Graham and Miss Lichter is the bill for Friday | and Saturday evenings, and “Rigo- letto,” with Russo, Ferrari, Nicolini, Re- petto and Polletini will be performed to- night, Sunday evening and at the Satur- day matinee. The artistic worth of the two casts Is curiously even, and their relative merits are a subject of popular discussion among musicians. > e “Heartsease,” by long odds the most popular production of the Henry Miller season, will run over into next week at the Columbia Theater, until Wednes- | day evening, owing to the immense des mand for seats. The remainder of the week will be devoted to Anthony Hope's romantic comedy, “The Adventure of the | Lady Ursula.” ‘This afternoon at the Columbia Theater Louis Francis Brown wiil give the fourth lecture of the Burton Holmes series, with subject, “The Grand Canyon of Colo- rado.” It s said to be one of the most interesting of this interesting series from a literary as well as picturesque stand- point. 2 % “The Middlema: a strong play, strongly played, is drawing good houses at the Grand Opera House, with the new Frawley company. Next week the popu- lar “Trilby” will be the bill. e . ‘With “The Night of the Fourth” for performance of “Rush City” on Sunday, the popular engagement of the Dunne & Ryley comedians will come to an end. ¢y matinee, “The Brownies in Fairyland,” in which almost | ope hundred professional children will ap- pear, will be revived on an elaborate | scale. Wi At the Alcazar Theater Florence Rob. erts and White Whittlesey are playing to large houses in “Romeo and Juliet.” “A Suit of Sable,” Miss Charlotte Thompson, will be’ produced for-the first time next week. . s e The Orpheum’s excellent bill includes Bennett and Stembler, Meeker-Bakers, Hooker and Davis, Jolly John Nash, Mr. and Mrs. John Mason, Zelma Rawliston, Nicholas sisters and the St. Onge broth- ers. o el oe At Fischer's Concert House “The Right | Stocking,” with Ray and Owen Ogden and Bertha Foltz, Eudora Forde, Emma Adams and Herbert Médley, are being | well received. ol . The Chutes and Zoo offer Seabury, sensational high diver, and a vaud: show as attractions. Wants Islais Creek Kept Open. The Nuevo Potrero Improvement Club is to the front with a petition to the Su- pervisors requesting that Isiais Creek be | kept open. At a recent meeting of this | club arguments were advanced showing | the necessity of having a drawbridge at | the proposed Santa Fe road crossing. Be- | fore the Kentucky street road was laid | down and before the Fourth street bridge was built schooners used to pass in through the creek and discharge freight at South San Francisco. Since then, how- ever, the bed of the creek has gathered a filling of slimy mud, leaving it no lo:ger navigable for any vessels except flatsbot- tomed scows drawing a few inches of | water. . the | eville | | ——————— Teamster’s Skull Fractured. Lioyd C. Turner, a teamster for A. F. Bannell at 167 Valencia street, was treated | at the City and County Hospital yester- | day for a fracture of the skull and several lacerated wounds of the head. Turner fell from a hay truck at Woosely street | and San Bruno avenue and was taken to the hospital by Police Officer C. J. Joseph | of the Seventeenth-street police station. i P e — Neill After Two Men. Al Nelll is after two men in a single | night. He has sent challenges to Ortego | and Weedy for a double engagement some time toward the end of this month. The | National Club will try to arrange these fights, ten-round goes, with a half hour between, at San Jose. —_—————— Loses Two Fingers. Charles Richard, a dresser employed in the rolling mills, had his hand crushed in a wheel at the mills. He was removed to the City and County Hospital, where two fingers ‘were taken off. After heing treat- o4 he was sent to his home at 26 Hiinois street. —_——————— Held for Burglary. James Campbell was held to answer before the Superior Court yesterday by Judge Conlan on a charge of burglary in Sill bonds. He broke into the house | at 1332 Sacramento street a few days ago and stole a number of valuable cufios from a trunk. e e . His Congregation Needn’t Pay. The Rev. C. D. Crouch, pastor of the Worth _tabernacle, who Some time ago adopted the novel experiment of devoting himself to business pursuits in order that | be free to apply himself to the work of the ministry without payment | from his congregation, has just issued a report la which he sums up the resuits. H&ocl , he says, have been so sig- nally blessed that he was able to return his le's. offerings at the rate of $250 in the first year and $500 in the second, while in the year upon which they are {ult entering the return will be §750. Mr. uch was an old gg{fl of the late Mr. 0. Spurgeon.—London \ s’ Prices. QUAINT BEDSTEADS AND OTHER FURNISH!NGS Copyright, 1800, by Seymour Eaton. HISTORIC STUDIES | N HOME FURNISHING —_— BY MARGARET AINSLEE. V. Unlke the Hebrews, Greeks and Ro- mens, our English forefathers were un- used to the luxury of the bedstead. Their s during the troublous times of should not have been dig- nified by the name of “bed,” which is pri- marily an outcome of peace and prosperi- ty. As the country became less turbulent the warrior did not find it necessary to sleep armed for attack upon the rude board table or upon the long chest on top of which bags of straw had been thrown; S0 that as early as the tenth century per- manent recesses covered with sacks of straw and curtained off from the main room were constructed in the great halls. Even these primitive contrivances were considered the luxuries of the nobility and the “bed reafs” and curtains were handed down from eration to generation as treasured legaties. Although after the Norman conquest their resting places pre- sented a less shelflike appearance, in some antiquated places they are in use at this day. Frederick Litchfield in speak- ing of a recent visit to a farmhouse in Brittany alludes to the curious be which he saw there, *“‘consisting of shelves for parents and children, whic cupboard in the wall and are shut in during the day by a pair of lattice doors of Moorish design.” e furthermore states that these perches are reached by means of an oddly carved Moorish chest, which serves as a step. This quaint fur- niture was doubtless made in_the middle of the fifteenth century and has been many times handed down from father to son. These rudimentary beds were also a feature of colonial furnishings, and a veritable one is described by Alice Morse Earle in her “China Collecting in Amer- | art of the appointments of an | ica” as a old New England farmhouse. Such a bed was called a “slow bank,” which term, says the author, “is a corruption of ‘sloap bancke,’ or sleeping bench, and the slow bank was the great-grandfather of our modern cabinet folding bed. At one end of the room are doors apy: rently belong- ing to cupboards, which, upon being swung wide open, disclose the oblong frame of a bed with a network o1 ropes to serve as springs. This bed frame is fastened at one end to the wall with heavy hinges and was hooked uff against the wall in the daytime and at night was lowered to a_horizontal position and sup- ported on heavy wooden-turned legs, which fitted into sockets in the frame.” Fer many centuries bedsteads were used only by Kings and Queens and were state- ly affairs, richly carved, unwieldy and of enormous size. A typical royal bed of the form a | | Great exception to this withdrawal from public family life; and bishops inveighed ainst ‘‘sundrie noblemen and gentlemen nd others who doe much delighte to dyne {in corners and secret plac In spite of i 2 this separation o s he partition of the house i and drawing room went jon_into sm: o we the furniture Sir Henry Wotto: time of James u lenishin; g the home “Every man's proper mansion house and home, being the theater of his hospitality. | the growing love of p I A . > DR S S o o e e e R o B o o i 2 CARVED OAK BEDSTEAD OF JEANNE D'ALBRE e Q+oeoebedeieiede® the seate of his selfe fruition, the fortable part of his own life, the nc of his son's inheritance, a kind of pr princedom, nay, the possession there of epitome of the whole world, may well | serve by these attributes, according to degree of the master, to be delightfully adorned.”’ The bedstead was accordingly banished to the sleeping room and replaced in the drawing room he “day bed”—probably a carved oak settle containing clothing e at, the lid of which was as a daytime lounging place by means of movable cushions. Ne: the banqueting table was relegated to t dining hall and the writing table was sub- | | time of the French renaissance was taken | stituted in the living room. The primitive from the chateau of Pou, where it was the | table, stretchers with board top. was mod- L o e e e e e ] Tha r‘f’ L D S S SO S R S S oL S o S A o o o al R e ok S SN roperty of Jeanne J'Albret, mother of Plemrs Iv. This huge oaken affair is carved with the date 1562 and, judging from the proportion of space it occupied by the figure reclining upon it, must really have been an openwork wooden room or box, or else must have exercised a_most dwarfing effect upon its inmates. Possi- bly, like its contemporary, the Great Bed | of Ware, it was intended to accommodate eight persons. Shakespeare alludes in “Twelfth Night” to the immoderate_size of this bed when he makes Sir Toby Belch say: “And as many lies as shall lle in thy sheet of paper, altho' the sheet were big enough for the Bed of Ware in England. set 'em dowa, go about it.” These huge constructions were gradual- ly made with less woodwork at the sides and with broad which in time evolved into the lighter old- fashioned four-poster its paneled tester and draped canopy, known as the *“‘canopy bed.” For this style of bed Chip- @+ oo eoeseieiede® & = * - b ‘ 1 . A * : B & ; f . + ° PS - . ¢ & * L 3 b4 : b : b4 . . 4 5 R i XY ¢ VIR + ‘ - & BEDSTEAD OF MARIE ANTOI- . $ NETTE. PS @eoostedeieirseie® pendale in the latter part of the eight- eenth century devised many forms of pil- lars. His sketches for a state bed, as well as Sheraton's for a canopy bed, and the tapestried bed of Marie Antoinette, all be- speak stateliness rather than comfort. Th fact, designs for state beds are interesting | merely as the originals from which our modern beds have been modified. Possibly we may have lost something in dignity. exquisite carving and luxurious hangings, but on the other hand we have gained in cleanliness, lightness and freedom from ely enough, in feudal days the bedstead was considered a most suitable furnishing for the parlor. The “parloir” or “talking-room” was the first offshoot from the common hall or ‘“houseplace.’” It was then furnisheG wjth carved oak settles, the ubiquitous chest and the liv- ery cupboards for drin vessels and unused viands which had formerly stood on the dais, and was not ot incum- bered with the thousand and one unneces- sary addenda which transform our ern living-rooms into a combination o conservatory and curio shop. ‘The next division of house room (about Druggist—People think they are ve funny w;nn thgv talk about the exorl tant prices asked by apoth 3 omer—So there is nothing In it, eh? o —No, eed. I consider my quite reasonable. I never ask for anywhere near as much as I ‘Transcris rticl Should 1ike to.~ Boston ot O irns of the reformations was the Gorl ve;dy-rlu r.” an outcome of the passing of fer ‘Il i e secution. had fear of the mischief which treacher- ous or_eavesdropping make. Both church and THE “SPANGLE” BEDROOM AT KNOLE. (The furniture of this room was presented by James I to the Earl of Mid- heavy corner pleces, | t d the days of religio - hen masters of !h.ufo:e ld might n took | troit 2z st D N R R e ke g esex.) § | § ifled by the elaborate carving of the Eliza- bethan renaissance, developed into the writing table and escritoire in the days of Marie Antoinette and became light and comfortable in construction In the days of the kneehole table designed by Sheraton. These latter were invariably made of ma- hogany. Sheraton depending mainly upon his marquetry for decoration. Mahogany came into general use early in the eighteenth century owing to the persistence of a Dr. Gibbon, who wished to convert some mahogan. him by his brother, a West {n into a candle box for his wife. foun planks sent dian captain, The joiner this foreign wood too hard for his but the undaunted doctor insisted upon’ the use of harder tempered tools, which succeeded in turning out eventually a most admirable box. The doctor, de- lighted with the peculiar grain, toughness and susceptibility and high volish of this richly colored wood, next ordered a bureau made, which so took by storm the court arty that it quickly became the rage. itchfield thinks that the expression, “putting ome’s knees under a friend's mahogany™ probably originated about this time. Note—This study will be concluded next Thursday. FORESTS FOR. CONSUMPTIVES. Pennsylvania to Create Large Timber Preserves for Their Benefit. State Forestry Commissioner Rothrock, who, with other members of the commis- sion, has completed an inspection of the forests of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, has outlined in brief the purpose of the State in acquiring large tracts. He sald: “The duty of the commission is to chase three timber reservations, of 40,000 acres each, at the headwaters of the three principal rivers—the Delaware, the Sus- uehanna and the Ohio. The idea of these loresy’ preserves is to raise timber on ground _that will not produce anything else. The State wants to put the timber back, and cultivate and rear forests of | the same order as the extensive Black forest in Germany. The culmination in our present ideas may not be in this gen- eration. It took Germany 200 yvears to make the famous Black forest what it is now. But the United States will proba- make as much progress in that line in fifty years as Germany has done in two cel’_\*\lflt& “The climate of Pennsylvania is far more healthful than that of any other State in the Union, but the people do not know it. Besides, they cannot enjoy out- door life at present without trespassing on some one’s or corporation’s domains. There will be no need for our citizens to ’o to the Adirondacks, to Colorado, Cali- ornia, Florida or eisewhere when we once get these timber preserves in full operation for healthful outdoor recrea- | tion. Ome out of every 1000 persons dies of pulmonary consumption in the Adiron- dack region, while in the Keystone State the rate is only one in every 1330 persons. “It is only a question of time when Pennsylvania will be cailed upon to taks care of its consumptives and find a way to prevent the spread of that dreaded dis- ease, Our State timber reservations will be the remedy to helr the State out of that dilemma."—Philadelphia Ledger. —_———— A Glib Witness. A female witness, possessed of a rich | brogue, was on the stand in Judge Don- ovan's court the other day. Her tongue moved so rapidly in the narration of her Story that her words were quite unintel- ltqlae‘ Finally the court interrupted: “Hold on! Not so fast! Not so fast! This n (point to the eourt sten- ographer) can te about 200 a minute, but you are going at the rate of 400. Give M:x ld chance !:} :nu‘h up.™ “Arrah, why dun’t yez a g man, Jedge? What does vez kape a slow skats fur. at all?’ was ready retort.—De~ i