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Ffom Ae Dublin UairersRy Magazine.
OLD CHURCH BELLS.
Ring out merriy,
Loudly, cheeriy
Blithe old bells from The steeple tower.
Hopefully fearfully,
Joyfully, tearfully,
Moyeth the bride from her maiden bower.
sloud there is none in the bright summer sky;
children slug loud as the train moves along
Happy the bride that the sun shIneth on
knell out drcarily,
Measure out wearily
Sad old bells, from the steeplc gray.
Priests chanting lowly,
Solemnly, slowly,
PasSeth the corpse frOm the portal to-day
Drops from the leaden clouds heavily fall.
Dnppihg.Qyer the plume and the pail
MurnIur old folks Rs the train moves along
HAPPY The dead that the rain raineth on"
Toll at the hour ofprime.
MHtn and Vesper chime.
Loved old bells from the steeple high
Rolling like holy waves
Over the lowly graves.
flpating up, prayer iranght, into the sky.
Solemn the lesson your lghtest notes teach:
Ringing IN life from he bud 10 he bloom,
Ringing the dead 10 their rest in the tomb.
Peal out eyCrmore--
Peal as ye pcAled Of yOre,
Brave old bells, on each Sabbath day
In sunshine and gladness,
Through clouds and In sadness,
Bridal and burial have both passed away.
Tell us lifc's pleasures with death are sill rife;
Tell US that death even leadeth 10 life:
Life Is our labor and death Is our rest
Ifhappy the living, the dead are the blest
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few who win doubt that be succeeded !.
Laughter and applause.
There Is no question about the genuine
humor Of this speech, The banquet closed
the annual occasion Of the Society Of the
the Army Of the Tennessee, and at mid
night broke up, to meet the next time IN
Cincinnati.
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How TO GRow RIcH. Nothing is
more easy than TO grow rich. Il i only
to trust nobody--to bcffiend none--to get
oil you can and save all You gst--to stint
yourself and everybody belonging 70 you
Ito be the friend Of no man and have no
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upon interest. cent upon ceut---to be- mean,
miserable aud despised for somo twenty
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fulness, because after all is done that
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aud the power Of man have their limits,
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Ct al his sorrows and evils, and the resuf.
reciion Of all his joys.
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Mr., Isaac v. Green, of Michigan, ran
away with his wiies aunt recently. In
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This saving Of little things does not i'm
ply stinginess or meann ess IL is simply
the habit Of saving instead Of wasting
u y embodied 10 tho motto, HWasta nat
want not. Therefore We say, "nOnIcut
the strings,n
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-20
kangaroo Tongues.

A new Australian delicacy is finding
its way into the Londen markets in the
shape of dried kangaroo tongues. The
tails and skins of these animals have
long been utilized--the former for max
ing soup, the latter for leather; and the
recent enormous destruction of kan
garoos has given considerable impetus
to these two trades. Struck by the waste
of food occasioned by the slaughter OF
so many thousands of these marsupials,
whose bodies are frequently left alone
to rot where they have fallen, WI arroo
settler made an experiment in curing the
tongues of some of the slain, and &c
highly were they approved that con
siderable trade has sprung up in thi.
commodity. The tongues are usually
cured by drying in smoke like the Rus
sian reindeer tongues; but much bette
plan is to preserve them in tins, like
sheep and OK tongues from America
Tongues lend themselves to this treat
ment better than almost any other por
tion of an animal, and they stand exces
sive boiling better than beef or mutton
The Colonies and India.
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News and Notes for Women

Queen Victoria's income is over S2,-
100000 year.
A London physician lately advertised
in the Times for lady housekeeper,
offering liberal terms, and received l, 100
applicants.
There are now five ladies in the school
of theology of the Boston University. In
the college of liberal arts there are
eleven ladies in the freshman class.
An English school board has expelled
an eight-year old pupil who came to
school with ornamental beads in her
ears, and a Philadelphia private school
teacher refused to readmit girl who
had been. playing in the Juvenile
"Pinafore" company during the sum-
mer.
Miss Alice S. Hooper, of Boston, left
100000 worth of property by will to
friends and rublic institutions. She
gave 81 900 each to the Boston train
ing school for. nurses and the Bethesda
Society, of Boston. The rest of her
valuable property she bequeathed to
personal friends and relatives.
Mrs. Matte Potts, who in May last
left Baltimore for New Orleans, has re-
turned, having made the whole distance
on foot. She averaged twenty-one miles
day, wore out five suits of clothes.
"didn't spend a cent" was entertained
free at all hotels and eating houses, re,
ceived innumerable presents and sent hel
trunk ahead of her by express all the
way without charge"
The King of Siam, appreciating tht
results of the English education of his
childhood, is giving the same advantages
to his own children. Princess Civil
his bright, clever ten-year old daughter
receives from an accomplished Englisl
lady regular instruction in French, Eng
lish and German, music, dancing ant
drawing. The queen, her mother
takes great interest in the lessons, an,
is SO pleased with foreigniways that sh
trlks of adopting the European dress.
J The poor authorities of Dover an,
Canterbury, England, are greatly puz
zled over supposed Japanese girl VIII
was recently found wandering abou
the streets OF the latter city. No on
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The Sea-Serpent Shows Himself.

Fourth Officer F. G. Rowell, of the
steamship Anchoria, Of the Anchor
line, which arrived at New York port
from Glasgow, says that while on the
Newfoundland banks, he saw a sea-ser-
pent which he estimates to have been
fully as long rs tie steamship. Accord
ing to E" Lloyd's Shipping Record" the
Anchoria is 409 feet long, Mr.. Rowell
was walking the bridge at four bells in
the afternoon watch, when he noticed
disturbance in the water about mile
distance on the port beam. At first he
thought the commotion was caused by
II school of porpoises, but, on closer OBJ
servation, he changed his mind. When
he looked through pair of strong
glasses he saw the head and a portion of
the body of the sea-serpent rising above
the water. Portions of the back OF the
creature could be seen rising out
of the sea at intervals as it propelled it
self along on the top of the water. It's
motions were similar to those of the
land snake as it moves along the ground.
The water in the wake of the creature
had been lashed into foam by its tail.
Its head was large and. contained an
enormous mouth, which opened fire.
uuently and spat out large quantities of
water. Its tongue, which was extremely
long, could be seen at times, but no
teeth or fangs were observed. The body
of the serpent was round, and its color
was black. 1t was moving in the same
direction as the steamship, and at a
greater rate of speed. When the crea-
ture had got little ahead of the vessel
it sank down into the water and disap-
| peared. ..... .- r..... -ur.r.
| Several passengers were on deck at
| the time. Observing the commotion on
the sea, they asked Mr.. Baxter, the sec
cond officer, what the thing moving in
the water could be. He was able to
take only hurried glance, before he was
called to the other side of the vessel in
the performance of his duties. When
he returned with his glasses the creature
was not in sight. Mr.. Baxter says he
| he thinks that it must have been a sea-
serpent, and he places implicit reliance
on the fourth officers statement. Mr..
Rowell has made marine animals the
subject of study, and has always be-
lieved in the existence of sea-serpents
but his desire to see one of these animals
had never before been gratifed. .aI
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The Fate of Zulu Cewards.

What Zulu discipline and rule was,
says correspondent in South Africa,
is clearly indicated by a story told by
Cetewayo himself while on his way
down to the place ofembarkation. Point
ing to bush which he designated by
the name of the Coward's bush, he in
formed his conductors that in front of
that bush Chake used to sit after battle
had been fought in order to hear aecu-
sations of cowardice against any of his
soldiers. If man was convicted on
what seemed sufficient evidence he was
expected to stand still with his left arm
high above his head, while an assegai
was slowly and by degrees thrust down
ward from the armpit till it pierced the
heart. .ll
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Rhymes, Funeral and Hymeneal.

1t has long been the funeral custom
among certain class of society in New
York to append a poetic tag to the news
paper announcement of the death of a
relative. The verse is not, as a rule,
very good; but the sentiment is sincere
and the intention respectable. Here is
an example culled from the columns OF
the New York Herald. After recording
the death of Isaac Florence, child
aged three years and eight months, the
bereaved parents add two verses, OF
which we quote the second: rr
Fold away those little clothes,
That our Florence used 10 wear;
He's no more on earth to need them,
He has climbed the golden stair.
Underneath is gravely written by way
of postscript, He has gone to meet his
grandmother" There is a pathos I'M
derlying these rude rhymes which
shields them from criticism. But we
cannot observe without protest a mas
cent practice of invoking the family
muse on the occasion of weddings. 1t
has come to pass, notably in Michigan,
that no wedding is complete without
poetic address from the parents, which
is appended to the customary newspaper
announcement of the ceremony. To
quote one example from q score: MI.
Oliver Hill, of Davisbugh, marries Miss
Mira Lyon, CT Medina. The event is
announced in due form in the local
papers, with the addition of the follow
ing verse: t-.-".|
Oliver, you have from her ehildhoods home
| ,.... our pvize taken;
! May she by you be ne'er forsaken,
And may her love to you prove always true
and mistaken. r'L
1t must be admitted that this is not a
cheerful marriage hymn. There is a
tone of melancholy running through it
"a provision of evil pervading it not
calculated to raise the spirits of a bride.
On the threshold of life Oliver Is marked
with the suspicion of intent presently to
abandon the girl whom the first line
leads us to fear he has forcibly abducted
This may be due to a tinge of melan,
choly in the constitution of the parents
Persons of more sanguine nature, would
have taken a brighter view of things
But, apart from particular instances
the growth of the custom is to be de
plored A new terror would unaues
tionably be added to matrimonial rela
tionship if on his wedding-day a man
father and mother-in-law were, like Alr
Silas Wegg. expected TO drop into
poetry. y.-L0ndo7, Net1s.
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Two Children's Trip In a Balloon.

When Mr.. John Wise. of Philadelphia,
was lost in his balloon called 1.-THE
Pathfinder" the newspapers printed
many accounts of trips made into the
air, some by brave men and some by
foolish ones. A lady who lives in the
town of Centralia, ILL.,, said nothing
until all the rest were through talking.
Then she told the editor of the st. Louis
Republican to look into the number of
the Republican that was printed on the
2lst of. September, 1858. The editor
looked and found an account of how
two little children took a trip in q bal
loon all by themselves. On that day an
aeronaut or sailor of the air, named Mr..
Brooks, filled his iron ship with gas on
the farm of Mr.. Harvey, who lived
near Centralia. He expected to sail up
in the afternoon. About noontime Mr..
Harvey put his two children into the
basket of the balloon just to please
any danger. The balloon was tied to a
tree by ropes. All at once a gust of
wind broke the ropes and the balloon
shot up into the sky with nobody but
the two children in the basket. Mr..
Harvey was wild with grief and shouted
aloud, They're lost!. they're lost!"
All the neighbors ran to the spot, only
to see the balloon drifting off to the north
and more than mile high. One of the
children was girl, Nettie, eight years
old, and the other was her little brother,
Willie, four years old. Both cried when
they found themselves leaving the
ground and going on very, very
strange journey indeed. Nettie looked
over the edge of tie basket and saw her
father wringing his hands away below
Soon the people looked to her smaller
than babies and the houses like toy
houses. She and Willie were going up,
going to heaven, Willie," said Nettie.
Willie thought it. was very cold in
heaven, then, for the higher they went
the colder it grew. Nettie wrapped
Willie in her apron and held his head in
her lap until he cried himself fast asleep.
Then NeGtie folded her hands and
waited. She said, II think we must
be near the gate now."- She meant the
gate of heaven that she had heard about
in Sunday-school. But Nettie fell
asleep, too. When she awoke she found
that some strange man was lifting her
from the basket. The strange man was
farmer in Northern Illinois, who had
seen balloon drifting low down across
his field. The rope was dragging, and
so he caught it and landed the children
safely. The balloon had foated all
night. Nettie and Willie's father soon
learned that they had been found, and
took them home two days afterward.
Nettie is now woman-the very same
one who told the editor of the Republican,
to look back in its files for the story.
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Lessons on the Way.

Starting from the cradle
Toward the grave below,
Treading in the footprints
Made 80 long ago;
Do we note the landmarks
All along the way?
Do we stop to gather
Wisdom, day by day7
Do we see the rivers
Made Of human tears?
Swelled by evil passions
Fed by craven fears?
II so, are we stronger
Battling with the foe?
Are we hourly growing
Wiser as we got
Do we heed the breakers
With their sullen roar?
Do we see the timbers
Strewn along the shore?
Wrecks of human greatness
Foundered in a night
Do we mind our rudder
Better for the sight?
Beacon lights are shining
From the hills and towers;
Angel voices calling
In the darkest hours!
Let us heed the warning,
All along the way
Let us gather wisdom
While we watch and pray,
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One cricket would stand poor show

One cricket would stand a poor show
trying to stop a railroad train, but
millions of them can do it. A Western
bound railroad train met an army of
crickets at Clarke's station, about fifteen
miles west of Reno, Ney., and was de-
tanned two hours and a half trying to
get. through. To make the passage the
men and wsTs sweep i thy osesa % 90 6e
rails. The crickets covered the track
for about three miles, and when the
driving wheels of the engine would
strike them they would whirl around
without going forward an inch.
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there or in Dover being able to converse
with her, she was sent to London. The
Japanese consul of that city says that
there is no similarity between her Ian
guage and that of Japan. The girl and
her story remain mysteries. As no one
will support the poor stranger in a
strange land," the authorities send her
from one city to another. ii l3a 'o
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Be patient. Wait. Don't fret over
last summers ice bill. Scientists tell
us that in l7,600, 900 years ice. sixteen
feet thick will entirely envelope this
planet, and then the ice mans extortions
will end d.-Saturday Night.
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X, Tickling induces laughter, except tickling in
the thro NJ, which causes coughing = at once
removed by DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. 25 cents
a bottle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-20

The councils for the settlement of
trade disputes in France in their last
year considered 35,046 cases. Of this
and a reconciliation was effected in 49,,
4I5 (seventy-one per cent?; 1856 could
not be reconciled, and were remitted
for hearing to the general council. and
9,076 differences were settled upon
advice of the councils. As to the causes
of dispute, 2I,36s cases were relative
to wages; 4,733 to dismissal, and l,795
to matters affecting apprentices.
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TIMELY TOPICS.

1t is estimated that the evangelical
work of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation, in the United States, reaches
10000 railroad men, 10000 college
students and loo, 900 commercial travel
ers. 1t is also officially stated that work
is being done for the benefit of 100000
and of 500, 600 young colored men.