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[For the JovaNar.] A Hundred Wars BY THE BARD OF THE MOUNTAIN When Guilford a feeble battle-cry Fell on our nation's ears, And Freedom bade , Opyression fly, Mars' hand inscribed "a hundred years !' When Hope's faint ray but dimly shone Where power now her standard rears, His thunders awed the British throne, By echoing loud "a hundred years !" When patriots bathed our sacred soil With mingled streams of blood and tears, Whilst Britain's vanquished hosts recoiled, Peace angels wrote "a hundred years l" Let despots shrink and stand aghast, As Freedom high her banner bears, 'Twas God the mighty fiat cast That spared her life a hundred years In vain may tyrants strive to quench Her fires by widowed mothers' tears, Or from fate's hand the stencil wrench That paints in blood "a hundred years !' .Thus gazing down Time's rapid stream, The bright Centennial dawn appears, And 'neath its soft effulgent beam We shout aloud "a hundred years I" Let patriotic bosoms swell, Nor bide in shame the flowing tears, That from life's mystic fountain well, When history writes "a hundred years Let all the world assembled gaze, As gratitude a column rears, Nor any wish to dim the blaze That swept our shores a hundred years. Zht ffitotl-gtiltr. A TALE OF THE REVOLUTION BY"MAML" It was a bright June morning in 1777. A comfortable wagon was drawn up before the door of a farm house on the east bank of the Hudson river. From the happy oc cupants, the peaceful hills with their wood ed summits, the fair Adirondacks veiled by a misty haze of blue, the fresh, green meadows, and bright June flowers, shut out the scehes of blood which had begun to stain our country. The majestic river rolled on as smoothly, the wild birds spng as sweetly as when the colonists were sub jicts of that king whose thraldom they were now determined to throw off. A beautiful young lady, in a plain mus lin dress and straw bonnet, stood waiting for some bee in the door of the farm house, alternately smelling the roses which she had in her hand and caressing the little children who with their mother stood beside her. This lady was Jane McCrea, the orphan of a Scotch gentleman, and was for the present residing with her brother. A couple of the neighbors, who were going to do some trading, had promised to ac company Mr. McCrea and his sister to Fort Edward, where the latter was going to visit her friend Mrs. O'Niel. After an exhilerating drive they reach ed Fort Edward, and stopped in the village at the house of Mrs. O'Niei, a widow and lady of high repute in the country. Her tasteful dress and cap ltecame the dignified matronly hostess who welcomed her vistors into a ;_arlor, not only genteel, but even luxurious for that day of primitive plain ness. The lady was expecting thew evidently, for the table for dinner was set in the state dining•room, and the meal was wait ing. Elegant old silver bearing the family crest, costly china and cut glass from the 111'Niel manor house in the old country, had been brought from the lockers of the great side board for the occasion. Her young visitor was a great favorite with the widow, who looked admiringly at the sunny-eyel, rosy-cheekedtmaiden flirt ing about the room, arranging her roses iu a vase and putting back the stray curls the wind had displaced in her drive. The party chatted gaily, and enjoyed the pres ent, though stern war had set his face meaningly toward them, Late in the evening her brother and friends took their leave, and Jane was left to her hostess alone. She gazed once more upon the old family portraits, read over the old books, listened to the harp, or to the lazy humming,of the spinning wheel which Dinah used to dexterously in the kitchen. Days sped quickly by, each freighted with pleasant memories of friendly visits and familiar faces. Afternoons the ladies spent in the cool old parlor perfumed with wild roses and lilacs which shaded the windows. The young ladies of the village flitted in and out like butterflies on those delightful June days, chatting over their sewing and knitting or talking of loved ones far away, who were perhaps even then facing the deadly foe. It was on a rainy day, when the two were alone, that the latter confided the story of her attachment and betrothal to her friend. It was David Jones, a bril liant, handsome young man, then a lieu tenant in Fraser's division of Burgoyne's army, who had won her heart. He had resided with his family at Fort Edward, but at the commencement of the Revolu tion removed with them to Canada. The Jones' were staunch Royalists, while the MeCreas' were as firm on the Federal side. But like a true woman ; Jane loved, perhaps "not wisely, but too well," and though Lieutenant Jones wore the red coat and urirehed beneath the hated Brit• ish standard, she remained true in the love and respect she bore him. Mrs..O'Niel was also a Royalist, and a friend of General Fraser. She shared her young guest's enthusiasm in her plans, and encouraged her to keep up her correspon dence with the gallant young officer. little dreamed she that the name of Miss McCrea should prove a rallying word, to call gentlemen patriots and sturdy yeomen from mountain and glen, front east and west, to take up arms beneath the Ameri can flag. General Schuyler was stationed at Fort Edward with a division of the American army, while General Burgoyne was at Skenesborough awaiting his opportunity to advance toward the Hudson. Many were the courtesies extended to the brave volunteers by the kind people of the vil lage, who became attached to them as to sons and brothers. But, alas, the tocsin rung, the alarm spread far and wide. In the latter part of July Burgoyne reached Fort Anne; General Schuyler moved his post down the river toward Al bany, and his place at Fort Edward or just beyond, was occupied by Fraser's di vision. Miss McCrea was once more near her lover, "so near and yet se far." The advance of the British army spread terror through the county, and the inhab itants made read/ to fly from home and property. Mr. McCrea determined to re- HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1873. move with his family to Albany, as a large party of his friends were going there for safety, and sent a message to his sister to be prepared to accompany them. But the young girl failed to respond. Again and again he sent her urgent requests, but still she dallied. Fatal delay ! .At length, when the villagers were about to quit the Fort, Jane prepared to leave the vicinage of her lover. Morning dawned, a lovely July morn ing. The golden sunbeams played upon the walls of Mrs. O'Niel'a quiet parlor, the soft air stirred the muslin curtains and the bees droned past the door where Jane stood awaiting her brother. Mrs. O'Niel would remain, for the British were her friends. She stood cheering her younr , ' friend by voice and manner, striving to assure her that all would yet be well. But what of a sudden blanches the lady's cheek ? Why does the fair girl's blood grow cold ? In terror they shut and bar the doors, then retire for safety to an inner room.— They pray one short prayer, abort, for the doors are burst open and a party of Indi ans in all their . savage pomp enter the house. Quickly these allies of Burgoyne did their work, plundered the house and carried the two ladies off prisoners. Miss McCrea, in her terror, besought the sava ges to take her to the enemy's camp, where she felt she had one friend. She offered a large reward and they promised. Thus she signed her death warrant. Mad, as we are told, with British rum, the chiefs began to quarrel and dispute a to whom the prize belonged. The leading chief, enraged 'beyond the rest, killed Miss Mc- Crea upon the spot. The beautiful victim was yet warm, with her rich young life blood flowing, when the savage scalped her and bore her bleeding scalp and silken tresses as a trophy to the British camp. . . . . The broken-liciirted lover lost all inter est in life. He brooded in anguish over the sad but precious relic of his betrothed, and disgusted with the world, he threw up his commission and retired to Canada. Living single and alone he became gloomy and silent, his heart was filled with mourn ful pictures of what might have been. He was called when a silvery-headed man to meet Jane in that far-off land where brides and bridegrooms are unknown. A simple stane, with the name "Jane McCrea" cut upon it, marks her grave near the ruins of Fort Edward, and the tree is said to stand under which her life was taken. eampaign. The Grabbers at Wilkesbarre. Sam Randall, as soon as he saw the way the current was running, had sense enough to hold his peace at Wilkesbarre. Foster and McClelland 'did not• put in an appear awe. Not so with R, Milton Speer and J. Lawrence Getz, Democratic Congress men who part their names in the middle and pocketed the ' swag." With their packets filled with the plunder they voted themselves, they attempted to champion the grab—bask pay and future pay—and we are rejoiced there was sufficient manly self-assertion in the delegates to hoot them down. The case of Speer is one that de serves special mention. Twice elected to Congress in a doubtful district because of Republican division, he imagines himself a coming sort of a lean in Pennsylvania politics, and went up to Wilkesbarre sev eral days in advance of the meeting of the Convention to button-hole the delegates as they arrived, and secure a State endorse ment of his personal and political fortunes, by his election as President of the Con vention. The Committee was so constitu ted as to report him for that position, 'with a ponderous tale attached in the shape of forty or fifty Vice Presidents and Secre taries. Happy man was Speer. If not at the summit of manhood's expectations he was en route. His "able and eloquent speech on taking the chair," arraigning the Republican party, was in the hands of the reporters and telegraph operators, ready to be flashed to the uttermostbounds of the continent. A radiant smile illu mined his countenance as he prepared to ascend the rostrum, and show the assem bled Democracy what manner of man was their future leader. But at this critical moment a note of discord was sounded. "Back-pay grabber," wa4 thundered at John Milton Speer from scores of Demo cratic throats, and the fanciful fabric he bad lauilt, with himself as the central fig ure,'t umbled to the ground. His zeal in packing the Organization Committee so as to get himself reported, only made his dis grace and repudiation by his fellow parti zans the more conspicuous. He dug the pit into which be fell. In vain did Speer urge his services and fealty to the Demo cratic party; he told a falsehood by stating he "had not sought the honor," when the telegraph for days reported him on the ground working for it; he plead that he should not be stabbed in the house of his friends, and begged piteously for the en dorsement. Well, he was not "stabbed," but was incontinently tumbled out of the house. Even Sam Josephs and McMullin turned their backs on him. The Associa ted Press report says "the sense of the Convention was unanimously against Speer being permanent chairman," and Doctor Nebinger was substituted in the report of the Committee, and accepted by the Convention without a single regretful vote on behalf of Speer. If this don't finish the man, his assurance must be steel-clad. In our recollection of Pennsylvania poli tics, we have not known so signal a re buke.—Pittsburg Evening Telegraph. Milton Speer Repudiated Hon. R. Milton Speer is the most abased man in Pennsylvania to-day. Possessed of a fair share of talent, and invested by his fellow citizens with their confidence and support, he started out in life with fairer skies than are accorded most men. His reputation as a legislator grew day by day, and higher honors were popularly suppos ed to wait him. But all this is changed. A moment of weakness came, and by the commission of a single act he blighted and ruined all his future prospects. The "sal ary grab" presented its seductive front, and be fell ! It is true Mr. Speer voted in Congress against the enactment of the bill granting the back pay ; but it is also true that ho was .nothing loath to accept the $5,000 when the same was tendered him by the United States Treasurer. Mr. Speer was sent to Wilkesbarre as a delegate to the State Convention. Him self and lion. Sam. Randall and other self confessed treasury thieves determined that no vote of censure in connection with the 'salary grab" question should be passed on them ; and in conformity with this deter mination, it was arranged that Mr. Speer should be chosen permanent President of the body. It is one thing to propose, however, and auotiter thing to dispose. The plan worked quite well till the name of Mr. Speer was reported by the commit tee on permanent organization, when sueh a howl of indignation went up from nine tenths of the assembled Democracy that that gentleman was geld to withdraw his name from before the Convention. Hon. J. Lawrence Getz spoke in fever of Speer, and was hissed from the floor. How are the mighty fallen ! The able and eloquent Speer, whose name was at one time a synonym for all that is good and true in politics, ignominiously kicked off the rostrum and not permitted to preside over the deliberations of a petty Democra tic convention ! Truly will that gentleman commence to think that his "back pay grab" was about as judicious a speculation as was the acceptance by Judas Iscariot of the thirty pieces of silver.—llltoona Tri bune. fading tev the [front the Boston .Advertiser.] The Centennial Exhibition , The people of this country hardly begin to take a general interest in the great Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876. But the plan is so judicious in itself,, and the national enthusiasm for anything so broad and generous is so sure to quicken as the time for it .draws near, that there need be no fear butthat, when the summer of 1876 has come, the whole nation will be suffi ciently roused to the greatness and signifi cance of the occasion. There is much more reason to fear that this general enthusiasm may be roused so late that the fit preparations may not be made in time for an exhibition which ought to be both an adequate and a com prehensive display of the results of a cen tury of national being. We have had in stances enough of the sudden awakening of national enthusiasm to know that it may burn'very hotly when there has been no sufficient preparation for action. There was enthusiasm enough for arms in the spring of 1801; but it proved that there were not fifty thousand men who could march seven miles a day to meet an enemy. Now, in 1876, the country will be very much annoyed, not to say mortified, if its great exhibition is only half ready when the time comes. If deserts of sand and simoous of dust surround the building ; if the fresh paint offends nostrils and ruins tempers ; if the day of opening be a "feast f packing-eases," we shall then have acres of criticism, ail very good but all too late. To render such criticism unnecessary, the precautions are, in fact, to be taken in this very year. ' Stiange as it niay appear to a peoplewbo have flattered themselves into believing that a city can be rebuilt in a twelve month, as it cannot; or a Coliseum in three months, as it cannot; or a universi ty created by an act of Congress, as it cannot,—strange as it may appear to such a people to be taught that.threo years is a very short tines in which to arrange a comprehensive exhibition of the results of the industry of the world, the truth is that this is a short time for so vast au under taking. • It has proved a very short time in Austria, which is fortunately placed for such an enterprise. Between the half known countries of the East, and the great workshops of the world, Vienna stood half-way. And indeed her relations with the countries around the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean gave 'ter peculiar facilities for that diSplay of the products of Western 'Asia and of Eastern Europe, which have given some of its re markable attractions to the exhibition of this summer. But to interest any of the nations of Europe even, and of their workmen, in an exhibition on the other side of the Atlantic; to persuade them to send valuable manufactures to a country of which the existence seems to half of them almost a myth, and to arrange for the arrival here of ;hose. other collections more precious and more valuable than mere manufactures—collections which il lustrate methods of education, steps in civilization, or the progresss of history— all this is far snore diffieult for the Phila delphia Commissioners than could be any similar undertaking in any part of Eu rope. _ _ The spirit, and in general the good sense, shown at the great dinner in which for the public the Centennial exhibition was inaugurated at Philadelphia, speak well for the future. There was no inde cent boasting, no discounting cf success, and there seems to have been, side by side with determination, a real understanding that there is hard work to be done bell,r'e the "day of opening" comes. This is a good omen. Meanwhile, at Vienna itself the agents of the centennial committee are makin.„,o acquaintance with the practical men who have had the most to do with the great display there; they meet there the exhibitors who have, each in his place, done most to secure the beauty and the variety of that exhibition; they see with their own eyes the detail and the result of methods of administration—and it must be hoped that they will learn much which will be of value in the organizing of the- Philadelphia exhibition. Since 1851 each of these "great games of the nations" has shown an advance, in some regards, on its predecessors, and we shall make but a very poor display of our inventive or our or ganizing ability, if in some way we do not make one step forward, when the time shall cone for ours. First of all, we trust the directors who have it in charge may be early advised that the Vienna Welt-Aus.stellung is too large. Let it be remembered, from the beginning, that the object is to display, in one centre, the result of a hundred years of national government in America; and in the same place, in friendly rivalry, to display the results of the present civiliza •tion of the rut of the world. Now this ought to be so displayed that any consci-, encious or intelligent person can see, study and profit ty the display. It is nut fitly arranged if only the various articles be so brought together that in a month's time, by such hard work as the Emperor and •Empress of Austria are at this moment giving to the Welt:Ausstellung, we have some idea of it. A man who should spend a month in the city of London, going from warehouse to warehouse, and exam . - ining their contents, would obtain quite a good notion of the results of modern in dustry. But we do not call the city of London, "a world's exhibition," and it is not one. We must have the cyclopaedia of modern industry which is contemplated a small-enough cyclopmclia for reference. Nay, it must be so indexed and catalogued, it must be so arranged that the visitor can know what there is in it, and how to turn to every object in the shortest time. This is not possible at Vienna, because the ex hibition there is too large. * . * The preparation for another feature in the American part of the exhibition in volves much more difficulty. We suppose it will be determined not to attempt any general displays in the line of natural his tory, such as should exhibit the geological constitution of the country, or its laws of climate, or of growth. These are not matters which in strictness belong to the exhibition. It is, however, to be remem bered that no complete illustration of some manufactures can be made without illus tration derived from physical science. The sets of silk, in every form of the raw ma terial, which made a partof the exhibition of Italy at Vienna, were among the most interesting collections there. For the proper exhibition of the products of iron in America, there should be a full exhibi tion of iron ores. For the proper illus tration of cotton manufactures, the differ ent stages and the different fibres of cotton should be exhibited. Now evidently it is too much to expect any manufacturer to go into this provision of objects in natural history. And it is very desirable that the duty should early be assigned to some sen sible and intelligent person of making what we call the scientific collections nec essary for the proper illustration of the exhibition of the results of American in dustry. The governments of the various States may, if they choose, render very important assistance in the proper representation of the present aspects of American life. They will choose, if they are properly addressed, and addressed in season. The government of the nation also has many opportunities to do the same, which, as we hope, may be fairly at d fully employed. The museum of weapons and other military resources at Fort Monroe, for instance, one of the most interesting collections in the world, might be duplicated at Philadelphia. The Indian department ought to be able to furnish an exhibition which would show the real con dition of the aboriginal tribes, of their civilization and of their industry. The I coast survey, the patent office, the light house bureau, West Point, the observatory, the weather bureau, the copyright office, thermint, and those great founderies which are almost national, ought all to make with system, their contributions. There will be no difficulty in including the several States to do their part, if it is indicated to them what the part is. The government of Italy exhibits at Vienna the processes by which it perforated Mount Cenis. The State of Massachusetts, if it is asked, will show at Philadelphia how, before 1876, it tunneled the Hoosac mountain. Maine, if it is asked, will show the several stages of ship-building; California and Nevada the critical steps iu metallurgy ; South Caro lina and Georgia the various staples of cotton ;• Pennsylvania the processes of iron ; Michigan the methods of reducing copper ; and so in every locality the local governments ought to be relied upon for those larger ranges of exhibitions for which individuals can hardly be asked with pro priety to make the full preparation. Of the arrangements which would secure a proper exhibition of American fine art, we cannot speak at this time. The sad failure at Vienna shows that we can hardly rely here on the personal interest or even the evrit du corps of the artists. It must , be hoped that such institutions as our own Art club, the New York Academy, the Academy in Philadelphhia, and the unions which have similar functions in Chicago and in Cincinnati may see that the exhi bition of pictures and statuary is not left to accident or to selfishness. Accident and selfishness at Vienna gave us, on the cata logue of two or three thousand pictures and statues, twelve articles—most of them deserved no higher name. We will not leave the country's credit. for culture in fine art to such a display in Philadelphia. Volei, There is something peculiarly charming in a sweet voice, something which arrests the attention and makes one involuntarily wish to hear it again. When the gentle intonations of a sweet voice fall, with their soothing influence, upon the ear, imagina tion immediately pictures a form or face to correspond, -Who could ever imagine a loud, coarse voice to belong to a gentle re tiring creature, or a weak feminine voice to a manly nature. Not only do living creatures have voices, but there are.voiees to everything. You have heard of the •'voice of nature." Have you taken an early morning walk into the summer woods and listined to that voice. Nature speaks to us not with one voice only, but with a thousand. Voices in ti ny brooks murmur softly to the pretty flowers bending gracefully over their-banks to drink of the refreshing cup held to their lips. Voices from the myriad 'busy bees;' sipping the wild hotiey from every "pass ing" flower, tell of the active, happy lite they lead. The bircilings tune their voices and pour forth in one harmonious concerttheir daily praises to their Maker. All nature is full of sweet, hidden voi ces; and if we but take the trouble to lis ten, we shall find then, filled with en chanting music delighting and charming the ear, making the heart light, happy, and full of thanksgiving that we are sur rounded by a world of such beauty and harmony. Agaiii, other voices abound in the world, which, to a certain class of people, are very troublesome. They are the voices of the heart ! Aye, the heart of every human be ing is filled with secret voices continually whispering to their owners, directing the gbod to be chosen rather than the evil. Not only do voices full of music occupy the heart, but oftentimes harsh and discor dant ones, always tempting their owners to wrong or evil doing. . . _ It is hard to drown the voices of the heart, or to shut our ears against them. Though deafness may deprive us of hear, ing every other sound, yet we cannot be deaf to the voice of conscience. Slander, Yes. you pass ib along whether you be lieve it or not; and that one-sided whisper against the character of a virtuous female or an honorable man, you don't believe it, but you will use your influence to bear up false report and pass it into the current. Strange creatures are men and women. How many reputations have been lost by surmise. How many hearts have been bled by whispers. How many benevolent deeds have been chilled by the shrug of a shoulder. How many individuals have been shunned by a . gentle mysterious hint. How many chaste bosoms have been wrung with grief by a single nod. How many graves have been dug by false re ports. Yet you will keep it above water by the wag of your t.ugue, when you might sink it forever. Destroy the passion for telling. Lisp not a word that will in jure the character of another, and as far as you are concerned, the slander will die. Tit-Bits Taken on the Fly Brownlow talks of editing the Knox ville Whig again. The Fayette county jail contains eight prisoners, one of them being charged with murder. It is with our judgments as with our watches, none go just alike, yet each be lieves his own. Trust not him with your secrets who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. John Roberts, a minor at No. 4 slope, Pittston, was instantly killed by a fall of top roof on Tuesday. A bore is a man who spends so much time talking about himself that you can't talk about yourself. A lot of game cocks, imported from Kentucky, sold in Virginia City, Nev., for twenty dollars each. A Lancaster former is exhibiting a corn stalk ttf this year's growth that measures seventeen feet in length. A young man named Alexander Gray, was run over and instantly killed at liar bor Creek, on Tuesday week. Horse-thieves are worrying the farmers in Jefferson county, where that class of rascals are unusually plenty. By a recent order Turkish ladies in Constantinople are not allowed to enter the stores for the purchase of goods. Berks county holds its annual fair on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri duy, Sept. 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th. The flax crop this year in Oregon will be much larger than ever before. The oil mills at Salem will start up this - week and probably run night and day. The new directory just issued fur Wilkesbarre puts the population of that city at 18,876 souls; an increase since the census of 1870 of 9,802. Freeport is troubled with young men who stare ladies out of countenance when coming out of church on Sundays. The Era wants this thing stopped. The contract for building the Juniata county court house in Mifflintown has been awarded to Messrs. Hetrick & Fleish er, of Newport, Perry county, for $48,000. A horse-thief named Harry Osborn, who stole a horse front Mr. Isaac Simpson, of Somerset, was arrested near Altoona on Monday. He was taken to jail at Somer set for a hearing. The residence of Hon. Samuel Page, at Brownsville, was damaged to the extent of $2,000 on Tuesday last. His extensive library and furniture were saved. The house was not insured. A John Deever, a lad, was seriously in jured on Wednesday; at the cork factory in Lancaster, by being caught in the shafting and being whirled around at a terrible rate. He will recover. Gower James, who murdered Edward Coagrove in Shenandoah City on the night of the 11th. has been arrested and held on charge. The testimony ie. very strong against him. The Lancaster Express says: Peter C. Hen sel, residing on EastKi Stroet, Lancas ter, has a fig tree in full bearing, with fully one thousand figs upon it, and this consti tutes the third crop of the season. An infant child of Mrs. Sarah Kline, residing near Pottsville, met a very sing ular death on Wednsday night. The child fell between the foot—board of the bed and the wall and was choked to death. • A man named Corcoran was killed in the Reliance Colliery, Mount Carmel, Thurs day. by a fall of coal. He leaves a wife and family. His "butty" whose name is not known, was severely injured also. Tobias Kreider, an old and respected cit izen of Fermanagh, was washed away with a bridge at that point, one day last week, during the prevalence of the freshet in Horming's Run. He was seventy years of age. The paddlers connected with the Phoe nixville Iron Works, who struck for higher wages over two months ago, have returned to work at the old wages, after submitting to the condition that they should withdraw from the Paddlers' Union. A boy named William Reiggles was kil led at Loehiel Furnace, near Harrisburg, on Monday night, by falling off a ladder a distance of nearly sixty feet, His back, arms and one leg were broken, and his body was terribly mutilated besides. This is the way the Beaten Globe talks about Saratoga : "Digaling, bewildering, intoxicating life, crowling all the summer ,glories, and only suggesting, by its per fection, tha dark contrasting picture where woe and misery abide and sunshine is only a mockery." There is a town not a thousand miles from Reading that has a sewing society composed of thirty-three widows, and the sound of a pair of masculine boots going past the house when they meet is said to be enough to stop every one of the thirty three needles. "On Thursday evening, Deputy Sheriff Conn lodged the thieves, three in number, in the Butler jail. They gave their names as George Wilson, Pat Casey, and James MeQuire. They are charged with robbing boarders at the Stewart House, in Greece City. On Friday sear MeCliutockville, ou the A. V. R. R. a man had his scalp torn nearly off while jumping off a train while it was in motion. He fell between the cars in a peculiar position, so that the wheels cut his hair and partly turned the scalp. He had a narrow escape for his life. On Tuesday evening last, during the prevalence of a storm, the barn of Mr. Tucker, in Schellsburg,. Bedford county, was struck by lightning and consumed by fire. Had it not been for the heavy rain which fell in torrents at the time, the whole village of Schellsburg might have been de stroyed. - The Charles Evans Cemetery, the beau tiful "City of the Dead" of Reading con tains one hundred acres of ground. The total number of interments within its pre cincts last year was 483; for the mouths of January, February, March, April, May, June, and July of this year the number was 267. A few days ago on the farm of of Wm. Seidel, in Greenwich township, Rerks county, a crow ventured near a stream of water where he was caught and killed by a snapping turtle. The cries of the crow were heard by a number of laborers in a field, who hastened to the spot and observed the unusual occurrence. NO. 36. Our Book Table , LITERARY NOTICIL—The International Review.—We have received from A. S. Barnes do Co., 111 and 113 William Street, New York City, a prospectus for a new magashie,so be entitled, "Tux INTLRNATIONAL Rsvisw, a Mag azine for the Times." Prof. John M. Levitt, is announced as its editor. The following are the principal objects to which it will be devoted, TIE : 1. The chief object of this Review will be the sifting and telling treatment of great questions of our age and country above mere sect or party; literary, scientific, social, na tional, religions. 11. It shall bring to its pages the best talent of Europe and America, and seek to be a me dium of communication for representative thinkers of the age. 111. While fearless and progressive, aiming to lead the times by advancing every healthful reform, it shall never assail the divine author _ ity of the Scriptures, or the supremacy of our Constitution over a united Republic. IV. Seeking always to elevate style, and to secure the very best writers in the world, it shall not, like most Quarterlies, address mere ly scholars and divines, but furnish .guidance and information in pleasing and pdpular forms to practical men in business and the professions. V. To the solidity of a Quarterly it will strive to unite the sprightliness of the month ly, avoiding extremes of heaviness and super ficiality. VI. Very especial attention will be given to the notices of books in all departments of art, science, and literature. VII. The success of the International Resins will be made to depend on its cothprehensive plan, solid merit, and adaptation in style and subject.to the times. VIII. As our Republic sprang from the whole past of the historic nations of the other conti nent, and as we are now so closely connected with all countries, in accordance with th ori gin of our people and the breadth of (=lie, shall this Review be a representative of the Old World and the Neu—to the maturity of the former uniting the energy of the latter. Many of the ablest writers of Europe and, America have been secured to contribute to its pages. Subscription price, $5 for one year. To be issued January Ist., 1874. Lippineoles Magazine for September will be a strikingly attractive number. It will con tain an unusually entertaining article on "English Court Festivities," by a writer who had the entree to the "diplomatic circle" and and who has given a graphic description not only of the levees and drawing rooms held by the Queen and the Price of Wales, with the .ceremonials and etiquette at such receptions, but also of the entertainments, balls, concerts, etc., at the royal palaces. A short article will be presented on "The Patrons of the Husban dry," whose numbers are growing with prodi gious rapidity, exciting general interest and a desire for information as to the aims of the order ' the constitution of the "Grangers," etc. rho New Hyperion" is continued with in creasing interest, which is not a little enhanc ed by the characteristic illustrations of Gus tave Dore. The number will contain the con cluding papers on "Fruits and Flowers of the Topics," giving a striking and accurate de scription of the marvelous vegetation of Ori ental countries; also a "Sketch of Eastern Travel," treating of China, with illustrittens of the chief points of interest. Under the title of "A Lotos of the NiW will appear a tragical love story by Christain Reid, the popular au thor of "Valerie Aylmer." Another part of Mrs. Hallowell's pleasing novelette, "On the Church Steps," which, by the way, is delight ful summer reading, the scene being laid at Lenox, carries the reader further into a most interesting story. "Our Home in the Tyrol,. Miss Hewitt's graphie description of life and scenes In the picturesque region of the Tyrol, is continued with illustratiots, and "How they Beep a Ho tel in Turkey," by Edwin de Leon, gives a very entertaining picture of life and manners in the East, as observed in the native khans as well as at the great hotel in Constantinople and Cairo. _ _ . Several short Poems and a budget of pi quant "Gossip" will complete a really inter esting and attractive number of this popular Magazine. Yearly subscription, $4.00 Nothing finer has yet been produced in this country in the form of a magazine than the Aldine for September. Europe and America have been laid under contribution to furnish the marvellously b mutifol pictures which the best artists can produce. Mr. A. F. Bonner has a series of three magnificent views in the Rocky Mountains, made expressly for the Aldine. In these days of Yellowstone expe ditions and excursions to this famous region, these pictures possess unusual interest. A Tull-page view of Clear Creek Canon, Rocky Mountains, opens up the wonderful grandeur of those hidden solitudes in a way to make them seem real ; a large picture of the Snowy Range of the Sierra Madre is wild, gloomy and grand, while a sketch of the interior of the Rocky Mountains, gives one the impression that all the world is made of mountains, A charming full-page picture after Legeune, at French artist, called, "The Blue Bird," shows a bewitching young woman confined in strong tower to keep her from her lover. Mr, John Rows, a New York artist, hairs full-page study of "Brookside Willows," remarkable for its faithful interpretation of nature and minute detail, A finer picture is seldom seen. Mary A. Hallock gives a society sketch called, "Who Is It ?" of two ladies peeping down stairs to cote!' a glimpse of the man at the hall door. Dore, the great French artist, fur nishes two large pictures illustrating the fairy tale of the "Sleeping Beauty." One of these shows the wonderful "Srbeping Palace," with the huntsmen in profound slumber ; the other mirrors the "Sleeping Beauty" in her vine covered balcony in the golden sunlight. These two pictures are magical in their effect, and full of the subtle genius of Dore. Peter Moran has a carefully drawn picture called an "American Farm Scebe " which is truth ful and characteristic. There is also a fine picture of "Emperor Charles V. and Titian," after Becker, which illustrates a well-known historical event. "A Skye Teener," closes the grand list of illustrations for September. The prose contributions are all excellent. "On The Trap" is au exciting love story by E. B. Leonard. James Jackson Jarves, the well-known writer on art, • contributes a very interesting account of "Mrs. Browning's En.. glish Home." The departments of Basle, Art, and Literature, are each well filled with good solid reading matter, fully maintaining the high reputation The Aldine has long since earned. Subscription price $5.00, including Chromes, "Village Belle" and "Crossing the 'Boon e James Sutton & Co., publishers, 58 Maiden Lane, N. Y. Scribner's for September has a fair propor tion of light and summary, and solid and sub- Ittantial fare. Bret Haute's new story, "An Episode of Fiddletown," is continued, .with his usual strength ; a profusely pictured and very suggestive artisan on the New York "Central Park ;" a curious study of Japanese Faus, by Noah Brooks; Whitlaw Reid's Com mencement Address on "The Seholar in Poli tics ;" a reply to the recent article on "The Liberty of Protestantisrit ;" a portrait and bi ography of Edward Eggleston, author of the "Hoosier Schoolmaster;" and the usual vari ety of poetry. Dr. Holland, the editor, gives as another instalment of "Arthur Sonicattle's and the following "Topics of the Time:" The Outlook, The New York Board of Education, Ownership in Women, and the Liberty of Protestantism. The Old Cabinet talks about the People who get under other People's Um brellas, etc. "Home and Society," "Culture and Progress," "Nature and Science," and Etchings are as usual diversified and inter esting. Scribaer's Monthly has increased ten thousand in circulation during the past year. The first number of Scribner's Child's Mag azine, of which the name has not yet been an nounced, will appear in the fall. The Repuhlie, for September, is upon our ta ble. It is the only political monthly in the United States. Among the contents of the present number are the following articles, viz The Living Political Issues of the Day ; The Salary Question ; A Leaf from nietory; The Cheap Transportation Question; Benjamin Franklin Wade; The Penal System of Michi gan ; The Future of the Blind ; Abraham Lin coln and Jefferson Davis OteBll6llM ; The Electric Telegraph; Our North Pacific States ; The Farmlits and Protection, Ste. Two Dol lars per annum. 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