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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., DECEMBER 23, 1879. VOL. III.-NO SADDENING DAYS. The saddening'sunsline shone upon the fatlln oexves; The fa!len leaves we re orlp. and deal, and sore; The noisolens wind, still like a hoart that grivos, Yet motled he loaves of the waning year. A soothing madness, tho adn as of beautiful thinas, Came with the brooe, the siu4Huo and the loaves. How many things were down. or gone, like kings Uncrown'd, or glistening empty sheaves! 'That I should figh, and sadly se0 these an tumn days, Now ripo, now sadly i'im fado and fall. As falls the leaf,as falls the flower,I promise Were not strange to one whoso life is past recall [From Our second Century.) TIE BLUE STONE. BY MAY H. MAO KCS2M2. My grandmother was a Gypsy. Think 3f it I One of those miserable, wandering ne'er-do-weels that have infested the earth for so many ceituries. But since I am in no way iesponsible for my grandmother's nativity any more than for my own, she might hve been the prime tattooed Belle of the Cannibal Islands, or first heir to the British throne, and I have been equally in different, at least in respect to her birt li. I was educated a thorolin Deiocrat,never theless I had an imagination-which was not wonderful considering the fact which I preliminarily announced. This iiagina lion led ine to gaze very often upon a small painting of my grandmother, takenl when my grandfather first met her and loved Jier. They told me I resembled her. I had no dark hair or olive skin; I was slight and very blond, with the faintest color. How then could I resemble her, I used to won der. As I grew older, and the repeated comment led me to study myself, I knew why-1 was naturally restless, and I had dark, nervous eyes, the Iris of which were small compared with the large, full ball of white. In truth I had caught glimpses of myself in the mirror, while under some strong feeling, when it, would appear that my eyes were smail live creatures, ready to leap from their sockets. I say I was given to dreaming over the romance of my grandmother's life, for my grandfather imet her under peculiar aus plces. Sitting by his favorite trout-stream fishing, the English boy suddenly heard an altercation in the woods behind him. Turn ing, lie saw a tall, dark nian vehemently menacing a forlorn, little, shrinking girl, miserably clad, thin and wild looking. She ieldi a book, old and soiled, in one hand by .her side. At last the man struck her -violently, and left tier. The girl sank at the foot of the tree and wept. The young fisherinan was over powered with indignation at such treatment aind sympathy for the girl. lie knew they were of a Gypsy tribe then haunting the -neighborhoed. Ile went to the girl, who was about thirteen years of age, and drew from her this statement, timidly, wildly given, that thu man was her father who was always angry if tie found her off with this book, which was an old school speller she had found on the road, and which, doubtless, one of the school children had dropped. "Why did she like the book?" Sie ilked the pictures. The young man was not then his own master; but he there resolved to get the girl away from her people and educate her. ie prevailed with her, and shortly after ward effected her clanaestino departuro. In two years she was greatly civilizedl and sobercd. Remarkably intelligent she had nccomplished wonderful results In that time. Innocent and pretty as she wvas, the young man at last foil dleep~ly in love with tier and married her.. One thing besides thme painting puzzled and interested me. A small block of grey blue stone, about four Inches square, smooth and ordinary looking .enough, which my grandmother had always kept with her, and at her death gave It i~o my mother, who was also dead now, and in turn had given It to me with my grandmother's words, which were these: "My mother, the Gyp sy, gave me this, and bade me never resign it till my death, then let It pass only into the hands of my children. 'In one hun dred or one hundred and fifty years' my * mother, said, 'It will tell its own story. T1ho oneowho steals, destroys or loses it,will have no peace thereafter, for my spirit will haunt, and torture him for the rest of his life.' " A mysterious thing, indeed, I thought, as I held It in my hand--a home ly, square-eat stone. My father, after my mother's death, took me with him to 1Rurope. Business do. tained him in London for a year. There I mingled in society, and at last met Cecil Castenwell, a man whoi, despite his con nection with one of England's best families, carried himself- with an unostentatlousness which at once attracted me. My regard was reciprocated, and 'within two years my gypsy grandmother's grandchild was marr ri- ed Into the family of Castenwoll, of -aYorkshire, England. I was quito as indifferent, however, to the fact that I had made a fine connection, as I was to the alien birth of any maternal ancestor. I loved my husband for himself. One day, about a year after our mnarriage, * 1 opened the box, which, with other vaiu able relics and trinkets, contained my grandmother's stone. I had not looked at it since my marriage, hiad not' even anon. * tionaed the fact of their being any such pe culiar article in my possession. My huts band stood by amy side as I opened the box, * and as I lifted the stone I began ana ex planation, but stopped midway with a startled ejaculation. Trho Atone had parted * horizontally, and the upper halt only was in my hand. Cleanly, evenly it was halved * and in, the centre a hollow roughly hewn, * in which was fitted a rough ball of plast&r I liasilly ecounted the story of the steno, as I took out the ball, which-we now sur mined must contain something~ withiin itself "Mye he-r mthersbonhesy do story. Verily, it hath revealed Itself. But we mrnst npt destroy it, Cecil, the old Gyp. By forbiade that, so after all we cannot open lightly-sce," andi he struck it softly as it lay in his palm, and, marvelous to behld, it cracked and parted a1s tie stone had done, directly in the middle of the sphere. In i th centre of the ball (whose surface was very thin", was a small flat roll of rough paper. Upon i nfolding it we found that it had writing vp m it. Something hard was in its folds which slipped otit and rolled over the table. It was a jewelled ring. We seized it, looked upon it, and wondere'l. . very hirge brilliant diamid in the form of a stir., ill in (uaint old setting, surmount Cd the ring, anld we turned now and read the serawled writing, which it was dillicult to decipher. Cecil at last read it aloud. "This is to certify that I, Leftic Skrlne, wife of liale Skrine, stol from the house of Leohard Castenwell, of , York shire, England, this family heir-loom, the crown star diamond ring, commonly worn by the proud daughter of the house, Amelia Castenwell. I stole it to revenge myself for her haughty treatment of ime and milne who sought to predict to lher the fortunes of her house. I wish to make confession before I (lie, but wish it only known by her descendanis that I (lid so. I repeat hero my prediction, uttered to her, and which will prove true, ,s time will show, thoug she saw fit to gaiisay it. The blood of the Castenwells, of , York shire, will mingle with that of our tilbe within the next hundred years. [Signed] "LEFTIE KinxaE" At the coneblnion of this reading my husband sat down aghast. "'his then is our family dialmond, the loss of which my grandmother, the haughty Amelia Casteni well, mourned i) to the time of her death. It is of great intrinsic value, and was pre sented to one of our remote titled ancestors by a member of the royal family, as. the reward of valiant action in their delense." "And the Gypsy's prophesy has provei true, yor blood has mingled with that of her tribe, an1d within one hundred years." My husband smiled, ahd looked by no meaus miiserable at this reminder. "liow strange that you have never sub mitted this Stonie to a chemist. 1 think lie could have dibcovered the line of division. " "My father once did, but though the chemist was an eminent one, he made no discovery, but pronounced it a solid stone." Later on, my husband exposed the stone to a friend of his, a geologist, who told hii it had beeh rendered thus firmly ad. liesive by the use of an invisible cement, which, On account of its enduring qualities, ought, a humidred years ago, to have been a fortune to Its Inventor. le also said, had it remained in the mome humid atmosphere of England, it would, without doubt, have separated much sooner, and that its return to that atmosphere had hastened that ac tion. 'he Traveler's Trunks. There was.an odd genius, but not at all odd as to his utter disregard of an econom. ical preservation of his income, who was once ornamental, and to a certain extent useful upon tihe Philidelphia stage. Il is now .C of the "'highly clticient" attaches of th police of Baltimore. Jack come from an express oflice upon the stage. Ho was an Incorrigible joker. One Summer it was his last Upon the stage-being out of an engagement, he came here In scarch of a "snap." Of course lie wasn't flush of funds. But hI was well dressed and as airy as a prince. le "gunned" around for a hotel or place whereat lie could abide in comfort. ie tonui'l one, genteel and reason able In charge. The laudlord was all smiles. He gave him a fine room. "Where Is your baggage-your trunks?" "They'll be here this evening." For a fortnight Jack fared sumptuoi sly. Thme landlord had again and again suiggested payment, until at the end of two weeks ho became obstinato and savage. "1 want your bill," said the irate host. "No more promises-the money or your room. You havo decceived me, sir. WVhere are your trunks-the baggage you said1 you had ?" "Sir,"-said.Jack, ''my trunks are heroe! They've been hero over since I havc." 'lEh--oh, ho I Well, sir, where are they ?" said the landlord a little mnolli fled at the prospect of security. "Ask your c k, sir, at the office; said Jack, lor tily. "Andl, sir, you can retain themi for your beggarly bill --If you choose." "Wolet," said the landlord, starting for his oflco. "lie hasn't any baggage, " salid the clerk, "except this paper, which lhe left hero the day lie came." "The lying, swindling-let me see that parcel." The landlord grasped it, tore it open, and sawv the "point." It contained a pair of old velvet stage trunks--part of a shape suit. These wvere the "trunks" Jack called bag gage. Next day Jack caught a "snap," and started, off on the road, lie seat a note to the landlord requesting him to be careful and not break the locks of those trunks, as ho might '"want to wear 'em some day." Hlousohold System. The sooner a young housewife rememn bers that there are .but seven days ini the week, and that in that period of time con sists one revolution of the household, washIng day being the central sun, and baking day and aweepm: (lay being, as It were, planetary affairs, but exerting tIdal influences, tho sooner she will come into her kIngdom and reign undisturbed by her people. Custom fortunately fixes one dl'y of the seven for washing day In this land, although In somo lands across the sea that fearful epoch arrIves, with a fifty times mltiplied power, btit once or twlce a year, with an Importation of white-capped wo men Into the family to celebrate Its rites through an unnamed .porlod till all Is over. And washing being fixed, of course, ironing day Is its moat hnmnediate, satellite. If for the rest, the young housekeeper makes up her mind thatono day shall never infringo upon the orbit of another, that baking day shall be a fixed feast, nud sweeping day an Immovable feast, and that the ailver and theo clos shall now and for ever be cleaned upon their own day and no other, there wlll be a code established that' will keep things straight as long as she lives and rtiles her house. 11cr work will roll off her hands, if she does It herself, with half the wear of body and *oul thiat.It usu all taes;andif she hos servanta, she may fal le, hemay goaa~semay hv a cr fdistractions or' of other odeupa Lti6ns-t4li'h'ouse will never'show it; and whst iether, good wom~an of tho Pte b gthalidhau rei olothig On the Helleroplion. In Fulton county, (ai., there is now living anl old mnan who enljoyattie distinction of having giuarded the great Napoleon dluring his short captivity on tile Ik-llerophon, pre vious to his departure for St. I lelena. Mr. ( regg, for that is tle name of (lhe old man, is now eighty-flve years of age, but i still in the enjoyment of good health, and his memory seems to be unimpaired. In the course of a conversation with the veteran s011e ilnc ago, a few facts were elicited which will doubtless be of interest to the many admirers of the French Emperor. Gregg., according to his statement, was one of the Britisl marines on tIle Hellero. ph1on. After tho Emperor Napoleon, or Ge.hneral Bonaparte, as lie was studiously called by the ofilcers of the vessel, camte Oil board and surrendered himself to Captain Maitland, claiming the hospitality of Eng land, he was assigned a eibin an( one of the marinecs always oil duty at the door, This post fell to Gregg's lot a nutuber of -ities, and (e soon1 began 1o feel a fri'en-dly interest in the illustrious prisoner'. "low did Bonaparte look and act ?" 1 asked. "lie was the granliest looking muan I ever saw,"' replied Gregg. "le had a splendid head, dark-bronn hair, and at face like mar ble. His eyes were a light bile, and when ill high spirits his smile was the sweetest Imaginable. "lie was cheerful at all tunes, vas he?" "Oh, yes; sometihes he(11 would speak to mne and to the Colmon sailors as, pleasantly as you please. lie wouht utter i few words of English, and then ask if what lie said was correct, and when we would poilt out his mistakes as well as we could, Ie would laugh like a boy ; and then lie woudl turn the tables by picking flaws in our French. 011, he was a rare one, sir. "Always !in good humor, then ?" "Well, no, sir. Sometimes hie wats very blue, and then again lie Would get miad, an(, Lord, sir, how he would swear.'' "Swear I The gmeat Napoleon swear!" "Yes, sir, that lie did. lie would swear by the hour at anybody or anything that crossed his path." ''How did h pass his thiie ?" I queried. "Ilie read sonie, and talked with the olli cers a good deal, and then lie was very fond of pacing the deCk. 8omet imes lie would shut himself up in his cabin all day, but gelnerlally lie Was was walking about, lotic ing everything. Nothing Seemjfe(d to escape him, and he was in the main very willing to talk to anybody thlat came along. Soime Ilmes lewas unassulinig, and then ainm, considering his position as a prisoner, mid all that, it did look as if he was a little too haughty." "Did lie ever appear at all cowed ?" "Cowed I Not a bit of it! Why, sir lie walked the deck as though he owned the vessel and everybody on it. lie would get blue and mad, as I said before. but Ie ail ways carried himself grandly, and every body, from the Captain down, showed him the greatest possible respect. In fact, we all took a liking to him, and that's the truth about it," "What was Napoleon's height, as near as you could guess ?" "Well," replied old Gregg, meditatively, *'they tell iC that he was a little man, but I (id not think so when I saw him. It was because I was a raw youth, I suppose, and the sight of tile ptreatest man in the world's history dazzled mie. But, thon, his man ier was always so dignifled and impressive that we never thought of his smiall stature." "What, was the opinion of those Oil tie Belleropholl in regard to the Emperor's fi. ture ?" "Why, sir, we all thought that he would be recelved as England's guest, and by some provjsion in tle trealy be allowed a pension on condition of not again taking up arms. Weo had no0 idea of anything else, and, sir, our mn shed tears of humihnation whlen they learned thlat Bonaparte w~as not to be p~ermlitted to land on English soil-thoy did, sir, and our oficers, too, were -a great deal ruflled--and they felt that the British Go verniment was doing something that was mean, petty and n alicious." Pai!nting. Here is the foundation for two or more coats of p~aint. The first coat upon the wood is called the priminag. This may be miado a little thlinner than thick cream by thle-addition of more linseed oil. Some painiters add spiritl turpentine to the pri miing, but It is not best for outsid1e work, even in-the priming coat, and it ia ruinous for the outer coats, as it causes the p~aint to soon1 cut all to pecs In the weathcr and rub off like lime whitewash. Spirits tur penltine Is often p)ut largely in outside work by dishlonest pinters, (1), if they furnish the pait themselves, because It cost less than Iinscdd oil, and( (2), because it makes their wvork dIry with greater raptdity. The farmer doing Is own painting will not be apt to find himself in any great hurry about the dr'ying, but if hie does lie can make the paint dIry fast and yet bo all right by adding to It, at the mixing, a 91mal1 quantIty of what they have for sale at the plahIt shoeps unider the namle' of "Japan gold size." The second coat of paint must never he put on until the first coat or prhning Is en tIrely diry and hlard. If you desire to p~ut on a third coat prepare your paInt exactly as for tihe second coat. lie very careful nlet to get your paint too thin; and before putttling onl thle third coat, make1( sure that the second coat is perfectly dry. For In slie work you take your lead franm the keg, an~d mix it to the conlsistency of cream with turpentmne alone. Seime painters apply It in this condition; but i it be used about the house, great advantiage will be0 found to come of the adlditioni of one-half plot lIght colored coach varmash to every gallon of paint. ThIis gives it a peculiar hlardness, and nmakces it so that one may wash It thor oughly with soap suds artd not damage it in thme least. This, it imulst be borne in mInd, Is for a second or third coat ; the wood must first h~ave been prlimied the same as for outside work, though the pri miung may be mixed with turpentine Instead of linseed oil, yet a small puroportion of oil improves It. A very beautIl'ul finishing paint for inside work is made by mixing zino' whIte (which Ie something sImilar to white lead) in damar varnish, and reducing 'It to workIng consisteoncy with tuirpentine. This Imparts 'a bright gloss to the work ; but -you will find it more troublesome to put on snmoothi1f than any of tlhe other prep. arations. * '2la1 said that look# wt h slidlen and dfyb~ s hAys for 999ttfl' is.'boeja nudo Spongen. The sponge may be found in the variou subtropical waters of the world. Th principai BI)olging grounds of the Unite( States are the waters around Key ve and along the western coast of Florida from Tamjpa Hily on the south to Pensacoll on the northeast. The sponge schooner have two places to clean the ir sponges whi coast sponging. One at Auclote Keys, th other at Rock Island. Of the sponge ther, is several varieties, chused according t( their marketable value as "'sheep wool,' "'yellow," "fox glove," "grass,"- etc.. be sides one class, "'loggerhead, " which ha no valie, and is not thought worth plickin up. The first-named is the Variety im(ostly sought, as it biears the best market price The most of the vessels enga'ged in ti sponge trade are owned and fitted out at Key West. The outfit of a sponge schoone consists in a number of long poles witi hooks fastened on thle end for gathering and from three to seven small boats called Dingys," from seven to fif.ven men, with provisions from eight to twelve weeks, water-glasses, &c. i having a curiosity to see actual sponge gatherin-:, last a brighi morning found me aboard the schooner "Saitilier," spinning towards the bars; but owing to light winds during the (lay we did not arrive till after hightfrah. The next morning, however sponging comn menced In earniest. Shortly after sunrise the "'dingys," manned by two men eacb, Willi water glas-se, sponge hooks, etc., set off in quest of sponges. One ot the men in the 'dingy' sculls the boat nout here and there, while the other, lying across the boat's thwart with his head in the water glass, scans the bottom for sp:>nges. Tile Wiater glasq used by the spongers is noth ing but a common deep woodei pil, with a circular pane of glass for a bottom. Placing this upright n the water, and put tiling the head in far enough to exclude most of the light, one can easily see an object on the bottom in six or seven fath onis of water. The sponger, when Ihe sees a sponge, by the waving of his hand directs the sculler how to go, and when in a (e sirable position lie thrusts his long pole down and hooks his spongs. The vessels usutuly remain out upon the bars from Monday until Friday evening of each week, coming into the Keys Friday night, in order to clean the sponges which thef had gathered the week previous, put those gath ered the present week Into the crawls, put their wood mid water on boatd: and prepare for the next week. The sponges which they gather one week are put in crawls or pens, made by driving posts into the sand, where, at low water, they will be quite or almost. dry. iere they are left until the next Saturday to be washed by the tides. On the following Saturday they nre cleansed by striking them one or two light blows with a paddle. When the sponges arc cleaned, they are taken abonrd the schooner and strung on strings usually about five and a half feet long, when they are thrown upon the besch .to bleach and dry. The number of vessels cngaged In sponging from Key West probably reaches 125, gathering sponges to the valuo of about $100,000 annually. Besides the Key West schooners, we have about forty or fifty fitted out from Cedar Keys and Oglockncy. Ti Finot. Diamonin im thO WOrt. Western sovereigns are not the posses, sors of the finest diamonds in the world, for the lajahs of Manton, Borneo and the Shah of Persia have the largest hitherto known. The one belonging to the Emperor of the Monguls weighed 279- carafs (about four grains eaci), and was vaelu at 12,000,000 frnies. The famous Orloff, the property of the Russian crown, is one of the most re markable diam onds, on account of the well-known circumstances under which it was brought to Europe. 'The large stone belonging to the Emperor of Brazil, which weighs 1,730 carats, would be wvorth many millions were not its brilliancy (dimitishied by certain defects. The Sultan of Nizamn's (diamfond weighs 400 carats; that of the Emperor of Austria 20 grains ; and that of the King of Portugal 25i) gzalns, The fa mnous Koh-i-noor,- or Mountain of Lighit, is the property of the Queen of England. The one which adorned the tiara of Pius IX., andl was bequeathed by him to his successor, Leo XIIH, is one of thre finest stones known. 1t, camne from the treasury of the Duke of Burgnndy, seized at Gran som. 1t was sold1 after the~ battle to a Jew of Berne, for 3 crowvns, then successively for 5000 and 0000 ducats, andI afterward purchased for 14,000 by Luigi Sforza, from whomi it passed into the hannds of Pope Ju lius II. for 20,000 ducants. Every one knows that the "Regent'', of the wveight of 130 carats, Is tihe finest diamonds belong ing to tno French regalia. Conniolsseuri consider it to be worth 12,000,000 france. soeds. -- At the last. meeting of the Blritish associa tion, Sir Johin Lubbock readh an interestine paper on seeds. Hie commenced by calling atteution to the difference presented b~y seeds, some1 being large, somec small, somc covered with hooks, somel provided with haIrs, some smooth, some sticky, etc. Hie gave the reasons. of these pcculiarities, arid then spoke of the modes of dispersion, by means of which seedssecured a sort of natui ral rctation of crops, and In other cases wvere enabled to rectify their frontiers. Somne plants actually threw their seeds, some were transportedl by the wid, an~d ninny wvere provided with a wing which caught the wind. Dispersion was also effected by the agency of animals. This means,was divid. edh Into two classes, where seeds adherbd to animals by hooks, and where -the same purpose was effected by sticky glands. The next point touched uipon was, that seeds found themselves in spots suitahlo for growth. Most seeds germinated on the ground, but there were instances, as the mistletoe, where they were parasitic on trees. Such seeds were embedded in s viscid substance, so that It dropped by a bird on a bough they adhered to it. In some eases plants-burled their own seeds, and In other instances the seeds buried themselves, the means by whIch these pme~iesses were effectpdi being fully explain ed by Sir Jd'mn, whon, in con. elusion, called at tion to mimick ing seeds, such as thre s rpiurns, the pedt of which did not op~en, ut looked so ex. actly like worms that bi de were induoed t< peckt at threm and thrus f cc the seeds. Thai thIs was tire purpose of he resemblance h( would not assert, but ho throw it out as s matter for consideration Our Ciihiized In0iln1. There are in thto United States about 300,000 Indians; 55,000 in the five civiliz ed tribes-the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws Chickasaws ad Seminoles- 20.000 more belonging to other tribes in the Indian Territory, and the rest are scattered In the western part of the United States, with a few remaining in New York, North Caro lina and other States. The civilized tribes have forms of government more or less similar to that of the States.Tho Cherokees have a constitution .and code of laws. The Creeks have a constitution, but their laws are not yet codified, although efforts have been made in this direction and a code pre pared. Tle Creeks have a chief, elected by the people every four years, a house of kings and a supreme court. The chief justico of the Muscogee nation is a Baptist preacher, and is now a missionary to the wild tribes two hundred and fifty miles west of his home. I met him the other day at the Muscogee Baptist association, Oil his way from his missionary labors. Ile came back to preside over the Supreme Court at its next session, in about two weeks. The lRev. John 1clintosh, is his name grandson of General William Alelintosh. whom the Creeks killed in 1825, on account of the treaty of Indian Springs. Thie pres ent. chict is Ward Coochman, born 'i Ala bama. and who remained there until about 1848. lie was a delegate to the Baptist as sociation at Nowoka. Ile is a stout-built iau, about 55 years old, black hair, black eyes, thin whiskers, will weigh two hun dred pounds, and was dressed in a citizen's dauk gray suit. le is a mantn of ability, and has an alfable address. I took ten with him -coffee, rather. The Presbyterians nad .1ethodists haveeacih a mission selhol on the manual labor system, and the Creek nation pays the board and tuition of a cer tain number of pupils. The Baptists are contemplal-ing the establish:-: i-nt of a mission school this fall. & There are twenty-eight pulihic schools, kept open ten months in the year, and under tie supervision of a superintendent of public introduction who is also superlntendent of blacksmith shops I The nation pays for sharpening both mental and agricultural tools. They pay *40 per month to teachers and pay for school books. The Indians enjoy religion. I atteneled an all-night prayer meeting on Sunday. They say they used to worship God ' all night too. Thei meeting began at dark, and ended about, sun-up, or a little later. Imagine at savage crowd of Inidianls singing in Creek at the top of their voices just before day light, and suddenly a bugle blast sounds on the air-wouldn't you think of Gabriel ? The Creeks have no moriinge laws, but the Baptist association adoptedi a memorial on the subject, urging the next council to pass a i.roper marriage law. The writer had the honor of drafting the memorial. Their custom allowed several wives, but the churches have so altered public opinion that it is rare to find a man with two wives. "How did you punil a violation of of marriage vows ? I asked the Indian lawyer. "You see that man there ?" "Yes." "Well, his wife was taken by another man, and one night lhe 1 'Went with some othur men, arresid (lie betrayer, beat him senseless, and then eut his ears off with a dull knife?" "1 low did they treat the woman I" "The same way. Sometimes they let her off easier than the man." "What became of the man and woinn?" "They are living together is man and wife, and the injured husband got him an other wife." "Was that your custom ?" "Yes ; the chief made the law, and everybody followed it." Sometimes they emit the woman 's nose off by way of variety. If the criminal could hide out, until after "Busk," the annual festival, lie wvent free. Some of the tribes had .cities of refuge, as the Israelhtes had. D3uftioes anmd Miltary Tracice. "Yes, sir, caught these buffaloes wvhen they were calves ; got the prairie dogs when they wvere pupp~ies ; the antelope when It wvasn't as big as a kitten, and the p~rairic wolf whien the eyes were scarcely open. They are all over four years old now, andl I trained thiem myself." Tihie speaker was John Richardson, who for tea years had been serving Uncle Sam as a private soldier at Forts D). A. Russell, Harker, Wallace andl other outp~osts on the Ind(ian fronties. lie variedl the Idleness of garrison life by'studying the habits of the prairic aniimals, and~ as a result lie has been able inot only to make pets of thrmee buffa loes-a cow withi twvo calves, a bull and a leifer--an antelope, a prairio wolf and a prairie dog, but also to bring them Into a tolerable condtion of training. Recently he landed themi In this city and proceeed withthemn to the farm of James Archer, near Fordham, where they will be kept unmtil lie cami give an exhibition. "'What can the buffaloes do ? asked the Her~iald reiporter. "Well, I would hate to tell you without proving it; because you1 thinig l'm boasting. WVell we have a little exhibition sooni as I fced 'em. You see they've been on the cars since Tlhmnsday, when I started from Lecavenw~orthi. I had the buffal.,es out at Rochester, and like enough they're scared and won't obey first-rate" Th'le prairie dog nestled on lis master's shoulder, the wolf sneaked at his heels and the antelope walked alongsidhe thme buffaloes, all of them responding to their master's voice by following him through the stock yard of the New York Central raIlroad. Thea they were fed-the buffalo with hay, the antelope with twIgs of spruce and grass, the prairie wolf with a great bone andl the (dog wvith a apple. When they were through with their meal Afr. Richardson called out "Fall In I" At once tatb buffaloes stood facing him and formed in line accordingly to size. The antelope took posItion as fille closer, while the wolf,.refusi ng tojake paist in the drill, got a beating, and slunk off into a corner, where lie wh ineCd piteously. "ie is very disobedient, and will parade only occassionally. .I control him by fear. The rest, except the~ antelope, are very do ohio, aed lie Isn't wild. I taught hultn to stand always behind the line. Now you see I got'these things, and I niade pets of them. I didn't Intend - to train (hom ~for anything but fun. "Being 'myself a 501klier .1, matur~ll. otlough. taurh thiem Unton's teetie oa and Meadow Grass. Tho helfer is Meadow Grass. Fours right-I say fours, but its really threes--march!" Immediately the unwiedly Meadow Grass began to wheel, the others keeplig the allignment by moving more slowly u1ntil the front had been changed. "Halt I right dress " and the great slaggy beasts turned their heads and eyes to the right, and waited for the order "Front !" Thon came "Fours left !" I"ours right about V' "Two left and rights I" "Threo, step to the rear !" and a score of orders intelligible only to a military man. All obeyed with promptitude and intelligence. Finally, the order was given, "Forward, double tprn, march I" and at once the trio, follow ed closely by the antelope, started off at a sharp run, and halted a the word. "lerquita,'' said ilehardson, speaking of the prairie (log, is sick. lie has been sick ever since lhe got out of Kansas. But he shall turn a suiniersault for you. Here, Perquita; over . march I" At the word tle quaint little animal throw ia Iailf handspring that would have done honor tQ a trained athlete. It is Hieliardson's intention to give ex hibitions of the chase of the bulfalo, as the Indilans do it with bow and arrows, and to that end he has -brought with him a mus tang and a bow, with blunt arrows. "I use blunt arrows beeause I wouldn't hurt mfy Meadow Grass, would I?" and the mastel put his arin caressingly over the shaggy ieck of the heifer, while she responded by aftectionatly rubbing his hand with her nose Tito Miatinig Mile. The fire-in the Butler coil ery,a short dis tance from the Lehigh and Susquehanna Iailroad, on the outskirts of Pittston, Pa., continues to burn fiercely. At present it is estimated that ten acres of anthracite are glowing inl the upper vein, and the most startling phase of the affair is that the miners in the employ of the company are working the vein beneath. A visit to the workmen in their subterranean oven gives some idea of the Intensity wiith which the lire Is raging over their heads. Although separated from then by seventy feet of solid rock, yet the heat Is so great that they are compelled to work without a particle of clothing upon them excepting a light pair of drawers or overalls. )'lhe perspiratioin pours constantly f r om their bodies, and the temperat ure is continually much the same as if they were at work in the presence of a roaring furnace. It is very seriously questioled by those understanding the situ ation whether the men should be permitted to work inl this Intensely p1rilus position. The fire in the Butler mine has now. beer burning upwards of two years. It origi nated in the old work-shop of an abandon et or worked-out mine, near what was known as the outcrcp of the fourteen-feet vein, and oin the very highest ground of (lie pioperty of the Butler Coal Company. The destructive spark was first kindled by a poor, degraded woman, who having been driven from the shelter of tile lown to')k refuie ill one of the nmnerous caves on the outskirts. I lere she made a fire for the purpose of cooking uch stray crults as she could pick up ainid to keep her warm at night. One nilht she was alarmed by seeing the entire side of th cave on fire, and she fled in terror from the rcenie. Su perintendent llennett, one of (lie most practical and careful managera in this region, had his attention called to the fire early in June, 1877. ly that tine it had made a good deal of headway northeast of the pitch dlong the pillars, and the course It was taking indicated that it would shortly exhaust itself. There was nothing to give rise then to the apprehension that it would work its way down the pitch or declivity, aind immediato steps were taken to cover the ''cave holes" by whien the air was ad mlitted to feed the flames. The innnediate vlilmty of the fire at that time was hioney combed with three cave holes, causedl by the caving in of the surface whlere the mine had been worked out and 1no pillars left to support the roof. The stopping up of these prevented in a measuire thme pro gross of the fire, but owing to the eca vatedl character of the place It was 1impos0 Bible to obtain water in sufliciont quantity to be effective. All arrangemlent, was mnade with a party to open and1( clear out en old chamber In the imine, Intending thel by to cut off the flames, but the wvork wa' (done ini a bungling mianner and failed to io vL. was intemitedl. Seeing the, threatening eli~r ncor of the element, thle company at length -i adopted a pulan at, ani enormous Iepese, whbich it was hoped would prove effective. A po(int was selected about eight hiundired feet from the fire, at which aln 01pen cut was begun from (lie surface down to the old woikings. It was Intended that this cut shiould be 350 yards In length, 20 feet wideo it thec bottom, and( ranging from 12 to 45 feet In depth. Theli plan wais thamt of Engi. acer (C. TI. Conrad, who contemplated at thme outset the removal of 50,000 cubIc feet of earth, rock and coal in the conlstrumction of this magic circle about tile fire. lHe tunneled a p~art of (lie way, and, in the lace of obstacles apparently insurmiount able lie worked steadlily day anld night with a strong force of 1m1en until his lian was effected. The progress of the fiaames has sinace been slow, but now they seenm-to have galined a great 11(ld(, and not oinly the coaI lbmt the sup)erIncliumbent rock is red with lire. The (danger lies in the tunneled part, where It is feared glowing rock will carry destruction over the archway and commu nilcate It to thme adjoining property. The great dlanger from the liro would arise from its ext ension linto the workings of the P'ennsylvania Coal Company, and once there no0 power on earth can provent it from working Its way uunder the town of Pitts ton. Hero indleed wold lbe'a poetic and terrible revenge on the part of the outcast who was denied shelter by the town and fled, like Ilagar, to tile wilderne. The Sarcastie Tramp. On the wail of th.e woodshecd which con stitutes the statlon at Doracy's, on the Balhnore and Ohio railroad, thle following has recently been written in a fair con' mercial hand: "Bound for Virginia in search of. employment. Lodged hero one night and breakfasted on dandelion salid and peas-a delightful. dish. Thoapolite attention of thie waitere at this establish ment I efm noj, too highly commend to m folloiyers, )ydgar A. Wilkins, of Blrlso,. E~ngland." Tiheo sarcan~ of this carj apreiate(We wbit hi rieboed ta fromvinlh~omii ii1 i~t ill ely:1 FOOD FOR THOUGHT. The greatest losses arlse from neglect of sial lest opportunities. Never tall attention to the features or forms of any one present. How few faults are seen by us which we have not otrselves committed. Do good to all, that thou iajekt keep thy friends and gain thine enemies. There are vices which do not deprive us of frient, -and virtues whlich do. Love mocks all sorrows but Its own, and damfps each joy It does not yield. Your benevolence should seek the. poor before the poor seek your benovo. lence. Men who believe they will die like beasts are apt to live in the same man nier. The sourest temper must sweeten in the atmosphere of continuous good olutnor. Ile that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself. It Is counted an honor to live like princes. but it Is a greater honor to give like princes. Nothing ever touehed the heart of a reader that did not come from the heart of thte writer. i.,ere is an alchemy In, a high heart which tranismuites other things to its own qualty. Some people think it an excess of Ilagnanimity to fUrgve those whou th1ey have ljured. A sincere confession. of our ignor 11ce is one of the fairest and surest tes. ti)ontes of our own judgment I know of no manner of* speaking so 0i'onsive as giving praise and qualify Ing it with an1 exception. Exemption froni (.are Is not hlppi ness; oil the contrary, a certain degree of care is essential to enjoynent. The poorest educatits' Chat teaches self-control is better than the beat that neglects it. Of learning the most diflieult part Is to unlearn, hence tihe necessity of be gininug betimes. Ligratitude is a kInd of mental weak. ness. We havo nover seen any able man who was ingrateful. Man ought alwayi to have something that he prefers to life, otherwise Ilto itself wiIl IaJppetar tiresome and void. Don't pin your faith on so-called great ilen. You will 1111d most of themn very small a.$ You approaeh them. A 1m who has duly ebasIdered tile coolt1n033 of his being, will eo.itented ly y1eld to tile course of things. Secret kindnesses done to your tel low-creatures are as beautiful as secret injuries tire detestable. Without the virue of humility one nn ineither be hionesc in poverty nor contented in abundance. It takes less tie to got over one's 10sfortlines t.han to he reconciled to at neighbor's good fortunme. Not that which 111en1 do worthily, but that wh1l they (10 successfully, is whit history is eager to record. The only passion that does not blunt Il avarice, and which the longer we live oiily becoiem kteeioer. There is no state of life so anxious as that of a m3an who does not Ilvo accord b..g to the dictates of lia own rea1son0. The oblect of all ambition should be to be hIppy at home; if we are not halipy there, we cannot be elsewhere. If you want knowledge, you must toll for it; if fooul,you m1ust toll for it; and if pleasire you inust toll for it. Don'.t expect to earn your living without labor of hand or head. lon nust eat your own bread oir someibody .3lso's. It is a most imorifying reflection for 11ny man11 to conalider what he has done Joimpared withi what lhe might have lone. 'They asked Lokmnan theo fabulist from w~hiomi did you learn manners? lHe anl ;wered promptly: From the unman iierly. $13) ia never at a stay, if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance ia It; 11d( the further we go, the mnore we llave to come balck. lieware of anger of the ton gue; Conl ~rol the tonlgue. illuvare of anger of he minud. P'ractice virtue with thy 'onigue and with thy 3mi1nd. Sow not wishes in othler people's gar iens; wish not for thaut which you are iaot, but earnestly desire to be tihe very Laest of whazt you really aure. Ihcalth is thme onily riches that a man mighit to set a value on ; for without it all men01 lre p)oor, let theIr estates be wha3t they wili. If any one saiy that hie has seen a dust nan in wanllt of broad, we answer thlat 1 was i~n somie plsco whiere there was 10o other just man. Jfustice lasa duty-generosity is avli nie. Yet tihe whlole is too apt to regard hie first as a favor, and tihe latter as a rliard words are like hailstoles in t~ mmimer; beating down anid destroying what they would nourish if theoy were inleftte into drops. .( Every human creature is sensible to 30ome infnrnpities of temper, which it should be his enre to correct and' sub-. Imie, partieularly in thle early period of * life. The p)roper eremeant of man is cope stan3t activity. The waters of life. ar -. Ilke thiose of the Biethesda pool--It is tmliy when thley are ngitated that'th y it. is better to set a frugal andwo., come table before the guet instantl ~a 11han1 to keep h11ivaiting- a long time mn order to p~rovlde for him 'a spl~ndd repast, perhaps grudgingly. Reticeence is a .valuable poWei, bo:u 0one in the use of wvhih groate dia~~, then is required ' and it~ leses alJ g Y uity all its digity as ei~ai deced without anfithent cau~e ,J Never let a lie go to se0ed in yopu' .lf you should hiappen to bet to telling a falsehQod, lett b6pKw o?.dby a pt'ouder. oonfessiomio' f4ult as quickiggy possible. -' Life 1slilko aggefs holds his rankn~coriot bjut, Wlie the a tPV~ q9 o~ o ttf~Nal*~