The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-27

1900
Frederick the Great in many Of his noble
qualities He was succeeded by Frederick
william Nv who did nothing for his people
but to keep out Of war and iets them
enjoy peace which made him in that sense
good king. He expended more than
million OF dollars In building a palace
which he did not need and in trying to
raise oranges around II above 30 degrees
north latitude. The place has ever since
been called THE orahgery.' at Potsdam.
At his death william the First became
King of Prussia. In 1870 when ne was
whipping the French In every battle an
old Alabamian named Lewis who was
small cross roads. politician and who was
when William r. King was elected Vice
President a great admirer Of him. Lewis
was reading in paper how old William
was winning victories and remarked
This William King Of Prussia IL play
ing the devil with the French; wonder
II ne is any kin to William r. King OF
Alabama After his triumph over the
French he was made Emperor OF re-
united Germany and the great massive
and beautiful statue in Segis Alley near
the Parliament house was erected 10 the
glory Of the Emperor Won Moitke, DIS
was the rand-father OF the preseht Hn-
peror william III.
Leaving Hanover at II o'clock we were
about two hours still in Germany before
we crossed the line into Holland ana py
rand run we passed through II In the
direction of Amsterdam where we arrived
at o'clock which was little petore
night We stopped at Hotel des Pays.
Bas in the heart of the city ana iounu
II a good one. Amsterdam Is the iarsese
city in the knigdcm and by recent ssn.
| Of S3A 000 TWO
rivers run through it and the entire place
e Allied with canals-nearly every otnsr
street YOU cross a canal on very SUD-
atantial bridge Barges and tow ooafs
rim ali these There are many imposing
and substantial bull 1f1gs-churches thea
trey public halls the Bourse Faiace
lie Dam. Palais Royal hotels etc.
The next day we visited places OF in-
terest observing the splendid statues IN
the streets erected to their noble dead.
We spent several hours in their gallery
of arts and paintings which arc general.y
o. the Dutch and Flemish types. We
yis,ted the Jewish quarter. There are 6O,-
900 Jews in this quarter. Their stores
shops and residences are In nowise Ike
those of our Jewish citizens. They IN
Amsterdam are overcrowded, dirty, nj
thy and addicted. to many vices, Wniie
our Jewish people are decent, intelligent
progressive, nice people and among our
best citizens.
We visited the great diamond factory
saw the process of cutting. splitting ana
polishing diamonds. great ana small. II
is exceedingly delicate and dimcult work
to perform. The foreman operator OK
nIained to us the different processes
A diamond cannot be cut except with
a diamond and every one great or small
| has fifty-eight sides or faces to IT.
never have seen them, 1t may be be-
cause my sight is not keen enough the
lsstatement taxed my cre1ulIty but may be
true: the foreman asserted 1t most posi-
lively. No one is allowed to work In the
| factory after he is IS years old. TO split
a diamond the foreman would saw or
scratch a little place and then put q
sharp edged file-looking blade In that
| little place and tap it with hammer
made for the purpose and thus split the
stone until shaped as desired. They. are
also set in hot wax and then ground.
| The diamond dust, even the very smallest
| particles, are saved and utilized in paste
| which is used in polishing the stones. /
/ was always fond Of diamonds. and thir-
| teen years ago, when at Geneva. Swift
! zeriand, visited Clinadist's establish
ment several times while he was making
| for Mrs. Oates a heavy diamond neck
J. lace which pTCSSnlSu- HCIs AOdA h~o q
| good deal about the work of putting them
| together but never understood the
work of splitting. shaping and
polishing these precious stones un-
| III this visit to the Amsterdam
| factory. That is the place for our Ameri-
can ladies to go to get genuine diamonds
| and have them shaped to order. The next
| forenoon concluded our sightseeing and
we took the midday train for The
| Hague. On our way the train stopped
| long enough for us to have a good view
| Of the flower farm where they grow
great fields of the finest and every va
| riety of flowers. They grow to great per-
| lection and beauty, are cut down and
shipped to cities all over the continent.
| One ten-acre field had just been shorn
| of its flowers the day before for ship
nnent to st. Petersburg and other cities
| Of Russia. They have the means Of pre-
| serving the flowers for many days in all
| their freshness and beauty, but like our
| California fruit the sweetness and ar9-
ma Is gradually lost. The climate and
soil being well adapted to 1t, flower cuI-
| tude is an important industry in Holland
The Hague. the capital Of the Kingdom
is a city of more than 100000 population.
1t is well built and beautifully located.
Like all the other cities in that country
| II is full of canals which are used by
! numerous canal boats. We stopped at a
most excellent hotel facing the deer park
where dozens of those beautiful animals
| are always in sight. 1t is the only hotel
l found in Europe which absolutely pro-
hibIts the giving of tips to their serv-
| ants Everybody ought to stop there for
| that practice is great nuisance and FREE
| quently an absolute annoyance to trav-
elers. Some hotels do not pay their serv-
| ants any thing; they merely board them
| and perhaps lodge them and let them
| take chances at tips from the guests. At
| such when a guest is going to leave the
| word Is 'Saunt" all over the house and
| all~the servants table walters, bell boys.
elevator man. baggage handlers. cham
bermaids, bootblack, the hotel 'portaire''
with gold lace on his coat and cap. all
expect tip and by the time the depart
ing guess. sees them all around 1t amounts
TO one-third as much as the board bill.
There is no use TO say that you will not
tip. They will look It out of you. II you
are about to ignore them and go they
win not say anything but the most woe
/ begone and funeral-like countenances
that any one ever beheld Is there present
! ed. Each face wears a death
ly pallor and silently says
Mon Dieu Messeur-Are you thus un
| mindful and regaId less CT tho great ser