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there was an ad- HYDRA-uEADED RU- ditional reason NOR WOODED BY DULL for discrediting. GET STRAINS.
 it now. No notice has been taken of the fact that Mrs. Mary Perry Payne, wife of ex-Scnator Henry E. Payne, died at Cleveland, O., bare ly week ago. This lady was the mother of the late Mrs. Will liam c. Whitney, and, consequently, grandmother of Miss Pauline Whitney. This death will have an important in- fluence in New York society. For one thing it puts the entire Whitney estab- lishment into morning. They will not attend any dances or dinners, and, of course MT. Whitney could, by no stretch of the imagination, be conceived as en- tering upon a new marital venture at the precise moment when his children were going into mourning for the death of his first wife's mother To be sure, there are some vague stories going about that this very death caused the prompt denial of the engagement stories, but such rumors are rather wild. Hydra headed rumor will not close her mouth, although wooed by dulcet strains. MT. Whitney is or was in Italy this last month, but is expected in New York from week to week.
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the. pug was suffering from too much care. It was surfeited and stupid.
 II dunno" he said, Il dunno. That dogs pretty bad off"
 "Oh, Mir. Chasel" exclaimed the lady, 'you must cure himl I'll give you ten dollars if you'll cure dear Fido. You can work miracles"
 Wal, wal" said he, m work the very best meracle can with him. Come back in three days"
 As soon as the lady was gone, Uncle Ephriam took the dog out into a back shed and tied him to a stake. Then with strap he made the poor creature dance about quite actively, not hurting him more than was necessary, but giv- ing him much-needed exercise.
 Then he left him for twenty-four hours without any food and at the end of that time, after exercising him with the strap, gave him two dry bread crusts and small bone without any meat on it.
 Then the dog was left for twenty-four hours more and the treatment was re- peated The crusts and bone of the previous day had disappeared.
 After three days the factory owners wife came. The dog met her with wild and athletic bounds of joy. Uncle Eph- raim had her offer the dog some bread crusts and he ate them with eagerness
 ''Oh, Mr. Chase! Is he cured?"
 'I rather guess he is," said Uncle Ephraim.
 ''Oh, I'm so glad! I'll pay you the ten dollars"
 "Hlod on!" exclaimed Uncle Ephraim. "I guess this meracle ain't worth quite ten dollars. I'll give ye my bill of it."
 He produced scrap of paper, on which he had written with great pains and in handwriting which many a young business man might envy, the following:
 Mrs. J. Silsbee. Dr. to Ephraim Chase: To working one miracle. le....................(15 52 To item. six bread crusts. ................ .O2 To item. strap oil for said miracle. ...... 6o To item, knowing what was the matter.... 100
 Total as above
 Received payment, Ephraim Chase
 'Now, that" said Uncle Ephraim, lis about fair. honest price, l calclate for that particular meracle!"-Youth's Com panion.
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acquaint himself with official life and sound conditions in the new world. The young man proposes to tour our country extensively when he arrives, a proceeding that would be unusual in a diplomatic representative of his rank. The touring, it seems, would be prompted by the counts wish to recu- perate his health. He has not really been well for a long time. The count would be a decided acquisition to so- ciety, and his presence is eagerly an- ticipatcd by the social sets. Moreover. he is in favor of biInetallism, and was the first European to make use of the picturesque figure of speech depicting the American eagle perched in scream ing triumph upon a silver dollar. So he would, or ought to be, welcomed by the silver men,
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Theatrical Notes.

Mrs. Langtry has produced.a new comedy in four acts, entitled Gossip" at Palmer's, with enormous success. The piece is by Clyde Fitch and Leo Dietrichstein. The scene of the play is laid at Trouville during the season, the characters being principally Americans summering there. Mrs. Langtry plays the part of a charming American wom- an, a divorcee, married again for the second time, who, in the course of the play, manages to save very dear friend from repeating her own bitter experi- ences in the divorce court. The first act transpires on the yellow sands of Trou- vile, for which scene some touches of realism have been provided, rendering 1t especially attractive. The rest of the action takes place in a hotel and in Q villa at Trouville.
 That glittering and tuneful hodge podge of nonsense, Little Christopher" !"
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 DRIVE. It arises out of the fact that young James A. Burden, Jr., very choice specimen of a gilded youth, weds Miss Adele Sloane, daugh- ter of Mir and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, late in May or early in June. Miss Sloane will be the second grand daughter of tho late William II. Wander bilt to be married. The first was Miss Maria Louisa Shepard, now Mrs. Will liam J. Schieffelin. Young Burden is nephew to that I. Townsend Burden who is what Steve Brodie calls fldus Achates to John Jacob Astor One of young Burdens cousins is now Mrs. Frederick Gcbhard. Altogether the
 Now, the trouble is this: When the two young people are married at Lenox, shall William K. Vanderbilt be invited? He is the brides uncle by ties of blood But Miss Sloane has &C., lected Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt to be one of her bridesmaids, and Miss Consu- elo never goes anywhere without her mother, and her mother will not go where her ex-husband is. Miss Consu- elo and her mamma are expected back from Europe late in May. The entire Vanderbilt family is to be present at this Lenox wedding, which is to be the very swellest function in the country this spring. The affair is, in fact, to be reunion of the Vanderbilt family.
 But however imperative may seem to be the necessity of inviting Mrs. Willie K Vanderbilt for the sake of her daughter, Mir Willie must, it seems, be asked, also.
 On the 18th of last February there was an auction at which MT. Willie bought pearl necklace with a dia- mond clasp. 1t cost him fifteen thou sand dollars in our money. Nobody knew precisely what MT. Willie meant to do with this gewgaw but now 1t turns out that he proposes to present the object to Miss Sloane on her we'd ding day.
 Miss Sloane's mother is Mir. Willie's own sister. She is worth twenty mill lion dollars. No doubt she will be the one to settle the little complication. Every society man and woman in New York is on the ''kee veeve," to again pur- loin from the gem casket of Steve Brodie's vocabulary, as to the outcome. For the first time 1t will appear how the Vanderbilts stand on this divorce imbroglio. Miss Consuelo has more than once thus set her family agog, notably when she drove her own coupe in hot haste for the doctor herself, at the time of her brothers illness, to the wonder of the people who saw her shoot by like flash. {,
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quarters. MT. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor were MT. Bayard's guests almost immediately on their arrival iH this worlds capital, and Mrs. Astor is to be
 presented to the duke of York before she returns to this country, MT. Bayard having already arranged the prelimina- ries. This coming summer Mir. Bayard gives lawn party to the duchess of York, and he has invited the earl of Caithness, now in the coun- try, to go shooting with him in Scotland this autumn when his guests include the prince of Wales.
 Mir. Bayard likewise takes a party to Wales this July in which Baroness Burdette-C -Coutts and Sir Ellis Ashmead
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and pantomime LITTLE CHRISTOPHER training in England made her mistress of her art. She understands the whole alphabet-not the first two or three let ters. No one can dance a nimbler hornpipe, sing a character song with greater expression, or frolic through the mazes of burlesque with more vii vacity. This week she has introduced Little John Bull," and other swell character presentations.
 Mir. Baysrd PiunElng.
 Thomas r. Bayard will certainly be a very poor man when he gives up hls post
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Bartlett, her brother-in-law, are to be conspicuous. Now, what agitatcs New Workers who are watching breathlessly the zzilyfashionablc career of MT. Bayard is the question, how on earth does the ambassador manage to do 1t? He was always very poor and his official salary is only seventeen thou sand five hundred dollars year. It is feared that MT. Bayard will, as they say in Harry Miners district, go broke, if he doesn't stop. In America he was so poor that just before he sailed he had to sell the famous bust presented to his ancestor, Senator Bay ard, by the Father of His Country, which was an heirloom in the family. It fetched twenty thousand dollars, Mr. Marquand having bought it.
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UNCLE EPHRAIM's MIRACLE.
Ills Bill for tho Wonderful Manifestation
 Was Unique.

Ills Bill for the Wonderful Manifestation
 Was Unique.
 Uncle Ephraim Chase, who lived on the edge of what in his youth had been B country village, but which had since become thriving manufacturing town, carried on a very miscellaneous busi- ness about his scattered and somewhat tumble-down buildings. He had a blacksmith shop, where he did all sorts of tinkering, even to repairing clocks He was a self-taught veterinary sur geon; he had an especial fondness for dogs and cats. and his treatment of their illnesses was particularly success ful. He was noted for his honesty; and though he had a somewhat disagree able way of reminding his patrons that he was honest, this was pardoned for the sake of his real uprightness.
 One day farmer brought in large clock and set it down on Uncle Eph- raim's work bench.
 "This ere clock, Uncle Ephraim," said the farmer, wont go nohow. l wish you'd see if you can make it run." Uncle Ephraim put down gun that he was repairing, took the clock, re- moved the works, looked at them stead lily punched a wheel or brushed bear ing with his finger, put back the works and set the clock up on shelf, where it could be heard to tick cheer fully, and returned to the gun without a word.
 The farmer peered at the clock awhile, listened to its ticking and then remarked:
 Look ere. Uncle Ephraim, that clocks goin'."
 That's just what it's doin'," said Uncle Ephraim.
 "Whatd you put it up on that shelf for? Ain't it all done?"
 Uncle Ephraim put down the gun again, took a quid of tobacco, looked long and severely at his customer and said:
 "Now, see here, Enoch Prescott, you ain't going to let me be a business man. be you9"
 "Whatd you mean, Uncle Ephraim?"
 "I mean jest this. That ere clock is all right. didn't have but to touch 8 wheel to make it go perfectly well. Now, if was real business man I'd keep that ere clock on the shelf about three days and then charge you two dollars for Akin it, and it'd run and you'd say that two dollars was well in vested and was smart workman.
 But I'm honest, am. It didn't cost me nothin' to fix that clock and ain't goin' to charge you nothin's Take your clock and go along"
 The man departed, full of admiration for Uncle Ephraim.
 At another time the wife of the owner of the bobbin factory brought to him pampered pug dog which she said was very sick. It wouldn't eat and lay on rug all the time. al = Uncle Ephraim saw at glance that
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 Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years by Millions Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays Castoria vomiting Sour Curd. cures Darrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves tccthing troubles, constipation and fatulency. Castora assmiates tho food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Gas. tho Children's Panacca-the Mothers Friend
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as ambassador to London. He has just moved into a splendid new house in Eaton square, London, chiefly, 1t is un- derstood, at the persuasion of MT. Roosevelt Roose- velt, who has n o W recovered from the severe influenza he con-
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 is bringing the s ta n d ing-room sign in frequent requisition at the Garden. Bessie Bonehill, as the cabin b oy, is a fascinating fg- ure. There seem to be no tw o opinions a b O u t Miss Bonehill's erformances- she is inimitable. Her burleso u @
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the Mediterra- mean, Marshall
 P. Wilder was asked to accom- pany it in the capacity of en- tertainer in ordi- nary to the Van- derbilt coterie.
 The merry little m a n W a & t e m pted by a very fatt e ri D g
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itv of German ambassador. It will be remem- bered that when B on Werda was recalled as German ambas- sador to Russia young Bismarck was offered the post, but he de- clined 1t. Ef-
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offer, but had so wILDER's FANrAsY. many engagements elsewhere that he was forced to decline the invitation. Had he been aboard, he might have made things so hilarious that the little unpleasantness would not have oc- cured, and the divorce would not have been precipitatcd, thus totally altering the course of Vanderbilt history. How ever, that is mere idle speculation. Wilder first attracted Mrs. Vanderbnt's attention at a Newport picnic by re- plying to her question: What is that round, shining disc yonder?" Madam, that Is the moon."
 Everybody burst into loud laughter at this, but Wilder plunged into a dis course upon the firtations of the sun with the moon and saved the situation, and the lady's feelings. But he missed the chance of his life by declining to go on that yachting trip.
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n new object of qualification i n a revival of the rumor of his en- gagement to a well-known lady in New York k. Nobody placed much faith in the story be- cause it has been denied agai n and again, b Il t
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RIsMARCK's METAPHOR. forts are being made to induce him to take the post for time at least, and then about Sep tember he vii, be transferred to the United States The object of this is to gratify personal wish of the counts to
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about q serious complication in the charmed cir cles of N e W York's 399.
 The difficulty will have to be settled in short order, bu t the problem, for all that, re m ai n 8
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"Castoria is the best remedy for children of which am acquainted. hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their children, and use Castoria in- stead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graveo."
 DR. J. F. KNcHKLoE,
 Conway, Ark.
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Prosecuting a Plutocrat.

The petty personal persecution to which William c. Whitney has been subjected for over year past found
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THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
A New Complication in the Van
 derbilt Family.
The Truth About Those Whitney Matri- monial Rnmors - Bayard Beggaring Ntmself- Is Bismarck's Son Com
 Ing to America?
TcoPyRlcHr, 1905. l

[coPyRIGHT is95.l The social consequences of the Van derh.lt divorce have already brought
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Castoria.

"Castoria Is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me-"
 H. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
 Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. r. "Our physicians in the children's depart ment have spoken highly of their expert ence in their outside practice with Castoria. and although we only have among our medical supplies what is known as regular products yet we are free to confess that the merits of Castoria has won us to look with favor upon it."
 UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARy, Boston. Mass. ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres, array Street, New York City.
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CastOria.

"Castoril is an excellent medicine for chil- dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of it's good effect upon their children"
 Da c. 0. Osooop,
 Lowell, Mass
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Bismarck's Son Coming.
 Again are the rumors revived that Count Herbert Bismarck proposes to come to the United States in the capac-
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Solid trains through between Birmin ham and Macon, making close connection for Sa- vannah.
 Connect ions at Savannah with Ocean Steam ship comp aDy's steamers for New York, Bos- ton and ihe east. Sleeping cars on night trains. Macon to Savannah. ttbedplee, etc. apply to
 |. A. CAMP, T. P. A., Columbus, Ga. eoIoN JACOBS, c. A., Birmingham. Ala. A. u. STEVENS, Agent, Birmin gham, Ala.
 JACK W. JOHNSON, U. T. A.,
 Birmlngh Ala. w.F sHELLMAN, Tra1Rc Manager,
 Savannah, Ga. J. c. HALLE, Gen. Pass. Agent.
 Savannah. Ga. EAST LAKE RAILROAD. In effect Monoay, November 8, 1885,
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Marshall Wilder's ReminisceDces.
 When the famous Vanderbilt yacht party got ready for its famous tour of
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Company, n Murray Street. New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-24
4 TRAIN RUNS WILD.
1T DAsHEs THROUGH FAR ROCKAwAY
AT A HIGH RATE.

THE THROTTLE HANDLE OF THE ENGINE BREAKS
AND THE EN0INEER LOSES CONTROL.
BROUGHT TO A sTANDsTILT. THREE
MILES BEYOND THE STATION.
The Long Island train due at Far Rockaway
at 1851 r. m became unmanageable at the
Boulevard crossing last night and ran wild
through Far Rockaway and three miles beyond
H. before the engineer succeeded in getting the
train under control.
The train was being pulled by Engine No. III.
In charge Of William Flanagan. On nearing the
crossing at the Boulevard. Flanagan attempted
to slow down In accordance with the rules As
he pulled the throttle. the handle broke or and
the engine dashed ahead at full speed. with the
train behind swaying from side to side.
The train sped through the town like an "ex-
press and caused much excitement. Flanagan
stuck - his post and after running almost three
miles beyond Far Rockaway succeeded In bring
Ing the cars to n standstill with the air brakes.
The passengers were greatly frightened and
somc Of them walked back to the station. An
engine from the Far Rockaway roundhouse towed
the train back 10 Far Rockaway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-24
DIR. DANIEL LEUIS ITS PRESIDENE

A NEW YORK PHYSICIAN At THE HEAD OF THE
STATE EOARD or HEALTH.
Albany Iulv Al a meeting OF the State Board
OF Health held here to-day DR.. Daniel Lewis, o'
NeW- York. was unanimously elected president 10
succeed pr Florence q. Donohue. Dr. Lewis Is an
oxnresident Of the state Medical society Dr. Fred
erlck W smith. Of Syracuse. appointed by Gov
.rnor Marian az successor TO Dr. Donohue. sat
with the Board lie will probably succeed to the
n,aces on the committees OF the Board formerly
held by Dr. Donohuc.
uey General holding that DR. Donohue could con
,nue as a member OF the tuberculosis Commit
tee for the year. although his term OF Office as
member OF the Board had expired At this after
moons session Or. Donohue was In attendance. and
he announced that ne was willing to stand on the
Aftorney-Generars Interpretation OF the law con-
tinung him n member OF the Tuberculosis
Committee.
II was announced that pr. John Faust OF
Poughkeepsie: Dr. Matthew Henderson. Of Syra-
cuse and DR. Austin. OF Schenectady had been
selected cattle inspectors.
Dr. Lewis who lives at No. 2i9 Madison-ave in
this city. Is one OF the prominent physicians OF
New-York He Ia member OF the County Medical
Society and OF several other medical organizations
In the city. Many physicians OF the city urged
the appointment OF DIR. Lewis az Health Officer Of
the Port before Governor Morton appointed DR., Al
yah IL Doy TO that office
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-24
UUSIC As An AID TO R0BBERS
A MAN PLAYS THE PIANO IN HoADHousE
WHILE HIS COMPANION RANSA'nS
THE ROOMS

THE ROOMS.
One o. the most prominent roadhouSes on 'ne
ps,erson Plank Road Is Dankhon's Hotel ihrse
frame structure about midway between Rutherior'
.,d passaic n H. and In common with other SINH
lar resorts II shared In the prosperity broubh'
bv tho New-Jersey Electric Railway, which carries
thousands OF people past the door every DAY me
,.osn, onening of the line to Hoboken has larse'y
augmented the business.
Two pleasant well-dressed men from Hopokcn
rode on the trolley to Dankhof's Hotel on Monday
afternoon and entered the barroom. After dflnH
one of them looked around. and seeing a handsome
n,ano inst inside the paror. sat down ana began
running his fingers over the keys. II was evident
that he was no novice. and he soon had large and
anpreciatlye audience Sojourners in the barroom
gathered around the door, servants left their work,
and the bartender deserted the bar and Joined the
ihrong The musicians companion was forgotten
For perhaps half hour everybody IN the neigh'
borhood was charmed with the beautiful melodies.
and as the stranger from the instrument a
burst of applause marked the close OF the imprompt
concert The servants returned 10 their tasks. and
most OF the musc-lovers went back TO the bar
room while the bartender kept busy serving
drinks for several minutes \ trOlley-ca came
along and the Ho5oken men. jumping board.
waved a farewell to the hotel.
Some little time anerward visit 10 me seconI
story OF the hotel revealed the fact that while me
music progress the skilful players companion
had carefully ransacked the upper rooms for sina !
various other minor useful and ornamental things
and had apparently made thorough ana ph us
taking search An alarm sent ont. but the
thieves had good start and were not arrested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-24
SILVER DEMOCRATS WIN IN MISSOURI
THEY DEFEAT THE SOUND MONEY MEN on THE
STATE CONVENTION QUESTION.

{. Louis. July 23-Despite opposition that met
them AT every step In agiatng for state conVen-
,ion the silver wing OF the Democracy has
,r,unonhed at every point. The state convention
Will be held at Pertle Springs on August b. Af'''
tho call for the convention was issued by 'he state
Committee the sound money Democrats raised the
,o,n, that the convention would be only a mass
meeting and could not bind the party. a. no county
conventions to choose delegates could he held Tor
lack Of time This hint accepted by the SILVER
men and conventions were called In every county
in the State to choose delegates. SeVera' nave
.,radv heen held The silver men say that IN"
,.o,.,on which Is certain TO declare for frc"
silver will be regular. The sound money Demo
cra,s are divided Some favor delay at every step
u,h,le others favor an early convention, believing
tnat the silver men Will thus "Ap"iid theii 'h't-
Ia, and The sooner return to what they term OF
thodox principles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-24
BLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL ROOM
IT IS LAUNCHED AT A MEETING or MISSOURI
FREE SILVER EDITORS

Sedaa Mo. July %.-The Bland fres'nen''A
boom certainly was launched here to-day by Gov
ernor Stone himself I'm a speech before about MY
Missouri Democratic editors from all over the
State The mention OF BANDS name and tho con-
nectlon In which IL used brought forth 4
storm Of applause and shouts. The Governor ha'
depicted the general distress and hard times IN
the recent manic and closed in his most impress
sve and significant style by saying "Ani 'heSe
things will so continue unless a man IKE honest
Dick Bland is nominated for President
In spite OF Mr.. Rland's seeming Indifference 10
hu,, q is no, denied here to- night by his friends
thai ''Silyer Dick may attempt 10 come before
.he neyt National Democratic convention Win u
hnne 70 lead the hosts in the battle under the
IRE silver banner.