Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-03-30

John Quincy Adams, Buchanan, Grant
and Garfield on Saturday.
Jackson, Harrison and Fillmore died
on Sunday; Monroe and Buchanan on
Monday John Adams and Jefferson
on the same day, Tuesday, July 4,
1925, also Taylor on Tuesday; John
Quincy Adams on Wednesday; Madi-
son and Van Buren on Thursday Ty-
Ter, Polk and Pierce on Friday; Wash
ington, Lincoln and johnson on Satur-
day.
Jefferson was born and died on Tues
days; Jackson on Sundays Van Bu-
rem on Thursdays; Pierce~on Fridays.
WINTER CUSTOMS IN RUSSIA
The Russians have great knack for
making their winters pleasant You
feel nothing of the cold in those tightly
built houses where all the doors and
windows are double, and where the
rooms are kept warm by big stoves
hidden in the walls. There is no damp
in Russian house, and the inmates
may dress indoors in the lightest of
garbs, which contras: oddly with the
mass of furs and wraps which they don
when going out. A Russian can afford
to run no risk OF exposure when he
leaves his house for walk or drive.
He covers his head and ears with fur
bonnet, his feet and legs with felt boots
lined with wool or fur, which are drawn
on over the ordinary boots aud trousers
and reach up to the knees; he next
eloaks himself in an ample top-coat with
fur collar, lining and cuffs and he bu-
ries his hands in pair of fngerless
gloves of seal or bear skin Thus equip
ped, and with the collar of his coat
raised all around so that it muffles him
up to the eyes, the Russian exposes
only his nose to the cold air; and he
takes care frequently to give that organ
little rub to keep the circulation 60
ing. A stranger who is apt to forget
that precaution, would often get his
nose frozen if it were not for the cour-
tcsy of the Russians, who will always
warn him if they see his nose 'whitcn-
ing and will, unbidden, help him to
cbafe it vigorously v it'll snow. In
Russian cities walking is just possible
for men during winter; but hardly so
for ladies The women of the lower
order wear knee-boots those of the
shop-kceping classes seldom venture
out at all; those of the aristocracy go
out in sleighs These are by no means
pleasant vehicles for nervous people,
for the Kalmuc coachmen drive them
at such a terrific pace that they fire.
queutly capsize; but persons not desti-
tute of pluck find their motion most en-
joyable. 1t must be added that to be
spilled out of Russian sleigh is tanta-
mount only to getting a rough tumble
on soft mattress, for the very thick
furs in which the victim is sure to be
wrapped will be enough to break the
fall. The houses and novels of the
Russian working classes are as well
warmed as those of the aristocracy. A
stove is always the principal item of
furniture in them, and these contrivan-
ces are used to sleep on as well to cook
in. The mujick, having no bod, curls
himself up on his stove at his time for
going to rest; sometimes he may be
found creeping right into the stove and
enjoying the delights of good vapor
bath. The amount of heat which |
Russian will stand is amazing, and his
carelessness in facing the cold afterward
not less so. On a Sunday, which is
washing day over Russia, you may see
in every village mujick who has been
cooking himself in his stove till he is
of color like boiled lobster, rush naked |
into the snow and roll himself in il
like dog till he glows all over to his
1t seems monstrous that
one of the Russians principal protect
ions against the cold-his beard-was
laid under penalty by Peter the Great
and subsequently by Elizabeth and |
Catherine H., when they were try
ing to cvilizc their subjects according
to the custom of the West. These
three soycrcigns all laid tax on |
beard and peasants entering cities on
market days were required to exhibit
in proof that they had paid their tax,
brass coin stamped with a bearded face |
and the words, 'bcreda lignaia tiagotoa'
(the beard tax has been settled). This
absurd impost was abolished by Paul;
but the effects of it still survive in q |
for the beard is still considered |
bad form in aristocratic circles. Mil.
itary officers wear only mustaches and
whiskers; diplomatists and other SER
wants eschew the whiskers and generally
reap their faces altogether. A Russian
with beard is pretty sure to be either
a pope or member of one of the
class cs below the upper middle.
An Altoona barber was fined four
dollars for shaving on Sunday.
The Michigan Leg stature proposes
to make hugging a girl against her will
u penal offense The girls will now
either have to submit gracefully and
not assume to object. and scratch and
fight, or they won't get hugged. This
is as it should be. Some gallant mem
Der Of the Pennsylvania Legislature
should introduce a similar bill tenor