ing a subordinate position in the East
I India Comiiany's service, twice at-
tempted to deprive himself of life by
snapping a loaded pistol at his head
I Kaeh time the pistol missed tire. A
friend entering his room shortly after
ward, he requested him to fire it out of
the window; it then went off without
I any difhCllIIV. Sati
tied thus that the
weapon had been
duly primed and
loaded, the vounr man siraiir nn. ex-
1 claimill"
I "I must be preserved for something
great,." and from that moment gave up
the idea of suicide, which, for some
time previous, had been iipttcrmost
I his thoughts. That voting man after-
I ward became Lord Clivc
i wo nrotiiers were on one occasion
I walking together, when a violent storm
of thunder and lightning overtook
them. One was struck dead ou the
spot; the other was sared, else would
I the name of the great reformer, Martin
I Luther, have been unknown to man-
I kind
Bacon, the-ulptorr when a tender
I00 0' five" year? hid, fell into rhe-pit
ing the yard, observed the top of hU
head.
