, 1877-12-28
CURRENT GOSSIP.

THE FURNACE.
iFrorr the Utrrnanj
Heloldi within ron yann1ng. glowing month
whr'e ft.tt with frrvId hsat shr u"lcp ms*',
With breath mbtr ar16 than The fnrrtd Honth !
When dry sifnon.nn swift o'as thu dAssst paaa.-
How heAvea ths 1iqufd mctalf Hood ..td tight
II throwr. and nihcs dark shadows sharply lined.
While chsana ~ dnnseoned dumon might
Whom soDo superior power tasl shauld bind.
Now really for the mold, bright hurets tho flood,
And bounds. burning cataract. In spaca.
~. pnlslng frou, pIesc ed heart. the hnod,
In living stream. ; brilliant path will trace.
HEc. -, t877. 1.nAN.
TIfE AtfatA OF taKEAT nHrrAIN,
sann Archer h+i's IN 81. .rtcho'as for sonnayv.
Ny Suunx readerA have douhtless often oh.
served usn,u familiar objects, such rs books,
,cl,iaa and atettware, etc., tho ,devtco OF linn
and horse tsornctiInes tepfzscptcd IL a uni-
corn) supporting between them Il shield, sur
mounted lty = crown. On tho shield are certain
disistons called "guaElerEngs," In ous Of which
you will rbEcrvc two lions AMI horse, At.
tachcd to the whole is tho motto, Lltu It mn.
drrah-frenrh words, whose meaning IL, "uod
Aud my right"
III yuu tulutre, rou will be told that this de-
vice ID tho cuntof.arms' uf Great nFtaln,--as
tue eaGe shield, nud olive branch IL that 0f the
United Statcs,-anl that all articles thus marked
are Of British manufacture:
In old times the national sym1nl nf England
was the foso, OF Etotfanl The thistle, Of ireland
thc s!Iatnrock, or sloycr. 1yl.etii England
ctaIu,cd Ireland and scotland, thrse three we're
united on the lsrttsh Inynl shIch1 a. No 1,A
thcn1 In tlIe tt.ue vi Queen Elizabeth. On
vIct"lv over France, tilc ssu'spl "f Frame,
unicorn, was n1tu ndde1l. the uufcorn wearing 4
rhAin, 10 denote the subjccttuu OF France 10
England.
When new sovereign suecccts to The crown.
lie has right to place lls own family toat-,f-
arms on the royal slsicIsl ot Great Britain.
ticosGo the First did this. The two lions and
the white horac, which you rec m one Of the
qtlarterinEe, is tho coat-of.arma nt the OuelFhs,
who were Dukes OF brunswick ami Hanover III
Germany. 1T Is therefore callcd the nrna of the
Hanee Of Brunswick. mil II IL about this that ]
now design to tell you.
We rca,l IN htAtery that when the great Char.
tries. uuo OF the Saxon leaders, named Whtti-
kind, refused to submit tu lin, su'l that, In con.
sequence, many L!voly battles were fnught,
wherein the Sazons borc In their fnn tall pole
surlnounted BY n voMhsn borse's llenl This
was their cnsgn; AMI when they aftcrwurl be-
raslle n,ure civilized, tes retained thr same cin.
blrM,,--n Shite horse putntcd IN u black grouns,
-whh retnains to this ttay thu standatd or bail
1lur 0f the littlu Kingdom Ut GaruuY.
III thu year S0l Just about l,tu0 years ago.
Bruno, tie son OF sanxnn King, founded city
IN hAxony wh!ci, he ca!fcd nftur himself, NrunG.
! mis- Vtcus, NOW known as Drunswlck. tle re-
taincd ~ the standard Of Brunswick the white
horse Of 8axuny, md thus II remained until the
cn.i Of the three succeeding centuries. About
TINT time the rciEnluE Prince Of HrunswIck wnh
certain Henry Guelph. leader fl thu Cru
acquired for Him thu ttlls ot "ilenry tho liou."
| Tli1s prinre refused to nwn alteeiatuu to the
great Emperor OF HcrnInny, Frederick Uar-
barossa. lte declared htmsolG independent, and
| AS token 0f defiance set up EIgat stonc lion
| IN HfunhKErk. mil hail t1 AEn101 nst.4.J