The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-24
p. ID. ARMOUR.
n Millionaire Who Works Eleven
Hours q Day.

"A Millionaire Who Works Eleven
Hours a Day.
z. ID. Armour, of Chicago, remains in
his Office from 6:45 in the morning until
> in the afternoon, and in the interval
between the two,a Philadelphia press cor
respondent had some conversation with
him. How hid l succeed in business ?
Why always made il principle when
the Almighty wasn't on my side to get
on his. You can't beat a team Of that
kind. Give you . tip on st. Paul! My
dear friend, ss long as have penny
left in the ranch I will back up that
road. you believe in the ranch, have
no feras about st. Paul stock" Mr.. Ar
mour receives all his visitors in easy 60
ing fashion, without much interruption
to his business. While standing in con-
versation. a tramp came in whose breath
was like the back yard of a distillery.
He asked . bell boy for Mr.. Armour, and
the subject Of his enquiry turned to him
with the caution to omit the tale about
'three days without food" and to state
the Amount at once.
49, SChec. ohs "cuta 10 a 8OuScbo.
Armour pulled out roll Of bills. q
haven't ten cents" he said. ''bu. if a dol
lar will do here it is"
The mans blood-shot eyes expanded
as in astonishmsnt, but when he recov-
cred his breath his donor had disappsar-
sd. That money may go for drink"
said MFR. Armour, ''but am not to blame.
1t may be myself or my boy some day."
Mr.. Armour's great but secret gsneros-
,ty, and liberal use of money has only
recently become known in Chicago. The
The facts concerning it have broken out
in a thousand places, much to the en-
barrassment Of the donor. Some inter
esting stories are told. A clergy man
had long bsen in the habit OF looking up
cases Of destitution and want. He won
Mr.. Armour's confidence to such an sx-
tent that all he had to do. was to men,
tion the amount required to cover each
case. One day he asked for thirty dol
lars to aid q woman who had given birth
to child. She was so destitute, tho
clergyman said, that the child was nak-
ed, and there was not a particle OF food
or warmth in the room. The man of
God afterward returned the money by
messenger, saying that he had discover
ed the woman to be of i'll reputc and the
child the result of sin.' Mr.. Armour
suddenly sent . carriage for his wife,
who looked up the case and lavishly sup
piled the poor woman. Meantime, Nr.
i. Armour foamsd with rage. eff that
id seoundrel comes in here again" he
ordered, "throw him out The idea
that one case of dsstitution isn't as de-
serving a. another"
The Armours are not society people.
Mr.. Armour always goes to bed at .
O'Clock. Mrs. Armour spends most Of
her time looking after her missions and
doing charitable work. Not long ago
one Of her missions needed hospital or
building OF some kind. As usual, she
expressed her desire to Mr.. Armour
Land was bought in the vicinity and q
building mysteriously erected with a
generous outlay. No one knew how it
came there or who was responsible for it
but the charity bestowed on the poor
howed freely from it just the same. Had
II not been Tor some legal proceedings
connected with it, no one would have
discovered its author or owner.