The Washington herald., 1907-12-13
AT THE HOTELS.

be elected member OF the United states
Senate is the firm conviction Of Senator
Paynter, OF Kentucky. who is at Ia
Normandie. Senator Paynter said last
night that the legislature stood eight
Democratic majority on Joint ballot.
which insured the election Of a Demo-
cratic Senator.
Business is brisk said the Senator.
~and the financial condition Is rapidly
on the mend. and will before long have
assumed its normal condition"
There is a great deal Of so-called oak
furniture sold nowadays said Eugene
| J. Hicks. manager Of a wholesale furui-
turc house in New York. az the New
] Willard last night a large part Of this
furniture is veneered. This Is particularly
true Of parior and ornamental furniture.
/ Coarse and common furniture may be
made Of solid oak. but fine furniture IS
almost invariably veneered. This is be-
cause a much finer finish can be got
from quartered oak veneer than from the
solid wood The grain comes out better.
and Il takes a higher polish. Where
strength and durability are required. the
solid wood Is used. but for surfaces We
/ neering is preferable. Indianapolis IS
/ the largest veneer manufacturing center
/ in the world The sycamore used 10 be
regarded as a comparatively worthless
/ tree. but IL works up well in veneering.
and finds many uses in the manufacture
4 Of furniture II can be stained IN imita-
l ton Of cherry and other hard woods.
There are two kinds Of veneering-
sawed and sliced; but II takes an expert
/ to tell the difference The process of
manufacture is simple and interesting.
/ The logs, delivered ~ the factory in the
rough about thirteen feet IN length, are
| first cooked ia hot water vats 10 make
them soft and workable 10 does not
matter how green they are. After being
thoroughly cooked they are placed on
machines designed for the purpose. and
either sliced by a powerful knife the
length Of the log or cut by circular
saw into slabs about one-twentieth Of an
\ inch thick These slabs are the fun
Length OF the log. and when first cut are
so pliable that they can be bent double
without breaking. The uniform thickness
/ or thinness OF the slabs is preserved by
the action OF the machinery, and does not
vary so much as a hairs breadth in the
entire length OF the slab After the slabs
/ are sliced or sawed they are seasoned by
/ steaming. This requires only about twen-
ty-four hours. and then they are ready
for the market. Some Of the huge oak
I logs that come to the factory show By the
rings in them that the trees we're from
80 20 400 years oid-"
To-day. at least 100000 people in this
country are suffering from some form OF
nervous disease.
/ This dire pronunciament0 was made by
/ DR.. Wallace r Burkley. OF Philadelphia,
al the Shoreham last night. Dr Burkley
is making tour Of study and investiga-
tion Of the scientific government institu-
tions OF this city. Fifty years ago
4 continued the learned doctor, there was
scarcely any such thing known as nerv-
Gus disease in America. The greatest
cause Of these nervous diseases is intem-
! perance There is no cause Of nervous
! disease that can be pointed 20 with SO
much certainty to-day as alcohol There
are no people less fitted TO alcohol than
I Americans or course. we are all glad
I 20 know that most persons don't drink as
/ people used to Yet the fact remains that
more alcoholic and malt liquors are con-
I sumed in the United States than in any
other country.
More money is spent for liquor than
for the necessaries Of lie. Without civil
izati0n! there would be no such thing as
nervousness. Much has been said about
but the Indians proved that climate had
little 20 do with nervousness Another
! cause Of nervousness IS the decline OF
practical religion. When the religious life
goes cUt Of any community. that commu-
nifty deteriorates. Religion is not pass
ing phase OF human existence Faith IS
the condition OF a happy life Boston is
the most nervous city in the country. and
the farther South you go the less nervous
the people are. New York is less nerv-
Gus than Boston. Philadelphia less than
New York. Baltimore less than PhiladeI-
phia and farther South very little nerv-
BUSINESS is found. What the nerves need
is rest and repOse. not stimUlants- No
drugs can produce sound, natural sleep
Yes. am inclined 10 think that
Hughes. Of New York. viii profit most by
ROosevelts statement. Hughes Is a man
Of strong character. fearless. and honest
He would make a worthy successor Of
the President However, politics Is not
exactly my strong point"
Walter H. whitten. Of Newberg. Greg.
/ speaking Of the mineral resources OF
Oregon. said last night az the Raleigh,
that the finest rough agateS in the world
were found right on the Oregon coast at
Newport. and viii enter them against
the finest and rarest found in Arizona.
Mexico. or Germany. For more than
twenty years ! have been gathering them,
until it hiss become q second nature 10
me- and ] am now negotiating for the
installation Of sufficient modern ma
chineTy 10 handle the output Of the
United States right AZ my home. saving
the cost OF shipments abroad. as well as
the duty both ways. Every kind Of agate
known is found in the silica deposits AT
Newport-the carnelian. the cloudy the
moss. the coral. the moOnstone, the jas
per, and so on.
THE winter IS the best time TO find
them, for during this season the ocean
current changes its direction and washes
away the surface sand clear 10 the gravel
in which deposits the rough agates OF all
kinds may be found Sometimes the agate
I season lasts but a couple OF weeks. de
pending entirely upon the inexplica5le
caprices OF the sea. the winds. the tide,
and currents The pure grayish white
silica gives us the caTRelian and the
jasper, and where both iron and man
ganese occur we have the mo0nstOne. The
coral and the cloudy are the finest and
most delicate OF tint and suggest purity
while the Icarnelian and the jasper are
the warm. rich. glowing stones, perhaps
the most valuable and most eagerly
sought 7 shall reach out beyond the
local market and enter active competition
soon against the German and other i'm
ported varieties. The agate making is A
home industry entirely overlooked and
one in which We cannot only excel the
foreigners in the reality OF the raw ma
terial. but in the variety and supply
The West is solid for Roosevelt Why
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