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Show CASTING ASIDE A FORTUNE. IN this day of groat fortunes It Is not unusual to read iu the daily news columns of great fortunes being lost and won ln a day, and the following anecdote anec-dote Is quoted to Illustrate how one man cast aside an opportunity to become many times a mllllonnalrc. Yeai-s ago a man named Uerr Saltzmnnn owned an estate in Grlqualand, and adjoining his property waa uu old worn down farm that had not been worked on acount of Its poor soil and the lack of necessary water. The owner of this farm met Uerr Saltzinumi one day and offered to trade tho farm for an old wahtcoat he had seen him wearing. As HeiT Sultzraann did not wish to burden hlrasclt with a piece of worthless land he kindly refused tho offer. A few years later big clear diamonds were found on this waste stretch, and now millions of dollars dol-lars could not purchase-It ' i |