The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-08
ABOUT MISERS OF
MANY LANDS.
One of the Most Remarkable Who
Lived in the Last Century.
Concerning Penurious Meanness and Remark
able Daaths-The Parsim,ny of the
Duke Of Mar. borough


Misers are 10 he found :, oil ro-,. 80 +ho
world and in all copdi,inrs af lis. " w. ~
such neonle Thrift. hos dsoanar,.aa 49,
meanness' which in tprn is suocaadaa i',. y,
condition of insane greed in which avor,,
peperous feeIing and imrulso of h,,,,ao
nature is subordinatad IN tho orouin1 ar,ar
more and stiIJ more of tho thing sough,
after ubirb il neorJv .lways nn,oy in S,,,o
form II 10 o,,ita oor,ain +bat n,isars -
hoth s.vos ox;a,od -, ,rx, IA +no, ,,o..
eyivt ar tha ,,ro.,.rt a., =; III I-no,,,,,
tbopcb vbathor 70 %, -. -, o,,,a, -; 80,
n,rt;on 10 tba ,on,,,o.;a.t "a a,,.a,..,,,i,;o,
70 .oonn,,,o,o =, 49,. i.,.,...;1l
tho I'LL :. ~. - VIC ."i'ou' '''''i'iie' VI
'''0 WI ~ - mo- do cei'ain'
ohe VI the most remarkable m'sers OF the
last century was Nj. Osterwald, W no showed
in his life that the richest man in the CAV
capital of France was vi,bou, donht on.
of the most miserlv in If He died !, pa aI
IN 10, naa,i,, 49,. - .' i10 uieu II ans
III TO- ne"'is century ago, heither loved
noI respected oy those VINO knew him, nor
by the relatives who inherited his large
wealth. He was the son of a poor minister
and began life as a clerk in a banking. hous,
ot u.mhprg wbero In aoo',;rad ~
sr,,, H. @ ~ ''ii"',
sum- Which 10 augmented by his shrewd
speculations in business and his economical
mode of living. He afterward came to
Paris, where he accumulated his enormons
fortuna He w,so boobolor Tho a,,,onso,
~ fa,,i1,. -. :,., ~
So, - ~ '' e WIN hH
'iouo Vi hFins' he h''n ior Ms
800. ,an' a pooi wielcn "loli TIC never per
iAilleu W enter MS apartment lie mad al
ways promised that at his death this man
should be handsomely recompensed, and
accordingly he left him a nit tance of six
months WAGES and snit of clothes brt NO
ba ayn,aseIv 500 g. ~ -. 49, -. - >,
hot 'iie mus. new
d lie" DAYS before MS death some OF his ac-
Quaintances, who saw that he was reduced
to the last extremity bv want Of nourish-
ment proposed to him TO haye some soun
Yes. YES" he REPLIED. sit is easy tn taiS of
SOM. Int what ia IN heoome of Ina m..ato1
Thus died one who was renortod N he fin.
richest man in Paris. He IS sfatad IN have
left to relations. whom he had nrohohJv
never seen. e3OO 600 600 Hinder his hoister
were found 500 O00 liyres in naner monev
A miser died in Paris in 1880, leaving Drop
erty supposed 10 be worth $500. some tin.
elapsed before the heir presented himseIf
but on his doing so a search was made in tb,
miser's apartment and no less n sun, Ih,,,
SlOO. OCO was discovered in a cnuhnard
Here is the record of the dea.b ot T,pnos
France. of very wealthy chiffonnier nv rs,
ana refuse collec;orl. Feeling himse,f verS
ILL., and heljeyInp his enn vas raar IN
Ciosus of rags sent for a LAWYER tn NAL
his villa most extravaoant thing fnr y
miser to do. it would se.nwbut befor. his
could be done he was seized vim n 6t f
coughing. and died withont naning ..ith..r
urs w,surs ~, me possres'rIs,-,
WI ~; - - -
men i'S ie'esrae,laW were iouhu an IN
sonu eh VI niS ehe.Lo were taken. a hrst
1 ea'In ieeu - IN INC uiocotedy Vi papers,
as, anu piis VI tue vaiue OF ovo.ooo francs.
"a iutth oeaIcn Diousnt 10 iishl an earli-
onm"io POI containing IS,oVo irahcS III solu-
anu, III any. lioie pllls VI Tue value OF $1,000
iIanoo "eIe uistvseiou III the coverings Oh
the peu. IL Wouiu oe nara 10 Say VINO were
IN. .ht nioIT suLpiisea az tue discovery OIL all
,iilo "eai.i' ing oHIlohhiei Ielatiohs Or tie
tesai sin'.e ii " ~ hau peeh summoned 10
ni"n M w, IL rs iS,,uo o!u rtench-
niain ii,1u ton yyoo 9clapeo toseIher Ior-
'u M VI VS. Ssel 4oo,o ~ ilane ssi, I'M
lne riehcn auu pcoIcn aiiKe nave the
rieuit VI pusstss si aiie virtue Oh lrugailty
An INSTANCE t VI III, ,t virtue ptl1s carried TO
au eA ! 70 Ina. VI oauieo uikshank,
s mn9 uaet az ~ mun.y, III Scotland III tDe
oai ~ pal VI .no Piesent century, ne was
al 81 anu-i uillet' anu hau peeh uesetiDeo
as the most DEFECT hllser on earth- lie
neSei iisn a,a d Iie VI cahale III MS house,
NJ. even az S Vi utanA thereih except what
fn,umiS he orousd' im MS pocheI from MS
hiS ,fa W. "nu Nh h poIsat coat IN
him With rai,otnnoa "nu a. dHatn was Gu
Tod Of .,, IL,
u, " III p,st9 "seao MS soiu lay hiu-
u.n . IL iUao ouo nHui "ole on suiheaS,
~ thr"t ~ t,;i 49, "ii Sc AZ al olu
sriiI 40 VIZ guy III siiVef:
~, Err,,sh 10, I;..i ~ I 80. - that OF
; an LnSlisn iaus Mno uieu IN iioo AT Iodg-
.,a ,,oS a NJ P,n ~ INC aso VI 10. Iief
fnriv vsars She i;ved u, !ir.an -, , aru Vi
80 - no = 20 ~ u oon ton anu Dept-
tu,u ilf NV tne .ouo inanlieI, dehthS
a .1 ,nt -, vi me. one
- ,t ~ y ~ ~ VI e'to III
her death. She ffeouentIv hessa9 f. n ,Ui ,t W.
highways when she went on business to
London and was also very light-tiugered
having al divers time been detected in nil,
fering the most trifling things. Notvitb-
standing her wretched way of life. after her
death there were found securities in Rank
of England, South Sea, East Innia Company
and other stocks to the amount of e4o Oo1
aud upwards. beside diamonds ami oth.r
precious stones. plate. china clotbes cf
every kind of the richest SORT. great nnapfi-
ties of the finest silks, linen. yelyets ,.tc,
unmade. of very great value. beside n jurg.
sum of money. To whom ali tIiS weai7b
reverted does not appear.
In 1877 there dieG at WoolWich in the
same ueighborhood, a man named .John
Clark, aged ST. He is described as haying
been "a man of education, but a very sinonIar
character Although reported to bs inl-
nensely wealthy he was very misery in his
habits. and lived to the last in a souaIid
howell in the poorest part of WoOlN ich1 The
greater part of his lie was spent in the ac.
emulation of books, of which he left
large collection at his death. II was rn-
ported that tile front shutters of his bousa
had not been opened for thirty wears. Ue
never took n regular meal. nor did he rnoy
the taste OF wine or spirits. Yet, notwitn-
standing that he lived in such den and smf-
ferrd such prIyations. he reached an octo-
genarian aye and died worth e400oO or
whereabouts.
THIS RooKwor,t
A. wall &c ,,i-,r sa.,,,,s - h.. -.
e,1,,n,a oonhin,t;n -, $50; n"sS ogeh
,ii,1- ~ hu biS Vii Sa IiSt ana ioel-
eeoio - lie Soc,or aIS e-aoo ~ ne ie'S tah
i,,'o ~ hseiSes aS' Ia'.oO; " us MUSE
na -. NAY S - ,S 10 local
Sn'. Nv vhn,, he as S,r % ,,,J pYO' neisn
in ~ he could nv ,, III;
his, he ,nnears 70 b,ya rid r. maia WIN VIII
90 stsS Is. ~ ~ Soiie
M III, "as,eu me ny uiSpoSihs OIL
hi3 I nuaia' "ir ,rons ;rs,a m",lu
h,,-.an no tnra IN u ,,aar - Va re.a. hinS
;' ;o, aud ,,Stara5 a ~, se., oe
s I"c p,,r,., I! " ms ieia'res,