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w DIAN SILVEB3MITH& 3r,T * J * *■■ 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 -AT- 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 taka place moathly. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO 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 NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, Mew Orleana, E«a. POSTAL NOTES and ordinary letters by Mall or Express (all auma of fS and apward by Kxpres* at our expense) to M. A. DAUPHIN, Maw Orleama. La. • M. A. DAUPHIN, OOT Beveath Mt*. Waahlagtsa, D. O. Tie Lost is Fossil! AND CAN|BE|F0UND:AT BUG CHAPMAN’S 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- DURHAM’S &TIHMI9 TLBIUE!