Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-24
AN OLD PAPER.

A friend has sent The Sun an In
teresting publication-a copy Of The
Spectator, published in London, Eng
land, and dated November 9Th. 1868.
The paper on which II Is printed is
Of excellent quality, not having faded
in the eIast, and the print is clear
and distinct. II Is four-page issue,
the pages being 8hx13 inches, and
contains 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.. G. Peabody. The
Marquis was remarkable only for the
business capacity which Is the spe-
cIalty Of his house, for certain tone
Of self-will IN his dealings with his
property, displayed chiefly in the con-
ditions he exacted from his London
tenants, and for his enormous wealth
He was popularity supposed 10 be the
richest man in the world, aud though
this was an exaggeration, II Is prob
able that he was the richest subject
In Europe hot engaged IN trade. His
wealth, moreover has this peculiar
lty, that unless heaven sends a spend
thrift into the race to the relief Of
mankind, II may increase indefinitely.
Every new source OF wealth contrib
utes biz To the income Of the Gros-
yenors. which, n London does not de-
cay, must at no distant date approach
half million a year.
"Mr Peabody. the second million.
aire, was In 1906 apprentice TO
grocer in Massachusetts,. quilted this
for a 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 strlkIngly able
man, Mr. Peabody had the quality,
whatever II be, which enables men
70 make fortunes--it "a perhaps
kind Of prescience In trade akin to the
presclence Of a sculptor, who fore
sees the lines his chlsel will make
and he accumulated a fortune which
Is estimated by The Times al
but which the city believes
10 be more nearly four Out Of this
wealth Mr., Peabody gave away during
bis life more than half million a.
yIding his gifts between America and |
England. ard showing great judgment
In their distribution. Poor Londoners
want houses, 30 he gave a quarter OF
a million 10 build them; poor Ameri.
cans want teaching. so he bestowed
the same sum on educational lnsti. |
Iutions In Massachusetts, and Mary. |
land, the States OF his birth and his
adoption This munifcence- 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
begglngletter writer's. The Queen
offered him baronetcy the city gave
him statue, aud the Engllsh.speak.
ing race throughout the world mourns
his death az that OF one OF the few
men who could make money like
tradesman and use II like a prince.
II Il easy TO depreclate such an ex.
ample, but II ia a useful one. II only
because Il helps 70 raise the public
standard Of manificence Marvellous
as English charities are, there Is a
want Of grandeur In the English no
tons about giving from which Ameri.
cans seem 10 be free"