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'L-WEEkLY EDITION. WINSBRO 8. Cop TT~r OREIPING UP THE STAIRS. In the softly-faihing twilibit Of a weary, weary day, With a quiet stopt I entered Whero the chl ron were at play; I was brooding o't r some trouble, That had wot me unawares, When a little voice cute ringing, 'Mu is croepin' up a stairs." Ah It touched the tenderet heart-atring With a breath and foroo divine, And buch mtolodies awakon,odt As nere.words can never defIin; And I turned to sco your darling, All forgetful of my caros, When I saw the little creature Slowly creeping up the stairs. Step by Htep she I ravely clambered On her hIttle hande and knees, Keeping Alp a constant oiattering, Like a inagpo In theoj os Ti.i at last she reaclt1c Me topmost, Whien o'er all her world's affairs She delighted, stood a victor, Alter crooping up the stairs. Fainting heart,'bopold an image Of man's brief and truggling life, Whose best prIze mustb- ttred a With a noble earnoSt A Onward, upward is i fending to the we lt of cares, Hoping, fearing, OVi'lexpectilw - We go creeping . Ol thb ir j teps may I By their side may bi Hands and knees may A o ,ihi And the heart may almcut fail; Still above there is the glory Wt-ich no sinfuluess impairs With its rest and joy forever. After eeooping up the stairs. A Brave Girl. "What a beautiful face " I Spoke inyoluntarily, and a lovely old lady sitting near me, on the broad piazz.a of the Clarendon, knitting sonic white wool, smiled as if well pleased at my outspoken 'She Is Indeed beautiful, a'nd as true as shte Is lovely." Then we silently watched tile pair on h1orse-black until they disappeareld e but the pure, pale, high-bred face, with the dark eyes llilkd with love-light as they gized ipon tlie l.r-old, manltih' figure of her e'cort, remlained lixed inl my memory. I instine lively felt that I had .seen at woman who would do an([ dare, and I longed to know More of that life which I wits sure hand beent no common one. "Do yoi know the young lndy ?" I asked (of the tiny, silver-haired lady by ily Side. I had arrived in Saratoga but the night before, and had risen early this lovely June morning, ad([ had been rewarded by tle sight of that perfect face. 'Very well.- 4 ler mother was my dear est friend." And while the pair of whon I have spoken piurued their waty to the lake, I sat and listened to as sweet ind tender a little love slory as it. has ever been my lot to hear. 6 "Yes, Elaine is very beautiful; very like her mother when she married lawyer Foster. lie was a stern husband, and miou-ned little when his wife died, leaving the little Elaine to his care. I (10 not thiik lie ever loved the 6hii, but he was proud of her beauty. ''ice ionthis of every year lie allowed her to spend with me, in accordance with my dying liother's wish. In my large, breezy house In the coun try, the little gir!apent. the summer months in a perfect abandotnent of delight at her escape from the sombre restraInt's of her. father's house In the city. Having no children of our own. iy husband and I loved her as if she had( been our very owtn. . "Three years ago, shortly after Elainec's comling to us, I wats seizedl with a lowv, nervous fever. My darling hung over my bed with all the loving anxiety of a daugh ter. Dr. Ray, a young physiciani, who had been settled in our village for tabout two years, caime every day to see me. I might have known Itat there-could be but one recsult to unr'estrainecd dally intercotu'so be tween two young peop~le ho fitted. to each otker in all respects save that of wvealth; but my lllneks, I suppose, made mec care less of anything excep~t my own stifferlng. "One evening, In tihe latter part of Auigust, whent I was sufliclently recovered to satt in my easy chair, I had been watching the sunset, and mist have fallen into a lit tle doze, when, I heard my narling come quickly Into the room, felt her throw her arms about my watist and- drop) her head in my lap, mnurnmlr:nmg: 'So happy ! so happy!' ''What is it, dear heart?' I said, smooth lng her golden hair'. "Then the answer came, which I, In my llines and blindness, had never suspected. " 'Anntle, Philip1 loves-inc, and I amn the happlest, girl In the world!' "sat a mdment, unmable to speak. llthen, at -last, I faiteredi "Tfhe girl shrank back, frightened for the mnoiment from her happy dIreaming. TIhen -the divine hopefulness of youth and love uaserted itself, and site reppled: "'Dr. Raiy wll go to New York and speak to father, shortly after I go back ; and when lie sees Piip and kniows htow we love ch othter, he can not reftise to make us happy.' "The following week my little-girl 'Went, hack (sihe n~y~r 'cidledl tt 'geings home,', 'tWas .simlply .'$olpg badk.' -8he ains 'home' in Jute she used to' Suty),' add a few days after D~r. Ray .also left for New York.' "Thent camle a heart-broken lettei froin my darling, Ucer father hiad laughed at * IPhil s love 4or h'sr ;,ridiculedipis poverty, and m hto mthkCo a forthno- hicforA h aspIred to Elaine's hnald. At the clogO 'of the interviewv, the judige htad said: -".Young mlan, don't let m11 hear from you - againon this subject for two years, and seg that you F old, no eqmmniication withi durdur. that tiaW. . Then, 'if you. two still. thik foil loff- each dther, 'anid you havd in enough t u~aydrt ' wit's respectably, Isi11i iar Wht yowi have 'to Mty.' "With thId they were obliged to be, cone, tent. --. h "TIhen Philip Ra camne to tee; Hlis eyes glistetied and ll tn was ~feverish. ileyeas Altog4die ~ Mhi %Ol~'elft lie was goIng away g f MJt g~e jp9$geyt f t enough thee ani Iiohey lao runt havo ie o ou reit see~ bId Iig lily littIle girl (om14e lione. I le said ha(I deceived him. l'erhaph I lacd, but I did not ImeanI to do so. Eline wte of ten. Soietines the letters Were hopetfld ; maeore often they were sad With the wearinless of hope-deferred. Occasional ieitione wts mti.de or it crtain Dilkes tmisey, a gent le. man whom] her father had taken into pa-t ier8lip. Mr. iitisey, she wrot(', wts v'ey polite to her, but she i d ntot 10 untey him. She didn't want to drive with him; she din't Care to see his H beautiful home. But her tather seemeu to wish her to accept these attent ions, and then it would not last so long, for the two years 'Were nealrly over. "September cane, and with it t wild, piteous letter from jay darling. She had heard nothing from Philip. 'Perhaps lie was dead; certainly lie loved her nto longer, or lie would come an( claim her. I ler father had waited utitl the two years w( - up, then told her. it was his will sw should marry one who loved her, and not wasic her life, sighing over tie unfaith fulness of one Who eared nothing for her. She told me she had written Mr. iamsev a note begging himli to cease persecuting Ier witi his attentions, but that lie caine next daiY as smiling aid determined aS ever. "Thon she wrote agaiin. Sie had ceasel to rebel agaeinst fate. The narriage hadl tjeeni arrnged for the third week in De cember. All si had stipuhtled was that I should e-ce to her and spentd the last. week before the wetdinlg ii tier father's house. "I went. Though my poor girl's face lighte' upI) with joy at seeing ice, she Soon fell Into a listless, despondent way, sadder to Bee thant any tears or repoahelics. Once I mentioned Philip's name. Sie started, as though sIe htad been stung. . 'Do not speak of hin,' she said wiidly, 'ie does not love me-no one does Vl'lTen more calmly : 'Forgive me, auntie, dear, I an not strong, I think,' and she subsided into lher usual downcast state. "'The evening before the day set for the wedding, a servent entered the room where we were sitting, and han(led Elaine a cas ket. As she slowly opened It, even I gave a cry of surprise at the ' sight of the rare jewels it wis Dilkes lIamnse"s Wish1 lets bride should 4e adorned with. She pushed them wecariy'aside. 'Streange that any otte should maetrry for sctehc things,' wets till she stid. "The next iortii as, with my old eyes blinded Witlh tears, I had fjntishted fisteneing tite white veil over the still whiter brow, I t attempted to C11asp the' hecklace of hrd liants alout hcer nceck. shee .ushed them i aside with i flash of' Ier old spii, aid I said, bitterly: "'Doi't atitty. For 1ncother half-hoiur I at least I am my owtn propertv.t.' "1 said no more, anlt we 'destcen'dedl to the parlors. "As Judlge Foster's eyes fell ott his daughter, he said, sternly: "'Where are the groom's jewels " "Ordering them brought, le clasped t tem himtsetlf about his datghter's eCk and "We had entered the church. 'We had taken out pla'ces before the altar. The last I strains of the wedding march had died upon our cars, The brilliant assembly wts hushed is the minister began to speak. "'Dilkes Ramsey's answ'r, '1 will,' sounded clear and firm. I raised my eves; who was it that I saw leaning against at pillar, his sombre eyes filled with a conl temptiuous scorn of tihe woman wiho was selling her soul before his very eyes? :Elaine raised her eyes to tmy agitated face, 11er glance followed mine. Tlhen site did wlatj thought no woman but a brave as well asloving one could do. The coi'gre gation was still waiting for her answer. As slte caught Philip itay's glance a burn- 1 ing blush suffused her face, then (lied, ande left, her cheek as pale as marble._ Her cyes lighted with a sudlden resolufion, I Turning from the altar she paissedl the wondering groutp of bridesmaeids, and in the face of tirat gay cr'owd, weem antd stood I before Philip'Ray. "''Pillip, said, sh'e, in ai low sulppressed i tone, 'wvhy did you not conie for mec ?' "Dsegardieng the strangeness of the priOCeedngs in thte wild hcope thait had spe'ung up withint him, he answered 'hur- I riedly : ."'1 did( go to you; 1 wrote to you; I wenit to your house every (lay foe' a week, butt was refused admiace. ' T1htis is what you sent mue.' "As he sp'oke lie took from his breast pocket a note worn with many readings. "There in the presenice of that wonder ing erowvd, Elamne retad the note. It ran thus:. 'If you hrv~e any -pity for tme, ceaise to annioy me witht your I~resence. Do you not see thtat I can never love you, that my heart Is another's ? EcAeIN Forst.' "Thtere is somne mistake,' she faltered; 'I did' not know you camec; I sent tis ntote to Dilkes Ramsey.' "A light flashed over his face. ils eyes shione wi.t lQo m1id( triumph. . " 'Come,' he said, tenderly ; 'you are of age ; let us not risk another separation?' "He-I took her hand in~ his, and together they stepped before th'c asL'nbhted mini later.' .Raising her hand witht a swift ges tttre, thte dIamonds fell to the floor. There was nothing theatrical in ths; site had been, to outsIde appearances, sitngutlarly calnm through the ettire scetic. 'I felt as though they wore choking me, site said to me afterwards. "I looked about for Juedge Foster. lie hcadjeft, the church.a: Ero I could recover fi'om' the fright into whIch this offense a~nst all'tho cony'gtialitida of Iife had thrown m,~ Vhililp Ray atnd Elatni I 'oster were man acid wife. " Just as the mInIster was eloslig htis benediction, inc rushed whilte and breath less, a servatit fr~om Judge Foster's. We followedl ,the eman quielsly. 'Even Dlkes Ramisoy recovered enough from hisa bhagrlin to accompany us. As we enter'dd the- door we behold, lying on the' floor dead, Elaine's father.~ He had fallen dead with hacart dis ease, as he reached lis owtn door. .l~laine ad.I'hilipa never speak of lis treachery ; heo was ,ler father, and heQ Is "Of EhIthitreinained, )laie'e ceve4l ho.' f.ay hitd*edd&1 l j~ofriori less hr de, but I do not think either of them a9Aygqr realed It, or, 'indeed, given. a~ t cbugiht-to the matter. Hlouse, furniture, htorss plate-everyhcg was Imort gaged to Dilke mie Mid L$' W.l .itLoWhilako dctor. They eamel with me' hate for a lot dy beamts a poof, folishabi ~d oniahn ea anud see my (ig i i her trailing white robes, Wit i those huniridruds of curious eyes bent 1upon her, I amr tempted to exclaiii: 'Dear heart. how Could you fae those people "' "41ler aniswer is: 'Saty ilather, auntie, how could I hesitate wit L two lives art stake.' "'l1it 1e11ar,' I urgo, 'suppose l'hilip had ceased to love you V' "'lenI,' she answers, ' should have b-ell free from that odious marriage, for Mr. lSimsey would never have married me alftel that. lut I did not run So great a risk after all'; the moment his eyes met inin' Imly heart told Ire that he still loved F!!T-. liisi'is -ltisitia g iti 're'xas. Ou(rof the mIst prolile sources of wealth throughout. entire Texars, Is the raising of horses, As the blue-grass region of Ken teky affords such delightful food for lionses, a more ext eisive and greater crop of isquittgrarss, peculiar to Texas Only, iurnishes to I lie stock-raiser 'a far better ir lice of food, amt aihniost Witliout limit. Everywhere west <f tie Trinity river It. is 1abunldiit, and east of that river it is found in many localities. Until very recently, stock itei ani([ horse-raisers encountered 4evere trials from the Indianls, Who would frequent ly make raids and rob them of much of their property; taking on these r)casions, tI e very best, st eck on the ranche. nlie of tie peculiarities of ll Ilie Indian tribes is t heir knowledge of and extraIo-di mary fondness for tire horse. rey seemi to rave ani intuitive iirnderstininiirg of all tie t ro: g poiitsabhout the anil, and generally iteal I ie best of the hor'ses.on the raiche or in tIhe corral, or wherevereisc these govern mental thieve make their predatory incur d0on.s. Keeping or raisnig'horses is imuil asier than cattle or sheep. After securing ie ranrche, which is similar to selecting ie proper location for cattle, as giycn in a revious letter, the owner divides his stock rito "bands," or 'biricles,' or "caval- I ards," of 20 to 25 mams and their colts, md asmany yearlings, and placs i stal Ion wit Wi thei, which acts inl tie capacity if herder. The'hunclies are placed about L mile apart. The stallion guards his Cav ilhird with a jealous eye, and allows no ii erferenee from other lorses, often hattling o ferocioulsly with any and all iiLtruders I hat When tire owner or herdsann ap-I w)oadics, ie is compelled to use stones or it her missles before the gaurdian allows him 8 o enter tihe range over which ie holds sir- I >reme juristliction. When lie iorsesgo t o Water, his e<quine majesly drives them to ie creek, sirids over them while they Irink, quenches his own thirst, and then erds the b\d back to their accustomed ceding grounds. le also brings tie bunch i) to the saltinig place, keeps tire closest vatel over those entrusted to his guerditi hip and, when all have received their quo a )f salt, tire chief circles and leads them oack as before. ierding or driving by ie cavallard exhibits the sagactity of the t mnial. Ili crises of' cith11r r runniing off, tire attendant promptly fol ows circles, or promptly runs around thees ray, and witi cars well set, puts his head rear tire ground on the side opposite to the lirection in which lie desires then to go; md, understanding his nIod, they1 1 usually ield willing obedience, and start back to lie ranche, or whenever the cavallard may oe. Shoutld the mares become rebellious, the I tallion picks and bites them until they be- ' om obedient and placed under complete ubjection. ''lie supreme connnand of his horse, and the autocratical manner in. viieli lie shows his authority, is delight 'ul to behold. Ile is a very severe discip inariin, a most careful and competent iurdian, and is kind to those under him is a mother can be to a babe. When, by :hance, two cavallards happen to meet, the lin stallion r'epr'esentirigcrach will advance mdu commence to battle. it is generally heir leaders begin to Ilghit, mnove off to the 'ight and left every step widening tihe die. ance bet ween thiemi. Th~e stallions nrns iup md1( down their resp1ective columns. with nore uanxiety arid exercising even g'rater urrvilance, than a faithful colonel at tihe iead1 of his regimrent. When tire engage nenit teiriates5, and~ qjuiet is frully restored niong tire entiie ine, tire stallion taikes iris recustomlied plosition in thre rearr. Whelin m the muove for better gr'as, rand it is found md it is necessary'~ for thre bunch to stop, ho stallion selects thre gr'ound, and r'uning ~or'ty oi' fifty yrd(s ahlead, 1puts is erirs >ack, his head down, and~ comes to a halt, ~acing those under his char'ge. Thie bunich will imminhatehy obey this sIgnal, rand go to ~razing. Carve Ilwvellers in Ameirics. Th'ie 'rmarkablo dilscoveries thart have bieen made wvithin thre p~ast fewv years, conr nected with thre ago and~ orign of thre cave or cliff dIwehers of Armerican, hiave been theo conitirnal sour'ce of miuchi speculation.j Southwiestern Colorado has seemed to he. the location of the most comiplete discover les, partrcularly along the Ri~o Las Anmimas Find Sarn Juanir. Thre Varllcy of the Marncos Is filled wIth mround's wvhiich appear' to deml aurstrate thre existaince of numericous villarges from the St. Louis valley ini Coloraido In ii continual chain to Mexico. The ruina of these airrent peophe are fouind mn such var ious staiges of p)er'fectionr, fr'om the email rock-cut chamber to thre miassivo and hnrpos ingt structur'es, inic~ating tire wvork of dif ferent ages, as to afford Senor Altamiranro piroofs that the Aztecs orIgInated in undsaub merged parts of America' and were asg old as the Aslatics thremelves, and that Asia may. even have beenr peopled from tis coumntry. Alajor Powell, hiowever, sees'inr theseWrrlonus formns of structure only evi-' dences of thie same race builing under' tire different conditions of peace or wvar. E. T. Elliot discovered and exitminedl In . Deconm ber 187711, about twelve or' fifteen of tire houses or cafes near Del Norte. Afany of threm, especially those amrong tire ta'ce of tire cllffs, hiave nerly dlrsppeared fron [he' oitects of thre dlimtegratlori of the rocks. A[r. Elliot says thiat as n, hrumanr remaltus nave beenr found, nor atny semblance of graves, It Is probable. [lhat ereination was 1 pr'acticed, it is evident from . appearances . trnd'iurrourndirtgs, that thres caves were Inn h~bited durring tire period-whenr tire 'San L~uls valley was anjimmense hake or sea. 'e valley-is 7 000 feet above' the obtoan,. and ie bnatural inferenzce .ls that enciet of the cohitInent at that time' '*e nuder water, whiichi hypothiesis WoUI Drechrtle tire i lea of 'thelf reftehin' Cohoraao froin Asia 7 a'4 n -- 'lho Old Pain. It wits tt tils sealsont of the year, jist seveni years ago, that till extraordinary scene occurred in Danbury. It wits in thte evening, and a couple were bringing in sev ertl pots of plants front the yard to stave them from the frost which the temperature of outloors threatened. While thus en gaged she spoke, referring to a geraihumt alh(e had in her hand: "I wouldn't lose tisonm'e for a greait deal, as mtother gave It to me " lie looked at it. "Your mother gave 1it you? 'uess not, I bought that plant Imiyse. "Why, it's 110 811neh1 thiig.'' 'I tell you I did," he 'aduted, speaking with warnath. ''And I tell you you din't." she assever ated. 'Do you supposO I don't know what wts givent to te?" "Do you suppose I don't know what I bought with mlly own moley?" "If you say 'you bought that ger nium,' she said, speaking very *Alowly, and with White lips, "you say wlt you know to be 'Do you mean to-say r lie ?" he hissed. ''If yoni say that, I do.1 "You shall be sorry for this'." lie threat .1ned. "Never,'' she retorted. IlIc put on his ht. and coat and left, the louse. That wits seven years ago this fall. She lever saw him again or heard. frot hint in 11 t,1t ,Seven years. What iust have ieen the thoughts, the agony of mind nidured by that wretched wife in that time to one onl eart h knows. She kept her hoights to herself, aind patiently, as far as mtward appearatince went, bore the burden mt upon her, .i-cently her door opened and a lman valked into. tier presence. There was a 0ok, a cry, and she was in the atrmts of her msbard. Wkat a happy home was that. Mll the agony of seven long years was for .ottenl inl tlat hour of reconciliation and eunion. A happy supper wits spread, and vith tears and smiles she hovered about tim. ministering to hit every want. A fter iupper there was a long talk of the past. "It is so singular," she said, se)akim in tme of the pauses, '"that it should have lapped its it did. Ican scarcely comprehend t all. It senms like an awful dream. We ooth lost our tempers, and we have both uttered for It. The miserable geranium I )o you know I can't bear to see one of hose plants? I told mother to come atili ake it back, for I would not have it in ight." "What I" he ejaculated, do you still per ist inl saying that she gave it to you ?" "Why, John, of course sie did. HaV tt't you got over that Idea yet ?" "No, I haven't," he, persisted, his face larkening. "I boug 4t that geranium as ure as I am a living f n." She thought of his years of cruel deser ion, of all lie had caused her to suffer be ause of his obstinacy, and her heart hard "Vou'n ! A eushed. :now it is false." " #- l. -that when "It isn't false. It's heaven's truth." "It's no such thing; It's a mean contemp Ible lie." Ile jumped up from the chair, seized his tat and coat and shot out of the house .Ike flash, and site never uttered t word in orotest. She sat there wIth clenched liids id white face, and let him1 go. And so lie is gone. And to-day site Is lone again with tle old burden and the ld pailn. Coral, Coral is the production of gelantitnous nollusks belonging to the family of "'poly i,'' They form aubmarine forestsof leaf eBs branchles in mnany parts of the globe, ndl in theo southtern hemnisphero increase 0c tasionally to such an extent as to formi isa amils andi to seriously obstruct navigation. Cotral is found of several colors--all htades of red and pink, green, brown, aind ellow, as well as white and black. Its tecular plant,-like form formerly cautsed he belief that it wvas of the vegetable ori in m; the researches of- distnguished natur alists have, howev'er, Identfed the forms >f thte isects wvhich produce this wonuder ui p~hentomlenon of nature. Although, as aid above, coral is founid in the seas of unny paurts of the globie, y'et the coral daptlted for pur'poses of ornamuent comes al nlost entirely ;from the Mediterraneain and s fouind p~rincip)ally on the African coast. Fhe beds lie at considerable depth, some ,ines 700 or 800 feet -beneatht the sulrface >f the sea, which deptn causes the opera ition of fishing for It to be a dItflilt and edious one, it is obtained by means of nets mfld Iron drags. Although at present the soral fishing Is carried on p~rincip~ally by ,he Italians anid Maltese, tile industry is of 1rench origIn. TI.he amnount of business sarried 01n111 this substance, is surprismtg. [mmnense quantities are yearly exported to Jhlina, India and Persia, whtere coral is 'anked as .ono of the.most precious prodcie iohs of natutre. Inl somne parts of India vorm-eateni coral Is In great demand, andi ,housanlds of lpotuds, worth of this comn nodity, which in European estimation ,vould be.worthless, Is yearly sent there. )ne house In Naples alone exports $40,000 worth to Calcutta, and tihe total value rearly imported by India is said to amount ;o $1,000,'000. Coral is principally cit ate beads, (drops for earrings; also, in etlves and Ilowvers and~ various other'shapes' 'or taking the earvjd ornaments seen In Raples andl G~enoa; into charms, woin I nmcheies, whicht are supposed -to avert the nfluence of the evil eye; occasslonally Into asmeos, and mito stick and whIp Inountings, ~ombs, parasol mounting, eto. Thte cutting tad working of coral occupies a conisider ible muiimber of persons, the thtree most hm portant Afatorles being at (Inoa, Leghorn mad Marseilles. rTe red coral, once the mtosV valuable, Is now wortlh far rle5s'thantt ~he color' which fornberl. *as nearly wvorth ess--lito pale,. delica'to pipk, similar to ht of the inside of a pate rose leaf. Corahl f'thia tint is ver'y:..valuable. n the cast d&al is mtu1~h wofn in tufbauds and on (he ticls 'ofidagget's and swords. .The heads tt'( used by theo Brahmins And Faklrs for coaaries and the Min t~~qup tly agorn id with goral ar'9a #n~t 1Av'ht etil, tfrts fi'omta king -o 104 i#f theair' itidl with ce '6wl~ r di r e rp hoe, ion u dand Ivory, s tained with cina bar.; 111so by a composition of gyp).stimi1, cini nabar ald gum. Celluloid, a recently in vented Composition, is mlanufactured to closely resemible conal. The Greeks hnad a tradition that the blood droppine fromt the head of eiedusa, which 'ersous hati depos ited oil some branclie.s near the seat shore, becoining hard, was taken by the sea nyiphs and planted in the sea Pliny calls it "denl(ritem" and "coralhun," and it was dedicjateI by I lie Riomans to .J ipiter and ApolIo. In the midIdle ages it wIs use1i in medicine as ian astringent, an1d givten to newly-blornl infants; it was also thought to 1eepen i color when worin by a uan, and to become pitler when - worn by a womaa. Both Bortius and Dioscovides sagely ro port it as ellicacions against delusions of the devil when worn in the form of an am ulet. 111Im Shot Ia mialttll. I hadt a diin e lea that. lead wits inelted below; that this nioulten situil was hauied to the t) of the tower th lhimpedl down ito tihe tower below, and then this made shot.- The real process is this: As pure lead will not make perfect globules. it is necessaril,-y "tempered,'' This "temper'. is prepared by the addition of ingredients, of which irsenic is the main property. be low ; run into bars conivenient for ne, and, with th pig-leni, hoisted to the very top of tihe tower, where both are melted in proper proposilioll togethbel. Mr. Gates and lly self, back to back, and very much humpedt, entered the s:all, but powerful, elevator, not ovelr three and one ha1lf feet by Iwenty imches in size, and weit up, u1p, up, with a horrible din roaring all about. its. At the ve: y top are two little circular rooms, not. over eight feet. in diameter, one about twelve feet below the other, an4 each con tainiig Jwo huge kettles inl which the pig lead and the "temper" are melted. In the busy season these are ri at. niaeht, and the fline away il) there in thc darkness, re minds one of sigmial torches upon towers in the feuda i days. F 0om1 oie or tile other of the two kettles in both rooms-as each rooni has a separate shaft--streanis of shot ar'c ifoimOttiLitlytIlowing. At.thebottonof each kettle the ioiulten stftilT pours into sqtnare pans perforated at, one side. These perfo rations ar1e large or small iaecordingto tie sizo of shot. desired, and separate the mass into distinet, delicate, gleaming streams, which in turn, as they collie in contact with thle utmoiplhlere, separate into )e'rfe:, globules. or shot, which are cooled in their 200 feet journey and the water into which they fall below. But now come what, to 1m1e, were still more interesting processes. Out of the shot pit, lp through the water, anil endless belt, -with cups attached, carries the wet shiot, depositing It in a huge revolving beat ed cylinder, where the globules are thoro ughly dried From this they pass out upon a descending series of slightly inclined ta bles, tile lower edge of each one being a few Inches above and distant from the succeed IWmgepA n111y,"'gts"'tfidtdllg" frl Jte'[W4e spaces'; but tile imerfect shot are forced along until they reach them, whoen they fall into receptacles, and being reioulten, go over the samec journey again. From these sortIog tabl 's the shot ire carried to a series of sizing sieves, with perforated sheet-brass bottoms. Moved back and forth by macli nery, the shot. of a smaller size pass through these perforations, larger shot of different sizes, get tle motion of the sieves, and from their w ight, gradually sorting themselves with absolute perfection. Froni the sorting sieves tile shot pass into polishing barrels, containing a preparation, the main constit uent of which is I)lumbago, and emerging from these, burnished like silver, find their way into repositories in tile story below, to the mouth11 of each of which Is a (delcately adjusted automatic scale, which will dis charge precisely twenty-live poun1ds of shot iinto the bags beneath. Each bag is tested, however, and, after being sewedl up, these shiot, wl.lch have arrivedl at their absolute p~erfectionl of form and finish, seemingly, though muc of their own act and1( volition, are ready to be sent, forth to the hunter and sport smani on their death-dealinug mission. A maffralo Fight. Th'le Cape Buffalo has short horns, ex pandied at their basis, so that they almost meat im thle middle line of the forehead. Jt is found all over Central and South AfrIca, and us a formidable ammnyl when woimdedi, as, qjuite r'egirdless of the cloud of smoke which follows tihe shot, aimed at hin, it chasrges right through it, and so does fre quent injuiry to the experinced hunter. Its general color is blue-black, but in some eases it has a reddish jingo. Aln eye-wi nes8s gives the following jiccount of a fight between two bulls. After havIng his at. tention attractedj by a loud clattering no01se, he remarks that, '"or looking, through the edge of the last, thicket which had cgn coaled them, I sawv two buffalo bulls stand.. lug facig each other wIth lowered heads, and, as I sat downa to watch, they rushled together with all their fore,:.produilng the loud crash I had before hleard. Once the lorns were interlocked .titey kept them so, their straininig qjuarters tellIng that each was dloinig his best to force tihe other backwards, Several long, white marks on tihair necks showed where they had received seratches, and blooti dripp'ng over the withers of one' nlext 1o mc proved to m~e that lhe had re coivedi a muororevere wound. It was a imagnificent 'sight to see the enormous- anl mnals, every muscle at its fullest tension, striving for the mastery. Soononey a very large and old bull, began to' yIeld a little, going back ward step by step ; but at last, as If determinedi to conquer or-dle, it drop' p)ed on to its knees. Tile other, disengagIng its hofns for a second, so as to give an im petuse, agaIn rushed at him; but whether puirposely or not I could not tell, it did not sttIke him11 on the fot-chead, but on the neck, ' utider thle hump,' and I could see that witji~ a twist 6f hits horn lhe flieted a severe wound.I IHowever, instead of followIng up his seem ing advantage, he'At once recoiled andi stood hnalf-facing hisa antagonest, who' getting on his'legs again, 'remained mn the, same' pasie lion for several minutes, and, then, withl 9 low grunt of 'rage, rashed. at -hIm, This' thuelhe was note met," aid' his'sbroad foret head' trudk 'full on his rival's- shloulder,&alJ niet ligocking him; over/ -The ould bull' then nwent afow ytds off,and'Atood watcht ing'the other for iplly A-quarter of an. h6ur, hwlen.he.walksedI slowly away in the 0ppo4it0 dit'ection. ': -" 'o., p Thuo Wift CfttlA of Gredi ifrltan. The Chilliigham herd ire the conneeting link between the wild cattle of Enland and those of ScOt.'and-beautiful creatures, witi black ears and muzzles; "'their herm ite, with a bold and elegant bend,,' wio hido their yougU and feed in the night, and whose calves lay in the form like hares. It has had many chroniclers, and Ilewick and Landseer took port rail t. aong its meinhers. The late Lord Tankerville observed their tuannerS and customs attentively, no easy task, as he would somet imes, in sumnper, be for several weeks at a time without sight of them, At that. season, on the slightest ap pearance or any one, the wvild cattle retire into their forest sanctuary ; but in winter they cone down for food hi the inner park, mid will let one come alnost ationg them, especially if on horseback. Here is a ipretty picture of these strange creatures, remnants of an old werld, which have hitherto be'en preserved inder extraordinary difllCtties, but caniot, we should think, long continue to exist:--"When they come down into the lower part of the park, which they do at stated hours, they move like it -,,i.nent of cavalry in single ille, the bulls leading tihe vi ; andi when they are in retreat, the bulls bring up the rear. Lord Osiultan was witness to-n curious way ill which they took possession, as it were, of some new pasture, recently laid open to them. It was evonin,, about -smnset. -They began by 'Ang the front of a simall wood, which seemei quite alive with them, when all of a sudden they made a dash forward altogether in line, and, charging close by him across the plain, they then spaead out, ani after a little time began feeding." The wikt white cattle atre ferocious anitimals, valiant tighters, capa ble of domestication when taken very young but once partially or wholly grown ill, (uitto untanable. Mr. Storer says that they hate and fear man, scenting him, as related by Botelius, and lie adds:-"1 am convinced that if any of them were placed in captivity his description would be' verilled ; they would be 'so inipatient that, after their ta king, they diet for Iiportable dolours.' What. Hoya Do Inl Japanii. A bright lat from Japan says that on his father's place-NWhich Is on a large plateau surrounded by high hills-is nll artificial fish pond. it it are a great many fish of species Ie has not seen here, that are about a foot long, and Very beautiful In color and form, They are as playful and as tanie as the kittens on our hearths. One of his fa vorite amusements was going to this pond and knocking on the edge of the tank with some hard substance to make. a nolse, when every head would be turned Iin the direction of tie sound, and every fin employed in making for him, the fish etpecting soine treat from his hand. If, t tease them, lie threw nothing In at first, but Put his empty hand into the water with his finge's till spread out, they would all gather round It and seize his thumb and fhigers in their mouths, till lie had as ninny fish as Ie had thumbs and fingers. playfully snapping and do. But this paradise of tU Japanesd-fish was often rudely broken In up6n, for It was not kept expressly as a plaything for boys, but was the source which supplied the fish for the table. Whenever fish is wanted for the dinner, the cook goes to the tank and knocks, and when the poor unsuspiecting things swim up to her, she catches sanchu of' theni as please her, and before they know where they re'g'oing, she has them in the, pot or pan on tihe fre. This young 'Japainese expressed much sur prise at seeing cranberries cated at* thble, and said that in tpe in oilmtaIns 6 Japan they grow very large and' 0ica1utift1 bht aro never coQked. - Ai).ld mnanjoccasionally g9es up to the mountain and plclj a largo basket of them, which lhe br 1 '6n is shoulders dlowni to the tows,. ".11~ dfhe b vs gather aboutlimn, and for a small agimi tir chase the right to crowd' thir pockiets Wit,1a them. And what use 'do you' think they make of this otherwise useful fruit? TPhe boys blow thie glowing lierries thrputigh rat:' tan tubes, as our boys blow whie 'beans through tin once. That's "uhiat crnaber~lee are used for in Japan. whe(ri'they rJkW in great pierfection, . Bygone wonerp. Wine connoisseurs wtil soon~ be reckoded amnongst bygone wvohders. TicIF oecupdtlon will ek goiio for thef will, lhve rio $'iies, worth tastidg. H~erinit'ae and Cofe Rtotie' inay abnmost .54 piced .amon'g wh~ie of the past; vhilhe'thi Beanjoiil'add hii' ondals: growths dlegrease' in quintity,at cA i '"shc. ceedilng vintage. Tlfe fammus Ibirgndian "Golden' Slop~p," yielding. ,Iomaage 'Contl and .Chhmnbertln, Moqirachet and tClos Vougeot, is also hsdalcot ;" aid In the de pai-tmont of' t~ pChareite, the viste ards are beig re'pihl dllethedte'd.' Not 'mi from, Franco, bu Germany "alid S'8 laid ' froin Italy 'diid" /\ibt-a-JIinks~ roi' ho surm~ slopes'arohiidM Miu d'Ah ti' terra ced.' l'ihth'of' thi'eAta-oDbwro fibin'Madei-. rte dn eveil froin 'eino'iitrahr, thlidi cry is h f 'Up to the6 cie of 9lat feat; the rihvageA'o th'e phiyl xdid MastetrlX' In'. the 'ineyards of Fraico htd ditbfiabl 6tei more than 1,640,O0' ifes~e, -111d ilibeain 70DjbO0) of Avhlch hald been otallyfdestto ed Thme appe'araried of this Inscht le no~'b )bri, ed from~'the centka of thie'moet fatinous~ of, all uthe 'viticultural .distrlete 'of Frande haynoly the Medbe.- In certaIn borzWupoes,' includi g thiose of'St. Estopho - d umia miore thih 'a hundred' herbe of" 'ib1 . iAk e beerf1 attaicked' Theipidoic h6f il thnrect has been jiolidled i he~'ya'rdi"'Wf'Oh'i tcadi Lalande and Cal kB f; lbthn state at Coe d'Estourkt an Uat Ollda6etti' Li flio-tat~ah~tisChatea~t hhch', *lthi Ite I80 Weres 'o viney41'd,was'*old ribotit ty easgoto B~aroni'Janles llothidebild' ~p $165,'O00."' The 'fg'gregt'e' vilu&16ft "a Medo'vinieyfrdgte whtole ot Whidhihair6 conilprised.witlmn i na'rroW Atriji bf limd: sdh~iih~ety"YnIil lndt ,ahidutits to mmfny 'ThilHdne'stdring; id t 3116 fatE of whhh' tlo" yhhyllf~' tm'diels( t t'ig "q49o osibhe for' tlfeww 14- didtrit to'b9'ifestpd bofoto il e end of '$he next 2&l- ' At o' f h i~t~ the enhi' 'rca ~&11th 8 'ftvI V up.'~D. .I.L..J2 J. 13) B J. I E F S. -The Mlssissippi State University at Oxford hais this year 315 students. - -The English ditty oil tobacco amotunts to some $45,000,000 a year. -Obicago killN six hogs for overy minute of every hour of every day it the year. -it i said that Wim. Astor propol'es to build i $250,000 hotel in Jacksoniylle, Floilda. -Pork-pakecrs of Chicago require 25,000,00 feet of lumber this year In tho shape of- boxes. -Last year's wheat crop in Califdr n la yielded *17,070,044, And the wool crop 7,000,000. -The not Income from teli Engilsh Crown lands last year was ?400,000, br about $1050,000. --Kansas has now a school popula tion of 300,000; the licrease since last, year Is 15,532. -The Island ,of' Manhattan, uponl whlah New York is built, was discdv. ered by the Dutch in 1609. ---Tero are 30,000 deaf mutes iII the Umted States. and. lifty places of wor ship where services are..conducted In the sign language. -At Iolyoke, Mass,, a factory nkes between three and four tolls of paper pul1p daily froi seven and a half cords of poplar wood. -M me. Uhristine Nilsson will take part ill ti l musical festivitIes at. Uati rii tii honor of the Iing pf Spain's we'<dinlg. -Miss Isabel Waldo has received sit tIngs from Chief Jastlce Waite, and has Inilshed a portrait which-is highly praised by good judges. -In thd postal savings bank of Italy" $5,000,000 have been depogited so far this year in very smnall euns. These batiks give great saLisfaction. -The 30th of September was observ e I by the itoyal failly of Austria as the 600th anniversary of the foundation of the kiigly power of their house. -The Sch'ol Board of'Covington, Ky., Is tryirg to stop draw poker among the pupils; but the public lot tery dra wings continue Without oppo sition. -Tihel latest estimate of the wheat Yield of the United States for 1876,'is 441.00,000. bushels. -It is estimated that 283.000,0P0 bushels vill be Kequired in Europe, -The Reading* Railroad Comp iny are building tW6 new pea-coal- bnglues for the Bound Brook Railroad which are O'ipable of running seventy niles all hour. -Mr. Tholnas Ball Is report(q, to have Just recelved a commission t6'ebe cute a statue of thb late Rear, Admiral Alden fortthe olty of' Portland, which was the Admiral's native place. -In the old Botanical Gaindli at Rene iA now buildhig a new edidie,'to ,h)e called the Musco iberiio, intorder 'I 'thO'river ai4 oi0its baie. -jrhe actly m olan ideMV-0 of ParIs is Qornphsed of "00'dichosen front -the- ranks' of t d'a1ni. Th'eir qualilleations are 'tdated. during -dne year prior to.being p90qna the for.ee Up to date,44,5',8@:sgudargil ver dollars have bpent cded,: 12A21, 010 are si b i l ciX 'ol a tih,- belnd o italds thb Tresri iy'OtIts; while 32,232,840 remain in' thos6 vaults. -The ereition of buildingsunidortak etp in New ,York, City diglin 0p1a. tint for tii haiie'priod In 18I'h ore Ill r''labbing Ib70) :Againk~t . (13n att tr'u'e \vhoth' th e hAf 'fately delettI' to exeCute .n aa-ble thd statuo of 'Muhlen-' -n la rin~ f9w1l p ong, ~he i log i 1ag '8 00O'qur mils o ebl- iel~itijd UitudJ itlts, 500,000; IVhinl 400,000, andd Australia, naly fiied in I,00.nsg. tntio'fi att 'i~hi'enV 0 d epoits ae now ' iii "he i mnonthsf or mnore;thatn 8osper cento.The depsit ae lon$IQ0,QQO, eo ht~an ever lgo yo~'. 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