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Evening star., 1907-11-17
Bright Dresden Jars, dull Holland crooks,
And all those joys I might rehearse
That please the eye and wreck the purse.

Bright Dresden jars, dull Holland crooks
And all those joys 1 might rehearse
That please the eye and wreck the purse.
most admired an ancient bed
With ancient carvings al its head;
A massive frame Of dingy oak,
Whose curious size and mold bespoke
Prodigious age How much 2" cried.
Fin t'ousand gildens." Hans replied.
And then the honest Dutchman said
A king once owned that glorious bed.
King Fritz der Foorst Of blessed fame
Had owned and slept within the same.
Then long I stood and mutely gaSed.
By reminiscent splendor dazed,
And had bought 1t right away
Had l the wherewithal to pay;
But lacking OF the needful pelf
l thus dtscoursed within myself:
':Oh, happy Holland-where' the bliss
That can approximate to this
Possession Of the rare antique
Which maniacs banker for and seek7
Ny native land Is full of stuff
That's good, but is not old enough.
Alas! 1t has no oaken beds
Wherein have slumbered royal heads;
No relic on whose face we see
The proof Of grand antiquity"
Thus reasoned a goodly spell.
Until perchance my vision fell
Upon q trade mark at the head
OF Fritz der Foorst's old oaken bed:
A rampant wolverine, and round
This strange device these words I found:
Patent Antique. Berkey 4 Gay,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. U. 8. A."
At present I'm not saying much
About the simple, guileless Dutch,
And as 1t was q loathsome spot
! kept away from Kalverstraat,
Determined when 1 want q bed
% which has slept q royal head
Ill patronize no middleman,
But deal direct with Michigan.
Evening star., 1907-11-17

my ear. "Yes, you know Of him. Well.
you remember he sell last month furni-
ture and contents of the most famous
Chateau de Portrieas. And you remem-
Der, too, what the papers say about that
carved table where three kings once dined
and settled a war, and how it had been
so oft broke and SO we'll mended. and
how strong 1t was and how the wonderful
carving was still most plain and beautl-
full, though worn. Well. I make that
table-Grand Rapids and me- She was
dried in the furnace and sand blasted and
broke. And she was hand-bit most artis-
tic with the teeth. She was near five hum
dred years old, and she sol for large
money!
Are there many people in your line OF
business?" I inquired after an eloquent
silence.
Il am not the only one. m'sieu, but 1
am the best" replied Alphonse modestly.
when a man buy from me he know he
get the best. Anything 1 make she is just
as old as If she was. She look 1t. and you
cannot tell her difference. These auction
places where people go to spend large
money, they all ask me to do for them.
and the auction places where not so much
money is paid they get workmen not so
good
But" l argued. suppose I saw an old
piece of furniture at auction-suppose it
was guaranteed to be old-and I wanted
to buy 1t. How could 1 be sure? Would
have to get an expert like you to tell?"
But, m 'sleu." cried Alphonse. with an
other ear-eclipsing shrug, that would not
always do. If an artist he old that piece,
maybe l not tell myself But II 1t Is done
by an artist, what the difference? You
get sopethipg better than the real old for
the same money"
And bade Alphone goodbye. !. c. n.
Evening star., 1907-11-17
Popular Car Platforms.

From lGc IIrErIauu TIaln Dealer.
There's getting to be more and more
need Of bigger rear platforms on these
closed cars" said the conductor on a
Euclid car Saturday forenoon Every
year there are more people who like To
ride outside and get the fresh air, or
smoke. even If there are plenty Of seats
inside II amt unusual on cold morn
ings to have a crowd on the rear plat
form and the inside only about half filled
II didn't used to be that way so much
but people are getting more and more to
seek fresh air whenever they can | guess
1t might not be a bad idea to have a fla,
car run every so often for the smokers
and the other rear platform passenget s. -
Evening star., 1907-11-17

complete. or maybe burn sulphur under
her for the same purpose. That make
| her wood like old, but she is yet too sharp
So take the sand blast most careful and
NOW off all the edges and rough places,
and she look much worn. Then I put on
boots, heavy IN the front. and kick her by
the hour on the legs"
And what's that for. Alphonse?" /
asked.
| Alphonse shrugged again. why,
m sieu." he cried. Ito make her look as If
she have been sat under and ate of. If
she must be olded hundred years she
must be kicked much, but If she two
| hundred years old she must be kicked
much more.
Then, m sieu," Alphonse resumed, "she
must be soiled with grease and dirt,
rubbed well in the grain. and If she Is to
bring large money and be examine by
experts she must be hand-bit with the
teeth"
Must be whatT murmured family.
Bit with the teeth" cried Alphonse.
IF you will look at table, genuine
antique, you will find around the edge lit
tie holes, different shaped. They come
there from banging and bumps and age,
and they are most hard to reproduce; but
when bit in. then they are just the same" !"
do you bite your own furniture, AL
phonse?"
mo, m'sieu,'' replied Alphonse. with an
other shrug. II have not the teeth, and
1t is an art by itself. I have studied 1t
not long; but l have a man who comes
twice week, and he is the most artistic
furniture bitter in New York by much.
After the table has been hand-bit with
the teeth she is broke in the legs once,
maybe twice and mended. Then she Is
made to look as new as conceivable with
polish and rubbing and SO: but 1t cannot
take away the marks which age have put
there. She is as good as new, as strong;
she is smooth, except when you look close,
but all over she look ancient and ven
erable and aristocratic. She Is a most
distinge table. She never suggest fac
tory. No. m'sieu. She was made in Eng
land or France or Flanders, or where you
will. depend on her style. and she always
was use by the nobility. She have a
thrilling history. most romantic, and she
have Just been imported to this country.
And m'sieu, she sell for four, five. six,
seven times what l pay for her new
Evening star., 1907-11-17

1T is rather odd how many ordinarily
sensible individuals become frenzied
and foolish over furniture of by
gone day. Granting beauty of form
! and material, the interest Oh
known historic association, the lure OF the
antique is understandable. But furniture
of venerable age and period design
needs nothing Of this to fix its price tag
| presume l am sentimentally lacking,
| for I'd lots rather own a piece of furn1-
ture straight from the factory. new and
strong and smelly of varnish, than rick
ETY. and dlapidated period piece, mended
and remended and ready to be mended
again. And yet that's the sort OF stun
some folks must possess in order to be
truly happy. 1t doesn't make any differ
ence where the furniture comes from or
who owned It, just so long as 1t is as OLD
as the hills and looks 1t in dignified.
better-days sort of way.
I can understand. Of course without
too violent an effort, how charming 1t
must be to have in the family piece or
two OF ancient household junk about
which to build dizzy romances OF ancestral
prosperity and refinement. The time
SCARED, CRIME -mellowed chair In which
great-grandma Smith used to flop after
her day-long battle with the suds be-
comes, in course Of time and quite without
conscious effort, "a relic Of the servants
hall in the home of Mistress Smythe, our
paternal great-grandmother." Past years
knit closely, and through their obscuring
mesh crude facts, time-dimmed and
imagination-stir strain thinly, refined.
but unimpaired. And this isn't to say, at
all. that there's not deal OF quite genuine
and beautiful antique furniture kicking
| round the world, some of it treasured
and some of it scorned; but. compared
with the pressing everyday demand for
such stuff. It is as a bundle Of kihdling
to a forest Of pine
And so-enter the furniture faker.
Evening star., 1907-11-17

| Alphonse was distant at first He
! showed me furniture old enough to know
better, and offered to sell me a handy
legged mahogany table with a thrilling
history. supported by two affldavits. for a
| couple Of hundred. But after had handed
him my friends card and had mentioned
I was seeking knowledge and not furni-
| ture he warmed up nicely.
II am more than please" he remarked
| in Partisan English. "M'sieu is, of course,
| discreet, as is tor by his fren' sending
| him. You shall come with me. am
Gliding table. and you shall see."
So followed Alphonse through the big
| shop to an even bigger room in the rear,
where he waved me to little spindle
shanked chair. 1t wasn't the chair I
would have picked out for myself. 1t
didn't look comfortable and 1t didn't look
strong. and, thinking that it probably was
worth lot Of money. I glanced around
for something else to sit upon. But AL
phonse was insistent.
'M'sieu will use this chair, please" he
insisted. and I sat down with the inevi-
table result. When picked myself out of
the wreck, red in the face and apologetic,
Aiphone was smiling delightedly.
Il thank m'sieu." he chuckled. II have
use him to my advantage. With his as
sistance 1 have accomplish a natural
bust"
"A what?" / asked, still somewhat
dazed.
"a natural bust. m's1eu," Alphonse re-
piled. THAT chair is olded, but she need
q bust You have give 1t accidental"
You mean you wanted 1t broken?"
"Yes. m sieu."
IF you wanted 1t broken why didn't
you break it yourself?'
Alphonse shrugged, obscuring his ears.
THAT would not do. m'sieu. 1t not be
natural bust Now. when l mend that
chair 1t cannot be toll where 1t bust. and
maybe 1 sell 1t for large money. Some
times the person who is to buy get an
expert to say If It is genuine. The expert
look and feel and smell. Then he find
the place where you make the bust. and
he thinks to himself that a large fat man
your pardon, m'sieu-must have sat
down heavily. He observe 1t was not
done with purpose"
nodded dizzily. and Alphonse chatted
on.
Evening star., 1907-11-17
A W oman's Town.

From the Young Woman
The only town ruled by women is stu
ated in Ohio. This is East Claridon, and
with one or two unimportant exceptions,
1t is entirely and completely under petit
coat administration. The town Is not a
woman's rights stronghold, yet the women
have all the places-public Jobs. profess
sional offices, and. with two exceptions
are at the head of all the commercial
enterprises.
Evening star., 1907-11-17
Educated Indians.
From the Madras Hindu.

uU.
That India has outgrown the sort of
education that Is being given nobody can
doubt but to say and regret that Indians
have been given such a good education
as to open their eyes to the defects of
the administration and to enable them to
be as competent critics thereof is to be
ashamed of work of which one ought TO b.
proud
Evening star., 1907-11-17

The modern antique furniture faker is
an artist. not carpenter. He sits in the
lap of age, walks hanl in hand with time;
his knowledge is profound. and his WORK
approximates perfectiof Compared to
him Hans Won Der Bid ON. who was en-
balmed in verse by Eugene Field. was a
rank amateur. Incidentally, that little
poem by Field is well worth the reading
right now:
Evening star., 1907-11-17
Slow Traffic.

From the London Globe.
The crush of London traffic will never
be ameliorated until the principal thor
oughfares are forbidden to all vehioleA
which cannot go at q trot
Evening star., 1907-11-17

''See. m'sieu. here Is table She is
Just from the factory. copy Of the orig
inal period piece. most exact; but she is
not old. Her carvings are too sharp, her
wood too young. her smell too fresh to
pass for old. So she goes in the furnace
and the fiber Of the wood is dry out most
Evening star., 1907-11-17

And do you sell them right from here,
Alphonse, or through an agent?"
"Oh, no, ms sieu, not from here; not
much. 1 sell most to auctfon-most fash
ionable auction. You know" and AL
phonse, with monkey grin, whispered in
Evening star., 1907-11-17

IN N Next door to the Merchants and Mechan
WN les Rank
/ v II Is Schmidts restaurant, OF the first rank.
II you're down town looking around for
the bunch.
You'll find them at Schmidt's at their
MONDAY lunch.
Winner n. l.. Conner. Station G. Post ONCE.
Evening star., 1907-11-17

Meynheer Hans Won Der Bloom has got
magazin In Kalverstraat
Where one may buy for sordid gold
Wares quaint and curious. new and old.
Here are antiquities galore,
The jewels which Dutch monarch wore;
Swords, teacups, helmets, patters. clocks,
Evening star., 1907-11-17

e.: ss:':: ;: e.; .,, s.. fro" . on. .... ,s.
wanted a hat with my suit to go.
And finally came to Mayer Bros. 4 Co.
found Just the thing in a very short
while.
In color and shape and perfection Of
style.
Winner J. G. Calvert, 2aos Goth st. NV.
Evening star., 1907-11-17
PROUD Of HIS WEALTH
Sapping of Uncle Sans Natu-
raj Resources.
CONSERVING FUEL SUPPLY
Experts Trying to Prevent Wasteful
Methods cf Mining.
INTERNAL-C COMBUSTION MOTOR
Wholesale Slaughter of Forests, Re-
gardless of Age, Fast Robbing
the Country of It's Timber.

Uncle Sam is proud of his wealth, but
he is not the kind to be ruined by pros
perty.
That is why he is growing economical
and is struggling just now with the knot
ty problem of how to save this country
from its good fortune.
Smoking chimneys roaring furnaces and
busy railroads are indicative of good busi-
ness and money for the toiler, but they
show too. the gradual sapping of the
nations natural resources in the p-odUc-
ton of power to make the wheels turn
So it is that Uncle Sam. with his keen,
gray eye glanCing down the future, sees
the dar when the busy mills and furnaces
will have burned up everything in the fuel
line with which nature blessed the re-
public. unless he gives the order to go
slowy" Therefore he is bending his ener
gies to further every scheme which VIII
prevent fuel waste. and will make the re-
manning supply go as far as possible.
The cry of waste in fuel is not new
one For years manufacturing interests
have realized that care must be eXerc Sed
if future generations We're to be be-
qUcathed any of the motive power stored
up in the earth through many ages await
ing man s call for service. But Uncle Sam
has not been content to sit by and the
oriZe on the peril. He has met the prob
lem square,y and is solving it.
These are some of the things he has
done or is doing to conserve the fuel re-
sources of the country:
Created a new government bureau where
experts conduct experiments with gas en-
gines which utilize low grade Goals but
return greater proportion of power than
steam engines using better qualities: with
smoke consuming devices and appliances
for utilizing the Illuminating gas gener-
ated by coke ovens.
Sent experts into mines to investigate
and remedy wasteful methods Of mining.
Encouraged the general production and
use for fuel purposes of denatured alcohol
by legislation.
Created huge forest reserves for the
preservation of timber.
Employed experts to perfect the utili-
zation of waste coal IN "briquette" form
and to demonstrate the feasibility of burn
ing this quality of fuel on warshpS
And in addition to the work done by
the government, manufacturing interests
all over the country are busted with like
experiments.
Evening star., 1907-11-17

1T Is rather odd how many ordinarily
sensible individuals become frenz1eo
and foolish over furniture of by
gone day. Granting beauty of form
Evening star., 1907-11-17

~ HANNON & ITCHS, on Thirteenth street,
~ Are real estate agents that can't be beat
~ They always first with all in their
lime;
Just watch out for the Green and White
sign.
Wilmer Emma NJ. Zimmerman, U. s. Soldiers
Home.
Evening star., 1907-11-17

~ For the FIRM of Schwartz & PelzInan.
~ Whose careful work quite builds up
4 man;
Correct n style. is very well known
Their work is second to none in town.
Winner W S. D. Haines The Albemarle.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
Contractors Ready to Bid.

Canon City, Colo.-The city engineer
Charles Mitten, has just completed
specifications and estimates for the
proposed Cottonwood supply of water,
on which contractors will bid. Ten con-
tractors are awaiting the data for the
purpose of submitting their estimates
for the construction of the system.
which is to cost 100000. 1t is pro-
posed to bring the water to the city
in wooden pipes. The storage reser-
voir will be located on Fremont peak,
and from there the water will come to
the city by gravity pressure. A second
reservoir is planned high up in the
Cottonwood canon, forty miles from the
city. The pipe line will traverse the
Arkansas river for nearly the entire
distance, passing through the Royal
Gorge canon, where tunnel will be
driven 1900 feet. The water will be
brought under the river bed and Rio
Grande tracks by siphon Contractors
are all required to file a guarantee bond
in the sum of $4,000.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-13
Rich Settlement in Wyoming.

Teams are now at work and large
force of engineers, men and machinery
busily employed, the canal of the
Eden Irrigation and Land Company is
progressing so well that 10000 acres
will be under water by December.
Franklin Price Knott, president and
general manager of the company, an
nounces that so much of the Eden val
lev lands are now thrown open for
settlement The drawing will be held
in Cheyenne, Wyoming, late in Octo-
Der.
The land is located in Sweetwater
county. Wyoming. One hundred thou
sand acres have been segregated under
the Carey act, approved by the secre-
tary of the interior.
The Carey act gave to wyoming
1,OOO,O 900 acres of government land on
condition that the state should irriSate
it. construct reservoir and canal sys-
tens. The different states are al
lowed to make their own terms with
the settlers. All that the state govern
ment gets is a fee of 25 cents upon
filing and % cents when the patent
is issued.
Locations under the Carey act re-
uuire the settler shall live on the land
only thirty days. Patent is issued when
one-eighth of the total area occupied
is under cultivation.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-13
Policeman Becomes Millionaire.

yer.-Unexpectedly falling heil
to a fortune estimated at S1,25O,OOO
Captain of Detectives William a
Loomis. one of the most popular mem
bers of the police force, is probably the
wealthiest police official in the United
States.
Captain Loomis, who has been at Ev'
erett. Washington, for several weeks
where he went to regain his health
has written the good news to Detective
William Green, announcing the good
fortune which has befallen him. In
the letter Captain Loomis says that he
will now resign from the police de
partment and attend to properly caring
for his new estate.
Sidney Hilton, pioneer settler OF
Seattle. who was Captain Loomis
father-in-law, died recently and the
will. when opened, was found to be
chief of detectives.
The captain, who has rapidly re-
gained his health during the past week
was expected to return to Denver be
fore the middle of September to again
take up the reigns of Office. He said
in his letter that the earliest possible
date of his return now will be some
time in November. when he will return
for short time only to enable him to
settle up his affairs here. He will then
return to Washington.
1t is expected that Acting Captain OF
Detectives Thomas l.. Brown will sue
ceed Captain Loomis after the latter S
resignation has been formally re
ceived and accepted.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-13
NO BAN ON
FILIPINO SUGAR
NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS
DECIDES TO ELIMINATE ANY
PROTEST.
POLITICS ARE CUT 0U1
POLICY OF ROOSEVELT IN REFER
ENCE TO WATER AND FOR
EST ENDORSED.

Sacramento.-Frank G. Goudy OF
dent of the National Irrigation Con
gress. The next meeting will be at AL
buquerque, New Mexico.
The efforts to have the Fifteenth Ir-
rigation Congress pass resolution
presented by Judge Baker. calling for
the withdrawal of the duty levied on
timber has failed. Another important
action of the gathering today was its
decision to eliminate a resolution pro-
testing against the enactment of any
further legislation favoring Philippine
sugar. With this latter exception the
report of the committee on resolutions
was adopted as read and the policy of
President Roosevelt and his admins
tration in relation to reclamation, con-
servation Of water and forests and
other matters was in 1orsed.
Judge Baker withdrew his motion for
the purpose Of harmony, but the sugar
question was only settled after heated
discussion, the friends of the beet SUI
SdT luuuotIy iidNihsS q o'ioh, hS'As -"
their interests. The sentiment in
favor of eliminating politics from the
Irrigation Congress was responsible
for the withdrawal of the lumber and
sugar propositions.
Arthur Briggs succeeded in getting
the congress to pass his resolution in
the interests of California fruit grow
ers in relation to the use of sulphur In
driving fruit. The resolution asks the
Department Of Agriculture not to en-.
force the regulation of the pure food
law in the matter without further in,
vestigation.
The congress adopted unanimously
the report of the committee on perma,
nent organization on officers. The
newly elected officers are Frank c.
Goudy of Denver, President; George L.
Barstow of Texas, first vice president;
John e. Baker of Modoc county. Cali
fornia, second vice president; Herbert
Z. Strain of Montana, third vice presi-
dent: b. A. Fowler of Arizona, secre-
tary.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, was Sc,
lectcd as the meeting place of the SIX
teenth Irrigation Congress. The only
city named in opposition was Walla
Walla, Washington. DR.. Blalock of the
Washington delegation extended the
invitation on behalf of that place. Hon.
r, L. Twitchell of Las Vegas made an
eloquent appeal for Albuquerque. With
the exception of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, the state delegations voted
fo- Albuquerque.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-13
JUST A GENTLE HINT.
Ono Remedy Appearances Indicated
NobIeman Had Never Tried.

The earl of Surrey, afterward elev-
enth duke of Norfolk. who was no.
torious gourmand and hard drinker
and leading member of the Beef
steak club, was so far from cleanly in
his person that his servants used to
avail themselves of his fits OF drunken
ness-which were pretty frequent, by
the way-for the purpose OF wash
ing him. On these occasions they
stripped him as they would corpse
and performed the needful ablutions.
He was equally notorious for his
horror of clean linen. One day, on
his complaining to Dudley North at
his club that he had become a per-
feet martyr to rheumatism and tried
every possible remedy without sue
cess the latter wittily replied:
Pray, my lord, did you ever try
q clean shirt?"
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-13
JUDGING FROM OWN CASE.
Deacon Recognizes the Wants Of Eel.
low Sufferer.

General Booth. the head of the Sal
vation Army, was discussing the anti
suicide bureaus that his church has
opened.
kindness and charity" he said.
"are factors of these bureaus. The
charity will be of the right kind.
trust. There are. you know. two
kinds of charity. and too much of it
is like the BARRIERS.
There was 4 poor deacon in War
wick who had no money and needed
to be shaved, and he went from barber
to barber, but none of them. despite
his holy office, was willing to shave
him for nothing.
"In the end, though. he found a
barber who, on hearing his tale. said
gruilly:
sit down there in that chair"
"And this barber shaved him. But
the razor he used. Dear me! Its dull
edge and the hicks In 1t! Under the
operation the tears flowed in rivulets
down the poor deacon's checks.
Suddenly the barber's dog in the
adjoining room set up a terrific howl
ing.
"'Be still, ,there!' cried the barber.
And he muttered anxiously: What
can they be doing to him?'
"'Alas!' said the deacon. 7 shouldnt
wonder If some one was shaving him
out of charity"