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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

". n. vAyDERBrLT's FIFTH AVENUE PALACE
ing house, paying s16a week for both Now
a-days so much as a newspaper reporter,
who didn't pay more than that for his board,
would be ashamed 20 tell where he lived, and
reporters are about the poorest paid persona
in New York But young Vanderbilts
health failed him just as lie had an oppo.-
tunity to become partner in the banking
house. He was obliged to give up all his
prospects
The commodore was in a high old rage.
He habitually spoke Of his son as that -
fool, Bill. He believed the young man
would never amount to snything. In fit
Of disgust he settled the pair on a seventy
five-acro patch Of barren groaad on Staten
Island.
IL Was a poor enough outlook for a young
clerk in delicate health. But the one trait in
w. II. Vanderbilts charaf ter that stands
out prominently throughout his life is his
submission to his fathers will. He eccepted
his slot in two senses, and let himself b: re-
tired to the farm. He did his hest there, with
his unfarmlike bringing 1p and weak health,
but could not get on. Iie saw some money
must be spent on the land He did not dare
ask his father in person for money, but
through personal friend he applied TO the
old man for a loan.
mot a cent, answered Cornelius the First.
Then, for the only tims in his life, appar-
emily, W. H. did something on his own re-
sponsibility. He mortgaged his seventy-tive
acre farm for $4,000. With this he bought
fertilizers, machinery, etc, and began i'm
proving the place. He kept it from his
father, knowing it would put him in a pas.
sion. But some busybody, to toady to the
commodore, went to him with the who!s
story The father asked "Bill' to take a
ride with him behind his lightning trotters.
Out upon the road he said:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT. did about the mil
lionaires conditions. He lived about three
weeks longer than the prediction gave him,
that was all.
There are doubtless some who have their
own reasons for wishing that he had lived
vet three weeks longer. One topic OF great
interest IN New York at present is the pro
posed entrance of the Baltimore and Ohio
road into New York city through Staten
Island, by drawbridge over the Kill Won
Kull. This is the strait that separates Staten
Island from the New Jersey shore. At the
very moment when deaths hand touched him
and he fell forward corpse upon the carpet
Vanderbilt was discussing this enterprise
with Robert Garrett, president of the Balti-
more and Ohio road. How exciting the in
terview was nobody knows. 1t may possibly
have hastened his death. The coats of the
arteries in his head were brittle, and an
unusual flow of blood would have burst them,
as in fact happened.
On Friday preceding his death he had COM
planned of violent pains in his head He
had suffered at intervals in the same way for
years, and supposed the pain TO be neu-
ralgia.
The old commodore, as he was called
William n. Is father-never forgave his son
Tor not being as splendidly endowed
physically as he himself was Old Cornelius
was man over six feet high, of magnificent
brain and physique. He had the head to
command and the body and the w IL to make
himself obeyed William FL. was delicate
boy from the start. He was born May s.
1891, at New Brunswick, n. j., where his
mother kept tavern AMI did the cooking with
her own hands, while his father commanded
the little steamboat that ran up and down
the Raritan river between New York and
New Brunswick.
From the old Dutch days the Vanderbilt
family had fourished on Staten island. They
grew like oaks on the seashors. toughsned by
the salt fogs, and striking their roots deepel
and firmer into the soil by the tossing Of th
winds When William H. Vanderbilts bod.
was buried it was carried to New Dorp
Staten Island where the family have Evet
since before the revolution. Cornelius No
L.. the founder of the family fortunes wa
horn here in 11g4
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

WILLIAM X VANDERBILT splendid palace in
which he died This mansion cost 81, 0o0, 900,
and is believed to be the finest private resi-
dence in America. 1t is at the northwest
corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty first street.
To be sure of agreeable neighbors Vanderbilt
bought block, aud built two palaces upon
il. They are connected by middle passage
way, and occupy the whole west side of the
Fifth avenue block between Fifty-frst and
Fifty second streets.
The GOMEZ pa!ace was occupied by w. Fl,
himself. The other, though looking like one
house, and like the other upon the outside.
was divided into two dwellings within, and
occupied by his daughters Mrs W. D. Sloane
and Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard and their fam
lilies. William d. Sloane is the Broadway
carpet merchant Mrs. Shepard and her
family are now on their way home from
Italy.
NJ 1,o5 nina oh iIdrax, aic,bt M
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

Cornell" He was CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
the old mans namesake and favorite,
because he was said to look like his grand
father. Thus there will be three generations
of Vanderbilt millionaires and railroad
magnates.
William X. is the second son. All the four
boys except the youngest George W., hold
important offices in the Vanderbilt system of
railways George w. is devoted to books,
and hints that he will build up the greatest
library in the world. All the children ex-
cept George are married. So Tar as is known,
they are very happy in their domestic rela-
ticus
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

SIS it true that you have mortgaged tb.
farm for s6,00Or
''Yes," replied the young farmer.
The commodore went off into passion at
once. "You don't amount to a row Of pinsl"
be said; 'you never did and you never will
You won't ever be able to do any thing except
to bring disgrace upon yourself, your family
and everybody connected with you. l have
made up my mind to have nothing more to
do with you.n
''Bill" apologized as best he could. He
said the money was not fer himself, but to
make improvements on the farm. He was
very sorry to have offended his father, but
he had no doubt of being able to pay off the
mortgages himself when they fell due. But
the father raved and lectured and swore,
and would not be pacifed. W. HI. left him
with feathers very much cut Next day,
however, he received from Cornelius check
for 81, 900 and an order to ''pay that mort
gage right away
Just about that time it was that the old
commodore remarked to an acquaintance
that there was something in 'Bilp after oil. y
Presently he helped HIM widen out the
boundaries of his farm till it included 35o
acres "Bill" justified this newborn conf
1ence SO well that, it is said, he succeeded in
getting $4,000 year out of the farm. Hav.
ing lived on farm myself, I may be par.
doned taking this line story with some grains
of allowance. Cornelius was better and bet
ter pleased, and began to conclude that after
all he might in time raise ''Bill" to be q
railroad financier. The son was about 4,
years old when Els father thus took him tc
raise. He put him in training by having
him appointed receiver of the Staten Islant
railway, bankrupt little road thirteen mile:
lcag. In this capacity, under his father
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24
horn here IN 1J

THE OLD VANDERBILT HOMESTEAD.
Cornelius Vanderbilt the First began life as
proprietor of a sailboat which conveyed
vegetables, fish and other produce from the
Islands. l., as the New Workers write it
across the bay to the city. He was married
at 10, and he and his wife scrimped and
saved together as though the salvation of the
world depended on it, At length he was
owner of q fleet of sailboats, and had an in
come from them Of $1,000 year. This
would have satisfied most plain farm people
but Cornelius the First wanted the whole
earth His strongest intellectual trait, if
intellectual it could be called, was his sagacity.
He saw early that steamboats, would sup
plant sailboats, and began to trim his par
ticular sails accordingly. He sold his line of
coast vessels and hired himself out to Thomas
Gibbons at $1,000 year, as captain OF the
little Raritan steamer. Thus he learned
steamboating, by the same system of
scrimping himself and pinching other people,
in the course Of few years.
Time went on, and once more sod Cor
neel's'' sagacity snuffed coming revolution
In the air. He saw that railroads would
drive out steamboats,, even as steamboats, had
driven out sailing craft He became rail
road owner--the largest in the country
His plan was to buy railroad, and then
increase his dividends by the process known
as 'swatering stock" Thus he won his mil
lions. He watsred the stock Of the New
YORK Contra to the amount Of so per cent
the second year he owned it, and made
s8,OO0,0O0 by the deal, carrying the money
home hiinsef at midnight one night.
VI In course of time he was gathered to his
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Ais remains lie in vault at the little
Moravian graveyard at New Dorp.
Eight years ago one Of the giant ferry
boats Of the regular New York and east
Staten Island line, the Southfield, conveyed
the remains of old Commodore Vanderbilt
across the bay to the island Dec. II, 1885.
the same ferryboat performed the same
offices for William H.
|S Mr.. Vanderbilt was building q splendid
mausoleum in the little cemetery. twill bo
finished in six months Then his own and
his fathers bones will rest together within it
William H. Vanderbilt was the richest
man in the world, and he seems to have lost
great opportunity. By one stroke Of his
pen he might have given working people
homes In the suburbs, and broken up the In
fernal tenement house system Of New York
He never made the stroke.
A. J. BoTHWELIA
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

CORNELIUS NANDEHblLTS . IOMB.
eye, he was success 1t is probable, how
ever, that the indomitable old man by this
time felt age creeping upon him, and real
lied that he must leave some sort Of head to
the great railway system, even if it was no
more than a Sleeps head. He would have
much preferred to take his railways and his
millions with him into the other world, but
since this was not permitted, he must get
them in the best shape he could to leave them.
Accordingly, that fool Bill" was taken
quite into his fathers confidence. And he
did the handsome thing BY him at last Cor
nelius planned; William executed obedi-
emily. This blind submission in even the
smallest points is we'll shown by this story Of
how w. H. quit smoking 1t has been said
that no Vanderbilt ever owned yacht, in
consequence of tough recollections Of rowing
ferry skiffs against the tide from Staten Is
land to New York. This is mistake. The
commodore himself owned a steam yacht,
the North Star, and took his whole family in
it to Europe in 1883 At that time w. H.
was an inveterate smoker. The old man de-
tested this habit. BILLY, said he ons day on
shipboard, "if you'll stop smoking I'll give
yol a check for $40, co."
aYou don't need to pay me, said the son
IF youwant me to stop, thnt IS enough
He was then smoking, but threw his cigar
over the rail, and never touched another
II Is hard to tell whether this childlike
obedience was dictated by policy or not, but II
Il was it had its reward When the commodore
died be lett "Bilp' q cool 00.000.000. cut
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

ting ths other heirs OF with triAe His in
jusfice to his daughters was much remarked
%. He always declared that women could
DOT fais care Of money. Ia view OF the fact
that his own mother aud frst wife had
largely helped him TO get his start In the
world. this visw ~ the case Is rather odd
Money increeses, like SNOWFALL rolling
down hill, somebody says W. H. Wander
bits snowfall rolled down hill to such pur-
pose that IL increased FROM s10). 100000 10
600 ooa So far g is known. hs was the
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24
had nine children, eight OF

whom are living
four sons and four
daughters. He was
always a good do
nestle man. The
head of the house,
as in his own case,
will be the Oldest
son, Corn 9 Ii ius,
whose picture we
give. He was Sc
lected as the chief
inheritor of tn e
railway man a ge =
ment, if not of its
wea 1t h by his
grandfather, "OId
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24
VANDERBILTS LIFE. =
he WAS THE RICHEST MAN IN THE
WORLD, BUT he HAD TO GO.
Portraits OF Himself and Sons, With Illus
trafions Of Their Homes-Three Gem
ierations Of Millionaire Van
derbilts "son BILL" s


NEW YORK, Dec. IA few weeks ago q
man who knew William H. Vanderbilt saw
him at the horse show. Hew struck at
once with something be saw in his counts-
nance and looked at him long and earnestly.
Then he tuined to his companion and said;
Vanderbilt has death in his faceif ever
q man had Il is his color, the drawn ex-
preston around his mouth. don't believe
be will live three weeks"
The man who said it was Turkish bath
superintendent Vanderbilt had the greatest
fondness for Turkish baths He took them
in season and out Of season. In this way the
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

richest man in the
world, -tho ough
there Is said to be
a Chinese banker
with an unpro-
nounceahk name
at Canton, whose
wealth Is greater
than Vanderbilt's.
Till 1878 the 20o-
millionaire lived in
handsome, though
: plain style e, ON
Fifth avenue, in q
' house his father
bought for him.
Then he began the
erection of the
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man had become
familiar with his
appearances. just as
with that Of dozeps
Of other prominent
New Workers. Thus
he has become
familiar with the
symptoms OF dis.
ease and health In
! the patients he
, treats. The Turkish
bath man at one
glance knew more
than the doctors
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

Of DIR. BIgeIow's Positive Cure than a
dollar bs'ule Of any other cough reme-
dy. II Is b prompt, safe ard pleasant
cure for thoat and lung truuhles. Sold
and endorsed by, j. G Saur \
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

We should economize at all times, but
more especially when times are close.
Observe the purchase Of your thifty
|neighbors. More substantial benefits
can be obtained from q fifty cent bottle
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

The children live in homes near their
fathers on Fifth avenue. New that he is
dead, the widow and the youngest son George
will live alone i'll the palace. To keep it going
costs $500, 900 a year. 1t cannot be other than
very melancholy for awhile, even with the
pictures. Of one of these Mrs. Vanderbilt
said: II remember the first picture that we
ever bought. We paid ninety dollars for it,
and were afraid to let our friends know how
extravagant we had been. have the picture
yet and there is more pleasure to me in look
ing at it than all the Meissoniers and other
great pictures in the house. The picture to
to which Mrs Vanderbilt referred still hangs
over her bed.
One of the sights of New York is Wander
bilt's stable. 1t cost without the land $50, 900,
more than even most wealthy New Yorkers'
houses. Walls, foors ceilings and stalls are
finished in polished cherry, ash and walnut.
The stable is at the corner of Fifty-second
street and Madison avenue, near his home.
In 1881 Vanderbilt made the largest single
sale of railroad stock on record. He disposed
Of $4,000 shares Of New York Central to a
syndicate The money thus received he put
largely into O. s. bonds, Of which he owned
$65, 100000. The largest gift he ever made at
any one time was $500 900 to the New York
| College of Physicians and Surgeons, and he
presented the obelisk known as Cleopatra's
Needle to the city OF New York 1t is in
Central park. -
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

Adolf LallOz, carriage manufacturer,
lI9 Carroll Street, Buffalo, N. H,
states: st was troubled with nausea Of
the stomach, sick headache and gem
.eral debility. Burdock Blood Bitters
cured me-
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

Hn@a Saraparilla has cured thous-
ands " cases Of rheumatism. This is
abuna9tt reason for belief that It will
cure you. Tryit.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24

rhs young married people. ". H AMI his
wife, went 70 living IN . New York board-
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-05-30
Diabetes Cured.

New Orleans Picayune, Jan. %, 1854.
Mr.. Matthias Doll, business place No.
>, North Peters street, residence Royal
street, between Jean- and Bartholomew,
New Orleans, has been 4 most intense
sufferer from kidney trouble (diabetes) for
the last six long and weary ,cars. He
said to US: even earlier than that fire.
quently suffered from pain in the back,
and frequent making of water, but gave it
no thought until about the time stated,
when the almost constant desire to make
water became uncomfortable. The pain in
the back, and sometimes in the legs, made
me so lame at times that could scarcely
walk. I consulted one Of the best doctors
in this CITY, and was under his constant
treatment for one entire year without de-
irving the least benefit. / then consulted
from time to time, during the last five or
six wears, six other physicians, each one
standing in the front rank of the medical
profession in New Orleans, and though
sometimes was n little relieved of some
excruciating suffering. yetupon the whole
I was not only no better, but in MANY re-
spects much worse. Mylimbs became so
swollen and sore that | could not cross
NV legs when sitting on Chair-all of
which, they said, was caused bv diabetes.
I then tried some highly lauded patent
medicine. But thev all turned out to be
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ever getting relief, much less being cured,
when noticed in the papers some Won
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this city. as prescribed by DR.. Hartman,
giving the name and address Of each per-
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The swelling and stiffness in nv legs has
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A Bad Break.

Sam Peterby, merchant from the
interior, while attending the Mardi
Gras festivities at Galveston, united
business with pleasure by purchasing
bill of goods from a prominent firm.
He was very politely received, and
one of the proprietors showed him
over the immense store. On reach
ing the fourth floor the customer
perceived speaking tube on the wall
the first thing of the kind he had
ever seen.
"What is that?" he asked.
"Oh, that is a speaking tube; it is a
great convenience. We can converse
with clerks on the first floor without
the trouble of going down stairs.
"Can they hear what you say
through that?" asked the visitor.
"Certalnly; and they can reply at
the same time"
"You don't say sow exclaimed the
visitor. "May talk through it,"
"Certainly," was the reply.
The visitor put his mouth to the
speaking tube and asked:
"Are Sam Peterby's goods packed
up yeti"
The people in the office must have
supposed it was somebody else
speaking, for moment later the
distinct reply came back:
"No. We have not packed them
vet. We are waiting for tclagra m
from his town. We believe he is a
slippery cuss."
Tablcau.- Zcxas SiJzings.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-05-30
Phyllis and her Pastry.

FAIR Phyllis made a pIet,Y cake
To please her papa's palate;
Her parents put II on stake
AMI used II ior a rnalle,
-Phtiadsiptia Ne,c,.
And then she 20, him mp pie:
He thou. ht twas make OF leather.
Ani kinuiy asked her If the crust.
Were pegsed and sewed ioge,her
-Chcogo Ledger.
And then she male bi. nince PIE
In manner new and novel;
Her father seized il with a SIGH
And used 1t for a shovel.
-Nrc YORK formal.
A, last the gentle pastry cook
Composed some tai'y>csudy,
A club Of which her father
Aud used 1t playing bandy.
-Hafeket.
And then She stirred pan of dough,
And made mess Of biscuit
And passed them 70 her swee'hear,, though
He thought he would risk II
-Norbic Folio
She took some yeast and f1ur and lard.
And true 10 duty cali,
She BAKED them IN lump 80 haTd
/, made good baseball
-Richmond Baton
Some cookies next she def-ly made,
All sugared round the edges:
Her pop I'm the wood-spliung bn.iness)
Found they made stunning wedges.
Fall Rtrer .5dudnce.
But when she called her pa 10 eat
Some Jusi-con.,ructed buscnit,
The old man said his life was sweet
he didn't dare TO risk it,
-S0mcrriils Journal.
Then next she made concrete bun.
Nodded with greatest care,
Her father rammed il IN his gun
And was loaded then for bear
-Brooklyn Times.
And then she made some nire doughnu;s.
And fried them well in fat.
Her father used them in the night
To plug the old Torncat
-Gcfhdm Eountaioeer.
She made him darling sponge.cake next,
And said no one could ben; il;
A tough old goat 70, very vexed
Because he could not ca, il.
-E1,cb,t.