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i lie uaiolina wcitcliiri^n lt xx.-third series salisbury n c thursday october 25 1888 no 1 grand closing out sale preparatory to wmi i on business our entire stock of drv goods clothing slioes notions tin and glasswakr vill be closed out at & below cost this is the opportunity of a lifetime don't fail to c early and supply yourself for the winter n racket 0 0 d store 6jj svhfttoa0ttfmfiles ;; 1 soli n^hcyki - x | salisbury s i.w h reisner i jewel eft dmd =| l optician jf p e company r£^r a ■f _ p "^ strong company ; i patronaae^^sw^s reuable ' iiberal | jt vl assets - - s75o,ooo oo j allen brown ba'-dcnt flgent salisbury n 0 unfailing specific for liver disease s¥p f dt l 3q » hittor or 1>;»1 taste in wii.il ii,,..fci mouth tongue coated w&ite or covered with a hrown fur luiin in the back sides or joints often mistaken for rheumatism sour stomach loss of appetite sometimes nausea and wator i rash or indigestion ; flatulency and acid eructations bowels alternately costtvo and lax headache loss of memory with 1 a pa infill sensation of having ailed to do something which iwrht to have lieendone debility low spirits a thick yellow np 1'tarancc of the k:n ni<l eyes h dry cough fever restlessness the urine la scanty and liigh colored ixnd if allowed to stand deposits a sediment simons uvbree8d1at0r purely vegetable i krnorally used in the south to arouse the torpid liver to » healthy action it icti with extraordinary efficacy on th fiver |(| dne ys y 1 -* and bowels an effectual specific for malaria bowel complaint l>yii]t«l>sia sick lleudaehe conittipation lsiliousnena kidney anvotlons jaun4ic mental dupreaidon tulle endorsed by the use of 7 millioim of bunks as the best family medioe for children fur adults anj frr the agod only genuine has our z stamp in rci un front of wrapper j h zei/'n & co philadvlohia pa kl;l r k;k i ii ci.kmkn craigs & clement a.ttorm.e-trs c;.t ijnvsr 3 \ msiji i:v n 0 ffl».:jnl i si we are e ceiving our fall anfl winter stock c.mi-i-tii of choiee selections in black blue iin brown worst 1 suits ilso a full line of ciisstiiurn wits for moil youths boys and chil dren fall overcoii ti a specialty give us a call itr.-mrtlully i blumexthal bros fosity years to you my k.nd readeb uave yon plant-eel a bounteous supply of inm i r'mw tin apple l'ear peach cherry apricot quince the grape strawberry and all other desir able fruits if not why not send in your orders one of natuiv'.s great blessings l.s o:ir great number of varieties of line attracti e wholsoiue fruits ills cedar cova iturserles has on the ground about one million of beautiful fruit trees vines and plants to seleet fivni including nearly three hundred varieties of home acclimated tested fruits and at rock bottom prices delivered to you at your nearest railroad station freight charges paid i can please every one who wants to plant a tree grape vine or strawberry plant etc 1 iiave no comparative competition as to extent of grounds and desirable nursery stock or quantity i ran and wil'ij please you i have all siz?s of t i-ees desired from a 3 foot tree to i and 7 feet high and stocky priced descriptive catalogue free ad n w craft prop 4 1 l_v shore vadkin county x <". beware f fraud l my nnmr and the priri arc stamped on i ii button of all my advertised shoes before leaving hie factory wliie.li protect the wearers against liigli prices and inferior goods if i ilealer offers vv l douglas show at a reduced mice or baj - in ist them without my name anil price stamped ofc thu butloui u^t liim lo\yu :..-. a fruuu 3 centlemen tm only calf s3 seaml/ess phpe smootb in hi f $&&& zwssry v l douglas 84 shoe the original and only hand-sewed welt 1 shoe equals custom-made vett5ob3sus1».bo rorick shoe railroad men and letter carriers ill we;ir them smooth inside as a hand-sewed shoe kotacksor 0 *^ shok u unexcelled f , * i „,.,,- uesi calf shoe for hit price ay i dducilas 88.25 uokkl.nf.man's siiok i tin best in the world fi>r rough wear one i p^vt 1 douolas a 8a shoe for boys is thntvxi qrfiool shoe in the world \\\ l douglas 81.75 youth's school shoe civ the muuu ii<>j a cliance to wear tu bint altnade'incongress button uud luce if not sold b yy ,,, r dealer write w l douglas brockton mass ms beown agent salisbury 14:till july 26 wanted traveling and local salesman for agricultural and ma chitierv speeiulties sell to the trade state ge reference am-uint expeeted fursiilan and expenses address m assay & co monteluma ia 1 t hls papcn thli newspaper adv«-r fliy hi fci n^njj aircuoy or messrs clear the way the city lies in hu.-lietl repose the wintry nijrlit wind freshly blows as if to r ck the cradle host in slumber's sweet oblivion lost ilut hark ! i sound and 1 i si^ht that wakes the town in the lend of niyht a shriek and n glare a cry of despair at the tlaiiio in their ire inr the one \\ or i is •• fire ! ' the people rush out and with hurry and shout press mi to the licrht as it brightens the night and sprcimd like i luiuner unfurled up on high a sigh and i terror against the dark sky rut inirk to the clatter than music more sweet of the rolling wheels mid the horses feet •■out of the way — nl of the cu'i ' t)fy come to nave noic clear he tray .' " a sesi offices upward turned one iv'iir by every heart itiurned i5v ruddy li^rlit is clearly rend on every brow the anxious dread a mother mid the bright lijrlit stan<th . her neek tijjht clasped by baby bunds and through roar and hiss not quite they miss lltr piteous frenzied cry lint mounting quick on high a hero springs his helm u st:ir of hope that flings a halo fur mid the lurid light for a moment lost then dimly sei'n as it irleiim on the si^'ht the curling wreath of smoke between i'p the ladder one rushed but three came down and the shining helm i a hero's crown ! vet heeih i«,t he what /.'<>)>!'■*«»/, //>■on bids thfiii e/eur the way chamber lountul ■■o a honimza king dyin james c t'l')()i)'.s romantic career from poverty to 1'rini ei.y affluence a dispatch from san francisco an nounces that news has reached that city that the millionaire james ('. hood is dying at heidelburg ger many mr flood went abroad some time ago to recuperate his health i which had been rapidly failing for some time past mr hood was one of the firm of bonanza kings whose rise from extreme poverty lo altluence is one of the romances of the age the other three were john vv mackav james gt fail and william s o'brien the lat ter died in 1878 mr flood was i ish by birth and went to california upon the outbreak of the gold fever in 184v he en gage 1 in mining with varying degrees of fortune until i860 when lie re moved to neva a where he has since resided and where be has it all times been extensively engaged in mining constructing huge quarts mills aiid | water works in 1h)7 he formed al copartnership with john v mackav lames i fair and william s o'brien which firm purchased the control of the bonanzas ; nd various other well known minis the yield of gold and silver from which while under the su periuteiidency of mr fair is estimated at about 250,000,000 mr flood was also extensively engaged in real estate and building in san francisco and was largely interested in various manufacturing enterprises on the i'a cih'e coast mr flood's wealth is estimated at about 25,000,000 his great fortune was originally acquired through the discovery of the existence of rich oiv.s at a great depth in the comstock lode a fact which was not then suspected lames j fair was superintendent for mr mackav and worked the diamond drill and when these lodes were struck by him in the california and consoli dated virginia claims worked by john : w mackay he was then shrewd enough to insist up m being let in the deal which was subsequently con summated with messrs flood and o'brien by which the stork nurket was cornered and the shares in these mines obtained for i son finally augmented into fabulous values flo hi & o'brien were at that time pro prietors of a famous saloon at san francisco an 1 had accumulated some capital by ventures in pointers in mining stocks and the immense wealth ot r this big four was acquired throii h their shrewd but quiet opera tions in cinn.stock lode stocks mr o'brien left at his death an im mense estate mr fair was eie ted to the tinted states senate from nevada where with mr mackav perhaps the richest of all he controlled the famous bank of nevada senator fair is a native of belfast scotch-irish by parentage mr mackav was born in dublin and belongs by birthstock to the people of the english isle it is a community of anglo-saxon origin : al ■more than celtic by and since tl.eir original transfer to the green isle mr flood was from one of the central counties and mr o'brien was from the west of ireland mr fair i was th one member of the bonanza tii m who had a good early education i nd he got that in america he was brought here at 12 years of age and went to california when he was ]'.). mr mackay is the eon of a dublin physician who left his home at 14 to seek a fortune in the golden state mr flood belonged to the tenant farmer and small shop-keeper class and o'brien was of irish cotters and labor ing stock both of them were the se | niors of fair and mackay the latter j being the youngest and he is the brightest of the four all four of these men in the early ' fifties were not possessed of means j enough t i build even a san francisco shanty when in i860 messrs fa r and mackav went to work in washoe | a the co-ustock cuiup was ti ; t called the one as a foreman and the other as a laboring miner they had only their wages to de[>eud upon flood and o'brien were keeping a whisky saloon j the saloonkeepers were thrifty and ; sagnacious while the two miners were industrious and determined in the course of ten years the mining men were superintendents at 500 a month each and by cautious ventures had ac ' cumulated some means the exist ence of great deposits in the california and consolidated virginia mines was known to fair and mackav long be ■f re the public had any idea thereof flood and o'brien were the business 1 friends of the two miners in some | way the share market was broken down and the holders of stock in the ' mines named were made anxious to j sell the operators who bought were the four men named when they came in contact a bonanzi was uncovered and tbev at once became enormously rich shares went from a few dollars ' to thousands jinl over from 1870 to 1879 230,000,000 was taken out of the ' comstock lode mr flood developed financial genius of a high order and this quality carried him to the head of ! the nevada b ink he launched ex tensively into house-building of which the most conspicuous example is his palace on nob hill san francisco the cost of which has run far into the millions the interior fitting and fur nishing is o real splendor the interior of the building is of the classic order of architecture composed of doric and io.iic placed on a mas sive podium with portico in front i fifty feet iodlt and porte cochere in the rear of similar dimensions the size of the building is v10 feet by 110 feet placed on a block 275 feet by 212 feet which is surrounded by a brown st iiio wall on three streets the same material as the mansion surmounted by a heavy bronze railing the grounds are entered through three massive bronze folding gates at various positions on the site the building was executed from designs and under the superin tendance of augustus la ver mr flood's architect m a » — ■— — ■he mi^ht hit a fature president shi the boy over said one man to another pointing to a ragged little fellow who had obstructed i never slap an american boy was the reply for i should never be cer tain that 1 was not slapping the face of the future president of the united s fates there's i heap of republican philoso phy in that from the log cabin and the hat come the great men of this country who would have looked fortlic imperial clay in the millbov of the slashes or the great lincoln in the ungainly rail splitter or for president johnson in the unlettered vagabond the american presidency conies most t-urely to men who do not seek it no man since andrew jackson has found the presidency through seeking cl:<y webster cas-s hendricks chase seward pendleton blaine sherman are but milestones in the long list of men who devoting their whole lives to the capture of this high office miss ed at last polk 11 larrison lincoln grant haves grarfield arthur are among those to whom it came un sought but the miracle of american poli tics has been and will be this when garh'eld died he did not know there was such a man living as the demo crat who succeeded him and his suc cessor cleveland was not an accident struck out of the he it of the conven tion he vva thalelib rate and admitted choice of his party t le logical and suc cessful nominee and yet when g ir lield the m in whose term he succeed ed died cleveland w is the quiet un known mayor of a small inland city — and not eveu his name had ever been heard by gr.irtield never strike an american boy or the mayor of a small inland town for you niiy be striking the future presi dent of this great republic mlbl moody presented a note tom folev the well-known billarj ist was in his prime on the top wave of success when d wight l moody came to chicago for the first time to hold his revival meetings one day while tom whs behind the bar having gone to help his men out during the noon rush the door opened and in cam moody he walked straight up to the b;ir and tom who did not know him ch iscd a little beer off the mahogony with a towel and asked vvhat'll it be sir the evangelist pulled a letter from his pocket and said mr foley i am lad that you have decided i o come over to ii 1 have your note here you have no note of mine that i ain't able to take up said tom eye ing him as though he thought him a deputy sheriff with an execution who are vou anyway i am moodv the evangelist don't swear in m.v presence young man well said tom 1 think one way and you think another — i'll go ray way and vou go yours wh it's that i never wrote y u any note some of the gang have been kidding you the evangelist tore up the note and walked s idly out some of the boys had signed tom's naui to it and had | written that he had attended a moody meeting desired to reform and give up hi business and solicited the call that th-e^yangelisi made chicago times we're au eight in the wert con'orkssjian mills tklls what we saw in indiana and illinois wasiiixqton oct 17 probably the members of the mouse who has l>een most in demand daring this cam paign and who is consequently the hardest worked is mr mills of texas and yet he seems to have suffered the least of any from the continual strain which he has been undergoing for the last month most of the campaign orators who drop into washington for a few days rest an 1 recuperation are hoarse in voice and wearied in expres sion with mr mi'ls however this is not so and indeed his travels about the country seems to have much im proved his health which at the time of his departure was not of the best he has just come from a stumping tour through indiana and illinois and from a short visit to his own texas district his stay here will be very short for he has another long circuit to make before election day comes around he will spend a week in new york state and has engagements to speak on saturday oct 20 at onemita at cohoes on monday following new burg on tuesday buffalo on wednes day syracuse on thursday and at binghamton on friday the 20th on the 27th he commences a week's tour of new jersey speaking every night until nov 1 on which day he will run down to texas to be present on elec tion day in his own district speaking to the star correspondent of his prospects for re-election mr mills said that although the republi cans had worked hard and spent mon ey in his district he would have no trouble i shall be elected said he with an increased majority in lbsc the prohibitionists reduced my majority of 1s84 but that was because many dem ocrats who favored prohibition voted with them thinking that they would still be able to retain their democratic allegiance this year tin se men are all c uning back into our ranks and the prohibition vote will suffer according ly 1 ' how about djraoentie prospects in indiana and illinois 1 indiana is surely for us by fifteen or twenty thousand there is no doubt about the result there harrison is not popular in the state he has not the qualities to make him a good run ning candidate the workingmen say that in the question between labor and capital he has always been on the wrong side and they will vote against him on that account the tariif ques tion is also influencing large numbers of voters in favor ( f the democratic ticket many republicans have de clared their intention of voting for tariff reform and i have not heard of one well authenticated instance of a democrat leaving his party on this issue in indiana the tide has set in oar direction strongly and we will win easily the greatest interest is manifested in the campaign throughout the state and the scenes at political meetings bam 1 ,' description i scarcely saw a wagon in indiana which did not con tain a band of musicians or was not covered with the flag and other em blems of one or the other polical party farmers coining from the country to sell their products in the towns and pur chase goods had their conveyances dec orated in this way the ladies wear bandanna dresses there is not a glee club or singing society in the state i fancy whose services have not been se cured by either the democrats or kf publicans at one place where i spoke there were no fewer than eleven glee clubs on the ground all is excitement ami politics i the democrats feel confident of gaining three congressmen in indiana in this fight they will be in the first district which is now represented by general hovey the eighth which mr johns n represents and the twelfth or fort wayne district from which through a democratic schism mr white was returned in 18s;5 tiie republicans will make no congresional gains u in illinois the democrats claim to be able to carry the state for cleveland i am afraid they will nut be able to do that but they will i believe elect polmer governor they are making a splendid fight the tar iff is the all absorbing subject then and as in other states the converts to tariff reform are numerous around and in chicago especi illy is this the the case large numbers of promi nent republicans some of them em ploying many hands have come out for cleveland on this issue we will i believe g;iiu two congressional dis tricts in illinois mr morrison's old district now represented bv john bi ker will be regained and mr formal the democratic candidate will beat maker worse thin baker beat morrison the tenth district which in 1886 went republican and elected mr post by a plurality of oniv twenty-nine votes we will also gain 1 the general tone of mr mills's con versation was most confident the tariff he says is a winning card for the democrats everywhere why said he i had a letter from the chair man of the democratic state central committee of ohio in which he sav that there are many converts ill tl at state to democracy on tljis all-absorb ing issue the poor man'i friend hexry wattkrson's glowixo tkibctb to thk president when hon henry wattemon re turned to his home at louisviile ky the early part of last week from a stamping tour through new england the middle and western states he was given a hearty welcome by his demo cratic fellow-citizens of the kentucky metropolis who admire him for his brains and love him for the enemies i he has made in spi e of the rain ; which poured in torrents the recep tion was a grand affair of course mr \\ atterson made a speech and of course it was a good one he never \ misses fire and he generally hits the i bull's eye after reviewing the politi ; cal situation and discussing the issues of the campaign at length mr wat j terson concluded his speech with a glowing tribute to president cleve land he said but fellow-democrats a truce to criticisms gratulations and predictions in what i have said i have sjmtken to the boys in the trenches as one of themselves let me in closing plant myself upon the higher broader piano of the patriot and the philosopher applause j taking the larger view of the present state of the country thus suggested and casting up fairly the balance siieet of parties i have not doubted and cannot doubt the re election of grover cleveland cheers you know that i have never been his panegyrist nor have i been going about the country singing his praises supporting him when he has been right opposing him when he lias been wrong observing tnvard him at all times in public and in private candor the most disinterested and en tire i can truly say that a president more upright in his purpose more in defatigable in his efforts and wholly devoted to the cause of the many as against the few never occupied the white house cheers if he be not the poor man's friend then the poor man never had a friend in office applause if he be not a representative of those masses of men who never expect to hold office or to look upon the face of a president then he is the greatest enigma who ever lived because from first to last ho has cut himself oil from that conven tional machinery and held the poli ticians at anus length and kept hi own counsels and written his own doc uments and gone his own gait re gardless of all ordinary considerations of prudence and sometimes regardless even of those personal amenities and concessions to policy which have be come axiomatic with the best as with t he worst men in public life if he be defeated it will be because the iik chauisin of politics is more potent than the self-organizing capacity of the electors if lie be defeated it will be because he lacked those airs and graces which rather become the cour tier and the demagogue than the chi f magistrate of these united states applause if he be defeat ed it will be because he has immolated himself upon the altars of the people anil defeated the king-makers ap plause j " but he will not be defeated cheers ) in spite of mischievous ob structions in spite of vicious legislation in spite of a dangerous surplus in the treasury he has given the country an administration so clean and so wise as to establish universal confidence and respect and through the universality of credit thus established has insured i good times almost in spite of fate i cheers j the great issue of revenue reform and reduced taxation which he has made his own like the walls of got aguin.st which the waves of the ocean beat in vain stands impregna ble against the billows of falsehood that have assailed him and it cheers there is no panic anywhere except among the itobb-r barons of pennsyl vania che the hope of a tariff scare among the wage earners has died like noxious vapors of an infected night before the jack frost of discus sion sp.irkling to the sunshine of truth cheers all that remains to those who have soil themselves to the devil of monopoly under the promise of a mess of pottage they will never enjoy is money cheers and when it comes in this country to a square fight be tween the eternal verities and the al mighty dollar between manhood iwiil machine good-bye to the machine cheers the aqeuducts of peru among the great wattr works of the world those in peru were in some respects the most difficult achievements of any the incas build uqiteiluct from the slopes of the andes for u distance of over 100 miles to the cap ital carrying the water through tun nels cut in the rocks and partly on arcades on supporting pillars of mason work to span valley the ch.inims be ing composed of cut stone without ce ment from these great aqueduct « br.mch conduit and and funrotvs went laid laterally for irrigation purposes scientific journal oar supply of public land at the present tinv in the united states there are remaining about 200 1)00,000 acres of pub i : land for the u e of the coming genemtio m of men du riii the la&t fiscal v r 2 ui3,gg3 i acres weft wuut off the list ul th..»fjv hojs
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1888-10-25 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 1888 |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 1 |
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Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
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Description | The Thursday, October 25, 1888 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Title | Carolina Watchman | |
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Date | 1888-10-25 | |
Month | 10 | |
Day | 25 | |
Year | 1888 | |
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Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury | |
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Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive | |
Description | An archive of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina | |
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i lie uaiolina wcitcliiri^n lt xx.-third series salisbury n c thursday october 25 1888 no 1 grand closing out sale preparatory to wmi i on business our entire stock of drv goods clothing slioes notions tin and glasswakr vill be closed out at & below cost this is the opportunity of a lifetime don't fail to c early and supply yourself for the winter n racket 0 0 d store 6jj svhfttoa0ttfmfiles ;; 1 soli n^hcyki - x | salisbury s i.w h reisner i jewel eft dmd =| l optician jf p e company r£^r a ■f _ p "^ strong company ; i patronaae^^sw^s reuable ' iiberal | jt vl assets - - s75o,ooo oo j allen brown ba'-dcnt flgent salisbury n 0 unfailing specific for liver disease s¥p f dt l 3q » hittor or 1>;»1 taste in wii.il ii,,..fci mouth tongue coated w&ite or covered with a hrown fur luiin in the back sides or joints often mistaken for rheumatism sour stomach loss of appetite sometimes nausea and wator i rash or indigestion ; flatulency and acid eructations bowels alternately costtvo and lax headache loss of memory with 1 a pa infill sensation of having ailed to do something which iwrht to have lieendone debility low spirits a thick yellow np 1'tarancc of the k:n ni)>!'■*«»/, //>■on bids thfiii e/eur the way chamber lountul ■■o a honimza king dyin james c t'l')()i)'.s romantic career from poverty to 1'rini ei.y affluence a dispatch from san francisco an nounces that news has reached that city that the millionaire james ('. hood is dying at heidelburg ger many mr flood went abroad some time ago to recuperate his health i which had been rapidly failing for some time past mr hood was one of the firm of bonanza kings whose rise from extreme poverty lo altluence is one of the romances of the age the other three were john vv mackav james gt fail and william s o'brien the lat ter died in 1878 mr flood was i ish by birth and went to california upon the outbreak of the gold fever in 184v he en gage 1 in mining with varying degrees of fortune until i860 when lie re moved to neva a where he has since resided and where be has it all times been extensively engaged in mining constructing huge quarts mills aiid | water works in 1h)7 he formed al copartnership with john v mackav lames i fair and william s o'brien which firm purchased the control of the bonanzas ; nd various other well known minis the yield of gold and silver from which while under the su periuteiidency of mr fair is estimated at about 250,000,000 mr flood was also extensively engaged in real estate and building in san francisco and was largely interested in various manufacturing enterprises on the i'a cih'e coast mr flood's wealth is estimated at about 25,000,000 his great fortune was originally acquired through the discovery of the existence of rich oiv.s at a great depth in the comstock lode a fact which was not then suspected lames j fair was superintendent for mr mackav and worked the diamond drill and when these lodes were struck by him in the california and consoli dated virginia claims worked by john : w mackay he was then shrewd enough to insist up m being let in the deal which was subsequently con summated with messrs flood and o'brien by which the stork nurket was cornered and the shares in these mines obtained for i son finally augmented into fabulous values flo hi & o'brien were at that time pro prietors of a famous saloon at san francisco an 1 had accumulated some capital by ventures in pointers in mining stocks and the immense wealth ot r this big four was acquired throii h their shrewd but quiet opera tions in cinn.stock lode stocks mr o'brien left at his death an im mense estate mr fair was eie ted to the tinted states senate from nevada where with mr mackav perhaps the richest of all he controlled the famous bank of nevada senator fair is a native of belfast scotch-irish by parentage mr mackav was born in dublin and belongs by birthstock to the people of the english isle it is a community of anglo-saxon origin : al ■more than celtic by and since tl.eir original transfer to the green isle mr flood was from one of the central counties and mr o'brien was from the west of ireland mr fair i was th one member of the bonanza tii m who had a good early education i nd he got that in america he was brought here at 12 years of age and went to california when he was ]'.). mr mackay is the eon of a dublin physician who left his home at 14 to seek a fortune in the golden state mr flood belonged to the tenant farmer and small shop-keeper class and o'brien was of irish cotters and labor ing stock both of them were the se | niors of fair and mackay the latter j being the youngest and he is the brightest of the four all four of these men in the early ' fifties were not possessed of means j enough t i build even a san francisco shanty when in i860 messrs fa r and mackav went to work in washoe | a the co-ustock cuiup was ti ; t called the one as a foreman and the other as a laboring miner they had only their wages to de[>eud upon flood and o'brien were keeping a whisky saloon j the saloonkeepers were thrifty and ; sagnacious while the two miners were industrious and determined in the course of ten years the mining men were superintendents at 500 a month each and by cautious ventures had ac ' cumulated some means the exist ence of great deposits in the california and consolidated virginia mines was known to fair and mackav long be ■f re the public had any idea thereof flood and o'brien were the business 1 friends of the two miners in some | way the share market was broken down and the holders of stock in the ' mines named were made anxious to j sell the operators who bought were the four men named when they came in contact a bonanzi was uncovered and tbev at once became enormously rich shares went from a few dollars ' to thousands jinl over from 1870 to 1879 230,000,000 was taken out of the ' comstock lode mr flood developed financial genius of a high order and this quality carried him to the head of ! the nevada b ink he launched ex tensively into house-building of which the most conspicuous example is his palace on nob hill san francisco the cost of which has run far into the millions the interior fitting and fur nishing is o real splendor the interior of the building is of the classic order of architecture composed of doric and io.iic placed on a mas sive podium with portico in front i fifty feet iodlt and porte cochere in the rear of similar dimensions the size of the building is v10 feet by 110 feet placed on a block 275 feet by 212 feet which is surrounded by a brown st iiio wall on three streets the same material as the mansion surmounted by a heavy bronze railing the grounds are entered through three massive bronze folding gates at various positions on the site the building was executed from designs and under the superin tendance of augustus la ver mr flood's architect m a » — ■— — ■he mi^ht hit a fature president shi the boy over said one man to another pointing to a ragged little fellow who had obstructed i never slap an american boy was the reply for i should never be cer tain that 1 was not slapping the face of the future president of the united s fates there's i heap of republican philoso phy in that from the log cabin and the hat come the great men of this country who would have looked fortlic imperial clay in the millbov of the slashes or the great lincoln in the ungainly rail splitter or for president johnson in the unlettered vagabond the american presidency conies most t-urely to men who do not seek it no man since andrew jackson has found the presidency through seeking cl: | |