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able to show four generations Of American
Colonial -Dutch-Pedl d-Salt- Cod-Mc Allis-
ter nobility might be endurable, but to have
to confess such an origin-pfeu-fewi Well,
the telegram, 1t was just cyclonei The
messenger came right into the great Rob
Roy Hall Of Audience, as excited as he could
be, singing out; Dispatch for Lady Gwen
dolen SellersI' and you ought to have seen
that simpering chattering assemblage Of
pinchbeck aristocrats turned to stonel
was of in the corner, Of course, by myself
tele .ram and read 1t, and tried to faint-and
1 could have done it II had had any prepar.
alton, but It was all SO sudden, you know
but no matter, did the next best thing:
put my handkerchief to my eyes and fed
sobbing to my room, dropping the telegram
as 1 started. released one corner Of my
eye q momert-just enough to see the herd
swarm for the telegram-and then continued
by broken-hearted fight, just as happy as
bird.
Then the visit of coincidence began. and
had to accept the loan of Miss sAugusta-Tem-
pleton-Ashmore Hamiltons quarters be-
cause the press was so great and there isn't
room for three and a cat in mine. And I've
been holding lodge OF sorrow ever since,
and defending myself against peoples at
tempts to claim kin. And do you know, the
very first to fetch her tears and sympathy to
nv market was that foolish Skimperton girl
who has always snubbed me SO shamefully
and claimed lordship and precedence of the
whole college because some ancestor OF hers,
some time OF other, was "a. MoAiiister. ie .td why
putting on airs because it's head ancestor
was pterodactyl
But the ger-reatest triumph of all was
guess But you'll never. This is It. That
little fool and two others have always been
fussing and fretting over which was enti-
tied to precedence-by rank, you know.
THEY'VE nearly starved themselves at it;
for each claimed the right to take prece-
dence of all the college in leaving the
table, and so neither of them ever fin
ished her dinner, but broke Off in the
middle and tried to get out ahead of
the others. Well, after my first days grief
and seclusion-I was fixing up q mourning
dress, You see-I appeared at the public
table again and then-what do you think?
Those three fluffy goslings sat there con-
tentedly and squared up the long famine
Tapped and Tapped, munched and munched,
ate and ate, till the gravy appeared in their
eyes-humble, waiting for the Lady
Gwendolen to take precedence and move
out first. you gee!
oh, yes, I've been having q darling good
time. And, do you know, not one of these
collegians has had the cruelty to ask me
how came by my new name. With some,
this Is due to charity, but with others it isn't
They refrain, not from native kindness, but
from educated discretion. educated them.
Well, as soon as shall have settled up
what's left of the old scores and snuffed up
few more OF those pleasantly Intoxicating
clouds of incense. 1 shall pack and depart
homeward. Tell papa am as fond of him
as am Of my new name. couldn't put it
stronger than that. WHAT an inspiration it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17

kill three bucks (but no does), and five wild
turkeys during the season. At least one
half OF the game shot by guests and mem
bers occupying quarters at the club house
shall be turned over to the club, to be served
for the use OF all. The gun house will re-
main closed on Sundays, and all shooting is
strictly prohibited on that day.
The duties of the head gamekeeper shall
be to take charge OF the breeding, preserva-
tion and care of game. He shall keep diary
in which he shall enter daily all matters
pertaining to his department.; also game
book, in which he shall enter everything
killed by each member or visitor.
Pheasants Successfully Bred
The experiment of breeding English
pheassnts and California quail has given
most salts factory results to the game COM
mittee OF the Jekyl Island Club. When
they first took possession OF the island,
600 native quail, 1G0 pheasants and few
California quail were imported. The native
birds were turned loose, while the English
specimens were bred by the gamekeeper.
At the end of the first season more than
1000 young pheasants were Matched. And it
Eas since been found that they are breeding
rapidly in the wild state, something which
has always been deemed impossible by the
English gamekeepers:
W. NEPHEW KING, JR.
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nent, was also erected, and a superior quail
fly of beer and ale furnished to the troops
end adjacent colonists.
Toward the north end Of the island the
Yuins of an old tabby house erected by Ogle-
thorpe still remain, as well as those of an
old family mansion of ante -bellum DAYS.
Under the early regime Jekyl became ia
nous for the quality of its crops, and when
in 1908 it came into the possession of the
Du Bignons, distinguished French family,
Il was the most envied spot on the coast.
Admiral Du Bignon had been an owner of
vast estates on the Island of Martinique,
but when Napoleon was exiled to Elba he
sold out everything and moved his ], 200
slaves to JekyL
Held for Time by Freed Slaves.
When the first gun was sounded in 1861
this retreat, though far from the noise and
esrpult of war, was fortified and held by the
s-oufederates They were soon dislodged,
however, by the Union forces, who held it
until the close Of the war. During these
days the island became once more a vast
wilderness. For many years after the ces-
sstion of hostilities the negro slaves occu-
pied Jekyl, believing it to be their property
by virtue of emancipation. 1t was then
that fair Jekyl experienced a reign of
terror.
Fortunately, however, Mr.. John Du Big
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SIG, 900 to $40, 0OO Il. E Rowland, ofNew
York, is now President.
Wholesale Game Slaughter Ruled Out.
That the directors of the Jekyl Island
Club are determined to restrict the slaugh-
ter of game is shown by the following rules
and regulations for the government of the
game department for this season:
The open season for she killing of quail
shall begin November and close March To-
pheasants, from November l to March Is:
deer, from November to February 10; wild
turkeys, from November ] to April ]: rab-
bits, from November l to April L Ducks
and o. her migratory fowl may be killed at
all times; also wild hogs, minks, possum,
coons and bears. The killing of singing,
is prohibited. No boys under l6 snail be al
lowed to carry or shoot firearms, except at
target practice at the butts, or clay pigeon
shooting, under the supervision of an officer
or member of the club.
During the season of 1s90-'9l limit of so
quail per week, also u cock pheasants FOR
the season, shall be placed on each share.
The penalty for shooting hen pheasants
shall be S5 for each bird. Each share shall
be entitled once only during q season to
delegate to one guest. for one week at a
time, without renewal to same person by
himself or any other member, full power to
shoot in his stead; but If personally present
eacn member shall be entitled to invite not
mora than two guests to shoot with him.
provided that 5he total score of member
and his guests shall not exceed the score TO
which his share OF shares may be entitled;
but no member shall have the right to trans
fer his shooting to another member.
Deer shall only be still hunted with
out dogs. Each share shall be allowed to
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idsted wealth Of its members aggregates
81, ,OOO, 600, ,O0O
A few years ago the attention of two or
three gentlemen of means and leisure was
called to the advantages of Jekyl-an island
betweed ST. Simons and Cumberland on the
Georgia coast. An isolated position and
genial climate rendered it particularly suit
able for the establishment of country club
and game preserve. This unknown spot was
then covered with a dense forest of pine and
thick underground of palmettoes. Birds of
brilliant plumage mingled their liquid notes
with the grunt OF the wild hog; while the
swamps and low savannas were literally
overrun with deer and wild cattle.
Replete With Historic "Reminiscences.
? In historic interest this favored spot rivals
even Frederick, town across the bay,
where General Oglethorpe built his first
stronghold against the Spaniards. The
island, which was named in honor of Sir
Joseph Jekyl, distinguished jurist in the
time of George Ill, has been the scene of
many stirring events during the early
struggles between the Spapiards and En-
elish. In 1888 General Oglethorpe induced
his friend and Junior in command, Major
Horton, to locate permanently there. Rye,
barley and other grains we're then planted
and an orange grove laid out. This flour
ished until the great freeze 100 years later.
A brewery, said to be the first on this conti-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17

non, direct descendant of the old admiral,
reclaimed his inheritance and awoke the
negroes from their halcyonic dream OF bliss
He Immediately began the erection OF COM
Portable dwellings and restocked the island
with cattle. Innumerable droves of wild
hogs, rivaling in size even those Of the
famous Black Forest, wandered over the
island, and many horses were caught that
had never known halter or bride. Mr.. Du
Bignon's task was not an easy one, but to
such degree of perfection did he bring
Jekyl that it soon became one of the most
valuable properties on the coast
The Purchase OF the Island.
1t was at this iuncture that Major n. s.
Finney, q brother-in-law of Mr.. Du Bignon,
and a prominent Union Club man, conceived
the idea of establishing Southern Tuxedo.
A number of his friends became interested,
and when they learned the natural advant-
ages of Jekyl as winter resort and game
preserve q visiting committee was dis
patched to examine the site. Their report
was unanimously favorable one, and the
necessary number of names was quickly
subscribed. Negotiations then began for
the purchase of the island, which passed
out of the hands of Mr.. Du Bignon for
S125, 900.
A charter was obtained under the laws Of
the State of Georgia. Some of the objects
and purposes of the club are clearly set
forth in the following extracts from its
charter: ''To raise live stock, birds, game,
fish and shell fish, and to hunt, fish and
Yacht on and in the vicinity of Jekyl
Island, in the county of Glynn, State OF
Georgia, and in the waters adjacent thereto.
To maintain a race course on said Jekyl
Island, etc, etc" The first President of
the club was General Lloyd Aspinwall, of
New York Upon his death Judge Henry
E. Howlsnd, of the New York Supreme
Court, was elected.
The Membership and Finances.
The number of shares In the Jekyl Island
Club is limited to 100 at par value of 5000
each, and the number of members is also
limited to 100, though one member may
subscribe for, hold and acquire any number
of shares The annual dues are 500 on each
share, and the entrance fee is also 500. A
few DAYS ago one of these 5000 shares was
sold for S4.70O.
Any person q years and upward is eligi-
BILE for membership upon the acquisition of
one share of the capital stock, provided he
has been duly elected under the rules.
Fifty lots of ten acres each have been sur
veyed and laid aside for the private use of
members desiring to erect cottages, stables,
kennels and other improvements. In order
to be entitled to one of these lots the men,
Der must own at least two shares OF the cap
ital stock Under this privilege many
members have erected Cottages worth from
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17
sentimental. spiritless-"

sentimental, spiritless-"
I was thinking of myselfl Poor noble
fellow, we were inseparable com"
"Hear the man! Mulberry Sel-Mul-
Rossmorel Hang the troublesome name, I
can never-if I've heard you say once, I've
heard you say thousand times that II that
poor sheep"
81 was thinking of-of-I don't know who
I was thinking of, and it doesn't make any
difference anyway; somebody idolized him,
I recollect it as If it were yesterday; and"
':Father, am going to shake hands with
Major Hawkins, and let the Introduction
work along and catch up at its leisure.
remember you very we'll indeed, Major
Hawkins, although was little child when
I saw you last, and am very, very glad in
deed to see you again and have you in our
house as one of us" and beaming in his face
she finished her cordial shake with the hope
that he had not forgotten her.
He was prodigiously pleased by her out
spoken heartinesss and wanted to repay her
by assuring her that he remembered her,
and not only that, but better even than he
remembered his own children, but the facts
would not quite warrant this; still, he
stumbled through tangled sentence which
answered lust as well, since the purport Of
it was an awkward and unintentional con-
fession that her extraordinary beauty had
so stupeied him that ne hadn't got Dack 70
his bearings yet and therefore couldn't be
certain as to whether he remembered her at
all or not. The speech made him her friend;
it couldn't well help it.
In truth, the beauty of this fair creature
was of a rare type, and may well excuse
moment of our time spent in its considers
tion. 1t did not consist in the fact that she
had eyes, nose, mouth, chin, hair, ears; IL
consisted in their arrangement. In true
beauty, more depends upon right location
and iudicious distribution Of features than
upon multiplicity of them. So also as re-
CARDS color. The very combination of col-
ors which in a volcanic irruption would add
beauty to a landscape might detach it from
a girl. Such was Gwendolen Sellers.
The fsmily circle being completed by
Gwendolen's arrival, it was decreed that
the official mourning should now begin;
that it should begin at 6 o'clock every even
ing (ths dinner hour), and end with the
dinner.
'Tt's grand old line, Major, q sublime
old line, and deserves to be mourned for,
almost royalty, almost imperially, may
say. Er-Lady Gwendolen-bu she's gone;
never mind; I wanted my peerage; I'll fetch
it myself, presently, and show you thing
or two that will give you realizing idea OF
what our house is I've been glancing
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17

to look, but when they come to work out
their understanding through their fingers
the fingers show their lack of education and
fail to give those deft airy touches that lend
the proper air of distinction to piece of
headgear.
A shrewd milliner in New York has put
forward the first bit of real helpfulness to
women who must do their own hat trim
ming, but who are, nevertheless, not desirous
of having that fact proclaimed to the world.
In his showcases he has for sale great knots
of ribbons and velvets of all hues made up
with the very newest tw1rl and twist, Sc
curely stitched and ready to be fastened on
the hat or bonnet. Some of them are de-
signed for the only decoration, and some
need feathers or other ornaments to COM
plete them. The illustration gives one of
the simplest. 1t is a large bow of old rose
ribbon designed,to form the only decoration
Of child's hat.
Any enterprising woman should be able
to work up enough OF demand in her own
town, and of her own milliner, for this CO.
operative industry, to compel the millIner
to make it quite as much q part of her busi-
ness to sell trimmings without hats as it
sometimes il to sell hats xithouttrimminga
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
= BY MARK TWAIN,
ETC., Etc.


Castle The has studied the
dwifH oil
dby wkinshe
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clusively to hunting and fishing in the
United States The richest club in the
United States, probably, is the Jekyl Island
Club, Of which q. K Porter, of Pittsburg,
among others, is stockholder. The consol-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17
CHAPTER Y.

o answer to that
telegram; no arriving
daughter. Yet nobody
showed any uneasiness
nor seemed surprised;
that is, nobody but
W ashington. After
three days of waiting,
he asked Lady Ross
more whist she sup
posed the trouble was.
She answered, tram
gully:
ooh, it's some no
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17
ART GEMS OF JAPAN.
Sir Edwin Arn0ld's Revels in a Won
derland From the Orient
INTENDED FOB THE CzAREWITCH,
The Wood Carving Has No Duplicate in the
Worlds History.
AN UNFORTUNATE NEGLECT OF WOMEN
WRITTEN FOR THE p1sPATcH.l

HOUGH Sir Edwin
Arnold has come out
of japan to let the
light of Asia shine
through our American
darkness, his interest
in all things Japanese
is keen and lively. A
good part of his few
spare minutes in New
York have been spent
in a room, looking out
upon Fifth avenue,
that is crammed and
crowded with the
choicest specimens of
Tc~o-1ea ork n-ar uot
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17
Electricity in Calico Printing.

An opportunity, which it is to be hoped
will be seized by American electrical in
ventors, is afforded by the offer of La Societe
Industrielle de Mulhouse of a prize for the
application, in any form. Of electricity to
calico printing. All applications for the
awards should be sent In on or before Feb
ruary Ii 1894
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17

was published
in these COL
umns q sketch
of the game
preserve of
the Ch eat
M o un t al n
Sport m MS
Association in
West Virgin
la. That is al
most exclu-
sively a Pitts
burg enter
prise. Th e
org ami zation
has the larg-
est and per-
haps the best
tract of land
devoted eN-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17

that is de-
MED to most
of them is
to make a
home = trim
medhat that
W i'll look
ike t b 9
work of a
m i lliner.
Thev Under
stand lust
how it ought
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17
TRIMMINGS WITHOUT HATE

A NewBranch Of the Millinery Trade That
Women should Welcome.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.I
Women have great many ways Of "poss-
ing" the impossible, but one of the things
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17

other things And now the gilt pattern is
seen everywhere on glass, 1t is on wine
sets and vases and scent bottles and finger
bowls; it is more effective than the etched
glass and less expensive than the cut glass.
It forms therefore convenient compro-
mise between the tive. The illustration
shows rose bowl in the new decoration,
and in an unusually graceful pattern. In
stead of being round the bowl is oblong,
and the upper part, which has band and
pattern in arabesque of gilt. is fiuted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17

"A Methodist church has been closed in
Vienna because one of the articles of its be-
lief denounces masses as 'sblasphemous ia
bles and dangerous deceits."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17
GILT DECORATED GLAsa

ing in and Is Pretty.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH1
The new glass that one finds in all the
shops in such exquisitely artistic shapes
has gilt decoration, more or less elabo-
rate, according to the size and quality of
the piece. This new ware is really re-
vival of a decoration that has its periods of
being fashionable just as laces do, and
silk fabrics and bonnets and dozens of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17
RICHEST OF CLUBS,
Island Home of an 0rganiza-
tion Which Commands
q Billion Dollars.
STOCKED WITH ALL GAME.
4 Clubhouse of Oriental Luxury and
Many Rich Cottages
Just OFF THE c. ST OF GEORGIA.
4 Wilderness Under the Southern Sun
Changed to Paradise.
PLENTY OF HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS
STOCKED WITH ALL GAME.
WRITTEN FOR THE p1sPArcH.l

:" ATELYthere
was published
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SIG, 900 to $40, o0O II. E Rowland, ofNew
York is now President

VIEW OF THE CLUB HOUSE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-16

The Commissioners Ask Power to Grant the
Necessary Permits.

The Commissioners Ask Power to Grant the
Necessary Permits.
In the matter of the request of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company for permission to lay
temporary tracks on 9Th street northwest for
Use during the coming G. A. r. encampment
the Commissioners this morning decided to ask
Congress to pass the following resolution:
THAT the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia are hereby authorized to issue to any
steam railroad in the said District Q permit to
lay and use, for period not to exceed fifteen
days in all and not more than twice in any
one calendar year, temporary tracks on streets
adjacent to their passenger depots for the pur-
pose Of accommodating passenger and baggage
coming to or leaving the city of Washington on
special occasions. when large numbers of per-
sons are expected to visit the said District"
COMMISSIONER Douglass stated to a reporter
Of The STAR that similar resolution was
passed just previous to Inauguration day 1882
A copy Of the resolution agreed upon today
was this morning presented to Senator McMfl-
Ian. chairman Of the Senate District committee,
and also to Representative Hemphill, chairman
of the House District committee, by Commits
sioner Douglass, who urged upon them the i'm
portance Of granting the power conferred in the
resolution.
MODIFIED AND ADOPTED BY THE SENATE.
Mr.. Mcmillan secured. consent in the Senate
today for the consideration Of the Joint resolu-
ton which the Commissioners had prepared.
Mr.. German thought the resolution was too
broad, and might result in causing the roads to
put off any permanent improvements in their
facilities.
to April 1. 1893, and Mr.. Mcmillan accepting
this suggestion q proviso was added that the
power granted should close on April l, 1893.
The resolution was then adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-16

teen feet above low tide. The street sur
face at 14th and B streets northwest ia about
eight feet above low tide, and the water was
about five feet deep at that point
Great damage was done by the freshet of
1889. but greater damage may occur from q
freshet of lesser magnitude If accompanied By
an ice gorge. The bridge should be rebuilt rs
recommended BY the board of engineers.
The report also refers to work done at Mount
Vernon and in Occoquan creek. At the latter
place it is estimated that SIS 900 will be re-
quired to complete the dredging. For COM
plotting improvement of Acquia creek $50, 900 is
estimated; for Nomini creek, $50, 900. No
further work is needed Mt Mt. Vernon. the cham
mel being sufficient. During the year $4,000
passengers were landed at Mt. Vernon.
STATISTICS OF COMMERCE.
The following statistics Of commerce at the
ports Of Washington and Georgetown are given
for the year, including receipts and shipments:
Coal 114.913 tons; ice, 123, lot tons: lumber
50,106 tons: sand, $4,000 tons; wood, 4S, 457
cords; miscellaneous, 154, 636 tons.
OF vessels arriving and departing there were
1899, together with $50 steamers, which does
not include ferry and local passenger steamers.
The report states that owing to the Kidwell
suit perAing for the past six years. all work has
been done below the limits Of 'Kidwells Mead
ovs'