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THE , ELLIJAY COURIER.
WIILL STREAM AGNATES
Gleanings from Gotham’s Money
Mart—Aneodotfts of tha Late
William E Vanderbilt
Jay Gould’s Retirement from
Wall Street—Some of His
Successors.
[Special Nets Tori Letter .]
Many and varied are the stories told of
how old Commodore Vanderbilt gave his
oldest son William up as the “Ne’er do
well” of the family, iutd how he finally
took: him up and left him the most of
his fortune.
■ *
WiMAAIi B. VANDEBBILT.
Otto dl the stories is that the Com
modore endeavored to ' use” William on
one occasion, as was his custom wiih all
who dealt with him at times, by giving
him pointers on stock and then taking
the exactly opposite course advised his
son. The sou discovered that his father
was pursuing a different couise’fiotn
that advised him, and so whipped
around and followed the commodore in
h s actions rather thah in his Advice,
without, however, the knowledge 'of his
father. Consequently When, the c< m
rnodore called him up a fefv days later,
and a>kcd hiui how much he had lost by
following nis advice, inasmuch as the
market had gone directly opposite,
William 11. stated that he was several
thousand dol ars ahead in the transac
tion, and when asked for an explanation,
stated that he had found out the course
of the commodore on the market by
private means, and thought that course
good enough Js:*-t<.GAier r nd
whi eevery one else had lost money by the
pointers he had come out ahead. This
increased the commodore’s respect for
him wonderfully, and he laughed hearti
ly over it, ’never trying to use his son
William again.
Another story is told of how when the
commodore went to St. Petersburg, Rus
sia, on the steam yacht North Star, he
was accompanied by his son William,
who was constantly smoking. The com
modore didn’t like it, and abruptly went
qp to him with the remark, “I wish you
would give up that smoking of yours:
I’ll give you *IO,OOO if you’ll do it.”
The son quietly threw the cigar over
board, remarking. “You need not give
me any money; your wish is quite suf
ficientj father,” and the habit was given
up.
William H. Vanderbilt started as a
clerk in the office of Daniel Drew and at
a salary of $l5O a year, at the age of 18
years. This was considered a sufficiently
good start for him by bis exacting father,
.at that time, and he made him no extra
allowance. Even when he married a
poor girl few years later, he had to
depend upon his salary alone for sup
port, and that was SI,OOO per annum.
This early neglect was perhaps a good
thing for the son, who died with an in
come of $10,000,000 a year,in a residence
that cost nearly $3,600,000. It cost him
$200,000 a year for family expenses alone.
Even his stables would be considered
palaces by most, people.
It is astonishing how soon the great
names of even the greatest are forgotten
in this city, or remembered only by their
friends, and Vanderbilt’s will be no ex
ception to this rule. Already Wall street
looks forward for his successor, and the
bears want to squeeze him and the bulls
intend to gore him as soon as possible—
the sooner the better most of them think
—and his sons will have to be remark
ably sharp if they escape. One of them
is reported to have lost ten millions, and
another three millions in Wall sticet
wiihin the last two years, and the street
stands ready to down the otherß, and
only waits a good chance to scatter the
vast wealtn which has already passed
through two generations.
Mr. Chauncey M. Depew was the most
trusted lieutenant of Wm. H. Vander
bilt, and it was he who engineered
through to a successful termination
CKACNOtr U. DEI'S W
A Map of Busy Life —Its Fluctuations and its V*ast Concerns."
ELLIJAY, GA.,
the purchase of tbe West Shore railroad.
It h claimed that the fierce fight which
has been raging between the Central and
the West Shore for so many months,
wore very materially upon Vanderbilt,
that the tension was too much for him,
and that only after the final settlement
ttf All the affairs did its weakening influ
ences become apparent in the breaking
of the blood vessel in his brain which
caused his death, known generally as
apoplexy. Mr. Depew’s position as
president of the New York Central and
the trusted friend of Vanderbilt brings
him into special prominence at this time,
and his policy now that his chief is dead
will be looked at critically. As the leasq.
of the West Shore to the Central runs
for 475 years, or until the year A. D.
2360, Mr. Depew's troubles from
that road are at an end for i
some time to come, and *at the end
of that time the majority of tbe present
Sublic and Mr. Depew will together take
ut little interest in the renewal of. the
lease, and won’t care whether the rate
to Buffalo is one or ten cents per mile,
but his policy meantime will be of much
interest. • .
Ntfeithef MY William H. Vanderbilt fir
tttty of his sons were members of the
Stock exchange, and it is skid that the
commissions paid td brokers by themWben j
they ttfAVh all trading was over a million
uollnrs per annum. This would have, of
course, enriched any broker in a short
time if one firm had done the business
alone, but it was so scattered among
different brokers that none of them
made.ftfiy great fortune out of it. Jav
ijlhuld has also never been a member of
the Sleek exchange, and his deals are esti
mated to have been worth a half million
a year to brokers as commissions.
Tbe men of Wall street seem generally
to believe that the withdrawal of Jay
Gould from active operation in the street
is not one of the usual canards, but
*
RUSSELL SAGE.
an actual fact. The number of men
who annually drop out of Wall street
and into obscurity is not enumerated,
and not oared for by the general public,*
but the withdrawal of Jay Gould of
course occasions more or less comment,
and also leaves one prominent landmark
less in this historic street. One of the
most prominent left is Russell Sage, al
ways a staunch follower of Gould in
rain or shine, and who was not
overjoyed at the prospect of
Gould's withdrawal, since Gould’s
name alone has helped Sage
time and attain by its close apparent con
nection with his interests. Russell Sage
has been known for years as the “put”
and “call” king of the street, and his |
movements in this line have been
watched and followed by scores of
smaller speculators simply because he
was supposed to have a firm grip upon
Jay Gould’s inner consciousness, and
from the fact that his office was next to
that of the great financier. When Gould
suffered, Sage generally felt one or two
momentary pangs, and when, as was gen
erally the case, Gould reaped a harvest,
Sage came in for his share of the spoils.
All this will be changed if Gould takes
his personality out of the street, and goes
around the world in his handsome yacht,
and nobody knows it better than Mr. |
Russell Sage. Mr. Sage is supposed to
have lost more money dnring the few j
weeks following the Grant & Ward fail
ure than he ever lost before in any year
of his connection on the street, but, like
Mr. Gould, he has made up for it Bince.
Another prominent operator who will
loom into greater proportions, if the luck
of the past keeps up in the future, is
Deacon 8. V. White. Never since
the days of Daniel Drew has there
been such a fortunate religious specula
tor on the street, that is, whose
title indicated his religious inclination.
DEACON . V. WHITE.
Deacon White ia supposed to have been a
special protege of the Into Horace B.Claf-
lin, one of whose sons made apart of the
firm of £L V. White & Cos. The Deacon
doesn’t twist to general luck and chances
as so ihaaff do on a number of stocks,
but seteep out some special line, quietly
goes’ re wprk upon it, puts his Money
and energy in that alone, and the first
thingjxw boys know the Deacon has
caught tfcm napping, and gives them a
fearful g&eeze on the stock that he
known alf about, and they go in on as
they do j|'n most of them, rather blindly.
This policy has made the Deacon a terror
to the. street, and has likewise netted
him 4 large fortune since his advent,
until now he is looked upon as one of
the leaders in the street. He is estime
eed to have made a million in one little
dealip Delaware and Lackawanna alone.
AHfieud of mine pointed out to me a
few .3pgl? 9 ago a man who had just bor
rowed a dollar from him that day, and
remarked that it hadn't been very long
sincifthis same man could have given
Ills check for a million, and it would
havrirheen accepted by any member of
the ljf)c(fiuce exchange. Now he hasn't
mote) enough to pay his ferriage over
to Jltrnm City to see his family, who
weralmtig with relatives, or tit least
that hail been his cake that day. , This
samdHfian had lent Charles Woerishoffer
it is said $2,500 years ago to assist him
in pteAasing his seat in the Stock ex
change Now Woerishoeffer is worth
his millions, and this man who was then
in amence is now so hard tip that lie
statecHte had actually walked from the
Battq* to Central Park and back twice
one Hfht t° keep himself from doing
somJffing desperate, and finuily went to
it poEKe station for the night on bis own
appHation. As the distance from the
parlrao the Battery is over four miles,
his c&dition at that time cau bo appre
ciates. Such is the luck of the street.
Spirto Gentil.
• Tecamseh’s Peace Pipe.
T 1& great Indian chieftan, Tecumseh,
ownqd a remarkable pipe, similar to that
described in “Hiawatha,” though ap
parently 6f still harder material. It was
only Recently shown me as a curiosity.
Tne is a queer piece of mechanism,
made of black Hint stone, rather light
anl susceptible of a polish similar to
gim.t-jWarch. It is four nml one-half
inches in length from the top of the bowl
to the 'ehgthof the shank. The bowl is
jug diapea. about two inches long, and
the<shank is made upon the plan of the
bit of a tomahawk, and blunt on the end
(,-witLi three grooves. The edges are
bottnd with a metallic substance, prob
ably pewter, and the sides and bowl are
cqiijusly and very ingeniously inlaid
wi' Vthe same metal. The figures of the
Hie iky ulErJtttnd indicate wrr-utt
curate mathematic calculation, represent
ing stars, hearts, curious articles and
Various angles. The bowl is topped and
bound with the same metal. The diam
eter of the bowl at the bulge is an inch
and three-fourths, and the cavity is
eleven-sixteenths of an inch in diameter,
and three inches to the stem hole, and
will hold as much as the ordinary meer
schaum pipe.
The stem is of hickory, twenty-two
inches long, one and nine-sixteenth
inches in width, and half an inch thick,
oval and flat. It contains six slots about
four inches long, and peculiarly arrangtd
as to the hole through it. At the end
next to the pipe there are two slots
lengthwise of the stem, the hole passing
between them; then there is a slot ex
actly in the centre; then two like the
first, and then a single slot in the centre
again, which make/the hole rather zig
zag. The mode of manufacture is a
mystery to the mechanic of the present
day.
Tecumseh was born in the valley of
the Sciota, near the present site of
Chilicothe, in Ohio. His father was a
Shawnee chief. Tecumseh engaged in
hostilities which led to the defeat of
General St. Clair in 1792. He was fond
of his pipe and was given to intoxica
tion. One day, in the year 1804, while
in the act of lighting his pipe in his wig
wam, he fell back in a trance upon his
bed, and continued a long time motion
less and without signs of life. He was
supposed to be dead, and preparations
were made for his burial. He was
about to be borne to the grave, when he
suddenly revived and uttered the words:
“Be not alarmed—l have seen heaven.
Call the tribe together that I may reveal
to them the whole of my vision.” He
related his vision to his people, and
warned them against drunkenness and
kindred vices.
Rebelling against the government,
Tecumseh and his warriors were defeat
ed at Tippecanoe. He joined the British
in the war of 1812, and was killed in a
battle with the Americans on the river
Thames, October sth, 1813. Will M.
Clemens, in Chicago Current.
Bulgarian Amazons.
Perhaps the most interesting product
of the Balkan revolution is the little
band of Amazons which has its quarters
at Philippopolis. The commander is
the directress of an orphan asylum at
Philippopolis by the name of Rains, and
the united ages of the warlike twelve
are said to reach the number of the days
in the year, a fact which unfortunately
takes some of the romance from the
novel movement. It has ever been said
that the weapons of the Bulgarian
Amazons are their age and a few
cavalry sabres. Their clothing consists
of loose hose fastened below the knee
and a abort riding jacket with a red
girdle, while a Bulgarian kalpak is worn
as a headdress. The Amazons carry
out their daring innovation even to
striding horses like dragoons. The chief
of this singular band is the lady who in
September rode as “Bulgaria” with the
captive Gavril Pasha in an open wagon
through the streets of Philippopolis.
flourishing a naked aword above his
hearl and proclaiming tbe union of Rou
metis and Bulgaria ihe while. —Pall Mall
Gazette.
FOR THE FARM AND HOME,
ood and Poor Chesii.
An English dairyman, writing in
the London Agricultural Gazette,
thiflks that the good and poor cheese
which so often Comes from the vat de
pends on the rennet used- He says:
Are we to suppose that here is AH art
and business in a thorough muddle of
incapacity and confusion—that those
practical men, from whose dairies
ctiefesfi comes worth not more than 25
cts. a cwt, from whoso dair
ies cheese worth Close on three
times as much is commanding that
price even now—are we to conclude
that these are all helter-skelter, know
ing nothing in their business certainly,
but only accepting that which happens
—some of them being in luck, and
some far otherwise—as we were once
taught to accept disease or health?
These were once supposed to be in
scrutable decrees to be received simply
with submission. And so now ’some
always make good cheese and some
always murder good milk. The re
sults are not accidental; they cau be
investigated and explained, and obvi
ated or attained, at will They do not
“come.” They are, in every case, the
result of known causes, Which can be
directed, regulated, and checked at
will
The Care of Horiei,
If those having the care of horses
would study into the question of care
and management it would conduce to
the well being of the animals and the
profit of the owner. For instance, it
has been stated, and widely copied in
journals without ' comment, that to
give a horse style and grace he should
be fed from colthood up in a mangel
so high as to cause Borne exertion to
reach the food. Nothing could be
wider of the mark aimed at. If an
animal has not the physical conforma
tion to give style he can never be made
to assume a high t head without im
paring valuable points elsewhere. In
fact. If a high head could be given by
feeding from a high manger, tfiis
would correspondingly dip ess the
spinal column behind the shoulders.
Improved action and style are the
result of careful training, and can only
be developed measurably in any ani
mal. in other words, you cannot even
measurably change the conformation
of an animal without in thd same
measure changing the centre of grav
ity. Hence stumbling and other disa
bilities. The horse naturally chooses
to sian I with the fore feet somewhat
higher than the hind feet For the
farm horse especially the ‘feed-box
should be rather low than high, and
the manger, and not a rack to be
reached up to, should hold the hay.
The horse that works all day re
quires rest at night. The owner who
gives the best food, grooming, and
bedding to the animals under his care
gets the most labor out of tbepn for
his money. The food and drink Bhould
especially be clean and of the best.
Not long since an item went the
rounds that dusty or musty hay was
as good as the best, if moistened with
slightly salted water. The medication
does not in the slightest alter the bad
qualities of the hay. The result of
such feeding is wind broken, heavy
horses. Musty hay is not even fit for
decent store cattle.
In winter nothing about a stable is
more economical than good blankets to
be worn in the stable and to be car
ried with the team wherever driven,
with which they may be covered when
standing. Letting down the check
rein when going up hill and easing the
rein when horses are at rest should
naturally.be suggested to the driver.
Yet how many are instructed so to
do? It is attention to little things
that brings profit, and in no respect in
farm economy are many owners more
derelict? than in the care of teams of
horses and mules. —Chicago Tribune.
Mmliroom Culture.
The demand for mushrooms in large
cities and towns makes the culture of
this delicacy of interest to gardeners
and others living in close proximity
to markets for the same. To make
the production of mushrooms by ar
tificial means profitable, the making
of the beds must be regulated so that
their crops of edible fungi will come
at a season when there are no uncul
tivated mushrooms in the markets.
During the winter season and the ear
y Spring the pri<-e per pound paid for
nushrooms in New York City varies
from 75 cents to $1.50 per pound
VOL. X. NO. 50.
Wen it at
A great deal of care and judg M regard
must be exercised in preparing tlfeh u Mtty
and planting the spawn, whictron Gearing
be obtained at leading seed prrees. Ad-
There are two kinds of sp* 1
English and the French. T l G *-
is more expensive and is pref£???S!fe"E;
many. Success in mushroom i ■ jra .. aw
growing depends so much on al X 1 ]
and uniform temperature and m
that success is by no means <
with the amateur. It is usel^ ew f
attempt winter forcing of mushi
in any place where the
falls below 50 degrees. m
The usual plan is to procure •
from an old pasture in the autwP®(® *
and store it away. To one bushel
this soil add two bushels of fresh** era
horse manure. With this well-mixed v
compound prepare a bed four feet
wide and as long as may be desired.
Put down a thin layer and pound or
tread it down as firmly as possible;
add another layer and pound that
down, and go on until the bed is eight
to twelve inches deep. In a little
while it will become hot, but let the
heap cool until the bed is of the right
temperature to receive the spawn—
about 90 degrees.
Mushrooms may be grown in any
dark room or cellar, with proper care,
where the temperature can be main
tained at from 50 to 65 degrees. If
the temperature is higher the mush
rooms grow smaller and the bed be
comes sooner exhausted. If kept be
low 50 degrees the mushrooms are
slow to grow and are not tender when
cooked. ‘
Next make holes in the bed one foot
apart and put in the spawn—two or
three pieces as large as a walnut—in
each hole. Cover the holes and press
the soil solid and smooth. In about
twelve days cover the entire bed with
fresh loam to a depth of two inches,
and over this place about five inches
depth of hay or straw. With the right
temperature there will appear a crop
of mushrooms in six or eight weeks,
and the bed will continue to bear for
three weoks or longer,— After the first
crop is gathered a little more fresh
soil should be scattered over the bed
and the whole moistened with warm
water and covered with hay as before.
—New York World.
Tile Housewife's Tuttle.
SOLIDS.
Wheat flour, one pound is one quart.
Indian meal, one pound two ounces
are one quart.
Butter, when soft, one pound is one
quart
Loaf sugar, when broken, one pound
is one quart
White sugar, powdered, one pound
one ounce are one quart
Best brown sugar, one pound two
ounces are one quart
Eggs, ten are one pound.
LIQUIDS.
Four large tablespoonsful are one
and one-half gills.
A common-sized tumbler holds one
half pint.
A common-sized wine glass hold 8
half a gill.
A teacup holds one gill.
A tablespoonful is half an ounce.
Recipes.
Lemon Syrup. —Squeeze the lemons,
straining carefully that no pulp re
mains. To one pint of juice add two
pounds of sugar; set it away until
completely disolved, stirring occasion
ally, and then bottle it. One or two
teaspoonfuls of this syrup in a glass of
water makes a good lemonade.
Baked Sour Apples. —Peel nice tart
apples, leave whole, remove the core by
running a narrow knife around it, set
it on a deep pie plate and fill the holes
with sugar ; drop on the sugar in each
apple three or four drops of lemon
extract, or grate nutmeg over them;
pour one teaspoonful of water on each
apple; bake in a moderately hot
oven; serve cold; very nice. Try
them.
To Broil Mackerel. —Clean and care
fully wipe a good-'ized fish; split it
entirely down the back; put a little oil
over the fish with a feather, lest the
delicate skiD should be broken by the
gridiron, the bars of which must be
j rubbed with fresh suet Chop a little*
parsley and fennel very fine, season
with pepper and salt and rub into a
thin slice of butter. Fill the back of
tbe mackerel with this mixture before
you put it on the gridiron and then
broil It over a clear fire. It will require
from twenty to thirty minutes to cook
i it thoroughly; serve with nance