The morning call., 1893-01-01

done concerning them. With respect to his
South American investments he uses the
cable very freely and on some days he
spends what would be a big annual salary
for an ordinary man in teegraphiDg dis
patches. He is not Mt all afraid of spending
money and he believes in doing everything
on a grand scale.
| talked with Colonel North about the
condition Of the times the world over, and
he told me the outlook for good times IN tho
near future were by no means good. Said
he:
"TheTe is plenty OF money in the world,
but the people are afraid to invest, and they
keep it in their stockings or in the safe Pc
post boxes. They are buying safe securl-
ties which bring no interest, and the out
look for speculative enterprise is bad. he
trouble which followed the financial crash
at the time of the Barring Brothers losses is
still felt, and l don't think that Gladstone's
election has made things any better. Stocks
fell when he was nominated, and he is one
of those men who are like the Irishman's
flea, when you put your finger on him you
find he is not there
"What do you think. Colonel North. of
the chances for young men who want TO
make fortunes? Are they as good now as
they have been in the paste"
Il can't say as to that" replied Colonel
North: This is a big world and its re-
sources have as vet hardly been tapped.
Take South America. II is a vast continents
a great part of which is filed with gold and
silver, and it will in the future add many
hundred millions to. the wealth Of the
world. ] believe that II is q good field Ter
investment to-day, and the young man who
viii learn the Spanish Language and who
has the right spirit of enterprise and: busl-
ness capacity can do we'll there" 80
what do you think about th5 insefcon-
tinental railway scheme?: NHl we ever
have a single line Of railway running from
New York down:the west coast. OF South
America TO Chile and then ACROSS to ;Baenos
Ayres ?''
II don't know much about that, and i
doubt whether the scheme VIII sAeeeeds
Still you can't tell. and the reports of the
civil engineers VIII: show the possibilities
Of the line much better than any prediction,
! might make. 'As for ner i doubtyery
much whether Il can be carried out. -
wish | could give ye1l an idea OF TIE
country palace of this nitrste king 1t Is
far more comfortable ard hOmelfke than
ply of the palaces OF the great meparers OF
Europe, and If is a thousand times mo re
hOspitable and happy II is, In sfaet, a
gigantic home In which. the guests. as we'll
AS the faniily,@do and act as they please,
and where there are no. brass buttons:
nor severe eyes To. disturb yoN. L: met
Mr.. North thf00gh his intimate trienq-.
Golnnet Tom. 0ehiltrne, and |. was made
as much at home as though the haNse
han been given to me in: tie real 5Spulh
american fashfpH, by which ynpf :host.
gteeis.y0u With the words: + am CAD 10.
see yea. senior. Come into your gTVh hon So
and take. n0ssessioll of II -: Colonel y ORTIZ.
calls his place Avery. HItl.: lt+is :a:vasta
brick house IF Two stQEies, SIT uated In The
HidStnf two hundred acres sot fa@n ana
forest: The house Itself Is ABOUT two HUG
dfed feet VI ide and has a wide entrance
way ln;tlle center. Fine yGStlbple, wntch y;
abeGt thirIy:@feet sQuare,s]s. ftHlsnen IN.
9 SaNth .A1neTicad mahogany ana il IS lighted
with a ceiling Of stained glass. "A t:eacil
Garner of it;Stands npOn~its bind fegs a
3 stuffed bear. aud-fhe Immense Anlarai at;tRe:
right as yau enter was shot lasf SUMMER pY
the Gtand Duke .Nichelas of Russia ana
presented. bv him ito Colonel n ertA. Ia
another corner stands q ltfe4sfza tiggre 81 a
man in armor,a aud the ffQnt doors q lne
halt in front of yen are wonderful
carved and ttgey cost, $1,000 apiece. 4 ne
ffeor of this veStibule is of colored marble,
and the walls are waipscdted in marbles. Of
different cel0rs. Looking TO tine right you
see "A door 81 which opens. intn an esOrn Gus
rIctW regal leTY.. at tile back :gf. which there
is; marble balcony for the musicians when
the Ioom:iS used fordaRcIng. an d. .YeJl pass
into this callers. between. pillars ut marble
tfTnugh. hall, the walls :of which are Of
red and yellow marble. set IN panels
and separated by great fiat marble
columns. which have rich. Corinthian
cspisa4s of gold.% The dadU ssaf arieh red
which shines HE Jewels. and the marbles
grow LIGHTER as they rise to the ceiling The
,hallis lighted From The ten, ana between the
marble wall and the ceiling there are curved
Windows of stained glass. each frame or
window: being set in to the marble and each
made in Honor of seme of the famed seplp-
TORS nf.the: past.:- This halfw ~ Il tined with
marble basis on Pillars Of epyx, and MUM,
her of these bpsts. are family. portraits of
the household in marble. -: Z: !. -:
Tie pietUre-ga flery. itself would be an
ornament to any palace in the wnrid. II IS.
leo feet long ana about feet wide, and the
ceiling is at least = feet ab0Ye the white
mosaic floor. The fnishjngs ef ethis room
arr of Mexieafl onyx. YOn think you are
giving a. nice wedding present to your
friends when ynn present them an onyx
clock "a foot and lta!f high What would
you think. of a:yast room finished In tfis
rich stone? Every .blt Of It is Of the finest
quality. Tie doorway TO the room wotlld.
be large enough for n .eathedraE.. The
eelum as at its side are two feet thick and:
they rise fifteen feet above the fi0er before
they support the arehway made: in q ridge
and as. bic as the end Of agOod-sized coz
tage. The walls Of this room: are covered
with pictures and there are. some very fine
paintings among them. One which struck
me was that If CA Meeting: Of the
FouT.in-haua Club 3 ID Hyde Park dur
ing the Jubilee The piunger, Benson,
was looking: mt this: painting while
the artist was making it and as he:
watched the brush doing its work he con-
cInded he would like to have il, and he said
to the: artist, ..What do you wait fof ft?',
.Would you'liSe to be IN it?" replied the
artist. Yes, said the plunger what
will you takef0E it and PITT ne in" Two.
thousand pounds" was the reply: ;'sI'll
take il" said the plunger, and the sale: was
made. In time the piuuger had to sell IT,
aud Colonel North bought IT, Among the
nOtabIes at this meeting were Colonel
North and his wife, and the two are TepTe-
sented in the picture nearby the Prince Of
Wales. - se
AT the end of this grand ball. there is a
sun parlcr, and beyond this are The conser-
bloom. and blossom all winter long. These
cOnseIYatOEias cnnsist Of VAST ruellS under