Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-27
Andrew Carnegie a Busy Man.

andrew Carnegie a Busy Man.
There is no buster man in New York
than Andrew Carnegie. Just at present
he is making arrangements for his an
HuaI trip to Scotland, his old home He
is taking very active part in social
and literary life in New York, is al
ways eager and anxious for bout with
men like Ingerson, Horace Porter and
Depew, at the Nineteenth Century and
other clubs where some of the great
problems of the day are discussed, and
he is q liberal patron of the opera and
theater. He occasionally writes news
paper or magazine article, and so ii will
be seen that he is pretty well occupied,
for in addition to all these things, he has
g fortune OF $40 600, 900 to look out for,
and vast interest in the great iron works
in Pittsburg.
So much has been published about his
enormous success in amassing fortune,
that he is constantly flooded with letters
from old and young men all over the
country asking for advice.
Mr.. Carnegie began life without dol
lar. His father and mother were so
poor that they both did weaving TO sup
port their two children in the little
Scotch village of Dunfermline, a charm
ing spot in Scotland, famous as the
burial place of Robert Bruce. How
many young fellows he has helped on to
a fortune l do not know But he has al
ways good advice to give and is one of
the men who do not believe that the
world is oVerorowded and that there is
no place for the yOungster OF to-day.
On the contrary, he is @ staunch be-
lever in self-made men. He is q be-
never in college education, but thinks
the man with trade has a
better chance of getting on III
the world. How much money he gives
away each year nobody knows. But he
does it systematically. He is a bitter
opponent OF indiscriminate charity. He
thinks that many of the evils of tins
world arise from giving money to the
the wrong people and in the wrong way.
1 may say that he is positivist in every
sense of the word. He has an opinion on
every subject. He is aggressive, and in
speaking and writing fOrcible to a de-
gree. There is no truth in the report
that he intends to purchase an estate in
Scotland and to leave America.
Mark Twain Crusty, but Worth So. OoO,oO
Mark Twain 5 success in life seems to
have made him crusty and sour. Years
ago, when he was struggling for fame
and fortune on the Pacific coast, those
who knew him said he was warm hearted
and cordial. But he is certainly far
from that now. When he comes to New
York, as he often does, he evades news
paper reporters, and if by any chance
these industrious gentlemen manage TO
waylay him and seek an interview on
i ,O4 IL
reticent, but ugly and disagreeable.
Perhaps TO those he knows he is more
friendly. At any rate, the reporters
now steer clear of HIM. They never
bother him when he comes to the city,
and he is left alone in his glory.
/ saw him on the street a while ago,
dressed i'll q dark business suit. He has
an attractive face, splendid head, set
upon PAIR of strong shoulders. His
eyes are clear and his mouth denotes
great tirmuess. His hair is sjlvering
gradually, although there is an abun-
dance of it. His mustache Is reddish,
and mis- eyebrows are heavy.
Mr.. Clemens lives in stYle in Hartford,
Conn. His home is on Pennington ave-
nue.. 1t is luxuriouSly furnished and
filed with rare pictures and books. The |
occupant OF the house adjoining is Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, and
not far away is the home of
Charles Dudley Warner. Mr.. Clemens
never talks about his books except to
those whom he knows intimately. But
there is one topic that he is willing to
discuss at any time, and that is interns-
tional copyright. III fact, it may be
said that he is q crank on the subject.
His books still sell well. His "Inno-
cents Abroad, - the most successful of
all his literary ventures, has a steady
sale, and his fortune is estimated by
those who know him to be considerably
over 81 Zoo, 900. Sometimes fun pays.
Cremation to be Cheaper.
II looked at one time as though crema-