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Show WUat They Do la ATrloa. Cameron's "Acns; Af.'ca" s.tys that onthe death of a Unu chief it is the cjio 11 "t divert the couise of a stream, and in its bed to dig an enormous pit, th: ba.totnof wi'c 1 ii t!ten covere 1 w. h I vint women. At one end a women is placed on her hands a d knees, and 11, )on her back the dead chief, covered with his beads and treasures, is seated, beinsup,) irte J on either side at his feet. The earth is then shoveled in on them, and all the woman are buried alive, with the exception 1 i the second wife. To her, custom s mote merciful than to her companions, and grants her the privilege ol being killed before the huge grave is filled 111. Tuis being completed, com-pleted, a number of male slaves sometimes some-times f nty or fifty areslaughtereJ, anj their blood poured over the grave, aftet which the liver is allowed to resume its course." A monstrous chunk of ore was taken from the mountain Consolidated Mine at Butte City, Mont., a few days ao It was too large to put on a two-horse w.i'on. and a tour-horse team was used. . The o:e is estimated to wei;h nearly four .ton and isneaily solid cupper and vlver. U was bound with hoops of iron and hoted up, preparatory to shipment, probacy to Europe. |