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The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
Coin That Named Portland.

Frank W. Pettygrove of Seattle baa
the penny that named the city OF Port
land, Oregon. On the toss Of this coin
depended the question whether the
willamette metropolis should be
known as Portland or Boston. Twice
the coin turned tails" and the town
was named after Portland. Maine, the
former home Of Mr.. Pettygrove's
father.
A. L. Lovejoy of Massachusetts,, a
member of the party that laid out Port
land. desired TO name it Boston, after
the most important city in his state.
Pettygrove wanted to name 1t Port
land, after the most important city in
Maine, his native state. They agreed
to toss a penny, heads to mean Boston.
tails to mean Portland, the best two in
three to be the choice. Pettygrove
won the first toss; Lovejoy won the
second, and the third proved to be
tails, and Portland it was.
The younger Pettygrove still has the
identical penny, and would not take
any amount of money for it. His father
kept it for a pocket piece, and it has
been handed down to the son, who
bears his fathers name 1t is dated
1885, and is one of those large coins
in vogue at that time, about the size of
the quarter of the present day.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
ANTS THAT GROW MUSHROOMS
Insects Make Excellent Gardeners ir
South America.

Prof. j. r. Alnsworth Davis give
latest proofs of Tie ants right to oui
applause. says the Philadelphia Rec
ord He says: In tropical America
the traveller in their native region oft
en- sees thousands of ants marching il
column of route, each holding in its
powerful jaws piece of green lea!
about the size of sixpence. Thes'
they take to their nests. The material
is used as an elaborate sort Of mush
room culture, requiring much more
skill and intelligence than that ii
which human beings engage. The
mushroom grower sets spawn in the
beds he prepares, but the ant does mo-
need to do this. The desired spawn
soon makes its appearance in the
chewed leaf. But In its natural state
II is inedible and must undergo care
full treatment before ii yields the
mushroom which the ant desires. The
necessary work is dcne by special
caste of gardener ants. These weed
out the obnoxious germs, etc. and,
pruning off the tips of the threads
preventing them from growing into
the air and producing useless toad
stools AS a result of this the threads
swell into inrumerable little rounded
white chickering's. each of which is
about one-fftieth of an inch across
1t is these which are the mushrooms
These curious bodies constitute the
sole food of the ant-or, at any rate
the chief food
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
Birds Driven Out to Sea.

In the far North. and particularly
along the ocean coast, birds are fire.
quAntly storm driven and lose their
bearings, so that many of them are
lost at sea. They keep floating in the
air, aimlessly striving to live. until
exhaustion compels them to drop into
the waves, which engulf them. There
is a well-authenticated case on record
of an ocean liner bringing into New
York on a winters day large white
owl which had dropped to one of the
forward spars in an exhausted condi-
tion more than 500 miles off the coast
OF Newfoundland.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
Borrowed Anslo-saxon Words.

Besides bridegroom" Anglo-Saxons
owe the word twelve" and their
method of reckoning in dozens instead
of tens to Norway. The people of
Norway and Iceland had way of
reckoning. which made ten equal
twelve by the addition of the word
"tolfraed," whence the English word
twelve-correspondi TO the Swedish
"dusin," when the word dozen. The
tolfraedic ten meant twelve, the toll
fraedic hundred meant a hundred and
twenty, and so on. This probably also
explains the medieval method of
counting six score to the hundred.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
GAIL HAMlLToN's LITTLE JOKE.
Remarkable Testimonial Given Depart
ina Hired Girl.

As a writer of testimonials Gall
Hamilton excelled. An Irish girl ap-
piled to the principal of the state nor
nal school at Salem for a situation
as cook, and exhibited with pride the
following testimonial from Miss Ham
ilton:
Margaret Finer has lived with me
fourteen weeks. l have found her in
yariably good tempered, immunda
dirty. cheerful. ohliging. eXitiora
tdestructive), respectful and incorrt
gihle. She is better cook than any
Irish girl l have ever employed, and
one of the best bread-makers l ever
saw With neatness and carefulness
and economy she would make an ex-
cellert servant. I heartily recommend
her TO all Christian phtlanthroDists and
her employer to divine mercy"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
EVER TREAT YOU so?
Coffee Acts the Jonah and viii Come
Up.

A clergyman who pursues his noble
calling in a country parish in Iowa.
tells of his coffee experience:
My wife and | used coffee regular
ly for breakfast, frequently for dinner
and occasionally for supper-always
the very best quality-package coffee
never could find a place on our table.
IN the spring of 1896 my wife was
taken with violent vomiting which We
had great difficulty in stopping.
1T seemed to come from coffee
drinking but we could not decide.
In the following July, however.
she was attacked a second time by
the vomiting. | was away from home
filling an appointment. at the time.
and on my return | found her very
low; she had literally vomited herself
almost to death. and it took some days
to quiet the trouble and restore her
stomach.
81 had also experienced the same
trouble, but not SO violently, and had
relieved 1t, each time, by a resort to
medicine.
But my wifes second attack satis-
fed me that the use of coffee was at
the bottom of our troubles. and SO we
stopped 1t forthwith and took on
Postum Food Coffee. The old symp-
toms Of disease disappeared and dur
Ing the 8 years that we have been
using Postum instead of coffee we
have never had recurrence of the
vomiting. We never weary of Postum,
to which we know we owe our good
health. This is simple statement
of facts" Name given by Postum
Company. Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book THE Road to
wellville." In each pkg.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
DaOoDet,

The night King Arthur climbed the dismal
stair
AT CameIot Cforsaken by his queen
And by his knights. without Il hope to
lean
His grief upon or comfort his despair,
About his feet within the darkness there
a Voice clung with low words and sobs
between
10! Dasonet thy fool. weeps here un-
seen.
Who ncvermore a smile shall make thee
wear!'
Alas for him who climbs the dismal steep
OF life aluue-who must endure the pain
or an o'erloving neart whose trust was
vain.
To whom a Voice comes from the shad-
deep
"Lo! ! am Love, thy poor fool. and l
weep
Because | ne'cr shall make thee smile
again"
Lucille Rutland in the Cosmopolitan.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
somethine Like a Pedigree.

Demetrius Commene, man boast
ing a pedigree that traced him from
the line of the Roman emperor Ira
Jan, was living in the time of Voltaire
and was a captain in the French
army His pedigree was the noblest
of any man then living or that has
since lived. for he had twenty-six
kings for his ancestors and eighteen
emperors. OF these six were emper-
ors of Constantinople. ten of Trebi-
zond and two of Heracleus Pontus,
eighteen king of Colchi and eight
Lac STRAY Stories.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
Trouble Enough for All.

Two city merchants were convers-
ing on business matters outside a
west end hotel. One of them was
commenting upon the slackness of
trade, and, perceiving at the moment
a flight of pigeons passing overhead.
he exclaimed: How happy are those
birdsl They have no acceptances to
meet"
To this the other merchant replied:
you are rather in error, my friend; !;
they have their bills to provide as well
as wei Exchange.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
WELDING COPPER.
1t is a Matter of Personal Skill and
Cannot Be Taught.

| A Los Angeles mechanic has redis-
covered the lost art, said to have been
/ possessed by the ancients, of welding
copper. But from his own description
it would seem that the recovery is
not permanent, and that the secret
will die with him, as his efforts to i'm
part it to others are not attended with
success. When asked to explain the
manner in which he made the discov-
cry, says the Los Angeles Herald, he
said:
Il began five years ago to weld cop
per just as ] weld iron. Copper weld
ing is an art, not science, and ev-
erything lies in the eye, in the ability
to take the metal from the fire at just
the proper moment.
Il have been experimenting in weld
ing processes for over twenty-five
years, and sir ce discovered the weld
ing color, have tried to teach it to my
men, but without success.
"They are unable to distinguish color
variations under fire, which is the one
essential, and which is perfectly sim
pie and easy for me. In this lies the
great trouble in teaching the process,
and this trouble is increased by the
fact that copper is a dead metal and
contains no carbon"
1t is very likely that the art among
the ancients was not general, and that
specimens which have been found in
the ruins of ancient cities were the
product of individual craftsmen, who
discovered and used it, and it died with
them, for the very reason set forth by
Mr.. Thos A. Mcneil, the Los Angeles
man using it, in his statement to the
Herald.-Nogales (Ariz.) Oasis.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

Over one million acres Of land In the
CIntah Indian reservation viii be
thrown open Tor settlement August 2sth.
ReGistra tion begins August LIST at Grand
Junction, Colorado. continuing tin August
L.. From Denver Colorado Springs or
Pueblo. the Colorado Midland Is the short
est route to Grand Junction or reseTVa-
tion points. Write G. II SpreTs G 2.
a. Denver. for booklet giving informa-
ton regarding land, rates, etc.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
More Flexible and Las.Ino,

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
money.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
T EA

The few top leaves of the
bush and a knowing cook
made tea for the few; alas
for the many!
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

This Is a hard world" growled the
chronic kicker That's what" replied
II is rocks"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

No man Is SO level-headed that h
can't get Il hat to tit him.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

etc permanently No nervousness after
I'll inst days Of Dr. klines
er. Send FREE 81. 90 trial bottle and treatse.
DE- L. Il. KLINE. Ltd. 33 Arch Street. Phade pAia, Pa
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

yoo not believe Pisos Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds-JoHS +.
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. 10, 1900.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

Most men are willing to admit that
honesty is the best policy-fOr others
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

Before a candidate places himself in
the hands Of his political friends he
should sew mp his pockets.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
Insist on Getting II.

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance starch This is because they
have "a stock on hand Of other brands
containing only Il Oh in package,
which they won't be able 10 sell trst.
because Defiance contains IL OF. for
the same money.
Do YOU want lj OF. instead of u OF.
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
Alice rushed Iu from the garden.
where she had been picking flowers
She was badly stuuE nv q bra. and
was holding onto hcr nuser and sob
bing, ptlifully. "Dh. mamma sne
cried, Il burned me ON bug
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

When two Poles got married the re-
porter described the ceremony as a
wooden wedding,
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

What a discpnteuted. dissatisfied
look Mrs. Fullerton has, Well. what
could you expect? She has husband
who gets her everything she wants"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

Occasionally a widow tries to make
n hit by posing as a miss.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

Write for knowledge Book. a, schnIlng &
Company, san francisco.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

II is easier to touch the average
--H-'s h"-"t than it is to touch ms
rnckethnnk.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

You never hear any cne complain
about Defiance Starch" There is none
to equal it in quality and quantity, 16
ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save
your money.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

FRFE-52-page copyright book advice Il
Victims Great White Plague Tuberculosis =
Drs- Van HumuIell Gii Iith St, Denver, Colo
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

"Dr. David Kcnnedy's Fnyorite Remedy
tt aud complete relief from dyspepsia and
liver dersE cement B. 7. bridge, Harlem BB. NY.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
I EA

Schilling's Best is packed
in a way to keep it good a
long time; it is never loose.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

When there's nothing else in mans
pocket he can pocket his pride.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04

Secrecy IS said to be the act of tell
ing a thing to only one person at a
time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
HOME NEWS.
NETWORK CITY.

The grand jury yesterday returned indictment
charging larceny in the first degree against Harry
A. Leonard, the young bank messenger who Sc
cured 1863 90 worth of stocks and bonds from the
City National Bank by means OF a bogus check
1t had been supposed that the young man, who IS
in the Tombs in default OF $4,000 bail, would
plead guilty 10 forgery. but his counsel. Abe Levy,
announced his intention TO aght the
Association will begin to-day in the Hanson Place
Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn. There will
be three sessions to-day and tomorrow devoted to
business and discussion. with devotional services in
the evening.
Theophile E Gurtner. a nnasseur of No 1.043 Lex
ington-ave. was fined 500 in the Court OF Special
Sessions yesterday, for assuming the title of doctor
without having license from the State authorities
In June, 1904. Gurtner pleaded guilty to the same
offence He went the Tombs to serve thirty DAVIS
anstAaA os nardaz fha Ans-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
PORTS

Queenstown, oct II l24O m-sailed steamer Tou'OniO
tBr Thompson, from Liverpool for Newton
Brow Head. Il. $40 m-Passed. steamer SylV&nta
t3rN Cresser for Liverpool
DovSr Oct Ia-Passed. AmeTtkA CGer) AicrA
Savannah Bremen. No.
ar,lson, Baltimore for Liverpool ,
CherbourE Oct IL. Installed steamer hronpttha
Wilhelm Ger Richter. from Bremen ard southanAp-
for ew-York.
Havre Oct IL II a m-Arrived steamers la Lorraine
CFr) Alix New-York; Bordeaux FD LHevedeH
New-York.
Naples oct i1-sailed. steamer Romantic Gl) Handle
ton Boston via Ponta Delgada -
Genoa. m--Arrtved. steamer Hamburg VOor)s
Burmeister, New-York via Naples.
Hamburg a m-ATTved. steamer Graf Walder-
see (ier. Krech New-York via Dover
Hong Kong 0ailed. steamer Albenga tGer), Peter
son from Shanghai. etc). New-York. :.
Suez Oct 12-ArriVed. steamer Dasheston Lbsl D0a1s
aauTabaya etc. for Delaware Breakwais<s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
HoMEBoUND ITALIAN LOST MONEY.
Gave 1t to Friendly Stranger to Guard-Got
Paper Back

John Bonni, an Italian. who had saved $40 work
ing as a laborer in Manhattan. arrived at the Ham
burg-Amercan pier in Hobokcn at a. yester
day to board a steamship for Genoa Italy. He
met a fellow countryman. who told him that he.
too, going 10 Italy With another Italian
they went to a saloon and had a drink. Bonn gave
all of his money to the italian who said he was
going TO Italy. The stranger suggested that he
could keep IT safely than BOnni. After they
left saloon the stranger remarked that he
thought Bonni had better take back his money,
and gave him d roll paper. When BOnni opened
the roll he found three 81 bills and pieces of news
paper.
Bonni asked Patrolman Wickham, at Grove and
9Th SITS. Jersey City u arrest a man he had FOL
lowed from Hobokcn. He said the man was the
one who had his money. The man said he
was Charles Del Telo, of No 1873 Washngton-st..
Manhattan. He was locked up fer examination to
DAY The HobOken Iolice looking for the other
man Del Teo denied that he took Bonnis money.
He had only a little money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13

With Ao5 cabin and O1s passengers ana muse
AF stesme ar GsoTEst2T g w GSf PS
Sengers and Left Quarantine at 40 onrabaya Au-
steamer SbeWsn Tones co. with sugar Arrived at
the Bar at m My iIr Knudsen Port Antonio October 8
to the Atlantic Co with fruit Arrived at '"e i'-
Kansas Lewis Seaman 9 fp arsRtns
te a2 Baltic Or smith yeTDoo, Oh, 0G 4Sf cabin and
iIf Storage passengers mails and mdse' arrived d. '"'
Rs sfe at S4 Ger aemD Hamburg 0sGs6
p I With 7a4 cabin passengers. mails and mdse- Ar
rived at the Bar al Ger woersdor Sep
TENDER oerchs CO. Win YORK goi 81 cabin and Tia
Storage passengers for Baltimore Arrived at the bar
@ Ssaa af1Tad at ssR ss Bar
stamer TIeathdcne CB Mbrn. sOurabeya July u.s. to
a" steamer lS Beneacoy Philadelphia to WILLIAM
Stsa G, 1inion steamship Company. with passengers
mss AsarS FdandG At 65en port
16 via Cape Henry October P " WIN iU'oei 10
Comus Ksmh da S5 to 9d tne
Lett sesmeT Rae Prince from of Fire
% Ll1 6ctob PpTs and @G"i PG ASo1o
Tinted Fruit company with fruit Arrived az the Bar
at steamer seminole WHITE Boston y, oCto S Al II $40 sc
s9.o-o.r lagoon csred>. Frankman Tilt Cove. F.
steamer tas tbn american Metal Company. with
er ore. vessel a. the and Porto Rico IS Co
Arrived at Bar at p m ,--.,,. r,.oh.- q
steamer Iroquos. CHICHESTER Jaeksonye OSoOoer S
o,5 Cvbor Iaston 10th, William = clyde q Co. win
nassengers and mdse. Left Quarantine at $40 m %
steamer Prince (3r. sheppard shieuS SeptI e
o., tbe Tohp . Seager Company, in ballast Passed IN
SANDY Hook $40 . =, ~. n
via Norfou IL to the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corpora
Ma itb i1nber PASSED III Sandy Hook 1928
sanGv Hook j. oct IL. $50 m-Wind west
fresh breeze; clear.
SAILED.
steamers Bristol City Cr for Bristol: Fandria tGer,
magma cane Havtian. etc Colryba Cuban Caoarten
tSish Ferwen JacksonNiuei
Narraeanset. m London; Georgia (AusO Algers Paler-
mo &c. Motke (CSer, Hamburg; La Bretagne (tfl
Havre: Main Ger Framhed (Br) Philadelphia
Bluenelds Baltimore Wnyah Philadelphia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
GRAND TRUNK PLANS APPROVED.

London Oct Pat the semi-annuaI meeting of
the shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada to-day the report of the board of directors
unanimously adopted The president. Sir
Charles Rivers Wilson. spoke most encouragingly
of the prospects, particularly in respect the Pa
cfc extension of the Grand Trunk. He said he had
the assurance Of the Canadian government that
work would begin on the western division immedi-
atey. The president gave details of the terminals
at Fort William and a point the Pacific twenty
five miles south of Port Simpson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
+ C. BROWN REELECTED.

misstatement appeared in some of the news
papers yesterday regarding the annual meeting of
the stockholders OF the Wisconsin Central Rail-
wav Company held on Tuesday The facts
that az that meeting John Crosby Brown
elected a director.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13

u AGE.-Depot Quartermaster's ONCE 30 whitehall
St New-York City, October 8. 19oo-Sealed proposals
in trtpcate subject 10 usual conditions, Will be
ceved here until O'Clock p m. October %. 1908, and
then opened for manufacturing and delivering at the
New-York depot Of the Quartermasers Department U.
S Army: 10000 PAIRS KHAKI BREECHES MOUNT.
reserved to reject accept any or all
proposals thereof Preference Will be given
domestic manufacture conditions Of quail
ity and price ncIuding in price productions
manufactures duty thereon being equal Stand
sample can be and blanks for proposals and
full information will be furnished upon application to
Office Envelopes containing proposals to be In
dosed Proposals for Clothing and Equpage TO be opened
at O'Clock p. October "a 1905 G. s. BINGHAM,
Major and .. NJ, u. S. A. Depot Q. NJ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC
Sunrise sos Sunset 524 Moon rises Moons age IL
HIGH WATER
A. M.-Sandy Hook 1871 GOV so He'll Gate a:4a
+ M-Sandy Hook 7:45 Gov. Island SOT Hell Gate 10oS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-York, Thursday, Oct. 10, 1905.
ARRIVED

Steamer AIbano Ger. Rudenhold Hamburg September
q and -. Punch Edge 4 Co with i21 steer
ago passengers and ndso Arrived az the Bar o m
18th
Bteamer RBnlgn I4uise Ger. Yolgsr Genoa September
% nctnhAr \ 70 Osirfchs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13

The longer sack coats make three
quarter length overcoats the favorltes
this Fall.
They're all grays, that aren't
blacks; but the grays are here in such
variety of shade, of fabric and weave,
that there's nothing IKE monotony.
SIS to $32.
AS with suits, in overcoats, young
men, of chests 80 to IS, pay always a
dollar or two less than larger men.
ROGERS, PEET & COMPANY.
Three Broadway Stores.
25s s42 1860
at
Warren st. 18th ST. s2nd st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
Proposals.
PROPOSALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS SUP

= plfes-Ofce Isthnian Canal Commission. Washing
D G. October 2 1905 Sealed proposals in tT5R-
cate the Office of the General Pur-
chasing Oflcer Isthman Canal Commission washington
D. c. until 1890 A. M october l6 1900 at which time
Pumps Boilers. Manifods for Air Drills steel Floor S
Beams Wrought. Cast and Black Iron PIPE
Pipe Fittings Lead Pipe and Fittings Brass and
Baskets Leather Packing. Oakum Block Tin Pig Lead
etc Blanks and information may be obtained from
this Office or the offices Of the Assistant Purchasing
Agents "a State Street New York city Custom House
New orleans. La; SO New Montgomery Street, san
Francisco Cal. and 41o Chamber OF Commerce Building
Tacoma from Chief Quartermaster, Depart
nent of the Lakes Chicago. and the Commercial Club,
Mobile Ala--D ". Ross, General Purchasing Oficer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13

The American novelist who wishes TO make n
ccessful appeal TO English readers Is invited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
SCOUT MATHEWS SUICIDE

Continued from first page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
MORRIS PARK sTEEPLECHAsE MEET

NTORRIS PARK STEEPLECHASE MEEI-
AZ ing October 21st 25th 2sth Saturday wednes
day and Saturday.. -Four steepechases and two nat
races each day The Great United Hunts Steeplechase
the Orange County Hunt -teePechase. each at four
miles and first Military Seepechase. Clubhouse badges
can be obtained through members Of the United Hunts
Racing Association. Clubhouse badges Tor one Gay;
$40 OO for meeting $1,000 Applications for Club stand
boxes can be made to BELMONT PURDY Secretary y.
H r. Assn. 1916 34th-st, city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13

The seventh and eighth parts in the second
volume of Mr.. Percy MacQuod's History of
English Furniture" have lust been published
,,v the Putnams. They treat Of productions of
the age of walnut cabinets, chairs. writing
tables mirror frames and so on, which show
what beautiful effects could be obtained with
This wood especially when it was inlaid with
,,,ar,,,eterie Mr. MacQuoid does not deny that
tvrencb influence is TO be discerned in many of
.bese pieces. but he is convinced that the Eng
lisb craftsman had some originality. as well as
skill II is worth noting, by the way. that our
fo-efatbers had often TO pay good price for
their furniture. Pepys is quoted as grumblng
q, the spring of 1866 at having TO pay near TAU
,or se+ of chairs and couch" A number Of the
settees figured in this book. richly carved and
as richly upholstered affairs have the dignity
ana the elegance OF some Of the finest Work OF
the historic epochs in France. We have oe1ore
t1is patd tribute TO the excellence Of Mr.. Mac
ouoid's text, which is both instructive and en-
pertaining This book has already taken rank
N the standard compendium English furni-
ture.