New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28

master OF Creusot. who is the Gallo counter
part Of Herr Krupp. of Essen. Great territorial
known. the entire land being divided up into
small holdings. this being the inevitable result
Of the abolition Of primogeniture. and the obi
cation upon each father to bequeath his property
In equal portions to his children. Ii Is difficult
70 know from what sources the French arstoc
racy derives its revenues. II Is certainly not
from land, and the presumption is that there are
far more members OF the arstocracy In trade
allied thereto by marriage II IN care TO aVow
it, At least two Of the ducal families are in
debted for whatever wealth th' possess to the
manufacture Of champagne. namely. those OF
Uzes and Montebello. The Due de Feltre If |
remember Alright. enjoys a nsiderable income
derived from large flour mills; the Dukes OF
Wagram and Grammont have gilded their coats
Of arms by matrimonial unions with ladies OF the
house OF Rothschild; the Due de la Tremouilles
son and heir married the daughter OF a banker,
while the of the Due de la Rochefoucauld-
Doudeauville may be said to have found a gold
mine in the person Of his wife, who is grand
daughter and co-heiress OF old NJ and Nine
Blanc the founders and creators Of the gambling
establishment at Monte Carlo. But for the most
part the great world of France is far from rich
and if its members are able in measure TO keep
No appearances, ii is mainly because they nave
no such charges upon their fortunes as the mill
ionaires Of England. Germany and Austria
When they choose to economic they can 90 so
by the mere sacrifice Of personal luxury. vanity
and even comfort. without feeling, as is the case
with the landowners of the three countries Just
mentioned. that by shutting up their country
seats and reducing their establishment they are
throwing hundre is Of families, for generations
in the service of their house. out OF emploEmeh'
and deriving them of their means 81 existence
In Sweden there about dozen great
fortunes-not more-and they are in each case
of a territorial character, several OF them suci'
as those of the Count Halwyl and Of Count
| Wachtmeister, having been derived from Goa.
and minerals Others, including that oi b"lpI
| Dickson came from lumber. In beiSluH an"
Holland all the great fortunes have DeeIi mar i
in trade and are bound up therein WINE III
| Spain Portugal and Italy there are no i'' :
fortunes left to speak Of. with IN" eNcePti"h Va
the Torlonias VINO made their money ny mum
ing; of the Galnera fortune. aclulrru pI D nu.'
! ing railroads and the inherited wealth OF lrincc
| Doria and nossiblv too Of the Duke OF SET
, moneta there is no one in lta!y whose MeT ,h
| can be regarded as considerable from an r1'e
or American point of view. In SPAN nv 80"
! Of affairs is of q similar character ma w.
cav there are a few large fortunes SUN q"
! those Of the Dukes of Salamanca ana ol on.
! tonic made in railroad contracting anu u'"'
| trade respectively while the hereditary Iort
| &c tbe dncal houses of Medina Coeh Fernah-
| Nunez and Villahermosa. sUl reiidin nm g.,
/ Of the Italian Princes Doria ana SeI, i
! vested in land IT is the Duke oi \hia''ei nc %.
hv-the-bv whose ancestor ana preue,eSS,p. "
| tbe tile figures in Don QuiXote as III. '"n
| while one Of his minor titles is tha' OF 'o''"
! de Luna of "rrovatore" celebrity. . $40.
/ From this il will be seen that 'he va. ~.
| iority of large fortunes in EUROPE az. mary
| FORM Of landed property encumherea WIN nv, h
! ntligations of one kind and another ana lla.
.hnrorore the case of young Captain McCaih'oh'
Who finds himself suddenly placed III 'ne t. PC,
ss.ion Of 500 600 900 of male pin MONEY 80
any kind Of charge upon II. Is SUN me- &c
and unioue in the old World TO call lnr'n n, n.,'
than ordinary attention h-\-'