Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-24
Point. Ahout inv Could.

Jas Gould has accumulated q greater
fortune than any other person of the
century who started in life without q
dollar. No one knows more about him
than Mr. Giovanni 2 Morosni, who was
fer ghtren wears his confidential asso-
cnte. Mr.. Murosoni said to u New York
Sun reporter the other dav:
More has been SAID about Jay Gould
Individually than about any other living
American. With ali that has been
written, comparatively little is known
Of h.a. Most OF the stories, printed or
Otherwise, about him have been imaCin-
alive, or so distorted AS to lose resem-
bHucr 10 the facts. The lack of
knowledge is due to Mr.. Gould S WAYS.
There never was man with less OBJ
trIs.veness IN his personal character.
la prefers TO keep out of sight. Like
NAPOLEON, ne is man OF silence aud
tou.ht. He would BE out of his ele-
men, IN n crowd.
Sir. Gould's external appearance nf-
t.tlS fur notion of his mental make
up His lace always wears Il cOntem-
Iafiv- expression. 1t is Il fact that he
s. taukipg incessnntly. His interests
3. 20 vast and his schemes so compile
Gated that his mind must be bent upon
linn ali the time. Mr.. Gould : eyes are
So 'om turned upon the face of person
win whom h. Is talking. He will
bow aud then cast glance
e., his Questioner, but generally he
s, .10klug IN some other direction. This
u..uliarltv OF Mr.. Gould S Is not because
b. is unable TO look anybody in the face,
IGi becausp he is mpdItatiug while he
IS ,nnversinC. He never let's bis gaze
rest IN auv object more than a moment.
II Zee did il would distract his thoughts.
II hardest thinking is done when his
evrs nre wandering off INTO space.
Er Gould is man of few words To
every luuuirv hr responds in the briefest
Uguupr. If 'vrs' or mo- is Il sufficient
answer, only the word escapes him. 1t
is r-msTkable how much he can say i'll
..- or two of his terse sentences. He
NnAs in "a low and rather soft voice
bout infection or gestures. Unless
g. : the CUES Toner he does not talk even
Tor The sake of rnlivrning "a dragging
rCuvrrSation When seated MIR. Gould
'rre tally throw enc leg over the other
ora lruus far back In the chair.
When standing h. likes to rest his
hand upon something. When at The
'..uNUr' reading the quotations or ire
81. X market, VIII rh the machine prin ;
r" VaD,r tape. b. generally sits on The
.--p 0s "a ciulir A. u rule he has some
- . n his hand, either u Letter, a
map of Iuper ar pencil, wh:"h he
ta rls almost necessarily, though not
n.rvOuSlv. H. g. ms TO be lost unless
bis hand is occupied i'll This way. II Is
an UNCONSCIOUS occupation. and merely
represents the force of habit.
Ia all his ways Mr.. Gould is exceed
ingly plain ami quiet. Buster,
show or an exhibition of Importance is
wholly foreign to his nature Perhaps
one reason for his great success is that
ueO0Ie with whom he has dealt have not
accorded him the measure of his ability
and in consequence he has got the best
OF transactions.
SIR. Gould is the most liberal man to
his friend aud emploves that Wall street
ever knew. Many times he has made
Investments in stocks for people and
handed them the profits. They have
taken the money and tried to add to il