Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1893 — A Feathered Room. [ARTICLE]

A Feathered Room.

Uastle Moritzburg, on the Dresden Heath, has ot late become prominent as the trysting-placeof two sovereigns, Emperor William I. and King Arthur of Saxony. The old time-worn mansion, surrounded by lakes well stocked with fish, played an important part in the history of the Saxon dynasty, when August the Strong gave his sumptuous entertainments within its walls and grounds, which rivalled those of the Trianon epoch in France. The greatest curiosity of the pretty hunting chalet, which contains over 200 rooms profusely decorated with magnificent antlers and hunting trophies, is the “Feathered Room," a space in which the tapestries, rugs, bedspread and tester curtain are made of the plumes of numerous exotic birds. Everything in this room is Mexican handiwork, and was the gift of the King of Spain to August the Strong.—|New York World. Professor Dolbear, of Tufts College, thinks there can be no doubt that telegraphing without the use of wires is near at hand. There is good reason to believe that wires will not be necessary even for commercial purposes. He declares there is no doubt that within a year electrical trains will run at the rate of 120 mileskn hour.