Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-14

and horoes and gods-men who in their
single persons are the equivalent OF ma
| tions-maks rs hope that each new mil
ionaire will find some way to wear all
| his millions aS a garment, or, rather, as
skin, in which mis- own proper life
circulateS. Surely the wants oil man are
infinite: how, then. can any amount OF
money overwhelm him? Be billion,
every separate dollar Of it ought To be
tinging with vitality, and as busy min
iStering directly to its owner as are the
cOrpuscles of his blood. That any of IL
should be lying dead seems reflection
on human ability-on our intellect and
senses. The horse is his who mounts
il: the fortune is his who spends it. No
doubt great riches need great genius,
and even genius needs practice. The
power to make ones self legitimately
cost, say, hundred dollars minute,
night and day, from years end TO year S
end, and year after year, is mighty
and admirable power. probably not yet
attained on this planet.
OF course it is understood that the
spending must be personal, and that it
must have an object 1t will not do to
throw the gold into the sea, to burn the
banknotes, or even to gamble. Still
less must the ideal millionaire shirk his
burdens by tying up his capital" in
enterprises or industries where ii will re-
main for long period latent-potential
wealth only. This is simply TO make
ones self an agent Of the public expend-
iture: the personal element sinks out of
sight. But let him build palace in a
night, like Aladdin: drink a priceless
pearl, like Cleopatra; throw bridge Of
gold across the Heliespont; give feast
where fountains shall run precious wines
the dishes be set with diamonds, the
guests be seated on chairs Of gold and
ivory. and every breath they draw be
freighted with the value OF priceless
treasures. The magical, the impossible
are what we demand Of bOundlesS riches,
and We are continually Disguised, be-
cause, after all, nothing very much out
of the common seems TO take place.
Count de Lisle, however, was still an
unknown quantity; he had not shown
what he could do, and he might there
fore still do anything. His fancy of Il
great free school and a museum OF art,
which few persons We're cOgniZant Of,
looked well enough for side issue, but
for him it could hardly be more than
that. IL was known that he had pur-
chased a tract of land several miles in
extent on Long Island, and was having
it laid out and improved, with view,
apparently, OF making Il private or semi
private park OF it, and no doubt the site
of the school would be there. He had
houses at Newport and Saratoga, and
palaces, it was said, in various Euro
pean countries; he had. since coming to
New, York, given orders for the build
ing of steam yacht which was expect
ed to combine the hest qualities Of Cleo
patra's barge and all Atlantic grey
hound. As to the Trent house, as it
was still called, no one knew exactly
what he was doing with that; he had al
ready taken up his quarters there. but
it was understood that alterations OF
some kind were still going on. After
all known facts were allowed for, ii was
felt that the real nucleus Of the matter
had scarcely been touched, and that
the sensation was yet to come.
Then, where had the counts money
come from? So gigantic fortune could
not have been long in existence. or il
would have been heard Of. Was It's
source in the mines Of Mexico? 1t was
from Mexico that the count had come &c
New York; and, according to his own
account, he was the son OF a single
French gentleman, and had received nj:
title of nobility from NapoieOn--a com
planetary gift merely. panied
bv revenue. Perhaps he had found the
key 70 open the long closed treasure
house of the MOnteZumas. Perhaps he had
stumbled upou a hoard laid up at the
period of Maximilian's accession, when
France anticipated gaining permanent
foothod in the country. Perhaps ne
had discovered diamond mine on his
own account richer than those Of Col
conda. Or possibly he had only come
suddenly into number OF great in
heritances, to which circumstances had
given multiplied value. The founda-
ton of the wealth Of the RothschildS
had been laid by speculation on the re-
suits OF a war. There had lately been
a great war in Europe, but it was diff.
cult to see how it could have put &
much gold into any one mans pocket
Besides, the present accumulations d
the Rotchschilds were the gradual IN
crease Of several generations; wherea:
De Lisle's fortune, had. $50 to say
sprung up in night.
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