Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17

that he was interested in its making, as he
had little plantation of 100000 acres Of his
own in South California 1t is nothing
said he, with a shrug Of his shoulders, and
will put in next year twice as much more
An Englishman who lived in Egypt listened
to the story, and could hardly believe it, as
he did not think the climate of California
would produce sugar. When he noticed,
however, the style with which Fair Travelled,
and heard that he was a Rocky mountain
millionaire, he was forced to believe him.
'In Cairo Fair stopped at Shepherds hotel
He took drives every Friday on Shubra
avenue, which is the Rotten Row of Egypt.
It is here the custom that the khedive usually
bows to strangers, and when Fair passed him
one day with friend in his carriage the
khedive touched his hat, and Fair turned to
his friend and said: You see, he knows me:
and, indeed, he is not bad fellow at heart,
though he does squeeze these fellahin.'
ut was at Baden Baden" =" my friend went
on that Fair made his famous be. at rou-
lette. The Prince of Wales played at the
same table, and Fair played against him,
doubling his stakes and breaking the bank
Wherever he went be bought pictures of
places and character sketches and when he
returned be would facetiously say to his
friends that he made these himself Not long
AGO Justice Stephen Field was talking to him
of his travels, and he said: Mr. Fair, ! did not
know that you were an amateur photog-
rapher.'
Fair replied, Yes, 1t isvery easy, and is
very interesting, and l carried camera with
me on my tour around the world Ny pho
tographs are better than those Of Stanford's
horses, and, in fact, you get a better light in
the east than you do in America, and none
of the views have taken ever fade
"'But how could you carry your fluids
with YOU TO develop your platesP
"'Oh,' responded Fair, with wink TO a
friend who knew he was guying Judge Field,
I use the dry process, and developed my
plates when i came home on the steamer,
making dark room of my cabin by fitting
a piece of yellow glass in the porthole win
dowp
"Jim Fair continued the judge, lis
queer hand in his business. His voice is soft,
and his words come out as though be had
piece of slippery elm under his tongue. He
does not believe in harsh methods, and he
never gets angry. He is ready to promise
anything, provided the uime of fulfillment is
distant, trusting to fortune to enable him to
either accomplish the ends asked FOR or to
get gracefully out Of the bargain. He is
slyer than a politician in his workings with
his employees, and they tell numerous stories
of his actions at Virginia City, New. 1t ;s,
you know, most dangerous to have fire used
in the mines, and smoking is absolutely pro-
hibited. Fair often visits his mines in per
son, and one day he noted the smell Of burn
ing tobacco. He at once put on an air Of
sickness, put his hands over his stomach and
said to the men that he felt very badly.
"'I would like said he, to the one he sus-
pected, ito have something to smoke am
overcome with nausea, and the only relief
can get in such cases is tobacco. wish I
had n smoke; have you q pipe somewhere
abe-t your
The man was anxious to please, and the
alacrity with which he went to q dark corner
showed that he expected promotion. he
brought out bis pipe and handed it to Fair.
The red Goals still burned within it, and its
bowl was still warm. Fair took the pipe,
and asked the man If it was his He replied
that it was, and that evening he received his
discharge.
Among the most profitable investments
of Fair" continued tie judge from Cali.
fornia. was the Virginia City ulterworks,
of which he had the monopoly, and for
the use of which he charged very high prices.
This was a necessity from the cost
of the works, cs we'll cs from the
addition which they r1ade 20 Fairs income
In somo cases, as high ns 500 month
was, it Is said, charged os water rents, end
TIE railroad paid tao enormous sum Of 81 900
a month. This railroad YES owned largely
b. D. o. Mills, and, according 10 tho story
Far did not like Mills Mills thought lie
was PAYING too much for his water, ead b,
sent his man to see Fair. Fair received hio
kindly, as usual, and said he was sorry the
had been ch rging him too much for the
water He id not know what tie rates
were and he had nothing to do with it.
And he went on, lets see What do
they charge yOuf
".A cool thousand month"; said Mills
agent
"'Whati A thousand month"; said Fair,
as he leaned back in his chair. Only thou
sand month for all those locOmotivesf They
are crazy, and / will attend TO the matter at
once. | think, however, the bill will be
higher than now, for a thor:sand a month is
a bagatelle for all that watAr' He straight
way d. ubled the rental, and Mills had to
have water, and paid it.
Senator Fairs wife is living in San Fran
cisco. She got more than a ,0O0, 900 after her
divorce, and Fair respects her memory. Fair
does not go into society as mucn now as |