Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1881 — Prospect of an American Pompeii. [ARTICLE]

Prospect of an American Pompeii.

Every happiness has its shadow. In the perfect sunshine of San Rafael, California, over against the purple lines of the perpetual summer sea, the inhabitants have been awakened from their dreams of earthly paradise.by unmistakable signs of the neighboring mountain of Tamaulipas that the internal fires are making ready for such volcanic eccentricities as make the lovely vales that border Vesuvius an unceasing menace of destruction. Vesuvius has within three thousand years destroyed two cities and tens of thousands of lives. San Rafael is now contemplating with anything but composure the fate that Pliny describes at Pompeii and Herculaneum 2,500 years ago.

The Rothschild Family of Millionaires. The Rothschilds have been attracting no little attention to themselves in Paris by the announcement of thq extension of the act of partnership to 1905. The Paris branch of the famous family is quite large. The dowager Baroness Rothschild, who lives in the family mansions in the Rue Lafite, had five children—Baroness Alphonse, who is at this date at the head of the family; Baron Solomon, who died a long time ago; Baron Gustave, Baron Edmond, and the Baroness Nathaniel Rothschild. The venerable dowager is a veritable fountain of charity. She gives away hundreds of thousands of francs every year. In the summer she lives in a splendid house at Boulogne, where apartments of each of her sons and daughters are kept constantly in order. Baron and Baroness Alphonse Rothschild live in the old mansion in the Rue St. Florentine, where Talleyrand once resided. They are gay and are extremely fond of society, and are seen everywhere in the monde. The Baroness is one of the most accomplished equestriennes who frequent the Bois de Boulogne. Her husband is an enthusiastic patron of the turf. He has his stables at Meantrif and Chantilly, and lavishes millions on them. Solomon Rothschild was a del-icate-minded man, fond of conversation, books, pictures, and society. His widow has a daughter who will, it is said, be the richest heiress in the Paris family. Baron Gustave is the only one who has married outside the family. One of the sons of the late Nathaniel Rothschild has just purchased the splendid mansion of Count Toistol, in the Avenue de Friedland ; and another named Arthur spent his hie in collecting books. It is said that no one else in France except the Duke d’Aumale possesses such inestimable treasures of rare editions and luxurious binding as this young Rothschild. One of the latest additions to the delegates to Paris of this phenomenally rich lanxily is Baron Adolphe Rothschild of Naples, who has closed out his business and retired with the serenity of conscience promoted by the knowledge of the possession of a fortune of 180,000,000 francs. He may be seen now and then in the Bois, lolling negligently in the blue carriage, which is one of the peculiarities of the house. He is a great collector, aud will spend hundreds of thousands ol francs upon any trifle he happens to consider he must have. There is but one Catholic in the family, and that is the young Duchess who, it will be remembered, was the daughter of Baron Rothschild of Frankfort-on-the-Main, one of the richest members of the group. [From UW Kansas City Mall.] Member of this Department relieved of Rheumatism by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, says Geo. W. Walling, Esq., Superintendent Police, New York, in one of our exchanges.