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Show GOULD'a GENIUS. The talk about Jay Gould having the financial life squeezed out of him at the -present time, duea not find a willing believer in the editor of the Ut:ca Oburter. Ho Ukes the aame view of the ai national stories that evtryono dues wiio knows Gould, if it can be said tnat anyone really knows 1 1 : e man who ia h'j secretive as to be a niyetcry even to his private secretary. l'hj Ohxerctr tylU hew G(uld was ' Blaiibtfred" seven yearn ago, Winn ho burrenderui at discretion thu Erie railway. Ke had beep act-used of all aorts of sharp practices aad of unnecesfiarily loading the road with an enormous debt, and finally waa compelltd to give up. Tbe Obscretr says: Hut tlioia wb o sf izod it with Daniel E. Sicklui as their lighting man, and John A. Dix as tlioir big Kaiariud linra-head, served tb'jmielves bolter than thoy did iho bharj-hulderp. Thoy forced Jay Gould to diftf.irga J'.'i.OUU.l (K). It seemed Himply incredibio that any man tli-uld bo able to pay out that sura in hard cash, urid slid ktup his bead abovo the waUrd of baukrupU-y. but Oould did it. On Urn utreitylh ot tho conlidenco which tho now inaiifignmont inspired, and by reajon of Gould's contribution to Uio itssoti of Iho company, tiio alock rose in the markot from twelve to sixty. At tbo lual numcd pries Gould closed- out his tlitres, which coat him Iktle- or oolhing, and Eolii short. Tho stock quickly tumbled, and in a few months ho bad not only made good his $',1,000,000 but hud realized a net pro tit of moro than ?o,0U0,0U0. If those people who are ao ready 10 think Jay Qould is financially ruined would ponder over the Ens affair, ttieir faith might be shaken. The world has never yet produced another speculative genius tho equal of Jay Uould'a, If he does not turn the present attempt to crush him to bis own benefit, and through it put a few millions into hia puree, then we will be mistaken. Loudon has a society, recently formed, which baa for its objoct the reforming of extravagance in fashionable fashion-able mourning which ia carried to exceeB both in that country and this. Ttio members of the association pledge themselves, by precept and example, to discourage the wearing ol mourning by all classes of people, and agree to press tho reform in print and from the platform. In fact, the society ia meant to be a vigorous pro-teat pro-teat against tho symbolic dresa ol fashionable grief, which ia so intricate and difficult to follow in all its details thnt fashionable mourning establishments establish-ments are said to provide their customers cus-tomers with special manuals of instruction, in-struction, Theio is a wide field for the operations of such a Booiety in this country, as well as for one which will discourage extravagance at fun-era fun-era b. |