New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

to sacrifice themselves in order 70 feed him
probably considering that the mosquito ought like
the Doukhobor 70 confine himself strictly to
vegetable diet. So their jourueyingS in the
mosquito season some Of these DoukhobOrs carry
a portable 'smudge' with them. This consisting
of little vessel OF burning charcoal covered with
clay and grass. and held by string. makes
dense smoke. and they will swing II along as they
walk. remaining within the protecting halo. An
other rather interesting example Of the Doukho-
oors' regard for the rights 0t animals is found
in their treatment Of their horses. They are fond
Of fine horses and raise most excellent stock
They take the greatest of these animals.
and prize especially the mares. fine FLY will
sometimes bring hundred and twenty
nve dollars, which was the asked by Of
the men for two-year-old that took my fancy.
This is a large sum 20 them. and they ask even
higher prices for some of the mares. The stall
lions, however. they will sell for mere song,
sometimes fine young colt going for as little
five dollars. they sell all the male colts. except
those they wish to retain for breeding purposes.
The sailors saying IS that God first created sail
ors. then dogs. then soldiers. The DoGkhobor. it
would seem, might vary this by saying that God
hrst created men. then horses. then women For
among them the women do much of the work
which is usually allotted to horses. The Doukho-
hors say that the horse has as much right to fol-
low his own will as man has, and they try to put
the principle into practice. Consequently the
horses are well taken OF and have a very
easy time The women themselves are sometimes
OF fourteen women harnessed in rude fashion TO
q single plough. a stout Doukhobor turning the
tough sod behind them Sometimes. II the field is
tar distant from the little cump of houses where
the Doukhobors live, they will have the horses
drag the plough along the road TO the field, where
the women will take their place and do the hard
work The men, however. frequently get into the
harness themselves and draw their wagons 10 and
from town for Supplies-that Is. the industrious
ones; for there some lazy DoukhObors. who
spend much OF their time in visiting. AS guests
they are not required 10 work
The houses of the DoukhoborS another evil
dence of the wOmens Industrial skill. They
well and strongly built OF logs, this heavy work
being done by the men; but the plasteTinS is done
by the women. Thew make a thick. tenacious
plaster and cover the houses with It, both inside
and out. This gives the houses appearance Of
solidtty and dura bility, and makes them well
adapted for resisting the cold OF the very severe
AsSntboian winters. When required some plaSt-
ertng done for my schoolhOuse, sent 10 the
Doukhohor village and hired some OF their women
to do the work They worked from sunrise to
sunset. and did their work thoroughly and we'll
In many OF the houses to he seen large earthen
stoves on which. after the Russian fashion, the
family sleep in extremely cold weather The fam
large. unlike pioneers families generally. and
while the peculiar social customs OF these people
possibly be responsible for this. the extremely
hard work done by the women in helping to found
homes in the new country may also account for
the fact. The women are very neat in appearance,
their white aprons and kerchiefs being kept i'm
maculate when they are In their houses, though
of course these garments suffer from the outdoor
work. They are tender hearted and their feelings
easily touched: when showed one OF them
was far away, the Doukhobor woman's eyes filled
with sympathetic tears, did also those OF the
daughter of an old Doukhobor woman for whom
when the two stopped at the schoolhouse TO rest