Daily inter mountain., 1900-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

In Europe there are many young men
whom fate has destined to be the rich
men of the next century. For, long
time 1t was supposed that Lord Belgrave.
who inherited the wealth of the Duke of
Westminster, would head the list, but
since the dukes death 1t Is reported
that his fortune has been greatly over.
estimated. At present this young man
is but 20 years of age, but it will not be
many years before he will become one
of the richest men in the world, according
to accepted belief in England. At the
same time he has succeeded to every rank
IN the British peerage. from baron to
duke. as well as to three of the finest
estates in the United Kingdom, and
racing stable that cannot be surpassed.
Another child millionaire is the infant
Marquis of Titchfield, who is but years
of age. The young marquis is the eldest
son of the Duke of Portland. and while
it is impossible to estimate the value Of
the property that he will inherit, it prob
ably will not be less than $4,000, 600. says
the New York Telegraph. This includes
a large amount of the most valuable land
IN London, as well as several valuable
country estates, upon one of which. We'll
beck abbey, the late duke spent nearly
$40, 900. 900.
The infant Marquis of Blanford will be
another of the great millionaires. AS is
we'll known, he is the son of the Duke OF
Marlborough and will not only succeed
to his fathers estate of 400 acres, the
glories of Blenheim palace, six titles of
the peerage and two titles Of prince, but
will also come in for the comfortable for
tune of his mother, this alone being esti-
mated at more than $5.O00,O 900. with the
prospect of an additional bequest at the
death of his American grandfather.
The 1SAyear- old Earl of Dumfries has
certainly bright future before him. He
is the heir of vast wealth and distinction,
for his father. the Marquis of Butte. is
one of the wealtheSt of the English
peers. At present he is the lord of III, 900
acres. holds Is titles and his income is
estimated at not less than $1,000 a day.
Another heir to millions is the 16-year-
old son of Sir Saville Crossley. The vast
fortune that he will inherit was made
by his great grandfather. Thomas Cross
ley, who took advantage of the introduce
tion of the steam loom in the manufac-
turing of carpets. While others were
content with the hand loom he solved the
problem of how to use steam in his busi-
ness. and he died millionaire.
1t is probable that the greatest land
owner of the next generation will be the
heir to the Duke of Sutherland, the 10
year-old Marquis of Stafford. In spite
of this. however, he is what might be
termed land poor much of his estate be-
ing unproductive.
1t is little remarkable that none OF
the many talented musicians of Chicago
has endeavored to charm the animals at
the Lincoln Park zoo with their melodies.
1t is well known that many members of
the brute creation are particularly fond
Of instrumental music. In an eastern city
the violin was used recently with inter-
esting results in experiments with all
sorts of living creatures. First, it was
played before tarantula. She paid no
attention whatever to it. But a nest of
scorpions became intensely excited and
wiggled frantically. A cobra showed re-
susceptibility. She was sleeping
when the eXperimenters APP
preached her, but the first tone awaken
ed her, and she raised her head. AS the
music sWelled. she continued to rise till
she was standing straight as a pillar,
supported only by her tail. Every change
zicato made her puff her entire body.
Swift waltz music caused he'd to erect her
ugly head to it's fullest size and a sudden
dlSOnance made her wind and twist her
body as if she were in real agony.
The polar bear tried to dance to the
sounds of the instrument. At least he
swayed his body rythmically and made
a rumbling sound which betrayed deep
pleasure. The grizzlies and the lions
moved the paws and the lions their
tails also, in time with THE music. 1t
happened that a string snapped with it's
peculiar sharp smack Just as the player
had begun to perform before the cage of
a hyena. That poor animal at once
hunched it's back up, drew it's tail be-
tween the legs and crouched Trembling
in the furthest corner fthe cage. The
elephant and the ostrich We're delighted
by soft tones.