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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS.
MAH?( UALK,} BdUora and Proprietor..
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
EAST.
The employes of the Reading railroad
have been put on half timo on account of the
general stagnation of trade.
At a convention of western nail man
ufacturers, held in Pittsburg, last week, it was
unanimcnsly agreed to establish the card at
the factories at $3.35 for ten penny nails, net,
sixty days, two per cent, off for cash, if paid
within tan days. No further abatement or dis
count will be allowed.
There is great excitement in Green
Point, N. Y., in consequence of the mysteri
ous disappearance of an infant danghter, only
three months old, of Jacob Hager, a wealthy
German tobacconist. A nurse who had been
dismissed from the service of Hager, took the
child to ride on the ferryboat, since which
nothing has been board of it.
WEST.
A dispatch from Fort Dodge, Kansas,
says : Commanding Gen. Mills met 400 or
600 Cheynone Indians, twelve miles from Red
river, Texas, on the 13th of August, and af
ter a short engagement, lasting five hours,
drove them over thirteen miles up high hills
and almost impassable canons, with loss to
them of twenty-five to thirty killed and
wounded. Our casualities are three badly
wounded.
The St. Louis Globe has reports of
the finding of the bodies of five men who
started from Southern Utah last November
across the mountains to the Kau Juan mines in
Colorado, and were reported last March by a
companion named Packer to have undergone
terrible hardships in the mountains, and fin
ally perished. It turns out now that they
were murdered by Packer, who chopped off
their heads with a hatchet and robbed them.
Packer has been arrested and is now in jail.
Since the declaration of Gen, Sheri
dau that no one would be allowed to visit the
Black Hills conntry without authority from
the interior department, meaning its authorized
agents, that department has been in receipt of
a largo number of letters asking permission
to go there ; but a letter from the department
of the interior to Gov. Pennington, of Dakota
territory, states that all applications to visit
the Black Hills country will be denied, for tho
reason that the government is bound by treaty
to protect the Indians in the exclusive enjoy
ment of that country.
SOUTH.
There are twenty companies of state
cavalry in Georgia.'
Tho small-pox is reported to bo rag
ing in Texas along the Rio Grande.
The Arkansas democratic state con
vention nominated Gov. Baxter for re-election
bv acclamation.
The governor of Kentucky has sent
troops to Breathill county to clear the town of
Jackson of a band of outlaws.
The health of Alexander H, Stephens
continues to improve. It is said that he will
accept lits nomination for congrese. ,
According to the Richmond Whig,
Virginia has had the most unfavorable season
for tobacco known in that state for many
years.
The reports that yellow fever pre
vailed at New Orleans and Gaßeeton are pos
itively contradicted by the health officers of
those cities.
United States Commissioner Frisbie
at New Orleans, has been sent befoje tiie
United States court under a bond of $5,000 for
trial on a charge of extortion in office.
The attorney-general has employed
ex-governor Parsons, of Alabama, to assist
tho United States district attorneys in the
prosecution of the parties accused of viola
tion of the federal law in Alabama,
Postmaster-General Jewell advertises
a reward of $5,000 for the arrest of the par
ties who committed what is known as Gad’s
Hill robbery, in Missouri, on the 31st of Janu
ary last, and $3,000 reward for the arrest of
the robbers of San Antonio, Texas, in April
last.
The recent act of tho treasury depart
ment with regard to the establishment of pie
cautionary measures against the yellow fever
at various por:e, is not intended to convey the
impression that (he disease exists anywhere
along the Atlantic or Gulf coasts, but for the
purpose of preventing its introduction’ by
ships.
The governor and treasurer of Vir
ginia have invited a conference of the credit
ors, home and foreign, at Richmond, the 10th
of November next, to consider such proposi
tions for a final agreement as will afford the
best attainable security for the rights (and in
terests both of the public creditors and com
monwealth.
The September returns to the de
partment of agriculture show a very heavy
decline in the prospects of tho cotton crop
in all the states except Virginia, where it
about holds its own. The state averages are
as follows : Virginia 98, North Carolina 87, a
decline of 15 daring August; South Carolina
80, a decline of 13; Georgia 77, decline of 17;
Florida G 7, decline of 25; Alabama 81, decline
of 9; Mississippi 75, decline of 14; Louisiana
67, decline of 21; Texas 64, decline of 41 ;
Arkansas 47, decline of 40; Tennessee 43, de
cline of 35. The leading cause of the decline
is the prevalence over large sections of the
cotton area of severe drought, accompanied
by intense hr.a’.
foreign.
Xlm great strike of cotton operatives
at Bolton, England, has begun.
It is reported in Beilin that an order
will soon bo issued expelling from Prussia all
foreign priests, monks and nuns.
An official dispatch announces that
Genera! l’avia has gained a victory ovof tho
Cariists. Three thousand troops will leave
for Cuba tiie present month, and five thousand
in October.
Early in the afternoon of August 22, an
attempt was made in Lima to assassinate the
president of Peru, while proceeding from the
palaco to his house. Although several eho! a
were fired none took effect. The leader of the
baud and thirteen others have been arrested.
Prussia proposed at Brussels that the
people of that country found in arms and not
regularly enrolled in the military forco should
bo treated as criminals ;' also that they should
be similarly treated if they refuse to assist
the invaders when called upon. The congress
rejected the proposition. In 1813 the Prus
sian government called upon the people to
become a “laud storm” and rush upon the
invaders with any arms they could sense.
Then it was the other man’s ox that was gored.
Captain-General Conchaiiaspubli -hed
a decree in the official gazette ordering out
immediately for active service five per cent,
of all the volunteers enrolled on the island of
Cuba, to serve until the first of April, 1675.
This wiU bring out about 3,500 men. Exemp
tion cannot be purchased with monev those
drafted being obliged to servo or provide sub
stitutes. Tho government of the island has
asked from the hanks a loan of $500,000 in
gold and SIOO,OOO in paper money, which is to
be returned sborily. The loan asked by the
government from the banks, $750,000 in bills
and $250,000 in gold, has been advanced by
the Spanish bank. The remaining $250,000 in
gold and the game amount in currency, has
been divided between five other banks.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Ist of November has been fixed
as the time for running the first train through
the Hoosac tunnel.
Inquires in executive and diplomatic
quarters show there is no truth in the report
that Germany is seeking territorial possessions
on this continent.
Attorney-General Williams has given
the opinion that United States troops can be
used to remove outlaws and all unauthorized
persons from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
reservations.
The commissioners of the freedmen’s
savings and trust company say they cannot
make a statement in detail, not having ascer
tained accurately the indebtedness or assets
of the institution.
Gen. Cowan, acting secretary of inte
rior, has given liia decision that the Chero
keos have tho right to tax Texas cattle driven
through their reservation, and in default of
payment to seize the cattle and hold them for
the taxes.
The postmaster-general has directed
that no advance on payment be made to clerks
or employes on account of ealarv for services
not rendered, and for which compensation is
not fully due at the time of payment. This
is construed as forbidding advances of salaries
to clerks going home to vote. A similar order
will be issued by the treasury department.
The commissioner of the pension
office has decided, as a preliminary to the con
sideration of tho claim under the act of June
18, 1874, the provision of a pension of fifty
dollars per month, alleging permanent and
total disability. The applicant must present
evidonce showing conclusively that he requires
the regular aid and attendance of another
person.
The officers in charge of the First
National bank, which failed a year ago, ex
pect to declare another dividend shortly, prob
ably 20 per cent, in amount, which will make
70 per cent, in all. It is thought by some that
most of the balance will bo eventually made
good. The Jay Cooke & Cos, failure is much
less promising. Not a cent has yet been paid
to creditors.
The treasurer of the United States
has issued a circular requesting the national
banks to make an additional deposit of five
per cent, for the redemption of their circula
tion, with the instruction that United States
notes may be sent to the treasurer under the
contract of the treasury department with the
Adams express compauy, and under the samo
regulations as are prescribed for the forward
ing of notes and currency of the United
States, for redemption. If any bank shall
preier, it may forward the required amount by
its draft on New York, Boston or Philadelphia,
drawn io the order of the treasurer of the
United States, and payable in United States
notes. Acknowledgment will be made to each
bank for its deposit when completed by re
mittance to it of certificate in proper form.
United States notes unfit for circulation will
be accepted in payment of the additional five
per cent, deposit. As rapidly as notes of
the banks making the additional deposit shall
be asserted, their amount will be charged
against deposit and the bankd notified. Com
pliance with this request is optional (with the
national banks, but it is hoped that a prompt
and general response will be made to it. It is
with great reluctance that this course has been
decided upon. But it now seems impossible
to prevent any interruption in the redemption
of national bank notes unless a further de
posit of United States notes shall be made.
American Thoroughbreds.
Kentucky has been the seedling spot
for American thoroughbreds since the
soils and grasses declined in the worked
out parts of Virginia and Maryland.
Tho limestone of Kentucky give bone
to the animal; he matures early upon
the blue grass. The men of Kentucky,
bred to horseback, and adventurous
wagerers of physical spirit, have kept
up the turf for about sixty years, and
I believe that the Lexington course
dates back to the year 1813. Ihe war
absorbed most of the thoroughbred
stock of the south to seat officers in
the saddle ; and toward the close of the
conflict we heard chiefly of Alexander’s
stables. The Alexanders, as I have
heard, were a Scotch family with ex
pectations of property in the old coun
try. They owned Lexington and Aus
tralian, and raised stock. A Chicago
member of the family now keeps the
stables. In 1863-5 a number of rich
New Yorkers, brokers and “operators,”
re olved to go on the turf. Leonard
Jerome, a nervy broker, formerly a
newspaper editor at Rochester, N. Y.,
taking the cue from his partner, Wil
liam Tracy, formerly of Baltimore,
founded the American Jockey club, af-'
ter courses had been established at Sara
toga and Paterson, N. J. He used all
the influence to which his means and
acquaintance entitle him, and brought
into the turf August Belmont, iiis
friend, a correspondent of the Both
childs, who had previously appeared
with great brilliancy on the English
turf. Belmont is generally called the
head of the turf in America, on account
of his position in the American Jockey
club, which is the ruling influence in
turf matters in the United States, as
well as by his liberality in the purchase
and iinportationjof the best thorough
breds attainable, both from Kentucky
and England. Jerome himself met with
heavy losses in speculation about 1867,
which necessitated the playing of a
comparatively inferior position upon
the turf.
The establishment of the Saratoga
and Monmouth park courses, and ac
cessories of Jerome park, transferred
the management of the turf from the
south to the north—Kentucky itself
becoming a breeding and buying place
for the more wealthy horse fanciers of
the metropolis.
Two Cuban Beauties.
Olivia, writing from Saratoga to
the Philadelphia Press, says: “A
recent arrival has brought a pair of
beauties of opposite type—the eldest a
royal Spanish Cleopatra* with purple
hair, large almond-shaped eyes, classic
features, creamy skin, with ruddy flame
burning in cheek and lips. The crea
tion is finished with a form typical of
woman’s perfection. The youngest is a
Caban blonde, but not one of the opa
line transparents. The beholder is re
minded of one of Whittier’s soul warb
lings :
‘“Maud Muller on a summer’s day.
Baked the meadows, sweet with hay.’”
A blonde kissed too often by the warm
fervid sun for beauty’s sake. Ah! look
again ! • Why, the dear old sun is as in
nocent as Henry Ward Beecher. He
may have beeu there but he did no
harm. The fault is in the original cre
ation of the woman. The clay of which
she is made was never taken pure from
its native bed, and there is an unmis
takable kink in her yellow hair, which
all the blood of tiie Anglo Saxon can
never straighten. But this stifling hu
man magnolia is as lovely as an August
afternoon, and as languishing as a calla
lily, which some man will cull and fling
away as soon as he recovers his breath
and reason.”
Paxton had a fascinating widow who,
one day last week, called on Mr. Graves,
editor of the Advocate, and after a
pleasant chat said she would subscribe
for the Advoea'e for three months,
tendering him a much worn fifty-cent
currency in payment. G. looked at the
patched" shinplaster hesitatingly, and
the widow anticipating him in the
sweetest of tones asked : “ Mr. G.
would you like a better half.” G.
blushed painfully, and after he had
cleared his throat of something that
happened to slip down accidently, re
marked, “I’ve been thinking some time
of that matter.” The widow blushed
and said, “I mean a better half dol
lar. Mr. G., “Ah ! oh - ! this will do.”
Progression is the watchword of ihe
hour, but modern mothers haul their
disobedient children over the knee and
strike on the same o!d spot that the
Romans did three thousand years ago
THE EXCIIR6IOS.
Again, as I thread these rustic ways
Here in the heart of the summer land,
I am gently reminded of other days
By objects risiDg ou either hand ;
But mostly yon bowery isle, mid-stream,
Whose thin cape splits the blue river apart,’
R->c ills a quaint faasi. iike a feast in a dream,
But dear aiixe to my mind and heart.!
There were only six of ns; Ralph and Nell,
And Curtis and R ise (city cousins the last),
And gray-eyed Flerence, whose deep heart * * Well,
I was her lover, and it’s long since past:
But a Jollier party never filled craft
As we rounded that point bv the cedar glade ;
The sourest ascetic could not hut have laughed
At the highly romaDtic appearance wo ipa le.
Roses and jonquils on bright heads in crowns.
Wreaths of them, too, from the gunwales float,
Boughs of fresh foliage in wild festoons
From stem to stern of the painted boat;
But under them all on cheek and lip
Rosebuds more tempting, and laugh and song,
Hands splashing over, nml oar-b!ades a-dip.
And beauty and bliss, as wo drifted along.
We reached island : How well I‘recall
The pretty girls’ screams as we helped them to
land—
How Bose wet her feet, and Flo’s flimsy shawl
Like a cloud veiled my arm as she gave me her
baud!
Then the neat little lunch in the legeuded grot,
With tho white cloth spread by the sx>ring at its
mouth.
The jests I remember, tlie-toasts I've forgot,
And the wind pouring in from the clouds in the
BOUth.
Then we made them a swing from a grape-vine
twist.
Read poems, told tales, with a romp now and
then,
Play< <1 croquet a while had a rubber of whist,
And talked with the echo that haunts the glen.
Thenjn couples apart, as betrothed lovers should,
V' ty-traycd, to reptat the old tale ever young.
How well I remember the bench In the wood,
Between the two oaks, and who sat there so long.
TheD, weary but blithe, at the day’s dim close, 1
We drifted in peace in tbe starlight a-down,
And saw with regret, as the sickle-moon rose,
The faint-twinkling lights of our trim little town;
For our hearts wero so full aud our souls were so
blest,
We wished the fair stream were enchanted, that
we
Might glide down for aye on its soft-heaving breast,
Till lost iu the gleam of a far fairy sea.
Tinged wi!h romance how these things now appear!
For, just on my way through the village to-day,
I passed the old house where for many a year
Fair Florence my rival’s proud home lias mads
gsy;
And Ralph and Nell aro long married ; and Rose
Passed away when poor Curtis was killed by the
w ars;
And I am alone, while the calm river flows.
Unheeding and bright, through its blossoming
shores.
THREE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESSES.
Early in liis reign,*• Mohammed, of
Granada, had found among the captives
in one of his forays into the territories
of the Christians a damsel of tran
scendent beauty. The fair captive, and
the old duenna who had been taken with
her, were consigned to the royal harem,
and in due time the former made the
Moorish sovereign (called the left
handed king) tho proud and happy
father of three lovely daughters, ail
born at a birth. Mohammed could have
wished they had been sons, but consoled
himself with the idea that three
daughters at a birth were pretty well
for a man somewhat stricken in years,
and left-handed. As usual with all
Moslem monarclss, ho summoned his
astrologers on this happy event. They
cast the nativities of the three princess
es, and shook their heads.
“Daughters, O king !” said the sages,
“are always precarious property; but
those will most need your watchfulness
when they arrive at a marriageable a?e;
at that time gather them under your
wings, and trust them to to other
guardianship.”
The threefold birth was the last mat
rimonial trophy of the monarch; his
queen died soon after, bequeathing his
infant daughters to his love, and to the
fidelity of the discreet Kadiga—for such
was the name of the duenna.
Acting upon the advice of his astrolo
gists, the cautious monarch sent his
daughters under the care of the Kadiga
to be reared in the castle of Salobrena.
This was a sumptuous palace surround
ed by strong fortifications and situated
on the summit of a hill which overlooks
the blue waters of the Mediterranean
sea. Here the princesses remained,
surrounded by all kinds of luxuries and
amusements. Ye rs rolled on smoothly
and serenely, the t screet Kadiga watch
ing her precious charge with unremit
ting care. At a corner of the garden
-which clothed the side of the hill on
which the royal castle of Salobrena was
built, was a smail watchtower, fitted up
as a pavilion, with latticed windows to
admit the sea-breeze. Here the prin
cesses—whose names were Zayda, Zo
rayda,* Zorahayda—used to pass the
sultry hours of mid-day, taking their
siesta, or noontide slumber. Here, as
the sisters were one day inhaling the
healthful breezes wafted over the azure
bosom of the Mediterranean, their at
tention was attracted by a galley which
came coasting along with measured
strokes of the oar. As it drew near
they observed that it was filled with
armed men. The galley anchored at
the foot of the tower in which they sat,
and a number of Moorish soidiera
landed on the narrow beach, conducting
several Christian prisoners. The fair
occupants of the tower peeped cautious
ly through the close jalousies of the
lattice, which screened them from sight,
and perceived among the prisoners three
Spanish cavaliers, richly dressed. They
were in the flower of youth, and of noble
presence; and the lofty manner in which
they carried themselves, though loaded
with chains, and surrounded with ene
mies, bespoke the grandeur of their
souls. The princesses breathed with in
tense and breathless interest. Cooped
np as they had been in this castle among
female attendants, seeing nothing of the
male sex but black slaves, or the rude
fishermen of the sea-coast, it is not to
be wondered at that the appearance of
three gallant cavaliers, in the pride of
youth and manly beauty, should pro
duce in their unsophisticated bosoms
sensations closely bordering upon the
agreeable.
“ Did ever nobler being tread the
earth than that cavalier in crimson ?”
cried Zayda, the eldest of the sisters.
“ See how proudly he bears himself, as
though all around him were bis slaves!”
“Bat notice that one in green !” ex
claimed Zorayda. “Whatgrace! what
elegance ! what spirit!”
The gentle Zorahayda sgid nothing;
but she secretly gave preference to the
chevalier in green.
Weeks and months glided oh, the fair
sisters thinking only of tho captive cava
liers, iqpl becoming daily more and
more under the influence of the fatal
passion which the memory of them
strengthened and confirmed. The pro
gress of this dangerous and subtle dis
ease was not nnpereeived by the sharp
sighted Kadiga, The discreet old wo
man became alarmed at the mischief
which she had not the power to counter
act or remove, and resolved to rid her
self of her responsible charge by inti
.mating to Mohammed that his daughters
had arrived at the marrigeable age—the
critical period at which the astrologers
had wsrningly pointed.
As he sat one day on a divan in one of
the cool halls of the Alhambra, a slave
arrived from the : ortress of Salobrena,
with a message from the wise Kadiga,
congratulating him on the anniversary
of his daughters’ irthday. The slave
at the same time presented a delicate
little basket, decorated with flowers,
within which, on a couch of vine and fig
leaves, lay a peach, an apricot, aud a
nectarine, with their bloom aud down
and dewy sweetness upon them, and all
ia the early stage of tempting ripeness.
The monarch was versed in the oriental
language of fruit and flowers, and read
ily divined the meaning of the emblem
atic offering.
“ The critical period has arrived, ”
said he; “I must gather them under
my wing, aid trust no other guardian
ship.”
So saying, he ordered that a tower of
the AlLftmbra should be prepared for
their reception, and departed at the
head of his guards for the fortress of
Salobrena, to oondqct them homo in
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1874
. person. About three years had elapsed
since Mahommed had "beheld his daugh
ters, and he could scarcely credit his
eyes at the wonderful change which that
small space of time had made in their
appearance. During the interval they
had passed that wondroub boundary line
in female life which separates the crude,
unformed, and thoughtless girl from
tbe bloomiug, blushing, meditative wo
man.
Ha prepared for his return by sending
heralds before him, commanding eveiy
one to keep out of the road by which he
was to pass ; and that all doors and
windows should be closed at the ap
proach of the princesses. He then set
out, accompanied by his precious charge,
on three beautiful white palfreys, and
escorted by a strong guard.
The cavalcade was drawing near to
Granada, when it, overtook, on the banks
of Xenil, a small body of Moorish sol
diers, with a convoy of prisoners. It
was too late for the soldiers to get out
of the way, so they threw themselves
on their faces on the earth, ordering
their captives to do the same. AraoDg
the prisoners were the three identical
cavaliers whom the princesses had seen
from the pavilion. They either did not
understand, or were too haughty to
obey the order, and remained standing
and gazing upon the cavalcade as it ap
proached.
The ire of the monarch was kindled
at this flagrant defiance of his order?.
Drawing his scimitar and pressing for
ward, he was about to deal a left-handed
blow that would have been fatal to at
least one of the gazers, when the prin
cesses crowded round him, and implored
mercy for the offenders. Mohammed
paused with uplifted scimitar, when the
captain of the guard threw himself at
his feet and exclaimed: “Let not
your majesty do a deed that may cause
great scandal throughout the kingdom.
These are three brave and noble Span
ish knights, who have been taken in
battle, fighting like lions.” “Enough !”
said the king, “ I will spare their lives,
but pirnish their audacity; let them be
taken to the Vermilion towers, and put
to hard labor.” While Mohammed had
been milking this harangue, the veils of
the three princesses had been thrown
bock, and the radiance of their beauty
revealed. Its effect upon the three cav
aliers was instantaneous and complete.
Quick as was this victory, not less singu
lar was the fact that each of the love
vanquished cavaliers was enraptured
with a special beauty. The cavalcade
resumed its march and reached the Al
hambra ; the Spanish captives were con
ducted to their allotted prison in the
Vermilion towers in the same fortress.
The memory of the noble cavaliers
filled the fair charges of Kadiga with
pensive and melancholy thoughts. In
spite of all the luxury with which
they were surrounded, they pined and
faded. In vain did the anxious Moham
med ransack the Zacatiu of Granada for
the richest silks and most precious jew
els. He gave it up as a hopeless affair,
and gave carle blanche to the discreet
Kadiga, in whom his confidence was un
bounded. The wise duenna was skilled
in diseases of the heart, and knew the
best medicine for her pining charge.
The day before she had discovered the
locale of the Christian captives, and go
ing privately to Hnssien Baba, the big
whiskered, broad-shouldered renegado,
in whose charge they were, and slipping
a broad piece of gold into his itching
palm, thus signified her wishes : “My
mistresses have heard of the musical
talents of the three Spanish cambers,
and are desirous of hearing a specimen
of their skill. lam sure you are too
kind-hearted to refuse them so innocent
a gratification.” The cautious Hnssien
was about to suggest obstacles and dan
gers, but they were removed by the
golden logic of Kadiga, and it was ar
ranged that the cavaliers should be
placed to work in a ravine at the bot
tom of the princesses’ tower. The va
rious scenes in the interesting drama
which followed need not be detailed.
By the generous connivance of Hussien
Baba, the lovers held converse by song
and flowers. Days and weeks flew by
like so many hours, the mutual passion
of the captives and their royal mis
tresses becoming strengthened by the
very difficulties by which it was at
tended. At length there was an inter
ruption in ther telegraphic correspond
ence; for several days the cavaliers
ceased to make their appearance in the
glen. The three beautiful princesses
looked out from the tower in vain. In
vain they stretched out their swan-like
necks from the balcony ; in vain they
sang like captive nightingales in their
cage; nothing was to be seen of their
Christian lovers; not a note responded
from the groves. The discreet Kadiga
was sent forth for intelligence, and soon
returned with a face full of trouble.
“Ah, my children ! ” cried the sorrow
ing duenna, “you may now hang up
your lutes on the willows. The Span
ish cavaliers are now ransomed by their
families ; they are down iu Granada
and are preparing to return to their
native country.”
The three beautiful princesses were in
despair at the tidings. As soon a3 the
first buist of sorrow had subsided, the
faithful governess ventured to finish
her communication. “ Yes, my chil
dren, well may you grieve at the loss
of such worthy cavaliers. Granada,
alas ! has not their equals. Would they
had embraced the faith of Islam, and
taken service under your father ! There
might have been hope. As it is, they
are in despair, and could think of only
one plan that would remedy your com
mon misfortune.”
“What was it, good Kadiga?” ex
claimed the anxious princesses in a
breath. “ What was it ? that we may
lose none of their parting words.”
“In the excess of their affection, they
endeavored to persuade me to urge you
to fly with them to Cordova, and become
their wives!”
The three princesses turned alternate
ly pale anil red, and trembled, and looked
dowD, and cast a shy look at each other;
but doubts and fears were all silenced
and removed by the potent arguments
of love. The following night was the
one appointed for their escape. Toward
midnight, when the Alhambra was buried
in sleep, the discreet Kadiga listened
from the balcony of a window that looked
into the garden. Hussien Baba, who
was to accompany the cavaliers in their
flight, was already below, and gave the
appointed signal. The duenna fastened
the end of a ladder of ropes to the bal
cony, lowered it into the garden, and de
scended. The two eldest princesses fol
lowed her with beating hearts ; but when
it came to the turn of the youngest
princess, Zorahayda, she hesitated and
trembled. Every moment increased the
danger of discovery. A distant tramp
was heard.
“The patrols are walking the rounds,”
cried tbe renegado; “if we lingerwe per
ish. Princess, descend instantly, or we
leave yon.”
Zorahayda was for a moment in fear
ful agitation ; then, loosening the lad
der cf ropes, with desperate resolution,
she flung it from the balcony.
“It is decided!” she cried ; “ flight is
now ont of my power. Allah guide and
bless you, my sisters ! Farewell!”
The two eldest princesses would fain
have lingered, but the furious renegado
hurried them away. A dark subter
ranean passage soon brought them to
the outside of the fortress, where the
cavaliers awaited them with swift steeds.
The lovers were disguised as Moorish
soldiers of the guard, commanded by
the renegado. The lover of Zorahayda
was frantic when he heard that she had
refused to leave the tower; but there
was no time lo lo'se in lamentations.
The two princesses were placed behind
their lovers, the Kadiga mounted be-
hind the renegado, and all set off at a
discreet round pace in the direction of
the pass of Lope, which leads through
the mountains to Cordova.
They had not proceeded far when
they heard the noise of drums and
trumpets from the battlements of the
Alhambra.
“Onr flight is discovered !” said the
renegado.
“We have fleet steeds, the night is
dark, and we may distance all pursuit,”
replied tho eavaliers.
They put spurs to their horses aud
scoured across the Yega. They had at
tained the mountain of Elvira, and
were entering a pass when a bale-fire
sprang np into a blazo on the top of the
watch-tower.
“ Confusion !’’ shouted the renegado;
“ that fire will pnt all the guards of the
passes on tho alert. Away ! awny!
Spur for your lives, or they are lost.”
Away they dashed, the clattering of
their horses’ hoofs echoing from rock to
rock, as they swept along the road that
skirts the *hcky mountain of Elvira.
“Forward ! forward !” cried the rene
gado, as the watch-tower of the moun
tains answered the light from the Al
hambra. “To the bridge —to the
bridge, before the alarm has reached
there !”
They doubled the promontory of the
mountains, and arrived in sight of the
famous Puento del Pinos that crossed a
rushing stream, often dyed with Moor
ish and Christian blood!! To their con
fusion the tower on the bridge blazed
with lights, and glittered with armed
men. Followed by the cavaliers, the
renegado struck off from the road,
skirted the river for seme distance, and
dashed into its waters. They were
borne for some distance down the rapid
current; the surges roared around them,
but the beautiful piincesses climg to
their Christian knights, and never ut
tered a complaint. The party soon
gained the opposite bank in safety, and
were led by the renegado, by rude and
unfrequented paths, through the heart
of the mountains, so as to avoid all the
regular passes. They suoceened ia
reaching the ancient city of Cordova,
where the restoration of the cavaliers
to their country and friends was cele
brated with great rejoicings. The prin
cesses were forthwith received into the
bosom of the church, and, after being
in all due form made regular Christians,
were rendered happy wives.
After the flight of her sisters, the un
happy Zorahayda was confined still
more closely, though she had no known
inclination to elope. It was thought,
indeed, that she secretly repented hav
ing remained behind, for now and then
she would be seen leaning on the battle
ments of the tower, and looking mourn
fully towards the mountains of Cordo
va ; and sometimes the notes of the
lute were htard accompanying mournful
ditties, in which slio lamented the loss
of here sisters and her lover, and be
wailed her own solitary life. She
died young, and, according to popular
rumor, was buried in a vault, and her
untimely fate has given rise to more
than one traditionary fable.
The Grasshopper Plague.
The plague of locusts' in Egypt, as
depicted in the book of Exodus, is said
by eye witnessess of the ravages of
western grasshoppers to be a correct
picture of the modern plague in some
sections of the conntry : “ For they
covered the face of the whole earth, so
that the land was darkened; and they
did eat every herb of the land, and all
the frnit of the trees which the hail had
left: and there remained not any green
thtog in the trees, or in the herds of the
field, through all the land of Egypt.”
Most melancholy details come from all
paitsof the west. In Kansas a loDg
drought dwarfed and withered grass
and grain ; then myriads of grasshop
pers darkened the atmosphere, and
swarmed down upon plain and valley,
literally stripping the fields of every
green thing. This ravaging insect army
traveled at the rate of twenty or thirty
miles a day ; the air was alive. They
worked in concert, swooping down upon
a town with fierce rapidity, beating
against the houses, swarming in at the
windows, covering passing rail road
trains, and leaving destruction in their
path. Farmers and their families at
tempted to fight tbe invaders with fire.
Piling brush and hay about their fields,
they applied the torch, anij the suffo
cating smoke filled the miles
around. In some sections this device
drove back tbe incoming grasshoppers.
But this calamity has destroyed the
hopes of many a farmer, who, as anew
settler, had risked his all in the hope of
an enriching crop. Some, disheartened,
only desire to raise money enough to
seek some less stricken locality ; but
the majority are energetically working
to guard against the disastrous conse
quences which naturally follow such a
scourge. But next winter it will be
very different in Kansas from what it
was three or four years ago, when corn
could scarcely find a sale at fifteen cents
a bushel, and was even used as fuel in
some parts of the state, being cheaper
than coal.
Galileo’s Telescope.
In the year 1609, Galileo relates, he
first heard from a friend in Flanders
that an instrument had been invented
by which distant objects were brought
near and the powers of vision extended.
He resolved at once to imitate and sur
pass it. By his singular mechanical
dexterity, his knowledge of optics, and
his highly polished glasses, he was soon
able to produce a telescope before which
the Dutch instrument sank into neglect,
and was forgotten. It was never more
heard of ; but a thrill of wonder passed
over Italy and Europe when it was
kuown that the famous Paduan profess
or had prepared an optic glass that en
larged the bounds of vision and endowed
mankind with new powers. The charm
of surpassing novelty covered the won
derful invention with an unprecedented
renown. The great and the learned
contended for the possession of the new
instrument. Galileo carried his tele
scope to Venice, and from the tallest
bell towers senators and nobles saw
through tbe magic glass great argosies
sailing far out at sea, and the distant
shores brought near and made visible.
All the value of the new instrument
broke at once upon their minds; it
must change the principles of military
strategy, and diminish the perils of nav
igation. Magistrates, senators and citi
zens covered the fortunate iifventor with
applause. With discreet courtesy Gali
leo presented his telescope to the Doge
at a friendly audience, and the Vene
tians at once raised his salary to a thou
sand florins. Covered with honors and
emoluments, he returned to Padua,
little conscious of the surpassing dis
coveries that yet awaited him in the
silent heavens, or of the pains and woes
he was destined to bear in his later
years from tUe heretical revelations cf
his too truthful and fatal telescope.
Henry Caret, cousin of Queen Eli
zabeth, after having enjoyed her majes
ty’s favor for several years, lost it in
the following manner : As he was walk
ing one day, full of thought, in the gar
den of the palace, under the queen’s
window, she perceived him, and said
to him in a jocular manner, “What
does a man think of when he is think
ing of nothing?” “Upon a woman’s
promise,” replied Carey. “ Well done,
cousin,” answered Elizabeth. She re
tired, but did not forget the answer.
Some time after he solicited a peerage,
and reminded the queen that she had
promised it to him. “ True,” she said,
“but that was a woman’s promise.”
ENGLAND.
Tiie Morels ot Progress in the “Mother
Country.”
Cor. Courier-Journal.
The notion that Old England is in her
dotage, that her national vigor and en
terprise are declining, and that she is
too stupidly conservative to follow the
progressive instincts of the times, pre
vails very largely in tho United States.
In faot, very few people, except the
traveling element of onr population,
regard England with an intelligent eye.
To most Americans she is a kind of fos
sil, an old fogy, stereotyped in all the
old ways, and almost utterly adverse to
improvements and changes for the bet
ter. After on absence of several years
from her shores, I am sure, from what I
have seen, that the old lady is not only
as young and stronger than ever, but
that there are no signs of approaching
age or feebleness. The traveler’s first
view of Great Britain is one of the best
and fairest of her material and commer
cial strength. Leaving the Irish chan
nel, studded with lighthouses, bell
buoys and other contrivances for the
safe conduct of her vessels, an immense
line of massive docks present its bold
front to the waters. This is a work of
modern time, and marvelous even to
sea-faring eyes. Li a few more years,
what is now barren beach at the south
end will be occupied by an extension of
the docks. Such is and will be the pro
gress of the country at this point and in
this direction. At other ports of the
kingdom, such as Bristol and London,
great undertakings are to be begun. So
that the recent sensation which has
filled Europe with regard to the designs
of the Russian Bear has not completely
stupefied the maritine senses of Old
England.
The new landing stage, destroyed [a
few days after my arrival, was certainly
an achievement of a very high order of
engineering skill, and a proof, among
many others in the same locality, that
the power which made England what
she is, can and will make her still greater
as she grows older.
That portion of Liverpool bordering
on the Mersey has bean, since my last
visit, a dozen years ago, so entirely
changed, so vastly improved as to be as
new as a strange country to me.
London has not beeu asleep while the
great cities of the world have been
marching on, during the last decade.
Her underground railways, running in
every direction and to every point,
are simply wonderful. Her "old-nar
row streets are being widened at an
immense cost. The most costly prop
erty in the world i3 being converted
into capacious streets, and superb
structures are everywhere in process of
erection. The new Victoria street, run
ning from the Mansion House, is already
magnificent, but when finished will be
still grander. The famous Poultry will
soon be at least as wide as Cheapside.
London is also on the alert to get the
best pavement. Her streets show that
she has tried everything that has ever
been known. Cheapside and many other
streets seem to succeed finely with the
asphalt, which has been recently laid
on Market, from Fifth to Third, in our
own city. It is interesting to watch
with what ease and precision the im
mense traffic of Cheapside is conducted
upon this asphalt pavement. I fre
quently remarked that it was less slip
pery than the Nicholson and stone pave
ments. I hope it will prove to be as
serviceable in Louisville as it is pleasant
and economical as to space in London.
The spirit of progress is as much an
iconoclast here as elsewhere. The an
cient and even the famous things must
come down and pass away to make room
for the new. The palatial Northumber
land House, opposite Trafalgar Square,
will shortly fall, and in its place will
rise sundry 'petty kingdoms, where
princes of a different order will hold
court and drive the car of commerce.
One evening I rodo through Temple
Bar, from Fleet street, into the Strand.
Ou tbe next morniDg vehicles of every
description were prohibited from pass
ing through, as the Keystone was loos
ened and there wero sundry ominous
crevices in the center arch. Crowds of
people loitered for days on the Fleet
street and Strand sides, as if anxious to
be present when the final catastrophe
arrived.
The danger which threatened demoli
tion to this old memorial of the city,
awakened quite a lively interest among
the people, and the papers were agitated
with the question, “ What to do with
it ?” The first impulse with all was to
save it if possible. If it could not be
preserved upon its present site, they
suggested that it should be transferred
to one of the parks. Sundry supports
have been placed under it, and other
repairs have been made, but all of a
temporary character, for there is but
little donbt that it will soon be taken
down and the street made wider.
The Thames embaukment is only an
other of tho numerous demonstrations
which old England is giving continually
that the power which she is putting
forth to preserve, magnify and perpetu
ate herself is at least equal to that by
which the old Britons created her. The
banks of the Thames were formerly
very unsightly places. Now they are
simply grand in their vast proportions
of masonry and the very spacious boule
vards that now skirt the ancient limits
of the city. But to write of London in
her grand march of growth in all that
is substantial and beautiful in prosper
ity requires the space of tomes rather
than a newspaper letter. Its vastness
is absolutely bewildering.
I saw many of the leading towns of
the provinces which I had known very
familiarly when a boy, and was sur
prised to find that what I have written
of London is measurably true of them.
Many narrow streets in prominent local
ities had been widened, and streets of
buildings that had no better service for
the people than their antiquity, had
been superceded by handsome struct
ures of much private or public utility.
The country wa3 arrayed in all the
glory of an English harvest time. The
fresh green hedge rows skirting the
roads from one end of the island to the
other, are peculiarly charming. The
land is full of flowers in town and
country, so that old England still
blooms in her seasons as regularly as
the year rolls round.
Bathing Children.
Some mothers think, when their chil
dren get beyond two or three years of
age, the frequent entire bath can be
dispensed with. If some of the main
facts of physiology were well known
and understood, every one would per
ceive that cleanliness of the skin is one
of the conditions of good health. It
happens when bathing is disregarded
that the lungs, kidneys or bowels have
more than their own apportionment of
work. If these are strong and healthy,
they may bear the tax with little appar
ent injury, but, in most cases, a lower
ing of the vitality and tone of the sys
tem ensues. Large bath-tubs are pleas
aut and convenient, but rot indispensa
ble to the proper cleansing of the skin.
A speedy sponging of the body in pure
water, followed by friction in pure air,
is all that is necessary. When disin
clined to use water, I* find a thorough
application of the flesh-brush to the
whole person an admirable substitute ;
especially, on retiring, it relieves ner
vousness, equalizes the circulation and
induces quiet sleep. Mothers, above
all, should see that their children are
well bathed. If their skins are kept
active and healthy, there will not be
half the danger from fever, colds, and
eruptive diseases. If your little one is
oross or troublesome, and finds no occu
pation that pleases him, try the effect of
a bath ; sometimes it is magical, and, if
tired, he will go to sleep, and awaken
bright, cheerful aud happy. Do not,
though, as I have seen some parents do,
plunge a child into cold water when he
screams aud shrinks from it, thinking
you are doing a good deed. Nature
must be the guide ; if your child has a
nervous constitution, a shock of this
kind is only exhausting and injurious.
Upon the Occasion of His First Baby.
It was his first baby, and he sat down
to think about it, with a copy of “ De
wees on Children” spread ont before
him.
Having refreshed himself with the
phenomena of oroup, scarlet fever and
measles, he closed the volume and
sighed.
“Poor devil.” That was his judg
ment on himself. “Poor devil.”
Then he wrapped his morniDg gown
about him, aud went and rested his nose
against the window-pane.
It was raining outside, and it didn’t
seem to him so particularly sunshiny
within.
“Hive syrup,” said he to himself,
“ at 25 cents per ounce bottle; socks,
§1.20 a pair; relays of paregoric, 40
cents a relay; linen, 80 cents per yard,
aud God only knows how many yards
it’s going to take before I’m through
with it; nurse, §2O a month ; doctor,
twice a day, at §5 a call.
Then he heard a yell, and rushed tip
stairs, expecting to find the baby dead.
The door was slammed in his face, and
he meandered slowly back to the sit
ting-room.
It seemed gloomier than ever.
“What did I do it for?” he mur
mured, while the rain beat a reproach
ful rataplan on the window-panes.
He thought he would go round to the
club, and then be thought he wouldn’t.
When a man is for the first time a
father, instinct tells him to dodge his
old companions. It is better for him
to “tread the wine-press ” alone.
But bow to get away with the cease
less stir and rustle of females going in
and out doors and up and down stairs ?
He was nervous, and felt like a man
sitting on the ragged edge of remorse.
Likewise he recalled the saying of
Isaiah, “In that day seven women shall
take hold of one man.”
But it seemed to him as if seventy
women had taken possession of his
house, and penned one man np in one
corner of it.
It occurred to him to sing a hymn—
but then the baby might be asleep, aud
his instructions were to keep as quiet
as possible. And still the rain fell, and
the dripping branches tossed to and fro
with every passing gust. Was there ev
er such a dreary day ? Was ever the
problem, “What shall Ido with my
self?” so utterly nnsolvable?
But it is tbe duty of a man of genius
to rise superior to circumstances.
Little minds bend before the tempest
of human events ; great ones turn that
tempest to their purposes.
So reasons the man with his first baby;
and when his house ceases to be his
castle, and nurses and nature combine
to make it his prison, he turns to and
finds nepenthe and occupation in whit
tling himself a fresh supply of tooth
picks.—News.
The Profits of Cotton Raising.
A cotton planter, and formerly a
Chicago man, writes from Vicksburg,
Miss., urging northern and western men
to engage in cotton-planting, showing
as an inducemeat the enormous profits
tho business is capable of yielding when
conducted by northern men, upon north
ern economy and principles, with capi
tal of their own. After reciting, for
purposes of comparison, the old meth
ods ot storing in use before the war,
which are now still more indifferently
perpetuated, he gives the results of
northern methods of farming applied
to cotton raising, in this wise : Corn
and cotton were formerly both planted
in drills, and, a great superfluity of seed
being used, the process of thinning both
crops to a stand was slow and tedious.
The corn was usually cut out to 2 feet
in the drill, rows 5 feet apart; the cot
ton li to 2 feet in the drill, rows 6 feet
apart. Both corn and cotton can be
planted in “ check,” 4 feet each way,
or 3by 4, with perfect success. They
can then be cultivated with the im
proved farming implements of the west.
The buggy plow can be used in both
crops alike until the cotton has branched
so as to fo'b’.d its further use; and then
the sweep—the only important labor
saving implement in cotton culture,
except the double scraper, used before
the war—c m be used until the cultiva
tion of the crop is finished—about the
middle of July. The bush-like shape
of the cotton so shades the ground that
weeds grow only in the middle of the
rows, after the cotton has attained a
height of two feet; so that our sweep,
running once in the “middle,” would
go over ton acres a day and keep it clean.
It may be readily seen by this that the
use of the same implements nsed in
cultivating corn crops in Illinois, with
strong teams, would enable one man to
cultivate at least twice as much cotton
and corn as under the old system, which
to-day is far more imperfect than it was
before the war.
How the Grange Pays.
In the grange with which I am con
nected, daring the past season there
was an actual saving, in one quarter, of
§l2O to the few farmers who purchased
implements. Now take the 20,000
granges and wo have a total
sf §2,400,000 to tbe farmers of the
United States in three months. But
you will say at once that this amount is
not saved every quarter, nor by every
grange, nor do I say it is. Neither
does it cost the amount “D. L. P. C.”
has mentioned to run the granges every
quarter. The cost of charters, seals,
regalia, etc., is never imposed on the
grange but once. This would require a
deduction from his figures of over a
million of dollars, after the first quar
ter.
We not only consider it a paying in
stitution to ub on account of its finan
cial benefits, bnt we, as a class, have
begun to consider the social influence
of the organization. We cannot deny
that we are far behind the city in regard
to social life, for we have never had the*
opportunity of mingling together, and
educating ourselves in that sphere.
Thus it has not only proved itself to be
a sate for onr pockets, but also a store
house for onr minds.— Cincinnati Times.
A Perpetual Hot-Bed.
At Niederplants, near Swicknan, in
Saxony, a vaßt bed of coal has been
burning for over three hundred years.
The ground above this subterranean
bed of fire has become thoroughly
warmed by this time, and an ingenious
gardener has utilized it by planting on
it a large nursery garden. Here he
raises tropical plants of all kinds, with
exotic fruits, which flourish with a
vigor and luxuriance in the open air
that the best forcing houses could not
insure. His specialty is pineapples, of
which he has a great variety. There
are subterranean fires in other parts of
the world which have been utilized in a
similar way. Would it not pay, in cer
tain cases, to take a hint from these ac
cidental examples of underground heat
ing, and warm large plots of soil by
means of steam-pipes running under
the surface*? —Rural Carolinian.
The Austrians say that the reason
Kullman fired at Bismarck’s face is that
the prince ia known to wear a shirt of
mail on his body, without which, in
deed, he would have been killed by
young Blind,
MEAT-EATJNG PLANTS.
Some *Vtry Develop
raenUu!
At a recent meeting of the British
association, at Belfast, Dr. Hooker
submitted his views concerning “Borne
Carnivorous Plants aud their Habits,”
a topic which he observed had recently
acquired anew and special interest
from the researches of Dr Darwin into
the phenomena that a&mpany the
placing of albuminous substances on
the leaves of dioneea and other plants, i
and which, in the opinion of very emi
nent physiologists, proved that, in the
case of dioneea at least, this plant di
gests exactly the same mil stances in ex
actly the same way as the human stom
ach. With these researe les Mr. Dar
win was Btill actively engaged, and it
was with the view of aiding him that
the president had, under Mr. Darwin’s
instructions, examined some other car
nivorous plants at Kew. After giving
the history of the subject, and men
tioning that the discovery made with
regard to these plants had long been
unnoticed, Dr. Hooker exhibited a spe
cimen cf dionoei, which spread its
leaves ont, and when a fly was captured
instantly closed upon it. Examination
showed that the fly was dissolved in the
digestive fluid, exactly like ordinary
gastric fluid, belonging to the leaf.
When the fly was completely dissolved
the leaf spread out again, ready once
more for its prey. A leaf of the dio
ncea was fed with a piece cf beef, upon
which it closed, and did not open again
until the beef was consumed. Cheese
disagreed horribly with tho leaves, fin
ally killing them. The president ex
hibited other carnivorous plants, and
explained the traps laid in the leaves
and appendages where tbe plants caught
their victims and fed themselves with
the animal food which came in their
way. Mineral substance! had been
placed on a leaf which had shut upon a
fly or ant, bnt it showe 1 no sign of con
tracting. The fine hairs an the leaf
closed gently over a piece c>f wet chalk,
bat soon reopened, leaving the chalk
free. Before Mr. Darwn’s studies
these phenomena were little appreci
ated. It was a generalization, now al
most a household word, that all living
things had a common bond of union in
a substance which underlie! all the de
tails of structure. This wa§ called pro
toplasm. One of the most distinctive
properties was its aptitnde to oontract,
and in any given organism the particles
of protoplasm were so ananged that
they acted as it were in concert. They
produced cumulative effects which were
very manifest in the results. Such a
manifestation was found in the contrac
tion of muscle, and such a manifesta
tion they possibly had also in the con
traction of the leaf of the dioneea. All
students of the vegetable uide of or
ganized nature were astonisled to hear
from Dr. Sanderson that certain exper
iments which he had made a the insti
gat ion of Mr. Darwin, proved to demon
stration that when a leaf of this plant
contracts tho effects produced are pre
cisely similar to those which occur when
muscle contracts. Not merely then
were the phenomena cf digestion in this
wonderful plant like those of animals,
but the phenomena of contractility
agreed with those of animals also.
Though the processes of plant nutri
tion were in general extremely differ
ent from those of animals, and involved
very simple compounds, the protoplasm
of plants was not absolutely prohibited
from availing itself of food such as that
by which the protoplasm of animals are
nourished. Under this point of view
the phenomena of thdSb plants would
find their place as one more link to the
continuity of nature.
Prof. Huxley said that tho phenom
ena described by Dr. Hooker suggested,
with others, perhaps the greatest prob
lem at present open to them. They
found in the dioneea actions which ex
actly corresponded with what were re
flections in ourselves. The p ant, when
the insect touched a portion of its leaf,
shuts it exactly as an infant hand shots
when touched in the palm. Thiß im
plied a nervonsjsystem, and it showed
continuity in protoplastic matter. The
solution of the phenomena of the ac
tion of protoplasm in the plant was a
matter which would confer great honor
on him who fonnd it.
The Wives’ Return.
The Paterson Guardian says: “A
recent paragraph calling attention to
the fact that the summer widowers were
having the jolliest times imaginable in
the absence of their voluble halves has
had a most remarkable effect. The
wives como trotting home to tee about
this thing. One gentleman who was
having an unusually good time, and
whose wife had gone away to stay till
the middle of September, was wonder
fully astonished on going homo at four
o’clock in the morning to find his wife
sitting up waiting for him. the gave
him a rousing reception, and he looks
like the last rose of summer. 'The wide
world may wag as it will, but it s doubt
ful if he ever smiles again. The wives
are coming home unexpectedly every
day, and husbands had better Took out
a little in order that they nay save
some trouble.”-
Prehistoric Musical Instrument.
In a French cave which M. E. Pielte
discovered in 1871, he has foui and a pre
historic musical instrument, which he
describes as une ftulo neolithique. It
is formed of bone, and pierced with two
well-made holes; and was discovered in
a layer of charcoal and cinder! in the
cavern of Gourdan (Hante-Gironne),
associated with flint implement! of neo
lithic types. Evidences have before
been obtained of the existence of the
arts of engraving and sculpture among
the stone-using folk of Gaul, but this is
the first testimony that has tn aspired
to show that they wero sensible to the
divine influence of melody. One can
easily construct a moving romance ont
of this crude bone flute, upon which
some enamored lover may have serena
ded his savage sweetheart by the light
of tender moons.
The Enchanted Park.
The enchanted park in Colomdo is a
beautiful valley about a mile in length,
walled on either side by perpendicular
walls from 200 to 300 feet in height.
There is but one entrance to the en
chanted spot, and that is by a nigged
and dangerous pathway, and the foot
man experiences great difficulty in the
descent. Upon reaching the va ley one
would hear the rustle of the wind
through the lofty pines in tie cliff
above, sounding like the roar of some
everlasting hurricane, while the grass
beDeath the feet lay as calm and still as
death. Not even the slightest breath
of air could be felt. Everything was
so still that a person standing at the
lower part of the valley could t istictly
comprehend porsons speaking at the
upper end.
Queen Isabella has been summoned
by her Parisian butcher and other
tradesmen for non-payment of bills.
Her majesty’s defense is that sle con
tracted with her cook to supply the
royal table at twelve francs a dy per
head, exclusive of wines. Toe court
has taken a week to consider w lether
the ex : Qaeen of Spain shall be put on
oath to answer the evidence given on
these domestic particulars. i
Loud Dunmobe, the last royal gov
ernor of Virginia, had a daughter bom
in the colony not long before he left,
whom he named, in honor of the colo
ny, Virginia, and who is still living in
Eagland at the advanced age of 90 or
100,
VOL. 15--NO: 39,
SiYIJiGS AM) DOINGS.
Detroit young women carry \heir
left hand so that it looks like the paw
of a lame dog.
Within the past two years .over
$200,000 worth of sheep have been de
stroyed by Kentucky doge.
Sir James Paget, the eminent Lon
don surgeon, publicly protests against
the high-heeled boots that ladies now
wear.
Judge Mackey, in South Carolina,
wears a silken gown, and goes to and
from court preceded by the sheriff with
a drawn sword.
LittijE men build up great ones, bnt
the snow colossus soon melts ; tie good
stand nnder the eye of God, and there
fore stand.— Landor.
O ceremony, show me but thy worth!
Art thon aught elso but place, degree
and form, creating awe and fear in
other men?— Shakspeare.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson resides in
Charlotte, North Carolina, She is quite
young, between twenty-five and thirty,
of medium height and pleasing.
Gone Kiting.—
She saw him on liia bright blue steed
A dusting down the road,]
And pit a oat, aul pit & pat *
Her little heartlet goed;
And soft she sobbbered to herself,
“ Though swift his paces be.
He capnot kite so fast bnt what
My heart keeps up with he."
Peace shows itself more in patience
than in judgment; so it is better to be
unjustly accused than to accuse others,
even with justice.— St. Martin.
CoNNGiSETTR says that every secret he
tells to one of the fair sex is a sticking
plaster, which attaches him to her, and
often begets a second secret. — Richter.
Morrissey’s winnings the present
season at the race track and club-homo
are put at $300,000. This is divided with
his two partners, Reed and McCormick.
Success in life is very apt to make us
forget the time when we were not much.
It is just so with a frog on a jump ; he
can’t remember when he was a tadpole,
but other folks can.
Paris langlis at the notion that the
Prince Imperial, at Woolwich, took the
first prize for horsemanship, and an En
glish boy the first prize for proficiency
in the French language.
Strange as it may appear, there are
not lacking persons who complacently
suppose everything to be nonsense which
they do not perfectly comprehend, or
flatter themselves that they do.
Goldsmith Maid was shod in Spring
field the other day, and the nails from
her old shoes were carefully preserved
fer wateh charms by those who hap
pened to be present on the occasion.
The Old Song.—
A little feast, a little fast,
A little hour of play;
A little caught, a little cast—
So runs the world away 1
A little maid, a little yes,
A little Wish, ’twaa ‘* nay ;
A little weeping in the night—
So runs the world away I
A little wind, a little snow,
A little time to stay;
A little thought of former years—
So runs the world away!
Aunt Betsey Fisher, says a Louis
ville paper, has twenty-two living chil
dren. When intet viewed by a reporter,
she admitted the twenty-two, but said :
“ Don’t publish it, for I came out to
Kentucky in search of another hus
band.” .
Some men are born to misfortune.
At a Fourth of July picnic a Covington
chap got his eye punched for speaking
to another fellow’s girl, and when he
tearfully explained that lied “knowed
her these thirty-five years,” he got all
his hair pulled out.
Here is a description of a mean
chnrcb, which has a moral in it: “Af
ter the old pastor died the deacons went
about for a
minister, and yon can get about as
much minister for*,that price as you can
get psalm tunes out of a file.”
There ia a false gravity that is a vary
ill symptom; and it may be said, that as
rivers which run very slowly have al
ways the most mud at the bottom, so a
solid stiffness in the constant course of
a man’s life is a sign of _ a th:ck ted of
mnd at the bottom of his brain.
California is succeeding admirably
as a grape growing region, this season s
vintage being placed at 10,000,000 gal
lons in 1873, and 2,000,000 in 1872. At
the same rate of increase she would
soon become one of the greatest grape
growing countries in the world.
M. Charles Lobin, of Chartris,
France, recently executed a magnificent
painting on glass, at th 6 instance* of the
emperor of Austria, for the National
museum at Vienna. This work of art
is a reproduction of the famous “ > im
itation ” of Sebastian del Piombo.
The Sacramento Union says that
there is a snow bank in the Rocky
mountains which sends its waters into
the Colorado, and thence to the Gulf of
California ; to the Columbia river and
the North Pacific ocean ; and also into
the Missouri and the Gulf of Mexico.
Wanted. —
God give us men! a time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true Doth an
ready hands;
Men whom the Inst of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who poatsees opinions and a will:
Men who nave honor: men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries without
winking; .
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above tae
fog
In public dutv, and in private thinking ;
For, while the rabble with their thumb-worn
creeds.
Their large professions and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps.
Wrocjgrales the land, and waiting Justice
sleeps.
Cincinnati men, when they hear of a
contemplated visit from the mother-in
law, write the family has the small-pox.
They get mad, though, when they re
ceive & telegram from the old lady say
ing she has had it, and so has Annt
Jerusha, who “I will bring with me to
help nurse the children.”
Sib John Hawshaw, the well known
Etglish engineer, lias embarked for
Brazil for the purpose of surveying a
line of coast extending about 5,000
miles, beginning at Pernambuco, with
the view of reporting upon eligible
spots for the establishment of harbors
and for the construction of new rail
ways.
Praise bestowed without any regard
to judgment exhibits a weak mind, and
he who believes it possesses a weaker
one. It also serves as a gorgeous cloak ;
for, after filling a man full of his own
greatness, he is so elated with the
glory, that he fails to perceive the fin
gers that pick and pull all his petted
theories into nothingness.
Since the franking privilege was abol
ished, public documents have been in
creasing at a startling rate in \Y ashing
ton. Tne agricultural report, with its
funny stories about bugs, beetles, and
house-flies, is actually pushing the roof
off the Capitol, and the cry is still they
ooma Arrangements are being made
to rent a few warehouses to store them in.
Fall Rives, Mass., has more looms,
moro capital and more spindles involv
ed in its cotton manufacture than Lo
well, Lawrence and Manchester com
bined. It has 44 mills, all immense
structures, built of solid granite, and
some of them beautiful in architecture.
In 1871, 11 large mills, with 40,000
spindles, and costing $10,000,000, were
erected. Eighty per cent, of the print
ing-cloths of the United States are
manufactured there. All the machine
ry for these gigantic mills was made in
the town. The population of the place
is nearly #),000.