The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-08-22

rich, to do or enjoy someth;n>~ -,
they cannot attemnt. E1l'anng Shis
amusements may be am"'ephaafSs.
they are emily elephantineu s slog, D.
crush through, bigger tres
browse in, a deeper swami loress
to gambol and roll. In a li,, "a VIII
He desires, like the rest 70 obtal
utilize his special advant,ol Ii,
is the command of the m"d, Viii
Of the wishing cap in a. s teNS
which no one else can 'uegre
it is difficult to wish for re,ehd ag
that nobody with a smallo.a hylhih
get. He can travel about if b saPst
travel very pleasantly; but 81 lie lss
ordinary wealthy man, ,o"cant4
yond a certain amount addG;lney D.
either to the enjoy ment or it4
%veniences of travel. Tho me e
writer was travelling once pftseq
track of an Empress, and On ID.
convenienced by her wealth ~" st Sie
watched to 2 what it gave b.usft: !
was very little indeed, Dotbinunf ' /
pared with what she ohtains Con.
her European rank. When lfQ
the Alps she swept up for tv v''s sg
in advance every availablss aaH
engaging at one time no lss, uo'e,
eighty; but she could onlv 81. s laas
place in one barouche, and mor "a 1a'
the whole, no quicker thsn elN
people. The huge suit seemad o'as'
mercy a burden, CHOKING ot
roads, calling forth tiresome op d:
and sometimes creating wa., .oSs
delays. There was a phvsic;ssV ls
instance, who actually fell II l'I ~
loss of eleven hours. The ENVY '
upset the travelling arrancenan.s
a great line for three days bv huge
quirements il the way Of as,'s
train and extra precautions. hn,'
one rich enough to hire a ssInnaat a.!
rage for himself, and pay for , y, ~
engine in front, a matter of le.. r. r..
a pound a mile, would have trsr ~as
with just as much of Personal 4ni,s
ment. The Empress rank s'S'
doubt, helped her greatly in oos,; !.
inaccessible castles, ATTRACTING
perts as c%iceroni, and securlns T..
near Naples a paradise to i've ~
which no money would have rn mn.
chased; but the command of millrnr,
of itself produced no more than lbor
would have done.
AS to creating a grand place..
idea which Edger Poe puts intot n.
head of his imaginary millionair-
it is to be done, no doubt, with .sHr
and Judgment; but when the colo.sJ
once enters into an enterprise Of that
kind, it becomes enjoyable. No Dr..
vate man weuld be happier evear
his own thoughts for creating Y.
sailles, and short Of Var.ailles, hal
a million we'll laid out will doaIl thu
is required. TO ''found a family
the English sense, is in America
Australia impossible; and a grests
tate gives comparative little infp
ence, and beyond a limit euites.
tainahle by any rich man, no psrtit
lar pleasure. What is the Use d
owning square miles when nobGr !
will "cap" to you, or vote for you'd
recognize your greatness in any way
that is not half hostile? Of course,
the mamoth millionaire is a collecQ
he can make a mamoth collection
but when you have once acquired all
the stuff boxes, or jade fowls, or ilr
eyes to be procured, a THOUSAND
more specimens add very litten
vonr qualification A collection lse
it's charms when once it is magniivi
a museum. Besides all thee
chings cost comparatively little
can, any one Of them, be done
10 any reasonable extent by a man
with a hundred thousand a year; and
we are talking Of the millionaire, t
whom that inc me- Gems re 'pDctahe
The true mamoth trps;
is forced to accumulate by the Diff
Of getting rid Of his money, and
soon finds that really to use it with
4 visible result adequate to the pow
pr expended, there is no way EXCEPT
10 increase his business Operations
That is the reason WHY, in Aneri1a
he continues his trade; and why hi
son, with still greater wealth, wilt
tempted to continue after him, ard
a keen on rolling up the snowbal
ii; smaller men declare as thev& an
declaring now about the RAILWAY
kings, that its bulk is becoming dsl'
yerOus spectator.