Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-07-26

other young, who happened to hold to-
ward each other the relation of father
and son. The father is man of medi-
um height. He has determination
written in every line Of his bronzed,
weather-beaten face. His square lower
jaw fits into his upper one as does that
of a mastiff. A bristly, stubby NOUS
tache rests under strong nose above
a mouth in which there are no weak
lines. Clear, grayish blue eyes, keen
but not unkindly, are the best features
OF his face. The young man who
walked beside the elder one has not
the same appearance Of strength that
his older companion has. He is some-
what taller and more slender. His
face is not yet marked by such strong
lines, and there is no gray in his brown
hair. He is fashionably dressed and
we'll groomed. He, too, has nous
tache, but it is not stubby or aggressive
In appearance. His face is amiable
and not strong, though when the young
man has seen 40 years roll behind him
his features will no doubt have taken q
different cast.
The older man of these two wears a
loose-fitting business suit OF no especial
cut or color, a nondescript affair, as it
were. The young man wears suit
cut and made by fashionable tailor,
evidently, and an expensive one, too.
Yet there are many points OF resem-
blance between them, as was natural.
The older man OF the two was John w.
Mackay, who, from being a hand on
a farm near Fort Hamilton, became
the hero of the Comstock Lode, the
main prop Of the famous Hibernian
bank of San Francisco, the really
strong man Of the firm OF Flood, Fair,
Mackay g. O'Brien, later the multi
millionaire, the part proprietor Of the
Mackay- Bennett cable, the man Of a
hundred d-producing schemes. The
young man who was walking with him
was his son.
Like father, like son. The phrase
was before quoted above and may be
used again. John w. Mackay, ST., is a
quiet, retiring sort Of man outside OF
business matters, and his son !. the
J same. They say that young John
sowed some wild oats in San Francisco;
but be that as it may, he is sowing mono
now. He was never the sort OF sshigh
roller that Senator Fairs wild sons
were. The disposition he inherited
from his father and Mrs. Mackay's SEN
sible training were all In his favor, and
as result he is a man OF common sense,
his fathers assistant In business, and
he is getting such training that he
will be able to put his own hand on the
helm at any time that it may be
needed.
Young Mackay is no sportsman. He
does not ''play the horses as most
rich young men do. He does not 90 In
for yachting, now the "sportiestn Of
all sports for rich men, young and old.
Society in New York, so called, does
not know much Of him, and he does moi
know society. He is like his father in
that his main dissipation is the the.
ater. John w. MaclSay was the close
friend Of John Mccullough and Law.
renee Barrett. and McCullough used tc
like to tell how Mackay once helped
him and his company out Of trouble In
San Francisco. Mackay was strong
admirer Of the tragedian, as he Is oi
most actors, and In this respect his sor
\ Is like him. Young Mackay Is like hi
father in another respect. He has that
quality commonly known as sand.
They used to say of his father In the
I old mining days that he was sand from
head to heel. He is the same way yet
A couple Of years ago, when the cranl
epidemic was on, one Of the species
called upon Mackay and demanded .
big sum OF money under threats ol
blowing up everything. In less time
than 1t takes to tell II, Mackay had ths
crank by the neck, ran him out into the
hallway and booted him down q fiighl
Of stairs. The crank didn't come back
Young John w. Macxay showed tina
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