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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
How Kid Gloves are Made.

Ladies who button on their dain-
ty hands and arms the exquisitely
fitting kid glove (often with six but
tons, and less than three is not con
sidcred stylish), have little idea Of
what numerous processes the skin
has undergone before ready in such
perfect shape to wear. The best
quality Of skin used for the Paris
market is raised in the District of
Champagne, and really tirst-class
gloves can only be produced in linn
tied quantities. For the lower
grades of gloves the skins raised in
the southern part of France, Ger
many, Austria and Italy arc the
best adapted. The skins undergo a
great variety of difficult and delicate
processes; preparing of the rough
skins, the tanning, shaving, curry
ing, bathing, terminating, coloring,
cutting, sewing and dressing, all of
which must be done with the great
est care to prepare the skins for a
first-class store. The most impor-
tant part is the bathing ami reani-
mating the skins. After bathing,
dyeing and bleaching, they pass in
to the hands of the tireur, whose
duty it is to select and assert them
carefully, and according to their ca
pacity for taking the different col
ors. This tireur spends lifetime
in acquiring this knowledge, while
to the inexperienced the skins look
all alike. The dyeing over, they go
to the cutter, who, after cutting them
in long pieces, and marking with
the size they are intended for,
brings them at last into glove form
by means of iron dies, placed under
a heavy press, in which manner
three or four gloves are stamped
out ut the same time. The glove is
then ready for the sewing girl, who
cannot finish more than two pairs Il
day, as every stit, h is done by hand.
After it is sewed it goes to the drcs-
sing room, is there carefully and
neatly folded, buttoned or hooked,
and packed by the dozen in boxes
ready for the trade. They vary in
price, according to quality.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
Tho Signal S.rvicS.

The report of the chief of the
Signal Service is now passing
through the Government press, and
and we learn by a Washington dis
patch will soon be given to the pub
lie. The amount Of work accom-
plished by the department of which
"Old Probabilities" is the head, is
absolutely wonderful, and not only
that it has been of great practical
value to the country, remark
that could not be truthfully repeated
Of the labor performed by some of
the other officers under government.
The young man from the country
who is anxious to get into one Of
the departments at Washington,
with the expectation of light work
and good pay, would do well to
shun the Signal office; at least so
far as light work is regarded.
The kilograms and reports for the
benefit of commerce and agriculture
have been continued, we are told,
upon the plan laboratcly described
in the report for 1871, the school
for signaling and tclegraphing near
Washington being maintained in a
state Of rigid efficiency as the only
means Of securing the accuracy
which is absolutely essential to
reliable weather reports. The post
ing and publication of daily bullc-
tins, Of reports Of the rise and fall
drivers at river stations, the pub
LEGATION Of weather maps and the
display of day and night danger
signals have been extended, and ten
new stations established, making
seventy-two observing and report-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
An Anecdote of Vice.President Col.
fax,

Miss Laura Ream writes to the
Cincinnati Commercial an account
of an interview with Schuyler Col
fax, in the course of which the re-
tiring Vicc-President remarked: 81
stood to day on the very spot in the
Senate chamber whe"c | made my
first reports for the indianapolis
journal. 1t was then owned by
Mr.. Douglass, and he gave me two
dollars a day for my services. l
remember pleading with him for
another dollar. l had to pay four
dollars 4 week for my board, and
with that and the expense of clothes
and coming here and returning
home could not very well see my
way clear. When | insisted on the
other dollar, Mr.. Douglass said to
me: you don't seem to consider
the advantages you enjoy; you are
in a way to make valuable acquain-
tances. Sec what Albert S. White
has come to. He was once q re-
porter. You may be a member of
Congress some day. Who knows p
l frankly confess" continued Mr..
Colfax, "that l said to him, in reply,
| will give all my chances of being
a member of Congress for the other
dollar day"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20

Scotland, when he made an incision
near the heart, and discovered that
he had no diaphragm, and that the
heart was not enclosed in pericar-
dium, but is suspended by two cords
instead of one. Some years after
wards lie was given a like examina-
tion in Paris by Surgeon Louis, and
with the same result. None Of the
scientific men of Europe understood
his structure, and they advised him
to come to America and see if our
learned men could comprehend his
formation. But no one here had
ever before seen such creature
and could not understand his organ.
ization. 1t was in 1868 he came
here, and in 1865 he went back to
Europe.
In 1867 he was at the Paris cx-
position, and was examined by sew
eral eminent surgeons, among them
Professor Smith, of Baltimore
Since that year he has been in this
country. His home is in England,
and he says that he likes that coun-
try much better than this-thcre he
is treated like gentleman, here as
a worthless, travelling vagrant. He
is not married, and his parents are
now dead. He has brother, who
is six feet three inches in height.
but who can contract himself Sc
that he is but three feet three inches
tall. This is his only peculiarity.
There was nothing remarkable
about their mother, but the father
was apparently destitute of ribs.
The latter at one time-a great
many years ago-worked upon the
Erie canal and lived in Lockport.
George has a cousin who can throw
his left hip to his right side and
vice versa. The former is in good
health, weighs l65 pounds, is about
five feet eight inches in height,
and appears to be not over thirty
years old.
Mr.. Thomas goes to Middletown
to-day. He will visit Albany, and
return to this village in three or
four weeks, soon after which he in
tends to bid farewell to America.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20

inclement season, took the place Of
private person, among the thous-
ands gathered together to pay the
last tribute of respect that the living
can pay to the dead. For your re-
mcmbrancc of Mr.. Greeley, dying;
for your attendance at his funeral;
for the fearful attention you paid to
the sad ceremonies of that occasion,
Mr.. President, I thank you with all
earnestness. I am very sure that in
doing SO | but echo the sentiments
of hundreds Of thousands of your
fellow citizens, whose views of pub
lie affairs led them and myself to
support, in the late canvass, the
man to whom you have shown such
high respect. BY these acts you
have removed prejudices, changed
opponents into friends, and shown
the world that great official life
need not dcadcn the better instincts
of our common humanity. By these
acts you have taught the nations
that Americans never forget what is
due to the character Of their great
citizens, and that the passions of an
exciting political contest never de-
stroy the respect that American
partisan opponents have for the
good lives Of good men.
thank you, Mr.. President, and
pray that a long and happy life may
await you. And when it shall
please the Great Ruler to send the
angel Of death to call you hence may
your passage to the tomb be made
smooth by the affections of kind
friends, and the grave close over
You with the heartfelt prayers of
your countrymen for your eternal
rest. Very respectfully, your friend,
SINCLAIR ToUsEy,
New York. Dec. G 1872.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
Correct Way TO Sweep a Carpet.

There are three ways to sweep a
carpet-one right and two wrong
ways. One wrong way is to hold
the broom nearly in front Of the
operator, with the handle inclined
backward toward him, then press
down as a forward thrust is given,
thus throwing the heaviest dirt half
way across the room, while the
light particles are sent whirling
about, covering, as they settle, every
article of furniture.
Another way to sweep 4 carpet is
to move the broom forward with 4
heavy, drawing stroke by which the
material to be removed is pressed
into The carpet rather than worked
gently along on the surface. If
either of these wrong ways is adop-
ted, the broom will wear out the
carpet more than it is worn by the
occupants of the dwelling. When a
sweeper collects dust-pan full Of
the nap of the carpet every time it
is swept, 4 new one will soon be
required.
The right way to sweep is to
incline the handle a little forward,
them give Il light drawing stroke,
allowing the broom to hardly touch
the carpet. Not one-half the weight
of the broom should be allowed to
press on the carpet, rs the dirt is
moved forward. Let the dirt be
moved and rolled along very lightly.
fla generous supply of tea grounds,
small bits Of wet paper, or clean
and wet sawdust can be spread over
the carpet before the sweeping is
commenced, all the fine dirt will
adhere to the wet material. a little
smart woman who is terror to dirt
will frequently hurl it about the
room as if it were impelled by u
whirlwind, and when the task is
ended her dust-pan will contain
scarcely enough to pay for sweep
ing. But by using Il good broom
having long, elastic brush, and
touching the carpet very lightly, it
will scarcely require the strength
of 4 child to sweep Il large parlor
in few minutes. Scarcely one
honsekecper in fifty understands how
to sweep carpet corrcctly.-Rural
Home.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20

"From persons who have recently
visited Kodiak l learned that mat
ters there are very quiet. Several
vessels called at the island during
the summer and brought merchan-
disc from San Francisco. The ma
tivcs are always overjoyed when a
vessel anchors off their shores, for
they know that there is an abun-
dance of the luxuries of civilization
on board. have observed that as
the Aleuts gain knowledge Of the
customs and habits of white people
they are eager to adopt them.
"lmportant scientific discoveries
have been made along the end the
Alaskan Peninsula. Travellers from
Europe and the Eastern States of
the Union find a great deal to inter-
est them in the geological, botanical
and glacial features Of Alaska"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
The Rescur ces of Alaska.
A writer in the .1laska Herald

A writer in the .1laska Herald
says:
eff Alaska had no other source of
revenue but her fisheries, and they
were fully developed, this territory
would be one of the richest posses
sions of the United States; but even
with the partial development ofthis
interest we have much to be proud
of. The salmon fisheries at Sitka
alone yield several thousand barrels
yearly. South ofhcrc, along Prince
Edward Island and other localities
adjacent thereto, there are splendid
openings for establishing salmon
fisheries. The Indians catch great
numbers, and to large extent live
from this source. Fish is the real
staff of life to the coast tribes. Furs
purchase them many articles of use
and luxury, but the finny product is
their main reliance for food.
"Therc is mint of money in the
Shumagin fisheries. At present,
perhaps, the pioneers of the trade
are not reaping large profits, but
from all l can learn they have every
encouragement to extend their opera
tons. Pioneers in any department
of life usually have a hard fight.
My own experience, however, and
that of several others here, has been
both pleasant and profitable, and l
hope the energetic men who are lay
ing the foundations for building up
vast trade in the Shumagin
speciality will in time find all their
expectations realized. AS the Pa
citic coast becomes populated, every
thing that Alaska can produce will
very naturally find an increased
market; and no other branch would
receive so great an impulse as the
Goldfish trade. The article is equal
and in some respects superior to the
Newfoundland species, and also to
the fish taken in the Ochotsk Sea.
When this fact becomes generally
known our Goldfish will, Of course,
command better price than any
other.
"Our fur trade is another feature
of interest. We take from 5000 to
10000 mink every year, and from
5000 to 5000 marten. The number
of muskrats killed is set down at
from 5000 to 5000. Offoxcs (bluc,
white, red, gray, etc., there arc
teken from 5000 to 1000. The sup
ply of sea and land otter is abundant
ali things considered. The sea otter
is SO valuable that in its quest the
bounds of prudence are not regarded
as they should be, looking for the
future. / am unable to say how
many ermine and sable are killed
yearly, but with these and other fur
bearing animals it will be seen at a
glance that Alaska is, in this re-
spcct, very wealthy.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
A Human Phenomenon.

From the Port Jervis Tri-Statcs Union.
The most remarkable specimen of
physical organization we have ever
seen is Mr.. Geo. Thomas, Brazil
ian, who has been in Port Jervis
since Thursday Of last week. He
has been exhibiting himself in
various places in the village, and
has puzzled not only the people but
the physicians and surpeons-they
arc unable to understand his anata-
mony. He can move his. heart to
any part of the body at pleasure,
and even stop its beating for sixty
seconds. He has two sets of ribs,
one of which he can move from it's
position to the front of the body,
covering the abdomen. He causes
q revolving motion of the bowels,
both upward and downward, the
abdomen undulating and resembling
the corrugating motions of flag or
q piece of cloth when disturbed by
the wind. He can so arrest his
pulse that for short time one can
not discern that he has any. An
other wonderful thing he does is to
bend an iron bar, five-cighths of an
inch in thickness, by striking it
across his left arm. The muscles OF
his arm he SO contracts that the
flesh feels as hard as wood.
Mr.. Thomas is certainly a won
derful specimen of physical con.
struction. At our request he called
in our Office yesterday and gave lis
his history, from which we CLEAN
the following:
He was born in Brazil, South
America, the 4th Of March, 1920,
His father was an Ethiopian and his
mother was Spanish woman,
When four years old he was taken
to London, England, by his mother
and was examined by Surgeon Kent
The latter took him to Edinburg,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
SIGN OF
The Big Hat !

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly Il Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner's Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it land
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class of goods west
of Chicago.
TO the Ladies Gas usuaD, we
solicit share ofyour patronage.
TO the Gents s-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expen-
ses small; consequently our
prices we guarantee.
Remember the place, The
Sign Of the Big Hat.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
Nowhere in the world is the life

Nowhere in the world is the life
of a human being more valuable
than in this country; but among no
other civilized people is it so poor
ly guarded by law; and this fact,
which is undeniable, is as disgrace
full as it is unnecessary. America
is overruu by gigantic corporate
monopolies, and the insecurity of
life in their hands is an exemplitica-
tion of the adage that Corporations
have no souls" We deny, howev-
cr, that they are beyond the infiu-
cnce and control ofthe people. We
insist that Congress and the Legis-
laturcs Of the States have power to
curb their extortions, and hold them
to strict accountability for the
lives intrusted to their care as much
as they are now held for the loss Of
property. We insist that the pco-
pie, through their agents, have q
right-and should exercise ito
supervise all their acts and the acts
of their servants, and that they have
4 right to demand and enforce COM
pliance; that incompetent employ
ees thall give place to capable and
efficient ones, and that corporations
dealing with the public shall be for
ced to pay sufficient salaries to in-
sure faithful service.
1t is time this tritling with hui
man life should cease. 1t is time
these corporations holding legisla-
tive franchises should be taught
that every special privilege they
possess has been granted by The
people, and that every right they
have thus acquired is of a qualified
public character, subject to regnla-
ton, revision, and, if necessary, re-
cission, at the hands of the power
that originally conferred it. The
combined power Of the corporations
of this country are great; it has
made itself felt in the Congress Of
the nation, in the Legislature OF
| the States, and in the courts Of the
land, NO wonder 1t has grown arro-
eant, become corrupt, and assum-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20

ing stations in all, with constant ap-
plications from Boards ofTrade and
other official bodies for more. Re
ports are exchanged with seven
stations established in Canada by
the Dominion Government within
the past year. The verifications Of
the daily probabilities" which
last year reached sixty-nine per
cent, have this year reached nearly
seventy-seven per cent, and would
have gone higher but for the de-
ficiencics in the telegraph service.
Three hundred and fifty -four eau
tionary signals, indicating an ex-
pectation that the winds would blow
as strongly as twenty-five miles an
hour within radius Of q hundred
miles, have been displayed during
the year, and seventy out of each
hundred proved to have been neces-
sary. AS an exceptional instance
Of accuracy, it is mentioned that
out of six signals displayed at cer-
tain ports in anticipation OF the
same number of storms, five were
followed by destructive storms and
one by storm Of little destructive
force.
The chief officer claims that no
great and continuous storm has
traversed the country or ragged
along the great chain cf lakes with
out fair notice being given at all
the endangered points. There is
now Il complete exchange of reports
with the Canadian Signal Service,
both parties sharing equally the
benefit of the enlarged area of OBJ
servation. The Department is also
in correspondence with the Cover
nor of Barbados, and is making
other arrangements to establish tele-
graphic exchanges with the West
indies. Blank forms, too, are to be
furnished to the masters of all yes
sells, who will furnish copies Of
their observations, and system Of
exchanges with foreign societies
has gone into operation. The daily
river reports, when expanded to
proper dimensions, are expected to
afford material protection against
damages resulting from ice and
freshcts and the breaking and over
flow of levees. Eighty-ninc agri-
cultual societies and thirty-two
Boards of Trade and commerce are
in regular communication and CO.
operation with the Signal Bureau.
Much embarrassment has been
caused by the refusal oflhe Western
Union Telegraph Company to trans
init the signal messages on what
were regarded as reasonable terms,
but, as that obstacle has been over
come, the chief promises more ac-
curate reports in the future, and
covering more extended area, than
we have yet been permitted to en-
joy.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20

ed the tone, character, and state Of
dictator. But there is a power
greater than it, which, once arous-
ed, will call it back to reason, JUS
tice, and fair dealing, or shiycr it's.
scepter to atoms. The question
whether the people are capable of
governing themselves has been set
tied once and again in the United
States; it remains to be seen wheth-
er they can regulate and govern the
vast system of corporate associa-
ton they have created, and into
which they have breathcd the breath
of life.-Znter- Ocean,.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
Where to Scttle--Healthy Localities.

People are growing wiser on the
subject Of health. They appreciate
its importance and value better than
they used to.
When they are looking out for a
new home now, their first inquiry is,
Is it healthy?
This is wise. No matter how
fertile land may be, no matter how
beautiful the rivers, or sunny the
skies, man should not dwell where
health is not.
Nothing compcnsates for the loss
of health. What avails your i'm
mense growth of crops, if the fever
and ague be growing in your blood
and bones with like exuberance?
Emigrants to the West cannot be
too careful on this point. To. say
nothing of the danger to ones self,
what moral right has any person to
expose his family and children un-
necessarily to illness and death?
The mistake for long time pre-
vailed of regarding chills and fever
as temporary and rather contemp-
tible Inconvenience merely. People
laughed and joked about "the
shakes as if it were something
they could soon shake off.
But experience has show that
chills and fever impair the strength
of the constitution, and expose it to
other and more direct fatal diseases.
Health and happiness are almost
as nearly related as twin brothers.
1t is not worth while to try to
separate them.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-20
Nellie Grant.
Correspondence.


The social world is stirring itself
just now in Washington, and great
anticipations are INDUCED in for
the coming season, which promises
to be one Of the gaycst the Capital
has witnessed for many years. The
debut of Miss Nellie Grant, who
will make her first appearance in
society this winter, will add some
what of brilliancy to the entertain
ments at the White House, for, in
what station, or where in society
does not the introduction ola pretty
young lady do as much? There is
always charm and freshness about
the first season which no after
experiences afford. Then young
lady i'll the White House will be
such q novelty. l believe there
never has been one installed there
in the position Miss Nellie will oc-
cupy. Miss Harriet Lane, the niece
of Mr.. Buchanan, was its mistress,
and did the honors for her uncle,
but no one of our Presidents has
had a charming young daughter to
add grace and beauty to circle
always incomplete without it. Miss
Nellie Grant occupies very prom
inent, and no doubt an enviable
position, socially, and public at
tention will be often directed to her
there will be no end to the fiat
terry bestowed, or the protestations
OF devotion and affection showered
upon her; her dress will be viewed
and reviewed by the Jenkinses of
the press with painful minuteness.
Already have bulletins appeared
in the papers in regard to dresses
purchased by her in Paris, describ-
ing them as the chef u euyre OF
Worth's establishment, glace silks
and laces, sprays of jcssamine and
lilies Of the valley--such dresses,
We are told, as the princess of Eng
land has worn on similar occasions.
Predictions of sensations and ova-
tons to the Presidents daughter
are daily made, and speculations
are freely indulged in regarding
the prospects of the destiny she
will of course be expected to fulfill.
In the meantime her course will be
watched with interest by others than
the Jenkiiscs, by those who have a
desire to have her do credit to her.
self and make the best use of her
possibilities and opportunities.
This young lady in question is said
to be avery lovely character, posses
sing a quality for which her father
is SO remarkable - rare common
sense. If this be true, the future
may hold for her, SO favored by
fortune, blessings for herself and
benedictions for the world.