Show ANDREW CABXEGIB How a noted Millionaire Ironmonger Ironmon-ger Commenced his Business Life David Brooks was manager of a Pitti burg railroad office when a boy named Andrew Carnegie was a messenger in It at a salary of 13 a week The boy had just arrived With his fatter and mother from Scotland the land of his birth That was very little more than thirty six years ago yet today he is the famous fam-ous mQlionare ironmonger of Pitts j mug Andrew Carnegie has saiu hI owe my life to a game of checkers J w 11 explain to yon what that remark means The eldecCArnegie was a molder mold-er in a pottery Likeiuany Sc tchmen be was exceedingly fond of playing checkers In Patsburjabout that time was a weL known alehouse in one room of wnicn those Who lov d to play checkers were wont to j CbemblcArEon them were Carnegie and Brooks atd in this way tbftfFO men became acquiiut ed Carnegie s son UM came there at timeswltnh1 father and he tootfst edDavid Brooks powers < < draughts One day tile elder Carnegie remarked that be did not know wbat to do with biaeon Send hjmjiown toiay office I and 1 will make a uiesseBgerbcy of him SaId Mr Brooks The nektday he began hIS sew employment The lad was intelligent and indrustruus Manager Brooks had an old telegpb Instrument fitted up in his officeand when the messenger boys were noteD engaged he showed them onthis low to tick oat the Morse alphabet nth this imtruetlon young g arneae s + ou became a skillful operator ThomajA Scott wa at than timn Superintendent of the Pennsylvania RailroaainP t3 berg He bad a tdeg pb Inatnimfnt rigged np in his office aad wanted someone some-one toxaanlpalaXe the key Manager Brooks recommended i une Cirperte and be was empfoyedv He aboved acb aptitude la managiajt the teere mentof trains by telegraphithat he Tas transferred to the Snpcrinlendects office inAltoona There he ocntlnted to attract the attention of Thouai Scott and wa rapidly pushed along He was given opportunities engage he seme cost asd speculations Uat were successful and afterwards made money from the first sleeping cars that were built |