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."
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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
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