Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-09-25
A EbLSPzCAE3EE CHARACTER
McEwen Kmpaies old Nicholas
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T McEwen Kmpales old Nichola,
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J Arthur McEwen in his letters te
the Bee has a happy knsck Of
holding up to public scorn the des.
picable millionaires of San Fran
cisco. He pictures the grasping,
wretched, contemplate crew in all
their vileness, topples them from
their pedestals and tramples them
in the common dust. He thus
shows up one of the most despic-
able characters of San Francisco {:
AN INTERESTING CHARACTER,
l think one o. the most amusing
characters in San Francisco is
Nicholas Luning, the great capital
list, real estate owner and money
loaner. He has all the outward
appearance of a man, but is in real
ity only a money making machine.
The one end and aim is to accum-
ulate wealth. OF that he thinks
when he is awake, and of that he
dreams when he sleeps. The only
music to his ear is the jingle of
coin, the only landscape which is
beautiful to his eye is ranch on
which he has a first mortgage, the
only beautiful face to him is that
of Liberty on gold coin, and the
only form that meets with his ad-
miration is the legal form of deed
to real estate, mortgage, bill of
sale, or promissory note-with a
good endorser. His favorite motto |
is I'm God We Trust" but it must
be printed on gold or silver, and he
thinks it should be changed to In
This God We Trust" He is said
to have more available capital than
any other man on the Pacific coast
and he always stands ready to loan
it to his friends-on good security
and at a high rate of interest. He
has his loves and hates like ordi-
nary men. He loves money and he
hates men who do not pay their
interest promptly. He has his own
religion, he worships the golden
:alf but he is not bigoted. He
would loan a church money on its
if the property be good,
Of denomination. He
s not proud, for he is meyer seen
riding in carriages like the purse
proud sons of wealth. 1t is cheap
IF to walk.
He walks great deal, and it is
interesting to see him stand in
'ront of a building in course Of
He gazes on it with q
critical eye, and takes in its every
letail, SO that when the owner
comes to him he will be better
lble to estimate the value of the
He will stand
ooking over the fence into a vacant
Of for half an hour at a time, and
he sad loving look on his face re-
minds one of mother at the grave
f her child. The look of love rep
esents his feeling for the lot, the
adness his regret that it is not his
r that he has not mortgage on it
lie has many children who look
onward to the day when he will be
altered to his fathers with feel
ng of great sadness. They con-
ider that day a long way off, and
: they do not weep at his grave it
ill be because the fountain of
eals will have been dried up long
efore that time by age and the
rials which poverty brings to the
hildren of men. We weep for
~ as we'll as grief but only when
C are young, or have passed an
asy life, that has not hardened
he susceptibilities. He has but
ne son now living. The last time O
heard of him he was earning his
wing as an elevator boy in Chicago
[e did not inherit his fathers abil-
y to make money, but had a per-
ct genius for. spending it. His IT
.ther does not admire that kind
genius. He has several daugb- "
rs, all but one married, and ac-
riding to the old gentleman's idea
IT we'll married. Whether they
ave any genius for saving or ~
lending money is not known; they "
,ver had any opportunity for de- "
doping either faculty.