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Something About Family Names.

There might be much amusement il
tracing the origin Of family names
Long ago-say about six or seven
hundred years since-tbere were nc
family names at all People had Chris
tian names and nothing more, and OF
course, there was often considerable
difficulty in distinguishing individuals.
Such at present is the case in Turkey,
where the old eastern practice of using
but a single name continues to be
followed. Surnames were not introduced
into England until after the conquest.
The fashion OF using two names came to
Us from France, but for a time was con-
fined to families Of distiction, and
extended slowly over the country. One
thing is said to have promoted its use.
Young ladies of aspiring tastes declined
to marry gentlemen who had only a
Christian name, such a. John or Thomas,
for they would necessarily have still to
be called by their own name, Mary,
Elizabeth, or whatev vas Spinsters
accordingly thou o be a grand
thing to form an with a person
possessing the d, -alnctioD of faopiiy
be called.
CT " enough, so difficult Is tito a
ter oil ., that until very lately sur
names scarcely used among the
humbh ,es of people in some parts
To- ..f
civilizat- ]. In these places q creditor
would enter the name of his debtor in
his book as John the son Of Thomas, just
as you see genealogies in the Old Testa-
ment. Only now, from improved
communication with the outer world,
have practices of this kind gone out of
use. We can easily understand how the
name ending in son, as Johnson, Thomp-
son, Manson (abbreviation of Mag
nussen), originated; and it is equally
easy to conjecture how names from
professions such as Smith, Miller, Cooper,
came into existence. 1t is equally obvi-
Gus that many family names are derived
from nature of the complexion Of indi-
viduals, as Black, Brown and White.
At first sight there is mystery as re-
CARDS the different wavs in which certain
names are spelled. Smith is sometimes
written Smyth and in some instances
Brown has an at the end of it. We see
the name Reid spelled as Read, Reed and
Rede. We see Long, Lang and Laing,
an variations of one name. The same
thing can be said of Strong, Strang and
STANCE; of Little, Liddle; of Home and
Hume; of Chambers and Chalmers, and
so on with a host of surnames in daily
use. The mystery which hangs over
various spellings is cleared up on a con-
sideration of the Indifferent scholarship
which prevailed until even the middle
of the eighteenth century. q Names in
old legal documents and in the inscrip-
tions on the blank leaves of family
Bibles, are written in all sorts of ways.
A man seldom writes his name twice in
succession the same way. Each member
of family foll)wel the spelling suggest
ed by his own fancy, and added to or
altered letters in h 5 name with perfect
Indifference Eccentricities of this kind
are still far from uncommon in the sigma
lures of imper 'ectly educated persons.
There is in fact, constant growth of
new names, springing from carelessness'
Though aI-o. in some cases, from q sense
ofr
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4 Star of Hope.
a star above the steeple-top,

A star above the steeple-top,
In twilight but a feeble spark
Is hanging as the shadows drop,
and brighter barns as comes the dark
Let not your courage from you 20
When common troubles drag you down
Your face that nov is " hite for woe,
With sunny JOY may yet be brown.
BE pure in heart, in peace or pain;
Obey the still small voice tnat calls:
The star shove the steeple-vane
shines stronger as the darkness falls.
Hope like q diamond IN the coal.
shall shine, no Eever black the night
Keep well your eyes unto the goal,
And do not tire, bat trust and igat.
Because the path has led your feet
To places bleak and bare with blight
Seek not for safety In retreat;
Stiu OTward 20, and look for light.
And II ia vain you seek a ray
OF sun 70 break the chords Of sorrow
SUI night II oUt-wOrk well to-day.
And do not (, ar about Tomorrow.
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General Notes.

Ten thousand glass eyes are sold an
nualy in the United States
Potatoes are so plenty in Kansas as to
be hardly worth marketing. u
There are $4,000 cigars per day manu-.
factured at Key West.
Professor Hall, the discoverer of the
two new. satellites of Mars was enee q
carpenter.
Rev. John 7. Smith, convicted oil
forgery in Boston, has been convicted
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A witness on the stand, in reply to a
question as to what the character of Mr..
was for truth and veracity, said,
srWen, 1 should say that he handles The
truth very carelessly.'
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erably weakeilsd from their i've days
enforced confinement and spare diet
succeeded in making their way to that
place Youths Companion.
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HERE is a conundrum which we do not
remember 10 have seen in print; Why
is a pig looking out Of a second-story
window like the moon Because ne
leoks round. If anybody triumPhantiy
retorts that the moon does not look
round, you can reply that the pig .dosen
eithe-
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Church Rules for ihe Ladies'.

Church Rules for fhe Ladies'.
Dress hard ali morLing. such is fate.
Then enter church soIne mi1utes late.
All eyes viii then be turned on you.
ana VIII observe your bonnet urs.
Let humble modesiy wreath your face,
And take your seat with fauliles grace.
Let an your thoughts he fixed on hi.h,
And rearrange yolr cardinal tie.
Think how religions prone to blesz.
Anl criticize your neis shbora dfess.
It all your heart De q led VITA rraiss.
And notice Mu. Nig-l's lace.
Put from v0ur mind thoughts Of Gin,
aud read 1si your diamond pin.
Think Of how good rel .ion proro-.
and then s1ooth ont your outt1ued giov
Catch well the prccefis a- they ial,
And smooth ihe Erinsl-s in your shawl
Think Of the'siuuer'. fearful fate.
And notice ii your bolnot's straight.
Pray for the influence divine
That lady's basque, mark he de Ign
Let tender peace po.s..g your nind.
and c,iucise at hat behind.
Reject on Christian grsces Scar,
And fix those cuis beside your ear.
L't yOnr heart warm with silent PRAYER,
ind view taat louid green silk there.
Reflect upon the wickcd's ways
see If your god CHAIN out oi place.
Think # the peac' The rood shall lind
And wonder Who De- sitting behind.
Think Of the burdens Christians bear,
And notice those strange ladies here.
The last Words hear with contrite heart.
And fix your pull-back whom vou start.
-PhUddclphia Pres.
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a ybangster ~ the table the other
night asked his mother if sausages were
ripe yet, and was told that sausages did
not grow. Yes they do" said he
stoutly, "for saw a whole branch of
green ones in a fruit store to-day" 1t
was necessary to enlighten him with
regard to the difference between bananas
aud sausages.
Vegetable ivory, The growth of the
palm tree, is indigenous to Central
America. 4 few years since IL was worth
but $40 per ton now it brings readily
$50 at the ships side 1t is the fruit OF
a certain species of the palm, and is only
the hardened albumen of the seed. Tho
vegetable ivory palm has but short,
stumpy stalk, and produces its fowers
aud nuts in a spathe or yalvular envelope
quite near to the ground
The difficulty of the street car COM
panies in getting full returns from both
conductors and passengers j. not confined
to this country, although il has probably
produced a greater variety Of bell
punches, clock monitors and patent
deposit boxes here than abroad The
London general omnibus company was
50 much exercised upon the subject two
or three months ago ~ TO offer q reward
Of e1 900 for an invention or scheme for
checking passengers fares, and
it is not known yet that even such an
incentive has developed the requisite
ingenuity. Some of the devices used in
New York and Philadelphia have already
yiel%ed considerable revenues 10 their
owners; for one OF them q single car
is said to have paid $4,000.
a STRAY FLOWER.
Sweet little runaway rover.
Where have you wandered to-day
Search in the wheat and the clover
LOOK in the blllowY hayl
Left all alone H. your dolly;
Plsymates are shouting your name
Kitty Is quite melancholy,
Towser is hat the same
say, are you watching the cricket?
Watching the clambenng b,o7
though 10 the morning Ou pick 10
Never bud iai er tran th+i
Have you a nook ni,e and sunny.
Deep in the grass aud tie lern2
i',I ~. ,., S,ii --....',--r- Iearn7
an here's the print Of . .liprer
Leading down into the deii
hn9w II rs well "a a skfoper
'iHe"afd bound, harbor can tell
Peep there you are little rv,sv
a., i mere IN the bloom an aione
So. s"tet Kiss on your lius-feef
see now III steal IT, NV own w.
In the New York collere the other----
Y r.sgef--,,,-, eftfffssafs,tTr sentences
bifalutin that would be sonorous and
parentlv eloquent, but in reality would
found not to mean anything at all.
ne Of the class next day brought in the
lowing Together the gray and
lden eagle swept from their original
rch Of equal dignity and powers; the
rmer has beer stricken down in its
ght. It is now proposed to reinstate
Shall it be with its lost dignity and
,wers restored? Or shall IL in the out
T. be made a bird of prey TO feed on and
.nsume the credit-wealth Of the nation,
,werless to render purchasing equiya-
mt ." The professor laughed, and
I'VE it the premium for grandiloquent
upiditv. but the reputed author was
hack fourteen next day because it
AZ found TO be an extract from a speech
/, Judge West, republican candidate for
,vcrnor OF Ohio.
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The whispering Canyon.

Words spoken on one side OF Gold can
Won are heard with striking clearneSs
upon the other side. 1he sounds are
talenboned across the Intervening space
and NAV be as distinctly noted a. II the
m sneaker were standing BY the side Of the
listener. ghis. is OF eour'e' due 70 90, ss9
peculiar formation of the country Neisn
bors who live on opposite sides Of the
CANYON talk together quite readily Wnen
thew live as much as a mile apart oy 'oe
way the road runs. II Is not SO iSI Dy s, lno
air line. however, God HI { Aer-) He''s'
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The best summer resort for babies
Rockaway. The best for bad boys
Long Branch.
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CHURCHES.

Methodist Epi~opa1-Rcv. II. p, West
nostor. Sabbath school at y a. III. =
w. StockSdalr, Supt
Iytheraa-Rcv. J. Sumers, pastor. sab
hath school at , o'clock p. NJ. Jos T.. "eh-
stcr, Supt. ~ ,,
tor Sabbath school al II o'clock; j. W.
Bal,zcll Supe. intcndent.
Morarian-Rcv. l.. p. Clewcll, pastor
Sabbath school ut 0 O'Clock; James Cree
ger, Superintendent, r.u;.
roman Cutholtc-Rcv. Father William
Hill.
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The only serious complaints that
are made respecting the superabun-
dance of silver currency are offered
against the three-cent pieces. In
our opinion the best thing that can
be done with the three cent coin is to
suppress it altogether. There is re-
ally no need of coin between the
cent and the fve-oent piece and the
three. cent piece is further objectiona-
bic because it is of almost exactly
the same circumference as the ten
cent coiu.
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Selected Hoehv.
GOOD COUNCIL.

Guard, my child, thy tongue,
That it speaks no wrong;
Let no evil words pass DER it,
Set the watch of truth before it
That it do no wrong
Guard, my Child, thy tongue:
Guard, my child. thine eyes;
Pryiny is not wise;
Let them look on what is right,
From all evil turn their sight:
Prying is not wise
Guard, my child, thine eyes.
Guide. my child, thine car;
Wicked words will scar:
Let no evil words come in
That may cause thy soul to sid;
Wicked words will sear--
Guard, my child, thine ear.
Ear, and eye, and tongue
Guard while thou art young
For, alas ! these busy three
Can unruly members be;
Guard while thou art young
Ears, and eyes, and tongue.
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CHANGE OF TINE
WESTERN MARYLAND +. ROAD,
@ y. .i.:Tss

ON and after Sunday, May 10, 1875
" Passenger Trains will run as iol'
lows:
LEAVE MECHANICSTOWN
For Baltimore and Westminster at 7:22 a
M., and 3:45 p. NJ.
For Hagerstown and Williamsport Ills
A NJ and 7;l3 = NJ
ARRIVE MECHANICSTOWN
" From Baltimore and Westminster at II
13 A NJ and 7:13 NJ
From Wiliamsport and lIagerstown at
1872 a m, and 3:4 5p III
EMMITTsBURG RAILROAD - Change Of
Scheduh.-On and after Sunday, May 49,
trains will leave Emmittsburg at 100 a n,,
and SEQ and 6l5 p. M; and arrive at
Rocky Ridge 725 a. m, and 3.45 and GAO
pm.
And will leave Rocky Ridge 1885 a m,
and 4.Ol and 6.56 p. H., and arrive at En-
mittsburg 11.2Oa. M, and 430 and and 1875
pm
Passenger Trains on w. NJ. r. r. leave
Rocky Ridge as follows: Eastward-7.3s 3s
a. m., and 401 p. m. Wcstward-l0.55
a. IN and $3.50 pm.
j. NJ. HOOD,
Gen'l Manager.
B.H. GRISWOLD,
Gen'l Ticket Agent
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MECIIANICSTOW WN.

Burgt@-Van b Oslcr.
Comoissionrrs-E L. Boblitz, a. Slick
n G. Martin Geo. w. Foreman.
CLrk-E. l.. BohlitZ.
Tar r,Lsctor-Calcb Peddicord.
po,tn1ster-,John Root.
Con,toblrs-Calcb Pcddicord and john
A. Rcnner
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They were betrothed-lIope Nair
and John Breighton-and standing
side by side on the tnrbid rivers
shore, when the dying sun and the
pale, rising moon divide the heavens
He put the betrothal ring on hel
tinger-that white and taper finger
whose slender shape he knew SO well
and they swore to be true to each
other-through trouble and peace, in
wealth and poverty, nothing but
death could part them now.
Even death cannot part us, Hope,
said he-he who scotfed at the reve.
lation. i would soon return to You
from the tomb, my soul would come
back 10 be near my little sweetheart
And you, my blue eyes, if you should
die first, the cold grave could not
keep YOU from me and again those
fair arms would clasp around my
neck as they DO now.
No. John, she replied, with anoth-
er light IN her honest eyes than had
ever shone in his, the dead who die
in peace with God are happy in heav-
ell, and do not return to the wicked
earth that is only the suicide, the
lost wretch on whom the sorrowful
angels shut the doors Of the Para
disc, whose unholy spirit haunts the
footsteps Of the living
But should either of us die, little
Hope, we love each other 50, God
would not keep US apart-one would
come back to the other.
And the youth tossed back bis
brown hair and laughed nervously,
then kissed the soft cute mouth so
confiingly close to his-bnt mystic
shade came over the radiant face.
Br4ighton-he was young, hand
some, eloquent, clever, and beloved,
yet metaphysical, reckless, unbeliev-
ing, heartless. Did he love the fair
girl before him ? Yes, as he swore it,
he loved her.
Hope-I thiNk modern physlolo-
gists would have discovered much in
the nature of Hope Vain to marvel at
and explain. 1t was delicate, fragile,
flimsy piece Of mechanism-very ex-
quigite, if you could only keep it in
order, but extremely liable to be in
jured and destroyed. With her the
heart took the place of the mind
Love her, and her whole nature ex-
panded like some beautiful flower
Withdraw this benign influence, and
the same nature contracted like NOR
ming. glory in the MONDAY sun, and
was as easily crushed.
The first year of their betrothal had
gone, and Hope was alone-the year
had not only gone, but John had gone,
too-gone to win fortune and fame,
perhars; but that made it none the
less bitter to the girlish heart-he
had gone.
Hope sat alone in her quiet home
the night before the day that was to
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Why is it, asks an exchange, that
when a oman falls down stairs she
screams out at every bump, while a
man holds his breath until he gets to
the bottom 1t is because the woman
doesn' intend to do any swearing at
the bottom, while the man does, and
saves himself for grand, comprehen-
sive 'everlastingly dad durn it, when
he gets to the bottom.
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A North Carolina paper says:
George T. Stronach, of Raleigh, has
received an order from house in
New York for 100 hogsheads Of pick
led chickens. The order was origi-
nally from the Russian Commissary
Department.
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WoMAN's CURIos1TY.-A man was
Yesterday pushing an iron lawn roller
around yard on Woodward avenue,
when au old lady came along leaning
up against the fence and watched him
for while, and then called out:
Say Mister, what are you pushing
tnat around for 2
TO roll the lawn, he answered.
What do you want to roll the lawn
for o
To make it level.
What do you want to make it lev
ell for? she continued.
That's what | was ordered to d.
he answered, as he wiped away the
perspiration.
But what did they order you to do
it for?
why, they think smooth lawn
looks the best, suppose
why do they think smooth lawn
looks The best she persisted.
4 haven't time to talk, he said, as
he started up again.
why haven't you time to talk .
she shouted.
Coz n ask the boss 7 he yelled.
why shall l go'n ask the boss -
she screamed.
He disappeared behind the house
to get rid of her, and after waiting.
five minutes for him to reappear she,
slowly sauntered off, muttering
Some folks are so smart and stuck
up that You can't get within mile OF
en- unless YOU blaze with diamonds.
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SOCIETIES..

4. r. and 4. NJ, No. 155-Mcc's every
second and fourth Monday in each month
Van b. Oslcr, Secretary.
Il. of p. No. 67-Mcct every Friday
night. X. of r. &. s., {. llarman.
l. 0. of 0. r., No. 4G-Meet every
Thursday night ohm LandcrS, Secy.
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A married man in St. Louis had
blue glass put in his wife's sitting
room to match her eyes he said. She
returned the compliment by putting
red glass in her husbands library to
match his nose, she said. He didn't
seem to appreciate the compliment.
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The En- glish Quakers have been re-
duced about seventeen thousand per-
sons from sixty thousand century
ago.
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was no stranger.
WHO ARE THE BLES ED blessed
is the man who minds his own busi-
ness.
Blessed is the woman who never
says to her husband, I told you so.
Blessed is the man who can sew on
his own buttons when the baby is cry
ing.
Blessed is the woman who won
marry a widower-providiug he is
your father.
Blessed is the mother-in law who
never reminds you that you married
above your station.
Blessed is the rich relation who
never looks down on you-when you
are in the gutter.
Blessed is The poor relation who
never LOOKS up TO you-'or money =.
blessed Is 'ile o!o malo VINO oon '
hate old people and the children.
i'''sSe0 10 '''' o'0 '0' "
don nate cats ana pm CUSHIONS
blessed are lhe married people VINO
don t wish they were single
blessed are the single people VINO
are content 70 remain So
blessed Is the husoaho VINO never
says his mothers pes were Oette'
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1t is stated that Sitting Bull, and
the lodges under his command,
crossed the Missouri in the north
west of Dakota They are moving
north in the direction of Cypress
Hills and are in all probability by this
time on Canadian territory.
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On Sunday night last party of
disguised men went to Jail at Bland
vile, Ky, and with drawn pistols de-
manded and received the keys. They
entered the Jail and seized Levi Pile,
negro, who attempted to assault
an murder Mrs. Pile, the wife of his
employer, last week. They put a
rope around his neck, tied him to
a mule, and dragged him away to the
woods Nothing further Is known
except that his dead body was found
hanging to tree with several bullet
holes in it and the clothing burned
Oft.
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ORPHANS COURT.
Orphans' Court meets every Monday and
Tuesday o! each week.
Chief Judge-Wm. J. Black.
As.oc;ates-Thomas lIolLrunncr and Jno
Hghtmcn.
Register of WVs-Col. John r. Ro"zcr
County Commissioners-Joseph Wood,
President: Samuel Ilargctt, Ezra l"ns
Daniel Biscr of j., and A. Il Simmons.
Clerk to CommiSs,oner-H.F F. Steiner
Collector of State and County Tares-W
il Miller.
COUNTY Swreyor-Wm. II. Ramsburg'
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
President, James W.Pcarrc; Commission
ers-William G Baker, James W. lroNe"'
Joseph Brown, Henry Boyle.
JUSTICES OF TIE PEACE.
District No. 15-Frea'k White, Mr'han-
icstown: c l.. Firor, Graccham "h' .
Mcpherson, Catsctin Furnace
REGISTRAR Or VOTERS.
District No. l5-Bsrnard Co!litlowcr
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DlREC TORY
uF FREDERICK COUNTY
AND
The Borough of MechanicStown

-( 20: >
COUNTY OFFICERS:
Chief Judge-Hon. r. l. Bowie.
y Assoc,a.es-Hons. John A Lynch and W
V. Bouic.
States .ittorncy-ohn c. Mottcr
Clerk Of Circuit Court-Thomas Cor
such.
Sherif-John Swcadner.
Auditor-Frcd'k ]. Nelson.
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A Connecticut debating society is
asked, is it wrong to cheat a lawyer =?
Perhaps not but it ism customary.
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y from the gathering shadows into

} AAo~ 0N S
his own.
He struggled to throw off the icy
embrace--but failed. He could clasp
the long, slender, wet fingers, but
could not tear them apart.
His dead sweetheart loved him
well-too true.
He tried to shout, but his voice
died in a husky whisper; his lips
were parched, his throat burning, hi:
brain on fire
The evenig express thundered
alongside the station, the corductor
lantern in hand leaped from the plat.
form, and rushed into the waiting
room, followed by an elderly gentle
man. He stumbled over something
a body of a man outstretched upon
the floor. The red glare of the Ian.
tern fell upon him, upon his face
which was white and ghastly. 1t
was John Creighton and John Breigh'
ton was dead.
The good physician of the country
side wisely concluded that the hand.
some stranger had come to his death
by heart disease. but there were those
who knew better, to whom the corps
was no stranger.
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There is little boy in South Nor
walk who has watched with envious
ewes his comrades slide down hill,
while he, having no sled, was com :
PEELED to take up with an old chair or
barrel stave. His foster-mother fin
ally told him to pray for one. He
took his mothers advice, and one
evening prayed as follows: Now l
lay me down to sleep, want a sled
l pray the Lord my soul to keep, |
want a cutter. The grand father of
the little fellow was informed Of the
prayer, and was so pleased that he
bought sled, and a few mornings af-
ter it was left by his bed, so that he
could see it as soon as he awoke. AS
his eyes first rested npon it the good
lady behind the door was both sur
prised and shocked to hear him say,
We'll, now, where in the devil did
that come from
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The Postmaster General has issued
an order providing that hereafter all
appointments of railway, postotfice
clerks, route agents, shall be made
only for a probationary term Of six
months, and that, at the expiration
ary period, no re-appoiutment shall
be made unless the appointee shall
have shown himself competent, and
passed a satisfactory examination up
on the duties of his position.