The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-08-15
ARsMLCELTSCOMINGTEH.
Bringing Her no Sons Hsn For IN
american Education.
ms. 1aekay,s Lsng nesIasncs ana
HlilllonaiFe and his Minss.

Sew York Void. Somewhere on
the blue ocean that still divides the
Old World from the New, in spite ol
the marvellous efforts Of human skill
70 bridge Il, the magnificent City Of
Paris Is plnnging through the white caps
and gliding over tho great rollers Of the
deep sea with q little world Of wealth,
beauty, intellect and fame on her decks
and = her cabins. Even in the greater
world which embraces two continents
there Is no more interesting group than
the one which ellis to-day a modest place
on that floating palace. 1t is mother
with heFtwo sons, the apples Of her two
eyes. dearer to her te0der heart and fairer
in her sight than all the millions which
her husband has piled up for her. The
mother Of the Gracchi was no prouder Of
her boys than is Mrs. John W. Mackay
Of William and Clarence, who are to be-
come, in 4 month or two, undergraduates
at Yale or Harvard.
Here on shore, waiting patiently but
eagerly for news from his loved ones.
with whom In mid-ocean not even q cable
king may communicate, a gTeat-souled
and bFoad-shouldeFed American, an anti
monopolist millionaire, an ex-United
States senator, who Is still q miner NOT
disdainiul Of the pick; q money king who
Is still no plutocrat. q telegraph magnat'
who puts the interests Of the public be-
fore the rate Of tolls, strides down Broad
way from his hotel, wOrkes, plans, gites,
with his eyes and his heart still down
the bay. however closely his brains keep
occupied with facts and figures. One
might think John W. Mackay 50 rare a
figure in these days ofmillions and misery
that he would make q stir on Broadway
and be borne aloit on strong mems
shoulders % the people might see q mill
lionaire who Is still man u aid for the
people. But Maekay walks down town
without attracting as much attention as a
bank messenger carrying other peoples
money. John w. MAekay Is reputed to
have = good many millions Of his own to
cary.
The clear, steel-gray eyes, the big iron
gray moustache, the tall, well knit form,
the massive shoulders and the active
figure betoken In Mackay as he moves
eas.ly through the thFOng 4 man still
young in years and in his maturity Of
strength. Here Is a man whose MUSCLE
are as firm, whose eye Is as bright, whose
arm Is ss strong, whose endurance is ~
great as before be made the money that
would by example have given him the
right % be habby and blear-eyed. de
bauched and dyspeptic, eIose-Hsted anu
sourtongued. Even your little two and
three millionaiFes are apt to get that way.
But this Il q millionaire Of a different
model, one might even say model mil
honaire. His years are only fifty-iour by
The record, and his nature is ~ kindly
and unspoiled as Il was when he left Dub
lin. the city Of his birth, nearly forty
years ago anS came over the seas 10 the
Ne" "oflato Decoloe apprentlceto "eoo,
the great New York shiP-buildeF.
What = difference there Is in the lot Of
that lad Who came alone across seas
nearly forty years ago and the two who
are nov coming with their motherl Bone
Of his bone and nesh Of his ilesh, the
John Mackay who arrived in New York,
fred By a desire to make money enough
70 comfort his mOlhsr's declining years,