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THE OEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S. D. WIKLE & CO,, Proprietors, CEpAR'tOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1874, VOLUME I. NUMBER 14. NEWS OF THE WEEK, EAST. At ft eouventiou of western nnil man- ufnotnrorn, lieM in rittuburp, last week, it win nuanimously agreed to ordablUh tlio cant h' tlio factories nt f :i 35 for ton pom v nail'*, not, sixty daya, (wo per cent, off for cash, if pai. at ithiii ten <la.Ta. No furthor abatement onlia count will bo allowed. There is great exci tement in Green Point, N. V., in oooaequence of tlio nm oil* (liaappcuraneo of an infant daughtor, threo months oh), of Jacob Hager, a wealth* Gorman tobaodoniat. A mirse who liad been iliamiased from tlio aorvieo of Ilager, took the child to rido on tlio ferryboat, since which nothing Inn boon hoard of it. WEST. A dispatch from Fort Dodge, Katins, fays : (Vmmanding (ion. Mills mot 100 <i W*0 Clrrynono Indiana, twolvomilon from lire livor, Texan, on tlio 13th of Anguat, and nf- irr a ahort engagement, la-ting tivo imura, drovo them over thirteen niilcH up tiigh htlb and almost impaasahlo canona, with Ion* to them of twejity-tlve to thirty kitted and wounded. (Mir caatiahlie* aro threo l adly Tho Bt. Louis Globe bos reports of tlio finding of tlio IkkBoh of five men win started from Southern Utah last November serosa tbo mountains to tho San Juan tuition in Colorado, and woto reported laat March by a companion named Packer to haro undergone terrible hardships in tlio mountains, and fin ally perlahod. It turns out now that they wore murdered by Packer, who chopjHid ofl their head* with a hatchet and robbed them. Packer lias been arrested and in now in jail. Binco tho declaration of Gen. Sheri dan Hint no one would be allowed to vinit the Black II.Ua country without authority from theititeriorde|iarlmonL, moaning its authorized agent*. Hint department lisa boon in receipt of a largo number of letlotn aching permiss! to go there ; hut a letter from tlio dopartmi of tho interior to Gov. Pennington, of Dakota territory, ataten that all applications to visit tho Black Hills country will he denied, for the reason that tlio government i* bound by treaty to protect tlio Indians in tlio exclusive enjoy ment «f t)mt country. SOUTH. There aro twenty companies of alute Th# small-pox is reported to bo rag ing in Tox&s along tlio Rio Gran do. Gen, Jno. C. Breckiuridgo lias turned to Kentucky in aoiuowhat improved Tho Ark tusas democratic stnto con volition nominated Gov. Baxter for ro-oloctioi by acclamation. Tim hoalth of Alexander II. Stephen* continues io improve. It is said that lie will accept Ids inmiinntioii for congress. Admiral fiommos is a candidate for congress ill tho Mobile (Ala.) district. Ilia dis abilities were removed by congress In <t winter. According to tho Rioliruoud Whig, Virginia Ins bad tlio most unfavorable •eaiftJli for tobacoo km ws in that state for many Tho reports that yellow fever pro- vailed at Now Orleaua and Gal v uaton aro pos itively contradicted by the health olTicen. of tlioso citioft. United Stales Oommiseioner Frisbie vwitaet or Hie It nury dopait- regui.l to Him establiHlinioiit of pie- Tho first experiment FOREIGN. Gnu. Priuio do Rivera is appointed captain-general of Madiid. It is reported iu Beilin that an order will soon be issued expolling from Piusaia u l foreign priest*, monks and nun*. A dispateh from Shanghai reports tliat Uio didionity between China and Japan in regard to Formosa has boon Bottled. Victor Jingo has written a letter de clining an in vital i'»u tu the pc.a <s cntigtvtr* *t Geneva. Ho nsyu pt other He > the jo tw^ countries, and .ladnres tliat Uio war ill he a duel between the principled of Hu lonardiy ami tho republic. Prussia proposed nt Brussels that tl.o niplo of tl: it country found in arms aud Lot ignlarly enrolled in the military force f lion Id t the- be v od if the Cuba, to serve until tlio tlrst of April, 1875. Tlila will bring out about 3,500 men. Exemp tion oomiot bo purchased with money, tlioso drafted being obliged to rorvo or provide sub stitute*. The govornmont of tlio island ha* asked from tho hanks a loan of $500,000 in gold and $100,000 in paper money, which is to bo returned shortly. Tho loan asked by the government from tho banks, $750,000 in hills xml $3*0,000 in gold, lias boon advanced by tho Spanish bank. Tho remaining $250,000 in gold and tho eamo amount in currency, hi s bepn divided hotwocn tivo othor banks. MISCELLANEOUS. McGrath says Tom Bowling is in training and will soon bo all right. Tho 1st of November has been fixed xs Iho time for running tho tlrst train through Hie Ilooaao tunnel. Tho post-eflioo department iR about to substitute for tho old mail locks now usod up- in the street tk a of tho freo-dollvery sys tem, now combination*, *o tliat tlio key of onn •ity cannot bo usod in another. Each key will bo niiiiiboind, and tho candor receiving it hold res, onslhlo for its custody and proper Postmaster-General Jewell ban or dered cancelled tlio contract for penknives, which have boon usually issued to clorkH about Sew Year, The custom obtained xrlieu quills aero used for writing, and tho Unifo was a positive necessity, and ban boon kept up ninro tbo introduction of stool and gold (ions to Uio present (inio. Tho ofllocra in ohargo of tho First National bank, which failed a year ago, ex pect to doclaro another dividend shortly, prob ably 20 per cent, iu amount, which will mako 70 por cent, in all. It is thought by some that most of tho balance will bo ovoutually mado rood. Tho Jay Cnoko A Go, fuiltiro is muoli l hh promising. Not a cont Ins yet boon paid Secretary Bristow has approved tho recommendations of ftolicitor Wilson, in re gard to tlio nocret service division of tlio treas ury, and directs tint stops, bo taken lit. once for the reorganization of that branch of the service, and that all papers and ovldonco in relation to tho secret sorvlce In tlio hands o tho solicitor ho turned over to tlio attorney general. Gol. Whitnly has temldiod his rosig nation as chief of that bureau, it 1ms rejeefod the proposition. In 1813 Urn Pms- • ian government called upon Uio peoplo to, become a ••land tturm” aud rush upon Uio invaders with any arms they could seize. Then it was tho other man's ox that was gored. A Havana letter Hays great indigna tion has boon exprou^ed in political circles at the idea of tho cession of Puerto Ilica to Germany. A telegram lias been received from Madrid denying tbo correctness of tlio rumor. Spain is not willing to yield one rod of her ter ritory in tho West Indies and Spaniards hero declare they will die first. Another telegram has been received from Madrid announcing that tho recruiting of troops for tlio army hi Cuba is rapidly going on, and that tlio govern ment understands the pressing needs of rein forcements to carry on the winter campaign. Captain-General Concha has publial ed a decree iu tho offijial gazette ordering out immediately for active service five per cant, of ail tb‘o to? uni e'en* enrolled on tho island of 1 Upon Hie Occasion of His First Unity. It was liia tlrst baby, and ho ant down to think about it, with a copy of “ Do- wees on Children ” spread out before him. Having refreshed himself with tin* phenomena of croup, scarlet fovor and •naoalos, ho closed tlio volume and dglied. " Poor dev I.” Tliat wns hia judg- tn nt on himself. “Foot devil.*’ Then lie wrapped his morning gown ibout him, and went and rested his nose tgainst tho window-pane. It was raining outside, and it didn't seem to him bo particularly BUiiMlrny within. "Hive Hyrup," said bo to himself, " nt 25 oontft por ounoi bottle ; Hocks, 31.20 n pair ; relays of paregoric, 40 cents r relay ; linen, 80 cents per yard, md God only known how many yards it’rt going to take before I’m through with it ; nurse, $20 a month ; doctor, twice a day, nt $5 a call. Then ho hear I a yell, and rushed up stairs, expecting to find the baby dead. The door was slammed in hin face, and ho raonndoroTT*slowly back to the nit- ting-room. It aeenied gloomier Mmn over. “ What- did I do it for?” ho muv mured, while the rnin beat a reproach ful rataplan on the window -panes. Ho thought he would go round lo tbo club, and then lie thought ho wouldn’t. When a man in for tho Hist lime it father, imitinot tells him to dodge his •Id o tmiinuions. ft is hotter for him to Mr's i the wiuo-proHH ” alone. But how to got away with the cease less stir and rustlo of females going iu and out doom and up and down stairs? lie was nervous, and felt like a man sitting on the ragged edge of romorso. Likewise ho recalled tlio saying of Isaiah, " In that day seven women shall take hold of one man.” B it it scorned to him as if seventy women hfld taken possession of his house, nud penned one man up in one jorner of it. It occurred to him hi sing a hymn ml. Mien the baby might bo asleep, and nift instructions were lo keep as quiet is pofsiblo. And still tho rain fell, and the dripping brandies tossed to nml fro with every passing gust. Was Micro cv- suob a dreary day ? Was ever tho problem, " What shall I do with my- If?" so utterly unsolvable? But it is tho duty of a man of gonitis rise superior to circumstances. Liltlo minds bond before tho tempest of hunrmu events ; great ones turn that tempest to their pnrposos. ■ij reasons tie- man xvith his first baby; 1 when bis house ceases to bo bis die, and nurses aud ualuro combine to make it bis prison, he turns to arid Gods nepenthe und occupation in whit tling himself u fresh supply of tooth picks.—Nett**.'- Prehistoric .Musical Inslrumcnt. fn a French cave which M. J’. Piclto discovered in 187J, lie 1ms found a pre historic musical it strnradril, which bo d of bonc l ’un»l > pho-wi with two It; bolo3 ; and wan discovered in a layer of charcoal and cinders in the cavern of Gotir.lan i Haute-Garonne), sspoeiatrd with flint imploments of neo lithic types. Evidences have before been obtained of tho exiatonco of tho arts of engraving und sculpture among the stone-using folk of Gaul, but this is the lirst testimony that has transpired to show that they were sensible to the divine influence of melody. One can easily construct a moving romance out of this crude bone flute, upon which some enamored lover may have serena ded his savage sweetheart by the light of tender moons. Cincinnati men, when they hear of a contemplated visit from the mother-in- law, write tbo family has tho small-pox. They get mad. though, when they re ceive a telegrtfm from the old lady say ing she has had it, and so has Aunt Jerusha, who “I will bring with rrio to help ifttrse tho children,” TUB KVCI’KSION. A pail), ai 1 Uimul tk*ao nwllo waya Hrr* in tho lii-nrt of tho *iiininor Ian I am jj.’iitly rrmiti(lo«l nf other ilay* howory Uio, nUil-itroam, iulnt* »1>0 H|>lit< tho liluo via air ai>art, Hut iiiar nltko tu my inimt amt lu-ail. Thorn wero only hIx of hh ; lUlnh ami Noll, Amt Oiirtt* am* ” ' '* Ami «rav-«yoU F |>arl> novnr o lulil not hut have lamrheU NCli, (oily oolulua tin- lat-D, I’a limit • nih-ii iln.l that ]V)lnt hv tho cottar Rtado i\o U tho lit {lily roniaiiUo iqipoarauco wo <1 Jooqulla ou hrtght hnaUa in i* of inoni. too, from Iho nun IIourIih of froah foltaRo In wild foatoons u ml or tin "In 1 |>U«lt|ll t ! of froah foltaRO li It-nuiUng. and lanuh am .. >vor, autl oar-hlndna n-dl: aud hllna, an wo drlllod ulou : How v • irlrla* terrain* a 11 I rooall wo lu-leod lilt ill I n fllmny aliawl them a swing from a nrape-vlno l’layt 'l 11 «|H««t n xvlilla had n ruhher of Wtilat, Thru in pounlt a n]>art, a* hotrolhod lovor* should. i, ami oho cal llit-ro mo loiitf. Than, ovary hut blitlio, at (ho day'* dim oloao, Wo ilrlftt <1 tn praci- In Iho atarllRht a-down, Aud aao- olth r.-srot, a* tho slckh-moon roar, Tlio falut-tolukllns llclit* of our trim III (Id town; For our hearts woto ao full unit our souls noro so Wo a Wlicd Iho fair Ntrosm wero otiohaulod, that MlRht Klido down for aye on Its si>f!-hoav]U|( hreast, Till lost in tlio itlcani of a far fairy hoa, TIuRfd with romnuoobow thoso IIiIorh now appear! I’or, Ju«t oil tuy way IhroiiMb Iho vlllaao lo-tluy, I pa*Mod Iho <’hl Itoiiso where for many n year Fair Fmrenoo my rlvai'a proud homo tiun made Ami luiph ami Noll aro limit married ; and II mo I'anaed away when ixmr Onrlln wan killed by tho riihcrtlmi; amt hrlRltt, ilirmtRli IIh hlnM*oinliiK tiiui:i: ui:\umuii princesses. Early in his reign, ’Mohammed, «1 Graniuhi, Imd found among Mio captives iu one of his forays into the territories of tlio OhrisliaiiH a damsel of tran scendent beauty. The fair caplivo, and Iho old duntiiiu who had been taken with her, were consigned to the royal Itaroin, and in duo time tho former mado the .Moorish sovereign (called tho left- handed king) Mio proud und happy fathor of three lovely daughters, nil born at a birthi ’MtMiammetl oould liave wished they had boon sons, but oonsob tl himself with the idea that three daughters at a birth were pretty well for a man somewhat/ stricken in voars, and left-handed. Ah usual with nil Moslem mouurclis, bo summoned his astrologers on this linnpy event. They cost the nativities of tun throe princess es, and shook their heads. “ I laughters, O king I" paid tin*sages, "arc always precarious pruporty ; but those will most need your watchluluoss when t hey active at a marriageable a:o ; at that time gather thorn under your win/rs, and tru*f< thorn to io othor guardianship.” Tim threofdl 1 bir^i was tlio last mat rimonial trophy of tho monarch ; his queen died noon after, bequeathing his infant daughters to his love, and to tho fidelity of tlio discreet Kudigu—for such was Mio narao of tho duenna. Acting upon the advice of hisnstrolo- gist.H, the cautious monarch sent his daughters under tlio earn of tlio Kudigu lo bo reared in tho castle of B.dobrona. This \vm a sumptuous palace surround ed by strong fortitioutionn and situated on the summit of a bill which overlooks the blue waters of tlio Mediterranean sea. Here tlio princesses remained, ourroundo* by all kinds of luxuries and amusements. Years rolled oil smoothly und serenely, the discreet Kudfga watch ing hor precious charge with unremit ting care. At. a corner or tbo garden which clothed the side of Mio hill on which the royal castle of Balobreua wan built, was a small wntohtower. fitted up as a pavilion, with latticed windows to admit the seu breeze. Here tlio prin- c.'hhch - whoso nanion wero Zuyda, Z.»- niyd.., Zorslmy.hi- used lo pass the sultry hours of rnid-day, taking their siesta, or noontide slumber. Hero, as the sisters were one day inhaling the hoiilt.liful breezes wafted over the azure boRom of the Mediterranean, their at tention was attracted by a galley which came coasting along with measured strokes of the oar. Ah it drew near they observed that it was filled with armed men. Tho galley anchored at the foot of tho tower in which they sat, and a number of Moorish soldiers landed on tho narrow bench, conducting several Christian pri oners, Tho fair occupants of the tower peeped cautious ly through the close jalousies of the lattice, which sere I them from sight, mid perceived among tho prisoners three Spanish cavaliers, richly dressed. They were i" the flower of youth, and of noble presence; aud tho lefty manner in which they carried themselves, though loaded with chains, and surrounded with enw* uics, bespoke the grandeur of their souls. The princesses breathed within- fenr-e and breathless interest. Cooped up as Mi-y had been in this cast Io among female attendants, seeing nothing of the male ncot but black slaves, or the rude fishermen of the sea-coast, it is not to bo wondered at that, the appearance nf three gallant cavaliers, in tbo pride of youth and manly beauty, should pro duce in their unsophisticated bosoms sensations closely bordering upon Iho agreeable. "Did ever nobler being tread tho oartli than that cavalier in crimson ?” cried Zayda, tho oldest of tbo sistors. " See how proudly he bears himself, as though all around him were his slaves!” "But notice that on.; in green 1” ex claimed Zorayda. “ What graco ! what eleganco ! what, spirit!” The gentle Zoraliayda said nothing; but she secretly gave preference to tho chevalier in green. Weeks and mouths glided on, the fair sisters thinking only of tho captive cava liers, and becoming daily more and more under tho influence of the fatal passion which the memory of thorn mrengtheued and conilrmed. Tho pro gress of this dangerous and subtle dis ease was not unperbeived by the sharp- sighted Ka'diga, Tho discreet old wo man became alarmed at tho misohief which she had not the power to onuntor- aofc or remove, aud rcBolyod to rid her self of her responsible ohargo by Inti mating to Mohammed that his daughters hod arrived at tho marrigooblo ago—dhe critical period at which tho astrologers had wnrulngly pointed. As ho sat one day on n divan in onn of the eool halls of tho Allmuibrn, a slavo arrived from tho fortress of Bulobronn, with a message from the wise Ivadiga, congratulating him on tho anniversary of his daughters' birthday. Tho Slave at tho same time presented a delicate little basket, deooruted with .flowers, within which, on a couch of viue nml ilg leaves, lay a nonoh. an apricot, and a neetarlno, with their bloom and down and dewy aweotnons upon them, aud all in the early stage of tempting ripeness, The monarch wan versed in the oriental language of fruit and flowers, aud read ily divined tho meaning of nfil emblem atic offering. "The oritioal period has avrivod," said he; " I must gather them under my wing, and trust no othor guardiai|- ship." Bo saying, he ordorod that a tower of tho Alhambra should bo prepared for their reception, and departed nt the head of Ida guards for tlm fortress of Salobronn, to conduct them homo in person. About three yonrs had olopsocl slnoo Mahoniraod lind\>eliold his daugh ters, and he oould seiruely orodit hia oyos at the wonderful change which that small space of time had made in their appearance. During tho 1 interval they had passed that wondrotu boundary line in female life which aepatates tho crude, unformed, and thouglitjcsn girl from the blooming, blushing, jneditauvo iro- Ito prepared for hin return by Bonding heralds before him, eomoianding every one to keep out of tlio road by whioli he was to pass ; and that all doors and windows should bo eloaod at Min ap proach of tho prinoessfiB. Ho thou sol. out, ncooinpnnicd by hisprfeious ohargo, on threo ht dutiful white]palfreys, and osoortod by a strong guard. Tho oavnloado was drawing near to Granada, when it overtook; ou the banka of Xonil, a small body oA Moorish sol diers, with a oonvoy of JuMonors. It was too Into for the soldiers to get. out of tho way, so they threw thomsolvou ou their fneea on the earth, ordering their captives to do the sjime, Among tho prisouera wero tho three idoutical (uvaliers whom the prinpdsson had soon I rom tho pavilion. Tiieyplthor did not understand, or wore toil haughty to obey iho order, and romilucil standing nml gazing upon tho oavwondu as it. up proaphed. Tho ire of the monarojfi was kindled nt this flagrant defiance, pf his order* Drawing his scimitar a nit 'pruimiug for ward, he was about to donyi left-haudod blow tlmt. would have bfCit fatal to at least ouo of tho gnzors, iidion the prin cesses orowded round him, and implored mercy for tho offenders. Mohammed paused with uplifted scimitar, whou’llio captain of the guard throw bimsolf at his foot and exclaimed: “Lai no! your majesty do a deed that may hamu great scandal throughout the kingdom Thoso aro throe brave and noble Span ish knights, wjio have boon taken in battle, lighting like lions.” “Enough 1“ said Mio king, "X. will spare their liver but punish tiieir audacity; lot thorn h takon to tho Vermilion towers, and put to bard labor.” While Mohammed had boon making thin liarnnguo, tbo veils of tho threo princesses had been thro back, und tlio radianoo of their beauty revealed, Its effect upon tho Ihrooonv- illiera was instantiinuous and oomplete. (.Uiielc ini was t his victory, not less singu lar was the fuel, that each of tho love- vnuquinliod oavaliers was onrapti with a special beauty. The oavaleado renamed its march mid readied the Al hambra ; the Hpaiiifih captives were con ducted to tlmir allotted prison in Mio Vermilion towers in tho same fortress, Tho memory of the noble cavaliers filled the fair eh argon of Kudigu with pensive and melancholy thoughts. In suite of all the luxury with Avliioh t hey wore surrounded, they pined and faded. In vain did tlio anxious Moham med rimsaek thoZaoutin of (Ir.madu for tho richest silks ami most precious jew els. He gave it lip ir> a hopi less ttflnir, and gave nnrfr. hlnnr./io to t ho dincreot Kfidige, in whom his enp.fideuce wan un bounded. Tho wise duenna was skilled in diseases of the heart, and knew the heBi medieino for her pining charge. The day before she hud discovered tho fonafe of tlio Ohristian oaptiren, and go ing privately to Hussion Baba, tho big- whiskered, broad-shouldered ivnegndo, in whoso charge they wore, and slipping a broad piece of gold into his itching palm, thus signified her wishes : “My mistrosses have beard of tho musical talents of tho threo Spanish cavaliers, and are desirous of hearing a specimen of thc.ir skill. J. am sure you are too kind-hearted to refuse them so innocent a gratification.” Tho cautious Iliinsien was about to suggest obstacles and dan gers, but they wero removed by the golden logic of Kudigu, audit waft ar ranged tlmt tlio ouvuliors should bo placed to work in a ravine nt the bot tom of the princesses’ lower. Tlio va rioiin scenes in tho interesting drama which followed need not be detailed. By tlio generous connivnnco of Hussion Baba, the lovers bold converse by song und flowers. Days and weeks flow by like so many hours, Mio mutual passion of the captives and Tlmir royal mis- !reuses becoming strengthened by the very difficulties by which it was at tended. At length there won on inter ruption in thcr telegraphic, correspond ence; for several days tho cavaliers ceased to make their uppearanco in the glen. The threo beautiful princesses looked out from the tower in vain. In vain they stretched out their swan-like necks from the balcony; in vaiu they sang like captivo nightingales in their cage; nothing was to be seen of their Christian lovers; not a note responded from the groves. Tho discreet Kudiga was sent forth for intelligence, aud soon returned with a face full of trouble. Ah, my children I ” cried the sorrow ing dneuna, "you may now hang up your luto3 on tho willows. The Span ish cavaliers are now ransomed by their families ; they are down iu Gramula and are preparing to return to their native country.” The three beautiful princesses were in despair at tho tidings, As soon as the first lunst of sorrow hail subsided, the faithful governess ventured to finish hor communication. “ Vos, my chil dren, well may you grieve at. tho loss of mirili worthy cavaliers. Granada, ulns 1 has not their equals. Would they had embraced tho faith of Iiilam, nnil taken service under your fathor ! There might have been hope. Ah it is, they are in dcapuir, and oould think of only one plan that would remedy your com mon misfortune.” " What war it, good Kudiga ?” cx- ohuiuod tho anxious priuon^Hos in a breath. “Wlrnt was it? that wo may lose noun of their parting words." “ Iu tho excess of tlmir nitration, they endeavored to persuade mo to urge you to fly with them to Oordova, and become their wives 1" The threo priuossos turned alternate ly pule and red, and trembled, and looked down, and oust n hIiv look at each othor; but, doubts and fears wero all silencod and removed by tho potent arguments of love, Tho following night was the one appointed for Mieiroaoapu. Toward midnight, when the Alhambra was buried in sleep* the discreet Kudiga listened from the baloouy of a window that looked into the garden. Hussion Baba, who was to accompany the (Javatiers iu their flight, was already below, and gave the appoint ed signal, Tho duenna fastened the end of a ladder of ropoH to the bal cony, lowered it into tho garden, and de scended, The t wo oldest princesses fol lowed hor with beating hearts; but when it name to the turn of tho youngest princess, Z ivahayda, she hesitated and trembled. Every moment increased the danger of discovery, A distant tramp was heard. "The patrols aro walking the rounds,” cried the ronegado; “if wo linger wo per ish. Brieeess, descend*instnutly, or wo leave you," Zoruluiyda was for a moment in fear ful agitation ; then, loosening tho lad der of ropes, with desperate resolution, she (lung it from the baloouy. " It in decided 1” ako cried ; “ (light is now out of my power. Allah guide mid bless you, my sinters 1 Farewell I” The two oldest princesses would fain haw lingered, but the furious ronegado hurried them away, A dark subter ranean passage soon brought them to the outside of the fortress, where tlio eavuliura awaited thorn with swift steeds. The lovers wero disguised as Moorish soldiers of tho guard, commanded by the renegndo. The lover of Zoraliayda was.frantic when lie heard that slio liad rofuHod to leave the tower; but there was no time to Ioho in lamentations. The two prineesMOM were placed behind their lovers, the Kudiga mounted be hind the ronegado, and all art off at a discreet round pace in the direction of tho pus i of Lope, which, loads through the mountains to Oordova. They had not proceeded fur when they. hoard the uaiso of drums mnl trumpets from tho battlements of the Alhambra. “Our flight in discovered I” said tho renegade. " Wo have fleet steeds, the night, in dark, aud we may distanoo uli pursuit,” replied the cavaliers. They put spurs to their horses mid scoured across tho Yoga. They had at tained the mountain of Elvira, and were entering a pass when a bale fire sprang up iulo a blaze on the top of the watch-tower. " Confusion 1” shouted Iho ronopado; “ that fire will put, all the guards of the passes on the alert. Away ! away I Bpnr for your lives, or they are lost,," Away they dashed, the clattering of their horses’ hoofs echoing from rook to rock, as they swept along tho road that shirts the rooky mountain of Elvira, "Forward I forward 1” cried the rone- grido, as the watch-tower of the moun tains answered the light from the A1 Immbro. "To tlio bridge — to the bridge, before the alarm has rouoUod there I” They doubled Iho promontory of tho mountains, mid arrived in sight of tho famous rnentodol I’inos tlmt crossed n mulling stream, ofl on.dyed with Moor ish and Ohristian blood. To their con fusion the tower on the bridge blazed with lights, aud glittered with armed men. Followed by tlio cavaliers, tho ronegado struck oIT from tho road, skirled the river for seme distance, and dashed into its waters. They were borne for some distance down tlir rapid ourrout; the u rges roared avonnd them, hub the Ixiautiful princesses clung to their Ohristian knights, and never ut tered a complaint. Tho party soon gained tho opposite bank in safety, und wero Jed by the renegade, by rndo and unfrequented paths, through tlio heart of tho mountains, so ns to avoid all tho regular passes. They succeened in reaching tho ancient oily of Cordova, wboro tho restoration of tlio cavaliers to thoir country and frionds was cele brated with great rejoicings. The prin cesses wore forthwith received into the bosom of the ohuroli, and, after being in all duo form made regulur Oluistiuns, were rendered happy wives. After Iho flight of her sistrrs, tlio un happy Zoraliayda was confined still more closely, though she had no known inclination to elope. It wns thought, indeed, that she secretly repented hav ing remained behind, for now and then she would be soon leaning on tbo battle- menls of the tower, and looking mourn fully towards tlio mountains of Oordo va;" and sometimes Mio notes of tlio Into were heard accompanying mournful ditties, in whioli bho lamented the loss of here sisters and her lover, und bo- wailed her own solitary life, Bho died young, and, according to popular rumor, was buried in a vault, and her untimely fate hns given riso to more than quo traditionary fable. Mns. John Mokiiissisy promenades tbo streets of Saratoga in u black drap d’elo polonaise, embroidered in silk, with true lovers’ knots and wild flowers in all their natural and stftmg odors— yellow, red, white, etc. It was import ed from Paris at a cost of 81,000 gold. Nobody passes tlio lady without turn ing to look at hor gorgeous costume. Bho wears a single stone diamond ring, said to bo valued at $40,000. Hebe is a description of a mean church, which has a moral in it: “Af ter the old pastor died the deacons went about for a two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar minister, and you can get about ns much minister for^that prico us you can get psalm tunes out of a file,” MEAT-EATING PLANTS. Homo Vtry Ruoci- Bclontllln Devoton- At a recent mooting of tho British association, at Bolfast, Dr, Hooker submitted ills viows oouoorningj* Some Carnivorous Plants and thoir Habits ” a topic which ho obstirvod lmd recently acquired a now and spooial interoat from the roHoarohes of Dr. Darwin into tho phenomena that aooompaty tho planing of albuminous substations on the leaves of dioucoa and othor plants, and whioli, in tho opinion of "very emi nent physiologists, proved that, iu tho ease of dionmi at lensb, this plant di gests exactly thopimo substances in ox- aotly tho same way as tho human stom ach, With those researches Mr. Dar win was still notivoly engaged, und it was with tho view of aiding him that the prosidout lmd, undor Mr. Darwin’s instructions, examined souio other car nivorous plants at ICow. Aftor giving tho history of the subject, and men tioning that the discovery made with regard to these plants had long boon minotioed, Dr. Hooker exhibited a npo- oimon of dionena, which spread its leaves out, and when a fly wns captured instantly closed upon it. Examination showed that the fly was dissolved in tho digestive 11.Md, exactly like ordinary gastric fluid, belonging to the loaf. When tlio fly was completely dissolved tho loaf spread out again, roady onoc more for its ,proy. A loaf of tho dio tun i was fed with a piooe of ;l>eof, upon which it olofibd, and did not open again until the beef wns oonsmned. Glionso disnoYCod horribly with tho leavos, flu ally killing thorn. Tho president ex hibited other carnivorous plants, and explained tho traps laid in tho loaves aud npnoudngos whore tho plants caught thoir victims and fed thomselves with tlio animal food whioli on mo in thoir way. Mineral substances lmd boon placed on a loaf whioli lmd shut upon a fly or nut, but it shown 1 no sign of oon- f moling. . Tho flno liners on Mi6 leaf closed goutly over a pieoo of wot olmllc, but soon rcoponod, leaving tho olmllc froo. Before Dir. Darwm’s studios tlioso phenomena wero littlo appreci ated. Tt wan ft generalization, now al most a household word, that all living things had a common bond of union in a substanoo whioli underlies nil tho de tails of structure. This was oallod pro toplasm. Olio of tlio most distiuetivo properties was its aptitude to contract, aud in any given organism the partioles of protoplasm wero so arranged that they acted as it wero iu concert. Thoy produoed'oumnlativo ofTeots which wero very manifest in tho refyilts. Buell a manifestation wns found in tlio contrac tion of miiHole, and such a manifesta tion they posaildy had also in tho eon traction of the leaf of tlio diornoa. All students of tho vegetable Aide of gftiiizcd nature wero astonished to hoar from Dr.,Bandorson that oortaiu exper iments xvlnoli lio lilifl made in tho i.w.ti gallon of Mr, Darwin, proved to demon stration tlmt when a leaf of this plant contracts tho elleots produced aro pro- oiuoly similar to those which occur when muHolo contracts. Not merely t.hon wero the phenomena of digestion in this wondi rful plant like tlioso of animals, but tho nlionomoiift of oontraotility agreed with those of animals also, Though Mio processes of plant nutri tion wero in general extremely dillfor- onb from those of animals, and involved very simplo compounds, the protoplasm of plants was not absolutely prohibited from availing itsolf of food such as that by which the protoplasm of animals aro nourished. Under this point of viow tho phenomena of these plants would iiiul their place ns one more link to tlio continuity oi' nature. Prof. Jluxloy said that the phenom ena dusoi'ibad by Dr. Hooker suggested, with others, perhaps tho greatest prob lem at present open to them. Thoy found in the dionma actions which ex actly corresponded with what wero re flections in ourselves. The plant,'when tho insect touched a portion of its leaf, shuts it exactly us an infant hand shuts when touched in tho palm. This iin- pliod a norvouB'jHystom, and it showed continuity in protoplastic matter. Tho solution of tho phenomena of tlio ac tion of protoplasm in tho plant was a matter which would confer great honor on him who found it. A Cnrlons Bird's Newt. Tliero in a bird in New Guinea oallod the Mcgapodius, whioli in tlio size of its eggs and its manner of liutohing them, must 1)0 considered extraordinary. It is not larger than one of our ordinary fowls, but its eggs am Mime inches long by two and a half in diameter. It does not attempt to sit on them. A colony of birds lay thoir eggs togothor in a largo mound, in tho hottest part of tho year, from September to Maroh, and leave them to be hatohod by tho sun. Tho mound in mado of sand, loose earth and sticks and leaves, which latter by their decay increase tho heat. The mounds nro wonderfully large, being ton feet high and about sixty foot iu eiroiimfnrnnoo at tho base. Tho young birds coino out at a bole in the top. Tlio mother birds v/ait on the trees around till thoir chicks aro hatched, and then each leads off her own brood. How each knows its own is a mystery. Tho eggs are much relished by tho na tives, but not at all by Europouna. A native of Gapo York ventured ono day into a nufctof eggs, and while ho was ploring tho hidden Holies of tho largo mound tho upper part fell in and lie was smothered. Ho was afterward found in tho very aot of digging—buried olive in a bird’s nest. Tho Wives’ Return. Tho Paterson Guardian says: “A recent paragraph calling attention to the fuot that tho summer widowers wore having the jolliest times imaginable in the absence of tbeir voluble halves 1ms had a most remarkable effect. Tho wives come trotting homo to aeo about this thing. Ono gentleman who was having an unusually good time, and whoso wifo had gone away to stay till the middle of September, was wondor- fully astonished on going home at four o’clock in the morning to find his wife sitting up waiting for him. She gave him a rousing reception, and ho looks liko tho lost rcso of summer. The wide world may wag os it will, but it is doubt ful if he ever smiles again. The wives aro coming homo unexp'eotediy every | day, and huBlmnds had hotter look out a littlo in order that thoy may savo Homo trouble.” Iron Ulnil Navh'Mof tho World, Tho most rollablo niformation rolativo to Europoan nrmien hus boon for a long time found in tho military papers of Germany, especially in tho Mllitarisho Woohonblatt. Tho same thing hnppoim now witli regard to navy affairs ; for, ns soon as Germany oonoltided to possess ft (loot, slio began by sending all over tho world spooial ofiloors ontrustod with tho duty of studying, and oarofully re porting upon tho real status of foroign naval affairs, Evon London papers aro compelled to piok up tlmir information on tlio subject from Gornmu papers. Tho Borsonzuituiig, of Berlin, says that acoording to tho last ofiloial roports tho total number of iron olads possessed by tlio various naval powers of Europe, in cluding tlioso employed on const servioo, is 244. Tho total numbor of Horow ships, oxoluuivo of ooast stoamera nud gunboats, in 4!U. Belgium, Hwitzor- lan I aud Sorvia do not poBBOBB any navy at all, and Iloumnnia has only a few gunboats on tho Dnnubo. Holland, Bwodon, Norway, and Portugal, though thoy have fleets, lmvo no ifou olads for war sorvioo. Greeoe has two suoh iron olads; Germany, »; Donmnrk, fl ; Spain, 7 ; Austria, 11; Russia, Ifi ; Turkey, 15; Franco, 28; nml England, 88. There is no ooast Hoot of iron olads iu Austria, Italy, Groooo, or Portugal. Holland, ou tho othor hand, though she has no iron olads for war sorvioo, has 18 iron olnd vessels for const servioo ; Eu- glnnd lias 2'1, and Franco DO. As re gards turret ships, Germany has 2; Spain, Norway and Denmark, D each ; Turkey, 5 ; Bwodon 0 (including, how- ovor, 4 small gun boats); and Russia, ID. Of screw ships England hns JD2; Franco, 52; Russia, 48 ; Turkey, 44 ; Spain, D7; Holland, 25; Italy, 24; Gormnuy and Denmark oaoh 10 ; Aus tria, 14 ; Portugal, 8 ; Bwodon and Nor way, 5 oaoh ; and Groeoo. 2. Gorman,y, therefore,’ ocoupios tho last plaoo but one ns regards iron olads for war ner vine, the Inst place ns to nonab iron olads, and tho eighth plaoo ns regards screw ships ; but in 1875 her strength iu iron olads for war sorvioo will bo in creased to \), so Mint slio will occupy tho sovonth plane, between Spain and Aus tria. Tho Bnrsonzoituug adds that Mio naval power of a state is determined uot so much by Mio number of its ships, as by tho thickness*bf thoir iron plating, tho power of thoir engines, and tlio number and quality of tlmir guns, aud that by next year six of tho now Gor man iron ohms will bo among tho most poworful ships in tho world, in tlioso rospeots far surpassing those of Austria, Italy nml Finnoo. Tlio number of sail ors, engineers, stokers, etc., omployod in tho various navies of Europe is as follows : England, 08,204 (including BSLflOf) of tho naval reserve); Russia, DOjpOO; Franco, Mir, byo ; mur, at,ono, Spain, 14,000; Germany, 12,450; Aus tria, 11,500 ; Italy, 11,200; Holland, (!,- 200 ; Denmark, 4,800; Norway, 8,500 ; and Portugal, 3,800. Galileo's Toloscopo. Ill tho year 1000, Galileo rolatofl, ho first heard from a friend in Flanders that an instrument had boon invontod by whioli distant objects wero brought near and the powers of vision extended. Ho resolved at oneo to imitate and sur pass it. By his singular moolmnioal dexterity, his knowlodgo of optics, and his highly polished glasses, ho was soon ablo to produoo ft tolesoopo before whioli tho Dutch instrument sank into nogleot, and wns forgotten. It was novor more hoard of; but a thrill of wonder passed over Italy and Europe when it was known that the famous Paduan profess or liad prepared an optic glass that en larged tlio bounds of vision and endowed mankind with now powers. The charm of surpassing novelty covered tho won derful invention with nn unprecedented renown. Tho great and tho loomed contended for tho possession of tho now instrument, Galileo carried his tele scope to Yonioo, and from tho tallest holt towers senators and nobles saw through tho magio glass great argosies sailing far out at sea, and tho distant shores brought near and mado visiblo. All Mio value of Mio now instrument broke at oneo upon thoir minds; it must change tlio principles of military strategy, and diminish tlio perils nf nav igation. Magistrates, senators and citi- zons covered tlio fortunate invontor with applause. With disoroot oouvtesy Gali leo presented his tolesoopo to tho Doge nt u friendly audionoo, and tho Vene tians at once raised his salary to a thou sand florins. Oovorod with honors and emoluments, ho returned to Padua, littlo conscious of tlio surpassing dis coveries that yet awaited him in tho silent heavens, or of the pains nnd woos ho was destined to bear in his later years from tho heretical revelations of Ids too truthful and fatal tolesoopo. How the Grange Pays. In tho grange with whioli I am con nected, during tho past season there was an actual saving, in ono quarter, of §120 to tlio few farmers who purchased implements. Now toko the 20,000 granges nnd wo liavo a totul Buying sf §2,400,000 to tho farmers of tho Unitod Htotos in threo months. But you will say at onoo that this amount is not saved every quarter, nor by (ivory grange, nor do I nay it is. Neithor does it cost tho amount “ D. L. P. O.” bus mentioned to run tho granges ovory quarter. Tho cost of charters, seals, regalia, oto., is never imposed on the grange but onoo. This would require a deduction from his figures of over a million of dollars, after tho first quor- 1 r. . We not only oonsidor it a paying in stitution to us on account of its finan cial bonoflts, but we, as a_ class, liavo begun to oonsidor tho social influence of tho organization. Wo cannot deny that we nro far behind the city in regard to social life, for wo have never had the opportunity of mingling togothor, and educating ourselves in that sphere. Thus it has not only proved itself to bo a safe for our pockets, bnt also a storo- house for our minds.—Cincinnati Times. Mobrissby’s winnings tho present srason at the race traok and club house are put at §300,000. This js divided with Iiia turn Ymvrtiipvii. 'Reed aud McCo’rmiok.