The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-16

= @ff~esE ssz4s ~ SSt<kf<at nS5zs fH5lI9 on
the stage
i notable parsonage on the
Streets. IN the courts ard about town
generally Is Gea. Roger a. Pryor,
WkC<t 553Eurc and dress would otsrart
attention anywhere, not isecense OF
any pe5autse or peculiar ssfad EysEf
fos the generally striking iyas7iiyi.s rsaiifs
Efksfls marks ham cut frx1a the eros.ia
sI ordinary locking peapse- HIS tan,
eDsnpscs Form, dark ska. long s.,ars
hair, large, inminsna DARK eves- GER
Iais plain, open cxEntenanee. flrssssgs,ss
manner and alert. ySvs-y,s1e 4ssass -.
carTiage and gait. proclaim hss1 d man
OF tote. Ard 90. verify. he Il ue
vas prominent in sseial. noiit;f..i aIsa
prslfession1; circles I'm Virginia lefore
ffif VA. served the Confectionery veI.
as = brave, dashing and elective milf
kary commander, and when the strife
Was ctostsa he displayed exceptionally
rsft goosi sense IN adapting himself To
TIE ehange OF circumstance iaaried
tst hatehet. smoked the calumet ssE
psf'cs--cssHae 70 The metropolis AMI
assumed prominence amoEg the brill
iang- popular aud successful lawyers
of fse great city. Although Dow well
eiong IL the SIXTIES. BE looks almost
Iso decades Younger. Is In splendid
pm seal condition. and enjoys the re-
specf and appreciation of the commit
nifty. II would be difficult 10 find as
cofgeniai and entertaining cofnpar-
ION.
4. Everybody turns as they walk 10
gaze upon huge-hesded. long. heavy
bearded. ponder0asIy-b built naass PROM
obi tsxx . he. 81
wtnsn Informed OF his identity. 1t Is
the Eey. Joe Cook, the theological
mastodeTi OF Boston. He makes the
children think OF Goliath going out TO
light David, or as Jack the Giant
Killer. He stalks along like GuIliYer
among the LilEpEtian~. and seems to
feel that the universe was stored
away in his vest pocket.
One Of fhe oldest OF great ruen---one
of the HsoSt ultra types OF the genuine
thoroughbred Yankee, and one II the
most olItre Gf individuaIities doomed
up ia view al the Fifth-avenae hotel
the other day. His figure Is almost
Understandable, bat at 1Hice and for ell
remarkable, and his face " puzzle.
When he puts his weashers3ye on you
the other is scanning oslIiquely. hut
no judge Of human nature viii see
anything very coInical about hirn ex-
eepI that one "aslantS csc, and, al
though he /. bulky and poneiersus,
yet WHEN he stands up before an audi
ence ir q courtroom. or elAew here
and yeu hear his pyrotechnieai ora
tory, you begin 10 metamapho<e him
into u handsome man. "Who Is that
bald headed. blink-eyed old tadpole
across The half" inquired a grizzlea
Texan OF New Orleans man. both OF
~hefn arg ex-Goufederafe veterans
THAT yer old enss il Ben Butler. my
boy and hes hummer. v8u bets Do
know him--eh? You Just bet do
that ! was in New Orleans when
he ruled the roost, and he just did rule
--you bet There never was such a
government ia the old Crescent City,
before nor since. ] didn't Ike him
much then, OF course, and some
things he did | don't ike any better
now Bat | often wish he was in COM
maBd down there again, cause he'd
strengthen out a good many crooked
things. No use taikin', | tell yer, old
Ben's q hummer, he IL
The redoubtabie warrior Is now II
years old. but there are no gray hairs
rs crown Of glory 10 his head" for
| his Zig pate il as barren ~ hirsute
growth rs in days of yore, but he in
in prime, vigorous condition. always
on the alert. enjoying life in his hap
py- go.easy, easy -go-qnick stylc, ever
busy in law. letters and finance. His
conversation Is as racy aud animated
and his versatility as great as ever.
lie IL u great many years this side OF
| fossiiizing, and is IN every respect a
capital specimen OF the true genus
"down-Elister.
Quite recently gentleman OF medi-
um stature. slender but symmcsricaily
built. and rather plain in features,
walks unconcernedly into the large
cafe at Deimonico's and seats,timseIf at
one of the most remote tables. For a
| time be gIances over morning news
paper then orders modest Eng
lish chop, with coffee, and
eats Il leisurely and with
draws as unostentationsly as he en-
tered, having had no especial attention
from the servant who waited upor his
table. Just opposite on the other side
OF the room sits young and shewy
dude, who very tremendously orders
and iawdies over an elaborate break
Hast. with am accompanying cham
l ItEnt GDNht2}t- hf NAtAtt fAtH tftht
shseuuinus attention and the dandy
slim departs with an air of much con-
sequence The first party was Mr..
lJlhn Jacob Assor. Jr, the .'heir APP
parent OF the ceaselessly aggregating
millions OF one of the wealthiest fanni-
lies on the face Of the globe.
The Second party was the son OF a
'tsiaidy' millionaire. utterly nn~
known except 10 the circle of well-to-
do upstairs. who. with few hundred
thousand dollars, swell and strut
| about townsapd haunt money spend
ing places with prodigsously painful
pomposisy. strongly suggestive OF The
| earieasure of IAN ass III lion =
1 skin.
| Speaking OF the Astor family re-
minds me of the rumors in circulation
| 10 the effect that Mr.. William Wsld-
OFF Asier was writing play. IL had
been ant.mated that tho ex minister 20
Italy was about 10 dramatic has novel
I'sVanentinc. This. however, he de-
MES, saying 10 reporter; "tDforfu-
aslely for me. | have no gilt for play
writing, and, even IL i had, my attefi-
ton Il too fuIly occupied with other
things at present Whatever other
| literary work | may have In hand, L
have no intention al writing play.
Just rs We had passed Jay Gould,
| while | was walking with an aged
| friend. the latter pointed toward the
great ilmancier and said Long be.
fore you were born, and when | was
bat boy. my father once directed my
attss.tion 20 an elderly German bent
over with years, and remarked that
there was the unty millionaire in the
United States. That staid, plain, epsn-
monplaee- choking old German was Mr..
John Jacob Aston, then worth about
| 81 90, 0SA
Now things have SO changed that his
gransssons can toy with nearly S!0i.-
Goo Gss.--so can the Sanderhslts and 50
can jaw Gould. pshaws What's ST.
ouo 90 in this city nosadaysg As
things ge We may soon have billion
airs p SAINT {.