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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
WAR ON ASSAY OFFICES.
Cripple Creek, COL, In q State OF
Terror Over Destruction
Of Assay Ofhces.
SIX OF THEN WRECKED BY EXPLOSIONS,
The Raiders Did Not Hesitate 20
JcOpardisc Human Life. and seri-
Gus Injuries We're inflicted On
Several Persons-The Animus Of
the Attacks.

Victor Col, Feb. 25.-Cripplc Creek
is in state of terror owing to pre-
concerted attack upon the assay Of
fees doing business in the district.
beginning at three o'clock Monday
morning. and following in rapid sue
cession. six explosions wrecked as
many assay offices in the ccntcrs
ranging from Victor to Cripple Creek
and up To Goldfeld. In every in
stance The object sought by the in
cendiaries was accomplished by the
destruction of the offices with their
fine equipment Of delicate balances.
The raiders did not hesitate to
jeopardize life. as all but one of the
buildings were also occupied by
sleeping families. As it was, men.
women and children were hurled out
of their beds by the shocks. and Sc
rious injuries inflicted. The full cx-
tent of the damage can not be esti
mated.
In this city the Davenport Office
was wrecked by two explosions. in
volving loss of fully $1,000 Almost
at the same time the assay Offices of
Vandcwalker. Morgan and Williams
were treated likewise. The loss was
approximately as large as Dayen-
ports. One man. n miner. sas Sc
verely injured at the explosion at
Williams office. He was passing at
the moment of the explosion. Fly
81. I.,l D IN
gashing his eyes, and may result in
total blindness.
In Cripple Creek Beniamin's assay
Office. north of the Florence and
Cripple Creek depot. was blown up.
In the town of Goldtield. about a
mile and half north of here. al
most simultaneously. Boyce's Office
and another assay establishment
were wrecked. Boycc's family occu-
pied an adjoining room Mrs. Boyce
was blown out Of bed. but escaped
without fatal injuries. She was bad
ly shocked. 4 family living in the
other Office was also blown out Of
bed, but escaped serious injury. The
giant powder was blown out of the
windows at Goldfeld.
In this city the powder was placed
under the building.
The house in which a family lived
next to the Williams assay Office here
was much damaged. and a woman
was much prostratcd. Sheriff Rob
ertson has called out his deputies,
and is taking all means 10 discover,
If possible, the perpetrators Of the
crimes.
The general impression here is that
the attacks are the result Of n de-
termined effort to rid the district Of
oil high-gradc purchasing institu-
tions.
For years there has been system
attic stealing Of rich ore from the
mines. amounting to thousands OF
/ dollars monthly. 1T is thought that
so assayers have been doing a business
| Of buying such ore. Recently the Mine
Owners association discovered that
shipments of high-grade ore had been
made by assaycrs from this distric,
10 the Sibley smeltcr at San Francis
CO and "A smelter at Salt Lake. but all
efforts TO stop the traffic were una.
vailing.
Bloodhounds from Canon City have
been called for.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
HOOSIER HAPPENINGS


vincennes. Ind, Feb. 2i-When
Virginia Harmed comes to this city
10 present "llice Of Old Nincennes
she will be given a hearty reception
BY the citizens. Arrangements have
been made TO convey her to historic
points in carriage and the women
Of the city will give her reception
AT the Grand hotel in the afternoon.
The stage will he showered with
bouquets. The fete will close with
reception at the Pastime ciun
rooms after the performance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Wabash. Ind. Feb 2i.-Dr. Henry
g. Moore. of this city. with a pen
chant for collecting Indian relics. and
who spent many years at Rich Val
lev. near this city. where he was fire.
quently in contact with the Miamis,
has an old battle flag said To have
been carried by Gen. Anthony Wayne
Mad Anthony during his campaign
through northern Ohio and Indiana,
toward the close of the eighteenth
century.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

At Kansas City, Mo-. on the 18th,
William Prince was formally SEN
fenced TO two years in the peniten-
tiary for completely in the murder of
his brother-in-law. Philip ii. Kennedy,
for which his sister, Mrs. Kennedy.
is serving a ten-years' sentence as
principal. and for which his father
and brother are still awaiting trial
for completely.
The Danish premier, ]. NJ. Deun-
ster. who consented TO stand as a
candidate for the rigsdag to succeed
Herr G. Hoegsbro, late president of
the folkething. has been elected with
out opposition.
Julius Wolf. the celebrated este
ologist and ortheopedist of the Uni
versity Of Berlin, died in that city on
the 18th.
The federal land Office at Santa Fe,
y. NJ. received orders. on the 10Th.
TO withdraw from settlement six
townships of land east and northeast
Of Albuquerque TO be occupied as a
new military post. There are 10000
acres Of government land in these
townships. which are at the foot of
the Sandia mountains.
The spring weather Of the past few
weeks in Oklahoma was cut short. on
the 10th, by a cold wave and zero
weather with fiurries of snow and
wind.
&c ~ oil hnr rIa
in the case of a number of japanese
officers who are accused of looting
during the campaign in China against
the Boxers.
r. O. Hunt. of Marinette. Wis. a
former member of the legislature.
was arrested. on the 10th. charged
with mutilating the records of Ocosto
county. Wisconsin, for the purpose Of
defrauding the Pcshtigo Lumber Co.,
of Peshtigo. Wis, out of $50, 900 worth
of land. He is alleged TO have lifted
IL pages out of volume Is, in the
register of deeds office.
A. +. Gould, cashier of the defunct
Ballwood bank of David City, Neb.,
who lost, by speculation. a quarter OF
million dollars, was sentenced 10
eight years in the penitentiary on the
10Th.
Representative Southwick, Of New
York. on the Goth, introduced bill
to prevent the brewing of inferior
beer. II requires that hops and malt
shall be the only products entering
into the brewing of beer and ale. anc
that no other products than barley
wheat and rice shall enter into the
manufacture Of malt.
Western Oklahoma was buried. OF
the goth, under the heaviest snow
since the opening to settlement. IL
Blaine and Grant counties il was Owe
two feet deep; and in many places
the trains cut through drifts of tire,
and four feet.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail
road Co. announced, on the Goth, I,
the citizens Of I'll Reno and Anadarkc
Okla, its intention TO build through
those cities from Guthrie, and on Z
southwestern Texas, q distance o
$50 miles.
on the goth, at p. IN. in the fedora
palace at Caracas. The presidentis
message was not delivered to til
congress.
According 10 the 81. Fctersbur
correspondent of the London Dali
Mail, Count Tolstoi, who has recent
been gravely Ill. is now out of DANCE
The executive committees Of I'll
/ Cattlemen's Associations Of Oklah,
ma and the Panhandle Of Texas wi
! meet in Guthrie, okla, in March I
merge under tn, name of the Soutl
, western Cattle Growers association
! which will then be the largest organ
I ization Of cattle interests in III
world.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
THE NINETEENTH VICTIM.
Death Of Mrs. Caroline L.. X. Hall, Of
Newark. n. j.. who wns Injured
In saturdays Fire.

New York. Feb. Mrs. Caroline
L. Hall. Of Newark, n. j., who was
burned in the Park Avenue hotel fire.
Saturday morning. died Monday. She
was so years old, and was the widow
Of Rev. DR.. Samuel VI. Hall. who was
secretary and treasurer Of the Sea-
mems Friend society. DIR. Hall at
one time was pastor Of a Presby-
terrain church In Owego. N.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Two Men Killed While Examl nlnG
what They supposed 60 lie a
Frozen Fuse.

jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. 25.-By an
explosion Of dynamite on the grading
of the Colorado railroad, at Babb-
town. 25 miles south of this city,
Archibald Johnson. Of Chicago. and
{. r.. Andrews. Of Marshalltown, Ia,
were killed. They thought the fuse
was frozen and went 10 examine it
when the shot went of. killing them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Notre Dame. Ind. Feb. 2i.-Notre
Dame is laboring under suppressed
excitement over the result of the re-
Law teams strong showing in Wash
ington. The capture of the one-half
mile by Uffendall from eastern cracks
and the defeat of Cornell by more
than 60 yards by the relay team has
caused great enthusiasm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
Acquitted.

Jefrersonville, Ind. Feb. 24.-Mrs.
Fife Zimmerle. who was taken from
n train at Seymour while en- route TO
st. Louis and brought back IL answer
the charge of stealing 1924 from her
mother-in-law. Mrs. Sarah j. Iim-
merle. was given hearing in the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Cabling from st. Petersburg. on the
Goth. the correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail says "the seismic dis
turbances at Shamaka have recon-
menced and n fresh volcano has be-
gun TO erupt vigorously" The CORE
spondent adds that the number OF
killed in the Shamaka district by the
recent earthquake is now estimated
1t 5000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Findlay, d.. Feb. 25.--Fire. originate
ing from an unknown cause. de-
stroycd the entire plant of the Find
lay Table Manufacturing Co.,
Sunday morning. causing loss OK
$4,000. with insurance Of $4,000. The
company manufactured fine dining
room tables exclusively.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

South Bend. Ind. Feb. 2i.-Of the
30 medals granted by the govern
ment to officers and soldiers for gal
lantry in Cuba. China and the Phil
ppines. Joseph 4. Nolan. now
workingman here. has received one.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

A report was received, on the 2lst,
that the-Pennsylvania excursion train
was wrecked on the Mexican Central
q considerable distance south OF FL
Paso, Tex. 1t was reported that five
cars left the rails. but no details as
20 casualties have been received. The
wreck is said to have been caused by
burning ties which permitted the rails
TO spread.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Muncie, Ind, Feb. 2+.-.Iust before
Frank Dempsey. of Muncie. was SEN
fenced by Judge Letter 10 the state
prison for stealing a pair Of baby
shoes. he received telegram saying
that his brother. Albert Dempsey,
had been shot and killed in Detroit.
Mich, by policeman. The police
man shot Dempsey when the latter
resisted arrest
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Richard b. Field died in Cincinnati.
on the 21st, in his ninetieth year. Mr..
Field was one of Cincinnatis pioneer
business men, having been actively
engaged in the baking business from
1897 to 1s9s. During the civil war
he was large contractor for hard
Sacls." He was the survivor of the
founders of the Unitarian church in
Cincinnati.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Gov. Stanley of Kansas received a
letter from the mayor of Paterson.
N. j., on the 18th, returning $3.50
which the Kansas Indian Relief COM
mission had sent to the Paterson
fire sufferers. The letter thanked
Gov. Stanley and the commission, but
stated that Paterson was able to
take care of its destitute without out
side assistance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

At the meeting of the Illinois Press
association in Chicago. on the 10th,
q lengthy paper in the nature of re-
port. written by Fred Whitney. OF
the Waukegan Gazette. on Trusts
Cost Thereof to Publishers" was pre-
scented. Mr.. Whitney's paper showed
. greatly increased cost of paper since
the formation Of the combination of
paper manufacturers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Muncie. Ind. Feb. 24.-.Jamcs TIoi-
linger has been awarded $4,000 by the
jury in his demand for 10000 from
the American Rolling Mill company
for the loss Of foot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Nuncie. Ind, Feb. 2i.-M. III. Pick
ell. n young man Of this city. has
plotted two parties to the Klondikc
gold fields. and now possesses a num-
Der. of ella inns. which are said TO be
producers lie will soon return to
the gold fields to take active charge
of his claiIuS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Charlottesville. Ind. Feb. 2i.-The
mild weather during the past few
days has practically removed the
snow from the wheat fields and In
diana farmers report the plant as
coming out badly injured. With the
ruined corn crop of last season they
are very apprehensiye and fear the
wheat crop is the next to suffer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
Twin. Smothercd.

Washington. Ind, Feb. 24.-The in
FAINT daughters Of Arley Wallace. Of
south Washington. were found dead
in bed by their parents. having
smothcred during the night. They
we're twins and but two weeks old
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

A dispatch from Brussels says that
Austria has decided, in compliance
with the demand made by Great
Britain. TO abolish sugar bounties,
and to reduce the impost on sugar 10
Eve francs. The correspondent de-
clares the adherence of Hungary to
che decision has been assured.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Frankfort. Ind. Feb. 24.-I.hamer
Douglass. aged %. was brought here
from Michigantown and placed in
Jail. lie is insane from excessive
drinking. and besides making attempt
on the lives Of his family threatened
to kill several Of his neighbors.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
Narrow Escnpe.

Muncie. Ind. Feb. 24.-The house
Of NJ. Lauer. former proprietor OF
the City hat store. and now travel
ing for the Columbus Shirt company.
of Chicago. was destroyed by fire.
the loss being $4,000, with small in
surance Mr.. and Mrs Lauer had a
narrow escape from suffocating.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Marion. Ind. Feb. 2i.-Granvillc.
the six-ycar-old son Of John Hutcha.
son. an cmployc Of the North Marion
Window Glass company. was drowned
IN n pond After visit with n neigh
Dor he left for home. His dog
reached home without the boy and
the father went in search and found
his body in the water.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Atlanta. Ga. Feb. 25.-Erwin Col
Inns. % years old. and the son OF
Mayor Collins of West Point. Ga. one
Of the states wealthicst and highest
men, is dead Of smallpox.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

A third warrant was issued. on the
21st, for Frank c. Andrews, vice-pres-
ident of the City savings bank of De-
froit. Mich, which is in the hands OF
. receiver. on a complaint charging
him with making false report on
the banks condition TO the state
banking commissioner on February
20. 1901. Mr.. Andrews was sent to
fail in default Of $4,000 bail
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Rev. Calvin Holman. one OF the
pioneer preachers of Methodism. died
at his home in Topeka, kas., on the
2ist, aged SIS years. He had been
Methodist minister for GO years. so
years Of which were spent in active
service. He filed many important
charges in the New England states
before coming west.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Oolitic. Ind. Feb. 2i.-Not at any
time in the history of the stone in
dustry in Indiana have the quarry
operators had as many advance or
ders on hand as at present. and they
are anxious for moderate weather to
come that they may begin work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Elwood. Ind. Feb. 24.-Mrs. VIII
liam Masters. a. years old. wife OF n
farmer living six miles northwest Of
this city. was probably fatally in
iured by an explosion Of lamp.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Anderson. Ind. Feb. 24.-Raymond
and Merton Peel. aged ten and eight
years respectively. were blown
through window in n gas explosion
here and fatally injured.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

President Iglesias Of Costa Rica has
agreed to cooperate with President
Zelaya of Nicaragua in effecting a
satisfactory arrangement for the To-
cal jurisdiction of the territory de-
sired by the government Of the Uni
ted States in the district to be ira
versed by the proposed Nicaragua ca
nal, and all minor points in the mat
ter can now easily be adjusted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Col. bob" Crockett, grandson OF
Davy Crockett. hero of the Alamo.
died Mt his home in Stuttgart. Ala.
on the night Of the 18th. All state
offices closed on the 18th. Mr.. Crock
Dtt was 20 years old.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

che charge Of high treason, began
In Constantinople, on the goth, behind
closed doors. Osman, who is n son Of
the famous Kurdish chief Bedrahan
Pasha, fed to Europe and thence TO
Cairo. but he was induced to return
90 Constantinople by the sultan's
promise of pardon. On arriving there
Osman was Immediately arrested.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Attorney w. A. Lewis was SEN
fenced, at Spokane, Wash, on the
10th. to serve eight years and six
months in the renitentiary at Walla
Malla, for stealing 1925 belonging to
one of his clients. This sentence is
90 run concurrently with a sentence
of seven years previously imposed on
Lewis for stealing money from an
other client, and he will remain in
Jail pending appeal to the supreme
court.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

J. B. Billiard. on the 10th, brought
suit in the district court to compel
the board OF education Of Topeka,
Kas., TO restore his son TO member
ship in the public schools. Young
Billiard had been expelled for refus-
fng TO desist from his studies during
the devotional exercises taking place
IN the morning. The suit brought by
billiard is the result Of an organized
EFFORT to stop the use Of the Bible in
the schools Of that city.
The Colorado state senate. on the
goth. adopted a joint resolution. pre-
viously adopted by the house. dcclar'
lng that the interests of Colorado
workingmcn are seriously jeopardized
by the employment Of Japanese at tn,
coal mines in Huerfano county. nnt
shat IL is the sense Of the thirteenth
general assembly that the congress.
Of the United States shall take steps
- exclude from this country all o.
n ehis class Of Asiatic labor"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-15
r,s dressed in white organizes, with white

IT'S, dressed IN White VI 5dh'iS>'' "iNAA 'A
trimmings.
All during the service soft music was
PLAYED OF, e. mandolin and guitar.
The happy couple left on the afternoon
train for Columbia, S. c.. where they VIII
make their future home They were the
recipients of many handsome presents
among others a house and lot from the
sroon's father. The bride was dressed
in & light gray taiior-made suit, with hat
.,S ,1orae To match and ST her
waist a medallion of her great-uncle.
John A. Morton, Of Bordeaux, who was
French consul to America.
The bridesmaids were attired In Whlte
Persian mulls with lace trimmings.
The groom is prominent business man
of Columbia. S. c. Mr.. and Mrs sam
Nicholson and Mr.. and Mrs F. w wat
kins, of Crewe. Va, and Miss 1ulia ':. MOI
ton. of Columbia. S. c., were VISITORS
from distance.
The lawn party given on the lawn OF the
rarrnyille Baptist Church last Tuesday
night was a decided success. The pro-
ceeds. which amounted to about $50. arc
for the benefit Of the Baptist Orphanase
at Salem. Va
Tho Fer1nvtlle Guards met this week IN
+ha;r armory and elected Corporal John
wa,k.r second lieutenant OF tho company.
Sergeant yenable and Corporal Gillian.
who were to have cast lots for the po-
sit,on We're for unknown reasons not pres
ent at the meeting held this week. On
account of this they We're not nominated
Nj. Airy. the beautiful country home
OF Mrs Bette Wade. OF Farmville. was
totally destroyed by fire this week There
WINS no insurance on the property.
This beautiful country home was par
ttcu,arly attractive hy It's picturesque
location. grand old trees and tasteful
st,rhberv a part Of tho house was 100
wears old. Colonel Tleston dined there
during the Revolutionary War and left
some fine liquor bottles at the house,
which were broken by the Federal troops
In 1865 The land has been in the Wade
family for more than 200 years
The original tract embraced several
thousand acres. a part OF which is now
owned BY Mr. Henry Stokes, Mr.. John
Gillian, Mr. John Foster and others
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-15
quoted In England by Morley and others
in modifying the school system OF that

quoted In England by Morley and others
in modifying the school system OF That
country.
DR.. J. L. M. Curry thus sums up Dr.
Rufrner's official work:
For whatever of success has crowned
the system, DR.. Ruffner is entitled 70 tne
credit His eleven reports are lucid dis
cussions of all the leading subjects per-
tanning to the organization and manage
ment Of schools and school systems. Ihey
are hardly surpassed in our educational
literature have often been quoted as au-
thoritative and We're honored with di-
ploma from the Republic OF Chilli Ruff
ner will hereafte.. be ranked alongside
of Mann, Sears, Wickersham and other
such educators. During his adminstra-
ton he apportioned nearly s5,000.0o0. ad-
curity. and yet no item In his accounts
was ever objected to. not cent was
lost, and his bitterest opponent never
intmated that there was anything mys-
terious or dishonest in his administration.
Every page of the public school his
tory of Virginia is luminous with his
triur,ps.
whose monuments are the public school
system of Virginia and the Virginia State
Normal Schoo. Either would be suffi-
his native State Yet not even these can
show the greatness and lovableneSS OF the
man. He has illumlned every problem
that he has touched. has honored every
spirat!on 70 thousands of teachers who
are loborins in the garden of childhood,
and TO-DAY. as during the past thirty
years he is regarded with genuine affec-
ton by every person in Virginia whose
heart is warm with desire for better
educational opportunities for All the
children of the Commonwealth
IN the rcmarkable list of her great and
honored citizens. what Virginian has done
more for her enrichment in all that is
noble than William Henry Ruffner?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-15
SPLENDID WORK OF
DR.. W. W H RUFFHER
Or. Egg|eston Tells Of His Labors
for Virginia Education.
FOUNDER or PUBLIC SCHOOL,
The Present System Was Organized and
Operated Under His Guidance for
Twelve Years-i4;s Equipment
for His Great Work.

Professor j. D. Eggleston, Jr.. for some
time connected with the editorial work OF
the IS. E. johnson Company. contributes
to the current number of the Atlantic
Educational Journal the following sketch
Of DR.. William Henry Ruffner:
William Henry Ruffner was born in
famous Lexington, in the Valley of Nir-
Ginla, in 1924. His father, DR.. Henry
Rutfner. the author of the famous Ruff
usr pamphlet" written in 1S47 on the
evils of slavery, was for many years
president Of Washington College, now
Washington and Lee University. The
son was reared in a kone and commune
ty OF the greatest culture and refinement.
He graduated in 1912 ara prepared to enter
the ministry. but after a few years ex-
pcrience he found that his health was
unequal to the work, and he returned to
the country ana began farming.
When at college. DR.. Ruffners strong
natural bias was for the physical sciences
but. as he expressed it. his cali seemed
to be to labor directly for the mora
good Of men, His most congenial study