The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-26

mind to it. He drops his eyelid with
great deliberat ion. sending it down with
the strength of every muscle IN his body.
His wink says, plain as words, Il Rus
sell sage, am winking. Am l not real
devilisni'
His nose is a good, strong nose. But 1t
does not OverShadOw its fellow features.
His cheek bones are high, like an In
dams. He has a queer way of working
the muscles of his cheeks. He draws
down his chin and the muscles Of the
lower part Of his face, and at the same
time lifts the muscles fastened TO his
cheek bones. No other living man can do
it. But you can get the expression with
one Of those little India rubber faces that
the street fakirs sell.
Mr. Sage's way of laughing is TO twitch
his mouth, shut his eys into two tight
knots slap his thin hand on his knee and
double up his body.
The youngest and the oldest clerk on
Wall street laughs at Russell Sage's
clothes. Thereby he proves that he will
never become a russell Sage. He once
declared, under oath, that be had two
suits OF clothes at the same time. If he
had published the amount of his bank &C
count people would not have been SO sur
prised.
His shoes are always thick and stout.
Like himself. they lack polish.
Russell Sage goes about collecting
money with the same emotion, and as
much Of il, as an ant-eater shows when
it ticks up ants.
Speculation based on imagination, or
anything but a sure conviction Of profit,
is unknown to him.
y ct, again under oath, he explained
that puts" calls and "sJraddles"
made up business to assist men of mod
crate means to get along and better their
condition
He has been twice in congress, but he
never cared to distinguish himself In
politics.
He is fond of good horse, but he does
not buy many, or the best.
he never SwearS.
He never plays cards or billiards.
He eats very little. He always lunches
in the Western Union building with the
officers of the telegraph company. He is,
therefore, the most distinguished and the
richest free-lunch tend.
OF wines and liquors he drinks only
tablespoonful of brandy in half glass of
water twice or thrice week.
He never reads a novel
He is religious man, pillar of the
West Presbyterian church.
He lent Talmage Sl25, 900 to rebuild the
Brooklyn Tabernacle.
AT per cent. interest per annum.
y
ried the head of Norcross to him in bas-
ket, Russell Sage was in bed
There he was, man over whom three
quarters of century had rolled, his life
saved as by miracle, bruised and cut.
One of the detectives lifted the head by
the hair from the basket and turned its
CHASTITY face toward Sages.
He sat up in bed He raised his right
arm and shook his bony finger at the head
cd ia hait
and untwisting
"Ah!' he exclaimed hoarsely, "ah2
you got your deserts-you got your des-
erts !"
Another beautiful picture! Sage, the
church member, in the act of forgiving
his enemies.
If Russell Sage lived in England he
would be called guinea pig" A gui-
nea there is the bonus TO to a director who
attends meeting of the company. Five
dollars is here, ordinarily. Some com
panies, banks and corporations give
more.
Russell Sage is director in innumera-
Bile companies. In health he was never
known to miss directors meeting of any
one of them. He was never known to
refuse the bonus.
Indeed, he derives annually handsome
income from these fees. If three such
dN.d
man, Pierpont Morgan, for example, will
go to the most important Russell Sage
will go to all three. And pocket all three
fees
But he is a fine director. He is as pre-
else, as exacting about the company's af-
fairs as he is about his own.
So vast is the volume of his business
that he has sworn he could not tell with
out consulting his books, within 5000 900
Of than amount his largest debtor owed
him.
Russell Sage is personally a brave
man.
Not for an instant did he think of Civ
ing Norcross money. His only thought
was to grab the man and the satchel,
which he knew was full of explosive
q When Russell Sage was an alderman
in Troy some men began to riot in mild,
way. They threw stones through win
dows. Destruction CT property was al
ways abhorrent to MIR. Sage So, as an
ofncer of the peace, he marched down to
the riot, collared the riug-leader and
looked him up.
When the mob threatened to rescue the
prisoner, Sage said to them, You'll first
have to kill me"
As has been said, he locked up the
ring-leader.