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esteem, or approve the novel methods and usages of political and social 
life which surround them. Romae Romano vivito more —“in Home, do as 
Rome does.’ 7 Undoubtedly, adopted citizens, as well as those “to the manor 
bom,” may always reserve to themselves the right of kindly and intel¬ 
ligently criticising and good-naturedly advising where needed reforms 
shall be apparent. Then, indeed, without officious intermeddling or im¬ 
pertinent- opposition, there will be peace, satisfaction, and other' untold 
advantages, on all hands; and every country will find delight and co-opera¬ 
tion in each contingent of comers from foreign parts, that may choose to 
cast their lot with its fortunes and swell the ranks of its population. 
®edar of Lebanon. 
“Thus yields the cedar to the axe’s edge, 
Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle.” 
—Shakespeare. 
“I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus.”—Eccles., xxiv, 17. 
This is a tree of different species of Cupressus , Abies , and Larix. It 
is an evergreen, and remarkable for the durability of its wood, which has 
a fragrant odor. The cedar of Libanus is the Larix cedrus. 
Incorruptible Honor. 
I T seems that all the world over, men are apt and willing to be bribed , 
Money gets over many difficulties; it solves many problems. In 
America,* the model of republics, as it is sometimes styled, bribery, is con¬ 
ducted on a grand scale—is carried on in a “wholesale way!” The simple 
salary of an official is not sufficient. Even those highest in office, it is said, 
have at times been bribed by presents and even by money offerings. 
*Some other countries are not free from such corrupt practices; politics and official life 
are there strongly tainted, likewise. 
