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EARNED BY DOCTORS.

The large personal estate, some St.- 875,0o0, left by the late Sir William Jenner of London, makes it interesting to recall the big fortunes left by other fashionable and successful medicos of recent times in England.
 Dr. Thomas Armitage left over $1,- 100000, but the bulk of this was eer- tainly not professional earnings; Dr. Paul of Camberwell amassed over $500,000, but he owned one, if not two, lucrative private lunatic asylums.
 The next largest personally to Sir w. Jenner's was that of Sir William Gull. He died in 1890, leaving $1.720,- 110 behind him. This, of course, was the result of professional fees, a large proportion of which for a long series of years had been excellently invested.
 Then comes the late Sir Andrew Clark, though there is a large falling off in the amount, $1,034, ,465. Sir An drew sank a good round sum in real estate. Another big fortune was Sir Oscar Clayton's, about $735, 900, and yet another of quite recent date, Sir Rieh- ard Quain's, about $5S5, ,000.
 Sir William Bowman, the oculist, Sir Prescott Hewett, Sir George Paget and Sir Risdon Bennett left substantial for tunes, but all were well under the $500,000 mark. There has been specul- lation as to what incomes some of these successful doctors earned; $15,000 or. $20,000 a year is big income for a professional man, but at one time Sir William Gull's professional fees most certainly averaged $1,000 week, if not more, while Sir Andrew Clarks talk ings at the zenith of his career must have amounted to an average of over $1j500 for every six working days. There are prizes in the medical pro- fession, without doubt.
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LORD FAIRFAX.
Interests RemaFkablo old ohio Ma

Interests Remarkable old ohio Man
 A letter to the Cincinnati Enquire
 from John A. Tinsley, a most remark able old gentleman living at Ports mouth, Ohio, expresses his belief tha5 in the article in last Sundays Enquirer on the present Lord Fairfax, living in Virginia, there were some errors, and he relates many interesting anecdotes of the early days in Maryland. fLord Fairfax" he says, "did not have a sin gle child, and this present Lord Fair fax must be descended from a brother of the great Lord Fairfax who came here in the last century" MT. Tinsley has in his possession old deeds exe- cuted by the first Lord Fairfax to Isaac Van Meter. It seems that Hr. Tins ley's father had known the first Lord Fairfax when that gentleman was alive and he relates to him the story of how the county of Hampshire came to be named. Fairfax was sitting in front of his hotel one day when a drove of hogs passed by, and he inquired where they came from. From the land along the south part of the Poto- mac, your grace replied the man. Very we'll, I shall call that county Hampshire, because those hogs look like the hogs in Hampshire, England, and for many years the land which now comprises several counties of the state was known as Hampshire.
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 A Modern Fable.

Once upon. time Tramp was Sore ly in need of Something to Eat, and ap- preaching a Farmhouse he spake unto the Farmer, saying: If you will give me the Wherewithal to satisfy the Cravings of the inner Man, 1 will kill all the Rats about the Place. Agreed, said the Tiller of the Soil, and he ordered his Good Wife to give the Tramp a Square Meal. After the Tramp had deyoured everything in sight he went to the wood-pile and se- lected a stout Club, then seating Him. self on the Porch, he said to the Farm CT; Now bring on your Rats.
 Moral-Always have the details spe cified in the contract.
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Pam Trees in Cuba.

The royal palm of Cuba consists of tall, straight trunk of very fibrous nature, and supports cluster of ten mated leaves like a bunch of plumes on a long stick. The leaves are large and leathery These leaves continue to grow from the center to a great length. When the leaves cannot grow any more they drop to the ground from the bottom of the cluster, thus making room for the new onesj which are always coming out of the center. It also yields. in the proper season, yellow flowers. The fruit cannot be eaten.
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HIS Only Purpose.

The mountaineers who form the two cavalry companies at Camp Bradley are the source of a great deal of fun for the Legion boys. When one of them was being examined physician jokingly asked if he could read. No, gol durn it, I can't" he replied, "but [ didn't come up yere to teach skule. [ come ter fight It is needless to say that he passed.-Louisville Courier Journal.
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Ships and Lightning.

The reason why ships are not struck bY lightning is attributed to the gen. eral use which is now made of wire rope for rigging purposes, as we'll as to the fact that the hulls of ships are usually constructed of iron or steel. Thus the whole ship forms means of which the electricity is led away, by an excellent and continuous conductor, into the ocean before it has time to do any serious damage.
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Smallest He Had.

Parson+"Good morning, Mir. Skin ner was pleased to see you contribute to the missionary collection this morn- ing
 skinner-"Yes; gave niekel.'
 Parson-"A nickel! Why, I'm sur-I prised that a man of your means should make such a ridiculous contri- button as. that"
 Skinner-@Yes; I know it was good deal to give. but I felt that I ought to give something, and I didn't have anything smaller.
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Lacked Originality.

He-"And am I really and truly the first man you ever kissed?'
 She-"Why, of course you are, stu- pid."
 He-"stupid! Why do you call me that?'
 Because you are not original. At least a dozen men have asked me the very same question"
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He Wanted to Know.

An elderly man, who looked to pos sess the virtue of long suffering pa- tience under the most trying circum- stances, walked into the weather bu reau on the top floor of the Riaito building yesterday. He was very wet but good-natured.
 Here I am, like fool, without an umbrella, he. began. 'tI thought that I'd come in and see if you could give me any consolation.
 My dear sir,' replied Forecaster Connor, with a winning smile, q have no umbrellas to lend, nor have any"
 ''Oh, I didn't mean that" interrupt ed the other. T just wanted to know how long this thing is going to keep up"
 What thing?"
 ''Why, the rain, of course.
 My dear sir, haven't the slightest idea of what you mean" returned the prophet in his most insinuating tones.
 The old gentleman was puzzled, He looked about the room carefully and curiously.
 Isn't this the weather placer
 "Yes," replied the forecaster in a quick, businesslike way, "and I'm the weather man. You asked me how much longer the rain would keep up. It isn't keeping tip, and that's the trouble. It's coming. and it's going to keep on coming down for some time yet. Every twenty-four hours of the present month has seen some preeipi- tation, and May was a record break CT. This is generally a rainy season with us, sir, but this, I admit, is a trife above the ordinary" z
 Well. I much obliged to you said the old gentleman as he passed out. q just thought I would drop in and see what. it all meant, and if some- thing coud not be done about it. Good by. " Kansas City, Journal.
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How It Happened.

Smith-"I was surprised to hear that young Price had married that rich widow; why, she is old enough to be his mother"
 Jones-"Yes, of course; but, you see, he was without money and she was without Price"
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ron Mountain Rates.

potes to Arkansas Summer Resorts eaeap po1, sale up to and including Sept. 30 X sesss sstssets gs good returntng Oct 3l Mt ! ilssssSG sssS: searcy, S4. .25; 'Ravendeh. s775.
 ,o, Meeting of Nobles Of the Mystic Annugps gpspffalo. N. Y, June to II to 15. For brnse rns,1,a putih inc IrOnMountain Ky. will sell to Ra aposg and return at fare of S81.00 Tick cts 'lnalo as fnne an 11th and 12th Limit for return hIy Eth.
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Gnnd Raaaa..

Good Reason. s,iend-If -, you love her, old fell say don't you marry her? Bach aooctor-Marry her! Why, she's VI my best patients!
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4 Little Mur.

Muffs of velvet and fur combined are, finished at the opening with ruche of finely plaited glace silk or lace. which has been stiffened a little in the plating. The fancy for having them perfumed is going. out Of fash ion. as the scent is not always agree able to others.
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 A TImId Mans Hope.

I know a dark-eyed beauty, who has held my heart in thrall Since first we met last summer, by the sea; She wasn't very gracious then, but now I hope. since all The men she smiled on are at war, she may take up with me.
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broom.
 Mrs, hipshape-Havent I told ,yea often enough to have place for every thing. and everything in it's place? 3Sally-Yes, ma'am, did that, but I've lost the place.
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rate
rha Ahnsed R-entsl a

Tho Abused n-ents) day. q Men may pretend to lc ! Upon the ill-requits not make cheap But would you care hLn feel that way at To be a hero, si- #
 Were nc " know it
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s. w. Culpepper, Druggist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-21

If you are not satisfied we will fund your money at once.
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ieetina of the Women's Baptist State sociation and Baptist State s, :. Conyen- F0rdyee. Ark. June 20th to 9th, ls99; 'e ef sale. June 18th to 23rd inclusive, le99. urn limit, June 29th, ls99i rate one ana third fare for tie round trip. June24th
 pg the big day of the Convention and As gstion a rate of Sf.20 will be made on ne 2i. returning on 25th,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Dancing Thieves.
Gondon StandardA


A curious document has just been
laid before the Paris municipal coun-
Gil 1t consists of a list of the objects
which were missing on the morrow of
the ball given recently at the Hotel
De Vile by the councillors to their
electors and friends. Some 1000 guests
were invited, and between them they
made off with six dozen silver spoons
and Csc miscellaneous articles, from
plates to mustard pots, from flower
vases to napkins, removed from the
buffet. Not q. few of the dancers, too,
took their champagne away by the bot
tie in preference to consuming it on
the spot. To crown all, the report an
nounces that a chair was spirited
away. 1t was admitted that this feat
suits are considered satisfactory, 1.-The
losses being less this year than on pre-
ViouS occasions"
The fact is, the balls at the Hotel De
Vile are the strangest gatherings. AS
may readily be imagined, the friends
of the municipal councillor are often of
the most plebeian extraction, while as
to his electors they may be anything
whatever. Moreover, half the persons
who attend the ball have no business
to be there. Knowing what the func-
ton is, many of the people who re-
ceive tickets give them away to their
their servants, or their
concierge. who in turn aro as likely as
not to sell them to the highest bidder.
The result is a crowd of the most ex-
composition. Its appear
ance, too, is peculiar, as, though most
of the dancers are at pains to put on
their best clothes, evening dress is very
far from general.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Mrs. Anne Hayes Alexander died at
West Charlton, n. Y, aged 1O1 years.
All Mahoming mill owners voluntarily
advanced wages of laborers from Sis to
$1.25 day; 1850 men will be benefited by
the Increase
Aunt Katy snodgrass died at Milford
Center. o.. of the grip, aged 1C3 years.
She was the oldest woman in the Wom-
ans Relief Corps.
1t has been decided that the next gen
Andrew will be held in Coshochton, a
suburb of Philadelphia, May %.
c. w. Jefferson. conducting the largest
grocery in Louisville, filed voluntary Pc
S79,17O with assets of about $4,000.
Mrs. Marian A. Williams. fatally in
jured in the Patterson block fire at
Omaha, died yesterday, making the third
death. All the other injured are doing
well.
county, Tennessee. was almost wiped off
the map by d furious cyclone which
Wrenched trees from their roots and felled
houses in al directions.
Six hundred employees of the Fox
Pressed Steel company, Pittsburg, have
quit work because the firm refused to
grant an advance of 10 per cent in their
wages. The plant is idle.
The University of Wisconsin has def
nitely informed the stewards of the inter-
collegiate regatta that the university will.
be represented in the Poughkeepsie re-
gatta on June 27. with both university
and freshmen crews.
Digby Bell, the actor, filed a petition in
bankruptcy at Chicago. in which he asks
to be relieved of liabilities aggregating
$27, 0G0. He states that he has no assets
except an interest in a judgment for sos.
given recently in New York.
Practically without cessation. it has
been raining throughout the northern part
of California since last Sunday morning.
All fears of a drought have long since
been dispelled, but in some sections there
are now serious apprehensions of prospec-
tive floods
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

The president of the French chamber
of deputies, NJ. Beschanel, denies that he
is to marry wealthy American,
Paris is suffering from the scourge of
influenza. The deaths during the last
seven days have been 23S above the aver
age.
Jules Cambon, French ambassador to
the United States, will soon be appointed
ambassador to Italy to succeed NJ. MIS-
card, who is about to resign.
Michael Munkacsy, the famous Hun
garian painter, who has been secluded in
a hospital for the insane at Bonn for
more than two years, IS dying.
Exceptionally cold weather continues
throughout England, varying from 10 to
20 degrees. There have been heavy falls
of snow in the north and several deaths
from exposure are reported.
a Vienna correspondent says that the
popular actress, I4olo BanZOlla, eXcialn-
ing, "'Tis love that kills shot herself
with a revolver on the stage in full sight
OF the audience during performance at
Gill. Syria, and was removed in 4 dying
condition.
A dispatch from Peshawur, capital of
the Punjab division of that nome on the
Afghan frontier says that two Pathans-
or Afghans-haVe shot and killed Lieu
tenant Colonel L. H. LIE Marchant of the
Hampshire regiment. The murderecS
have been arrested.
Marquis Salvage Raggi, who succeeds
SignOr Martina as Italian minister TO
China, is expected to reach Pekin about
the end of next month. He Will open
negotiations with the Tsung Ii Yamen
concerning Italy's request for cOnces-
sion at San Nun Bay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
METHODS OF RELIEF.
Proposed Reform In Manner of Dis
tributing Supplies.

New York, March pa dispatch to
the Tribune from Havana says: Now
that it has been decided to charge to
the Cuban revenues the cost of all
army rations distributed after March
81 as charity to the INDECENT, some SEN
sible reforms in the methods of relief
hitherto pursued have been suggested
to Governor General Brooke. Under
the present system the United States
government has scattered its aims with
a lavish and indiscriminating hand,
and although restitution can scarcely
be said to have increased alarmingly
since Jan. l, the demand for aid has
outgroWn all measure of the rations
delivered as charity, in March num-
bering about 100000, as against only
100000 two months before AS the
value of each ration is IA cents in gold,
the governments relief work for
March viii cost the commisSary de-
partment about $2SO,000. 1t is now
urged that this sum, or such part of it
as may be thought necessary, be eX-
pended in April, not through the COM
mlssaIy, but through the relief agencies
winch have been established here by
MI. Gould and his associate workers
OF the Red Cross society.
Generals Monteagudo and Severe Nu-
nez, Lopez, Leiva, Peraza and Memo
cal of the military assembly have
united IN petition to the governor
general to put the disbursement of the
April appropriation in the hands of Mr..
Gould's organization, and the reason
given for the request is the sufficient
one that IN that way only can the root
of existing distress be reached.
The return of the country popula ton
abandoned fear, ic- 10 L.
means of ending the suffering, of which
the signs are now so patent, and as
long as the former reconcentrados lin
ger about the towns and military
camps, living on the charity of the
army commissary, so long will desti-
tuition and pauperism continue The
society of which Mr.. Gould is the head
proposes to establish centers of relief
in the country districts and to help the
farming population to settle down at
their old pursuits, giving assistance on
the spot to all who show a desire to
revive the prosperity Of the island by
going to work on its long neglected
soil.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24

was interesting to talk about. In the
enjoyment of their. talk they were APP
-parently oblivious that the rest of the
Oriental hotel had gone mad. The
world had quite came to an end in the
teapot district,--with it's self-righteous
ideas of the fitness of things. The ad-
niral had called on a working womanI
They were made to appear in the
wrong. Perhaps, 1t is better to draw a
veil over the subsequent wailing and
crashing of teeth, the tears and rage
of the would-be leaders of Manila Sd
ciety. But Dewey was characteristic
cally relentless. He rubbed in the les
son he had given He asked Miss
Thompson if he might lunch with her
the next day, and again the whole ORR
entail hotel knew it and was af1ame.
The woman who had been Inundated
by the pettinessi of petty people was
honored by a great man. And no one
can doubt that behind the iron COM
mander, with the eye of an eagle, the
brain of lightning and the win of steel,
there. exists the very tender heart of
gentleman of the old school.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
DEWEY'SLESSON TO WOMEN.
He Called On a Newspaper Woman
Whom They Had Ostracised.
(San Francisco Bu,letin.)

(San Francisco Bu!letin.)
The Oriental hotel in Manila has long
been the favorite hiding place of the
toned there Naturally they have their
little, all-important set" in the eyes
of the cream of aristocracy. This set
has rigid outside: it does not include
any woman of less aristocratic position
than theirs, any one whose money is
the result of her own honorable abors.
There was one OF the latter class of
women staying at the Oriental hotel
during the months of the war excite
ment, a Miss Thompson. who was the
correspondent of a syndicate of Amer
lean newspapers. She was woman of
ability She did her work we'll and won
the respect and esteem of every one
who knew her; she was universally
liked, except by the officers wives, who
could not condescend to know her.
They made their attitude pronounced;
they drew the social line, on whose snfe
inside they congratulated themselves
upon being.
Admiral Dewey undoubtedly has a
sense of humor as well as many other
things that go to make up a capable
officer and charming man. He evident
ly smiled, perhaps in an amused way
at first, then a. little grimly and IRON
ically, when it came to his ears that the
wives of his subordinates had entered
into a crushing social ring to ostracize
and persecute the newspaper woman.
To see the point was to act.
Miss Thompson had an unexpected
visitor one day. Admiral Dewey sent
up his card. He paid long call. He
and Miss Thompson found much that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Bonds of sympathy.
washington starr


He was an American citizen and
bit vainglorious, and he was talking
to an Englishman, who had wit of
his own, despite reports to the contrary.
The recent achievements of Uncle Sam
in various localities constituted the
subject of conversation, and the Yankee
fairly bulged out with pride.
Il am free American, [ dm,' he
said, slapping his manly bosom, though
there was no especial occasion for such
a demonstration.
Il fancy not" responded the English
man in a tone that sounded as if he
knew what he was talking about.
The Yankee resented it with prompt
ness and dispatch.
I'D like to know, sir, why 1 am not?''
he exclaimed with the color of wrath
rising to his face.
You are married. aren't you?"
Yes
and to an Americana"
Yes"
well, that settles it in my mind.
I've got an American woman for a wife
myself"
The Yankee smiled, stuck out his
hand and said he thought it was about
time for them to organize an Anglo
American alliance not entirely for COM
mercial purposes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24

gagged in a fierce business rivalry. One
day recently the following inspiration.
set forth in sprawling black letters, on
a huge white canvass, appeared outside
the door Of one of the rival laundries:
EFF you ar lookin' four eileen Shirt
we are it"
Noticing the crowd which his rivals
announcement had attracted about the
latter's door. and not understanding
lay the force of the attraction,
the second laundryman consulted with
an Italian cobbler next door, for whose
knowledge Of English he entertained
profound respect. The result was that
the following counter proclamation soon
made its appearance in the window of
the rival laundry:
Dirty shirt here mott if do one ten
dolers each give"
That section of south Brooklyn is
losing sleep these nights puzzling over
this second sign.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
ANOTHER PINGREE BILL.
Detroit Authorized to Purchase Street
Railway Lines.

Lansing, Mich. March 2S.-The Nc
Lied bin, permitting municipal owner
SKIP of street railways for Detroit,
passed the senate today and will be-
come iaW When signed by the governor,
as the house has already passed it.
The bill, in brief, provides that the
common council of Detroit may at any
time within twenty years appoint
commission of three, who may buy or
lease any street railway in the city.
They may use the surplus earnings of
roads after their purchase or lease to
pay the bonds or improve the lines, and
also may provide a. sinking fund and
pledge the earnings to pay present liens
On the property. Power is also given
them to hire employees and fix their
compensation and to contract for new
equipment. a great deal of opposition
to the bill has manifested itself in De-
troit, so much SO, in fact, that at the
time of its passage today a committee
from Detroit was on its way here to
protest against the bill. Governor Pin
gree announced that he will immediate
" sign the bill.