The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-12

have no one to talk to, you can smoke
pipe or cigarette, or listen to the
organ. ct almost all the restaurants.
however humble, music is supplied
The organ at the Moskouski Traktir
was made at Wurtemburg, expressly for
this establishment, and cost E3.O 600. 1t
plays when it is wound up, and is lin
tied to just twenty tunes, SO that those
who frequent this traktir year after
year must find n little sameness in the
performance. But, after all, it is in the
tea-gardens and similar suburban resorts
that the most pleasing phases of Russian
tea-drinking are witnessed Beneath
the trees. in every direction, happy fam
! lilies surround the FURNISHED urn; and in,
retired hooks the teapots are witnesses
to lovers vows. Petrofski Gardens are,
a very favorite resort. In 1912 Napo--
leon lodged here for time in the cha
teau built by the Empress Elizabeth.
The road from Moscow is thronged
with carriages and droskies and we'll
dressed pedestrians.
Guards and police keep order at the
gates that admit to the varied attrac-
lions within the promenades, and
stalactite caves. and glens, and grottoes;
the lake, the fountain. and the marble
statues. In the evening, avenues of
many-colorS1 lights and festooned
| arches conduct to pagodas used as
theaters for various entertainments
comic dramas. in which the fun is some
what broad and grotesque, exhibitions
of tumbling. etc. Grand displays of
fireworks terminate the proceedings.
The ordinary tOwn-peasant usually
! affects red shirt and high boots. The
| moulik, fresh from the country, is most
ly Clad in suit of mdyed homespun
cloth, and in lieu of Stockings he winds
cloths around his legs. His feet are
shod with sandals of plated linden
bark. The lower classes in Moscow are,
for the most part. smiling and good
natured, but slow, slouching, and
shabby in their appearance. They are
also very frequently drunk; for, though
fond of "tchar." they by no means
contine themselves 10 it. In addition to
Sundays. there are no less than fifty
clearly defined annual holidays kept in
| Moscow, and the holiday makers are.
usually incapable.all next day.
A Russian nurse is conspicuous OBJ
ject in the public street. If her infant
charge is a boy. she is attired in blue;
| if girl, in red. Should she be in the,
service of some rich family, her dress is
lavishly trimmed with gold, above which
| hangs an apron of fine dotted muslin.
There is plenty of bread made in Mos
cow which is not black; indeed good
sweet bread is speciality of the city,
and is often sent as q present to friends
| liz st. Petersburg. The water is brought
twelve miles in water courses from the
Mytistchi Springs to the public foun-
tains. but it is very seldom laid on to-
private houses. Accordingly, to supply
domestic needs tribe OF water-carriers.
are out at early dawn. The water
carriers are only one among many
classes of itinerant vendors and workers.
A funeral in Moscow, when conduct
cd, as is usually the case, in the ortho--
dox National manner, is picturesque
and interesting spectacle. The process
sion is headed by long-bearded priests
in their black robes, carrying shrines
and burning tapers in their hands.
Next comes the hearse with four horses
! On the steps of the hearse are mora
priests holding images of the Saviour
over the coffin. Yet more follow, speak
ing words of consolation to the friends
and relatives of the departed. As the
procession moves on the people in the
streets cease from their occupation, un-
cover their heads, bow, and pray for
the repose of the deceased. The count
less pigeons of Moscow are u feature Of
the city which ought not to remain IN
noticed. They enjoy life freely. and in
crease and multiply to an enormous
extent, for no one thinks of killing
them. In the popular mind .hey are
incarnate cmblems of the Holy Spirit.
IMoscolo Cor. Chicago Tribune.