' A Vision. A lovely being sweet end fair. Lips parted u in hlmaing, A hright'ning halo round her hair. Hsnda outstretched for careening. And night by night her gis.l wiae Foreahinc their ne&rwi glory. With glimpse and gleam of parad,.*. And grand prophetic story. Bm mom by morn 1 wake to find The old uiilifTed earrow, And just a* far away, the kind Pear vision, called tivmorrow. The Paradox of Time. Time goes, you say ? Ah no I Alas, time stays, we go ; Or else, were this not ax What need to oh sin the hours. For youth were always our* ? T>me goes, you say ? ah no ! Ours is the eyes' dvc. Of men whose fly ivg feel I,sad through some laintscsp# low. We |*sss, and think we rev * The earth s tixed surface rtee ; Alas, tirue etays we go 1 iWe in the itays of out. Your looks were curling gold, Aud mine had shamed the orviw. Now. in the selfsame stage. We've reached the silver age ; Time jroew, you say ? - all no! ihice, when my voioe waa strong, 1 filled the w*xxsa with song. To praise your "reee" and "snow My bird, that sung, is dead, Where are your rosea fled ? Alas, uot * lays —we go! Nee. in what traversed ways. What backward fate delays. The ho pea we used to know , Where are our oh! desires— Ah, wharv tlioee vanished Area? Ttcie goes, yon —j ?—ah no' How far. how far, O sweet. The jwet behind cur feet Lies in the even-glow 1 Now. on the forward war. l et us fold hands aud pray , Alas, time stays—ins go 1 A STKI bKLF IVITII A lAMAC. I'p in a great warehouse, six high atones above tlie ground, andeverywhere about me wool—bales upon bale* of wool, which we had been craning up all day, and in at the open door. Floor* and doors bencaUi stowed with jute a:ul dyowoods, teas, coffees, spiers, tobaccos; and, lowest of all, tallows iu huge hogs heads. Kiclies from all ports of the world lying on liand, and waiting the finish of the commercial enterprise which should them bo traders, and then to the people of a busy 'coun try. v 4 What's the matter with Jack Wood f" said one of the men in the after noon. But, excepting that he looked a little wild about the eyes, I didn't see any thing more about him than might often be seen in men who drink heavily at times; and so I said. But at last, to wards evening, when I was longing to get away home to spend uiy evening cvjinfortablr, I was left alone upon that floor with "him, and felt a bit startled to are him go all at once to the open door where the crane landed the Ivdes, and cut some strange capers, like a man going to dive ofl a board into the sea. Putting down my work, which was gettiug ready two or three burst 1 tales for the hydraulic press, so that they might W thai up again, I slipped quietly up behind him, and laid my hand upon his shoulder, when, with a yell, lie shrieked out: " Devil! devil! devil!" And the next moment, by the light of the gas of that foggv winter's afternoon, we two were wrestling and fighting to gether, within a few feet of the door, out of which we should have fallen clear a hundred feet upou the stones of tin' wharf below. I should have shouted, but all power of sp*-eeh seemed taken sway, as locked together we wrestled here and there, while his hot breath hissed against my ch-ek, and 1 could look close into his wild, glowering eyes as, flushing with rage, he bore me ui-arer and nearer to the doorway. , Used as 1 wa< at all times to standing clone to the eilge and leeeiviug laden and packages, I could loan onr usually without a ahudder; hnt now. with this madman slowly forcing me back to wards the .-crtnu d*ath, I could foi l the cold sweat stau. oi.g upon my faar, and trembled no with dmtftlwi my resist ance became feetatf* and feebler"; and as a last resource I managed to get lay leg between my opponent's, and tripped liim, when we fell heavily. Fortunately for mo iny enemy un dermost, and the fores with uiuch his head c*m against the warehouse ihtor portly stunned him, so that 1 shook my self free, and tamed and fled toward the staira. But the next moment I thought of the open doorway, and the state tin poor fellow was in, so I turned Ixtrk to lock it, and ao insure that he did not < owe by his death by fulliDg out before I could get assistance. My hind was on fhc d<>or, but I could not close it, for T*ood lay in the way; and shuddering at how n*>or he lav to the gulf, I stooped to draw him on "one aide, wh-u he started up and seized me again. To beat up his liamls, and tum and flee down between the piled-up bales was the work of an instant, while roaring with rage I could hear him tearing after me. The stairs were pretty clo-, but a* I ran round the eud of the i ales I found the door closed, and had to Ourt pant to avoid being caught; when I turned down another opening between the package*, and ran panting on. Vast as the floor was, there won pas sage after passage between the wool, which was piled up eight or nine feet high, and I tore on in the hope of so far distancing my pursuer that I could dart through the stuir-door. fasb n it afb rme, and so escape or summon assistance. On and on I ran, now getting ahead, and now with the panting breath clone to my ehoulder, so that I expected every mo ment to feel a savage hand laid upon me to drag me down. At Inst ho got no near that his hand brushed me; but, with a yell of horror, I leaped forward again, dodged round a corner, ran down a ahort passage, and again on, past pillars and piles, when turning round I found that I was alon"; and hurrying to alsmt the center of the narrow passage, be tween the high walls, I leaned against the side panting and breathless. " Now, if I could but reach the door while he was at the other end," I thought, •' 1 should be safeand I kept on nervously watching tic two ends of the passage lest I should be taken by sur prise; when, to my horror, I raw by the gas shining upon it a savage head peer round ,from the end nearest the way of escape, watch me for a moment, and then disappear. It was now quite dim and twilight in all the passages, and my first impulse was to dart off in the oppo site direction; but a little thought told me that perhaps the wretch did not see me, and therefore I hail better atay where I was; and so I stood minute after minute, expecting to see liim come round one end or the other and dash down upon me. I knew that about half-past five the watchman would come round, and then I would give the alarm; bnt it wanted nearly an hour of that time, and how I was to hold out until the* I could not tell, for the very thought unnerved me; and overcome with fear, I could feel my knees tremble and seem ready to give way beneath my weight. Five minutes passed—ten minutes— •' and still no sign. My spirits rose a little, | g||d I began to hope that escape was yet but aliated nothing of my pQpatchfulness. Another five minutes, Wand I had almost determined trying to ; ateal down towards the door, where the from the gaslight made tho "FRED. KURTZ. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. Vlll. mil of the |vi*Rgo quite bright, while whore I to*xl was in a fast -accpeuiug shadow. I took two stops forwent uotso leaalv, and then "topped ; *t*>lo on again ■Uiil stopped with n dead silwi.ct) nil around, through which I could hear the ningiug of the pas mid the loinl " throb, ! throb" of inv heart. I lunl some what recovered my breath, ami kept slinking silently on, evorv now ami then ksskitig back to see that there wim tio pursuit. What I should have liked, and which would have lxen ta accordance with my feeling* at the moment, wouldhave IHWUI : to tlash forward; but 1 kept down the ' deturo, and crej t alowly on between the hnge wall*of wixjl bales piled some eight or nine feet high. Only anothsr three yards and here I stopped, trembling in dread lost \Vood might lx> watching for me; but colling myself cowardly, I etepjwd i>n aguin, and at last, with the light shinning full i upon me, leaned forward to ix*er cau i tious.lv round the eilge of the ludes. Slowly and ijuietly, nearer and nearer, till 1 "looked round; and then, with a horrible faseinaliou upon me, 1 stopped still for, in precisely tlie same |vwtioii, Wood was craning his uivk f rvranl to |>eep round at me ; and with eyes look ing into eyes, aud unlv three or four inches ajuat, we bUsx! wliat seemed minute* immovable. Move 1 could uot, sjvak 1 could not, for my throat felt dry and hot; while my eves, fixed aud star uig. looking into thus** glaring, wild Wast like orhri, which ne-.*imxl to hold 1 me tiled to the earth as if some horrible nightmare was ujx>n me. 1 felt that if I closed my eyes but for a moment he would spring at me; and at last, catching the w\xa|>ed round and thai down the paaaaga once more, as I ln ard a hideous yell, aud saw Wood dash into the entrance. But there WHS silence again directly, and looking lock as 1 reached the mid dle, 1 could two that 1 was not pursued; when, fearing thnt with all a madman's cunning he had gone round to try and trap me at the other end, 1 stopjssl once more a here 1 was, mentally praying for aid, as 1 trained eyes and ears to catch sight of or hear mv enemy. A quarter of an Lour must have passed without a sound uic* tmg my ears, and 1 was hopefully calculating upon aid s< on coining, when a slight rustling noise seemed to have been made close bv me, and 1 started ami looked eagerly to wards the dark and then towariLs the light end of til" narrow passage 1 was in. Nothing t> be seen; and the minutes again passed slowly on, when all r.t once come the most humbly iiueartliiy veil I ever heard from just above my head, and then, overcome with terror as 1 shrunk to the tli*>r, I looked up ami knew that \\\ o4 hail craw led s\er the top of the wool; ard as the thought tlushvd through iny miml. he lamnded down upou me mud hod mo by the throat. I struggled for a few moments, and then lights seemed dancing lefore mv eyes, blood rushing to fny head; and then, in a iiolf-in.sensible state, 1 have some recollection of lieing dragged along the floor into tlw gaslight, and then pulled and thrust d-out for a few moments, whan there came the regular thud-thud of the little pump eloae by. and 1 could feel myat ff moving up ward*. But ol! seemed so calm, and such a desire for sleep wue upon me, lluit it w:w not tiil a fearful s.nae of oppres sion and tightness was uj-on me that I awoke to the cousciou. nt-ss tlint the wretch liad forced me c.ib-d with the pressnre, I could d > nothing but groan foeblv, after struggling a little, to find everv effort vain; ami t'.i-n with sharp cncif sena*s gaze nt the flame* licking the roof of the floor I was on, and es caping up the sides of wool boles, ami th" more inflammable goods thnt we.ro iu the warehouse. Th** smoke f*xiu be came blinding and the h at stifling; and forme there teemed no hope, since I was itire no one would lie able to pene trate to where I was: when again I gave a struggle, and stretched down my hand backwards to try and reach the tap* which would let off the water and let nu* at liberty, or at loast place me in a }>ositkriiig, clinging tightly to the rope, which Itegari to tuit swiftly out as 1 swung to and fro till it was all out, when the jerk nearly dashed me off. Hut, after sliding down some little way. I re- ; covered myself, and lotting the rojie glide alowly through my lunula, 1 went lower and lower, with my eyes tirod on ! the blaring tly nt the crane handle; but Uie next , minute he must have loosoued his hold, when the handle tlew round and struck him from lus feet, and 1 went swiftly down. There was a veil from the crowd, something dark daslied by me with a rushing noise, and as 1 clung trembling ! to Uie rope 1 heard a horrible dull thud, and slipping swiftlv down the rope for the remainder of the ihstain-e, 1 .oppose I fell faiuting by the aide of Wood's mutilated b. >dy. The fire was got under when our floor Lurrnxl out, though much ihuuuge was done by water; but with the exception of a strange, nervous timidity tha*. 1 fancy 1 shall never get the bettor of. 1 was uot much the worse for my terrible encounter with the poor fellow w ho came , to his end so fearfully. A Winter Storm on Shasta. 1 ntchtt] the sk_v with gr*ut caution, for it wo* easy to see tluit s storiu wits approaching. Mount Shasta rise* 10,- IkX) (i*t altovo th<> general level in blank exjKisure to the deep gulf streams of air, and I have never beeu iu a labyrinth of }**aks and CUITOIU a here the dangers of a storm seemed so formidable as here. 1 was, therefore, iu constant readiness to retreat into the timber. However, by half |ast ten o'clock 1 reached the ut most summit. 1 sjH-nt a couple of hours tracing the outlines of its ancient lava streams, extending far into the surround ing plants and the (luthwicnt of its ancient glaciers, but the wind constantly in creased in violence, raising the anow iu muguitioeut drifts and forming it into long, waving 1 sinners that glowed iu the sun. A succession of small ft >rm clouds struck against the summit pinnacles like iiupli**hcd more than tui hon* before dork, so that I had ' titue to hollow a strip of gronnd for a net in th-- !*-e of a block of red lava, j where .firewood WHS abundant. Next morning, breaking u most sublime w.vui I ever beheld, j A boundless wilderness of storm elou.ls of dittereiit ug- and ripeuesa were con gregated over all tho lauili-ape for th*u . saiuls af square mih-s, col* rtsl gray and purpl- an l pearl, and glowing white, among which 1 seemed t > la* tl sit g, ! while the c*>n of Hhasic alxive an*t tin **kv was trail-[ail and full of 111*- sun. It seemed not so much an ocean ax a land of clouds, undulating hill nt.d >hde, * smooth, purple plains, and silvery i mountain* of cumuli, range over range, i nobly divenutled with jieukiaud l* ui*-*-. * with c *'! shad-w* tx tw*u a*.il with here and thei aw i !•• trunk cai.von. ' smooth Alld t*'U".deil r.s if i-r di l" by g!i. or-*. 1 goX'-tl eu -limstvd, but cold, gray m c**- ■* drifting liith- r And thither i like a rack ou a wuulspn :.*] pLiiu h< gan to shut out lie* light, Oiel ll Hal . videut that tiiey w..uirui*i intones a chant, in which lie enumerates in solemn rhvthm j all th • troubles and all the anxieties which await her in wedded life. From this day, young wife, thou alone ' wilt have to l>earull the burden of your united household. You will have to attend the baking , oven, to provide fuel, ami to go iu I search of food; you will have to prepare ! the resinous torch and the lamp. Yon will wash the linen at tlie fountain, ami you will make up the clothing. You will attend to the cow, ami even j to tho horse if your husband require* it. ! Always full of respect, you will wait on him, standing behind him at his meals. If he expret* les n wish to bike you with ! him to war, you will accompany him to ' carry his baggage, to keep his arms in ' good condition, and to nurse him if he ; should V>e sick or wounded. Happiness consists in tho fulfillment of duty. Bo happy, my child. What is still more strange is thnt thi * dolorous wedding song, luit slightly nl tered, is still in some parls of France, nt this ilnv, addressed to brides by local minstrels. The Antiquity of Iron. According to the Iron Aqr, a wedge or plate of iron has been found imbedded in the masonry of the great pyramid, the indication ls-ing that it must have been wrought in the age of Cheops, placed by some authorities as far back as ago. This makes the use of iron about 2,500 years more ancient than it is suppowd to be, and ufibrds opportunity for explaining the cutting of the sharp and well defined hieroglyphics on por phyry, granite, and other liurd stones employed in the construction of Egyptian pyramids, temples, and toiut/s. How these could have been cut Ireforo the age of iron, has been a puzzling question to many. Further investigation may show 1 iron to have been in use 0,000 yanrs ago. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 1875. MIAKkbY IN HAVANA. The start f Sis Kw-a|>i> il I.lis ■ • tela l M>,lr Jar4aa-t'arnl la Klar ir Urr tJlr—Tk* Tarrars at IMlrluui Trrniaa. When the Clyde steamer Cresent City was altout to m-t sail from Hnvuuu for Sew York, the officers of the vessel w ere not a little astonished ut lhcap(>oar anew of a lady who hud entered the cabin and in piteous earuaatneaa implored the capiatu to hnle her somewhere iii the vessel, us she was pursued by a man who had maltreated her and was thru iu pursuit of her. She told the astonished officers that lur name was Maggie Jor dan; that idle was the woman who hud rescued riharkey from the Tombs iu New- York, where he was awaiting execution for murder. It was from this suiue man that she was asking concealment. Cuphiiu Cartis's sympathy was excited bv her apjs-arains' us much us ln-r story. She was evidently terror-stricken, and her wan features and hollow eves attested what she waid. The*captain bade her follow him and led her to a store room on the dock, wher® he closed the d.mr on her, and locking it tool the key with him. Five miuutes later Sliarkey himself appeared oil the dock ami made a few hurried inquiries of the (wople there, from whom he learned that a woman answering the description of the one he sought hud gone oil boaid the vessel a fw moments before. He followed, anil meeting one of the officers demanded leave to search the Vessel. Thi officer js'litely informed him that ho was at lilierty to enter the cabin, where all the jiuseuger* were assemlilisl, and this he did. Only two ladies hud engaged jaw sage, and neither of them was whom be sought. bharkey made a short mwrrh tlimugh the rooms of the iipier Jivl, and was •am satisfied that Staggie Jordan was not tin-re. When he returned to the city it Was Supposed that he placed friends in the ueigltborhoiKl of the pier to watch whoever went on or off the vessels. When lite list of (stHsengers was coiu jdeted the thml lady (nineeiiger'a name read, " Mn. M. Jonusiin," and was not supplemented Willi hi r ago or place of reeiiliUiV. Maggie Jordan was kejit tuoivwlrd until tlie vessel left the port, w hen she mingled with the passengers and told her story. Site confirmed the rumor that Sliarkey Mk-apil from tlie Totalis in clothing furniiJicil by her, i de scribe her ivi a perfect lady. The Hea air proved licnrrt -ml, and she aooti re covered h*r h*Uth and color. When aire landed in Sew York aha en- J)-avasxl t > ev.i.le reeogolt; m, hut al newt the first iw-r*.m li • met- a rounds man of th t* ace on the pier—caught li r eve aud bowed to her. The ctuUun lioiw officer* '>n l'iT 13, North river, at which tin* Cr< •■•tit Oils landed. have for a long time been aw*r of Slinrkej's whereabout*. In couvt-rHa tutu with pa.- ugvrs from Hsiaua tier have Uuriil * grnt tun iV fii<"t* about hi* ui. ale of lile h ha* boa-tt >Q that city. Sharkey's fncnin induo-d him t g tln-r" Issues thi* country htn uo extradition treaty with Spain. and he cause many p*t>ra* iu whom th*v could tnt hi* sale keeping w. re r<*il-ut in Ilavaun. When the fugitive armed there M .J for the first fuw month* lie-re aftcr h- was well behaved an I grateful, Imt .* time wcrt on h- fiH into In* old fatbits f drinking and quarreling. Htitnora oi the bridal nuiiiticr in which lie treated alaggic Jor-lan fai Jiwl )u friends* ear*, and they warned him that lie would i"*" what tew frintul* he Itad if ho dii not show gratitude at lw.it to her. Thnnt i >ii.i not efl'eet a r> form. Bharky grew from bu i to and ** hi* *link< u n> rve* wwi- morn 1 more aff<-ob*l by hi* dissipation lo g""W u burden on lu* friend*. Ho would fn*- quontly ni U into their place* of mooting at midnight ami lwg thntn not to lot the officer* of tho law Lake him. " They are Hi'u r mo. Thoy are nt ray heel*," ho stammered one night to a |>er*on at wlioec house he demanded admittance nt the dead of night. ilia face was blanched, hi* eyco staring, and iu* mind disorder- l and delirious. While in this condition he would frequently fant and ku-h poor Maggie until sh ■ Sled in terror from him. A man who has douo in< >re ti fa-friend Sharkey than any one except Maggie Jordan, and who i* now in liavatnt, warned him last month that if ho did not bellAVe himself lie " Would put a bullet in him witlmnt a momenta warning." He was tired of him, ho said. The rumor thnt Sharkey would lie " Hpiritd "to New York by the aniite persona who kidnapped (faro's from thi* city last month, if tho New Y'ork autlioritiea would offer a reward for him, ia undoubtedly true, aa none of his friends are lihclv to interfere iu hia behalf. District Attorney IMuTps said thnt he hardly thought it consistent with his duty to countenance the outrage by offering the reward. The District At torney became nwore that Sharkey was in Havana last Octolier. Mr. l'helps conferred with many authorities on in ternational law, and htwuie reluctantly convinced that through no weak clause or pretence could he demand the de livery of the culprit from the Spanish official*. Advertising. Tlmre is a class of persons who imag ine they are doing very judiciously by advertising through the medium of cir culars. They scatter a few thousand through the country announcing their business, and await the result, fully convinced that iu so doing they have taken all ueccaaary preliminaries to success. Various circulars are almost daily to be found on tho door steps and ontry wuys of respectable liouaaa. Their fate is, generally, that tlmy are either thrown into the street by the indignant servant girl, or summarily pitched aside by tho man of tho houao, who finds them when he returns home, and who desires no suggestions of now methods of lightening his purse. The use of cir culartt may, in eertain limited eases, an swereverypnrjiose; but the vast majority of thoso who have mode money by ad vertising have found that tho columns of a newspaper are tho best and aurest, ami in the end tho cheapest medium of communication between the business world and tho public. FAMISH. — Distressing accounts con tinue to come of the famine in Turkey. One missionary writes : " For the last two weeks I have done nothing else but listen to the heart rending tales of suf fering, nud distribute aid to the most needy." In one village of Boveuty fami lies only thirty now remain, aud ten of these are without menus of sulwistenee. Forty-five persons died of starvation in another village. In still another village of sixty families only five or six have uuy supplies for thu futuru. Tout Martlntll'n Pledge, Tho following extract from a speech iiinde by Tom Marshall at a meeting of the Toiuiairuurc Society in Waamoftutl, in March, lsiJ, will IM read with interest: •• Mr. President, the pledge tlrut 1 have takeli render* iue secure forever from a fate inevitably following liabita like mine a fate Uiore terrible thou death. That pledge, though confined to myoelf alone, and with reference to its effect* only upon me, my mind, my heart, mv body, 1 would not exchange for all eartli holds of brightest and of best. No, no, sir ! ls-t the linmu-r of this temperance cause go forward or go backward; let the world be rencuisl from its degrading ami ruin ous bondage to alcohol or not —1 for one shall never, never repent what 1 have done. 1 have often said this, and 1 feel it every moment of my existence, wak ing or sleeping. Sir, 1 would wot ex change the physical adulation*- the mere sense of annual being which belongs to a man who totally refrains from all that eau lUtoxicate his bit.ui or derange his nervous structure, the elasticity with which he lammis from his couch in the moruillg, the sweet repose it yields him at night, the fi-eling with wbioli he drinks in through his clear eyes the beauty and the grandeur of surrounding nature— 1 sav, sir, 1 would not exchange my cou SCIKUH lanug as a strictly temperate mail, the aetise of renovated youth, tlie glad Ii lay with which my pulses now beat ii-althful music, the bounding vivacity with which the life-blood Courses ils ex ulting way through every tlls-r of my frame, the communion high which mv healthful enr and eye now hold with all the gorgeous universe of Omi, the splen dors of the momitig, the softness of the evening sky, the bloom, the liewuty, the verdure of earth, the in uric of the air and the waters, with all the grand usan nations of eternal nature rwqieuad to the fine avenues of sense no, sir, though poverty dogged me, though scorn (minted its slow finger at me as ( passed, though want and destitution aiid every element of isirthlv nnenr, save only cruue, met my waking eye from day to day; not lor the brightest and noblest wreath that ever encircled a statesman's brow; not if some angil ruin missioned by heaven, or souie demon, rather, went from hell to test the resisting strength of virtuous resolution, should tempt me btiek with all the wealth and alt the honors which a world can Imslow; nut for all that tune and all that earth can give, would 1 cast from me this precious pledge of a his rated mind, this talisman ag.vinst temptation, ai.d plunge agmn into the dangers and the terrors which once beset my path. Ho lu-lp me Heaven, sir, as 1 would spurn beneath my very feet all the gifts the universe omld offer, an 1 live and die, a* I aiu— jhxir, but sober ' Lark I dire, the llrinr. Tliere is much of romantic adventure still MilSCrbd with stage coach travel, any* the Suvlford (Kv.) Jourtial, iu region- a* yet lining by tle "iron horse," and many narrow coca pea froui di tilt, many tolls and hardship-. ex |ourre to Munufii r aim and wintry blast, are crawjnl into the life of the hardy Jehu, who, four-in hand, conduct* the lumbfriug coach through lumi* gorge*, over the high }iosncm, and st*et defile* of Southeastern Kentucky. To travel orcr the route from Hand bird to Homer act, th* name of leu* Edge i familiar. L .rk i- a character that Itret Hnrle would Iv proud to immortalize. His last adventure showed him |k*nh*nhl of an hiton courage that n.any who have gained glory at tlie rauuou'a tnoutli can not leant. A few day* since art tlie Smier—t coach w** descending the ] 'low known a* Hill's Clap, in charge of Un noted driver, lairk, iHie of the lending homes gt hia tail men tlie lim-a, anil bvutnc victou* and unruly. lank l2i >ught id tin- throe |>a-eoiignra—one a liwiy - .Hid to-ik prompt measure* to atop th.it nonsense. In the idTert to u

.ieh with it* pre ciotoi freight. Thiewwho liave traveled the rum I know the d inger of i> plunge ever the lililll at tins jaunt. Tile gen tlemen passenger* juuijm d out, and one of theni seized a wheel and sucowileil in eheekiug the coach a moment, while the other assisted the lady to alight. In another second, the frightened team wi re on the verg- of the precipice, and liefore them a ix-rpeudietiliu' plunge- of thirty feat. The ismaenger* calh*s>r Lark, intcnr.iughsl witli horse >urn, legs and tails; but Lnk wasn't that kind of u l<-llow. He had hastily selected tho softest phn-e ou a big fiat rock, and there lie sat, crying a* if with a broken heart, lie actually nlied t<-nr of commiserati'iu for his jssir horse*, proving that hia In-art was far softer than Other parts of his orguuirjitioii. l"jsn investigation it wa* found that the horses, though <*ci aiilerably bruised, were not mortally wounded. The c<>arh hml suffered in juries, but, with tiiu aid of the passen ger*, was placed upon it* wheels, and repaired sufficiently to finish the trip, and the whole party took up its snd march toward town. Among tue art idea of freight were I.n<)o dozen eggs, which Lark fen- >:■ ;itred from tlieir rn]>id transit th. i. w .. ;ne air, A Keninrkable Hallroad Accident. On the Detroit and Hay C'ity railrmnl an ases any thing on r<*coat the ditched car as if nothing hud wp|M>ned, and stopped, without accident or, without the knowledge of the pussrn gers, several cur-lengths bchiii'i The liegine was stopped uiul backed up, con neotioua were made, the track-men were sent for to gauge the rails, and the train, one our short, proceeded on its way, making its meeting point nt tho next station. Huch un accident has never be fore been placed on record. Of course the happy results were in a measure due to good lnok, but the presence of mind #f the conductor contributed hugely. NAD CANE OF IIVIHtOI'IIOIIIA. A ( .laird Vina Ilium by a l>H IAS Haw sr I tic (cm Ibr Xlrrl ibtrrcl. The attention of the meiluvd faculty of liruoklyn has again lawn brought to that leuuitkabl* and must terrible of maladies, hydrophobia, by a fatal done which occurred in that citv. The vic tim was a negro luuin-d \CiUiaiu Kiltcv, thirty five yi .us of age, a man of steady and regular hnbita. KUice was a coach liiuii and lived witli hia wife and family at No. I.'IA Gold sir,set. laist summer he was bitten by a coach dog belonging to lus employer, the itu'Uud putting his teeth through the finally part of the index finger of the left liaiid. liut little atteutiou was (mid to the wound at the time a:> it very soon healed. Hie dog lnnl exhibited some symptoms of mad ness, it seem*, prior to biting Klhoe, and the fa.-t coming to the knowledge of a poliotumui he shot tlie brute, very much to the regret of the coachman, The cir cuui stance was forgotten in time. Kill op enjoying excellent health, apparently, ami continuing to perform his lalsirs. A few days ago, while walking along the street, the fell dim-nee which lia*l l*ia. The doctor prescribed opium and chloral iu lils-ral doses, but these had no effect. Thi* spasms and contortions of the muscles coutinucd, and finally lie eunic an violent that the patient was unable to swallow eitln-r food or drink. A consultation of medical men was held. While they were diacurunng the case one of tin- doctor* sjH-kc of the dog and the nature of the bite, which the (latieut overheard, and springing from his IKHI set U(M>n the offending doctor and forci bly ejected him from t!ic room before he could lw prevented bv the astonished HjMe-tat'.'tw. The (istiant continued to suffer exrnitiaftngly until the third mornuig, wins, the qmsum cease.l. He did not sleep five ruiuuUvi during hia aickiiout. Then lie sank rapidly, despite the aiin.iiiisiraii >n of stimulants, and died. (•citing Acqnalnb-d with the lU-cx. A writer in the British Jiff Journal OpCtl* Up the interesting qo<*tion as to whether iinniiinitv from the ]wiu and Other injurious effects of the sling of tLo hrx- can h<- obtained ly iuocttlatiun. \'icitnig the Hauwcll Apiary, he was struak with tl.o ue.le in which the owner managed hi* I***, and aak<-d him the length of time ret mired to rendar a tscr<-*iii *liug-proof. Tlie reply was, that lis eon Iml only h en a short time work hig with lax*, ojui that he was free fr>ni any of the naual effect*of be'dinffx Mr. Widk.-r made the experiment upon him nelf, Lt* moriui ofidufii being to catch a lice, place it upon hia wt kst. and allow it to nt.iig him, taking core that he re ocivcd the largi-at amount of |muoD, by pr> venting it from going away at once ; then he let the jvisou-lug Work, which it d<*■* for aumc tunc after lietng m-jio rsvt r c iwcutieth sting there wo* very little **riling or jHiin, only a slight itclnng sensation with a snuill amount of infhun mation in the imm*iiate neighborhood of the jsirt stung, which did tif the Natioual (range. The puqsise if the order as wt fortli by him i* the pro mo tion of the social, •siucational una finan cial piosperitv of (h* farmer* of the whole of the t'uited State*. it is not to use the vast jsiwer which their great and inereHMtig numerical membership gixes them, for tlieir own |M)litnwl pr>fenueitt, for the discussion of |*rtr politics i* forbidden; they only oppose )H>liticul demagogues os such, ami op isjsc dishonesty by all oflicials, liigii or low, seeking to aid iu the election of such officers a* are rni|ietoiit, honest and faithful, in town, county, State and I'nifed State* government*. Nor is n ligioits sectansuism allowed t-i l>e dis cussed within the grange. Only the principles of charity, truth, morality, temperance and love toward one another are inculcated. Although the grange business arrangeinwiit* are Iwr.-ly Is-gun, yet it is estimated by Mr. Tliomjisoti that $12,0ti0,000 luive lnwn saveil by the lYitrons of Huslnuiiln- for the j*e:ir IS7I. How ? Not by wronging any individual or class, or by taking any undue advan tage of Othsrs' necessities—but simply and mainlv by resorting to doing busi nrss strictly on cash principles, in such n way iv< not to lie obliged to share tho gmit loam's that are math* by all deal* r.i mid manufacturers who sell upon credit. Why Soldiers Desert. An enlisted man, giving a reason why so many desertions take place in the United {State* army, says that the men have no opportunity for complaint if in just ioc is done them. When the inspec tor general visit* the post, which occurs about oaco in six months, as a general rule, lie will make known to tho com mand before his rture that he con be seen at the adjutant'* office at a eer tain hour to hear anv complaint* tliev may have to make. Hut what does it all amount to? The inspector-general will listen very attentively and encourage the ooldierby premising hint that he will *eo that he gets justice done hereafter, but that is the last ever heard of it, and from tlrnt moment the aoldier'a fab' is waded. He will be watched, and th* first oppor tunity that offer* will be sent to the guard house and punished. The injus tice of tho tliiug provokes him, and lot the first opportunity he desert*. Terms: 02.00 a Year, in Advanqe. Lite l>Uasb r to the Japan. A court of inquiry mi at li<>ug Kong to inquire into the iu of, ami the cir cumstances attending, lite losa of the IVltli' Mall attain isiiip Japan, destroyed by lire while at on her voyage from Yokohama to Hong Kong. 'l1 first alarm of tire was given at 11: 25 r. M. The officer* and crow ut once went to their alatioua, the ventilator* wore turned from the w iud, the helm ported and tlie ahip brought to the wiud, and twenty streams of water w ere directed ti|mn tiie seat and suspected seat of the tin-, in suine OMHNI hoii-a lieing rut to allow of tli cutranee of the hose. llut the tire, which raged chietiy aiuidshijie, gained ground no faat that communication Ix-tweell the two euda of the venae 1 aoutl became imposai bie. The boat* and rafts were low end, boinr sooner, aoine Later, and ( apt. War aaw, who did not leave the ship until 12:13 A. M. on the next day, stood by in hia taint to windward and engaged a Clone** fishing smack, reaeuing 11? per sona from other taaUa and from the wa ter. 'l'he evidence goew to prove that, with one exception, tlio ofliiv-r* and crrw of the vesae! obeyed the diacip'ino en joined in cases of lire. It ia ai-*> ou re tard that the Chinese Itehavrd remark ably well, and that there \UIKI panic amougat tin-in, while life pn servers were aoceaMible in very large D Utnbim It wan stated that tile total cwjiarity of the boata and rafts for saving life w-aa for ?UU per anus, and the second officer teslitied thai, to tite Iwst of hia belief, all this ca pacity was a vail*) 4e on the night of the fire. In reply to the question, " Then why were not more of the Chinese pas seugera saved I" the reply given by the thai officer, Mr. Hart, was: "lire sea was very rough, ami some over horde tied themselves with money and other thing*. Some iatmste.l thetu-a-lvea to pieces of the w reck instead of to life pretmrvera." As regards the origin of the fire, which was at lira! rand to be due to the explo sion or ignition of chemical* in one of the hohla, this ia rendered entirely doubtful by the evidence of the nature of the antoke which proclaimed the exist euoe of fire and the smell of the burning matter, 'ilia following exfract from tire evidence ia valuable on this puiut: Captain Lewis— What do yon think caused the fire- f A. (Mr. Hart, first offi cer! —H]aiutaueous combustion of tite ouaL if. Wan any fresh cuoi token in at Yo kohama t A. Six hundred tuna, to the U-rtt of my knowledge. tj. Was it w<-t when token ou b, to lie placed in a savings bank, and the principal and interest to remain untouched till ha becouns of age. To my gnunlaon. E.lwojl H. Jw ksooi aud my KTwnddsugiiter, Mary Emma Jackson, th<* sum of each on the same conditions; and should each of these die ls-forw Is-cuiniug of age, then like money of Mich dv*x*<-,t shall lc equally divided to the surviving gramlchiluroiu To my situ in-law, Morri* Jackson, one grindstone, one hay fork, one eel t)mir, and oue ax; also one overcoat, one arm ohoir, ou eel tsuki'L To Edward S.uds Jackson one scytika, one stubbing hoe, one ax and one liay fork. My daughters, Mary Ixurise and Cb-wgiano, must Me good and kind to tln-tr mother, and uot try to break this wnl, as it is tlic-nr inthvx wish and re qucat. _ A > arrow Lscape. The will! Iwast tamer, flidei, who i* now exhibiting hia menagerie new the Chateau-d'Kau, l'nris, narrowly escaped being torn to pieces recently. Jle had, a* usual, < uh r.-d the large cage in wliieh lie ItaJ asvmbled 'lire* liona, two hyenas, two lwrs, a jackal, a ah**p, and an elephant, when out of tho liona and one of the boars commenced to growl at ••acli other, and thou to fight. Hide! iu terpiacil, and, seizing tho bear by the lh-h of the neck, dragged tliat animal away fiout ita adversary, Iwt the lion not liking thi* intervention, struck at the tamer with liia paw, tearing the flesh off hi* hand, and Laying open his leg dowu to the knee. The cage was sprinkled with blood, which the bear be gan to liek up, and, aa the man re marked. seemed to find it to hi* taste. A moment's hesitation and the tamer would have been devoured, but he fortu nately did not lose hi* presence of mind. Advancing straight to the two utiinials, he dealt them aeh Some heavv blows with hi* whip, and when he had brought them crouching at his fret he quickly stepped from the cage. A feed ing of terror had spn-a-1 among the audi ence, and onlv ealme-1 down w hen Uidal, after having hia wound* dressed, cam# forward and bowed to the public. A Healthy Association. 'Theie i* quite a successful co operative association Bt work among the Fall River mill hands. The purcliaoo ami sale of family aupplies tiegan iu 18f>7, it* mem l>ers iiumli'ting sixty-five, its capital Is-iug *.f*oo; investments, $3,750.69; -sales, $21,9H1.43; total of members' dividend, SHO4.OS, and non-nienilers' dividend. $280.79, for the year. Tlie membership now numWrs 2t5; their capital is about $20,000; the sinking fund, $1,100; sales for the year, nearly $8,000; and for the nine month* ending September 24 the aggregate of mem bers'dividend was $0,818.02, oon meiu l>era rc-iving in the same time divi denils amouuting to $574.24. A co operative mill aasrs-iation has been or ganised, and one gentleman has tendered to it n gift of twenty-six acres of land for building purioeoK. Western Railroad*. In the Wisconsin Brunts n bill was ui troduced in relation to railroad manage ment, which establishes on entirely new system of railwav control. It provides for ascertaining tVio gross receipts of nil t lie mil roads bv traveling State agents; also, for ascertaining the actual value of all the railroads in the State, and re stricts the companies to ten per cent, lift profit* on such valuation, without other restrictions, except giving the railroad commissioners the power to prevent extortions. ANOTHER LITTLE ONE. —The Boston Journal knows of s bright, intelligent little miss, now residing in that city, who is eleven yearn old and who weighs alxnit sixty pounds, who, when she opened her eyes upon this world, weighed less tluui one pound and a half, lake was the tiniest piece of Immunity which we ever heard of. The nurse, in washing and dressing ln r, used to lay her in the palm of ber hand, anil the first few days of her life were mostly sjieut wrapped up in cotton-wool and placed in a basket beside the stove to keep her warm. Her head would go into u small sized tsaeup. NO. 9. THE KATIOSAL URAStiK. U h UM Muttr b4 la M #r ito Order al It* Ul* lunl ifulM. TIMS Mutrr of the National Grange, iu session ut Charleston, B. C., ia hie an nual address, MUII: Maine and Montana have joined our ranks in the pa*t year, oyd the few re luatuuig BtaU* still unorganized are joy fully on the way. Thia uprising and or gauixatiou of a great and scattered inter net ha* not a parallel in the history of the world. The movement haa surprised iU friend* and astmiislied and alarmed iu foes. It found the agriculturists of the nation uiiieougniaed, weak, plod tling, and unheard; to-day they are uni ted, stroug, thoughtful, and duly re ■pectsd ** one of the greet power* that Ik>. We have iuol caught a glimpse of the "promised land, hut ere we can teach the goal a wide and west-v waate ia t<> !* croaatd, which will tax to the nt ruoht our prudenee, jieraeveranoe, and i-alor. The position of honor and trust, the avenue* to wealth, the nmhHng of the iuatitulioua of the nation, have '"ng been in the hands of m< rnber* of other callings. Thia monopoly will not be given up witliont a struggle. The Pa trons of Husbandry will be met bv de tefuiiiu-d end |K*r intent warfare. Ho we must cloee our ranks and keep our puw der dry. lu some Btato* tlus order ia ]KUMing through the onlctd which shall n-vesd iU weakness or diaplay iia strength. To maintain what we have gained, and secure further advauewment, we must be able to ohow to our members and the world that material and moral gain does and will result from our ur banisation. We must keep our ranks full, and action wise. Prominent among tlus subjects to demand attention ia that of transportation, in which every citizen lias a direct interest There is a deep nrieti il and wcU-fouuded conviction that the present modes of carrying commodi ties arc uniileeeiy expensive. The peo ple and the government have hi*-rally aided in the construction of railroads and canals, in the expectation that in creased facilitiaa will result in cheaper rates of transportation. We relied on the idea that by budding numerous routm we would obtain the I* aefiu of competition and secure fair rates; but sad erjierienoe haa fully proved that the increase it' the uumtnir and strength of transportation coin pan tea only result* in more gigantic and oppressive combi nations. Though we have now several power i ful line* lietwecu the Northwest ami I Northeast, they have within a few days j firmed a new combination, be which j \VounJ freights have been ad taaoad. To r-mdy Una alarming and growing evil the people in their iadi-1 vidual rapacity aie powrieaa. Only by united action as sovereign* can they ob fawa redress. In aotne Stale* soia tiling of Lhia ha* Uwo done, bat it ha* been fragmentary and nooosaaiily inoperative on through freight*. It is imputable for the States to act in concert through their respective Legislators*, and there ia no i eolation bat for the people of tbeHtato*, < through Congress, to stretch out the , strong arm bet worn the people and then** corporation*. We would do .no wrong to the capital nominally inverted in rail roads. We recognise their cajiacity for sHood,5 Hood, and all their just claims ; but we ennuui j untie* and protection for Un people. But if railroad* even do carry at fair rates th fact remains that the tcaut|>ortation of heavy (vwnnodjuc* ia au expensive luxury, and our true policy is to bring the producer and consumer usurer together. and so do le* trauspor-. tariou. We of the South and West should sjwre no pains to pnsb msnufbrtarea, that we be not obliged to transport our raw usuu-nai out and the maaafaatuiKd , article in. i'Ua host, where mauolac torvrn are strong, should with equal *c- , tSvity promote the cultivation of ths raw materm!. ao that the terrible strata on fcrali sportat i.* be ls—ed. Ifo OMtutrv has wr remained permaaanHy ptoepcr on* by in* production and exportation ol raw material, The tendency of neh it always to dependence and poverty., flow important, than, is it to have amicable "relations b—w—O all the pro ductive industries, as only by mutual development can *t mutually lie pros perous, aud the body politic be main tained in vigorous health. On the sub ject of currency, Master Adamsaaid that numerous ciriaen* are trying to devise a plan by which bit* of printed paper can lie changed into millions of actual money. Th country is suffering from the derangement of its finances. The cause is, that the country passed throagfc a wasting civil war. which on* t. directly and indirectly, moie than fi10.000,000,- OliQ, wliioli sum ia forever gone. P*jer currency wae used to disguise our pov erty, and by its use our judgment of values was more and more confused. We have, in consequence, drifted fu£ ther and further to leward, ami there is uo royal road oat of ths trouble. Only by a return of habit* of industry and eooootny, guided by intelligence, can wo regain wealth and remove the load of debt As au auxiliary to this we want a stable an!l sound currency, which shall lie a reliable measure of values and reo oguised by all the worhl. An unre deemable currency always favors specu lation aud aliarpcrs at tle expense of the** engaged in productive industry The Source *f Salt The ww depends on the disintegration of rucks on land for salt. It does not originate in ooeaus and seas. llaiua wasli it and hold it in solution as parti cle* ar lihemted by violence, decompo sition, and gradual action of many natural forces. All streamlets and rivers, therefore, are constantly transporting salt to the sen. If there is more than can be held in solution, then it accuinn hitee in masses at very deep point*. Thns the salt mines of Portlaud and the vast horizontal IMHIS of pure salt in Texas, as well as that mountain of rock sslt in St Domingo, were collected at the bottom of ancient seas, which are now dry land remote from water. Then* are places in Africa where the process of Thuintcgratiou of salt from ri persons arrested in Pari* for participation in the insurrection of the Commune. Bo we go. A young man in Ottarville, 111., MM actually married hia mother-in law, and they are living happily in the old homestead. Miss Jennie BriUoa, of Lewiaburg. Pa., has won great glory by skating thirty-two uuhw in throe hours and thir ty-five minutes. A New Orleans paper offers th* follow ing sentiment: '* Oeofgw WidihfWt firrt in war, foal in pea—, and taut in gutting a monument' Among the cummtim of admrti*e ments ia the following: "Saloon for sale at half the cost of fitting. Central location. Mean boaineaa." Ills* Ad* Sweet, of Chicago, ia th* onlv female pension agent ia the coun try and nseeivaa th* highs* salary paid to a woman by the government A wtitfa ot Terra Haate butcher, in a friendly Hcuffie, cat a gash in the hand of a couipaniou. To show his regret, be immediately turned and slashed hi* own thnmb off. Lite r alive* of Africa are ao fond of music that Sir Samuel Baker declares that a London organ grinder could march through Central Africa followed by ao admiring crowd. The plantation of Mm. Mayhlnm, Fort Bend < wratv, Texas, baa this year pro duced fid.OOU worth of gynip from land which, if planted ia cotton, would hava yielded only about ftOO. The women of CVvloo were greatly shocked a short time back at eeng an Engladi ladv tmvtehw wranng a tortoia* abdt hark comb, la tin* quarter of tha globe the article ia only worn by men. The New Hagland af In diiatry are pnrtjwiUig about IQ,(W barrel* of fi.ur per motdb, directly from mills owned by the grange*. The tWerag* rnving ss'abont en* drtfor ami * iafif per b-nrrt, or $16,009. shi A eorr—pandaat urritaa ban tlboag" paperl la una tottor cold —that no hn mane man wusthturt an una tutu* .' ! your Majesty think of American women!" said a reporter to King JKalakamv " I think they are handsome, bold, va-1 for ward ; why I actually received Tetters from ladies in New York, Ww-liinxti- i. and Boston, plainly proposing mansag--. lam a bachelor; but I want to marry a woman I will ask her. Ido not like to have women It 1, ia ' my opiuion, waeng."