The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-10-13
AN INSANE BELIEF.
Russian Peasants VINO Have No
uss Tor soap and waser
sone Asvosting Cuseoms Of tho Plague
0trtcken Country A Land Whore
9h0lsea Finds . Breed.
lng Place.

1870 00VUSts0B OuoSOms OF UoC fto8uo-
etrschsn Country A Land Whore
0hSases Finds . Bread.
Ing PisOs.
In no part Of Europe are public baths
20 accessible 70 the lower order Of peo-
pie a. In Russia, and nowhere are baths
In such general use. But the attraction
of the bath Is not soap and water. but
the hot vapor for which the Russian
has such an affection. The bath itself
Is In many cases q nest Of loathsome
disease germs The patronizers Of these
institutions very often have no use
whatever for the washwoman. This Is
true not only Of the very poor OF an
inmate of one Of the gigantic apart
ment houses Of St. Petersburg, who
was man of property, the Novoe
Vremya casually remarked: He never
has his linen washed Whenever he
puts on shirt he puts it on for good.
and he wears It until It drops in shreds
off his back"
AS for sanitary preparation against
cholera, the New York Times says the
Russian peasants would look upon this
as profane interference with provi-
dence It is said that they explain the
outbreak of the cholera as the result Of
Vaccinations of English enemies. who
went visiting the famine districts last
year, and who, under the pretense of
distributing aims to the hungry, bribed
Russian physicians to work this spell
upon the people. The proper preventa-
tives to use against cholera are tho
prayers of priests and the counter
spells of lasses blowing in the dead OF
the night Sanitary precautions are
not legitimate Another difficulty in
the way of sanitation is the expense
| OF 1t. 1t has been calculated by ex-
perts that the sanitation of peas
ants hut would cost seven rubles
(about three dollars and seventy five
cents), and no Russian peasant would
think Of sparing such sum for the
| purpose. The sanitation of the cities
and rivers would involve greater out
lay than was caused by the famine,
and within year the work would
have to be done over again
| In describing the things which Rus
slams eat and drink Mr.. Lanin says that
| It requires great caution to keep within
limits Of decency Of language and yet
give an adequate notion of the subject.
The foreign visitors TO St Petersburg
| Or MoscQY who stroll down 'tGlutton's
Row. viii zee men and women. boys
and girlA. .devouring hideous messes
which would be speedily destroyed by
the sanitary officers Of other countries
So nSchdor The food of thS poor But
It issaid that the manner Of preparing
L i,,s nYo y,r1 .l~~ . - S..A ~Ao~
shops wouA pot beer relation IN plain
4 En<h Ehua. y 3 sid thak "a thu
prepaFasaon OF ths sax4ais,sS 3anas By
the most renowned Russian oonfectaon-
ers the seeds are separated from cur.
rants, gooseberr3es, eto.. not by means
ot mechanical apparatus but By the
application Of human Hps, poor women
being employed to do the work. The
facts as to the preparation Of tho ma
tional drink (quaas) are Of the same sort,
OF course It is not necessary TO drink
Quass, but the water Is said to be NC
better. No city or hamlet In Russia has
drinking water pure enough TO meet
the requirements Of the most tolerant
sanitary engineer IN more western
countries In Balzu. where the oholers
found favorable soil, q semi-ofacial Rus
sian Journal says that ''in many yard.
stand artificial ponds filed with waite,
carried thither In jaxA In this watea
the inhabitants are won't to perform
their daily sblutions. bathing ever
day. They also use Il 70 wash theil
fruits and commodities, besides which
they drink IT, In scientific troatis'
by . Dr.. KolokoloH On tho waters Of %
Petersburg IL b said thas one q thS IN
4 eEs Of tie eapital receives dAaly iron
the city one -seventh o< It's own bulk b
I.tmpuxitsas.