The Indianapolis journal., 1886-08-05

New England housewife jealous with its neat
ness and cute little cupboards. Adjoining the
cooks department is cabin for the convenience
of the officers and crew, the officers dining first,
the crew following In the bow Of the yacht are
the sailors quarters
The wheel has been taken out of the pilot
house and placed on the bridge above. The size
of the windows have been increased and the
captains room aft of the pilot-house removed,
and a large comfortable room made for Mr.. Til
den's benefit The floor is covered with heavy
Administer carpet, and the walls finished in hard
wood A large, luxurious lounge of resida plush
runs the entire length of the little room. A
comfortable pillow is placed at its head, and a
large wicker chair and a settee are also in the
room. Up above, where the marine glasses are
usually kept. hung on last Friday lady's para
sol, novel and pair of lady's gloves. The
captain said that Mr.. Tilden usually let down all
the windows OF the pilot house when he was In
it, so as to get the fresh air.
"You see" said the captain, 'swhen he is sit
ting up there he s free from all shock and jar of
the machinery. He can lie down whenever he
wants to, which is most all the time. He is not
able to stand up much, and cannot endure any
fatigue
Il suppose" said the writer, ''he always has
some one with him.
''Oh. yes, he never goes out alone Miss Gould
is with him all the time, and his valet is within
call. We are making new dock back of the
.5euv'nors house."
"How long DO you propose to make it, and
when do you think it win be completedgs
II can't tell when it will be completed, an
swered the captain, 1--WE have made the sound
ings and intend for it to be four hundred feet in
length. 1t will be solidly built, so as to with
stand our hard winters and the Viking willlay
there all the time Another improvement that
the Governor is thinking Of making is the build
ing of railway from his house down to the pier.
about mile"
sHow is ne going to build the roadq"
"That is pretty hard to say. He has his own
ideas, and don't think any one but the engi-
neers know exactly about it. We have got a
to the city and had naptha engine put in her OF
ohorse power. She goes along pretty well,
and Is very useful in making landings or any
other work about the harbor.
Mr. Tilden rarely put his hand to paper. and
one of the last times he wrote was to sign tele
gram of coincidence to the father of Hubert O.
Thompson. The last letter which he signed was
written to Secretary Daniel Manning. Mr.. Man
ming was the last guest whom he entertained at
his house. Mr.. Manning was there for
week, and left about eleven days ago.
For some months past Mr.. Tilden has busted
himself at odd times with the composition of a
family record of the Tilden family He traced
the line back to John Telden, who lived in the
Vale of Telden, county of Kent England in
1463. Some of the family still reside there Mr.
Tilden completed this work last week. and on
Monday of this week he dictated the
preface - his last dictation. In it
he says the record was compiled
from information pick up here and there, iotted
down, and tossed into drawer. These he had
placed together by the aid of memory and from
what help he could get from others. He wrote,
he says, because he thought it might be of use
to the younger members of the family, as it
showed them that they had sprung from an hon
est. sturdy set, of whom they could be proud.
1t will thus be seen that Mr., Tilden's men tai
vigor was unimpared by his long illness His
appetite was good, and he ate as much most
men. He dined regularly with the family, and
only differed from them in that he ate at more
frequent intervals He was perfectly able to
masticate his food. He rarely ate vegetables,
but was fond of fruit.