ution to mankind, of this kind. They have a hotel there
which advertises through the seductive fly-pages of our magazines in the
following terms: "Courtesy to strangers is a marked feature in the
management of--"

But we remember in time that we have no right to interfere with the
advertising columns. However, it is a fact that there is a hotel in
America where courtesy to guests is a feature, and of course a marked
one. It is a cheering fact, and especially so just now, in this early
fall, when we are all smarting with the fresh memories of our summer's
sufferings at the hands of the hotel proprietors, their head clerks, and
the rest of the rapacious crew. What an attractive picture it presents!
A hotel where guests are treated with courtesy! Really, if anything
could seduce us into making a visit to Boston, the desire to actually
witness this surprising innovation upon our national customs would prove
too strong for the reverential fear which keeps us distant worshippers
of that American Mecca.

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Odious Comparison.

"She is a gem," remarked Mr. JENKINSOP, speaking of his red-haired wife.

"Yes--a diamond of many carats," was the low rejoinder of JENKINSOP'S
friend, WINKLESOP.

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ROYAL DEMOCRACY.

It appears to have been decided that one of the royal princesses of
England can be allowed to marry, without being obliged to find some
royal prince for that purpose. Perhaps this course has been discovered
to be possible from the fact that the stock of royal princes is getting
short in Europe. Prussia has gobbled up any number of German ones, and
bids fair to do so with the rest. But we prefer to think that this
innovation is really due to the women's rights movement. Their platform
is broad enough for the entire sex to stand on, and why should a
princess, from the unfortunate accident of her birth, be debarred her
natural right to fall in love with the man of her choice, and to marry
the man she loves. At any rate we commend this change of policy to the
leaders of the women's rights party, as a proof of the success their
movement has gained, and advise them to send a series of congratulatory
resolutions to the princess in question, upon her gaining her
unquestioned right to consult her heart rather than a Lord Chancellor in
the bestowal of her hand.

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An Anecdote from Salt Lake.

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