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BEST AD1IERT1SISS MEDICS.
VOLTJ-MK XXVI 1 1..
LSON. N. G.. NOVEMBER
1898.
NUMBER 46.
LEADING, GOLF GIRLS, j
CHAMPION DOUGLAS CRITICISES
THEIR METHOD OF PLAYING.
Theirv I'rosrcsji and Skill Have Sur
prised 'tlir.i Miss Hoyt's Fnst, -Con-;
fidont and -Wiimihyr CUiirie r.IJSM
rHiUltr.' "SfaklnKs of a Fine Player.
Champion Fiudlay S. Douglas, hav
ing, been usJkeu by the New York .Jour
nal to go to Anlsley and criticise the
playing of the contestants ia the wom
en's golf championship,, says:
I will, say to begin with that I was
'surprised and astonished rh'fce r.t tho
progress and still that havo t.eca' attain
ed by the f iir sex in America in a game
that wfis unknown to them a few years
ago. While. I have never hitherto en
joyed tho -Opportunity of Etr.tl.ying tho"
methods employed by the women play
its of America, I will say that the re
sults surprised .mo.
Now -for the match between Miss
Hoyt nhdMiss Eidlitz. Both got away
with good .drives ''..from the 'first tee.
Miss Eidlitz, nsing her brasie for her
second shot, got the ball away tod clean,
with tho consequence that she -pverran
the green into the chasm beyond. . Ihis
was hard luck, as had b.cr ball staid on
the green she would have won tho hs lo
, in four, as Miss' Hoyt made a bad re
covery froiy her tee shot, which had
landed in. tho grass ravine short of tie
green. Going to the second, hole both
'made good .drives. Miss Eidlitz was
just short of the green with her second
shot, while Miss Hoyt duffed her sec
ond and third shots badly, and fequired
four to reach the green. Ordinary put
ting gave tho hole to Miss Eidlitz,. 5 to
6. Playing the third, Miss Eidlitz
sliced to the right, while' 11 its Keyt
got in tho long grass to the left, throng h
no fault of hers, as, she allowed for the
wind, which failed to affect the tall.
She, however, made a brilliant recov
ery, but again poor putting lest: her the
hole, C to 5. This left Miss Eidlitz one
up. , . - ' :
So far Mies Hoyt was playing un
steadily and below her usual -gamo. In
playing the fourth, Miss Eidlitz- had a
bit of luck, which -she failed to benefit
by. Slicing hr ball from the tee, she
landed squarely against the trunk of
one of the trees standing to the right,
the b;Ul bounding on the green to within
20 feet of the hole. Miss Hoyt from the
tee, using an iron, played a brilliant
shot, which landed within five feet of
the hole. Miss Eidlitz was too stfo
with her second and third shots and
failed to hole the ball with her fourth,
Miss Hoyt winning the hole in 3 to 5.
With a perfectly played five for the
fifth, Miss Hoyt assumed the lead, and,
settling down to her steady and .telling
game, was i never afterward headed,
winning cut at the thirteenth hole by
up and 5 to play.
.As regards Miss. Hoyt's game-, .it
would-be - unwise to criticise a form
when such good -results are obtained.'
But looking at it from a golfer's stand
point it seems to me that if Mi?s Hoyt
should learn tojjlay .a full Tound swing
off the" 'tee, instead of the full half
swing she now uses, she could add 50
yards to the length of her drive. So
long as Miss" Hoyt sticks to this swing
she can never hope to improve her long
game to any extent. If Miss Hoyt would
exercise a little more care in her short
approaches, such as looking the ground
over carefully and taking advantage of
its inequalities, and should study her
puts.more carefully, she would benefit
her game many strokes. No fault can
be found with the way Miss Hoyt uses
nel- irons, in tact, 1 was struck by tne
close resemblance between' her methods
and those employed by J. H. Taylor,
the ex-open champion of Great Britain.
Another good point about Miss Hoyt is
her direct method of play. Her mind is
practically made up before she reaches
.tho ball, and no time is lost in the "ad
dress." The result of all this is that
-, Miss Hoyt plays a fast, confident and
winning game, and stands-in a class by
herself.
Miss Eidlitz, who was Miss Hoyt's
opponent, has all the makings of a fine
player. Her chief faujt seems to be too
wide a "stance" that is, .her. feet are
too far apart. This prevents free action
and tends to curtail a full swing. The
plays she lost in her match with Miss
Hoyt were owing to her unsteadiness
through the green. , Steady practice will
overcome that, when' sb.9 should be a
match for almost any one.
Miss Wetmoro- plays with h very
easy, graceful swing, and on the other
day's play was evidently a much stead
ier player than Miss Eidlitz. one is
deadly with the-mashie. In fact, her
short same is almost perfect. Her worst
habit is slicing with her wooden clubs,
which always means great loss of dis-
; tance. Miss Griscom's game lacks ef
fectiveness. At times she drives a very
long ball, but .this is offset by a bad
habit of sclaffing the ball. Her swing
and stance eould not bo improved ; but,
like most of the others, practice would
help improve her game.
A Toast; '"'
The millions applaud the leader,
The winner of gold and fame, .,. .- .
T.ut here's to the man behind too gun.
Though no one kn:ws his name!
Not a word is said of the rank and file.
Of the men who question not why;
Not a toast is drunk, not a sons is sung
For the men Who do and die.
Let your, voice ring out with u joyful
shout
For creneraT arid admiral, stanch and
true. "'
Cut don't forget the boys who fought
, Shout for the Jackie and private too:
" Without him never a battle is won
Never was. nor never will be
Bo here's to the man behind the gun .
Drink Upstanding, and thrcfe times
three!
Carl -Tyler Worst in- Chicago Record.
NMv 1'arU Theater! V.'iU Kc- Safe.'
rNfcw thnitciv 'to be erecttd in Puiia
Will hi rcafter. have to be ai.rrr.iir Labia
fro
n an fciues.
O A. Q T O H. I
Bears the f The Kind You Have Always Bought
MISS hoyt on golf.
the YoDthfal Champion Say a.'. She
May TVot Compete Another Season.
Miss Beatrix Hoyt, the youthful golf
champion of America for the third suc
cessive year, was overwhelmed with
congratulations the other day, and
many friends called at her homo" on the
Westchester Country club -grounds to
tell her personally how delighted they
were that she had won such, a unique
record ia American golf annals.. I called
at Miss' Hoyt's residence the ether even
ing and bad a chatty little- talk with
her upon her experience of the last few
days. The most important statement
she made was in answer to a question
as to-whether or not she would defend
her championship another year. "No;
I hardly think I will, " slie replied. "It
takes a tremendous lot of time to keep
in the practice necessary for a cham
pionship ; tournament. Then, I think
three years is quite suilicieut, and, so
far as I can see now, I hardly expect to
be a championship competitor next year.
"The standard of golf this season was
much higher than in the two, 'previous
years. It ia growing all the time, and
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every year requires better golf to win
than the year before. I admire the gamo
of rry opponent in tho final round, Misa
Wetmore, . very much. She plays a
strong match and uses excellent judg
ment. Fully.half of the 54 competitors
showeel genuine golfing ability, and an-1
other year's good practice.will undoubt
edly make strong players of even tho
weakest. Mere people are playing also,
and the number is teend to keep grow
ing. I like tho game for its health giv
. ing properties and the fascination, in it?.
This latter feature can never be fully
understood by auy one until one really
plays the game 'Slid 'lefcrr s- scrinelhlng ol
its interesting qualities. "
Miss Hoyt said that i ho prefers her
own club links at ShinLcc-ock to thoso
of .any ether course over which she han
played. It was on these Shiuiieccck
li.3l':s that she learned tho game, lesa
than three years ago, uvA during tho
last two summers she has almost lived-
on' that' pictufesnue! seaside course:
Cor. New York II- raid. -
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NTED - s i-: v r. r a il . t? r t ' . v . kt i x
PKkSoNS in lhi-i s'U" n?rir.;?.'A"e
ot.r ciMiv-ss 1.1 their ( .-w vi-: i.e.itty
coutitii s. It i mai;i1y -Ci- - -v ; k c- ir
U;ct-u. n; u):m-. r:s I;: r sir r.; i ;o .o
a-vtn; f.)'-fises - ek-i'r.ii' b !i..fi'.le
r.o more, no iss -Srilarv. !
n-hl'v
Ri ft l e-iK t s: Enclose se-lf
fresi., Dei t M. Chicago
LADY CURZOM'S NEW HOME.
Levi Ieiter Tltiys His EnTi.-hte? a. Pa
latini IX eiilpiiet" I:c llomlon.
Levi Lei ter, the Chico millionaire,
has arranged to purr .Lm. the premises
at 1 Carlton Hbosti -terrxice for his
daughter, Lady Q&r'zcn, tho vico reine
of India. It is a rnagniiiccut mansion
of the' clel fashioned type, aud is in tho
most exclusive location in London. The
property belonged to the late, Sir Charles
Seely. It is not a freehold purchase, but
is a long time crown lease. TheCurzons
now live next dpjor, at 2 Carlton House
terrace, and United States Embassador
Hay formerly lived at 5. The house
will be remodeled and fitted for great
social events during ; the home visits
from India.
Carlton House Terrace consists cf a
row cf 22 palatial houses, with a col
onnade of marble pillars in front, at
the northeast corner of fat. James park.
It takes its name fioin Carlton House,
which formerly stood on the spot' now
occupied by Waterloo place. The prince
regent, afterward Gfeorgo IV, lived in
Carlton Honse prior to its destruction
in 1827. , ' ' i
, The Louses in Carlton terrace, which
are spacious and lichl'y fiuiLed in he
interior, are nearly all occupied by aris
tociatic familes. One ci them, known
as Prusbia House, just west of what is
known as York coiamn, is tho reci
deuco of the German embassador
Among the many famous men who have
lived in the terrace was the late William-E
wart Gladstone. The terrace in
front looks upon a 'magnificent stretch J
of the noble park scenery, which is one
I of the show features of Loudon. New
York Journal.
Auction Sale.
Tie .B: bic-n wetim Wka
or tKtbtt a: -the' symphony
to !. in
conceit
salts s-xeni to have
acanclcuen tucte m-
distrit. But.ut least cue gul took her
en Lroidtry a!ei:g.to ,the
sale the ' ether
day and tcok many nd
-between Li.s i L-.-he pus
rrany a stitch
uerl Lcr uectue-
work. Bu:-:tvU Trati
cij: t.
Why allow yourself t 1
slowlv tor-
tur t ;
an.' i
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t thr stake Of ai-i-asi ? Chills
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nk -.tttn'ttif ' strongest .cpnsti
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money
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s plain that
interest in-
York. Herald, is nera-
inspite of his great nge it
ko takes a keen and lively
affairs cf the present day
lie says:
1 noticed in tho Sunday issuo of the,
New York Herald of Oct. 9 an article
under the caption VDoes Life Remain"
on Decapitation?" in which the theory
pf Dr. Cinel of Paris is seriously criti
cised, but I cannot bring mytnind to
agree with the critics. I think Dr. Cinel
is right in claiming retention cf sensa
tion for three hours after decapitation
of a subject, but as to t.ho ability to
hear, see and smell, I am not so clear,
while I thick it possible. But the main
point centers in the test?, as stated by
Dr. Shrady, that have been made and
noted upcu various criminals after de
capitation in an effort to find evidence
cf sensation "after, the first shock" and
resulting in noeviclencoof the least sign
of pain. ;
Dr. Shrady asserts with considerable
positivencss that death of the decapitat
ed criminal is instantaneous. Here I
differ from him. It must be remembered
that "the lifo of all flesh is the blood
thereof." The ancient Hebrews under
stood that, and upon it based their rule
not to "cat fiC-sh w ith the blood; there
of." Now I believe that so long as the
blood retains uny degree cf warmth aft
er removal of the head there is in'both
head and body feeling and possibility
cf pain.
With all respect fcr ..the eminent doc-'
tor whose, statement's I am criticising, I
must nbtice one test wiieh he mentions
namely, by touching sensitive nerves,
'which--results in nothing but certain
"twftching, " due, as he says, to mus
cular contraction. Will tho doctor tell
us whence comes the twitching? Is it
not flue to feeling?
; But finally ho tells lis that criminals
havo been induced to promise to make
certain facial contortions after being
guillotined to indicate that they were
still conscious ard suffering pain, -but
in ho case Lave the physicians been able
to discover signs of life. Give the vie
tim tho "benefit cf the doubt. " Perhaps
he forgot it.
jnow let us comparei the victim m
such a case with the appearance of a
cold blooded animal, a sea turtle for
example, under the same condition. I
have picked up the heart cf one of these
animals which had been lying with the
mesentery cut of doers and partly in the ;
sun during half a day, first irritating it
slightly with a straw and noticing that '
it throbbed or pulsated in natural nieas-1
ure and "apparent force, showing fivb or ,
six pulsations. I took this heart,- wrap
ped in paper, and carried it 17 miles in
the country, and, being evening, I laid
it away till tho next morning, and then, j
about 9 o'clock, I exhibited it to a school '
fcr young ladies, to show them tho per
sistency cf life cf a cold bloodedanf- i
mal, and the heart on being pricked :
with a pin still responded with three or i
four faint pulsations. , 1
Another, but fresh water turtle, I
captured, cut off its head and laid tho
creature op a board in tho suii and vis- j
ited it every day fpr nine days, and to
the last day it did not fail to draw a ;
leg toward the body if given a moderate '
blow with a stick. In both these cases
I believe the action of tho animal was
prompted by feeling, if not pain. Now,
I ask, is there any quantity of vital i
force cr sanctity cf life supposed to be
vouchsafed to those cold blooded ani-
mals "Which is not shared also by man?
Finally, my contention is that the
guillotine is no punishment. The, func
tion of punishment is to inflict pain,
mental or physical, and when there is
no pain there is no punishment. Now,
the scientific gentlemen ten us there is
no pain in death by decapitation, but if
I live to see the law! of capital punish
ment effaced from American statutes
and all punishment's administered with
out a spirit of revenge, but in perfect
accord with tho highest state of Chris
tian civilization, now claimed for the
most advanced nation I shall (hank God
for the deliverance from the last smirch
borrowed of paganism. - ;
TO DEVELOP THE KLONDIKE.
Canadian Official Soprf?cst an Anglo
Amer ican Alliance For That Purpose, J
Lieutenant Colonel Domyille, a mem
ber cf the Canadian parliament, who
has been making an investigation of
cenditiens in the Klondike.for the Brit
ish government, sailed cn the Campania
tho ether day. He. was accompanied
through the Klondike by Professor Heil
pren of Washington.
"The first requirement in opening up
the Yukon territory and the American
goldfields ; in Alaska," said Colonel
Domville to me the other evening, "is
telegraphic and railroad communica
tion. This' can best bo accomplished by
an Anglo-Saxon alliance. -It will be
neeffsary to lay an cceau cable from
Vancouver to Skagnay by joint action.
The railroad must go from-Pyramid
harbor .across Chilkat pass to Dawson
City, where there is communication by
water to the lower Yukon. There would
be no pitr.t difiiculties in the construc
tion cf. tueh a -tailroad, which could
run all tho j enr. , You would te able to
.go fun New York, to Daw sen City in
15 days. Ak sua Lt-sa climate preferable
to tbqt cf'Crba. The Yukon territory is
s field fcr f.old if prcpeily worked. "
Cor. New York Herald.
"In ,i mi nu re" -orn doe of Hart's
Essi.ck GiN.eiiJR will relieve any
Vmli-nnrv ca.-e "of Colic. Cramps or
t at sea. An t!nejcc-llfd remedy i
Diarrhoea.: Cholera Morbus, Summer
romnlaints and all internal pains. Sold
"by B. W'Hafj-rave"'"'. '-'; '' :
A STATE. HOTEL.
An Alleged Proposed Improvement,
With Many Good Points.
"If there is anything more than an
other that appeals to the traveling man
of the United States," remarked a
New York drummer, who had been on
tho road for a good many years, to a
Washington Star reporter, '? it is the
hotel he must pu up at and put up
with, for his home life is chiefly con
fined to hotels; which reminds me that
the oddest thing I have eeen in that
line I found npt long ago in this very
town of Washington. A hustling Chi
cago fellow showed me the plans of a
new hotel he proposes to erect in the
spring for the especial benefit of the
cosmopolitan class of visitors the na
tional capital always attracts. The man
has the money subscribe-d, or told me
he had, and he will go to work on the
building as soon next year as he has se
cured an eligible site.
"The hotel will bo known as the
States, this title attaching to it intrin
sically, because it is to be of the states
that is to say. it will be composed of
45 apartments of five rooms each,
though possibly some of the apartments
will have ten rooms, and each apart
ment will be named for a state, and a
guest from that state will be assigned
to quarters under his own vine and fig
tree, so to speak Naturally, there are
more people in Washington from New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Chicago
than elsewhere and apartments for these.,
states will probably contain ten rooms.
Now, when a guest arrives and regis
ters he will be sent to his own state
room, and instead .of landing in the
midst of strange sights he will find pic
tures of familiar things from his state
on the walls; engravings of his state
capital and other public buildings, por
traits of well known men of the state,
and, when possible, various souvenirs
in furniture and finishings, which will
be pleasing to the traveler who finds bis
warmest welcome at an inn.
"There will be other home attractions
as well, such as familiar drinks at the
bar that is to say, drinks indigenous
to the taste of the,natives of the various
Etates as well as dishes on the table
that will make?, a man hungry and
homesick at the same time. That idea
is a great one, I think, for it isn't al
ways a man takes an appetite to a hotel
table With him. There are some other
details that I dou?t recall now, but you
have enough to catch the idea and be
able to realizo tl at when the States is
completed and in running order Wash
ington will lave the most uuique hos
telry in the country."
A Viceroy Anon( ill School Chums.
By a curious coincidence the man for
whom the. viceroy elect fagged at Eton
is an esteemed member ot Calcutta so
ciety, and, ttill more ' crriccsly, Mr.
uurzon s own rag at Jtiarrow is also a
well known member of fcociety. We
can imagine that when the coming vice
roy and his school chums meet in the
course of the approaching season's so
cial functions there will be more than
a passing reference to the old days.
Calcutta Englishman.
An Old Idea.
Every day strengthens the belief of cmi
? cut physicians that impure blood is the
,..e oi me maioritv or our ti-cases.
i wenty-fire years ago tins theory ra used
i a nasis lor tne tormula ot lirowns' iron
; ltters. The many remarkable cures effected
'J this famous old household remedy are
. rr . , ..... . . - J
i ::'.em; to prove tnat the theory js correct,
: downs' Ircn Bitters is sold by all dealers.
MEXICO'S MOSQUITO KILX-ER
New Ofilclal of a Mexican . Railvray
Who Will Exterminate the Insect.-'
The Mesican Central Railway com
pany is engaged in a new experiment
which, if it is all that is claimed for
it, will be of inestitqatle value to the
residents of the City of.4 Mexico. To
show how earnest they are in the matter, -
they have created a new office that of
mosquito commissoner and the 'port
folio was awarded to Captain George O.
Sperry. (superintendent of telegraphs for
tne company.
Experiments in different parts of the
United States, and in New Jersey in
particular, have demonstrated the fact
that the extermination of the mosquito
can be accomplished. An exchange, in
discussing the matter, Eaid: "Scientific
investigation has disclosed the fact that
a few grains of permanganate of potash
will destroy all the embryo mosquitoes
in a very large area of mosquito swamp.
At 2 cents an acre all the mosquitoes
can be killed off for a space of 80 days,
and as the breeding time is but two
months 4 cents will assure protection
for the entire year. This places it within
the possibility of a state, and certainly
a city, to entirely rid itself' of a great
nuisance."
April and May are the two months in
which mosquitoes breed. They are pure
ly local in their habits, and not migra
tory, as some suppose, and they seldom
move more than 100 feet from the place
of their birth; hence, to exterminate
the breed in a certain locality would rid
.that locality of the pest for that season
at least, and the method of extermina
tion is so inexpensive that an entire
community may ne rin ot tnem at a
verjf small expense. Venezuelan Her
ald. . . : :-". -'- ; ,
Plovr andtHarrow In One.
A combined plow and harrow has
been patented, in wiiich an extension
trni is attached to. the rear of the plow
to fellow it i-uA r'.i- per; t-L' weight of
the miv r j;i i : c. i .
Dis'v - I 'tx'.Mcli " : . ...
1 prom ntiv i r.-.i by h(- asterly
tioi'i or So n h A'-n-,rjr aii Nervine
l o: iy I vaU -s iivr-.o.-saJT r i. o longer
se this lov o ri-:f -7" an cure
1. !t -i fur- t " r the whole
w r 1 'f st n 'c't w -.in s and' indi-
yetio-i. TS'h.v cur - begins w'.th the first
(b-se. The. reliH" it brings' is marvel
lous an 1 surprising v lt'rnakes no fail
ure ; never disappoiets. No matter
how long-vo.i-have suffered, your cure
is certain - under -ti ej use of this great
health giving force. Pleasant arid al-,
ways safe. . . C - -r- ', . .. '
Sold ; by ; E. F. Nadal, Druggist.
V;i!:-i,N. C. """ ' "' -
BABY FINGERS DID IT.
Reconciliation of Cornelius Van-
derbilt to His EkiestSon.
SISTEE IN EOLE OP PEACEMAKER.
Tiny Reconciler Might! Hrive Failed
In Rennitiuf? Father j and Son but
For Mrs. , Harry Payne . whitne-'s
fcffortsProspectlve Head of Great
Ilonse Wounded .Stern Parent jby
Wedding: Ttiistt Wilson, but Love
And a Cooing Infant Have Won the
Day- : X j"
- - The Vandorbilts are reconciled at last.
Cornelius .Vanderbilt, Sr., has for
given his sou Cornelius, Jr., for marry
ing Miss Grace Wilson against parental
will. The young man has. come into his
own again and will inherit his share of
the $80,000,000 his father will leave
when he goes where he cannot take a
penny of it. Baby .fingers did it and a
pretty young wife, whoj pleaded with
her father and her" brother till they
clasped hands. The baby fingers belong
to
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jthird, not'Jret
0 months old: the other peacemaker is
Mi's. Harry Payne Whitney, Cornelius
Vauderbilt's daughter, whose marriage
was as happy and sunny as her brother's
was bitter and stormy. j
When young WilliSm H. Vanderbilt,
Jr., died, in his junior year at Yale,
Cornelius.Vanderbilt, head'of the great
multimillionaire house of Vanderbilt.
bowed his head in abject grief. . He jiad
expected everything of that son his
oldest boy. . Tho bulk cf the fortune-! a
fortune beyond ordinary comprehension
was to go to him. He was to be the
head of the house in his generation, just
as his father had been before him. But
death said "No!" But he had oilier
sons nearing man's estateCornelius,
Jr., and Alfred. Cornelius was the
older. His father resolved to bring him
up the head of the house. He sent him
to Yale too. He was a good student and
careful with his money; There were
other students with not one-hundredth
of the wealth at their command which
he had who spent more.! The father
was pleased. ' ! ; I
Then tho son met Miss Grace Wilson.
The Wilsons had great wealth, too,
and also position. R." T. Wilson, the
father, made his money in Colorado.
Then ho came to New York to spend it
and to make more. His eldest daughter
married Ogtlen Goelet, head of the old
Goelet family. Hardly- ; had society
ceased talking of this brilliant match
when the engagement was announced
of ' Marshall Orme Wilson, tho eldest
son, to Miss Caroline Astor. Then Miss
Grace Wilson made her debut, and soon
came the report; of her engagement I to
young Cornelius Vanderbilt. ., j .
'My son, I do not want you to marry
this woman." These were Cornelius
Vanderbilt's words when his boy tijild
him the news. The boy pleaded at firjstv
The father grew stern. It ended jin
stormy words and in the young man's
stalking out with- his head high in tjhe
air. a riends who saw him afterward
declared that he had changed from' a
boy to a man in a single night. But he
waited patieptly for six months. He
first told his father in January, 1896.
In July, 1896, he resolved to wait ho
longer. In precise, formal style the
Wilsons announced the engagement of
their daughter Grace to Mr. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr. .
'The engagement of C. Vanderbilt is
asainst his father's rwnress wish - and
witnouc ms consent. xms was tne
message that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr.;
sent to the newspapers tho next day. j
Cards for the wedding were sent out.
Mr. Vanderbilt declared he would riot
go. "Please, father," begged his eldest
daughter, pretty Miss Gertrude. She
had at last taken a hand. And why?
Simply because love had stolen into, tier
heart too. She- had promised young
Harry Payne Whitney, a classmate of
her brother that died, to be his bridel
Young vanderbilt declared- he would
marry the girl of his choice just tjhe
same. He told his friends at the clubs
that he had two good hands and that he
could work as well as any one. Besides,
he had a beggarly million which his
grandfather had left him." No one coUld
take that away. But he went to see his
father once more. The father was stern
er than ever. There were more angry
words, and the young man left. That
night Cornelius Vanderbilt was stricken
with paralysis. His life was despaired
of. But he would not relent one jot; or
tittle of his decision not to consent i to
the wedding. . .
Cornelius Vanderbilt, . Jr., married
Miss Grace Wilson on Aug. 8, 1806,
after rheumatism .had sent the young
man to his bed.f or a month. The wed
ding was quiet, only relatives ot tne
Wilsons and a few intimate friends
were there. Not a singleVanderbilt wag
present. There was a delightful honey
moon at Saratoga in a su it -of rooms at
a cost of $50 'a day. Then the pair. went
to Europe. Meanwhile little Miss Ger
trude had become the happiest woman
in the world she bad been married to
her handsome young fiance, and all the
Vanderbilts were there to wish her all
the joy in the . world. Besides, they
showered her with presents. One of her
gifts was tho splendid Whitney home -in
New York, right across the street from
the home of ter childliocd. - Mr. Whit
ney, Sr. bought another house for him
self. -,
Now, as everybody knows, theref are
other people in New York society i e-
sirles the Vanderbilts: for instance.
there are th-. Astors, the Goelets , abd
the Beimonts. The first two families
are allied to the Wilsons by marriage,
the last to the beautiful matron who
was once Mrs. Willie K, Vanderbilt.
The demand for Ayer's Hair Vigor
in such widely-separated regions las
South" America, Spain, Australia, a!nd
India has kept - pace with the home
consumption, Which goes to show that
these people know a good thi rig when
thy tfv it. "'-: ' "-" ":" ; "' " "" ;'
.They sided with the young Vanderbilts,
now cut off by all the other - Vander
bilts, and the Shepards and the Webbs
and the Sloanes and the Twomblejs
who had married Vanderbilts to say
nnthincr of endurinc social ostracism
from the scores of others who feared
the Vanderbilt displeasure."
So the Astors and the Vanderbilts
stopped calling on each other, and eo-.
ciety was threatened with utter disrup
tion into great cliques, but all the
while one little woman was at work
Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt "Whitney.
She pleaded with her father. She talk
ed with her mother. She called on the
young bride of her brother. She was
the only Vanderbilt fo do it, but others
were trying too. Dr. Chauncey M.
Depew was using all his arts of - diplo
macy and tact, Mrs. William Astor
begged the VanderbiltH to patch up
their feud. The father said "tfo!"
Whenever she was in town, the little
peacemaker dropped in. One day last
spring they had something to show her.
It was wrapped in the pinkest of blan
kets and covered with the finest lace. It
weighed eight pounds. It was a baby!
"We have named it Cornelius Vander
bilt, third," said the young mother to
her young sister-in-law. i
The Harry Payne Whitneys were at
Newport. So was Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Jr., and Cornelius Vanderbilt third.
They had the cutest little cottage, just
suited to a young man who has been
cut off with but a paltry million. You
couia see trie iatner on tne - lawn any
day playing with his little son, heir to
the miserable million. There was al
ways a beautiful young woman there
too the wife and mother.
And one day Cornelius Vanderbilt
saw them. It was two months ago. He
was driving by. Mrs. Whitney was
with him. She caught his eve stealing
across that green lawn. There was a
queer look in them.- "You wouldn't
like to see the baby closer?.", she whis
pered, taking his nerveless right hand
in hers.
But the father made no reply. The
seed had been sown, though, by the
baby fingers, and the young daughter
was watering it daily. She went to her
mother. She told her of that wonderful
baby. She told her df her brother's love
for the woman he had made his wife
though it cost him his vast inheritance.
She begged her to intercede. - "Come
and see the baby," she begged.
That afternoon mother and daughter
drove out. No one knows how it all
happened so nicely that is, no one but
the daughter and the young mother-
but there was the baby cooing on the
lawn. It was too much. Mrs. Vander
bilt saw the baby much , closer than'a
paling fence would permit. Then she
went fight home and told her husband.
Dr. , Depew came in and talked earnest
ly. The little peacemaker was there too.
They dwelt on the baby. They dwelt on
the oldest brother's love for it. Young
Alfred Vanderbilt was brought in. He
had beetr chosen as the head of the
house for his generation. He told his
father that he loved his brother; he de
clared he was willing to step back into
tne place or tne younger son. .
"Ask him to come herel" The father
relented. The son called. There was a
tearful meeting. Next day the' baby
was brought to call. It was shown off.
and petted and kissed almost to deal
In the background hovered pretty Mrs.
Whitney, filled with joy. She had suc
ceeded. New York World.
Warmly Dressed Earn In Blaine.
If corn silk is an indication of a cold
winter, then the people of Carmel,Ma,
had better put on high banking and put
la a.lot of uoal this fall. Mr. C. H. Par
sons of that town recently left at The
News office an ear of corn that was one-
sixth cob, one-sixth corn and fully two-
inirUH EliK. for IJttJl uu iutu ui muio
me epace between the husks and the
)rri was thickly padded with finely
juried silk. Bangor News. . C,
A Paradise For Waiters.
The London Telegraph announces that
the higher court of Vienna has recently
decided on appeal a case involving a
waiter's ricrnt to his "tip." He seized
the baggage' of a guest who proposed to
forget him, and .the court apparently
upholds him in so doing, thus giving a
nominal gratuity a legal status.
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DINNER ON A STUMP.
HOW WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR WON
A WAGER OF $25,000.
Dined Tventy-even Guests Around
"
One Section ot a- California Tree.
Dinner the Rennlt ot a Det on the
SIse of Redwood Trees.
William Waldorf Astor woo a wager
of $25,000 tho other night at Cliveden,
his country place, near Honley, Eng
land, by gjving a long expected dinner
to 27 persons seated around a table
made from a single cross section of a .
great California redwood tree.
Nearly tvro years ago Mr.' Astor had
a discussion with General Owen Wil-'
liarn about the size of California trees,
the Englishman not believing that they
grew to such enormous size as Mr. As
tor asserted. The result was a wager
by the American millionaire that he
would give a dinner to 27 persons who
would dine comfortably around the
'trunk of a California tree.
At great expense Mr. Astor had a
Bectibn of a gigantic tree sent to him
from California. It measured 81 feet in
circumference. When the tree arrived
in England, it was taken to Cliveden,
the beautiful country .placo of Mr. As
tor, on the Thames, near Henley. There
it was partially buried in a part of the
park known as the Half Moon. What
the object was in burying it is not . -known,
but it was left for months par
tially underground. - .
About four weeks ago the section of
the tree was turned over, to a firm at
Aylesbury, who smoothed off the sur.
face and polished it highly, it was
impossible to get the table ' into ' the
house, a largo marquee tent was erected
over it in a little glade of the Half
Moon wood. Tho ground was strewn
with fresh ferns to make a natural car
pet, and there the dinner was given.--
No cloth was spread over the polished
surface, but it was prettily decorated
with wild flowers by young Miss Astor,
while beautiful candelabra cast a soft
light over the costly silver plate and
china. Chinese lanterns were hung
from the great doorway of Cliveden to
the marquee and the glado was gay ly
illuminated.
Most of the guests had been at Clive
den for a Week, while pthers came from
Taplow Court, where Lady Louisa j
Grenfel was having a houso party. Tea
was served in the great hall of Clive
den during the afternoon, and soon after
6 o'clock, the march to the strange din
ing table in the glado began. As the
guests entered the marquee there were
many exclamations of wonder and de- ;
light. -
Mr. Astor presided, with bis 20 guests
seated in a circle, around the tree. They
were a bit crowded, aqd facetious guests
remarked that MnAsor had invited
the thinnest people ho knew.
The guests were General Owen Will;
iams of Tranby Croft notoriety, who
made the bet; Lady Louise Grenfel,
Captain Grenfel,? Marquis of Hamil--
ton, the Duchess of Aborcorn, Lord
George Hamilton, Hon. W.- F. H. .
Smith, Mrs. Smith, Lady-Randolph
Churchill, Dmmmond McGregor. F.
iartin, Mrs. Wykeham Mar-
Miss Martin, A. II. Grenfel, Miss
Williams, Mrs. Reuben Bassoon, Sir
Watkin "Wyulf, Hon. W. Lyttleton,
Colonel St. George, the Earl of Desart,
vicar of Taplow, Lord Athlumney, Cap
tain Lambton, Lord Castletown, Ham
ilton Stubber and Miss Chishol.m. The
menu was hand painted, representing
a redwood tree with the course on the
trunk: The dinner was served from a
small kitchen erected in the wood near
by. Mr. Astor had tho Pnchess of
Abercorn on his right and Mrs. Smith
on his left.
The Dukes of Cambridge and Teck
were to have attended, but were detain
ed at the last moment. ' General Will
iams paid the bet, and after dinner the
guests went back to tho great Cliveden
House for the evening, as the weather
was somewhat chilly. New York Jour
nal. I
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THE OQUENDO'S TREASURE;
Secured by Divers and Will Be Sold
.Kor Itelln In Xew York.
The government will soon place on
sale in New York a large quantity of
Spanish money, gold and paper, found
in the AlimiranteOquendo after she was
sunk. The money is "damaged by heat
and water and is valuable chiefly to
relic collectors.
It wai'Mn the treasure chest of the
Oquendd that the gold and bills were
found. A diver who had been working
on the wreck of, thef cruiser disappeared -and
was finally located in Santiago.
He was drunk? at the time, and told
those who arrested him for desertion
from the navy that he had discovered
the treasure chest in theforepeak of the .
Oquendo. The chest was brought to the
surface and when opened was foond to
contain 10,000 goldpiecesof the denom
ination or 25 pesetas, in all $50,000,
and 80,000 notes of the Bank of Spain
of various denominations. The proceeds
of the sale will be turned into the Unit
ed States treasury. New York Tele-' '
graph..
A Koral Snspeet.
All the monarchies of Eurbpe have
got their eyes on Kaiser Wilhelmand
they are wondering what be has got
tucked up his sleeve as he starts off for
the holy city of Jerusalem? Boston
Herald. .
The - largcFt locomotive, in tne world
is about to be - built in America. Some
k idea of its tize may be gathered from
tho furt th it will reauire ten drivers.
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