, 1902-07-31

he WAS g%entler, kindlier than before.
tie kept his mind under constant
training: he was as gracious, graceful,
as unaffected a gentleman as lives; he
read much was Il shrewd judge of art, "a
passionate lover Of music. Once when
the bonanzs was giving up 100000 a
week and all was excitement, he one
day aroused himself from IA day dream
and said, What is so splendid as a per
feet tenor voice?" He Travelled much,
was familiar with all Europe. he could
with graphic directness talk of foreign
countries, but more han once he closed
his remarks with words like these:
America ought to visit Europe often,
in order to appreciate how incompara-
bly, greater than any country abroad is
their own native land
He had shrewd ideas of his country
men who are in high stations, and
shrewd judgement on all public ques-
tious. He often deplored the narrow
ness of some of u so-called statesmen.
He would never accept an office, though
the highest was rendered aim. 81 know
a little about mining, | get along in
business he would say, but is that a
reason why | should make a spectacle
of myself in places for which ! have had
n training?"
He wal essentially a worker; and he
lieved it was the only thing to rely
upon. Speaking Of a strike that was
in progress, he once said: These men
humiliate me. | have rolled rocks in
the Yuba river for months at a time for
a reward Of less than Sl.50 a day, but |
never thought of striking, for a strike
pays less than a worn out placer mine
Why don't these men work and save
their wages and her in a little while.
if dissatisfied. try something else or some
other field? Strikes lead to idIeness.
The faint Of idlenrss soon saps the en-.
ergies Of strong men and that is the be
ginning Of their decay"
But IA few weeks since he seemed in
perfect health. The frost that will not
melt at dawn was on his hair. hut the
old rudy complexion remained. the old
light was in his eyes, the old firm grasp
was in his hand and he was dreaming Of
putting a girdle round about" the
worlds greatest ocean. Indeed, II ship
loaded with the first section of the Pa
citic cable last week pulled out Of an
English port. He ought 10 have lived
another ten years. The world needed
his work, and the poor needed his sym.
pathy, the rich his high example.
He began life pennlless. he died
worth millions, but his wealth made no
man poorer, his was newly created mon
ey. He stormed the strongholds where
nature had locked her treasures and took
them in a fair fight. In obtaining them
no faint or stain WAS left upon his in
tegrity or manhood, and his character
shining back along the path which
marked his high souls tilghl il revealed
white as Il PLANETS light.
Most wealthy men are estimated by
the magnitude of their fortune. Had
Mr.. Mackay remained poor he would
still have been II chief among men. for
"a" 'f'''''''i VI Nh"illIoph ABOUT
him compared with which gold is lust.
%erIess. lie was great captain of indus
try, as wInsome as he was commanding
Had he been made II prisoner by savag
es he would within Il month nave been
made chief by natural selection. 1t is
pitabIe To think Of him as dead, but now
that his transition has come, the mem.
cries of what he vas are, covered al.
ready with halos and they will finally
cause his image to stand out magnitied
IN its niche, in the great Hall of Fame
where are placed the statues of the
worlds industrial Captains,