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Great Bear Pure Spring Water.
4 gallons for SOC. Office, 7O4 18th.

Women's suits cleaned with surprising
thoroughness. A. f. Bornot & Bro, 1924 F st
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Byron S. Adams Promises

prompt and satisfactory printing, and inva-
rlaply fulhlls the promise. 512 18th St.
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Brides Ride in Elegance

and comfort in Downey's Bridal" Carriages.
Hired reasonably. Stables 10000 L st. n W.
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v. Baldwin Johnson's Coal, 612 9th st.
NoteI-50 cts. discount for spot cash. Why
waste il? No fake OF trickerY here--A dvt
Departmental Social Club.

The Departmental Social Club, composed
of government employees largely, has ar
ranged to give It's annual reception Wednes-
day evening, October 49, 1905, at True Re-
formers Hail. on u street northwest
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Another Place to Rent Houses"

Stone & Fairfax have an uptown Office"
at 1912 New York ave, adjoining the corner
of 18th Drop in and get their list.-Advt.
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Is the richest and purest product of the very
finest creamery. At grocers. Pictures free
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Baltimore and Return. 81 az

Via Pennsylvania railroad. every Saturday
and Sunday. all trains except Congressional
Limited.-Advt
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To Try It is to Like It.

Red Glover Creamery Butter has the quail
ity and purity to appeal to discriminating
folks. Art pictures free All grocers. 1t
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Rare old laces cleaned. but made to re-
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Table Cloths Laundered for Sc.
Red Glover Creamery Butter

when your laundry bill for household linen
amounts to &c Tolman Laundry 9th and c.
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Advertisements are received at The Stars
branch office, Kings drug store. corner Yer
mont avenue and street, at Segular rates
Wants and rooms for rent ! cent word
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When You Want Fusselrs Ice Cream
phone 1913. Prompt delivery. 1927 N. Y.ave.
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Visitors in the City Will Find

an interesting collection of antique furni-
ture and beautiful home decorations at No.
1909 H st. Brown & Tolson, Auctioneers.
Convenient to all lines of street cars.
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j. Richard Riggles, 927 9th st. NV.
John W. Masury's Mixed Paint.
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Elk Grove Butter-matchless in quality.-At
A Cancer Book.

How to care for cancer. How to overcome
the pain How to overcome Its develop
ment. How to diet the patient All the
emergencies are fully given in a book pub
lished for DR.. Benz. F. Bye. indianapolis,
Ind. Sent free to those affiicted.-Advt.
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Leading grocers sell Golden Brand Hams
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Golden Brand Bacon, standard in quality.
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Be sure it's the Elk Head" At grocers.
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Elk Grove-the choicest, sweetest Butter,
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For Sale-Gentleman's Blood Bay,
Very stylish driving or business horse.
PRINCE, Fotografer.
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Unadulterated Ice Cream.
Rosenfeld's, So H ST. ne Phone E 1908.
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Roses-We Grow Them-Violets.
Get our prices before buying elsewhere
Kramer, Florist 916 f St NV. oc1O-tf
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S1.25 To Baltimore and Return $1.25
Pennsylvania railroad, Saturday and Sun
day, tickets good on all trains except Con-
gressional Limited. and good for return I'M
til Sunday night.-Advt.
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A. B. c. Headache Powders.
Immediate relief. Druggists. Zoe.
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Another Place to Buy Houses. )"

Stone & Fairfax have an uptown office"
at 1912 New York ave. adjoining the corner
of 18th. drop in and get their Iist.-Advt.
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$500 Los Angeles or San Francisco,
Cal, and Return,
baltimore and Ohio r. R. October 16 tn N
i1ckets good returning until November 90
Account w. c. T. U. convention Consult
agents for particulars.-Advt
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]. H. Small & Sons, Florists,
14th and G SITS, Washington: Waldorf-Asto-
ria and 1853 Broadway, New York.-Advt.
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Exchange That Ancient Machine Of
thine for the Wheeler & Wilson new D 8.
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1929 G ST., Turkish Bath,
Under new management. Never closed.
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Save the Pieces! Royal Glue Mends EN-
China, toys, furniture. etc. Druggists. 10c.
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Golden Leaf Lard is exceptionally fine
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Branch Office, VT. Ave. and I St.

Remember to say The Elk Head "-Advt.
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Golden Brand Hams will please you-Advt
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$4s.25 to Principal Pacific Coast Points

? hO'"9o 70 Z 1t11N1P's1 et0i1tC OOttSI Z O1IIIS
Baltimore and Ohio r. r. daily until Octo-
Der 80. Consult agents for particulars
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Small Orders for Spruce Laths

are as welcome as the largest Lowest prices
Eisinger Bros, 2109 7th NV. Phone \. 1173
oc13-d, eSu,3
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Baltimore and Ohio r. r.,
Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains
both ways, both days. except Royal Linz
tied. Hourly Service weekdays.-Advt.
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Best Butter for Home Tables.
Red Glover Creamery Butter. All grocers'
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New Cabinet Grand Piano at Auction,
Wednesday next, II noon Fine instru-
ment; beautiful mahogany case. Come in
and see it. Wilson & Mayors, 1927 G st. 1t
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Not a Question of Chance

Golden Leaf Lard-Acme of Purity.-Advt.
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We Store and Sell Furniture.
Brown & Tolson, Aucts, 1909 H st. oc11-4
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Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co.,

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$1.oo Frederick, Antietam (Keedys-

WV 11eue1iCh, AHtIetdm (Aeeuys-
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more and Ohio r. r. station 8 am. Sunday,
october Is. Beautiful scenery en- route
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EXCURSIONS.

Elk Grove-a Butter you'll relish.-Advt.
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Golden Brand Bacon-tempts the appetite
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Baltimore and Return, $1.25,

The Elk Heads" sign of quality.-Advt.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
N 8 h os j: no nsEmADE
BY Russia to&the Selection of Vssis-
lngtons AZ conferenee
9i5 u. N Point Il;
SHaNsNt

WASHINGTON IS i !. June 80. ere.
dence was given here ii sotilsiaI cir:
cles3tolt heSreports from ST Petersburg
that Russia Will demand e;opening
Of the question $as y Tie placs Of
meeting Stors the 'eonamissf oners.
It Is emphatlcally denied thai ex-
changes to that end are now psaeeed-
Ing between Foreign Minister Lams.
dorf and Washington Count Gassini.
the Russian ambassado Tor, Nj Takattra
the Japanese Minister Assistant Sec:
Rotary Of State q oomis and Nh. Loeb,
SECRETARY ito the President are those
declaring thatsno3 such step Is III CON
temptation toE the best 81 our knowl-
edge 4!
Although Russia did not suggast
Washington 5as Sa place. of eeting, t.
cl:eerfully and read ly assented to
that5suggestion when made by Japan.
Any action looking to- ID change could
not n, be construed IN any Other light
bysstheirS goyernmen than as an iin.
called for reelection. II Is believed
that the personnel sof the peace COM
mission wilt be made public before
the mlddle of this week;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
GOMEZ, LlRERAToR
OF CUBA, IS DEAD.
Creator of.tne Republic Of Cuba
s5tj Passed Away Il
Saturday.

HAVANA, Cuba, June l9.- en-.
Maxine Gomez, thefidolSof the Cuban
people and the one man of :all 9th,
ers to whom the little island republic
owes its existence, died at Ills resi-.
depce Saturday night, after an illness
lasting more than a month. The i'm.
mediate cause Of death was the fall.
ure of the liver and kidneys to per.
form their normal functions. At the
bedside of:the dying soldier were gath.
cred all Of the members OF his imme.
dlate family, although he had been
unconscious, nearly all Of the after
noon. He slowly passed from life
unto death, suffering no pain whatso.
ever. and the transition was so quiet
that 1t was not until the attending
physician held up his hand as a sig.
nal that life had left the body that
those at the bedside knew that life
was extinct. g
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19


|sha ding sion shouted; Taese
|preessd ings are disgrace the
State ana county and Tits court can i
80 40 the devil ss lSSS
He then left the court loon. Judge
Allen dered3 a recess OF one hour$to
fe..nits Judge Blant on to reconsider.
AS A he failed 70 put in an appearance
When the court reconyened Judge al.
len directed the defendants Ito sarise
and the following dialogue resulted
Gentlemen YOU are accused OF
having conspired to bring about the
murder Of J.sB. Marcum at Jackson.
Did you do so?s "
we did not and we are innocent
u believe you. There is no evil
dence to support the contention that
q crime was committed. You are all
discharged" Y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
ut Means DEVELOPMENT.

y Pesslmists declare that the assess,
ment Of coal, oil and gas lenses will
scare capital away from the State and
will retard development The fact&is
tuststhe contrary. It will promote de,
.yelopmentI The tendency will be to
open every valuable tract f$land in
the State that is now being held for
speculative purposes. , AZ;
One Of the earliest effects Of taxa:
ton Of leases will be the discourag.
ing Of the practice of spectators Of
holding immense tracts in ldleness.
There are thousands Of acres Of coal
land in West Virginia which could be
opened for mining operations now,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
tie TERMS i: OF PEACE.
GERMANY MAKES STATEMENT OF
Fab TERMS FOR SETTLING
THE EASTERN WAR. 3!!i,
(By lPubllshers' Press. ],

. IA. Nbys ifupllSnerAYtsr eSSr e ~ t2S
BIRMINGHAM. Eng. Juno 10
Following up tile report autographed
by the Paris correspondent Y Of the
London Daily Mall to the effect that
the Kaiser has been sounding the
powers on the subject Of calling an In
ternatlonal conference to settle the
Far Eastern war, the Post today
makes reinstatement that a draft OF
what Germany considers to be fair
terms for settling the war Is being
circulated among the powers
These terms have been suggested
as being likely to;5insure3 a durable
peace5in the Far East. The document
was prepared by Prince9von Buelow
who has had a;number Of conferences
recently with the Russian Ambassa.
dor to Berlin. !.
i The terms as outlined provide for
tLe payment Of an indemnity&of 25,.
100000 pounds. to Japan IN three an.
ualSinstallments. the return Of all the
informed Russian war vessels to Rus
sla: The recognition Of a Japanese
protectorate over corea, and the ire:
turn Of Manchurla to China. Russia
is to be allowed to retain control Of
the Manchurlana and Eastern China
railways. Y. Nh
These terms are SO moderate and
the; fact that they have been. issued
from the German court, TO which til
known the Gar has been inclined to
look for advice and support In deter:
mining to continue the war, at for,
mer periods when the agitation in ia;
yor of peace became pronounced,
have strengthened the belief Of Japan
that Russia does not really desire
peace ut this time, but Is only nego
tiating to gain time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
told JUDGE no
GOkTO IHEsDEVIL
Trial Of the ttarsls anil Breaks
sS55s Up 10 vielent
81 w Row. Is ~
The Prosecuting Attorney sreaks
s Out In Passion and In Heated S5
ri Terms
Curses the Court, Calls at Dis:
honest, and Quits the n Y
Case. n,

LEXINGTON, KY, June f9.-The
attempt of the Fsyette county author
tiles ito convict the members Of. the
Hargis family, including Judge Har-
sis, Of PBreathitt county, and B. F.
French Of having nstigated the mur.
der by Curt Jettt OIL. 3. Marcum at
Jackson came to naught and the de:
PENDANTS were discharged 5by Judge
ALLEN after County Prosecutor Blan.
ton had withdrawn from the case in
anger, consignins the court and jury
to perdition for its attitude in the
case. He openly accused Judge Allen
Of being a tool of Judge Hargis and
the political organization and claimed
that the prosecution OF the accused
lad been undertaken by Allen in or.
der that an honest, hearing might
be avoided. The, scenes in the court
room were sensational In the extreme
and there is possibility that another
bitter; feud which will cost many lives
has been born of Saturdays proceed.
ings. 9: y ',tfiS vi l
Trouble Was Expected.
It was plain early in the day that
trouble was to be expected. BY di.
rection Of the court every man who
asked admission to the court room
was Searched for weapons and when
any were found they,fwere placed in
safe keeping. When Mrs. Marcum,
widow of the murdered man, was call.
ed to the stand, she was subjected to
a humillating cross.examination by
the attorneys for the defense, The
questions were objected to by Pros.
ecutor Blanton and were time and
again allowed by Judge Allen. Finally
Mr.. Blanton jumped to his feet and
with face white and eyes flashing de.
manded that the witness be given
fair play" Judge Allen told him to
sit down and ordered the witness to
answer.
Roasted the Court. I
Blantont then jumped to his, feet and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
SENATOR SG0TIl
HAS Something 10 Say Relative TO
VI y Government oSnershi Does III
y. y N Not 81 lieye lnS W

After an extensive trip to Europe,
Senator n: B; Scott Of Vest Virginia.,
has returned 70 this country more
than ever convinced that government
ownership Of railroads Is not a sue,
cess. r Il
When on the return voyage on the
Wilhelm H. from SCherbourg, France,
he went into the ubjectsyery exten:
sively with an expert engineer who
had spent two years III Australia for.
the express purpose Of studying tho
same subject 4 Hi
III Using the data and information
thus supplied, Senator Scott has
come to the conclusion that tie gov:
ernment-ownership plan is no. desira;
| Bile. + gs
The debt of Australia Is as big as,
the debt OF the United States" he
said, "and leakages in one department
illustrates how the, others are run. 81
rake the railroads, for instance
The government places!the control Of
the interests in the hands Of a few
directors. These men have not the
personal interest that would be
eyinced by a directorate composed;
Of men who would draw dividends Of
the road were successful aud who
would lose money in the contrary
case. 555
II understand it is extremely diff.
cult even to secure a quorum at the
directors meetings. giAs aSresult Of
this lack Of interest things are run
through in shipshod manner, &C.
counts are not too carefully scru.
tinted, and as "a consequence much
money is lost. az /,
1T nearly always Is the rule that
the man whose pocketbook is the
most nearly affected is the one who
will look most carefully after the cor.
porate interests in which his capital
is invested. Private ownership makes
for public prosperity" s4s Ei-t
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
UNITED STATES STEEL
EXPLOITS; WA. COKE.

NEW YORK, June 19.-The United
States Coal{& Coke Company, a sub
sldary company of the United States
Steel Corporation, has completed all
Its arrangements for an extensive ex.
ploitation Of the coklng industry Of
West Virginia. The plans Of the
United States Coal & Coke Company,
it Is expected, will result in record
breaking output of coke in West Vir-
slnia. Last year the industry showed
a production of 2,27G,45l tons and this
figure, no doubt, will be greatly In
creased this year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
but &hlch&is held BY Sd wilo are
simply hanging on until tlley din eet

49, ~ = alS <
simply hanging onglintll they can ret
a higher price. This class sot eepla.
tors has been the great st Oh stacle
toSthe progress of vfrsInsa en-,
der the old conditions tile lands we.s
no expense to item 4 The 4 siiail
amour Of taxes charged tosthe lands
was paid by the owners of Tie sur.
face and y the speculatprs with the
leases had nothing Whatever IL pay.
They were Sslmpl holding valuable
property idlenessSb bench ting mo one.
getting full protection Ok the law and
paying not cent for the prlviIoge.
This$wlll 3hereatt he changed. The
leaseswillt be taxed lat their full Syalne,
and the yspsculatoes wont care 10 CON
tinue holding the land iii idieness
when they have 10 pay outS hard cash
itlftaNess They will either take stepa
TO develop their holdings that they
may secure "a return or they Will dts-l
pose OF II to- persons who Will. II
VIII mean the opening of thousands
ofiacres TO the pick and drill that have
hitherto not only Spaid nothing 70 the
State but have dded nothing 10 the;
general welfare M the way of giving
employment and promoting bnsiness.
Wheeling News. isli
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
Warrant swo,lr.e out.

a, R. Hall appeared before Mayor
kdinsey this morning and swore out
a warrant for the arrest Of Ed. shinn,
charging him with assault. 1t seems
that the former went to the home Of
the latter Saturday to collect debt
and after some words shlnn is alleged
toShave struck him with a stick. The
case Will be heard Tuesday morning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
BALTlMo RE &. OHIO R. r. J.
Popular, seashore Excursions, Allan
stIcs City, Cape May, Ocean City,
Sea Isle City, n. y, Ocean City,
e Md and Rehoboth
Beach, Del.
sThursdays, June %, July s and 90,
August 3, Il, 81, at the Fol- ri
lowing Very Low
i: Rates. f.5i

From Fairmont only $40 round trip,
tickets good in coaches only. Il,
Only; $12 round trip; tickets good in
Pullman cars when accompanied by
regular Pullman ticket.
All tickets good returning 16 days,
including date Of sale.
Stops allowed on return trip
at& Philade lphia, Baltimore and Wash.
ington. Il; 4 !5s,5
Ask Baltimore and Ohio ticket
4 agents for pamphlet giving detailed
lid formati lon. +
a T. j'- =
TalkSWith {, IIInktna a Michael. \
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19

tcrbeit eguiaxly, y Il, .Ss fs5s
indigestion d making an awful record
- q cause ofs sud den deaths. Ittis beat
ing heart:f failure! in It's CHASTITY harvest.
YoaEread in the papers daily Of jappar.
emily healthy and even robust men 6eing
suddenly attackSd with acute indigestion
alter njoying a Hearty meal, and Of their
dying ~ many cases before physician
could be called iii. w II, ID 81 p &.
IThis shonld be warning to you who
suffer with regular or periodical attacks
cfindige stior. II these unfortunate vic.
TINS of acute indigestion had taken a
small dose Of Green S August Flower be
fore:or;a after their meals they would not
hayefallen a prey to such sudden seizures.
"a August lower prevents indigestion by
creating good digestion. IT also regulates
the liver purifes the blood and tones up
the entire systemsin q natural way.
9Two si1es, asc and 7sc. All druggists.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-19
w. /. u. Meetlna,.

The regular weekly meeting Of the
", 6, 7. " will be held in the Ii
brary parlor Tuesday evening, June
30 at go ?. N. Devotional. Mrs.
]. G. Miller. Topic, -FOUR Llteurture,
Methods of Distribution" Discus
sion: II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
Twenty Page Magazine With Colored Cove

,Marh26 the INSTALL Of ousT wv
contain of by
AND Printed
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-01-05

young man when IN
the war Of 1912 he directed at Queens
town, on the Niagara River. a series
Of engagements in which We're blend
ed, according to one historian. the most
perfect plan of arrangements, the most
undaunted courage the most disas.
trous defeat ana the most triumphant
success.
The battle of Lundy's Lane brought
Scott into action again Although he
was wounded early in the engagement,
he fought on, gallantly charging the
enemy MS they advanced.
War after war followed in the na-
rcer of the soldier until finally tha
Mexican war brought to him his treat-
est glory II was one OF the most pie
turesque campaigns Of history, daring
IA conception and execution.
Despite his years Gen. Scott served
IN the Civil War until he was no long
or able TO bear the har1ships of the
camp and the fed Few men can
show such long record Of service foc
their country rs can he lie served
from 1872 until November. isGl
Ills entire life was devoted % the
cause and the welfare Of the uited
states. In defense against fore ~ in
vadcrs Iii advances into lie enemys
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-01-05

Seats more or less resembling stools
that is, seats without backs were In
general use among nations possessing
a certain degree Of civilization in pre-
historic times. What those were like
in the early historic period We know
from aH examination of EGYPTIAN
monuments, from n study Of Greek
vases or from Etrurian or Roman an
Equities that are stored in European
museums. The Egyptian dcitios are
seated generally on granite blocks the
backs of which are raised few inches
only, giving distant resemblance to
chair. That the Egyptians had seats
more comfortable for domestic use IS
possible, but we have every reason to
suppose although they possessed a
high degree of civilization. that their
idea Of home comforts was not that of
rpdern times.
The common people probably sat on
blocks Of stone or wood or spraWlcd
about on the ground with some sort
OF carpet that also served for a bed
The EtrE:ians. ancient Inhabitants OF
Italy before the arrival of the Romans.
appear to have preferred the reclining
posture, In which they are usually rep.
resented on the sarcophaguscs fin the
museums