The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17

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we keep cows and mares. Il we use
the mares milk to make koumiss... The
rich men among us own from 100 to 800
COWS and half thagnumber Of mares, The
poor own'abouta dozen cows A man
who is worth thousand roubles (about
5000 is looked upon as very omealthy.
we supply the gold miners with. butter
and meat. We keep a few deer, and
with them make excursions to- the sIce
OcsaHs s;gits0sa I'd sl,ynwat a..
Il sOur villages consist of number Of
tents, built regardless Of any 1order. SO
that we have no streets., The, tents are
square at the base and pyraniidal in
shape; they are built generally ii rough
posts, put sidesby side. The rich men,
however, use cut wood, or even make
houses. There are small windows about
foot square, with ice panes during, the
winter, and with sheets of mica or small
pieces Of brokehs glass set in birch bark
frames during the summer. Glass .panes
Sfpur inches square are the largest / ever
saw in the houses Of our rich peoples
The ice windows last through the winter,
although fire is kept on the hearths night
and day, and when they melt we know
that the time has come for us to move to.
our summer quarters. We do not move &
our tents, which are left lstandino suer-l
manently in both the summer and wins,
Ter quarters. The stables ia winter adj
join the tents, sothat our cattle have the
benefit Of the fires. afAmple, yards, with
high fences, complete the picture of or
Yillage.saGl s5.sf 81 ElogfayI .Hssza
.ssWhat aboat Your people?', 81. IS
ssThe YakootS are of middle stature,
and have Straight htblaelr hair. broad noses.
prominent cheek bones, and eyes that.
resemble somewhat those Of tile Chinese.
The men cut their hair short and leave
long loose lock on. the. back, of the
head something like Chinese queue.
The women have rich blnek hair, which
they always cover with a handkerchief.
The Yakoots are not prolific. A family
usually has about threeschilthen.ss They
are friendly and speaceable. and the
women are regarded as equal to- the
men in every respect. EMonogamyl lis
strictly observed. - -.
I'm The morning We We drink teas-brick ed
tea. We scrapes Il with a knife, boil it
in q clay pot and drink it.with milk.
The rich families use also little sugar.
which they bite of in small pioces. sWel
have no bread at all, for, I'VE cannot bake
it on our hearths. Bread is a great lux.
Gry, and when one Of us brings d loaf
of il from the city. OF. Yakootsk it. is. di-
vided into small pieces and distributed
around. We ahave,a however, barley
flour. Of which we. sometimes prepare a.
kind of bun or custard. About noon
we eat 6sstsshas-that is sour milk InixedG
with fresh milk and water and
a powder made of soft pine
bark. Sour milk we keep for
months III large pts dug insthe earth.
0facourse tits frozen hard and we cut.
it with, with axes, About three O'Clock, we
again eat tutstaas. II Before going To-
sleep the, welltorde people eat meat,s
while the poor eat more blltuhds, Some
times we have barley gfuel and other
preparations, of milk. IaywinteT. we .oc-
casionally have fish. ~. z, Sun. s
q kaOne ofsthei scpllegc jokersg Com
necticnt climbed telegraph pole and
tied fine copper wife around thirteen
of the telegraph'mites, and ram tito the
ground. and connection with Boston and
New York was, broken for two days.
The college student had been STUDYING
chemistry or something, and the first
thing he learned wa, that the connection
could be thus broken on a telegraph
wire, and he fastened to tairnhis lmowl-s
edge to some practical use. The tele-
graph folks have learned that d heavy
club applied to ahead causes great pain,
and they are anxious to test it on the
aforesaid student. IN r.; Herald. stsg
i--Whoeyer heard ANYBODY comnlain