Nevada County picayune., 1891-08-06
A MILLIONAIRE FAMILY.
Huge Mountains of Wealth Piled
 Up by the Rothschilds.


 was startled by the news that Gus tave Rothschild had lost S25 ,OOO, ,OO0 in various speculative ventures and that he had even attempted suicide in the presence of his misfortune i; but the loss of those millions made no more inroad in the colossal for tunes of the grand old house of the brethren of the red shield than the loss of as many hundreds would be likely to make on the wealth of a anderbit or Jay Gould.
 No one knows, it is true, how much the Rothschild fortune is exactly, but it is safe to say that it exceeds 5000, 100000. In times of severe panic and trial its magnifi- cent solidity has been proudly pointed to as one of the most en- during monuments Of human prop erty and industry.
 In the great storm of 1857, when, for few days, George Peabody's credit was gone: when Barring Bros. were anxiously surveying the wreck age all around them, when hun drcd leading mercantile and banking firms of London were scudding under bare poles, the Rothsehilds alone showed no distress. They did just as much during the the panics as loan contractors, dealers in bullion, stock purchasers, sellers of securities as ever before.
 Even when the Bank of England had to cry to the Government for help. they swept on undismayed.
 In lS4S they lost $40, 0,000, ,0OO at one swoop. In 1870, at the time of the Franco-German war, they lost as much more.
 Whence comes this mountain of wealth, this purse without apparent bottom? There is nothing in the Arabian Nights more wonderful than the rise of the Rothschild fam fly and yet there was no magic in it Nothing but thrift and patience and the watching of opportunities.
 In the city of Frankfort there is a dirty, narrow lane called the Judg- eegasse, or Jews, lane. At the begin ming of the present century, it was simply a narrow lane lined with tall l, dilapidated houses, crowded from floor to roof with human beings liv- ing in state of squalor and filth that is indcscribable.
 In this foul smelling lane lived Never Amschel Rothschild, the founder of the great firm. He lost both parents at an early age and was destined by his relatives for the priesthood. His taste for business was stronger, however, than his rela- tives' wishes, and he entered small banking house in Hanover. Steadily he rose in his employers estimation and was soon appointed assistant manager.
 Having at last amassed sufficient capital he returned to the Judgen- gassc and started as money lender under the sign of the Red Shield.
 In 1872 he died worth 5000, ,0O0.
 This fortune, which he intrusted to his five sons, is now estimated at over q billion, and is still growing like a snowball.
 The harmony and union which Meyer Amschc made his five sons swear when they were assembled around his deathbed has never been broken. Each Rothschild's business and fortune k n compact to protect the firms name. How many part ncrs, are there in this immense firm which does business with empires and kingdoms every day? A few years ago ere were no less than seventy of these partners, and the number goes of increasing. These are the fourth in descent from Meyer Ans chel Rothschild. The rule of inter marriage is still kept up almost as vigorously as in the royal circles of Europe, and intermarriage seems only to increase the brightness of these phenomenally bright people.
 The adventure of the unlucky Gus taye de ROthschld brings the Paris branch of the family rather promi- ncntly into view The first of these Paris Rothschild, was Baron Solomon. Solomon's brother, Baron James de RothschiId, took charge of the Paris house in 1872.
 Baron James carried on two-thrds