Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-15
Thrones.
Some Specimens, Ancient and Mod ern.
 From the New York Timesl

Some Specimens, Ancient ahd Modern. From the New York Times.l
 King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands has lately had his palace thoroughly cleaned and calcimined, and is about to put entirely new furniture in the front parlor and the second story front bed room-the one in which his majesty usually sleeps He has sent to Bos- ton for his furniture, and among the other articles ordered by him are two thrones.
 Thrones have been in use since the begin ning of history, and frequent Improvements have been made in their pattern and manufac- ture. The original throne of the Etruscan and Roman kings was simply block of stone
 with a hollow scooped in the upper part of it. The more luxurious monarchs of Asia
 were in the habit of furnishing their thrones
 with silk cushions, 8 fashion which was adopted by the Roman emperors after the time of Tiberius. The same throne, with 8 silk cushion, remained in general use until modern times, and the first conspicuous de-
 parture from the ancient pattern was made by Louis XVI. of France, who had wooden
 throne built somewhat after the pattern of an
 arm chair, covered with velvet and stuffed
 with corn husks.
 The throne of Napoleon I. was a most in- genious and useful structure It consisted
 of pedestal six feet long, six wide and four high, on which was placed luxurious chair
 with head rest to be used when the empe-
 TOT was undergoing shaving. and writing
 desk on the right arm on which he could
 write bulletins The pedestal was filled with drawers and lockers in which were contain
 ed toilet articles, maps, guide books, canned
 peaches, and other provisions, Tauchniz, edition of popular novels an extra suit of clothes, spare crown and mattress, to- gether with a sufficient quantity of bedding.
 The pedestal was constructed that It could
 be readily converted into bedstead, and the
 emperor carried it with him through all his campaigns, including that of Waterloo, dur ing which it unfortunately entrusted to
 Dodd's Express company, with instructions to send it to Brussels, where, of course, 1t
 has not yet arrived.
 The throne of Queen Victoria has been en-
 larged several times during her reign and greatly strengthened with steel braces and extra legs, the queen preferring 1t to new
 throne on the ground that 1t was given to her by Prince Albert on their wedding day. It IS furnished with an extension on which
 the queen can rest her feet, and it can be tipped back until it forms couch. This has proved to be great convenience of late to her majesty, for when MT. Gladstone calls to see her to explain Irish affairs the queen simply tips back her throne, closes her eyes, and remarking, ''I can always listen better with my eyes shut" sleeps for two or three hours and wakes up quite refreshed by the time Mr. Gladstone has finished the opening sentence of his remarks
 The Spanish throne is very elaborate
 piece of furniture It is in the shape of 8 large SOIa, ana EpRn1Su 0llduSGC0 requires the king to lie at full length on it with 8 cigar in his mouth when receiving the visits of his ministers of foreign diplomatists. Underneath the throne is place for the roy | al guitar, and in each of the arms are draw CTS opened by concealed springs and filled ! with the best cigars. The springs of the cushion were somewhat injured during the reign of Queen Isabella, but the government is about to contract loan in order to send the throne to the upholsterer's where it can be thoroughly overloaded and repaired The throne of the king of Italy is of the
 arm chair pattern, and, though plain and in- expensive in appearance, it has hand organ concealed underneath the seat and operated by crank, which the king turns with his foot. It also contains little kennel for the
 royal monkey, but unfortunately the kennel
 is at present vacant, the last of the royal
 monkeys having died of pneumonia in Feb ruary last.
 The German emperor, in his love for sol dierIy simplicity, always uses common camp stool instead of throne, and it is only recently that he has consented to add to 1t an India-rubber r-cushion-presented to him by Peter Cooper-to relieve his mind of the strin which he necessarily undergoes when listening for two three hours to Prince Bismarck
 The Greek throne is home made aBair The late King Otho made it himself out of 9 barrel, and it was upholstered in very cred itable way by his queen. The whole expense of the affair was only 3 drachm e.