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Out flashes the signal-light, rosy and red;
Then sounds the loud roar of the swift coming train.
The hissing of steam, and there, brightly ahead,
The gleam of a headlight illumines the rain.
11 Down brakes 1 ” shrieks the whistle, defiant and shrill;
She heeds the red signal— d ie slackens, she’s still 1

A h ! noble Kate Shelly, your mission is done ;
Your deed that dark nu-ht will not fade from our gaze;
An endless renown you have worthily won :
Let the nation be just, and accord you its praise.
Let your r.nmc, let: your fame, and your courage declare
What a tuomasi can do, and a woman ein darn !
KufjiiNii J. H a j . u ,

INDEPENDENCE BELL— JULY 4, 1776.

When the Dftc’ aration of Independence was adopted by Congress, Llie event
vas announced by ringing' the old SlH.tr; House hell, which bore tl:u inscription,
“ Proclaim libeny throughout the land, to ail the inhabitants thereof I " Tiic ol‘\
Tjellman stationed liis lit-.’ 0 grandson at the door of tlie ’-ihI’ , tit fiwnil tin'; itLStru(!-
<if 'Ik; il 1 jr.ir-kcn;j>i-r v.'isuii to ring. A t ti:s wurd, the young patriot rus;'“«
out, ana his lia tula, shouted— fiin g ! RING I R I N G !”
[ELcad Avilh Spirit and animation.]
I ’M I E R E was a tumult in the city,
In the quaint old Quaker town,
And the streets were rife with people
Pacing restless up and down—
People gathering at the comers,
Where they whispered each to each,
And the sweat stood on their temples
With the earnestness of speech.

A s the bleak Atlantic currents
Lash the wild Newfoundland shore,
So they beat against the State House,