Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-21
consul GENERAL YOUNG.
he Tells Some Interesting Things
About Russia.

he Tells Some Interesting Things
About Russia.
Mr.P. h. NJ. Young, OF this state, now
United States Consul General to Russia
sas written very interesting letter t,
bis friends at Atlanta, whion appeared in
the Constitution, The following are eN
tracts:
ST. PETERSBURG, June 1C,-Don't you
think it about time you were getting ready
20 start on that trip TO Russia That you
promised YOU would make this summer!
About July / or middle OF Aus. ! Wol q
be good time to start from Atlanta. on
might leave home on july o. August, ana
be in ST. Petersburg ~ thirteen day ai'eI
most delightful tIip. From mere You 20
10 Moscow, HelsiuLt0re, Tue caPl'hl on
Finland, Stcckhom. In -Weden, ara
ChrIstiana, in Norway, thence ON way OF
Warsaw ard Vienna uack TO Antwerp or
Liverpool or Bl-Weu and take snip Tor
New York. and be back ia your Office ia
Atlanta IN TWO months and fifteen JAYS,
after one OF the most obstructive aud de-
Gshtlul trips I'm he world, and all for the
sum OF about 500 each, winch - ilOtTal
allowance for the trip, and thIs includes
everything nrst class. eating, travelling
and everything; YOU can do TN less ume,
but that gives time TO see everything ana
few DAYS to rest IN each place. The
cities YOU would pass through are Ant
werp, Cologne, Berlin, konlssbere, ~. Pc
tersburg. Corusiadt, Warsaw, Moscow,
Helsingiors Stockholm, Chrisuana,
Copenhageu, Vienna and Paris II you
wish. " here can you spend such an
amount Of money TO beuer advantage
Tor the summer aud get NAT as much Tor
itl
LIGHT ALL NIGHT.
All Of this northern country is now de
liphtful. The nights are iudescrlDao.y
suleudid for IN fact tuere Is no night, /
read newspaper this morning at
o'clock without any artificial light. II is
quite daylight ul l. O'Clock and then at
u'ClocA IL j. quite light again. In another
month it Will be daylight all night, and
when you tai your trip 10 Stockholm you
viii see the midnight sun.
II YOU should come with as many as SIX
persons IN party Tie eNrenses for the
tnp nave mapped out wlli be less ;bah
$500 each. Come or, and VIII be your
guide from Petersburg on until you EN-
bark for home. | intend to come over in
September myself.
rbls is a wonderful country and
strange people, and of course everything
Is int estlng to IA foreigner. ! arrived
here about Dec !, alter a pleasant jour
new. ONLY lultIIQI Tea On "A rev Jay = SlCh-
ness in Berlin. on account Of over expos
ure. first came into the snow just after
reaching the border. few mics from
koni gsburg, ana 1T was snow then
al the way to s.. Petersburg, about 500
miles. got here in the nIg.I asd l
found the coolest weather | had ever
known, though everyone said il was a
mild wiuter. | Immediately invested IN
Rn oyercOat that cost about two months
nav ard tonkAI like hsG b. on taken
IRON the back Of IA Young bear ! really
id not suffer from tae cod, the houses
are SO warm and | was we'll wrapped
when out. but there is an ludescrIhab.e
something IN the climate that has The
most SUI ular effect upon the system. !
could not sleep for two III ntle after got
here more than few hours al time, Tue
doctors said the air was poison 10 me.
Y ell, | am better now, aud in very good
health, but the winter was severe upon
ne, aud l don't think the climate agrees
win me.
THE ARCHrrECr-RE OF ST. PETERS.
BURG.
sunnose This Is tho most solidly built
city In the world. rhe houses are very
large, ana bu IL as If intended to stand a
siege. There are many hundreds OF PEG.
pie living in some OF the houses. They
are generally not SO tall As the houses in
our cities, but the walls are much thicker.
ana they are generally much stronger
and better built The floors are all OF
oak aud laid in square bits of plank, ten
inches wide, beautifully polished and
they last hundreds OF years. The car
riages are smaller than ours. but very
strong. The OrHf breed Of horses in
Russia are Uerhaps the finest horses for
cavalry in Europe. They are tail black
horses, very symmetrically foImed and are
usually fast trottere, hne Tor harness and
Tor cavalry. The common draft horse of
the country isa rather small horse. but
very durable and hardy. On the farms.
oxen are generally used Tor drawing
pioys and carts. They are tall and strong
and move quIckIy. think Tor work they
are better imam the ORDINARY Georgia cat
lie, but for milk and butter QUIZ Durhams
ana Jerseys are superior to anything
here. There Is plenty Of good milk at all
times IN ST. Petersburg, and cheap, but
The town pump Is used even mere TO and
The cows. VEGETABLES are not SO good as
IN America, except cabbage, ana there Is
an over supply OF ln2t.
THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
TIE most abun liant articI. here * th4
"soIdier., IIen,av he soon nj oyery cn,.
ner AMI ON an oc,astrns. ma - Iarg.ly
present AZ all ipD,rfauI catherine. and
il is "A great mistake 10 suppose mar tbo