Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-28

y friend mas sent me sun an IN
teresting publication copy Of The
Spectator. published IN London. Eng
land. and dated November eth. 1853.
The paper on which It is printed IL
Of excellent quality. not having faded
in the elast, and the print is clear
and distinct II is a four-page Issue.
the pages being s5sxls inches, ana
contains a resume OF the news OF the
past week In this issue Of The Spec
tator we find the following reference
to the death OF two prominent English
subjects Of those days.
two milIIonAires OF mark have
died this week. the Marquis OF West
minister, and Mr.. O. Peabody. The
MARQUIS was remarkable only for the
business capacity which is the spe-
cialty Of his house, for certain tone
OF 5elfwill Ia his dealings with bis
property, displayed chiefly in the con-
ditions be exacted from his London
tenants, and for his enormous wealth.
He was popularIy supposed to be the
richeet man IN the world and though
this was an exaggeration, 1t Is prob
able that he was the richest subject
In Europe not engaged in trade His
wealth, moreover. has this peculiar
ity, that unless heaven sends spend
thrift into the race to the relief Of
mankind, II may increase indefinitely.
Every new source OF wealth contrib
utes a bit to the income Of the eros.
venors, which, II London does not de-
cay. must at no distant date approach
half a million q year
Mr. Peabody, the second million
aire, was in 1906 apprentice to q
grocer in Massachusetts,. Quilted this
for q dry-goods store, quilted this for
q dry-goods merchants business, and
quilted this for an occupation best
described as an American agency IN
London. Though not a strikingly Able
man, Mr.. Peabody had the quality,
whatever II be, which enables men
TO make fortunes--it Is perhaps a
kind Of precedence In trade akin TO the
precedence OF sculptor, who fore.
sees the lines his chisel will make
and he accumulated fortune which
Is estimated by The Times at a
million. but which the city believes
to be more nearly four. Out OF this
wealth Mr.. Peabody gave away during
hts life more than half a million, a.
viding his gifts between America and
England. and showing great Judgment
in their distribution. Poor Londoners
want houses. so he gave a quarter OF
a million 10 build them; poor Ameri.
cans want teaching no he bestowed
tho same sum on educational insti.
buttons In Massachusetts, and Mary.
land, the States OF his birth and his
adoption This muniffcence- which
might be called regal II royalty IN
these days ever gave--attracted the
more attention, because English mil.
lionaires have. as a rule. forgotten
how TO give. and Mr. Peabody was
thenceforward an object Of reverence
TO the multitude and OF attack TO the
beggIngietter writer's, The Queen
offered him a baronetcy. the city gave
hlm statue aud the Engiish.upeak.
ms race throughout the world mourns
his death as that OF one OF the few
men who could make money like
tradesman and use 4 like a prince
II IL easy to deprcclA,e such an ex
ample, but Il Is a useful one. ii only
because Il helps 70 raise the public
standard Of munihcence. Marvellous
as English charities are. there II a
want OF grandeur IN the English NO.
lions about giving from which Ameri.
cans seem 10 be free"
sr.es-.-ss..aezes