The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-04-01
A Journey on the volga.

Sd!t r. IldpSoou, tit NiIl'i VI Viz
graphic paper, Count Tolstoi at Home,
in the Atiantic, contributes to that
magazine a paper called A Journey on
the Nolga. OF Ka2an she says:
The Tatar quarter alone seemed to
possess the requisite mystery and
"local color Here whole streets of
tiny shops, ablazc with rainhow-hued
leather goods. We're presided owe by
taciturn. olivc-skinned brothers of the
Turks, who appeared almost handsome
when seen thus in masses. with oppor-
tunities for comparison. Hitherto we
had thought of the TatarS only as the
old-clothcs dealers. pcddlers, horse
butchers and walters of ST. Petersburg
and Moscow. Here the dignity OF the
prosperous merchants. gravcly recon-
mcnding their really wcll-dreSsed, we'll
sewcd leather wares, bespoke our adj
miration.
The Tatar women, less easily seen.
glided along the uneven pavemcnts
now aud thcn, smoothly, but still in a
I'M to permit a glimpse of short.
square feet cncased in boots lowered
with gay hucs upon a green or rose
colorcd ground, and reaching to the
hHt' IbNN illlGub uiNt ptNh I'N Is
| of beauty, bu! il was difficult to class
ify them. veilcd as they were. and
screened as to head and shoulders by
striped green kaftans of silk, whose
long sleeves depended from the region
of their ears, and whose collar rested
on the brow. What we could discern
was that their black eyes wandered
like the cycs Of unveiled women, and
that they were coqucitishly conscious
of our glances, though we were of
their own sex.
W. found nothing especially striking
among the churches. unless one might
reckon the Tatar mosques in the list;
and. casting a last glance at Sumbeka's
curious and graceful tower, we hired n
cabman to take us to the river, seven
Nersts awav.
We turned our backs upon Kazan
without regret, in the fcrvid heat of
that midsummer morning. We did
not shake its dust from our feet.
When dust is a~nklc-deep that is not
very feasible. 1t rose in clouds. rs VIC
met the long lines of Iatar carriers,
transporting flour aud other merchan-
disc to and from the wharves across
VIZ YAM Nulth tpllhtSlS tHc ".
in summer low water, with Mother
Volga. In spring floods Matushka
Vo,ga threatens to wash away the
very walls of the Krcmlip, and N
present path is under water.
DIR. Leo pribyl says that the Ger
mans and Swcdes are utilizing their
peat Dogs in the manufacture of nap.
thia, tar, solar oil, parafline. acetic
acid and gas, and the peat yields al
elastic fiber which, freed from dust is
employed for weaving into carpets
Good peat also furnishes a ccllulose
which is valuable to papermakers. Be,
sides serving rs a wholesome litter fol
live stock. ii is also used to preserve
perishable goods. Meat and fish are
now packed in peat litter for transport
between Trieste and Copenhagen.
The late Ebcnczcr +. Bowditch, Of
Boston, had a large farm at Framing
ham and on it was the largest flock oi
sheep in Massachusetts. He was con.
spicious as II breeder and importer o
horses, sheep, cattle and swine, had
hounds which he used in hunting and
made many experiments with fertil-
izers and other things in the general
interests Of agriculture. He wa:
practical in his Investigations, and
used to put all his improvements upon
their cash basis, showing what they
would be worth to the farmer who
must rely upon his farm for a living.