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.. A BONANZA KING. !EHE VERY ROMANTIC CAREER OF JAMES C. FLOOD. H is Rapid R ise from a Poor Work ingman to the Attainm ent of Im mense W eath in California. The late James Clair Flood was bom m New York City on October 25, 1826. BQs parents were Irish of the poorer elass, the family depending for a liveli- liood upon the daily labor of the .father. After I'eceiving' a common school educa tion yotxng Flood learned the trade of carriage builder. In 1849, attracted by the glowing accounts of the California gold mines, he left his home at Hamil ton,n, N.. Y., andnd embarkedbarked on thehe shiphip to N X., a em on t s Elizabeth EUen for a trip aromid the Horn. On arriving in San Francisco 1 work as a carpenter, for lose flush times he was paid After about one year of this On arriving he obtained work ■which in thos ^ 1 6 a day. land or work he found tliat the cost of li'ving was so gi:eat in the city that he had not been able to lay by much of anything for a rainy day. So he x^ack- •d up Jiis trails, -went to the Yuba dig- gins, and began his career as a miner. Soon he had .1^3,000 to his credit in the bank at ’Frisco, and, as he afterward said, considered himself a rich man. Wifli this sum he returned to New York and took liis father and mother to Illi nois, where he bought a farm and settled down. His capital x^roved too small to make farming a success, and he deter- mioed to retimi to California. Wlien he arrived • in San Francisco for the second time, says the New York Timei*, lie oxieiied a restiiurant, but failed in business, owing his creditors ^,000. Looliing about for another open ing he met W. S. 0 ’.Brien, a shixi- chandler, and like himself of Irish ex traction and a Neiv Yorker by birth. In 1856 they formed a i:)artnd’ship and opened a. saloon on Washington street, near the ‘market. They made friends and soon established a lucrative busi- ,no6s. O’Brien wa.s the more dressy memlier of the firm. Flood attending Tory closely to tlie work behind the bar. He was known as the best cocktail mixer on the coast. Their saloon became a fovorite resort for miners, business men, gamblers, and sports of all shades, and while a game of cards was going on at one table, important bargains were being transacted at another. Penniless miners who had sxient every cent that fiiey had in prospecting and had finally ■ucceeded in striking a vein of gold and - -lecimeus of oreivdtli them. ly friends here. The two j>art- nersAvere ahvays willing to help out these miners, to advance them money, buy off their claims, find them custom ers, or enter into partnership with the fortunate finders who were not -jvilling to part Avith their claims. The partners began speculating in stocks, and being moderately successful, they opened a the boast he is said to have made to ex- Senator Sharon, when taunted on hia former occupation, that he would some day sell whisky over the counter of the Bank of California. Mr. Flood was the first President ol the Nevada Bank, and devoted most ol his time for a number of years to its ac tive management. .The bank enjoyed the almost unlimited confidence of the business community until in September and October, 1887, the relations of the bank Avith the igreat syndicate then oper ating in the California Avheat market were such that it became involved to the extent of over $30,000,000 in the crash Avhich folloAved. Prior to this time Sen ator James G. Fair had severed all his connections with the bank and the bon anza firm, but when the bank was in trouble he went to the rescue with his millions of ready money, and became the President of the bank, which posi tion he has occupied since. The iron constitution of Mr. Flood had begun to fail some months before this naiTow escape of the bank frnm dis aster, and his friends assert that had he not been compelled to intrust the active management of the institution to the Vice-President, George L. Brander, if Avould never have become so deeply in volved. After his practically enforced retirement from the Presidency his ail ments rapidly developed into more seri ous complaints. He became ahnosf blind, and kidney trouble of the w^orsf type wealcened him exceedingly. In the spring of last year, accompanied by his devoted Avife and his daughter. Miss Jennie, he Avent to Carlsbad, Before [oing he Avitlidi’eAV entirely fipm the Bank. His son, James L. director, and ver of attorney for his father, who feared that he Avould never return alive. Personally Mr. Flood Avas of stout build, laiddy complexion, with a bullet head set on a thick, powerful neck. His manner Avith friends A\'as cordial, but those having business relations Avith him W'ere in the habit of calling him “cold-blooded,” He performed marry acts of charity, of Avhich the most nota ble Avas the sending of $25,000 to the suffering people of Ireland, With all 'his immense fortune Mr. Flood’s head Avas not turmed, and for many years after becoming a millionaire he continued to H ap in a modest way in going I Nevada Flood, Avas axDpoiuted a dire also recerAPd a general x>OAver c for his father, who feared that SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVERY-DAY LIFE. Funny Episodes and Thrilling Ad ventures W h icli Shcv^r That Truth is Stranger Than Fiction. rQ yc, ^ HE city of Jerusalem is groAving in size and pop ulation at a remarkable rate. New buildings are rising daily; churches, gardens and institutes of various kinds are fiU- ing out the formerly des- olate neighborhood to the distance of half an an hour’s -walk beyond the old limits of the city. The JcAYS are to the front as builders. Their houses are springing out of the ground like mushrooms—uniform, ugly, orie-storied, x>lentifuUy supplied Avdth windows, brrt Avith no manner of . adorn ment. The Rothschilds have completed a neAv Irosxrital. Close beside it there is a new Abyssinian cburch. The Russians are also great builders; they ha\'e erect ed a new clrxu’ch, consulat houses for pilgrims of the orthodox na tional chur-ches, and a hospital. Near to the Russian grorrp stand the “ German houses” for German Roman Catholics, from Avirose tops the German and papal flags float side by side. The Russians have also built a high tower ujjon th< Mount of Olives, from whose summit the Mediterranean and Dead Sea can both be seen. The Greeks and the Ar menians are also busy building, butthey provide for the bodily rather than the religious demand of the ihlgrims. The former build cafes, bazaars, and the lat ter set uj) shoxis. N ewspapers at the present time con tain many interesting stories of old peo ple who are hearty, but it is doubtful if a more curious case than the one reported by the Fall River (Mass.) Globe has ever been published. It is that of a Dart- out of the water. Then, by means of Hs creepers, he climbed to a place of safety. The only ill effects of the acci dent were some rather painful bruises on his right side. The guides at the Falls, he says, told him that a sightseer some time ago lost his life by a similar acci- S tbeet fakirs have been knowm to ex ercise ingenuity in a multitude of ways to sell their wares, but the expedient of one of their kind caps the climax. His article of sale is a salve, which he w^ar- rants to take the fiery sting out of a bum at once. His method of advertising his remedy is to bum himself and his pre- cedureis thus described: “On a stand in front of him w'as a vessel of hot coals in which were heated two or three thin ii-on rods. The man Avas giving a prac tical demonstration of the efficacy of his salve by inflicting burns upon his hand's and then applying the remedy. He -woTild dra-w out of the lire one of the red hot iron rods, carefully remove the ashes from it and then explain that he pro posed to burn his hand Arith it, after which he would p u t some of his salve on said he, ‘this iron wicked bum because it is T he oldest railroad employee in the country has just been mu: over and killed almost instantly at Au gusta, Ga. Mr. Andrew W. Le'wis, who has been check clerk of the South Carolina Railroad, in Augusta, for just fifty years, while crossing the track cor ner of Reynolds and Washington streets, was run over by a shiftily engine of, the Richmond and Danville Railroad. His legs and body Avere badly mangled and his head cmshed. He was seventy-two years old. His son was the first one to reach him and remove him from under the wheels. T he Pmssian War Minister has just published, in t\yo volumes, a history of the colors of the Prussian army from 1807. It apx>eaTS that in the campaigns of 1864 and 1866 ninety-nine standaMs were pierced by balls. Hi the campaign ‘Now,’ makes a very wicked bum because it so small. I Avill raise a blister and th< you can see how the salve works.’ T] the bum. makes a v< a plain house in Eddy street, San Fran cisco. Butut Avlien hisis fellow-milliolow-millionaires he cor B Aviien h fel began building palatial residences he followed their example, and x^drchased a tract of land in the toAvn of San Mateo, Avhere the Avealtli of San Francisco was congregating. Here he built one of the most magnificent residences that can be found on the Pacific coast. The build ing is pure Avhite, Avitli a fine veranda, capped by a blue roof, situated in the midst of a lai’ge, beautifully-kept gar- farmer named William Bennett, Avho is nearly sixty years of age. He AA'as bom in Tiverton, B. I., and lived for many years in a comfortable farm house on the main road to NeAyport. When he was about five years of age he was attacked Avith a child’s disease, for which Dr. West Avas engaged to prescribe. The Dr. West mentioned lived in a large mansion beloAv Bridgeport and AA’as an ancester of the present family Avhich fives in that vicinity. At the time of Mr. Bennett’s illness salivation was a a favorite form of treatment. Calomel was the drug ordered and administered to the patient. Eitherfrom carelessness or other cause the mercuidal preparation „ cancer- crowd Avatched him curiously and saw him touch the iron to his flesh and then apply the salve, all without eA’inc ' ----- single sign of jiain. The man,s had the ai^pearance of having been burn ed repeate^y.” I t has been demonstrated in Vaca Valley, Cal., that peach stones Avill make as good a fire for household X3ur- poses as the best kind of coal in the market. The fruitgroAV’ers. instead of, as heretofore, throAving the pits away, dispose of the stones at the present time at the rate of $6 a ton. A sack of the stones will weigh about eighty pounds, and Avill last as long as an equal number of pounds of coal, and give a greater in tensity of heat. At many of the orchards in the A’alley may be seen great stacks of peach and ax^ricot stones, which av LU eventually find their Avay to San Fran cisco and other places to be sold for fuel. The apricot stone does not burn as read ily as the j)each, andAvill not command as good a x^rice. The fruitraisers will undoubtedly be pleased to learn that they noAV have another source of reven ue open to them. A large number of peaches are dried during the season for sliipment. As soon as the owners find they have a market for the stones, a greater number of pounds Avdll be dried. O ne of the most re markable engineer ing feats ax^pears to have been achieved in China, in the face of extraordinary physical difficulties, namely, the suc cessful stretching of a steel wire cable of seven strands across the river Lun- ann, this feat having been accomplished by the Danish engineer Delinde,'assist ed only by unskilled native labor. The igiment of Infantry was h it by twenty- tiiree balls in the single battle of Mars- la-Tour. In the entire Franco-Prussian war thirty-eight Prussian standard- bearers were Mlled while holding their colors. T he health-giving influence of moun tain air has long been recognized, but the most emphatic indorsement of the “Highland Ciu-ePlan” is now furnished by the report of Prof. 0. M. Woodford, who passed several mouths among the cannibals of the Solomon Islands. The main island of the group, he informs us, is inhabited by connoisseurs in man- meat, Avho select their victims from the hill tribes of the neighboring isles, hav ing found their flavor as sui)erior to that of the coast-dwellers as venison is to A liAiiGE deer Avith great branching horns entered the barnyard of 0. Wil son, near Burgettstowh, Penn., and at tacked a little girl, knocking her down and brealdng one of her arms. The mother, coming to her child’s assistance, was also attacked by the animal and badly hurt, but a stranger riding by and seeing the ti’onble rushed to the relief of the woman and cnild, and by a lucl^ shot from bis revolver killed the animal. It was probably driven to desperatiauby hunger. DuniNG tlie recent stormy weathersea birds of all kinds Avero driven ashore in great numbers along the coast of Acco- mac. The men in the life-saving station on Smith’s Island killed more than 600 ducks and brant in a few hotirs. A Romance o f T<'ennessee. cisco, on the Summit of Nob Hill, is the only one built of Connecticut brown- stone in that c i^. It is 100 by 90 feet . -lacsk^i-age office on^Monfcgpmeiy sheet, > aimensiaTis, Roman classic 'in archi- at &e same tm e c ^ n fa^ without any pptentions to ^ofits from fortunate investments in ^ koo Kentuck, CroAvn Point, Belcher, and other mines on the Comstock lode. Just about this time, ui> at Virginia City, Jam< ^ ^ 'r, working His tendent of the Hale and Norcross and Ophir Mines, entered into partnersliixi ■with John W. Mackay, also a miner of Iriirii birth, for tlie xmrpose of manipu lating mining stocks. Seeing the need of associates in San Francisco, they de cided to pool theii- issues Avith those of Flood & O’Brien. This was the begin ning of the famous Bonanza fii-m, Avliicli sidded millions to the world’s Avealth, ruined thousands of men and women, and marked a new era of life on the Pacific sloioe. Out of their first deal, whieh Avas in Hale and Norcross, they deai’ed not less than half a million. Then they determined to secure control of the entire Comstock lode, in Avhosc richness Fair and Maclray, from prac tical obsei-vation, had tmbonndod confi dence. They quietly bought ux3 miners’ claims, many of Ailiicb were x^^xmlarly supposed to have been exhausted, pay ing for the whole lot not less than $70,000. These claims covered the sec- ■tion of the great silver lode where tlie famous “big Bonanza” lay. The firm combined all these small pror>erties into two—the Consolidated Virginia and Cal ifornia—divided them into 108,000 shares each, and placed them on the market at about $50 each. Then came the uncovering of the marvelous treasure hitherto concealed in the Comstock. The people of Califor nia Avent crazy, as it v/ere, and every body, from millionaires to servant girls, entered recklessly into the. excitement mining srieeulation. The bonanza ^ l i l J S S s 1 disappeared^ it _Ay_as^ found that^ the height of the first snx>port being about ipX>eared li scles of the ations, cost him neai-ly $1,500,000. . H^ left a Avife, an unassuming, good-heairt- ed Avoman, one son, James L., and a loiit this time, ux> at Virginia daughter, Cora Jane, who inherit his les G. Fai a sturdy, hard- great wealth. ‘ish miner, wlio Avas Sux>erin- Trusts and Combines are not Ne^w, In 483, A. D., the Emperor Zeno is sued the following edict to the Prsetori- .an Prefects of Constantinople (Code iv., 59): “\We command that no one may snme to exercise a monopoly of any 1 of clotliing or of fish, or of any othei tiling seiwing for food, or for any othei use, Avhatever its nature may be, either of his oavu authority, or under a rescript of an Emperor already procured, or tliat may hereafter be procui’ed, oi under an imx:»erial decree, or under a re scrips signed! by Our Majesty; nor maj any x:>ersoiis combine or agree in unlaw ful meetings that different lands of mer chandise may not be sold at a less xnic< than they may liaA’e agreed upon anion^ 3lves. Worlnnen and contractor! clxild’s jaws were ruined, and tive npper, the- kiAver always rem ainfeed. To regain strength it Avas necessary to have all his food specially prepared before i t Avas given to him. When xfiaeed before him he man aged t o . squeeze it betAveen the lips, Avhich were sloAvly recovering from the almost fatal work done by the deadly drag. The saliva::^ glands AA'ere not injm-ed by the burning of the calomel. Bennett recovered after a and greAV u p as most Rhode Island boys He pays visits to the Fall River marketmen, with Avhom he has done business for. nearly fifty years. He is a ruddy-featured, liortly man of genial temperament, and Avith the exception of a slight facial defect, shows no sign of the accident which has kept his jaws immovable for so many years. lieiglit ot tlie first snjiport being about 450 feet above the jn-esent level of the river, and tlie seebn-d nbowt 740 feat. The cable in question is said to be the longest in the Avorld, Avith a single ex ception, namely, the cable across the Eistna, measuring some 5,070 feet. There are also two cables across the Ganges of 2,000 and 2,830 feet respect- A n uncommon incident occurred at one of the ehiu’ches in Louisvile. A re- A Nashville (Tenu.) dispatch says: A suit to recover a fourth interest in an estate, reckoned at $300,000, filed in the T\—: j ---------- A— ------ L_ --ogaiisa rom- Isaxuj Frank lin was once the richest man in the ming four hig plantations. At — ------ fly home he kept, a visitors* . register, and one day a party of yotmg / inscribed their names. -Adeothik '* the then belle of the South, was one of these, and, careless of ^dohs^uehcei^ fwer was caught the trap, and married Miss Hay< Frankfin soon died, leaving a young dud lovely Avidow worth $4,000,000. ■vival was in progress, and among those time later Joseph-Acklan, a young mw- who Aveht up to confess Ms sins Avas yor of Huntsville, Ala., proposed to a tiiomsel for buildings, and all who xu-actice othei may comxilete tracted for by another, or that a jiersor may prevent one Avho has contracted fo] a Avork from finishing it; full liberty is given to any one to finish a work beguii and abandoned by another Avitiiout aji- Xn-ehension of loss, and to denounce al’ acts of this kind Avithout fear and Avith out costs. And if any one shall presume to xn’actice a monopoly, let his proiiertj be forfeited and himself condemned tc lal exile. >als of oth of the firm is believed to have netted $20,000,000. Cc-nsolidated Tirginia paid $34,000,000 in di^vidends, and' share holders in California recei\’ed $10,000,- 000 in the same Avay, About $112,000,- 000 of silver was actually produced from the mines. Natm-ally a crash folloAved. The pro duction fell off; it became the general ■belief that the lode Avas exhausted, and the stocks fell, until uoav they can be ■bought for $8 a share. The victims of •this gigantic deal cursed the men av I io had managed it, bixt they Avere undis turbed and secure in the x^ossession of fortunes so vast that hoAV to dispose of their immense income became a. serious problem. Actuated, it is understood, by animosity to the Bank of California, of which VY. O. Ralston was the master i^mt, they oxxened the Nevada Bank •with a capital of $5,000,000, aftei’Avard condemned ti And in regard to the princix^als of other professions, if the 3 shall venture in the future to fix a xn-ici upon their merchandise, and to bind themselves by agi’eements not to sell a' a loAver xn-ice,, let them be condemned to pay forty pounds of gold. Yom* courl sliall be coudemed to j>ay fifty pound? of gold. If it shall hapxxec through avarice, negligence, or anj other misconduct, the proidsions of thii salutary constitution for the x^roliibitioi of monopolies and agreements amonj the different bodies of merchants shal not be earned into effect. ” Mns. K xte M axweii U, the “BeUe Stair” of Wyoming, closed up a gamb ling house at Bessemer on a recent night, recovered several thousand dol lars Avliich had been lost by her cow- hoys, and then saA’ed the lives of the two gamblers as the infuriated coAvboys Avere going to string them up. She is knoAvn as Cattle Kate, aud runs a small ranch near Bessemer. Some time before she Avas robbed of $1,500 by her own en, and her resentment Avas aroused against the gamblers. Their room at Bes semer was crowded one niglit when Kate strode in, accomi)anied only by her fore man, and both armed to the teeth. While Kate covered the dealer with a six-shooter, Mason, her foreman, secured the box, and showed the crowd that the was an Unfair or “brace” game, enraged the cowboys, and Farley and Bodell Avere terribly beaten and or- The Henry Osterly, a young man whose life had not been noted for Christian-like deeds. He had been connected Avith the Fire Dex^artment, aud w’as a most energetic worker atfii-es. Several mem bers of the church Avere around the young sinner, giAung him words of com fort and encouraging Mm in the step he was about to take. At that moment a fire alarm struck. The young sprang suddenly from Ms kneeling pos ture, rushed from the house at the top of his speed, and hurried to the scene of the fire. He has not been to church since. T he eight families, occuxiying a four- story tenement house in East Seventy- fifth street, N oav York, Avere saved ■ from being asiffiyxiated by a sagacious old black cat, which is the joint xn’operty of The cat detected that the ' from a leak in the beaten and or- ropes were in sight, w h ^ Cattle Kate intei ’ \ \ • dered to prepare iTibiy for I increased to $10,000,000, and on the death of W. S. O’Brien, in 1878, reduc ed to .$3,000,000. The story of the fail ure of the Bank of California and the tragic deatii of Ralston need not be re told. It may be mentioned, hoAvever, that Flood was nei'er able to carry out Food for SMpwrecked Seamen. At the French Academy of Sciences the Prince of Monaco read an interesting X^axDer, shoAviing that shipwrecked seamer Avlio have to take to the boats Avithoul XU'ovisions on the high seas can obtair food from the ocean itself by trailing s drag-net made of any light stuff along tlie surface during the night. The nef Avill in the morning be fonnd to contair some small shell fi.sh available for food. In the sea to the AA’est of the Azores th< vegetable matter on the surface teems Avith animal life and fish Avhioh are ca pable of affording substantial nutri- jrceded for the tAvo Avretches, and an nounced that she Avould divide their money, amounting to several thousand dollars, Avhich she had secured. Bodell and Farley Avere chased out of toAvn. Their place -w-as fired, and all hands went OA'Gi’ to Mrs. MaxAvelTs ranch, Avhere a dance and general good time followed. Y oung Harry Hartley, of Boston, had naiTOAv escape from death at Niagara Falls while climbing an ice mountain. Describing his exioerience to a corres- [ent, he said he stopped at Niagara on his Avay from his brother’s wedding in Chicago. He Avent to the Falls on the American side, and by the instruc tions of a guide obtained a pair of creepers and started to climb a hill of ice formed on some rocks. He had not been infowned that this Avas a foolhardy undertaking. As he Avas about to step on the summit of the hill he lost his foothold, and, slipxnng doAvn an icy descent of about forty feet, plunged into a family named ground floor. gas Avas escaping from a leak in i liipe, and crawled into the bed of Maiy May, a seventeen-ryeai'-old member of the May family. Availing her by pulling at the bed-clothes. Mary realized the danger a t once, and called her mother, Avho aroused the rest of the house Avith difficulty. Two members of the May ,mily,were nearly suffocated before be- ig rescued, and had to be taken to the Dspital. A DISPATCH from Freehold, N. J., ys that Mr. Carson J. Emmons, a res- Lent of that place, was the oAvner of a peculiarly intelligent pig, Avhich he has just now sacrificed for the scientific pur pose of discovering how much larger the brain of the animal Avas than that of the party of friends that if they would Mm $1,000 for expenses he would e; snare the wealthy widow. Acklen was smart and handsome, and Ms friends provided him Avith the requisite cash. With a show of wealth Acklen laid siege to the heart of Mrs. Franklin, and soon they were married. They built a coun try home called “Belmont,” a superb snty-five acres ith honserva- pagoda, and zoological garden, and entertained regally. Acklen died during the war, leaAung four cMldren, one. of whom, Hon. Joseph H. Acklen, formerly a member of Congress, from liouisiana, is plaintiff in the suit spoken of, Mrs. Acklen, some time later, married Dr. W. B. Cheatham, of tMs.city. Fifteen hnndren invitations were issued, and many guests from Europe were present at the nuptials. ' After the war Mrs. Cheatham sued the government- for $1,000,000 for damages to a cotton crop, and Avon her case. Her attorney was the Confederate general, Gideon J. Pillow, who was to receive $100,000 afl his fee, but the ividow demurred and the demurer was sustained. Since then the estate has Avasted aAvay until, when Mrs. Cheatham recently ^died at the 5th Avenue Hotel, in New York, it was not estimated to be worth more than $300,000, for a fourth interest in wMch young Acklen bring suit. Chauncey Depew Classified. was exam] Clmtmcey Mitchell Dejjew, President of the New York Central, sat in Ms lib it was found thi-t there raiy one day last week, talking to a del- — •„ -J.egation of railroad men who had called ordinary and comparatively stupid occu- Xiant of his x>en. When the pig’s head Avere hardly any brains in it at all, or rather that the brain-pan Avas entirely 3mpty. The Freehold doctors are said bo haA’e laA’e been thunderstruck up< iovery of this fact, as, indeec r well have been. »on the id, they noon sports are peiwision of a lice a sort of pool Avhere there Avas no cur rent. The accident was Avitn< seA’eral x^ersons, and there Avas much e x citement. One man obtained 5 il bley succeeded in getting ho __ the edge of the ice and lifting Mmself rope, but he did not haA’e to use it, as Mr. Hartley succeeded in discove] E veky city of Sxianish America has a bull-ring of its OAvn, Avhere Sunday after- enacted under the su- icensed contractor. The contractor of Morelia, in the Mexican State of Michoaean, Avas recently fined for repeatedly “disappointing his au dience by the use of aged and underfed animals, thus making the exhibition too tame to furnish a fair equivalent for the high rates of the gate-money.” The sentence adds that the manager of the Sunday festivities Avill forfeit Ms license by any further neglect in the selection of full-sized and Adgorous bulls. the silvery, rippling conversational tones of Chauncey. Tlie guests first smiled, then frowned. Mr. Depew was pleased with their smiles but annoyed at their frowns. So he arose and said; “I Avill make an investigation. TMs noise must stoj).” Mr. Depew went outside, and to Ms surprise found his coachman’s children raising old Nick. They paid but little attention to him, however, and his pres ence did iiot lessen their clatter. Grow ing impatient, he said: “Children, do you know who I am?’’ “Oh! Yes, we do,” said a little five- year-old tot to the great railroad mail; “You’re the man that rides in my papa’i carriage .—New York Sun,
