The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-19
FROM RED TO PRICELESS BLAck
NJ Rewards Coat Covers Wide
RANGE ~ CoaoP And Coae.


" Rewards Coat Covers . Wide
Range Of Color and Cost.
"Reynard the fox. represented by his
skin. comes to W In four principal
varieties said the manager Of . fur
store to a w.iter for the New York sun.
In his red jacket he 10 the most com.
mon and least valued of all foxes. his
shin being worth Is in its natural tints.
1t IL sometimes made into furs for wom-
ans wearing. but more often II II dyed.
The principal use for the red foxskin
Is as the central figure in rugs and
lap robes, and sometimes sleigh and
carriage robes are made entirely from
these skins sewed together with the tail
nip dangling from each. Red foxskins
md their way here from every part
or h northern states and Canada.
Hunters and trappers bring them to
the fur trading stations and rural stores
and farmers boys the country over
trap red reynard and md fine winter
sport In running him with hounds.
which they follow up on foot with guns.
Here Ia the skin Of another fox less COM
mon. but as widely distributed. the gray
or cross fox. II IL believed TO be . cross
between the silver and the red fox
you zee II combines the tints Of the two
but its name probably m from the
black cross % plainly marked On its
back. This skin 10 worth 80. In it,
natural color II makes up Handsomely
into n kind Of furs We sell. An at.
tracuve form OF boa and other gar.
ments In dark tints 10 made BY cutting
out and using the black part Of the
skin OF the cross fox. We do the same
thing. BY the way. with that OF the
lynx. The arctic foxskins come to u 10
chiefly In two varieties. the white and
the blue. but the last includes also the
pied. the stone and the sooty fox. In
this tuffed specimen of the white fox
you will notice hat the soles OF the
feet are thickly coated with hair. from
which II gets It's scientific name of
lagopus. or hairy foot. The white fox.
although a beautiful skin. 10 the least
valuable OF all the arctic varieties. for
It's fur. though dense, 10 not 90 fne as
that OF the others. II 10 worth SIS. Com
pare II with this skin of the blue fox,
with its silky bluish-gray fur. worth
$40. The arctic foxskins come from Ice
land. Siberia. Kamtchatka and North
America. A curious thing IL told about
the arctic fox. that he initiates the cries
Of the birds on which no feeds, and 20
entices them within his reach. Yet he
IL not dificult to capture a compared
with other varieties. He readily enters
q trap. and. when at Large. will suffer
the hunter to approach him within easy
shot. He burrows with his fellows In
groups. making villages similar to those
Of the prairie dogs. and. like that ro-
dent. he will pop his head out Of the
hole to salute the passsr-by With yslps.
But in the way Of foxskins there 10
nothing here to compare with this mag
nifcent specimen In beauty or COST"
and the manager took from Q glass case
and spread upon the counter . large
skin with soft. dense. Jet black fur. to
| which longer. white-tipped hairs i'm
parted the tint Of silver gray. In places
the skin was almost purs black. no
tably in q strip upon the back between
| the shoulders. 1T 10 the silver gray
| fox. and this skin IL so nearly black
that It's value IL almost $500. The skin
Of this species 10 used In making every
kind Of expensive fur garments. from
a tippet to q cloak. and It, value de.
ponds on its darkness Of tints. It 10 only
in Russia that the pure black fox II
found. and there the value of. his Skin
il not to be estimated. as It 10 an at.
| tribute to royalty"