The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-07
SAVINGS OF ROYALTY.
How European Rulers Put Away
Money for Rainy Days.

How European Rulers Put Away
Money for Rainy Dayss
It will no doubt astonish a large
number Of people that kings and
queens, like poorer mortalS who have
the gift Of prudence, are, with few ex-
cept1ons, as economical as consistent
with their high position and every year
put by some portion Of their savings
for a rainy day.
Better than anybody else, perhaps,
monarchs know that it Is money makes
the mare 60 and that to spend all their
income as they get 1t Is just as great
folly in themselves as In their sub
Jects, according to London Answers.
The late Queen Victoria was one Of
the thrifteSt Of monarchs, and, though
her will has never been for the public
eye, there Is reason to believe that the
fortune she left was very large one.
The modern king is, as rule,
very practical gentleman. OF some it
Is not too much to say that they do not
place implicit confidence in the nation
Of which they are the head. OF near
ly all Of them 1t is certainly true that
they do not put all their eggs into one
basket.
Every year the present car and
czarina Of Russia intrust a large Dor
ton Of their private savings to the
British and French national banks.
Alexander IL, grandfather of the EN-
peror Nicholas, was economical in
high degree, and the money he saved
Is said to have run we'll into f4,OOO.-
600 pounds. By his will he left lega-
cies to various members of the i'm
per1al family, which swallowed up a
third Of his vast fortune, the remain
ing two-thirds being given to a lady
OF the court who had welded the SOW
ereign without mounting the throne,
AS this lady was not of the royal line
1t YVES impossible that she could be
recognized as empress, and the legacy
of tWo-thirds Of the monarch's for
tune was the compensation Alexander
accorded to his morganatic spouse,
Alexander III, during his COMPARE
lively short reign, also saved a consid-
cradle fortune, and this he left bv will
to the present Queen Alexandra at
the time Of his death, princess of
Wales.
King Leopold of Belgium has a uni-
Versal reputation, and not an enviahIa
one as Leopold & Co., rubber NOR
chants He founded the Kongo Free
State, Of which he is the soveroioD
lord and which RENTS to him avarv
year thousands upon thousands ~
pounds sterling, derived from the nov
ural products Of the country. IA ts
one OF the largest rubber and ivorv
dealers IN the world. He is also ono ~
the cleVerest f1nanciers and knows HI,
way ABOUT all the bourses of Eurone
hlng George of Greece Ia alao ON
olo financial hand. He snacnIotoa
largely In agricultural products Fol-
lows carefully all the fluctuations ~
.ne financial markets and ia ass,dno,a
In putting his money into good tbinss
Inc late empress Of Austr,s n,aaoS
On deposit two-thirds OF her silo+tod |
revenue She was very economical ana |
AvpI as rev servants about her az M.
sue Sne constantly revised the a.
eouhrs OF her husband and succoaSSs
Ii making important reductions A. ~.
sapenses. The Bank of England 70.
csaVeo her savings and there IL a oa~
tAn story about the refusal ~ he.
SSnsnc'arieS to pay the British snc
S"aatOn duties. a refusal whics So su