Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03

turned to. the camp delighted with my
first excursion and utterly astounded
at the facility with which had received
permission to these various Hindoo
houses. H.. ~ *. n. g
ASUCCESSFUL WOMAN SPECTATOR.
The rarsinoaioug Princess OF Wales"
and Her Husband Worth $a5, ooo, 900.
From the New York World
Gone Of the most daring and success
full spectators in the world" said a
prominent member OF the stock ex-
change, lis the Princess OF Wales"
''What| calculated his nearer, ''tbe
Princess of Wales & speculator in
stocks"
1.-THE Princess Of Wales I speak of is
not the wife of the royal heir OF the
throne of Great Britain. This title has
been given by common consent to a
daughter Of 81 rich old whaler of New
Bedford, who died number of
years ago, leaving an immense fortune
This wealth she has doubled several
times by her wonderful operations i'll
stocks. wonder you have never heard
Of her. You have certainly heard of
her husband, who is in every way q
much less remarkable person than she
IS: Until recently he YVES q prominent
director and some time ago was, I be-
Ieve, for q short period president Of one
Of the largest railroads in this country.
He is noted speculator and his name is
not at all descriptive Of his sagacity
and shrewdness. He is man Of re-
markable height, standing nearly seven
feet high. He is we'll known both in
the London and New York stock mar
kets, at the former by remarkable deal
in Erie and at the latter for the part he
took i'll advancing the prices several
years ago Of Louisville and Nashville.
when the father of the lady Of whom
first spoke died he left her So, 00O, 900.
This made her one of the richest omen
in America, and as significant of the
source of her wealth she was called the
Princess of Wales by those who knew
Of her. She inherited with her mill
lions u talent for the acqui ition Of
money and an overmastering passion to
keep it. OF course she had many sui
ters. but among them all there was
none who could match her fortune with
his own. That was what she was look
ing for. Failing in this, she contented
herself with gentleman who could
produce evidence of being worth $780,
600. This he had made in the MANILA
trade. He was Of q liberal disposition
and lives in generous manner. After
his marriage, however, his wife's strong
er intellect changed his disposition,
| and made him also the victim of d
mania for saving
It is related of the early days of their
courtship that in order to facilit tate his
entrance into her house he gave lib
cral fee to the servant Learning of it
she nearly broke off all further inter-
course with him, as she could never
marry a man who exhibited such ex-
travagance. When the marriage paper
was made out she had it stipulated that
all their joint living and personal ex-
penses should be paid by him alone,
Notwithstanding that her fortune was
ten or twelve times as large as his.
Following their marriage came grand
career of accumulation. Not satisfied
with a fortune Of princely proportions,
they proposed, by parsimony and spec
! ulation to double and triple it. The
death Of an aunt added 81, 900 900 to
the wife's treasure. She began 1mme-
diately however, to cut down what she
called her husbands extravagant ex-
penses.
She compelled him to give up his e1e-
giant bachelor apartments and hire the
most economical quarters. The birth
of a sob gave more unseltish aspect to
her passion for gain. 1t was not now
for herself that she saved, but for her
child. She made up her mind that he
should be one of the richest--if not the
richest men in America. While coast
ing one day, however, he met with an
accident. which has made him Grip
pie for life. He also became subject
to violent fits.
IAN anecdote here will illustrate her
extreme parsimony. They were board
ing at Babylon, L. l., when the lad was
attacked with commissions. A doctor
was sent for, but before his arrival the
child had recovered and the Princess
waited at the window for the ply
stefan. AS he drew up she shouted
to him: Don't come in, doctor; he is
all right now Thus she saved a doc
tors fee. Under her direction theil
combined fortunes were so invested as
to save as far as possible the payment
of taxes. Though both Americans
they hired two or three rooms in Lon.
don, and this they announced as their
residence though they pass most O.
their time in this country. He is abou
4 IS years old and she about so. The
lad is about Is years Of age. They
have rolled up their wealth until now
have no doubt that $35, 900, 900 scarcely
represents its extent Though posses
J sed of an annual income of 80 600, 900
venture to say that their total expenses
do not average more than $4,000 PEI
! year. Rather than pay for a cab
have known her to walk to a party
through foot of snow with a pair Q;
I old stockings drawn over her shoes
But they could not have created al
this wealth simply by saving. No: The
larger part of it is the result of sue
cessful speculations. II She is remarka.
bly, shrewd in her Investment in stocks
and he is not far behind her in talen
/ Of this kind He may be remembered
| as having made q million dollars il
i few days in London by the rapid ad
4 vance in Erie, following the expulsion
! Of Gould from the management. He
! has also made large sums BY his deals
in louisville ard Nashville in this
country. A peculiarly Of their speeu.
1atio1ls is that they operate OF
| separate accounts, and often withou
| each Others knowledge. She has mad.