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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
WOODS FOR FURNITURE.
Objections to Oak and Rosewood,
md Walnut,s Day IL Gone.

Objections to Oak and Rosewood.
md Walnu:'s Day IL Gone.
Some Of the best cabinetmakers are
chary Of working in oak. Really old
and we'll seasoned oak Is hard to get
and harder to work.
There Is no great quantity OF old oak
furniture In the market, and old pieces
that would supply large enough lumber
for important work are seldom found.
New kiln dried oak IL uncertain, being
liable to warp and crack
Paneled articles can he made Of such
material with some safety. but large,
solid articles are likely to give a bad
account Of themselves at the end OF q
winter In steam heated house.
Rosewood also the best cabinetmak.
ers distrust. This wood has q peculiar
~ oily quality that makes 1t uncertain
when glued. For this reason rosewood
is used chiefly as veneer Thin sheets
lose much Of their OH and take glue sat.
isfactorily.
Solid rosewood furniture is hard to
find. Rosewood veneer Is placed upon
cherry or even pine. and II Is not un-
common to find that the pine under
meath has cracked and in doing SO has
split the veneer. Such a defect IL
sometimes cured by the use of paste,
but sooner or later the gap rcappears.
Native walnut Is no longer favor1ts
with the cabinetmakers This wood
was in effect exhausted quarter of
century ago or more, and 1t Is now rs
expensive as mahogany and by no
means SO beautiful. French walnut IL
still used for gunstocks because Of its
relative lightness, durability and bean.
V. Circassan walnut is also imported
and used much in interior decoration.
Chestnut Is a good deal priced. not for
furniture. but for wainscoting and for
doors. 1t Is sometimes put up in the
rough with good effect and sometimes
oiled and polished. when 1t 10 rcmarka.
bly, beautiful. considering the cost
Gulf cypress Is used with great effect
In like fashion, and when filled and
oiled 1t makes one of the most beautl.
full OF woods for inexpensive Interior
decoration.
WtsS tuc OUO 5uO0t4Iut0 kOG
hogany. and It Is still a favortte wood
with the furniture makers. II is. how
ever. not easily obtained in properly
seasoned condition. for proper season
ing makes It expensive.
The fnct IL that with cherry, as with
oak and mahogany, the seasoning ia an
important element Of cost. The cabi.
netmaker who must sink his capital
for two or three years In wood that is
undergoing the process of seasoning
finds It hard to compete with those who
use kiln dried material.
Some Of the Inter Is seasoned In q
very few weeks. It looks we'll, and II
stands until the test Of changing at.
mospheric conditions is applied. when
1t shows its weakness.
Mahogany ia the favorite wood with
the best cabinetmakers. There Ia a
vast amount Of seasoned mahogany to
be had from ruinous old articles made
In the last century, when the rage for
mahogany was well developed. and.
while the new mahogany Is less beauti.
full than the old. S.-Nhasers Of fprni.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
THE EUCALYPTUS TREE,
In Rapidly and Hardness Of Its
Growth IL Has No Equal.

In Rnpidity and Hardness Of Its
Growth IL Has No Equal.
One Of the most useful and wonder
full of all the trees is the eucalyptus
1t ia predicted by the United States bu.
reau Of forestry that within few
years the different varieties of eucalyp.
tus will solve the fuel problem, both in
America and Europe. In the ranidity
and hardness Of Its growth this tree
has no equal. Five years from the
time Of planting groves raised from
seedlings will yield seventy-fve cords
OF stove wood an acre. Three to five
years from the time Of cutting sprouts
that spring from the stumps mature In.
to trees that produce more cords to the
acre than the original growth. Repeat.
cd cuttings add to the thriftincss of
the eucalyptus. A period of twenty.
five years will develop trees the size
Of oaks known to be 300 years old. In
some sections of the southwest where
oak has been nearly exhausted as fuel
the eucalyptus Is taking its place.
Some varieties thrive in tropical
swamps. Others flourish IN the noun.
tain SHOWS far above the timber line.
To every degree of climate and condi.
ton between these extremes some spe.
cies from this prolific genus IL adapted.
Scientists have demonstrated that GU
calyptus has wonderful effect upon
climate. From some Of the swampy
areas Of Italy malaria has been ban
ished by the growth of eucalyptus
groves. This is due both to the tonic
and medical effects Of Its aroma and
to the trees phenomenal capacity for
absorbing water.
Notwithstanding the latter trait.
however. some varieties Of the blue
gum will thrive on arid plains. Soil
on which not even cactus will live will
produce great eucalyptus trees.
The genus IL Invaluable as a source
OF timber. The uses 1t Is put to IN this
regard are amazingly diverse. In Aus
ualia 1t Is used extensively In the con
struction OF ships, buildings, bridges.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20

Ethc a thundcrboit, Stccd and TiAcl
leol'cd npOn tho trooper.
End the TROOPER: He lay among the
kramping horses feet. She saw him
bow. How had it all come about
Her mind was hewildered bur in spite
pr the princess assertion to the con.
trary Ler sight seemed unusually clear.
Good lance, fool" cried voice from
he kings box.
The Jester rides we'll" said another
I'The knight lance even passed over
lis head. while She fools struck fairly
With terrific force
But why did he select the Jester as
jn adversary" continued the frs,
Speaker
mistakes will happen in the confu
ion OF 4 melee. and he has paid for
his error was the answer. And
jacQueline knew that none would be
held accountable for the treachcrous
Assault.
Now the fool had dsmounted, aud
(he observed that he was bending over
¬hcr jester who had been endorsed.
fWhy.' she murinured to herself il
3urprise. "Caillotte. AS good soldier
IS fool. Who among the testers
fould have unsented him.
But her wonderment would have in
Creased could she have overheard the
Conversation between the dukes fool
Ind Cai!lette as !hc former lifted the
Pther from the sands and assisted him
10 walk or rather limp to the testers
pavilion
did not tell you to beware of the
false duket' muttered Cnillette. not
uniting q parenthesis Of deceptive
Eroans
"Ah. if it had only been be instead"
began the fool.
"Why," Interrupted the seemingly in
Iured man, think you to stand up
AGAINST the boar of Uochfes:'
II would / might try said the 9th
pr quickly
"Your success with the trooper has
turned your head" laughed Caillette
softly. "Onc last word. Look TO your
Self. and fear not for me. Mine in
|urios. which | surmisc are internal.
fs they are not visible. will excuse me
FOR The day. Nor shall tarry ut the
palace for the physician. but 20
Ftraight ON without bolus. simples or
pills, u very Mercury for speed. Dan.
Der will eSchew. and a pretty maid
HAIL hold nc no longer than ii takes
- give her kiss in passing. Here,
leave me NJ TIE tent. Turn back to the
|iold or they will suspect. Trust no
pne, and you'll mind it not in a friend,
Pno who would serve you to the end
Forget the princess. Serve her. save
per, as YOU will, but remember women
pre- but creatures OF the moment
kdieu. mon ami"
And Caillettc turned rs one in grev.
Pus physical pain to an attendant. bid.
Ping him speedily remove the nrmor.
Ehile the dukes fool. more deeply
btirred than he cared tn show. moved
hCain Ia ~" '"
(TO BE CONTTNT'EDN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20

ceived that the dukes troorcr rad
swerved from his course and was bear
Ing down upon the dukes fool.
"Oh," she whispered TO herself. "the
master now retaiates on the jester"
and held her breath.
Had he. too. observed these sudden
rerhdious tactics? Apparently. Yet
he seemed not to shun the issue.
"Why does he not turn aside:"
thought the maid. "He might vet do
1t. a fool and knight. forsooth.'
But the fool pricked his horse deep.
ly. 1t sprang TO the struggle mn,lly.
Crash, like a thunderbolt. stecd and
rider lenped upon the trooper. Then
* was Jacuuclinc had mulrn,red,
"They have killed him. not doubling
Tor moment that he had sped TO de
Htruction.
A second swift glance. and through
the veil. less obscure she saw the
Jester riding. unframed. his lance un
Broken. IInd he escaped after all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
CTO BE CONTINUED)

FegI~rt q: s..' .-.nDa;ii hy .le Jews.
The sabbath j. as g.ar.ngly neglect.
fd here as elsewhere The synayogues
re as poorly attended now as they
verc before tho advent Of the Daylds
hat are rcputed 70 have slain the Go
iaths Of ilnpious reform. Among the
mere handful that are drawn to the
houses Of worship the mourners pre-
Dominate, while men and boys again.
fven among these, are painfully in the
minority.
Passing along the streets in New
Fork where the names of the firms
Justify the assumption that their MEN,
pers are OF the "chosen people" none
reminded on Saturday morning Of
hything that would indicate a dispo-
itlon to keep the day holy" They
'ho Know of what they are speaking
pre- sure that even in the ghetto dis
rict the number Of them who from ne
cessity are forced to ignore the Satur.
pay SABBATH has been steadily tpcreas.
ng.-Jewlsh Reform Advocate
""hH"rfri Memory.
1t has often been sad of Dir. Rlchord
Barnett OF the British museum that
there Is no question OF research one
fan put to him that he cannot answer
This fact" writes Harry Furnlss
was demonstrated to me by a friend
bf mine, who had spent years inveeti.
eating an obscure subject of which
but very few people have any knowl-
bdge at all. He searched for months
In continental libraries for some infor-
nation on one particular point without
effect. Coming to London. he asked
Or. Garnett If he could put him ON the
rack. we have only one book IN the
museum replied the doctor, touching
npon that. / will send for 1t. You
will find all You want on page $780,"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
An Engllsh Joke.

"What people are always sure Of
finding the biggest nsh near theu
constr"
"Give 1t up"
THE English. because they can 81
ways f1nd Wales"
"Oh. pshaw Wales isn't whales
mo- you stupid. But don't tho Eng.
lish drop their h'a?"-Cleveiand Plain
Dealer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-30
THE CALL OF THE FUTURE.

Des Moines News.-One Of the
greatest railway men In the world has
predicted that within twenty years
the steam locomotive will be found
only In museums and that its place
will be supplied by electric motor, pro-
pelling trains across the continent at
the rate Of seventy-flve miles an hour.
Such possibility as this strikingly
illustrates the astonishingly rapid rate
OF development in which the mechani-
cal world is progressing. The nine
teenth century was the age Of steam:
the twentieth century is to be emphat-
ically the age Of electricity.
No one can safely predict the limits
to which electrical development will
proceed, but it is safe to say that at
the end Of this century conditions OF
life upon this globe will be wonder
fully changed from those which now
exist, by reason of the increased
ability of man to control this mysteri-
Gus but marvellous force to his adj
vantage.
Some disconnected ones will tell you
young man, that the more labor saw
Ing devices human intelligence pro-
duces the smaller are your chances of
success. This is the dismal plant OF
short sighted, small-souled pessism
Beware of it.
1t was considered q labor-s saving
device to build the steamship, but the
steamship has brought the whole world
into four very close and compact cor
ners. 1t was considered a labor-sav-
ing device to build the locomotive, but
the locomotive takes you to the open
plains, the fertile valleys and the gold
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-30

lined mountain sides, SO you can reacl
the harvests of the Almighty, which
mad you relied on your tired legs,
could never have been gained.
IN the near years to come New York
VIII be one in mighty chain of great
cities. Fifty years ago San Francisco
was only q village Of shacks. Thirty
years ago the Omaha, the Kansas City,
the Seattle, the Los Angeles, Of TO-DAY
were only misty dreams of the few
VINO dared to look to the future with
faith. "4.D
The boy Of today has little to fear
that the field Is becoming overcrowded
IN our own country 1t is Just being
opened. 1t is for the young men who
are just beginning to think what a
wonderful world this is, to study well
the achievements Of the past and ia
see In what manner they are to be-
improved. -
Never did the world call more loudly
more mistakenly, for young men with,
Iorce, enerev and purpose-young men
trained to do some one thing-than
today. And every year that cry grows
louder, more insstent.
But the times demand men of large.
liberal, energetic minds, and the man
who insists on doing business in this
old fashioned, humdrum way is as
much behind the procession as Is the
man who insists on travelling with an
OK team instead of by railway.
No opportunities today?
Young man when a small souled
pessimist Kisses that lie at you, give
him the laugh, and dig in your bid
snare OF Gods great goodness to thi1
age of ours.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-30
There's
demand that he show them. T

demand that he show them. There's
dignity for you.
Now the Judge" may have had
some peculiar system of his own for
handling the delicate business which
he conducted apparently so success
fully among the law makers at Al
bany, but if it wasn't dishonest, he
can improve his standing in the COM
munity by revealing it's secrets. It's
a little hard to see how he could get
rid of all that money in an absolute
ly honest manner and still be around
a bunch of men among whom, as he
says, there was no more than nor
NAL proportion of honest ones.
But still, we have no business ques.
tioning the truth of the statements OF
a man like Judge" Hamilton. He is
dangerously ill-the doctor says so
He might die If he were to leave Paris
He can't come to New York to defend
himself and certainly he can't make
as good a defense in writing as he
could orally. However, he has done
pretty well in writing, everything con
sidered But one can't help regrettins
that he neglected to tell about the
way he handled those law makers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-30
JOHN poNER.

In the death Of John Doner, for ten
years sheriff of Monroe county, that
community loses valuable peace Of
ficer and a good citizen. Mr.. Doner's
death came after long illness and
it was possible to forsee 1t for weeks
before it actually took place, but the
shock to his many friends was none
the less severe.
Mr.. Doner was every inch a man
and every inch a good official. He
served Monroe county In a way that
made his name known over several
states. Politically he was democrat,
but he was elected time and again, by
good majorities over some of the best
republicans who could be nominated
in Monroe county with its hundreds of
republican majority on other issues.
It was no dshonor to be beaten by
Sheriff Doner. He was good sheriff
and the people knew it and kept him
in office.
1t would take a volume to recount
the many pieces of good
work as sheriff that John
Doner did. But withal he was
not vindictiye. His prisoners admired
his fairness and manliness and appre-
ciated the treatment he accorded
them. His fellow citizens respected
him for. his many good qualities and
the sorrowing relatives he leaves be-
hind have the sincere sympathy OF
men in every part of Iowa who knew
John Doner.
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PAPER he could not accept courtesies
rom the government because he ex-
pected to write things about that gov
eminent for his paper.
NOW, if Mr. Bryan writes things he
VIII, no doubt, say things. And if he
says things Ottumwa people will prob
amy hear from his own lips what he
thinks of the administration Of affairs
under the control of the United States.
and, also, il he talks, Mr.. Bryan will
PROBABLY use language that is as full
u criticism as Christmas turkey is
OF stufting. For surely Mr.. Bryan
could find nothing good about the
Phllippines. Those islands denote the
untorgetable fact that the American
nation ignored Mr.. Bryan's cry about
Imperialism" What? Have you for
gotten about imperialism" That is
What was going to happen to the Phil.
lpplnes when the United States re-
fused to give the islands to some other
nation. Mr.. Bryan and all his lieuten-
ants on the stump told all about it.
But human memory is short Too bad.
Yes, when Mr.. Bryan comes home
ne will no doubt have ready volume
OF lectures on the Course of Imperial
lsm,' or some other such high sound
Ing title. He can get dates and he
will have many listeners, but it is safe
to predict that they will go to see him
and to hear him justify mis- reputation
for splendid oratory. Judging from
the returns four and eight years ago,
that is about all the claim Mr.. Bryan
has ever had to fame anyway. He
was splendid success as an orator.
undeniably, his flow of language is
pleasing to the ear, but his arguments
have never yet stirred the country to
Its depths and there is little reason to
expect that it will at any time in the
future. All in all, Mr.. Bryan might
just as we'll have accepted Mr.. Ide's
invitation, saved hotel bills and turned
his back on his conscience when he
| sat down to write his scathing articles
on the conduct Of the government in
the Philippines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-30
PROMOTING RIFLE PRAcTlcE


Prospects for additional national aid
to rifle practice along the lines of the
recommendations of the national board
for the promotion of rifle practice, ap-
pears to be fairly good. Senator Dick
author of the "Dick" bill which ac-
complished so much for the militia, has
introduced an amendatory act which
is supported by the national guard Of
ficers, which appropriates $2O0O,OOO,
instead of $1,000,O00 carried in the
"Dick" bill. Of this a portion is made
available for the promotion of rifle
practice. including the acquisition con
struction, maintenance and equipment
OF shooting galleries and suitable tar
get ranges" The same bill has been
introduced in the house by Represent
alive Morrell of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the house committee on mill
tia. The national board will meet in
Washington in January as will the as
ISOLATION Of officers of the national
guard and it is expected that the Dick
Morrell bill will receive quite an i'm
petus from these meetings. Should
the bill pass, the ranges and shoot
ing galleries would be open to civilian
clubs under regulations approved by
the secretary of war. Should this
measure fail Of passage it is hoped by
militiamen that the Wiley bill or one
on the same lines can be passed.
The object Of the promotion of rifle
practice is obviously to fit the average
citizen for military duty. Under pres
ent conditions there are great many
men who, were war declared, would
enlist if needed, but who cannot make
even an average score with rifle.
Workmanship Is an important asset
in an army and the men who have in
terested themselves in the movement
for the promotion of rifle practice
want to build up the general average
of proficiency with the rifle Not only
will the militiamen share the bene-
fits of the movement, but private citi-
zens, who can be made to see the, wis
dom of the plan, will have the same
opportunity to improve their knowl-
edge Of rifle shooting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-30
CHRISTMAS GIVING.

If nothing else were done to create
happiness and good cheer, Christmas
time would still be the greatest of in
stitutions for its happy custom OF CIV
ing to charity. While it is pleasant to
remember and be remembered by
friends, the greatest joy comes from
making glad those creatures OF mis-
fortune who see SO few happy days in
the whole years round. In almost
every city throughout the land there
are to be found men and women who
take their greatest Christmas pleas
ure from making others happy. II 1t
is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive, then these good people are
surely crowned with divine benedic-
ton. Though they expect absolutely
no material returns for their generos-
ity they are paid over and over again
If they are privileged to distribute
their gifts themselves and to note the
expressions of JOY and gratitude that
| light up the faces of their benefi-
Charles.
Toll, that painter, whose every line
| is all shaded and whose brush leaves
scars on every brow and cheek it
| touches, is seldom cheated of its own.
| WOGhelS SHOULDERS. UUW -uluSi ZIG
weight of labor, their faces become
| lined and wrinkled, and set in a stub
born determination to do, despite
weary muscles and stiffened joints,
But on Christmas day the lines that
toll makes are wiped out, the wrin-
kles become simply lines and the lines
disappear The poor workers heart
rejoices when he becomes the recipi-
ent Of Christmas treat, and when
he sits at the head of a table about
which are grouped his wife and chill
dren, all enjoying the contentment
that comes from the satisfaction OF
a healthy appetite. The poverty does
not dull the desire for eating. Appar'
emily it sharpens it, and blind fate
has never yet been known to bestow
upon poor man any but a rich appe'
tite.
Since Christmas day the newspa-
pers have contained accounts OF
Christmas dinners given for the poor
and of private and public acts of char
| ity. Christmas giving has been very
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HANDY ANDY.

A. Doctors certificate is recognized
" boys who dislike attending school
is splendid safeguard against a
whipping by angry pedagogues. Who
of us is there but was glad when he
fell under an attack of some childhood
i'll and had to stay home from school
even from Sunday school-to be pet
ted and coddled and worried. over by
anxious parents ? But after school days
are over it is seldom that an illness
Is welcomed. Once in great while,
however, doctors certificate Is a
good thing even for grown-ups, and
just now Judge" Andrew Hamilton,
who, it seems, did the extra fine work
for the life insurance companies in
their dealings with the New York leg
islature, is enjoying the immunity that
the M. DIS signature gives.
Mr.. Hamilton, it appears from his
statement sent from Paris. was con-
fdential agent for number of the
big life insurance agents. Some gross
1 " careless persons might say he was
paymaster to the gang of legislators
who subordinate their constituents in.
terests to their own. But Judge Ham.
Nton doesn't put it that way. In his
statement he says that he wants it
distinctly understood that he was not
m any way dishonest in his dealings
with the New York legislators While
he says he prevented the passage OF
bills inimical to the life insurance
business, and while he intimates that
this work cost the companies much
hard cash, (not checks), he adds q
postscript in which he protests that
his actions were perfectly honest and
honorable, that he would not stoop tc
anything SO low as, for instance buy
ing legislators votes
Now Andy is a long way from New
X and the doctor says it would be
st suicidal to leave Paris with his
!, in its present state. And dis
], which lends enchantment. gives
,rtain feeling of security too. Sc
.dy swells up and tells the New
ork legislative investigating commit
zee that even If he had check book
stubs showing his transactions at AL
bany. he would consider it highly i'm
proper for the inquiry commission tc