Indian Gamblers

The Indiaas have gay times gambiing every Sunday afternoon upon the hill back of town. The -ambling ia done with bundies of sticks. The Indiana range themselvea in a circle and keep up a continuous chant as tlie game proeeeda. The Indians of one tribe pool their moncy against that of the other tribe, and then one of the mimber " casts the lot." The sticks are of hard woot!, about eighfcinehes in length, and about twiee the tliickness of broomstrawa, They are all white, except one, vrhich has a black Btrlpe about an inch wide around the center. Tlie dealer places the sticks behind him and divides them into two separate bunches, holding his hand3 closely abont the conter. Then one of the opposite tribe makea a giiess as to which hand contains the black stick. The sticks are then scattered out on a blanket, and it is thus ascertained which side wma One siilc retaina the deal as long as the othcr Bide fails to guess right, but as soon as a good gucss is made the deal changos. The dealing side also rurQishes the vocal nvusic, which invaria.-; a tin aceornpanhnent. No word is 'spoken between the opposite playera. Everything is indicated by gestare. To persons who have never seen them gamble in this manner it is an intercstIPgerfornnce. - Árcala ((Jal.) Leader. If a paü of water bc placed within six inehea of either side of the stem of a pumpkin or vegetable marrow, it wiü inthecourse of the night approach it, and will be found in the morning with onc of the leavea on the water. It a prop be placed within six inches oí a convolvnlns, or scarlet runner, ït wüLfind it, although the prop may bc shiftcd daily. If, after it has twined somc distance up the prop, it be unwound and twined in an opposite dircction. it will return to its original