Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-30
His Grace Of Portland.

shoulders but slightly bowed by age, with the
| fine, clear cut features, aad with tlyaway cape
eliminating in a Gothic arch collar, is the pres
cnt head Of the historic family of Bentick. l.
peases him to penetrate his MAJ gul6cent domain
by a series of burrows and to sartlc bis de.
pedents by unexpected appearances from these
subterranean depths. These burrows arc 20
narrow tunnels, but lofty, spacious passages.
lighted by costly apparatus for letting 10 the
sun at intervals, and by iunumerab!c ea'lghts
Lined with brick and stone. and rtrt,c''y WA
ter tight, they enable their owner to be every
where by turns and nowhere long.
The sudden apparition ofa great duke aniHpg
the grooms exercising his horses 10 the great
riding house, whose liko exists 20 where else.
astonishes. but does not dismay. AS bis pale
face rises from the earth in tho LETT hand corncr
Of the enormous building, there is no sign OF
trepidation among those assembled, while their
master surveys the magnificent work raised at
cost which sells calculation at defiance. Near
Iy four hundred feet long, with width o!
rather moro than one third. this riding house.
carpeted with tao, has walls OF solid stone, az:
O roof of wood glass and iron. Iw1 ToTs
columns divide it into nave and tWJ aiSi'
the latter With beautiful wooden roofs IT,
great central compartment is decorated with
lrieze Of painted brass work, reprcscnllog bird,
beasts aud foliage, while the whole structure Is
adorned with O triezs CT elegant desigo aud
perfect workmanship.
% the latter quality the Duke OF Portland
insists. Endowed with rehuod taste aud c!n
siderable skill in architecture, lie Is bullde:
up of good work and puer down Ct bld. M
arohltec. at one time employed by him ouiit il
| gateway, which, when completed, became "h
hcrrent to him, yet so considerate was he OF The
artists feelings, that he could not tod it 10 hi+
| heart to demonstrate with him. Ole night h.
waited till tho. architect had driven off, sad
| then set all his men to work to pull down the
edifcc By morning not vestlgc remained.
and the architect, on his arrival, rubbed his
| eyes in amaZement, aud Mother he nor the
Dako ever took the slightest notice OF It's dts
appearance.
Tho half hundred lodges fer keep,rs aud
other servants on tho Welbeck estates have
all been built by their present proprietor. VIVA
has 10 their construction carried Gu! h!s r''
sion for subterrsnean work. The dlnbInr
rooms and bed chambers make handsome
little house enough, soidy and pef f:ctIy built
Of stone. The unsecmly part Of the dwelling
is buried in the earth; Kitchens. panrIes an|
other Offices arc plunged below. Many Of the
finest apartments in tho Abbey itself are ac"
ally underground, and Illuminated by All
kiuds of ingenious devices Wc!bcck boasts o
suberranean library of great size, Whose
natural gloom is comparably dispeed ty gas
burners sempternally agow. vi course The ga
used at Welbeck is made on the premises, an!
lofty mounds covered with rhododendronS 'lie
four uosccmy gasomctcr5 from the tye'
CRooUET.-Unc day this summer VIC rods
fifty miles 10 railway car, seated behind TOUR
men who were playing With those aWlu! play
things of the demon-cards. They played cuchrc
until they were tired of it. They played I't!Ie
seven up, pedro, and occasionally Till: O.
poker. We never heard dispute. Their
bursts Of mcrriment occasionally at some uncX.
p( ced play repeatedly drew our eyes from our
book. They never quarrclcd, and never called
names once. When We got cut at our statloI
We sst at our window and watched party OF
youpg men and maidens play crtquet. 10 III,
teen minutes we saw Two persons cheat success
! fully. We heard the one player who dId not
cheat accused Of cheating five tunes. We
heard four distinct, bitter qnatrcls. We chcart
| a beautiful young girl tell TWO lies, aEd meek
| looking youag man three, and ioaIy %c saw
| the young girl throw her malct ags'ns! ne
| fence 80 hard it frightened a horse, the otfrr
Young rirl pounded her mallct 20 hard on 10:
ground that it Knocked buds Oft an apple sicr,
! thew both banged iDto tho house at dIttercnt
| doors, and the Two youor nen Looked shcepsh
aud went off after druk. Now, why is TIN,
| Isn't crcquet good, moral gau. ?-Bnft'He.
The KIND OF RELIGION WE WhHT. ""
want religion that sottcns The step anI Iuns@
the voic, to melody, and checks t!lc lmrai""l
! exclamation and harsh rcbuAI: religion ihpi
is polite, deierential to supcri0rs. c3ufIcru' II
| interiors and considerac TO friends; '"'i-'''
that goes IL; tie family end keeps the hu,H"n!
irom being cross when dinner IS iaio, anu Sc' ~
the wife from ircttlog Whcn the ho"oan1 t'a'N
the newly washed floor with his muddy boots,
and makes the husband mindful Of the sciapcs
and the door mat; keeps the mother patient
when the baby iscross, and amusaa the chl'dreh
az well az instlucts them; cares TOR the servants
besidcs paving them prompts; projects inc
honcv moon into the harvest moon, and makes
thc hanny home like the Eastern hg tree, pctr'
inc in ira bosom at once the beauty ol IT. ten
dor blossoms and the glory of the rlpcpcd lrui'.
W. want religion that ehall lnterposc be
tween tho ruts, and gulies and rocks OF the
highway of life, and the sensitive souls that
are travelling over them.
This il the season of the year when moths
arc most apt to fud their way into tars OF all
, kinds, and those who have sealakln sacquess or
: cans should examice them carefully every day.
The best way to drive moths away is to put on
the sacquc aod stand out in the sun Tor an hour 0
: or two every afternoon about o'clock. Ih'
! moths naturally dislike warmth-thers i, moth
ing so effective as the genial rays of the ssu
l to remove them from the locality they may
have settled 10, - Eugene Field,