The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-18
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ton OF the palace at Newmarket But
"a mes u diverted Il TO other uses. ana
the unfinished palace WAS partially
destroyed By iire aud then torn down.
Charles had many an encounter with
Sir Christopher Wren about the palace.
and on one OCCASION. while going over
It with the famous architect, complain.
ed that he rooms were small. where
upon Sir Christopher. who was verJ
snort ana pompous glanced conser-
measuring The walls with his eye. nnI
ga Ia he thought they were high enough
This was too much for the Merrie Mon
hrcll. SO squhtting down to less thaa
half his height. and creeping about iii
mat whimsical posture. he agreed,
Aye, sir christophcr. think. after
all that they are high enough"
While even the most discreet aud
conildential Of private secretaries OF
self, are barred from entering the
council room when the Cabinet is In
session. At WashlnSton as we'll as IN
most OF the CAPITALS OF Euronc. attend
ants move freely about tho apartment
When tho Cabinet or the Ottoman EN-
pirc Is in session at Constantinople.
immcmorial these attendants have al
ways been deaf and dumb; formerly
perhaps by artificial means, but now
adhys owing their a:iiiction TO their
tpirth. They are known AS the dumb
ones" of the Sublime Porte, and arc.
one Of the few institutions Of olden
nna thr ,rh havs esen retained ~ The
them is Sidki Efendi, who Is IA man
OF remarkable education. so much 50
,,nT l, tnat there is reason to be-
hex should OF what Is being ga Id in his
presence. owing to his possessic. OF
d dnat faculty, enjoyed by some stone.
what Is being said by watching tho
movement Of The lips OF speaker.
a! one. timo these deaf and dumb
messages OF death 10 Turkish states
men and dlEnitaries who had incurred
The displeasure of the Padishah, and
TO intimate to them that they had to
choose between poison and silken
lions are limited TO those OF very
discreet garcons de bureau.
No word in the English language Is I
more mo, freely misusod than that OF
no ona astsf so@ ees eG Se
acquisition, they arc set down as heir
looms. Now. an heirloom is something
II II whlch mn the o%nsr has but ltts
ancient family; that Is to say, to tho
chief thereof He has no power to sell
or IN anX way ALLEVIATE il, and 1t his
death II masses to the neNt heir to his
enthtled estates. In one word, an heir
loom is an cntailed chattel, as distin-
Euished from entailed estate. ]. o. land
ed possessions. Thus. all tho crown
Jewels of the various reigning houses
of Iurope are helrlooms and are STYLED
such 70 distinguish them from 1.-THE
personal jewels of the members OF the
sovereign family, which arc their prl-
waite property. ,s4
On King IGdwa rd's death. for in.
stance, all the< Jewels which were
hoirlooms passed by law from his
widow. Queen Alexandra, to her SON
Almost every one of tho great houses
of the English and continental aris-
tocracy have Jewels and art troas-
ures that arc entailed upon tho head
a lifo interest These arc heirloonIs,
The word "hcirIoom" Is or Saxon
origin, according To blackstone, and is
ccmposed of tho word "hor" and OF
loom" which means "chattel.r
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood