The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-13

"a ed in cluyci.ation, and tile American
traveller found his companion 10 boa man
Of much more tiinu u~upl intelligence. and
very VILLAS 10 rive him information re-
gardiu9 the rrrion through which they
were jouTurving, and also concerning
Mexico and Mexican affairs generally.
After a time Ill, officer chauciug 10 lit his
hat, the American observed thnt while his
hair was, us a whole, raven black, there
was one broad lock Of II OF q snowy white
ness. The on,ct was very singular aud
striking Noncinr the glance Of the
American. Hud understanding to what il
was directed, tho Mexican touched the
white lock and said thpt Il involved tale.
Then hc toll how, when engaged again
one OF tho frequent insurEout movements
in McXirl, hc had. whilc riding ont alone,
far f,om his camp, been surprised by q
band of the bloodthirsty followers Of the
revolving chief. and chased for miles,
while bulle:s wh.tl al ont his hrad. At
last H. recognized in front broad anu
dangerous chl-n iu the rocks, at the bot
tom of WHICH, huni eds of feet down. he
knew li,ilc stream rushed. II was les
pcratc jump to take. hut hc know his pur-
sucrs were cl1sout hard, and 40 lac ground
his spnrs iuto hi- horsc, and shutting his
eyes, made the plunge H. iu.i gained
the other sidc his horse hind legs ioucl-
rng the very edge of the pretlpce when
next the Mexican booked ut himself in the
glass, lac found TINT one broad lock cf his
hair had turned perfectly white, while the
rest kept its original hmcbn'-..
Tins is only one az the many instances
which might be ad luccl 10 show TINT
great mental agony or experience of NOR
tai peril does somutlurs IN few bours
bleach the hair until il has the whitcncss of
advanced ago. There is among others the
story Of the change of MARIE ANTol-
NrrrE's beautiful locks in single nilht of
exquisite mental rack. Bat SO far as we
know, there are not many recorded eases
of desperately tried persons losing his
eyebrows MS the immediate consequence OF
his sufIerings. This is what makes the
case Of JAY GouLp SO remarkable, SO in
tore>ting, ami so instructive.
If an ordinary man should suddenly lose
his eyebrows, the misfortune might greatly
annoy him aud his immediate family.
If man with exceptionally handsome
eyebrows should lose them, he might feel
quite inconsolablc. ana rcfusc TO appear in
public SO wofully bcroft OF Il strong point
of his personal beauty. fine young editor,
for instance, should lose his eyebrows, he
would not be 80 flitcl So now to shine M
that peculiar Society from Which gentle
men Ike Mr.. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD are.
according 70 his account. excluded. 4 man
may have u Powerful Mind, but for FASH
.onahlc purposes that does not compensate
for the los of his eyebrows. SIM the
calamity is compare lively slight in these
cases. In that of JAY GocLD. il was Of
far-rcachius cons, Gu'uce. Tho monetary
centres 81 the world were a-itatol Ivy The
question, Why ha. JAY Could lost ms
cychroW-f
We long ago gave The reason. THE cc-
iucnt ininc.,r s. loaded up with Union
Pacific, Pacific Mail, aud tall-towcr stocks.
He las been long held in suspense as 20
whether the deep water into which he has
ventured VIII float linn OF 10 the Islands OF
plenty, or drown him in their gurghug
depths. His mind has been constantly on
the stretch. His pcrccptlye faculties, the
bumps of which the phrenoloGists put over
harassCd. The young editor must ho re-
ceivCd and instructed. Tho tall-iowcr ac-
counts reveal n sad state Of thing IN the
stock olhiug organ. The Sul reno Court
was slow n rendering it, decision in the
Union Pacific case. CHARLEY Osborn and
th' rest of ms brokers w,rc Getting rCetlyn.
TRESoR PARK was worrying him. TIM
Sun had destroyed the influence of hi
TnbHuC, and his yolaS editorial stool
pigeon was writing swash that almost
drove him wild. Nobody hal any COM
passion FOR him. lie might BE- ruined any
day. No wonder lac was Frustrated and
lot hi, eyebrows.
Happy ii was for many Of those asso-
ciatcd with HIM ia his predatory scho.ues
that he came on without losing something
more and dearcr than ms cyebrows-cyen
his whole property. Where would the
tall tower have been then Where Union
Pacific, whore Pacific Mail But now
JAY GoCLD has SO far escaped with moth
ing but slight damage 10 his personal
appearance. He is not vain man. His
eyebrows never helped him AT all In stock
speculation. TLcy added not Il cent 10 his
possessions, ana they can take away not n
cent. stock gnnblcr, for the purpn.es
OF his occupation, ia just n wcll OF with
out rs with eyebrows. We advise no one
10 think that II Is going to be any easier
TO corner JAY GoULD because lie no longer
has his eyebrows. sun, There is u lesson in
the calamity. Don't unde too much.
ana especially beware OF investing money
in buying papers 20 run rs stock iohhng