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    THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE.
He cannot walk, he cannot apeak.
Nothing he knows of hooks and men.
He is the weakest of the weak.
And has not strength to hold a pen;
He has no pocket, und no purse.
Nor ever yet has owned a penny
But hRS more riches than his nur*
Because he wants not any.
He rules his pnrents by his cry,
And holds them captive by a smile,
A despot, strong through infancy,
A king, from lack of guile,
QL He lies upon hie back and crows.
Or looks with grave eves on his mother—
Re What can he mean? Blit I suppos'
They Understand each other,
BE
f t In doors or out, early or late.
There is no limit to his sway,
■ For wrapt in baby rolies of state,
B He governs night nud day.
BF Kisses lie tukes as rightful due,
And Turk-like, bus his slaves to dress
M him,
in- subjects bend before him, too,
1 in oue of them, tiod bless him!
—John Dennis.
JUoicilL CRIME.
BY WII.KIK f’OI.MNS,
Just prior to the American revolu
tion, a Bristol trader arrived in the
harbor of Boston, having one passen
^ ger on board. This person was a
young English woman named Esther
Calvert, daughter of a shop-keeper at
Cheltenham und niece of the captain
of the ship.
Borne years before her departure
from England Esther had suffered an
affliction—associated with a deplor
.c *bie public event—which had shaken
her attachment to her native land.
Free, at a later period, to choose for
herself, she resolved on leaving En
gland as soon as employment could
, sms found for her in another country.
^K*er a weary interval ot expectation,
The sea-captain hail obtained a situa
tion for his niece as housekeeper in
the family of Mrs. Anderkin, a widow
lady living in Boston.
Esther hud been well practiced in
domestic duties during the long illness
it her mother. Intelligent, modest,
i;, Spd sweet-tempered, she soon became
ativoritewith Mrs. Anderkin and the
member* of tier young family. The
child ren found but one fault with the
Mw housekeeper—she dressed invari
ably in dismal black, and it was im
possible to prevail upon her to give
tbe cause. It was known that she was
an orphan, and she bad acknowledged
that no relations of hers had recently
died, and yet she persisted in wearing
mourning. Some great grief had evi
dently overshadowed the life of the
spittle Kngli sh housekeeper.
I In her intervals of leisure, she rood
K,.became the chosen friend of Mrs. An
derkin’s children; always ready to
teach them new games, clever at dress
ing the girls’ dolls anil at mending tiie
boys’ toys. Esther was in one re
Bjpect, only not in sympathy with her
young friends—she never laughed.
One day, they boldly put theqnestion
m to her: “When we are all laughing,,
’ why don’t you laugh too?"
Esther only replied in these words:
“I shall think it kind ot you if you
won’t ask me that question again."
The young people deserved her confi
dence in them; they never mentioned
stbe subject, from that time forth.
■ AS But there was another member of
le family, whose desire to know
.jmetliing of the housekeeper's his
jory was, from motives of delicacy,
iConceuled from Esther herself. This
tt-nm thu fim-pi-ncss—Mrs Anrterkin's
|, well-loved friend, as well as the teacher
I of her children.
‘ On the day before ho sailed on his
homeward voyage, the sea-captain
i' Called to take leave of his niece—and
jp then asked if lie could also pay his
if, respects to Mrs. Anderkin. He was
informed that ttie lady of the house
■Pf had pone out, hut that the governess
0 would he happy to receive him. At
gktthe interview which followed, they
h talked of Esther, and agreed so well
in their good opinion of her. that the
• captain paid a tong visit. Thegovern
; ess had persuaded him to tell the
■,?- Story of his niece's wasted life.
lint he insisted on one condition.
! “If we had been in England,” lie
f p said, “I should have kept the matter
secret, for the sake of the family.
Here, in America, Esther is a stranger
p —here she will stay—and no slur will
be cast on the family name at home.
But mind one thing: I trust to your
honor to take no one into your conli
dJRse—excepting only the mistress of
the bouse.”
This was Esther’s sad story:
In the year 17012, a young man
I named John Jennings, employed as
• waiter at a Yorkshire inn. astonished
| his master l>y announcing tlmt he was
engaged to he married, and that he
purposed retiring from service on next
quarter day.
Further inquiry showed that the
young woman's name was Esther Cal
vert, and that Jennings was greatly
Hjjer inferior in social rank llt-r fa tier s
consent in tii- marriage depended
| on her lover's success in rising in the
world. Friends with money were in
clined to trust Jennings, and to help
him to start a business o! his own, d
hints Calvert's fattier would tin some
th. ug for the young j ample on his sale,
lie made no object too, ami t lie mar
riage engagement was sanctioned ac
cordingly.
One evening. sn«n the last days of
■ Jennings’ service were drawing to an
etui.a genii mran on horseback stopped
f at the urn. In a state td great agita
lie Informed the landlady that
|jh*aa ns hts wav to llml.bui that he
had hven so Itqklnwl as to make it
Jnqsvssihle for him to continue his
tourney. A highwayman hod rubbed j
atm of a nurse uni anting twenty
gonna* The 'hiefe hue ias usual ,
tu those days) woe eoaceqfsd ]
by a mask, and there was but one
rheme of bringing bon to justice. It
was the Uavekrt • custom to place a ,
pmttt mark on every gedd prece that
he rarried with him oil a journey, and
the stolen guineas might possibly be
traced in that way.
The landlord (one Mr. Brunnell) at
tended on his guest at supper. His
wife had only that moment told him
ol the robbery; and be had a circum
stance to mention which might lead
to the discovery of the thief. In the
first place, however, lie wished to ask
at what time the crime had been com
mitted. The traveler answered that
be had been robbed late in t he even
ing, just as it was beginning to ge‘
dark. On hearing this Mr. Brunnell
looked very much distressed.
“I have got a waiter named Jen
nings,” he said, “a mail superior to his
station in life—good in inner* And fair
education—in fact, a general favorite.
But, for some time past, I have ob
served that, be has Peen rather fn-e
with his money in betting, and thut
habits of drinking havegrown on him.
J am afraid lie is not worthy of the
good opinion entertained of him by
myself and other persons. This even
ing I sent him out to get some small
silver for me, giving him a guinea to
change, lie came hack intoxicated,
telling me that change was not to be
had. I ordered him to bed, and then
happened to look at the guinea which
he hail brought back, rnlortunately,
1 had not at that time heard of the
robbery; and I paid the guinea away
with some other money, in settlement
of a tradesman s account. But this
I am sure of. there was a mark on ,
the guinea which Jennings gave hack j
to me. It is, of course, possible that
liinim itiiirlif 111) I'D Ittnifl fl lMfll'lf /ulill'll !
escaped iny notice) on tlio guinea
widen I took out of my purse w hen I
sent for change.”
"Or, the traveler suggested, "itmay
have been one of my stolen guineas,
given back by mistake, by this drunk
en waiter of yours, instead of tlio
guinea banded to him by yoursell. Do
you think he is asleep?”
"Hiiro to be asleep, sir—in his condi
tion.”
"l)o you object. Mr. Brimnell, after
what you have told me, to set tingtliis
matter at rest by searching the man’s
clot lies?''
The landlord hesitated. "It seems
hard on Jennings,” lie said, "if we
prove to have been suspicious of him
without a cause. Can you speak posi
tively, sir, to the mark which you put
on your money?”
The traveler declared that he could
swear to Ids mark. Mr. Brimnell
yielded. The two went up together
to the waiter’s room.
Jennings was fast asleep. At the
very outset of the search, they found
the stolen bag of money in his pocket.
The guineas—nineteen in number—hail
a mark on each one of them, and that
mark the traveler identified. After
this discovery there was but one
course to take. The waiter’s protesta
tions of innocence, when they woke
him and accused him of the robbery,
were lint ly contradicted by facts, lie
was charged before a magistrate with
the theft of the money, and. a* a mat
ter of course, was committ ed for trial.
The circumstances were so st rongly
against him tliftt his own friends rec
ommended Jennings to plead guilty,
and apt teal to the mercy of the court,
lie refused to follow their advice, and
he was bravely encouraged to persist
in that, decision by the poor girl, who
believed in his innocence with her
whole heart. At that dreadful crisis
she secured the best legal assistance,
mid took from her little dowry the
money that paid the expenses.
At the next assizes the ease was
tried. The proceeding before the judge
was a repetition (at great length and
with more solemnity) of the proceed
ings before the magistrate. No skill
in cross-examination could shake the
direct statements of the witnesses
The evidence was made absolutely
complete, by the appearance of the
tradesman? to whom Mr. Brimnell had
paid tfie marked guinea. The coin
(,-o marked) was a curiosity: the man
had kept it, and he now produced it
in court.
The judge summed up. finding liter
ally nothing that he could say, as an
honest man, in favor of the prisoner.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty,
after a consultation which was a mere
matter of torm. Clearer circumstan
tial evidence of guilt had never been
produced, in the opinion ot every
person—but, one—who was pres
ent at the trial. The sentence
on Jennings for highway robbery was,
by the law ot those days, death on |
the scaffold.
Ftiends were found to help Esther
in the last effort that the faithful crea
ture could now make—the attempt to
obtain a commutation of the sen
tenet*. Mie was admitted to an inter
view with tl>e home secretary, ami tier
petition w..s presented to the king.
Here, again, the indisputable evidence
iorhade the exercise of mercy. Km
ther's betrothed husband was hanged
at Hull. His last wools dccl ired his
innocence—with the rope round his
neck.
Before a year had passed, the one
txior consolation that she could hope
lor, in this world, found Ksther in her
misery. The proof that Jennings hud
died a martyr to the fallibility of hu
man justice, was made public by the
confession of tin* guilty man.
Another criminal trial took fit ace at
the a-'i.’ -s. *| be landlord of wu mn
was loimd guilty of having stolen the j
pro|M*rty ol a |s*nmn staying in his
house It wa« staled in exddvneethnt
tills was not his first offense. He had
iseii habitually a rubber on the high
wav. am I his name was Urumie(l.
'I lie wretch confessed that he was !
the masked li.gliKay man who ha t
stolen the bag «d guinea-*. Biding, by
A nearer way than was known to the
traveler. In* li id reached the inn llrst, 1
Th«*rw he found a |arson in trade wait
ing by np|w>uit llK Ut tor tlweetlh luelit |
ol a I* li. Not having enough mom/ ,
of hie own aiaiut him to pay tie*
w lade amount. Ilrnnmtl had in cli* »w
of one of live stolen guineas, att*l had
only heard the traveler d >'*»* that j
hl< mom y was marlo-d after the
tradesman had left the house. To
ask h r the return of the fatal guinea
was more than he dared to at (
tempt Hut on* Iwr alterna* i
live presented itself The merciless t
ttlUiu injured l.tsowu safety by the
m rit, r of an In ms eut man.
After the tinie when the sea catitam I
had paid his visit at Mrs. Anderkin'a
house, Esther’s position became sub
ject to certain chances. One little
domestic privilege followed another so
gradually and so modestly that the
housekeeper found herself a loved and
honored member of the family, with
out being able to trace by what suc
cession of events she had risen to the
new place that she occupied. The
secret confided to the two ladies had
been strickly preserved; Esther never
even ■-uspected that they kney the Je
Elornble story of her lover’s death,
ler life, after what, she had suffered,
was not prolonged to a great age. She
died—peacefully unconscious of the
terrors of death. Her last words were
spoken with a smile. She looked at
the loving friends assembled round
her hed, and said to them: "My dear
one is waiting for me. Hood-bye.”
A Goodly Old Kitchen.
A correspondent of the New Orleans
Picayune, who has been visiting in
Canterbury, writes: "Just outside the
gate and across t he way from the shop
of tiie potato mid pork merchant’s
there stands, ns it has stood for a
couple of centuries, t he old Kalstaff
Inn. We went in under the n
through a low doorway, overgrown
with ivy. At the end of the twill was
a lovely old kitchen with a floor of
cool tiles and a gorgeous dinner ser
vice of purple, red, blue and gold dis
played in wide racks against the wall,
A bright fire was burning, the red coals
glowing between the bars of the grate,
and a vast, deal of cooking was going
on. The kettle is boiling with a fussy
effusion like that of a comfortable,
home-keeping, good-hearted, mother
ly woman, bustling about to get tilings
ready for her good man and the chil
dren! A leg of lamb was roasting be
fore t.lie fire. A string or tliin iron
chain, I believe it was, was fas
tened from the mantle shelf, and
from the other end hung the
meat, dangling directly in front of tlie
grate bars. A plate was set under
Ili'/ll ll lU I tlibkl! INI. Ill i4 Iinu
a bit of that lamb, with some mint
nance, for my dinner, and I can attest
that it was most excellent eating. I.
wish I bad some of it at thin moment.
A trim young woman, wearing the
whitest of mob caps, tlie cleanest of
white aprons, stood before the fire
broiling a chop. She bail a long-hand
led, double t in broiler or gridiron in
her hands. The chop was shut up in
this*, and she patiently held it before
the fire as we would hold up a wet
towel to dry, turning it round now
and then; and what, with the tea-ket
tle, the bursting of the skin of the leg
of tiielamb, the siz/.ing of the savory
chop, most comforting, if deafening,
noises filled t lie cosy room. The girl
turned a rosy face at us and smiled
comfortably. The smile, the goodly
old kitchen, the rows of delf on the
wall, the nodding red hollyhocks out
in the garden, the recollections of that
swinging, jolly old FalstafT, of the
charming windows and deep window
seats warmed me to the heart with'
enthusiasm.
Open Your Windows, Friends.
From Chambers’ Journal.
Directly the sun begins to decline,
let every maiden and housewife, and
man and woman and child, with an
eye for the picturesque, and ft feeling
for health and beauty, throw up the
Venetian or Parisian blinds. Open
your rooms to the glories of the even
ing; throw up and pull down the
sashes; open wide ail your doors. Let
cool breezes enter into corridor and
cellar and garret and room; let the
"caller” air circulate through every
inch of the house hour after hour,
while you are getting your evening
meal, while you say your prayers,
while you think of others after the
toils of the day. If it be your price
less lot to dwell apart from the city
life, and have outside your cottage or
villa or mansion, flowers, those lovely
gifts of Dame Nature, let scents of rose
and t hyme come in at every gap in the
hedge, at every rift of the wall, at
every cranny of the house—scents of
rosemary and mignonette, and laven
der and bergamot, and lily and elder
berry. Welcome delicate perfume on
us cooling, refreshing, healthy mis
sion. It is llygcia’s gift—a superla
tive boon for the dog days.
Ts’ew Piece of Deception.
A private representation has recent
ly been given in London of a very re
markable illusion, the inventor of
which is M. Bautier do Kolta, who
was tumble himself to appear, but was
very nbly represented by Mr. Charles
Bertram, a clever “conjurer,” already
favorably known to Loudon and
provincial audiences. Ot course, a*
the true secret of art is to conceal the
means hy which it is wrought out, the
i i vent or of this latest illusion my sil
lies the spectators so that it seems
impossible to explain away oraccount
in any way lor his very ingenious
trick. Mr. Bertram ted on the stage
a ytiling Indy of prepossessing npie-ar
a nee, who tas seated in aeimir placed
ti|Hiit an oiitspiead n* w»paper.
through which it was impossible for
her to pass down through the stage
without leaving a rent in tiie p«i*-i‘.
She lias no dose stirrotiudm.* in t lie
way oi stage furniture, hy which to
conceal her let rea? In any other dim*
Unit. A thill tlU veil is thtonnover
her, and when, in a few second*, it i»
relumed, sht? has dissnppealed, While
t he chair in w huh site sat is st ill at and
lag on tiie ihis>|ut|wr. The lady is af
terward led Oft to IttklVP |||* iTtlf4 V<4l
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JOHN RANDOLPH.
ftnaafp About Him Inatanrat of HI* Ar
rofaroa ami Intuitu—llomlntacoueos of
Ilia Uoali.
\V<t(thington Letter to Cleveland Lender.
I have been much interested lately
in the study of John Randolph of
Roanoke,and nowhere do I find a bet
ter description titan in the private
memoirs of Ogle Tayloe, one of the
rich old citizens of Washington, who
published his recollections some time
ago, exclusively for the use of his
friends. These stories of Tayloe have
never gotten into general circulation.
He published only a very few of his
books, ant! they never got into ttie
stores. Reading them is like looking
over some old manuscript diary of
the past, and from their pages you
can get more real truth as to the pri
vats life of our great statesman than
from history. The following letter I
quote freely fromTayloe's hook about
Randolph, and in many instances ver
batim:—
“John Randolph.” says Mr. Tayloe,
“was unquestionably a man of genius,
of rare eloquence, and high literary at
tainments. llis penetrating and m«b
lilliious voice was wonderful (though
not equal to Clay's) its low notes
reaching every part of t he largest hall.
He and Clay were rivals in eloquence
and debate. They represented op
posing political parties and principles.
The one a pat rician by t»irt li, I lie oth
er sprung from thcpeople. Doth were
born in Virginia. There were giants
ill those days, Randolph started in
life as the t ribtine of the people, a fob
lunur in iii’iin nun, mil, u in 11 <v •» ii'i' *
himself, lie changed some of his opin
ions, and became aristocratic, proud,
and overbearing, lie prided himself
on the forte and style of an 1'nglish
gentleman. He dressed well and ap
propriately, importing In* dot lies from
Kngland. When lie rode his blood
horse—the wiiy lie usually moved—he
wore leath"r breeehes and white tons.
He drove his phaeton, his servant fol
lowing on horseback, or was driven in
bis ‘chariot and four,' the carnage and
harness from Longaerc. London, lint,
in some respects, Mr. Randolph was a
lusiis Datum-. Tho Hon. Richard
Rush, in a controversy, described him,
not inaptly:—
“ ‘A-florid, loan nnd lank.
That moved uponuspindlo shank.'
"Mr. Randolph was tall and thin,
as straight as an Indian. He walked
like oi.e, and prided himself on his
descent from Pocahontas. He was
quick at repartee, und unsparing ill
satire.”
‘‘For meanness and pretension ho
expressed the greatest scorn. A few
examples will suflice. In one of his
walks along Pennsylvania avenue, in
Washington, he was overtaken by an
obese gentleman, pulling from bis exer
tion, with tint remark: ‘You walk
very fast, Mr. Randolph.’ ‘lean walk
a little faster,’ was the reply, striding
away from him. A sycophant follow
ed Inin to a coachmaker s repository
and volunteered bis opinion on a
close carriage. ‘Please examine the
Interior, said Mr. Randolph, and then
fastened him in and walked ofT. A
iierson meaning to be very civil to Mr.
tandolpli, on meeting him ut Rich
mond, said to him, ‘I lately passed by
your house.’ ‘1 hope, sir, you’ll al
ways puss it by,’ was Mr. Randolph’s
reply. On his being a prosecutor
in the celebrated trial of Judge
Chase, it was remarked to him, by a
supple M. C., ofhis kinsman, tho nc
complished gentleman, David Meade
Randolph, whose testimony favored
Judge Chase, that ,*it was not to be
relied upon.’ ‘I would sooner believe
Mr. Randolph’s word,’ was the reply
‘than yours, sir, upon your oath.' In
repiy to a sophomorical sort of mem
ber ot Congress, who had eulogized Mr.
Randolph's greut talent, concluding
with the remark, ‘but were he obliged
to take bis heart, with his head, lie
would prefer to remain as lie is,’ Mr.
Randolph, with mock humility,depie
CAted the praise, ‘although coming
from one of high moral qualities of the
honorable gentleman; but if I were
iu nave litre nui'i, rv « II n un
It ih noble heart, 1 too should prefer to
remain us I am.’ In the war of 1H12,
a pretentious politician, a militia
general, at a dinner party, boasting
of our American prowess, used the
word 'we.' He was silenced liy
Mr. Randolph's reply: ‘l»id you say
we, Cieneral?’ To another general,
in debate on the lloor of Congress, lie
ha' ingbeen unfortnnat.oinanattenipt
to invade Canada, and then making
an onslaught on th« Secret ary of War,
Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Randolph replied by
quoting from Ills proclamation, with
significant emphasis: 'The gentle
man is at last carrying the war into
the enemy’s country.’ One of the
earliest speeches Mr. Calhoun made iti
t ongress, was to assail Mr. Randolph
for his ‘audacity in comparing himself
to’lie great lairdChn>ham.’ Mr Ran
dolph modestly disclaimed the preten
sion, tail added 'In one thing we aril
alike,’ |eimtiug his Auger to Mr Cal
houn, 'every scot I lid tv! n‘-«ail* me '
An able, hut a lain IUem!*er of lim
. ta ■», attacked Mr Randolph III de
h.i'a. He merely replied, to theother*
great holts nation 'Tray, IPanthe,
aie Sweetheart all hark at me.' '*
The distinguished Mr I'lcamint*
r* >lved to avenge an m*olt, mid
pi "it«*| hinisrlt in front of Mr Ran
tl> ih, on the main * n et in Rich*
uu.imI. xiying' * i don't get out of the
s.iv lur * (|-—4 rascal.' 'lint I 4o,‘
w • Mr, l>andol(>h‘s prompt reply,
st> ppuig a*sit. Mr I'lmiiiit Ikighel
ah I tv kliowhslgeii him,•'(< Israleo lie
<i t Mr, ltan*t<> i h wr « after wants on
h teily terms VV i.so l.ool flioogltaui
» < t>*nt on the halt*.! vote to l.u
glsnk a s- heme of his OWH, he Utel
M It.imloipi, it a fa*i Mialift, linnet
pad) ill lewnhia hii<I imput'd of him
t • ..hi hi* t ewilrv ataMit the
ha,lot. Tine reply was: ‘Inmy state,
\ » gotta,there hate be* it mau) Itwlhk
t - •tires, hot w» net er had liters sti. ti
a <>ka*»ae to propose Hie hattot The
soi>|ect t|itipped \n I iqinli friend,
n.' ,t,,c Mr. lUmto t».. in cm * v i the
parks ofT-ondori asked him ‘his opinion
of England.’ Just then a splendid
equipage passed by, as a miserable
pauper asked for alms. Mr. Randolph,
with a significant gesture, replied: * It
is a heaven for tiie rich, a purgatory
for tho middle class, and a hell for
the poor.' ”
"Mr. Randolph's arrogance and in
sults made him many enemies. Duels
and challenges were the result. In one
he wounded the distinguished General
Taylor, of Norfolk. They were then
young men. Mr. Randolph had the
advantage of being considered a great
shot. He was far from it, though he
made a great show of his guns and
dogs. When about to fight the dis
tinguished M. C., Mr. Kppes, Gen
eral Breckenbridge, of Virginia, was
requested to prepare Mr. Ran
dolph by a little practice for the
conflict. He recommended to the dis
tinguished Mr. Crawford, of Georgia,
who was to be the second of Mr. Ran
dolph on tho field, ‘by ail means to
arrange tho matter, for Mr. Randolph
can not hit a barn door!’ An accom
modation took place. On making up
with Mr. Clay, aftcy his bullet had rent
Mr. Randolph's flannel dressing gown,
that lie wore osi the occasion of their
duel, he said: 'Mr. Clay, you owe me
agown.’ Clay promptly replied: ‘I
nm glad I uni not deeper in yourdebt.’
Thera was a correspondence that Inis
never been revealed to but a few, bo
tween the Hon. Daniel Webster and
Mr. Randolph, in which there was an
invitation to thu field, hut the moot
ing was prevented by the interposition
of friends, in which Colonel Renton
took an active part.”
"Some curious anecdotes are t ola of
him of a different character from those
narrated. He was a great whist play
er, and would devote whole nights to
t he game it he found congenial spirits.
Here is a ease in point: Governor Ed
ward Lloyd, then Henator from Mary
land. during a session of Congress at
Washington, about the 1820, had a
whist party at his lodgings, the pres
ent Hillard's Hotel, then kept by
Ht rot her. This party consisted of Mr.
Randolph. Mr. Clay, and General
Gibbs, of Rhode Island, besides thu
host, Governor Lloyd. Mr. Randolph
and Mr. (lay were partners the whole
evening. They were winners. Yet
months afterwards Mr. Randolph
fancied he had won $20 from Mr. Clay
on that occasion, and reminded him
of it. Mr. Clay blandly replied,
‘if I had remembered the debt f
should certainly have paid it.' ‘You
surely owe it/ said Mr. Randolph.
Without a word more, believing in hie
thorough conviction, Mr. Clay forth
with paid thu money, though sure lie
had not lost it. ‘In these matters,’
on Mr. Clay’s telling me. t he anecdote,
he said, ‘1 feci 1 am beyond re
proucli.’ ”
i “Mr. Randolph treasured up wise
saws, and was happy in their applica
lion. lie was well versed in Roche
foucnult. His landlord* Dawson, be
came needy. Mr. Randolph Hsked for
his b II and payed it. Dawson in
alarm, inquired if he had taken offense
and meant to quit the house. Mr.
Randolph replied: ‘1 intend to leave;
as we shall part friends, and as I enter
tain respect and regard for you, I fear
from my knowledge of mankind
that in your altered circumstances
something might arise to change my
opinion of you, so we had best part;
and Mr. Randolph removed to other
quarters. He gave currency to a
Spanish proverb, ‘Save mu from my
friends, I can guard against my
enemies.’ Hu felt deeply wounded by
the imputation put upon his chivalry,
and suid: ‘I shall never again take
I refuge under the communion table.’
j The evening preceding his duel with
| Mr. (.'lay, his seconds, Messrs. Tatnall
1 and Hamilton, called upon him to
, make the last arrangements. They
found him reading Milton; and he
j entered upon an essay on its beauties,
j from which he could not he diverted
j until the hour was so late that very
1 few words were said about the duel or
j anything else. He was adroit in
extricating himself from difficulty.
Ho had one with thOcelehrated Mc
| Duffee that threatened serious conse
quences. The South Carolina orator
I returned more than a Roland for Mr.
; Randolph's Oliver. On the next day,
: premnt unity announcing the death ol
; the dying Pinkney, Mr. Randolph elo
i quontly referred to his hallowed grave
around which no resentments could
' he maintained, that he tell none, and
made such an appcul to Mr. McDuflev
i that lie responded in the same spirit,
producing an immediate reconcilia
i lion. Mr. Ran lolpli was one of the
committee to count the votes of the
house that exactly elected Mr. Adams
to tiiu presidency; not oi.a too runny
or one too lew. Mr. Randolph at once
exclaimed, so as to he heard over the
whole legislative hall, amt that was
as silent as a church: ‘The cards are
stocked” in this way was anticipated
the proclamation of the count. After
Clay and Webster had retired from
i congress, a distinguished member
Iron Vermont said to me: 'Randolph
1 is head and snouldvrs above any mail
iu the house."'
Tho I’mtrtcoH (trout ML tube*.
Somebody has condensed the mis
takes (if tile, and arrived at Ihs con
clusion that there arc four! ecu of t hem.
| Most people would say, if they told
■ the truth, that there was no Iwuit to
| the mistakes of hie; that they Were
{ like drops hi l!m mean or the sands'
j tiie shore in nunttw<r, hut it is wed
to hem urate. Here, then, are four* I
' teen great mistake* It is a ircal
mistake to »el up our owo standard
ol right and wrong, ami judge js oplu
' accordingly; to measure tiie vtijuy
inctit of otiier* by our own; to evjset
uniformity of opinion in tins world,
to look lor jmkitnent ami ri.s-iunite
in \ nut h to endeavor to mold all d*»
; im-nton. alike, to yield lotitonaiertai
; tritks, to look for iwifnium m onrj
| own art hot*, to worry egn»lvM ami
I o - iters with what isi: not I**- rent *k* I, j
not to alter miv all that molt adev la 1
(ion a* far as less in our i-issi, not j
Vo make allow nice* for tire in a mil t tv i
of niiwr*. to rounder everything tin
ts s-itde that we uni not pet form, to
(rebele only what our finite mindsraw
prep to evp-t t to tie ah'v to urn Ur
.-l«n l sissg inmj,—New kutk *n»».
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON III. JULY 19—THE ARK
COES TO JERUSALEM.
Golden Testi "Oh Lord or Host! lllHird
la the Men Who Troateth In Thee* —
1 Hainoel 61*18 — Developing He*
llglon.
_
ODAY we study another
epoch In the unfolding
of Cod'* Kingdom In th*
kingdom of Israel, lie
llglon and Its Institution*
had been greatly neg
lected during Haul's later
days. Now, under Ilavld.
Is Inaugurated a deep and
U all-pervasive revival of
religion. In tills lesson
we may study the causes
which lead to a decline
of the religious life, the
means by which It may
lie restored: the way* In
which the religious Ilfs Is cherished snd
strengthened end the blessings which
follow. The section Includes simply the lo
. Idrnt of Hie text, together with what David
did for the development of the religious sei
vices of the nation.
Historical Selling.—"Time." It. C. 10*2.
tlx or seven years after David became king
over nil Israel.
I. "Again " after the great assembly f >r
his coronation. “David gathered together "
after consultation with the leaders ll Chron.
id: 1 41. "Thirty thousand," representa
tive* it tin whole people. According t>
Chronicles, they came us far as from Hhl
hor, llfly miles south of (lava, and from
ID multi in Lebanon, 3!i0 miles north of
Jerusalem.
3. "And Dnvld arose, and wont * • *
from Dnale of Judah." The assembling »t
liHule Is omitted, and the account begins
with l|n great procession as It started on
ll* wuy with the ark. Iiaalo Is an ancient
linin' for Klrjttth-Jnuriin (forest eltyt (1
Chron. 13: til. See Place, "Whose name .It
railed." Heller, as In It. V., which Is
called by the name. "Tho Lord." Wherever
In our vtTflon Lord Is written In capitals
It Is the translation of Jehovah. "Lord of
hosts," The laird of all the forces In the
universe, organized to do hts will- the host*
of lieuvcii and the hosts of earth, nil the
forces and power* of nature. "That dwell
eth between the cherubim," I. c,, Ibe alild
log manifestation of whose presence wo*
from betwiru the cherubim (the symbolic
figures) on the mercy-seat over the ark.
II. "And they set the ark of God upon a
new uirt." probably from a resemblance of
the way It was brought from the Philistines
to Klrjathjearlm (I Ham. 4: 7); but that
woe by thi Phlllstlnoa, who could have no
knowltdgc of the law. "Drought It out of
the louse of Ahluadab:” In whoso son's
(are the ark hud been placed (I Ham. 7: 11.
seventy years before. "That was In Glbeah;”
rather on the hill (1 Ham. 7: I)
f>. "And David und all tho house of Israel
ployed." 'lh< Hebrew verb means to dsme
to music vocal and Instrumental. (Hee
Judy, lo: 3f>, and Jcr. 30: 19: I Chron,
13: K).—Cook, "On all manner of Instru
ment* made of fir wood." The expression
Is a strange one. Probably we should adopt
the reading of tho parallel passage In I
Chronicles, with all their might and with
ringing. The Hebrew words are very simi
lar, and the I.XX. text supports the change.
Cambridge Dlhle. "Harps:" David’s fa
vi/rlts instrument, probably closely resem
bling the modern liurp. "Psalteries:" lyres
or lull.*, formed of strings eight nr ten.
strained over a parchment, and probubly
resembling a guitar. "Timbrels” seem to
have denoted primarily the tambourine, and
generally all Instruments of the drum kind
which were In use among the Israelites.
"Cornets:" a loud-sounding Instrument
made of a horn of a rain. "Cymbals:"
brass Instruimnts of percussion.
(I. "And when they came to Nuchon's
threshing floor." Nachon means smiling
and tho Ihrcnhlng floor was thus nam'd
after tbln event, beeause here was the
smiting of Uzxab. In 1 Chronicles 13: 9
it is called the threshing floor of Chldon.
the dart, the stroke with which Uzxah was
smitten. Tho place Is unknown, bm prob
ably It was not far from Jerusalem. "Cantab .
put forth Ills hand to the ark of God:" to
steady the ark and knep It from falling.
"Tor the oxen shook It;" by stumbling In
the rough road (1 Chron. 13: 9).
7. "And the anger of the laird was kin
died:" not passion, but rather Indignation.
"And Gcd smote him there:" on the spot,
as with a flash of lightning. Hee the 39th
Psalm, which Is connected In the Heptuaglnt.
by Its title, with the removal of the ark.
"Kor his error," an error which to hltn was
u crime. “And there he died.” The rea
sons lor this severity wero: (1) That It grew
out of u procedure which was In direct vio
lation of an express statute (Num. 4: 13:
7: 9), which required that the ark should
he carilcrl by Levttes. David and those In
care of the ark should have known this law.
S. "And David waa displeased." With
God? It does not say so. With the break
ing up of hla pirns for which he had taken
so muih pains; with the failure of hlj
hopes; with the public rebuke of his con
duct,
9. "And David was afraid of the Lord."
He had rejoiced greatly In his zeal, but had
not been reverent enough. It wu.t well for
him to te afraid for a time.
10. "Ho David would not remove the ark."
He feared lest he might make some other
mistake, and that It would be best flrst to
learn ill u bout duty, "Carried ll aside Into
the house of Obed-edoiu." A Levlte belong
trig to the family of Kohalh (1 Chron. 34
I, 4-s, with Num. 14. 1). who was aprolnt
ed to have charge of the tabernacle and ark
(Num, t 4D. It was not more than shre >
or four miles Irotn Jerusalem. "The till
tile:" I. *.. Gatblte, so culled beesusa h -
was a native of the Levltlcal city tlath-r m
ire u.
11. "Centlnued • • • three month-."
la'Ug enough for the leraelltes to learn their
le-etou. "And the Lord blessed Obed-edom.
and Ul Ilia household." This would shew t*
all Ivraet that the ark Itself brought bleis
Itrg not death. Th* death earn* from dis
obedience not from the ark. Another te*
•on was also taught. The ark of the Lord
bad been In the house of Ablnadab seventy
teats and »* do not read erf any particular
Oraodlithr. tailing upou that house.
13 A d it was t'.ld King Dae Id " ate.
The fact that Uad blessed the place tiers
the- ark was loti reseed ilavld with the trtitlt
that, while 1. was danger >us to disobey Orel,
yet II wee the greatest bit-eel,.a poseehie t'
have near bit* the ark of Gen) and his ttits,
licit precee.ee. go Ilavld went and brought
up tie ark ed God," aeecteebllhg the tribe*
tehee lew ra the meet eminent vrisste. the
tit,w*r ed the army, the princes amt digit*
lartss- lute the -He el tuist with gL4
teer.1' A fitter let,, lip*: >t el tfltl* hell'll
pit... vies Is given In I I'krtwkles choir
tera te and 14- It err th* a realist day of
Ita,id • ItK Its elgt* (*•»«*» tu hla career
te euai ked tv h e own pro wastoent poteiteew—
vebuuarar poet mtest*tan priest in 'tag.
I twits tel l ktnnssllt.
A t ‘h In Judgeel by hi# norhs,"
inti tbu Christian trllihMi by tig Irttlla.
hi ’h uptight men and nubias stamen,
ky the Heart; ru gktl saint* ll yiutlr: tp,
uttil lastly, 11 |g Judgwl byr tin »«d«f tb4
p tavrg <il»v 9 nlher Kviahnn
I elllHlel
i r iMtti MU «r tftoi •« asft Mid*