Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1877 — Page 6

About Moths.

Bucavcb of ttretr cenaiag totifaef. the proMjdton. wc consider the moib to be one or the most formidable foe* with -n.yf.-X, ska 1 > v— T - --k- -r rfra*] ° Eor-ewarned h forearmed/’ and. as the aearon la approaching in which the little white raoth-udllora malto.their appearance, it to well to be on the watch for them. Dark clone* and Unused rooms it limply seeks a place of safety in.vhich to deposit ita larvae; having fulfilled its misfit dies, and the little Worm which in hatched straightway begins an attack upon whatever fWMt ft to fastened to, finding upon it, and spinning for itself a ooverin* tn which U moves freely., and in due tune emerges from its chrysalis, again * RMfiMrilter, June tite* insects lay tbetr eggs. Before this time all furs and winter clothing should be thoroughly beaten and sunned, then, smoothly folded and put Into newspaper bags sedbrcly pasted up, or laid la boxes, the seamsand cracks of wMeh are pasted with strong paper. If one Is so fortunate as to possess a cedar chest, and the articles are put into it, they need feel no further apprehension; if not, lay them in a tight trunk or cheat, and if they are well cleaned when pul away they will need no further care. An empty liquor-cask makes an excellent packing-case. Articles which have been already attacked are best kept out, and should be beaten and aired as often as once in two weeks, and gum camphor wrapped in paper laid with them in the final packing. The dark cornersof dlmly llglited parlore are choice places for the moth to work in, from which, if unchecked, they soon spread round the room, and under the carpet. lit this case take the carpet up, have it beaten, and before putting down have the floor .washed with water in which is some turpentine, and sprinkle After the tacks are drivep, dip a strip of cotton 4ioth (three fourths of A f ard or more in Sto hfeh-wtaes, in which has been dissolved some borax and gum camphor, tay this on tijrf carpet, (wiyle wet; and with a hot iron press uhtil dry. Proceed in this manner all around the edges of the room, and wherever the moths have been at work. The colon of the darpet will eot be in the least injured, and the fumes of the spirits will elfectudraperies.should bq.frequently brushed, and air Upholstered furniture receive es prcfanMlUktf‘taFMNHs Farmer.

The Art of Swindling.

Th* overage “ literary 1* paper of the day is becoming to be ag much a nuisance and as injurious to youth as the dimo novels which were all the rage among the poorer and least-informed persons some years ago. For instance, the numbfcr of trashy and blood and thunder, hhfi Improbable love stories, putdfeiwd lathe so called literary, weeklies, undtir wFcaption of "•* true story," are often fouqd to be as demoralizing as theyW nonaetisical, sasd. it is really no wonotor. that foere are so many Idiots to be ftHfad in the world when grown people and children indulge in the light literature of the day <n preference to that whigh would entertain and instruct, It is jift®»i|fch papers as we have here made reference to which, confidence people seize upon and patronize in order to make dupep. f In a recent number of a Boston literary production, published weekly are fully half a dozen columns of advertisements (50 cents per lihe each insertion), and they are intended chiefly to catch ths <eyes and the dollars of the foolish people who delight in reading stupid stories <rf tiction instead of familiarizing them selves with the study of literature and tustory, which is a combination of something useful to the student, the pursuit of which is a source ot knowledge as wqll as pleasure. In the literaiy weekly we have before mentioned—it is not neces sary to name the paper—some of • the advertisements are novelties in their way! For instance; One advertiser, signing himself the “ Importing Company, Broadway, New York,” agrees to send half a dozen fine hem-stitched handkerchiefs, “worth, and usually sold for $8 per dosen.” to evero subscriber of a cheap literary weekly for 75 cents. The weekly is a blind inducement. Read the order:

CUT TUTS OCT—OOOD FOB HAU DODCXHAjmKBBCBtßwi.—The Importing Company, No. Broadway, New York: Thia ia to certify that 1 am a anbacriber of thia paper, and am entitled trader your premium to half a doaen fine hematitcbed handkerchief*, with my monograph initial on each. lindoaaTS toafia Ito. pay coat of initialing and express chargea. On receipt of this order ami 75 cents to pay coto of initialing and expreaa and packing chargea, we agree to send, free of charge, a halt doaen hemstitched handkerchiefs, and which we guarantee will be toe same aa we sell to the trade at M per doaen, [Signed] -r— MANUFACTUBING CO., Broadway, New York. Any sensible person must know after reading such an advertisement that the scheme is a swindle. The advertisers agree to aetf the handkerchiefs as a premium to the subscribers of any paper in which the advertisement appears. No doubt the recipient could purchase the handkerchiefs at any Cincinnati store for a nickel each, or twenty-five cents for a half-dozen. They could be mailed to any part of the United States for three cents. The Importing Company is no doubt a myth. They sail under false colors and should be avoided. The other day the Jtmmmial contained in its kcal columns a complaint about the dealings of the Cincinnati “ Monitor Manufacturing company." Here is the advertisement the company utilizes in these cheap literary weeklies to trap the un'w arv • SE£ r ABTED—MEN TO TRAVEL AND SELL rnwUtodmitom No peddling j 880 a. month, hotel and traveling expense* paid. CinThese are ven' hard 1 imes. and many a young fel'ow with no experience, who sees the advertisement, would hasten to reply to it. The advertisers have invited him, like the spider did the fly, io walk into a net. He gets fleeced before he knows it. So do thousands. Only the wise beware. Any sensible person can read fraud on the very face of such an advertisement. Here A WEEK—MALE OB FEMALE. BO . rom ® . •

day selling some article which the advertisomsMdMa not stata, and the idiot whp. answers such an “ inducement" of course finds that aH he gets for his pains are a few mysterious circulars, which cost him Then there is the bankrupt Milton gold Jewelry swindle, where the advertisers, in Philadelphia, agree for fifty cents to sell enough Jewelry to open a small retail eetablisl.mnni The Milton gold is repretgnted as pure as virgin gold. Here is an todueemont, certainly. Om patent aanfa risese-buttons, withinOne beautiful coral aenrf-pin, retail pnoe. 76 i» One oollar-buttMi, retail price SO One elegant wedding-ring, very bean. «- [ -tail price 2 00 Total .... f W 50 Heaieniber we will aand you the above-named •to articies, which we htertsMailed for 96.501 by St four sample “ What a wonderful bargain!" someone will exclaim, and then immediately send five dollars for a lot of the stuff. He will find that his investment is brass on its arrival, and turns in a few days to resemble the color of the coal we burn in Cincinnati foundries. For one dollar somebody C remises to Send a iady a recipe to enable er to retain her youth and beauty, or to regain the former and obtain the latter—if. she never had any. For twenty-five cents, a Massachusetts Yankee will 'send a recipe to make whiskers grow on a fif-teen-year-old school-boy, and for thirtyfive cents you can obtain a "correct likeness" oi your future wife or husband. Then, there are other advertisers who agree, for a consideration, tofiunishwives and husbands and fortunes, and there are always fools to place faith in snch swindles. Tlie three-dollar watch turns out to be a dumb watch, and the one dollar music-box a cheap harp. Then, the lotS advertisements are often swindles, , in fact, through the entire advertising catalogues in the average literary weekly are inducements both false and enticing, Intended to enrich the advertiser and deplete the pockets of some thousands of unwary victims. Of course, occasionally an honest advertisement mixed with thia classis found, but in a large majority of cases they are the other kind, intended solely to drain money from tne pockets of the foolish people who patronize the cheap literary weeklies, and who have not sense enough to discriminate between the good and the bad.— Cincinnati Commercial. 4 ~ ~ ; /

An Advertiser.

Spicer was wading wearily through a pile of work which had accumulated during a brief absence in New York, when a stranger banged the inner office door, placed his lighted cigar conveniently on the corner of the desk, and, spitting gracefully fa the waste-basket, said: - “ Mr. Spicer, I presume?" The paragrapher suppressed a smile at ajoke he was reading in the New York (Tcmwiercial Adeeriiter, inhaled about three cents’ worth of his guests five cent cigar, and replied, “Yes-sir" in one time and three motions. “ The fame of your journal lias reached us in New York State,” continued the visitor. “ Another fellvr that wants a notice,” thought the writer. ,V 1 wish to talk to you about advertisfag," said the caller. The newspaper-mao- brightened, and rather wished he had a fresh cigar to offer the visitor. “I am introducing into New England the celebrated Prolifick Pinkhampton Pumpkin, and I am authorized to offer the seeds to you at fifty dollars a quart, half cash and half advertising fa the Commercial ” The exact manner of the Western seedsman’s death will probably never be known but his friends will be pleased to know that his remains have been carefully K‘ mted at Forest Hill, where the Prolific mpkin vine can twine a garland to hia memory over his early grave.— Rotten Com. Bulletin.

A Newport Million-Dollar House.

In the way of frescoing and decorations generally many thousandsof dollars have been expended since last summer, the largest sum by far being for the ornamentation of the interior of that palatial residence, Chatean-Sur-le-Mer, owned by Mr. George Peabody Wetmore, the young millionaire. This gentleman’s house is now supposed to be finished, and, carefully estimating the cost of the land, the granite house, the furniture and decora tions, the sum cannot fall short of one million dollars. Since last summer the sections of the grand stair-case, which are of Florentine workmanship, carved, have been put in position, costing nearly $40,000. Since last season the inside of this house has presented a busy scene. The main hall ceiling has been painted in rich colors of gold, crimson and blank, in a Chinese style of decoration; and the effect of thia, with the walls, which are covered with costly crimson silk, is very striking. By looking through the opening in the ceiling the two landings can be seen. They Mv« Man p&ihted in trellis panels, with a clear sky ground, relieved with birds and foliage. This, with the costly stained-glass skylight, representing a style of work of the sixteenth century, directly over the hall, gives all the surroundings a most enchanting appearance. The walls of the staircase are covered with very high-priced tapestry, on which are figures and landscape in aFrench style of decoration. The ceilings are painted in colors of foilage and birds to harmonize with the walls. The dining-room and library have been fitted up with magnifi-cently-carved classic figures in wood, also imported at great cost from Florence. The walls of the dining-room are covered with gilded leather, on which are painted birds, vines, etc., in a perfectly artistic manner. The ceiling is a painting of clouds and copids. The library walls and ceiling are all carved work. The old hall, looking westward, has a gilded ceiling with ornamentation of massive mahogany, andon the doors and wainscoting are numerous figures cut in the same wood. The walls have been painted in olive green, and on them are hung pictures of almost pricelesb yalue.—J.) Ger. Noe fork Sm. ■' ■?..— —A Jersey octogenarian, George Vreeland, fell in love with Maty Harrison, a buxom widow. They were engaged to be married, bm Vreeland failed to fulfill, and Maty sued him for breach of promise. He gave her bonds, conditioned to pay her $60,000, if she would let up and against the executors to collect the money. There is tall swearing on the trial, is convulsing the social circles of Bergen,

Blue Times in California.

SxvFirrv BgVKM is destined to be a bine year in the annals of California. There can be no question that its wheat crop will be Seriously deficient. The estimate, in brief, te one quarter of a crop In Southern California, half a crop In Middle California, and a full average crop in North ern California. Taking the State as h whole, the deficiency is put down at half the usual crep. which b, usually, 20,0X1,000 bushels. So here is a void of 10,000,000 busheb in the resources of 1877. At fl per bushel, which Is the average price in the country, the debt-paying power of 1.000,000 people is reduced $10,000,000. But this b not the only misfortune of the year; the barley crop, which b really the oat crop of California, is biastea ? and ou the 18th of April the farmers were cutting it, in the Sacramehto Valley, to be fed in the sheaf to horses. The cause *of this crop deficiency was the scantiness of the winter rains. Ordinarily the rain-fall is thirty-four inches; this year it was only fourteen inches. In addition to the crop deficit, the mining resources, or rather results, are unexpectedly and suddenly foiling off. The Bonanza Mines of Nevada, known as the California and Virginia Consolidated, are producing so lightly that the latter has ceased to makedividends. This, of course, creates, a feverish excitement on the Stock Exchange, and the shares have declined 70 per cent, during the past year. California has declined in nearly the sqme proportion. So large a decline in these leading corporations nas shaken the whole Ibt of twenty or more quotable companies. The losses are absolutely appalling, and fall severely on thousands pf all classes—as, some time or another, almost every one takes a venture in the mining shares. I estimate that the losses by this decline during the past eighteen months cannot be less than f 100,000,000. The nominal capital of the vanous companies in California and Nevada is at least $200,000,000. San Francisco Cor. Mil. Wisconsin.

Antidotes.

Our attention has been arrested frequently, in crossing the Jersey City Ferry, by a somewhat striking advertisement in the cabin, of an opsum antidote. It is appropriately headed by a symbolical lion going about “ seeking whom he may devour,” bearing on his breast a banner with the inscription, “ Opium habit Cured." Dr. J. B. Mattison, of Brooklyn, N. Y., having a praiseworthy desire to discover the value of this addition to the materi medica. succeeded in procuring a supply of this antidote, which he put into a chemist’s hands for analysis. The result attained was as follows: Water 26.66 Glycerine ..... 66.89 Crystal sulphate of morphia. 4.45 100.00 It is clear that the inventor has not only discovered a new element in materia medica, but a new principle in therapeutics. Our readers hardly.need to be told that “ morphia” is a form of opium. The poison itself is prescribed by thin benefactor as an antidote. Dr. Mattison has examined several of these advertised opium antidotes, all with substantially the same result. A few weeks ago we received, for insertion, in our columns, an advertisement of a remedy “warranted to cure drunkenness.” The advertisement stated that the remedy could be given by a wife or mother to the husband or son without the knowledge of the patient, and with complete efficacy. We declined the advertisement, and a week or two after the gentleman who offered it called to see us. He declared that his specific had been investigated by a committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, and, if we understood him, had been approved by them; and we promised him, on receiving the evidence of that approval, that his advertisement should be inserted in our col - umns. The evidence has not come. We charge him nothing for this advertisement of his remedy. Opium-eating and dram-drinking are acts of vicious self-indulgence. Physical remedies may help the repentant who are seeking to break away from the chains that bind them, but no physical remedy cao cure a man of an appetite who does not wish to be cured’. We advise our readers to shun all such prescriptions. We may add to this that, in general, it is wise to take no medicine except 3uch simple remedies as are in use in every household, unless on the prescription of a well-educated -physician. If, however, you are resolved to prescribe for yourself, at least see to it that you know the contents and character of the prescription. Do not take from an unknown physician an unknown medicine. There are few general rules that do not have some exceptlonsy bat we know of no rule which has fewer exceptions than this one.— Christian Union.

A New Tale of Millions.

Romance* of love and crime are all very well so far as they go, but stories of treasuretrove and uncounted wealth strike a still deeper interest. It is the omnipotence of wealth that makes the chiefest charms of that wonderful fiction, “ The Count of Monte Cristo." Caves full of shining doubtoons, and pirates’ coves and hiding-places are fuller of fascination than love in a cottage any day or anywhere. Tales of gold tempt all readers. There is afresh story of million^—slso,000.000 in round figures-in which just six people are interested as rightful heirs of the wealth, and many thousands as the present possessors of the vast estates it involves. The heirs are determined and hopeful, but whether the settlers and possessors of the property claimed by the six prospective millionaires are yet trembling in their boots and slippers, it is not stated. At first view it looks like a much bigger thing than Myra Clarke Caines’ New Orleans claims, that have 1 Jng been figuring magnificently in the prints. The new tale of millions is in brief as follows: Col. Henry Becker came to this country from Rotterdam in the year 1741, in the good ship Molly. Becker settled in Philadelphia and prospered. He got a big interest in what were then the suburbs, on the old York road, and what is now the densely settled York avenue. He had sixteen vessels sailing the seas and over $3,000,000 cash in the different banks and savings institutions al the time of his death in 1801. He was a colonizer, and owned the town tit Beckervilie, in Berks County, Pa., and much of the country round about. A valuable Nock in New York is .also claimed by Becker’s wakened-up heirs. The Philadelphia property claimed includes three churches, a dozen large manufactories, one immense sugar refinery and fine blocks of fine buildings—}n fact nearly the whole of York avenue, one end of which is devoted to manufactories, and the other to the luxurious mansions of leading Philadelphians.

Becker was a bachelor. He bequeathed the whole of his wealth to his only sister, Anna Barbara Maodtee, of JjLiaehhMiner, Bolendan. This slater had two sons, Ludwig and George Maudler. These German heirs to Philadelphia bockwoods estates knew of tleir uncle’s wealth, but never made any effort to take possession of it, being perfectly satisfied with their home << nditi< n. pr6s|»erity and wealth. The heirs of Ludwig and George were also well contented with what , they had at, home, and neglected their interests across the sea; and the American fortune, to which their fathers were entitled, finally became a beautiful edition in the family., In the meantime the property was handled and improved by those into whose hands it fell; but exactly how it fell into foreign hands is not yet explained; In 1829, Mr. Henry Burkhardt, of Philadelphia, wrote to certain parties in Germany for power of attorney to take better care of the property belonging to the heirs of Col. Henry Becker. The request was granted, and the document was entrusted to the care of a young man who was going to America, and wlio was charged to deliver it to Burkhardt. This transaction awakened some .interest among the German heirs, bat they seem to have taken no active steps to obtain possession of the property at that time. The six heirs who are moviiig toward the accumulated million* now are welbknoWn and respected citizens of New York, Williamsburg and Union Hill, N. J. Mr. G. Standinger, a grocer of New* York, is the chief mover, and is about instituting court proceedings to recover the property. Standinger’' has a certified copy of the power of attorney above mentioned, signed by all the heirs then living, and dated at Kirchheimer, Bolen dan, Sept. 29, 1829, and bearing all the proper seals. Standinger got this through Jay Cook Livingston, and will soon come into possession of the will made by Col. Becker. In this connection, Standinger mysteriously says: “At the death of a certain person now living in Philadelphia, a startling story will be made public.” It will protably explain why the heir* did not claim their own, and why the property got tangled up in the hands of so many proprietors. > There is necessarily a mysteiy at the bottom of a story like this, if there is any foundation of truth in the tale of millions. Recurring again to the power of attorney given to Burkhardt, Standinger says the old people forgot all about it in time, and their children, as they left one by one for the New World, would joke about their great uncle’s wealth. All the heirs finally came here, and they are now six and moving in solid phalanx upon the richest and most valuable section of Philadelphia. They expect to establish their claims, too, and hope to end their days revelling in the luxury ot $150,000,000. But it is likely they have about as much chance of success as the poorer heirs oi Adam would have in establishing a claim to an equal division of their ancestor’s wealth, embracing the whole world and its improvements, ancient and modern. — St. Louie Republican.

A Legend About Coffee.

There is a legend about coffee —a legend in which a pious Mussulman is the hero. The Mussulman used to get sleepy during his devotions, and so he prayed to Mohammed, who came to his aid. Mohammed sent him for advice to a goatherd, who took a hint from his goats. He observed that when these animals ate the berries of a particular tree they got frisky and excited —bounded about all the night, in fact. The Mussulman took the hint, ate the coffee berries, slept less, and no doubt prayed better. That was the legend. That coffee, how- . ever, was sold in the streets of Cairo toward the end of the sixteenth century is not a matter of legend, but history. In fact, it was not only sold, but it was forbidden to be sold. An Arabian historian recounts that in the year 1538 a case was attacked by the authorities and the customers who were found! on the spot hurried! off to prison, from which they were not liberated till they had: each received seventeen strokes with » stick, for the encouragement of others.. And, in fact, this raid served the purpose so excellently that five and twenty years aftevward the town of Cairo could boast of more than 2,000-shops where coffee might be bought. —Exchange.

Curious Derivations.

Tna word pamphlet is derived from the name of a Greek authoress, Pamnhylia, who compiled a history of the world into thirty-five little books. “ Punch and Judy” is a contraction from Pbntius and Judas. It is a relic of an old “•miracle play,” in which the actors were Fbntius Pilate and Judas Iscariot. “ Bigot" is from Visigoths, in which the fierce and intolerant Arianism of the Visigoth conqueror of Spain has been handed down to infamy. “Humbug" is from Hamburg; “a piece of Hamburg hews” was in Germany a proverbial expression for false political rumors, “ Gauze" derives its name from Gaza, where it was first made. “Tabby cat" is all unconscious that her name is derived from Atab, a famous street in Bagdad, inhabited by the manufacturers of silken stuffs called Atabi, or taffhty, tiie wavy markings of the watered silks resembling pussy’s coat. “ Old Scratch” is the demon Bkratti, who still surviv'd in the superstitions of Northern Europe. “ Old Nick" Is none other than Nikr, the dangerous water-demon of the Bcandianavian legend. The lemon takes its name from the City of Lima.— /exchange.

In the Court of the King of Siam.

Tux young monarch stood in military dress before the yellow satin and gilded chair on his throne, opposite to the entrance and at the further end of the.main wing of the chamber. On one side was a small stand on which rested the King’s helmet; on the other aide a spear and a Colt’s revolving rifle. In the rear a passage draped with damask curtains led to the private apartments at His Majesty. Alon j each side of the main wing were ranged the nobles and notabilities of the kingdom resident in Bankok, dressed in the brilliant and unique Siamese court costume, consisting of close-fitting frocks of gold and silver thread, wrought in India, and clasped about the waist with gold and silver belts and buckles set with naiivft diamonds and precious stones* J At the right of His Majertjs In one of the short wings, stood the brothers of the King, numbering about twenty-five, arrayed in military and court dress, while on the left, in the opposite wing, stood the attendants and lower officials of the Government. All the natives wore about the waist long cloths of silk in gold, silver and fancy colors; first twisted about the loins, the drooping ends passed between

the legs and secured fa a twisted kno| behind. This served instead of trousers, and jost above the calf of the iqg, completed the costume. The hall was ornamented with brilliant frescoes, and supported on, each side with large Corinthian cotatttns. Massive crystal chandeliers bung from(the> middle of the celling. The rich coslames, drapery and decoratibttr were pleasing to the eye', combining isomethiog cf modem architecture and dress with barbaric splendor.— Cor. If. T. Tribune, oo’

Transporting Oil in Pipes.

A FiPK-uiNE to Buffalo is proposed, far the transportation of petroleum froqx the oil field ot Northwestern Pennsylvania. It has come to notice through the application of the projectors to the N?w York Legislature for a bill authorizing the Indians to permit the line to cross-a corner of their reservation. Pipe-lines now extend hundreds of miles, we believe, in the oU> districts, and form the chief means of transporting the oil from the wells to the railroad stations, and they work very satisfactorily for that purpose. It has often been proposed to construct a line to a great refining center like Pittsburgh, or even to the seaboard; but heretofore the State of Pennsylvania has put obstacles in the way of such a work. There is reason to suspect that a pipe-line would prove more economical than the railroad for long distances as well as short ones, and if so, we must expect to see them established sooner or later, perhaps first to the nearer refining centers like Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Buffalo, but finally also to the seaboard. A line to Buffalo might possibly result in a direct export trade, pience t»a the Welland Canal, or in the reduction of rail rates to a barely paying basis to prevent such a diversion, which is particularly disagreeable to the railroads just now; but whatever the result to them, it is not likely that they can permanently prevent the introduction of this mode of transportation if it turns out to be the cheapest one. The pipe line has one great advantage over the railroad in that it can be taken up and moved if it does not pay.—Railway Gazette.

Russian Hotels.

Even in good hotels, when they are of the genuine Russian type, there are certain peculiarities which, though not in themselves objectionable, strike a foreigner as peculiar. Thus, when you alight at such an hotel, you are expected to examine a considerable number of rooms, and to inquire about the respective prices. When you have fixed upon a suitable apartment you will do well, if you wish to practice economy, to propose to the landlord considerably less than he demands; and you will generally find, if you have a talent for bargaining, that the rooms may be hired for somewhat less than.the sum first stated. You must be careful, however, to leave no possibility of doubt as to the terms of the contract. Perhaps you assume that, as in taking a cab a horse is always supplied without special, stipulation, so, in hiring a bedroom, the bargain includes a bed and the necessary appurtenances. Such an assumption will not always be justified. The landlord may perhaps give you a bedstead without extra charge, bqt if he be uncorrupted by foreign notions, he win certainly not spontaneously supply , you with bed-linen, pillows, blankets and towels. On the contrary, he will assume that you carry all these articles with you, and, if you do not, you must pay for those which you borrow from him. This ancient custom has produced among certain Russians a curious kind of fastidiousness to which we are strangers. The* strongly dislike using sheets, blankets and towels which are in a certain sense public property, just as we should strongly object to putting on clothes which had been already worn by other people. And the feeling may be developed in people nos Russian by birth. For my own part, I confess to having been conscious of a certain disagreeable feeling on returning, in this respect, to the usages of so-called civilized Europe. Evidently fastidiousness is not an innate quality, but the result of the conditions to which re have been accustomed; and, as such, it may easily take very curious forms. The inconvenience of carrying about these essential articles ofbed-reom furniture is by no means so Seat as may at first sight be supnosed. id-rooms in Russia are always heated, during cold weather, so that one light' blanket, which may be used also as a railway rug, is quite sufficient, while sheets, pillow-cases and towels take up very little-space in a portmanteau. The most cumt rows object is the pillow, for air-cushi' as, having always a disagreeable odo , are- not well suited for the purpose. But Russians are accustomed to this 'aeumbeance. In former days—as at the present time in those parts of the country where there are neither railways nor macadamised roads—people traveled in carts or carriages without springs, and in these instruments of torture a huge pile of cushions or pillows is necessary to avoid contusions and dislocations. On the railways—except perhaps the infamous line which connects the Volga with the Don—the jolts and shaking are not deadly enough to require such an antidote; but, even in nnconservative Russia, customs outlive the conditions that created them; and at every railway station you may see men and women carrying about their pillows with them as we carry wraps and hat boxes. A genuine Russian merchant who loves comfort and respects tradition may travel without a portmanteau, but he considers his pillow as an indispensable article de wyage. To return to the hotel. When you have completed the negotiations with the landlord, you will notice that, utileas you have a servant with you, the waiter prepares to perform the duties of valet/ de chambre. Do not be surprised at his officiousness; which seems founded on the assumption that you are three-fourths paralyzed. Formerly, every well-born Russian had a valet always in attendance, and never dreamed of doing for himself anything which could by any possibility be done for him. You ‘notice that there is no bell in the room, and no mechanical means of communicating with the world below stairs. That is because the attendant was supposed to be always within call, and it is so much easier to shout than to get up and ring the bell. In the good old times all this was quite natural. The well-born Russian had commonly a superabundance of domestic serfs, and there was no reason why one or two of them should not accompany their master when his honor undertook a journey. An additional person in the Tarantass did ”ot increase the expense, and considerably diminished the little unavoidable inconveniences of travel. But times have changed. Fifteen years ago the domestic serfs were emancipated by Imperial ukaz. Free servants demand wages; and on tallways and steamers * single ticket does not include the attendant The present

generation must therefore get through life with a more modest supply of valets, and must learn to do with hia own hands much thtt ■Wlfaaiulj imfoiiaiij L by n up rf in pectsd. to dress himself without assistance 7 i- and MoebMfogly the/ waiter remake ia ydur jwni ta jtet taid Penhw, too. WW, WffPf;, yet extidcfTYwHnff hear; for Stance, h resounding along* tite > corridors,' tatoh' tot order as,—" BstawfoaJ, PitowhaH Jitakan Whep the coilet Operaffimn to»stdtt(pteted/ and yui* order te*4ofe phrsra prdrtß tea in Rtiasia—yon Will be asked whether you be able to reply in the affiAnalin'e/fOr good tea can be' bought only fa antain well-known shops, and pan bevtahg foqnd ‘n hotels. <A..huge 'stomping tea-urn, called a ‘ saqiovarv—etymologtegllv, a “ self-boiler”—will be brou'ght'm, will make year tea according toy our taste. The tumbler you know,, o(course, y is to he used ns a, cup, ,ana wdten filled , may be conveniently employed for cauterizing the points of your fingerkj ' If Vbd 1 should happen to have sfiyttiing datable ,or drinkable In your traveliqg-basket, you need not heSifato to out pj. once, for the waiter will not feel at all aggrieved or astonished as your doing nothing *■ for the 1 good of the Iroued?’" Tho Iwedty dr twenty-five kopeks that ytxppav fcfc the sanwvar—tea-pot, tumbler, aqueer, and slop-basin, being undqr the generic term “Pnbor”—frees you from all corkage and other dued,—D. Macltenaid Wallaice'b * l ■*) ’ filial

A Reminiscence of Webster.

Daniei. Websjer n'sver fancied Jarites Buchanan, and said some sharp thing* to him and about him. The severest criticism by the “Farmer of Marshfield” QU . , the “ Farmer of Wheatland* ’ yras.m a letter written by the former to Senator Rives, of Vinrinja, In 1844' thankingrhhn. for having made an able reply in the Senate to an ill-tempered speech about .England by Mr. Buchanan. In this wfiich is, or should be, ih a collection autographs belonging to a ‘Boston lady— Mr: Webster sa'.d! ' “ Mr. B;’s mistake brought to my mind . < a humorous epitaph which .aopieonp,pqQt- /±i posed for the tomb of WraJtalL I do not recollect it folly, but it was something to the following effect, and morte and better::* ’ Mistaking, misdating,. < Misciting, miswriting, o J • Confusing, abusing, U Words.' speeches, letters and facts all; V ire lie the bonep of Nathaniel Wraxall." LI

" Canker in the Bud."

Yon watch its development with expectant. solicitude—the , cho|pe, exqaisLtly-moulded bud which promises to unfold with the perfect flbwer. You perhaps think how it will ado - n the drawing-room vase, wxfoiitlejpata "he pleasure of showing it .to yddr flowerloving friends. But sdnfeinornihg'yon find its head drooping, its'fraaram e fled, and aw ugly purple spot on op© side of theriellcate->ly-tlnted petals. It is the' poet’s “ cankfer ih the bhti." Etow' often the toufosothe canker«! blights the cherishoi “ infant blqfsotpa” so f our household gardens—those humjui buds which glve’eamest of It brillnmtfhfure. The ‘ noisome caiiker, so Ibng contcaladA-scrofula —at length reveal* ifs-dreaded presence and to our bright hopes succeeds the ihi«t agonizing fear, for we know the fatal sequel it portends—pulmortdry: copeump.tkm. It (a. estimated by eminent medical authoritiesthat at least one-fifth of mankind are afflicted with this insidious malady. But Its rav* ages are so secret, tfaat even its vkjtimg *ra unaware of its presence until It vufiaCnly discloses itself in some of its myriad- anw' oftttaes fatal forms. A slight eqfancoitat eruption is often the only Indipatqr of ita. presence; The Only hu'ans of exterminating this disease froin ttie system is tryaiborough course of, cbiustitoßpoal (w;atmp?t This, treatment must fulfill three Inaicauon*, namely, ptomdteamitntibn, Uttef tr purify. the blood, and arrest disorganization i ofotod tissues and the formation of tubercles No more efficient alterative cah be employed for those purposes th Bn Br. Pierce’s Gulden Med-1 leal Discovery. While imparting strength and tone to the digestive organs it cleanses the bloou aud heals the diseased tissues. Test its virtues ere the deadly, qanker ba* blighted the life yqu prize.

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