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When the veil is drawn for the last time, and the sound of the harp, sackbut, and psaltery has ceased, tarry not, but hie ye quickly to your domiciles, lest after too great indulgence ye become unable to walk upright, and being unsteady in both extremities, ye act in a riotous and unbecoming manner and excite the wrath of the custodians of the highways, who will quickly deliver ye to the judge, and the judge will deliver ye to the officer, and ye be cast into prison. Verily, I say unto you, ye shall by no means come out thence...
...curtain's up and the third act...
Antonelli's face turned as red as the robe that was the emblem of his dignity. He retired, to compose a telegram bearing the news of this last diabolical act instigated by the heretical German premier. As he passed, his eye met the luckless Giacomo, cowering behind a statue. For one second the full flash of the Cardinal's eye was focussed on the unfortunate page. When he went on, the page was no longer there...
PRINCETON is in trouble, according to the Nassau Lit. It appears that, for some unexplained reason, the chamber-work in the college dormitories is done by a "clumsy, dirty set of men, who are better fitted by ability, odor, and appearance to act as scavengers, than to have free access to the parlors and bedrooms of gentlemen." This the Princeton students rightly consider a grievance. They feel the need of the soothing influence of woman's presence, and of the smoothing influence of woman's hand, - especially upon their pillows and bedquilts; and they send forth a noble appeal...
...fitting himself to hold an honorable position among his fellow-men. In his social relations he was loved as a friend and respected for his manly qualities. Generous, open-hearted, thoroughly independent, yet always careful to respect the feelings of others, he was incapable of degrading himself to any act of meanness, however trivial. His self-respect and high sense of honor were always with him in all emergencies. His death has not only saddened his friends, but deprived the world of one who would have conscientiously and faithfully fulfilled whatever duties might have fallen...