Smyrna times., 1890-11-19

millions are J!tc pOSScSSOrS OF queer ar
ticlcs which they term mascOts, and
which thCy would not part with for
great deal Of money.
Henry Willard cherishcs with studiOus
care the golden spike with which the last
rail that marked the completion of the
Northern Pacific Railroad was finished.
Mr.. Willard tells his friends that the
spike brought him good luck. Probably
he is right. When he became identified
with that great continental roadway he
was a poor man. Mr.. Willard is sup
posed to be worth as many millions as he
has fingers now.
As practical Il man as JAY Gould has a
mascot. He has clung to it for seven
teen years. 1t is pen-wiper made Of
blue velvet. 1t is always upon Mr.
Could's desk, and he locks it in special
compartment when he leaves the Office
The pen-wiper was fashioned by the
fingers of AIr. Gould's eldest daughter,
Miss Helen. when She was but three
years old. 1t is a clumsy little affair,
but the famous railroad magnate loves
it.
Just before the great strike on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad which cost
Mr. Gould Sl,OO,0OO the pen-wipcr mys-
teriOuslY disappeared. 1t returned to
his desk in an equally mysterious way
when the strike was over. Mr. Gould
believes that the absence of his mascot
had something to do with the strike and
the accompanying loss of million.
John II. Starin has a mammoth mas
cot 1t is the tug William H. Wander
bilt, one Of the largest and handsomest
boats of its kind in the world Mr..
Starin believes there is luck in having q
boat named after Mr.. Vanderbilt,
nuo fff 1,. fr.f II.
owned was called the William H. Van
derbilt. Around her grew up the great
Starin fleet, the boats of which dot the
waters of Sound and bay Mr. Starin
will always have Il boat of that name as
long as he lives. When the old William
II. Vanderbilt Nas torn apart Mr., SLarin
saved the Oaken hull and had it built
into the new and powerful tug.
A conspicuous object in the Office of
Russell Sage is an ancient 81 bill in a
glass frame. Mr.. Sage proudly informs
his friends who gaze at it curiously
that 1t is his lucky dollar, the first dol.
lar he ever made.
Mr.. Sage earned it when he was ten
years old by working in grocery store
in little village near Ithaca, n. Y. He
had to work month for it, too. No
money that he has ever made since, he
eyes as that first dollar
Mr.. Sage says that glance at that
dollar always inspires him to 20 ahead
and add to it. He would rather that a
thief would get into his safe deposit
vaults and rob them Of all their contents
than to lose his dollar
Andrew CarneEic's mascot is an an
cient brass telegraph key such as opcr-
atOrs used to send on 1t used to be i'm a
small telegraph office in Pennsylvania,
where Mr.. Carnegie learned to telc-
graph. His first money was earned by
telcgraphng, and he has always kept
up an intimate acQuaintanccship with
the craft
When Mr.. Carnegie became wealthy
he happened one day to stray into the
old office. Upon the table was the iden.
tical key which he had 50 often used
when young man. The iron million
aire at once purchased it and replaced
1t with handsome silver one.
Mr. Carnegie has the old key in a
glass case in his library. He shows it
to every visitor, and he would sooner
part with one of his rOlIing-mills than
with the emblem of his early labors.
Cyrus W. Field has piece of the first
cable laid between this country and
Europe. To Mr.. Field it is invaluable
and he likes to tell the story connected
with it.
Mr.. Field had spent several years OF
energetic work and a large fortune in
forming company to lay an Atlantic
cable. BY most people the sanguine
young American was looked upon as
visionary, and his plan was derided.
Mr.. Field, however, pcrsevcrcd. and
after years Of struggling he had the
satisfection Of seeing the first cable
laid
1t only worked for a portion of one
day. Then it broke in the middle of
the Atlantic. Mr.. Field was on the
boat that grappled for the broken hands
Of the cable. Both ends were finally
found and spliced together Mr. Fields
mascot is a portion of the splice which
he cut off. From that day the cable
was Il great success and Mr. Field was
honored by all the governments Of the
world.
Coils p. Huntington is seldom seen
without large opal pin in his scarf.
AS the opal has always enjoyed the repu.
tatlOn of being an mluckY stone. Mr..
Huntngton's choice arOuscs some in
quiry
To friend who asked him if he was
not afraid to wear an opal Mr.. Hunt
ington said
l have worn it for many years and
my good luck began when | got it. l do
not like TO be without it, so accustomed
have l become to wearing it.
Mr.. Huntingdon has oftea intimated
that there Is a romance connected with
his opal. 1t is said that il was given to
him BY beautiful Mexican Princess
when he was prospecting in Mexico.
Addison Cammack, the well-known
Wall Street operator. has queer mas
cot, although it is an appropriate one.
Upon his desk is placed a small black
bear, with cleaning white teeth and
beady eyes Mr.. Cammack thinks a lot
EOf his stuffed boar.
He will sit for half an hour at a time
gazing at 1t or stroking its back. Mr..
Cammack ascribes his good fortune to
the bear. He says that when he was n
bull he continually lost money in the
stock market. As soon as he took the
bear for counsellor and began to sell
Letocks his luck changed. In few years
the bear leader is said to have made
2,UO,OO in Wall street.
) Pierre LOrillard is a firm believer In
The efficacy of the hOrseshoc. There arc
dozen or more rusty hOrseshoes
around his establishment.
p One of them is nailed over the door OF
th1s office, and another occupies a place
OF honor upon his desk.-N. Y. Morning
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