Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1880, Page 7

TAKING BOARDERS. “Tt was a scandal,” the neighbors sald, “that Miss Delia should ve ob! to take Doarders, after all shed been Se and heaven knows boarders didn't help a body to Work out her salvation. And so much money in the family, too, taking it by small and large. ‘Wasn't her Uncle Eben, over at Dover, well de, and not a chick of his own to care for, ex- cept the boy he had adopted, who was no credit to him? It was odd. now, that a man With poor relations shouldjtake to a stranger, when his own flesh and blood was needy: but Sometimes it did seem as if folks had more fee"ing for others than ‘for thelr own kith and km. Then there were cousins in the city, forehanded and fashionable, who never were Worth a row of pins to Delia; and there was her Great-uncle John’s wi: larking on the Continent, a gambling at Baden-Baden and trying the'waters of every minerai spring tn tie kingdoms for no disease under the bun but old age. She'd been known to say tha ner own folks were too rich already, and prob- ably she would endow some — cee roperty.” Plainly. wealthy relatives were BO value to Miss Delta ‘To. be sure. she had never seen her great aunt since she was a child, when her Uncle John had brought her into their simple life for a month's visit, with her French maid and dresses, her jewels and failals, which won the heart of her little name- sake. ‘Since then Uncle Jonn’s widow had be- come a sort of glided creature, always young and always beantiful; received Uttle gifts from time to time the seas for the last fifteen years, ther heard nor seen anything of the being who had inspired ber youthful imagination, and Was quite uncertain if sucn a rson a3 Mr3. Jobn Kogerson was tn the id of the living. Dead Or alive, she seemed to have mid? no m: terial differei hum ter having nursed her father throuzh a Mness. Della found that he had left a heavy Mortgage on the homestead. and her mother and herself on the high road to the less they should bestir themsely nether was already bedridden, 1 aturally fell upon Della, and she tor summer boarders: God BOARD IN THE cov NT! ch AS her irring Tiised ad by the Larwe Tries and iress: 30) ti Croftsboronsh, Maine. p enough!” commented an elt: bappened upon it “Della Rogerson. Au old maid f suppose, obliged to look out for herself. I've a good mind to try her broad zas and new milk. If Idon‘t like there'll ¢ no harm doue.” And So Delia's first boarder arrived—an old lacy, with a false front ef hair, brown, wrink- | led Skin, faded eyes, a black algaca sown and a hair truni.” Delia made her as welcome as it che had been a duchess; lighted a wool tire in Clemens room, asthe night was damp, apd brought out her dafptest cup aud saucer! | with the fadeless old roses wreatiing them’ “Wonderfully kind.” reflected Mrs. Ciement, | a&she combed out ‘her wisp ot gray hair and contided thetalse front toa box. “Wonderful | kindness fot seven dollars aw to the trade. She'll learn better. ture dgesn’t change with latitudes. it doesn’t pay to consider the comior: erty-stricken old ¢ re." But, in sp her worldly wisdom, Mrs. ¢ at was forced to confess that Delia had begun as she n to though other boarders camg to d mand tention, to multiply ier cars. Th: fret and Jar of confiteting temperamen he? roof was a new experience to oat of the flies, as if they were new acquaintances; of want of appetite, as though Delia had agreed to supply it, along with berries and new milk; of the weather, as if she had pledged herself there should be no Sudden changes to annoy her boarders; of the Shabby house and {ts antiquated furniture, “too old for comfort, and not old enough for fashion”—ther Della doubted If taking boarders ‘Was her mission. “What mak you keep us, my dear?” asked Mrs. Clement, after a day when everything and everybody had seemed to wrong. “Why didn’t you ever marry? You ~ Yes; a long time ago. “Tell me about him—t “There isn't much to tell. He asked me to marry him. He was going to Australia. I couldn't leave mother and father, you know (they were both feeble), and he couida’t stay bere. That was ail. “And you—you—” Now all men besides are to me like shadows And you nave never heard of him since?” “Yes. He wrote; but where was the use? could never come to anything. It was better for him to forget me and marry. I was a mill- = about his neck. I didn’t answer his last le! “ And, lng stay J he should returo some day, Would you marry him?” “| dare say,” laughed Della, gently, as if the iuea were familiar, “let the neigabors laugh ever so wisely. I’ve thought of it, sometimes. sitting alone, when the world was barren and comnionplace. One must have recreation of some kind, you know. Everybody requires a iittle romance, a little poetry. to ilavor every- day thinking and doing. I'm afraid you'll think me a silly old Mrs. Clement.” “No. The heart never grows old. Tue skin Shrivels, the color de] the eyes fade, the features grow pinched; but the soul fs heir of eternal youth—is as beautiful at} four-score as at ‘sweet and twenty.” Time make amends for the ravages of the by deveioping the spirit. You didn’t tell me your lover's name. Ferhaps you'd rather not.” “His mame was Stephen Langdon. Some- Umes Captain Seymour runs against hin in Melbourne. and brings me word how he looks. and What he ts doing, though I never, never ask, aud Stephen never asks for me, that I €an hear.” Della’s summer boarders were not a success, to be sure. li they took no money out of her pocket. "Rey puf nonein. She was obliged to eke out her Support with copying for Lawyer Dunmore and abet for Mrs. Ju Dorr. One by one her like the autumn leaves; all but old Mrs. Clem- ent. “I believe T'll stay on,” she said. “I'm getting too old to move often. Ferhaps you lake winter boarders at reduced rates. Eb?” “Do you think my terms high?” By no means, But when one’s purse is low—” Yes: Iknow. Dostay at your own price. can’t spare you.” She had grown such a fondness tor the old lady that to refuse her at her own terms would have seemed like turning her own mother out of doors: besides, one month the more would signify. But she found tt hard to ma both ends meet, and often went hungry to bed that her mother and Mrs. Clement might enjoy enough, without there appearing to be “just a pattern.” mas. howeve! Della, tn the Shape of a hundn from an unknown friend. dor me.” she erled. “Its directed to Della Rogerson,” said her mother; there’s nobody else of that name, now your Aunt Della’s dead.” « We're not sare she’s dead,” objected Della. “Horrors: Don't you know whether your Own aunt's dead or alive?” asked Mrs. Clem- ent, in a shocked tone, “It isn't fault. She is rich and lives abroad. 1 was named for her. I used to look in the glass and try to believe I'd inherited ber beauty with the name, though she was only our great-uncle’s wi She ought to be doing something for you. “+ How cau she, if she’s dead? I don’t blame d-doilar bill “It can't be meant her, anyway. Her money ts her ews to use ac- cording to her pleasure. Uncle John made it Lmself ana gave it to her. : “* But if she should come back to you, haviag Tun through with it, you’d divide your last crust with her. Pl be bound.” “IT suppose | should.” gaid Delia. ‘The winter wore away, as winters will, and the miracles of spi in flelds ana wayside; and Delia's returned with the June roses and dropped again away with the falling leaves, and still Mrs. Clement staid Onandon. Just now she had ‘n for some Weeks in arrears with her reduced G) money had been forthcoming for some time, and she was growing more techie daly the luxuries n invalid and the attentions of @ burse, both of which bestow: ber, without tak. ““Tmust hear from my man-of-business to- morrow, De I'm knee-deep in debt to you,” She began, one night. “* Don’t mention it?” cried Delia. “I'd rather neversee a ceat of {t than have you take it to heart. You're welcome to stay and share pot- = with us; you're such company for mother and me. “Thank you. my dear. I've Wh as fond Of you as if you were my own flesh and blood. There, turn down the — please. Draw the Curtain. dear, and bo Stick on the fire, — Itgrows chilly, doesn't it?) You Oe ‘is$ me, just once, if you wouldn't mind. it's 1¢0 years or so since any one kissed me.” Pap mes next mor when Delia carried a tement’s breaktast, her boarder lay Col ‘nd still upon the pillows. We aa The first shock over, Della wrote directly ‘the lawyer of whom she wad heard Mrs Cle. af ment speak as having ¢! of her bong: him to notify thar ad's relativ She had any. In reply. Mr. Wilis wrote: “The time, I will and testament, to Peruse does he think I take in Mm thought Delia; but read, “ Being of sound mind, this stxteent pag ey L —s Clement, do beret we one dollars cl cousins; and I jueath the Ne, tare Cel oe im! x her last at your leasure.” “* What interest Clement's will,” nevertheless: For- mills, and my jewels, to the be- for, though Delia had | poorhouse, | Meant | It | lers dropped away | At Christ- | came a ray of sunshine for | loved niece of my first husband, John Roger- son. “Data Rogerson, | Saf Orapsborousty Main. “For I was a stranger, and ye me in; hungry, and ye fed me: sick, and | ye ministered unto me."” “ Goodness alive!” cried the pagtibors, when the facts reached thelrears. “What a profi- table thing it 1s to take boarders! Everybody in town will be trying it. Of course Steve Langdon will come home and marry her, if she were forty old maids. You may stick a pin in there! | _ Delia did not open her house to boarders the next season. She found enough to do tn look- ing after her money and spending {t; in reply- ing to letters from Indigent people, who seemed to increase nega ohh in receiving old friends, who suddenly found time to remember her ex- istence. And, sure enough, among the rest ap- - Steve Langdon, and all the village said: | “I told you it’s not my fault that you and I are singie yet, Delia,” he said. | _ “And we are too old to think of a change now. Steve.” “Nonsense! It's never too late to mend. I'm not rich, Delia; but I've enough for two and to spare.” ~ T wouldn't be contented not to drive in my carriage and have servants under me now,” laughed Della. | “Indeed? Then perhaps you have a better | Match in view. Captain Seymour asked me, | by the way, if T had come to interfere wih sae Jones’ interest.” Squire Jones proposed to me last Now, see here. Della. Have I come all the way from from Melbourne on a fool's errand? There I was, growing used to my misery and loneliness, when the mat] brings me in a letter in a strange hand, whieh tell me that my de: love, Delia Rogerson, loves and dreams of me Still, 1s poor and alone, and needs me—me! And the ietuer fs signed by ‘her aunt, Mrs. Clement, who ought to know. I packed my household goods and came—" “Tm glad you aid.” “In order that I may congratulate Squire Jones.” “But I haven't accepted him. In fact I've fused him—because—” + Because you will marry your old love, like | the lass In the song, Delta!” In Croftsborough people are not yet tired of | telling how a woman made money by taking | voarders.—Mary N. Prescott, in Independent, THE GREATEST RECORD YET. | How Chinese Cheap Labor Prevailed | ma Walking Match. FP your inclinati Be it either fast or slow: | Aud "twas a nimble Chinaman, Whose name was Lum Tee Foo, Though known on this occasion a3 **Old number 22. His eyes were on the bias, and He wore, as Chinese do, ‘That portion of his shirt,’ which most Men hide, exposed to view ; And as around the ring he fled And scored lap aiter Iap, He wiped the honest beads away With this convenient flap. From early morn till dewy eve ‘That spry Celestial man Ran on, and many bitter eneers Assailed him as he ran; With cries and jsers and'hoots and yells. <i many a Bold request, As, taking none himself, hé should Give other men a rest. ‘His wait was neither walk nor run, It was a sprinxy lope, A sort of demonstration of The buoyancy of nope. For twelve hours went he at a rate AGF inst five muiles ct nd then there roge a pleasant shout: “*The Chinaman, he's done.” ‘Twas even s0; with sixty miles Upon his dial good, Old ** John” withdrew, as all the boys Had prophesied he would. i time to go,” the judses said, upon the Fiye minutes had he stayed away, Five minntes aud no aiore: And now that spry celestial man ‘Was traveling as befure. And in the next twelve hours at former rate of speed, He doubled up his score at the Expenee of sleep and feed. lucky devil and it to get @ place,” “Tt isa He ox i The Jud ae “*Yer cht,” says Dan O’Bleary, ‘‘shut | Sears i jut he's. a bit ad Holy Moses there he 13!" And once again that Chinaman } *Gan loping round the track At just Bye miles an hour, with ‘The others at bis back: a dozen hours he rops 1i mi rom the race, Is absent just five minutes, thon Resumes his merry pace. j It isa grateful city, and ‘The six days’ walk is done; ‘No less a person than the Mayor | Must take the belt to ‘* John." | The Mayor he lifts pts ite flap ‘And then out % For sponginy of each other's heads Are Two TwIs CHINaMgN. [Y. sun. << Lord Lorne as a Tobogginist. {Whitehall Review. } Portraits, after Winterhalter, of the Queen and Prince Albert adorn the walls of the din- ivg-room at either end. The buffets are of Diack walnut with game subjects in rellef; two specimens of Van Goyen overhang sidevoards Standing in recesses. “Stuffed wild duck shot by the Marquis hang on the center panels of the sideboards—very flue birds, too. With the cheese came a biscuit-box of silver, shaped like a drum, presented, by permission of the Queen, to the Princess Louise by the soldiers of the 91st Argyleshire Highlanders on the occasion of her marriage. “I want to let you see how we spin out the Winter here,” observed His Excellency, when luncheon was over, and Med himself tn a biue Diankety hooded coat, and with searlet, he strode along the corridor into the hall, where the sentry presented arms, the Sergeants saluted, and from thence out into the grounds. ‘*We have a capital cur! rink here, and my club, the Vice-regal, is able to hold its own’ st all comers,” Said he, as we descended a set of wooden steps I to the curling rink. The rink is situated in a Yong shed, lighted atelther side by windows, when | daylight fades by gas jets. ‘The floor Is of Ice, forty-two yards long. as smooth as ice may be, and as level as a Dilliard-table. The tce Is marked at both ends by circles of “sets” The “stones” to be spun along the ice range te Sia to sixty-two pounds in weight. The | walls and roof of the rink at Rideau Hal! are pointed White, relieved by toboggins, their scar- let_cushions breaking the white. The ante- rooms at both ends are fitted up for spectators, Who can witness the play in warmth and com- fort through plate-glass windows. The ante- through which we passed 1s fitted up in et, with racks for skates, rubbers and boots, Against the wall Is a handsomely | framed priuted notice, headed “Vice-regal Cur- ling Clu of Canada,” with a Hst of member and officers. Her Royal Highness the;Princes Louise being patroness. ‘The next object of interest which the Marquis Was good enough to draw my attention to was tol ” A toboggin Is constructed of a of thin, tough wood, about $ feet long and ches wide, turned up at one end, which ts hen “pt in position by fastenings of a deer’s | bide; it Is further strengthened by a couple of | very’ ight rods, as thick as your finger, running | down each side, and by two or three rods cross- ing them. The bottom 1s then perfectly smooth, and well adapted to glide lightly over the snow. Upon the begs ge acusnion is placed and upon the cushion the tobogginist (male) either les flat upon his chest or assumes’a sitting posture, With stiffened knee-joints, the feet being tirmly pressed against the roll of the prow. A tobog- gan will hold three persons, but the party us- | Wally consist of two, the Indy being piaeed iin front, whilst her tobogginer steers with hands or heels. Standing at a height of seventy feet from the ground at. \u Hall is a wooden ‘structure, incl On three sides only, of about four feet square, supported on a framework of joes x Sage eee: is at by apap oe z side stairway having a fla board, thoroughly iced, along which the - is trailed by the tol as he or she ascends to the slippery point, “ On New Year's night,” observed the Mar- quis, when we reached ‘the summit, “we had some capital sport here; tt was a vivid scene. I ht of a locomotive just — all there” meant a strip of snow four @ wooden ve about a quarter of a mile long, at i sree of forty-five. Heney was gracious enough to offer me a tol ride. I glanced down the almost pe whis; ogo ag Seating | me “go on.” myself on a hat firmly over my eyes, oe rope with the energy of lea feet broad in havi to my if behind me, his knees pressed close to my shoulder b! ‘while Dr. Baldwin, surgeon to the Viceroy, held the tol in in “Now!” That was a ! | re in twenty seconds—I cannot describe indistinct recollection of darti of heyy beicrove and vision, | ate in its intoxication, of skim- | ming along the pure white snow at’ an indes- | cribably swift ee thén came a slowing, then = It MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. | What to Do in the Absence of a | Physician—Lecture by Dr. Norman | Bridge. - | Dr. Norman Bri delivered a very interest- ing and instructive litre, veieraay evening, | to a large audience in the Lower Farwell Hall, | having for his subject Emer- neies in the Absence of & Physician,” which | e treated in a colloquial way, thus making his remarks all the more appreciabie to those who heard them. The trouble in connection with emergencies Was that people would insist in man: them in an unphilosophical way. The things which even the doctor could doin such cases were | very few, and the necessity of summoning him | Was not so great as was many times imagined. | The things to be accomplished lay in the way of aiding the process of nature, while those which people were in the habit of doing were frequently directly to the contrary. In many cases nature supplied abundant means for a remedy, and all that was necessary was for the bystapders to keep their hands off from a sud- denly sick person, Taking up such emergencies In the order of their frequency of occurrence, he spoke first of the simple accident of fainting. Asa matter of fact a simple fainting ft was merely the result of a temporary cessation of the flow of blood to | the brain, and no one ever died of it. Ina few moments the blood ran back to the brain again and the fit was over. And yet people did all kinds of ridiculous things to the patient, lifting him up and throwing cold water into his face. the former process really ota to retard the cure, while the latter made no difference eth or way. ond gene should be allowed to lie on the ground as he fell, the horizontal position being most favorable to the return of the blood to the brain. If the recovery did not soon occur the feet might be ratsed, by which means the blood would be sent from the extremities, and the patient would recover almost immediately. Occasionally a person who was sick at the time of the fainting would die under the fit, but the raising him up and applications of cold water would only have a tendency to make him die all the quicker. Children tn convulsions, a form of sickness which, by reason of its dreadful appearance, frightened the friends of the patients, were sub- Jecied to all sorts of foolish treatment; were plunged into hot baths, dashed with cold water, Shaken, flagellated, and not unfrequentiy dosed with medicine. In 999 out of 1,000 cases the convulsion is an epileptic fit, which lasts gen- erally about three minutes, and in which It was very unusual for a patient to die. Occastonally, where there 1s disease of the brain, the fit might last an hour or more, or he might die; but the recovery of the patient in any case would not be hastened by the adoption of any of the treat- ment alluded to. At the end of the ‘it the sut- ferer usually fell into a deep slumber, and no- thing should be done to interfere with this means taken by nature to ald the recovery of the patient. The same statement applied to the hysterical fit, which was a matier of no consequence, because it never killed anybody, and even in the apoplectic fit. - NOTHING COULD BE DONE turtuer than to keep the patient’s mouth clear, 50 that breathing migat not be impeded, and to prevent him from hurting himself or other People from doing so. in cases Where children suffered from concus- sions people were afraid to let_the sufferers go tosleep.’ The knock on the head which the chiid recetved in the fall produced certain inju- ries in the brain, and Nature’s process for curing them was to let the parts rest, and this caused the desire to sleep to arise after such an acel- dent. This desire should always be grattfled, ‘he ehild belng placed in as favorable conditions to a good sound sleep as soon as possible. On the subject of hemorrhage the Doctor ex- platted that it was necessary for people to tell 'y the pulse whether the patient was in danger or not. The normal rate of the pulse was from Seventy to eighty beats a minute; if a patient bled extensively the puise ran up as high as from 120to 140 beats a minute, which indicated that the patient was in danger. The easiest way to check the ferepts tier to apply pressure at the point where the blood was flowing from the external injury. A handkerchlet or a finger plunged into the wound could always accom- plish this. It was a good thing, too, to elevate the limb where the cut or bruise was, as that po the attraction of gravitation to the aid. Applications of cold water, which contracted tbe blood Wiser and retarded the flow of blood, Were also beneficial, How to dress a serious wound was also a matter which puzzled people agreatdeal. The best thing to apply was hot water, which gave the injured parts the best opportunity of recovery which they could have. The water should always be at a temperature somewhat higher than that of the blood,—say from 95 to 100 degrees, The emergency of great pain was one which often occurred to children, and under cireum- stances which might lead to the destruction of some of the senses. One of the most common pains was that which occurred in the ear, the it Means of alleviating which was the appl: cation of hot water. A constant stream of hot water should be poured into the child’s ear by means of a syringe or a teaspoon, and it would soon stop the pain. The child should then be allowed to rest, and if the pane occurred again, the same treatment shouid be repeated. Ear- ache should never be disregarded, as it was quite likely to result in loss of hearing. Heat Was the most useful of all simple ageats to stop pain. Fomentations should be applied as hot a8 possible, and a common wringing-machine Was a very useful help in handilng the cloths just taken from the totensely hot water. The person handling the cloths for the patient inlght not be able easily to stand their heat, but a patient suffering from the colic, for in: stance, would welcome them heated aimost up to the scalding point. In speaking Of medicines, the lecturer recom- mended Dover's powders and paregoric as sim- ple forms of the opiate which could be safely used in the family, especially the former, which was less dangerous than any others of Ulls class of medicines. IN THE CASE OF POISONING, he recommended the application or'an emetic, and the giving of quantities of water, by which means the potson would be diluted,and its effect greatly weakened. The simplest way to produce Vorniting was to thrust the middie finger down the throat of the patient and tickle it uatil vom- iung was produced; of emetics none was more Simple and efficacious than a tablespoonful of tabie mustard mixed in a pint of hot water. In cases of poisoning by any of the various forms of opium, the best antidote was strong coffee in copious quantities. Here, too, was the only case in which the patient should not be allowed to sleep. le should be walked up and down, and kept by every available means from relapsing into shimber from which it might be impossible to awaken him.—Chivago Tribune. “Fo Rent.” i (Detroit Free Press. } Yesterday morning a card of “To rent” was mailed to a house on Brush street. It was a large card, and the printing was plain. A bold Une at the bottom said that people should in- quire next door, and pretty soon the calls com- menced. The first man who came began:— Js the house next door to rent?” “Then it is not for sale?” “No, sir.” “Isn't, eh? I thought it was for sale?” he said | as he went away. “The next man stood looking at the card for = five minutes, and then called next door and Re ‘sipose that house ts empty, isn’t tt?” 3.” phen it ts to rent?” es.” 14 “Low long has it been to rent?” “Only one day.” “How lone, Will it be to rent?” “Can't tell.” “Well, ifIcan’t find out anything about it here, I’! go to the owner. is’pose he’s in Europe, isn’t he?” “No; he’s in New York.” “Ah, that’s always the way. Well, if Icon- clude to take the house, I’ll call around again.” The third caller was a lady. She looked into ee empty house and then called next door and sala: “I see that you have a house to rent?” “wit be painted this spring?” ee the last family very respectable. (Has it ever been a boarding- house?” “has a cellar and hot and cold water?” “And folding doors and grates?” e8, “Well, we have had some thought of proving this 3] - I don't much think we shall, but We do, and this house is to rent when Wwe get ready I'll look through it.” The fourth caller was also a lady. She looked in atall the windows, entered the back yard and called next door and asked:— “Can you tell me if this darling little house is to rent’, “Ttis.” “It is the sweetest little place in all Detroit, and I know that a family would be happy init. It reminded me of a romantic little house in the Paris. How aan ‘the rent?” month.” it in at Bext station to grabtheother narichenag tee If caught, the possession of the dummy valise fe fit traveling. —iN-"F. Graphic ABDICATION OF 4 RAILROADE:. ING. A Retirement Denied and irmed—Who Carries the Fam- ily Brains. The Chicago Zimes of Thursday has the fol- lowing: Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt has at last taken the trouble to contradict the many Wall street re- Ports which were embodied last week in a tele- graphic itch to the Times, to the effect that he would at an early day retire from the busi- ness of managing railroads. The dispatch was not the report of a bit of gossip, suddenly SP upon Wall street for stock-jobbing pur- poses, but it chronicled the convictioas of many Of the best men In the street—convictions which Were derived from his salé of $37,000,000 of the stock of a single railroad toa syndicate; from his recorded declaration made months before that he intended to let the public share his managerial responsibilities, and from reports of more recent remarks in which he was said to reiterate the same fntention. The belief that Vanderbilt has no desire to keep the control of the Central railroad has been growing for weeks. Nearly every man one meets on the street De Neves it. Three New York newspapers have Said as much. Vanderbilt's continued large Sales of the stock have confirmed the bellef, and | his denial yesterday did not weaken the impres- Sion, which in almost every business circle o: New York has grown into a conviction, that the Lext two years and possibly the next year wiil witness a great change in the ownership and the persoine? of the management of the proper- Ues commonly known as the Vanderbi:t rall- roads, Mr. Vanderbilt is certainly entitled to his own Statement of his intentions. Stlll, he has not always felt called upon to state facts exact aS Uhey afterwards proved to be, when questioned nut his private business. His biunt deaial that the New York Central gave spectal freight contracts was afterwards made ridiculous by the lequiry of the Hepburp committee. Two hours after he had been closeted with the New York Central syndicate he told the reporter that no sales ot his Central stock were in contem- ation. In the conilict between Mr. Vander- i's Words and Mr. Vanderbilt's deeds, his words were decidedly worsted, as was known to everybody two days later. In fact, Vanderbilt as a hews promulgator would not. pass muster in reliable newspaper offices. Perhaps this may explain why his denial yesterday was received general incredulity, which wasn’t lessened by the fact that he was caught salting away $5,000,000 more four per cents, and was said to intend to increase his holdings of govern- ments to $50,000,000 before middie or May. It is easy enough to see why Wail street believes that Vanderbilt 1s going out of Central ina year or two at farthest. It he cares to keep in Control of the roadeno one can see Why on earth he has reduced hold- ings of the stock from about $70,000,000 to $26,000,000. He has already placed it within the power of any money king or clique of capital- ists to step into his shoes, if they wish to. It is Well known that Jay Gould wishes to make of the Central an eastern outlet to his Wabash sy Hits aspiration to get into the Central directory, and to add this property to the long list of Gould roads, was born of the opportunity Mr, Vanderbiit has given him. What ts claimed on Wall street is that If Mr. Vanderbilt honest ly intended to re-elect himself president year alter year, and remain in thorough control of the road, he would never have sold his control- ling interest in the stock. They say he 13 too shrewd and careful a man to depend upon the proxies of English holders or any one else for a continuance ot poéwer. In fact, it is belleved that Mr. Gould could take a more plausible b.d tor the English proxies to-day than Mr: Vand r- bilt, as he could turn over to the Vanderbilt roads a vast amount of southwestern business in acdition to their regular patronage. Vanderbilt is credited with a great deal of Shrew dness, but no one here regards him as a great railrozd man in any sense, Such men as Say Gould, James R. Keene, Tom Scott and Russell oe have ten times his grasp on the Tacts and ideas 11 to. a mastery of Lranspor- tation problems. When Vanderbilt became pre- sident of the Central railroad it was already the most perfectly organized machine in the coun- Ury, and engineered in its several departments by some of the acutest business tatellects of the land. Such men as C. C. Clark, J. H. Rutter, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., the eldest son of William H., are the sources which supply the brains and ideas of the Central management. It has been Vanderbilt’s policy to keep around him a8 bis lieutenants the best men in their spectal- tes in the country, and these men have done all the work, leaving to the great capitalist the purely ornamental part of the management. His ignorance of details of the railroad business has been shown on more than one occa- sion. Last summer, when test before the Hepburn committee, 1t was astonishing on how many subjects of merely general railroad tn- formation he professed lack of knowledge, while evidently striving to make a good intellectual showing as a railroad magnate. He couldn't tell, forinstance, about what the average cost of freight cars was, and referred the committee to the car-construction department. In his Speculative enterprises also his interests have been largely 1n the hands of Addison Cammack, Lill Travers, and the rest of the crowd com- monly Known as “‘the twenty-third street gang” of speculators, These men are Vanderbilt's bosom friends, and it pays them well enough to @ faithful to him. Year before last, ane of his biokcrs whom he had parecalys given carte Dlanche prospered so well in his ventures for his employer that Vanderbilt made him a Christmas Present of $50,000. The heritage of the splendid abilities of Com- tnodore Vanderbilt seems to have fallen not to his eldest son, but to his grandson, Cornelius, who Js, without doubt, the coming Vanderbilt: Corneilus Vanderbilt, jr., 18 vice presideat of the New York Central. ‘Those who have many business dealings with him say that he unites splendid busiuess talent, energy and ambition, wiih a comprehensive Knowledge of railroad questions, and an acquaintance with all the minute of the business, that 1s re- Markable. Noman in the Central's service, it is said,can at all compare with him in his thorough familiarity with all the details, how- ever Important or insignificant, of {ts complex management. He Is said to be as familiar with the work and methods of all the departments as their respectful attachés. He has the finances of the road and its freight schedule at his tongue’s end. and. can instantly name the exact charges per car load to any point on the line. He was a favorite with the commodore, who discovered his quality long before he died. He left the young man $5,000,000 in his will, and the fa- Yored grandson was the only one of the heirs except the present head of the house, who be- came independently rich through the old man’s last testament. On Wall street they say that young Cornelius is as sharp as Mr. Keene, and as weil equipped in the science and statistics of railroading as Jay Gould. It 1s said taat the old Commodore's ‘attention was first attracted to the budding promise of his grandson in the following manner: Young Cornelius had been making considerable money in Wall street Speculations, and one day he went to his grand- father for a “point” on certain stocks. It'was a peculiarity of the Commodore that if he had any pe dative axe of his own togrind he would distribute his “points” to sult his own interest, and he more t once included his ee along the victims of his contidence. He told his namesake what to do, and dismissed him, doubtless chuckliog in his sleeve as the young man proceeded to Wall street to carry out his instructions. But Cornelius, jr., wasn’t to be “played for a sucker” that day. Certain move- Ments on the board convinced him that the energies of his esteemed ancestor were enlisted on the other side, and so he did precisely what the old man told him nottodo. The next time the commodore met his grandson, he com- menced to condole e gr with him on his losses, when the smiling scion cut him short with the remark that Le had made money instead of losing any. “What!” exclaimed the fond or lahee| “didn’t I tell you to doso and so?” “Yes, sir,” explained the young man, “but I changed my mind and bought instead of selling,” The old man concluded that young “Corneel” Was no fool. It is sald that the commodore amply provided for him in his will in the ex tation that Cornelius would thus be enabled to build up an immense fortune of his own, inde- pendently of his father. Sims Reeves, the Tenor. (The Hour.) Singing. About fifteen years ago his voice de- terlorated considerably, but soon regained its Power. It is an open secret_amo: the pro- Tession that he is fay po to have his songs transposed a couple of tones lower than he used to sing them. ‘Sims Reeves, was curiously, ent both laolizea and hated by the ‘Hngllsh publ, to account for this, it must, be borne in mind that he could never be depended on to fulfil his en- gagements. This gavea start to all sorts of Stories about his being a confirmed drunkard. as below zero. Reeves was a native of Woolwich, and asa boy attracted the attention of the officers of the by his musical talent. He began his Career as a baritone, and the real register of his voice was not discovered for some tim ‘The German Crown Prince’s Family Telegraph. } (The T have reason to believe that the rumorad b> taothal of Prince William, Gn Prince or the eldest son of the crown ”, to Princess Victoria, daughter of the late Duke of augeeten. berg, may now be considered asa fact. It has ‘been received very quietly here, tat the bigwi ve preferred to see Prince William allied to one of the reign- ing families of Europe. ‘The Prince was born in 1859, and Is consequently twenty-one years of age. His future bride is some three months his Senior. #rince William, like the Crown Prince of Austria, has been guided in his choice exclu- sively by the dictates of his own heart; that ts to say, he is making a love match. This ts but the very natural consequence of the admirable education given to the children of the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany. There ts not amore united nor a happier household than theirs throughout the empire. Their attach- ment for éach other is proverbial in every Ger- man home. Their children have been brought up on sound English principles, and always en- couraged in simplicity of taste and genuine Less of character, Prince William having arrived at years of discretion, has thought proper to select a wife for himself, and to judge by all accounts Prin- cess Augusta of ey tee is in every re- Spect qualified to be his bride. The ea eg ment of the Prussian court grandees is not likely to excite much sympathy anywhere. There is no reason why members of Imperial and Royal families should not be free to marry in their own sphere as thex chose. There are, ‘however, other considerations involved. Prince William of Prussia and the Crown Prince Ru- dolph, haye, no doubt unwittingly, given a fatal blow to the rigid etiquette of German court life. The whole world of chamberiains, gentle- mien in waiting and other gold-laced dignitaries are in a flutter. What is to become of them if young Princes go about looking for wives le like simple mortals? Since the office of ch cardle-suutfer to his Majesty was first inal ated such a thing had never been heard of. Tne irigid atmosphere of the Prussian court had never been agitated by such heretical proceed- irgs. These two sensible and noble-hearted young men have refused to comply with its absurd and cruel exigencies. They have, curi- ously enough, at a few days’ Interval. broken with the superannuated traditions of the re- Spective households to which they belong. ‘THE RatLRoap to the crater of Vesuvius is now completed. The depot is situated ata height of 810 metres, or 210 metres above the observatory. A restaurant and café capable of accommodating 100 people ts attached to the depot. The angle of inclination of this rail- road attains at various points 40, 50 and 63 de- grees. 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