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Do thou Groat Liborty Inspire our Souls aud make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defenoe." YOI,. XII. BENNETTS VILLE. S. G.. JULY 20, 1887. NO. 32. .John Kents. Deep in tho whisp'rlug pi no whoso proillo bara Tho moon's whlto faco; hushed in tho pox? fumod bowers, Where, languid with tho breath of Blooping Howers, Tho sutntnor night Hos panoplied in stars ; High ou tho mountain crags, 'mid brakes and scars, A spirit sought to lind in poosy'a powers Boiuo benuty to bedeck Tlino'a conquering hours, l,lko roses on tho Haming front of Mars. Yet still, tho' lovingly, ho sought in vain, Till uaturo'? blossom boro tho bloom of nil, Till ecstasy of joy had wedded pain In bonds which novcr hand of niau shall part ; Then found within tho chambers of thy brain The sacred tiro to light Emly m lou's heart. THE MOUND GIRL. "I'll havo lo do everything alone!" Littlo Janel Hue stood with anns akimbo, and looked about Hie great Milson kitchen. Sho was nearly twen ty, but under-sized. Sho had but ono "beauty-her pretty curly hoad. Sho I was Mrs. Titus Allison's bound-girl bound to work for that lady until sho was one-and-twenty. Such wcro tho terms of tho contract when Janot had been taken from the orphan asylum, a tiny creature of ten, nino years before; and it was tho hard work and scant faro which had prevented lier growing. Thero sho stood, looking about hor at tho array of cooking utensils, tho rows of milk-pans, tho pilo of wash tubs, tho shelf of flat-irons, tito capa cious wood-boxes. That morning Mrs. Titus, the au thoritative, tho energetic, had fallen down thc cellar-stairs and broken ?.her leg. Tho doctor had been called, and set it; Mrs. Titus had had a nap, and then lifted up ber volco and proved herself equal to tho situation: "I'm laid tip for a month, Janet that's plain to bo seoii. l'vo dono everything for you; now you must lake light hold and go on without me. Thero'll bo tho cookin' to do and tho buttor lo inako moro than you havo done, oxlraN But you can do il, if you try. You'll luivo to, anyway. Hay in's over, and Mr. Dent'll bo goin' homo soon, sp that'll be one less to pr?vido for," Janot heard iii silenco. Sho gave '.Mrs. Titus her valerian, and then went away, and stood looking around thc kitchen, "I'll h?vo to do everything aloi.o!" There was such a large family, and so much work to be done, no wonder littlo Janel shrank; bul sho never thought of shirking. With breakfast at iivo o'clock, and suppor-dishes to bo 'washed at eight, sho had always had enough to do; but to undertake; all tho active duties which Mrs. Titus had been accustomed to perform, was al most appalling, Janet stood thinking how it was to bc dono. She was such a littlo thing. It took so many of hor armfuls lo lill tho wood-boxos with hard and soft wood. Sho must needs stand on a box to work at tho tubs on tho wash-bench; and hor arms grow so tired at tho churning. Sho had been trained to great capability; but sho was not strong enough. But there was no limo for reflection. Thero was supper to get for tho four farm-hands, Mrs. Titus' gruel to inako and carry up, tho milk to strain, tho dishes to wash, tho wood-boxes lo fill, and sponge lo bo set for broad. Janot rushed for a pall of water. Mr. Dent was at tho well. Mr. Miles Dent was tho summer boarder, lie had bought a mill privi lege of Mrs. Titus and was building a mill. Ho was a handsome, very pleasant man-as perfectly healthy people aro apt td bc, and ho was very largo and strong. Iii ago ho might havo been thirty, or thereabouts. "Very old, indeed," Janet had pro nounced him; and sho had always been a littlo afraid of him, his manners wore so nice, and lie had such nico books in his room. Whether he was awaro of her exist ence or not, she was not quito sure. lint ho seemed to seo tho hurrying, anxious littlo crcaturo now-for, say ing "My arms aro tho strongest," ho took tho pail, filled it and carried it into tho kltchon. "Havo your hands full, haven't you, littlo one?" ho said pleasantly, glanc ing about him. "Your shoulders hard ly look strong enough for all this bak ing and browing." Janet smiled shyly - ploasod, sur prised; hut sho was too abashed to moro than murmur somo faint responso, and Mr. Dont wont away. But sho felt cheered by tho friendly words of the big, brown-bearded man; and thougii Mr. Titus scolded hor bo causo tho gruel hadn't milk enough, and she was obliged to go up and down stairs Huco times bcforo tho'lady was served, she laid her head upon her pil low more lightly than usual-all for one kind word. Poor little Janet. But evil days were too surely at hand. Tt. mado Mrs. Titus very cross lo lio in bcd, inactive, and sho could not Rive up thc oversight of tho kitchen below. A score of times a day she AN * T:1' Janot from her work to know what sho was at, and what sho intended doing next. Countless orders issued from her chamber. . Theso idiosyncracies added greatly to Janet's fatigue, as sho toiled through tho day, and she actually sobbed with weariness ono night, when sho com menced to bring iii tho wood. .Sho was standing in tho woodshed. .Suddenly sho h??i'd a slop on tho gravel of thc path in the yard. lt was Mr. Bout. He liad not gone. Ho carno swinging along in his Shirt sleeves, his linen luster over his arm. How rich, and prosperous, and happy ho wasl Jahet did not desiro to dispossess Mr. Bent of his good-fortuno, but sim thought it hard that a little of tho brightness of lifo could not bo hers. But when Mr. Bent came opposito tho shed-door, thc happy light died out of his pleasant gray eyes. "Well it might. Janet did not dream what a pitiful sight her poor little tear stained faco was. Mr. Bent spoko cheerily. "All work and no play makes Jill ;i dull girl, doesn't it?" ho said, taking tho basket from her hand and in a mo ment carrying it, loaded, into the kitch en. "You havo loo much to do; thc spirit is willing, but tho flesh is weak.' When Mr. Bent had filled tho bij wood-boxes so tim covers would hardb shut down, ho said: "My arms aro strong, and they shal bo at your seryico whilo I stay here though it will bo only a day or tw< longer. I shall bo quito at leisure to morrow or next day, and you can cal on mo whenever you like." Much as Janet M'as pleased, sho neve Would havo dreamed of taklug Ibo gen tlcmau at his word ; but tho next morn ing proved a rainy one, so that Mi Bent's chamber, being cold and no fir lighted in the sitting-room, lie cam into tho kitchen with his book an ensconced himsclC in thc great rocking chair beside the stove. That was tho pleasantest day c Janet's life. Mr. Bent told her sue funny stories, and read so beautiful] from his great book I and then, ho lill ed the walor-pails, and kept tho Iii burning, and jumped np to lift Hi heavy tubs for her, and sat down agai to keep tho bread from burning, whil sim carried Mrs. Titus' dinner up, And whilo ho was doing all this, Mi Bent was thinking what a dear lilt) patient thing sho was, and how prett ly tho nut-brown hair curled over bc head. At night ho Ulled the boxes wit wood, strained tho milk, wound tit high clock and turned tho cats out; an all day ho had hada jost forovorythinf and a genial glauco and a kind tom that turned darkness into light f( Janet. Sho sighed with happiness as si wont to sloop, though Mrs. Tittil good-night word had been that "si was a lazy, good-for-nothing thing! and that sho "should bo down stairs ti morrow to seo what Janet was up to. Tho northeast storm continued, an Mr. Bent was sitting by tho fire agaii when Mrs. Titus limped into tim ki tel cn with a cane. Now, Mr. Bent had just been clio] ping mince-meat, with Mrs. Ti tn gingham apron and i-ufUod cap on, an had barely cast them asido, when tl lady opened tho door and caught Jam laughing. Sim might well havo looked amazei for sho never had seen Janet laughii before. Now, why she probably cou not havo told, but Mrs. Titus was voi much offended. Sim waited until dinner was serve* and Janet had gono into tho wcll-roo to cool tho pudding then ?ho began hitler tirado: "Pretty business this is, giggling ai fooling your timo away, and every th ii to do! Mr. Bent's been reading pocti to you, has ho? How much mo churning can you do whon you liston poetry? Havo you baked that fm! cake? Well, I know lt's mado wron Bid you shut that sottin' lion off t nest? I don't bclievo it. What's A3 Bout in tho kitchen for, any way?" "For tho fire, ma'am. Tho chambt aro so chilly. And I had so much do, and ho was kind, and his arms w( strong," faltered poor little Janot. "Umphl Boon complaining to ft Bout, havo you, that you. work so har Whining, good-for-nothing croaturol wish I'd loft you in tho asylum. I never thought of jour turning but Uko I hi j-luring mon into my kitehon when I'm sick in bod-" "Slop, Mrs. Titus!" interposed Mr. Dent's heavy volc?. "Hotter not go loo far. Janet has told you all thorc is to tell. I felt Kindly toward her. I have, a pair of strong arms which havo helped her a little. And they aro still at her service. They shall bo hers for Ufo itsho will. Little Janet, will you accept me for a husband? Many a younger man will not bo as t?nder and true as J, .Janet. AV ill you come, littlo one?" And Janot-slip looked onco with her wide, innocent eyes into tho strong, gent?o face, then went straight into those extended arms, though Mrs. Titus stood by snilllng tho air in scorn. "Well, I never!" she exclaimed. "To think of it!" Janet never was scolded again. Thoso kind, strong arms havo been about her ever since. To-be-sure, she was not educated for a gentleman's wife, but Mr. Dent took her homo to tho kindest of mothers and sisters, whoso inlluonco and tact polished her unobtrusive manners, and soon mado her tho most elegant of women. Tho toil-worn little hands aro whito as snow now; but, better than all, her heart is tho happiest that ever beat in a wifo's breast. bocal Characteristics of Speech. In this country wo seem to bo on Ibo verge of adding another to thc curiosi ties of philology, whether lo tho advan tage or lo tho disadvantage of ourselves and our posterity tirno will tell. Tho effect of climate on tho organs of speech has had a certain inlluence. so that our I "national distemper" of catarrh must i bo charged with our unquestionable I tendency to pronounce our words with a nasal twang willoh is familiar lo tho cars of all tho world. The inlluence of nice peculiarities in ccrtalu sections is equally remarkable. Tho African, for example, avoids tho lotter r, and the chil dren of his Southern master, drop it like wise front their tongues. "Of cottee," said a lawj'or in a Western Court somo wimo ago, "if this coat should hold,' &c." and tho gentleman was astonished when his nativo State of Tenncssco was named without diillculty by a bystan der. Hut wiionco comes tho dropping of tho r sound, and its frequent chango to another sound elsewhero unknown in Heaven or earth, which reveals tho Western man wherever ho is found? Tho lillie word sir, which Dickens laughed tit us for using so often, be trays tho Westerner tho world over. It is not tho fi' of the Irishman, nor tho . sah of tho . ro ami thu Southerner, I nor tho sure of tho Frenchman ; it is j see\ either with tho ce cut short off, like ' ay in syrup, or followed by a peculiar sound mado by tho tip or tho tongue against tho top of tho gums of tho upper jaw. Tho sound of r is no fami liar that ono may easily fail to recognize its peculiarity; but wo shall detect it readily enough if wo obsorvo how chil dren aro coming to say co'ml for cord and toolern for norm. At tho end of words wo all aro apt to drop uri r, as our English cousins do, but in tho in ld? dlo of words and syllables somo of us surpass the English by turning our r's into ifs. Listen to tho Hist half-odu cated person whom you hear saying jirst or tvorld, and you will bc only too likely to observo tho change. Workingwomen in England. It has been calculated that there aro in England at least 3,000,000 of women and girls in industrial employment, only half of whom are in doniostic em ployment, and, in fact, that half tho working-class families of tho land aro partly maintained by women, whito as lo wilges, tho amount of their pay is so small-at any rato those of them who ive in London-that "ono might sup pose that they worked for amusement rather than for a livelihood." From limo to time efforts havo been mado to attract attention to thoir deplorable position, but thoso havo boon spcodily forgotten, and tho public has failed to tako hold of the prcsont and future condition of our workingwomen. In theso circumstances it has boon sug gested that tho celebration of (?neon Victoria's jubileo affords a Utting occa sion for bringing under tho notico of hor Majesty and hor pooplo tho hard lot of many thousands of her sox, and that a representativo conference and groat public assemblies should bo held at or about tho dato of tho jubileo to discuss tho many question affecting tho pros pects of workingwomen. At a prelim, inary conference lt was resolvod that such a national conferonco should bo hold within tho next three months. Ile conquers who endures. Good breeding ls benevolence in trifles, TEAi How tho IMniit Was Fouiul hy a Holy Man, Tho tradition of tho lea plant ls a pretty little legendary conceit, writes tho author or "Spine Chinoso Ghosts. " A cramann, as tho Buddhist aesthetic is called, who claims lo have subdued his senses, was passing through Kasi, on his way to China, when a bayadere dropped a gold pioco into his mendi cant's bowl. Ho interposed his fan be tween bis eyes and tho beautiful danc ing girl, but not quickly enough to shut out a view of lier radiant features, her gold-hued breast an j lier curved, glossy and pliant waist. Tho penally of his mistake had followed him a thousand miles. Accursed beauty! Wisely had Uhagavat warned his disciples: "O ye crainanas; women aro not to bo looked upon! And it' yo chanco to meet women, yo must, not suffer your eyes to dwell upon them; but, maintaining holy reserve, speak not to them at all. Then fail not to whisper unto your own hearts, 'Bo, wo aro crainanas, whoso duty it is to remain uncontaminated by the corruptions of this world, oven as tho lotus, which suffereth no vileness to cling unto its leaves, though it blos som amid tho refuso of tho wayside ditch." This era nialia had mado a vow that ho would pass a night and a day in perfect and unbroken meditation. Hut how could ho do so, haunted as he was by tho illusion of form. Tho night was beginning, and bc could not drive tho dancing girl from his eye. 1 ti strove to pray. Tho "jowel iii tho lotus" became tho "jewel in her carl" Bo appealed to Omniscient Goiania in vain. Bo recited the holy words or tho "Chapter of 1 tn permanency," which spake of tho temporary character of form, beauty, pain and so on. Bo re- j cited the eternal verses of tho "Chapter of Wakefulness," but all lo no purpose. Tho memory of tho bayadero clung to him, and ho fell asleep dreaming of her. Bor a moment illusion triumphed. Mara-tho ovil one-prevailed. With a shock of rcsolvo tiro dreamer awoke in tho night, under tho stars of tho Chinoso sky. Humiliated, ponitent, .bill resolved, tho ascetic drow from his girdle a keon knife, and with unfalter ing hand severed his oyelids rrom his eyes and Hung thom from him. "O thou perfectly awakened I" ho prayed, "thy disciplo hath not been overcomo savo through tho feebleness of tho body; and his YOW hath been renewed. Boro shall ho linger without food or drink until tho moment of its fulfillment." And having assumed tho hieiralc posturo-scated himself with his lower limbs folded beneath him and tho palms of his hands upwards, tho right upon tho left, tho left resting upon tho solo ot bis upturned foot-ho resumed hie meditation. Dawn blushed; day brightened. Night came and glittered and passed; but Mara tempted in vain. This timo tho vow was fulfilled, the holy purposo accomplished. Strong in tho holiness of Iiis accomplished vow, tho Indian pilgrim aroso in tho morning glow. Ho started for amazement as ho lifted his hands to his eyes. What marvel had been wrought ? Not oven a singlo lash was lacking. In Vam hplookcd for tho sovoral lids that ho had flung upon tho ground; they had mysteriously vanished, but lo! there whore ho had cast them two wondrous .shrubs wore growing, with dainty leaf lets, eyelid shaped, and snowy buds just opening to tho east. And ho hamed tho nowly created plant, lil thelanguago of tho nation to whom ho brought tho lotos of tho good Jaw, "Te." Microscopic Possibilities. Perhaps tho most wonderful thing that has been discovered of lalo is tho now glass which has just boon mado in Swedon, differing from ordinary glass in its extraordinary refractivo powor. Our common glass contains only six substances, while tho Swedish glass consists of fourteen, tho most important elcmonts being phosphorus and boron, which aro not found in any othor glass. Tho revolution which this new refrac tor is destined to make is almost incon coivablo, if it is truo, as is postively al leged, that, whilo tho highest power of an old-fashioned microscopic lons re veals only tho ono four hundred thousandth part of an inch, this now glass will enablo us to distinguish ono two hundred and four million seven h?ndred thousandth part of an inch. It makes ono's hand ache to writo thoso ligaros; and who can toll what worlds within worlds may not bo discovered with such an instrument as this? Mag nified after this fashion, tho smallost anim?lculo will bo convorted into ri giant, and if tho samo rofracting powt ?an bo applied to tho telephone wo shall havo tho moon brought to our yory doors. Bo good by stealth, and blush to find lt fame. AN AUMIJKHK MAN. A Wonderful Hero Who Harnessed Horses With His Teeth. Recently there died nt Potsdam, N. W, a wonderful man. An accident deprived him of both arms, which woro amputated at tho shoulder, He earned ii living hy uaing lu?feet arid lllSTOOUtll instead of his arms. "Wo aro told that lio owned a horse, of which he took tho eu tiro caro, harnessed it, fastened and unfastonod tho buckles with bia teeth, and drove with tho reins tied around his shoulders. J3eing in need of a wagon, bc bought wheels and axles and built a box buggy comploto and paint ed it. Ile went lo (lie barn one winter day and built a cow stable, sawing tho limber with Ids feet, and with tho ham mer in one foot and holding' tho nail willi Hie oilier, he nailed Hie boards on as well as most men could do with their bandai ito dug u well t welve feet deep on a farm in tho town and. stoned lt himself, lie could mow away hay by holding the fork under his chin and let ting it rest against his shoulder. Ho could pick up potatoes in Ibo hold as fast as a man could dig thom. Ile would dress himself, get his meals, write his letters, and, in fact, do almost any Hiing that any man with two hands could do. Many a man with all of his physical faculties unimpaired mourns hecauso he can not get along, and yet this arm less brother mado himself independent without arms or hands. Ho. was liko tho Crimean hero who, when his lower limos wero shot away, wrote, to Hie wo man ho was engaged tb marry releasing her. Sho answered: "I will marry you if you havo enough body remain ing lo contain your noble soul." Tho lOntfllsh liiitsc 'JYuile. Scarcely any native industry has boon recently moro completely driven out of tho country by foreign competition than tho laco trade. Italy, Franco, and bel gium romain-as they have been al most for centuries-the great lace pro ducing countries of tho Continent. Things aro bad in longland, but thoy aro worse in Ireland. At ono timo Irish laco had a great reputation. Old Irish laco has it still. Limerick used to run Brussels very hard, and Car i ickmacross was not second to Honiton, lint now tho foreigner has almost en tirely supplanted tho native industrial. Thcro aro two causes assigned. Tho first ls cheapness, though an articlo which is tho product not so much of a Irado as an art, and for which tho de mand arises, not from need, but from fashion, cost, or rather price, is not so very important. Tho second causo is tho poverty of design and tho great want of variety in patterns.. Tim for eigners appreciate thc rulo in commerce, to create tho demand which you aro able lo satisfy. And so in foreign lace tho patterns chango from year to year, tho designs vary, the shapes alter, and this combined with cheapness tends to brisk tho trade, though probably to tho supply pf an Inferior articlo. If Eng lish or Irish laco is to competo on a.fair platform with tho French or Belgian articles tho elementary principles of trado must bo applied to its produc tion. A Hom ?nu M? of the Custer Massacre. _,_ Another romaneo originating in tho (Juster massacre has been discoYorod in connection with tho gold watch worn by Lieutenant Crittenden, who also per ished by the vengeful bull?is and knives of Sitting Bull's people. Tho watch was a present which his father, Gen eral Crittenden, had purchased in Eng land somo timo before. It becamo tho booty of a Sioux warrior, who, in duo season, after crossing tho lino, sold it to a Canadian rancher or farmer. Tho purchasor, suspecting thcro must bo some history connected with it, wrote to tho maker in England, describing tho watch and staling its numbor. Tim maker wrote back that Hm watch had been sold originally to General Critten den, of tho United States Army. There upon tho Canadian communicated willi tim general, who promptly repurchased tho watch, and it now hangs in his bed , room in New York city, a sad mem orial. .Tho Pitcher on tho Post. Aloro than thirty years ago a young girl was in tho act of placing a pitchor on a post which stands noar tho South Carolina railway; livo milos from Aiken, 'when sim was struck dead by lightning. Evor sinco this tragic oe curronco tho pitcher has remained on tho post, safo by superstition from tho touoh of nogroos, who believo that tho arm which touches it will bo pa 1 /zed. Storms and cyclonos havo not < .acod it, although tho post which holdt. lt is fast crumbling with decay. CAllF. O?? OIIIIiDllBN JN SUMM IOU. Tlio Attention that .Should ho Paid to thom During Hot Weather. Tho hot wcathor Ia especially trouble some to young children and infants, and ns tho little tender creatures cannot toll their pains and discomforts, they whiim liligi fret, nn.il ?VA IJlOUgUt t.Q bo cross and Ill-tempered, when they aro really Buffering. A little caro and pre caution will tend to relievo thom very much. A strip of flannel buttoned ahoufc tho loins will bo of great servlco in preventing stomach aches, diarrhoea, and to feed littlo and ofton, will avoid much discomfort to them. Kinsing infant? should bo supplied often, and with littlo at tho timo, but not too ofton; onco in tinco hours is enough for them, and tho mothor should bo very careful about her own health and com fort lest tho child suitor with her. Children ? year old should bo fed upon milk with one-half water added; an cxcellont food for thom is made by boiling a pound of dried Hour, tied up in a cloth for four hours, and when cold kept for use as follows: grato off a suilicicnt quantity, stir it into milk and boil for five minutes to a thin gruel, add sugar, and givo it out whoa now milk warm. Hot milk sipped from a teaspoon is excellent, given in small quantities now and thou. Nursing bottles should bo kept in a bowl of water to which a teaspoonful of soda is added to keep it sweet. Avoid all sour food. Bathe iii tepid water overy even ing before bed-time. Keep one room in tho house dark and closed during tho day-time, and well aired during tho night. It will bo cool and freo from Hies, and tho children may rest thero when tired in tho afternoon. A HEROIC CAT. How "Miss Pussy" Saved tho I-iifc of a Wounded French Soldier, Duv Inj? tire Crimean War. During tho Crimean war a littlo cat, reared in Iiis mother's cottage, followed a young French soldier when ho loft his native village. Tho lad's heart clung lo this small, ? dumb member of his family, and he gave pussy a seat'on his knapsack by day on tho march, and a corner of his couch at night. Sho took her meals on her master's knee, and was a goneral pct in tho company. On tho morning that his regiment was first ordered into action, tho soldiers bade his littlo cat farewell and loft lier in charge of a sick comrade Ho had marched about a milo from camp* when what waa his surpriso lo seo Alisa Pussy running besido him, Ho lifted her upon tho usual seat, and soon tho engagement commenced. Twico did the soldier fall, but tho cat clung fast hold. At last a sovoro wound stretch ed him bleeding on tho flold. No .soon er did pussy catch sight of tho blood flowing from her master, than sho seated hcrsolf upon his body, and bogan to lick his wound in tho most assiduous manner. Tims sho remained for sonio hours, till tho surgeon cumo up to tho young lad and had him carried to tho tent of tho wounded. Whon he recov ered consciousness his first question was, "Shall I livo?" "Yes, my good follow," was tho surgeon's answer, "thanks to your littlo cat; for if sho had not used her tongue so intelligent ly you would have been too, exhausted by tho loss of blood to rocovor." You may bo suro that pussy was well cared for, and, contrary to all regulations, sho was allowed lo accompany tho young soldier to tho hospital, where sho was regaled with the choicest mor sels from his plate, and becamo a very distinguished character. "Tossing tho Pancake." Westminster sehcW retains its usage of "tossing tho pancake," a ceremony performed before tho wliolo school of masters and boya by tho cook, who es? says to toss tho pancake across tho bai which divides tho uppor from tho lower school, if he succeed, tho dean of West? minstor is bound by charter to present him with a guinea, which honorarium is also duo to tho boy who catches tho pancake, and succeeds in carrying it off, unbroken, to tho deanery. And though this may appear impossible to. the uninitiated, having regard to tho flimsy olin rac tor of tho ordinary pan cake, it must bo remembered that tho Westminister pancake is about half au inch thick and about six inches in di ameter, and, moreover, is mado of flour and wator only, and loft to harden for a week; thus it offers somo resistance to tho struggling hands of tho boys. On tho othor hand, the cook, if ho fail to toss tho pancake over tho bar, is pun ished for his awkwardness by being "booked," that is, polled with books, lt is said that a mastorof AVestminstor, himself an old scholar, still pre serves, under a glass caso, the valuable rollo gained by himself somo ycurs ago.