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LIVING AND LOVING. ?T MATT IE BOLLARD SrWAlflf. j T? fcro't life's purple and gold, dear, : That makes It best wortli living; i Not always the very costliest gifts Are dearest and best worth giving; The heart that heats in truest time ! With the music of creation 1 IB uappier ?<tr uuau uin nuuiv nw Can make or mar a nation. The little sunny gleams that prove Our durk cloud's hopeful lining Are brighter, dear, than if wc had "Walked always in the shining I do not think God loves us less, Or frowns on us hereafter Because we cover up a sigh With siDgle-hearted laughter. There is no heart so poor hut gives If it but will, a treasure Bicher than any kings may own, Greater than time can measure. j Ho life can e'er be poor and cold, Or craving some new blessing, 1 That hath and holdeth fairy gold, Love's gracious self possessing. Love Boundeth depths that none may rea< With any common plummet, It leadeth up to heights beyond This work-a-day life's summit. A little tender, human love, Just at the right time given. Goes far to make this sad old earth 8eem liko a piece of Heaven. CHUB. 1 Romance of West VirgiDif BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER XV. chub's compact with the detecttve. "If you arrest Bill Monk?well, yc may prove it on him, and be may find way to get pardoned out of the penite: tiary, or he may get off altogethe Mr. Potts and his wife were never 01 iof Pine County They might mix the tip in court, and then where's the proof! "Well, what do you propose, Mi! Dawson?" "Plain sense. You've got all you ca Jn this case. It won't hurt it to try ar get another?as many as you can, e pecially if yon have a chance of gettin one of the gang to confess all he knows. "Ah! That would be somethini Counterfeiters don't usually leak t easily, though." "Don't they? Well, maybe you kno your business, Mr. * "Call me?call me Basb," said tl stranger, in a low tone. "What! Are you any kin to M Bash?" "I can't answer that now. I've to] you what to call me for the present, you use a name at all." "Well, Mr. Bash," with an emphas on the name that brought a faint tin? to the traveler's cheeks, "that's all I't got to say." "But yju was going to put me on plan." Oh, no! Not if you don't want to t pot on a plan." "But I do." "Then you must be guided entirely b , "Hut * "That's ajl. ILypu a**? ready to do t 7 sSy, promise Solemnly l^e present ?f my father and Mr. Potts^" T* .c And what Will you promise?" "I'll promise on my honor to tell yo bow you will find proof that will plac very one of the gang?mind, all of thei ?in the penitentiary, and to clear Pin County of the meanest, lowest lot thf ever lived on the mountains." "It's a bargain. I'll take my solem oath in the presence of the " "There, there! If your word won't d jour swearing's of no account with m< Jir. Bash," said Hank Dawson. "J Chub says a thing she'll do it Rel on it" "Yes, you may, Mr. Bash," said M; Potts, greatly relieved by the turn a fairs had taken. He was very much indebted to Chul ftud pressed her hand gently when unol served by the stranger who called hin self "Mr. Bash for the present" "Now, then," said Chub, suddenl; have you any men with you? Can yo set out right away?in an hour, 6ay?o the lookout for the factory?" I can pay any one you employ ( same." "You have power to search ever; where?" "Everywhere." "Then, dad, we'll start in a now direi 1km this time. How much cau^you pa a day?" ,' I eon pay much or little?a great dea If I choose." "That's all, Mr. Bash. Stop rlgl where you are till you hear from i Main. Now, dad, let's get as man men. and boys, and dogs as we can fin jC-we'H just comb the woods in every d " reciion, just the same as if we'd neve hunted for Dan at all." - t "That's sensible, too, Chub." "I'm going tC find the counterfeiter factory, and I'm going to find Dan b? ^ -I J - J M lore sundown, uau. * 1 hope you may, Chub?I hope yc may," said Hank Dawson. But in his sccret soul he believed Da Bash was dead?that he would never t found alive, and that the chances wei be would never be found in time to r ceive decent Christian burial. While Mr. Bash was waiting at tl Corners he drew Mr. and Mrs. Potts 01 freely. "That's a bright girl, that" "Who, Chub Dawson?" Eli Pot stroked his chin. "Bright's no name f< it I never knew a girl like her." "Nor I," said Mrs. Potts. "She don't seem the least bit proud "Well, she might be. Harik Dawson About the richest man In this?yes, three counties. You can't find a man Oak. Pine, or Forest County like Han that Is, for ready cash. But you see wti he is. No airs at all. " Any more children?" "No, Chub'll get it all." Curious name?" "'Taint her name at all," said M: Potts. "Her name's Belle. That's t nickname her dad gave her?and evei body kept calling it, because she w *uch a chubby little girl. She'd clir the biggest trees?hunt and ride, and *ell, there's nothing Chub Daws can't do!" "Except play the piano?and paii and crochet" said Mr. Bash, slyly. Mrs. Potts looked at him. Mr. Po made a wry face. T^en they looked each other and smiled. "What are you looking at each oth that way for?" said Mr. Bash. "Because it is so easy to fool t' world." ??' * ?-v ort -meaning mi:i "Yes; you, too.n -Why?" "You've seen Chub in her plain gown hrftrd her talking just as all talk?a you think she don't know no bettor." "Does she?" "She can teach you anything?that About how to behave?and about boo ^ and music and painting." "Hello! How's that?" Hflk D'ye think Hank Dawson, If he w alone, would allow a daughter to grc up without giying her the best chaucc MSjwB That aip't Hank Dawson. No! Why, be sent h<:r to the best music-teacher in tbe city?and to the place where they learn to draw?some college or other, where they design?he spent no end of money on Chub. She's her melodion, or organ ? and pianer and a harp?but 8he don't play on the harp?she does beat all the players I ever heard tell of on the piano. _Oh,. yes, and. she can write a letter if she's a mind to; but living here 'mong us, and trying not to be above any one, she's just like a gal that's never been to school." "Extraordinary?most extraordinary," said Mr. Basb. "Yes,'tis. I never heard of? any one like her. And she's the pluckiest girl I ever seen?Chub Is. If Chub Dawson would put her best duds on, I'll bet you never saw a pootier gal in all your life." "I believe it," said Mr. Bash. "You may," said Mr. Potts, solemnly. Whereat. Mr. Bash?at the present? wondered very much. This, then, was the aid that was to enable him to capture the slipperiest cb gang of counterfeiters in the country. They had been shrewd enough to refrain frnm fMrrMilnt.iniT the base monev near their home. But the smartest rogues are caught napping occasionally. Either accidentally or deliberately, Bill Monk had given Eli Potts a counterfeit ten dollar note?the very note that Mr. Bash was on the lookout for, and the reader has seen how it promised to briDg him up with a round turn. CHAPTER XVI. ON THE TRAIL?A. DISCOVERT. "Now, dad," said Chub, as they hasItened home, "you go to Speer's?have the women folks send to the men; tell them they'll get ?10 apiece, and five for fell the 'boys, and the same for every dog they bring. I'll ride to Keggers', and I'll get them to send over to Whalley's? that's the best plan to get the word round soon. And mind, everybody's to make straight for the Corners first. After that?and, oh! yes, dad, don't forget the horns?they must bring horns and keep blowing them. And if they find anything they must lire guns?mavs >u the easiest and best plan I can think of a now." a- "That's the best idea out, Chub." r. "Well, make haste, dad. I'll find Dan it belore sunset; be sure 1 will, dad." m "I hope and trust you may, Chub." >? The neighbors, although living far 53 apart, soon heard of the rare opportunity to make a considerable sum of money, >n and at the same time settle for all time id the question of the disappearance of Dan s- Bash. ig In less than an hour thirty men and ? as many boys were gathered at the 5. Corners. There were a dozen good dogs, ,0 and some curs that ought to have been drowned. w A number had horns, and everybody had a gun. ie It was Chub Dawson who issned orders. She did it in such clear terms r. that nobody could fail to comprehend just what he had to do. Id "Dad, I'll go with Mr. Bash and these if boys, and you take the same road you went over last night Now, we are all is ready." ;e It was thus.the quest for the.counterre feiters' factory was begun in earnest? and the most exciting and thorough a search that had yet been made for Dan Bash. > It is unnecessary to say that Chub had, with the assistance of Mr. Bash, instructed a numoer 01 mose neaaing iy the different little groups to be on the lookout for every sign that Indicated the presence, at any time, of a man. is All crevices, heavy undergrowth, caves :e jnd ?reayiollow trees were to be examined closcjy. . "t*~ Ana ev6i$th!ng that seemed like a pit or"strange and unusual depression in tho :e earth was to be examined. m Chub still remembered her strange o dream. Her lover was lying bound somoit where. Bound by his enemies and left to die, or else some cruel fate had orn dered it that nature was responsible for his condition. I0 The horns blew; the sound echoed a, over the mountain tops as the search was [f prosecuted. Tho dogs' barking assisted y the hunters in keeping near each other. "We are taking in a heap of territory r> in this hunt," said Hank Dawson to his f. neighbor as they joined each other at the end of an hour. j "Yeg, indeed; we're spread out pretty j'. wide. I reckon this is a leetle the bigj. Rest swath any hunting party has ever cut on any mountains. There's enough p; in the search now to find every squirrel u' and snake within five miles of tho reguin lar road. Seems as if the whole country's out now." )r It was true. Either the earnestness displayed by j. those who heard of the money to be earned or an unaccountable whim seized the people. Wherever the searchers j . i -1-1? v j. movea xney were <jiuji:jwjr jwuieu u* ,y . . who spread out until upward o'f a hundred were engaged in the search, ) on horseback and afoot. "There! Did you hear that?" it It was Hank Dawson, who held his ,s head to one side quickly. ,y "That's a gun." d "Yes?off to the right." i. "Where would it be, litely?" ,r Hank reflected. "Well, now, I believe I can locate that. If they'd only fire another." ?? He put a band up to his ear and 3. nodded. "I thought so. I've got it now." lU "Where did the sound come from?? these echoes mislead me," said his neighn bor. >c "Yes?they are misleadin'?but I've e got the pint?we'll come to them right e- smart now?mind if we don't." "There's another." ie "They must be in a hurry?a Desky Jt hurry. We'll make out to get there on time, now, I reckon." "But you haven't told mo where it is." ts "Oh! I meant to. Why, as near as I 3r can Ruess, that shootit' is about the Big Rock." "I know as much now i.s 1 mcl arore." ,? "Humph! Well, there's lots o' folks i's round here that ain't a bit wiser than in you be." in Hank Dawson was urging bis horse k; forwaid now speedily. His companion at could scarcely keep up with him as he made his way through the forest. Back of th*m followed two or three others?men and boys on foot, with dogs yelping and barking. ps. Hank hastily made his way to the he point he thought the sounds came from y. He called loudly to those near him to as follow. These in turn shouted to others r,b and blew their tin horns. I_ In ten minutes, or less time, a considon erable number were directly In the rea-r of Hank Dawson, who pressed on quickr/c, iy until he reached a spot that overlooked a considerable expanse of countts tryat This spot was known to the old inhabitants of the county as Baldy. er It was a spot that Nature seemed to have left unfinished. The rocks were so he large and thick?so heavily piled on top of each other?that they looked like a pile of siaterial tossed down in a heap, in a hurry. The trees would not grow there. Some vinos grew around the ? gray rocks, and a few berries. nri I Thi? nlace had such a lonelv. such a dreary, desolate aspect, thai mankind avcyied it The hunter happening that is. way never did more than glance at the ks waste place, shudder as the prospect of plunging into snakes' dene rose rapidly in his mind, and turn his back cheerfully as od Baldv. ,w Even to Hank Dawson the place did !S? not look very inviting. urtr ? The Big Rock Kb bad spoken loomed rip before him. It was a ma in height, length and solidity. seemed to the eye of the traveler on road far below a stone as iarge as average log cabin rose sheer, abru at loast fifty feet Its gray face wrinkled with the wash of untold turies. The rocks near it were dwa in comparison. Not a living creature was in sight. "Cur'us," said Hank^Dawson, "mi( cur'us, this is. I'm certain that came from here." As Hank stood looking over Bald group gathered near him. KurMenlv t.horo was n ahmit?ft. voice was hoard, followed by anothe altercation. Then there were sound a scuffle. The sounds seemed to come from base of the big rock. "Blast my cats!" a favorito exple with Hank Dawson. "I ought to k that voice." Then, picking his way carefully am the rocks?they were very thick tl where he stood?he added, in a loud v< to his companions: "Come on, boys?that's Chub's gi heard, I'm pretty sure; and I'm jus sure I heard her voice." He pushed on over the stones, passed around the corner of the big 1 on Baldy, when those nearest him he him utter a sharp exclamation and I from his horse. It was not much wonder. What Hank Dawson beheld was si cient to stir the blood of more slugi men. The scene that met his gaze ther Baldy was talked of year* afterward In the cavity between the enorrr rock and a lesser rock at its base in rear was a rude cabin. Tho cabin wholly concealed from the view of tl who chanced to come tbat way. Tl was but one wav to perceive it, and 1 was by approaching it from the coi of tho rock Hank Dawson natl proached it Even there the few bushes and vi tlajaberlng over?tbefaee of the low-Ij rocks almost concealed the cabin. Standing where Hank Dawson proached it, his attention was attra* by the flutter of a dress he well kt Then his eye followed the movement his daughter, first to a man lying on ground, next to a man who crouched fore the rifle aimed at him. The rifle was in the hands of CI The man'crouching at the base of a i was one of the Monks gang. From all other sides the opening twcen the two rocks was concealed, I by undergrowth, then by rocks tuml up promiecuously. The roof of tho ct that caught Hank's oye was formed placing limbs of trees between the and side of the small rock and the i of_the great gray. rock.?. HanK" Dawson's "e'yo took these del in at a single glance, and then, as I h related, he leaped from his horse sprang toward his daughter, exclaim "I'm here, Chub!" [TO BB CONTIXUBkJ TEMPERANCE.' x THKEE MILLION: HOMES AFFECTED. v Mr. Calvin ?. Keach estimates that tl millions of homes in this Nation are affe< by the drink curse, and that each home a' aged four persons. He shows how the j 9 000,000 spent for liquor would furnfsEll twelve millions of people with food, f clothing and a comfortable house, and m ufacturers and farmers be correspondic benefited by the demand for S WO,000, worth of supplies. QC-* THE "FRIENDS" OPPOSED TO LIQUOB. The London "Friends" are advancing; by year in their attitude towards the di question. They have before now utte some cautionary counsels. At this ye annual meeting they adopted an addresf which they urge all the members of tl BocietVito abstain from all intoxioants not to invest any money in the liquor b nees.or to take shares in brewing compan V^o will say thj}t by-and-by they may no found fighting against the great evil of temperance side by side with the Salval ArmyV?New York Observer. TO MODERATE DBINKERS. Are you a moderate drinker? No, we d mean you, as your red nose gives you a badly. We see what you are : we mean sleek, well dressed young man. He seerr take the world easy. He apparently is troubled or worried with unlucky turn fortune's wheel. He is above the petty noyances that characterize the lives of favored men ! He can afford to indulge moderate drinking! So he thinks, at 1< and by his indulgence he encourages dr ing, and he cultivates the habit in hiit and his more unfortunate brothers, moderate drinker is doing more harm tc fellow-men than he pan ever undo! We only that he give us his attention?that think seriously on this question. He man of intelligence, and must see, if he give the subject earnest thought, that 1 in the wrons. If temperance in drix beneficial and necessary to man's happi then the highest form of temperance?t abstinence?is absolutely necessary in 01 to best teach tcmperance. What is meant by theterm moderate dr ing? Who can define it? It is a lament truth that of two men given the Bame amc of liquor, one will hardly feel the efl while the other becomes so drunk that will beat his wife and children. How o we hoar the expression?"Oh ! I know w I have enough ! I can drink or let it ah as I please," and then, poor man, he ti another drink?adds more pgison to_an readyfToTeoncd system, and turns with" from his more unfortunate neighbor, drinks no more nor oftener than he, but f the effects of this same quantity he beco a disorderly, disgraceful drunkard, nu-mtitv then, "in moderation." cannol defined. Is moderation understood to bo the dr. ing of mild liquors?beer, light wines, This may be the understanding some i have of moderate drinking, but do not tl milder drinks contain alcohol? Certa they do. and their use leads to strong dr The mild drinks create the appetite for n hoi. The drunkard begins on beer and minates his career with brandy, and the suit can be traced to its source?which is small percentage of alcohol in the mi drinkH. The danger in drinking beer or 1 wine is that by their use the habit is forr the insatiable craving for alcoholic dr follows. It is this craving that bae made men bea that has made man lose every spark of n hood; that has made him commit e crime in the catalogue, that has made the epileptic, the paralytic, tho lunatic, suicide! Did 1 say has made him? i And is making him to-day all -these thij In this bright city to-day men are sacrifl home, health, wife and children, frie character, everything, to satisfy this era for liquor. You. moderate drinker, thin these things! Moreover, did you ever re on the impurity of tbeee mild drinks? of course, you have not. Well, of the tl sands of gallons and barrels sold, not gallon is pure. Of the thousands sold one is free from drugs and poisons, sold mon imiiv nrrnw rlr-Vl n* th? P,i*.GIloe of ? -lives of their fellow-men. Moderate drinker, you must stand w you belong! No healthy body needs sti lants of any kind, mild or strong. You. tl fore are indulging a bad habit which surely lead to bad results. You belonf the drinking fraternity, and you must dc of two things?reflect and join the total stainers, or refusing this you may becoi drunkard. It is f>ai(l that fifteen per cent, of the r erate drinkers die drunkards. Shall yc one of this fifteen per cent".? Tho facts plain that all drunkards were only mod< drinkers once and that-all drunkenness c< from moderate drinking!' If oneisthe I way to ruin the other is the broad, lnv gateway leading to it.?Western Cross. Oontentment is better than ric but it takes at out the same am< of money for 1 he one as the othe Chicuco Inter Ocean. 0j A New Fall Costume. rvel A new fall costume in of birds That Raiting, -which will be extremely po lar as the season advances. In cc 1 it is bine, with a suggestion of d ^a3 red through it. The skirt is knowi cen- the Louis XIII. It fits closely at rfed top, but has the sides and back full enough to fall in natural pla lvf*4ioslflt io fTimmpfl with T jjtj ~ p?? "ap- , row pipinge of dark red velvet. ^ in?s corsage is plaited at the sides, tlioi 'ln*> the front of the body is seamless. yoke effect is produced by a dou cted l"P*n? ?f velvet. Broad, droop: iew. epauletes fall over the gigot sleev ,s of They are caught near the armholo the rosettes of dark red velvet. The feet of the rosettes forming the col is new and very pretty.?New Y< ?* '"Worid.- , A Potato of Solid (Juarlz. first A quartz potato is the very lat bled discovery among the curious prod ibln tions of nature. The find -was mi ' by by Peter Haskiel, of Adams Coun North Carolina. Mr. Haskiel was ace work in a cutting on the Richmc and Danville Railroad, where blasti ;alls operations were in progress. The fi had been set, and the men had retii ln_f to a place of safety when a heavy pit of rock fell near his feet. The Iuj showed a fissure on one side, the cy? extending nearly to the center. It \ pried open with a crow-bar, wl from a pocket .within rolled wl looked as if it had once been a wh potato, which, by the action of natu: )r#s had been turned into solid quar :ted This specimen was given to a nat w* mineralogist, who, out of curiosi 22j? split it in half. on t ??? ?-?? Wtt>" One-half of this curious freak ^ nature was sent to Lapidist James ' not Beath, this city, for examination. 1 19 of half now in the possession of Mr. Bet Jess keare a striking resemblance to ' jjj8 Irish potato. It has seven well-dcfii] iust. eye?, and in general outline, size a tok- coloring would deceive almost a The co?k merely looked nt it with* , his feeling its weight. The above outl: ask is the exact size and shape of the sp \gh? imen. Mr. Beath says it is the fi on/im'm?n of kind he ever saw. c will ? leia that it is evidently formed of pi 'k ia quartz.?Philadelphia Inquirer. ness ? otnl rder Human Imitations of Vegetables. ink- Referring to the fact that the hum abla head is sometimes facetiously and fee? reVt?1*cutly spoKcn of as a "coeoann the Transcript remarks that scienti ft en have recently discovered a remarka1 hen resemblance between the shell of 1 ikes fruit- and the shell of the human bra ftl. Then it quotes a French scienti pily periodical to prove that there ii who wonderful likeness between other 1 man organs and vegetable produc The For example, the meat of the Engl t be walnut is a close copy of the form e ink- convolutions of the brain; plumn f etc. cherries are like the eye ; almonds i nen shaped like the nose; the ear fiese brought to mind by an open oys and shell. In a mammoth squash 1 tlco- entire body may be traced ; the 01 ter- hand is found in growing scrub will and celery, and the heart is seer Ider the German turnip and the egg plu ight ?? ne.d- A Throttled Romance. inks not ^7^" that "Mr. Starrborder?"Ah, MissdeC tbe what an inspiring view thin is! H here liftw ub above the common thingf imu- earih! I could wit here forever, \\ iere- my soul?" will ;??? S ? i ue a )unt (Bnt the <linner-gonp sounclcil ; ir* tlioil, and bis soul ^ot tiiu v.orst of ?Tuck. cye AMERICA'S ARABS. ? pu- " zefl dor MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE the ark NAVAJO INDIANS. ma 1 as ? w A Strange People Who Inhabit a ?ut Weird Country-They Are All ? Thieves, and Would Rather iar" Tl?an TT.nf *M?h _ ~ - - ~ wft( mo TWO thousand miles and more oni from New York, and ap- Hii parently a like distance from anywhere else, thtre is an al- hi0 most forgotten land, inhabited by a strange Nation of savages, obscurely to known as the Navajos. From time to sp time, since the tide of emigration wh crossed the Eocky Mountains, nearly P*1 fifty years ago, there have been ne? I numerous disturbances with these ^ i n Indians, and not a little bloodshed. 8UC y But while other tribes have been th? pushed aside by the resistless forces g?< of advancing civilization and have ney sought other homes with sorely re- Th duced numbers, the Navajo, securely w" intrenched in his desert fastnesses 100 that no man covets, has held his own atu and increased and multiplied. y?1 Above all savage tribes that I have did known, says a writer in the New York ftfk Herald, the Navajos are the most ^a: secretive as to their history and tlieir affairs. It was always a difficult mat- exI ter to learn from them the simplest matters about their history or their be habits. Even their names they are ine =5: reluctant to give, and they are known si to white men and Mexicans by Spanish teP ^ names, snch as Manuelito (the great cl" chief), Jose, Juan or Julian. But I ray succeeded once in obtaining a curious we< IT- myth from a fat old sub-chief, known an( ? as Julian, with whom I became de- du< cjdedly chummy. 1 asked him to tell Pa3 . me who built the old mine of forts Prc . 6 and castles that are frequently found 1^' in? in places where to-day the desert 881 ?8, stretches for many milee, and to ex- toll 7 plain the fragments of pottery that ^ ?~ are found in profusion in the sand, dei k pottery, painted and glazed, J1 scattered over miles of ground, indi- P"( cates surely that populous cities once llJ occupied what is now arid desert. . With infinite trouble I obtained the following statement from Julian: 4'Many years ago there was a great ty, at -? 18G ^ ^ *VS\ mp , ^ FORT DEFIANCE, IN THE : people here. They built the old forts iFoi i and bouses that you see, and then had Sp? very large villages. There were no foo | Navajoe here then. These people Yoi | made water to flow where it should j not?meaning that, they irrigated the pr0 I soil, which seemed to the Navajos con- Qf !trary to nature's law?and therefore jar< red soldiers came hero and killed them a ^ all. Then'the Navajos came here." Xre Scorning work, except for the womeD, the the Navajo has lived in this barreu, rocky region, for ages. His home is j;ee] ? usually in caves, or crevices in the 8UC rock, generally with only a parti?l scei shelter from the rain, which rarely anc '^e falls. With the minimum of labor they cultivate their best fields and Up a? raise a little corn and wheat, on soil eur ie^ that if irrigated would make them rich. p0t D" That the necessary water is close at lU7 hand is certain. As one rides his horse Bna over the country, the hollow sound jyg ine that follows the hoof-beats, and often . ec" the tremor of the earth, indicate rB^ plainly the course of underground ^ in(' stroams. Wells and windmills would . ire make their desert "blossom like the rose." ^ But as it is, with no great amount of ^ game, the Navajo, ae I have observed ftn him, is always hungry and usually half jr. starved. Yet in 6pite of this some superstition prevents him from eating cqj Bte the fish, which are plentiful in the San ble Juan. Rather than eat fish a Navajo ^ ^ ^ C01 )en NAVAJO WIOXVAMS. *f? the ow (jn will die of starvation. This superstiut tion, as I learned, is based on the idea that the spirits of the women go into the fish when the former die, and as they hold women in great contempt eB* they fear to touch the fish. Indeed, their feelings in this matter seems to be loathing. I remember one day "Df when a party of elderly and important 1} Navajos visited a trading post that they au ft called for a can of peaches. It was 1 opened for them and a tin spoon, un- sue Avashed from its last use, was handed age to them. One spoon is considered cei enough for half a dozen Indians, and mil they use it alternately without any J an< formalities as to cleansing. This par- ; is i ticular spoon had last been used by a \vh oo, Mexican or cowboy on a can of salmon. | ue< [ow When the senior Navajo placed the first ! in < ! mouthful of peaches in his mouth he J am rith detected the flavor of the fish, und at( for once spat the fruit out. With agita wo tion expressed in every lineament In' . tin umelled the spoon and then passed it ! Xe to one of his waiting compatriots. The lar latter took a sniff and then threw the a i spoon ou the floor with disgust, ex- wi1 claiming, "Piscado! No bueno." tio (Pish ! Bud.) The Indians were at n ari murderous Doint of anger, and were coi only conciliated by elaborate assur- cai ances that the affair was an accident, me ^ The unfortunate who had taken the aft spoon into his mouth was absolutely ma nauseated. yo just Their religion may be dismissed by th< it.) the statement that they have none. ' Quite a number of the Navajos were me taken while very young to the Jesuit tic 100I at Fort Defiance and to th< jsbyterian. The good Fathers anc Jous clergymen did their best bj >m, of course. Yet I found, as i tter of sad experience, that the verj rst and most dishonest Navajos wen >se who had been thus educated r instance, I remember that a fev irs ago, when I was alone in a trad ; post, a young Indian came in. H< 9 a big, shapely fellow and uncom nly handsome. He. was deckec fc in the height of style for a Navajo, 3 blankets were worth $100, and th< rer ornaments on the headstall o: pony were heavy and of the bes1 rkmanship. He introduced himsel: me in awkward -Spanish, inter' srsed with Navajo words and sign* ich I could interpret, but ap ently knew no English. Hi6 bnsi io wtto iu pawn iiib rcvuiver lur ipu. is the custom of traders to mak< ih loans, without interest, becausf > borrower usually wants to buj }ds and the aboriginal mind hai ?er accepted the idea of interest, erefore, when this Indian stated hii ih in silky tones I gave him th< ney he asked for. When the pisto' 1 money had been exchanged th< mg chief asked me for a paper. ] [ not know what he meant unti er explanation I learned that h< nted a paper in duplicate, describ \ the transaction. Ab my aborigina >lained, these papers must be exactly i.e, he to keep one and the other tc kept by me, ostensibly. In fact, s Navajo looked over the wall of tb< ce until he found a small crevic( . feet above the floor, to which h< nbed and where he inserted and left nn rl nf nomn lirtlrnf Tw/ V1AXA V* VUV XT A TTV &b later the Indian came in.agaii i paid me half of his debt. He pro ;ed his paper and had me indorse th< rment, and he climbed the wall and, ducing the duplicate, secured ( s endorsement on that. He wished, a, matter of business, to see his pis , and was gratified, of course. H< ; me forever soon after, and inci 1 tally and in a manner .that woulc re done credit to a London pick :ket took with him his pistol anc duplicate pawn ticket. Later in iries informed me not only that nrj lian was not only one of the wbrsl rderers among the Navajos, bul ,t he had been carefully educated a1 NAVAJO COUNTRY. rt Defiance, spoke, read and wrote inish and English fluently, and haci led me as readily ae ever a New ker was taken in. Jut oar effete Eastern ideas eannol perly estimate the aboriginal view thieving. With them successful 5eny is considered not a fault, but abit to be proud of. Like theii ibian prototypes, they recognize ft as an accomplishment or an art t cannot be held in too high esm. <Every Navajo is a thief, and is h by instinct and by hereditary deaf, from fenerations of larcenous 0 estors. 1 have seen a small Navajo iy strapped in its cra41e and propped against the wall of a store trying estly to steal a large tin watering utterly useless to an Indian. Not enough to articulate, the bright, ky black eyes of the baby absolute;leamed with thievish desire. l masterful lot of savages they are. rbulent and treacherous they are erly indifferent to treaty obligaas or ordinary considerations oi titude. Physically they are bettei nthan most of their neighbors. The js, who are nearest to them, are lerally low in stature, thick set, ?ad featured and wear their hair ir g braids! The Navajo, lighter ir or, is taller, wears his long haii se, and his features are of a cleanei ;. He is of the greyhound type? le, wiry and tough. As to couri, he has enough to carry him suesfully through his bickerings with ; puny Mexicans and the wretchec aches that are near him, but he wil] t fight white men unless at everj rantage. In the last fifty years om vernment has sent a series of mili y expeditions against them, butthe\ je been, with one exception, tter lures. In their desert homes thej ild not be brought to bay, and th< ou8 were obliged to retire becausf 'r - w iy could not obtain water and forIn 1856 the late General E. V. mner led the strongest of the expe ions against them and penetratei i heart of their country, where he ablished the post of Fort Defiance, t that accomplished soldier, witt t choicest troops of our army, wai ible to bring them to battle, and, e his predecessors, returned fron: almost fruitless incursion. The character of their country i; :h as to make military operationt linst them almost hopeless, and t leral war mth them would, from i litary point of view, indicate failure \ mortification in advance. There not enough water available in the ole country properly to supply the :ds of its inhabitants. What there jan be found only in springs and ir all pools, and these can only b< ind by careful search. A strangei uld perish in this desert, thougl: i water might be close to him, ither is there herbage to feed tb< ge number of animals required foi * * *?11, force sufficient to aeai successuuj th the strength of the Navajo Na n. If the necessity for stem worl ses short spurs of railroads must b( istructed, and thus the diffieultiei i be overcome, but without sucl ans of rapid transportation a lmn er the Navajos will be like the Irish ,n's chase after the flea?"Whej 11 put your finger on him he isn' ire." Hiey are polygamous, if thei; ithods of establishing marital rela ns can be counted as appertaining ff " " . 1 . '? 'V.' ^ ' ) to matrimony. An Indian girl is M I much a chattel of her father ae in hie r horse. When old enough he sells her i to some Indian who wants her, and r her charms and ability as a cook de? i termine the number of ponies to bo . paid for her. Eight ponies is an aver* f age price, and twelve is considered high. I knew of one for whom the J happy bridegroom told me he paid .?$2 NAVAJO HEAD DRESS. ' ' "" * thirty ponies. This statement I always doubted gravely, not because I "i would ungallantly cast any reflection jjjpi on the charms ofthe lady, but because - " \ I knew the Indian, and appreciated his K talent aa a liar. A pony, it may be .'/> said, is worth from $8 to $12. The wife is the property of the husband, m and when he feels so disposed and oan find a purchaser he sells Aer. Such a i transfer makes no breach in the friendly feeling between the qaondam huaband and wife. On a long ride through I the reservation I had for a guide an ^ especially decent Indian, with whom I J , conversed for hours. One night when * ,* t we ccrald not find water, for which our , horses were suffering, he said to me: "ii we go a lew mues iurtner we wui vi ) find a Navajo house where we will be - comfortable. The man is my friend \ I and his wife is a p;oOd cook. Sho was r - my wife last-year, but I sold her to I him." In my ignorance I imagined some r delicacy about the meeting of tifctwo, t but was too anxious to find water for t my good horse to hesitate. "When we t arrived at the place?a rude wall of ' . ' . stones built around a cavern?the family appeared. The man was an ^ espeoially villanous looking, eldorlj ; ' Indian. The woman was fat and forty, without being fair. The meeting waa t?S cordial all around, and between my guide and his former wife there waa much pleasant badinage in their own ' % language, while the new husband - tm placidly smoked his oigarettes and con- . 'Ji cocted^schemes, which he BucoeSBfully carried out, to steal my provisions. The Ivy on the-Wall. The growth of ivy on 'the walls of houses renders the walls entirely- free from damp, the ivy extracting every particle of moisture from wood, brick ' . v-rl or stones for its own sustenanoe, by. means of its tiny roots, which work their way into the hardest stone. The overlapping leaves of the ivy conduct & water falling upon them from point to , ) point until it reaches the ground,( I without allowing the walls to receive ' any moisture whatever from the beat lug rttui. , How One Man Liked Spiders. [ Bushmen and Nev Caledonians are '";/* &) . eaid to /.enjoy spiders, and we hare . heard of a Germau?a scientific Ger- i '-M , man, oj course?who spread, them on ' 1 v^' . his bread like butter, but the taste if . not a European one any more than a , rl taste for caterpillars, cockchafers, ants : ^v and wireworms, all of which are eaten . , in different parts of the globe.?Lon, don Spectator. A Twin Daisj. v Scores of adulatory verse have been ; written by poets of "the fields whitedecked with nodding daisies." Gross dozens of earthen flower holders have been filled, by blooming maidens, with daisies for conspicuous ornamentation. The more practical husbandman, however, utters imprecations till the at mosphere takes on a cerulean hue-as he , speaks of those pests of his field,' 'them ( common daisies." , A very uncommon one, however, if the subject of our illustration. Not l for its economic or pictorial aspect do ' & ( we show this strange departure from y . the regular growth, but on account, . first, of its oddity, a genuine twin 1 daisy ; and second, because if one daisy is good, two on the same stalk must be better. ( Daisies were not made alone for I poets, maidens or farmers. There is I our old grandmother, bless her soul! p when we were ourselves so enfeebled , by weakness as to have copious night sweats, such as fairly saturated the r bedding with our oozing strength, she' gathered some of these charming! r flowers and decorated the interior of , the tin teapot with their beauty?' ' i A TTVTV DAISY. r practically steeped them into a tea and 1 told us to drink freely of it,when cold. ' She knew better than farmer or poet 1 that there were other virtues than verse 3 or curse in this little creation of God. 3 It slopped our night sweats immedi1 ately, and in our builded-up strength 1 we have thought possibly it were bet" ter to have two daisies grow where but * one grew before.?American Agricul1 turist. r The Empress Catharine received a - Russian peasant woman who had fifty- , * j seven children, all living. j - ? ... .-..<6,