Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-13

cashier TO the Empress Maria Thereaa Of
Austria. Strange to say, the early years
o.. his life at the Austrian court were years
of .n'erdcr. Then he moved to Ecgland,
married n wealthy lady aud settled down:
lie lived in tunptuous style; Kept seNSrai
csrri5ofs aud % servants. He was mar
rial twice, and. afterhls second MARI age
h. lstt hls Emily aud friends AID villa
drew himself rom the fashionable world.
lie lurled farmer. ~ this time he was
worth $l,OO0, 600. After q year III
the country his place began to
no known a. Starvation Fsrm-
Yard" His cattle aud poultry were
mass of skin and bones, and the peasants
baran to h5ot ut the baron whenever he
appeared for his mean treatment Of his
Gaima!g. lie always insisted on belng
present when the stocl, wGs being ted, so
that he might see that there was nothing
stolen or wasted. lie went about his farm
claA IN mean and dirty clothes and re-
trseI 20 spend money TO buy new ones.
ffsra life OF selishuCss and meanueSs, ne
died in March, 1902, leaving property estI-
mated ut s. 100. coo. His diamonds alone
we're worth $50, 600. while his solid silver
ola-e weighed over 700 pounds.
But exceeding by far the example OF
T,En Elves j that of Daniel Dancer, whose
Iifa is the most striking example perhaps
m all history Of the Unsuitable thirst for
ro,d. HIS father died and left him, to-
ns.hcr with n sister 8 comfortable fortune
Dancer and his sister lived In miserable
hui near Harrow, III MiddlesrN, LngiahH'
Their fare consisted of n piece OF cheap
hecfand If hard dnmpling' boiled on Gun
dav. and this lasted them the rest OF lhe
week. The pair dressed IN rags, anu
when the sister was dying from cold ana
starvation her brother refused TO summon
me1i,ai a;d on the ground TIA. he could
moi sDend his money for medicine, because
if ,ha "cld girl" was going to die the doe
tors couidn't save her anyhow. Dancer
,,os IN, misrrly topr5yide soap and towels
t,r Lir,aelf
II. ,.,,rd wish in 4 neighh0riDg pool
.orI fs ont in the gun TIN he WAS dried.
~, cr,,Lcs , mass of matches, were held
-, Inv q brlt al twisted hay, and his
,,b., ,nnaararce ,vas that of ahjeCt mis-
ory D,nc,r ON his ramble never return
II om,fy-bandei. lie would gather up
the hoses il the vill1ge streela and lanes,
bricp them home, and. after picking
tb.m clean himself, would crack them and
casI tba,, to Iig dog. Once neighb0rs
.n,,,.'si,,,d that his dor worried and kill
al hi, sbscn and for5'car he would have
=, .,,.,,. I'm, f,.,r,,. fznf.dltions he took the
o., brscl,smith'a where he had all
T ,re ,,',,, l,,,.,s 18th broken of TO pre-.
,..,.4 . c,r.b.r recurrence of the trouble.
~. ,,ar5ad his own shoes, and wore ore
i,,t con,inrorslv for I3 years.
yri,",, Lo l,y \, Lis DIVING ned his only
,,,.,,.,,5 ,g,, an obi sack. Wneu remon-
T,r,,eJ viii he said that he came into the
Ia ,.;,t,rt a slirt and he could 90 out
sr%i' il,'i nav Whsp visitor gsstel
y, III, far bis head he or
5.r,5 hi, o,iv srrvapt-whose weekly
80 ,,..rr 3D Sents-to brig him . wisp
n I,.,. which he u.ed ~ pillow till his
IL. T. ~ LIS later lie left an estate
-: -. 81, u6n ar,iv sufficient for all
=, .rr.,,,,, h, iiEtime had he 50
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~ -,I, l,;iod down In tba
l,.'',',' - ' 80 ,sa ,,,,n,,sr door in his mis-.
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