The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1895-01-31
WINDSOR IN WINTER.
Howthe 0acen's Faeorito Home 10 Heated
and Lighted,


and the electric light. while for warm.
Ing anil coolsin~, wood, coal and gas arc
used, During The residence OF tho court
some hundreds OF persons are in the
castle besides tho royal family and the
visitors, consequently the adequate
provision Of all these processes is of a
somewhat gigantic nature, keeping
many servants constantly employed.
For The general LIGHTING and heating,
@'%s aud coal are adopted, but this is
rot so i'll the queen's own rooms, nor
IN any other of the royal apartments.
IN the~,mattcr OF fires for her own
rooms the queen strictly banishes coal.
She has {. conf;rmci preference for
wood only. Special supplies Of wood
have to be obtained for this purpose
from the thickly;ilnbcr hills few
miles up the river, above Windsor,
where IL number of worl;men are rcgu-
larry employed on this task. The tim.
Der, when ac.led and roughly trimmed
on tho spot is brought down to q wharf
on tho riverside, where it is dressed
and cut up into blocks Of fixed sizes.
as required supplies are brought down
to the castle Cor consumption in the
queens roo:ns.
Gas and oil are excluded fro M her
majestys apartments. Here light is
provided 10y means OF wax candles, all.
Of one special pattern, their daily re-
moval being the duty Of q special ofli-
cial. In some of the other apartments
gas is utilized, and in some other parts
oil lamps are burned. gas supplying the
quarters OF the staff generally. More
over, although the queen bars all but
candles for Ger own private use. She
has permitted the introduction of an
electric light plant. This is placed
underneath the north terrace. and is
IN charge of (: special engineer, under
the general supervision Of d prom
incnt electrician. This plant has never
been largely used. but the light has
been led into ana applied to the main
corridors. to one Or t:"D OF tie royal
apartments and to the library. 4 year
or so ago The original pant WAS re-
placed by newer ana more powerful
machinery. whi&:h would pi>3a1ly s1f-
ice to light y!lc Whole OF t:!e castle Il
1he queen so wiil>d, but tnia has not
yet occurred nor IS she i:ic!y>to sane
ton Il. Electric bells an.l telephones
abound throughout the caste. rut cleo
iric l.slltt is allowed YER, lnnit2 play.
The coal required fot Windsor castle
chief. comes from certain coiic"ies Ill
north Wales. brought in tr;nioaIS OF
PERHAPS five hundred tons ut a tine.
From The station it IS cartel to the
castle, in various parts Of which are
deep ANA spacious cellars iEto which ii
n tipped. Thence it is conveyed as re-
ouircd TO the different ROOMS and OF
fees. numbering some hundreds.
Lifts are almost unknown in the
castle, consequently the coal has to be
jloistel from the cayernous cellars and
carried l;ther and thitlIer by coal
-porters. yhe raplerishing of the fires
is carried ont aEpn the most careful
and efficient plan, soctlncn and other
higher servants receiving the coal from
the portcrs anil passing it 10 tie royal
apartmentsa al intervals throughout the
day.
Each Official connected with heating
,s.nd lighting the castle has his allotted
anties aud recognized position, ana
thns ti.e resiGearr of the highest lady
in the Land is 2iybecd and warmed IN
efficient manner by Ea&ny and various
processes London News,
ELEPHANTS TENDING BABIES.
Monsters Tia: T.,lc the Tenderest Care at
the aIlllOut'S Children.
Weakness appeals powerfully to the
friendly protection of the strong, and
even among brutes-at least, the no.
bier knds--tise appeals not often in
vain. In the curious seiation between
monster and midget we not unfre
,uuently see the fable of the lion ape
the mouse repeated without words
There is nothing by auy means uncom'
mon or incredible in the stories which
have been reported about the children
oi a mahout being cared for by the
rnuhout's elephant.
The whole family Of the mahout be-
come, as it wcre, parasites to the ele'
phant, by WHOM, they earn their living.
j have seen q habv placed by its moth
er Systematically under the elephants
care. and within reach of it's trunk
while the mother went to fetch water
or to mct wood or material to cook the
family dinner No jackal or vol
woull he likely to pick up and carry
of a oaby who was thus contided to
4he cure Of an elephant, but most PEG
ole who have lived life in the jungles
know how very possible it is for
iackal or Il wolf to carry off baby
whcn lying IN a utWhen the mother
back is t"rGcd.
The children thus brought ap ia the
companionship of an elephant become
familiar with him, ana take all kinds
of, liberties with him, which the Gle
x,bant seems to endure on the principle
ahai it docs not hurt him, while il
.amuses the child. You see little
,aalssd black child, about two feet high
standing OH the elephants bare back,
and taking it down 50 the water to
lathe, shouting all the time in the
u nnbccoming terms OF native
aalssguage.
4 the water the elc-