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LOVE OR DEATH, J5T TM. W. LONG. Ton cannot send me from you, sweet?better TV? mr>1t? m? where I stumd dead at TOUT Poet! I have no fear?see. with al] my life's Great love, my breast I hear, white as a woman's. And as pure as God?death at your feet Will he supremely grand. Strike! strik? deep! Let your dagger's point go to my heart's red Ctore ?tp to the hilt. Pause not. hut Strike?strike swift; set the keen point here Where my heart's pulse rise and fall doth Only heat for you. Kir ike to the bright blade's Rim, and let the rich Wood of great Love "With crimson stain my body's death. I Am not of this puny race of men?half devil, Half God am I, therefore slay me, or give ' yourself To me, for all my heart toward you Aches; my soul is fed with love of you; my Body burns with love's desire for you?if then I be not worthy of your love, give me what . ' (Most men fear?death, here at your feet, ' Els? will I tear you from Lust's arms, J Who long hath ravished your pure body to * Hie beastly need, though hell gapped red, and A AH the earth did cry: "Murder have you r "done Most foul!" Strike: else I claim you mine. P-a LAIVKA, Va. BrESfisIssioi ~ ?* i< S Remarkable Romanae. - ..i . BY EMILY THUKNTUW. . !>? ' CHAPTER SVUI-Continned. Then a violently storm was raging. The storm was, strange to say, the first that had occurred in the evening since his night view of the haunted tower, and its dancing demon, just five weeks before. Not wishing to be seen by any of the Inmates, he did not venture ont until Iter nine o'clock. Then the wild wind and drenching rain served to retard his progress so much that it was full quar ter to ten before he felt the worn pathway, and crept behind the clump of thick, wet bushes, where, once concealed , from view, he paused to light a small '> dark lantern he had wisely brought with 1 him. Bv aid of this he nroceeded to ' examine what seemed only a dull, blank - ''-wall. 1 Close inspection, however, revealed a m large stone that was loose, which he 1 easily drew forth, making a clean, unobstructed passageway, through which ' a man could creep, and without hesita- 1 tion, in he went landing directly upon an old but still passable floor. i Lowering his light, he paused to ex^m- i hie this floor, and found, to his surprise, .jet tracks upon it, that told plainly that j recent footsteps had passed that way. i t Following these, the young man walked j in a direct line across the building, until j he reached a door, which, upon trying, | lcund, to his chagrin, securely fastwhile he paused to reflect upon i ids next movement distant footsteps fell upon his ear, jusi> beyond the door, and < hurriedly he darted back, extinguishing I his light as he did so. . .v Just in time was this movement made, < for a hand unhooked the fastening, < opened the door, and there, to his un- < .mitigated surprise, stood Ethel Never- < : gall, the girl so much the object of his i thoughts since that narrow escape oJ < hers a day or two before, with a lighted j isandle in her hand, peering into the i darkness beyond. /, IJad she seen him? he asked himself; I VrefinJrtff like a thief toward this unfor- ] tunate house, and, hearing his steps, had she come to warn him away? No; the thought was absurd, and he soon saw that she. came seeking merely a covered basket, not observed until then, standing just beyond the door. How pale she looked, as he viewed for one moment her sad lace, and?yes, surely those were tears that fell from her beautiful hazel eyes upon her cheek! The sight of those tears caused him to ' take one step toward her, but she fortunately did not see him, but drew to the door, after securing the basket, and he then heard her little feet start down the eorridor. Besolved not to.be balked in his efforts to unravel, this bright, one mystery at least, Dr. Elf en stein pushed again toward the door, and to his joy it this time yielded to bis touch. "r Poor Ethel! thin night for the first time had been required by Sir Reginald Glendenning, to visit the tower, and follow oat directions he gave her in full, for producing the illusions that were to terrify the unsuspecting public. In great agitation then, and still weeping, she had proceeded to the fulfillment . ?f her loathsome duty, and in her grief and excitement, for the first time forgot to fasten the door, after possessing her) self of the food. This forgetfulness accounts for the entrance of the Doctor into the corridor, and enabled him to follow her ad vancing ngure, somy m me ajsiauce. CHAPTEK XIX. A TERRIBLE FRIGHT. "Wiping away her tears, poor Ethel placed the basket of food and knife upon the floor, by the entrance of the tower, as Sir Reginald had told her to attend to the " business in tbat quarter before administering to the warns of the concealed quadruped. The wind raged furiously without; the thunder rolled, and lurid lightning flashes entered the windows of the tower as she crept up the stairs, on and on, up and up, ever up, while her heart beat faster and faster, as she thought of the loathsome task before her. At last the weary steps were climbed, apd she stood panting on the broad landiDg, Just below the upper windows or tne place. It- was standing on this landing that her part of the ghostly work was to be performed. Taking then a long-handled torch, with which the colored lights above were to be touched in order to light them, she applied the candle to it. and reaching up soon had every one illuminated and flaming away in the usual unearthly looking glare. In doing so she never observed the tall, silent figure of the man who had crept after her and now stood in the shade below, intently watching her every notion. The stuffed form before her was next to be attended to. Taking, therefore, the lamp from within the head she lighted it, and putting it back almost exclaimed at the effect the colored light gave the eyes. "Winding the crank slowly, she saw tbat it worked as she supposed it would, and soon the impish figure was swung aloft, and stood dancing to and fro, to the terror and dismay of ali outward beholders. tfTlXh tears still falling over "Jber pale cheeks, Ethel stood with her eyes fastened above upon ihe swaying motions of that frightful-looking image, when her heart almost stopped within her, and a wild cry burst from her lips as these wcrdsjell iij>0? hsr eju^ V V-. ' Iv'r i-v; v ' %&&&: uv '-'- A.. }\ ... "Is ltrpoSsKfie tBSl fhl9 Is the occupation of Miss Ethel Nevergail this stormy night?" Turning, she saw advancing toward her, and fully revealed by the lights above, the form of Dr. Elfenstein. "Oh, Doctor," she wailed, as she buried her face in her hands, and burst into low snhs nf n.iin Jinri disinav. "hnw came you nere to wTTnelS my aisgraceTul work?" Then suddenly remembering her charge, and true to the interests of her employer, she again seized the crank and, lowering the image, extinguished that head lamp, as well as the others, leaving everything in darkness but for file TeeT51e-naYe cr~dn<r"nttr6 ciTnaTF ?Tie had placed upon the floor. Then turning she faced her accuser. "I came, no matter how; suffice it that I was determined to unmask this daring fraud, and so allay the fears of timid women and children. Certainly, in doing this, I never expected to discover that Miss Xevergail was the prime mover in this outrageous piece of work!* Ethel listened to the cold, hard words in utter despair, then fluttering like a wounded bird to the side of the indignant man. she laid one small, white hand on his arm, which was shaken off In disdain before she could utter one of tbe following words? "It is the first time I ever did this thing. Oh, believe me; surely you must remember that I was in Liverpool when you saw that sight, the time when it last appeared?" "Yes, that is true; I had forgotten. But that does not absolve you from tonight's ghastly deception," was the still cold reply. "But Sir Reginald compelled me to do it. I begged and entreated him to excuse me; I told him it was sinful, but he flew into a passion, and bade me disobey him on the peril of his everlasting displeasure. Sir, I was homeless, and he was sick! What was I to do?" "Forgive me! You poor little girl, I *as harsh and cruel In my Judgment. You were, indeed, obliged to execute the vile plans of the baronet. There," added he, tenderly, as he drew her hands from her face, and with his handkerchief wiped away her tears, "weep no more; you were not to blame. Child, give me your hand in token of forgiveness." JLaying ner iremonng nana in nis, sue murmured: "Then you do not despise me?" "Despise you? Mo! no! I only," he stopped; he was about to say "Jove you," but remembering1 his vow, ho added softly, "pity you!" "Yes, you may pity me! Oh, auntie, auntie! why did I ever promise you to come to this wretched place?" was her wailing cry. Still holding her hand in his, and also taking from her the candle, he turned and led her down the long, steep stairs. Only once did Ethel speak, .then sho merely said: "Sir Reginald will be very angry, if he bears of your entrance here! Must he be told?" "I will think it over, and let you know to-morrow. You must sleep to-night, md'so recover from this nervousness." _ They soon reached the bottom stair, md entered the corridor. Then Ethel remembered that her work was but half done, and the rest could lot be accomplished until Dr. Elfenstein iiad left ner. Turning to him, she said: "Will you kindly tell me how you entered this place? You must leave me iow, going silently as you came." "I will. I came through the ruins. I :aw you open a door, and reach for a basket, then I instantly entered." "But surely, I fastened it again?" "You were so agitated you forgot to Jo it. I certainly opened it, without lifficulty, and crept after you, eager to solve the mystery of the haunted tower, ivhich I then, for the first time, began to connect with your movements. But you ire weary now, so I will leave you, and return as I came," Giving back the candle, he took her land and was just saying, "Good-night, Miss Nevergail," when suddenly both stopped short in their waik; both turned leadly pale, as a short, strange, loud re[>ort, close by their ears, startled and :onfounded them. Then, to their horror, something dartid toward them, a huge form swooped past, flashing the candle to the ground, thus extinguishing it, leaving them in total darkness and gloom. "Oh, what is it. what is it?" cried the terrified girl, as she nestled close to her companion, while he, scarcely realizing ivhat he did, threw his arms around her Torm, to protect her from he knew not what Suddenly, a wild, unearthly laugh or srell floated to them from the other end of the corridor, and as it passed, Dr. Elfen5t?iEuar?5??d the girl he held closer to his heart," ana laid Lis cneeK against ner frightened face. "What can it be? Is it imp or " "Devil, I guess," interrupted the Doctor. Then, gently raising her, he said: "But this will not do; I must strike a light and see what this can be." Stooping to find tiie candle, another eldritch-like wail came, this time as if from the ruins, and with the first sound Ethel darted toward the man beside her, crying: "Oh, do not leave me! I shall die, I shall die!" fin thermer her once more in his arms, the Doctor whispered: "I will not. You are not so afraid now, and thus, close to me, are you, dear?" "No; not so fearfully afraid as I was." Gently stroking her hair, the young man felt, even in the terror inspired by their dreadful position, a feeling almost of rapture steal over him as he held her thus close in his arms, with hers clinging to his waist. But, suddenly, calmer reflections came; he felt this thing must be seen to; whatever presence had been near him must be discovered, and that he ought to follow up the sound. "Child!" he whispered, "whatever has been near us, I know by thai last cry, has escaped into the ruins, through the door by which I entered. That being so, I must in duty carry yon to a place of safety, then search around to see what it could have been." Instantly, then, it flashed over Ethel's mind that the ape, Sir Reginald^ choice concealed treasure, had escaped, and that the knife she had so carelessly given him had done the deed. He had cut his way out. Oh, the terror this thought thrust into her heart was almost unbearable! At once she became, as it were, a dead weight again in the Doctor's arms. Then another thought came that imparted new life. Her oath had been taken never to reveal the existence of that animal, nor of the concealed room. In order to keep this vow Dr. Elfenstein must not examine the premises. She knew well now the meaning of that first report. The beast had knocked down the iroa shelves burst open the panels, and in consequeTilF' light" would s'GTAV- tutDoctor that openiBg a:id the room beyond. No. He must never examine this corridor. Nerving herself for a new task, she said: "Doctor, I cannot consent to being left a moment here alone! Nor will I consent to your exposing yourself further to-night. Take me, then, to my room, and we will lock up this place, and you can steal softly from the house another way/! irBut, Miss Nevergall, surely this ought to be investigated." "Oh, no. please do not investigate! I cannot allow it?cannot endure it!" As she spoke, a long, deep shudder passed over her frame, and the Doctor, noticing it, knew at once that her nervous system could stand no more, and therefore felt it was best to yield. "Shall I not, at least, light the candle?" "No, no! I canijot bear it!" murmured the poor girl, horrified at the thought of what a light might reveal. "Tell me, then, which way your room lies, and I shall carry you thither at once!" "Straight! Just beyond the door by which you entered, through a passageway;'my room lies oppositelts uoor.^&Tl^ returned. "But, indeed, Doctor, I can i walk, if you will only let me hold your arm. I would rather." "Well, be it so!" returned the man. releasing her, yet still retaining her hand, I which he drew under his arm. "When they neared the door of the ruin, however, Ethel felt a strong current of air upon her cheek, which revealed the fact that it stood wide open, and instantly a deadly fear of the horrible creature that had escaped, beinR still near, seized her, and again she shrank closer to her friend, while her faltering steps told of rlona.rt.fnir strength. Without a word, Earle Elfenstein once moreliftecITier fn'hfs arms, anaso'passefl into the passageway. Remembering that his presence there must be kept a secret, the young girl whispered: "Step softly: let no one hear." "I will," he breathed back, and, guided by the ''.im light uuder the door indicated, he passed through, emerging from the open wardrobe into the bedroom beyond. Placing her in a large easy chair, he stepped back, closed and fastened both doors, then returned to her side. "Please, Doctor," she murmured, "examine every part of this room, before you go, to be sure the dreadful?the dreadful " she hesitated. "Yes, I know," he interrupted, "and you will soon see that you are perfectly safe." Obeying her wish, he then made a thorough search of room and closet. But, as he supposed, nothing was to be seen. ".Now, how will you you leafe the house?" she murmured, anxiously. A sly look back toward the corridor caused her to exclaim, in a whisper, as she laid her hand entreatingly on his arm: "Not there, Doctor: promise me you will not return to that place this night, but will go directly home." Again Earle yielded to the pleading of the sweet girl beside him. and again answered: "Then I must either drop from your window or go through the hall. Stay! I see a strong strap around your trunk. It is the very thing! I will fasten it to balcony, and so slip down by its aid to the ground. Are you willing?" "Perfectly, Doctor," she whispered; "do vou know I should have died from frignt had you not been there?" "Yes, I know: and now, before I say good-night, I shall mix you a composing draught, and then you must promise me to go instantly to your bed as soon as you take in the strap and close the window, and the last thing, swallow the preparation I shall leave. Will yoa do this, in return for my not investigating further what I see you do not wish explained?" EflieV hesitated, then, remembering that she cculd not see Sir Reginald that night, she gave the promise. A moment more passed, and then the etrnn hurt hppn fastened, the Doctor had whispered, "Good-night, and God bless you," and she watched him disappear amid the darkness and storm. Darting out, she secured the strap without trouble, fastened down the window, and soon slept under the effects of the anodyne he had so thoughtfully left for her use. Well indeed was it for her that she could sleep, for without some rest she could never have borne the terrible excitement that awaited her in the nearing hours of the coming day. But why anticipate new troubles? Ah. why, when the words of inspiration say, so pointedly. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." [to be continued. 1 TEMPEMNCE. ????? because of drink. Archdeacon Farrar writes as follows . !r have known boys and girls grow up, because of drink, into felons and bad women. I have known children fly from the horror of drunk en parents at midnight to hide themselves it the chimney of a neighbor's house, or to sleep till they are stone cold in u ceilar with the rats. I have seen them condemned, because of drink, to childhood without innocence. manhood without self-respect, and old age in which the hoary hairs were a crown of infamy." a banquet without wine. Atabanquetgivec in honor of Bishop Watterson. a Roman Catholic Bishop, a cousin oi nenry wuuer&oij. a uidiiu^ujsucu jum nalist. at Columbus. Ohio, and attended by Governor McKinley. the Mayor of Columbus and others, no wine was served. Explaining the absence of wine from the menu, the Bishop took occasion to say : "f will say in reference to the banquet tonight that it was the only thing in the celebration of the silver jubilee that I was at all consulted about, and I was consulted only about what we should not have at the banquet. I. as you know, have tried to be a consistent advocate of the virtue of temperance. even going so far as to advocate the propriety and the need of total abstinence on the part of our clergy and our people for the sake of example at least, even though the practice of total abstinence might not be altogether necessary for their individual welfare. I am not a fanatic on that point, but I asked the committee that there should be no wine or intoxicating liquors at this banquet. ana 1 aiu uuim orut*r iuiu x m sumo way or other preserve tbe consistency of my police un<i my teaching for the last thirteen years.1' All honor to the Bishop for his praiseworthy and timely precedent and example.? National Temperance Advocate. >tow i hi; habit grows. During the prevalence of cholera in Cin* cinuati a gentleman, a member of a church, and, up to that time, a rigid teetotaler, desired his wifeto putatabiespoonfulof brandy in his glass every day at dinner. The wife was surprised : but deeming it the result of a wise professional council, she complied, and the husband filled up the glass with water and drank it. A week passed by. and he said to his wife while at dinner. ' My dear, you have been cutting off my supply of brandy. This has lost its taste 1 It does not produce the same effect as at first.'' His wife assured bimshe had given the full amount, and he said no more. Another week passed by. aud he repeated to his wife the conviction that she had lessened the quantity of brandy, it did not produce the same effect as at first. He could scarcely taste it. and the effects on his stomach were not perceptible. "My dear." said his wife, "you have been taking two tablespoon!uls every day. for a week past, sincc you found fault with me for stinting you.-' He was thunderstruck. He sat a few moments in deep thought: then desired the decanter of brandy to be brought to him. Ho seized it and shook it, as much as to say. "I am your master.'" and then hurled it Irom the window. He had been playing with a serpent which was fast winding its deadly coils about him. He did not suspect his danger at the beginning. but fortunately for himself, he saw it before it was too late. A little is sure to lead to more. , MOOUI INDIANS. THE OLDEST FAMILIES" ON A.HKKIUAA 9UIL. They Trace Their Ancestry 400 Years ?Strange Snake Dances, Tortures, Religious and Curious Customs. ~7C WORK of unique interest is / \ Thomas Donaldson's illustrated report just issued by (f the Government on the Moqui Pneblo Indians of the Southwest. It is a large, picturesque volume sent out as an ' 'Extra Census Bulletin." Mr. Donaldson, expert special agent in charge of the investigation, a gentle? ?-'J* Tn/lion mail Ui W1UB GApeiJCUkC 1LI JUUiuu affaire and the author of this graphic leport, has given the subject careful attention, and presented a comprehensive and authoritative statement of the special civilization of these peculiar tribes, soon to be obscured or lost in the tide of modern occupation of their vicinity. The volume also contains the report of Mrs. E. S Clark, notes by Mr. A. M. Stephen, and also reports of Special Agents Julian S-Jcott, Henry R. Poore and Peter Moran, who are artists of reputation. Notes from the works of Charles F. Lummis and illustrative from his photographs are also given. This work will not only be read with interest, in this country, but it will undoubtedly command wide reading in Europe. To white visitors the land of the Moqui Pueblos of the Southwest is a desert of desolation?a wilderness of waterless plain, mountains, cliffs and canyons. In the glare of the ghastly white and yellow clay, gleaming under a blistering sun, the average American 1 J --i. OKfl A - WOUJU UUl {J1VC ftiv nuu a uiuio tui uuv entire country. But for their fanaticism and lust for gold it is doubtful if the early Spanish disooverers would have explored the region. Mr. Donaldson says the desert was a terror to the Spaniards, and to cross it was called the journey of death. The Moqui m ''j ^ POOBITCIE, THE BELLE Pueblos of Arizona and the Pueblos of New Mexico mark the northern line of the actual Spanish advance from 1540 1Q01 ir\ +V?^ "hoe-in f.lifl Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, and they were a buffer in the struggle for control of this portion of the American Continent. After a struggle of 280 years the Spaniard, with his sword, church and missions, withdrew, defeated. To-day the Moqui Indians and Pueblos are almost as the Spaniards left them. Surrounded by hostile savages and living amidst scorpions, rattlesnakes and wild beasts, they went above their peaceful villages, scaled dizzy heights and tunneled into canyon walls and mado their homes for times of war high above the surrounding country. Their homes are practically forts. In ? ? ? - 4-1%/mm nn t*n_l il/o uiuu> retspcu to uutu tiicu dwellings and the wild Titanic landscape around are suggestive of Circassia and Armenia, -where the wilder tribes live "in dugouts." From the blistering terraces of the cliff houses, as Mr. Donaldson says, the vast colorless plains of Arizona resemble the ocean. Heat waves pass over them and shadows of clouds give impression of distant water. There is no life. All nature seems dead. At midday the sun floods the desert with fire. The heat amounts to terror. Here is the land of the mirage. Lakes, rivers, forests, cities and even visions of ships sailing in faraway seas, allure and mock the blinded traveler. But when evening comes all is changed. The wilderness becomes a heaven. Cool breezes steal down from the purple mountains. The sky flames with the glory of the setting sun. It is an aurora, an ocean?a world of indescribable splendor, shifting every moTOTTR GENERATIONS. ment until twilight falls and a thousand fading views deepen into enchantment of a spectral, resplendent moon. The world seems Arcadia, but it is a desert still. Only for the mountains and the water flowing from them human life in that weird land would be impossible. When a pueblo becomesfilthy ortoo small for habitation, or the water supply gives out, the Indians build a new j town?the women and Moqni Pueblos ; J? AI t. rm. vui~ a?? uujjig but wum. IUO puouiu \jX k?oii ' Domingo, New Mexico, bae been de- i stroyed by water and rebuilt on different sites four times within 200 years. < MOQUI IDOL. The Moquis differ from civilize(f Americans?their women are looked on as owners of all the houses. With water the Indians raise plenty of corn, with cotton, grapes, peaches and melons. In commerce they traffic in fruit, pottery, the skins of animals, garments, rare and curious stones, the flesh of wild animal*;, arrowheads and weapons df war. In June, 1890, the seven Moqui pueblos of Arizona had a population of 1996; the nineteen pueblos of New Mexico a population of 8278?in all a population of 10,274. All are citizens of the United States. The allotment of the lands of the Moqui Pueblos (which, in the case of the Pueblos, can only be done by themselves), com polling the holders to reside upon them, would abolish the villages and pueblos, disperse these Indians and make them dependents. According to Special Agent Donaldson, the over description of the Pueblo villages give one false ideas. On visiting them after reading books on the subject one feels disappointed. if1" i OF THE MOQUI TRIBE. g The Moqui pueblos of Arizona are 0 dead looking and dreary, and but for 1 the bright costumes of the people the J scene would be dismal. Their meth- * ods and institutions, however, never T lose interest. ? Many of the stories told of these * people are legends. According to re- * ports of special agents, the much ? written about sacred fires of the ^ Moqui Pueblos and Pueblo Indians J have gone out, if they were ever f lighted, and cannot now be found. " The beautiful legend of the Pneblo . looking from the roof of hiB house for 1 the coming of Montezuma with the * rising sun fades upon investigation * into the hungry Indian on the roof ? early in the morning, scanning the * horizon for his goats and donkeys. In ' some caess the Indians have been c driven to the roof for fresh air. The " adobe huts have no ventilation, and they are indescribably filthy. Special Agent Poore saw neither sacred fires, . Montezuma hunters or watchers in the ( sixteen pueblos of New Mexico. The Indians are famous for games and dances and serpent festivals. As "spectacles" the dances are generally failures. The music is wretched, the howling unbearable and the natural grace of the Indian vanishes when the dance begins. The camera destroys all the romance of the dances. The Indians are experts in handling rattlesnakes. The snake dance is to propitiate the water god or snake deity, whose name is Ba-ho-la-con-gua. The ceremonies prior to the public exhibition of the dance occupy eight days. The priests prepare a liquor which is said to be an infallible antidote for snake bite. When the dance begins and the rattlesnakes nip an Indian on the ear, cheek or breast the antidote renders him poison proof. Charles F. Lummis describes how the captain of the snake band kneels in front of a booth, thrusts his arm behind a curtain, unties a sack of snakes and draws out a big squirming rattler. This he holds in his teeth, " about six inches back of the snake's v head, and then stands erect. "The v captain of the antelope order steps S forward and puts his left arm around | c the snake captain's neck, while, with I * the snake whip in his right hand, he j 11 smoothes the writhing reptile. The | s t*o Indians then began the hippetv- j j hop dance of the Indians. The next j ssnake priest draws forth a snake from the booth and is joined by the next antelope man as his partner; and so j. the ceremony goes on, until each of ], the snake men is dancing with a deadly }] snake in his mouth. The dancers hop j, in pairs from the booth to the dance ^ rock, then north, and circle toward fj the booth again* When they reach a j, certain point, which completes about three-quarters of the circle, each snake man throws his snake, by a ii movement of his neck, down to the s rock floor of the court, and ioeide the f ring of dancers, and again be dancet on to the booth again for a fresh snake. The snakes sometimes rnn to the ftVATur? Q fiAlrKoVi offoir f/W fllAQA V n UJ ?* VAVAilOU MUUAI * v* jammed upon the very brink of the precipice. An Indian official snatches the snakes back again, but if they coil and show tight the antelope men tickle them with the snake whips until they uncoil and try to glide away. Then they seize them with the rapidity of lightning. Frequently the Indians have five or six snakes in their hands at once. The reptiles are as deadly as ever; not one has had its fangs extracted. At last all the Indians rush in a body to the foot of the dance rock, and throw their snakes into a horrid heap of threatening heads and buzzing tails. I have seen a hillock of rattlesnakes a foot high and four feet across. For a moment the dancers leap about the writhing pile, while the tnSBLO GIRL, PTTEBLO OF ISLET A, V. M. sacred corn meal is sprinkled. Then ;hey thrust an arm into that squirmng mass, grasp a number of snakes ind run at top speed to the four points >f the compass. At the bottom of the jreat mesa (tableland) where the chief make dance is held, about 600 feet ibove the plain, they release the unharmed serpents. These astounding -ites last from half an hour to an lour, and end only when the sun has alien behind the bald western desert. ? A X a J.4. opeuiai /lgeui dcuu oaj a mat uic ipeed of the Indians running -with the makes is so great that no man can foloff them. During the ceremony the :elerity of the proceedings evidently ^ept the snakes muddled. During the lance Indians were struck by the ratlesnakes and bitten in several places. Fhe;y drew back for a moment, but iontinued the dance, and no ill effects Fere afterward noted. One Indian truck in tbe nose had some difficulty n shaking the snake off, and he only lid so with his attendants' assistance, t may interest missionaries to say bat the snake order is spreading ,mong the Moquis. The Indians are very tenacious in lolding to their ancient faith. Their iews on witchcraft almost amount to , religion. The Zunis, in common rith other Indians, are very supertitious, and have a horror of a sup>osed witch. A person found guilty if witchcraft is promptly executed. ?he mode of execution is extremely ruel. If a victim escapes, his torturers lever allow him to return to the counry. In 1890 an old woman was charged kith bringing a grasshopper plague nto the country. She had no defender. She was ordered to be hung up. Her '"'AO A frioTlfl ATlf. I ICS HCi c iiCUi ILV/UUIU^. M ?? ? ler down and she ran away, but was ollowed and killed with a stone. The ;on was hanged beside his mother. His irms were bound behind his back with ret rawhide thongs. The sun conracted the rawhide and the lad's suferings were horrible to behold. He vaslet down in four hours, and in his igony he asked for a cigarette. Then te was hung up again and after eight lours he died?that is, a friend was Mowed to kill him with a stone. Vhen a victim's hands are bound belind him and he is hung to a tree by lis hands, the torture equals the torure of the Inquisition. Sometimes this hanging torture is nflicted upon persons from whom inormation is hoped to be extorted. Jnless the information is obtained the ictim is left to hang for days blisterng in a tropical sun, until he dies. Vater ie refused and the torture exeeds the bounds of the imagination. -New York Press. A Novel Cape. A nnvp] and effective cane, made of lark-tan cloth, trimmed and edged rith black Persian lamb. The collar, ?'hich is quite high, is flared and athered, as also is the small shoulderape. The revers are loose and extend o the bottom of the cape. The bonet is of tau cloth, edged with the ame tur as the garment, and is rimmed with black ostrich tips and dack satiu ribbons.?Now York jedger. As far back as 1854 Hamburg emiroidery was imported from Switzerand into the United States. The trade las grown steadily until now Switzerand exports 812,000,000 worth of hese machine embroideries annually, 'he work was first started in Switzerand in 1827. Restaurants have been established a Boston for women and girls excluively, which furnish a nutritious meal or a nickel. * J POPULAR SCIENCE. Gold alloyed with twenty per cent J of aluminum takes on a brilliant ruby tint. An entomologist estimates that there are 240,000 varieties of insects in the world. . ; Three-fourths of the earth's surface cannot be cultivated on account o?| mountain ranges, deserts, swamps and' barren ground. The Industrial Home for Girls, inf Hampstead, England, -was recently set on tire by the sunshine falling through a water-bottle, acting like a lene. ! It is declared upon unquestioned; scientific authority that caffeine, the; active principle of coffee, and theine, that of tea, are identical, and a series of experiments is announced, the rei suits of which yielded precisely similar, products when similarly treated. 1 The surgical treatment of consump-! tion has long been a dream of| European snrgeons. It is announced) that, as the beginning of a series of; experiments, the diseased apex of the* lung of a patient buffering from tuberculosis has been successfully removed-! Dr. William Moor, a specialist on! therapeutics, who is a member of thai staff of the West Side German Cinic,} in New York City, has discovered thai permanganate of pbtassium is an antidote for morphine poisoning, and that it will counteract within a reasonable lapse of time the effects of any of the salts of opium. i T-l p tt It. - jl ? jroiesKor ii.eeD saytj iae entrance, and exit of a ball from a gun. or re-; ' volver can often be determined in the' following manner: When the half enters the body it is black with; grease and powder, and on striking] the skin this is wiped off and therefore leaves a dirty black mark on the skin,j and being clean when it comes out it does not leave a mark. The air brakes on railroad trains are being bnilt with a view to their use on trains of 100 care. The plant on each tram is being built so that it can be used in such a way as to bring the speed down from eighty to thirty miles an hour within five seconds.; Great power has to be used, and every part of ihe apparatus has to be per-' feet to stand the strain. Dr. Hovent, of Brussels, annonncetl that he has successfully treated an obstinate case of deafness by the use of a compressed air bath. The patient was a girl thirteen years of age, who had gradually been getting deaf since her birth, in spite of the efforts of specialists. Under the daily course of compressed air baths the hearing improved so rapidly that within two weeks she was cured. By means of an electrical apparatue 1 1. ? -f . 4-Vw. mxmUt.Vn . ,F tUC laic Ul O^CCU \JL vuv vuviuauuu VA the blood in different parts of the body has been measured. It is found1 that the circulation time from the right jugular to the right carotid was three seconds; from the crural artery to the crural vein, three seconds, and for the lungs alone, 2.3 seconds, or not far from one-fourth of the mean systemic circulation time. The kidney has a longer circulation rime? eight seconds. Discarded Bab; Carriages. Litigation between member* of a firm which deals entirely in second hand baby carriages has called attention to the great profit in this business in New York. It is well known that the Gotham infants of great pecuniary expectations are royally brought up.; The item of baby carriages entails' great expense. In the first place, the babes of the millionaires get airings in carriages built and designed to order. They are gotten up on an unprecedented scale of magnificence,! with wicker work and silk trappings: ' 'i- '?J. * - it. ??: 01 IQe Utbi. At) iuc coniagcc) iuc uesu for a single season only, and are sold! for a song at the end of the year, there/ has grown up quite a trade in the discarded vehicles. Dealers give the articles a little furnishing and sell them after a time at a snug profit. Thus,: the baby carriage which has once borne an heir to millions about the streets may in time be wheeled about with a humble workingman's infant cooing, in it. After making a snug competence at the business during many years' dealing, a New York firm are quarreling, among themselves over a division of the profits. It looks now as if the: partners will separate and run rival concerns and thus raise the price o* Mich wares.?New York Press. Evaporated Sweet Potatoes, Few people knew how easily sweet potatoes can be dried, even in the sun,i and how handy and useful the dried potatoes are. At best sweet potatoes are a troublesome crop to keep, bnt when dried or cured in an evaporator; they are really no trouble to keep audj are always at hand for use on the table at short notice. They should be sliced M and then evaporated. Then to Hue. B them they are soaked to restore the: B evaporated moisture and then baked' KB in pans as the fresh ones often are.; jO They are an admirable article for pud- B dings and pies. For this jjurpose it B wonld be better to grind them into B meal and put up in packages with di- B rections for making puddings. Pat B up in this way it ought not to be B much trouble to create a market for B the dried sweet potatoes. If an evap- B orating plant Would but undertake the flj putting up of the sweet potato meal' B in packages the article would sell well. I Grocerymen are slow to take hold of B such products in the crude evaporated' B state, but in such packages, with a few; B attractive handbills and a lot of recipes1 B for making the many delicious prepa- B rations that can be made from sweet Hi potatoes, a market could soon be made Hgj for a product that eastern North Caro- HB lina can supply in Jimitless quantities. B Who will start the enterprise V?Amer^ B ican Farmer. B . J Ifl Discovery That Will Brlnf? Wealth. \ H A eolder that successfully joins.1 B aluminum to aluminum has been die-' covered at Cincinnati, Ohio. For! H over four years Robert M. Shearer haej BB been at work trying to find such a; solder. This has finally been dis-j B covered. The new solder will join! teeth to aluminum for dental purposes.1' H It will not be patented, as no risk will' be taken in giving away tho secret.?1 ^8 ChicHpQ,H'.rai(i. H