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the climate, the food, the course and the fact that they will have to compete in foreign land. Of course, there will be lot of Americans at the race, and the boys will be cheered by them until the welkin rings, but for all that bhey will feel that they are foreigners, and that the atmosphere of the court, P as the lawyers call it, is against them, I had a talk with one of the visiting athletes who competed here last year, and was much struck by the force of his plaint: Somehow or other we cawn't do as we'll as we do at home. You see eyerything's strange - the country, the weather, the people; and, besides, we know that the spectators don't want to see us win" Of course the Yale boys will be subjected to these influences in England, and be- sides they are likely to be sharply crit icised by English rowing experts as to their form and style as we'll as stroke. Still, let us hope for the best. They are gallant boys, and deserve success whether or not they achieve it.
 j. B. MCCORMICK.
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Afratd to yyear Their JeweIs.

A curious fact concerning the fes- tivities over the coronation of the czar is the enormous impetus given to the manufacture of paste gems. Russians, it appears, even of rank and status, are prone to the weakness known as kleptomania, and wise women pre- pared for possible loss by substituting sham jewels for real. A pageant and display such as has been described must inevitably call for the wearing of such gems as are seldom seen. It is rather amusing to learn that much of the splendor is pretense and that, too, because the grand danes do not dare trust their treasures in a crush, even though the crowd be composed of their own kind. Among the Museo- vites, however, the sin is said to be held a trifling one and the story is told that one lady of high rank was caught appropriating her cousins em- eralds, and that the victim declined to prosecute, merely saying. Poor So phiel It is a very painful and nervous disorder. Y Journal.
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In addition to these Improvements

In addition 70 these Improvements there is extensive building in progress. Already bachelors lodge has been con- structed, built on the site of the old car- riagehouse of which the general out lines have been carefully followed. The broad driveway of the 7arriagehousc has been turned into the entrance hall of the lodge. This contains an immense fireplace, and is to be used as the general assembly dining-room and loung- ing place. It's floor is call<ed like the deck of ship but is nearly covered with large and beautiful rug. One may judge of the size of the room when he learns that upon the rug stands a dim ingtable, writing g-table and com- pletely-cquipped card table. Around the room are scattered every variety of comfortable couch and lounging- chair, making the hall the beau-ideal of a bachelors headquarters. Opening off this hall on the south are small rooms, just the depth of the old stalls. On the north is the buffers pantry, and beyond is the kitchen. Besides these there are OH this floor several bathrooms, with eight
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or ten shower baths. The purpose of this building being to furnish free and easy Accommodations for bachelor friends of Mr. Vanderbilt, the bathrooms are for their refreshment on coming in from golf or tennis, the kitchen appoint ments for the concection of game sup pers, and the main hall for smoking par ties and the storytelling and gossip so dear to the masculine heart. There will no doubt be much aound of "revelry by night in the snug little pavilion in time to come, but at present it wears the as- pect of quiet domesticity, since Mrs. Vanderbilt has taken up her residence there in the dismantled condition of the hall. Her rooms on the second floor, though small, are frightened by a va riety of exquisite feminine trifes. Car pets in plain colors cover the floors, and the walls are beautifully decorated. 4 novel arrangement in curtains drapes the doors. It has always been prob lem how to retain In a room the doors, which one often wants to close, and still have the graceful effect of portieres. This is managed in the Vanderbilt cot tage by jointed curtain pole, which being fastened to the door itself opens and shuts with it. Drapery on another pole above the door conceals the upper molding, and gives dainty finish to the whole. On the outer side of the door is hung another curtain, so that when the door is open you will still have the draped doorway. As the curtains are of the softest and richest kind, the effect is very charming.
 A gallery surrounds the large central hall, and from it opens the rooms in the second story. Above this one ascends by a narrow stairway to the roof, and here you step out through a veritable hatchway on what seems to be yerita- bic deck, with gunwale, canvas floor, and all complete. It is easy to imagine merry party of men gathered up here among the tops of the trees on q sum-
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supposed to be made In accordance Herewith. The Pcarcy-Grey law and the decision of the courts have given bookmallers pretty nearly all the priv ileges they enjoyed under the Ives pool law. They are vitaHy interested in the success of racing, and this year 70 of them have formed an association, each member of it paying $500 for initiation dues. These TO each contribute $50 q day to the racing associations. Not full $50, however, for $500 day of the $3,50o contributed is retained for a sinking fund.-" which will be distrib- uted at the end Of the season among those who continue their member ship to the end This contribution, with the amount received for inflammation" from out-of-town pool rooms, helps the association greatly, for it nearly, per haps fully, pays their daily expenses, leaving them the admission money for almost clear profit, The patronage of the tracks this season is quite large, and all the associations doing business un- der the auspices of the Jockey club and no other can do business-are sure t ) make big money.
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HYDE PARK, THE BEAUTIFUL
New Estate of Frederick Wander
 bilt a Veritable Paradise.
How Dnapidated Buildings and Neglected Grounds Have Been Renovated-An Old Carriage House Becomes an
 Ideal Bachelors Lodge.
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About year and half ago Frederick w. Vanderbilt purchased from the heirs of the late Walter Langdon the estate known as Hyde Park, situated at Hyde Park-on-the-Hudson about eight miles above Poughkeepsie. This estate, named from the ancestral English estate of Lord Hyde, former owner, is very old and antedates the village which was named from it.
 After the death of Mrs. Langdon, who was member of the Astor family, the place was greatly neglected; and on the death of Mir. Langdon the heirs were glad to sell it to MT. Vanderbilt for
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English designer has the absorptive Faculty maryelously well developed. Every time he comes to this country he Epicks up an idea which he utilizes to sadyantage when he returns to England. With the solitary exception of draught of water, his boats, Britannia, Valkyrie IT. and H., and the Meteor, are prae- tically American types of hu1ls. We have taken from him long over hangs and bulb fin keels, which are prac- stically nothing more or less than fixed scenterboards Should the Meteor, when fully turned up," prove to be good 'l5 minutes faster than the Brittania, and 1 believe she is fully that speedy, there
 is strong probability that the German emperor will challenge for the Amer sica's cup, an1 that an Anglo-American
 race will take place during the summer or early fall of 1897. What a sensation such a race would create, especially if the emperor should come here in person
 to witness it, in Ifs splendid steam yacht Hohenzollern, escorted by pow erful German fleet of war ships. Now
 that congress- has passed a law, (of doubtful constitutionality, however,
 giving the control of the open ocean course of the new yacht club to the
 treasury department, there will be no
 trouble in keeping excursion steamers and steam yachts from pressing too
 closely on the conteKting yachts. As
 matter of fact, these boats never were
 the cause of any yacht losing race.
 notwithstanding the disgruntled Dun
 ravens stories to the contrary.
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THE. GREEK PoRTICo.
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 $125,ooo, though it was worth anucli more. sss@ zsis < $ s
 When Mir. Vanderbilt. surveyed shis purchase he found q beautiful park all grown up to underhruShs The lawns were covered with the wild growth that nature puts forth under forest trees, and stone walls appeared in All sorts of inappropriate places-the product of tramp labor, for MT. Langdon was very fond of providing employment for these gentry. There were hothouses, ample but empty; the stables and farm build fngs were in a state of extreme dilapida- tion, and the stately old mansion Of purest Greek architecture was painted a light pink! in spite of all this, Mir. Van derbilt had every reason to eongratu- late himself on his purchase, for the estate is one of the most beautiful that can be imagined. It is as if nature had said: "Go to, let me make an ideal spot, end when the man with money and brains comes along he will find it ready to his hand to make an ideal home."
 The property contains about TOO acres, situated on both sides of the AL bany post road about third of itl lying along the east bank of the Hudson river. The hall stands on a high point over looking the river. and from it the land descends to the river in a series of nat ural terraces. The house is surrounded by noble park of undulating surface, and a lovely brook, with many curve and picturesque waterfall, goes braw ing through the grounds. At one point there is a quaint little water wheel which makes merry murmur on a summer day. It also serves the utili- tarian purpose of forcing water to the mansion on the heightabove. Mrs. Van derbilt regards the brook as her es- pecial possession, and prizes it more than the Hudson.
 Across the postroad is the larger part of the estate, and here the plan is to leave nature undisturbed. Since Mir.
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Vanderbilt has bought the place he has constructed through this portion of 1t a drive that adds much to it's charR as we'll as to it's accessibility. Little was necessary beyond blasting out such rocks as were in the road, cutting down a few trees, spanning the brooks, and following the natural windings of forest path. 1t is an ideal drive, with outcropping lodges, overreaching forest trees, masses of ferns growing down to the wagon tracks, and sweet wild-fow- CTS along it's whole extent. As you wind along in the midst of it's solitude and verdure, you might imagine yourself far away ip the Adirondack forest, so sweet and still is the fragrant woodland. But presently a turn in the road brings you again to the highway; the scream of the whistle on the Hudson river road is in your ears, some gay coaching party whirls past, and you realize that the age of the faun and the druid is past.
 Mr. Vanderbilt is making many i'm provements in the place. A large force of men is at work draining and grading, with careful Instructions not to interfere with the natural beauties of the proper ty. During the winter a beautiful pond was cleared out About $3O,00 worth of valuable muck was removed from the bottom, and the miniature lake. much improved, reflects the fresh summer green of the trees that bend over it, while a small fortune in fertilizer awaits disposal in aa adjoining field. Verify. as the old rustic said: "Them as has, srafst'.
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mer night for comfortable smoke be fore turning in.
 Besides the lodge, already completed theYe are in process of construction two other houses, to be occupied by friends or relatives of the Nanderbilts. MT. and Mrs. Vanderbilt have no children, ard they seem to have fondness for malS. ing homes for people. One of these houses is to be for Mr. and Mrs. How ard, of New York. Mrs. Howard is a niece of Mrs. Vanderbilt, and was Post. Her house will stand on an ele- yated ridge on the east side of the high way, commanding delightful view of the surrounding country and the Hud- son. It is long, low, picturesque build ing, made of stone. The material used in it's construction was in great part taken from the old stone walls, care being taken to select rocks which had moss and Hchens on them and to leave these growths undisturbed. The house is approached by a natural driveway, winding. along by one of those lodges of rock which add so much to the beauty of the estate.
 The old Greek mansion, with it's 30 rooms, will soon be thing of the past It seems a pity to destroy the portico-- one of the most perfect specimens of the Greek portico in the countryAAbut investigation has shown that the four dations are insecure, and the improve ments at first contemplated are out of the question. An elegant mansion will be erected on the old site during the coming months.
 LAURA c. DUNLAP.
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that there are $50, 900 bicycles, owned by 3,500,0o0 of people living in New York city and Brooklyn alone. If that is true, every tenth person in the two cities owns a bike. Just now there is great discussion over the price of wheels. Many makers claim that a really frst-elass wheel cannot be made and sold for less than $t00. 1t is a fact, nevertheless, that fully half the ma- chimes made and sold are disposed of for sums varying from half to two- thirds of that amount. There is great danger that in the competition which is sure to ensue when the expected great cut" in prices at last comes, that the result will be the substituting of inferior material and workmanship by many manufacturers. This is like ly to result in many accidents to ma chimes and many maimings, cripplings and killings of riders. The prevalent desire of Americans to have the light est possible machines, necessitates that those machines be made of the best materials, and that they be put to- gether in the strongest way by capable and conscientious men. It may yet be- come necessary to require by law that every bicycle be inspected and thor oughly tested before 1t is permitted to leave it's factory. We require this of steamboat boilers-why should not bi- cycles be stamped with a warrant of safety before buyers risk life and limb uDon them?
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10 be good bit speedier than Nalkyrie,
 but fast as she was, and even with her turned Up to her maximum of speed, 1t would hardly be good policy to de pend solely upon her. She has defects, and no one knows them better than Nat Herreschoff, who designed and built her. It is highly probable that Watson, who made a close study of her, has obviated as many of them as possi- ble in the Meteor, but after all Watson IS not, designer of the very highest. class. That distinction belongs un- doubtedly to Nat Herreschoff, and it is only just to him to believe that he can design boat as much superior to De lender as she was to Vigilant. If the emperor challenges for the American ea's cup, there is hardly deubt that Nathaniel will be commissioned a new cup-defender; and that she will prove as worthy of her title as is the present bearer of it hardly needs saying
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 Missionary Work.

It is the duty of every Christian to help those in destitution, and our de- votion to God impels us to do mission ary work, it being more needed to-day than ever before. We need n clear vision of human needs to have a deep- CT compassion for the destitute Rev
 E. k. Chivers, Baptist, New York city
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Three for A DolIari

Three whata Three charmingly executed pos CTS in colors, drawn by W. w. Dens- low, Ethel Reed and Ray Brown, will be sent free of postage to any address on re- ceipt of One Dollar. All who are afflicted with the ''poster craze" will immediately embrace this rare opportunity, as but a limited number of the posters will be Is sued. The scarcity of good thing en- hances it's value. Address GEO. H. HEAT FORD, General Passenger Agent of the Chi eago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Old Colony Building, Chicago, Ill.
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Been clouded, however, by the defeat of the princess crack cutter Britannia by the new Meteor, the property of his
 nephew, Emperor Wilhelm. By the Way, "Persimmons,9 is rather an odd name for an English horse. The per simmon is fruit which rarely natures h England but there is no accounting for the nomenclature of the turf. An Interesting book could be written about
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Encalvptua Trees vs. Drought.

It is noted that since the extensive planting of eucalyptus trees in southern California there have been no drougbts- There can be no doubt that the change in climatic conditions has been due to the planting of trees, and the euealyp- tus. being the tallest of those planted, probably exerts a special influence oyer the clouds, including precipitation.- Chicago Inter Ocean
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EnTfuna.

Some of us are striving for wealth and honor and fame. so that our ehil- dren will not have to face the battle for bread, but when you do you are robbing them of the sweetest nectar of life, for the joy of inheriting for tune is not to be compared to the ex- hileration of earning it.-Rev. Frank Talmage, Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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An Important Difference.

:, To make it apparent to thousands, who think themselves ill, that they are not af- flicted with any disease, but that the system simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort home to their hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only, and sold by all druggists.
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Rome wasr,t Ruilt in a Dav.

removal of which the great corrective, Hos tetter's Stomach Btters, is adapted curable in an hour. To persist in the use of this standard remedy is no more than just Bil- iousness, constipation, malaria, rheums- tism, kidney complaints and nervousness ara among the complaints which it eradicates.
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AsEBALL, though still high in pop ular favor, is no longer. the na- tional sport par
 exec l 1 e Il c e of Americans. The sport of Amer present national jeans is bicycling. and it bids fair
 to grow in fa- vor year by year.
 It is estimated
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)4 All has gone in" for sport very successfully this year. His royal highness the prince of Wales for the first time in his tory h a s wo II "the blue ribbons of the turf,'' the
 great Derby, and joy thereat of great was the loyal Brit ons. The victory of Persimmons has
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JDGING by the de- scriptions and pie lures of her which have reached this side of the Atlantic, thenew wyachtMete- or combines in her model the best qualities of the American Y a c h t
 Defender and of Watson's previous ly designed boats, the Brittania and Valkyrie III. The
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FRANKsTowN-eH weather is appro- priate to the beginning of the baseball sea sen.n Hemewoed- Why2n Fransstewn- "It gives appropriate exercise to the 'fans.'1 Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
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HERE is no ger. uine =Anaeri c a n
 who does n o t wish Bob c o O k and the Yale crew the best of luck at Henley, but there are but
 few who conf dently expe c t
 them to w in there. The con ditions are great ly against them.
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P Emperor W il helm should ehal- lenge for the cup with the Meteor. we may have to build a new yacht
 with which to de- fend the trophy. There is good req son for believing that Defender has never been seen at her very best. She proved
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BRowN-"I am going to challenge that man who ran off with my wife.p Jones' "Why, that was six months agon Brown VI know it, but he has sent her back.n- N. Y. World
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THE COMPOSITION OF MAN-Dollie-"D you believe that man is made of dustin Chollie-"He has to be to get any notice from you."-Detroit Free Press.
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THAT which history can best give is the enthusiasm which 1t raises in our hearts.-- Goethe.
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Frs stopped free and permanently cured. No fits after first days use of Dr. Klines Great Nerve Res orer. Free S2 trial bottle & treatise. DR. KLINE, 933 Arch st Phila Pa.
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HARD TO BEAr.-A wet carpet. Mel bourne Weekly Times.
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OUR humanity were a poor thing but fox the divinity that stirs within us.---Bacon
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PIsos Cure for Consumption has saved me many doctors bill. .-S. F. HARDY, Hop kins Place. Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, '94
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A sALLow skin acquires a healthy clear ness by the use of G,enn's Sulphur Soap.
 Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
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provision against betting in such a way as would enable the racing association to derive any revenues from the book
 makers; and the enemies of racing chuekled gleefully thereat. They for
 got that Daniel O'Connell had boasted on more than one occasion, that he could Drive coach and four through anJ act of parliament ever made, and mat the lawyers of to-day, aided by friendly legislation, are fullwas sEilIful as was the great Daniel, in getting around constitutional provisos or laws
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GAYETY pleases more when we are as sured that it does not cover carelessness. Mme de Stael.
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Halls Catarrh Cure Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
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HE turf has nearly regained the favor it enjoyed some years ago in New
 York. When the
 amendments were made to the consti- tuition of the state of New York a
 couple of years ago it was thought by many that it would ye inlpossi- b e to circum- vent or eyade their
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ENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.
A,r Correspondent Discusses Rac-
 'snq Prospects on Land and Sea.
.s,biltty That Emperor William May as,ompete for the Americas Cup ' 4 state Inspection of Bicycles Book makers and the Law.
[coPYRIaHr. 1896.

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{ ) make big money.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-07
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