Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-12-18
STORIES ABOUT GOULD.
HIS CONFIDENTIAL AID DE-
SCRlBES HIM.
The F;uancier Is . Man Of Silence and Thought
Enjoys Fus as Well ~ Anybody
Smoked hut One Csgar--COn-
sequences Is Csaal

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dollar. No one knows more about
him than Mr.. Giovanni r. Morosini,
who was for eighteen years his con-
xndential associate. MIR. Moros,ni
said to AN. Y. Sun reporter the other
day:
more has been written about Jay
Gould. individually, than about any
o., her living American. With all that
has been written, comparatively little
is known of him. Most OF the stories.
printed or otherwise. about him. have
been imaginative. or so distorted as to
lose all resemblance to the facts. The
lack Of knowledge is due to Mr. Goulds
ways. There mover was man with
less obtrusivencss in his personal
character. He prefers to keep out OF
sight Like Napoleon. he is man OF
silence and thought He would be out
Of his element in a crowd.
Mr.. Gould's external appearance
affords a fair notion of his mental
makeup. His face always wears
contomplative expression. 1t is a fact
shat he is thinking necessarily. His
interests are SO vast and his schemes
80 complicated that his mind must be
bent upou them all the time. Mr..
Iould's eyes are seldom turned upon
the face Of a person with whom he is
talking. He will now and then cast
glance at his questioner. but generally
he is looking in some other direction.
This popularity OF Mr.. Gould's is not
because he is unable to look anybody
in*the face. but because he is mcditat-
Ing while he is conversng. He never
lets his gaze rest on any object more
than moment. II he did it would
distract his thoughts. His hardest
thinking is done when his eyes arc
wandering off into space.
Mr.. Gould is Il man of few words.
TO every inquiry he responds in tho
briefest manner If yes or mo- is a
sufficient answer, only the one word
escapes him. 1t is remarkable how
much he can say in one or two of his
terse sentences. He speaks in low
and rather soft voice, without inflec-
tons or gestures. Unless he is the
luestioner he does not talk even for
the sake OF enlivening a dragging
conversation. When seated MIR. Gould
Invariably throws one leg over the
other and leans far back in the chair.
When standing he likes to rest his
hand upon something. When at the
ticker reading the quotations of the
stock market, which the machine
prints on q paper tape. he generally
sits on the arm OF chair. As rule
he has something in his hand, either
a letter. a scrap of paper. or a pen
ell, which he twirls almost incessant
ly. though not nervously. He seem'
TO be lost unless his hand is occupied
in this way. 1t is an unconscious DC
cupation, and merely represents thu
force Of habit
I'm all his ways Mr.. Gould 10 OK
cecdingly plain and quiet. Buster
show. or an exhibition OF importance
is wholly foreign to his nature. Per
haps one reason for his great success
is that people with whom he has deal
have not accorded him the measur
OF his ability. and in consequence h
has got the best Of transactions tn
old saying applies to Mr.. Gould. H
10 smarter than steel trap. and
steel trap is supposed to lie low an
say nothing. Notwithstanding tn
dominating quality of money making
there are the same elements in hi
composition as in other people VIII
have not fortunes to guard and add 4
First of all Mr.. Gould has a kee
sense of hum0r. the qualification ,
which, however. is seldom indicate
by moro than tho quietest smile.
he were an orator he would be anOtht
Chaunccy NJ. Depew, though drier i
his huE0r. Mr.. Gould cannot make
speech. SO Mr.. Depew need not 70;
him rs a rival in the oratorical fell
MIR. Gould has made three speecht
in his life. and the longest containe
perhaps fifty words. lie is not at h
SoSo ~ACu tVSA"S OCiOEC puUlAC q
semblagc. =
~ MIR. Gould has no superstitio,
and no rrejudices He looks ut ever
thing in a hard. matter.of-fact wa
and deals with conditions instes
Of theories. He uses neither tobac,
nor liquor. He never smoked b.
once. That was soon after he starte
into the stock brokerage busine
N Wall street many years ago +
went to dinner attended by q nur
Der OF brokers and at its conclusit
was prevailed upon to try cigar wi
his coffee, His experience was IL
same as that OF the average SIN,
boy who is learning to smoke. T.
room turned upside down. and the
we're all the other customary svm