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1897.
SEPTEMBER— 30 days.
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SELDOM PROSPER.
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Partridge Shooting oegins.—St. Giles.
Great Fire of London, 1666.
Oliver Cromwell died, 1658.
French Republic proclaimed, 1870.
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Lord Bathurst died, 1775.
Queen Elizabeth born, 1533.
" Friends are the nearest relations."
John Brand, antiquary, died, 1806.
Battle of Pinkie, 1547.
James II. of England died, 1701.
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Duke of Wellington died, 1852.
" Dogs bark as they are bred."
Louis XIV. of France born, 1638.
Walter Savage Landor, poet, d., 1864.
Dr. Samuel Johnson born, 1709.
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Battle of the Alma, 1854.
Sir Walter Scott died, 1832.
Theodore Hook, novelist, died, 1788.
" Every ass loves to hear himself bray."
Dean Milman died, 1868.
Siege of Paris commenced, 1870.
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WORDS OF THE WISE.
It is a good thing to learn
caution by the misfortunes of
others.
"Where there is much preten-
sion, much has been borrowed.
Nature never pretends.
We seldom find people un-
grateful as long as we are in a
condition to render them ser-
vices.
Some men, like pictures, are
fitter for a corner than a full
light.
You may depend upon it that
he is a good man whose intimate
friends are all good.
Better be good than great.
You'll have less competition.
The latter business is over-
done.
NOTES TO THE CALENDAR.
He that loses wealth loses much ; he
that loses friends loses more ; but he
that loses his spirits loses all.
1,— The patron saint of beggars is
St. Giles, who was born at Athens,
and moved to Prance in 715, having
first distributed his patrimony to
the poor. He is one of the saints in
the Church of England calendar,
and the church of St. Giles at
Oripplegate, London, is dedicated
to him.
6.— Lord Bathurst (father of the
Chancellor), until within a month of
his death , at the great age of ninety-
one, constantly rode on horseback
two hours before dinner, and as regu-
larly took his bottle of claret or
madeira after.
On having some friends at his
seat at Cirencester, he was very
loth to part with them one evening,
when his son objected to their
sitting up any longer, saying, that
"health and long life were best
secured by regularity." He was
therefore permitted to retire ; but
as soon as he had departed, the
cheerful father said :
" Come, my good friends, now the
old gentleman has gone to bed, I
think we may venture to crack another
bottle."
16.— It is said that Louis XIV.,
the most haughty and magnificent
monarch of modern times, used to
lift his hat even to the female
servants of his court.
If so, no man need think that he
derogates from his dignity by keep-
ing his hat off in a respectable shop
when he 1b served by a woman.
Even in business intercourse
politeness need not be banished.
In this country, for instance,
cheques are marked "Pay to." In
France they are worded, "Veuillez
payer "— " Please to pay," "Kindly
pay," etc.
22.— A tombstone in the island
of Jamaica has the following in-
scription :—
"Here lieth the body of Lewis
Galdy, Esq., who died on the 22nd of
September, 1737, aged 80. He was
born at Montpelier, in France,
which place he left for his religion,
and settled on this island, where,
I in the great earthquake, 1672, he
was swallowed up, and by the won-
derful providence of God, by a
second shock was thrown out into
the sea, where he continued swim-
ming until he was taken up by a
boat, and thus miraculously pre-
served. He afterwards lived in
great reputation, and died univer-
sally lamented."
24.— Dean Milman was buried in
St. Paul's Cathedral, and a monu-
ment to his memory was erected
by public subscription in the south
aisle of the choir. Milman was
highly esteemed in society, and his
intimate friends included Macaulay,
Hallara, Sydney Smith, and Lock-
hart. His intellect lacked origin-
ality, but he was a pioneer in the
study of Sanscrit poetry and in the
application of criticism to Jewish
history.
28.— Thomas Day, the author of
" Sandford and Merton," a book