The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12

nofHscnILD had few tastes or pleasures
OUT OF the stock Exchange and his count
Iug-nouse, In st. Swithin's lane When
LvuiS opohr, the great German musicia.
cat!ed on him in June, 1920, with .~ -.
OF lntroduc tion from his brOtho g, .e..e' s7
lort, ne SAID to him, IL und "a a. IAN Isnk
ol nGusc This" pa!:ing his rocket n9'n,na anS
ra..tins the loose coins therein % dc anu m,
Monevut1: wv anuef stand that on Change '
eniovrncnt -ng was the one pursuit and
lees than 81 Rothschild's life. He cared
was n, many do for the money when it
tor !, -ade. He had no taste or inclina-
80 says one of his friends, "for what
csey Engflsnman seeks as soon as he has
~ ,noney 10 Duy it-comfort in everv re-
Sp", lis ambition was to arrive at his
than m,, lIo IN re quickly and more effectually
.nan ,thcrs, and to steer toward it with
- :.io energy When his end was reached
~ had lost all its charm for him, and j.
, turned his ever-wearying mind to -
thing else" 1t was in the sc~,.,,ll ihe
and fghtings, the plots and ,r;.,i.1 i.aLapllngs r
ing money, not at all - TIM mJ .rona,a y, 'las s
much in the hoe --ainr of !, pI"ns, ,hat ko io' IL,
| lighted. " ''' 'ha' he ue-
:. -ere," said q dinner Companion to
3A on oio oCSao.oni L cope that your
children are not tno fond of money and
business to the exclusion of more impor-
tant tnlngS am sure you would not
Wish that" vi am sure I should wish
That, he answered; 81 wish them to give
mind, and soul, and heart, and body
everything to business. That is the wav
to be happy. 1t requires a great deal of
boldness and great deal of caution to
make great fortune; and, when you have
got 1t, it requires ten times as much wit to
keep it."
To all who were willing.to work in this
fashion, he was, after his fashion, good
friend. Some of the wealthiest CONNER
cial houses now in London owe their pros
perity to the readiness with which ROths-
child, seeing good business qualities in the
young men around him, helped them on
with his great influence. There were
cases in which he went out of his way to
put exceptional opportunities of money
making in the way Of his favOrites. Even
his charities, according to his own confess
ion, were eccentric, and chiefly INDUCED
in for his own entertainment. "Sone-
times, to amuse myself" he said, al givea
beggar guinea He thinks it is a mis-
take, and, for fear should find it out, off
he runs as hard as he can. advise you to
give beggar a guinea, sometimes; it is
very amusing" lHs
A saying attributed to him gives evil
dence, If true, of some humOr. Once. it
is said, a German prince, visiting London,
brought letters of credit to the banker
He was shown into the inner room of the
famous cOunting-house in st. Swithin's
lane, where Rothschild sat busy with
heap of papers. The name being an
nounced, Rothschild nodded, offered his
visitor chair, and then went on with the
work before him. For this treatment the
prince, who expected that everything
should give way to one of his rank and
dignity, was not prepared. Standing a
minute or two, he exclaimed, ..Did You
not hear, sir, who am? am"-repeat-
ing his titles "Oh, very WELL" said
ROthschild, take two chairs then"
AT another time two strangers were adj
mitted into the same private room They
were tall foreigners, with mustaches and
boards such as were not often seen in the
city thirty or forty years ago, and Roths-
child, always timid, was frightened from
the moment of their entrance. He put his
own Interpretation upon the excited move
ments with which they fumbled about in
their pockets; and before the expected
pistols could be produced, he had thrown
a great ledger in the direction of their |
heads, and brought in bevy of clerks by
his cries of "murder" The strangers were
pinioned, and then, after long questionings
and explanations, it appeared that they |
were wealthy bankers from the Continent, |
who, nervous in the presence of banker |
so much more wealthy, had had some diff |
Guilty in finding the letters of introduction
which they were to present.-Fdmous |
London Merchants.