Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-01-30
A Remarkable Family.

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| Hesse Cassel, flying through Frankfort,
summoned to an audience a prominent
banker Of the city.
II am one OF those" he said, "who
trusted TO the faith OF that faithless perjur-
er and enemy Of his race, Napoleon Bona
parte. He promised to preserve my terri.
tory from violation and te treat me as
neutral prince. He has forced the to fly
from nv own domain, has already seized il,
Is to obliterate IL aud make Il part OF the
Kingdom OF westphalia. have with me
about s5.0oo,0oO. Take them! Keep them
In security Until my rights are restored and
recognized. How much interest will you
allow meT'
"ln the disturbances of the time" re-
piled Mayer Won Rothschild, II can prom
ise nothing. II must be very low rate II
| any. You will have TO trust me to pay
what can. when am able to afford it,
VERY WELL" replied the Elector, my
chief purpose Is TO secure them. From
what learn of you cannot do better than
To trust you. l must bid you adieu.-
Rothscaild departed. receivin. the Elec-
tors treasure on deposit, was enabled to
| loan 1t ard reloan To some advantage, but
paid no Interest on it for eight years, after
which he paid two per cent. for nine years
| and returned II To the Electors son In 1923.
is the origin Of that wonderful house Of
Rothschild, whose existence and operation
are surrounded with something of the
mysteries ard dazzling spectacular display
found chiefly In fairy romances and Ara
ban Nights" tales.
| During all ihe troubles OF Europe In the
| early part of the century Rothschild re-
NAMED undiSurbed. He negotiated two
/ loans OF 81 10000 each Tor Denmark
which, contcuptibe now. were enormous
then. large wholesale Yankee No
| tons" or dry goods house might surpass
them to-day. slayer Rothschild had the
faculty OF turning all chances to good ac-
! count.
Just before his death in 1912 he called to-
| gether his six sons-Nathan, solomon. An
| selem, Karl, Mayer and James, and said to
| them:
| Il want you to promise me on your SOL
emn oaths always to remain united In car
| rying on the operations OF our house"
| They swore as he asked, but after his
| death separated; or rather they divided
/ Europe between them. They established
| their houses at Paris, London, Frankfort,
/ Vienna and Naples. Each one shared iu
the general operations of the house, and
had individual supervision over his partic-
( ular field. IL was not a central bank with
| different branches; there were five differ
| ent houses which If occasion required acted
A. one.
! The Emperor of Austria ennobled all OF
them as IL they were all the eldest, which
is an Austrian custom. Their arms are
live golden arrows. By a remarkable coin
cidence, an ancient writer predicted that
Charon. who according TO the old myth fer
ried people over the Styx or river OF death.
and who gets his pay from the passengers.
would have a large income 10 the year
1855, and in that year Nathan the eldes,
aud solomon and Karl all died. Every
body expected as each one dropped of TO
learn al least the secret OF that enormous
/ banking house. But there was not the
smallest chance to look into the big books.
Another Eothschiil stood readylto take
them from the dead mans haud-, The
I nrm Is dynasty. lou can learn from II
only that IL has secret OF msking money.
One OF the great strokes of the Rothschiid
house was made when Nathan the London
1 banker, ana an English citizen 10 lowed
close In the rear OF Napoleon in 1918, as II
he foresaw the fall OF that giant. The suu
had not set ON the battle OF Waterloo be-
fore the banker was well on his way To
! London. He bought English consols. al
that time very low IN price. When London
/ heard the news, coDsuls rose and Roths-
/ Rothschild-llke. In their transactions
/ chance Is eliminated as much perhaps a. it
IS possible in human affairs. The concep-
| iiou of these grand schemes are clear and
/ simple. however vast. The accomplish
| tnent alone is difficult, because Il requires
/ a rapid glance over the whole field aud
large capital. But there Is In them indca-
I tions OF genius. In most Of these first
| great operations there is the popularity OF
/ Christopher Columbus's famous egg trick
( Dollars, Ike soldiers, need TO be hurled en-
/ masse and al once against a designated
| point. The Rothschilds in this respect
/ have been the greatest captains Of the cen
/ tury.
Capital has displaced men In the world
, of industry. Formerly a man was a pro-
| ducer or negotiator, borrower or a
! lender. Now. by the substitution OF cap
/ ital, he may be all of these at the same
/ time. In Belgium and Spain the Roths-
| chllds are producers OF coal and quichsil-
| yer. BY virtue OF the railroads they own
! they are also carrieIs; to-day they will be
4 the largest buyers. Tomorrow the largest
| sellers in Europe. Speculation is the fairy
of the nineteenth century aud the Roth.-
chds are its godsons. Life at the pres
ent day has been almost tripled In intensity.
a man who dies at forty years OF age has
certainly lived more than centenarians OF
the seventeenth century.
Money no longer has a country The
Rothschild would lend it to Belgium and TO
Holland when they were mutual enemies !;
to Austria and to Italy; to France and TO
Germany; to Antonelli or Victor Emanuel.
Though empires go down with a crash. the
house of Rothschild remains unmoyed
They furnish the money 10 make war; they
furnish II to make peace. The conqueror
owns them for his guns; the conquered
owes them for his ransom.
Only once was there any disagreement
( known TO have arisen between them. When
Naples ceased to be a capital the Baron
Adolphe de Rothschild removed his bank
Ing house from he city and demanded in
cash--his share Of the common fund-$l5,- :
100000. But perhaps recollecting the oath
required by the founder OF the house, the
affair was arranged and the different Roths-
childs in all times of confusion and trouble
have continued to utter the same distinct
watchword of business, even as at night
the clocks OF large cities regulated by one
hand strike the hours at the same moment.
When steam and electricity came into
use the former great strides of speculation
were no longer possible. But the Roths-
childs anticipated these inventions. The
Baron James, at Paris, il is said, FASTENED
10 seize and use these new levers, which
otherwise would have destroyed him. He
was the principal protector OF the French
railways, and is said to have wept tears OF
joy on sending the first telegram to San
Francisco. He had calculated the differ
eDce Of time between Paris and San Fran
cisco. and knew that the answer would
come during the day. He awaited it in
feverish silence. 1t came at the hour he
had calculated.
The Rothschilds are for the most part
Jews. The tomb of the Paris family is op-
posite that of Rachel In the cemetery OF
Pere la Chaise. An "R" is sculptured in
relief on the white stone of the modest
chapel. The enclosure in front is sown
with pebbles. Every Jew who visits a
grave leaves a stone
The project of buying Palestine and REIN
stating the Jews has been attributed to the
Rothschilds. but as they have never taken
any steps towards 1t, it Is probable that
they either never thought Of it or speedily
abandoned it.
Many stories are told of their shrewd-
ness. and while some of them are true. more
| are iepeudarv