Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-18

l cent information may be of interest to cur fellow lfabobs wherever they may | be.
 At the very first, on receiving the let ter I decided for various reasons to ask that my name bc stricken from the list. have in the past two years seen all wanted 10 of this sort of life. In 1892 I was rather pleased to receive the notice and wrote at once all the information required. sending at the same time to my birthplace for such matters of detail regarding the incident attending my birth aS 1 thought would make interest ing reading.
 also went and had my photograph taken i'll q standing posture and wearing T new suit of clothes:
 ''ANERICA'S SUCCESSFUL MEN.
 ''Thy New York Tribune announces that 1T is now revising and will during lN94 rrpuhlish i'll enlarged, permanent and especially handsome form, with the addition of valuable new matter, its OK elusive copyrig ghtcd list of persons in the United s>tat,.S whose fortunes amount to a million CT more.
 The original list was published in The Tribune in the early summer of lS92. It k the only ono of the kind ever compiled i'll this country and was the product of large expense and q year and half of unrcmittirg investigation. It was rcpubliShcd during 1899 ill low priced and popular form as ono number of Tine Tribune Monthly and it has had and still continues to have a good SLlc i'll all parts uf the United States. Th' original object of the compilation N!~ a political onr-namrly. to cstab- !i~!I the part played l,y the protective tariff! iu tiln accumulation of American fortun,.>. But widespread interest has ben developed i'll the social and finan- cial bearings of the list, and The Trib- une has now determined to revise 1t, make any needed changes and reprint it i'll new. expensive and expanded form as souvenir of the millionaires of Amer ica. embracing, ill addition, as far as pos sihlc, the principal millionaires of for ci-n lands
 In the new volume the names will be grouped by countries, states and cit ic<. IH each city they will be arranged i'll strict alphabetical order, and there will l., . complete index of the whole list i'll the last part of the book. Occu- pati,tI~, r,rtofIicc addresses, street ad- drc~~t-S. the origin of the various for tunes and q short biographical sketch will lr' prtS,.ntv'l i'll each case. In addi- tiou, the book will contain special chap tcrS on the great fortunes of the British islo<. France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia and other prosperous for ,icu nations.
 The book will be printed as large OCtaN". i'll sumptuuus style, on rich and handsome paper, with broad margins l and expensive binding. It will contain many portraits. The intention is to spare no reasonable expense to make the volume uniqu". elegant and of pcrma- ncnt value Tine Look will le handsome ly bound i'll cloth, with leather back, and will be sold at $l0 copy. 'Th' fine appearance, practical shape and CN'lu-iv" nature of the contents will m2k" this vuluIne an extraordinary pul,liratIcn,
 The TEItuI@ will print i'll this vol ume portraits and extended biographies uf Iuarv uf the men of high financial position who are cItalogued i'll this list
 This work is intended to be both a directory and q souvenir of the wealth amasscrs of the United States and the wUTld- Ill the case of many millionaires now deceased their memory will be per petuatcd in this volume by the insertion of gopd portraits and sketches of their CarctrS and life work.
 This book will be unique because no one will bc Catalogued in its pages who does not rank as a millionaire. All oth- CTS ar" excluded It will go into the H. brarie' of financicrs and men of wealth over tine whole world. Millinnaires who have been mentioned ill this list have found 1t of great advantage because 1t has brought them the first information of the best opportunities for investment Ill the United States It has often re- suited also ill giving them the earliest tidings of important new enterprises, which, a. affecting the advancement of their interests, they need to be apprised Of at the earliest possible moment
 An order for a copy of the work when issued is solicited Very respectfully, HENRY HALL, Business Superintendent. thought at first that by placing my name on this list I would at once be- come member of the best society and one of the American nobility, thus unit ing with an exclusive set of people and virtually shutting out the poor people with whom had grown up.
 naturally wished to rid myself of those who, now that I had secured a position among the wealthy, were an- moving to me and liable to drop in on me at most any moment while social favOrites were visiting at our house. You can have no idea, unless you have been through it, how annoying it is to have old neighbors of the middle class come to visit for week or SO when you are entertaining a nabob or two You can't put the old neighbor down to the table with the servants, and yet you are fdgeting all the time if he should be at table with an aristocrat
 Let us consider for moment the ex-