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A B-I RACEIAL) THE WORLD IS GOVEIJRTED TOO MUTCO- (PTUBLISH EJR VOL; 3.1 ALEXANDRIA. LA., WEI)NESDAY, M IRCH 27, 1878. INO. 32. DEL3OCRAT. TERM ,: THE DEMOCRAT is pnublished Weekly at 'oUHU D Irf.AUIS per anne, -Two Dor, f.anR and Flrry CENrs fir six IiimoltIhi- PAYABLE IN ADV \1 E. No suh scription taken for a less period than aix mnonths ADVFRTNE1MENTS inserted at the ratae of OnU DOLLAR ner squIre for the first insertion and FIrry CENTS for each stlhsnquent Onu. Eight lines. or le-s (brevier typ.) constitnte a sin.ar.. OB'rU ARY N)OTICES M.'rriaiees, Puhhie Me.etin.2s, Cards of Thanks, etc., to be paid as advertisements pERSONAL. CARDS-when admiasahlae charged double the usual advertising rates. MISCELLA' EOVS. SHERIFF'S SALE. II. P. Lucarrr, T''ix Collector) Vs. No. 1434 P. J. BYRNE. Parish Court, Parish of Rapides, La. F. HALLAND R vs. No. - Ta: SAME. Parish Court, Parish of Rapideis, La. MAYtR BROS. vs.iro No. 1426. Tax SAM) Parish: Courti Parish of Rapldes, Ls. ZMEjERsa & BEHAN I vs. No. 1423. TaH SAME. Parish Court, Parish of Ra;ides, La. Joanox OGisL & Co.) vs. No. 1428. Tna 8AME. Parish Court. Parish of Rap,iles, La. RBoaRT 0. MCCORKLE & CO. vs. o No. 1429. THE SAME. Parish Cotlrt, Parish of Raphlles, La. L. Mt,,aL vs. No. 1424. Tis S.uu.) Parish Court, Parish of Rapides, La. O. JAQUrT & Co. l vs. No. 1427. Tat SAM. J Parish Court, Parish of Rapidl*s, La. oGaxa DOUaRTY vs. No. 1135. 'rTa SAME. Parish Court, Pariah of Rapides, La. IATOR OF ALEANDRIA) vs. } No. Tas SAME. j Justices' Comtrt. Alaexandria Ward, Par Ish of litapile', La. IMATOl oF ALKANDRIA1 vs. ) No. - 'rTH SAME. J Justices' Court, Aleznt Iria War.l, Par isi of IRapides, La. vs. } No. - -'IE S1an. ) Justiee's ,Court, AlexanIrira Ward, Par Ish of Raphi,.'+. La BY VtIRTrUEK OF AND TO'' SAT'SFY twelve writ. of Fiiri Faciins is.i,4,l anwl to me dlirected in the above nllo h.ered snidl entitled snita, I have saiz,.I and will off'.r-for sale at Pubhlie Ale tion. at the Store lately occiupti.d by P. J. Byrne, on Seeond Stre, Ahl"xas'Il ala, La., undler the Town hlll, he tween the Ilhours prescribed by law, on SATURDAY, the 6th of APRIL, A. D. 1878, the contents of said Store, consisting of Groceries. Liquors, Whiskies, Wines, Ale, Spices, Tobacco, Snuff, Candles,. Store Fixtures, Gallery additions, Contenits of B'r Room, etc. etc., anl Book Accountls-as per Inventory now on tile In my otflee. TERMS Or SALE:-This being the see ond and last o8faring, the property will be sold for whatever it will bring, on twelve months' credit or hond, the pur chaser being required to furnisth goosd a.d approved joilnt security. b.arins in terest from the day of aljudication. at the rate of five per centuml per' annum from that date until paid. i,. M. ROBINSON, March 20, 1878. Sheriff. Printer's Fees $14.00. SBERIFF'SSi8,LE. MaI. Ao N C. MANNiNO, EXECUTtRIX, vs. JosPH E. ROBERT. No.. 2213-9th Judicial District Court, Parish of Raplilles, La. BY VIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY a writ of Fieri Facinas issnelI and to me directed in the above entitle.d and numbered suit, I have seized and will offer for suile at Pahlic Aucrion in front of tile Court H,-iuse door, in I hel Town of Aleandrias, La., ihetween tihe houra prescribed by law, on SATURDAY, APRIL 6Sn, A. D. 1878, the following deseribed property, to wit: 'l'wo eertain tracts or parcels of Ilni situated in the Parish of Rapides, oim the left descending batnk of HBayu Ra: itides, and frotniug on saial Bairoiu. hounded abore by lands of .\Mrs. Dan lel Robert, anal below Ly lands of .Mrs. Carolinoe A. Simnls, and counliining each the qutntity of one hunlred alnlil twenty-seven acres, aunl ldetigtated oil the Surveyor's pilnt it Lots Nos. fallr (4) anrid aire (5) ill tile iartitioi oif tihe Snccesion ol Daniel lRolbert, withll. all the inipyveumnta tliereouin. TcIMs o0 SAI..:--Thisj being the secoui.mind rast offterlnlg thie liroplertly will be sohl for whllatever it will blinig, on twelve montllhs' credit or bolnd, tlile pclllcaer .beiing required Ito fursilsh Lgood and aplpraved joint seesiiity, bearing interest from the day of adjul. dicLtwlm 'i tile rate of eight peir cent per annum from that date ustil full and filial: payment, audl special utrt gage retained in the property sold. H. M. ROBINSON, March 20, 1878. Sherifft. Prjnter'T Eges $8.00. THE DEMOCRAT M1IS: ELL N .UlJS. L ST OF THE JU30R1S D.IWN TO SERVE AT THE NEXT MAY TERM * OF I'HE DISTIHIC'T COURT. CLERK'S OFFrc, ALEXANDRIA. LA.. March 16. 1878. B E IT KNOWN THAT ON T'l'mI the 16th lay of Marcli A. D. 1878, we, Charles C. Weems, W. A. Griffin and William Hustmyre, memt,ers of the .lnrv Cominmission in and for the sail Parish, duly qul;lifled and sworn, to ;ether with J:mres IH Ranridall. Clerk of the District Court for said Parish, andl ex-oficio a memhber of salid Corn moissimon, did meet in the Court House in he Town of Alexadmria, and did thenl and there proceed to draw front the Generatl Venire Box r lip names of those who are to serve as Jurors tat the onsil ing May Term of the Ninth Judicial District Court in aindI for the Parish aforesaid, ias follows, to-wit: FIRST WEEK. 1 A E N."lder ...... ... Paul's Store 2 W H Robert .........Cheneyville 3 J C Gouhlen . ....... Alexaniria 4 L J Kennedy .......... 5 Emil. Ray .......... 6 B Brady ...... Batyon Rapides 7 Joseph T. Gay ........... Pineville 8 A J Ilanna..... ..... o. l.amolirie 9 W U Mills ..... Alexandria 10 Win Morrison ........ Pineville 11 .1 L Parce .... ... . Cheneyville 12 C M Wells ........ 13 G Baillio Jr ....... Baron Robert 14 J II Auilihlert ....... Chelievville 15 A oonieon .. .. ......... .Paull' 16 Steve Freeman.. .... . Lamolirle 17 .fa' Mloore ... ... Alexandlrin 18 W B Gomldnan ....... Paul's 19 I) Kihnagle ........ Alexa:ndria 20 l Siilpson ... . ... Bayou Brapihles 21 F B Barker ........... Sprinig Ilill 22 F M R:axslale ......... Alexandria 23 ,ls '1' Nicholls ... ...... Nicholls 24 Jolhn Hanlan Big island 25 Isale Mainteaux ..... Cheneyville 26 Jo.i h Grantham ... ... Calhoon's 27 .1 I)4'helps ... ......... " 2 'I' L Pert ............... Lamoulrie 29 11 :\ 'l'holnpsoni .......... Cobile 3o) TC Whleado ...... Spring Hill 31 IV H Scott ......... B.B you Robert 32 G W Cutts ........... .....C.otile 33 G W Gardhiner ............ 341 31 M Mairler ...... Bayou Robert 35 . Heymalan ............. Aleh'xailri 36 M lPula l Jr ............. 1e 37 EC Ilerhert .. ......Cheneyville 38 Fat Kelly ....... ....Alex.miria 39 Claibe 4t:ehal .......... Piniewoods 40 1 C Roberts ........... Alexamilria 41 F B Mlder .... .. .. Paul't 42 K V Weem l ..... BIayou Roblert 43 .\ lx i tlhr Glulksmlnal... Alexallndri 44 EI Va e. ..............Cotl' 45 J.Jlani A lDiixon ...... ...... 46 Win Siullivian Holloway's Prairie -17 W Ii Re':il:m ....... Wise's 48 Wimi M'rhlh ilt ....... Slring Creek 49 .J:lli.s l( .\rthur ....... ......... 50 11 R D)ulney........... Alexandria SECOND WEEK. I John A Williams ..... Alexanldria 2 I' H Barker ........... Colhlioll's 3 Tom W Comlpton .. ... Aillltria 4 , M SlMac'khl ford ... Bayou R:l)pies 5 A A. Goolwi .. ... Alexindria 6 J.1 David ........... Pine.ville 7 1 I Miller ...... ......Alhxandlria 8 .1J 1 Forney 9 J A :\CI aw'oI ... ........ Lamonrie 10 JJ Swann .. ........... ..Paul's 11 W C Johnsol ......... AlexuanIria 12 '1' J Small ............. Chteueyville 13 S. IS Inlerson .......... ...Cotile 4 I D R Molmgai ... ...... AlexatIria 15 Alpht Slty ....... Btyou Rapidles 16 C E Jlnett .tt............ Cheneyville 17 B Meyer ... ....... ... I:lmour ie s8 J..seph V Melder ........ Ct1iho rn's 19 John P K'.Iso ......... Alhxiuuilria 20 ( 1 Crrotith ..............Paul's 21 CH Blanchardl .........Colile 22 J W Glass ........... . Hium'stol 23 1l A Rio'ant ...............Cotile 24 W A Charleville ......... " 25 M Deville .....Holloway'sv Prairie 26 31 3 alloway ....... Cac ,hen.yville 27 A I Brister ........ B myoi Rapiles 28. A Rillio ... ... ..B yolli Robert 209 C E ouea ........ ... Alexaldr'ia 30 C Goldenberg. ......... " THIRD WEEK, 1 J C Irving .......... Alexandria 2 Kt L Walker ......... CliennyvilIe 3 J.oletas litckmau ..........Pineville 4 AT' Comnpton .......... Alexandria 5 K ,! Well A ........ .. " 6 J A Allbrirht ......... Chleneyvillo 7 L, Q lirnige .......... Pauli's 8 I) M Lyle ....... .. Chtneyville 9 G',n R WVat'r. ............. Pineville 10 31 11 Duhlam ...... Bayou R:lpiaIes 11 F ,llder ................Paul's 12 el'wis 'rlex:all Jlr ... B:yon R lllpies 13 I'lihos Chev;illier Holloway's Pralirie lI Loanii Gowalls ..... r ... Alliuxn J/in 15 B rllnarl Well .........Cheneyvill 16 P L Kys ... Hlhloway's Prairie 17 IHeary Walkling ..........Piuteville 18 N S MNutt ... ........Cllhoon's 19 B K HItitler ........Byou Rapilides 20 .l:mues i i)avis ..... Bayou Robert 21 R:olm lll i Rhalmes ........ Plaul'a 22."1 aI Wi'ems .... .....Bayou Rapiles 23 BT 'Lewis ............ Borllllti's 24 C Alffrilan ............ Lamiourie 25 A E Clhitty ................ Pail's 26 Denniiis Kelly.......... Aleianllria 27 IV Sittonis ..............Cotlle 28 JE Roberts .............. . , 29 E M Bras;hear .... Bayon Rapides 30 H M1 Golmluan ....... .......Cotlle And after having drawn the above aud foregoing one hundred aud ten lnames from thie General Venire Box, we, thle said Jury Commissioners, to gethar with the sahl Clerk, didl proceed to rpl:ice thie same with a like number of nalmes of (liduly qualifl d electol;rs taken from thie Registration Books. WM. HUs'TMYRE, C. C. WEEMS, W. A. GRIFFIN, Jury Commniissioners. J. 11. RANSDELL, Clerk, A true coly: J. H. RIxs..Ird TOM ANDERSON, MY JOE. Tom Anderson, my joe, Tom, \lhen we were first acqlent, I ,ricked agai, st your keno game Till e e'vy red was spurt. Thouigh I have quite retfrmeri my ways For that was long agn- It seems you haven't chatiged a bit, Toni Anderson, my joe. Tom Anderson, my ji, Tom, Since then for many a dear Yon IIla:ted a valsly meaier game, In quite a different s here : A game at which the other side Had not a c~ ance to crow, Because ion marked anl stocked the cards Toni Anderson, mny joe. Tom Anderson, my joe, Tom, Wheni you began that game I wondered that your thrrat was not In danger from the sami. ; And when I pa:s.ed a field of hemp I smiled to see it grow, And thought 'twas growing there for you, Toni Andelrson, mly joe. Tom Anderson, my joe, Tom, ona surely might have seen That you, beside those Northern sharps, Were very soft and green; For when the game is poalitics, So many tricks they know, That they rare quite too munch for you, Tom Anderson, my joe. Tom Anderson, my joe. Tom, They coaxed you on to sin; They made you play a swindling game, And rak d the profits in; They told you many, many lies, Anrd wept and phleaded so, C'hat you wererbadly swindled, too, Tomi Anderson, my joe Tom Anderson, my joe, Tom. Yon never thonght that ways Of wickedness were trodden by The meek and lamblike Hay es, rr that Ohio hands were miade To strike a sneaking blow; Btat now you understand it all, ToUn Anderson, my joe. Torm Anderson, my j ,e, Tom,. Who you shall count the cost, Yqu'd bIetter give away the game At which you w ,n and lost; And you should well remember Hayes, When yon to prison go, And not forget those other Frauds, Toimi Anderson, ami joe. BILL LOGLEY. An Interview with the Famcus Texas Desperado. HOW HE FOLLOWED A FOE AND KILLD HIM IN A DUEL. THE BLOOD STAINED BANDIT'S HOPE 4 OF ESCAPE FROM THE OGALLOWS. William Lonrley, the famous Tex as de-peradn, who has been credited with the killing of thirty-two men, has been interviewed in the jail at Galveston, where he awaiting death -entence. "How are you today, Mr. Long ley?" "Very glad to see you, gentlemen. Mentally I feel very well, and would do so physically, hut these chains iand this infernal stiff iron are break lug me down." As Longlev sail-this he pointed to a cross har of iron that extended from one leg to the other, to which was appen-led strong chains. "Are you chained day and night?" I asked the desperado, as his sharp, 'lark eyes looked from hehit,d the hars at the party ready to propound to him the Mexican questiol in ,lispute. "Yes, they keep me chained (lay and night, and change the irons twice each day-morning and night. The jail rs seem to like my compa ny, and do not want to part with me." "Perh:ps they wish to keep you from making any more raids into .Mexico." "Do you think so?" queried Long ley, as tie hurriedly glanced from under his broad-brimmed slouched hat. "Bill, pardon my familiarity, did you and John Wesley Hardin, with a picked company of your class of men, ever make a raid into Mexico • and levy contrihutions on rich Mex icans living in the State of Tamau lipas?" "No, sir; no, sir. I never went with Hardin any where. I don't even know Hardin personally, and ouli once met him, and that was in tlhe county of Comancha. We simply glanced at each other as we passed on horseback, Hardin not knowing that he was meeting his rival in notoriety." "During any period of your out lawry did you extend your travels andl operations across the Rio Grande?" "Once. I was alone then, and did not molest any of the greasers. My stay in Mexico was short-not ex ceeding one month. I was in search of a man who had killed a friend of mine in Texas. At Mttamoras I was within one hour of catching hin. ije knew I was on his track At Reynosa I came up with himn. ibut he was under the protection of Pan cha Mejia and his gang of Cortina: banditti. I told Mejia that I was af ter Grady-that was the fellow's name-and was determined to get him. Mejia said that he considered. my Itroposition the coolest he had ever heard, and told Grady what I wanted. That party was nervous over the condition of things and I agreed to fight me with six shooters, and you know, gentlemen, I am no slouch with a six-shooter. The af fair was arranged, and a few morn ings after the meeting we fought at the. ranche of Cortina, thirty miles back of Reynosa, and if you ever pass along that way just look at the t "mnott" of live oaks on the left-hand f side of the road leading to Monterey, I and you will see Grady's grave. We fought at ten paces, advance and fire, I and my pistol went off first. Grady r was shot immediately over the left I eye, in the very spot he shot my best Friend, at Banquette, one year t before, Mejia seemed gratified over t the result, and saluted me as THE BEST SHOT IN MEXICO. He seemed determined to have me r join his band, and as a matter of r safety I did so, expecting to leave it a whenever convenient. While with a these fellows I had a good time gen t erally, and was always well stocked r with Mexican dollars, which I spent t freely at fandanooes. A few nights 'I before I left the band Cortina came a to our camp and had a long talk c with Pancha MUjia, and the next A morning I was informed by that party that a grand raid into Texas t was in order, and that if everything c went smoothly we would capture S Corpus Christi, two hundred men t making up the raiding party. This r was too much for me. I was willing t to tackle a-Mexican town, but loved my n:tive Texas too well to do her any harm, antd therefore left my I Mexican friendls with a good horse rig, and plenty of money in my pos session. Of courset he raid did not, come off." At this interesting period of the desperado's tale of Mexican adven tures, a prisoner in the next cell made a great disturbance Longley knocked with his manacles on the partition separating the two cells, saying: "Ke.ep quiet in there." "Go to h-l, you murdering thief!" was the reply. Longley smiled in his usual genial manner, andi said sarcastically: "That's Smith. He's in for rob hing a poor prostitute of her sleeve buttons. Gentlemen, I'm not going to utter a boast, but if all the inhab itants of Galveston were out of the city, and the place repeopled with fifteen thousand men like Smith, and these jail doors were unfastened, I would take the contract to run them into the bay in one hour. That is what Bill Longley thinks of the ras cal in the next cell to him. Do you listen to my remarks, Smith?" These few opinions seemed to have a gratifyi'ng influence on Smith, and the interview proceeded without further molestation from that quarter. "Longley, it is now behlieved that reports publishe I in papers to the effect that you committed thirty-two murders are not true-that they have been exaggerated." "I am glad to bhear you say that the people of Texas are taking the right view of my case, fot I've been greatly misrepresented in this State by newspaper reporters, who were in search of sensations, and in gratify ing their vanity as writers they sac rificed me, and I am now threatened with the scaffold. Much of this grew out of reports scattered in the papers of Texas by fellows preparing sketches of my life for publication, to book shape, so as to advertise their works well before issuing them from the press. All these fellows are enter prising editors. One of these money-grabbers got out his book ahead of all the others, calling it the "Life of Bill Longley." He was so certain of making a fortune out of the thrilling lot of lies, that he quit editing his paper and went to peddling the books. . Well, the re suit was that he broke at it some where in northern Texas, and is now driving a dray in Dallas, a vocationt for which the majority of Texas edi tors should be qualifying themselves, and pne they would be bettar adapt ed to than editing." "YoSu, Bill, are rept·ed ta rseady n.d proiili, writer. Would you likt t to, become an edlitor--that is, when i you are a free man?" r "Yes, sir, I like to write: but I do r not think editing a paper would suit t me. Yet I would give all the Mexi ti can dollars I could lay hauds on in q the next ten years S TO BE A REPORTER for one week, and have the privilege t, to write whatever I please. One week would do. There would he a gnawing of files hereabout and else where for at least one year after my ii reportorial career ended." h "Have you friends to look after your interest on the outside?" ft "No, sir; I have not got an influ- it ential friend on earth that I know of, b and my old father is a poor man.- b He possesses nothing but a home- ge stead, and lives eight miles above al Belton, in Bell county. Father can- ki not help me, and I know of no other be help." "In the trial that ended so diaas w trously to you, you stated through cl the press that prejudice and personal o0 hatred caused your conviction." at "It was prejudice and pelbnal en be mity that convicted me. There was to not a shadow of positive evidence $t against me. Personal hatred was so ti strong that my enemies threatened ni to kill any lawyer who would plead my case. My old father was afraid T to assist in getting me a lawyer.- 01 The lawyer that I did get became ct scared during the trial and left the H court House before it was half ended. C( As he left, be whispered to me- in 'Bill, old fellow, they are determined al to have your .life. If you are not A convicted by law, they intend to w shoot you to pieces before you get to d; the jail.' I have been in this jail nearly eight months. During that L time neither my father nor any of 01 my brothers have called to see me. They could visit me here without k fear-but not so in Giddings. My i11 enemies are very numerous there." L "Did the outlaws of Texas, previ. C ons to the capture of John Wesley k Hardin, Taylor and yourself, have an if organization for mutual protection k against the officers of the law?" L "I don't think they did. As for tI myself, I have never been connected ci with any organized band of outlaws. si During my travels I met quite a number of ti TEXAS OUTLAWS AND DESPERADOES, R but I had thWt very little to do with them, never having any partners in a my wanderings, generally being R alone. I have no friends among the Texas desperadoes, for I have arrest- p ed a great many horse thieves my a self. But that makes no difference, a the newspapers have turned every k hody "against me. Those persons b who say I should be hanged, do not p know why-always excusing their excess of hatred by saying: 'The newspapers say he has killed thirty two men.' I tell you right here, gentlemen, solemnly, while the shad ow of the scaffold is nigh over me that I have not done one-fourth of the crime that I am accused of." "Do you think the appellate court will grant you a new trial?" "Yes, sir. A trial like mine can not pass in the appellate court; and I am certain the judges of that high court will not listen to false rumors about me. Testimony will be pro duced to show that my trial in Gid dings was a mere mockery." "How old are you, Mr. Longley?"t "I am 26 years old. I was born on the 6th of October, 1851, in Chappel Hill, Texas." "If you escape the penalty attach ed to your recent conviction will you lead a peaceable life in the fu- I ture?" "Well, that would depend upon circumstances and how I escaped. If pardoned by the authority of the Governor I would do my best to make a good citizen. But I have no hopes of a pardon. IfI made my es cape from confinement, then, of course, my life would again he tur bulent, because I would always have to be on the alert, and in that way I would keep getting deeper in crime and outlawry all the time." "This ended our interview with Longley, considered by the people of Texas the GREATST DESPERADO of modern times, and who will soon end his days on the scafold unless the appellate court, now in session at Galveston, grants him a new trial. His voice is soft and pleosaot and language good. He1is nearly six rfeet high and well formed, bdut r6ml to he suffering from the loadt of chains on his limbs. A large black moustache shades an expressive I mouth, and a pointed goatee, covers the end of his chin. His eyes are dark, bright, and searching. Un . questionably Longley is a man of wonderful endurance and nerve, .and would prove a dangerous antagonist to an enemy when armed with, the -ix shooter, a. weapon he handles with deadly precision. In his interview with strangers be is courteous and talkative-i fact, he has TALKED TOO MUC , for his own good,, his anecdotes be ing magnified into terrible scenes of bloodshed and tragic deaths by volu ble interviewers. Besides being a good talker he is a prolific writert and a constant reader. He may havei killed tnirty-two men. but I do not - believe it; and, furthermore, I do h not believe he had an impatrial trial e when convicted, His being kept in d chains day and night, with a stiff bar t of iron spreading his legs apart, is an act of barbarity that should not d be tolerated in any part of the Uni- e ted States. The jail is. safe. It is C surrouided by a high brick wall, and N the spacious yard is well lighted at e night, and guarded by LARGE AND FIERCE DOGS. Tht prisoner's cell is in the middle of the jail, on the first floor, and es cape from it seems an impossibility. b He complains of the irons that are e constantly pressing downward and injuring his health, and says. that great partiality is exhibited toward a Walker, another condemned man, g who has the privilege of the yard n daily. . v I asked the jailer why he kept E Longley chained and so closely con fined. He replied: "He was sent to this jail for safe keeping, and we propose to keep him. ,It will not do to let such a man as &l Longley have any show whatever.- '1 Common reports say that he -has t killed thirty two men, and if so he `' is a dangerous man, and must be: kept in this jail until the sheriff of " Lee county calls for him to expiate c the crime of killing Anderson in that county. The appellate court will settle his case in a very few days." - Longley, while in one of his wri ' ting moods, wrote a letter and for q warded it and his photograph to RANDE, THE WESTERN DESPERADO, and expressed adesire-to correspond t with that bloodthirsty individual. : Young Taylor, one, of the princi pals of the Taylor Sutton vendetta of C western Texas, is in a cell immedi ately over Langley, with other man killers, but bad blood, seems to exist I between them and the notoriouW. prisoner down stairs,.--[Police News. THE POETRY OF THE OLD PLANTA TION.-What nights were the nights on theol0 plantation ! The mellow light of the harvest moon crept through the rustling leaves of the tall oaks, fell' softly upon the open space beyond, and bathed the brown old barn in a flood of golden glory, while the songs of the negroes at the coro-pile-lusty chorus and plain tive refrain-shook the silence nntil it broke upon the air in far reaching waves' of melody. But, alas, all these are gone. The moon pursles" her pathway as serenely as of old, but she no longer looks down upon the scenes that were famillar to your youth. The old homestead and the barn are given up to decay, and the songs of the negroes have been hushed into silence by the necessi ties of a new dispensation. The old plantation itself is gone. It has passed away, but the hand of time inexorable and yet'tender, has woven about it the sweet suggestions of poetry and romance-memorials that neither death nor decay can destroy. -[Atlanta Herald. -Fane culture is the latest Wees; tern industry, and is being systemat tically carried on in Minnesota. It is a simple process, consisting chief ly in the protection of egs and tad poles from birds and other enemies by meansof wire screens. The pro duct thus far reporten amounts to 2.000 dozen legs, of IrWtech two-thi'rds have been shipped to St. Louis, where they bring an average of twenty-cents per dozen. -WHAT is to be done with the devil?" asks the Buffalo Express., And the Hawkeye replies: "If he is through taking proofs let him die tribute bievvirt ntilit i, tlu to o .] t'rtfht mail." NolBOETHIGi ABOUT DI.tIO ,. HOW THEY ARE CUT, AND THEIR RE!L ATIVE VALUE - I-MIT A The process used in cutting dia monds iA exceediagly Inttreiuiatlag fi we all know that. theiiardes.t' saub stance in the world is tbisistne yet. when presented to ~a in "e ,foram..o a jewel it is cuSta a "pmost !preel and geomietricalemaner. Diamonde, like most crystals of'thr-ae itfbPtilk tios, ca be ,splitit a obitta s'dreo tion; thi. property; knows iras f~lea - 'age" allows thi first. rQugb shape to be given to the stone, andalso to re niove the outward crust or such parts as are defecEilte' The atone is then 'fastened with cement to the extiem:-" Ity of a stick, aid as o. iiothkingbuata diampnd can cut another, it 'i: rub hed against another diamond mount. ed in a similar fashion. Diamond duet mixed with oil is placed be twees the two stones. A flat surface or "facet," is thus formed -on 'each' diamond. The cement is then heat ed and the position of the stones changed, and this operation tsare$ peated until the diamonds show the elements of the shape that is ulti. mately to be given to them. The grindfng and polishing to which' the stone has'--still to be asu~jected are done on circular steel horizontal ta bleg revol ving at great speed au4 covered withi diamond dust anid oil;i the stones are held.to brass hindles with soft solder. The process is long and expensive; besides requiring great skill on the part of the work. man, who can greatly increase the value of a stone by skillful nutting. Diamonds when cut affect either the shape of a "brilliant" or tbhatof a 'rose." The brillismt has a flat er. .face at the top, called the. "table," from this the facets slope outward'till. they reach the "girdle,"- or point <of greatest width of the, stone;: from there they decrease1 forming: an lui. verted pyramid, terminated by a' small facet. Rose diamonds are' made out of thinner stones, and often chips from large diamonds, and ' qr, cut in a pyramid shape, the base of which 's in the setting.' Almost pi croacopu'rses are 'used foa ornai ment in gold waork, and' 'whe, it quite close together form a cillouti. Diamonds and most precious stoes are sold by weight, the unit berag the carat. The value of diimoedsa increases'with the size more.thani it' does with the weight, so that atwo carat stone is worth four.- times as much as. a one-carat stone. Dia monds are most valuable when quite pure white, but pink, black and dark vellow-diamonds are often of great value.. Imitations of stones in. glass have been made, with more or -less.. success, at different times indiffterent - countries, but they can in very few . instances pass for rea gems. The most' dangerous 'counterfeits are those called doublets, where a this coating of real stone is applied to '' base of colored glase;' the' Sdapphire is one of the stones that i'oisnot suic cessfnlly imitated in this way. -JFrederic Voss in Harper's Basar. "-Sox: of the m-on0astries ii "It"ly . and Frhdce will send curious ariven. tions to the .Paris Exthibition. A' Florentine friar hais bonstru;ctd' a watch only a quarter of an Lnch ta diameter. It has not only :a third hand to mark the seconds,'b.t a ml. eroscopio dial which indigates the days of the week and month,'snd the proper dates. I alsp contains aan alarom, and on its front cover ap -t genlously cut 8gore of St. Franis tQ ssisI. On the back cover two vter see of the "To Denm" are distinctly cut. Amonastery loBritany, Franes will contribute a plain lookigmar. -.. hogony -table, with an toilaid'drUiaght or chess board on the surface. The inventor sets the pieces/ for a ·game of chese, and sits alone at one .side! of the boardl. He plays cautiously and the opposite pie~bes mov autdi atically and solaetimes- thebkma t him. There is no iiechantiti iapa rent beneath the tableb to~ whlich seems to be a solid mahogoony board. --Ta iive-year-olk. ZoghteF.ofa Cincinnati family, the otbiter day .. *stood watching her baby brother, i who was makhg a great 'foass ver having tis ':face washe'The'. hlittle " mi.e ar length lost: her patienc,"n./d a stamplng bet tiny foot said, #YB- .·hthta you have..lots of trouble, but u don ds know anything about ft~: it, ill yOnd rebig enoupg'l qtt g., meiat~