Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
From the New York Standard

| All Brokerdsom Haunting for the Ha a.
| who Made 100000 by Investing 81
| A Pr amtse To a Sweetheart in FUl
to he Paid Ia Earnest.
! From the New York Standard.
The publication in the Standard yeste,
day morning Of the news of the drawin
at San Francisco of the lottery in aid G
the Mercantile Library created great ex
eitement among the mercurial denizens o
Wall street and the adjacent thorough
fares especially when it transpired tha
the ''big find" had fallen to member of
prominent New York firm. The new
spread from Office to office as rapidly al
the report Of sn elopement would be dis
seminated through country village, ani
for time nothing else was thought of ol
talked about Indeed, it is asserted tha
one excited gentleman, in fit O.
uncomfortable enthusiasm, offered a
the First Board to take
Hundred lottery preferred, Hellmar
three !" and was only restored to conscious.
ness by couple of his friends taking him
by the arms and rushing him rapidly
Ground the corner to see man." A firm
of brokers, who boast of being able to fill
customer desiring them to buy "Twenty
thousand Hellman oonsolidated"- orde,
they were obliged to decline. In short,
bulls and bears went nearly as crazy for a
little while as outside mortals to whom
such nice piums are not in the habit OF
falling. Of the 1,125 members of the
Stock Exchange, it is said that 1902 we're
engaged in making an estimate Of the value
Of the prize, which all resulted nearly as
follows:
Of (yoIJN R1n1 0nn
Exchange from San Francisco. Il
Brokerage, &C., j per cent. 500 1000
Balance (gold). ............. 1898 1000
worth at closing rate of gold Q113), $780,
270, from which must be deducted Sc in
currency paid by Mr.. Hellman for his tick
ct, and we have the nice little profit of
S109, ,264 on very small investment.
Meantime, the "news having become
spread through the city, everybody vas
inquiring ''who is the lucky man ?" a ques-
ton which we shall try to answer to satisfy
know all about any man who has either
made g fortune Or lost one, or, as in this
case, had one thrust upon him. Mr.
Theodore Hellman, then, the lucky holder
of No, 154, OFT, is q brother in-law of Mr..
Seligman & Co., the weu-known brokers,
corner Of Broad street and Exchange
place, and is member of the correspond
ing firm of Seligman, Hellmau & Co., of
New Orleans. He was in the city on brief
visit only, and had purchased the ticket
"jugt as flyer" as had many others, es
pecially OF the younger brokers.
The gentleman who sold it to him was
Mr.. Wormser Of William Meyer & Co.,
paying, as stated, $6 currency for 1t. In
personal appearance Mr.. Hellman is a
young man, q blonde, with a s'perfect love
of moustache," handsome counten-
ance, pleasing address, frank and engag-
ing manners, fond of society, and of all
sorts of gayety and fun, in short, g favora-
BILE specimen OF Wide-awake, dashing
young American.
OF course the romance of Mr.. Hellman's
good fortune would not be complete with
out heroine, and equally, of course, that
parsonage has already been found, Madam e
Rumor has it that the young broker is as
lucky in love as in money getting, and
that the business which called him to New
York WAS not altogether connected with
the stock market. 1t is confidently as
serted that beautiful blonde fin novel,
of course, she would be brunette,
but it is not always SO in real hfe), who
lives ''up town" ought chiefly to be held
responsible for his absence from the Cres-
cent City. In proof of the truth of this
pleasant tale it is said that four days ago
Mr.. Hellman, with number of friends of
both sexes, was spending the evening at
the house Of q lady, we'll known in fash
ionable circles, when the conversation
turned On the subject of the forthcoming
lottery, in which nearly all the gentlemen
present held tickets, and considerable
speculation was indulged in SIS to their re-
spective chances of winning prizes. At
last Miss Fanny, beautiful young lady,
turned to MIR. II with the question:
sfWill you give me half the prize drawn
by your tioket?"
Of course the answer was in the affirnca-
tive, and the subject Vas forgotten until
the result Of the drawing brought 1t again
to the minds Of those who had been pres
ent. It is said that Mr.. H. is not the least
ayerse to complying strictly with the terms
of his impromptu bargain; and qu;d,auncs cs
add that he will eventually lose nothing by
so doing, as the money will certainly
''oome back to the family" with q 'thend,
some" addition.
The Value of Paris.
The London Economist reckons up the
value of property which the defenders O.
Paris expose to danger by awaiting Prus
sian attack.
The metropolis, says the writer, with {
population OF {, 400, coo, having valuation
OF about G27, 000, ,000, which, capitalized al
about twelve years purchase, represents 6
SUM Of e324, 600, 900, we may reckon thai
Paris, with o population of 1,800, ,000
contains private house property
worth about e171, 100000. Deductine
tan per cent. as the value of the GROUND
rents and rnoecupied area, which may be
treated as indestructible, though ground
rents would fall if Paris were half destroy
ed, we have q net sum of Gl54, $50, 600,
representing the value of Partisan build
ings which @ complete bombardment and 6
street defence would annihilate. On this
basis we may calculate that an amount
equal to one-half OF the value of the
buildings will be invested in furniture OF
other contents of the dwellings. In this
way we get an estimate of G77, IT'S, 900 az
the value of furniture and other contents
Of Farisian houses. The value Of the STOCK
in trade in Parisian shops and warehouses
will probably be at least oDe-third o.
the aggregate Of the above amount
aEosnSr sum OF 5fI, I,lIo,uUUs IneSe lnree
figures sum up total of g311, 700, 000
which we may take as the minimum value
Of private property in Paris destructible III
siege. When the danger te such proper
ty alone is considered, it may well make
the defenders of q great city pause, apart
altogether from the losses already sustain
ed in the environs; the probable destruc
ton of roads, bridges and other works not
insurabie and not here reckoned; the dan
ger OF monuments, libraries, museums anC
works Of art, whose real worth cannot bt
iesloned in money, and the tremendous
saSlHce of lite which such a destruction
of property would imply.
In mere money the loss of Paris would
cost France quite as much as years of ordi
nary war.
Shot.Pr0Of Heights for Balloon TRAY
eierS.
In order to calculate the height whicl
a balloon would be perfectly safe from
the enemy's fire, series Of experiment
have been made at Tours; something of tn
kind had already been tried at Paris, bu
tba yaSIitB were incOmDlete. For {hi