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Show mem,- BUT A DAY LAEOSES. New Yofk Herald. .1 " Following the example of many scions of wealthy families, Henry K. Mc-Harg, Mc-Harg, Jr, son of the president of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke company, has entered the offices of the company in Radford, near Knoxvllle, Tenn., and there he will begin a practical study of the mining business. He will be classed as a day laborer, and it may be he will go into the mines, so that his knowledge wil have a sound foundation. Young McHarg Is about 20 years old and lives with his parents, in a handsome hand-some house on Strawberry Hill. Stamford, Stam-ford, Conn. He is the only son, the other Child being a sister. Miss Marion. For some , years the young man has dabbled in mechanics in an amateur way, and he constructed an automobile which had some new points and which made many ' successful trips around Stamford. Last summer and fall he was coached by a private tutor, and it was understood under-stood he intended to enter the School of Mines in Cornell university; He went to Ithaca in the late fall, but when he returned re-turned to Stamford, it was said something some-thing had deterred him from entering the university. He la a popular young fellow, who makes friends wherever he goes. ' His father, who has an office in WaU street, is said to be many times a millionaire. mil-lionaire. He has been a member of the stock exchance since 1872, and he Is interested in-terested in many coal mines and railroad rail-road properties in the South and West. Some months ago he donated 125,000 to the city hospital In Knoxvllle, Tenn.; he recently divided $50,000 among his employees em-ployees in Pittsburg and In June last he gave $25,000 to the Children's home in Stamford. |