Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-08-17
psRsoNAL AND IMpERsoNAL

- II, ,g%sHtanre to the remarkaOle
us nv If 50. 600, 600. lie is certainly
the most heavily insured man IN Aner
ion and possibly in the world 'on"
II S~tntson. of Philadelphia, has po!r
a. an his life for $3.50, 900 and Hamll-
,oG t,,tsrr fer $500, 600. Chauncey W.
Depew is said to be insdtcd > "'"
900. .a
-ca1en Clark, who in 1857 discovered
the biz trees near the Yosemite valley
is still Guardian of that valley. "nen
ho left New Hampshire in 1888 ne qua
not expect to live a year, but Id oais
fornio he spent his time hunting ana
fishing barehcaded and barefoo'ed'ahu
today he is as hale and vigorous man
of eighty as one can encounter any
where.
lord scarsdale, father-in.law OF
Mrs Curlon, nee Letter is the rever'
end rector Of Kedleston, Eng, 'ne
Giving" of which is n hundred II
fifty pounds a year, Wien as a Lon
don MINER saws, at is not affected by
agricultural depression" The clerical,
pohleman is a broad-minded, genial
old gentleman of the kind Engl'sh
noyelists so frequently describe.
Miss Mary Garrett, of Baltimore,
dauobter of the late President John
w. Garrett, of the Baltimore d ono
railroad, while generally conceded TO
he the wealthiest unmarried woman
in the United States, is plain and un-
DESTINATIONS in her way of living and
cores for little else but the develop
ment of the philanthropic and educa
tional projects in which she Is en-
gagged.
Prince Nicholas, of Montenegro,
has married off two of his daughters,
but has three more on his hands for
whom he can find no husbands, and
two more arc growing up, The girls
are handsome and accomplished, but
they belong to the Greek orthodox
church and must marry into royal
families. The crown prince is twenty
four, and it seems equally difficult to
find a wife for him.
Able Rambaud has received the
50. 900 D'Audriifet prize for self-abne-
CATION from the French academy. lie
became blind early in life and found
difficulty in getting ordained, but de-
voted himself and bis fortune of $780,
900 a year to relieving the poor OF
Lyons. He established schools for the
street children, and a lodging house
for aged people, with 800 dwellings
where they are helped with work.
Lady Mary Hamilton Douglas, the
eleven-year-old daughter of the late
duke of Hamilton, will be one of the
richest heircsses of the age. Hell
father could not leave her his titles
but left her the bulk of his property,
including the isle of Arran, which is
larger than the isle of Wight. Her in
come now is eight hundred Thousand
dollars a year, and will be a million
and a quarter by the time she comes o.
age.
"A wall SlTcGl bTphtI lduC IL IiSNl
guess one day recently. A customer
stepped into his Office, accompanied by
a man who was IA stranger to thu
broker, and said; ''My friend has JUS
come from England, and | like to in
troduce one Englishman to another
But | am not an Englishman by
birth" said the stranger. II observe
by your speech that you are not" re
marked the broker. MY speech
answered the other: where t~hcndoyo,
suppose ! was born?' "A bet" criet
the customer, that you can't guess
for don't know" "A dollar that h,
was born in Gibraltar" replied thu
broker. The stranger was astonished
for it was indeed there that he wa
born; and the customer paid the debt
GLOW did you known the broker wa
asked next day by the customer. ="
did not know, and am not a mind
reader" answered the broker. "
made a lucky guess, that's all"