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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08
The Bonaparte Marriages.

In the circle Immediately surrounding
Bonaparte there was some Saiety but
much quarrelinS and jealousy. Josephine
having been barren since her second mar
rage. would the succession 90 to her
children or to her husbands relatives?
This was becoming a serious question
Cllques We're formed on both sides, and
marriages of interest became the absorb
ing IN me Joseph more than any other
had kept the new order in touch with
the republican idea by mis- skilful dipIo-
macy both in society and I'm foreign nego-
tiation. He was disposed to yield 10 his
arbitrary brother in any extremity, and
his beautiful wife was a tower Of strength
10 the Bonaparte interest.
The vigorous and able Lucien had
risen TO the height Of his chances, and,
having required a handsome fortune
while occupying the post OF French min
lister TO Madrid. began to assert his old
difficulties was the divorce OF the First
refused to marry the dowager queen OF
Etruria, and espoused instead a hand
some wife of his own choosing from
among the people. a step which eventual
~ cost him the penalty OF exile. Joseph
inc was successful in making a match
between her daughter Hortense and her
husbands third brother Louis; but al
though at a later time the Emperor con-
templated bequeath.ng his power to their
son. for the present the quarrels OF the
unhappy pair. instead Of appeasing. in
tensihed the Bonaparte- Beauharnais feud.
1t was sometimes said in loud whispers
that the only solution Of the impending
difficulties was the divorce Of the FIRST
Consul from his wife; but the question
was not yet seriously discussed. The con-
sular pair had never been married by
ecclesiastical form, and many have since
suggested that II was a discontinued hus-
band who had spoken I'm the manifest
partiality for easy divorce which Bona
parte displayed In discussing the civil
code.
Jerome had been among the officers
blockaded in the West Indies by the
English fleet. Having escaped 20 tho
United States he became desperately
enamoured of Elizabeth Patterson, a
Baltimore beauty. and In December. 1903,
married her. Napoleon was furious. re-
fused to recognize the marriage or the
child born OF II, and forbade his sister
in-law to enter France. After few years
the unworthy object OF his wrath desert
ed his family, and returned 10 share the
spIendors OF the empire.-September Cen
fury.
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:, - q. and that fare gayly like the

tied to its end, that fare gayly IKE the
tail of a kite. Behind them on FOOT steps
the matador His face is familiar 10 an.
The applause is for him. He steps Jus'
inside the ring He bows. win All 'n'
rest of the procession, to the fresioe"''
Then all file out again. rro,v,
Thc music tinkles gently ana sIoms
lighter There is a hush. roarins .ise
at the open doorway. 1t Is oeilo"i.s,
a plunging-and through the ope'.ns
dashes the bull. Down upon MS kne.'
he goes with the suddennes OF the hsn,'
Then he is up again and plunging arounu'
His great head has no more nerve ~
troll over his body than though IL WE
cut on He is mad with the SUDDEN nsns'
The SPECTATORS see that he Is apioinau,o ~,
a clever hull. and that tho fight VIII oe
bitter. .has
Hc has found his eyes. A toreador mas
rallopcd in and is Haunting the req cionn
in front of him. The bull hates req ~
plunges at Il. 1t flies harmlessy pas
him. The little Arabian pony mas s.ep-
ned aside. There IS another req nag
Haunting. The bull makes for IL =,
flies harmlcssly past him. Another anu
anotherl Each OF the twelve toreauors
has a chance to wave his red CLOAK ana
get his share Of applause from the au-
dience.
ToRMrNrISG TIE BULL
The bull is getting tired OF 1t all. what
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08

What Citizen Thinks He Wouid -"
Were Rich.


what wou,d YOU do II you "o''
wealthy? a,.st,on
In response TO the above quesuo"
ber 10 say that II ] were wealthy
would live comfortably. but not se"
ouslv would provide myseit W..
hooks. newspapers, magazines anu WIZ
~ art as food for the mind. that us pow
orc NJ thought and conception might DC
broadened and deepencd. so as 10 in'o'''
yentlv meet the demands OF NE.
In consideration Of the fact 'hat 'no
.earth IS the Lords, and tnc iu'nsos
,haroofv and that | must finally render
1,,', .cno,,nt NJ nv Stewardship" would
d,shurse my wealth in sympathy anu
Looning with the true purpose or chari,y,
which is TO make mems lives happier anu
purcr. ,,....r,,, and
would establish an indus'ria' -.
o,assical school for the exclusive oeheh.
% tho roor. | would provide tiic oe''
taochers and all useful and necessary
annl,arces which facilitate INSTRUCTION.
u.o,,Id throw the doors wide open 10
every poc- young man who oesireu W
eo,,in himself with a trade or proiesS,v"
bv which he could attain an hohorao'e
and useful position among ms more "a
vored competitors. wouiu si,e -,
school my personal attention. ana every
coming established in life
Raropnizing the colossal influence OF
the press and the mighty power IL can
WELD for good or evil, | would estaonsh
a journal untramelled by adherence 10
any one political or religious Greco, "hose
mission II should be TO fpeak thc t"s"'
even though it's utterances tarnishcu e'o
ermine Of the Judge or the surplce OF Tue
priest. II the laboring man was Cypress
ed by capital or legislation, It's coiuihs
should note his wrongs ana dcihahu ~
dress. II the capitalist was oppressea
By riotous strikes and his property en-
dangercd by men who we're governed py
passion and prejudice. rather than an
intelligent sense OF justice, then the cap
italist should have our warm, hearty
support and sympathy. And so on
through all the multform phases OF po-
litical religious. and moral Jobsery anu
deformity. The spirit and effort or this
journal should be to uphold the right
and denounce the wrong" until by dint
of its efforts It should merit the proud
distinction of being pillar in the pal
ladium Of our liberties"
In conformity TO the demands of the
times | would be a promoter and re-
former of athletic sports. Brutality and
cruelty for money. deceptively termed
manly sport" l would not tolerate. but
| would establish gymnaslums and other
appliances for the healthy development
of the system as well as the pleasure
of athletic Indulgence.
II l should have accomplished the half
Of these things / would carry with me
the pleasing knowledge Of having been
a faithful steward and lover OF man
kind.
l now fully believe that / would do all
of these things. yet such IS the perversi-
" of the human heart that the acquisi-
ton of great wealth might turn me into
a mlser as greedy and INSCRIPTIONS az
Shylock. w. T.. SHAW.
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Fooled lola. the Doctors and the Priests.

Believers in modern miracles have re-
ceived great shock in Paris, one Of the
most renowned "cures" at Lourdes hav-
ing turned out a rank deception. Readers
of VI. Zola's "Lourdes" will well remem-
Der the case Of the paralizad cripple
who, after years Of medical treatment
was suddenly made whole while praying
at the grotto. His illness and cure were
investigated by the highest medical and
clerical authorities and the man-Delan-
nov-became one OF the great glories Of
Lourdes. Alas for the fallibility of human
naturel The late cripple was made mana
ger Of a home for invalids at Lourdes and
proved thief. Taken TO the hospital.
he ran off with more money, and on being
arrested the truth came out. Delaney
was simply talented ''malingerer" who
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08
pIspLrAsrs LONDON.

The view which London matrons take
Of the Dukes engagement trip to the
United States is a sour one. They see
the best chances OF the country slipping
from them, one by one. They have
never forgiven Cornelia Bradley-Martin
for taking the desirable little Count or
Craven, and the rumor Of losing the
Duke Is badly received. They were
little better pleased at the rumor OF ms
engagement 10 Miss Rothschild, eldest
daughter Of the banker and the richest
girl IN the world, and they openly state
that the holder Of the greatest Dukes
title should marry into family OF
British Duke and nowhere else. The
Dukes attentions 10 Miss Rothschild
were greatly encouraged by the Rose
ry-Royal-Rothschild coterie, but the
Duke, through his step-mother's influence,
withdrew as soon as he beheld the mat
rimonial light in which he was viewed.
Probably no young woman of America
will make better Duchess than Miss
Consuelo. as her life has been spent
with Duchcsscs. Her mothers intimate
for years was Consuelo. Duchess Of Man
chester, after whom Miss Consuelo was
named. And sne has spent weeks with
ladies of title cruising in foreign seas.
Mrs. Willie ks Mediterranean parties
were made up almost exclusively OF
Duchesses, ladies" and Countesses. The
new Duchess will feel more at home with
people of title than with plain untitled
folk.
The Duke will cut a wide swath in
America. 1t is safe to predict that none
broader was ever beheld His speech
in the House Of Lords last month was
so clever and so well delivered that
statesmen will entertain him. Ills
friends are people OF talent, and that
will introduce him to Americas litterau,
ard his title opens society TO him.
He will almost TO a certainty come
back married. and the young lady. to
an entire certainty, will be one of the
beautiful heiresses of whom British mat
rons stand in so much dread.
MRS. Y-CANFIELD.
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BALTIMORE. MD. Sept. Ga cloud
burst occurred today near Glenn Falls
station, on the western Maryland road
The water washed away the embank-
ment and road-bed for considerable
distance, leaving the rails and ties sus-
pended In the air. The west branch OF
the Patapsco river. which Is ordinarily
only few feet wide, became a swiriing
torrent an eighth OF a mile wide. inundat-
ing the ields and running crops for sew
eral miles along the Patapsco Valley.
Pieces OF barns and outbn.ldings were
seen floating by. Traffic on the railroad
was DELAYED several hours.
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ace. on Fifth avenue, is about TO. De
thrown open for the first time. The first
ball Will be given this winter. The GATE
Is not yet fixed. 1t depends upon the
health OF the elder Mrs. Astor. who'
though very well. is no longer young
She fnds Paris a pleasant place IN 'he
carly fan. but II she liz In New York the
ball will be given before the holidays.
This is the declaration of the younger
set who are in young Mrs Astors con-
fidence.
DOUBLE BAiI-fo M'
This ballroom is a combination ana.r
youup Mrs. Astor and the elder iaoy
have built together. The same v'one
stems lead to their respective front uoors
And the sans state din.ng-room is useu.
AT other times the big panelled doors
are closed, showing no trace OF eee'
opening. and each family has its own
small dininr-room. The ballroom iie5
unstairs. IL is reached by small eie-
vator I'm the elder Mrs. Astors mouse.
7. .s half I'm one house and half in the
other. or,os
Connecting the two halves are sciies
NJ nrettv alcovcs The separate haNes
aro far enough apart TO permit two or
chestras. which is the ambition or al
who Give private balls. one orchestra
,lavs when the other ceases, ana edch
side of the ballroom has its separate
intcrmisson with the conservatories pe-
tween. x..,,..
The nlan Of decorating this room must
always be the same. as the vans are
Manned for only one decoration. Ihey are
rose-tinted In panels. with goid s'rips
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08
The BULL FIGHT AT ATLANTA
Augusta Prescott Describes The Spanish
Sport as The Village viii Hare II.
LESS SAVAGE Than FOO1.DALLr
mo Manned Limbs Nor Broken
Heads"-The Mexican Village
Boasts its Strawberries.
Copyright, 1896, for The Times.)

picked strawberries every day. for
the go days of the year, one year IN
Irapuato.
What has that got to do with the bull
flgl.? Ask any one who has lived in
Mexico. To this day the blood red OF
the strawberry and the dripping mouth
and nostrils of the plunging bull arc
the same 10 me. At Irapuato we picked
the berries and packed them, rounding
side up. in ,.ttle wicker baskets. A,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08
A MILLION FOR THE WALTZ.
Wonderful New Designs Submitted By
Florists Tor Decorating Bathrooms.
NEWEST or NEWPORT BALL.ROOAS.
Three thousand Flying Biackbirds when
Mrs.. AImcric n. Pagct Gives Her Bril-
DIAL Ball -Vandcrbilt's Moorish He-
ccss-Doublc Ball Room in tho
New Aston Mansions.


The splendors OF the recent pdl,s az
Newport are all the more renarNa ''e
WHOM YOU reflect that twenty years ago
.hcre was not a private hall room In TINS
country To-day not a modern palace
but has one. The hist bathrooms were
built by New York millionaires. NOW
the woman OF wealth and fashion Is ser
lousy crippled in her career OF would-be
unless she has ballroom oil
her own.
The first magnificent private ball aside
from fancy dress affairs. was given by
Mrs William c. Whitney in the ballroom
of her new house shortly after Mr. Whit
ney' term as Secretary of the Navy. the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08

ingenious and engaging. Is not that OF
one who has seen the whole world. as
so many London youth affect ct twen-
ty-three.
The Dukes fortune consists only OF
the Blenheim acres. which yield now
about $4,000 annually. But TINS Is II
more considerable sum in England than
in America. Besides this amount ne
will have the moneyed gifts OF Lazy
Beresford, which are always heavy. She
gives him a large lump sum upon his
birthday. and again at Christmas time.
Her fortune Is entailed upon the papy
son of Hooker Hamersley. OF New York.
and she well knows that she must eive
her step-son what she may wish him 10
have now. or he will never get 1t.
Regarded from the American stand
point. this marriage Of the Duke of
Marlborough is the most important ons
Of the generation. Miss Vanderbilt. OF
fine family. Will be the only American
girl of title who has stepped into the
dukedom under entirely favorable sir
tumstances. Others have married d.
vorced dukes. paupered ones. dukes of
small repute or dukes of positively bad
mime. The offer OF the young Duke OF
Marlborough TO an American girl may Be
signalizef as the first one of record
where thoroughly desirable Prince OF
the Holy Roman Empire zone OF the
Dukes honorary titlCs) has given his
hand TO a thoroughly desirable Ameri-
can girl, and one who is not such a
great heiress as 10 smack too much ~
fortune-seeking on the part Of the Duke.
Friends Of Mrs. Willie X. Vanderbilt
say that such "a marriage will be the
greatest happiness of rather disap-
nOipfipr life Married herself from COM
parative poverty to enormous wealth.
and finding the experience an unhappy
one from the beginning, she has kept
youthful and hopeful for her daughter
sake. When Consuelo becomes the Ouch
oss Of Marlborough Mrs. Willie *. viii
consider all her disappointments well
compensated for. At least such is the
gossip of her intimate London circle,
which. by the way. is a very exclusive
one. and includes Louise. Marchioness Of
Lorne.
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him over here long before this II posi-
BILE. and II has been her intention Tor
three months TO accompany him II her
health would allow. as she lonsed TO be
here on the announcement OF his engage
mcnt.
When the Duke of MARLBOROUGH mar
ries Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt. according
to Lady Williams friends. he offers her
not an empty title nor q faded heart.
The young Duke In like = fresh-faced
baby In looks, and his manner. which 10
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the station at Irapuato the men bought
them from us and took them further
on to the City Of Mexico.
Men and women lunched on them as
they drove the long. hot, dusty ROADS
TO the arena Ladies reached for them
from their carriages, as they take
peaches in the North when the drive
is hot and dry. in the great amphi-
theatre Of Mexcos, the suburb Where
the bull is fought. 1 saw them again.
those big, round berries Of blood-and
the Ybull saw them. He caught their
light as It fell upon the Haunting capas
of the toreadors, making them more
ruddy
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08

the loves of the Cotton States-may
shared from entering the fight. IN Wv
trail OF the bull-fght there will be q mem
DRY OF intensity. But the maimeG MN ~
of the civilized sports do not Io,ior
10 wake AUGUSTA PRESCOTT
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The DUKE OK MARLBOROUGH
LoLdon Letter Says He Will Claim Con-
SuelO Vanderbilt,
he IS THE BEST CATCH IN EUROPE.
The Young Duke Devoted TO HIS S'eP-
mother, Lady william Beresford'
Who Urges the Marrisge-Ho
Will be the Third Churchill.


LONDON. Sept 1.-The sensation OF
the hour in London is the journey OF the
young Duke Of Marlborough 10 America.
He will tour the United States, DO en-
tertained In New York and Newport ana
return. Gossip says he will not come
back without a bride But at this point
the tongues Of the busy dame wag IN
different directions. According TO one set'
the Duke went TO the United states 10
find an heiress. According TO the otner.
the young lady has been already founa
by his Dukeship, and he goes TO America
to announce his engagement ana TO DC
married in great state In few months
There is more foundation for the truth
Of the latter than of the former, Tor
the friends Of Lady William Beres-
ford stoutly cling TO the rumor OF the
Dukes American betrothal for year
past. and some go so far as to say that
he will. to a certainty. be married THIS
autumn.
The young lady is, in the tongues OF
all. Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, eldest
child of Alva Smith and Willie X. van
derbilt. and herself very brilliant girl,
as well as a great heiress. She Is quite
handsome in the eyes of the BRUSH,
although n little too much OF her
mothers Spanish type fingers around the
drooping eyes ana pointed chin TO De
the wholly ruddy ideal OF the English.
If the Duke chooses her, she Will hold
her own with the beautiful Americans
of title.
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Cholera Near ConstantinopIe.

CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 6.-There
have been eighteen cases OF cholera ana
rine deaths from the disease at Brussea
seven miles southeast OF this city. The
officials have drawn sanitary Gordon
around Brussea In order TO prevent the
IN read Of the disease TO Co1ytAntinopie.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08

had gained experience Of illness when
warder In a hospital and took up the
role OF paralytic as the most easy ana
profitable way OF making a living. he
was clever enough - deceive the most
talented doctors In Paris for years. and
had the fortitude to undergo the r.ost
drastic treatment. Finally came the
Lourdes miracle. During the four years
Imprisonment to which this ingenious
individual II condemned he will have
ample leisure to prepare fresh Devices
London Graphic
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An oklahoma Wedding. REV. Mr.. Harps
fsolemnly)-"Do you take this woman
for better or for worse.'
Tarantula Jack peevishly>-"How kin
I tellf I haln't known her but Z wsskrs
-"p11akw 80 ~
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ALL WANT AMERICANS.

When the Duke OF Marlborough mar
ries an American girl he VIII be the third
of the Churchill family TO choose brides
of that country. His uncle, LORD Ran
dolph Churchill, married Jennie Jerome,
daughter OF Leonard jerome. Of Ne"
York, and his father married Mrs. Lily
Price Hamersley, Of the same CITY.
Both lived exceptionally brilliant ana
happy lives after their American mar
riages. and there has been bred in the
young Duke the strongest admiration
for American women.
The men of Marlborough. from the hrst
Duke down to the present day, have been
peculiar and seE-willed. Their own IDEAS
of what was right and of self-enjoyment
have been relentessly carried out Wheth-
er with veal TO their own FAMILY or woe.
The late Duke hated his wife, the
Warehouses Blandford, and divorced her,
or allowed her easily TO get divorce.
He loved the American Duchess ana
lived devoted TO her. He would not al
low her to spend all her income on him,
and she had to content herself with ilX-
ing up the family estate, Blenheim. FOR
her sake he husbanded his already De
pleted fortune, gave up dissolute ways
turned gentleman farmer, and remained
a model, though hating to the last the
Marchioness Blandford.
The young Duke is strikingly like his
father From the first minute he set
eyes upon the second Duchess Of MARI
borough he loved her His devotion has
been to her instead of TO his mother.
Since his fathers death he has not lived
with his own mother continuously for
month, but has been one of the family
ar the second wife. At one time tncre
was a rumor that Lily Of Marlborough
would marry the boy, her step-son. On
the day he came of age, three years ago,
she gave him all the valuable statuary
and rare plants she had placed in Blen-
helm, fully 100000 worth being repre-
scented in her ten years accumulation.
When she married Lord William Beres-
ford her step-son gave her away and
made one of the wedding party on the
long wedding journey. He waits upon
MS step-mother. obcys Lord Williams
commands. gives up cigarettes and drinks
only as a dutiful son may when his step
mother keeps guard over him. His own
mother lives at Blenheim. He is said
to like her, but not to admire her. Her
settled melancholy and inaneness tire
him. .
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oprys HIS STPpNOTUrR.

The idea of the present journey to the
United States was due to Lady William
Beresford. She has long been wild TO
have "her boy" see her own native
country. She is doubly anxious to see
him settled in a British home with an
American wife. She would have hurried
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08

Atlanta. that city Of cool. soft heights.
VIII know the bull-nght The coming
matador u . man 20 skiiful that he win
kill with one thrust The picadors are
"a quick on their Sest thai TIE horses-
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The bull is getting tired of it all. What
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-05
TO-DAY'S CONVERSATIONS.

The Chicago mining exchange will soon
be substantial certainty.
The London papers are unanimous in
their condemnation of President Cleve-
lands reference to the Venezuela bound
ary question.
The Brazilian council Of ministers has
decided to refuse to submit either the
Trinidad dispute with England or the
Amapa dispute with France to arbitra-
ton.
John N. Kinkaid, 50 years old, suicided
by shooting in Pullman car en- route
from Cripple Greek to Denver to-day.
He was we'll of and leaves wife and six
children.
The agricultural board of London has
notified Canada that as result OF the dis
covery of scab disease upon sheep landed
in London from Canadian ports, all sheep
must in future be slaughtered at the port
of debarkation.
New city governments were chosen on
Tuesday in nineteen of thirty-one cities
Of Massachusetts. In many places party
lines were not drawn, but in several
places the battle was fought on the A. P.
A. issue.
The woman's executive committee of
the home missions held their regular
monthly meeting yesterday in New York
city. An offer Of $4,000 toward the
erection of Christian college in Alaska
is made by DR.. Sheldon Jackson, the
government superintendent OF education
in Alaska, and will probably be accepted