Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-08-06

Pale, paralyzed, silent, inanimate as statues, sa
the females; while the husband and brother
leaning forward in the carriage and urging thu
horses to the utmost speed, gazed speechlessly
on the approaching flames. Already the fire
was within hundred yards of the road aheaC
and it seemed beyond human probability thai
the travellers could pass it in time. The hus
band gave one last agonizing glance at his in.
animate wife. When again he looked at the ap
preaching flames, he saw that during that mo.
mentary glimpse they had lessened their dis.
tance one half. He could already feel the hoi
breath of the fire on his cheek The wind, too
suddenly whrled down with fiercer fury, and
in an instant the forky tongues of the advancing
confagration had shot across the road, and en-
twined themselves around the tall pine which
had been the goal of the travellers hopes. He
sank back with groan; but the brothers eye
cleaned wildly at the sight, and, gathering the
rens tighter around his hand, he made one last
desperate effort to force the horses onward
and with one mad leap, they lifted the carriage
from the ground as if it had been plaything
plunged into the fiery furnace, and the next in
slant had shot through the pass.
Charnley gave one look backwards, as if to
ASSURE hiHSCii ehab tuOy hau ihuSCu CoCapCu.
He saw the lurid mass of fire roaring and whirl.
ing across the spot through which they had dar.
ted but moment before; and, overcome with
mingled gratitude and awe, he bowed his head
on his breast, and poured out an overflowing
soul in thanksgivings to the Power which had
saved them from the most dreadful Of deaths
And long afterwards, men who travelled through
that charred and blackened forest, pointed to
the memorable scene where these events occur.
red, and rehearsed the thrilling feelings ofthose
who had been encompassed by the Girdle Of
Fire Ladys Keepsake
THE ART OF FLYNG.-A French journal has
letter from Madrid giving an account of sue.
cessfu experiment with new apparatus for fly.
ing. The flyer was Miss Juanta Perex, who
though rather fat and corpulent, moved through
the air, by the help of wings, with great ease
and rapidity. She was advertised to fly dis.
tance of above 1900, feet, rising in the air above
600, but exceeded the programme both in height
and distance. No description of the structure
Of the wings is given. They have spread OF
some fifteen feet, are fastened by ligaments Of
great fiexibity, and arranged so as to move
with great rapidity; they make noise like g
wind mill. The astonishment of Madrid at sc
novel a phenomenon is described as immense.
A Mr.. Thomas Darvlle, at Paris, also announ
ces that he has invented a complete apparatus
for flying, and that he proposes to exhibit it al
the Camp de Mars in the course of the present
month,when he will fly from the Military School
to Challot. He will be accompanied by his two
sons, one of twenty-five and the other of sever
years. The preparation of three sets of wings
has delayed the exhibition until now. The in
ventor has tried his apparatus privately, will
complete success, having flown across the Seine
with it at o'clock in the morning His wings
have spread of Is feet, and by their help the
the facility of swallow, skimming along nea
the ground or mounting upright to the sky a
his pleasure. N. Y. Tribune.