Show CABINET FURNITURE Presidents Official Household Holds an Auction Upon moving Into the new office at the White House tho furniture of tho Presidents Presi-dents rooms was renewed and each member mem-ber of tho Cabinet was allowed to tako homo ne a souvenir the old chair In which ho has been sitting but this could not be done without complying with the law that governs the disposal of useless and decrepit de-crepit Government property A board of inspection was appointed the old Cabinet table and chairs wore condemned 1 ns unlit for further userulnuid und were sold at auction by Col Blnuhnm the grand chamberlain cham-berlain KobodN but the Cabinet wore present and each bid l In his chair for fj Tho money was turned Into tho treasury This Is I a common practice with members mem-bers of Congress who want to take home with them tho desk and chairs the > hay occupied In the Senate or the House of oprcaenlnllvcs The Government never given anything away Every spring and all each of the departments has an auction auc-tion sale at which all tho rubbish dl apldnled furniture and unavailable assets of Uncle Sam are disposed of to the high cst bidder Theue Bales aro advertised In the Washington newspapers and are I chiefly patronized by secondhand ftirnl and bomdlnghouso kuonoia ure men unc bonnlnghouo IttoJI There IB an annual sale of tho same lint nt Iho Capitol and Bore spirited bidding when any Interesting or valuable relic happens to be put up Alter the restored While Houso Is I fully refurnished lie old carpets furniture and other articles which cannot he utilized under tho new nrjrancrcincnta will bo sold In the same way and will brine hlsh cost prices probabl > mora than their orIginal costTho chairs which have been taken homey home-y members of tho Cabinet dale from Grants first administration The frames are of black walnut and tho seats and backs are upholstered In brown Runsla leather They have been restored several limes and If they were acnt to an uurllot tmes from nn ordinary residence thc would bring about leach |