Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-30

fortunes by hard thinking and close OBJ
Starvation of the political market. But
Notwithstanding this professed aversion 10
work, Nathaniel usually spends the early
morning hours with Adalbsrt al his dssk
In their joint residence. There the daily
secret dispatches and reports from the
home Office in Frankfort and the branches
In Paris and London, and from the politi-
cal representatives in all the capitals of the
decisions agreed upon while light break
fast Ia being served on small side tables.
The brothers, on these occasions, con-
verse In their native tongue, Hebrew,
without reserve, for they take care that
the lsckey waiting upon them In q Chris
tian and as innocent of the difficult Ian
guage used as q newborn babe. Many q
speculative genius hss aspired TO obtain
admission to these informal meetings of
the two brothers In the guise of hunkey,
after perfecting himself In the vernsculsr,
but these wild schemes never succeeded as
far as known to the world. However, 1t
might not bs bsd idea to try again.
At IL o'clock sharp an 'unnumbered"
cab, public conveyance of the better sort,
rolls into the court yard of the palace and
few minutes later Baron Adaibert is on
his way to the Office, situated in q massive
building in the neighborhood of the bourse.
The hnancier never uses his own carriage
when going to business, nor does he en-
gage carriage by the month When he
Is ready to leave he pslscs q messenger Ia
dispatched to some distant livery for cab
and In order to forestal rivalry, the coach
man capturing the prize is never paid more
than the rate stipulated by ordinance, aside
from modest douceur. The reason for
these precautionary measures is not quite
clear CnntrQrv n tha errNa-fa,ara af 0-har
Rothschilds, notably Nathan, mayor of
London, who always slept with two loaded
pistols at his side, Baron Adalbert's life
has never been threatened, and assassins-
tton for political reasons Is almost m un-
known crime In Vienna.
At the portals of the Office building the
inancier is invariably met by a giant New
foundland dog, who allows nobody to lin
ger on the steps or sidewalks, or in the
hall, and who follows him into his private
room, where the chief proctor of the firm
awaits his lordship to report on the re-
quirements of the day. Baron Rothschild,
to be taken in all matters of primary in
terest, as We have seen, is quick in dispos-
ing of the formalitiss, and after some
twenty minutes an army of messengers,
private mail-carriers on swift horses and
bank collectors in cabs are dispatched In
all directions through the business dis
tricts of the city, carrying safety or de
struction, honor or disgrace, in the pockets
of their big black portfolios.
The capital Of the Vienna Rothschilds is
estimated at two hundred million forms In
gold, aside from the personal fortunes of
the members of the arm. Their freproof
treasury vaults, under the bank building,
contain bars of precious yellow aud white
metals piled up man high, like as many
two-penny bricks behind Swedish cur
tains" dron gratine); there are likewise
hundreds of barrels filed with coined gold
and silver, ready for shipment to any part
of the world, and rows of safes, containing
as many drawers as a bsrrister's legal
paper chest, for government bonds, bank
notes and paper money.
At the entrance of the treasure chamber
q peculiarly shaped barrel with hammered
iron hoops, gray with sge and hard usage.
attracts our attention IL lie a relic, such
as no other bankers In the world possess,
q memento of the FIRST Rothsohild's hon
esty and good fortune.
Iu 1906 Mayer Anselm, the Hesse- Cassel
court Jew, hid the millions which his SOW
erign, the Lsndgrsve, had entrusted 10
him In this receptacle aud twenty four
other cssks, which he buried In the cellars
of his poor dwelling, in Jsw's lane, Frank
fort-on- the Main.
The Landgrave at that time was compel
ed by the victorious Napoleon to Zee his
country and save his boarded wealth as
best he could. The only man In whom he
placed entire confidence was the despised
Hebrew banker, and though warned By his
relatives and other princes be delivered TO
him all he possessed In The world In the
shape of ready money. Red Shield (Ro;hs-
child), as he was then called, refused TO
give a receipt for the fortune, but prom
ised to insure its safety in those war be-
resyed times. He nobly kept bis word.
and by this action laid the foundation of
his and his successors fame and prosper
| ity.