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Show MAGNATE BARBER STILL SHAVES. Joseph Blschoff Can Cash Check for $200,000. New York. Tho John D. of harbor-(loin harbor-(loin Ib Joseph lUschoff, 82 Wall street. JOSEPH BISCHOFF. (Barber Magnate Who Only Scrapes Faces of Millionaires.) lie Ib tho tiptop magnnto of tho bur-hers bur-hers of tho world, nnd cun ensh his check any dny for $200,000. HIb wealth is Increasing, nnd there Is no telling whoro It will Btop, In view of the fact that his (innnclal advisers are such well posted parties us Thorn-ns Thorn-ns F. Ryun, who hns piled up $100,-000,000, $100,-000,000, nnd .lames Stlllman, tho great banker. Thorb nro others, but thesu nro the mainstays- You soo, Illschoff shaves 'em. They pny him liberally, but ns further evidence evi-dence of their appreciation ot his skillful scrvlco they tnko him along occasionally on JauntB to tho orchard whoro tho money treo grows. Thoy let him carry u basket, while, to haul their shares, thoy nro uccompulncd by four-horso trucks. lllschof beenmo a barber In wnr times, nnd In 18711 llu branched out ns I the proprietor of n shop In Wnll j streot. Friondly tips on tho market I given him by financiers set him go- j Ing on u very comfortablo tldo of prosperity, and In time he accumulated accumu-lated several tenement houses. In theso latter years, noting under 'tho advice of budding bllllonalros of tho new school, ho has sold the houses and gono In for real capitalism. Ho speculates not at all, but Is an Investor. In-vestor. Deuplto his wealth, Illschoff continues contin-ues at work. He hns a set of early morning visits to attend to his favored fa-vored cstomers. At CMC n. m. lie Is at the" homo of James T. Woodward, president ot tho Hanover National bank. Half an hour later he Is at the dressing room of James Stlllman, ono of tho big men nt the Standard I Oil company. After Stlllman, senior. lila son pnBscs under the razor. At '8:30 o'clock, nlwnys on tho dot, Illschoff Ills-choff re-aches tho homo of Thomas F. JUi Ityan. Then threo sonB of the latter receive his attention In their Wnll street ofllee. After that Illschoff is is on deck In his shop, where millionaires mil-lionaires como trailing In till day. Illschoff says of his early morning customers that nil leave their beds In good humor, and appear to be bright und eager for the dny'B work. Ho also observes that' It seems to bo characteristic of tho big fellows that they havo tough, wiry hair, lie did not say bristles. |