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-TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBOIE, iJLb.,YJLNEI12-NO875. NIGHT AMONG THE HILLS. So still I So still l ho night comes down on vale and hill l o strangely still, I cannot close y oyos in sleep! No watchman goes bout the little town to keep 11 sato at night. I cannot sleep I Ho dark I So dark I ave here and there a flittering spark, he lirotly's tiny lamp, that makes 'ho dark more dense. My sphit quake - With terrors vague and undefined I see the hills loom up behind. do near ! So near I hose solomn mountains, grand and drear, heir rocky summits I ' Do they stand Like sontinols to guard the land ? Or jailers, fieroo and grim and stern, .io shut us in till day ro:urn ? I hoar a sound A chirping faint-luw on the ground, A sparrow's nest is there. I know The birdlings flow throo days ago ; Yet still return each night to rest 'Aud sloop in the for aken nest. No fear I No fear i Bloop, timid heart 1 Bleep safely hero I A million helpless creatures rest 'Securely on Earth's kindly broa t; . While Night litr solemn silence keeps, Ile wakes to watch who never als eps. Love In a Hood. "An express package for you, sir," said the porter, as he came into the room where Reginald Hathaway sat by the cheerful grate fire, smoking his evening cigar. "ludeed I" said the gentleman, as he tnook it front the porter's hands, mentally wondor ing who had sent it and what it containv . As he untied the outer wrappings of the package a little note dropped out and Iath away instantly recognized the address to be in the handwriting of his favorite cousin Sue. "I had quite forgotten that it wants only a few days of Christmas," he sad to hi,nself. Sue never forgets me when she dispenses her gifts." Opening the note he read as follows: I)EAR CousiN REOINAI.u.-I send you these slippers with my best Christmas wish es. I think they will be a good fit, because I had them modeled after that old shoe you left here last sumier, a reminder of the pleasant tramps we had together at that time. Always your loving COUSIN SUH. The gentleman took the cover off the box, and, unfolding the soft tissue paper which inclosed the Christmas gift, saw-not a pair of slippers, but the prettiest little blue and white hood lie had ever seen in his life. "Great Casar ! what does this mean ?" lie exclahned, as he held the soft zephyr head-gear in his hand. "So Sue's trying to play a trick on me. Perhaps she means to give me a sly hint in the matrimonial line. 'lhis is certainly very suggestive, but it will take more than that to make inc give up my comfortable bachelor quarters and hab its." He iunediately sat down and wrote: DEAR SuE.-I received by express to- I iight a blue and white hood. I dare say it I would be becoming to some styles of beauty, but I am entirely too dark for that combina tion. Furthermore, it is too small for this weighty head of mine, so full of legal wis dom. Ali, Sue! it is in vain to spread a net in sight of any bird. "Misery loves company." Because you went ' and got married last year, you want your friends to .do the same. A very pat hint, but I must I certainly return the hood, without weaving any threads of romance within its soft t meshes. My motto is, "Let well enough alone," and I am well enough. You mar- 4 ried people say you are happy (except to I your lawyers), and you feed on the madder of your delusion untIl your bones are red < with it. It's right enough you should.1 Somebody says something about slaves hug ging their chains. But to conme to the practical point. I suspect you made a mis take, and this hood is intended for one of those "dearest, sweetest girls," you used to rave about in your school days. I shall < await your commands. In the meantime I 4 shall put It on the topmost shelf in my 1 closet-so far from sight that i.t shall. not have an evil influence over me. True as In the old dlays, REoINALD. The letter waes sent in the evening mail, but the hood was not resigned to the top shelf until the next morning. "I suppose the bows are what they call 'gaslight blue,'"hie said, as he laid the hood down in his lap. I wonder what kind of a face it is intended to grace-a blonde, of course," and the gentleman folded the soft tissue paper over It, and leatiing lis head on the back of hIs easy chair, resunied hits cigar, and was soon off in a reverie of smoke-a reverie which was very inconsist ent with the letter he had wrItten. In a few days an explanatory letter came to hand from the Eastern cousin. "That husband .of mine," she wrote, "made an awful mistake. -He senlt you the wrong box. The hood was intended for Love Scrdriton, who has just moved to Denver. She Is the em hodiment of good-4 ness and loveliness-k' ~rat deg .too good for you, so you need not be so conceited as to think I am making a manouvre toward getting uip ar match for you in that direction. Trhe slippers have gone to Denver. I have written to have them returned to you. Please forgive my blundering matrimonial < alliance, and send the hood on to Love at I Denver." The hood was duly returned to the box, aiid then Rieginald HatIsway begatn to bme < troubled about the address. Of coIsse ther real name Is not Love,. he, reasoned; Sue always gives her friends pet names.., It: would be very presuming in me, a stranger,1 to address a lad by her pet nante. Just like a woman I foget half her traps when she gjoes off on a journey. After a half hoursa deliberation, he concluded to leave1 off the first name entirely, So the box was directed to Miss Scraditon, Denver, Colo-a rado.] The next evenig, after Rleginald i6ceived] his express paokage, anothet one was deliv ered at the residence of Elisha Scranton, in Denver, - , h "It is for you Love," said 'tefather, "as there is no oter Mis.Boranohnth house." . O n he "'For mre, papal" gelhtml a jouh~ ,lady, as she lqft her meat # thE piano., In an instant the outer wrappbr was torh off. and the little pote aogonapanying~ the box fellon theufloor, "It As fr htda' ont~oAij it the address. 'rhu she read aloud th: iontcnts. DEAi Lovit.-lere is the hood which rocheted for you. I selected blue mn white because you always look as "swee is a peach" in those colors. I only wish oud kiss your good face when you get i )n. In haste, your loving friend, Sx Asi.Ey. "Sue Is just splendid I" she exclaimed ifting the cover of the box. But in an in itant more a look of disappointment coveret icr face. "There is no hood here. main nit," she said. "Only a pair of slippers nd they must be for papa. Of course thei re a great deal too big for me;" and shi aid a No. 9 slipper on the carpet am )laced her dainty No. 2 foot beside it 'Yes, they must be for you, father; am 3ue, who is a grand elnioner about Christ nas time, in her multiplicity of cares whil ending Christmas gifts to her friends, ha orgotten to inclose the hood." "They are too big for me," said Mr 3cranton, who was a small mnan; "the nust be intended for some one else. Mrs .shley will find out the mistake and inforn 'ou of it. Meantime do not let our trea or the evening be interrupted." And the loving father led his daughte )ack to the piano, and bade her sing tn rood old songs of his boyhood-"Bonnii )oon," "Ingle Side," and "Kathleen Ma rourneen." Her voice was specially adapt d to those songs, because of its peculia weetness. "I don't care anything about your oper itic songs, Love," lie said, "but it does m icart so much good to hear you sing thosa ongs which are so full of pleasant memo ies of the days that will never come to inc. The father pressed his darling child t is bosom and imprinted upon her check Narm, loving kiss. le had always put fa 'rem his thoughts the day that might coi ,vhen another should take her from him. "Of course, nobody could help lovini icr," he said to his wife that evening, afte fove had retired to her room. "But it wil iave to be a paragon of perfection in thi hape of a man who will get my consent t ake her away from us and our home." In (le time the exchange of expres )ackages had been made, and "Love cranton looked "sweet enough to kiss" i1 ier blue and white hood-so the young mei )f Denver said. Reginald Hathaway's feet rested ever vening from their daily labors in the con ortable slippers. The circumstance of th xchange had been almost forgotten by th lentlenan until a few weeks after Christ nas, when riding home in the street car ne afternoon, he found himself in a sea )pposite the identical hood. le was posi ive that he was right In his conclusion, be ause he was sure he could swear to thi dentity of that, hood if lie were called upoi o pick it out of a thousand. Glancing a lie face within its inclosure, he was at one itruck by its remarkable beauty. Browi inar and blue eyes, and such a perfect con )iexlon l Of course, lie dared not look a he lady as much as he wished-a strange it a street car. But he was privileged to ull the bell for her when lie saw her mnak ng endeavors to catch the conductor'i ttention. Her "thank you, sir," echoed as swee nusic In his heart after he sat down aloni n his room that evening. "Where and when shall I ever see he igain 1" he said, to himself. "I ought to ave seen where her destination was, but )f course, I would not follow her." The next day Regiuald Hathaway re cived an invitation to a. party at Judg, Jourtland's. At first lie thought to send egret, but for poliey's sake lie knew it wa )est for him to accept. He was a risini roung lawyer, and Judge Courtland's atten ions to him were not to he scorned. Reginald Hathaway w'as what the ladie alled a "splendid-looking man," and who ie entered Judge Courtland's parlor thi might, with such grace and ease, the artillers rf brIght eyes from all corners were levelci inon him. "My friend, Miss Scranton, from Den rer," said-the daughter of the hostess, a lie presented tier visitor to the stranger. Instantly the gentlenian recognized thl 'ace he had seen In the horse cars a few lays before. Love. Scranton, all umconsci ius she had ever heard of the gentlemai efore, was perfectly natural in her manner n<d met him as she did all of her friend' niests. '"he name haid escaped tier hearing a on as pronounced amid the crowd o iewly-arrived people surrounding her :eginald Hathaway had two waltzes witi ?ive Scrantoii that evening, and was fortu mate enough to wait upon tier to the suppe om. "Do tell inc what that gentleman's nam rae," said the lady to her friend, Mar: fourtland, after the guests had gone. "Which one do you mean ?" she asked. "The one who.took me to supper," shi eplied. "Oh!I that was Reginald Hathaway m't he fine hooking and entertaining ?" - iHathiaway-LIathiaway," said Mis eoranton, "the name sounds familiar. 'Oh remenmber'now. . I think lie miust he Su .shley's cousin," and then she related tm iestake about the Christmas gifts. "Love in a hood-Love in a hood 1" ox mlaimed Mary Courtland. "What. if natci should conme from that episode vouhdn't It be romantic ?" "Such things always happen in books, eplied Love, "but I never heard of then a real life." "Well, I have," replied her friend. ould tell you of some romances in real lir hat happened among my fribnds." "r don't know as I care to weave an omance about Reginald Hathaway, as yeo all him," said Love Scranton, "especial >-ilght as I am so tired , and. sleepy; anced In every set this evening." " The party call," which~hf the lawye ras always looked upon as a'bore and oni~ mecessary for etiquette's sake ini'other ease -in this paticul#r one was an anticljiatoe ~leiAsure. It was made at his earliest con eonienco. Thdfe being other callers at th line, nomalluaion to the hood and slipper rere made. But the next evening,' whei >ve Scrantqn found hierself. aeat,ed b: teoginsjd HIatha,way at the opera waitinj >or,the curtin to rise, th'e glory eame out. "'I -knew that was th'e idoifitlcht hood sIhon I saw It in the borde cads," said thm gentleman, "I had It .In 107possso jou know, for nearly a wek ~dit wasa very pretty ornament In mny bschelor gjuai. r.I realty am sorry I ever partedwjIt When Reginald Hathawy reeo1ko he op~that night hes aol1 4t~ iiihsehf orthe fir taid lii life, tlM asin Ie*e adhi~leve 1AtithVU t hue thief oung lad was confidin to hi friend, Miss Courtland, the fact that shi had never seen a gentleman she thoughi half as nice as Mr. Hathaway. So wher Miss Courtland received an invitation foi herself and friend to take a moonlight sleigi ride a few evenings after, she declined witl a woman's never-failing excuse-headacht -but whispered in Love's ear: "I have learned to know that two is corn. pany, but three is a crowd-especially undei certain conditions." That evening when Reginald Hathawa3 helped Love Scranton into the sleigh, I had no intention of love-making, but hi little knew that Cupid had stolen a marcl upon him, and had hidden himself withii the warm folds of the buffalo robes. "Do you know, Miss "ranton," said thi gentleman, "what a dle 'u.- I was in aboul your address, when I re 'h -d Sue's lettei to forward the hood to y.u.' Just like t woman, she did not give any Christia name but 'Love,' and of course I knew thai was her pet name f,or you, and not a,prope one for a stranger to .use toward anothei strauger." "But everybody calls me Love," replie( the lady. "I have been called by thal name ever since I was a child. MIy rea name is Louise, but it has never been giver to- me, only at my christening." There was something so fascinating ir her eyes and in the tones of her voice, thal Reginald Hathaway alinost involuntaril3 said: "If everybody calls you 'Love,' may ] nQt call you so, too?" "Of course you may," she replied, look, ing into his face with the sweetest of smiles. Just then Cupid look advantage of th< position and shot an arrow of love so decl into the lawyer's heart that he said: "If everybody calls you 'Love,' may r not claim a particular privilege and call yo' my love? I do not like to have anythinl in comfmon with everybody else." Love Scranton had been influenced b3 r Cupid's presence in the sleigh as much a I the gentleman, but the situation was gettinf to be a serious one. "What would papt say to it all I" She did not answer then but she allowed her lover to take a warm loving kiss from the pretty face encased ii the blue and white hood, which was so ver3 becoming. "IIere, wife," said Mr. Scranton, a fev days after. "It has come-I knew it mus come some time, but I didn't e'xpect it s< - soon," and lie handed his wife a letter fron Reginald Hathaway,' asking the hand o: his daughter, adding that lie knew he ha< her heart already. "That's the way," sal( the father, as lie wiped a tear from his eye S"'Thus it is our daughters leave us." "Here is a letter from Love, too," h4 . said. "'Do, dear papa, say yes-I know : can never love anybody else half so well a I do Reginald. If you refuse to let mi have him, I will never marry anybody else and be a cross old maid all my life.' That'i what she writes," said the fr.ther. "I sup pose we will have to give her up, wife. t wish that man. was in Halafax-taking oun r child from us just as she is old enough to bi y companionable for us." "t is no more than you did twenty year ago," replied the wife. "People look at things in different lighti t from different standpoints, though," hi added. The wedding is to come off in .pril. r Love Scranton has gone home to get read3 > for the great event. Reginald Hathawa3 directs a letter to Denver every day. Coush Sue is delighted with the prospect, and says . "That husband of mine tells me that hi made the mistake on purpose, and is de lighted that his scheme succeeded just as h< intended it should." Hotel Deadbeat. 3 "Yes," said the affable clerk at the Pal 1 ace. the other day, as lie lifted his stomacl up on the oflce counter, and selected an other toothpick, "they are up to all sorts o: I dodges--these hotel beats-and we fellows have to keep a very sharp lookout for 'em bet your life." So "Do-ehl" "Now, for instance, about four month: ago a nice old gentleman came in with ratl'er fast looking young man, who hat lust arrived from New York,.ho said, an< a gag~ed a handsome suit on the fifth floor The old man took me aside, and said he was forced to run over to Hong -Kong him self on tihe next steamer, but that he wouk leave lis son wvith us. The latter, he con ffidentially explained, was just then sowing considerable wild oats by the wayside. 'I fact,' said the old gentleman, with much -feeling, 'hoe so dissipated I dare not leay< any money with him, and I especially de sire that none be furnished him by youl 3 casaier-tot one single cent, remember, For fear, however, lie gets into any rea trouble during may absence I.will deposit hi your hands this package of gold notes. Us. 3. it freely if hmperatively necessary, but di not' met him suppoap yoit have any such de posit, as lie would be all the more reckles and dissipated.' If anything should hap I pen, we were to write to the old party, ca~ I Rothschild's Hong Kong agency." I '"Well.-tand thee,?", 3 ' Well, thie young fellow raised merr3 Ned aromynd tis edifice for, about threa -months. Ho beat Smith and I out of $40( at pedro; gave queer little sup,per parties Ih ,his room; got, drunk gud tried to hold the eletator-ndan's head overboard so -that- the next landing would cut it off; was chmase< tround the corridors by some married mal with a plstol nearly every night of his.,hife, and, in fact, was a regular flnorter iu' ever3 way." "Should think so." "Of course he never paid any board-w didn't expect this, having. his 'governor's bundle of securities loeked up all right i [the-safo.; 3Aut one day he dki semething .< blamed outrageous thit w6 'o6uldn't stan( it-had a chicken fight in the ladles paror, dr something--so we wrote him a wArninj I "What didhbesayl" -"Nothing but 'ta-ta,' and left te hote that very' day ; vamosed-disappeared. *Ai we didn't get any remittance from llonj a K,ong,, we opened the ackage Flat. week, and whmat do yoti stpAyw4M i itt" "Not such lu3c. Somnething can be dent with real good-aheomi eWhy', theres wae nothing in that bundle-but a coOtphe of Ol( , Moig,Calls.' Think of it, Morein t Cal11.1 Ught. It makes me sick tot thin of.it even diow," atid the ger Il hotel 6fltcia lifted his stornach down agalin, gtid irn sadily o'4 fi4h inea A Good florae. "I can't explain what a real good horse is," said one of the best natured dealers In the street. 'T'hey are as different as men. In buying a horse, you must look first to his head and eyes for signs of intelligence, temper, courage 'and honesty. Unless a horse has brains you can't teach him any thing, any more than you can a half-witted child. See that tall bay, there, a tie-look ing animal, fifteen hands high. You can't teach that horse anything. Why? W ell, I'll show you a difference in heads ; but have a care of his heels. Look at the brute's i head-that rounding nose, that tapering k forehead, that broad, full place below the eyes. You can't trust him. Kick? Well, I guess on! Put him in a ten-acre lot, where lie's got plenty of swing, and he'll kick the horn off the moon." The world's treatment of a man and beast has the tendency to enlarge and in tensify bad qualities, if they predominate. This good-natured phrenologist could not refrain from slapping in the face the horse whose character had been so cruelly deline ated, while he had nothing but the gentlest caresses for a tall, docile, sleek-limbed sor rel, that pricked her ears forward and look ed intelligent enough to understand all that was being said. "That's an awful good mare," lie added. "She's as true as the sun. You can see breadth and fullness be tween the ears and eyes. You couldn't hire that mule to act mean or hurt anybody. [ The eye should be full, and hazel is a good color. I like a small, thin ear, and want a horse to throw his ears well forward. Look out for the brute that wants to listen to all the conversation going on behind him. The horse that turns back his ears till they al most meet at the points, take my word for it, is sure to do something wrong. See that straight elegant face. A horse with a dishing face is cowardly and a cowardly brute is usually vicious. Then I like a square muzzle with large nostrils, to let in plenty of air to the lungs. For the under side of the head, a good horse should be well cut under the jowl, with jaw-bones broad, and wide apart under the throttle. So much for the head," he continued. "The next thing to consider is the build of the animal. Never buy a long-legged, stil ty horse, Let him. have a short. straight back and a straight rump, and you've got a gentleman's horse. The withers should be high and the shoulders well set back and broad; but don't get them too deep in the chest. The fore-legs should be short. Give me a pretty straight hind-leg with the hock low down, short pastern joints, and a round mulish foot. There are all kinds of horses, but the animal that has these points is al most sure to be sightly, graceful, good natured and serviceable. As to color, taste differs. Bays, browns and chestnuts are the best. Roans are very fashionable at present. A great many grays and sorrels are bought for shipment to Mexico and Cuba. They do well in a hot climate under a tropical sun, for the same reason that you find light-colored clothing most serviceable in summer. That circus-horse behind you Is what many people call a call co-horse; now, I call him a genuine pie bald. It's a freak of nature and may hap pen anywhere." Water Wiateiag. C. F. Latimer, now in Colorado, is a water witch. He was recently interviewed by a reporter who.propounded the follow k ing questions : . "How do you propose to proceed ? Where is your instrument ?" "Here it is," replied Mr. Latimer, pro ducing the stick-a forked twig, each prong being about a foot long. "I take a fork of this stick in each hand, holding the point upward, and walk over the'ground. If there is water or other substance under neath near, the point will be attracted to wards it. It will be attracted by anybody, - by a stove as well asany thing else, as you may see." Here the young man undertook to illustrate the modue operandi upon the stove and the bewondered reporter saw it gradually b.end over towards the heater, with about the same deliberation which characterizes. the "devil" when he attempts to rekindle the fire. It went over and at Ilast pointed towards the warmig pan like the finger of destiny. "Bravo I" exclaimed the reporter. "Now can you tell.me whether there Is 'silver it the p)ile of ore lying on that table ?" The specimens referred to were from the sup posed new carbonate district in Bouldem county, the character and value of whiclh are not known. Mr. Latimer said he thought he could tell. He had not, however, yet had any experIence with os. He woQld try. But he must have silver on the stick in order to determine the presence of this metal in the ore before, him. .Could any one ;furnish the necessary silver? iHalf a dozen editors 3 and printers said "certainly," and went in their pockets, and were all on the eve of furnishing the requisite piece of coin, whern the offRce boy, who had taken the hint-froni -'the foremaki, returned from the business of flee with the necessary amount, which was brand new froin the hand of Dr.- Linder man. "Some alloy in that," said Wr.. Latimer, "but I guess it swill do." So sayIng, he plAced the dhhe in a Slit at the EId of the rod, -ned t6ok it in his hands -as before. Gradually; but surely and persistently < the rod went over *ith great'dignity -unth1 the vortex- tondhe'd onei particular piece of ore a top rdck, and'very shabby in*appearance. "There's silver in that - piece,''-said Mr. Latimer, "Sure?9" "Sure aR you live. You can bank ett This piece wias then taken out of the pIle, and the r'od was' held over the remaining portion; iwith"the same. effect, thotmkh -it came -down more -'deliberately. ' "There'd 9op teXt '4 s~he ~xehenter, "but %t'e Try it on the hammer. -.The stick went down, but in going turned toward the ore, thus carrying ouit the theory of the manipu lAtor, that "like -draws like." f' That's hIs mottor' "Orti you 4tid water..with, the, rod, as otheft bokst' they huav f" "Every time. "lid CAn you tell whether it IA water or other matter that attractt If yogb he nral1 on* d y'\r die what the attraction Ie water l9" d i k t te n' th~ we want to hunt for siver We p reilver on the stick ; if we w gid we go4 i bthe k, dI t, Oop NtceM I-~ toad water or tI i seqhg o4l which the water or the mineral has upon the rod ?" "It is electricity or magnetism and noth ing else, as I can prove to you by standing upon glass sandals and making the experi nnt. These are non-conductors, and the switch is not influenced in the least." "There is then some science about the divining rod ?" "Oh, yes ; it merely obeys a law of na ture. Some of these days the divining rod and the dowser will not be laughed at as they now are. Why, doesn't Edison go upon the same principle when he talks of inventing a machine to discover the pres ence of ores? ''he Miner lode, in Clear Creek County, was discovered by R. A. Miner, of Illinois, by this means." "Can you tell the depth of the body you seek ?" "Oh, yes ; the switch commences to turn at an angle of forty-flve degrees from the object. To arrive at the depth requires but a smhple mathematical calculation." "And how as to the amount ?" "I believe that that can also be deter mined. 1 have an uncle who can tell, but I don't know that I can." Ostrich-IIuntting in Fatagonin. Far-stretching and apparently boundless plains, of absolute aridity-diversified only by the deceptive glitter of the salinas, or salt lakes-over which wander two or three hunters, With vagabond instinct and a de sire to be free from all social obligations, such is the picture which rises in our minds when we think of Southern Patagonia. These dreary pampas, home of the ostrich and the guanaco, extending uninterrupted ly for 30 or 40 miles, swept by fierce winds, with a sterile, sandy soil, covered with stones, present to the view nothing more than an occasional tuft of coarse, withered grins or a patch of stunted jume bushes, which furnishes a poor enough nocturnal shelter. Suddenly, however, the traveler who has fallen a little in the rear of his companions will be surprired at their sud den disappearance, and on following their fcct;teps will find that the plain has termi nated abruptly, and that they are descend ing in a zig-zag and almost- vertical preci pice to another plateau, sonic hundred feet below; or it may be that they have reached one of those grand ravines or canons where alone it is possible to find a stretch of ver dure or any alluvial soil. Yet Mr. Beer bohm tells us that the sober, hard Patago nian landscapes, with their impressive still ness and their grave immensity, had for him a stronger fascination that the most gorgeous tropical scenery, and for a time he found himself quite able to enter into the intoxicating fce.ig of de&ight with which the ostrich-hunter shakes off all conventio nal re:luirements, and clad in his fur capa, with his horses, dogs, and bolas, and one or two stauch companions, commits himself to the free life of the plains. The Patago nian ostrich is of much less value than his African cogener, being a smaller bird, and the feathers fetching an Inferior price; It is not, therefore, love of lucre, as much as in clination for a free, unstralned life, that leads men' to devote themselves to ostrich hunting. - So prolific, however, are both the bird itself and the guanaco, which pro vides the captor with lasso, reins, bolas, and even shoes, as sustenanice that one of these careless easy-going fellows is able to obtain everything which he counts as neces sary, as well as the few luxuries for which lie cares. Mounted on one of his hardy h*-ses, he fcllows his five or .six grey hounds, who give chase to the prey, and when within distance swings his bolas round his head and discharges them with such precision that they become firmly twisted round its body, effectually keeping it prl soner untill he can come up with it, and give it the coup do grace. The bolas are either round stones, or pieces of lead cove red with leather, and united by a thong. Much skill is required to throw thenm well, and not a little cleverness is also needed to manage the capa, or long fur robe, made by the Indian women, in which the hunter wraps himself, and by which he is effec tually protected from the searching wind. of the pampas. The horses, numbers of wnich roami wild.oever the plains and are eaptured and trained by the Indians, are of remarkable endurance, 70 or 80 miles a day b)elng as nothing to them, and at the end of such a journey they will start off after an ostrich as gamely as if they had b)een only just saddled. They will rarely, however, allow thiemseves to be approached on foot, even b)y their owner, and the only way of catching them Is by the lasso, al though, when once it is bridled, the horse will st-and on one sp)ot for hours, and not &ttemipt to run away. Saddling in the pam pas is a serhoous operation, since bed and bed-covering are always carried with one. Two or three folded blankets are first smoothy laid on the hore's back, to be fol lowed by the "carona," two thick pieces of leather sewn together, upon wvhichm is placed the saddle, firmly secured by a broad leather girt, and over this, again, are strapped sheep-skins, furs and other oover inlgs. A pack-horse convey s the tent, pro vision,, and cooking utensils. The dogs, of which there 'yere 18 in the company to which the writer attached himself, being the food-providers, must of course be tole rated; but their thieovish propensities, as well As their tendency to creep dripping wet into their owner's furs and pass the night in his close proximity, do not always render them very pleasant companions. Thes Kask-Ox.. The musk-ox measures only about five and a half feet from the tip of the nose to the root of the taill closely appreaching in size the smallest of Highland cattle, but is 1rIueh stouter in proportion and more comn paetIy built, the structures differing in the shortness amgd strength of the bones of the nook and length of the dorsal processes which support the ponderous head. The *eghte istually greatly over-estimated by yrgyvelers and writers, being placed apirox imately at 600 pounds; 800 pounds would prlblyba nearer the weight of the largest. Serror is doubtless due to thme apparent e se of the animal which owing to the hg nriss~ of wooly hair with which it is covered haa gven rise .to the common statement tht rt iva in size the largest English bul locs .The 6uter hair or fleece ls loiig and $hlc~b~o~orblack in color,, frequently de :q4l .lz)y,- and prolonge) to the knes, angegfsr below the middle of the le . Underneath the shaggy coat, and cbv en all parta of the animal, though"thhuclg ~h lve ~othe neck *nu4 shoulders, to,,f xqist drt ior6 A Chinese Marriage. Charles Sanuson, and interpreter of Chi nese and English, born in China, but educa ted in San Francisco, was married recently, a la Chinoiec, to a young Chinese girl named Ah Quy, which, being translated, means "Alice, the Angel." At about live o'clock the female chaperones conducted the girl in their charge to the rooms of her fu ture husband, but before she crossed the threshold of the door they threw a heavy handkerchief over her head and shut out everything from her sight. This, thej told her, was to warn her that in entering the married state she was groping in the (lark future; but that, with Implicit faith In the husband and relying upon him to guide her, she need not fear making a misstep. She was then conducted to the first room and the room adjoining, where she met the man that was to become her husbnt. Ile was standing by a bed in the room, and as she approached the handkerchief was removed from her head and both sat on the edge of the bed. In sitting down he intentionally sat on a portien of the long silken skirt she wore. She made no attempt to remove the garment, and by allowiig him to remain seated on it gave proof that she was his captive and willing to submit to his orders. Had she, however, drawn the garment to ward her it would hare been proof that si , would not be submissive, and would not obey hin unless she felt inclined to do so. The pair then knelt before a small altar, from which hung ancestral tablets, and each offered a prayer, after which they went into the other room, where they seated them selves. One of the chaperones poured tea into two of the cups and offered these to the groom and bride, telling each to take a sip. This being done they took the cups again, mixed the contents, and, returning them to the pair, told them to drink, saying that as their lips had touched the beverage they would draw inspiration from nach other by partaking of the mixture. The bride, accompanied by the chaperones, fol loweu by the groom and some relatives, formed a procession and left the house, amid the explosion of firecrackers, and marched through Stout's alley to the res taurant on Jackson street, where the guests had assembled and were waiting on the third floor. As the party ascended the stairs an orchestra played an air which a stretch of imagination might construe into a wedding march. As the bride entered the room where the guests were assembled she was supported by the two chaperones, and had her face hid from view by a large fan. She was then led around to each of the guests, and as she approached she cour tesied three tines. The gues's returned the courtesy and then recited a proverb, to which the bride replied. After having gone through the ordeal 111 times the party sat down to a banquet got up in the highest style of Chinese culinary art. The first course, which lasted nearly two hours, be ing over, the bride was escorted to her home again. During the evening a reporter, who attended the banquet, was asked by the groom to pay a visit to the bride. On the way to the bride's home the groom said: "I have been married in the true Chinese fashion to please my Chinese friends. The ceremonies last several (lays, and at the expiration of the seventh day I will go before a justice of the peace and he married in the American fashion." The reporter having been shown to a seat in the bridal house was requested to wait a few minutes until the bride was ready to come, as she was very bashful. In a few minutes the bride, supported by an elderly Chinese female, came from an adjoining room. She was attired in a new dark silk gown, which touched the floor and hid her feet fro n view; on her arms were heavy gold bracelets, and on the fingers of her left hand two gold rings. 11er raven black hair was pomaded and dressed with artificial flowers and gold pieces. As she entered the room she held a large fan in front of her face, which she lowered three times successively, and then bowed three times to the reporter. The elderly woman then handed her a tray on which were several cups of tea, in each of which was a small rose. This she in turn presented to the reporter, who took one of thme proffered cups and according to instruc tions said, "Thank you." She then pre sented time tray to time groom, who also took a cup of tea. Tme bride then offered some sweetmeats, which were partaken of. While the reporter and thme groom wore sip ping their tea the bride backed out of thme room, hiding her face from view as she did so. "You see," said the groom, "she backs out of your presence; that is a sign of res pect; if she did not respect you she would have turned her back on you as she loft the room." A B3urning Bath. A young man named Godfried Heider, of Johnstown, Pa., met with a horrible acci dent in the converting department of the Cambria Steel Works recently. Mr. Hel der was employed on the converting plat form in the steel works, having charge of the metal troughs which lead from the cupola to the converters; and while passing from one vessel to another, over a plank which was stretcned across the pit under neath the stack, laid there for thme conveni ence of time workmen in repairmng the con verters, a mass of white hot "skull" metal about twenty feet long, from three to four inches thick, and weighing nearly two tons, having become detached from the brick work by cooling came crashing down upon him from the mouth of the stack, breaking the p lank oa which he stood, and precipitating him face downward to the bottom of the pit, when the mass separated into two pieces, one of which, weighing about a ton, fell on him, completely covering him from his head to his feet. While a number of his fellow-employee were collecting about him with crow-bas etc., preparatory to making an effort to release him from is frightful situation, those who stooped down and looked under the mass of metal could see that lie was enveloped in a bright flame, and witnessed his agonIzing efforts to escape -while every movement of his arms, legs, or body only increased the horrible torture. In a moment or two, which must have seemed ani ago to the imprisoned man who was slowl burning up before the eyes of. his friends they go4 their bar underneath the "skull' and pried it up about a f6ot, and he was dragged forth-a mass of hiss ing seething flesh. Every vestige of cloth in wa4 buwrned from hie body, wIth the e of' hisof'ea the halir 9,f MA l MasW se;b1w'bodyfi%: his to if.fetw a ueA NEWS IN BRIEF. -Iowa has 224 brass bands. -The bullion value of our standa'd sliver dollar is now just $0.8372 in gold. -There are $10,000 miles of telegraph wire untier ground in London. -Pius I X witnessed the death of one hundred Cardinals during his life. -Mark Twain appears on the Hart ford tax-list assessed for $07,850. -King IIumbert has beea forbidden to smoke by physicians. -Atlanta, Ga., has 275 female clerks in her stores. -The amount of United States frac tional currency outstanding is about 110,000,000. -A dynamite cartridge factory has been established in Saginaw county, 5ich. -A carrIer pigeon made the distance from Monson to New London, Conn., !11 miles, in 61 minetes, on Friday. -in London the Fishmongor3 Comp Eny has given $250 to the Female 5cihool of Art. -The Irish people of Wilkesbarre, Penn., are raising a fund to erect an orphans' asylum. --There are 80,961 children of school age in Baltimore. and of this number 10,778 attend school. -'I'he striking glass-blowers of Pitts burg rrceived $5000 in help from outside iources. -Austrians smoke more and more. In 1877 the whole amount paid for to baco was 40,000,000 forins, against i8,000,000 last year. -From the debris of the coal mines, ['rance makes annually 700,000 tons of 3xcellent fuel, and Belgium 500,000 tone. -rhe Confederate monument in Au zusta, Ga., cost $17,500. At each of the orners of the bastu stands a marble fig ure of Lee, Jackson, Walker and Cobb. -The Pen nsylvania Railroad, during the month of April, averaged daily rbout five car loads of emigrants for the West --The amount of timber rafted to market this year is estimated at ajust ilouble the amount sent last year. I'he prices are only fair. -'ie vestry of St George's, Hanover Square, Lonion, has resolved, by a vote of 33 to 20, not to allow a statue of Byron to be placed in St. James street. -.Tie potteries in the vicinity of 'renton, N. J., are reporterl as doing a good business just now, and are run ning full-handed and on full time. -It is proposed in the oil regions of Pennsylvania to invite the Marquis of ILorne and the Princess Louise to make it tour of that territory. -The Clarion county, Pa., papers state that the lumber season has ended with them, and the prices received for the timber were better than those that have ruled for many years. --A Corning (N. Y.) man lost a roll of bills containing $175. An honest fellow found the money and returned it to the owner, and he was rewarded with a five cent cigar. -The cut of lumber on the Kenne bec river, in Maine, during the present season, will amount in the aggregate to 65,000,000 feet. or about 12,000,000 less than the cut of 1878. -Ofliclal documents show that the ratio of leatihs per one thousand per sons employed In England is less in coal mining tian in the navy by drown ing, and one-half less than on railroads. -Tihe managers of the Woodruff scientific expedition announce a tem porary abandonment of the grand af fair. T ey have spnt $10,000 and re eeived nothing in return. -TLhls 3-ear 798,140 men will be call ed out to (10 military service in France. l'he number wvill be distributed as fol lows: T1o tihe active army, 479,100; to Lhe reserves, 144,670; to the territorial army, 118,000. -rThe twventy-first musical festiyal of the German Baengerbund of North Atnerica wilhl be held at Springer Mus leai IIall, in Clainnati, on the 11th of June. The grand chorus wvili embrace 1971 sitngers, besides 150 instrumental mnusicins. -,-Mr, II. J. Jewett, President of the ECrie rail way, rec.eives an annual salary of $40,000. Col. Scott's yearly income as President of seven lines, Vice Presi tienit of eieven, and direocor of thirty four, is over $100,000. -For the three mouths ending March 31, 1878, there were imported into the UJnited States of iron-pig, bar, hoop, sheet and railroad-7,252 tons, and for the same period this year 11,928 tons being a,n increase of imports a. beten the two periods of 6,094. -It requires 800,000 cubic feet of the linest quality of pine lumber to make the yearly supply of lucifer matche' for thme United States, and it takes 100, h00 cords of fine hard,wood to make our shoe-pegs. It takes 40,0 ~40isi to supply our 90,000 miles of* -The City of Paris comiJs: A year the publication of agene'4Ji4 tory of the artistic riches contauIJ, the different municipal edificosOFb capital. Two volumes hay, already been issued. The number of edilces in the twenty arrondissements is so great that the task is far from being termin mted. -The latest estimates of church ac comodation in England gives the listab lisited Church 6,500,00 slttings; the. Wesleyan~ Methodists 1,702,724; the independents, 1,211,161; the Baptists, 183,785; the Primnitive.Methodists, 748,. 87, and all other reitgious, bodies a et,ai of 1,580.10--making a grand to-. Lal of 12,531,400. --Of potatoos, Ireland produes 28 bushels to each inhabitant; the Qor. man Empire 18.1 bushels; iolleuid2,; BelgIum 11.6' France1O 2Tia 1.9. Austria-hlunguary 8'.6 nala 'inlanmd 4.6; Great Brtam JIal 1.1. . In other Euroeam Statqe $l4i 3rop is quite Iusign ucst., -O1e of OharesIkes.4ui,. Inaa, Mrs. Alfe E~hulu,uea, buss met a' tea't-ible 6~ tV~. where her husbnd 1,, . eare, beep igi4 Mid t e