Rich Men of the Month.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXI, Issue 8959, 7 December 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)

Rich Men of the Month.

Th» «u<iil«n tt«n»»itloa ot wftatcccjt.anewnuJth ib cusponaibiti foe str:inrf> frwills ion tile part tit tfo» fl'wty rnrirlvt-U. 'TThiw. it. Ihiri»i'i» eoli'it-r, oitrt inhvfisina thi< sum of £%OOO tt*>m trnr(»> who- h.i»i finiifr.'ifrit b» .Vtusfralb, p(rrch*>'(l ,i mafr un<l fpmalv <.<l>;phant from » men h.'ui .'«. :i.m{ -c'lnUy 'built, to which h<- Jiiirni'.wi{ f.hi-m. ;ir,<l Hvn drovr cut witli. hm wifp acrf rhiWrtr, till sf.iippi'il Ivy tho poliliN Iff Sp"nt his money in »i.t nu>nt-h», i:hicffy ;it /uco wrt iptfi>. »"'> is now or.i-i- mote a rot :lifT. sj!;nl of tl>- romp:i r:jFrvt-L'y s.-imry w;; t.llitl. ho pi'tirivs carli wt-vlc t'rora th.> rf.'rk in Tlvt* pny shfit. Th.- n««> of a p„pu. iar Pi-ciifh novi-Jisf. i» «ri]t rpnicmlwiTil tn Purioiiin lit'Tury rirrfi-*. f.'.r!tpi,r,x :t- !.;ir *e#ti frmu two of thrro i-;i.pii-.il ho.ik s tit.ir. took .ill l':i.ris by storm, t.ito anf-hof p.;--chtiwril a puliico ill fluty. vitla on th.' Rivn-ra... j. •astlc ia S.-oii!an«l an»f a town hoiifr-o on tlu' t'h.imps Elysprs. ft. jw"\• mi..j his ;imliition t> rn.i.nv {.•«:,l»-r;ri"! ;.r u. priti.-.- of tho hlooit, Altluiuih ;iti tlirso properties wK» hj«,.v t ly mortifi.ii.-ii. tho KiiiiKih r:imi- wifhiß .i. yriir,. and th.-novi-lißt, loikl.-iI Wi'fh ilfhts tii.it he wnuM tii-ver ho iil'.U- f.:» fpay. calmly disapr-ur, a.ml wiu tiff.j.rwar.l n-cotfuis,..,! , w ,vrai. rr.Hifr of nunv rM(f.tvn.n« 1 between Uarrar an.J. Th,. who hail ailopteil .1. suitable Arab name. lr" : r u * h r .'" r M '"' of the Emperor Mcnrlik. CnnolVTipMon rut sii«)Pf. ,i iu.fi-.-: thati foi* va-p»rty a.n<i t'.j.r ;i.ny ror/ianro tluit. tli,% hail Kv«rf pentieili. Another "trrak. eanital IBS wtis a Spanish laily of 'v. ho. wma-.nif £'lo.ooo in the Jtanr'a. lottery, eoll'cetfit the money an<|. set. out. seeret.lv , "' t ' b ( 'v husbii.r.d an«l rhihl ten in complete .la.rk-p.-K! as to her wheti--luniuts. f.iiht months later she ret.rirrv"'t t-o her home p>rte,but aeeompameil by thirty whieh. aecoiurti-il for the vanish«£ thousa.n<ls. (hi arviv inif in faris she haft apparently net .ihout. spendi,ni her money -with !fc will, ♦'lothrs of rwvy •li-artiptiori «in<i fiitKn up till- whole of her fortune. eostlv «in<ler\veu.r. eorsets, foota. jfloTcs, and hars". all marki-<1; with l.ho na.mes of the most fashionable ritalivrs. representeif threi-v. fourths of ?!••* purchases. En the remainmir trunks were cosmetics. f.i.Ue hart. tilTnro improvers., face crenms. chin straps., cures foe olvsity—in short, every kin.t of ;u't.icl<i aiivcrt.iseil hy "hpaaty specialists'* <"•««.* tho i)uacks who ii.bonna ia all bii c)tV|- 8 , F.eyomli hein k - thti best jfrcsseii v'omu.n in f.>r several .-iensotiti. she ha<l ri'apeil hf.tl.. ber.eht front her it i... 1 fort-nue. More >'xtravair;i.nt still was the R-ussia.n iT'-ntU-iiii-n who awav an inheritance of 6.000,000 roubles within a. *cur, ami was only sav.-ft from <i-onip|et.p (lisiwti'f bv the oihl chance that. hi< had papcTcil: his beiirnom wall %if,h huniiri-d rouble notes, fte emled by i*iv - ■inir Russian lessons for a small f>-e in,"Paris. The exploits of the late M'iiH.tlis of Anile«cy lire ami I>\rceileil hy those of the son of a wealthy Kunjarian sujar refiner. 'The |oi!ng- mivn not. only fia4 a replica nf the (lonian t'olosscum erectcil on one of his estates, hut would himself de®ccml into the arena... in imitation of the Emperors of old. |i)ri-ss.-<l us a jjlaitiafor ii.nd armed only with, the short- Etonian thrnstinii sword, he would vniaie tions, tiifers anil hears in single combint, often pavinif as nineh is £IOOO for the speein:.-n that furnished him and his f'.'i- mis with a. ha.lf hour's rutert:iinmen + . 'l'ho ffun:iwfhoritics put: ;i. ;;«np fo ph»'s' v s;»-v- I uifi 1 - I'xhil'iifinuf?, ,vmi whiN* t-h«* rnr.i'in«rt--v 4>P llis WKjilf-h KietfMl. h:wi to cont'-nt him I Bt»lf with an .vdinary circus, fl'e died «lr:imatically, when, nn tin- verii- of bcinrf <lccla.riMl ;v bankrupt, takintf po-son at thclose of ;i. farewi-U fciist. to which he hid invited bis nciihliors and. tenants.