Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-11

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trength, for he would need it all before he
lot through with his antagonist. Now the
,ull began to exhibit his wrath. He writhed, |
nd hooked, and stamped. One instant the
audience expected to see poor Joe dangling
rom his horns, and the next trampled help
ess beneath his feet But JOS chung as he
would cling to q life line In a fearful surf
During the intervals of the bulls violence,
as in the water on it's ebb, he struck gallant
y upon his feet Each time he did SO, cries |
of Bravo bravo' rent the air. The bull |
continued to put forth still greater power. |
nately he jerked and swung Joe from his feet !
and fairly spun him through the air. The
pavilion tossed and reeled, and whirled be-
fore Joe's giddy sight Round and round
flew the bull as in race for life. Several
times he completed the circuit of the ring; a
circle of dust rose from his track and hung
over it like wreath of smoke.
How Joe held on He feared he could
not endure the shock and st, ain for minute
longer, and he dreaded to let go. He began
to lament his rashness. But all at once the
bulls speed slackened. Joe felt thrill of
gratitude as his feet once more touched the
ground. He was tired of flying and
very glad to run. The bull, convinced that
he could not liberate his horn from Joe's un-
yielding grip came to halt and with disap
pointed anger began to paw the ground. Joe
had longed for this disadvantage, which,
the close of fight, and he sprang directly in
front of him and firmly grasped both his
horns &C Bravo! bravoi' rent the air. Joe
braced himself and waited, and when the bull
threw his foot high in the air with its little
cloud of dust by a quick, powerful move
mant, Joe twisted his head to one side SO
strongly that the fierce animal was thrown
off his balance, and fell heavily upon his
side.
score of men rushed in to hold him down
until he should be secured; then he was
rolled and taken triumphantly from the ring.
Joe almost deafened by the applause
He suddenly found himself hero in the es-
timation of the audience, and was over
whelmed by the outbursts of enthusiasm
| He was not allowed to leave the ring until
he had been led to the royal box, where the
queen, with her own hand, passed him a
| beautiful bouquet. She also extended to
him an invitation to come to the palace,
where she herself would receive the brave
American boy.
The GoId-Greedy Old Men of Gotham.
| New York Correspondence St. Louis Republican.
| The gold hunting that forms the passion
| of most men in the metropolis is not dimmed
by age. except in instances where man has
| the resolution to stop when he has got
| enough, and the decision of character to
spend his declining days in quiet enjoyment
It is oft, said that avarice is the strongest
haunts of business one is struck by the mum
| Der of aged and infirm men who are in pur
4 suit of wealth with more acerbity of spirit
| than the younger men about them. Then
| orbit of life is the size of dollar. They
| move about in it day by day until a law Of
nature carries them out into boundless space
| and darkness. There is spectacle of beau
| tiful old age to be in this city. The ba
| bies on the avenues in the morning or in the
| park, attract the eye. The youths at play
get glance; the strong young men ane
| graceful young women engage the attention
and the great tide of humanity on its ebt
| and flow to and from business fills out thu
| picture, but there is no repose and serene
| contentment to be seen among the aged
| The old Romans used to kill the old men. II
modern Gotham the practical result Is no
| much different. The old men are laughet
out of clubs they are slowed away in tn
| top room next to the servants in the mansion
| of their sons daughters; they are Otter
put into some home for the aged where the.
will not trouble their relatives or they ar
declared insane, to prevent their consump
ton of their own property, or their making
will in resentment for neglect. 1t is Ger
tainly misfortune to be old in New York
and to be physically dependent upon 9th
ers.
It therefore turns out to be a sort of self
protection to keep in business until the cl1cl
of the reaper's scythe. The mind grows b,
what it feeds upon, and it is remarkable wha
thirst for gold marks the lives of the age
men. You will not see them by the sea, o
| in the parks at rest and those you see a
Saratoga are of the richest type, with govt.
limbs but firm mental grasp upon the es
| tates. A physician of much practice among
the aged says that he finds most millionaire
in their last days are haunted by the fear 0
dying poor. millionaire committed suicid
| not long ago in this city. The fact was hush
ed up and was kept out of the newspapers il
its true light. He had given up business
had started upon a life of ease and retirement
had over 5000 900 in government bonds, an
| was in position to be of use to his fellow
| men. His mind had been contracted to
! long to expand and be began after sho1
| time to cut down his household expenses
I and refused to eat steak because he could not
| he said afford it. The reduction of interes
t to per cent on government bonds, he cor
! | tended, robbed him of third of his proper
3 | ty in one year and in two years most all of
would be gone, and he would die in the poo
? house. No argument could change him, an
at length he took Paris green, and when tt
4 | physician arrived he exclaimed with an oat
O | and laugh: 'I have got three hours ii
g start of you told you that was not g
Q ing to Gle a poor mani" Another rich MAJ
| who recently died, practically starved himse
, | to death, and he did not have money enoue
| in the house to buy Grape for the door bel
| yet be had 500, 900 in cash idle in a bank, ar
g his sons are now fighting over his propert
o | The impetus given to the passion for none
i getting in New York is SO strong that a ms
either pursues the purpose until he gets u
It on his death-bed, or he shrivels up in mi1
;, and spirit to be miser as soon as he ceas
6 to have something to do: The number
:. ! aged men who are devoting the last years
a | their lives to making life easier for others
q very small in this busy city.