The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-12

VAST ROOM OF ONYX
The picture gallery itself would be an
ornament 20 any palace in the world 10 is
100 feet long and 50 feet wide, and the cell
ing 10 at least twenty-five feet above the
white mosaic floor. The fnlshings Of this
room are OF Mexican onyx. You think you
are giving a nice wedding present TO your
friends when you present them an onyx
clock foot and q half high. What would
you think OF q vast room finished In this
rich stonel Every bit of it il of the finest
quality. The doorway to the room would
be large enough for a cathedral The col
umns at its side are two feet thick and they
rise flftesn feet above the floor before they
support the archway made in a ridge and as
big as the end Of good-sized cottage.
Tbs walls OF this room are covered
with pictures and there are some
very fine paintings among them. One
which struck me was that Of "A Meeting OF
the Four-in-Hsnd Club'in Hyde para during
the jubilee. The plunger, Benson, was
looking at this painting while the artist
| was making 10, and as he watched the brush
doing its work he concluded he would like
to have 1t, and he said to the artist: "What
do you want for ItF Would you like to
be in it?" replied the artist Eyes, said the
plunger. "What will you take for it and
put me inr' 1.-TWO thousand pounds was
the reply. an take It :" said the plunger,
| anu Lu6 SAFE vas ulh4Hs III EltilS tflS DiutiReE
| had to sell 10 and Col. North bought il.
Among the notables at this meeting were
| Col. North and his wife. and the two are
represented in this picture nearby the
Prince OF Wales.
TIE TROPICS IN ENGLAND.
! At the end Of this grand hall there is q
| sun parlor. and beyond this are the conserv-
atories. where tropical flowers and plants
bloom and blossom all winter long. These
| cOnservatories consist of vast rooms under
glass. They have waterfalls in them, where
the streams gush out Of rocks and pay in
( end out through ferns and tropical plants,
and now and then spread out into pools
almost big enough for fish ponds. Here you
may study the botany OF half dozen eli
mates, and you find here plants from all
parts of the world. The different rooms
are kept at different temperatures. and you
can go from one zone to another in passing
through it.
At the entrance TO the conservatory
among the statues Of the sun perlor is An
extraordinary life-size figure OF Marguerite,
and ns you look at it you see Faust. also life
size, lookingimost lovingly at her from be-
hind. You imagine this Faust to be q Sec
ond statue until you come close TO the
| figure OF Marguerite, when you see that the
back OF the statue is. carved to represent
Faust, and what you suppose to be second
statue 10 only the reflection of Marguerite's
back in the long mirror behind it.
A RICH MANS PARLoRs.
The halls and parlors Of this nitrate
| kings palace are papered in the finest Of
satins and are finished in woodwork OF ma
hogeny and other fine woods wonderfully
carved. Money has been lsvished TO such
an extent that every inch might be plated
with gold leaf and not approach the actual
cost. The dinlngroom itself lie more than 100
| fonns IA hv,rev nd ba
and silver trophies which Col. North's horses
and dogs have won. He has some
OF the finest dogs in she world and
his greyhounds have taken many cups. One
of his dogs has won nearly 10000 il stakes
| for him, and he has great solid silver cups
which will hold a gallon, wonderfully
| carved, which have been won by his famous
CANNES The Waterloo cup which his dog
| Fullerton won is worth So. 500. and on either
side Of the mantel are great disks of sill yer
and gold, the prizes OF dog contests. You
can seat fifty people at the dining table Of
his room and il is bigger than the state din
| ing room OF the white house. The drawing
rooms are proportionately large and the
bedrooms are each big enough for parlors.
THE CHAMBERS OF THE RICH.
1t may interest you to look into the
chambers OF the rich. There are, judge,
about thirty bedrooms connected with this
house, and these are all papered with satin
and silks OF various colOrs An electric
light hangs over each bed and bell button
is within easy reach. The hall is finished in
brocaded velvet, and Col. North lays his
| red head on.s white down pillow in a room
the tint of which is old gold. All of his
toilet articles have handles Of silver, and
great cases, which contain his many suits
OF clothes, are OF polished maple. One de-
partment of the wardrobs is devoted ems
tirely to short sack coats, another Is for
dress suits, and third is filled wi h over
coats He never has TO worry about the
buttons on his shirts, and IL his pentaloous
begin to bag at the knees he has enough in
reserve to give him new pair without
speaking TO his tailor.
l wish l could describe Miss North's bed
room. IL is che ,westest little symphony in
blue have ever seen. The walls are of
blue satin and are covered with pictures aud
photographs. The great brass bedstead has
rich curtain OF the finest satin brocade
and a wonderfully decorated quilt of satin,
embroidered in Japan, lies on the bed.
There are easy sofas about the room, and
the dressing room. adjoining the bedroom,
is finished in the same way. Mrs. North's
room is equally fine. and the bath rooms OF
this house form suite of themselves.
They are wallet with marble OF different
colors, and the light comes into them through
panss OF stained glass and you walk about
wv
They include Turkish baths and Russian
baths, and you can have any sort OF a BATH
you want. During the latter part OF my
. visit went down into the strong room in
which is kept gold and silver table services
which belong TO Col. North and where the
ladies store their jewels. 1t is tioored with
cement and walled with granite. and We
. went through many iron gates. the doors
of which were guarded with burglar alarms
and combination locks to get into it, and
) found the treasures kept IN iron cages about
8 thirty feet under the ground. looked al
! them, feeling ike the penniless boy who
} CLUES his nose against the candy store
, windows and feasts his eyes on the sweet
. ness within, and as l looked wished were
| rich. But a second thought showed me
that these bolts and bars we're merely one o.
! the many worries of the millionaire, and
went away comparatively happy.
, TIE sportsman of to-day appears to stand be
! tween "the devil and the deep blue sea" say
, the New York Sun. In some parts Of Wiscon
sin the GENIAL settler snares or traps game
while he plants set guns in convenient localItie
to kill or mutilate the unfortunate amateur wn'
, may be out for day. shooting. a correspon