The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-11-24
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Remarkable Exits from Life. '.

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When he eWallIam the silently feIt him.
self dying, Hollands greatest warrior"
sent for two clergymen of the opposing re-
ligious factions and bade them argue which
of their creeds was thelright one. ( g T. see
well enough" said the hardened unbeliev-
er, when they had finished their discussion.
81 see there is nothing certain except
mathematics" With this he turned his
face to the wall. goe had ceased to live.
A remarkable dependence upon the GER
tainty of mathematics. Il One who was not
quite SO confident endeavored to make as
surance doubly sure. sdr .asala o,3 '''
u Iquote from Scaliger and De Theu, who
both maintain that Hyeronymus Csdan, a
celebrated astronomer and mathematician,
who lived. in Pavia towards the middle of
the sixteenth century, and who may be
better known to students as the adiscovereri
of g Cadan's suspension, y having .foretold
the day.of hisIdeath by various calculations
starved himself to- death for. fear that his
prediction would not be verified, and that
his beloved science might suffer in lcense-
lquence thereof. This might be called be-
ing .imbued with the spirit of the thing;
but / think that my next. example goes a
step further STILL .fCreech, the e!celebrated
commentator on Lucretius, 2 says Voltaire
in his Dictionaire Philosophique, 'sWrote
on his manuscript, NIB. eds must hang
myself whenI have finished my .commen-.
tary.1' He kept his word, in order, to have
the pleasure of ending his days like his
author. sA1 o3ai s4ingA bas sa4a3 *
~ Champcenetz, the Secretary of Riyarol,
during the French revelation of g'93, inno-
Gently asked, when he had'hsard, his death
sentence, whether substitute would not
do. Andre Chemer did not trouble himself
so.far. Perceiving his friend Roucher, the
Iauthor Of the q Months, n a poem mot un-
like Thompson,s n Seasons, d. he apostro-
phized him quite cheerfullyby reciting the
opening lines of. the FIRST scenel Of q An
dromache. u After which he kept silent
until they arrived at the Barriere du Trone
Renverse, near which the guillotine was
erected 20 The hideous cart was met by a
aock sofs sheep just entering Parisa It
brought to the young authors mind the
seventh Eclogue of Virgil, which ne closed
with aTorridas. florida, corrected
Roucher. His companion did not answer
until they had mounted the scaffoldy when
he softly approached Roucher and tapped
hin on the shoulder You were right; I
forgot that summer was feminine insIat.
in.n iss8s sast' EssasaGtasss5s Eslw atA5e Ep
That Montaighe should get up Id his
| dying hours to pay his, seryants their salat
| fry, for fear that his heirs might neglect it
OF dispute the arnonnt, Is not SO wonderful.
knowing what We DO of the man MAJ and his
principles; but that one uf his very oppo-
itors after, he should be gone. is gather sur
prising - 1s 3. 80
Vagaelas, author of, the 4 4 Issmarkes sur
la Hrammaire Francaise, 3 q not very strait
laced parsonage, did 80, however, Not
withstanding his ample pension, he vas
SO loaded with debts 20 that extent that he
no. longer dared appear on the street in the
| day time, but only went out at night, q
IVcalling him, g The Owl. y This condition
of things made him very uneasy, as was
proved ii his win. After having. disposed
of his wardrobe to- satisfy all outst ndifg
claims, adds with perfect frank nknness and
4 honhommie: !. But as there might still be
4 left some creditors who cannot be paid,
II even after everything is sold, in that case
4 my wish IS that they shall sell my body TO
some surgeon at the hig hest price that shall
| be paid for IL, and that tue amount shall he
4 applied to the liquid atiOn of those debts
i which may still be owing in the world;
\ 80 that, if i have not succeded In being