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w DIAN SILVEB3MITH&
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ArMele. They Hake.
** rffaiblniton letter.]
r,n notion with the vi»it of the
Sindians, some facto fa regard to
J °o nii (actarcs become of great fa-
- ■jSSE* mentioned tlat they
Ijtr excel in the arts of making
e uanfi»‘l mvr “ e ' , ,
r = e Stevenson, wife of Professor
”• _ „/ the bureau of ethnology,
taS wearing on her velvet visitmg
*, w"o silver buttons made by them
So years ago, and presented to
\‘he also has some tine specimens
■, blankets, lately has been
So her collection their first effort
S ing in silk. Mr. Keam, who has
, » many years among the Indians,
last trip took a Navajo man-
,t„rer some colored Bilk thread, out
Scb he has woven a very rich and
utiful little blanket of the same pat-
Tg those made in worsted—saw
design, very evenly done. Mr.
m also gave a Navajo silversmith
nt silver dollars, and showed him a
er mag he had. asking him to imi-
it He did this so successfnlly
\fr Keam could scarcely tell the
one*from the model, except that an
chased on the latter was omitted
#t made by the Indian, because he
it might be an evil insect, which
Id poison whoever drank out of the
ie Navajo silversmiths, says one
, has closely studied them and their
k sometimes forge iron and brass
but work chiefly in silver. A large
' 3r j tv of these savage smiths mako
■ such simple articles as buttons,
ttcsand bracelets; those who make
/more elaborate articles, such as
j-jer chargers, round beads, to-
w cases, bells and bridle orna
te, are few. Tobacco cases, made
je shape of on army canteen, are
e by only three or four men in
tribe. Their tools and materials
'ew and simple, and rude as the
Its of their labor appear, it is sur
ging that they do so well with such
iperfect appliances, which usually
st of the following articles: A
j, a bellows, an anvil, crucible,
fds, tongs, scissors, pliers, flies,
.s, cold chisels, matrix and die for
•iding buttons, wooden implements
1 in grinding buttons, wooden stake,
. in, charcoal tools and materials for
ddcring (blow pipe, braid of cotton
r„ soaked in grease, wire and borax),
'terials for polishing (sand-paper,
_ery-paper, powdered sandstone,
.lid. ashes and solid ttcme) and ma*
rials for whitening (a nativo mineral
ibstance—almogen, salt and water),
nthe complete shop of a silver-
iiitV says Dr. Washington Mat-
iows, U. 8. N., from whom the above
quoted, which was set up temporarily
a summer lodge, or liogan, near Fort
ingate (fragments of boards picked
p around the forest were used in part
tho construction of the hogan), an
id raisin box was mado to serve as the
irb or frame of the forge. A forge
nilt iu an out-house, on Dr. Matthews’
remises by an Indian silversmith
rliom he had employed to tfork under
u observation, was twenty-three inches
)r.g, six teen inches broad, five in height
i tnc edge of the fire-place, and the
tter, which was bowl shaped, was
ight inches in diameter and three
lies deep. This is mentioned as the
vailing size and shape of tho forges
io<l by all these Navajo smiths. It
m made of straight sticks, laid to
tow a frame or curb, plastered together
d lined with mud, the mnd rising also
o inches above tho wooden frame,
before the structure of mud was
ompleted the smith laid in it the
rwxien nozzle of the bellows, whore it
w to remain, with one end about six
hes from the flreplace and the other
<1 projecting about the same distance
,-onJ the frame; then he stuck into
jo nozzle a round piece of wood,
liich reached to the flreplace, and
dien the mudwork was finished the
t'ok was withdrawn, leaving on unin-
iammable twoer. When the structure
fmud was completed a flat rock about
cur inches thick was laid on at the
«oad of the forge, to form a back to the
F ire * aR d lastly tbe bellows was tied on
(o the nozzle, which, as mentioned
»bove, was built into the forge, with a
Portion projecting to receive tho bel*
, 8 * This forgo was constructed in
-tout an hour.
. A bellows of the kind most commonly
tsed consists of a tube, or bag of goat-
!£?’» ut . * w °l Te inches in length and
: .’ lt ten >n diameter, tied at one end
0 no **le and nailed at the other to
»'•ircnlar disk of wood in which w tho
, p .to an anvil they use any .viit-
“ »« piece of iron they may happen to
;, , as i° r instance an old weaore or
arge bolt, such as the king-boil of a
' KJ 0, . ^ we ^8«» or other large frag-
‘ ut °1 iron, may bo stuck iu the
™ d . to steady it. A bolt is main-
. m position by being driven into
nsed to mark figures on
h ® r * ,°/ ten a pattern is out out of
H* * luc J l the workman lays on the
■ii*5 facing the outline with an awl,
1 e tools are sometimes purchased
Mttetunei ma ^o by the Indians.
hiii n U “ ent i° ne <l by an observer as
jag been seen by him mode from a
en knife which had been picked up
tZ * ort ,Wingate. Tho blado had
Aground down to a point.
same observer aaya the Navajo
'bonitlia perform almost all their
vronebmg on the ground in very
amed position*; “yet,” says the
“I never saw men
lb<? 0 ** harder and more ateadily.
if,- ? ften labored fromwtwelvo to
'“T 8 P® r day, eating their meals
dls Patch and returning to their toil
,, ; rip,i°J ne 5f ^ e J hod dene. They
i* te sn ^eir prices
-rdajtcU ** raeJ about * 2
.Si*"* thin ? *•». who were ea-
j”*?* 1rT * d > htodo waa a pondi-r
at in >[ »<3»rt. Having
M;k tho necessary
■““o * nd SToaaod the
f /'„ me ted * *o Mexican dollar*
^ior thl 1 bo ,7 1 ' « wceptaele, and
ft to ;ts “ d peered each
a.ith mold. Then each
■t Uii.y'vIi'® T 01 * 108 * separata part,
Kawjo eonntry aay that the aHver.
■mithi have within fifteen rear* gre»tlv
improved fa their art, and think that
the toola purchased from America and
Mexican trader! partly account for the
improvement
The Mneie Us the African. ■
[Review of Dr. Ritter’s Book.]
. bur author has thrown much interest
into the fact of musical feeling among
the colored people of America by his
learned remarks and has not overstated
their aptitude for song. The writer of
this has been detained on the wharves
of Charleston, S. C., listening to the
strange effect produced by the anti-
phonal chorus of a divided company of
male and female stevedores as they
tramped from one vessel to another,
borne down by heavy burdens on their
backs, yet cheerfully singing theii re
frains ns if slavery were a thing of joy.
Then there is the musical wonder that
puzzled Auber so much—the idiotio
“Blind Tom”—and again, the so-called
“Black Swan”—Elizabeth Greenfield—
whose voice ranged from sol on the first
line iu the fa (bass) clef to mi on the
third additional line above the sol
(treble) clef, thus showing a compass
of nearly four octaves, several notes
more than the celebrated Aguiari,
known in musical history as la Bastar-
della, who, according to the limits of
her voice as noted down by Mozart,
bad an extension of octaves from
do on the first line below tho
sol (treble) clef to the do on the
■sixth space above the Bame staff. It
will be observed that tho compass of
la Eastardella exceeded that of Miss
Greenfield in the upper, but fell far
short in the lower register, which was
as rich, reedy and resonant os the voice
of any baritone, Badioli not excepted.
This phenomenal singer lived, and died,
in Philadelphia a few years ago. Is the
American Mozart or Beethoven to
be of African extraction ? Who knows ?
The writer of this has been called on to
decide prizes for tbe best compositions
by contestants of that race and they
were neither void nor without form.
Thorn In tho Flonh or Aloatla.
[McMillan’s Magazine.]
One instance of the small annoyances
to which the French residents of Mul-
house are subject is a trifling one, yet
sufficient to irritate. Eight months
ifter the annexation, orders were sent
round to the pastors and clergy gener
ally to offer up prayers for the Em
peror William every Sunday. The
order was oboyed, for refusal would
have been assuredly followed by dis
missal, but the prayer is ungraciously
performed. The Frencli pastors in
voke the blessings of Hoavan on
‘l’Empereur qui nous gouverne.” The
pastors who perform tho service in
Gorman pray not for “our emperor,” as
the apparently loyal fashion in the
Faderland, but for “the emperor.”
These things are trifling grievances,
but on tho other hand the Prussians
have theirs also. Not even the officials
of highest rank are received into any
kind of society whatever. Mulhouse
possesses a charming zoological garden,
free to subscribers only, who have to
be balloted for. Not a singlo Prussian
lias ever been able to obta'n access to
this garden. Even the very poorest
contrive to show their intense patriot
ism. It is the rulo of the German
government to give 25 marks to any
poor woman giving birth to twius. The
wife of a French workman during my
sojourn at Mulhonso had three sons at
a birth, but though in very poor cir
cumstances refused to claim the dona
tion. “My aous shall never bo Prus
sians,” she said, “and that gift would
mako them so.”
A GRAM) REVOLUTION!
him rat old m m vi nr
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Schumpert & Roney’s
THZiC ONLY
a
Spot Cash Store’
X3NT AMESRICUS.
We promised in issue of the Recorder of January 2d, to give you some prices so soon as
we arranged and marked down our goods. We are now prepared and ready to give you more
goods for less money than any house that sell goods on thirty days time.
Contemplate a few quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty
days credit:
Flour. Flour.
In this article we stand head and shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the bjg
markets of the West and Northwest jn search of the best, and paid the CASH DOWN. We
will sell you First Patent, (entire Roller system)
For 50 pounds, $1.75. Old price $2.16.
2d Pat., for 50 pounds, 1.65. “ L90.
Fancy, for 50 pounds, 1.50. “
Choice Family 50 pounds, 1.35.
We guarantee all these Flours as represented, and if not satisfactory you can return them
and we will cheerfully refund the money.
In future we will keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—cheap.
An Outside View or Santa Craa
ICor. New York Globe.]
Santa Cruz looked to ns liko a de
serted village. It lies on the shore, at
tho foot of huge voloanio hills. I under
stand that tbe peak of Teneriffe is a
burning volcano. Thore are very many
yellow-painted houses in Santa Cruz.
Tndeed, the town looks as if it baa the
yellow fever, or the jaundice at least.
And when one turned his eyes upward
\nd looked at the pillow flag at
tho masthead, it filled the mind
with dismal thoughts of African
fever, disease and death, and tbe
ioul for a brief moment grew sad—
very sad. Back ot the city were the
rising hills that frowned down upon ns,
standing in the midst of the sea like
grim, gloomy sentinels of death. We
*ee no signs of life—no ono on the
beach, no one in the streets, no trees on
:he mountain sides or toph, no birds,
10 beasts. How the people manage to
live is a question. They certainly must
be imbued with the sentiment: “Man
wants but little here below, nor wants
liiat little long.” After putting pass
engers and cargo into tbe lazaretto, and
taking on rum for tbe coast wo steamed
»way.
Another Kind of Cramp.
[Rockland Courier-Gazette.]
“ Were you ever troubled with writer’s
iratnp?” asked the statesman of the
groceryman, who was busily posting up
bis books; “fingers clinch around the
jen you know, and won’t seem to
warding the statesman with a fixed I
’but I have been considerably troubled
by fingers clinching around my raisins
ind cracker, and seeming not to let
jo.”
And then tho statesman soemod to
recollect that he had forgotten to call
in on the nay down and inquire after a
etter from ilia wife's aunt, and os he
went ont the door thero wo, a far-away
ixpression in tho bock of his cost that
ilia groceryman thought he never could
iro looking at.
HeyeatJ Miles a Dsy.
A O.-itio iu Tho Russian Invalid oa*
wrts that seventy miles a day may bo
lontinnonsly done by Russian cavalry
witbont any fear for horses or men. A
few years ago Gen. Gourko, at Warsaw,
insiiected a couple of sotnios of Don
Gawiacks. who had cleared 340 versts in
three days -aboat seventy-four miles *
Jay.
Lime-Kiln Club: “I hold dat de
term ‘atriotly honest' has no longer any
mcanin'. Nobody look* fur it, and il
anybody ditkiver* it h* wor
iiMon han't gsna to
ie pc*
Itylui
Will sell you 10 pounds Granulated Sugar for... .$1,00.
“ “ 11 pounds New Orleans Clarified for L00.
“ “ 11^ poundsNew Orleans (Bellewood) Clarified, for 1.00.
“ “ 13 pounds New York Sugar, lor ........... 1.00.
In this line we are fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur
chase at once a sufficiency for the year’s coinsumption.
Coffee. Coffee.
In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to buy
all the “Santa Claus” you want for the little ones. We deal 6J pounds Choice Pio Coffee for $1
Thurher’s No. 41, (Roasted) a combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, for 23c per pound.
Salt. Salt
Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 per sack. Fine Salt, seamless bags, 150 pounds,[$1.05 per sack
We are slaughtering at the very low price of $1.00 per cwt. to make room for a car load of
SEED POTATOES.
Whiskies. Whiskies.
In this line we are full to overflowing, and to unload we have reduced the price on all grades
from 25c to $1.00 per gallon. Think of it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain
Corn Whisky for $2.20 per gallon, usually sold at $2.50,
Tobacco and Cigars.
We can undersell anybody—we offer “Lucy Hinton” «t 57c per pound, and all other grade*
proportionately. (
Wc regret that we have not apace sufficient to give full and complete quotation! on all of our gooda, but
you will hear from us oeoa.ionally. Remember that by tisying your goods from ua and paying SPOT CASH
you do not pay from 25 to 50 per cent, for bad debts, os usuid In eredit store.
A Word as Regards the Penny !
To all Ihoae who accnt at the idea of introducing the Penny In Americus, we eay that we atand ready
to redeem In goods or the caah any amount from 6c upward*. Bring them along and get their full value at
THE MLV SWT USE ME II ilEI»
FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEY & CO.’S BANK.
Very truly,
SCHUMPERT & RONEY.
A/narfam, Qa., January 11, 1884.
Louisiana State Lottery Co.
“ We do hereby certify that tee eupereue
the arranymente for all the Monthly and
Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louuiana
State Lottery Company, and in person man
age and control the Drawinga thenuelvee,
and that the tame are conducted with hon
esty, fairness, and in good faith toward all
parties, and we authorise the Company to
use this certificate, with facsimiles of our
signatures attached, in its advertisements
ilulsasra
Incorporated in IM§ for $6 yenni by the Legbla*
lore for Kducntlonal end Charittblo purposes—
with a capital of »1,000,000-to which a rvserfs
fOnil of over $560,000 hsn wince been added.
By an oTenrhclmiDfr popular rote it a franchise
was msdo a part of the present State Constitution
adopted December 2d, A. 1).. 187t.
Tkt only Lottery ever tcted on mnd endorsed IS?
the people of any State.
It never scales or postpones,
Ita Orsad Slagle Nambsr DrswlB|B
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Will A FORTUNE. TENTH GRAND
CAPITAL PRIZE, $TO,OOOa
100,000 Tickets »t Fire Dalian Each.
Fractions* in Fifths, in Proportions
LIST OK PRIZES:
1 CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000
.1 do do 2S,0t0
1 do do 10,000
5 PRIZES OF IS.000. 11,000
6 do 2,000, 10,000
10 do 1,000, 10,000
20 do 500, 10,000
100 do BOO^.................. 20,000
800 do lbO, .8*000
800 do 50, 25,000
1000 do 2ft, 85,000
9 Approximation Prises of $7M $0,760
8 “ •• 600 ^ftOO
8 “ “ 250 2,260
1,901 Prises, amounting to ..9265,100
Application for rates to elnbs should be made
ilr to tbe oOce of the Company in New Orleans
For further Information write clearly, giving
foil address. Maks P. O. Money Orders payable
and address Registered Letters to
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POSTAL NOTES and ordinary letters by
Mall or Express (all auma of fS and apward by
Kxpres* at our expense) to
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• M. A. DAUPHIN,
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AND CAN|BE|F0UND:AT
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Bar and Boslasrast.
EAT, DRWI AND BE MERRY,
and sleep on alfree b<
renovated and In sweet
bed. Everything ’has beta
it and dean. I and In Bug's
Liquors from 8 to 18 Yean Old!
Call and get your share of the best Bacchus the
Second In drink* a rival of Deinonloo In good
eating. Cal) early and secure your beds end
something to cst and drink.- Words cannot ex
press my thfinks to my friends. Coma and see me
sud you shall bo satisfied.
ssptl2ml HENRY a JOHNSON.
ill School Sallies,
MRS. FRED LEWIS’.
Amerloui, Go., Aug. SO, 1884. If
And Lunch Room.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
HAM, FISH, BIRD
always on
Fresh Fish and Oysters (hr Sale.
For Udy customers I have prepared a separate
room, where they will receive prompt and courts-
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