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ESfGLAJVV'S QVEESi The new Queen of England comes to her throne with the unusual advant age of being already deeply beloved by all her husband’s subjects. All English people regard her as an ideal woman and princess, and it has never been possible to say too much in her praise. Simplicity is the keynote of her character, and at Sandringham she has led the quietest and happiest life. When there she is out all day long in fine weather with her dogs, and indoors she is generally sur rounded by her grandchildren, who are devoted to her, and whom she also adores, more especially Prince Edward of York, who, however, had a great attachment for “gran-gran,” as he called his illustrious great-grand mother. When parties are staying in the house there is a pleasant absence of ceremony, and oftentimes Queen Alexandra has gone to some favorite visitor’s bedroom and chatted with her while she dressed or brushed her hair; or again, she would go round with her guests to the stables to introduce them to her favorite horses or show them her dogs. When she visits the kennels she wears a white apron with the pockets bulging out with bread. Someone ob served to her once that his dogs would not eat bread, to which she replied gayly: “Then I am afraid they can not be very well trained.” Her Etiquette Not Severe. As princess she was never stringent in her rules or etiquette. “Won’t you sit down?” she would say at the very first symptom of fatigue. Queen Alexandra’s intimates speak of the beauty of her character, her highmindedness, her generosity and unselfishness, and of her unaffected desire to do whatever might be right and wise. Deeply religious as she is, she is only strict regarding her own actions, and to the rest of the world she is charita ble and broad-minded, careful never to condemn and willing—even eager— to make allowances for those who have been less fortunately placed; while, al though she is perhaps naturally ser ious-minded, she has that rare and in valuable gift, a sense of humor, and is not only amusing herself, but appreciative of wit in any of her friends. Eike the late Queen, she is naturally domestic in her tastes, and of recent years she has been so much in mourn ing that she has withdrawn a little from the public sight; but to those in trouble she is ever visible. She regu larly visits the various hospitals in which she is interested, and at San dringham all the poor around are in her especial care. The Que-en is the most Indefatiga ble letter writer. Thirty or forty let ters from her own pen is no unusual daily occurrence, and she often sends ofF a number of telegrams, too, while Miss Knollys, who is her favorite at tendant, has often written over a hun dred letters a day, all of which are under a special personal supervision. She always sends a great deal of game to her own favorite circle, and at Christmas time a favorite gift of hers is a signed photograph of herself in a silver or chased leather frame, and to some particular friends a piece of her birthday cake invariably comes in a little box tied up with white rib bons. Although the Queen is so simple in her tastes, the life at Sandringham has been by no means devoid of circum stance and state. A tremendous num ber of men servants are kept; two men always stand outside each reception j room, and at dinner one is appointed 1 n i i i QUEEN ALEXANDRA. HETt SIMPLE TASTES AJVT> CHA HA C TE ER ISTICS. to each person. The punctuality ob served is noticeable, and the cooking is comparatively simple and always rather English in style. It is those who know Queen Alex andra best who are most devoted to her service, and she never appears more natural and more charming than in her own home, simply dressed in the slightly-trained and tight-sleeved frocks she has always affected, and out of doors in a tailor-made tweed. A Great Letter Writer. The Queen skates gracefully, and al though she prefers to ride on the right side of her horse, she is quite at her best when mounted, and at one time was very often in the hunting field. She generally then affected a simple habit of rather bright blue serge, and often wore a little knot of violets on her bodice. How Sha Dreases. Everyone at some time or another has had something to say about the Queen’s distinctive dress. Never in front of French fashions, she is at the same time attractively attired in the way which suits her so well —always simple clinging garments, with no fur belows or frills, and only on one occa sion, when she sat for a portrait, has she ever affected what has been called the “picture” sleeve. The crinoline and "pork pie” hat were in vogue when she was first mar ried, and as a girl in Denmark she had a happy talent of making her own hats; while later on it was she who gave the name to the close-fitting prixr cess bonnet whih had so long a reign, and she was responsible, too, for the graceful garment which was cut all in one and called the princes* robe. Asa very young woman she wore her hair parted simply In the middle and knotted low on her neck, and only a small necklace, if any, around her slender throat; but latterly she has worn her hair high with a fringe, and nearly always appears in the evening with a high collar of diamonds and pearls. Her jewels are superb, but she wears few except on state occasions. Queen Alexandra formerly was fond of long walks, and when In Scotland, where she used to go every year, she delighted in the hills and moors. She has been accustomed, too, to taking little trips incognito, and last year at tended the Paris Exposition, it is said, as “Mrs. St.evens.” It is expected that the chief charac teristic of the new court will be its brilliancy and gayety. Both the King and Queen are fond of having young people about them, and before the troubles of last few years oppressed them the balls at Marlborough House were the most splendid and successful of each season. The Queen, although she is not strong, has high courage and a great sense of duty. It has been said of her that she is the only prin cess who has never been known, when she held a drawing room, to leave it until it came to a natural end. Canary Birdi Overwhelm Ship. The schooner J. M. Weatherwax, which arrived at Port Townsend from Honolulu recently, had an unusual ex perience a few days before reaching port. When 160 miles off Cape Flat tery the schooner ran into an immense flock of birds, thousands of which set tled in the rigging and other parts of the vessel. The sailors furnished the feathered visitors with food and drink, and hundreds, if not thousands, of the birds remained on board till the schooner reached port. In order to retain her youth and pop ularity all a girl has to do is acquire a fortune and remain single. THE WEEKLY NEWS. CARTERSVILLE. O.V. OUR COAL SUPPLY. Oar Bltumlnoaa Fields the Moat Ex tent! ve In the World. The 194,000 square miles of coal fields belonging to the United States give it a supply averaging one square mile of coal field to each 15 square miles of territory. The meaning of this may be seen when It is remembered that the ration for Great Britain is 1 to 20 and for France 1 to 200. With the exception of anthracite coal beds covering 500 square miles In eastern Pennsylvania, but averaging 60 feet In thickness, and excepting also one or two small patches of coal in Colorado and New Mexico, the above.figures refer to bitu minous or soft coal. The eastern por tion of the United States contains five great coal beds: First, the Appalachian field, extending from the northern boundary of Pennsylvania to central Alabama; second, the Illinois-Indiana field, which extends into northwestern Kentucky; third, a field 150 miles wide extending southward from central lowa, covering Indian Territory and sending one arm across Arkansas and another in central Texas; fourth, a line of strata In Texas from the northeast ern corner of the state to the Rio Grande river; fifth, the central Michi gan field. The western fields do not lie in large continuous sheets, but consti tute small, isolated pockets averaging 25 miles In width and 50 miles in length. Such beds may be found throughout the entire Rocky mountain region from Montana to New Mexico, numbering in all 45 distinct beds in Colorado, Wyoming and the two states mentioned. To the west of this group of detached fields we find Idaho, hav ing four small beds, Washington four, and California five. A RUSH FOR FREE HOME?. Homesteaders Making Ready for ilie Opening In Oklahoma. By virtue of an act of congress passed last June, a tract of land sixty miles square in Oklahoma Territory is to be opened for settlement some time this year. Just when President Mc- Kinley will issue the proclamation en titling the public to race for home steads in what is known as “Beautiful Land” cannot be definitely announced at present. But officials believe that all preliminary work will be com pleted by the middle of next August. This will be the last great struggle for free homes in America. Descrip tions of the wealth and fertility of Oklahoma have excited much interest in the farms in that part of the coun try, and already intending settlers are camping on the border line waiting for the President to proclaim the grounds open. Many young lawyers, physicians and enterprising business men may he found who are making preparations to go to that part of Ok lahoma Territory to seek their for tunes. There are reports of new rail way developments in the territory, and the establishment of new banks, new’ building associations and insur ance companies is advertised; in fact, everything points to a boom in that region as soon as the “farm rush” be gins. A POPULAR NEW YORK PASTOR The Church of the Divine Paternity, Seventy-sixth street and Central Park west, is the strongest Universalist or ganisation in New York, and was made famous by the oratory of Rev. Dr. Edward H. Chapin. Its organization dates to 1839. The present beautiful and commodious edifice was erocted in 1897. The pastor of the church is Rev. Charles H. Eaton, D. D. He is an eloquent preacher, and his recent Sunday evening lectures on subjects of national interest attracted wide publicity and large attendance. In two of his lectures he discussed prob lems touching on capital and labor and the trusts. His plea for arbitra tion in settlement of disputes between capital and labor, and the symmetri- REV. CHARLES M. EATON, D. D. cal presentation of the many-sided subjects is well adapted to dissipate many popular misconceptions. A Home-Made Library. B. W. Pearce, 81 years of age, a re tired printer and editor of Newport, R. 1., has what is probably the most unique library in Rhode Island, If not in New England. It is composed wholly of scrap books, numbering about 100, all made within recent years. During all of that time he has purchased duplicate copies of the Utica Saturday Globe each week In order to use matter from each of the pages. Queen Wilhelmlna's Crown. The crown that adorns the brow of Holland’s youthful queen Is said to j have cost $6,000. In 1829 it was stolen by burglars and remained in their pos session for nearly two years. Event ually part of tne stones were found ] near Brooklyn, and the remainder , were ultimately discovered in Belgium. : A west side phrenologist claims he can tell what a barrel contains by ex amining its head. BUILDING A FARMHOUSE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO THOSE WHO WOULD PLAN A HOME. Importation of a Well- Chosen Site—Gon ral Princlplen In K Ob. or veil Make Your Own Plan nntl Then Submit It to an Architect or Kxperiencml Kiolilor. A bulletin presenting suggestions to builders of farmhouses and which was prepared by Mr. George W. Hill, chief of the division of publications, has just been issued by the depart ment. of agriculture. ‘There is no more important under taking on the farm,” Mr. Hill says, “than the building of the house which is to be at once the owner's residence, his office and In every sense of the word his home. But notwithstanding this fact there is no undertaking which sometimes as a result of entirely un avoidable circumstances, more often from other causes, receives so little forethought, so little careful consid eration and so little skillful planning and workmanship. “Too often the farmer finds himself compelled to provide a residence for himself and his family on short notice and on a short bank account. The re sult in an inconvenient, poorly con structed, and frequently, In the end, an uneconomical house. Many facts and ideas which the farmer has stored away in his mind for such an emergen cy are crowded out or lost sight of in the press of time. Frequently the nearest village carpenter has to be intrusted with many important de tails, and the result is far from satis factory. “It is with the hope of being of ser vice to all who have to build a farm house that this bulletin is written, but particularly is it aimed to help those who have neither the time nor the funds to build as they would like to, and who must, therefore, begin in a very modest way. To that end some very trite statements are made, some very simple facts stated —facts that everybody knows, but which many are apt to forget at the very time when remembrance would prove useful.” It is said that by carefully designing a house so as to facilitate its subse quent enlargement money may be saved and its convenience increased. Additions costing S4OO might have been so provided for in the original scheme as to have permitted of their erection for $350, and so on. Poorly lighted and inconvenient rooms and passages, inac cessible chimneys, steep or dark stair ways. etc., are likely to prove obsta cles in building additions to houses where the original plans did not take into consideration the probability of such additions. After reciting the necessity for per fecting title to the land, the bulletin treats of the matter of the site for the house. “The first, and by all odds the most important, consideration is that of healthfulness,” says Mr. Hill. “Build on low, 111-drained ground and ill-health will follow as inevitably as night follows day. A dry, well-drained soil is absolutely essential, but the question of air drainage should not be lost sight or. A hollow, however po rous and well-drained the soil, will prove a cold, frosty spot in winter, a hot and sultry one in summer. A site too closely shut in by timber will lose what it may gain in shade by the ab sence of free circulation of air, by the cutting off of every breeze during the sultry days of summer, and, in winter, the absence of sunlight is again a drawback. All things considered, a gentle hillside slope offers the great est advantages, and, if a hillside where the highest land is to the north and west, little more could be desired. In many portions of the country a strip of timber of greater or less extent to the north and west is an essential, not only to the comfort of the house, but to the comfort of those who are obliged to do chores about it in the severer weather, as well as the stock which must be quartered near it. Again, a few fine shade trees are a great addition to both the comfort and beauty of the farm home, and while trees may be planted and will grow up, gther things being equal, the advantage of building near a few fine trees should not be lost sight of. After the consideration of healthfulness, there is, perhaps none more important than that of water. A good well cannot be secured every where, and there is no greater incon venience than to have the well lo cated far from the house. In fact, the nearer it is the better. “Having conceived the general idea of the house to be built, the next step is to lay it out on paper, and a far better idea of the size and proportion of the rooms will be gained if the drawing is made to a scale. This is not a difficult feat. Let one-quarter inch on the two-foot rule equal one foot. Allow for whatever thickness of studding may be decided on and add one inch for lath and plaster on each side of the partitions, one inch each for lath and plaster, for sheathing, and for siding on outside walls, and a plan sufficiently accurate for practical pur poses will be obtained. Get the ad vice and counsel of the wife, explain ing to her whatever on the plans she may not understand. By consulting her convenience in various ways you may save this busy woman many thousands of useless steps every ween of her life. Remember that corners cost money and let in cold. The near er a house approaches to a square or rectangle the cheaper will be its con struction and the more solid and sub stantial will it prove when completed. Bay windows are an expensive luxury and are no longer in style. Keep in mind when planning the house the construction of the roof. A simple roof is cheaper and less liable to leak. Valleys are apt to cause trouble. “When your plan is completed to your own satisfaction submit it to an architect or experienced builder. Get him to point out any possible improve ments, and adopt them if you can see that they are improvements. Especial ly invite him to point out defects. Let him make your working drawings and prepare your bill of materials. Unless you have had wide experience he will save you all and more than his fee will amount to. Sometimes It will pay to let the contract for the whole or a part of the house; but in case that is done insist upon your being your own super intendent, with power to reject any material or workmanship that does not come # up to your idea of the quality contracted for, and have these condi tions specified in the contract.” A large number of plans and draw ings are given in the bulletin and con siderable space is devoted to a discus sion of materials to be employed FRENCH-BASQUE WEDDING. Matvimoniul ('eretnonlei Among; Pm ant in Southern France. The daughter of a metayer named Jean Marie lived with her father, a widower, her brother, Pelho, her sis ter, and little brother in the village of Sare, near St. Jean de Luz. They all alike worked upon the land. A young neighbor, Juan Coche, very recently proposed to her, but Pelho objected on the ground that he was not a fine enough fellow to take his fair share in the farm tfrork of the family. Tbo girl threatened to go into service, and thereupon the match was allowed to come off in due course. The fiance found the money for an extensive trousseau, which was made up at the girl’s home, taking six hired women and a sewing machine seven days to finish. Ab they were to live In the girl’s father’s house, no furniture was required. Bridesmaids were as always chosen from the girls living in the next dwelling house in the direction of the church. Two days before the wedding two live sheep, well washed and adorned with ribbons, was sent by the bridegroom’s father to the girl’s house, to be killed for the feast Next day in the afternoon there was a lot of gun firing on the part of Pelho, and during its continuance a procession of girls arrived, each bearing on her head a decorated basket containing gifts of bread, chickens and wine from neighbors. They went into the girl’s house, were fed and danced all the evening. The bride’s father contrib uted 60 pounds of beef, and the broth er a skin of Spanish wine (which sure ly never paid duty), as their respective offerings in aid of the wedding feast. Next day, at 9 a. m., in pouring rain, the wedding procession marched under umbrellas to the maire, where the civic marriage took place, when a paper was handed to the bridegroom authorizing the religious marriage, which was celebrated afterward. None of the girls would sign the register, nor the husband, probably out of mock modesty. This, by the way, shows how faulty educational statis tics, derived from the personal of reg isters, are apt to be. The fee of the cure was 6 francs 50 centimes and a bottle of Rancio wine. After the cere mony the wedding party adjourned to the cafe nearest the church until mid night, when the dinner took place at Jean Marie’s, lasting until 5 o'clock, at which no one except the bride, who had once been in service, used a knife and fork. The cook and waiting maids were cousins and aunts of the bride, and got the middle piece of the splendid cake, which, like all the food, did honor to Basque cooking. The old men became merrier than did the young ones, singing and smoking. Then dancing began to the strains of a hired flute-player.—Gentlemen's Mag azine. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. In medieval times not only were living prisoners ransomed by their friends, but a ransom was demanded even for the bodies of those in action. A Pennsylvania school boy, because of bad conduct, was sentenced by the educational board to banishment from the town, the board reserving the right to have him arrested should he return. The town of Eatonville, Fla., has 1200 inhabitants, with not a single white among them. It has a full quota of officials, a hank and other business establishments requisite In a town of its size. The first currency issued by the whites within the limits of the United States was wampum, which was adopt ed by the Massachusetts colonists in 1607 in their intercourse with the Indians. The most durable paper is made by a guild near Nanking, China, which supplies the government of that Em pire the leaves of its official docu ments. Some of these are over a 1000 years old. Crowded though the ocean may be becoming the iron four-masted sailing ship Afghanistan managed to make a seven months’ voyage from San Fran cisco to Liverpool without being spoken by another vessel. Not a word was heard of her from her departure till she sailed up the Mersey, a few days ago. A goose on the farm of Mr. Watkins Oilfach Maen, South Wales, reached the extraordinary age of 41 years last spring. Up to 10 years ago this goose laid regularly, and has hatched and brought up hundreds of goslings. For some time now she has not mixed with or taken anv notice of the other geese and the solitary journey of the poor old thing toward the end of its long and useful life is pathetic to behold, although she is treated with every kindness by her kind-hearted owner. SSAN’S CRUCIAL HOUR, A Woman on the Proper Treatment e Husband* When They Get Home. The crucial hour of the day as r< gards its effect upon the man of tb family Is commonly thought to be a sociated with breakfast. Then cheerful bearing and a joyful demeai or on the part of the feminine part < the family are thought to be most e fective In putting the man of th house Into the right sort of humor ft the day. There are other views, hov ever, on this subject, and one of thei came from a woman whose exper enees in her married life have bee of a kind to encourage any wife. She disagrees with the acceptt view as to the potency of good humc in the morning. Her scheme is ver different. “The most important moment o the dky to a man’s peace of mind she said, “is the 10 minutes that fo low his return from the work of tl day. At that time one word ma change his whole state of feeling. “He comes home unsually tire Work or the vexations of busines during the day have frequent! brought him to a point of fatigue o nervousness at which a very littl thing may decide what his mood w be for the rest of the evening. ( course, the particular disposition < every man is going to tell here ju as it does everywhere else. But nn rule will hold good for the averag man. “The most important thing for th tactful woman to do is to wait unt she sees some signs of his temp< before she makes any decided mov Don,t above all things, tell him th: the plumber has just sent in ate: rible bill merely for making that li tie alteration, or say that stupid Mr Jones has been at the house all afte noon talking about the new hous her husband has bought and showin off her sables as if she was the on! woman in New York that had them. “Generally, it is best to avoid sue beginning, although a woman’s ta must always he called in to help h< out, If one of the children has ju been taken down with measles, u the cook has been drunk all day an had to be sent away. “Don't talk too much in the begi ning on any subject. Conversatio taken torrentially at the outset i likely to upset anybody who is a litt, tired after a day’s work and wans quiet before adjusting his mind to th quiet enjoyment of home. “The woman who follows this a vice is going to find her evening pleasanter than if she jumps at th beginning into the heart of thing especially .disagreeable things, little tact during the first quarter < an hour after the return home worth all the early morning cheerfu ness In the world when it comes t making the wheels move smoothly i the household. —New York Sun. The Future of the Moor. Morocco, a country naturally ric and fertile, is kept poor by the grec and power of the throne. It is a go ernment of the Sultan, by the Sultai and for the Sultan; nothing else counts the people have no rights; the Suita is the embodied might and right o the nation. Fields untilled, crumi ling homesteads, rich minerals left ui touched, ruin and desolation evert where —all tell the story of the Su tan’s terrible rule. For how shall i profit a man to lay up treasures fo the monarch to seize? So every ta! ent is buried in the earth, every ligh is hidden under a bushel. The Moslem religion, once a spiri ual and civilizing force in Africa, no\ acts as a check to all progress; it morality, its soul, is dead; the petri fled shell alone remains, and that Is dungeon of darkness. Within its ii fluence all things remain stationai or else crumble into ruins. It is difficult to conceive these and generate Moors belong to that sam great race that once were conqueror of Spain, and who introduced a highe civilization into that country, wh were liberal-minded and progressiv for their time, and masters of the fin arts. When the Moors were expelle from Spain, they found their chic haven in Morocco, hut a strang change has come over the spirit o their dreams. The land of the Moor is stagnam rotting under the terrible incubus o its government and its religion. It only hope lies in its conquest by som civilized power; its gods must be bar ished, its idols shattered, else it mus die of its own corruption. Not fron that rocky eminence from whenc Boabdil turned with tear-dimmed eye to look upon the lost Granada, bu from Morocco today ascends el ultim suspiro del Moro—the last sigh of th Moor. —Harper’s Weekly. Tlie Everlasting Harry. Once in a great while circumstance require that a man should hurry, bu this eternal, perennial, everlastin,- hurry is an infection. It is in the air like electricity, shocking the deliber ate into a most unseemly haste. Hurr is a microbe, therefore a disease. Oh writers used to say, “A gentlemar never hurries.” But that was before elevated roads. Hurry is caused unnecessary h’gh pressure. People al ways in ? hurry accomplish nothing because they arc always behind time They lie abed till the last second, boh their breakfast, run for the train and are in a sweat and swivet all day They are not only in everybody else’s way, but in their own; hence they are failures. —New York Press. No .Advantage. He (boldly)—Do you think two can live as cheaply as one? She (blushing)—Yes; I do. He —Let's not become one, then.— Yonkers Statesman.