Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-20
A ROTHSCHILD.
How He Lives While People
Starve.
who Creates His Many Millions OF
Unearned and Luxurious Wealth.


From The New Time.
Atruce to Socialistic recriminationsI
For the once let us leave speechify.
ing to a millionaire, and to rich men
generally, in particular to Rothschi1d
and the all-powerful manufacturer OF
Eoubaix. They ought to know, they've
money enough. The one reckons his
wealth in millions, and the other can
count his hundreds of thousands. AS
for us poor devils without halfpenny
to bless ourselves, let us listen to these
gentlemen with the Difference which
is their due. They will prove to us,
perhaps, how wicked we are to COM
plain of grinding toll and the miser-
able pittance which is all our wage;
they may prove to us how wrong we
are to complain of our misery and OF
the hunger we and our little ones have
to endure.
Let US listen respectfully; his Elk
cellency Baron Rothschild has the
fl Dor.
On the sea coast at Benaid, high VI
on the hill, stands big white build
ing overlooking the cliff; it is the
Chateau des Deux-Rives; let for the
season (for $3.50, if that interests you
to Baron Alphonse de Rothschi1d. A
winding road leads up to the iron gates
of the chateau. Reaching them I look
round for the bell. 1 cannot find it.
so push the gate open and enter. Be-
fore me between two rows of ever
greens, beyond a parterre of gerani-
ums, lies the sea, calm and blue, ming
ling away on the horizon with the
sweet 1impidity of the sky. A mag
niticent creature, ullet-headed and
clean-shdved, buttoned up to the neck
in a tight fitting black livery, was
sauntering up and down before the
steps of the house, with his white
gloved hands held negligently behind
his back.
''Is Baron Rothschi1d at home?"
eyes, sir, he has just had luncheon. -
hand my card to the 1ackey, and
set myself to wait. At last 1 am go.
ing to see "Rothschi1d." 1t is all very
well to hear this name hundred times
a day, all very we'll. M. Drumont,
editor of La Libre Parole ard Anti
Semitic in chief, may gibbet it and it's
owner as often as he likes. 1t sounds
none the less in all ears. There is al
ways the same indefinab1e something
about it-always the glamor, the fan
tasv, the dazzling fascination OF
wealth. You close your eyes iuvo1un-
tarily when you even mention the
name. Croesus, Golconda, gold mines,
millions-Rothschild! 1t was one OF
the first words that broke upon my
childish ears the time fairy tales were
my delight. How often have / not
heard my mother say to me when
have stretched out my hands toward a
toy worth trlt1e more than ordinary
''Do you think I've got the moneybags
of a Rothschi1d?" And, ay di mi
whatever may do, this magnifcen+
name forever recalls to me all that il
this life is most unattainab1e so far as
am concerned.
/ forget for little while the very
real power of this king of kings owe
the financial destinies of European
nations, to muse for moment uroi
the fairyland of happiness his richie,
represent; and find myself dreamin.
all sorts of impossible things which
have for all that soupcon of proba
bility.
The man I am about to see coul,
load whole trains with gold or fill
house with the same precious meta
from cellar to garret. If he liked, h
could let diamonds ruu in g1itterin;
stream through his fingers by the hou
together. If it were his wish, he coul
pay great sums for each single hair O
the head of his best hater (M. Dru
mont, to witt, or, if the whim took him
he could bring back peace and glad
ness unending to the heart of many
one sunk in the deep abysm of des
pair.
"The Baron awaits YOU"
The footman has come to seek me
Opening door on the ground floor h
uSherS me into a little room 1ookin,
out over the sea.
Rothschi1d rose as 1 entered, and
showing me seat on a sofa, the bac
of which was to the wall, sank into
great easy chair near the open window
from whence we could see away to tn,
far horizon.
l explained that the object of m
visit was to learn his opinion as to tn
causes and the Importance of the Sc
cialist movement. 1 detailed the ma 4
ner IN which was conducting my in
lvestigations, and, as my listener sa
looking out over the sea, 1 was abl
while speaking to study him at m
ease.
Medium height, not stout, dressed i
a suit of long-napped cheviot tweed
little worn, flowing black tie under
turned-down collar, white locks wor
fairly long and parted on the RICH
side, mutton-chop whiskers and mu.
tache. both white, shaved chin. rudd