New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-17
THE PASSING THRONG.

Il very much interested IN the New-York
Skin and Cancer Hospital" said DR.. n. 3. Dickson.
OF Chicago, yesterday at the Hor-
LECTURES man House. and never miss
ON SKIN chance when I in New-York
DISEASES OF paying II visit 1t brings to
bear the highest available medical
skill on class OF cases which require a peculiar
and careful treatment. and IT does this at mini
mum cost. free OF all charge. to the patients II
his purse Is too slender to defray the fees II is
an institution that fills long felt want. and
was glad TO see on my recent visit that the evil
dences were not wanting that the place Ii occupies
IN the community is permanent They have
established there in the last year a course OF
lectures on skin diseases for the medical profession
1t Is really curious how little the average member
Of the profession knows about skin diseases. and
OF the course The lectures are given BY DR.. Z.
Duncan Bulkley. a specialist in this branch OF
was being held in the dispensary while | paid my
visit; and II was crowded to the doors 5y members
country. who were eagerly taking advantage of the
Enowledse of this important department. OF nedi-
cine You can appreciate how important these
hospital in the country that makes speciality OF
usualIy sropin IN the DARK as II we're when treat
g men, and does nG5 S9@ %9eT Kim 70 You viii
readily see tberefore the tremendous value Of such
course OF Instruction. The medical journals have
enthusiastic in their recommendations to the pro
fesson to attend them The m9Geis oy WnlGn rngy
living Illustrations are taken from the patients IN
9ospltsl ais sehing void and am s gIsS
Better bestowed than in helping this Institution
CARRYING out its allotted task in the alienation OF
In one of the scenes Of David Harun horse
stands patiently outside In the rain 1t Is a very
real appearing horse, so real in
COUNTER deed that many o. the audience
FELT HORSE. believe 1t to be bona nde animal
BUT NOT Recently William H Crane. who Is
OF WOOD playing David Harum received
letter m which the writer. after
apologies for intrusion, said that she had been OF
a party that had witnessed "Dav4t Harum the
previous evening and that later S Sac nag
that it was real flesh and blood horse; the other
that it an , sy r made Of F 10000 enough 10 e
which it WASP" Turning The letter over the actor
orally true for the counterfeit horse is made Of
papier mache
'It is the custom" said II. A. stanhope Of Cape
Town South Africa at the Hotel Victoria yester
day leach wear TO sell the output
BARNATO of the Kimberley fields 10 the high
MISSED A est bidder. The di Imonds sold
PRICELESS at much carat, without refer
STONE. ence to tn. size Of the stones, al
though stones below a certain
weight are not In the agreement. Obviously. the
larger the stones found the better It is for the
purchaser. for the value Of diamond increases
enormously with each carat. This led to a most
extraordinary occurrence. Barney Barnato had the
fields one year. but Alfred Belt outbid him and
got them for the yea following. The hrst blast
fired under the Belt management dislodged the
largest diamond ever found II weighed over nine
hundred in the rough. and It's value is sim
ply incalculable- II Barnato had fred one more
blast before his lease up. the diamond would
have become His AS 1t was, however. 1t became
the property 1f Alfred Belt II is said that the
Shah of Persia is now negotiating for its purchase
If he gets II he'll have TO put a mortgage on a
good slice of his empire to pay for it. That one
diamond worth far more than the entire yield
from the fields for the previous year.