The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-01-06
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tion, there lived at Frankfort-on-the9
Elsine, in Germany, "a Jewish banker
OF limited means, but good reputation,
named Moses Rothschild. When the
French army invaded Germany, the
Prince Of Hesse 'Cassel was Obliged to:
ny from his dominions. .Ass he passed
through Frankfort, he requested Moses
Eothschild to take charge of a large
sum of money and some valuable. jew
els, which he. feared might otherwise
tall into the hands of the enemy. The
Jew would have declined SO great; IA
charge; but the prince was so much
loss for the means Of saving his.
property that Moses at length CON.
sented. He declined, however, giving
jasreceipt for as in such dangerous:
circumstances he could not be answer
able for its being safely restored. The:
money and jewels. td' the value Of sew.
eral hundred thousand pounds, were
conveyed ts Frankfort; and just as
The French entered the town, Mr..
Rpthschild had succeeded in burying.
the treasure in a corner of his garden.
He made no attempt ito conceal his.
1eWn property, which amounted only to
six Thousand pounds. The Fren6h ac-
Vardingly took this, without suspect
ing that he had any larger sum in
his possession. 4 Had he, on the con-,
trary, pretended to haYesno money
they would have certainly searched,
az they did IN many other cases, and
might have found and taken the
Whole. When they left the town, Mr..
Rothschild dug up the princes money
and began to make use Of a small
portion of it, He now thrived in his
business, and soon gained much wealth
Of his own. "a few years after, when
peace came, the. Prince of Hesse Cas-,
BEL returned to his domini ions. He was
almost afraid to call on the Frankfort
banker, for he readily reflected that,
m the French had not got the money
end Jewels, Moses mig pretend they.
1 had, and thus Keep all tsos himself. q
his great astonishment, Mr.: Rothschild
informed him that the whole of the
property was safe, and now ready to
be returned with 5 per cent interest
E on the money. The banker: at the
E same, time related by what means he
1 had saved it, and. apologized for break
ing upon the money, by representing
that, to save it, he had had to sacrifice
all his own. The prince was so i'm
pressed by the fidelity of Mr. .Roths-
child under his great trust, that he al
lowed the money to remain in his
hands as a small rate of interest. To
mark, also, his gratitude, he recon-
nlended the Jew to various European
t sovereigns as money-lender. Moses
was consequently employed in several
great transactions for raising loans, by
which he realized vast profit. In
time he became immensely rich, and
put his three sons into the same kind
of business in the three chief capitals
of Europe-London, Paris and Vienna.
All of them prospered. They became
the wealthiest private men whom the
world has ever known. He who lived
in London, left at his death $35, 100000.
The other two were created barOns,
and died not less wealthy. Thus a
family, whose purse has maintained
war and brought about peace, owes all
it's greatness to one act of honesty I'M
der trust. It 81 .~.<g