The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-08-06
NANDERBILT'S PALACE IN
''FHE LAND OF THE sky

Many strange looking boxes, bear
ing foreign marks and labels, have
been coming here these late DAYS.
Some are marked Paris, Rome, Ma
pies, Jenna, and there were others to-
day from Athens, Greece, no doubt
sent out hurriedly to avoid complca
tlons in the event Of occupation by the
turks.
AS the queer-looking boxes arc un-
loaded from tie Southern ears, they
are sent out to Biltmore. and a native
says:
"Mr. Vanderbilt has been a-buyin'
more of them old foreign things, and
the dagoes are cheatin' him because
he's rich. Why, can 90 down thar
to CHARLOTTE and buy brand-new pic
lures, and new statutes of the legisla-
ture and sculptuary for half what he
pays for old broken-up things that got
whole arm or a leg to their heather
Names
And the mountaineer shakes his
head and looks genuinely sorry for the
young millionaire who is now in Eu-
rope picking up more treasures for his
s6,0OO,OOO palace UP here in the Gland
of the Sky" 1t is the most wonder
full private residence in tho world, and
to-day is dividing honors with western
North Cardinals glorious climate and
scenery which for years have been the
salvation and delight of thousands of
men, women and children, who, broken
in health, come here seeking rest, in
vigorating air and pure water. Mr..
Vanderbilt himself selected this point
for his home after travelling all the
known world over, because it had the
most perfect climate to be found any,
where. The Southern Railway Off
cials say that this section is the most
popular resort on their great system,
and they attribute it to the air and the
grandeur of the mountains.
TIE coast people have long been de-
voted to Asheville, Flat Rock,
Waynesville and all this part of the
country. There is tonic in the air
and water which puts new life into
them because it puts new blood i'll their
veins, brighter color in their eyes,
ruddy glow or healthy brown on their
cheeks. They arc invariably the first
to come and the last to leave. The
exodus from the coast country is set
ting in now. In two weeks more the
colonies from Savannah, Jacksonville
and Charleston will be well installed,
and right behind them will come the
Macon, Atlanta, Columbus, Montgom-
cry, Mobile and New Orleans contin-
SeuCS Will lucii DestuGllul UcllCo Stllu
aristocratic matrons. Later, the WIS.,
itors will come from New York, Chi
cago and other large Northern and
Western cities.
The best people i'll the South have
been coming here so long that the sum-
mer colonies have delightful time So
cially, and the season passes quickly
for those who are fond of social gayo-
ties. On the other hand, the guest i'll
the ''Land of the Sky il he prefers,
may be as quiet as if he were in his
own home. There are amusements
and occupation for all tastes-riding:
driving, mountain climbing, trout fish
ing, tennis, golf links, music, dancing,
reading thing to interest and
entertain.
And around and about, above all,
stretching away further than eye can
reach,a are the towering mountains, clad
in mantles OF green and filmy hoods of
azure. This is scenery sublime-the
kind which speaks various language
:'to him who in the love of the nature
hold communion with her visible
FORMS" If what Byron called ''the
hum of human cities" is torture to
your overstrained nerves, here is rest
and balm. Here it is pleasantly cool
when Gcorgians, Floridians and Ala.
bamians are distressed by the mercury
at 95 to 100.
Word comes that more of the fash
ionable than usual are coming up
this season from Atlanta and other
cities.
\ great factor in Asheville's growth
is the Southern Railways excellent
train service and coavenent schedules.
Mr.. Vanderbilt very graciously al
lows the public to visit his grounds
and admire the palace, though it is not
every one who gets glimpse within
the chateau where he has stored so
many treasures of art and history.
No king, nor queen, nor prince, nor
lord, on this earth has such Il magnili-
cent palace as tae quiet, studious,
book and art-loving young bachelor
has built for himself high up here
among the mountains, just short dis
tance from Ashevillc He has spent
more than S4,00O,G0O on it, and in
tends to put 81 100000 more into it,
and if he lives to enjoy it, no doubt it
will cost him all OF $4,000, 900 before
many years. He has 10000 acres,
and can travel thirty-five miles in a
straight line from his door without
reaching the boundaries of the estate
Mammoth driveways and cycle roads
run everywhere, and there are miles
OF them carefully graded and kept
smooth. Seldom does any one ever
come here without going out to see