ENDINGS OF SOME FAMOUS MEN OF THE WORLD.
King David died of old age. Louis XVI. died on the scaffold. Richard III. was killed in battle. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. James A. Garfield was assassinated. Charles I. of England was beheaded. Louis V. was poisoned by his queen. Mustapha II. was strangled in prison. Darius Codomanus was killed in battle. Atilla the Hun died in a drunken spree. Millard Fillmore died of paralysis at seventy-four. Andrew Johnson died of paralysis at sixty-seven. Achmet III. was strangled by his guards. Chester A. Arthur died of apoplexy at fifty-six. Louis I. died of fever during a campaign. James II. died in exile of gluttonous habits. Nerva is supposed to have been poisoned. General Grant died of cancer of the throat at sixty-three. Emperor William of Germany died of old age. Tiberius was smothered by one of his favorites. Solyman was dethroned and murdered in prison. Henry VI. of England was murdered in prison. Mustapha I. was deposed and strangled in prison. Charles III. Le Fou was deposed and died in prison. George IV. died from a complication of disorders. Feodor II. of Russia was assassinated in church. John Adams passed away at ninety-one from senile debility. Queen Anne died of dropsy, brought on by brandy. Gregor V. was driven from Rome and died in exile. Louis Napoleon died in exile at Chislehurst, England. Adolphus of Germany fell at the battle of Gelheim. John Tyler died at seventy-two from a mysterious disorder. Richard II. is supposed to have been starved to death. Jehoahaz, king of Judah, died in captivity in Egypt. Lothaire of France was poisoned by female relatives. George I. died from apoplexy, induced by drinking. Pope Lando is supposed to have been poisoned. Feodor I. of Russia was deposed and died in prison. Gustavus Adolphus was killed in the battle of Lutzen. Sultan Musa-Chelebi was deposed and strangled. Pope Donus II. died suddenly, presumably by poison. Pope John X. died in prison, it is believed by poison. Josiah, king of Judah, was killed in battle at Mejiddo by an arrow.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Artesian wells were known at Thebes as long ago as the time of Timerion, 2,000 years before the beginning of the Christian era.—Selected. "SEEK to gain and keep one another's confidence by upright, honest dealings and open-heartedness."