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Show Wealth Not Hurt by Sarcasm. ' It is stated that Paul Du Chaillu left an estate of only $500, which was about the amount of Bret Harte's fortune at death. Both left something more valuable val-uable than money, the memory of great work finely done and of kindly natures which were appreciated in their lifetime. life-time. As an icopoclast in the current Literary World says- "It seems impossible for clever people to make money; smart people mak6 it, vulgar people make It; bootblacks, newsboys and the self-educated, -generally, seem to have' this curious ca- pactiy a capacity wnoiiy unauied to others seemingly. Think a minute of the people you personally know, if you know any. who have made money; don't you despise them, don't you look down on them; don't you wonder how So-and-So, who apparently doesn't know' enough to go in out of the rain, ever knew enough to accumulate, at his early age, even so paltry a sum as $100,000? I do." All of which is only partially true, like most iconoclastic sayings. But it comforts the geniuses who have not succeeded in heaping up dollars; and I the rich men are not hurt by the Sarcasm. Sar-casm. They think it is honor enough to have 'the dollars. And so it is for them. Boston Pilot. |