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Year: 1876

When her lord has killed buffalo


the woman work begins. She has t.


skin II, the meat to secure, and all Il


pack upon ponies or mules, and carry tt


camp, where the meat must be cured


This Ia done by cutting 1t into thin


sheets, and hanging II over poles in the


hot sunshine, where II is soon dried thor


oughly; then 1t is packed fresh in pack


ages OF about one hundred pounds each,


and inclosed in a nice folding sack oi


thick buffalo skin, prepared especially


for the purpose. This is not dressed


down thin after being Aeshed, but well


tanned, and Of the full thickness OF the


skin; the hair side nicely ornamented


with paint, for the outside Of the sack.


This u out out like huge envelope, so
that the ends and sides will fold over


VIZ, sever is put in them, and secured by
strong buokskin strings. Bybeing thick
il retains it's form, and is very useful for
carrying other things besides meat and
tallow. After the meat is taken care of
the skin must be looked after. Those
taken at this season OF the year are most
ly dressed for lodges. They are first
staked on smooth spot Of ground. and
water put upon them, when they are
ready for feshing. This consists in re-
moving the flesh with nm instrument
made Of straight bar of iron, about o
foot in length, flattened at one end and
fled to an edge. This being grasped in
the hand, and a succession of quick
blows given, the work slowly proceeds.
The skin is then dried, after which the
hair is removed in a dry state, and the
skin reduced to the proper thickness by
dressing down on the hair side. This is
done with an instrument made by firmly
tying q fiat piece of steel, filed to
beveled edge at one end, and with the
corners rounded, to large prong of
deer's horn. This is so trimmed, in
connection with the body of the horn, as
to form IN elbow, and is used little as
a carpenter uses his adze. This work is
usually done in the cool of the morning.
The brains of the animal, having been
properly taken care of for the purpose,
are now soaked and squeezed by the
hand until reduced to a paste, and ap-
piled to both sides of the skin, which is
worked and rubbed until fexi-
BILE. The preparation of robes is from
winter skins, and differs from the fore
going only in being dressed down on the
flesh side, SO as to leave the wool and
hair upon the robe, and is more thor
oughly worked, and secured by means
Of a sharp-gritted stone.
Year: 1876

The TREATMENT AT FoRT DELAwAR-
We refer to this subject with feeling Of
regret and had intended not to do so, m
til our attention was called TO it by an
article in Erery Erening. What the edi-
tor Of that paper may have seen at Fort
Delaware We have nothing sain-say; but
in the early part of the war, when it was
supposed the South could be conquered
as was alleged by the Seward and Lin
coin Cabinet in sixty days, we met
loyal men who had come from Font
Delaware, and in their conversation
stated that some OF the southern rebel
prisoners were actually starving to death
and what was the most horrible TO us
was that these men joked over the mat :
ter and apparently regarded It as an
easy mode Of disposing Of the soldiers
whom they said were regarded rs havip.
forfeited their lives anyhow. 1t was alb
solutely dangerous at that time for
man TO raise his voice even in plea for
mercy for the Southern prisoners. II he
did he was liable to be nobbed. and
among the mobites of the time none
were more blatant in the streets than
young sandy haired fellow, who wanted
to have Senator j. 4. Bayard's residence
and the GAZETTE office torn out the same
night. Fortunately we had a Mayor in
Office at that time, who, although elected
by the Republican party, was too good "a
citizen and too loyal to his duty to per-
NIT such acts Of violence. Another most
unpleasant reminiscence was the arrest
and incarceration Of citizens and their
had treatment by armed troops in the
night. In one instance "a highly IT ,pect- q
able German citizen was dragged mile
away from his family and brought to
Wilmington and it was said made to
sweep the pavement in front Of the City
Hall with ball and chain to his foot 81
His offense was simply the use OF lam
guage denunciatory of the war


But these things are past-why rectir
to them again =: Surely il We can afford
to forgive and forget them, the Eepubl-
cans ought to be able 10 10 50 too; and
we believe Mr. Blaine is responsible for
their revival, when by n happy general
concurrence the people everywhere had
concluded 10 bury the past and he a.
homogeneous a. possible during the Con-
tcnnial at least
Year: 1876

An accident occurred in the Bow
man incline last night whereby man,
who wishes his name suppressed on
account of his family in the East, was
seriously injured and perhaps disfig-
ured for life. The injured man was
coming to the surface, riding on the
rope in front of the car, when the
car ran against the end of a section
of the iron with which the wooden
track is laid, and which had become
detached from its fasteniugs. The
car was thrown from the track and
the man thrown violently against the
end of the protrudiug iron. The
bones of his nose were shattered and
crushed and his face and scalp
frightfully mangled, though he sus-
tanned no injury in vital part This
riding on the rope is common
though dangerous practice in this
mine, this being the second accident
which has occurred from the same
cause. There is footway for the
men to so up or down, but to save
time and sole leather they perch on
the rope when the car is going up
THE Reese River Reveille, 2d.
Year: 1876

Is now thoroughly and completely furnished
and ready for guests Toy the day, week OF
month. The table Will be supplied at al
times with the very best the market affords
and the Rooms are large, well ventilated
and desirable. They maintain it as thor.
oughly first-class Hotel, in all of its appoint
ments, and confidently solicit the patronag-
of the public. In connection with the Silver
House, they have a large and well-stocked
Year: 1876

There are parlors belonging to rich
men who are the sons OF rich men, who
have been educated carefully, and who
have travelled and seen all that there is
to DO seen of splendid md beautiful,
and yet, though their rooms are full Of
the external evidences Of wealth and
travel, the. things seem unhappy; the
colors all "swear at ono another" Us
tho French artistic slang has it; the
chairs and tables, like people too early
at country party, arc waiting for mn in
PRODUCTION, and tho taste, il taste it may
be called, in tho pictures and bric-a-
brac, is 80 discordant, that If the owner
really likes onc-half OF them We cannot
understand how ho should DO able to
tolerate tho other. OF course, it is not
fair always to judge the owner Of ono
OF these multifarious drawing rooms by
what he puts forward rs his own taste.


In nino cnses out Of ten 1t is not his
taste ut NIL, but tho taste OF the town,
and he has meekly put himself into the
hands OF the fashionable furnishcr. We
might as well lay tho charge Of the the
atrical, vulgar paraphernalia Of u mod
ern tirst.class funeral ut the door OF the
dead man upon whose unresistiug body
all these hideous horal emblems F" nro
piled. Tho fashionable undertaken sits
on him when dead. as the fashionable
furnisher sat on him when alive. We
cannot Judge Of his taste until he shows
it; until he takes his house into his own
hands, and makes it to his mind. It is
to persuade people to do this that these
papers are written, but tho writer is not
very hopeful OF persuading any but
young people and those who have M
tural Independence. Rich people are
for tho most part so bullied by their
money, they don't dare do what they
would like. And people who are well
on in life do not, as n rule. take enough
interest in the subject. They find the
old shoes easier to the feet.--Scri6ner
for January. ..-y&.aN
Year: 1876

Judge J. B. Robertson has made per-
sonal examination of the jetty works at
South Pass, and reported the result in a
very interesting article in the Times of last
Sunday. In the course of it he says:


Captain Eads is under q contract with the
government to give twenty feet of water at
the mouth of South Pass, or at the bar at
it's mouth, before he can ask for any part
of the appropriation; but he is under no
obligations to open twenty feet of water at
the head of South Pass.


Some six months ago the REPUBLICAN
called attention to this provision of the law,
as affording means of escape to Captain
Eads in case of failure. When appealed to
on the subject, Senator West stated that
the understanding of the Senate committee,
when reporting upon the bill, was that Mr.
Eads would not complete his contract until
he had established the given depth of water
from the Mississippi river, through South
Pass, to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Year: 1876

Three of our district courts adjourned
yesterday on hearing the suggestion made
that Lawyer Maoarty was dead. 1t was
matter of surprise to young members OF the
bar, and even many whose hair and beard
are grizzled were compelled to think before
they could place the oldest member OF the
bar, who had just departed.


He was eighty years old, and practiced
law almost all his life. If he held any office
it was too trivial to be remembered. He
wanted none. He desired only clients and
ability to serve them. He was never a poll
tician. Twenty years ago he was thought
by his juniors too old to practice, yet he
continued to appear in court till seven or
eight years ago.


His practice was almost exclusively in
New Orleans. He was learned and wise
a lawyer always, nothing more. Necessa'
rily he was honest respected, and, by those
he served as clients, loved. What little
mark the lawyer pure and simple leaves
behind him may be judged by the fact that
even before his death he was forgotten.
But in his long life and the thousand ser
vices he has rendered those who sought his
aid are more to be envied than the most
triumphant political idol the sun ever shone
Year: 1876

drew up in line about ten yard'


from the tree, and, considering th,
opportunity good one, | commenc


ced 10 blaze away at them will


deadly effect, no less than four fall


ing in answer to seven shots. Thi.
destructive fire did not abate their
fury in the least, and | proceeded
to draw my second revolver, when,
unfortunately, it caught in twig,
and was jerked out of my hand to
the ground.


My buffalo coat I had left in til,
cutter, and, being very thinly clad,
| began very soon to experience
the effects of the cold. The wolves.
believe, realized my helplessness,
and became bold accordingly
They walked up to the foot of the
tree, which was very small one,
and, as they could not reach me by
leaping, they began to gnaw it down.
Taking out my knife | cut the long
est limb / could reach, and leaving II
hook on the end of it, caught hold
of a large cedar tree about ten feet
off, and as the wolves continued
gnawing, and my perch got more
and more unsteady, / pulled in the
pole and drew the tree over toward
the cedar. With desperate exer-
tion, and after several minutes OF
deep anxiety, / succeeded in gain
ing the cedar, and took up safe
position among the branches.


The wolves uttered a fierce howl
and took their departure, but did
not venture to ascend from my
perch until the last sound f;om them
was family heard from the distant
hills. On reaching the place where
| had left my horse, found that
he had got frightened and had gone.
| was about striking out in pursuit
when espied the two Indians, who
were endeavoring to secure two
young moose, which they had got
into kind of crevasse, at the base
of high rock. l turned in with
them, and we succeeded in taking
in taking them alive and unhurt.
We carried them 20 Mr.. Valent's
shanty, where they will remain un-
til we can get them down to Ottawa.
The Indians had courage enough
to go back and skin the wolves.
Year: 1876

In times of dullness and depres-
sion, you, had best advertise. One
of our greatest and most prosper
Gus merchants fully realised the
value of this principle, and wont
to declare that his greatest measure
of success was due toacting upon
it. When competitors in trade
complained of dull business and
wondered at his prosperity, he was
only deriving the benefit of steady
and judicious advertising. People
must invest while there Is always
something to offer. Equitable
profits with careful management
and the prominence in trade to be
derived from advertising are sure
to be rewarded.
Year: 1876

A RECENT transatlantic advertise
ment contains the following startling
information: eff the gentleman who
keeps the shoe store with red head
will return the umbrella of young
lady with whalebone ribs and an ivory
handle to the slate-roofed grocer $
store, he will hear of something to his
advantage, as the same is q gift of a
deceased mother now no more with
the name engraved upon it,"
Year: 1876

from vain repeiitons Of the language Of tradition and
to come to agreement. with tho Czar on terms Of
peace which the Powers press with irresistible
authority on tho Sultan ana his Ministers


RUSSIA MAY FORCE GENERAL WAR.


The Pail Mall Gdsene npprchends that the servian
reliance Russian aid has been palpable through
that Russia will be almost compelled TO protect her
now, ana may interfere in such a manner TO pro-
woke general This s the only danger. The
Turks will surely listen to English counsel II the
gotiations defeated by Russian demands in
OF the Portc's patience. Meanwhile an armistce
at least, may be regarded certain
Year: 1876

Tho National Temperance Society, Hon. W illiam
K Dodge. President yesterday telcsrophed the follow
ing memorial to the international Medical Congress.
now In session at Philadephia:-'rhe National Tenn
perancc Society sends greeting and respectfully in
vites from your distinguished body public ecara-
ton to the effect that alcohol should be classed with
other powerful drugs; that when prescribed medi-
cinay II should be with conscientious caution and
Of grave responsibility that 1t is no sen so
food TO the human system; that its improper s
productive of large of physical disease tend


ing TO detcrioao tho human race; and to recommend,
representatives OF emil htencd science your
eral nationalities, total abstinence from alcoholic
he
Year: 1876

Tnere was actual change in the condition OF Com
modore Vanderbilt yesterday In tho morning he slept
a little, and in tho afternoon had short interview
with Mr. Chester W. Chaplin, President of the Boston
and Albany Railroad Early in the evening he
pained OF feeling pain, but this quickly
licvcd by the remedies administered. consultation
of his physicians held last evening, at the close Of
which they stated that no immediate danger was ap
nroh dad
Year: 1876

After the morning hour, Patterson
submitted resolution requesting the
President to communicate to the Sem
ate what information he has concern
ing the South Carolina massacre.
Agreed to.


The impeachment trial was then
resumed.


Blair opened for the defense, argu-
ing for the dismissal of the impeach.
ment case as over one-third of the
Senate voted against it. The persis-
tency of the prosecution must mean
that the managers expected that the
Senators who voted against jurisdic-
Ftion would stultify themselves and
vote for conviction now.


Robertson thought such language
harsh, and Blair disclaimed any in
tention of being personal toward the
Senator'S. He then reviewed the ar
ticles of impeachment.


HOUSE.
The bill for the protection of the
Texas frontier passed after the rejec-
ton of the second section. The fol-
lowing is the text of the bill:


That for the purpose Of giving
efficient protection to the country be-
tween the Rio Grande and Nneces
river in the State Of Texas from the
cattle thieves, robbers and murderers
from the Mexican side of the river,
the President of the United States be
and hereby is authorized and reqnir-
ed to station and keep on the Rio
Grande river, from the mouth of the
river to Fort Duncan, and above if
necessary, two regiments of cavalry,
for field service, and in addition to
the cavalry such infantry force as
may be necessary for garrison duty,
and to assign recruits to said regi-
ments SO as to fill each troop to the
number of one hundred privates; and
they shall be up to that strength as
long as they shall be required in that
service.
Year: 1876

Time was when men thought that
the dullest boy of the family would
do for a farmer. The brightest boy
was put to the study of the law, OF
medicine-but the idea was common
that after farming, the biggest foo
would do well enough for doctor OF
a preacher.


We have lived long enough to see
the extreme folly of all this, and the
public opinion now holds farming al
an intellectual calling. And why
not? The farmer has to deal Will
life under all its conditions; he mus,
bring life to perfect developments
both in the field and in the herd
Life is The thing with which he deals
first, last, middle and end. From tn,
seed which he plants to the anima
that he raises, life is the subject of hi
thoughts and purposes. The reward
of his labor must come from life; sc
that the farmer is god amongs
the seeds Of things. If there is a call
ing on earth that demands menta
vigor and large stores Of information
it is agriculture. There can not b,
too much of mind united with it. In
tclligence is demanded of the farme
in all his business efforts and aims
Year: 1876

This is the time of year for the an
nual road spelling, let us gavea little
advice.


If it is no further over hill than
around it, by all means go over it
gives strangers better chance to see
the country, and yourselves an ad-
mlrable opportunity to test the
strength Of your horses when going
to market with q load it also gives
the water that falls chance to run
down hill, a pastime that water is
very prone to indulge and for which
it will be duly grateful.


Don't bother about culverts and
bridges; you don't need them when
the water is low in summer nor when
it is frozen up in winter, and If you
can't get about in the fall and spring
remember that you ought to spend
some time with your family, anyhow
Scrape up the soft mud from the
bitches, it's all right in dry weather
packs easily, don't bruise horses feet
and when it is wet it lets the wheels
down without impenimedt-throv
on some s0ds to ornament the top
Don't drain off the water.
When you work on the roads, don
work at all, but come late and g
early, tell stories while You are there
and swear at the pathmaster when


ever you get mired down or break


wheel in rut.


1 So shall you be blessed of you


children and your children's ehildre


and land speculators will flee you


ncighborhood as from pestilenct
Year: 1876

/ have had two or three inquiries
this spring in regard to this matter.
The following, by "A correspondent of
of the Progressire Farmer, may assist
i'm solving the problem. lfthe remedy
proves to be a specific, we shall mark
down one for whisky or beer. 1t is
easily tested:


"Somc years ago was told that a
mellowing drink of whisky or beer,
given to sow that refuses to let her
pigs suck, would induce her to adopt
them kindly. A few days since a
neighbor who had worried all night
with a valuable sow, applied for as
sistance and advice being much cheap
er and easier than work, urged him
till he administered half pint OF
whisky. 1t worked like a charm
She received her eight little ones with
| the usual porcine expressions of ma
ternal satisfaction, and has been kind
mother ever since. This is but ;
single instance, and its effect i'm this
case may be exceptional; but as it ac
cords with the oil seryation of my in
formant, deem it worthy of remem
brance and trial"
Year: 1876

How can an honest man sleep in
the cool Of the morning when the fox
tail grass is as high as the vegetables
in his garden.


In healthful beds it is said Germany
excels every country in cleanliness.
It seems as much part of yearly
house cleaning with them to have thu
hair removed from the mattress, to
have it well beaten and summed, and
the cover washed, as IL is with us Il
have the carpets whipped and freed
from their disease-begetting dust.
Attention has been called in tn
daily papers to a practice prevalent II
some parts of the country, which ap
pears to illustrate the power possess
ed by milk Of absorbing atmosphere
impurities. 1t is that of placing


saucer of new milk in a larder :
to preserve meat or game from taint
II Il said that not only does it answe
that purpose, but that the milk, afte
q few hours, becomes 80 bad that n
ianimal will tonch II,
Year: 1876

Habitual overwork drives more
farmers sons from the farms of this
Union than all other causes COM
biIfed.


That which is dug out of the
ground-such as vegetable products
and the precious metals-is clear gain
to man.


A simple and effectual remedy fol
milk turning sour in the Summer
time consists in adding to each quart
fifteen grains of bicarbonate of soda
This does not affect the taste of tht
milk.


1t is mistake to let grass stand tot
long. Dried grass, and not dead hay
is the food of cattle in winter. Gu
and cure so as to keep all the quail.
ties of the green grass if you can. L
is great thing to get an early star
in haying.


We find a paragraph floating rec
ommending boiled linseed oil ant
pulverized charcoal, mixed to th'
| consistency Of paint, as method o
preserving timber from decay. Th
writer says that with a coat of thi
over it, timber will last longer thai
iron in the ground.


After filing saw, place it on
level board and pass a whetston
over the side of the teeth until all tn
wire edge is off them. This will max
the saw cut true and smooth, and
will remain sharp longer. The say
must be set true with a saw-set.
Year: 1876

them, they would surrender them 70
avoid trouble. While this was being
arranged, the whites commenced fir
inc on the colored men, and seven Of
the company were killed. This is the
last massacre, SO far in the South.
South Carolina had been given up
to go Republican, but the attempt is
now begun to murder and intimidatc
the voters i'm this State so that Tilden
may be given its vote, just as has been
done in Mississippi and other states.
All this the Democratic party has
nothing but excuses for, never word
in condemnation. Not line appears
in the st. Louis platform touching
these matters. No party but one
which was guilty Of the treason Of
the last decade would or could be the
defender and excuser of such diabol-
ism of the past three years in the
South-the work, in all cases, of Dem
ocrats, so called, the supporters Of
Samuel j. Iilden. There is an aveng-
ing hand in the Great Creator dpd
director of all things, which in his
own time will turn the floods Of woe
upon the murdercrs, if the good peo-
pie of this land stay it not. And
further, if, as a nation, we permit this
infernalism to go on, we will, in due
time, come in for our share of the
curse of the Almighty, as we have
already in former times done.
Year: 1876

DUBuouE, July l9.-The most shock
ing tragedy ever enacted in Dubuque
occurred this afternoon. Thomas
Lawton, postmaster at Kings, eight
miles from Dubuque, came into town
to-day with his family. Lawton
stopped at Moser's store, No. 1907
Main street, and from there the old
man and q son went across the street
to a confectionery store. On their
return the son fell step or two be-
hind, and as his father raised his foot
to the curbing of the sidewalk he
drew a navy revolver and shot him
twice i'm the back. The old man fell
into tho gutter. when the son instant
ly put two more balls into his abdo-
men. BY this time crowd had
rushed to the rescue, and the son was
taken to Jail. The old man is still
alive. but he cannot live many hours,
He is fifty-five years of age. The
sons age is twenty-nine. The family
are prominent citizens of the county


The crime is thought to have beer
the result OF an insane moment, Al
there had been no trouble between
| than