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.

A GYPSY came to BRIGHAM YOUNG with a pony for sale.

"Why, the beast is half-starved," said BRIGHAM, running his hand over