Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-03

one OF inc vice. DIGHlN. nus bl lut NLut-
teenth Century club and one OF the inter
estng and remarkable men OF this cen
tury is Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, n Scotch
man by birth, the town of Dumterline
having had the honor to be his place of
nativity, but large hearted lover of his
kind, genuine man in every fiber, and
republican in the broad sense, from the
crown of his head to the sole Of his boots.
Mr.. Carnegie was born In 1885,
and is therefore fifty years old,
but he does not look day
over forty, and combines in an unprece-
dented degree business habits and Iacul-
ties with grasp of mind, quick and keen
intelligence, and extraordinary power of
appreciation and sympathy. One can
best estimate men aud women by their
relations or proportions TO other human
creatures OF Mr.. Carnegie 1t may be
said there is only one o. him, and every
day experience shows that when there Is
only one of kind they TIRE not easily re-
placed He was born OF humble par
entage-from pecuniary point OF view
but his father had received good educG-
ton and was man OF unusual lntelh-
gence, even among the canny Scots; While
his mother, who still lives, and whom he
rcverences and treats with the tenderness
of a lover, the worship offered To saint
and the homage due TO a queen, Is
woman of rare mental endownents and
strength of character. Certainly the
highest and best that is in him mast come
from her, for mother and son are the
same in the courage and honesty Of their
convictions, in insight, in depth and reach
of thought, and in the sympathy with all
created things, which fills the lives who
garner 1t full of unuttered music and
sweetness.
Perhaps it will be thought that the
mother of Mr.. Carnegie should not be
mentioned here, for her life is now
4 secluded aud she is seldom seen in any
assemblages; almost the last time was
when she acted as the queenly hostess ON
/ the occasion OF Il magnificent reception
/ given at the Windsor hotel (his New York
! home) by Mr.. Carnegie TO his intimate
personal friend Mr.. Matthew Arnold, and
/ the Difference shown the aged lady by the
most distinguished perSonages, and theiT
recognition Of her admirable character
| and mental gifts must have gladdened the
4 heart Of the loyal son.
! II was In ls45 that the family removed
\ to this country, and his first earnings were
as a telegraph messenger at salary OF
! $3.50 per week He now, in connection
| with his brother, controls four OF the
/ largest iron and steel works in this coun-
/ try, besides owning an interest in many
! similar enterprises. In order to infu'
ence public sentiment in Great Brit
| ain he has purchased several news
! papers hl England and Scotland, and
now has Il more or less controlling
! interest in eighteen popular and we'll
| known papers, seven OF which are dallles
/ oil. uslftlal
/ with an average circulation Of over 2, 000,-
/ coo OK copies With all this genius for
/ taking on care and multiplying his bush
ness responsibilities Mr.. Carnegie does
not seem oppressed by them. He is most
/ genial and courteous Of manner, an eff
| fectiye speaker and fluent writer, as may
\ be seen by glance at two books he has
/ found time TO write aud publish-"Round
! the Worldn aud a "Four-in- HanGN-the
| latter the record of a trip made some
/ four years ago with party whom he took
out on the steamship Bothnia as mis-
\ guests, experimenting the journey with a
/ Six weeks coaching trip through England
| and Scotland, and celebrating his mother's
1 birthday By taking her and the whole party
/ 10 his native town In order that
! he might lay the foundation stone OF
a free library which he presented 10
Dumferline at cost OF S25,0O0i he had
previously endowed 1t with free baths at a
4 cost OF the same sum. New York mas
been benefited by the Carnegie laboratory
at a cost OF $4,000, and Braddock Pa
by the presentation Of free library.
which IL not yet completed. Pittsburg
! was offered one, but the municipality De-
cilned 10 accept II, because i would nave
to be maintained. Twenty-Five lhousAgo
| a.irora Ar Carnegie has expended IN
ncl,nlarahins IA the Royal College OF