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Show Odd Origin of Custom. In Abyssinia tho emperor Is commonly com-monly called "Jnn hoy," meaning "his majesty." Tho words have a strange hlstoiy. It Is gUcn by n pasa-ipe in the chronlclo of Mahdar- v i-vam. Tho King Ba-?a Dengcl ,l!0 engage. in a military expedition camped la Dambya, v ts surprised to hear tho Inhabitants shout "Jnn hoy." which menn "HI, cleplmnt"' at an elephant wuHi was destroying a field of corn, and nd whon thus' accosted. Then tho klag sal that whenever ho went to pillage corn, If tho people crlod "Jan hoy!" ho would consider" their claims and redress their wrongs. From this arose tho custom of ad-dressing ad-dressing the king as "Jan hoy," ns an equivalent for asking for Justice, tho expression gradually losing Its sps.-rial sps.-rial significance and becoming the ordinary or-dinary term of addref when speaking of his majesty. |