Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1898 — How He Mastered Figures. [ARTICLE]

How He Mastered Figures.

It is not genei*ally kjiown that if Mr. Gladstone had not been swayed by a very strong sense of filial duty, he would never have entered Parliament, his own strong predisposition being to take orders and go into the church. Another incident which is not generally known is that it was the same principle of filial obedience which first brought to light that extraordinary aptitude for figures which enabled Mr. Gladstone to become the greatest Chancellor of the Exchequer that England has ever had. When he was at Oxford he wrote home, saying that he didn’t care for mathematics,.and intended to concentrate his attention upon classics. His father wrote back that he heard with much grief his son's decision. He did not think a man was a man unless he knew mathematics. Mr. Gladstone, on receiving this intimation of his father’s wishes, abandoned his own plan, and applied himself with his usual concentration to the study of mathematics. Much to his surprise, he came out double first. He often said in after life that he had done it to please his father, and that he would never have been Chancellor of the Exchequer had it not been for the bent given to his mind by his compliance with his father’s wish that he should pursue mathematical studies. St. Jacobs Oil cures Rheumatism. St. Jacobs Oil “ Neuralgia. St. Jacobs Oil “ Lumbago. St. Jacobs Oil “ Sciatica. St. Jacobs Oil “ Sprains. St. Jr.cobs Oil “ Bruises. St. Jucoba Oil ” Soreness. St. Jacobs (Jii ** Stiftuen St. Jacobs Oil “ Backache. St. Jacobs Oil “ Muscular Aches.