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) JANUARY 12, 1907. THE SUNNY SOUTH THIRD RAGE a t Seven Modern Mid&ses Are These Brothers Guggenheim, of Colorado n m i Little more than half century ago the name was unknown in t'ae United States. Xow seven brothers, all millionaires, the greatest money earning family this count) litis ever known, are making the name famous, ami one <>l them. Simon Guggenheim, is soon to go into the United States senate, re placing Senator Patterson, of Colorado. Simon will be the first member of the famous Xew York fam^y to desert busi ness for a puhliv others have hail Their father, h genheim. who van an immigrant, at on the street in In a first for vl a n None t lie similar aspirations, ■ate old Meyer Gug- e la ilf Cnited States d peddled shoe polish order to make a Iiv- imself. then for his wife and increasing family, knew only business and philanthrophy. and trained his sons along the same line. All were tmfalingly loyal to till Simon's break. And Simon made qui lie yielded.I ft is a stance that though smelting trust, politi been thrust on hint hotbed of populism. Wall l rst ntmercial life battle before, lions cireum- -mber of the honors have Colorado, the hatred all ex- 1 oi tf of found himself : , permit ie that public ) ; ing him. ever succeed iolurado anti that pertains He went there first because I be tensive business interests of himself and his brothers i : ihe west demanded that they have a representative on the scene. Simon was a good mixer, ids trust affiliations, so popular in a short office was actually p No other trust magn ed in overcoming tie trust prejudice. A BORN MIX5R. Tt is folly to say that his success re- j suited from money alone. A Rocltefel- j ler, for example, could spend probabL j every dollar of ids fortune in the state [ and not. be elected to the humblest of j offices. Mr. Guggenheim knew how to! meet the people. lie did no: shut him-1 self up in gloomy grandeur as. do many j other men of affairs. In t lie evening! he was usually to be found in the lobby j of the Grand Palace hotel talking thea- > ter, sport, or politics with Ids friends. i When he went to the various mining j camps of the state, and came face to | i fate with the miners, his judgment was! equally good. Tf the blunt men of the j pick and shovel asked him uncomfortable | Questions about the trust, he was prompt j to answer, and when he came in con- j tact with a genuine grievance was quick j to remedy it. His use of his money w: .: lavish. Tn I honor of f.13 birth of his sen, he pro- ■ j sen fed the S30.000 Guggenheim half to i 1868. There were three daughters also. First Meyer Guggenheim pedaled shoe j polish, (hen lie bought the patent for ihe' shoo polish, arid went into the manufac-j tisritig business hi a small way. H< prospered, and embarked in Dtp: Importation of lye. Tills venture also sue- 1 reeded, and lie tackled the spice busi- i ness, with a resulting big profit. j Then he put into reality a dream to j Import laves made by the peasant folks i of his native Switzerland. Soon lie was ’ bringing over all kinds of embroideries. I and the name of the firm became known ' all over the country. A bad debt foreed him to take some r I.eudvtUe, i’-iIo Two of Ids went out to look over the! returned imbued with the idea eould be made to \ ieid a leg ;e everything touched by this family, they did. This etn- e G'iggenheims in tlie mining! ndri-s r.en sons who proper! ies. that they . profit. I,i! wonderful barked tli business. ALASKA AND THE CONGO. As each of the sons grew up. lie was sent abroad to got a knowledge of lan guages by actual contact with the peo ple. and on his rt turn was taught the mining business by work on some of the G uggenh eim properties. Eventually cite family shifted to Xew York, and tlie American Smelting and Refining (Vmipany was formed. A FEELING OF SECURITY. You naturally feel secure when you i know that the nu b! ■ die you are about to ' take is absolutely pure and contains no j harmful or habit producing drugs, j Sucli a. medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- ■ Root, the great Kidney. Liver and Blad- i tier Remedy. I Tile same standard of purity, strength and excellence is maintained in every , bottle of Swamp-Root. 1 Swamp-Boot is scientifically compound- | ed from vegetable herbs, j It is not a stimulant and is taken in teaspoont'ul doses. Jt is not recommended for everything. > It is nature's great ic-lper in relieving and curing kidney, liver and bladder ! t roubles. ’ A sworn statement of purity is with ! every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- ! Root. ' if you need a medicine, you should j have the best. If you arc already convinced mat . Swamp-Root is what you need, you will find t on sale a all drug stores in bottles ut two sizes, liftv-ctits aud one-dollar. Sample Bottle of Swamp-Root Free by Mail. Send to Hr ton. X. V.. for mail i will also revei? ■ a n ation. telling • When writing A Manta Sunny enter t Go.. Bingham - i -ample bottle, free bv ,*ii,, anyone. You will let of \ .Mitablc int orm - about the ,. idneys. ■ sum- and mention The iouth. Isaac Guggenheim. ' elapsed hers, was George, and the figure | holding fas: to his arm, tt shadow of i nis former sell', was Martin Henley. The tears sprang to Margery's eyes at I this pitiful sight, and she caught hold of The t side: ..ate Meyer Guggenheim, Founder of Family in America who had joined them ) ambition centered in that girl. Eventual- ami lie tli is.tit t tie the eight li floor the! 'V ills ed them offer. exploiting the property. UNPRECEDENTED. There was no compulsion whatever that t lie firm should suffer this loss. Mad there been a profit, they would have been compelled to pay the outside investors their share. Consequently, a division of the losses would have seemed equally fair. Hut tlu> brothers took the loss, because they wanted (o live mi to the precept: laid down by their father, the late Meyer, j who died in Palm Beach In 1906. ifis business motto was: ( “Get money, -hut don't try to <1o tt by walking over the graves of your fellow- men ." The Guggenheirns make the proud boast that no outsider who joined in one of their ventures ever lost a dollar. They were willing to sustain the dropping of the million and n half in order to keep that record intact. This deference to every law laid down by the father is one of the notable things . about a notable family. Guggenheim. the elder, believed in J family unity. It was his favorite re- j mark, that no friends or outsiders will ever do for you Hike a member of your I own -family. He had a homely illustra-1 They have of: of 71 Broad wa; brothers fill up The brothers consult daily, and at their conn ils have tiiso some of the ablest! men in the l idled States. John Hays, | Hammond, t lie mining engineer, they; i pay $ I CO,000 a y ear. | .lust now lae company !s preparing a onderful plan In make the gold fields horn. Then came Daniel, on i of Alaska yield the returns that should Inly 9. 1856; Murry, on August 12. 1858; j come, from scientific mining on a big Solomon, on February 2. 1361; Benjamin, scale, and Is also identified with Thomas ■>n October 26. 1865: Simon, on December F. Ryan to develop the mineral wealth! 27. 1867. and William, on November 6 1 of the Congo Free State. ; The Kidnaping of George R. Ro: Cleveland Plain Dealer.) Vt !l ! "Have unbiUon centered in that y lie married her. On June 7. 1854. the first of seven sons, j w< el. on ! of tin yom alert fact g man’s face by a shadow, of the young was A nd wo man whose clear gray eyes intently regarded him was clouded, too. "Xo, Martin." “he tc.s- entiy broke the "I cannot be pets He looked at. h derly. "I am selfish enough :i You are wrong," hi 'but that's a lover’: is no ques tenet ten I Jenley The e Then name fr At 4 .rived ; "Just er. Ev sli I'ijo k a telegr; kidnaped Geo hope. Don't eg ram fluttered ! stooped and ] hi Xew York, clock the next lot her message: im was brought: -ge. Am trying worry. Martin from hsr hands, ticked it up. It Martin’ into the "There me a wa him hoc month t tell waste I little sin t wit at ■orgt -vt 1; "Don't, "Hook, at me, "rfe e what 1 ■ ma . Oh. you craving for the burned out of t and beaten am tations «• • *111• ii,'t man stood b> n ,\l: nope ■ long sr belt think tl the Colorado School of Alines, at Golden, ] lion and when he found oirt that the college, a 1 1 did not have the means to equip it. he i ri ' l ' r promptly gave another §50.000 for this purpose, This liberality a-:td good fellowship had its effect, and soOn Guggenheim was being spoken of for political place, Tn 1896, when tho Colorado republi cans. led by Teller, walked oul of the national convention that nominated Mc Kinley, Guggenheim was nominated for lieutenant governor on the ticket oi rhe silver (republicans. Two years later he was offered the nomination or ;,-,v- eronor. Tn both cases he was certain of election, for not a corporal's guard could have been mustered against Die silver ticket, but he refused both V.mes. saying that he had no ambition for a political life. In 5 he recent republican landslide in Colorado, it was understood ilia- if a republican legislature, was chosen Gug genheim should he the senator. The tri umph whs overwhelming, a majority or forty-four being returned. Xn man tint elected was ever more certain of Wear ing the toga than Guggenheim is. But while Simon's shift to the -white light of Washington may make the Guggenheim Commoner in the public prints, it cannot, add much to the mar vellous record already achieved by the seven sons of Meyer. Only a few months ago tv ill street rang -with the wonderful slory n' how the “American Rothebilds." ns they- are called had voluntarily- shouldered a loss dropped snewkioE.rc.d Kn adbis..’ohs5a of one and a half million dollars. tide, by which s business ca- ' need of liar- , taken from ancient 1 at the outset of each so: reer. he showed him the mill!\- in Die family. THEY STAND TOGETHER. Handing the son a stick, the father would ask It ini lo break it. This was, easily accomplished, but when th" eider ' man bound together seven sticks o? a similar size, the strongest of the boys j could not snap their united strength. This unity has made the Guggenheims i c greatest family of money makers th<- untry ever produced, not even except-i g the Rockefellers, fn fifteen years: ev have built up a fortune said to be! beaut the s belie.vt marry me if i moment. "I 11 liitik | unfairness. I i ion a bout you are making.” f am only doing what my duty. Martin." “And you woul not for George? •She hesitated I would. Martin Ho moistened his lips. "George looms very large and very formidable." lie said, hat can be done with him?” The girl sighed “Nothing." There was a little silence. “Tt ;sn - right." murmered tiie man | breath, and there was bill, lone. "It is the only thing I cat : the girl. loti know he isn't worth i fice." ; "He Is nty The man dr , brother:” j The girl's face flushed. I discuss this even with you. : must, do my duty as I see j needs my care. My mother 1 words asked me to wat | when all others deserted | carry out my promise.” The young man Idol ; “Dot me help you care for him I Margery.” I Xo. Martin. He shall Tie my dlsgraci "It tits. The days wot n. month a! the first letlc r. j tar. s ! "We have i Martin wrote. ,. ; talk about re • hope in the -sued . ! Xo doubt you are ' trived to kidnap 2 very difficult. It to get him about finally succeeded, that he does not I have tii Of rol c!. and it was almost Margery received was dated Gibrai- , on a tci st Is. and elt He puns buffeted Tty storms itul and drew him 1 George ‘‘He took ie. arid I've brought . if I talked tor iC I ouldnt begin m man lias done for trnmred Martin, get cried George, become: This is a edn't t>e afraid. My f ;.a? gone. I: was m a:: i stai‘\ e.! out of me u 1 \ -li lusand temp- t t,,i n: • ow. And :1ns :. ,. .1 . I me back to ...| me- . ■ ,11 the Aral> a : .• o i.:' t ■- Arab pris 'd. s yea were suddenly cang; ■ up Martin's hand, we have been through, sr,ii:i d Margery," murmured to, i irl. "I to but 1 have no; los ss of tiie experiment, i wondering how I con- j Teorge. but it wasn t. : was a harder matter; l Liu- steamer, but 1 • J am sorry to say | appiivia: on. j suffused. I-Ie cat “What horrors tt ! brother:'' In. half "A fine fellow, Martin with . ' "lie brought fever.” "That was the only chance lie gave me,” cried George. ‘lie broke down, at !nst. and then it was my turn. 1 twice thought I’d lost h!m. but when I whispered ‘Margery in ids oars he rallied smiling nod ne through it George, the desert i he efforts vill ; artd beneath •mess in do," the his liis :aid fought on. Ob. but all right now, sister, his behalf. In 'act. he I j n a u ,|, wo regards me as his intterest enemy. Per- J 0 f hint again haps this feeling will wear away. You I Margery.” may rest assured that it will make no j He turned difference in my feeling toward him." : the room. Margery cried over this letter. She Then Margery we could only faintly imagine the events of stooped over him and that long voyage- But she knew that avfn about hi- no, k :tn Martin would persevere to the very ut- cheek to his wasted on most. ' “Dear, dear Martin.” he’s going Tiie one ton us name ptly and went out of we:.t to Martin and and pm her rounded k arid pressed her rosy sacri- l>rot her ” ew a long br»atit. “3uch ”1 cannot The letter from Alexandria was a long time coming. She opened it with a feel ing of dread. George has been ill." Martin wrote, •‘so iil that. 1 did not have Lite heart to) write you until he was better. But he is so much improved that in a few days \ will never leav. m mm. will up alone.” Her bead droop, Simon Guggenheim. §500.000 000 In the R, known as An Expected Letter remerie, benches full ,>f men ) i swallowed their three sous’ j hocolate or cafe au lait ;the j ss passed and repassed with i er smoking bowls (Why was it so late?) i ..j would 1 three, four, live, six. num- ! nlllH .. . c f telegraph wires over the j forlorn vug of a kilt*. i them, struggled to get >inj^ to ?ain. his eyes, .dre\% It is iovvu liis face, and shiv <»pU* trooped from the crenter r their heads. hmrie«l than tli workiiien woi 1 loxes. n tin* eiieap 7-e.stauram along s dusting tho round slab tops la ides tiia: trespassed on t lie on Id keep the should they? money. hing to fill up ; fro tn him. | “And can nothing be done?” “Nothing. [ have had the best merti- j val advice. it was of no avail. lie 1 will do nothing to help hintself. He is j utterly Indifferent to his n ! h» cannot get brandy e resorts t,« nt,,r- iphlne. He has had the so-called ‘cures.’ (It its could be taken away front this j perilous atmosphere, tar away from those i wicked friends who tire sapping his :if'e j and his money, if lie could tie made to fight out the battle with himself alone | and unaided—why. it would either cure I or kill him. And that, they tell me. is the only hope.” Martin stared hard at the floor. lad to help George if T Martin. i j j hope w e can start up the Nile. There t. George j was one very- gratifying feature of his with her last j illness- ail Ills old animosity disappeared. J and rl ch over him | He has Just called me. Tell sister, f j,,.., j ; i Tie says, 'that ! am in good hands.’ 1 ! on , ps will write to you again before we enter th« deset t.” Then .Margery waited for the letter from the desert. At last it came. "More delays.” Martin write, "but now our equipment is ready and we en ter the desert tomorrow I do no- know vill hear from us aagin. We thougl .,i be cut off from tiie usual twice ommuniea tion. d. her gaze was turned j u -,, 6n ymi j are going means of eould,” ho said. en- : appear to regard ree. j paused and then told you, Margery, .hands j an important mov 1 ei j pends. If you will but me us a looked t i i a t o i * repels me. He n enemy." He up. "I have deofsioh ■ :n my marry > ll • men in blue trousers, the Tiie women men. One or collars and hurrying j main here in Somerton. If accept an offer i hate to g wliiMv a contracting: engineer lit 1 looked a; her anxitiusly ary Jiope?” "Xo. 31&rtin.” ”1 will be gone at least career de- I will re mit. } will > to Egypt, is needed.” ”Js •Will you I >,, tot •u:t. in,- tc M. •a nti.it make any •II what i Martin pen.” He hesitated an instant. "You have sufficient in "Yes.” mile . proniis window stretched hun- felt as one does after Supposing he went down j it? * * ‘ He couldn’t go , people in tins street were j came: Xo. tiie heavy tread i the door and up to the top; He arose. ”1 must write my could hear them moving j ance of the offer tonight and : morrow." Before she eould answer this the out side door was noisily slammed and a young mail staggered through the door- and voices ■ a l-t let ter; They tile i ”1 am writing this in a troop shed, I the only quarters we could get. George is !v :ig on a blanket-covered hoard, i do I not dare let him h av e my sight. He is ' very melancholy, and hi? antipathy to j mo has returned. I tun writing to you , frankiy. dear girl, ..us: as I am sure you ; would have me write. Wo had a hard | bat Lie and the outcome is not at all c—r- i tain. Goodby and heaven help you. i That was the last that Margery heard j from Martin for many months. : A year wore away and still no message j came. And then Margery almost ceased to hope. She knew then- had been au I uprising of the savage tribes of the So,t- i dan. The fanatic followers of a leader I long supposed :,> Tie dead had swept away the outposts of the British advat re ! and destroyed much of the work upon I i he new railway. | Baiter came tidings of a battle in which | the British force had touted the fanatics ; with great. loss. Rut their own loss was j heavy and the advance was slow. There ! went run tors of white prisoners some- I where in Hie interior. ! s-x weeks l«:er Margery received a ! cablegram. "We are. coming home,” it told her. i And the name under i: was "George, j Another long period of waiting fol lowed. but now .Margery’s anxiety was I tempered by hope I Then canto a clear and beautiful morn- ; ing in June, when two men. one strong, robust, clear of eye. and rosy of cheek, the other gaunt, pale, hollow eyed, con fronted her. j .Margery gave a little scream. This fine young fellow, whose hand firmly’ BOTH PROVINCIAL. (W. A. White in The American Ma ca sino.) After all. the differences between - poriit and New York—differences wl ■' i antedate those between ancient Rorce Sabine farm, where Horace - -p -M old Faletnian — are merely . ; rW ences of provinciallsnt. Little old New York is provincial; and even though New York is populated with people from Emporia and neighboring towns, these adopted X>■ \v Yorkers forget, or pretend t,» forget, all about the- oid home town. And Emporia is provincial, in that, even .-, go to Xew York once or twice a year, we ignore the fact, that tiie very presence of three million people living there argues that they live in some degree of oonvfort and satisfaction. What X, v. York can’t se,- is how we an h e m Krnpori t with so little going on at the opera house; and wir.it we can't is how a Sr. I f, > '. who >nn a; ran ha !OS If distin; other ocke. uish -•il h Otie < can per.-mt long row of five md with nothing o ■ell-house fr<,:n the hut tiie number on the front door. A BEAUTIFUL VERB. i From The New York Press.) At a Christmas party in upper Fifth avenue the other night there was an to- let -sting Anri highly amusing discussion of tile t iriK-gie discredited spelling. A w :s,- vii,uig blade diseourseU el<k|tieml> on part? ut s(iei it. a beautiful young woman asked, "What part of spot li an; I He answered Instantly, “You are an aiistra, : noun." "I? An abstract noun, sir: Wh\ am I rot a verb?” "Re- cause no one has ever been able to <• a - jugate you." (Great laughter and ap plause. i "Well," site replied. ' T should like to lie conjugated: can you not con jugate me?’ i Loud, long and rapturous applause.i ' Xo, miss, I am reluctantly compelled to decline you. All single ladies must be compelled to pass as nouns; and they are abtsract bectiusg they are generally till sweetness and goodness." D-omi and continued ap plause). king down a pen from the splashed! nrd ra< k, and an inkpoto and paper | uu behind the glass-caged clock on the ntes- i mantlepiece. im sat down at the rickety! . * ! I .. lie u rote, "1 hat e no •ij eorge, ’ said that?" girl in flit it ut you who have never had our pocket for longer than tell you me? Just am past Will you shall he make out the ■ below. Pounds it amounts to 1 uol begin to past, lut not Fgrhaps I am •nance. Just now he muttere.i you. Martin Henley here*, inakin' love to don’t want nothin' to go: her dear brothet t hiekty. \\ ha: my s'.s- do with to look "What's '' ' S that you doin' ter? She you. Site after. Good night. Martin Henley, go. night." He lurched toward the sofa and fell upon :l heavily. Martin lienley. his of the girl, passed girl followed him. I the, reared ihe outer door. "You say tiie only hope for George is i a new scene and new surroundings?" “yes,” slits whispered. I "Come hack here, sister," Die profligate j eyes avoiding those, nto the hall. The! turned quickly as ) door, hope fc called. "I nee me? I need y voice trailed off Martin lienley "Good-by. and you. Don't you he: hi." And the maudlin in a discordant song, put out his hand, God guard you. Mar- Murray Guggenheim. Why wasn't the I’as! eight, and all t! Monsieur the fris the sleeves rolled up doorway; Monsieur : ting out Ida window, becoming distinct ini the picture behind the glass, placing his I i cakes and becoming blurred again, fn J shops white-apron ?d, ■>"d bulkiiy in his patissjer window I have seen a post- it letter-bag. A very prize pig oi' a o.z of ooesity. Xow. in leaf post man's fit! i tig I am convinced was— ! probably—may have been—:ny reprieve, i i You understand? The thing goes in wave?.) r J'o wit. a certain thick envel- j g eri -•• watermuH; " f jrTtdgn^mi? Pap, ‘ r wUh a ( “Good-by. Martin." ■‘Tin* »>pr:<*\c*. or I hr* death warrant, j And he ^as rvoiv. »•■• hoth. will ro;ne with tlit* coffee. l| 1 r he could have looked back into tho \ lii>}io ti.cy will make that <*offee ^tronsr. j hallway li** would have tn Hie girl I I ii *\ ar«* alv.*:*ys gei.* rn;;.-. says the com-j leaning: against the wall sobbing as n * 1,10 1;ist HUal of ** on -> i;er Iteart would .break, ‘ j Quite unconscams of this, however, he fin* if I am ihf*n trir.tl. I. is J srrondc along, a now and strange idea the verves -a trick. l rt t me <*o:i- j strolled along, a new and strange id#=-a \ ; thankfUi tor. (b*p must] srjll leld ju»sse«sion o." his inimi I >tru* i r;t\ c!v oeion- t nesi hlackcnards • , . , the corners of the mouth will | ho ent « red lh< ’ tejegraph office and, tv.-iteii. tighten them rs I may. And then | Permed his dispatch accepting the Egyp- I tiie Fitnntion is theatrical, 'rhink of it: thin offer • hi tiie ground floor is a letter (perhaps)). f indigos- I Continued on Fourth Page. When tea time came the next day and George did not return Margery Seiby felt tittle anxiety. Daniel Guggenheim.