Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-23
Some Hermit slillionaires.

SIT lpus ago there died in New YORK
Samuc. Dun!ap, an octo enari IN, who,
although hc could any day havc written
nch,ck Tor million and yet have re-
manned rich, lived for forty years viii,
LOuscKccpcr as sole atteUdunt, ON tin,
expeudturc-apari from drink--of a
working ,uai.. Daring all this long
period he wGs only known To purchase.
one suit OF ciJthcs, II cheap pair Of gray
trousers ara two cheap coats. lie had
ipur straw hats III ten ycar-. and Tor the
last of them he piIt Smiling.
Mrs. Ehdon, hlH housckeeper, used
10 Gu. his hair once Il month, and shr
aUI instTuclnu5 to save the hnir AID out
II III niatircss, "ds It was n pAy to
WIS e it," nud when Mr.. Dunliu'- trock
rOa; ouown Il signs ot We she cut oil
iis tails and COuvCrtei it into d Jacket.
For the last eight years OF hls his tins
odd man lived entirely IN back ruOr.
= lis house aud spent hls time III drluk
inR whisky and chimphguc--his me
rNtravag tncc-Of winch he would often
consume tive bottles III single day
y similar eccentric wIus GrJrgc Cline,
II Chicago. who lctl over one million
pDnuIs sterling ~ h = death, Isuort time
ago. After ,hc worlds fnir Mr.. Cline
bon Sht ho:ci .: seventy rooms
and lived There alone ~ e:ngiu room,
":c"pl sng hIs time III playing the violin
For days at Il time not glimpse OF lIm
trfE 4 I...t ~
cheap restaurant and eat 4 meal which
cost hItA iivrpcucc, and for which nr
provided the tea. lic allowed himself
twelve Thiilngs a month tor foJt, and
apart from hIs beloved violin found hIs
principal pirHsurc IN seeking ont lri.h-
men with rich brOSuts, and DTCInR foJd
nri liquor tor them III order to hear
them talk.
In tiny, crc"pcr- covered hut on the
summit Il "A mountain III Pennsylvania
thct" IL living tUdny u member Of one oi
the richest families III America, n mao
rcputcd 4" bc "uuTmOusly wealthy.
From years rud Ia years end tEi- her
NIT of the hills spends his days alone;
hc dOcs his own cUpHug ana house
wonk, was Ics hls Owu linen III 1t neigh
Obrmg sircdu, catches hIs O~n trout,
shoots his own game, Cultivatos his own
vegetable, IuIlks hls Own goat, and
makes h!s own bread. lie never re-
cci'cs or sends II letter, never srcs u
newspaper, and holds no communication
with tho Outsidc world with the exrcp.
ton nf tn oc:,a-i ,nul chat with IL yOung
farmer who brings hiu. flour, eggs aud
meat, once II week.
Another millIOnairc hermit, vino T.
very fcw year. ago died III MDscuv, "H
q. e.. Soloi0v uikuT, who had made u
fortune varIouaiy estimated at trOm four
TO ten millIOns by colossal epeCuIntous
on tho boursc. So many and varied
wore hls investments that IL was enid
tho h ,ndlmg Of coupons alone gave en-
plOymcnt to ten girls. Md yet this
lord Of millions who might have rivalCd
kinga III the splrndOr IT hls palacrs, nv
cd Tor yenrs ~ u tumble -iown twu-stor!
cottage, surrounded 10y sprdIi and rot
tlnR furniture. For yccks together he
"''Vi put Hlb ncHN puNrlic HS tl'h'
door, and ho spcnt Unit ~ his time in
hin drca ny gown, When his will "na
opened il was found thnt he hni lei,
tho whole Of hig siupcndOuI fortune
Tor philanthropic purpose, from buiid-
my echoOls Tor girlo, To providing cLclp
lodging lIouIc4 Tor the working Cln9ars
When MIR. Paul ColJssUn, the fHm"n-
hermit 81 Paris, dicd recently, II wns
st urd that for tho lat twouty 'srT"D
year 81 his lilo hc ha lived "xClutiVr'y
Oh a dlint ~ cggs aud hrcud, supplied to
him ovcry third day by an oil servant,
the only human beng hC over allowed
'" oDtcT tho magnificent rnnn'iOu I"
whi;h hc had retired on the ttngic
death Of hs fny0rttc n"phcw. Durng
all these ycnts hc had n'lfsCd hIe gricf
III solitude, u0vcr once, as FAR IA Ia
known, leaving the gorgeous palace,
which he had coHvcttoi INTO prison.
st. Petersburg recently lost her most
r1markable oh iraClcr In tho person 0i u
millionaire count vino, III spite of hia
immense woalth, lived lis 0i The most
sordia poverty and solf-lcninl. liiH
''gurc, clothed IN rage, wne fnmilinr
spectacle m tho streets oi 81 Peters
burg, and many u eympatholic paascrby
ptcaecd aims into tho h inde 0i the man
whose daily income WA estimated at
1000 pouudt etcrllnR.
Nor must wo forget the millionaire
b@ronct wlIo died Il frw ycarg ago ~ the
garrett oi house IN Waterloo road,
London, ai the advanced age Of 81 ycars
For many ycHr no servant had entered
his poor attic; his meals wore served
and plnced ontside his door at stated