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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN LEGATIoN, }
w WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 1870. {


IMPERIAL RUSSIAN LEGATION,
! WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 1870.
I'o, the Editor et'thc Hcrald::
IN view Of the increase ofdiphthcria
in several places Of the State Of Now
YORK hasten to communicate to YOU
for publicity Il very q simple remedy,
which, having been used in Russia
ana Germany, max prove effective
here. Out of several others, DR.. Lctz-
erich, who made extensive experiments
in the application Of this remedy, has
uscu 1t i'll twcnty-scvcn cases, eight Of
winch were ola very serious nature,
all OF which had favorable result
except III one case, when the child
aied trom u complication Of diseases.
For children of one year he ~rcscribcs
the remedy, for internal use every one
or two hours. as follows:
Natr. benzOic, pur. so soly. in aq.
dlstllIat az. mcnth. piper. ana 400
syr. cOrt. aur. 100.
For children from one to three
years old he prescribed it from seven
to eight granmes for 100 grammcs of
distilled water, with same syrup; for
children from t!rco to seven wears old
he prescribed ten to fifteen grammcs,
ana for grown persons from fifteen to
twenty grammcs forcach lU0granmcs.
Besides this he uses also with great
success the Installation On the diphthc-
rial membrane through glass tube in
serious eases every three hours, in
light cases three times day, Of the
natr. bcnzoic pulvcr. For grown
people he prcscribcs for gargling di-
luton often Sralnmcs Of this pulycr
for 200 grammcs Of water.
The effect Of the remedy is rapid.
After twcnty-four or thirly-six hours
the fcverish symptoms disappear com
plctcly and the temperature and pulse
become normal. This remedy was.
used also with the same success by
Or. Braham Braun and professor
klcbs, in Prag; DIR. Senator, in Cas-
sci, ond several others in Russia and
Germany.
Hoping that the publication through
your widely spread paper will prove
beneficial in the United States, | re-
main, yours very truly,
Mlnjstcrof Russia to the United States.
POSTiL CARDS.
The postals used in the United States,
arc manufactured by the American
nhototyrc Company, Of New York.
Ihcy cost the Government CO. cents per
thonSand.-Thcy are printed in sheets,
each containing forty cards, which arc
cut up INTO single cards. The sheets
are passed rapidly through a mcchall-
ISM OF circular knives called the rotary
Sitter, which divides them into strips
or ten cards each, and trims the edges
or the outside strip. The strips arc
ten taxed to the rotary cross cutters,
which arc also fitted with circular
knives, that divide the strips into sim
gle cards. a rotary hopper, with ten
receives the cards as
fast ns cut, and when each compart-
h-cnt contains twenty-five cards, the
hopper rcvolvcs and cmptics them
upon table at which three girls arc
constantly seated, whose duty it is to
throw out all damaged cards, and
bind the good ones into packages of
twenty-five each, n kind OF work re-
qulrinS great dcXtcrity. With these
two presses, one Sitter, and three
cross cutters, and six or eight men and
girls to tend them, it is possible to turn
out ,o00,0 900 perfect cards day.
Tie boxing is next in order. Each
pastcboarl box contains twenty packs
Or five hundred cards. These boxes
arc themselves Il curiosity, being made
OF a single sheet of pastcboard, with
out seam or paste. They were first
patented February 2l, 1871. Every
boNtul is carefully weighed, and, rs Il
rule, tips Tho scale at three pounds two
ounces, with marvellous accuracy.
Postmasters desiring cards send
their orders to Washington, and q
large sheet full Of these is forwarded
every morning to IIo!yokc, where they
are at once tilsscd. a sheet of orders,
number loS OF tho current year, which
was received at Holyokc on the morn
ing of July 10, may DO mentioned as a
specimen. 1t was for 5000, 800, which
were to be sent to ABB different post
offices. The cards arc frankcd through
the mails, and each lot is registered in
tho Same manner as registered letters.
The Dill or registration sent ont with
single car load is often a yard or two
long, closely written. Not a package
has ever yet been lost. A special DOS
tai car takes the shipments to SPRING
field, the nearest distributing centre,
every day. The orders from different
post-otliccs, Of course, vary greatly in
amount. The New York post office
takes nearly onc-tcnth Of all the cards
issued, using about half million a
week. The entire number of persons
employed in the manufacture and dis
ulbution is, at present, thirty-fve.
1850 - s<-.-~--
a CASE FOR THE FArA1tsrs. The
Tact leaked out upon the trial of Mrs.
Barnes, at Sandy Hill, that about a
year ago n lady died in Salem under
circumstances which, but for q fortu