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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXVLL, Issue 4275, 14 September 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)

How the Russians Keep Warm.— The Russians have a great knack of making their winters pleasant. You feel nothing of the cold in those tightly built houses, where* all doors and windows are double, and where the rooms are kept warm by big stoves hidden in the walls. There is no damp in a Russian house, and the inmates may dress in doors in the lightest garb, which contrasts oddly with the mass of furs and wraps which they don I when going out. A Russian can afford to run no risk of exposure when he leaves the house for a walk or a drive. He covers his head and ears with a far bonnet, his feet and lego i with felt boots lined with wool or far, which , are drawn over the ordinary boots and j trousers, and reach up to the knees ; he next cloaks himself in a top coat with a far collar, lining, and cuffs ; he buries his hands in fingerless gloves or seal skin. Thus equipped, the Russian exposes his nose only to the cold air, and he takes care to frequently rub that organ to keep the circulation going. A stranger would often get his nose frozen if it was not for the courtesy of the Russians, who will alwaya warn him if they see his nose " whitening," and will, unbidden, help him to chafe it vigorously with snow. In Russian cities, walking is just possible for men during the winter, but hardly so for ladies. The women of the lower order wear knee boots ; those of the shop-keeping class seldom venture out at all ; those of the aria^ tocracy go out in sleighs. — __ i Kissing an Ancient Book.— The book on which all the kings of England, from Henry I. to' Edward VI., took the coronation oath, is in a private library in England. It is a manuscript of the four Evangelists, written on vellum. The original binding, in a perfect state of preservation, consists of two oaken boards an inch thick, fastened together with thongs of leather. Representative (.and Senator-elect) [ Blackburn, of Kentucky, was once stumping his district in company with his opponent! At one meeting he spoke first and charmed tho audience by the manner rather than the matter of his remarks. Then the other man got np and tamed the tide of popularity with a single sentence, in which he likened Mr. Blackburn to the swan, " that beautiful bird, which glides along, the perfection of grace, and dips and curvet in lines of beauty-~ba,t )OJj draws an inch or so of water 1"