The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-02-02

IN these DAYS. when -u much notice D.
taken uf milliuuaires. jt may me-, be ont of
place. say, the cincinnati Commercial tia-
zrtte. rn recall few of those ot ancient
times Ii d, known that in As,,ra there
wcrr Lr-r masses uf gold and that Darius
received in tribute from Persia as much a-
Sl6. 21u 600 The Sacred Writing tell
that solomon Wa immensely rlgh ghat
silver was abundant tu Jerusalem and that
iH 900, wear the kju- received irm Hiram
500 Talent, at gold equal 10 >i6 25o 600
Iu Grrryc Crr,-u- possessed iu landed
property "a fortune equal 20 S~.siu nou
besides large sum uf money slave, amt
furniture which amounted ,a AN equal
,,uu NJ, used tu SAY rhsl citizen who
haa na, . fortune -Urhvlrur ,r support Geo
army or e l,ajuu did nuf deserve the title
nt urh man The wealth. at Pytheno
wa, estimated at sl5 oouonu
ri, philosopher Seneca auuirej in-
mems. wealth. under -pupii Ncr" hut he
was ,frrward pm tn death hy the tyumt
auI De-, f.rure OF ~ IUu uun aynd-,.
80 m, wealth uf LentaElu, the -.-sh
saver vs- estimated 4' 81 500 nuo
The debts Of some uf the CREST person
a-s- .f ancient Jime- wen, enormous
Th,>. nf Nilru amounted o. So 00n non
Julius y.,.-ar b-iur. he entered office ove,i
SIG u0u buu he purchased the friendship
al Curu for - 500 unU and that ot tn
,u., paulu- Tor - 500 Uuu Vt the time
uf C.c,ar a--l--iuntiou knthany was ia
deb, ra The. amoup, og - 5uo u0O This
-uu which be- owed ia the lie~ ct March
was paid briur, the kalrud> 1T April aud
hg ~maulcrrd 81 0uU uou OF the pub
hr treasury
Augustus obtained by tr~tamrnary dis
Position 81, much Is $3.50 600 noo The
Roman Emperor Iberu, "a. hi- death
let's SIl~ oou uuU which Cali1uh spent
lu l,z,, tbsu twelve months We have no
such instance % Ii modern >pcudlhnii
upe supper alone cost him >l5H.o0o
N,-~ua.jan vn ascending the throne t~Ji-
mated BIZ expenses al >l1,5uo 600
Apgieu>. noted rpicure who lived tn
the time % \ugu~tus expended > 5nn
900 iu dehsu,hrr, and tu3in. ou au tV-
ANIMATION of hj~ state Of affairs thar h-
had nl uure than Stoo 600 lcfl. he poison
ci himself bscau,r he considered .hal -um
Insufficient .,r his maintenance The ef
fort, of our nineteenth century rhpger~
pale before such Instance
Julius Caesar gave SerjdI the mother
OF ButuS pearl valued at TOO uou and
Anlhouy, al an entertainment given to him
hy Cleopatra !, said to have swallowed
one of equal value which she dissolved IT.
vinegar
rlaudiu- Ae-opu> the comedian gr,u-
mulatrd am immense fortune, and was very
expensive IN hi. manner oi living His
~uu Claudiu, was noted for his luxury. ez
tr.,yagamcr and prodigality and not being
able to -et nj OF his money fast enough
swallowed a pearl worth so GOO The
Emperor Heliueahalus spent 500 0uh ou
one supper The fish from the ish pond
of LucuIlu, i Roman general remarkable
iur his great wealth end ma-ui6ceuce sold
for Sl75 600
Ni>ala gave 500 600 for the house ot
Anthon, Srauru~ wa, immensely rich his
country house wa> destroyed by fire and
the los, estimated at 81. 25o Geo Otho.
to finish apart of Nero palace spent s.
zoe. On0 Cicero had great number ui
fine houses 10 various part, of Italy some
reckon up to eigteen all with the cvccP-