Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1887 — How Rothschild Made His Money. [ARTICLE]

How Rothschild Made His Money.

When Rothschild came to Paris in 1812 he possessed $20,000. At his death his private fortune amounted to $55,000,000 and that of the firm to over $500,000,000. He owed his success to his happy knack of always “taking fortune at the flood,” and to his careful observation of all political events that might tend to make or mar his prosperity. Once he was suffering from some cerebral complaint and had to undergo a difficult and dangerous operation. His surgeon, Dr. Dupuytren, had strictly forbidden all mental excitement as likely to have fatal consequences. Rothschild lay half conscious on his bed when tidings were brought of the assassination of the Duke of Berry. The patient immediately jumped up, though the blood was streaming over his face, the bandage having come undone in the excitement, and, dragging himself across the room, rang the bell with great violence. “The Duke of Berry is’murdered! Sell out! sell out!” he cried out to his alarmed attendants, as they rushed into the room, and then he fell_back in a swoon. By this transaction he saved considerable sums of money. — La Chronigue du Temps.