Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-20

The 01eos1oeeneooo - New Y0eal
1sso ~ Usv Tssk olGiss4
Il ionss gsnssuny known ~ - yest
= the present tin,s esatsies esaf1 moa
- mio1BS . invsosraae end 6psFaMd oe9D
On secos1, end q ~ bed $3.50 ~ eeold oite
sssiss u pessssiss - svasses aa1 wealth
Wttch vesld make The rea1es shuddss.-
Many u thee missss ars cd business osa
who hovs withdrawn lsvm oseive iasb end
eth seep up theis fadsd nd Wsaa6er sQin.
I'd signs, and beneath ths orb u tsad0 ply
Dir 1saeg aaviag haki1ss 1Asso0A Oil
Re found .issing solitary in dingy s@css,
0llo1 oith esbw0eo end 6ADsk - dke 1ns,
., years. Money -bosrow. n know whore 10
90, and here IN. se pale ard thread bare fvs-
sils roesrve she best socusttiss ier their daily
1oens. Uone u thess holf starved wretcheu
whose trembling hands css hardly slsn .
clssck, can draw for su0s sAae weld shake
q bonk. On q H. richest men b ehe city
il now 10 b ieund IN just aeoh 1iagy hole
o. ~ have described, where be loans enof
NOUS sums daily. lie Vas . merchant once.
and his old sign 10 still up; and inside oil
thiags .e0ain % they wese half century
go He su6sss daily sbe a. ccmfusts oi
IN. but III this h compsnsated for Ly the
pleasure Of accumulation. "They cooe 10
me % bee," mid The Old mas 20 a. acquain.
lance, and there's not b~ggsr IL New
York that doesn't live ss we'll ~ do'-a
s'sesmens ttat Was quise true.
4 spsdnsa oG shs beeser eissa q this ee-
nun Was gisea in the late exchange place
robbery, where Rufus Lord, . man up
wards 81 four.sesse. Wss the solitary ecu.
pant " en- Ollse WiicA csatained 6elWeen
d .eeo,0 go and % .00o, 700 IA ssocks and s~-
cusMsso- sh biz eWa. Here this old man
sss. dsy after day, accommodating 1t the ,ais
Of ~ 900 per wsck no doubt hoping in due
Tune 70 oct rich. Sueh h0ord Was wsgoh
ssppiog. and ~ - Uasous q ~ aeated
aid most successful ever doEe in Nse
York.
The laas Ssephsn Whitney was . striking
instance OF the Commercial mioee. When
Ne knew him be had nads about 11o, OOo,
900, and At the age Of % was Try ing hard to
1T rich. The person and cesnienance Of
the wretclsed nen we're . study. The
tse0slous form. the shospsnsd featvres ed
the solieitous eye. told Of the ope idea whic
mastered his sonl. NJ. Whitney Vas, in
hts day, - be seen hsbituslly in Wall ST.,
picking his way along among the brokers'
q d sharpess, and buying nosea, Of which
he wss good judge. He bought none but
The hest, and seldom made . bod pnrehase
HE s"n-in-lsw vas 10 heavy business, but
his paper wss not considered first rate,
The only shaace Of hi. success being that
the old man would keep HIM up. This
chaos We used TO bear olien dlscuased, and
m its probabilities Ills paper found msr.
kct. Bus the old man did not keep him up.
and he showed h,mseif too sharp 10 be kul.
cd By - neAr selaeise. nf. whitney Vas
something Of . politician, end on one 9eca
ion the leaders Of his party cane With IN
spplseAtiso fos fnnda for eiectioneeeine Dur
possa. "6sntlsmsn." wss he reply, II an
with you heart and body. Az far money,
have none; bot to help along. will cone
and ut Up Il night and "a 6o1loo."
Ss0e Of thsss New Yurk oaauss ~ N.
terly recluse, while o:hess are social and Of
ten uest 70 discuss methods Of 0oosy me-
king. The group oecassenally eeen 10 cer.
iain old soobssy, wAsss Ssw millions are
Represented IN hungry forms and ssedy raj
ment, would be study for On artiss. The
great complaint with this ciass 10 thas s'in.
issess 10 devn, money 10 esssp. M tie
county 10 going y rum. Only he psv
cent. on good paper. and liz on bond and
mortgage; and ~ for Z aO's, they pay we'll
snoogh, but oae may get bic threat cut
:sktng care Of them. The worlds made up
Of thieves md began, and there 10 no ".
Of trying to get along"
A MDTHOD OF ExrIN0uisniNG FlsEs.-In
1904 coal mine in Scotland, which could
not 30 reached by water caught Gre. I.
burned for thirty years. isfll,ng al the 81.
sosts made 10 sxtinsu,sh il until finally, in
1884, On eminent engineer, Mr.. Goldswor,hv
Gu, ney. undertook the task Of putting L
out. lie covered all the openings Of the
mine, leaving only two hole. into ono OF
which he forced steam, mingled With the
products Of tho combustion OF coke fire.
which generated impure carbonic acid
In six weeks the fire was exiting uisned. and
then new difficulty presented itseIf-how
to cool the heated mlne So that when fresh
air Vas re-admtted combustion would not
again 6sgin This Was however, effected by
m'x'ng the spray Of water With The Jet OF
suffocasing gas. \ process like this will ex
eirgu'sh any fire when the cir can be KEEP,
"st Of burning buildings. and il the gas i.
cell purified, II will not soil goods that may
be- contained in them.