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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

was mail Pasha, ex-Khedive OF Egypt,
that an extremely embarrassing per-
nate staying at Vichy, in the villa for
eolo- occupied by Napoleon Ill. With
ould hre eight Of his wives and twenty
ness attendants.
than Fit is significant of Queen Victories
was ON the hearts of her people that she
TOP to prohibit manifestations which
bst crowned heads are only too anxi-
o4s to get. Strict orders were given
dEainst any sort of demonstrations dur
b8g her recent journey by night to Scot
land, her Majesty preferring sleep to
fheers.
J The Hofburg, the imperial palace
Mt Vienna, will lie ten years rebuilding.
There will be lofty pavilion in the
center, with wings extending by means
of arcades across Vienna's great boule.
ward, the King Strasse. This is in
tended to be the finest royal palace in
Europe. :
"A house has just been finished which
Queen Victoria has built for Mr.. John
Brown within the grounds of Balmoral,
but which that fortunate subject has not
yet occupied. 1t is a spacious andplain
square mansion, occupying pleasant
situation in the center of lawn-like ex.
panse of the royal demesne, with car
riage-drive leading to it from one of the
avenues.
There is about to be celebration,
lasting three days, of the erection at
Boulogne.sur-Mer of q monument to the
memory of Frederic Salvage, native Of
the town, for whom is claimed the honor
of the discovery of the principles on
which the mighty screw propeller is built.
These festivities will begin on the 18th
of the present month, and will include
free performance at the theater, a pub.
lie dinner, balls, concerts and aquatic
sports.
Reports from Australia are that the
progress of the Prince of Wales sons
through that country has been an unin-
terrupted series of festivities, receptions
and congratulatory addresses. The
saloon carriage built expressly for their
father they have been the first to use.
In the Botanical Gardens at Melbourne
they have planted memorial trees, and
among their outdoor amusements is
mentioned kangaroo hunt. Some of
the finest tails of the slaughtered ami
mails are said to have been selected by
them for shipment to their mother.
Mrs. Florence, the actress, says
that she talked with the Princess OF
Wales in the box of London theatre,
and found her charming in manners and
person. Her voice is soft and extremely
musical, and a slight German accent
makes her speech all the more pleasing.
Mrs. Florence pronounces Lady Ions.
dale and Lady Vaudeville among the
first of English beauties, and says Of
Mrs. Langtry: "She is not strictly
beautiful. She has a fair skin, and
large, round, dark eyes, which she uses
very expressively, and with all the art
of professional actress, in converse
ton. The natural color of her hair Is
chestnut, but she is as often seen with
very light or reddish frizzes as with
those of the color bestowed by nature.
These artificial adjuncts enhance the
effect of her really fine eyes,"
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Red Tape In the English War Office.

A funny story is going the rounds il.
Illustrative Of the red tape policy obtain.
ing in military circles. It is such an an.
ecdote as would have delighted poor
Charles Dickens, and serves to remind
us that his account of the circumlocu-
ton office, with its "how-not-to-do-it''
tactics, was not so overdrawn after all.
A guard-room clock at Aldershot sud-
deh1y tuck it into its head to stop tick
ing, and requisition for its repair was
sent to the Barrackmaster, who passed
it on to the Ordnance Storekeeper, from
whom it went, first to the Quartermas.
ter General, and then to the General
Commanding, who forwarded it to the
Horse Guards, whence it was relocated
to the War Office, where, after two or
three weeks delay, the required repairs
were authorized. But before this decis.
ion was conveyed to the camp q ques-
ton arose as to under what vote the ex-
pense- estimated under $2-was to be
charged, each department positively de-
Ginning to be responsible for the amount.
The question was finally referred to the
Treasury, involving an important con.
stitutional principle, and, after a further
delay of three months, it was settled that
the Barrack Department should bear the
expense. But this was not an end Of
the all-important question. The CORE.
spoadence was transferred to Aldershot,
and, after few weeks, a requisition
for transport was addressed to the com.
handing officer of the military train,
who sent four-horse ammunition wag.
on, under the escort of q Sergeant and
eight soldiers, to fetch the clock.
which, however, it turned out had been
removed soon after the original requisi.
ton had been sent in by some meddline
ignoramus totally devoid of apprecia-
ton for official routine. The CORE.
spondence over this precious clock had
lasted eight months, and it is calculated
that the postage stamps and stationery,
etc., alone used over the affair would
have paid for ten new clocks: while.
reckoning the time of the officials EN-.
ployed over the matter as worth their
usual rate of pay, it would have been a
saving to the country had the Aldershot
authorities erected a clock factory on
purpose to repair the offending time.
piece. All this reads like one Of Mark
Twain's exuberant bursts of fancy, or a
leaf out of one of Charles Dickens nov.
els, highly exaggerated, but it is all so.
Der fact, and such idiotic performances
on the part of grown men may well
make Englishmen wonder how the Brit
ish military organization would stand
the sudden strain put upon it by for.
eign invasion. Already the bitterly
learned lessons of the Crimea seem in
danger Of being forgotten.-Cm Phila.
de!phia Telegraph.
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International Sunday. School Lessons.
Rebuked,

that may become a man." is sublime
when expressive of moral courage. He
who so acts it out as to show that he
has the courage of his convictions wins
the respect even of those whom he con-
fronts.
Years ago an illustration of the pow
er of moral daring was given in a Ten
nessee village. The two principal act
ors were a Presbyterian minister and
gentleman who subsequently became
President of the United States.
In those days one of the vicious
though popular sports was cock-fght-
ing. All classes participated in it, for
it was as fashionable as horse.racing.
Game chickens and race horses were in
demand. Their pedigrees, qualities
and victories formed the most interest
ing theme, save politics, on which
Judges, lawyers and doctors could con-
verse.
One Saturday, during court week, a
crowd collected on the village green
and spent the day in witnessing a series
of cock-6ghts. The most distin guished
men of that section of Tennessee were
present. The excitement ran high.
Several famous chickens were killed,
and hundreds of dollars were lost and
won. Prominent among those whose
'birds" joined in the fight was General
Andrew jackson. He was the most
popular man in the State, and as ar
dent alover of cock-6ghting as of horse
racing.
Towards evening the Rev. Robert
Henderson rode into the village. He
was famous preacher, IS bold as he
was eloquent. Great was the delight
of the community when it was an.
nounced that he would preach the next
day in the Court. House. Early Sun
day morning the house was filled. The
preacher took for his text Eccl. 7:29,
"God hath made man upright; but they
have sought out many Inventions
After an eloquent contrast of the noble
existence which God had bestowed upon
man, with that which man had formed
for himself, the preacher paused, and
then said:
II will give you an example of man
pursuing the vanity that leadeth to de-
struction. When l rode into town
last evening l was delighted to
learn of the presence of a
number of distinguished gentlemen. i
anticipated an intellectual feast in hear
ing Colonies and Generals, lawyers and
Judges, converse. What, friends, do
you suppose was the theme of these
men whom God has so greatly en-.
lowed? Was it of some measure of
enlightened policy calculated to benefit
the human race? Was it the recent
discoveries of astronomy. which have
brought into view remote fields of cre-
alton? Was it the wonders of religion?
No; not on one of these grand themes
was word spoken. The whole burden
of their conversation for the long even.
ing was, Game chickens! Game chick
ems! Game chickens!' Every man.
Judges, lawyers and Generals, had
some story to tell of famous battle |
won by some game-cock. Tell it not !
in Gath! Publish it not in the streets
of Askelonr'
The boldness of the preacher won the |
esteem of General Jackson. Calling at !
tho minister's room, he thanked him |
for his faithfulness in rebuking those |
engaged in the demoralizing sport. |
From that day the preachers warmest
friend was Andrew jackson. YOUTHS
Companion.
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would urge upon Ia,
dutyand privilege.
true in the corhmu1
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dutyand privilege. IN
true in the corhmun,eS
own duty is clear. r.
the prevalent demora
not allow yourself in i
have the church; you
you can have your hey
with God. In the
ligion and in the
home you can paa
v ording to the CD tsscRr ue
1t is Just here d!tehaoes
to establish and p..o "a
ciples. Every SANS
vidual Is a strong INF
the proper observaNaeex;-
rest; and so, and ich
creased intensity, Nful
keeping family. Ya.ish-
tiply such argument and
is: Remember TT the
keep it holy" Yo'
mand. illustrated eauti-
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no Richard Andeel, the German q
: Ss''t'i, scholar, has iu,teomplel.s
th sV Hphaa.o OF statistics Resting y
ne me hebrews Of the world, He giIe
s s1s whole I, en-! number in Europe q 5, ls g
s s19; y; IN Africa. 1o2, sse; ii Asis 1871 !.
o. 6o ~ America, So7, s6s; IN Aust u
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land AT +, Nakkoo. IN the hpp
e land, an beagle eagle was shottii
tra.m a aooG ~, its neck 3
al; - paper on which wa4..
~ .sa. Caught and suras.
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"A Detroit girl has Z, 1so buttons and
three beaus on q string.
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relativeness, and it was with q sobbing
cadence the music set itself to the pa
thetic entreaty of Marion, singing,
"Could you come back to me, Douglas,
Douglas,
Back with the form and the face that knew,
l would be so faithful, 80 loving, Douglas,
Douglas, tender and true"
The verse ended in q sob, and the fair
golden head fell heavily into the clasped
hands.
"Marion! Marion! Marionl"
There was no need Of further weep
ing. John found her in the right mood
this time. She lifted her fearful but
exquisitely tender face to that loving
call, and answered it only by one low
word-"John!" Yet her whole attitude
was intensely eloquent. Without MAX
ing step, without movement of the
arms, she gave her lover an impression
of overlooking expectation. But her
first words after this tacit confession
were thoroughly womanly: "Oh, John,
how much you have made me suffer!''
Perhaps at first John was little as
tonished at this charge, but when his
cruelty had been made manifest to him,
he was very properly indignant at his
own stupidity. Then Marion forgave
him. And really Johns behavior would
have led any one to believe that the most
delightful Of all experiences was to be
forgiven for an unknown and uninten-
ton offense.
John and Marion have been married
some months now, and yet John, with
mans laundering incapacity, often mis-.
understands bis lovely little wife. How
ever, l do not know that this is an oc.
cur nee to be in any measure regret
ted, 5lnce both Of them seem to enjoy
the explanation 80 much.-Harpcr's
MAGAZINE.
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his business in Johns charge, and said
he was ready to 70 wherever Marion
wished. Yet if she had desired, she
might have made her journey bridal
tour; but lovers had become q bore to
her; she would none of them.
SO they went abroad, and remained q
year, travelling here and travelling there.
but finding happiness nowhere; Tor hap
piness was with John Monteith, and thew
and he were thousands of miles asunder.
At last Marion longed for her Jersey
home again. The truth was that in this
hard struggle between pride and love.
love had conquered. She wished to 20
back within the reach of reconciliation.
Even if John no longer loved her, she
could show him that she was sorry for
the suffering she had caused, and that
she loved no one else, at any rate. She
had dreams Of settling down q quiet lit
tie old maid of nineteen years. Perhaps
John and she might even come to be
very dear friends to each other, and il
he should marry any other girl, she
could try and love her too. Then she
tried toimagine Ella Doremus or Min
ME Bogart as John Monteith's wife. and
she felt that learning to love them IN
that capacity would be q lesson likely to
give her employment and discipline for
. very long time.
Marion's condition grievously puzzled
her father, and also certain crave and
learned doctors whom he paid literally
to unravel the mystery. But it did NOT
puzzle Janet. just as you set thief to
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10
They Both Lied,

Mr.. Finlayson, town clerk of Stir
ling, Scotland, was noted for the mar
velous in conversation. He was on q
visit to the Earl of Monteith and Airth,
in the castle of Taha, in the loch of
Monteith, and was about taking leave,
when he was asked by the Earl if he
had seen the sailing cherry tree.
"No." said Finlayson; "what sort Of
thing is it2'
"It is" replied the Earl, "a tree that
has grown out of a goose's mouth from
a stone the bird had swallowed, and
which she bears about with her in her
voyages round the loch. 1t is now in
full fruit of the most exquisite flavor
Now, Finlayson," he added, can you,
with all your powers of memory and
fancy, match the story of the cherry
tree ?"
Perhaps I can," said Finlavson,
clearing his throat and adding: "When
Oliver Cromwell was at Airth, one of
the cannons sent a ball to Stirling, and
lodged it in the mouth of a trumpet
which one of the troopers in the castle
was in the act of sounding"
"Was the trumpeter killed." asked
the Earl.
"No, my lord," said Finlayson; "le
blew the ball back and killed the artil-
leryman who fired it.
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Tie Fortune Tellers of New York.

The fortune. telling sisterhood is still
large one in Gotham, writes the New
York correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press. A good deal of the plunder that
it picks up goes to the Herald to pay
for advertising. An advertisement that
costs about dollar may bring in $40 or
$40, as the case may be. The usual
charge for " consultation is fifty cents
or dollar, but if the gifted female sees
a chance for strike, she is not going to
shut her eyes and miss it. The trade
of fortune telling is now monopolized
by women. Some years ago there were
q few men in the business. They called
themselves astrologists, and had an as
tonishing kind of intimacy with the
stars. But the women now have the
field to themselves. The impression
that all their dupes are of the servant
girl class is mistake. They catch a
good many even OF Fifth avenue. It is
not by any means uncommon to hear a
woman of average intelligence and fair
education say that she believes in for
tune-telling. With great many women
OF this sort, the first impulse when any
thing goes wrong is to consult a for
tune teller. The parlor as we'll as the
kitchen contributes to the Golfers of the
-shuffling swindlers. When the late
Philander Doesticks, P. B., wrote up
he fortune-tellers of New York, me
five and twenty years ago, the trade
was considerably hurt for the time,
But it soon hourished again, and is now
as prosperous as ever, if not more so.
Wa have q law ogainst IT, but the har-
pies who follJa it don't mind that.
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Miraculous Escape.
INIT. Pleasant Qowa) Journal.l

MI. Pheasant tlOWa) Journal.l
It is an experience vouchsafed to very
few, to tread along the border land OF
death and yet come back to life, preserved
as if by amiracle. Yet such was the ex-
perience of Professor Tice, of st, Louis,
the day following the conclusion of his
course of lectures at Burlington, Iowa,
lately, as we learned from Mr.. Sam1 L.
Pyle, the well-known druggist of Mt.
Pleasant, in relation 10 the case. Pro-
fessor Tice gives the strongest indorse-
ment of the efficacy of st. Jacobs Oil,
which it is possible to give. 1t pro
duced immediate relief in an attack of
neuralgia of the chest, where the pulse
had gone down to thirty-tive per min
ute, and scarcely perceptible. In half
an hour his pulse was restored to it,
normal beat of eighty. -Four appoint
ments of lectures had to be cancelled il
consequence. Professor Tice credits
the ST. Jacobs Oil with having saved
his life. Mr.. Geo. f. W. Wiley, the
widely known teacher here, in response
to an inquiry concerning the remedy,
said: With great pleasure bear testi-
mony to the peculiar healing properties
VI CUs UdCOuS vi, III inCuhihuiO PANS
Having been q sufferer with this dis
tressing malady for years do say that
the curative effects of the st. Jacobs
Oil in my case surpassed those of any
other rheumatic remedy, many of which
/ had been forced to use. Mir. E. Rugg
spoke from personal experience in stat
ing that he had suffered great deal
from rheumatism, and been troubled at
different times with sore throat. He
purchased bottle of st. Jacobs Oil
from Mr.. Pyle, and after three or four
applications was relieved of his ailment.
Asking Mr.. W. A. Rouse what he knew
about the article he said: After great
suffering with pain in the left side, at
tended with severe collie, was recon-
mended to use st. Jacobs Oil. pur-
chased bottle, took two doses and ap-
piled some externally. I was relieved
Immediately and have not experienced
any pain since; that of my left side
from which I had suffered for more
than one year having left me. Such
experiences as these carry conviction
with them to all fair minded and
thoughtful people, and more firmly
establish the merit of that famous
remedy which, too, has our indorse-
ment.
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A New Religions Sect.

Michigan has given birth to new re-
ligious sect, which is mainly composed
of dissenters from other denominations.
The new denomination is called "The
Living Church of God," and the mem
bers are called "the chosen" From all
accounts they are very singular peo-
pie. According to correspondent OF
the Chicago Inter- Ocean, the members
are admitted to the society with great
form and q prescribed order of exer-
cises, much like some of the secret So
cieties. They claim to be possessed of
some very grave secrets regarding the
near approach of the end of the world
which have been impaired TO them by
twelve of their members, as chosen
apostles, have been selected to prepare
proper Bible for their use, and which
will not be given to any outside of the
families of the chosen. 1t will contain
the articles of faith, and is supposed to
be mainly composed of extracts from
the Old Testament as they discard the
new version. In some respects they
are communists, as all members who are
worth over $4,000 put their property
together and divide the profits pro
rata. They take many customs from
the Jews, and have a large number of
holy days, which they keep very strictly,
besides Saturday and Sunday of each
week, which are observed as days of
rest. They do not have anything to do
with outsiders any more than is strictly
necessary. They never marry but once,
and in the event of the death of husband
or wife, remain single the remainder of
their life. Divorce and separation are
not allowed, and any difficulty which
may come up in the family ofchurch
are brought before the twelve elders,
from whose decision there is no appeal.
In their dress and mode of living they
are very simple, the men wearing their
hair cut short and faces smoothly
shaven, and the women wearing only
their natural hair hanging loosely down
their backs. They are industrious and
frugal, and are accumulating much
property. Much interest is manifested
in them in the communities where they
reside, and their numbers are increasing
very fast. Their preachers literally
obey the Scripture injunction, and go
about preaching without pay or COM
pensation, expecting to get their board,
clothing and the necessaries of life from
their converts.
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Children.

No other class touches the chords of
so tender concern as do the children.
What issues hang on a child's life In
the palm of the tender little hand is
carried a mothers heart, fathers
hopes.
If the child misses the path of honor
and falls into evil ways, and grows up
to an evil youth, mothers heart will
be broken, fathers gray hair will go
down to the grave with sorrow. What
a path the child's tender feet has to
tread Through what snares, through
what experiences of evil, through what
perilous companionships its life must
run? Who that reflects on the hopes and
fears bound up with every child's life,
the possibilities, alike dread and splen-
did, that overshadow it, but has bis
heart stirred with deep and pathetic
longing to do something to rescue these
tender lives from the touch of harm.
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Offers on tho Missouri.

The following extract is from one of
the letters of the New York Herald cor
respondent, who made canoe voyage
down the Missouri, accompanied by
Captain Boyton, the latter being in his
rubber suit:
The temperature was below freezing
point when the captain entered the
water on Thursday afternoon, and 1 be-
gan to realize that there were warmer
habitations to be found than canvas
canoe. Fortunately we were protected
in measure from the wind by ranges
of "gumbo" hills, through which we
padded all the afternoon. These bleak
masses are composed of q sticky sub
stance, which becomes quite slippery in
wet weather. Not blade OF grass will
grow upon it, except here and there
where the natural soil rises to the sur
face. The rain had worn little creeks
in the ravines, and as we passed down
the river hundreds of cascades tinkled
musically, and their waters gushed into
the Missouri and accelerated the cur
rent, much to the satisfaction of the
captain, who is anxious to work south
ward before winter sets in. Ducks and
other wild fowl covered in inches or
wherever they could gain foothold
under the banks to escape the
keen wind. The sky was overcast
and not ray of sunshine appeared
except a momentary CLEAN during a
slight rain shower which occurred a
5 o'clock. Shortly afterward the river
narrowed considerably, and we were
forced to paddle through feet o
snags close to the west ahore. Upon
examining the shores closely the pres
ence of the snags were explained by
hundreds of beaver slides which were
worn in the mu1dy slopes. Scores of
trees freshly felled by these industri-
Gus little animals lay upon the ground
in all directions. I saw one huge cot
tonwood PROSTATE, the trunk of which,
nearly two feet in diameter, had been
gnawed as neatly as if it had been cut
with a fine edged tool. 1t is as
mistake to suppose that the beaver if
almost extinct in America. The banks
of the Missouri are completely hived
with beaver holes, and on the tributary
brooks they are numbered by hundreds
OF thousands. We met several trap
pers who were plying their trade in
small covered boats. Some of them HAD
accumulated 100 skins, ranging in value
frhm 81 to SIS each, but the majority
were merely able to obtain living, and
had to work hard to accomplish even
that. Now and then they trap an otter,
the skin of which sells for a handsome
sum, but otter traps are beginning to
be rarity,