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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1900)
TITANS OF THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES AT WAR. Tbdt Qameo gfaeelet. jrF you were not rucii a sentl- II mental fool you would follow my advice," said Marion De- looklng wltn some scorn, min- fwlth a sort of indulgent admlra- at her handsome brother, who thrown himself, with every ap- inee of ennui, into a chair lu her doir. ud your advice Is " he said lan- Jfy, raising his eyes to her face. o marry that rich Jenny Valken- ?u. She's half in love with you i." molne groaned aloud and answer )'uically: SVid I'm wholly In love with her hook. Oh, what bliss to have my Is paid and to be able to look every y In the face." o It to-night, then," said Marlon. Ji animation. Jpo-uight?" he repeated. "You don't hit me to propose to a girl at a ksquerade, do you. and when I don't Uarlon mused a moment, her fine h bent to the floor. It was no use (ding the question her brother must S-y money, and here was the chance. Vcould only get him to promise. give you a hint, will you give ir promise to do the right thing I?" she asked, wlth suppressed I'SS. Demolne heshntrd. Into his "there came a sudden, sweet -the memory of a face and voice te loved; hut, us lie toiu 111 nisei i jfdretl times, he could not "afford iirry" Margaret Hears, and It was ftuslnes.s to forget, her. Still he fid the forgetting very dilticult iuk, tiiougn lie nan succeeneu in fiUing a "donkey of himself," as he asetl It, In attentions to the helr Miss Vnlkenburgh. There was ta sting in the thought of Margaret also -a sting which h!s sister had taken ire he should feel. It was the rumor - 'it-C.le. favored some one else that jUng Garrett, H lu'lllonalp, doubt jjss would take the girl, "or of course ae had but to reach out his hand. He iould please himself, and marry a He coughed and stammered some thing Inaudible. She begged his par donwhat did he say? He plunged In. "I don't know how to io the thing gracefully, Miss Valkenburgh, but I'll make my words plain. Will you be my wife?" There, It was done! And Jack De molne breathed a long sigh and waited. He fancied she was agitated. It was a moment before she spoke, and Jack hastened to say: "It is not possible that you don't know me?" "I know you," she answered, and the voice, no longer disguised, was like a kulfe through Jack Demolne's heart. He tore off his mask and revealed a deathly white face. Now the woman was much more composed than he was. She removed the blue silk covering from her own face. Yes, it was Mar garet Sears who looked at him. Her face also was colorless, but it showed no emotion otherwise. "You should not ask such vital ques tions at a masquerade, Mr. Demolne, or you should first take the precaution to make sure of the identity of the lady." How calm her voice was! As for Demolne, his blood was on fire. He uttered an Inarticulate ejacu lation. He caught the girl's hands lu his own and held them to his heart; Le poured forth a torrent of passionate words; he called himself a dolt, a jack ass, to have so degraded himself as to offer his hand where he could not give bis heart. He could never remember how he ex plained matters, but It was certain that he made Margaret Sears under stand that he was thankful for the mis take, and that he loved her and no other. Fifteen minutes later, when the two, carefully masked again, re-entered the ballroom, a woman In gorgeous fif teenth century dress swept by them, on the arms of a Louis XIII. musketeer. "That Is my Cousin Jenny," whis pered Margaret. "How curious that, at the last moment, she should have changed her mind, and fastened the . iautmiintt without n iHMinv If lu chose. i and who would refuse him? f. It was that thought that made Jack Demolne's face suddenly burden as he replied: "Yes, I promise you I'll ask her to night to be my wife. Now for the di rections be brief." Marlon knew her brother's temper too well to triHe with him now. He had passed his word, and she could trust him. "You know the bracelet of cameo In taglios that Miss Valkenburgh showed' us the other day? She will wear that on her left arm." ' II. When the time v.niue Demolne threw o cloak over his dress, and with his mask in his hand lie stepped into the carriage, lie was late. As he entered the brilliant drawing-room his eyes be gan their search for the wearer of the cameo bracelet. He was going to have his task over directly. lie had come to offer his hand to Jenny Yankenbuigh, a ml the quicker It was done the better. lie did not look at ladles' dresses; he looked at their arms, and felt a sense of relief at each oue he saw which did not bear what to him was the fatal bracelet. He felt very mean, and he despised himself. He was going to ask a woman whom he did not love to mar ry him he wanted her money. ' A waltz, sounded from the band. Glit tering couples glided off down the room. At that moment, as Demolne was leaning against the wall, moodily watching the forms that went past lilni, there came a graceful figure, clad in some dlaphonous blue role. He could only tell that It was surpassingly lovely, and he did not know what char acter was to be represented. Simultaneously with the feeling of ndmlratlon that stirred In his heart, he saw on one fair, plump arm the coil of the cameo Intaglios. There was no mistaking them. They were of too rare workmanship for one to forget them. He did not pause. Softly he made liis way after the blue mask, and the next moment he had whispered to her: "Make this music still sweeter by waltzing with me?" The mask paused In seeming Irresolu- tlon. Had she recognized hlmV He had not tried In the least to disguise his N voice. He rather wished to be known by her, but her tones were evldeutly disguised as she replied ami placed her hand on his proffered arm. In spite of his preoccupation De niolne enjoyed that waltz, and, owing to the power that delicately appeals to the senses, the young man found him self thinking that so graceful a woman could not be wholly n lxm as a wife. "Now for It!" he said to himself, as he swung her out of the group, and bent down his tall lie.id aa he asked her to go out of the crowd It was so warm. cameos on my arm! III.. The next morning Marlon, who had gone home before supper, asked her brother: "Did you propose to the girl with the cameos?" "Yes." "And she accepted you, of course?" "Yes." "I congratulate you," cried Marlon, with sparkling eyes. Jack Demolne lit a cigar and walked out, wisely thinking he would leave explanations to fie future. Trav ling In Colonial Days. After the period of walking and canoeing had Its day In colonial times, nearly all land travel, for a century, was on horseback, Just as it was lu England at that date. In 1072, theie were only six stage coaches in the whole of Gieat Britain, and a man wrote a pamphlet protesting that they encouraged too much travel. Boston then had one private coach. Women and children usually rode seated on a pillion behind a man. One way of prog ress which would help four persous ride part of their journey was what was called the "rlde-and-tle" system. Two of the four persons who were traveling started on their route on foot; two, mounted on the saddle and pillion, rode about a mile, dismounted, tied the horse, and walked on. When the two who had started on foot reached the waiting horse they mounted, rode on past the other couple for a mile, dis mounted, tied and walked on; aud so on. Howitzers. Howitzers are steel breech-loading weapons, weighing twenty-five hun dredweight and having a length of six feet ten Inches. In loading a howitzer the gun Is swung horizontally on the carriage, but for the thing position the muzzle Is pointed high in the air, thus giving to the shell a long, curved course. Four kinds of projectiles can he used In a howitzer; The lvddite shell measures 27.225 Inches and weighs one hundred and twenty-two pounds nine ounces. The shrapnel, which contains over five hundred mixed metal balls, weighs slightly above one hundred pounds, and measures In length a little more than nineteen Inch es. For the firing cartridge two pounds one ounce of cordite are used. House' hold Words. Mrn Who I'-y Their Bills. The credit man of one of the large department stores In New York was asked what class of customers was most trustworthy. "Army and navy people can have all the credit they wish and no questions asked, was his reply "The standard of business morality In the army and navy !s positive assur ance that we will get our money." ' vr y 1 i r5 v i k aSiL Wmm . to jWfl A t t,(V. H 1 CHEAT HOMESTEAD STEEL MILLS. NDREW CARNEGIE and Henry Clay Friek have stunned the commercial and manufacturing world with the recent revelations made as to the annual profits of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, of which Mr. Carnegie i the financial head aud Mr. Friek (Until recently) the active manager. That wealth untold has poured In upon these two fortunate men has never beeu ipiescioned, but that it had reached the volume which Mr. Friek asserts it has, no one not even intimate friends dreamed. Men gape at each other when they read the figures. An annual profit of from -5 to 12 per cent anyone was willing to concede the magnates, hut not profits of 40, 50, 75 aud 100 per ceutA'eJt. these f latter figures are the ones with which Mr. Friek deals. ' Briefly told,' Mr. Frick's suit is a prayer filed in the common pleas court to restrain Mr. Carnegie from forcing him to" sell out his interest in the steel company except at his own terms. In support of his prayer he states: The profits of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, for 18'J'J were $21,000,000 above all expenses. The net profits for 1900 have been esti mated by Mr. Carnegie at $40,000,000 and by Mr. Friek at $42,500,000. Mr. Frick's interest in the company, according to his own calculations, is $10,238,000; according to Mr. Carnegie but $0,000,000. The number of partners in the com pany is forty. The total value of the property under ordinary conditions is $250,000,000; in prosperous times at home a nd abroad, $500,000,000. The capital stock of the steel company is but $25,000,000, of which Mr. Curnegie owns 58 per cent and Friek 0 per cent. In May, 1891), Mr. Carnegie received in cash $1,170,000 given him as a bonus for his nine ty days option to sell bis 58 per cent in the steel company for $157,050,000. Mr. Frick's C per cent of stock on that basis would he worth $10,238,000. Mr. Friek in his prayer avers fraud on the part of Mr. Carnegie. He declares the latter drove him out of the chairmanship of the steel company last December through malice, that he intends to run the business himself, and that he will thereby cause great loss. Andrew Carnegie is the epitome of Scotch thrift, Irish volubility and American perseverance. Henry C. Friek is the embodiment of Dutch acquisitiveness Bud taciturnity aud English tenacity. Chance worked more for the winning of Mr. Carnegie's fortune than in the case of any other living American multimillionaire. Necessity brought Mr. Friek into Mr. Carnegie's service. Opportunity gave Mr. Friek his wealth. Favorable legislation and judicious nursing increased Mr. Carnegie's wealth. Mr. Oarnegie professes to believe in the human race and in the success of human endeavor. Mr. Friek is little concerned in the human race, save as it is a buyer in his market. Mr. Carnegie is not bold or daring. Mr. Friek is both. Mr. Carnegie thiuks wealth should add to wealth, but that It should be disposed of before death. Mr. Friek doesn't care get all, hold all, is his creed. Mr. Carnegie says he owes a debt to humanity. Mr. Friek says it is not due to humanity, but to himself. Mr. Carnegie gives away a library every time he feels democratic. Mr. Friek relinquishes nothing. Both men have gained millions by methods open to intelligent discussion. Neither man can avoid death. The Famous Homestead Outbreak and Cause from Which It Originated. Henry C. 1 rick owned a name of national prominence at the end of the year 1892. For years prior to thb events of that time labor-saving machinery had been introduced at the mills in Homestead, which greatly increased the output, lessened the labor and increased the wages of a small number of employes known as the "tonnage men." These men were paid at certain fixed rates per ton of product, and with the improved machinery used they were enabled in many cases to double their earnings beyond the figures contemplated by the union scale,' and also beyond that paid by com peting mills. Mr. Friek Insisted when it came to arranging a new scale that allowance be made for the improved machinery used. The "tonnage men" refused to listen to him, and many useless conferences were held. The men were stubborn and Mr. Friek cold. There does not appear to have been much tact used on either side. Mr. Friek finally prepared a new scale and submitted It to the workmen direct without consulting the1 officers of their unions. A strike was ordered by the union officers and followed. Mr. Friek imported Finkerton men to protect his property, and they were en trapped on river barges and shot down by the strikers. The presence of the Pinkerton men really appears to have precipi tated rioting which otherwise might not have taken place. The National Guard of Pennsylvania was called out and Home stead put under martial law. While the excitement was at its height Alexander Bergman, an anarchist from New York, called at Mr. Frick's private office In Pittsburg, shot him four times and stabbed him seven. Nevertheless Mr. Friek recovered and Bergman was sent to the penitentiary for a long term of years. Congress appointed a committee to investigate the cause of the Homestead riots and it did so, but no practical good came from the investigation. The rioting euded as quickly as it began, and since that time the Carnegie works have had no serious trouble with their labor. A kind of a civil service is maintained in the works by which men of steady service may be promoted. COLLEGE GOOD-FELLOWSHIP. Alma Muter Attachment that Last a Whole Life Lone. A prime advantage of a university ed ucation, says the Kansas City Star, is the assimilation of what is called the college spirit. This Is worth quite as much to the student a the technical knowledge which he masters in his academic caurse. At any first-class Institution of learn ing the students meet young men of good breeding and antecedents from every part of the country. They form acquaintances and associations which yield enjoyment to them for the re uialuder of their lives. They are given the opportunity of measuring them selves as to Intellectual power, and, what Is as fully Important, In point of manner and development, with the best American types. The assemblage of thousands of youths from the most cul tivated families In the land opens the way for the assimilation and Imitation by each of all that is most admirable in the others. College friendships, In many In stances, lead the students Into wholly new fields of social observation and thus greatly broaden the education of the student. The Western boy at Yale or Harvard goes home to visit with his Eastern chum, and sees life which is essentially different from that to which he has been accustomed. The Eastern chap comes to the West, and fairly revels In the cordiality and freedom which are notable in Eastern society for their absence. The advantage Is great and as valuable on one side as on the other. This feeling of good fellow ship has built up what may be called a vast college order all over the coun try. Virginia's Natural Bridge, The famous natural bridge of Vir ginia Is situated in Rockbridge County and spans the mountain chasm In which flows the little stream called Cedar creek, the bed of which is more than two hundred feet below the surface of the plain. The middle of the arch is forty-five feet in perpendicular thick ness, which increases to sixty feet at Its Juncture with the vast abutments. It Is sixty feet wide, and its span Is almost ninety feet. Across the top Is a public road. For many years the name of Washington, cut in the rock forming one of the abutments -when the Father of his Country was a lad, stood high above all others; but in 1818 a student of Washington College, Vlr- t glnla, Piper by name, climbed from the foot to the top of the rock, and placed his name above that of Washington. . In Indiana. Despite the following bit of dialogue, found In the Indianapolis Journal, there is nothing topographically wrong about the town In question. "Do you mean to tell me," said an In quiring visitor In a Hoosler village, "that those two Hill brothers are deaf and dumb?" "Yes," replied the native, "we alius calls 'em the two Hill's without a hol ler." Swords May Be Abolished. The suggestion of substituting a Mar-tlnl-Metford carbine for the sword an officer usually carries Is being largely discussed In military circles. The ob jection against the sword Is that, when marching through hilly country, it ham pers an officer's movements in getting over rough ground, while a carbine could be used as a walking stick, thus being a great help and support e Deneve tnat any one can plck.ouf a married woman or a school ter . as far off as they can be seen 'hi tSf road v hi i i' 111 Jir-inn.jiJ.l.xji . 4