The Mineral argus., 1885-06-25


their own streets, and. nOblesse Oblige,
facing with his sweet-faced wife snarl-
ing mObs and bowling hell-hOunds.
The other, in ripe middle age. is abso-
lutte controller and director If the
most successful morning paper on the
face of the globe, and the most pros
porous evening newspaper in the city
Of New York. Rich hey Ond the dream
of avarice. his potency for good or
evil can not be exaggerated. Fortu-
nately. his tastes, his inclination. his
wide horizon of education, his inter-
ests. lead him to take hold Of the right
hand Of public good and general veal.
and do all that in his power lies to
help them upon a firm foundation.
without which the most deserving en-
terprise can not hope to stand. Who
believes that Albert Edward, prince Of
Wales, could by any inherent virtue.
talent. or whatnOt, have placed him.
self upon the broad pinnacle ne Occu-
pies. unaided, to-day? Who believes
that James Gordon Bennett. with all
his native shrewdness, with his mar
velously quick perceptions Of right
and wrong. with his sound judgment
as to men, with his as yet unequaled
spirit Of enterprise, could, unaided by
the circumstances which surrounded
him from his very birth, have placed
himself Mt his present age in the very
van Of the round worlds journalism?
A very clever, bright. quick-witted.
well-meaniLg young man is George
Gould, eldest son of Jay Gould.
SnOw him we'll. l like him much.
see before him field of enterprise,
benevOlence, accumulation, humanity.
beneiicence. unequaled, by that which
unfOlds itself to the upstepping Of any
young man in the United States. He
Is vice president of the Western Union
Telegraph company, itself position
If which many man old enough 10
he his grandfather, and ten times
brighter than he. might we'll be proud.
He holds responsible position in a
score of great corporations, any one
of which might well round the ambi-
ton of much older and ADLER men.
but there he stands. Circumstances
have put him there. 1t isn't ques-
ton whether he can: by George. he
has. 1t is't q question of what he may
possibly get, there Is no denying it; he
has it. His feet are on the step and
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to turn the handle and the door wide
open springs. with prospect before
him so bright. SO glittering. 80 bril-
liant In its temptation and its POSSIBLE
tiles that he must be an archangel, in
deed, who can reprcss a feeling OF en-.
Wy that he too, was not accorded such
circumstances as these. There Is one
good thing about this living OF ours.
No possibility exists that can make
two and two anything but four. II
makes no difference who my father Is
who my children are, my writing goes
for what it is worth. Little Tommy
Jones may say it il tho best that Il
printed, and poor old William SnOOki
may say it Is the veriest rot that was
ever published. Facts cannot be alter
ed. NV two and two make four every
time. Overpraise does me no good
Detraction does me NO harm, and as Il
is with me, so with the humblest and
the most expert in our profession. W.
stand or fall by what we do. Circum
:.ape Z! esys aS!a1pf si2ls!s|S y
stances may gain lawyers clients. may
place clergymen in pulpits, may fine
eligible partnerships for doctors, 81
that they get patients prematurely
but the writer never yet lived WHIT
found access to the columns of we'll
conducted paper because he hat
friends in the editOrial-rOoms, and NJ
writer was ever kept out of news
paper, properly conducted, because HI
had people in the editOrial-rOOm whit
didn't like him. Circumstances nigh
come to me. with money galore, ant
offer me opportunities for the starting
of newspaper-and let me remark
en- PEASANT, that nothing is easier thar
the starting Of newspaper. the dill
Guilty being to keep it agOing. Cir
cumstances might Gordon mo will
wealthy friends and rich hackers, bu
they couldn't teach me to write an,
better than l do, and they cOuldn'
pardon the coinage. unteach me wha
little ] know.
Writers, as rule, have but little t
be thankful for, but this can not b.
taken from us. We stand each on hi
own feet.