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she Rise of P [arncqie. || Bobbin Bug. | In a wee garret of an humble work ingman's home In the ohl city of Dun fernillne, Scotland, was horn Andrew Carnegie, the great steel nillllonai'e of merles, writes a correspondent of I lie New York World. 1 have just visited the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie, down on Moodie street, betwixt John Louden'* liquor store and the glassworks in Dunferm line William Carnegie, the weaver, con tented himself with a single upper room twelve feet square, where lived the whole Carnegie household on No vember 25, is::7, when Andrew first saw light. The Carnegie house was of the rebellious republican stripe and was known to have a rebel Hag in the garret. This made trouble and event .jially landed an uncle in the "gaol.” In the coii;se of time Carnegie thrift made itself felt. The weaver became the proprietor of four damask looms ami employed two or three nppre tlees. lie celebrated Ills prosperity by moving downstairs, where he paid if. (ill. rent instead of t.'i say, about $25. He had two rooms to accommo date his growing family. Iteceutly Mr. Carnegie purchased Ids birthplace and that upper room is now sacredly vacant. Two things make the year IXIB fa mous. During that year revolution shook every throne In Europe, and William Carnegie, ids wife. Tom and Andrew Carnegie (‘migrated to Amer ica. Tin- steam looms made unprofita ble tin- business of tin- small ninnufnc Hirers. The weaver of Moodie street bail been obliged to sell ids four dam ask looms and turn ids face to tlie West. Ho secured a Job in a Pennsyl vania woolen mill. Tom und Andrew became bobbin hoys From bobbin hoy in a linen factory to multi millionaire. Much is tln* story Os Andrew Carnegie. It Is not a tale of Inherited wealth, nor is It on > o luck. He started on the lowermost round of the ladder and worked to the top all within sixty four years. With the money accumulated by the Bale of Ills effects the elder Carnegie purchased passage to America on a S- -<r " HUrfl I V _ V Icon* wAi cot y stilling ship in ISIS. The voyage oc cupied seven weeks. On reaching Oils country (he Cnr negles went directly to relatives living near Pittsburg. The family of which Andrew was a member consisted of four persons, father, mother, Andrew (the eldest son, aged eleven years) and Thomas, who died a few years a ter the Carnegles came to America. The early education of Andrew Car negle was entirely in the hands of ids mother. Into ids mind she Inculcated a deep love for Hubert Hums. So poor was the family on reaching Pittsburg that vouug Andrew was obliged to he put to work. His tirst employment was as bobbin hoy in a linen factory at $1.20 per week. The tirst money he received was given to his mot Iter. During young Carnegie's employ nient as bobbin boy he had learned to run a small steam engine in the cellar of the factory, llis employer, finding he possessed this knowledge, took hitn from his post in the mill and relegat ed him to the dingy cellar, giving him charge of the engine. The position did not suit Carnegie. He wanted light and congenial assn edition One day when ('lit on his ••forty minutes' leave” for lunch he applied for n position as messenger boy In the Ohio Telegraph Company. Cv CARNEtIIK'S SKI BO CASTLE IN SCOTLAND. lie was engaged at a salary of &.'.C>O |M*r week. Mr. James Held, superintendent of the office, speaking of Carnegie at tkU time, said; "1 liked the boy's face, and it was easy to sec that though he was little he was full of spirit. He had not been with me a month when he began to ask if I would teach him how to telegraph. I began to Instruct him and found him an apt pupil. He spent all his spare time in practice, sending and receiving by sound and not by tape, as was largely the custom in those days. Carnegie’s father died at this time (1852), when Andrew w,.s hut fifteen years old, and the responsibility of the family support fell upon the lad’s ANDREW GABNEQIE. shoulders. He obtained a position as operator at $25 per month. When Andrew Carnegie was eigh teen years old the Pennsylvania Rail road needed an operator. As young Carnegie hail the reputation of being an expert lie obtained the place. lie mastered the details of train despatch ing and made some suggestions for facilitating the work, which brought him to the attention of Colonel Thom as A. Scott, Vice-President of the road. One day, when Carnegie stood on the hack platform of s car examining the condition of a certain part of the road-hod, he was accosted by T. T. \V lodrnlf, who desired to exhibit a model of the sleeping car which he had invented. A small eonipnuy was formed, and the tirst sleeping ears to he used in tin' world were built for the Pennsyl vania road. Young Carnegie was of fered ail interest, which ho accepted. When the Civil War broke out and Colonel Scott became Assistant Sec retary of War, Carnegie was placed in charge of the (loverument telegraph communications. After the war Carnegie purchased with others the famous Storey Farm, iSB r. - // / La.. - . - < ‘‘ INTERIOR Os CARNEOIK S BIRTHPLACE. on Oil Creek. Penn. I'he purchase price was and shortly it paid an annual protit of $1,000,000. Tills gave Carnegie liis tirst start in lift' as a capitalist. At thirty he had laid the foundation of Ids wealth. After .starting the Key stone Bridge Company lie founded the Edgar Thomson Steel Hall Company He then acquired the Homestead and other plants. In ISSB he had sereu steel companies, among which were the Homestead, Edgar Thomson, Du ' queue. I.,ic, Furnaces, Upper and Lower Union Rolling Mills, etc. Ski ho Castle, Andrew Carnegie's home in Scotland, is one of the finest estates in the highlands. Its broad grounds, vast apartments, battlements and escarpments are in high contrast with the little house at Dunfermline wherein Mr. Carnegie was horn. But humble as is the lowly home of his boyhood, the great philanthropist thinks more of it than of his castle. At Skiho Mr. Carnegie spends much of his time. Its invigorating climate, Its inviting countryside, the pleasant neighbors surrounding it, make it an ideal summer home. Few country seats in the United Kingdom are of finer estate than this highland abode where the American millionaire will spend the summer at rest. Charles M. Schwab, the man who has been selected through the influ ence of Andrew Carnegie for ti CHARLES M. SCHWAB. President of the new steel trust, has risen from the ranks of labor. Mr. Schwab Is a native of Pennsylvania, and is thirty-nine years old. Comfort For tlie Stronger Sex. The crusade of the shirt waist for men began in earnest last summer, and as the wearers seemed to derive solid comfort from the innovation it is likely that the battle will be waged again the coming season with renewed r |jj|l|§§§ j TOY- , p> till \y VENTILATED SHIRT WAIST FOR MEN. Interest until the uinn in a shirt waist no louger attracts attention on the street. Since this article of wearing apparel has come to stay the inventor has taken it in hand to Improve on the original style, and add to the comfort to be derived from the garment. Miles K. Johnson has Just been gmuted a latent ou the shirt waist pictured herewith, which comprises something more than a plain row of tucks. These tucks art 1 a deception to the eye. for they are in reality a series of separate strip of cloth, overlapping each other at the edges and attached to a num ber of vertical strips underneath, which serve to hold the tucks in place, without interfering with the free cir culation of uir underneath the waist. The movements of the wearer's body cause the tucks to v.xp ind and con tract. and this tnotiou keeps up a cir culation o{ . ir around the body. KITE WITH PROPELLER. P.fTtlvliif Blades Which Carry It te lha Higher Current*. First got two sticks of wood, bam boo is best, of about one-eighth inch in diameter and six and three-quarter inches long. A large-sized cork is es sential, at least an inch in diameter, o ft which cut a section three-eighths of an inch thick, which divide into two equal parts. Burn a one-quarter-inch hole through the centre section, with two smaller holes on either side, but | not quite through. Follow the same course with the other section, but omit i the middle hole. As shown in the illus tration, insert the two bamboo sticks in the side holes, gluing them fast, then take a piece of wire, bending it as Fig. 1. Put this through the hole and bend a hook on the lower end of it. Next bend another wire, making a small hook in one end, drive it through the other cork section, from the out side in, and jab the point of the hook , into the section so the wire cannot turn. When this is finished bend a Copn SEC.TIO.-l AflCHOft wind x J AStcj —X / mr7 \wt nG , w/NG I \ / I\ /TwtSTEO \ Ip.ubheb \ tr /propel leu '“H \ P &HAFY raav<lrcTn<j V vX\7 Behd/h v/ipE“ jjp nEV£ „ rrr - FIG.Z. vA' Pui.LiHC 7W?OU o *f (.%] rpt?oPCLt-£rg j Cud wise view. | ' TUSOTHEP. I3LAOE IIIPICATiCB BY DOTTPrt 1 I^ES KITH WITH PROPELLER. hook on the inside end, which will give you a hook at each extremity, one fixed and the other movable. Now cut another stick, slightly small er than the uprights and six and one fourth inches long, which is to be laid below the anchor end of the frame, as in sketch, each end to project equally, making it fast with a littlp glue and strong thread. Then with similar thread connect the ends of the cross stick to the two cork sections, pulling the thread quite taut, commencing at the lower section, knotting it at the end of the “wing” arm, then over the anchor cork section to the other end of the arm, where another turn and a knot should be made, and from there back to the lower end of the frame, but on the other side. When com pleted strain a light, but strong, paper, making the margins to be pasted as narrow as possible in on er to save all tlie weight we can dispense with. Cut out tlie section between the side parts to which the paper should lie glued. We liayp now but to make the pro peller. for which take a piece of light dry pine about three inches long by three-quarter inch wide. Cut it to shape, the blades being turned, as in Fig. ”, at opposite angles, so they will push against the air on being rapidly turned. Bore a small hole, just suffi cient to permit the propeller “shaft” to go through, bend the point of the wire back in the same way as in the top section, and drive it into the small wood of the propeller. A strong, rub ber band, about one-eighth inch wide and three inches long, will give you the motive power. Stretch the rubber band from the hook of the anchor to the hook of the propelling shaft, first noticing that the shaft is straight and revolves freely. Wind up your motive power by twisting it from right to left, and then toss the machine into the air, and if you have not made it too heavy, and followed these directions carefully, it will, as we remarked in the beginning, be a joy to you and a wonder to all. especially if yon exer cise your Ingenuity further by adorn ing the wings with colored designs.- Philadelphia Record. Skirts lower With Year*. This little sketch will prqve a great aid to mothers in preparing the spring wardrobes of their girls o.' various ages, as it gives the proper length pre scribed by Madame la Mode for misses' skirt.”, according to their years. Observe that it is a gradual descent front four to sixteen. This season's mode in children's skirts under ten years old appears tt-LCSTRATI XU THE GRADUAL LESOTHEX INO or THE SKIRT. scarcely more than ruffles, because the French model of very loug waist and j short skirt is the correct juvenile vogue, ".’he bottoms of the skirts are made very bouffaut. too. so they stand out well from the sash tnat is usually worn to define where waist and skirt | join. An egotistical artist says the sun gives him a sitting every evening. gall Tear DwMr r*v ai»*-i r«*t-E*M, A powder to shake iato yonr *hoe* : reet* the feet. Cnree Corn*, Bunion*. Swollen, Bore, Hot, Gallon*, Aching, Sweating Feet and In growing Nails. Allen'* Foot-Ease makes new or tight ihoe* easy. At all dmggUte and ■hoe store*, 23 eta. Sample mailed FBEE. Addreea Allen B. 01m»ted, Leßoy, N. Y. Navigation between British ports is not restricted to vessels flying the British flag. PrTSAM Facklkss Dt*s are fast to sun light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all drug gists- In 1840 Europe produced four-fifths of all the grain in the world. Now she grows barely naif. In the real estate busincsss a great deal depends upon putting up a good front. When a cheerful, brave and light-hearted woman is sud denly plunged into that perfection of misery, the blues, it is a sad picture. It is usually this way : She has been feeling out of sorts for some time, experi encing severe headache and backache; sleeps very poorly and is exceedingly nervous. Sometimes she is nearly overcome by faintness, dizzi ness, and palpitation of the heart; then that bearing-down feeling is dreadfully wearing. Her husband save, “ Now. don’t get the blues ! You will be all right after you have taksn the doctor’s medicine.” But she does not get ail right. She grows worse day by day, until all at once she realizes that a distressing female complaint is established. Her doctor has made a mistake. She loses faith ; hope vanishes ; then comes the morbid, melancholy, everlasting blues. She should have been told just what the trouble was, but probably she withheld some information from the doctor, who, therefore, is unable to accurately locate her particular illness. Mrs. Pinkham has relieved thousands of women from just this kind of trouble, and now retains their grateful letters in her library as proof of the great assistance she has rendered them. This same assistance awaits every sick woman in the land. Mrs. Winifred Allender’s Letter. “ Bear Mrs. Ptmkham:—l feel it my duty to write * 2nd tell you of the benefit I have received from your wonderful remedies. Before taking Lydia E. Pink ham’s V egetable Compound, I was a misery to my jSppßjiv T self and every one around me. I suffered terrible yjfrvSp' pain in my back, head, and right side, was very ! wm Atgn m xervous. would cry for hours. Menses would appear r : VK' V j sometimes in two weeks, then again not for three ; Lryf I or four months. I was so tired and weak, could not f --Ch* / sleep nights, sharp pains would dart through my 8. / j heart that would almost cause me to fall. J j? jA J. “My mother coaxed me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's S‘ Vegetable Compound. I had" no faith in it, but to I please her I did so. The first bottle helped me so | ; aßjj~'M much that I continued its use. lam now well and I IMKN.VVINirREB ALUNCERI weigh more than I ever did in my life.”—MßS. B !*■ — WINIFRED ALLENDER, Farmington,lll. g SHH a f-i is* Mi ! -‘-J i 11-t ,&■ w& anil people have from time to time questioned I eL£A iii Mi Jffl hj BftOb SB the genuineness of the testimonial letters I , ra Li wc are constantly publishing, wc have 8 Wj H 63 H de P ositcd t * ie National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass.. $5,000, I IS iiwßiyfl which will be paid to any person who can sfiow that the above I wjJt} testimonial is not genuine, or was published before obtaining the ■ X&r '■^> r writer’s special permission.—Lydia E. Pinkham Mediciwb Co. I j.A ■ A A.A A. A. AA. A. A-. A. A.A.A.A.A.A.A. A* A. A. WINCH ESTE FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN ‘ “New Rival,” Leader,” and “Repeater” ’ < Insist vpon haring them, ta’ce no others and you will get the best sheila that money can buy. > < ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM. ► < m w»»-v •'v ■w ■ w 1 t y 1 w —r'■«» ■ w v• w ■ m A Certain Cure for Sore. Weak & Inflamed Eyes. MITCHELL'S -f3& SALVE MAKES THE USE OF DRUGS UNNECESSARY. Price. 25 Cents Druggists. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & $3.50 SHOES L 1 The real worth of mv SXOO an«l SK.so shoes compared with other makes ts 54.H* to My 54. (Jlit Edge Line cannot be ? aT// equalled at any pnee. Itest in the world for men. . „ jr-Jf I make and fell more flue •hnen, Gomlj rnr ■ * J liflt Hand-Sp-xpii f» r*>r*‘«* . any other manufac* tiirrrinthe worltl. I .11 |»a \ kI.OOO louuj one nhocan j pr i>\ e that uty au.cmut I* not true. ../] iSignrill W. I.- Ikoupfn*. \ 1 no anHitltnte * Insist on havinyr W. L. shoe* with name and krlce sta: Your dealer should 'Ba keep .hem : I gS e one de» er exclusive sale in each town. If jig:-. - n<*t th. ;m a I m ] ° T direct from fa»-t*rv. em ’ ng price and 2V*. extra for carriage. iflScwwk- Over l.OtKMiOOsaftsf.ed x\ *ur< rs. >• v Spring 4'ataW free. ft*f c«!of m«Rißaniy. W. L. DOUGLAS. Mass. \ |jT *'The S»vft lltnt natir Weil Poiet famene.” McILHEN K Y'S TABASCO. M Beat Coofl Syrup. Tastes Good. tec P«1 tn tViii Bo4d by drugrtsta. 4 1 »i. rj MATCHED HIM. “Smithers is as good a flah Bar M anylxody I know. I told him an awful whopper the other night, but he match-, ed it right away.” “How?” “He said he believed me.”—Brook-* lyn Life. When the Eyes Are Sick [ t-omiMhlng must be »lonn and Little neglects brine big diseases. When the eyes are sore or inflamed use John R. Dickey a Old Reliable Eye water. It stops Inflammation, cures granulated lids, and brings ease atonoe- It causes absolutely no pain. SScte. Dfckoy Drug Co., Bristol, Tenn. Some seventy different variettt* ®t olives are grown in California. PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT If you can (or think you can) solicit LIFE l/NSCJRA/NCB. " rite (with references f. r terms to io a! »n-l special agent*, to R. F. SHtDULN. Gen. Agent, Atlanta, 6a TUK MUTUAL LIFE I NSU KANCE CO. “f >'• » • A»»«U 0»«r •330.000.000.00.