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Show MEN YOU HEAR OP. George Vanderbilt's ambition is to collect the finest library lu America. Adam B. Andre, a waiter at the Hoffman Hoff-man house, New York, is worth over 140,01)0. Gen. Greely claims that over 80 per cent, of the weather bureau's predictions j are verified. The Marquis of Salisbury is getting toward 300 pounds weight, but won't take exercise. , 1 , Henry B. Hyde, the multi-millionaire i Insurance man of New York, was once an insurance solicitor. The Duke of Portland is now engaged on the almshouses which he intends to erect from his enormous winnings oa the turf. Mr. Edison predicts that the newspaper news-paper of the future will be the product Df a combination of the phonograph and Henry S. Hoyt is the only member of the famous Union clap, of New York, whose membership dates back to the organization or-ganization of the club in 1S38. Gen. Butler owns the Craig ranch, below be-low Pueblo, consisting of 100,000 acrea. He is also the owner of three-fourths of a 600,000 acre ranch in New Mexico. One of the inont highly prized relic in the possession of Gen. Miles is a plain old stylo rifle that once belonged to Rain-in-the-Face, the slayer of Gen Custer. Cus-ter. The French traveler, M. Cram pel, who acquired a reputation by Ids expedition into the French Congo, has planned a new journey through, undiscovered Africa, Af-rica, A. J. Welch, of Hartford, Conn., was a bootblack not many years ago. Then ho began to follow the races, aud today is worth $500,000, allot which was made on the race course. Eri Gray, a man said to be 105 years old, is living among tho Catririll mountains. mount-ains. He knows no living relations, and has been supported by his neighbors for more than twenty years. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, at the urgent ur-gent request of Governor Boies and others, has presented tho state of Iowa with a lifo size portrait of himself, which will be hung in the Capitol at Des Moines. Rubinstein thus estimates the proportion propor-tion of people of the leading nations who understand music: Germany, 50 percent.; France, 16 per cent.; England, 2 per cent; United States, higher than England. The late Gen. Belknap was a very conspicuous con-spicuous figure on the streets of Washington. Wash-ington. There was an air of distinction about his tall form, and he always j dressed with the greatest care. Ho went into society but littlo. . j |