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FTYWO-STORY Frame Building, 30x45 feet, on
South Chestnut street. Rents for $lS per
month; wi ne sold cheap,
NOR SALE. Half lot aud two houses, sit.
II uate on West Centre street, VIII pay IL
easy terms.
EARM FOR SALE "A firm OF 33 acres,
E within three miles of good market.
Twenty-nine acres under cultivation, and four
acres of good timber. Frame farm house, six
rooms, good barn and all In good ondition.
viii be sold for 81 200 cash.
EOR SALE.-Licensed' hotel stand in Maha.
E noy township, near the borough line
Frame building, nine rooms, doing good busi.
ness. Good reasons given for selling. A bar.
gain for anybody. Apply to NJ. j Lawlor,
Justice OF the Peace, l23 East Centre street.
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ST. PAUL, May 9.-Mayor smith having
been formally petitioned on the subject by
opponents of Sunday baseball announces
that he will not enforce the law against
such games, and that apy further effort TO
prevent Sunday games must be through
She oourts.
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Pby,loIau Fined for malpractice.

PORTLAND, Me-, May s.-Dr. John B.
Hughes, who is confined in jail here await
ing a second trial on the charge of murder
in causing the death Of Mary B. Dunn OF
Lancaster, N H., by criminal malpractice
was arraigned before Judge Bonney. He
pleaded guilty to the charge of man
slaughter and was fined 81, 900. He paid
the fine and was released
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STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
| Closing Quotations of the New York and
Philadelphia Exchanges.

NEW YORK, May s.-The trading on the
Stock Exchange today was unusually heavy,
but the speculation was more unsettled than
for some time past Although the first prices
made were generally higher, the market soon
lost its strength. Closing bids.
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nENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
BOHUYLKILL DIVISION,
April, q. 1909


Trains will leave Shenandoah after the above
late for WiggAn's Gilberton, FrAckville, New
Castle, St. Clair, Pottsville, Hamburg, Reading,
Pottstown, Phoenixville, Norrtstown and Phi,
q. m. and 4;l5 p. m. on week days For Potts.
Vills and intermediate stations 0ils a. m.
SUNDAYS,
For WiEEAn,s, Gnberton, FrGekvills, New
Castle, st, Clair, Pottsvtlle ~ SOS, pi4s b. N
and S;to p. m, For Hamburg, Reading, PottE
VoWn, PhoepiXvtle, NorristoWn, FhtlRdelphin
St 600, 9;40 g. m, s;lo p. m.
lu:4o Al =. n. and i2;i1, s:O4, 7:4s and issT .. =,
sundays, ll;ls =: m. and $40 p, m.
Leave Pottsville for Shenandoah at tellh,
li;49 D. m. and 4:40, 7;l5 and l0i00 p. m. Sundays
a. l0;40 .. m. and 6Ib p. m
Leave PhilsdelphiA (BroAd street stAtion) for
d week days on Sundays leave Et 50 m,
Leave Broad Street Station, PhilGdelphia,
FOR NEW YORK.
At SO, IO5' 50, SIS, SO, s., 20, 50, 10 %.
TED a and Gss N dining csrsl, 10. 2ss
Il O8 night Sundays, 3 20, O5, so, 5 is, Bl7,
50, 10 o. dining osr), IL 0a a NJ IL A, 29a
dining car, x % Qimi@ted M @ ~, SO' sO' $50.
Express for boston, without change, ham.
WsekSeys ysI1SSsT0G ana S9 N Sn SAilE; EsU soUwE
For Baltimore and Washington so, 79O, 8 81,
sGTS G ! 80. 84S, AL, Is is greS5ionai Lin.
dining carr D. IA and IL o. night week days.
| sundays, 30, 2O,6 TO- II 49, II IS q m, Al, IS
dining carl. eb5 (dininI carl, 40 dining carl
/ D m and IL 90 night.
Leave Market Street Ferry, PhilAdslphia
FOR ATLANTIC CITY.
Express, 50 m, 2lO, 3 30 CsaturdAys onlyl 4I0
and 90 p N weeI days. Sundays, Express
| 45 and l5 am.
For Cape May, Anglesea, Wildwood ana
Holly Beach, express, . m, 400 m week
| days. Sunday, 90 q m,
For sea Isle City, Ocean City and Avalon,
Express, Q 90 q m, 90 M week days, Sun
days, O0G m.
For sOmers Point, express 8 50, a m, 4 10 3
/ n week days, Sundays, B a m.
| 3. M PRHVosT, ], X. WOOD
Genl ANnAgeT Gen1 PasH'G'V AHt
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Passenger trains leave shenandoah for Penn
Haven junction, Mauch Chunk, LehightOn,
Siaungton, W ite Hall, Catasauqua, Allen
town, Bethlehem, Easton and Weatheriy s "a,
|73S, 9.l5 a. m 1913, 2 81, 5.N p m
For New York and PhtladelDhis, 6.0i, 7Ss9l5
back, Gerha DIS and Hudsonoaie, 9l5 a. m,
4 For Wilkes Barre. White Haven. Pittstou.
Lareyville, Towanda, Ssyre, Waverly and Ell
tntra, O4, q.lN .. m, Z.57, 5.2 D. m.
For. Rochester, Buffalo. ipga Falls and
Ahe West 9l5a N, 257, 5.T y. M
ia For Belvidere, Delawar- Water Gap and
etruudsburg, 6q a. m., 5 q p. m
For Lam0-rtv lie ~ d Trenton, ID q. m.
For Tunkhannock & "A 9.l5 a. M, 257, SGT
p. m.
For Ithaca and Geneva, e.O4, 9,l5 a. m, 5.27
p. m.
For Auburn 9l5a.m. 527p.m.
For Jeauesvl le, Lewiston and Beaver
Meadow, : 80 a. m u 43 p m.
For Stockton and Lumber Yard 604, 7.38
| els a. m, 1243 2.57, %, sos p. m.
For Silver Brook junction, Audsnri and
Hszeton, o.Oi, 73S, 10 a m, l2.43, 257, 5.27,
For Scranton 6O4 9.ls a. M, 257, 5.27 p. m.
For Ha7lpbrook, Jeddo, Drifton and Free
land, 500, 7Ss, 9l5 a. n, p 4S 2;57, 5.27 p, m;
For Ashland, Girardville and Lost Creek,
40, 6I5, 73O, 9lS, 10 20 a. M, 1875, l.4O, 4l0
For aven Run, Centralla, Mount Carmel
and Shamokin, 9lS, IL Il a. m, l 80, 20, u,
For YatesyiIle, Park Place, Mahanoy City
and Delano, So 8 o., IS, l5, IL O5 a m, IL g,
2t7 q, 8 0s 9 25, 10 SO p m.
Trains will lea Shamokis at 5 Is, 8 is, II As
| a. M, So, 30, 3 80 p, M, and arrive at Shen-
andoah at 6 u, Is a m, - 43, ? 81, S n, IL Is
Leave Shenandoah for Pottsville. 6O4, 7ss,
90s, rs, II C5, II 30 a. m, l2 49, 81, 10, n,
| 8 o. p m.
Leave PottsviIle for Shenandoah, 8 90, 7 40,
9Gl, 10 Is, II 40 a. m, 49, 300, 40, 5 %, Is,
7 SO, Q 40 p. m.
Leave Shenandoah for Hazleton, 6 O4, 7S8,
8 IS a. M, II 49, 2 81, 5 q, s 0S p. m.
| Leave Hazleton for Shenandoah, z 80, 10 05,
! IL 06 a. m, IL l5, 2 5S 30, Z 25, Sc p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Trains leave for Raven Run, Centralia, Mt
! Carmel and ShamOkin, 45 a. M, 2 40 p. M,
and arrive at Shamokin at 40 a. m, and As
| p m.
Trains leave Shamokiu for Shenandoah at
| 7 55 q. m, and 90 p. m, and arrive at Shenan-
| doah at 40 a. IA and So p. m.
| Trains leave for Ash and Girardville and
| Lost Creek, 40 q. m, l2 30 p. m.
| For Hazleton, Black Creek Junction, Penn
| Haven Junction, Mauch Chunk, Allentown,
Bethlehem, Easton and New York, 40 a. m,
l2 80, 2 55 p. m.
For Philadelphia, l2 80, 2 So p. M.
| For Yatesville, Park Place, Mahanoy City
and Delano, 40, II S5 a. m, II 30, 55 5s, "a
p m.
Leave Hazleton for Shenandoah, 8 30, IL 30
a. m., 05, 5 30 o. m.
Leave shenandoah for Pottsville, S So, s4S,
1872 a, m 2 40 p. m.
Leave Pottsville for Shenandoah, 80, 10 -
ROLLIN II. WILBUR GenI. Supt.,
South Bethlehem, Pa.
---''' ''' Philadelphia.
A w. NoNNEMACHER, Asst. G. P. A.
South Bethlehem, Pa.
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TRAINS FOR SHENANDOAH

Leave New York via PhilAdelpniA week days
90 a M, 80 400, TSO p. M, 1915 night Sun
day. 90 p m. .-...-
Leave New York via MAuch Chunk, week days,
4 30 $40 m, 10, 4 80 p. m.
Leave Philadelphta, Reading Terminal,
week days, 20 35, 1000 a, m, and 20
6C2 II 30 m. Sunday IL 30 n. NJ
cav Readl s, week days, l IS 10 10 06, IL 50
m 5 So 757 p. m sumo ay l.35 m
Lea Potslv'lle, weeF days 235, 7 40 m,
IL 30 II D Sunday. 80 a m.
Leave Tamaqua week days S.lS 8 so, IL % q.
m 20.7lf 9S p. m Sunday, Is m
Leave Ma,.rrov City week days 45, 921
II AZ a ~, Isl 7.39 954 p m Sunday, Is
a. 10
o've HRhanoy Plane, week days 240, 4 90,
$50 81 ll69 5. M, l2bs, zoo, 5.Sg S,7 3d. 10 lO
!, u. Sunday, 2.40, 400 .. M,
Leave Wtlliamsport week days AZ 10 10
m 3,35 ll.l5p. m. Suncay, lilo p. N.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Wharf
and South Street Wharf for Atlantic City
Week k-Days-Express, 900, q. m, 200 Sat
urdays only co., 4 90 90 p. m. Accommoda-
tion, 800 q. M. 8 40 p m.
5unday-Express. 8 90, 1000 a, m. Accom-
mediation, 800 a. m. and 4.S0 p. m,
Returning, leave Atlantic City, depot, corner
Atlantic and Arkansas avenues.
eek-Days-EIpress, 7.35, 9OO q, M. and
4 90 and $50 p. m. Accommodation, s.l5 a. m.
| and 80 p, m.
sunda9-F.Krress, 90, Sis, 800 p. M. 40,
oOmn odltion, T.l5 q. M, and Is D. m
Parlor cars on all express trains
G G HANCOCK Gen, Pass Agt.
Philadelphia, Pa.
I. A. SWEIGARn, Gen. supt
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lied a complete courier service, even to
the extent of stations for carrier pig
cons. 1t is thus, it is said, that he ap-
prised Lord Aberdeen, the chief of the
English cabinet, of the first news of
the revolution of July. He maintained
erissaries in every cabinet. The
Chevalier de Cent?, the keen, unscru-
pulous, but always essential assistant
of Metternich, was at Vienna the
friend of Solomon Rothschild, and one
may easily comprehend what this ia
miliarity might be worth to him. An
selm Mayer, who succeeded his father,
the old Amschel at Frankfort, had
clientele of all the reigning or eXpec-
tant German princes; the list of the
loans he made them is the eXplana-
ton of his omnipotence in Germany.
Governments have indeed countenanced
this situation. At the same time the
Emperor Francis II. created the five
brothers baronS of the holy Roman en-
pire. He named James Rothschild his
consul general at Paris and conferred
the same function on Nathan Mayer al
: London. The son of the last was Gre
ated baronet.
I'm conserving to take charge of a
loan for King Ferdinand l. at Naples
the Rothsch Ids requi ed that he CHOOSE
for minister of finance the Chevalier
Medici, who was their creature. In
France, if oneNc can believe Mr.. John
Reeves, the RothSchildS were all-pow-
erful under the government of July
in matters concerning foreign policy.
They occupieTthe position Of arbiters
of Europe and brought about in 1916
the fall of M. Theirs, whose quarrel
some policy threatened the existing
peace. 1t was they who in 1871 dictated
to M. Theirs the conditions of the loan
for the national ransom, and they
compelled the unjust and disastrous
bankruptcy of the Union Generate. Sir
Lionel de Rothschild, who succeeded
to the London banking house on the
death of Nathan Mayer in 1885, was
elected a member of the commons by
the city" and was the occasion in
1848 of the voting of a bill by which he
was admitted to parliament on taking
the oath of the Old Testament His
was elevated to the peerage in 1885. Sir
Lionel solidly supported by his Inn
mense capital and taking account OF
the prejudices of public opinion. re-
nounced the manipulations of the mar
ket and the profits on margins famiY-
lar to his father. He occupied him>
self almost exclusively with the issue
of public loans. He was the accredited
agent of the Russian government at
London. He placed during his career
$4,000, 600 ($800 000 00O of time loans
that is, for which he personally guar.
anteed the payment on definite date,
except as he divided the transactions
with the other branches of the fam
lily.
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army, knew Rothschild and caused
him to be introduced to the prince
He found the latter playing at chess
in his palace. Too tactful to inter-
rupt the game, he stood behind the
princes chair and watched the play.
The game was going against Will
lam. After a big pause he turned
to the young Hebrew and asked:
DO you understand chess?"
Enough, your serene highness, to
induce me, were the cause mine,
to castle on the kings side.'
That was a master stroke. It
saved the game for the prince, and so
delighted the latter that he was
easily persuaded that a man who
could play chess like Frederick the
Great must be a good banker. In
terviews that followed resulted final
ly in the princes S40,OOO,O00 being
| deposited with Rothschild.
| The trust was well kept. The Land.
! grave was among the princes who
fed after the battle of Jena. Before
he left he brought ali his treasure to
| the dingy house in the Judengasse. He
| was in exile eight years, but when he
returned Mayer Rothschild's eldest
son Anselm, accounted for the money
| to the last kreutzer. To show his ap.
] probation of this fidelity the Land,
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noon; evening service at 1880 by i. B.
Mclean. of Hamline.
! Rev. John H. White, recently elected
bishop of the diocese of Indiana. will
preach in st. Matthew's church, St.
Anthony Park, this morning.
First M. b. Church, West Third and
| summit Avenue-Rev. c. B. Wilcox
will preach at 1880 a. ~, a sermon to
the order of Patriotic Sons of Amer
, lea. Union services in the evening at
| Central Park church.
New Jerusalem Tor Swedenborgfan
! church,, Southeast Corner Virginia
! and Selby Avenues-Rev. Edward C.
J Mitchell, pastor; service at 1890 a. m:
! Sunday school at 11:45 a. m; subject
of sermon, What Is the Glory of the
Lord?"
! TO do good and to save the souls of
men is the motive and object of the
Memorial English Evangelical Luther
an church, on West Sixth street. The
services during Lent will be especially
interesting and profitable. Sunday,
March 3, 1880 a. m, subject IF" a
little subject full of meaning; at 8
p. m, The Accepted Time" All well
come. Seats free.
st. PauPs Church, Corner of Ninth
and Olive Streets-Rev. John Wright,
D. D.; First Sunday in Lent; holy
communion at o'clock; Sunday school
at $50; holy communion and sermon
at IL o'clock; full choral evensong at
1870. Strangers are most cordially
welcome at all services.
Plymouth Church, Corner Summit
Avenue and Wabasha Street-Rev.
Watson b. Willard, pastor; commun-
ion service at 1920; Sunday school at
IL; at the 4 o'clock service the pastor
will speak on THE Destructiveness Of
Sim" C. E. at Sis.
The Minneopa council quartette, E.
F. McCummish, first tenor; II. e.
George, second tenor; r. c.. Wood,
first bass: p. B. Churchill, second
bass, will assist the choir of Plymouth
church at the afternoon service.
Rev. c. B. Wilcox will preach a
patriotic sermon Sunday morning.
March 3. at the First Methodist
church. DR.. Wilcox has invited Camp
No. 4, of the Patriotic Order Sons of
America, to attend the church in a
body, who will meet at their ELL at
10 o'clock sharp and proceed to the
church. All members of the order
who have not been notified will please
be at the lodge rooms in the Central
block at 10 o'clock. Mr.. Wilcox will
shortly leave the city, and this will
be about the last opportunity to hear
this eloquent speaker.
The Father Mathew Total Absti-
hence society will give a free musical
and literary entertainment in their
hall, basement cathedral at 4:3O p. m.
All are welcome.
Central Park NJ. E. Church, Corner
Twelfth and Minnesota-Rev. William
Mckinley, D. D., will preach at 1920
a. m. on The Dwelling Place of God"
and DIR. c. B. Wilcox will preach the
evening sermon in the interest of the
union revival meetings. The young
people will hold a special song service
in connection with their Epworth
league, at $50, to which all are invited
The Ladies Aid Society of Central
Park Church will meet next Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. Lucas, 141
East Twelfth.
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RICH AS CROESUS.
The Banking Family to Whom
Cleveland Turned for
Help.
LONG HEADED RICH MEN
Often Come to the Aid Of
Needy and Thriftless Gov
epnments.
Mr.. NATHAN NJ. R0THSCHlLD
King Of All Finaneiers--Some
of His Great Trans
actions.
Mr.. NATHAN NJ. ROTHSCHlLD

President Cleveland, in going to
the representatives of the Roth
schilds for financial help for this
government, has followed an an
cient precedent. 1t is the business
of the Rothschilds to help out for
a consideration nations whose rul-
ers, by their folly or. incompetence,
have plunged them into financial
distress. In chat business they have
become the richest and most power
full family in the world.
The houses with which Mr.. Cleve-
lind did business is the London
branch of the Rothschilds, through
its New York agent, Mr.. Belmont.
Mr.. Belmont is of the same race as
his principals, and, like them, too,
is of a family that has changed its
name. When the first Belmont came
to New York his name was Schoen-
berg, which is the German equiva-
lent of Belmont beautiful noun
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tain). This name in turn was prob
ably assumed at that critical time
in the history of the Jews in Europe
when they were given the hard
choice of purchasing fine names or
assuming ugly ones of their enemies
choosing. The Rothschilds' name
was Bauer. The newer title was as
Bumed by Mayer Anselm Bauer, the
first of the great bankers. 1t suits
the emblem of the family, Red
Shield"
Mayer Anselm was the son of
Anselm Moses Bauer, a money-lend-
er and merchant in that filthy quar-
ter of Frankfort-on-the- Main called
the Judengasse. He hourished in
the latter part of the eighteenth cen
tury Born with an instructive
knowledge of the value of gems
and precious metals, he was an in
valuable adjunct to his fathers bust
ness, which had to do with much
coinage Of doubtful virtue. But he
grew in the grace of ducats as he
grew in years. By the time he was
thirteen he knew all the leading
merchants in Frankfort, and could
tell their financial standing and
commercial character. He was also
an excellent judge of works of art.
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francs for the boatman who would be
bold enough to carry him across the
stormy channel. One hardy sailor re-
sponded, and after a boisterous pass
age landed the banker at Dover
whence the swiftest horses conveyed
him to London. Thus the day follow
ing the battle Rothschild was able to
appear on the stock exchange. He
chose to assume an appearance of the
profoundest gloom. In strict conf
dence he told few members of the
Gefeat of Butcher by Napoleon at
Ligny June Is and II; he neglected to
mention the sequel at Waterloo, the
news of which had not reached Lon
don.- British funds dropped like a
shot. 1t was forty-eight hours before
the news of Waterloo was received by
the regular channels and British credit
was restored. Meantime, through his
secret agents, Rothschild had bought
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1t is a fact that this Rothschild,
the head of the banking business,
was destined for the priesthood.
When his father died the boy, then
thirteen years old, went, by his
fathers dying instructions, to F'urth,
in Bavaria, and began the study Of
theology But after a few years he
closed the Talmud and returned to
Frankfort, where he again entered
business under rich banker named
Oppenheim. His success was so
great that Herr Oppenheim sent
him to manage a branch at Han
over. After many years in this city,
Rothschild returned to the larger
field of Frankfort and opened bust
ness on his own account. frank
fort was at that time even of great
er comparative financial Importance
than it is now, being the center to
which kings and enperors sent their
agents to negotiate loans. Young
Rothschild was soon in the forefront
of this congenial business. In his
twenty-seventh year he married
Gudula Schwapper, who brought him
a large dowry and bore him ten chill
dren. This woman survived her hus-
band thirty-seven years, and died
almost a centenarian in the old
house in the Judengasse, for which
she had a superstitious reverence.
PRINCES TREASURE KEEPER.
The Landgrave of Hesse, who, as
elector, assumed the title of William
l., chose Rothschild as his banker,
and SO laid the foundations of the
great operations for which the house
has become famous. 1t was the
father of this William, the landgrave
Frederic H., who furnished George
III. with 1900 Hessians with whom
to fight the American colonists. In
this service the HeSSians received
from the English treasury 100000, 900.
This vast sum and as much more
William I. inherited and deposited
with Rothschild. So great a trust
reposed in a man so young and I'M
known astonished Europe. But Will
Jams confidence is explained by a
story. A contain Baron Erstoff,
an adjutant general In Ferdinand's
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grave abated the interest Just at
this time Napoleon broke loose from
Elbe, and the Landgrave, again badly
scared, dared not withdraw his money
from the Rothschilds. So back it went
to the Judengasse vaults, there to re-
main for another nine years, at per
cent interest per annum. The profits
on this deposit enabled him to deal on
a large scale in the money markets of
Europe. After the fashion of that
time, he was merchant as well as
banker. He dealt heavily in English
goods when the continent was closed
by Napoleon against them. In this
traffic he and his fellow merchants had
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conveyed to England by a carrier
pigeon from Frankfort. whittier the
banker had gone to attend a family
council. The bird was shot by a coun-
try boy, who took away a piece of
paper bearing these words: He is
dead" This was transmitted to Lon
don, and a veritable panic ensued on
the stock exchange as soon as it was
understood.
James Rothschild, head of the Paris
house, married his niece, the daugh-
ter of Solomon. and Anselm of Frank
fort married his cousin, daughter of
Nathan, The latter's policy favored
such consanguineous connections to
the end of keeping the family fortune
intact. The French house has grown
to the first rank. but at different times
1t has suffered severe reverSeS. After
the revolution of 184S mob destroyed
their country house at Suresnes. In
the panic of that year the house lost
immensely-as much, it is said, as $780,
100000. But the other branches unit
other aid, and emerged with credit
stronger than ever.
A branch was established in Naples
in 1921, but it was discontinued at the
union of the Two Sicilies with the
Italian kingdom. The four original
houses remain, separate institutions
in name but bound together by mu-
tual interest and the closest affilia-
ton. With rare exceptions, such as
the marriage of a daughter of the
London house to Lord Rosebery, the
families intermarry.
The history of the house has been
divided into five periods: % Up to
1885, when it was comparatively OBJ
scure and consisted solely of the
Frankfort branch; (2) 1S12-1S15, which
eliminated in the Waterloo transac-
ton, already described; go 1875 to 1880,
during which they are said to have ne
gotiated public loans amounting to
100000, 600; ~ 1S3O-1S48, a period of ex-
traordinary political activity in Eu-
rope and correspondingly replete with
opportunities for the Rothschilds;s 90
1S48 to the present, in which time they
have seen the downfall of many Of
their rivals, including the Earrings,
but have steadily grown richer and
more powerful themselves.
The present heads of the various
houses enjoy a higher character than
did their predecessors. They are, as
a rule, men who, without abating any
of their genius for finance, have Guilt
waited the graces of living. They
would not have earned the approval
Of old Nathan Mayer, but the world
thinks better of them and they Of the
world. The great banking house in
ST. Swithins lane, London, hidden
away as if by design from the gaze of
mankind. has doubtless been the ar
ena of many kindly enterprise
IN POLITICS.
A French writer says of the later
history of the house: 1.-THE financial
power of the Rothschilds has recently
been combined with a political power
which, though not publicly proclaimed,
is none the less effective. Nathan
Mayer understood the interest which
he had in keeping always informed in
advance of his competitors and even
of cabinets regarding financial and po-
rtical events which might have an in
fuence on his speculatiens. He organ
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heavily enough of the securities to
stand at the head of six millions Of
profit.
Nathan was as minute as he was
dazing and comprehensive. He gave
in large sums and spent lavishly, but
he would pinch penny in bargain.
He was haunted by the fear of as
sassiRation. and never went out at
night unguarded. This fear increased
until his death, and it is said the last
words he uttered in the delirium of his
fatal illness were: HE is trying to
kill me-" The news of his demise was