Show A correspondent of the abia aa had occasion he oilier day to find out about ce tain rich men and so ho went lo 10 the congressional library wanting to find out how much these men had give away in benefactions bene factions he looked up stephen girard first found that according to ington although be could sometimes act he part of benefactor ton community it is said ho never had a friend lie died without kaiue in 1831 deiv ing property valued at about and directed that should be applied to found college for orphan boys in philadelphia which was commenced in 1833 and opened in 1843 so girard did not seem to have been a happy man john jacob astor of new york died in his property being eusted eUm ted at no less than fitz grecu Ualle cb the poet induced astor to give to found the aslor library the eon william B aster subsequently gave a like sum to the library mr james lake a pennsylvanian a bg fortune in california and died there left about in benefactions bene factions nearly a million was given to erect an observatory in california and purchase a telescope and half a million for the encouragement of mechanic art in francisco lie gave also to erect a monument over the grave of key the author of the star spangled banner george peabody whose name is the very synonym of benevolent wealth gave a million and a half dollars for lodging houses for the work ing daises in london for an institution cf learning in ball more for museum in vard college and for corn mon schools in alio southern states nearly all of these amount were ven in wills and made available after death of the testator when he could no longer use the money but it takes a brave mau to ave away the bulk of his fortune while alive and in the enjoyment health ezra B cornell founded the cornell university with a large amount oi money believing no doubt tatt he always would be rich Keve reee camo and ho is boit a poor man sup pose that he bad put it in hit bif where would cornell be now jay cooke also made beroe heavy benefactions bene factions and save aay hundreds of thousands of dollars aind ho became poor but fie greatest Aner lw philanthropist that ever kved except lieo peabody is W W corcoran of wash anglon lie Is now eighty iwu ysais old and during his life ho ha given away in public lories and in private charities or about three fourths of entire fortune the corcoran callery of art including the building anil endowment cost more than a mil lion of dollars and is the prida of ilir city ot washington there is nothing equal to it in the country ahe louise hoepe for decayed gentle women of the south is another noble benefaction and the buildings and the grounds are a great ornament to the city and the of strangers more than is represented in it to columbia university mr corcoran has money house and lande amounting to quarter of a million of dollar A hundred shousan was given tr the ascension church to the university of virginia he had given hundreds of thousands of dollar and to the city of washington in addition to hi many other gifts he cemetery and impi urel it at a tola expense of entire family consists of three grandchildren through hi daughter louiseann Loui seand three and nephew he is not a happy mau being overrun an correspondence of letter asking for relief and having his icaco of mind seriously erious ly disturbed by the woeful tales of the hundred of supplicant the cabinet has bee to attend the celebi alioa of the anniversary of the settlement of sal the first finnual fair ever held in he black taille in deadwood closed on saturday after very uc ce beul ul ru A levant fanner named Sae eity lan iwen rutted rrt ted in dublin in con biti the murder of biord blount morrie the fall kivch have decided to i strike in ten or idt ali ia ff ages arc reduced the explosion of tho boiler of nieam thresher near culasa co cal three were killed nd beven seriously scalded durina the fiscal yn on june S laih transport id loua of second aa and |