The Florida star., 1902-08-08

not be able to endure the fearful heat,
that almost made water boil. In the
deep mines. General Grant said he
could stand II. and as the car dropped
into the blistering temperature Mr..
Mackay signaled the fans to stop and
closed the ventilation so that the gen
eral might experience the natural heat
OF the deep mines. The general burst
into perspiration until he was drenched
as by hot shower bath. He made no
protest, and soon the ventilating ma
chinery started and the drafts were
opened. Then it was explained to the
general. and he thought it q fine joke.
The same experience was given Rob-
ert G. IngersOll when he visited the
ComstOck mines. AS the cage de-
scended TO the furnace heat at the
bottom OF the shaft Mr.. IngerSoll said
gasping for air: privately, | always
believed there was a hell somewhere
but | never dreamed it could be so
hot"
One night at the Broadway hotel in
New York, where the late John w
of America, often made his headquar-
ters, he sat at dinner with couple o.
newspaper friends, when up BUSTED L
bumptiOuS broker full of exciting in
formation of a tremendous deal about
to play havoc in the security market,
says n correspondent of the New York
Times. Mr.. Mackay was polite and
listened, though he was frank enough
20 explain TO the reciter that the chrOu-
icle did not interest him a bit: that he
would be very, very sure 10 follow in
Structions and keep the matter conf
Dental. when all of Il sudden the
point dispenser awaked TO the fact that
he WAS prOclaiming all of his eXtraor-
dinary inside" knowledge i'm news
paper presence. He began to boil ana
bubble; what he had said was in
stricteSt confidence; ii must not be
printed; he would hold any man re-
sponSible who dared bctray him. and
SO forth, in more or less incoherpnt
effervcScencr. But he was SO ardently
deSirOus of impressinS Mackay that he
could not restrain the flow of his con
tidence, and he kept Oh grinding out
detail on detail, Sandwichcd continu-
ally with the remark:
Mind You. | am talking confiden-
tially-we are all gentlemen together
this isn't to be printed depend OF
your being II gcntlcman"-still on and
OH and on.
He wanted MIR. Mackay to sell Read
ing short; IL was going all 10 pieces
Mr.. Mackay seldom Spcculatcd, but in
this case he listened without protest
To the closing declaration OF the broker
that he intended To sell for Mr.. Mack
ays account a round block of stock the
next morning.
Now, you won't print this. This is
all between gentlemen" vociferated
the broker in farewell. You won't
print it, will you: You mustnt-you
wOn't-will yOu?"
Some veteran newspaper men get
used Ia inSOlcnce OF this sort This
newspaper man was young enough not
10 have learned the lesson. Wherefore
he answered:
Print it? Certainly not-not unless
| can COrrObOraLe it'-which soft re-
sponSe tickled John W. Mackay into
roaring jOyOusnesS OF laughter
The next day Reading did not go
down far, but when the short stock
WAS covered there was round five
hundred dollar profit in il. and Bert
WinsIuUre - newspaper youth then.
4. broker now-trcaSurrS this autographs
Ny Dear Boy-IIerc's a check l have
indor ed 10 YOU for So. Nad, il on that
Reading l did not intend TO touch. sold
10y my crank friend W. IL WAS worth
more than that to M 10 see the effect on
hl!a of your corrOhUratIon Tepartcv. 1t
will break his heart 10 see your sigma
turc- Yours. as We'll says. "contidcujlal-
ly. J. ". NJ
one day an impccuniuUs friend who
had formerly been prosperous sluuchcd
10y Mr.. MaCliay un Sixth avenue, New
York, ashamed 10 Ice seen i'm his shah
10y attire, relates a personal friend of
the mL,timillionaiUc There goes Il
worthy case: 10 beat. that hut too
proud to beg, not cheeky enough To
borrow" Observed Mr.. Machly. at Jht'
same time jucularly and famiIiurIy
hailius his friend 10y his nickname. ut
former days. There WAS no escape Gug
tie other. and ne rclUctautlyapproarheI
Mr.. Mackay. who said Il have been
luukiug for you for some time
Why what do you wish To see me
about Mr.. Muchayt" the other in
quiryd timidly.
WHY, Jim, looking over an account
book uf nin,. | found | had borrowed
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