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cts, and finally her bracelet, but not
once did he forget and stretch out his
hand to take them, for the pressure of
the girdle reminded him in time. SO
he would nod to his marshal, and he re-
ceiving them, saying: We remember
Then the princess would become i'm
patient and would exclaim: My hand
kerchief has fallen! Can your lOrdship
pick it up for me?' Whereupon the
prince would fasten his spur into it and
wave it carlessly, while the princess
would have to bend and remove it from
his foot, angrily saying: 4 remember,
Thus Il year passed away, and the
princess said to herself:
This cannot remain 50. 1t must be
settled in one way or the other.
She said to the prince
"I have one of the finest gardens in
the world. will show your lordship
over it to-day.
The prince smeIt his opplc, and as
they entered the garden, said;
ct is very needful here, and in or
der that we may walk near each other
i'll peace, and not to be disturbed by the
desire to try our game, I beg you my
lady, that for this one hour. you will
take upon you the custom of my court,
and let yoNr hands also be fastened.
Then we will be safe from each others
art, and there will be nothing to annoy
us.
The princess did not feel very safe
about this arrangement, hut he begged
SO strongly that she could not refuse
him this small favor So they went on
alone together, with their hands fasten-
ed in their girdles. The birds sang,
the sun shOne warmly, and from the
trees the red cherries hung so low that
they brushed their cheeks as they pass
ed. The princess saw them and ex-
claimed.
"What 4 pity that your lordship is
not able to pick few for me
" Necessity knows no law, said the
prince, and he broke one of the cherries
with his teeth from a branch, and Of |
fered it to the princess from his mouth.
The princess could not do otherwise
than receive it from his mouth, and so
her face was brought close to his. So
when she had the cherry between her
lips, and a kiss from him besides, she
was not able to say that instant, Il re-
member"
Then he cried ioyfully, "Good morn
ing, much loved one," and drew his
hands from his girdle and embraced her.
And they spent the remainder of their
lives together in perfect peace and .
quietness.
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The Slanderous Tongue.

The tongue Of slander is never tired
In one way or another it manages to
keep itself i'll constant employment.
Sometimes it drips honey and some
times gall. 1t is better now and then
sweet. 1t insinuates or assails directly,
according to the circumstances. 1t will
hide curse under a smooth word, and
administer poison in the phrase Of love.
Like death, it cloves a shining mark. .
And it is never so available and eloquent
as when it can blight the hopes Of the
noble, soil the reputation Of the pure
and break down the character of the
brave and strong.
What pleasure man or woman can
find in such work we have never been
able to see And yet there is pleasure
of some sort in it to multitudes, or they
wouId not betake themselves to it. But
no soul in high estate can take delight
in it. It indicates lapse, tendency to-
wards chaos, utter deprayity. 1t proves
the doctrine and fact Of sin beyond all
controversy. It proves that somewhere
in the soul there is weakness, waste,
immature. Education and refinement
are no proof against it. 1t often holds
most cruelty where these have attained
theirbestresults. These oftenonIy polish
the slanderous tongue, increase It's tact,
and give it supplenesa aud strategy 70
do its death work
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Selected Miscellany.
THE SILVER HARP.

BY HGSALIE Z. GRAVES
Ehere is q harp i'll each human breast
The strings of which are never at rest
Where music forever breathes and fingers,
Awakened by thousands of viewless fingers,
That play like the hum of fairy wings,
Their notes on its thousand uuivering strings
This heaven-born harp ia a priceless boon,
In it's mortal frame, with it's strings in tune:
But, whether tunes Of this living harp
Are gentle and tender, fiat or skarp,
Where louder dirge depends always
On the ear that hears and the hand that plays.
How touchngly tender is its moan
As it gives to sorrow its monotone:
When touched by the palsied haud of fear
1t yibrates quick on the startled ear;
And its strong wrought frame in frenzy leaps
While passion its diapason sweeps.
But happier spirits are lowering near,
And the music they play love to hear:
They thrOng each heart with the grave and gay
And many q note I've heard them play
SO often too they are playing the same,
That we know their touch, and call them by name
There is love who comes on his fiuttering wing
And how it thrills when he touches the string,
Fame thinks he is heard all over the land
Az he strikes the chord with master hand
But to Faith and Hope is the mission given
To touch the notes that heard in heaven.
They lnger still when the rest are gone
And left the fraii harp broken and lone
And when Death plays the last sad strain,
Breaking the chords he shall ne'er touch again,
They bear it away with joyous wing,
And string it anew where the angels sing.
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OFT .WElST,V

Salt Lake--Quate large number Of the
Saints are leaving for the new settlement in
Arizona. Somei of high worldly degree re-
gard their call with ill-eoncealed dissatisfac-
ton End are half inclined to rebel. There is
considerable remonatrance, but the church
orders are imperative and unalterable.
Salt Lake-A Washington dispatch states
lhat the President had been to the Capitol
consulting with members Of the House and
Senate Committees regarding Utah, and urg-
Ing the necessity of decisive action this ses-
sion, has almost the effect of bomb-shell.
The Church of the Latter Day Saints was new
OF in such imminent danger before, If admit
ted. The Herald, however, does not assume
the defiant manner Of the News. 1t says, if
Grant chooses TO come down from his high po-
sition to log-roll pet measure in regard to
Utah, it has no particular objection and, if it
had, it would make no particular difference.
II fayorB tho appointment If a commission to
investigate. IT acknowledges, however, that
Utah Is likely to be tegiBlated for in some
shape soon. There is continued rejoicing and
Increased hope among Gentiles and dissenting
MormOns
Cinclnnatl proposes all early convention of
all evangelical churches, looking sto general
Christian union.
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OUTCAg


! UI0am
| | walked one dav down through a citv's str,ctg
/ The sun Was shining dimIy overhead
While filth and viIpness were beneath NV font
And the houses on either side seemed red
To the bricl1a' core with yickedpess untold.
And there were ejgbtq 10 firoar and manifold
In young and old Of HUNGER nitjIosg
And stenchca foul the ypry sGul was sick
And dared not h9rbor questions crowdiup thick
Of Gods bcniiccnep. and Of His love
And there aa through those sad'niug sights gtro,,
Zen there upon garbage heap. | sntpd
4 rose bud thrown bv sC0rnfuI hands aside
rosebud that few, davs before had huns
Upon its parent tree p,Irest among
It's sisters sweet and fair The dew had hIeseed
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The Last Days OF Goethe.

His life ended most TRANQUILITY, among
such hOnors as have fallen to few men
He lived so long that his fame went tC
the ends of the earth, and brought him
universal worship. From all the differ.
ent points of the compass idolaters
came to bow before his shrine; and
these not common idolaters in intellec-
tual Germany he ruled supreme. though
he was not a political or patriotic Ger,
man, and took but little interest in the
national cause. His way to the grave
was as pleasant, as gradual, as softly
carpeted with mOsses and flowers, as
ever beg11iled human footsteps onward.
Welmar became famous through the
world by his means. 1t was no longer
known as a little ducal residence, or the
capital of a tiny province, but as the
temple in which was adored the greatest
poet of his age There, surrounded by
his friends and children, he died. His
companions were mostly gone before
him. Duke and duchess and brother
poet had been swept away into the I'M
seen, and another generation had taken
their place; but it was a generation
which, from its earliest breath, had been
trained to adore Goethe. He was 80
when the end came. He died an ideal
death, with as small an amount of suf-
fering as was inevitable, and with no
consciousness Of the approaching con-
clusiOn. The last words he uttered in
this world were, "More light words
most touchingly symbolicaI, though he
meant it not. His life had been excep-
tionally prosperous, calm and without
anxiety. All he had wished for had
fallen into his hands, and long and
mellow evening Of repose had followed
upon the bright and busy lingering day
Thus lived and labored and died man
who has, perhaps, been classed ut more
widely different estimations than any
other man of his time If we cannot
allow, with Carlyle, that he and the
first Napoleon were the two greatest
men of their day, it must at least be
conceded by the least willing that his
influence spread more widely, and we
may say, has lasted longer, than that of
any other modern member Of the great
brotherhood of poets. He did much,
and he suggested much He set minds
as great as his own going with a touch
of his finger. And he was infinitely
fortunate in catching exactly the right
moment and the right subject to move
the world withal. His fame and his na-
ture were both profoundly national !;
and though his patriotism was dull, he
had perhaps more to do than any of his
contemporaries with the creation of that
national sentiment without which no
country can ever be great, In every
way, therefore, the effects which he
meant to produce were increased and
magniied by effects which he did not
mean to produce-refections and i'm
pulses which he threw off almost with
out knowing. There can be no better
applause given to human greatness. --
BIack1UOods magazine.
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~ GENERAL.

1t is stated that the physician of Senator
sumner is Of the opinion that if be can be in
inced to keep from excitement and remain
sway from Congress for the remainder Of the
sasson, be will be able to enter upon his sena-
torial duties at next session with much Of his
old vgor
John W.. one Of the fayorite and most
business like Of Brigham Youngs sons, now
East on railroad business, has divorced two of
biz three wives aud will hereafter reside in
Philadelphia. A well founded rumor prevails
that Mormon agents are negotiating for large
Tracts Of land in Mexico
The ohildren's Aid Society passed reso-
luton that II the Greeley estate ia in the same
condition now as it was in 1871, they insist
upon their legacy Of ten thousand dollars.
They will not, however, demand the legacy if
the estate is embarrassed, as is reported
The children's Aid Society has received
$4,000 from an old friend Of the society, to
nake up for tile probable loss in case the
afeeley estate viii be materially impaired.
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disciples of man, Diogcncs heard OF
this famous, though imperfect, defni-
ton of a man given by the celebrated
philosopher, and brought picked cock
into his school, and scornfully asked
! 'if that ,rdS PIat0'5 man,"
madness caused by the influences Of the
moon i'nn.l
- . TEMrOKA o uoHEs T.
"Oh the strangrurss Of the times
Oh the laxity of mems manners and
principles. This oft-quotcd phrase is
taken from the oration Of Cicero against
Catiline, the noted Roman conspirnt0r.
1t was the indignant exclamation of
Cicero Mt the boldncss Of CatiIine. who
while engaged in the infamous plot to
burn up Rome and murder it's citizens,
came into the Senatc-huusr and took
part in it's deliberations.
DULCE ET DECoRUM EST PRO rATRIA MORT.
It is sweet and glorious to die for
ones country. This patriotic maxim
is taken from the work Of Horace. and
made memorable by being cited in all
wars and in all ages.
ONUS PROBANDl.
1.-THE burden Of proving" The OIt2ts
pro6ondi lies on the person making the
charge. He must prove what he asserts.
AURT SACRA FAMEs
" Accused thirst of gold. An excla-
nation found in Virgil, uttered in ref
erence to man who had killed another
for his money. The term is used to
show what wickodness men will commit
in the pursuit of money. 1'o| aacro
fumes leads men into the acts of bribe-
ry, murder, robbery, &c.
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Madrid National Assembly has elected
Parelees, Sevane Gamez and Chao Vice-Presi-
dents. An addrss in reply to the Kings mes
sage of abdication was adopted. 1t concludes
with the declaration that, when the present
pelis cf conspiracy and obstacles are over
come, Spaniards will not be able to offer
Amadeus crown. but they will offer him an
other dignity, that of being citizen of free
and Independent country.
The Cuban reyolutionists of New York are
in great glee over the proclamation of the re-
public in Spain, and think it will lead to the
speedy indepetabnaa of Cuba.
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FOREIGN ENTELLIGENCE

The Pope last week gave an audience to
several officers Of the United States navy who
arc now III Rome. In the course Of CONVERSE
son, Ills Holiness asked how he would be re-
ee1ved in America. The officers replied that
Ae people Of that country would regard his
honor, '''''" NC " : io"'
President Thiers will recognize the Span
~ Republic 30 soon as he il officially notified
Y ~ establishment The Biel Public saws
asl'oeFeiy wishes the new Republic well, and
eOaasels those who havs' charge of il to be-
asie q eosmopolitAnism and foreign inter
.egeiee The American Register is informed
wv ne French government prohibited NJ.
taEaanael, the Kansas emigration agent, from
ieeturing in Belfort.
a special from Paris says ii ia reported in
~ o'y that the troops Of the regular army
y spain arc divided in their choice of form
Il government, The cavalry are said to be
f'ehoaheed IN favor Of monarchy, with
it,lse Aatarias, son Of the ex, Queen Isabella
Ahgi While the infantry favor republic.
@speeial from Rome SAYS the abdication or
s'aaaeQs was received with satisfaction Oh all
.'usa Neither Victor Emanuel or the Italian
sg'sstiilent gave any advice to Amadeus. The
49, 'elegraphed to Rome frequently. giving
information.
4 aspateh frem Madrid says abdicstion
Nv " declaration Of the republic have been
NJ s1ssalalnated throughout all Spain. and no.
49, oceaaiored disturbance. The ex-Kine
ea1lsas with his wife and children have gone
a,,Soan, where be will remain until spring
s'ls kilograms report Don Carlos pre-
p-ssls e take advantage of the crisis in
~ I. n push his claims TO the throne.
NAPLES An Italian frigate has sailed
'.C'a tliis port for lisbon to meet Amedsns
~ convey him to this country. Another
- y war has gone to Valencia d brine
sqaipage, @u' court
~, ls.'eis received from Paris represent the
~. o1 Gen, Fremont in the matter II tba
lss .es q the Memphis and lei Paso Railroad
eesln ln dnne next, II il i criminal ,,rnse-
NJ - end viii proceed uader the French
a.,.s s''ssaeF he Y present or net. Those In
y. IN. ~ llin are Probst, his Paris agent
s ,sslesns of perss, who assisted II ,,lseins
n. .'a'l'l'iaht bends, the two engineers oS y
~ IN l'ails and New Yorker. narnefi f,,,rs,-
o.e Nv 7 sharged with obtaining the forged
~ s'oase q the New York stoos Fxobasgs. ~
...s aaa,ia y the roast psre regllarIy
NAla street Some II tha I'D men.
'osiE hers are considerably excited
y siblt Developments II ne t,iaj
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News Of the Week,
D0WN EANT

otrost Iettar-boxes has been robbed in New
York.
po,r millions have already Icon eXl cudo
, !, a,o construction Of the new po7totlico at
y york and two millions more will be ro-
arirod to finish IT.
CANA startling Disclosures have been made
,.ti,a irss in Brooklyn, through the al
IN n an fnreudiary and his aocomplices, on
I'M ,t,,b It has been proved that regular system
= arson has been going on III that city.
Tho firm Of Phelps. Dodge & Co. have
..;n reached the conclusion that they prefer
Z, a have their frauds Oh the Custom-hOuse
.tg.ted in court and have offered the Sec
,otorv of the Treasury the sum of two hun
s,ad and geyenty-ono thousand dollars in com
,.or,iso. which il eleven thousand dollars
mare than they offered before. 1t is believed
n Boutwell, will accept this offer, but will
sot stufg himself by furnishing the firm with
certificate of innocence.
For several months past freight trains Of
,.rious railroads from New York to tl9 West
h,ro been filed with barrels, all marked
asngsr" They we're directed to prencipal
,,nfoetioners and dealers in candies in Chi
sago indianapolis, Cincinnati, and other
sties. The freight agents Of seyerN of the
,ompanes, suspecting that something was
wrong recently opened some of the eIbarrels,
ana found them packed with confectionery and
choice candies. Tho freight on plain sugar il
,ortv.seyea cents hundred, while Confec-
8onary is charged at the rate of one dollar
and eighteen cents The railroad companies |
have instructed their agents to keeR sharp
lookout for sugar freight, and to open every
barrel, If necessary, directed to confectioners
in The Western cities Five confectioners in
his city have received letters from Western
firms requesting them to label pepperment
lozenges, etc, they had ordered, 9s sugar, at
forty-seven cents a hundred The frauds |
perpetrated in this way aregsaid to amount to
sni immense sum annually.
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LOVE IS ENOUGH.


By WILLIAM MORRIS.
Love il Enough, though the World be a-waning,
planning,
Though the sky be too dark for dim eyes to
discover
The gOldcups and daises fair blooming Hereunder.
Though the hill be held shadows, and the a
dark wonder,
And this day draw veil over deeds passed
over,
Yet their hands shall not trembIe their feet shall
not falter;
The void shall not weary, the fear shall not alter
These lips and these eyes of the loved and the
lNNnr
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FROM WANHLNGIOM

In response to the House Resolution call
ing for a statement of the amount paid the
Union Pacific Railroad Company for army
transportation, and an estimate of what said
transportation would cost if the railroad had
not been constructed, the Secretary Of War
has transmitted report of the Quartermas-
ter-General, showing that the Government had
paid the Union Pacific Company for such
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Originally the name Of an excentric
preacher i'll Scotland, who contracted
the habit of preaching in such whin-
ing tone, and slang dialect, as to be I'M
derstood by none but his own congrega-
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PSE DIXTT.

"He himself said it." con his ipse
dixit," means, on his bare assertion.
The authority of the Grecian philoso-
pher, Pythagoras, was 80 great with his
disciples, that they never doubted any
thing, he told them. Whenever they
were asked for the reason of what they
declared, they would answer, "Ipse
dixit, i. e., he said it. This is the origin
of the phrase.
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PALLADIUM.

"a protection. The liberty of the
press is called the Palladium (the safe
ty) of the Republic. The Statue of
Pallas, another name for Minerva, the
Goddess of wisdom, was given to Troy
with the statement, that so long as this
Statue ws4preserved, it would keep the
city. Hence, Palladium was used to
mean that, which preserves anything.
The great Palladium of our country is
virtue and intelligence.
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1.-THE spirit Of the body, is a French
term meaning that brotherly feeling,
which pervades professional bodies,
such as the gentleman Of the bar, sol
tliers Of an army. clergymen, Sc.
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With running pen, with great rapidi-
ty. Applied to anything written with
fuency and speed.
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fheaGnen) Is ueIlfeu rom inc LAWN
word pages a village. These villages
continued heather after the cities were
christianized, hence the inhabitants
were called pagans, j. E. heathens.
LUNATIC.
From the Latin word Lima, (moon. J
The term Lttnattc is based upon the
old idea that the moon exercises bad
influence upon the insane. Hence, per-
sons who became insane we're supposed
to be affected with " lunaey, that il,
ANIMAL lsIPLuaTE, RTPBs.
A two-legged animal without feathers.
This is the definition, Plato gave to his
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strest Ietter-boxes has been robbed in New
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COLOSSUS.

Literally, from the eggs to the apples.
The phrase is derived from the custom
of, the Romans, who began their dinner
with eggs and finished with apples
Classical writer's use the phrase to sig
Nifty, From the beginning to the end Of
anything.
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HOI POLLOI.

"The many, the multitude, is "A term
applied at Cambridge College, England
to those students who do not graduate
i'll honors. Writer'S and speakers use
the term to designate the common peo-
pie, the mass of society, It is a Greek
term written in Roman letters.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

AhCHBIsHoP BAYLEY, of Baltimore. has
MADE a very sensible suggestion with ra~
terence to the liquor question. and one
which Is specially interesting as sbowinC,
now prelate would interfere with in+a,,,,'
peranee The position which he ASSUMES
Is that any real good government wonId
enforce an inspection of liquors or sion
thelr sale altogether. By inspection he
means means not a gauger's inspection, but a
technical analysis, which would a+ opco
expose the poisonous compounds with
which liquors are adulterated. and which
are responsible, not only for the onality
deletorious to health, but, to I,rdso '',aSS a,:
oen5' Tor that influence which maddens
ana demonizes men and leads them TO the
commission of crime. There can be ,-e,.v,
littie doubt that law which wo,,Id en-,
i1ice iII such an inspection as this and nun
is, ish lts violator by confscating and destroy
lnS ms liquors., with the additional ne1-
tity OF fine and Imprisonment. won1d eTo
"a l%' towards reducing the present amount
90 oiIiie. 1t Is at least much more prac-
tlc3 tlcai idea than the theory that men can he
legisiated sober. N-''' "e