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WHERE ETIQUETTE IS STRICT
Ceremony of European Courts Simple
Compared With That of This
African King.

There was much ceremony observed
at the kings court, says John H.
Weeks. No one approaches him with
out first seeking his permission, and no
one is allowed to sit on chair in his
presence except his sons and nephews.
Up to 1884 no native was permitted to
own European chair, even for private
use.
Ordinary men, approaching the king
had to kneel three times, once just IN
side the last entrance to the kings in
closure, then near the door Of the
palace" and lastly Immediately in
front of his majesty. And the last time
they knelt they put the palms Of their
hands together, rubbed their little fin
gers in the dirt, and then transferred
the dirt from their little fingers to their
foreheads or temples and clapped their
hands. This ceremony they repeated
three times at the last kneeling place.
and the king answered by putting the
palms of each hand across each other
with the fingers of the right hand well
above the thumb and index finger of
the left hand and waving them. II
the king did not answer thus, or If he
thrust out his foot and waved his toes
which was an insult-the sooner the
man retreated the better for him.
If a man omitted to send or take the
king share Of his trading products he
would not be fayorably received, and
might expect to see his majesty's toes
wave, instead Of his fingers. Well-to-do
chiefs who failed to send him occasion
al presents were also coldly received.
and the waving toes reminded them OF
their delinquencies. No written ac-
count was kept; but the king. like all
natives, had remarkable memory for
what was owing to him. and never for
got when a debt was to be paid or a
present was due. Chiefs and noble
men had to render homage to the king
the same as ordinary men, but not
every time they went into his pres
ence.-Among the Primitive Bakongo.
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Mexico Rich in Natural Wealth

In natural wealth Mexico is one of
the most favored of all the lands Of
the earth. It's resources are little
short Of marvellous. In gold, silver,
and the various precious stones it's
possibilities are tremendous. It is
rich in petroleum. It's forests are i'm
mensely rich. It's agricultural pos
sibilities are scarcely to be estimated,
SO great are they. In all the elements
OF natural wealth the country leads
all others. AS regards climate, Mex.
leo. in its higher regions, is a para
disc; and after what was achieved at
Panama, it is safe to say that even
the coast regions may be made per-
fectly wholesome and safe.
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Putnam Fadeless Dyes make no
muss.-IAdv.]
Insect MenauerIe.

What Professor Habitte calls his In
sect menagerie is installed at one Of
the laboratories of the Jardin des
Plantes establishment, and he now
has upward Of 80 well-arranged boxes
or cages, where he observes insect
life. He thinks that this should be en-
larged into an 'tinsectarian," or ex-
tensive menagerie, to which the pub
lic should be admitted. This Is all
ready done In some countries, and
their usefulness is recognized. No
great expense is needed, all that is re-
quired being hall with large tables,
on which the insect cages are placed
in good view, with glass or wire
gauze covers. The insect world is OF
greater interest than may perhaps be
imagined. and no doubt such an enter
prise would be much appreciated by
the public.
The Parker post., 1914-10-03
PRODUCE AcID-PRooF GLASS
Reports Important Achievement
In Chemical Industry.

An important achievement just re-
ported by Consul General r. e. Mans
field Of Zurich, Switzerland, is the
discovery Of a method of producing
suitable apparatus for the chemical
industry from quartz, containing 95
per cent silicic, which is melted in an
electric furnace in which the tenn
perature rises to 1000 degrees Fahren-
heit. It is now possible to melt an.
to mold into almost any desired form
as much as fifty pounds of quartz.
Even boiling acid, with the possible
exception of hydrofuoric or phosphor-
ic, will not corrode it.
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Can See American Tourists Going BY
In Hired Motors.

a Baron, had Daughter who started
out as Katie when she carried the Hot
Coffee over to Dad every Noon.
When she got her first Chip Dia-
mond and Father switched from the
Dudeen to Cigars, she was known in
High School Circles as Katherine.
4 And when Pop got in on the main
Divvy and began to take an interest
lin Paintings, the name went down on
the Register at the Waldorf as Kath-
iryn. in those peaked Sierra Nevada
Letters about four inches high.
Katie used to go to st. Joseph's
Hall once in a while with Martin, the
Lad who helped around the Grocery.
Katherine regarded with much Fa-
vor a Pallid Drug Clerk who acted as
Clearing House for all Local Scan
dal.
\ But say, when Kathryn came back
from vine-clad Institute overlooking
the historic Hudson and devoted to the
embossing and polishing Of the Fee
male Progeny of those who have got
away with 1t, she began working the
Snuffer on all the Would-Bes back in
the Mill Town, and when she got
through extinguishing, the little Group
that remained looked like the Rem
nant Of the Old Guard at Waterloo.
Father had to stick around because
occasionally the eight thousand Good
Tempered Boys on the Pay Roll would
begin to burn with Wood Alcohol and
the Wrongs Of Labor and pull off
few Murders, merely to hasten the
Triumph Of Justice.
!, By the way, Kathryn had Mother
who used to hide in a room upstairs
and timidly inspect her new Silk
Dresses.
Kathryn applied the Acid Test to
her People and decided that they new
er could Belong.
She swung on the General Manager
for a Letter of Credit big enough to
set Ireland free and went trapsing off
TO the Old World under the chaperon-
age of New York Lady who had seen
Better Days although she still re-
tanned her Lorgnette.
Now 1t will be admitted that VIII
Ham J. Burns is Some Sleuth, but
when it comes to apprehending and
running to Earth prattling American
Ingenue with few Millions stuffed in
Aef Reticule, the Boy with the mil.
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GEORGE
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cog1eaaa~ ~ Gcopce AoR

dewed Title who sits on the Boulevard
all day and dallies with the green and
pink Bottled Goods has got it all over
Burns like a Striped Awning.
All the starving members Of the
Up-Against-It Association were waiting
at the Dock to cop the prospective
Meal Ticket Not one Of them had
ever Shaved or Worked, and each
wore his Handkerchief inside his Cuff
and had Yellow Gloves stitched down
the Back and was fully entitled to sit
in an Electric Chair and have $4,000
Volts distributed through the Steel
Ribs of his Corset.
AS soon as Kathryn began to meet
the Roqueforts and Camemberts she
discovered that they had Lovely Eyes
| and certainly knew how to treat a
Lady.
Kathryn had been brought up on
Philadelphia Literature, and even dur
| ing her most ambitious Social Flights
she had encountered the Type Of Man
who remains on the opposite side of
the Room having trouble with his
White Gloves
| She never had been against those
Willing Performers from Gascony who
wore Red Ribbons and Medals and
who rushed over to kiss her Hand and
then look deep into her Eyes and
| throb like a Motor Boat.
This class Of Work simply shot her
| Pulse up to 130 and made her think
that she was Cleopatra, floating In the
Royal Barge and surrounded by crawl
ing Slaves.
When a certain Markee crawled into
her Lap and purred into her Ear and
threatened to curl up on the Rug and
die If she Refused him, she simply
keeled over with Excitement.
| After she recovered she found her
self actually Engaged to the Repre-
sentative of one Of the Oldest Families
/ in the Saucisson District Of the Burgoo
Province and as manly Chap as ever
borrowed Money from a Toe-Dancer.
She hurried home to keep it out Of
the Newspapers and to tell those who
would listen that American Men were
Impossible.
Then the Markee came over with his
Solicitor and a Bottle of Chloroform
and full kit of Surgical instruments,
and the Wedding was fully reported
| by the Associated Press.
| The Captain Of Industry sized up
Son-in-Law and knew that when the
Money was gone, the Markee could al
ways get job hanging up Hats in the
Check-Room of f1rst-cla=@ Table
D'Hote Restaurant
From the window of her Chateau In
the Burgoo Province the Lady Cashier
can see the American Tourists going
by in their hired Motor Cars. Her
Cheek dushes with Delight when she
happens to remember that in another
Three Months or so Friend Husband
will come home long enough to show
her where to sign her Name.
What is more, she has the Privilege
of walking out at any time and pick
ing Flowers with the Understanding
that she is not to let it be known that
she Is related to any Of her Relatives
on either side of the Atlantic.
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ENGLISH MIXED GRILL
FEseg DISH FOR ANY or THE
LIGHTER MEALS.
Recipe That Will Provide eufflciens
tor Three Persons-Devonshlrs
Cream Another Idea We Owe
TO English Housewives

A mixed grill is very popular in Eng.
land for luncheon, but it would be as
good as a light dinner or supper.
The following recipe makes enough
for three persons: Three lamb chops,
one-haH pound of sausages, four kid
neys, two tomatoes and half pound
Of mushrooms. Grill the chops,
sausages and kidneys together, slice
the tomatoes and fry with the mush-
rooms. The mushrooms and the toma-
toes should not be cooked long enough
for the slices Of tomatoes to lose their
shape. Arrange the meat on a platter,
lay the vegetables around the edge,
garnish with parsley and serve. No
gravy should be used with this dish.
not even the juice from the mush-
rooms and tomatoes, or the flavor will
be spoiled and the grill will look messy
and unappetizing.
Try this recipe some time when you
have few sausages or kidneys left
over from some meal, and you will
Ind that you have a new and excellent
dinner dish with very little trouble or
expense
Devonshire Cream.-This is just as
delicious as 1t sounds and far less ex-
pensive. In fact, it isn't really cream
at all, although no one would ever
know that unless she were told, for 1t
tastes like an exceptionally rich, thick
cream. 1t is used everywhere In Eng
land, as 1t will keep for several days
In cool place and does not need to
be kept on ice Ice in Great Britain Is
a decided luxury, and not the daily
necessity that it has become ia Ameri-
ca, but even though the iceman comes
daily to your door and your fresh
cream will keep sweet for a day or
two. you may find a jar Of rich Dew
onshire cream a convenient thing to
have on hand.
Two quarts of milk will make
enough cream for two persons, and
the milk left after the cream has been
taken off can be used for cookies, so
there is no waste.
Put an earthenware pan OF milk in
cold place for IL hours. Then place
it on the fire and let it come slowly to
the scalding point; leave it on the IRE
for about half an hour, but do not let
| it boil; then remove to cold place
and let it stand for seven or eight
hours, till all the cream is risen. Take
off the cream, which should be thick
and clotted. and serve on fruit tarts,
cake, etc.
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Rauout Of Beef.

Cut two pounds Of round steak into
one-inch cubes; put two tablespoons OF
suet into saucepan and when hot add
the meat, browning on all sides; into
the fat blend two tablespoons Of flour,
and then add one pint Of water in
which has been dissolved one tea
spoon of extract Of beef; add one tea
spoon of salt and three-quarters tea
spoon Of white pepper and simmer for
Ia hours.
The Parker post., 1914-10-03
StiffenInu Curtains.

When doing up curtains at home If
-four is used instead Of starch the
iron will not stick SO much and the
curtains will have more the appear
ance of new ones. One good table
spoonful of -four for each curtain is
sufficient. Mix the flour to thick
paste with cold water, then put in the
tub and pour on as much boiling wa
ter as required for rinsing the cur
tainS.
The Parker post., 1914-10-03
New Method Of Finding Lonoitude,

The novel method of finding longi
tude lately tried by Professor Lipp.
mann, the French astronomer, is the
comparison of simultaneous photo.
graphs of the sky taken at two sta.
tions.
The zenith being shown by an arti-
fetal star, the difference in the places
Of natural stars very accurately indi.
Gates the difference in longitude, and
If the longitude of one place is known
that Of the other can be fixed with an
uncertainty claimed to be only few
feet-perhaps ten or fifteen.
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Good Hand Cleanser.

Kerosene will cleanse your hands
better than anything else after black
ing a range or stove. Pour little in
the water, wash your hands in it, then
wash them in tepid water and finally
with plenty Of soap and a stiff nail
brush in hot water. Finish up by rub
bing the hands with lemon Juice, rose
water or giycerin.
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crocodIIe,a Artificial law.

The Frankfort zoo possesses a spe
cial treasure in a Gangetic crocodile
--or gavial-the only specimen Of it's
kind in Germany. Consequently there
was great tribulation the other day
when this precious beast broke it's
Jaw on the rocks In its pool and all
efforts to persuade the broken bone
to reunite were in vain.
A military doctor, Major Marx, has
succeeded in replacing the fractured
Jaw by an artificial one of aluminium.
The Parker post., 1914-10-03
Novel Salad.

An attractive way to serve small
bits of smoked chicken is to cut them
into tiny cubes. put into a cup, and
add enough seasoned gelatin to COW
er. Put into cold place to get firm.
Unmold, cut into small squares, sprin-
kle with finely chopped celery, and
serve, as a salad with French dress
ing. or stiff mayonnaise.
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roasted Cheese Sandwiches.

Cut bread as for any sandwich and
place between slices a thin slice of
cheese. Season cheese with salt and
cayenne. Toast until cheese is melt
ed, holding bread together. These are
very good with salads Of any kind
where mayonnaise La not served.
The Parker post., 1914-10-03
RADIUM SULPHUR SPRINGS

NATURAL RADIOACTIVE MINERAL WATER 4
IT SPARKIES AND FoAMS LIKE CHAMPAGNE
Battle IN LIQUID SUNSHINE
1t cleans the blood and clearscomp1exion. Hot
baths for rheumatism, sciatica, nervousness.
paralysis. 1umbago poor circulation. colds, heart,
blood, dropsy and female troubles. Drink it for
dyspepsia, gas stomach, kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t cures incipient Brighs disease. Spec
ia1 treatment baths given, supervised by regular
physician Advice free Water delivered. Send
for booklet Los Angeles, Cal. w. 9th st. cars to
Me1rose Ave.
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Won Can Gef AIIen,s Enn+.Eae+ EREE

You Can Get Aliens Foot-East FREE
Write Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N.
Y, for a free sample of Aliens Foot.
Ease. 1t cures sweating, hot. swollen.
aching feet. It makes new or tight
shoes easy. A certain cure for corns,
ingrowing nails and bunions. All
druggists sell It. Csc. Don't accept
any substitute. (advt)
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NOAA0 AAOO OIollO OI1
my feet. My sister
in-law wished me to
try Lydia E. PilIk-
hams We G e t a bic
Compound and my
nerves became firm,
appetite good, step
elastic, and I los t
that weak, tir e d
feeling. That was
six years ago and I
have had three fine
The Parker post., 1914-10-03
Women in silk Culture.

Napa county, CAL, has a woman's
silk culture society, and it is esti-
mated that more than five million
silkworms will be raised next year.
The Parker post., 1914-10-03
Where to Stop

BOILER AND MACHINE WORKS
Founders, machinists. pattern makers,
'naces. Pioneer. Boiler e Machine works.
S. w. Corn. Palmetto and Caroline StS.
The Parker post., 1914-10-03

J Rockets to be fired from the ground
to destroy aeroplanes are a French in
yention for which great accuracy is
claimed.
The Parker post., 1914-10-03

To Bake Potatoes Quickly.
IN baking potatoes, put small pan
of water In the oven and you will find
they bake much quicker.
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WAS MISERABLE
COULDN'T STAND
Testifies She Was Restored
to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND.
Compound.

Lackawanna, N. Y" After my first
child was born l felt very miserable and
The Parker post., 1914-10-03
New Lands Surveyed

British Columbia in 1913 surveyed
100000 acres of new lands.
The Parker post., 1914-10-03

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak Watery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smarting-
Just Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
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Communicated
Barre Mem 0Tial

10 the Editor of the meschacebe,
Lacy, La,
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Grand Dance And Mas szueTdde
Ball

Edgard High School Auditorium
Tuesday February Oath, (uardi
Gras Night
Music by first class orchestra
Refreshments, hot and cold,
and Creole gumbo and Sandwich
es will be served during The
evening.
The entertainment is given for
the benefit of the Edgard High
Schoo chair fund.
The Public is cordially invited
to help this worthy cause gen
erously-
Dancing will begin at 7:3O P. NJ.
sharp.
Admission Free.
Come All.
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Aat s term our

sIias y sEEsh Repre- sentatige viii be d
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10 the Editor of the G4eschacebe,
Lacy, La,
Dear Sir:
While we depIore the cata-
strophe Wnicn destroyed the
Steamer Gem, and caused the loss
of valuable lives, We are proud
i the prominent part taken by
Captain William Barre, patiqe OF
this parish, and pilot of the ILL
laGed craft. He sacrificed his life
at his postof duty ana saved the
Grey, with but few exceptions.
Captain Barre S herQlsm is de-
serving of praise and encomium,
anu | respectfully suggest that
mas, much as a fund is being
raised In New Orleans to erect a
Monument to his memory, that
We his co-pari5hioners and friends
cooperate, and subscribe our
nlCc through the Meschacebe.
therefore inelose my check
fJr $l.00.
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tages thereunto heionging or in any
wise appsraining. Being the same
pie>e cT parcel o land which was sold
by James hfInu eU ais, u tie said VIA.
Edenborn, and an ~!iiei. the ufreslid
mortgage WAS rele1sei, by act passed
January z5tl, 1914, III the CLERK : OflIce
OF this PARISH, ANA duly registered in tns
conveyance Office uf tins Parish in
Book to5i} e. seu-,
TERM: CASH Oh THE SPOT.
'herI3fs "ttes', Parish OF ST. John the lsap.isr,
his 18th day Of February 1911.
PAUL BERTHELoT.
Sheriff
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NOTICE.
Plaee. La.. Feh. la, I2.

IA PIaG5, Id, fUI-ll IolE.
A meeting ot,the Board of
Directors of the Brady. Gra.
nier Co. Ltd. Of LaPlace.
La. will be held at their Office
on Monday. March, 2ad
1914, between the hours Of |
and 8 o'clock p, II.
s. lSlgned5 N. Csranier
Secretary.
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Prof. AIcee FOrtieT, Noted
French Scholar, Dies
Was CheVaIier 0fThe French
Legion Of Honor
Inter Nationally Prominent As Scholar
In French Literature And Louisiana
Historian.

UISlUI IQits
A brilliant career was brought
to a close last Saturday morning
when Prof. Alcee Fortier one of
the most distinguished figures
in the world Of education died at
mis- home in New Orleans.
Prof. Fortier was a chevalier
of the French Legion of Honor,
and member of the faculty of
Tulane University, and was in
ternationally recognized as pro-
minent Scholar in French Litera-
ture, and Louisiana historian.
He was the victim of heart
attack, and was 81 years Of age
at the time Of his death,
Prof. Fortier was born in St.
James Parish on June 5, 1856.
His parents were Florent, and
EdWidge Fortier, and their an
cestors came over in the early
days of Fren n regime from st.
Malo Brittany,
FIorent Fortier was a promi-
nent sugar planter Of st. james
Parish. and Prof. Fortier's moth
er was a daughter of, Valcour
Aime, a niece of Governor A. D.
Roman.
Spending his childhood days in
scenes which he was later to de-
pict to Louisiana's glory, he was
sent by his rather to New Orleans
where ne acquired one of the best
educations the city could furnish.
Before entering upon irregular
university course, he read law
for two years, when his fathers S
financial reVerses compelled him
to turn clerk in a banking firp.
He next enrolled as an academic
student in theUniversity of Virgj
MA, Completing this course, he
visited Paris, where ne studied
phonetics under Prof Passy.
| Returning to this country he
secured literary degrees at
Washington, and Lee in 1894, and
in Laval University in 1908.
He married Miss Mildred Ian
auze in 1881. She was the daugh'
ter OF a highly-esteemed Frencs
merchant of New Orleans and
neice of MIS-. Teraud Geraud,
whose husband was one of the
greatest Jurists in Paris. HI!
wife is better known as a des
cendant of the old Sarpy family
He was professor of romance
languages in 1880 at Tulane which
work he was occupied in up to hi
, demise.
} His literary and historical writ
! Jugs while at Tulane 'ought hin
; such prominence that universitl
es all over the country sough
) his services during the summe
sessions. He liked Tulane, its as
: sociations, its location-in th
heart of a people he loved, and
D people whose customs and tradl
( ton were better preserve her
2 than any where. Biore for pur
I pose Of rest, he consented to hano
4 lie courses at various summer ses
: sions at the universities Of Ch
v cago, Tennessee, California
8 Wisconsin, Colorado, Kansas an
4 Harvard. He lectured occasional
y " during the regular session
Q chatauquas and unive. sites.
B Prof. Fortier was amember
4 the Louisiana State Board {
Y Education from 1886 until 189l
4 vice president and member of ii
IL
board of civil service commi.
sioners 1s97-19o1; president
Catholic Winter School /
America. 1897 1902; member
the advisory council Of Warne
Library committee history Jur,
4 St Louis Exposition, 1904 offici
aaenie q aicer Instruct
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Pub:iQue; chevalier la Ia Legion
d'Honneur; president Federation
American Franchise aux Eats
Unis etau Canada, 1905 OF; presi-
dent Athecee Lou:si&nais since
1902; member Accidents de
Macon; president Modern Lang
uage Association, 1898; American
Folk Lore Sociey, 1894; Louisiana
Historical Society since 1894,
Public School Alliance since 1903;
nonor membor Missouri al d
Minnesota Historical Society;
Geographical Society, Quebec.
and member of the American
AnthropOlogical Society,
Professor FOrtier
a Prolific Wriler.
AS an author on FRI 1cIl liter
ary subjects and historical
Louisiana, Prof. Fortier is known
to every university student. His
best known books are: lie Chateau
de Cnambord, 1885; Bits Of Folk
Lore, 1883; Sept Grands Auteurs
du Dixneuv1eme Steele, 1889;
Histoire de la Literature Fran
caise, 1898: Louisiana Folk Tales,
1894; Voyage en- Europe en- 1895
and 1896; Precis de PHistoire de
France, 1899; History of
Luoisiana, 1904; History of
! Mexico, 1907; and editor Of
number of French texts.
The funeral was held last Sun
day from the family residence,
ana church services at the Church
of the Holy Name Of Jesus, St.
Charles Avenue, opposite Audu-
bon Park, at IL o'clock. His re-
mains were laid to rest in st.
Louis Cemetery No. 3 in Esplan-
ade Avenue.
Out side of the grief which his
immediate family and relatives
feel, probably one Of the mos
sympathic, and sorrowful of those
who believe they have last true
friend, a lifelong comrade, a,
most a brother is President Rob
| ert Sharp, of Tulane, and ais
Judge J. V. Chenet, a prominen
| Attorney of st. John Parish VIII,
was a close, and personal friene
of this great educator.
Prof. Fortier's death was
terrible shock not only to his dc
voted family, but to his man,
friends. to Tulane University,
to the Whole State of ouisiana
and to this whole country fe
whose interest, and glory he hs
devoted so many years of hi
precious existence.