. Review of reviews and world's work. tempted todevote itself too absolutely to mateiial he is not charitable in the strict acceptance ofthe term he rather glories in. At any rate, he hasstated emphatically that it is almost useless togive promiscuously and that it is little short of acrime. He wants to help those who lielp them-selves, he says. Let others lift up the sul)-merged tenth ; to keep them above water is thetask which requires attention. He is not a char-ity giver, he affirms, l)ut looks for the elevationof the race thi-ough the elevation of the this purpose
. Review of reviews and world's work. tempted todevote itself too absolutely to mateiial he is not charitable in the strict acceptance ofthe term he rather glories in. At any rate, he hasstated emphatically that it is almost useless togive promiscuously and that it is little short of acrime. He wants to help those who lielp them-selves, he says. Let others lift up the sul)-merged tenth ; to keep them above water is thetask which requires attention. He is not a char-ity giver, he affirms, l)ut looks for the elevationof the race thi-ough the elevation of the this purpose he will give of his millions, buthe exacts of the community what he would ex-act of the individual—that once in possession ofits library it must carry the work forward. MK. FKICK WAS THP: DAKING PAKTNKH. Much as the world may think to the contrary,Andrew Carnegie was never a man to take greatchances. In fact, it is said that nearly all theimportant improvements which came to tlie plantswere forced upon him by Frick, who had a more. ,V SHAFT FOH HOISTING COAI, FKICK CUICE WORKS. daring temperament. When the natural-gasfields of Pennsylvania astonished tlie far-seeingmanufacturers of the period, Mr. Carnegie didnot look enthusiastically ahead in the belief thathere were millions to be saved in fuel. It wasdue to Mr. Frick that the steel company leasedthousands of acres of gas teri-itoiy which savedtlie firm large sums in fuel bills. NeverthelessMr. Carnegie had implicit faith in the judgmentof his partnei. Perliaps had this faith beenless firm, had Mr. Carnegie remained at homeduring that memorable Homestead strike, whoknows but that the trouble could hjive beenaverted and the country saved a spectacle it hadseldom seen hefore ? There will always remaina veil* of mystery over this period when Carnegiewent to Scotland and denied himself to all insearch of information regarding the Flomesteadstrike. H. C. Prick was the man in charge. It\vas for him to deal as he considered fit, p
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