Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-12-07

Of such fresh people to bring about these re-
Suits The world is full of men and women,
and in better regulated life, it would be the
business after the days work was done, to EN-
tertain each other, and give each other fresh
life. AS it now is, hundreds, if not thousands,
of our households are little better than cells
for the incarceration of each family. Thou
sands are thus worn out prematurely from the
utter lack of domestic recreation. There
might be written over the graves of thousands,
''Bored to death by the stagnation of domestic
life" IN. Y. Graphic.
FUR BEARERS AND WEARERs.-The prlll-
cipal call now is for the fur Of the fur-seal and
sea-otter. OF the latter about 1000 are tax
en- yearly. They are only found in the North
Pacific islands The best skins are valued
from Sl00 to $500, and are especially affected
by the wealthy Chinese. The Russian sable
though why 50 named is an enigma, the
choicest specimens coming from Kamschatka,
is extremely fashionable throughout the world,
the fur being valuable for it's great beauty,
and being unique from the fact that the hairs
turn and lie equally we'll in any position. The
animal is related to the weasel, and stone mar
tens, mink, ETC., but exceeds them all in the
beauty and length of the over-hair that is
long, flowing, and of rich blush dark shade,
wearing extremely WELL the pelt being tough
and durable. Nearly 10000 are caught yearly
at all points, bringing from $50 to $50 skin
and the lady who would wear perfect set of
furs from it must pay nearly 81, 900.
The American marten-from Labrador the
Great Whale river-are much in demand
Artists brushes are made from the hairs Of
the TAIL and for this and other purposes over
100, 900 are captured yearly, valued at S25 per
skin for the best. Of pine martens 200, ,0O0are
used. 1t is rich brown, being often passed
off by dishonest dealers as Russian sable. In
this country the better class of mink retains
its popularity, the dark chestnut browns and
blacks being rich and elegant in the extreme,
and often passed off upon the innocent pur-
chaser as Russian sable. The dark blue shades
are most admired, and come from Maine, No
va Scotia, the Middle and Northern States.
The trappers realize, or should, from S. to S25
per skin for the $50 900 animals killed yearly.
Ermine skins are now rated at about $3.50
apiece, and the coat of Louis TX, was proba-
bly, worth at the time $500. One of the
most fashionable furs is that of the silver fox.
1t is rich, deep, glossy black with blush
tinge. So beautiful are they that $500 has
been paid for single skin, and La Houtan
states that in his time the skin Of one of these
foxes brought it's weight in gold. Skins fire.
quently brought $3.50. Of the 1000 caught
yearly, about 1000 are used in England, and
they are occasionally seen upon the streets of
New York.
Cheap grades of furs made from Siberian
squirrel, muskrats, rabbits, wildcats, badger,
coon and even the common domestic cat, OF
which / 200, 900 and over are killed yearly, and
yet the attentive observer about New York is
often reminded and forced to observe that the
supply exceeds the demand. Other animals
used in trimming, etc., are lions, tigers and
bears. Of the former 500 are consumed by
the trade every year, while 10000 bears, 500
tigers, 100, 600 bnffalo, 100, 900 chinchilas and
yearly in various branches of trade.