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THE MASTER tFTHE HOUSE.
Ilocnnnot walk, lio -cannot ponk,
Nothing he knows ot books and men, i
Ho is the weakest ot the weak,
Anil has not strength to hold a pen;
He hns no pocket, and no purse, rt
Nor ever jet has owned a penny
But hns more riches than his nurs m ,
Because he. Taints not nny. v i
He rules his parents by his cry, ' .
And holds thorn cnptlvo by a audio,
A despot, strong through Infancy,
A kmjj, from lack o! guile, ,
He llestpcm his buck and crows,
Or looks with sravo oyeson his m-tfthor
What can he mean? But 1 supper
They 'Understand each other.
Iwdooru or out, early or late, M
Thero is no limit to his sway,
Jor wupt in bnby robe ot stnto, 1
TIe-guvorns night and ilny.
4lise ho takes as rightlul due,
And Turk-like, hns hU ulavcs to drrrs
him,
JUhwiubjectn bond bcloro him, to.
I'-ia one oi them. God bleat Moil
JoAin Donate.
judigialJrime,
by wiMrracomas's.
Must pvior to the American revohi
'lion, a Bristol trader arrived in the
iharbor of Boston, Ibavingono .passen
ger on bonrd. This person 'was a
'young English woman 'named lEsther
'Calvert, daughter-of a shop-keeper at
' Cheltenham aud niuaoof tlio captain
of the ship.
Some years "before 'her 'departure
from England Esther had suffered an
affliction assooiakednvitli a. deplor
able public cvctiV-wbich liad shaken
her attachment too iher ir.ntive land.
Free, at a hitermeriod, to choose foi
herself, she ncsoWell on leaving En
glnnd as soon us -employment could
bo found for lier'in 'another country.
After a weary interval' ot expectation,
the sea-captain had obtained a situu
tion for his niece tntt 'housekeeper in
the family o$ JUrs.Andorkin, a widow
lady living in IBoston.
Esther had 'been 'well -practiced in
domestic duties during the long illness
of her motiiar. .'Intelligent, modest,
nnd sweet-tempered,-she soon became
a favorite with lire. Anderkin and the
members of llier 'young family. The
children found but one- fault with the
now housekeeper she dressed invari
ably in disuuvliblncJc.-nnd it waa im
possible to jprovaihupon her to give
the cause. It wasiknown that she was
uu orphan, and slid had acknowledged
that no relatione' of hers had recently
died, and yetaheipersisted in wearing
mourning. Some great grief had evi
dently overshadowed the lifo of the
gentlo English (housekeeper.
In her iutorvalsof leisure, she soon
became thodhoscn .friend of Mrs. An
derkin's children; always ready to
teach them now-gnmes, clover at dress
ing the girls' doll and at mending tho
boys' toys. Esther" was in one re
spect only not in-sympathy with her
young friends she never laughed.
One day, thejnboldly put theqiiestion
toher: "When we .uio all laughing,
why don't yon Inuglutoo?"
Esther only replied in 'these words:
"I shall thmkut kind'Otvyou if you
won't ask niethn-tiquestiou again."
Tho young peoplo.deserved lier confi
dence in them; they mover mentioned
the subject from that 'time forth.
But thero ua (another nnember of
tho family, whose .desire 'to know
something of tJio (housekeeper's his
tory was, from motives -of delicacy,
concealed from Esther 'herself. This
was the governess Mrs. Ahderkin's
well-loved friend, .as woll.us.the.teucher
of her children.
On tho day before lie -sailed on hia
homeward voyage, the sea-captain
called to take leave of Ids niece and
then asked if he could .also pay -his
respects to Mrs. Anderkin. Ho -was
informed that the lady of the houso
.had gone out, but that -the governess
would ho happy to receive him. At
the interview which followed, -they
talked ot Esther, and agreed o well
iin tlinir good opinion ot her. that the
.captain paid along visit. Thegoyern
eea had persuaded him to telr-the
.-etory of his niece's wasted life.
Hut ho insisted on one condition.
"If wo had been in England," he
said, "I should have kept the matter
secret, for tho sako of the iatnily.
Here, iin America, Esther is a stranger
here sho will stay and no slur will
be cafc on tho family name at home
But mind ono thing: I trust to your
honor to take no ono into your confi
denceexcepting only tho mistress of
tho house."
This was Esther's sad story:
In th year 1702, a young man
named John Jennings, employed as
waiter at a, Yorkshire inn, astonished
his master by announcing that ho was
engaged to be married, and that ho
purposed retiring from service on next
quarter day.
Further inquiry showed that tho
young woman's name was Esther Cal
vert, and that Jennings was greatly
her inferior in social rank. Her father's
consent to tho ninrriago depended
on her lover's success in rising in tho
world. Friends with money were in
clined to trust Jennings, and to help
him to start a business of his own, if
Mis. Calvert's father would do some
thing for the young people on his side.
IIo tnado no objection, and tho mnr
riago engagement was sanctioned ac
cordingly. Ono evening, wnen tho last days of
Jennings' service wero drawing to an
cnd.a gentUmunon horseback stopped
at tho inn. In a stato of great agita
tion, ho informed the landlady that
ho was on his way to Hull, but that ho
had been so frightened as to make it
impossiblo for him to continue his
journey. A highwayman had robbed
him of a purse containing twenty
guineas. Tho thief's face (as usual
in tho30 days) was concealed
by a mask, and thoro was but ono
chanco of bringing him to justice. It
wan tho traveler's custom to place a
private, njark, on every Rojd pieco that
TaycttrrledAvith him oh a joxitatfr, 'tfod
the stolon guineas might jvwsibif lio
taced in that way.
The landlord (ono Mr. Xtannielfy at
tended on his guest at uppor- His
wife had only that moment told him
ol tlw robbery; nnd Ire hafl a vircum
stance to mention which might lead
to'the discovery ot the thieL In tho
'flrtft place, howoverTbo "wished to ask
at what time tho crime linfl been com
nrittcd. The traveler nnswered that
ilio had been robbed lato'Ui tho oven
mg, just, us it was beginning to get
dark. On hearing this Mr. Brunnell
Hooked very much distressed.
"I have got a. "waiter 'named Jen
nings," ho said, "amnn superior to his
station in life good nivniiers and fair
education in fact, a general favorite.
But, for some timo past, I have ob
served that ho ilins lK.en rather fu-e
with his money in betting, and that
habits of drinking have grown on him.
I am afraid lo is not worthy pf tho
good opinion entertained of him by
myself and other persons. This even
ing I sent him out to cot some small
silver for mc, giving him a guinea Iks
change. Ho unme back intoxicated,
telling me that change was not to 'be
had. I ordereiMiini to bed, nnd then
happened to look at thn guinea which
he hud brought bnck. Uniortunuiely,
I had not at that tune heard -of tho
robbery: nnd I paid tho guinea away
with some other money, in settlement
of a tradesman's account. But tins
I am Bnrc'Of. thero was a mark on
tlie guinea 'which Jennings gnvo buck
to me. It is, of course, possible that
thero might have been si mark (which
escaped my notice) on tho guinea
which Itookout of my purse whan J
sent for change."
"Or, tho traveler suggested, "itmny
have been -ono of my stolon guineas,
given back-by mistake-, by this drunk
en waiter 'of yours, instead of the
guinea handed to him by yourscll. Ho
you think ho is asleep?"
"Sure.&o be asleep, sir 'inihis'condi
tion." "Doyou object, Mr.Drunnell, after
what you have told me, to set ting this
matter at rest by searching tho.nian's
clothes?"
The landlord hesitated. ,,fIt seems
hard on Jennings" ho -said, "if wo
prove to have been euspicious of him
without a cause. Can you speak posi
tively, sir, to the mark whicli..you put
on ybur money?"
The traveler declared fhrttlho could
swear to his mark. Mr. Brunnell
yielded. The two went .up together
to the waiter's roon:.
Jnnmg6 was fast aslcop. At tho
very outsot'of tho search, they found
the Ktoleniba: of money in his pocket.
The unineas nineteen in number had
a jnark'on-ench one'Ofthem, and that
mark tho traveler identified. After
this 'discovery thero -was 'but ono
course to take. The waiter's protesta
tions 'of innocence, when they woko
him and accused hint of tho lobbery,
weio flatly-contrndicted by facts, lie
was charged before a magistrato with
tho theft of tho money, and. as a mat
ter of course, wascommitted for trial.
TImj cUvumstancefiwero sofitrongly
agamrt him that hi own friends rec
ommended .irenninus to mlead miilty,
j nnd appenl to tho mercy of the court.
110 reiueu iiO'ionow iineir advice, aim
he was bravely encouraged to persist
in that decision by tlw poor girl, who
believed iin Ivis .innocence with her
whole heart. At that dreadlul -crisis
she wcured the best legal assistance,
and took -from her little dowry the
money that paid the expenses.
At ilnj next isi7W the .caw was
tried. Tin) proceeding beforetlie judge
was a repetition (at great length and
with more solemnity) .of the proceed
ings before the magistrate. Xo tskill
in ci ops-examination could shake the
direct fctuteinonts of the witnesses,
Tho evidence was made Absolutely
complete, by the appearance of the
tradesman to whom Mr, Brunnell had
paid the marked guinea. The coin
(to marked) was a curiosity: tho man
had kept it, and he now produced it
in court.
The jude summed up. finding liter
ally nothing that he could say, as an
honest man, in favor of the prisoner.
Tho jury returned a verdict ot guilty,
after a consultation which was anieio
matter of lorm. Clearer circumstan
tial evidence of guilt had never been
produced, in tho opinion of every
person but one who was pies
ent at the trial. The sentence
on Jennings for highway robbery was,
by tho law ot those days, death on
the scaffold.
Fi iends wero found to help Esther
in tho last ellort that the faithful crea
ture could now mnke the attempt to
obtain a commutation of tho sen
tence. She was ndniitted to an inter
view with tho homo secretary, and her
petition was presented to tho king.
Here, again, the indisputable ovidenco
forbade tho exercise of mercy. Es
ther's betrothed husband was hanged
at Hull. His last words deel lied his
innocence with tho lope round his
neck.
Beforo a year had passed, tho ono
poor consolation that sho could hope
for. in this world, found Esther in her
misery. 'X'iie proof that Jennings had
died a martyr to tho fallibility of hu
man justice, was mndo public by tho
confe5ion of tho guilty man.
Another criminal trial tookplnco at
the a-si;res. Tho landlord of an inn
was Jound guilty of having stolen tho
property of a person staying in his
hoUie. It wns stated in evidence that
this waB not his first offense. Ho had
been habitually ' robber on tho high
way, and his nanio was Brunnell.
Tho wretch confessed that he was
the masked highwayman who had
btolen tho bag of guineas. Riding, by
a nearer way than wn.'i known to the
traveler, ho lind reached the inn first.
There ho found a person in trade wait
ing by appointment for thesottlement
oi a bill. Not having enough money
of his own about 'him to pay the
wholeamount, Brunnell had mudouso
of ono of tho stolen 2tiineas, and had
only heard the travblor declaro that
his money was marked oftor tho
tradesman had loft tho houso. To
ask for the return of tho fatal guinea
was more than ho dared to at
tempt. But ono other alterna
tive presented itself. The nierciluss
villain insured his own safety by the
secrifico of an innocent man.
After tho time when tho sea-captain
had phidliisMaltSit Mrs. AndtTklns
house, Esther's jrosition became Bub
ject to certain chances. One little
domestic privilege followed another so
?;radually antl so modestly that tho
louqekecper found herself a loved and
honored membr of tho family, with
out being able to trace by what suc
cession of -events sho had risen to tho
now place that sho occupied. Tho
secret confided to tho two Indies had
been strickly preserved; Esther tiover
oven "usperted that they kney tho de
plorable story of her lover's death.
Her life, after what sho had suffered,
was -not prolonged to a great ago. She
died peacefully unconcious of tho
terrors of death. Her last words wero
-spoken with a smile. She looked at
the loving friends asscnibled round
lier bed, and said to them: "My dear
one is waiting for me. Good-bye."
A Goodly Old Kitchen.
A correspondent of tho New Orleans
"Picayune, who has been visiting in
Canterbury, writes: ""Just outside tho
tato nnd across the way from tho shop
of the potato jmd pork merchant's
there stands, as it has stood for a.
couple of centuries, the old FalstafI
Inn. We went in under tho ,n
through a low doorway, overgrown
with ivy. At the end ot the hall was
a lovely -old kitchen with a floor of
cool tiles "and a gorgeous dinner ser
vice of purple, red, blue and gold dis
plnyed in wide Tacks against the wall.
A bright lire was burnmg. the red coals
glowing between the bars of tho 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 things
ready for her gooit man and the chil
dien! A leg of lamb was roasting be
fore tl fire. A string or thin iron
chain, J believe it was, was fas
tened ft'om tho mantle shelf, and
from the other end hung the
meat, dungUng directly in front of tho
grnte bars. A plato was set under
neath it tto catch tho drippings. I had
a bit of that lamb, with some mint
sauce, .for nny dinner, and I can attest
that it wns most excellent eating. I
wish I hnd some of it at this moment.
A trim young woman, wearing tho
whitest of mob caps, the cleanest of
white aprons, stood before the fire
broiling a chop. Sho had a long-handled,
double tin broiler or gridiron in
her hands. Tho chop was shut up in
this, nnd s'he patiently held it before
tho fire as wo would hold up a wet
towel. I'O dry, turning it round now
and then; and what, with tho tea-kettle,
tho bursting of the skin of the leg
of the lamb, tho sizzing of tho savory
chop, most .comforting, if deafening,
noif-es filled the cosy room. Tho girl
turned a. roy face at us and smiled
comfortably. Tho smile, tho goodly
old kitchen, tlio rows of delf on the,
wall, the nodding red hollyhocks out
in tho garden, tho recollections of that
swinging, jolly old FalstafI, of the,
charming windows and deep window
seats warmed me to tho heart with'
enthusiasm.
Open Your"Viiulovt'S, Friends.
From Chambers' Journal.
Directly tho sun begins to decline,
let every maiden and housewife, and
man and woman and child, with an
eye for the picturesque, nnd a. feeling
tor health and beauty, throw up the
Venetian or Parisian blinds. Open
your rooms to tho glories of the even
ing; throw up and pull down tho
snsho; open wide all your doors. Let
cool breezes cntor into corridor and
cellar and garret and room; let tho
"caller" air circulate through every
inch of the house hour after hour,
while you aro getting your evening
meal, while you say your prayers,
while you think of others after tho
toils of the day. If it bo 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 rote
and (by me come in at every gap in tho
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 delicato perfume on
its cooling, refreshing, healthy mis
sion. It is llygein's gift a superla
tive boon for tho dog days.
New Piece of Deception.
A privnto representation has recent
ly been given in Loudon of a very re
markable illusion, tho inventor of
which is M. Btiutior do Kolta, who
was unablehimself to appear, but wns
very ably represented by Mr. Charles
Bertram, a clever "conjurer," already
favorably known to London and
provincial audiences. Ot course, as
the true secret of art is to conceal tho
moans by which it is wrought out, the
inventor of this latest illusion mysti
fies tho spectators so that it seems
impossible to explain away or account
in any wny lor his very ingenious
trick. Mr. Bortium led on the stage
a young lady of prepossessing appear
ance, who .vas seated in n chair placed
upon an outspread newspaper,
through which it was impossible for
her to pass down through tho stage
without leaving a rout in the paper.
Sho has no close Mirroundings in tho
way of stage furniture, by which to
conceal her refloat in any othor direc
tion. A thin silk veil is tin own over
her, and when, in a few seconds, it is
removed, sho has disappeared, while
the chair in which shesat is still stand
ing on tho newspaper. The lady is af
terward Jed on to recoivo the congrat
ulations of the company.
John I'eed of Cloverdalo, Cnl., but form
erly a prominotit lumberman at NiulIsWIlo.
Wis., is in Black ItUer Fulls to render
what aB-dntance ho can In settling up tha
Bluko difficulty. Nothing nil! bo dnnu
about it until the mi-eting of the county
bonrd. There i a great doal of sympathy
fttlt for lilako by some of his most intl
mato friends, who would willingly screen
him from criminal proierution, but ttio
musses will not be Hiitisfled with simplv
monetary punishment, us tlnsy think ft
eiivors too much ot cla-s favoritism.
JOHN RANDOLPH. .
Gntp About llltn Intnroi of Hit Ar
roctti'oo rii1 Insults Uemlnltcanoes of
Ills Duels.
Washington Letter to Ctcvolnnd Leader.
1 have been much interested lately
in tho study of John Randolph of
ltoanoko,nnd nowhero do I tlud a bet
ter description than in tho privato
memoirs of Ogle Tayloo, one of tho
rich old citizens of Washington, who
published his recollections some timo
ago, exclusively for tho uso of his
friends. Theso stories of Tayloo have-
never gotten into general circulation.
He published only a. very few of his
books, and they never got into tho
stores. Reading them is like looking
over 6ome old manuscript diary of
tho past, nnd from tholr pnges you
can get moro real truth as to tho pri
vato lifo of otir great statesman than
from history. The following letter I
quote freely from Tayloo's book 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. His penetrating and mel
lifluous voico was wonderful (though
not etiuiU to Guv's! its low notes
runchfug every part of tin largest hall.
Ho and Clay wero rivals in eloquenco
and debate. They represented op
posing political parties and principles.
Tho one a patrician by birth, the oth
er sprung from tho people. Both wero
born in Virginia. There were giants
in thoso days. Randolph started in
life as tho tribnnn of tho people, a fol
lower -of JefTerson; but, when a leader
himself, he-changed soma of his opin
ions, and became aristocratic, proud,
and overbearing. He prided himself
on the forte nnd stylo of an English
gentleman, lie dressed well and ap
propriately.iinporting his clothes from
England. When he rode his blood
horse tho way ho usually moved ho
wore leather breeches and whlto tops.
Ho drove his phaeton, his servant fol
lowing on horseback, or was driven in
his 'chariot .and four,' the carriage and
harness from Longacro. London. But,
in some respectB, Mr. Randolph was a.
lusus naturae The Hon. Richard
Rush, in a controversy, described him,
not inaptly;
" 'A fiend, loan find lank,
Tltat moved upon nspludle shank.'
'Mr. Randolph was tall and thin,
as straight as an Indian. Ho walked
like one, and prided himself on his
descent from Pocahontas. He was
quick at repartee, and unsparing in
satire."
"For meanness and pretension ho
expressed the greatest scorn. A few
examples will milllec. In ono of his
walks along Pennsylvania avenue, in
Washington, he wns overtaken by an
obese gentleman, puflingfrom his exer
tion, with the remark: 'You walk
very fast, Mr. Randolph.' 'I can walk
a little faster,' was the leply, striding
away from him. A sycophant follow
ed him to a coachmaker tf repository
and volunteered his opinion on a
close carriage. 'Pleaso examino tho
interior, said Mr. Randolph, nnd then
fastened him in nnd walked of!. A
person meaning to be very civil to Mr.
Randolph, on meeting liini at Rich
mond, said to him, 'I lately passed bv
your house.' 'I hope, sir, you'll al
ways pass 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, of his kinsman, the ac
complished gentleman, David Meado
Randolph, whoso testimony favored
Judge Chase, that 'it was not to bo
relied upon.' 'I would sooner believe
.Mr. Randolph's word,' was tho reply
'than yours, sir, upon your oath.' In
reply to a sophomorical sort of mem
ber ol Congress, who had eulogized Mr.
Randolph's great talent, concluding
with the remark, 'but were ho obhped
to take his heart with his head, ho
would prefer to remain as ho is,' Mr.
Randolph, with mock humility, depie
cated tho praise, 'although coming
from ono of high moral qualities oltlio
honorable gentleman; but if I wero
obliged to hnvo his head, oven with
his noble heart, 1 too should prefer to
remain ns I am.' Iu. the war of I8l,
a pretentious politic-Tim, a, nV.!'!a
general, at a dinner party, boasting
of our American prowess, used the
word 'we.' Ho was silenced by
Mr. Randolph's reply: 'Did you sny
wo, General?' To another general,
in debate on tho door of Congress, ho
ha ingbeen unfortunate in an attempt
to invade Canada, and then making
an onslaught on the Secretary of War,
Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Randolph replied by
quoting from his proclamation, with
significant emphasis: 'The gentle
man is at last carrying tho war into
tho enemy'B country.' One of the
earliest speeches Mr. Calhoun made in
Congress, was to assail Mr. Randolph
for bis 'audacity in comparing himself
to the great Lord Chatham.' .Mr. Ran
dolph modestly disclaimed tho preten
sion, but added: 'In ono thing we aro
alike,' pointing his finger to Mr Cal
houn, 'every bcoundrel assails .me.'
An able, but a vain member of Con
gress, attacked Mr. Randolph in do
bate. He merely replied, to thoother's
great indignation- 'Trr.y, Blanche,
and Sweetheart all bark at me.' "
"Tho distinguished Mr. Plensants
resolved to avenge an insult, and
planted himself in front of Mr. Ran
dolph, on tho main street in Rich
mond, saying: "I don't got out of tho
way for a d d rascal.' 'But I do,'
was Mr. Randolph's prompt reply,
stepping aside. Mr. Pleasant laughed
and acknowledged himself beaten." Ho
and Mr. Randolph were afterwards on
friendly terms. When Lord Brougham
was bent on tho ballot vote iu En
glanJ, a scheme of his own, ho met
Mr. Randolph at a fashionable dinner
party in London, and inquired of him
tho opinion in his country about tho
ballot. Tho reply was: "In my state,
Virginia, thero have been many foolish
measures; but wonovor had thoro such
a jackass as to propob the ballot. The
subject diopnud. An English friend,
meeting. Mr. Randolph in ono of the
parks rtfLondon askGd him 'hie Opinion
of England.' Just then a splendid
eqttipngo passed by, iih a mipcrablo
pauper asked for alms. Mr. Randolph,
with a significant gesture, replied' 'It
is a heaven for tho rich, a purgatory
for tho middlo class, and a hell for
the poor.'"
"Mr, Randolph's arroganco and In
Bults mndo him many etioinies. Duels
and challenges wero tho result. In one
he wounded tho distinguished General
Taylor, o! Norfolk. They wero then
young men. Mr. Randolph had tho
advantage of being considered a great
bhot. He was for from it, though he
made a great 6how of his guns and
dogs. When about to fight the dis
tinguished M. C, Mr. Eppos, Gen
eral Breckcnbridgo, of Virginia, was
requested to preparo Mr. Ran
dolph by a little practice for the
conflict, llo recommended to the dis
tinguished Mr. Crawford, of Georgia,
who was to bo tho second of Mr. Ran
dolph on the field, 'by all means to
arrange tho matter, for Mr. Randolph
can not hit a barn door!' An accom
modation took plnre. On making up
with Mr. Clay, after his bullet had rent
Mr. Randolph's llannel dressing gown,
that ho won' on tho occasion o! their
dtiol, he miidi 'Mr. Clay, you owe me
a gown.' Clay promptly replied: 'I
am glad I tun not deepor in your debt.'
Thero was a correspondence that has
never been revealed to but ft low, be
t ween tho Hon. Daniel Webster and
Mr. Randolph, in which there was an
invitation to tho field, but tho meet
ing was prevented by tho interposition
of friends, iu which Colonel Benton
took an active part."
"Some curious nnecdotos aro tola of
him of a ditlerentcharaeter from those
narrated. 1 io was a great w lust play
er, and would devote whole nights t to
the gn niti if ho found congoninl spirits.
Horo is a case in point- Governor Ed
ward Lloyd, then Senator from Mary
land, during a session of Congress nt
Washington, about thn 1820, had a
whist party at his lodgings, tho pres
ent Willard's Hotel, ' then kept by
Strothor. The party consisted of Mr.
Randolph. Mr. Clay, and Gonoral
Uibhs, of Rhode Island, besides tho
host. Governor Lloyd. Mr. Randolph
and Mr. Clay wero partners the wholo
evening. Thoy wero winners.' Yet
months atterwards Mr. Randolph
fancied ho had won $20 from Mr. Clay
on that occasion, ami reminded him
of it. Mr. Clay blandly replied,
'if I had remembered the debt 1
should certainly have paid it.' 'You
surely owo it,' said Mr. Randolph.
Without a word more, believing in Iiis
thorough conviction, Mr. Clay forth
with paid the money, though suro ho
hnd not lost it. 'in theso matters,'
on Mr. Clay's telling mb tho anecdote,
ho said, 'I feel 1 am beyond re
proach.' "
"Mr. Randolph treasured ,np wiso
saws, and was iiappy in their applica
tion. He wns well versed in Roche
foucault. His landlord, Dawson, be
came needy, Mr. Randolph asked for
his b 11 and payed it. Dawson in
alarm, inquired if he had taken offense
nnd meant to quit tho house. Mr.
Randolph leplied: '1 intend to leave;
as we shall part friends, andaHlenter
tain respect and regard for you, I fear
lrom my knowledgo of mankind
that iu your altered circumstances
something might nriso to change my
opinion of you, so we had best part;
and Mr. Randolph removed to other
quarters. Ho gave currency to a
Spanish proverb, 'Savo mo from my
friends, I can guard against my
enemies.' lie felc deeply wounded by
tho imputation put upon hischivulry,
and snitl: 'I shall never ngain take
refuge undpr the communion tabic.'
The evening preceding his duel wilh
Mr. Clay, his seconds, Messrs. Tatuall
and Hamilton, culled upon him to
, umko the Inst orrangements. They
j found him reading Milton; nnd ho
; entered upon an essay on itsbeautios,
, from which ho could not bo diverted
until tho hour was so fate that very
few words were said about tho duel or
anything else. Ho was adroit in
extricating himself from difficulty.
Ho hud ono with the celebrated M'c
DufTco that threatened serious conse
quences. Tho South Carolina orator
returned moro than a Roland for Mr.
Randolph's Oliver. On tho next day,
j prematurely announcing the death of
, the dying Pinkney, Mr. Randolph elo
j quently referred to his hallowed grave
i around which no resentments could
, bo maintained, that he felt none, nnl
' lmMri,cl1 nn V&) t2 Mv McDniYee
I thai In- responded m the same spirit,
. producing nn immedinto rcconcilia
I tion. Mr. Randolph wns one of tho
committee to count tho votes of tho
house that exactly elvztcd Mr. Adams
! to tho presidency; not oi.e too many
or one too lew. .Air. Kaiulolpli at once
e.claimed, so as to bo heard over tho
whole legislative hnll, and that was
as silent as a church: 'The cards am
stocked!' iu this wny was anticipated
tho proclamation of tho count. After
Clay and Webster had letircdfrom
congress, a distinguished member
fro;v Vermont Mild to me 'Randolph
is head and shoulders above any man
in the houfco.'"
Tlio Fourteen Great a:istnl:o.
Somebody has condensed tho mis
take of life, and arrived at tho con
clusion that thore are fourteen of thorn.
Most people would t-ny4 if they told
the truth, that there was no limit to
mo mistuKes ot me; that they wero
like drops in the on-nn or the sands
of the hhore in number, but it is well
to bo net-unite. Here, then, are four
teen great mistakes: it is a zreut
mistake to hot up our own standard
ot right and wrong, and judge people
accordingly; to measure tho enjoy
ment of others by our own; to expect
uniformity of opinion in this world;
to look for judgmout and experience
in youth; to endeavor to mold all dis
positions alike; to yield to immaterial
trifles; to look for perfection in our
own actions; to woiry oursolves and
others with what can not bfioinediod;
jiot to alleviate nil that needs allevia
tion as far as lies in our power; not
to make allowances for tho infirmities
of others; to consider everything im
possible that wu can not perform; to
)mliovo only what our finite minds can
jirasp; to oxpect to bo able to under
stand ovejvthing. New York Stur.
Pursued by a Lion
The nnrrator of tho following ad
ccnturn wns out in tho forest and
wandered much farther than he in
tended. At last his dog was set upou
by ft lion, nnd only got of! with his life
but a dog's senBcs aro lomettmes
woith more than a man's judgmout,
and in tho prosent instance, half dead
as he was, tho dog saved his master'
life:
The children Iovod my dog, and na
artery wns cut. I shredded some
Spanish moss, bound up his wounds,
slung him In my scarf, and set out
for home; so far had we wandered
that It wnB nearer than tho corral. 1
am strong, but the sun was hot. and
a dog is licftvy on one's shoulder.
No path led through tho forest, and
1 could not leel sure, not being an
Indian, that I wns following tho true
course. A hundred times I thought
of dropping tho poor animal, but 1
hnd not tho heart when he licked my
neck and remembered what tun fate
would bo devoured alive by ants.
Presently he becamo restless, and
then ho growled. "It needs many lea
sons to tench a fool," Bays tho prov
erb. I hit him with my elbow, but
he would not be quiet. Ho began to
bark feebly, pathering up his limbs
poor beast! l cuddnnly caught the
hint and turned. At a few yards .dis
tance thn bushes softly swayed beside
my track. Tho Hon wns following
again. I looked to my rifle and set
forward. In ton minutes tho growling
upcommenced, and tho excitement ot
the dog grew stronger and stronger
Tho brute was creeping up. I cocked
the gun nnd fnced round, but that
benst was quick. Nothing could be
seen but tho waving of tho twigs. I
fired a chanco shot to no effect, and
resumed my way after loading. For
a long whilo nil was quiet. I gained
the river bank, and was working
down, relieved ot all anxiety, for tho
spot was familiar.
Beyond a broad bolt of reeds and
swampy ground lay tho clearing.
That was an ugly bit to traverse
with a lion at one's heels, and I
congratulated myself that he had run
away. Ono could not see a yard on
either hand when, half way through,
the dog barked and growled and
struggled moro violently than before.
When I turned tho lenvos wero all
bending and quivering but five yards
away. I shot and hurried on, but the
ground was difficult. In a few mo
ments tho dog again gave warnin;r,nnd
the reeds swayed nil about. I shot,
but the dog did not cease to raise
such feeble clamor as he could, and I
shot as last as I could load. Tho fir
ing snved me. Two vnqueros resting
in tho shndo knew tho sound of my
piece and came to meet me hallooing.
The dog was almost choked in con
vulsions by this time, and I believe
that tho lion had just gathered him
self to spring when their shouts
alarmed him.
From that timo I havo understood
how a kind action never goes unre
warded. For if I had abandoned my
dog that day I never should havo
reached homo. Bolgravia Magazine,
The Duke's Snake-Killer.
From Longman's Mngnxlno.
When tho duko of Argyll woh sec
retary of Btato for India, he, ns
student of nntural history, took a
'pecial interest in tho question af
killing poisonous snakes. And thero
camo to him one; day at the India
office tho cunning inventor of a ma
chine called nn asphyxiator, by
which it was easily demonstrated
that tho snakes could bo let!. el in
large numbers in tho holes in which
thoy dwell in India. It was not dif
ficult to show his grnco that when tho
asphyxiator was applied to a rabbit
hole tho rabbit must either bolt or
be suffocated. The Piinko would no
treated in the same way as a rabbit.
So the duko ordered some . twenty
usphyxiators, and sent them out to
different pnrts of India. It happened
that I was employed near Calcutta,
and tho government of Bengal wero
pleased to order mo to make a trial
of the consignment of asphyxiators,
which they regarded as so many
white elrphnnts. The a3phyxiatora
were unpacked, and the instruct'ons
which accompanied them wore read.
There was a sort of firebox in which
a pestilently-smelling paper was to bo
burned. There wn,s n wheel to bo
turned, so ns to send tho smoko
from the burning paper through
a funnel into a long nozzlo
which was to be inserted into tho
snake's hole. This it will bo seen
required the services of two men. one
to keep up the fire and turn the wheel,
and the other to direct and hold thu
nozzle-pipe. It was also requisite
that n third man should stand by
with a stick, to kill tho snake bolt ins
from its hole. We turned out with
the apparatus properly manned,
lighted the fire to got up smoke, and
applied the nozzlo to a holo in a bank
near the stable, which was supposed
to hold a snake. The smoke was
injected and out there bolted a trr
riued rat. TJie man with the stick
struck at the rat and broke the
nozzle-pipe. Tho man at tho nozzie
pipo lumped back, against tho man
who was turning thn wheel, and in
their fright they both tumbled down.
The rat escaped, but if it had been a
snake instead of a rat it is very
probable that ono of tho three oper
ators might have been bitten. The
men lost confidence in tho machine,
and declined to work it. Itwastaken
indoors, nnd put into an anteroom,
where the native night-watchman
usually tooic up his quarters. One
cold nijht tho watchman closed the
doors of the room nnd lit a quantity
of the medicated paper to warm him
self. In tho morning a well-asphyxiated
watchmnn was found, but luckily
ho was brought round with deluges of
cold water. This, however, was the
end of the official career of tho Duko
of Argyll's snnko-asphyxlator m
Bengal.
Antnrm blew down several houses fn
the nur town nt Ifonlni!. on the Santa Fa
railroad, oi, the edjeot KnoK uonntv. Mi.,
wns killed outright In a fall hi: building.