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One of those enraptured shindies Where the merry barrels burst, And the wealth of all the Indies Wouldn't buy an inch of thirst— With unanimous facility Passed him beer and votes of thanks, Whose phenomenal ability Had upraised him from the ranks: Sang, made speeches, and told stories, From the twilight to the light; Parting, crowned the social glories By indulging in a fight; In the morning, flocked like ganders, Flocked like migratory birds, For assaults to sue, and slanders, Blows and actionable words.

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Individual and faction Headlong rushed to legal war And retained in every action Was our counsellor-at-lavv. And the learning of the hodman Was a wonder in the land; Astor, Vanderbilt and Codman Put their shekels in his hand.

MORAL. If you wish to drag a muffin From the dish that Fortune passes, Be an arrant ragamuffin And get solid with the masses.

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BIBLICAL

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THE CASE OF JOAB, OR THE RIGHT OF SANCTUARY. BY DAVID WERNER AMRAM. DURING the beginning of the reign of committed in it was not merely an offence King Solomon, the question of the against the person injured or against estab privilege of sanctuary came up several times lished law or custom, but was likewise an for his decision. This privilege or right insult to the Deity. Hence, in very earliest was- successively claimed by Adonijah, the times, the sacred places became places of king's brother, Abiathar, the high priest, refuge for those who were pursued and in and Joab, one of the mighty men of King danger of their lives; and so great was the David, and one-time commander-in-chief of reverence and fear inspired by the super the army. The right of sanctuary which natural, that this appeal for Divine protec was claimed by these men, is one of the most tion was regarded as tantamount to obtain ancient legal institutions recorded in the ing that protection, and kept the avenging Bible. It arose with the very beginning of pursuer at a distance. It appears that when King David had a belief in supernatural powers, or in God, and it was a direct appeal to them for pro grown old and was about to die, one of his sons, Adonijah, apparently with the consent tection. Every altar, every sacred grove or pillar, of the king, "exalted himself, saying I will and indeed every place that had been con reign," and he appeared before the people secrated by the supposed presence of God, with chariots and horsemen, and generally or that had been used as a place of worship, conducted himself not merely as heir-appar and therefore was impliedlv a place at which ent, but as though he were already king. God appeared, was sacro-sanct; and violence He conferred with Joab. the king's com