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NORTH GEORGIA TIMES.
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A nature PRAYER. V
Vh bird, that sings such thankful psalms, ',,
Rebuking human fretting.
Teaeh us your secret of content,
Yonr science ef forgetting.
For every life must have its ills—
You, too, have times of sorrow—
Teach us, like you, to lay them by
And sing again to-morrow;
For gems of blackest jet may rest
Within a golden setting,
And he is wise who understands
The science of forgetting.
Ob, palms, that bow before the gale
Until its peaceful ending,
Teach us your yielding, linked with strength,
Your graceful art of bending;
For every tree must meet the storm.
Each heart must encounter sorrow;
Teach us, like you, to bow, that we
May stand erect to-morrow;
For there is strength in humble grace—
Its wise disciples shielding—
And he is strong who understands
The happy art of yielding.
Oh, brook, which laughs all night, all day,
With voice of sweet seduction,
Teach us your art of laughing more
At every new obstruction;
For every life has eddies deep
And rapids fiercely dashing,
Sometimes through gloomy caverns toned,
Sometimes in sunlight flashing;
Yet there is wisdom in your way,
Yonr laughing waves and wimplesj
Teach us your gospel built of smiles,
The secret of your dimples.
Oh, oaks, that stand in forest ranks,
Tail, strong, erect, and sightly.
Your branches arched in noblest grace,
Your leaflets laughing lightly;
- Teach us your firm and quiet strength,
Your secrets of extraction
From slimy darkness in the soil
The grace of life and action;
For they are rich who understand
The secret of combining
The good deep hidden in the earth
; With that where suns are shining.
Oh, myriad forms of earth and air,
Of lake, and sea, and river,
Which makes our landscapes glad and fair
To glorify the giver;
Teach us tesleam the lessons hid ■
In each familiar feature,
The mystery which so porfects
Each low or lofty creature;
E°r God is good, and life is sweet,
While suns are brightly shining
. To glad the glooms and thus rebuke
Onr follies of repining.
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While all the works ot nature sing
Their psalms of Joy together.
Then learn, oh, heart, their songs of hope!
Cease, soul, thy thanklass sorrow;
For though the clouds he dark to-day,
The sun shall shine to-morrow;
Loarn well from bird and tree and rill
The sins of dark resentment ;
And know the greatest gift of God
Is faith and sweet contentment.
— J. J5. Jones, in Courier-Journal.
THE SAILOR’S BRIDE.
A STRANGE BUT TRUE STORY
Many decades ago a vessel from Bos¬
ton arrived at a dock in London. Among
itbe hands on board was one named
Tudor, a steady, well-looking young
man, who acted as a sailor, Very [early
one morning a young, beautiful and de¬
cently dressed woman came tripping
down to the vessel and inquired of Tudor
for the captain. She was told he was
not risen, but she insisted on seeing him
without delay. Tudor called him up,
and she addressed him with;
“Good-morning, captain! I have
called to see if you will marry me.”
“Marry you?"—believing her to be a
suspicious character—“leave my vessel
instantly, if you know what is for your
good 1” She next went fo the mate and
r eceived a similar answer; she then went
to where Tudor was, being engaged in
handling ship-tacks, and put the same
question to him. “With all my heart,”
answered Tudor, in a jocular manner.
“Then,” said she, “come along with
me." Tudor left bis work and followed
her. By the time the principal shops were
opened the lady entered a barber’s shop
followed by Tudor. She ordered a knight
of the razor to clip his heard and hair,
both of which he stood in need. She
paid the bills and entered a hat store.
The requested the best of beavers in the
store, aud told Tudor to select one, and
he did so, the price being paid by the
lady. Tudor threw his old tarpaulin
aside. They next visited a shoe store,
and selected a pair of boots, the lady
also paying for them. Tudor, by this
time, was puzzled to devise the objec
the lady had in view. He solicited an
explanation, but she told him to be silent,
She led the way into a clothing store,
Here Tudor was told to select the best
suit of clothes in the store. The manof
the tar bedaubed pants and checkered
shirt was in a few minutes metamor
phosed into as fine a gentleman ns walks
the streets, the bill, as before, beingpaid
by the lady. Tudor’s amazement was
now complete. lie again and again ear
neatly insisted on an explanation; the
‘only answer he received was: “Follow
meant! " be not afraid; all will be ex-
SPUING PLACE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, wz JULY 16, 1885.
plained to your satisfaction. ” Ho there
fa o realoved to ask no more
questions. Next she * conducted
him into a magistrate’s office
and politely requested the min¬
ister of the law to unite her and her com¬
panion in matrimony. This was rather
a damper to Tudor, but he yielded. The
ceremony over, the couple were pro¬
nounced man and wife. Without utter¬
ing a word or exchanging a kiss, Tudor
and his wife left the office, not,however,
until she paid the magistrate his fee.
The couple walked in silence, Tudor
hardly knowing what he was doing or
what he had done. Turning the corner,
he saw a splendid house, toward which
the wile directed her steps and into
which they entered, passing into a room
that was furnished in a magnificent
style. She told him to sit down and
make himself contented while she went
into another room. The first one who
addressed her was her uncle, who asked
how she escaped from her room and
where she had been. Her only answer
was: “Thou fiend in human shape; I al¬
low you just one hour to remove your
effects from this house. You; have long
deprived me of my property, and meant
to through life; but you are frustrated.
I am mistress of my own house. 1 am
married, and my husband is here!”
We must leave the newly-married Cou¬
ple for the purpose of giving the history
of Mrs. Tudor. She was the only child
of a wealthy gentleman, Mr. A.-,
his daughter’s name being Eliza. He
had been at great expense in her educa¬
tion, she being the only object of his
care, his wife dying when she was quite
young. A short tune before his death’
he made a will by which his brother
was to have-possession of all his property
until his daughter was married, when it
was to be {riven up to her husband, but
if sho died without m&rryiog, the prop¬
erty was to go to her ungie and-his fami¬
ly. After the death of Mr. A, his broth¬
er removed into his house and Eliza
boarded in his family. She soon discov¬
ered that her uncle did not intend she
should ever marry. He shut her up in
ono of the centre rooms in the third
story and refused her asspeiates by tel
-Hag- ar
gone on a journey, le unfortunate
girl was thus shut out from the world
for three years. ‘ Her scanty breakfast
happened one morning to be carried to
her one morning by her old servant
Juan. Seeing the face of her old friend
and servant, Eliza burst into tears. Juan
well understood the meaning.
“Hush, Eliza? Some of your old ser¬
vants have long been planning means for
your escape.”
“What?” exclaimed Eliza, “is it pos¬
sible that I am to be delivered from this
vile place?”
It is unnecessary to detail all the min
utia of the escape. Suffice it to say that
on the morning of the fourth day after
the interview she made her escape. This
was about daylight. She immediately
bent her steps to the wharf where the
Boston vessel lay.
The amazement of Tudor and trans¬
port of his wife at the sudden change of
fortune may possibly be conceived but
cannot be expressed.
One pleasant morning days after '
some
the marriage the crew of the Boston ves
sal’s attention was drawn to a splendid
carriage approaching thc wharf. The
driver let down the steps and a gentle¬
man and lady elegantly dressed alighted.
The gentleman asked the captain
what port he was from, and
many other questions-all the time
avoiding his scrutiny; at last,
turning to the captain and calling him
by name, he said: “Captain, before leav¬
ing your vessel, permit me to make you
acquainted with Mrs. Tiidor.” The
captain and those about him bad not
recognized him to be their old friend and
shipmate Tudor, whom they supposed
some fatal accident had befallen. You
may judge’of the congratulations that
followed.
The captain regretted the harsh judg¬
ment he had at first passed upon the
young lady, but unlike the mate, being
a married man, he was spared the added
mortification of [the latter that he had
spurned even to consider so fortunate an
offer of marriage.
This remarkable marriage, the bride
being snatched from prison walls, as it
were, and the groom called from the
hard and humble lot of a common sailor
both brought suddenly and unexpectedly
t6 positions of freedom and affluence—
has hardly a parallel in all history. The
union thus formed proved to he a very
happy one. The large fortune that then
fell under the active management of
Frecerick-Tudor was wisely handled and
largely increased. In due time Mr. and
Mrs. Tudor transferred their residence
fo Boston.
With shrewd foresight, Mr. Tudor en
■
tered largely into the ico business, being
the first person to make shipments of ice
by sea. His venture was made in 1805,
when he sailed himself with a cargo of
130 tons, in his own brig to Martinique,
Westlndies. In 1815 Mr. Tudor ob¬
tained the monopoly of the Havana ice
business, and important privileges from
the Cuban government. In 1817 lie
introduced the business in Charleston,
S. C., the next year in Savannah, and
ia 1830 into New Orleans. In May,
1833, he sent the first cargo of ice to
the East Indies, which was delivered at
Calcutta in the autumn of that year.
Of the 180 tons, nearly one-half was
wasted in the voyage and in going up
the Ganges. The ice was sold' imme¬
diately, at no more than half the cost of
that prepared by the natives. In 1884
the first cargo of ice was shipped to
Brazil by Mr. Tudor, and until 1886 he
had a monopoly of the shipment of ice,
but it finally became so large and profit¬
able that others entered into the busi¬
ness from various ports.
Mr. Tudor’s foresight secured to Bos¬
ton the chief position of the Calcutta
trade, and gave her ships cargoes for
Southern ports; thug reducing the costs
of freighting southern products to the
North. The extensive and valuable Tu¬
dor estates in Boston and vicinity, where
representatives of the family still reside,
are well known. The Tudors have al¬
ways been noted for public spirit* in¬
telligence and refinement, and it was a
streak of good luck for more than two
that about, the establishment of the fam¬
ily in America .—Boston Commonwealth.
King of the Wall Street Bears.
Addison Cammack is the most im¬
portant man in Wall street on the bear
side. The small operators circle around
him like June bugs around a gas
jet. They look upon him as the foun¬
tain head of all War wisdom and inspi¬
ration. Words from ilia lips are as
precious as pearls, and are caught and
carried along from one to another until
they have gone the rounds.
He is a heavy, broad shouldered man
of fifty-eight, with iron gray hair and
mustache. His eyes are gray, and his
mm^Aad-cfehi^And indicative of flrmnesA qqse. and arq..large, resolution. and
He dresses very plainly, although his
clothes are made by the most expensive
tailor in town, and he always carries a
walking stick. Ho speaks quickly, end
almost invariably follows each remark
with the inquiry “Huh?” Being a
bachelor, his he has a valet, who attends to
wants.
He is a member of thc Stock exchange,
but is rarely seen on the floor, and is not
down town even half as much as one
would suppose he would be. He goes
out walking and driving a good deal,
and is often seen in Central park. Cam
mack is a man of exemplary
habits. At one time he was an
inveterate smoker, He smoked
the strongest kind of cigars and a great
number of them. A year and a half ago
his physician told him that his health
would be "improved if he smoked less.
He never smoked a cigar after that
The man’s will is so strong that he will
do anything he makes up. his mind to
do. He is a Southerner. He was horn
in Kentucky and drifted dotou to New
Orleans. He subsequently came North
and started as a cotton broker in Now
York. It was not long before he got to
dealing in stocks, and he was successful.
He is now worth $6,000,000 or $7,000,
000. He goes on his jiidgmeut, which
is next to unerring. He works the
market against Jay Gould, and Gould
does not seem to be able to entrap him
in any way. He is always posted on
everything, and there is scampering
when he makes a move. He is gruff
blunt, and to the point, and has a mind
of his own. He can form his own opin¬
ions. That is the great secret of his suc¬
cess. A friend who was talking to Mm
one night said:
“I hear you are called “The Mephisto
pheles of the street. J »
“What is that for?”giowled Old Cam
“Because you raise Hades down there
I suppose.”
“Well, if they mean I do as I want to,
that's what I am, and I don’t care what
name they give me.”
Cam used to be shaved by a certain
barber in the shop in the Windsor. The
man was very attentive. Not long ago
the man had a chance to buy a shop>
and Cam let him have $2,200 to start in
business.
Cam made $1,600,000 in the fall in
stocks at the time of the panic in 1873
In the last great decline he has made all
of $2,000,000. It is no uncommon
thing for him to make or loose a quar¬
ter of a million .—New Tori- Chronicle.
War departments are interested in q
new kind of gunpowder, wMchis bnown
in color, aud when tired products but
little smoke.
m WO RICH AMERICANS.
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field, New York Capitalist-Ar.
mow, the Chicago Park Healer.
Cyrus 4r. Field is one of those distin
guisbed - Americans who have fought
their way to wealth from a humble begin¬
ning. He is one of four brothers who
Have made their mark at the bar, in the
pulpit aiyf on the bench. Mr. Field was
not especially known until his exertions
resulted' 1 in the successful laying of
the first Atlantic cable. This great
work was an experiment, and a most ex
pensive one to its promoters until it was
actual ly itoved successful. For more
than twelve years Mr. Field gave his!
whole time to this work, though the
idea did not originate with him. The
cable of 1857 broke, and that of 1858,
as is well known, parted after it had
been working about two weeks, and just
at the time when it was thought it was
ready for business. Notwithstanding
this terrible disappointment, the
work was continued. In . 1865
there another failure, ’ but
vyas
a year later a cable was laid which
was successfully used. The persever
ance of; Mr. Field, who never lost his
faith diring krone- all the trying yeare, v is one
of the hi/ characteristics which has
marked 1 whole the
career. When
cable olri866 got into good working or
der Mr.- Field sent out an expedition to
pick up Ike broken cable of 1865, and
the sude% of this wonderful enterprise
caused completion almost as great a sensation had as the
of the first cable done.
For seteral years Mr. Field rested
from hi*labors or traveled. He went
gions arouhd and t|c Africa, world, visited and the Arctic famous re.
became
for Ms excursion parties of friends to
Iceland « India. During the latter part
of his li4s Mr. Field has again become
active iu,the business world; He took
a leading part in the reorganization cf
the Toledo, Wabash and Western rail¬
road, and ’SLately he has been largely in¬
terested* wli|'rn in other corporations, notably
the Union, and rite Nsw^Y o rk
Elevated have m|dc roads. his Mr. quite Field’s prominent holdTJ^s In
name
’ A* year or more, ago he
b »l|t
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site near the Battery. In appearance Mr.
Field is grizzled and gray, but his eyo is
' clear, and he has a brisk step, which be¬
tokens strength for a long continuance
of his business career, though he has
very recently announced his intention of
retiring from his more active engage¬
ments.
Philip D. Armour is probably the rich¬
est man in Chicago to day, and, although
a great deal of the wealth he has amassed
he 'owes to his own enterprise and
pluck, be has been fortunate in his asso¬
ciates, and has generally had rich and
influential men co-operating with him.
Mr. Armour was bora in tho year
1832, ia Onondaga county, New
York, of honest farming par
ents. His first enterprise was to as
sist his father in the management of the
team and in keeping it straight as it
plowed a furrow. His rather ambitious
spirit soon got tired of this, and some
where between the ages of seventeen and
nineteen years he started out for that El
Dorado of ambition—California. Ar
mour reached the Pacific coast, although
the walking was not good, and, things
turning out well for the young miner,
in three years he had acquired a sufficient
competence to return to his native place
and purchase a farm, which had been
the bight of hie ambition before he left.
He did return, but the sights he had had
of new lands and the reckless spirit of
roving he had in the three years acquir¬
ed, made him unwilling to sottle in the
quiet old places of the East. Visions of
the West fired the young man’s ambition
and he started for Cincinnati. There
he stayed a short time, sufficiently long,
however, for him to make the acquaint
ance of Miss Belle Ogden, who, toward
the end of the war, he married, and who
during bis residence in Chicago has been
known for her universal charity and good
works.
From Cincinnati Mr. Armour went to
Milwaukee, and there he made the ac
quaintance of Mr. Phmkinton. Between
the two a business connection sprang up,
which resulted so successfully that they
are two of the very rich men of the West,
At Milwaukee a packing house was
started. About: the opening of the war
Chicago presented a good field, and Mr.
Armour came hither and opened an es
tabiishment on Archer avenue. Here
business psospered, and, as Armour was
a shrewd man, he did not,lose the op
portunity which presented itself when
“gold was really gold," aud speculation
in it meant coining money. This gave
him all the capital he wanted, and in
1885 he had, together with Mr. Plankin
ton, a transaction in pork which cleared
them about $800,000. (Matters generally
VOL V. New Series. No. 23.
had an upward turn, though occasionally
he lost a little money, but nothing to
speak of. In 1879 he and Mr. Plaukin
ton wenf into their big deal, and by
carrying pork for six months cleared
about $4,000,000. Since that time they
have made large deals, but none of suf¬
ficient importance to dilate on. There
are connected with the firm several
brothers, but Philip D. is the chief, and
his word in the management of the af¬
fairs of the firm is law. The firm has
P ackin S h ous*s ia Chicago, Milwaukee
and Kansas cit y> attd employs about 10,
000 mon - Its foreign trade is very large,
aad u hfl8 recently shipped large orders
ot canned beef to England for use in the
Soudan.
Mr - Armopt is a hard worker. He is
at his office ever -V morning at 7 o’clock,
never leaves until 6 o’clock in the
« v « nin 8- wi “ter aud summer he retires
between 8 and 9, and all the social duties
hftve t0 bc performed by his charming
wife 8nd two *» DS > oao ot whom > a « ed
twenty-one years, is in his father’s office,
Mr - Armour is perhaps the most liberal
of all the Chicago merchants in his con
‘ributions to charitable objects, but
being so much engrossed in his business
affairs he allows that beneficence to come
from thc handa of his wifc - and accurd *
holda an inconspicuous place os a
Philanthropist before the people, who
ap “* but acquainted with him—
PhitaoM P hM Preu -
Story o! a Wampum Bol
There is in the possession of the de
scendants of Colonel Andrew Ellicott,
of Columbia, Penn., says the Erie Bis
palch, a wampum belt of rare beauty and
value, which'is preserved as a memento
of the shrewdness and skill of the great
surveyor, by which he not only became
the possessor of the belt, but saved his
life and the lives of many others.
Directly after the purchase of Louisi
ana from the French government Colonel
Ellicott was scut by the United States
government to survey the boundary line
between the new territory and Mexico,
which then included Texas. He wa s
accompanied^by a large carps of engi
neerjs and 100 government troops. /They
cott and his engineer corps found them
selves surrounded by a large
body of Blackfeet Indians, by whom the
entire party was captured. Colonel EUi
cott had a half-breed interpreter, who
found out that it was the intention of
the Indians to massacre the white cap¬
tives, and he informed the chiefs that his
master was a great medicine man who
could do many wonderful things, among
them being his ability to kill a man, or
any living thing at a distance of 150
yards, while the object he shot at was
hidden from view behind a tree, and he
would not aim at it or shoot through the
tree. The chiefs said that if the i
preter's master would kill a wild tursey
in that way they would give thc whole
j party their liberty,
Colonel Ellicott was not a good rifle
shot, but he was able to do many clever
things in shooting by means of mechani¬
cal tricks. When the decision of the
chiefs was given they procured
the turkey aud told Colonel Elli
cott to exhibit bis power. Confident of
his success, he drove a stake in the
ground a few feet beyond the tree with
an axe. Tying the turkey firmly to "the
stake so it could not move from its post
tion he walked in a oblique direction to
one side of the tree and struck the blade
of his axe, apparently with no design,
into the ground and then made a mark
on it with chalk. Pacing of! the 150
yards, he aimed at the chalk mark and
fired. The Indian chief ran behind the
tree and brought the turkey out dead,
the ball, glancing from the axe, having
passed clear through its body, with such
nicety had Col. Ellicott calculated the
angles. The principal cMef was so
delighted with the feat that he unclasped
the magnificent belt be wore and fastened
it about Col. Eilicott’s waist. The sur
veyors were given their liberty, and the
belt worn by the colonel insured him and
his party safety and reverence during the
remainder of the survey.
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Killed by Meteoric Stones. .
Considering the number of meteoric
stones which reach the earth’s surface it
would not be surprising if many lives
had been destroyed them. It is stated
that loss of life resulted from a large fall
ia Africa; that about the year 1020 many
persons and animals were killed; that in
1511, about 5 o'clock one evening, a
priest was struck and killed; and that
still later, 1650, a monk was killed.
B,lt thaBe ; according to Mr. JTames It.
Gre ^- 8eom to b ® the ,DS(ance *
recorded of death . from tailing mete.
or te9 -
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Fixed'stars—members of a stranded
theatrical troupe.— Burlington Fret Preu.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The current of Lake Erie has an ef¬
fect upon the adjacent shores sufficient
to make the spring season from two to
four weeks earlier in and around Toledo
than at Buffalo.
Disease germs are probably much
less effected by extreme cold than might
be expected. Experiments have been
reported to the Glasgow Philosphical
society in which a tempertature of 120
degrees below zero was insufficient to
stop processes of putrefaction.
One of Dr. Livingstone’s early achieve¬
ments was the discovery of Lake Nig
ami, in South Africa, which was then a
favorite resort of elephants and other
large animals. A frequent explorer of
the same region reports the lake dried
up, leaving an arid spot devoid of both
game and vegetation.
It lias been observed by Professor
Holdefleiss that the heet seed sown in a
pot in which the soil was exposed to the
electric light germinated two days ear¬
lier than similar seeds without the ac¬
tion of the electric light. Another in¬
teresting observation is that of Herr
Scholler, who has noticed an exceptional
luxuriance of beets in a small plot which
had been struck by lightning.
Several cases of natives of India, hav¬
ing a white skin, have been reported.
Mr. A. T. Fraser mentions the finding of
a family in which several white persons,
resembling Europeans, had appeared,the
parents having the ordinary blackness of
the natives. The whiteness was not a
result of leprosy. The skin of the al
binos is much more sensitive to the sun’s
rays than that of other natives or even
of Europeans. The contrast between
white and dark relatives having a strik.
ing resemblance of feature is said to be
-most remarkable.
a German engineer is reported to have
made an important discovery in aeronau
tics, by which he is enabled to condense
or expand the gas in a balloon. The
agent he employs is compressed carbonic
ac j d} w ;th the help of which, he says,
He is able to ascend or descend at pleas
ure . This vertical movement would put
moving in the horizontal direction he
wishes. Should all this prove true, says
Iron, the discovery would be an im¬
portant one for military operations, be¬
cause in timo of war a balloon would be
able to reach the enemy’s territory and
ascend or descend without requiring a
fresh supply of gas.
The gigantic animals which existed in
the western part of the United States
during the tortiary age, and which con¬
stitute an order known to science as the
Dinocerata, form the subject of an elabo¬
rate treatise by Professor O. C. Marsh, of
Yale college. A basin in Wyoming Ter¬
ritory, drained by Green river, is the
only locality in the world where remains
of these creatures have been found. This
basin, now fiom 6,000 to 8,000 feet
above sea level, is the site of an ancient
lake, on whose borders the great beasts,
nearly equaling elephants in size, roamed
in great numbers, and in which many of
them were entombed. In the same re¬
gion anecstral forms of the tapir, the*
horse and the pig flourished at the same
geological period; and the lake swarmed
with crocodiles, tortoises, snakes and
fishes, while its shores were fringed
with palms and other plants which are
now characteristic of the tropics. Pro¬
fessor Marsh believes the age of great
mammals to bo past, and that the ele¬
phants must soon disappear from tho
earth.
Preacher Davies and King George.
when preBident of Princeton college,
SamlJe , Davies visited £ ag i and f or the
purp08e of obtaining donations for the
institution. The king (George H.) hai
tt curiosity to hear a preacher from “the
wilds of America.” He accordingly at
tended, and was so much struck with his
command i n g eloquence, that he express
e d his astonishment loud enough to b*
heard ha i f way over t ho house, in suck
terms as these: “He is a wonderful
maul" “W’hy, he beats my bishop!’*
etc. Davies observing that the king was
attracting more attention than himself,
pausedi ’ and> ^ looking his majesty full In
the {ac 6) ga e in an emphatic tone,
^ following beautiful rebuke: “ When
the jj 0n roaretlli iet tfo beasts of the
^ ore5t tremb]o . ^ when t be Lord
speakctll let th# kinga of the earth keep
8ilent „ nie king instantly shrank bank
- n hig ^ Iike a ^hoolboy who b..d
^ ra d on the head by his master,
and rcmaincd quiet during the remainder
q{ the Mrm0Q The dext dav the mon .
arch sent for him, aad gave him fittv
guincas for the i nsti t„ ti0 n over which he
presided, observing at the same time to
his courtiers; “Heisan honest man—an
honest man.”