The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-06-16

10 the ways ana means oil commanding a lar re-
ward for their labor. II is no, tie whole truth.
but very true so far as it goes, and eniner,ly
worthy Of attention:
eve have long known an unfailing, remedy Cor
all ;he ordinary expressions of Capital. We ave
q prescription which, if we'll sha ken and regular
ly taken, would cure the evil which strikes, as
they new occur, do only aggrarate. II is, In
tim, az peace. prepare for war
'.If our laboring men, before making war
employers, would only build unto themselves for
alterations and lay in stores, they could stand any
len 9Th OF sege. The way TO do this is for every
TO live on half his wages, or less, II possible,
until he buys and pays Tor acre ol ground,
fences il, builds on it d house large and close
enough 10 shelter himsels and family from Win
ter storm. Tbs Is AIS fort. Then let HIM take
all the time he new spends in taverns and other
louaging places, to lay in stores of ammunition
and prev sion, in the shape of useful knowledge,
Cleaned from books and papers, and grspe-vines,
trees, potatoes and cabbage growing in his en-
closure. IL he plants every foot Of II with some
thing pleasant TO the eye and good fer food, no
tyranDcal employer can starye rim into any de-
grading sabmIssion. Ii IS extravaganza and lui-
providence, and nothing else, which keeps the
laboring ciisses in The power OF capital We
know very few capitalists who have not became
So through self-denia and perseverance which
poor men scorn,to use.
ave know n,en who, on the wages Of com.
mon tiaborer, seldom more than Is cents d day
have lived comfortably and accumulated proper
~, while thousands earning tn ice thai sum, live
from hand 10 mouth, aud starving if u weea
out OF employ.
''Our i'm preston is, that the ajorty Of these
would not be one bit better off NJ they got ten
dollars day; that, in fact, they would be
likely 10 prosper On fifty cents those people
a..
Of employment month, generally those who
know nothing Of the value OF money. bnl calcu-
late 20 spend all they get be that little or much;
cons quentIy, an advance IN their wages, is send
irglIiore money 10. bcer-shops and cigar establish
meats, or fancy stores Before any man, can be
inlrpc ndent, he must learn to live within his in.
come, be that little or much When he has fixed
himself IN 4 homestead, " ilh TIE cellar well filled
and bit of ground TO raise his cabbage, and some
spare change in his pocket, he can afford 10 strike
any system Of oppression he has mind to- but
as long he prefers indulgence 10 self owner
sh,E, he ought 10 be slave, if any body who can
'akt care OF hIn viii only take the trouble 10 10
u.
1--WE would i've on mush and noasses and
aress in ZIP calico, all lie days Of our natural HE
rather than i've by sufferance, and be in daily
danger of starvation, or be compelled TO work
how and when somebody pleased, whether we
tine; unFis hteous mamnou save Your money,
audi thereby you Independence.
ltRcr1c DIEr-rhc Second Csaneli Expe-
ditipn, which sailed on the 9th inst, takes with
i an admirably sysiemati Used diatary--the result
evidently Of much careful study.
Eor long marches, where the labor Of carriage
requires The greatest economy Of weight, con-
denied and portable food becomes i paramount
importance. Until very late ly The ride was the
larjer Of the irouters-uhan, but we are now in
,he midst of great exodus. Men, women and
hiiiren strike INTO oar western deserts aud
the: vast nier-space between our Atlantic and
Pa ehc civilizations, Is 2 mass Of moving life
Wa think that valuable practical lesson might
be iaughi to such emisraais By the preparations OF
this little Arctic party.
We devoted morning 10 the inspection Of
the4 resources. They take Out with them, the
melt biscuit Of Borden the desccaled yegcta-
biss Of Choet, the npacfed milk cake Of the
Messrs Abbott, and the Pemican of the Indian
royggeurs.
line meat biscuit has, after careful experiment,
beeh adopted by DIR. Kane for his sedse lclrnes
Ii cpubines the essential elements OF flour and
heef and six ounces day have been proved suf-
hci3nt 10 sustain life, while in active exercise
SIR Lyon P'ayfair, who anaiy sed this article at
the NV ords Fair, reports in unqualified terms as
70 i:s value. The vegetables are dried by rapidly
changing atmospheres, and compressed BY hy-
draulic power SO as &c. occupy inconceivub.e
small bulk. The milk, which Is destined to DO
away with passenger cows, hard as
BRICK bat, but with the aid of a little water, was
hardly dlstinguishabe from breakfast cream.
But he great standby and sheet anchor Of Arc
tic aoya gers, was the Penican All our North
Indian tribes. but especially the Crees and
Chippewas, use this preparation for their long
mar hes. 1t consists of the pounded meats of the
moose buffalo, carefully dried by Are and sun,
and Incorporated with fat marrow Penis,
which in the Algonquin, signifies grease, Is prcba-
bly, the orIgn OF tie term.
The Pemican of the American expedition was
PREPARED on large scale from beef, and ia lis
uiaEusacture wo were much Interested
We were shown lnto large kiln of some 30
feet square, heated 10 lao degrees Fahsenheat,
and. completely filed with beef STEAK. No less
thaq 1900 pounds Of carefully cut rur1p pieces
Werf strung upon wooden frames and undergoing
profess for drying. The steak when dried to one
iourlh ofits original weight, was ground in mill
10 the size of pounded hominey, and then mixed
with an equal weight of pure lard.
IEe whole process was superintended by Mr.
Bors en-- ne inventor of the meat -biscuit--who
had. been selected by Mr.. Grinnell 10 carry out
his Instructions. We are told that four thousand
poutd OF meats aud one OF lard would make
abe 1t two thousand Of this CONGO ntrated diet and
siede Journey the polar ice, would be limited
TO two pounds per diem OF this novel compound
Of beef and grease.
We'll as thus was adopted to its purpose, those
Of ,4s ''who live at home at ease, could not help
beng impressed with the privalions of men who,
dragging their sledges wilderness Of ice,
hasy bat this honely mixture to sustain their en-
ergiis and prepare them for the la5ors ahead
Grest credit is due DIR. Kane for his skilful exer-
uon! IN this matter.-lN. Y. Jour. Com.
THE CRYSTAL PALAcE-LIGHr AND
DARKNEss.-Ihe City Temperance Alliance of
New: York City have located their capacous ten,
IN ris yicinity Of the Crystal Palace, and have
engjged Rev. J. Martyr, in connection with Rev.
L. j; Warren, the Cor. Sec, to bold temperance
meetings every eyening, and TO conduct or pro-
yid1 religious services on the Sabbath. The
saesof liquor seems destined TO be the most ac-
live and lucrative business in that locality, and
excessive incompetence viii be the natural result
ScoIs aye. huad.eds Of places for this traffic viii
ie onen nlght and day Sabbath M, aXoo,,aJ