The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
PARIS FAvORITE DENTIST.
From shop In Pennsylvania to the
Court OF France--Eyans' Luck.

Court OF France--Evans' Luck.
fCieveland Leader
Charles Howard, the millionaire of
Vermont. is to leave $1,00a, 900 to his
niece, Mrs. Evans, the wife of the rich
Partisan dentist. Evans is already
several times millionaire, and this
will be pretty addition to his fortune,
which is increasing at the rate of hun
dreds of thousands yearly. 1t is gen.
orally supposed that he made the most
of his fortune in filling teeth. But this
is mistake, as the following talk with
one of the old dentists in the United
States, man who was years ago con-
nected with one of the imperial courts
of Europe, will show:
"Dr. Evans" said the gentleman,
"was born in Lancaster county, Penn
sylyania, and he started life as a
jewelers. apprentice in Lancaster, the
same town in which Buchanan began
life as a young lawyer. He went to
Paris as dentist in few years"
"When did Evans become court dem
tist""
Il do not know the time. He says, I
understand. he was filing Eugenie's
teeth when Louis Ma. .oleon came to his
Office for some dental work, and that
here the two met, and from, that meet
ing afterward sprang their maria 20.
Napoleon owed much to Evans in many
ways. You know he saved the life of
Eugene one night as she left the grand
opera house, and an attempt was made
to assassinate Napoleon by throwing
hand grenades. He afterwards aided
Eugene in escaping to England, and
went with her in lo10. At this time every
one else had deserted the empress, and
she fed to Dr. Evans house. The
doctors wife was at the sea shore, and
Eugene dressed in Mrs Evans' cloth
ing. was passed off by E.vans as his wife,
and driven in his own carriage to the
Norman coast. Thence they got boat
to England.
"Dr. Evans" this gentleman went on,
lis worth several millions, and he has a
grand palace in Paris His Office prac-
tice in the Rue de la Paix nets him
$4,000 year, but this is not how he
has made the most of his money. When
Napoleon was president of the republic
he was quite poor. He died very
wealthy, and much of his money was
made through Evans. Napoleon knew
what action was going to be taken on
public matters, and he also knew how
this would effect stocks. If he could
use his information in buying and sell
ing he could make large sums easily.
But it would not do for Napoleon to be
connected with a broker. There must
be some trusty go-between, added to a
| safe banker. Evans, am told by good
authority, was the gobetween, and his
position as denti>t enabled him to do it
to the best advantage. He had access
| to Napoleon at all hours, and he was
the only one who could take precedence
over the cabinet and every one else. He
attended him at his toilet at o'clock
in the morning. and was on as close
terms with Eugene as with Louis Ma.
poleon.
"One day Eugene said to him, DIR,
Evans, at IL o'clock tomorrow an order
will be issued withdrawing the French
troops from Rome Evans at once
went to the broker and invested in GER
tain securities which he knew would be
affected. At II o'clock the next day
after the order was issued. these securi-
ties went up like a shot, and Evans
made $60,0O0 OF course, Eugene
came in for her share of her pin
money"