The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-15
A MODERN ALADDIN.

Actor, Now the Richest AlRu In the
World and Courtsd by speculative Flu.
Fops-A Wonderful Career.
&ts Yo,k Herald,
In one Of BsIants novels the story is
told OF Cockusy boy who held somo
small post in the "city" until he DO.
came entangIod in stock operations,
Then, one bright morning, he woke up
aud found himself the king Of the stock
exchange and tho richest man in Lon
don. SlraightWay he was besieged by
all sorts aud conditions OF men, Beg.
CARS othigh and low degree impOrtunsd
him. The wise men OF the bourIo
sought his counsel. All day long no
held crowded leyOe, and waS as greatly
haItered and worshipped in his PROS.
perity as he had been despised when
he was poor. In night his fortune
went away, leaving him where it had
found him, and then mon wondered
how they could ever have trusted their
fortunes to such dwelling dullard.
Up 10 tho point Oi decline this is the
story OF "Barney" BarnSto, the king Of
the Katiirs," whom it is the fashion just
now 10 call the richest man in tho world.
Not 40 many years ago hO was circus
performer. Now he is worth hun.
bred million or thousand milliou-dol.
lArs or pounds Observation-Disclosures you
like. lie is banker, broker, promoter,
Croesus, Maccenas-lll things to all
men. lie 10 tho king OF London city,
aud all tho money getterI are his will
ing subjects. II he draws his breath
the world Of finance brsAIheS u sigh; II
no smiles its face Is wrinElod with
laughter.
Barnato iS the originator OF the boom
in "KalIirs," aud "KaiIirs" are shares
in the comparatively new gold mines OF
the TrGnsYaal, South Africa. This boom
is one Of those financial levers which
periodically possess tho conservative
Briton. The first one on record was the
"Sonth Sea Bubble" The latest is the
Katlir boom. intermediate arc the
Argentine, Australian and West Austria
liam booms. All have burst in turn at
the cost of hundreds OF millions Of
pounds Sterling-All except the KHfir
boom, which is still ADJOINING. It is
tho controlling passion oil England to.
day. It Is scarcely less rampant in Ber'
lin and Paris. a recent dispatch 10
the Herald from ChiCGgo contained in
formation that the boom has even
reached that citadel Of conservative
finance.
But in London. the home Of the boom,
every man, woman and child with
money to invest has Tor weeks been buy.
ing KaIIiEs. The shares have gone to
unheard OF figures. Fortunes have been
made in day; other fortunes arc in
suspense. The collapse which the wise.
acres have day by dAy predicted is still
deferred, and still tho madness holds
swOy.
The head and centre OF all this finan.
cial system has been barney" BarnRto,
the circus man. lie made his beginning
hy a small but fortunate investment in
Kaflire, which YIELDED to him the re.
turns Of an Aladdin. With tho full
courage OF his good luck he rushed in
again with all his winnings. aud re-.
turned a millionaire. Ia delitium Of
brGvalo he played again and again, al.
ways winning.
To-day he is seriously set down as n
man worth ilOO,OOO,0OJ or more. one
Of tho smallest OF his assets is bank
which was originally capitalized ut
ST., 100000 The capt,al stock is now
valued at s45.OOO,OOO. Tho s. shares
opened at a pTcllium OF from $50 to so,
They arc nov beyond price.
This Is againat tho rainy day which
may como. Most oil Barnato's wealth
10 in tho KaiIir stocks, in which no
originally gamblsd on margin, but
which he now owns outright. II no
could soil these properties at their mar
kct value ho would, without! doubt,
nave more money than any other man
In tho world. lie could not, Of course,
negotiate so hugo n Transaction without
pFeCipitAting panic aud Destroying
tho value OF tho property.
This ond.oi.Csntury Aladdin is not
exactly the conventional king Of
finance. Mother is he Of the Goal OIL
johnny" type. With a thousand and
ono daily distractions aud NnnoyaucnI,
ho is good follow. Raised suddenly
from obIcutity TO an OminenCo for
which most man arc striving, Ito 10 not
pulled up. At his Office in tho CITY ho ia
as inaccessible ~ tho emperor Of China.
At the West End town house, which
Ito has leased from Earl Spencer no Is
at homo to all cdmdts. To all his friends
Ito is "BarnOy," aud everybody Is his
friend.
His iayorito, and, indeed, oniy, TO.
ception hour Ia tho hour Of breakfast
That meal ho takes with Ills vito and
a thoroughbred bulldog. Mrs. BNrnato
Is \ tall brunette, whom fortune has In
no way spoiled. Hospitality 10 hOr rO'
ligiOu, aud hor husband 10 ils prophet.
A gfORt man must have u least ono &C.
CentriCity. Barney HarnatO'a Ia his
socks, which no wears Of white BiIh
The wicked have no rost, nor tho now
rich hnv ropo,C. Even at his brcak'
last table liarnato Is bG70lgnd 10 hlm
NJ that hour como oil tho Crnnk', amt
bOggarB, mud ilaltcrOrs, aud widnOyud
projectors. lilo secs thcmhll.
An English reporter VINO wa admit.
tod to this lnyoo tho other day found
himself ono a, an irc0ngruont CROW.
ono man had como with vol nigh 4
continent Of land 10 Brll ii only needed
developing Ihnrn was n woman with
n choice htt ai old taea, Several gehila'
mon who had written observation-disclosures
plays wctn prOqont 10 represent that
thoy nnodud only u little capital to on.
tirll tho dramatic ornament, S1no
pals. from tho uily hal dropped III To
AJAX how thu nav Aladdin was after tho
uIylttg mammal AntuU aid uFuIVaeOuNl
ltlonda Of tho circus DAYS had Il warm
corner Aud lhcfO NnrO others
loono aud all n those Barney talkol
III turn, managing tho while 10 advise
with his wilc, play with his dgg, counsel