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HCNTIQUE FURNITURE AGAIN.
Bedroom Coffers of the Middle Ages
Are in Use Among the
Fashionables.
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The feminine world is again taking to
the use of stately and artistic coffers or
chests, reports the Washington Star.
The dames of the middle ages, who
had nc convenient bureaus in which to
store tleir finery, were dependent upon
the coffir. Some of these historic chests
are maivels of delicate carving, inlay
work anl painting. The greatest artists
of Italy dd not disdain to decorate these
receptacle.
So valuble were some of the coffers
that a grat lady was considered well
1 dowered iishe received one on her mar
riage day. It was placed in her cham
ber, ^vith t« great bedstead and a stool
or two, whih were the sole furnishings.
Toward thefiose of the eighteenth cen
; tury coffers 'ere all but discarded. Un
1 til recently secimens were to be found
only in the iUseums or old castles and
manor houses>f Europe.
Now the tae for antique furniture
is bringing thejoffers again into favor.
Two seen receijy were made for the
state rooms of achts. They are both
| carved and tinte
One chest is tut of weathered oak,
deeply carved anthen stained in green
and red. The d^g^ represents mer
maids sporting inije midst of an ocean
forest. Seaweeds ^ shells are the mast
conspicuous featun in the picture.
The other coffer of oak, having a
gray finish. It is devated with a burnt
design. Green and tuve stains are
used to touch up thegUre8. The sub
ject of these decoraijjg ig a scene at
the court of King Ne.ine.
Bedroom coffers art8uauy adorned
with flowers, birds, bi^rgieg 0r some
||||||n (This Picture on Every Bottle)
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Take it as a Genoinl Tonic and at ad
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PPPlfrl-e:. n-ar- Evansville, Indiana
HiNE-WAY RATES
X VIA
I UNION PACIFIC
I FROM
I Missouri River Terminal*
■ (Kansas City to Council Bluffs, Inclusive.
1 EVERY DAY
I MARCH 1 TO MAY 15, 1905.
1 A A t° San Francisco,
I Los Angeles, San
I Diego and many other California
■ points.
I ^ C A A to Everett, Fair
J: haven,Whatcom,
I Vancover’and Victoria.
1 dJ P A A to E°r^and’ ^-s*
1 toria, T a com a
I and|Seattle.
H A A t0 Ashland,Rose
“ BA • JpZO.UU burg, Eugene,
{.£■ Albany and Salem, including
||B branch lines in Oregon.
C A t0 Spokane and
BB|i intermediate 0.
K & N. points; to Wenatchee
and intermediate points.
JW m^A A A t0 Butte’ Ana_
conda, Helena
and all intermediate main line
■ points.
I d*^A A A t0 °sden and
' ■ Jp^V*UU Salt Lake City
I and intermediate main line points.
For fuller information call on or
Jt address
' T R T.othrop. G. A.,
1 903 Olive st., St. Louis, Mo.
The Great East and West Line
Across the Entire States oi
Texas and Louisiana
NO TROUBLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
New Dining Cars (Meals a la Carte.)
Write for low rates. New bool
on Texas, FREE.
E. P. Turner, G. P. A.,
Dallas, Texas.
)f tiny pockets are scattered over the
ining, and in these are placed sachets
'or perfuming the contents of the box.
The chests are convenient receptacles
tor linen, bedclothes, draperies or gar
ments not in use.
Those who can afford a cedar chest
need have no fear of moths. Although
these ornamental boxes cost more than
trunks, they will last a lifetime. They
are distinctly decorative, and may be
made to fit any vacant niche In a small
room The price varies with the style
of decoration and wood. Some are com
paratively inexpensive, while others,
good imitations of the carved antique
chest or the gilded and enameled eight
eenth century masterpieces, are valued
as are most works of art.
HIS FIRST WATERSPOUT.
Qroen Sailor Boy Wanted to See One,
and He Was Quickly Ac
commodated.
A waterspout is one of the first thing!
a green sailor boy wants to see. He haa
read about it as one of the wonders o!
the sea, and it rouses his keenest cun
oai ty He get3 the old sailors to promi3<
to call him when one is sighted. Thej
promise, winking stealthily at each otb
er, relates an exchange.
"fho oh in erets down into tropical wa
ters, and the boy ia told that a water
spout may come along almost at any
tlDOne night he is awakened suddenly.1
’ An old sailor shakes him.
"Come on! Hurry up, young feller;
1 there's a waterspout on the starboard
; bow bearing right down on us.”
The boy hastens up the companion*
way without waiting to drsaa, and ad
he darts out on aecK ne is tnrown down
I by a mass of water descending on him
! lika a wet mountain. He struggles to
his feet, gasping, sputtering:
•'Wa-a-s that-t a wa-a-a-ter spout?
The sailors are around him roaring
Then he looks up above the companion
way and sees an empty hogshead. Having
1 seen and felt the waterspout, he descends
to his bunk, wipes himself dry and turns
in. Next time waterspouts in great num
bers may be reported on both bows, but
he will have no particular desire to ob
serve them.___
in th
, . At Room.
At the latest
"pets’ room," wtIadl®8 cIub8 8
and cats, lemur?® 3talIs for d°&
small creatures tiz4rd8> a11 tha
aary as companicPdy flnds neces-:
One of the mo8t\rovld®d
was showing her ?ast‘c members
over the establish°er owc 808
door of the “pet3’’d °P«»ed the
pride. wlth Pr°P«r
There, in the cen
two chairs, sat r® n00™. on
clothed young men,’“iaoulat®Iy
with a wicked t.winklf’* *ace- bu*
“Don’t you know tr eyea
‘pets’ room?’ ” asked’® ,ad’*f
member, with some ac^aus^asti®
“That’s why we are 1
more serious of the two P**®15
becoming gravity.—Spo."'witb
-ties.
Longevity of 1
I Small singing birds liv.
tighteen years. Ravens lg&t “
almost 100 years in capti\’d for
rots longer than that. F P4*'
I tj 20 years. The wild gu> 10
ward of 100 years, and swan uj>
have attained the age of 30f* “
Ufe of birds bas been thitei^
compensation for tia 4^*^.
i khair **
I
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allegorical or mymoio^i scene. On®
small boudoir chest ha&prgggjj^tJojjg
of Penelope among her pdens upon it®
panels. Through open7ia(}ows the
sprays of the climbing r^g are blown
into the room and the fl«grg wjth th®
garments of the women , brilliantly
colored.
Scriptural subjects wer)alnted on
some of the antique ches;and these
have been well imitated modern
workmen. The painted pans set deep
In the wood and framed by *de band
of molding. Carved flguresoporting
the corners, and elaboratel.egjgned
lids are features of the paintel6Stg j
The most ancient designs >e th®
heavily carved ones. Thoselo ar9
versed in the history of furn.a can
tell to a nicety the age of a chey th9
style of carving and quality of tTOOd.
The earlier Renaissance specin. ara
aJmost priceless, and even co;
them are expensive. In appearan^gy
are not unlike a coffin. There is iny
a richly carved base, the long sl^w
body above it being slightly curved^
lid projects over the body, and i^3
deeply cut than the sides.
A more modern Renaissance cl
and a style which is more freque
copied, is embellished with small pani
on which appear conventionalized f<
age designs in line work. 'The shad
is burnt into the wood.
, Gilded and enameled coffers are a
' to be seen, but they are eighteenth c
) tury work and represent the period
decadence.
The modern household coffer is usi
ly lined with silk or an art fabric. Pie
iteresting. Pittsburg, for example, ]
a population of a third of a million
9,000 acres of ground; New York’s
'.atlon, little more than ten times
Aat, spreads over nearly 12 time*
any acres.
ago was long famous for Its an
j/n habit, but since 1890 New York
a.exed much more territory than
n,3 total area. New Orleans has
a sy larger area than Chicago.
Kac‘hem covers six times the area
of3ore.
; Aton, which occupies the Mary
an of the ten miles square set
*? . i national capital, is a fair- j
fz 1 S area goes, for this genera
'l thorn seem smaHa century hence,:
1 ^1 tbe'oke<i abundantly ample for j
when la,ses of urban development
' irnorat'f as wel1 as Other
Consolidation is plainly
than one.'nc;e8ofthft,”es- More
States haA* tn/he United
I annexatiotedt0 th6ir terrAtory by
counties ar 890„ To™8,‘P"
reason of l^onaI y 8obdiTld6d;by
i seem to be terest/. but/b* c,tiea
l daries outw£ upuShing them boun
II nomic reasoTbe1re are 801116 ec(>
in many cas-tbl8, but the r6a8°n
'! their inhabita ^9 de9,r9 of
! jng » nake a good show
MOST POPULAR NUMBERS.
Seven and Thirteen Are Fixed Upon
in the Minds of the Greater
Number of Men.
‘‘Ask a man to pick out some numi
ber between one and ten, and you can
tell him nine times out of ten what
number he has selected, though his se
lection is made mentally,” said a man j
who, according to the New Orleans
Times-Democrat, i3 fond of the old
things, “and when you come to think
of it, the task of naming the correct
number is not a difficult one. In the
course of an hour the other day 1
aaked ten men to think of a certain
number—any number between one and
ten—and I would tell them what num
ber they had flx«d their mind on
In nine cases out of ten I was correct,
missing it only once. The minds of
nine of the persons selected the num
ber seven, and one of them selected
nine. It is not difficult to understand
why the mind should run to the num
ber seven. Even in the case of th« |
man who fixed his mind on the num
ber nine, he told me when it was all
over that his mind had first run to
seven, but he quickly changed to nine
without knowing just why it was that
he changed. Seven is the most prom -
inent figure between one and ten. It
is the most popular number in the line,
and is associated with more things
than any other number, and it is quite
reasonable that the mind should light
on seven. I made another test the
other day with five persons, asking each
of them to write some number between
one and ten, and give it to a sixth per
son. When the slips had been handed
to the sixth man I said: ‘Seven is the
number on each of the slips.'
“ ‘Correct,” said the man to whom
they had been handed, and the fiv9
iucu ncic a uii uc w auci ou iui iuc
moment by the fact that they had all
hit upon the same number, and that I
was able to tell what the number wa3.
It would be quite as easy to name a
number between 10 and 20, though I
have made no tests along this line. I
dare say that 13 would be the first
number to flash in the mind, simply
because it is the most talked of, and
the only number between 10 and 20
that has the widest association. So
you can tell'there is no trick about it,
and it doesn’t require any knowledge
of the occult philosophies."
EXTENDING BOUNDARIES.
Some of Our Larger Cities Have An
nexed Ground Far Into Adja
cent Farm Lands.
According to a recently issued census
bulletin?*the real rank of cities is not al
ways indicated by the order in which
they stand in the tables of population. i
Some great centers have a considerable
part of their massed population lying
outside the municipal boundaries. Bos
ton is a good example; about 1,200,000
people live in sight of the state house
dome, and less than 600,000 of them are
governed by the Boston mayor. Other
cities have annexed far into the farm
uands of the adjacent ''country, says I
er'outh’s Companion.
0 It is customary to speak of the popula
m of a state, "In proportion to its
ia.l-e „ gucll a comparison is seldom
D y de of cities, although it might not be
How to
Get Well.
Every organ of the body is
directly connected with the
brain by nerves. The nerve
cells in the brain generate
nerve force—power—and send
it to the organ through these
nerves, and this nerve-force
gives life and action. The or
gans work perfectly when there
is sufficient nerve power. Lack
of nerve force weakens the ac
tion of an organ and it works
imperfectly—becomes sick.
Two-thirds of all sickness is
thus due to weak or deranged
nerves; it is therefore advisa
ble to take Dr. Miles’ Restor
ative Nervine, because it makes
nerve energy.
When you cure the nerves
you remove the cause, and
that’s the way to get well.
"Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine
cured me of nervous prostration after
every other effort had failed to give
me relief. My trouble seemed to
begin with a general loss of strength
and a breaking down of the nervous
system. I suffered from headache,
constipation and fluttering or palpita
tion of ttie heart. My appetite failed
and I was so nervous and restless that
I could not sleep at night. My hus
band, who is a druggist, brought me
a bottle of Nervine. It helped me
from the start, and I continued using
it until I had taken six bottles. My
health was completely restored.”
MRS. SILA M. MOREHOUSE,
North Adame. Mich.
Dr. Miles’ Nervine Is sold by your
druggist, who will guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit. If It falls, ho
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart. Ind
■nrvr^ t nmrn r:in
«pouu run ujuj. i.mivo
ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST.
The Western Trail magazine
offers six prizes aggregating in
value $300 in railroad transporta
tion for letters from residents of
Arkansas, East Colorado, Mis
souri, Kansas, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma, Texas and New Mex
ico.
It wants letters that will in
duce energetic and ambitious
men and women to settle in the
great and growing Southwest
and there engage in farming,
cattle raising, dairying, fruit
growing and similar pursuits.
To accomplish the purpose
which it has in view, the West
ern Trail offers the following
prizes in railroad transportation
for the six letters which, in the
opinion of a competent judge,
shall be deemed best suited to
its requirements:
First prize, $100 in railroad
transportation.
Second prize, $75 in railroad
transportation.
Third prize, $50 in railroad
transportation.
Fourth prize, $25 in railroad
transportation.
Fifth prize, $25 in railroad
transportation.
Sixth prize, $25 in railroad
transportation.
THE CONDITIONS ARE EASY.
Letters should deal with th
ixrvntai»’a OYnorianpaa sinpp hp Apt:.
-- --ir --
tied in the Southwest. They
should tell how much money he
had when he rrived, what he
did when he first came, what
measure of success has since
crowned his efforts and what he
thinks of that portion of country,
in which he is located.
Letters should not be less than
300 nor more than 1,500 words in
length, and will be used for the
purpose of advertising the South
west. Letters are desired not
only from farmers and farmers’
wives, but also from merchants,
school teachers, clergymen; from
everyone who has a story to tell
and who knows how to tell it.
Poetical contributions are not
wanted.
All cannot win prizes, but by!;
their contributions they can as
sist the Western Trail initsef-;
forts to colonize and upbuild the i
Southwest.
Contest closes June 30, 1905.
Prizes will be awarded as soon
thereafter as results can be de- j
termined. Address the Western t
Trail, 736-744 Van Buren street,
Chicago, 111.
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May 15 the ion Pacific will
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the following rates from Mis
souri river terminals, Council (
Bluffs to Kansas Ciy inclusive:^,
“Jones Pays the Freight” 1
\hjE ALSO PAY RAILROAD FARE TO LITTLE
ROGK if you buy $50.00 worth of goods. This m Bj|
store is twice the size of any other house furnishing H B§||
store in LITTLE ROGK, and our stock of I MsM
FURNITURE, CARPETS ^
DRAPERIES, CROCKERY, STOVES/ ' J
and KITCHEN UTENSILS ifl
offers you the advantage of a big assortment to choose ^B
from. ... We are price ^
setters.Write us. |
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House Furnishing
Company
609-611-615-615
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LITTLE ROGK: j
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St. Louis to
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and the Northwest, via
Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route
J s'
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars Daily.
Through Tourist Sleeping Cars daily via Missouri Pacific
Railway. Tuesdays and Saturdays via Iron Mountain Route.
For full information address
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St. Louis, Mo.
$20 to Ogden and Salt Lake
Sity.
$20 to Butte, Anaconda and
Helena.
$22.50 to Spokane and Wenat
chee. Wash.
$25 to Everett, Fairhaven,
Whatcom, Vancouver and Vi"
;oria, via Huntington a
cane.
$25 to Portland anil
>rJto Tacoma
Huntington and