San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-24

You were unhappy at home while was
here. Bless you, my brave boyv
The young sufferer looked up with
grateful expression. He had been under
stood, and that was enough. Tears of
pride stood in his eyes, and his brother
put his face down again, just like wo-
man to her babes.
''That is the end of the story, the con-
clusion of the simple tale, so far as my
information goes. In few minutes the
attendant returned, the young patient
was taken away, and never heard an
other thing about him. / don't doubt,
however, that he quickly gave mp his
sweet young life, for the whole lower
part of his face was shattered
Foundations For a Fortune.
Congressman Sorg of Ohio, who was
noted as the richest man in the last con- !
gress, tells an interesting story of how
he laid the foundation of his fortunes.
when about ~ years DID," said MIR. !
Sorg, my father died and had to go
to work to maintain large family. l
was first apprenticed to molder, but
afterward went to work in a tobacco
factory, and it was in the tobacco bust,
ness that / made my first money. Early
in the sixties a new tariff bill passed
congress- increasing the TAX ON TOBACCO
There was great rush to have large
quantities ol TOBACCO naaue up peiore ue
hlgher rates went INTO euec5. "A young
man, Friend OF mine ana foreman In
the factory received an ouer 10 take
charge OF new factory wnicn had oeen
| opened 10 take advantage on the oppor-
tunlty offered for large rron's on manu-
Iactured oooacco. my TREND was 10 keep
tmngs running Gay ana night uhpli tne
new law went INTO operatlon' Tor Wnicn
ne was ouered salary ana part on pne
pronts. IL was pnsy time In the TO
oacoo business
knew one man VINO mace $So'ooo
ON Single CONTRACT ne nao unoertaken
70 FURNISH certain onmoer Oh boxes Oh
tooacco' ana hxed ms price SO nhat II ne
only tmlshed nan the number py the
Time the oia barlH Iate expired ne couio
anoro 20 pay tne increased YAK on the
otner nan OUT on LIS Fronts' ont luckily
Ior MIN the government delayed putting
the new tarln law into effect Tor thirty
DAYS, ana ne mace an enormous pront
on the whole contract Inns was piece
OF luck ana IL frequently happens that
people VINO are IN hurry 10 make Dig
pronts pay more IN the END imam II they
had walted' as In the case Oh the WHISKY
people, VINO We're nadly 'pitten py the
recent tarIn' Inc WHISKY people Grew
out large quantliaes Oh splrlts' the mar
ket was overstocked, NOTES became que
and they lost money nnally. Ihey would
nave peen much petter ON III tney had
allowed the WHISKY TO stay IN BOND ana
PAID the ~ Genus extra tax 10 the gov
ernment.
| wen, 10 return 10 the sixties, con-
tlnued MI. sorg. MY friend Kept ms
factory running Gay ana night, and
| when IL was nnaify closed aIter the new
law Went into operation the owners
compromised with MIN Tor W, Oo0as his
snare OF the pronts' he ana 1 then start
ed IN business for ourselves on tnat cap
ioaL ihe business was neceSsariiy snlaAi
~ nis'' anu aSei guy ing ,n"onineiy We
~ i.so e as .es w ~ " uuy olo
nos s .r" " ,ooaco we nia .I9 'H n. up,
anu ,nen nau " s,,": :. uomn 'ne i"oeoiy
un'ii We oouIu sen ~, anu as 'he inoi
hos ao o,els ,s ~ was 'Oi me, 'iiio
peioie we 0ouin uispose VI IL; l'li slo
ie.uIns u oui saie we uousnV 1loVn n.1
Io' Vi 1opaoco' Iiaue 'liaI up anu again
snuV uo"n On.il WeIoulu SCH o.,r SUo ''lA
NelIiieI , VI US was khoWh III the coIi,
lnerciaI Mollu' Consequently we c 'JOS
seC no cIeoiC anu were ooiiSeu 70 WORK IA
aions Slowly, Alter tlnle business
PlcAeu up anu we oecaiiie DeI'er AnoWn,