The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-04-11

ole did not act like a man unaccus
toned TO wealth, but he looked Il. He
didn't seem 10 quite ft in with the
nolsclcss. perfectly trained male serv.
ant who took my card. and the sur.
ruundinCs, bought with his money and
selected 10y his own taste perhaps,
seemed rather foreign TO him. after all.
II saw him once afterward I'm the
company Of men Of worldwide reputa.
tion as statesmen. That gave me an.
other view-a glimpse from another
standpoiut--at his character. lie was
conscious OF the company he was In.
In fact he didn't seem 90 fit in any
better there-not so well, indeed-thau
he did in his wealth endowed home w
the city. His manner was scarcely ob.
sequious, and yet II appeared to be al.
ways just on the point OF becoming so.
Whether he was conscious OF feeling
that he was little bit 'outclassed II
was hard to tell, but there was reason
now and then to believe that he was
But be took II quietly. II he made no
bad breaks In attempting TO assert his
equality, be was almost quick enough
to conceal the fact that he wanted II
concealed. He bowed little too low
sometimes and was unexpectedly def.
erential, and momentarily there was
the effect OF hardening Of manner TO
compel consideration. such as was not
called for in the interview with the
poor devil In the library.
"IIe told me that his name should be
pronounced Kar-nay-gie, accent on
nay, the & hard"
Carnegle's biography from his birth
10 his retirement with a fortune estl.
Iated at hundreds Of millions may be
told In a few lines
Born in Dumfermlne, Scotland, Nov.
%. 1885.
Came to America with parents at age
Of 10.
Began TO help earn famlly's living
when 10 years old by working as bob
bin boy in a cotton factory, receiving
S1.20 a week.
Fired n boiler in cellar when 10
| years old.
Clerk in bobbin factory at $3.50 n
| week at14.
Messenger In telegraph office at -.
Telegraph operator at S25 a month
when lG supporting family,
Operator for Pennsylvania railway
! superintendent at 10.
Secretary 10 Pennsylvania railway
| officials lSJi-1SGl.
Military telegraph operator during
war.
Bought Adams Express and sleeping
car stock in small quantities.
Bought oil lands, which ultimately
became worth millions in 1866.
Built iron bridges in 1867.
Built bessemer plant in Pittsburg
when 80 years old
Twenty years later OSSSl owned the
seven great steel works In and about
| Pittsburg.
Parted with his business associates
In 1890, when his steel works and
mines were estimated 10 be worth
S5OO,OOOOOO.
Carncgie's investment in oil lands
was the foundation Of bis vast fortune.
He aud some friends bought the VIII.
liam Story farm on OIL creek for $780,
600. They organized the Columbia oil
company and proceeded to develop the
farm for petroleum. The farm consist
ed Of 400 acres and was not far from
where Coal Oil johnny" found his pot
OF gold. Every acre Of the farm proved
TO be productive, and 1t soon developed
into one Of the richest bonanza farms
Of the region.
Its first years output was 20,sOO bar
rels, and the following year this was
increased TO $1,000 barrels. The COM
pany was organized with a capital
stock OF S25O0OO, and IN two and a
half years dividends had been declared
amounting 10 1870 per cent Of the capi.
tai In three years the production OF
the farm had increased 10 Ill, 600 bar
rels, and during this year the average
price Of oil was S9S7l5 a barrel Dur
ing the first six months Of this year
four dividends were declared amount,
ing to 100 per cent OF the capital stock
which was soon increased 20 $500. 0OO
In ten years the farm produced L715,.
072 barrels Of oil and is still producing
a small amount The total value of the
output has been upward Of Sl0,00O,0O0
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4 New Explosive Gone Wrong.
Several million cartridges charged