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guarantees to cure any case of piles,
and does not accept one cent of pay
until the patient is welt.
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chronic dliieases without the use of
medicine or surgery. Thusands have
lnce been cured by this method, mid
will gludly furnish testimonials to
II doubters.
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Maifmtle oteopathy was eslubllshed
"r me pui(iose or instiucung i-im";
In the Kharas M'-thods of ImiglesH
Treatrn.-nt. Thli" nchoil has bi-n
"irvelous suicess. To employ nil
raduat.-s, and o reach a laig r field
of ur.-fuiiK I'n.r Kli.'ims then es
tablished
The Kharas Kvstem of Branch Office
covering Nebraska and Iowa. In th'-se
ffflces only the graduates of the Kha
ra school are placed. We know our
graduates can do what we claim for
tllm n .. . .. - . -.a.lmilu. lit
.pi, aim fir hiiiiw liim i ... " "
Wr similar nchools canrtol-e have
"a several, and all have laiien soon
the high standard set by our school.
ww yean aato Kror. Knaras oiscor-
f1 a m - u i
xl of curing Insanity and
auently established the Kharas
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"i.i, ior ina insane in wmii-.
Aai method many apparently hopelesn
asa have been restored to reason and
k of Nebraska City was cured In
week, but she waa afflicted but a
Aort time. The wife of Banker Hunt-
Mam a j -i i.-Liiaihl
JJ from tht Norfolk Mylum. having
lt pronounctd Inourabl yeart ao.
Colonel Peter Donan, the well known
r'ern newspaper wrui 'ina ruuur,
r"0 haa just
died at Poranl, Ore.,
ator of the alan of the
ilgn, "Greeley the devil
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nybody to beat Urantr Colonel
an was a native of Mississippi,
ld most of hl newspaper work In
Jwurl. He went to Oregon a few
J" ago to act aa advertising agent
railway company.
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not una KNIFE. LICATUM or CAUSTIC.
cure u effected, and YOU decide when VOU
free at office or by maiL I will tell you fust
now Jong it wiu talte to cure you.
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Omaha, Neb.
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ELECTRICITY AT HOME
Our Omaha offices. 308 New York
Life Building, are fully equipped with
costly and elaborate Instruments for
electrical treatments, but to people
w ho cannot come to our ottlce fur treat
ments, we furnish an electrical battery
to be used under our directions by the
patient at home. It Is not a belt, but
a scientific Invention of great value.
Scores of patients testify to its cura
tive power. It is prescribed with or
without medicine, as each case de
mands. This electrical battery Is Invaluable
In the treatment of diseases of women,
nervous diseases, weaknesses of men,
heart diseases, stomach diseases, liver
and kidney diseases, rheumatism, deaf
ness, etc. Wo also furnish our patients
our new Ozone Atomizer for home use
In the; treatment of lung and catarrhal
diseases.
Free consultation at office or by mall.
Send for a symptom blank and litera
ture pertaining to your disease.
C, M. Headrick, M. D.
C08 New York Life Building,
OMAHA, NEB.
A Place To Spend the Summer
On the lines of the Milwaukee Hall
way In Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
Iowa are some of the most benutlful
places In the world to spend a summer
KIMI.i:i'SY Cl'KKD.
Miss Fairy Itlpley of Weeping Water,
Nei., had been a sufferer for years
with the worst form of Kpileptb' Fits,
and although every effort had been
inad-' by Hie "tegular" physii liuisi for
her relief, she was pronounced hope
lesyly Incurable by all of the.ii. Her
mother (nought her to us, being Inllu
enced to ilo so by Miss F.mnia U'or
niHn of Weeping Water (Mihs Wormiin
is ni w Mrs, Kmina W, Khanis, nod
Secretary of the KhnrnK liiHtltutlonsi,
mid alter an examination l'rof. Kharas
said he could cure Miss Itlpley, and In
Hue" months she was well. She had
been having from twelve to twenty Ills
dally lor a year or more, and from
twenty-five to fifty a v-ecK for several
yeais, yet after a few treatments fbe
never had another one. She Mas cured
thiee years ago. and has had no re
turn of her trouble yet. She Is perfect
In heMlth. and will gladly verify this
statement to all who will write to her.
Is not that proof enough? If not, we
will gladly send you names and ad
dresses of a dozen or more similar to
whom you may write to learn or our
tUHPINAt, Cl'HVATriUJ CVHKD.
For sU yeara Mr. Olenn Miller of
South Omaha was afflicted with a com
plex spinal curvature which disabled
him from work. Ha took our treat
ment two yeara ago, and has been
working haft ,,or ,n ,nB far,'r5r
of the Hlnger Machine Company here
Boston Transcript: Brlggx-Funny
how the name thing affect different
persona differently. Orlgg-A for In
stance? llrlggn-My daughter Jane
had a dress made Jusl like Mis Oro
ver's because Jane think no much of
Mis Orover, hut Ml"" Orover I a
mad a he can be with my dnughter
for presuming to wear a gown like
her.
A railway engine may " roughly
aid to U tqual In iirength to 00
horid. ....
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Nj Writs MrttfiL All lUi UitS.
Best Jouh trup. Tut Uti, Ue I
in tirnfv i.fi hr nmiv I
vacation, camping out or at the ele
gant summer hotels. Boating, fishing,
beautiful lakes and streams and cool
weather.
Okobojl Is the nearest of these re
sorts, but all are easily reached from
Omaha, and the round trip rates this
summer are lower than ever before.
Full information on application.
F. A. NASH,
Gen. Western Agt. C. M. & St. P. Ry.,
1504 Farnam St., Omaha.
It Is proposed to connect Warsaw
with the Baltic by ship cabal.
For frostbite, chilblains, sore and
lame Joints, stiffness of muscles try
Hamlin's Wizard Oil. It won't disap
point you!
Dr. C. M. Headrick. 308 New York
Life Building. Omaha, has an estab
lished reputation for successfully treat
ing nervous, kidney and liver, stomach
and other diseases, including rheuma
tism, by electricity. You do not have
to leave home to get the benefits of
his treatment. See his advertisement
elsewhere.
Bubonic plague has appeared among
the kangaroos in the Zoological gar
dens at Sydney, New South Wales.
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to usp
for their children during the teething
period.
An unpaid assessment of Jl)0 for a
curb is obstructing a $20,000 real estate
deal In Merlden, Conn.
Concentrated Pain Rheumatism.
Concentrated Medicine Hamlin'
Wizard Oil.
Concentrated Common Sense Using
Hamlin's Wizard Oil.
gnetic Osteopathy.
re. Write to him and ask him
thinks of us.
iY AND NERVOUSNESS
I'l'KKTj.
Peck, wife of a prominent
t Cody. Neb., was exposed
le blizzard and lost in n
winters ago. with only
is to protect herself and
hild from the unexpected
hours she wandered hiilf-
driee that time was never
nind, and constantly inn-
ieide. Through the influ-
banker at tiordon. Neb.,
ve. Mr. Peck brought her
I of taking her to the
added cell. We cured her
ist winter, and she now
st of health and la the
Dered. mother v women
Illness took place.
dATISM CTIIKI).
ung. a prominent farmer
Neb., was so afllicted
iwm that he had to lie
train on a stretcher. We
vluSa I'.LK cm itnf
three weeks, and he l
was cured a year ago.
dpless and almost hope
ry form of rheumatism
d here. It Is not any
promlrmnt minister of
has his wile here now
case of rheumatism
has been helpless for
cannot offer her tes-
:he Is cured but that
-and we have over a
j offer.
K CL'KKD,
unn, a school teacher
b., was cured two
tre which the doctors
the best tof their
said could not be
her, and without the
and without her
nger or unpleasant
ronlc diseases wlth-
ry.
birrange to pay us
ured If they wish to
londence with us as
with otheis as to
to anyone stating
booklet telling of
Identical cases.
s exceptional oppor.
ung men and women
liter professional l!f".
very graduate to work
us. We have the work for th"in
to do, and need good men and women
to do our work.
Those who offer us suitable proofs
of honesty and sincerity may p.iy us
the umount of their tuition out of u
xhare of their monthly salaries after
they begin work for us.
Contrast our methods and offers with
those of schools who claim to be a
great deal better th.in ours, and you
will decide lit favor of the Kharas
School.
We have students and patients from
nearly every state In the I'nlon. We
have received letters usKing for dia
logues and descriptive literature from
Canada, Mexico, Central and Souih
America, Italy and Oermany, and have
a student coming from New Zeland.
U.ooo mlli'S, to take our course of
study.
In cur Branch Ofllces we furnhh the
ntllees. furnish stationery, printed mat
ter, advertising, pay office rents, and
pay monthly cash salary lo the grad
uate whom we place In clinrge on a
renewable annual contract. We guar
antee the public that our graduates
will act honestly and squarely with
them. The people have confidence In
our men because they know thai we
are responsible for their nets. A grad
uate of any other school can do Just as
he pleases, and some of them do not
please to do right. Think the situation
over, and then get Into correspondence
with PHOF. THKO KHAKA8.
Hupt, Kharaa Institutions,
Bee Hide-. Omaha, Neb.
Thomn W. Lawson of Massachusetts
doe not let hi Intereat In the pos
sibly less practical thing of life stop
with yacht, He ha placed a chime
of ten bell on an observatory tower
at Hcltuate. The bell will be rung fur
the first time next Sunday. The tower
Itself I a landmark for mariner mak
ing (or Boston harbor from the south
ward, Quite a numher of modern churches
have safe In them principally for the
iaf keeping of book and recordi.
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LADY CONSTANCE MACKENZIE.
Athletically "Advanced" Woman
Gives Aiken a Sensation.
Aiken (S. C.) Correspondonce New
York World: Lady Constance Mack
enzie, the athletically "advanced"
young woman, who can down a man at
a fox hunt or pigeon traps and does not
stick at knickerbockers when she rides
astride, is the senatlon of the bour.
On the polo field recently she held
her own with the men In a fashion that
put them on their mettle and gave the
more conservative members of the Aik
en winter colony a series of short, sharp
knocks. Her mount Is a magnificent
iuinter-16 hatinds hlgn, and bef Scotch
ladyship, in her remarkable nether gar
ments and a short coat of most vivid
hue, flying along at a pace that rivals
Paul Revere's, Is a sight to be remem
bered. She arrived parly In the week at the
Sage cottage, William G. Whitney's
winter residence, with the somewhat
superfluous adjunct of a cheaperon,
Mrs. Charles Stuart Dodge of New York
has assumed the responsibility. Lady
Constance brought alons a sporting kit
that would make a crack shot die of
envy, an a host of anecdotes anent
her adventures in the metropolis, which
would seem to l;;ive been vjt ied.
One of the most amusing is that of a
repo; ter ben!, on interviewing the rara
avia just come to these shores, who
sent up a card, and was promptly treat
ed to a refusal of zero teniperiture.
NoLhinpr dismayed, she penciled a lit
tle note demanding to know whether it
was true that Lady Constance had
landed In kilts that had escaped the
knee. The enraged Scotch woman
promptly summoned the canny newspa
per representative to her presence and
Inveighed against the scandal mongers
who disturbed her peace.
With true sporting instinct she ha3
developed a desire to ride on the side
walka little pleasantry for which sev
eral have been arrested. So far she has
escaped the police.
I.ady Constance, who is the cham
pion swimmer of England, and, as a
sea-nymph, appears In a bright green
costume trimmed with her clan tartan,
Is the daughter of the Earl of Cromar
tie. Her mother was the daughter of
the fourth Haron Macdonald.
She is heiress to one of the largest
fortunes in the United Kingdom. Her
sister, Countess Cromartie, is possessed
of estates the income of which is $200,
000 a year. No male heir exists, and,
unless other children are born, Iady
Constance will Inherit. She was born
in 1882.
Her trip to America was disapproved
by her guardian, the Duke of Suther
land, hut the Scotch girl flew In the
face of authority and came out with
her cousin, Hon. Hugo Baring. She
will tour the country before returning.
GOING OUT OF FAVOR.
Women No Longer Greet Each Other
With a Kiss.
The kiss is going out of favor. It Is,
perhaps, as popular as ever between
the sexes, but not between members of
the same sex, says the Chicago Sunday
Chronicle. A few years ago. when two
women on terms of friendship met, they
invariably saluted each other with a
kiss. Now they simply shake hands,
as men do, and are apparently just as
well iiatlsfied.
At a country church not far from Chi
cago, where everybody seemed to be
related to everybody else, before the
morning service on Sundays a reguar
oscillatory meeting was held in the ves
tibule, even the rector being sometimes
Involved, though, r.f course, without
scandal, for nothing less than second
cousins were expected to salute him.
After service adieus were said in the
same warm fashion ,and then the flower
of the countryside drove away well
pleased with itself. -
Sometimes small hoys and self-conscious
youths writhed out of the grasp
of those who would caress them, and
managed to elude their pursuers, hut
generally everyone submitted with the
best grace he could muster to a cere
mony that was plainly perfunctory, but
done In the Ix-st Interests of the com
munity. A little later than this the cheek be
gan to be offered for the salute Instead
of the mouth.
Turning the cheek. It now become
apparent was an expedient Intended to
let one's friends and relatlv-s down
easy before ceasing to kiss them alto
gether, for If. was shortly after this that
the masculine grasp of the hand came
Into such vogue. Said grasp seems now
more than popular. One rarely sees a
warmer greeting between two femlnlns
In public, but it seems sufficient, to ex
press a rare degree of cordiality. The
bachelor girl would scorn anything
more enthusiastic, of course, and her
mother almost as rarely forgets herself.
Occasionally a white-haired old lady
Indulges In some show of tenderness
when people are alioiit, bift she quickly
checks It as she remembers that, she
may have an audience.
After all. why may not a warm clasp
of the band express as much affection
and sincerity os a kiss? Perhaps H
may. At all events, feminity seems to
think It. the most fitting greeting at this
period of tho world's history.
The death of Max Adiimo, the histor
ical painter, was recently reported from
Munich. Ho painted two famous pic
ture. "Alba In the Council at Brus
sels' and the "Kail of Robespierre,"
which Is now In the Berlin National
Gallery.
Governor McBride, of Washington
state, has made a new move In his war
on the railway lobby. He has announc
ed his Intention to dismiss any state
employe who accepts a pass over a rail
road, and he declares he will crush out
the lobby.
Rev. Robert Collyer .the noted New
York divine, has his study In one of
the biff Broadway buildings. When a
young man he learned the blacksmith
trade, and the anvil on which he ham
mered out his destiny Is at prenent set
up In the study of "Old Trinity" church,
Chicago, where Mr, Collyer was, some
years ago, the pastor.
tt has been announced In Philadel
phia that Bdwln A. Abbey ha agreed
to undertake tho mural decorations of
the new slate capltol at Harrlsbtirg.
The history of tho state, Its social
progress, and It materia! resources,
will be among the themes of his work.
THE STORY OF PRINCESS RADZIWILL
AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE
London letter: "Depend upon this,"
said a well-known South African min
ing man to me today, "that Cecil
Rhodes' relations with Princess Radzl
will, who forged his notes and is now in
a South African jail, whatever else may
have been true with regard to them,
had no affinity with the emotions I
man that they were not characterized
in the smallest degree by those features
common to close associations between
the sexes where everyday people are
involved.
"I want to tell you that all which has
leen published in this connection in
the way of hints, and guesses, and in
sinuations, and surmises, and indica
tions from this and that alleged char
acteristic of the great man who is gone,
are worth just their face value as ef
forts of the imagination, and that is all.
To assume that he was fascinated or
infatuated by Princess Radziwillnoone
who knew Rhodes believes for a mo
ment.. Still less do those who knew him
believe that she was of great impor
tance to him In his empire-building
schemes. As Mr. Rhodes told no one,
and as it is certain he never will tell
now, the inside story of his relations
with the princess must remain forever
a matter of speculation. It is, however,
possible to offer some rational hypothe
sis In the case.
"Just glance over the history of Prin
cess Radzlwlll. it is a rather romantic
one. She was a Pole who married into
a distinguished Prussian family. She
married very young, and, although the
mother of several children before she
was 21 years old, she thought little of
capriciously leaving her husband and
young family, never to return to them,
and to drift Into a love affair with
Skoholefl', the famous Russian general.
This was not the course apt to be taken
by a woman who felt very deeply afoit
natural ties. But it was in keeping
with the rest of her career. I don't pro
pose to criticise the woman; I am look
ing at her career in the light of com
monsense and of probability. It may
throw a certain amount of light on the
probabilities of this curious case if one
takes the trouble to see whether the
life actions of one of the two chief
actors in it were consistent or not. We
know that Rhodes' life was consistent
enough in Its main features.
"As far as I can see. Princess Radzi
will's actions up to the time when she
disappeared from public view as a re
sult of the trial at Capetown which end
ed in her conviction for forgery, were
all pretty consistent. They were those
of a woman who lives by ber wits, to
put It simply. She had deserted her
home and children at a time when she
was scarcely out of her teens, and she
followed this up by becoming apparent
ly the mistress of General Skoboleff,
the meteoric Muscovite soldier whose
premature death was as extraordinary
as his life, and is still an unsolved mys
tery. When the woman left her home
she became an unsettled wanderer.
Women in that kind of a position, if
they have beauty and the run of fash
ionable or "smart" society of the exalt
ed grade, develop very commonly into
respectable adventuresses; there is no
knowing what mischief fair and idle
hands may find to do under such con
ditions. "The princess is supposed to have
broken Skoboleff's heart by rejecting
his proposal that she openly live with
him. She could not marry him, being
as she was a grass widow. Well, all
lias is consistent her abandonment of
her children and her affair with the
Russian. She showed that her heart
impulses were well controlled by her
determination to act in whatever way
fitted in best with her fancy of the mo
ment or with whatever course she
thought best for her own personal ad
vantage. Having allowed Skoboleff to
fall in love with her, she sent him about
his business as soon as he began to be
troublesome.
"Later on this worldly-wise woman
met Cecil Rhodes. It Is quite possible
that he may in some way or other have
made some use of her in connection
with his business enterprises. But as
suredly not to any extent which in the
smallest way Involved him so that he
could have had a reason for submitting
to any species of blackmail. No doubt
her feminine nature suggested domin
ion over Rhodes as she had asserted it
over others. You see, she was consis
tent in her methods, I'm sure she
found success harder than she had had
any idea of. Cecil Rhodes had his own
way of being impressionable, but It was
distinctly his own way. I don't think
it was at all the way the princess want
ed. He was quick to 'take people up'
If they seemed likely to be useful; per
haps she did suggest to his mind the
bare possibility of her proving useful
In some way known only to himself.
It Isn't quite simple to me to imagine
the Identical way in which the Princess
Uadziwill could have been superlative
ly helpful to Mr. Rhodes; but, as I think
I've said already, who is there living
who knew the inside workings of that
remarkable man's mind?
"'No flame without smoke, eh'? I
don't deny there is truth in proverbs,
yet I'm not impressed by the marvelous
tales that have been floating around.
People have thought fit to throw a the
atrical sort of a light about this wo
man's personality, making her the cen
tre of a melodramatic situation. And,
so It seems to me, those responsible for
all this plcturesqueness are something
like the photogbapher who makes up
'trick' pictures, working In adroitly the
figures of persons who were never pres
ent In the original scene depicted, in
order to give an Increased interest to
tho half-imlglnary picture. In this sort
of way Mr. Rhodes bas appeared In the
great Radilwlll photograph, doctored
up skilfully to suit the public fancy for
nensatlonallsm. In spite of the notes
Princess Radzlwlll made such a good
thing out of, I'm highly skeptical as to
ber 'pull with Mr. Rhodes.
"Has it ever struck you that these
very notes, the direct cause of this
whole furore, have been given rather a
secondary place In the consideration of
tho newspaper analysts who have been
at such pains to reduce the mystery to
simplicity, and In doing so have man
aged to make of It a greater mystery
than ever. Less attention has been
given to them than to any other of the
circumstances connected with the case.
All tho articles I have seen on the sub
ject concern themselves chiefly with
the distinguished ancestry and esca
pades of Princess KadUlwlll with the
Russian Skoooieff, and for the rest con
tent thomselvos with glittering general
ities about the won.nn and her fascinat
ing qualities, and how Mr. Rhodes prob
ably must have succumbed to them.
The notes strike me, though, as having
the most practical bearing on the mat
ter we won't say on its solution, for
that is something no one is likely to be
clover enough to supply.
"Now on Mr. Rhodes' own sworn
statement as taken in court at Cape
town, we have it that the notes Prin
cess Radziwill negotiated were never
nj.ide by hii at ail that they were. In
simple terms, forgeries. If they were,
why had he gone on paying them from
time to time as they were presented at
various banks. The suggestion that hej
w&3 afraid of the princess in other
words, that he submitted to the black
mail by paying the notes is too absurd
lor attention. Rhodes was no afraid
of anyone or of anything. This ab
sence of fear probably had as much to
do with his extraordinary success in
what he undertook as anything slse
that could contribute to it Having re
jected this suggestion, then, what rea
son had he for paying promissory notes
which he declared he had never made?
Well, Rhodes was a character of an un
common sort; no human being, except
peri" pi himself, ever pretended to un
derstand it. Quite possibly he didn't
even understand It himself. We com
monplace mortals by no means always
understand ourselves, nor the reason
understnad ourselves. It is my
opinion that some one of the
complex phases of his nature Induced
him to tolerate the impositions of Prin
cess Radiwill, knowing tbem to be im
positions, but moved by a sense of sym
pathy for the financial straits Into
which the woman had gotten, and being
as well aware, as he was, that the sums
to which she was helping herself at
his expense made no difference to him
in the money sense.
"Would a hard headed man of affairs
hav done such a thing as this with,
deliberate intention? Yes, I know what
you are going to say that it is char
acteristic of business or commercial
men to object to beign robbed of six
pence, however rich they may be. My
answer to that is that there are contra
dictions in every man's character, and
men will do things you can't account
for at least not in the ordinary way.
He prosecuted her at last because the
law compelled hUn; and besides, he
was dying. His affairs had to be left
in order. I have said what I think of
the influence, fascination, etc., side of
the princess's relations with Cecil
Rhodes, and of her alleged opportuni
ties for being of any highly important
service to him. Latterly, at least, the
woman had dropped practically to the
status of an adventuress. Witness how,
a couple of years ago, she resorted when,
in London to a threadbare trick of ac
tressesY seeking notoriety by spread
ing a 'fake' story of the loss of her
jewels, which were found later and
also found to be comparatively value
less. Her conviction at Capetown, prin
ces or no princess, is nothing surpris
ing, for English law is not a respector
of persons." ARTHUR FIELD.
MR. BROWN OF AMERICA.
The Eccentricities of an American
Monte Cristo in England.
London Expresp. Mr. Myron Bay
nard Brown's aunt last week appeared
and wanted him to return home to
America, but he has declined, and may
remain for some time yet.
Mr. Brown, who for 13 years has lived
in his yacht oft the Brightllng sea coast,
is an American millionaire.
During that time steam has been kept
up on his yacht ready for him to sail
at a moment's notice, but the attrac
tions of the Essex coast have been too
strong for him.
As a man of 36 he left the shores of
America to anchor in the North sea.
Since 1889 the huge amount he bas
given away cannot be called charity,
because some of the recipients of the
American millionaire's bounty are
noted "wastrels." Mr. Brown gives for
the pleasure of giving.
Sometimes it happens that the men
or women to whom he gives are In ur
gent need of money. More often than
not they are of the genus cadger, but
in each case this strange millionaire
gives without reflection or without In
quiry. All the year round he receives shoals
of begging letters, which arrive at the
rate of a sack a day. He reads them
all carefully, and sends money to the
writers of about one in every ten. The
amounts he gives vary between a
quinea and a thousand pounds.
It Is an extraordinary sight to see
the large number of boats laden with,
beggars swarming round his yacht,
the Valfrei, waiting hours until he sig
nifies by a nod that he will see one or
two applicants.
Sometimes he will refuse to see any
one for days, and the boats wait In
vain.
One sturdy beggar came regularly
from London once a week for a year to
see the capricious millionaire, but with
out seeing him. At the year's end Mr.
Brown saw him, gave him 100, and
told him not to come again.
Innumerable stories are told of Mr.
Myron Brown's strange benevolence.
At one time he would visit cottages and
leave banknotes in children's clothing;
at another he saved a boatman's life by
sending him to a hospital and paying
for an operation. On another occasion
he paid the losses of an old man and
woman who had sunk all In a bank.
Many are the tricks resorted to to
deceive hint, but it makea little differ
ence. Mr. Brown Is a man of many moods.
For days he will shut himself up In hla
cabin and refuse to see even the stew
ard who waits upon him.
In the words of a boatman: "When
the moon la full he never gives away a
half-penny, but when It gets on well to
the half he throws money away right
and left."
The authorities of Brlghtllngaea do
not look upon him with a very kindly
eye, and, Indeed, they would hall hla
departure with relief.
The regular charities of the district
he does not support, and hla ear la doai
to the plea of the parson, but wltbal h
Is a law abiding man.
Aatal'i oldest colonist, Mr. Francis
Armstrong, h as died, aged 87. He land
Ad at Port Natal In 1841 anrl mm M
his daughters was the Brat British ahlM
born in ut coionj.
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