MOORE'S RURAL HEW-YOBK3ER. 



LETTEES F£OM A HUNGASIAM. 



On**, Hungary, Aug., 1^*- 



F«ir!"* M «onit;— 1« my lest, I concluded 

 ^S^JrtefdMBnpnonofWOit] III 

 Were I to dewribc the city itself, with its numcr- 

 „„, palaces, theatres, gaU.rle» of art, educations! 



jnnll ,„, I( and other celebioicd objects, I would 



L»»e lo writ© o Loot— and thai would contain 

 nothing new. Fur what "Correspondent from 

 I'ruasia" bas not already amply described oil those 

 magnificent edifices? And bow many of the read- 

 craor the "dear Room." bUM not elready perused 

 them to their oirn MtitoeWbtt' Nay, let me rather 

 turn away from the unwove trails of royalty and 

 nnsUicract, mid peep a litlie moic into the inner 

 life of [In- okhi populous city of Germany. Willi 

 ri population of lialf a million. Of whom about 

 1 ", 000 mo Catholic*, nod 1 ■''.""" Jews, (the rest is 

 , '.,,,,,„;„-,,! , ii„. . ,h .,f Ccrlin forms a well regu- 

 hitad uait, an thorough if the municipal supervi- 

 | n ,.,<-, department. This is especially fa- 

 vorable to the etranger.who cannot, amidst .such 

 overreached in any respect. Sup- 



it one of the depota of Berlin, and 



:ubborn couchi 

 I in one of Hi 

 LepBt, and t«l] the driver where you 





bargain with n 



Yon uecdn 



upon which is stamped the laic and ihc dat 

 you irUfa to know whether your ticket is eta 

 with the proper amount, compare it will 

 "Tariff" (rotes) attached to the hnck, right oppo- 

 Bite your seat. If, lor example, your ride coi 

 linuea 00 longer than half on hour, the fare is fiv 

 nrW,m.faboula shilling American money.) Th 

 "tarty" also distinctly declares that if the drive 

 demands a farthing more than the fixed rates, < 

 does not give you n ticket with the proper anion i 

 „ ho forfeits the fare, besides bein 



hIjiiI] ed ii 

 liable b 



So, i 



ono parlof the city to any other, you cannot be 

 cheated out of your money, the rates being all 

 -united iii-ide. Hy lheway.il should be remarked 

 that hacks and omuibusea arc one-fourth cheaper 



taken that not ODly the princi- 

 1 the Inncs nnd alleys be kept 

 he year. But what interested 

 as the nrraogement for oxtin- 

 l the case of a fire, uo bells 



sounded through the streets ; 

 UUgraphed to all the 



d the arrangement of I 

 c compn ' ' *jf " wagone 



(ears.) Thofirstisasmallcarwith ■■ 



Ihese urn generally engaged f i 

 ■mtticrulic (iitii.lv . Tl.e second d.- I 

 ided into five apartments, each of which contains 

 mjU for «udy eight passengers. The thud olels 

 also divided into five apartment*, hnl dii 

 the second in not having a partition' wall 

 between the several oparlmeuta, and in not having 

 tiic teats cushioned, thorn being, beside*, ton boi u 



in each apartment. Each opaitmeut has an eu- 

 Irnncoon both side* of the cor, theic being but 

 two long sofas (iu the second class,) or I 

 Ihe third) liK-iug each other in every apartment.— 

 Moveable bucks nic unknown here. Nor is tbcic 

 any room provided for any necessity of nature,— 

 □Cither is there nny ico-water (or wutci ol any 

 kind) to be had inside the cars. When you mo 

 once inside, you cannot go out unless you atk Ihe 

 Conductor lo open the door — bo alone having tl.e 

 right to do so. Tho conductor nevercuteia the 

 car, but sits outside, always on the lookout. lie 

 demands the tickets a I ttlc before tho train starts; 

 thus avoiding the unpleasant task of stopping the 

 train for the sake of putting out (as sometimes 

 happens in America) adelinauent passenger, But, 

 notwithstanding all this precaution, il seems rather 

 strange that smoking is allowed in the cars; 

 and considering how much all classes (clergyman 

 and professors included) arc addicted to smoking, 

 you need not bo surprised if, after dozing for 

 while, and dreaming about cloud-land*, you fi 

 your dreams 'realized, not knowing wbotber ye- 



r heaven or earth. There 

 in the second 



But, notwithstanding all 

 the German they are, n 

 doubt, conveniences) the price of traveling is ver 

 high, the average price for a. single English mil 

 being about 5 cents with the first,;! 1 ; with th 

 second, nnd 2>4 with tho third class. On som 

 roads, as between Berlin nnd Breslan, there ui 

 fourth class cars, where the passengers are obliged 

 to stand) unless they have seats of their own. If I 

 may give some practical bints, I would advise nil 

 travelers to lake the third class dunug the warm 

 season, as the cars of the second class are then in- 

 tolerably hot. This I experienced on my way tc 

 Berlin from Ilamburg; after that, on my way tt 

 Hungary, I combined economy and convenience 

 ' riding in the airy apartments of the third class. 

 But enough of German railroads. It is time foi 

 e to commence fulfilling my promise, and writt 

 something of the land of my birth— the land of the 

 re Magyars. Having obtained pi 

 Auslrian Ambassador iu Berlin to travel all 

 r Austria, 1 left the nay capital, pushed through 

 second royal city of Prussia, Breslan (in Upper 

 Silesia,) reached Ihe Austrian bouudary at Oder- 

 berg, (where we stopped 



bead is swimming nco 

 arc but few apartmen 

 devoted to non-smokei 



\VI,r 





■ ally. 



long 



on of the Quean's Commissioner to 



u will find the 



dragoons trotting off to the American tone of " The 



Old Folks lit |1 <'■■;,. V , , ■..! 



ill meet with a funeral motto from Longfel- 

 Go into private fiuiiilies, and you will hear 

 tho lady of the bou^esiiigingalihc piano the Ancr- 

 sun- " Kx'.e'.-'-iut," and the little gill calling 

 her sister " Topsy ! " and, not to be tedi 



lo tho London Times' rooms, von will find that 



ji.nii i. id priming its slanders on the United Stales 

 upon IIuo's American Printing Press. 



SCARLET FEVER: 

 NITRATE OF SILVER A SPECIPIC. 



Messrs. Ens.:— I should not venture to risk my 

 reputation, as a judicious and skillful physician, 

 among my acquaintances, and to contradict Wen- 

 sTttt in the presence of the "million" readers of 

 the Rdual, by thus boldly staling the above prop- 

 osition, did I not consider that the chums of 

 humanity demand it: and that I am abundantly 

 warranted in giving publicity to it by my oh 

 experience of its truth for a number of years. 

 trust no apology is needed for asking the inse 

 tion of ibis article in the Rural because it it, pi 

 excellence, the Family Paper of the day, and who, 

 if not the families of tho land, arc interested 

 knowing what will rob that dreaded wo'inje, 

 Scarlet Fever, of its horrors? But 1 will nv 

 furlbcr preface, except to say that the few i 



"religiously" observed, in order to secure the full 

 benefit of tho remedy. 



Dissolve ten groins of Nitrate of Silver (com- 

 monlv called lunar caustic,) in ono ounce o 

 water — rain, or snow water, or distilled m 

 best — bard waler — walor that contains lii 

 other mineral substances — will decompose the 

 nitrate and destroy its efficacy. Give of this solu- 

 tion from one lo twelve drops, diluted with a tea- 

 spoonful of soft water, in n gtw or teacup, propor- 

 tioned to the age of the patient and the urgency of 

 symptoms. It should never be put into a cop- 

 per-plated, or German silver spoon. 

 If the symptoms are very urgent, and arc not 

 leviated in from two to sis home, repeat Ihe dux*. 

 It is seldom, if ever, necessary to give more thnn 



mall Pox." Ohdet Ui 



mli-fsim it is indeed s 



'■. 



at I ask of all 



■ 

 Sodns, Wayne Co., N. Y 



I8HL 



cdy a fair trial 

 W. IX d 



Is connection with the fun 



, i: ,-h,li jaur- 

 il. The com e 



ash with the view* of W. I). C.iu some respects, 

 at as we obtain valuable knowledge only by con- 

 ictof opinion— and as the diseases spoken of an 

 coi i :.t. m t s > n rce of i'-.<-" it emeu I and I'i-.li l<- p;nenls 

 -auy light that can be procured ami ntado on nil- 

 tile will he luiled lit the fathers and mothers with 



til cation : 

 "Scarlstix* *sd UiAsi.iai.-Jsr. Witt, mem- 

 ms, has publish- 

 that bicarbonate 

 ic for the cure of Scarlel 

 id Measles. He cites Dr. Pbato,, ol Liver 

 pool, and other Practitioners, vv! '° lliivc ncvor lusl 

 coutof hundreds, sine-: iMuptmg tliisremcJy. 

 drachm* of the bicarbonate of ammonia arc 

 dissolved in Cve ounces of water, and two table- 

 spoonfuls or tho solution given every two, three, oi 

 four hours, according to the urgency of the symp- 

 toms. No acid drinks must be taken, but only 

 water, or toast and water. Tho system is to be 

 moved by a doso of calomel, if necessary. The 

 room must be well ventilated, but the patient pro- 

 tected from the slightest cold ordraught Qarglot 

 should also he employed for clearing the throat. - 

 The ammonia seems to counteract all the poisot 

 which causes Scarlatina, and also acts upon tin 

 system by diminishing the frequency and, id tin 

 same time, increasing tin: strength of the pulse." 



£I)C ttcuictucr. 



FACTS ABOUT BAIB, SPRINGS, &:. 



nli) lliesu thine* nto in l!ie» nroT— II. T, Ai.t.n. 

 PrattebufQ, ISM. 



1. Semvos, and hence, strenms and lukaa, t 

 supplied by the fill «\ water in r.nn uml >m 

 and this waler, r\iV|>l Unit llinvmi; Ii oin the n 



face, or can led up hv C apioat into the aim 



pherc. sink* int.. I be eailh. Tins has been 

 theory for ball' iicentuiy, nnd is cousnlcted to 

 fully sustained, 



Hy measuring the quanlily of water from 



■ thai the evaporation is 

 • latitudes wheic 



I. ill. In: 



. I'.!.,l.i 



I. ■:,,!>.., 



Tina isaclilirmiii« volume frr tho yminR, Hint e-p.- 

 ei.illj' worthy of careful jienisal and cnu'hk'nil'uin bj 



aulhor impnrts inucti viduutili' instnielirni and advice— 

 her avowed aim being lo prnenl a y.mllifnl Chri-llaa. 

 In ihe midst or mneh infirmity, still "adorning the doe- 

 trinesof Gon, lierS*vion, inall IhlDHV The heroine 

 i-. pertiups I' 1 " devoted, unselllsh and perfect 







of bag 



I ■, ... : , the m ighborhood. The 



do uot draw the engine, but arc seated 



benches, tho engine and firemen being all draw 



by horses. None but firemen are allowed to ut 



company ibe engine, or to save the furniture of th 



burning bouse. In case any one, who is not 



member of a company, should venture to save an 



furniture, he would be regarded ns n thief. Th 



fnemen are all duly sworn, and must be hontet 



men. If any one of them is convicted of any 



or dishonesty, bo is excluded from the privileges 



or a fireman. And thus it happi 



arises and is n/icnelied bel'me imy 



it. These particulars 1 learned 



mine, who is himself a fireman, nnd who expatiated 



on the advantages of such a system. There is but 



one Hung which would look ruther ridiculous loan | 



American fireman— and so it seemed to mo, though I 



of about two doioti men should comfortably sil on 

 the engine and take an easy ride, instead of taking 

 hold of the engine themselves, and hasten to the 

 flrc. As in many other things, so in this respeet 

 also, our Americans are more practical, and "go- 

 ahead ;" for, one afternoon, as I saw these engines 

 running to afire, they did not go half as fast as 

 our engines, not" ilhulanding the former arc drawn 

 by horses, — and no wonder, for how can two 

 horses carry at full speed a heavy engine wilb a 

 load of two doren fir emeu r Some of the engines I 

 noticed carried with them a large, stout barrel on 

 a little wagon attached behind the engine. — 

 This I at first supposed lo bo filled with powder lo 

 be used in case a buildints needs lo be blown up.— 



i; LUiriQgi I ffW lold that il was only filled 



with water, which is used in case some time elap- 

 ses before the hose is atlached to the "fire-wells" 

 ■ die ■treats. 

 It thus happens that while with us "speed" is 

 Ihsflrsl M'.pnsiie— */>"*/ in acting, tpttd iu travel- 

 tug, tpetA iu everything — pre<nti<m and ttwti&m 

 cluwaeleriie. in lioilin, and in Germany generally 



ondBttekiag and avory omajgemont, Thh 

 [Unstrkted by ihc Qoxnun radroads.- 

 If a romt ,* bmll. there is no basic ; but every incl 

 of ground w carefully laid out, and every creek 

 apnnucd bj a *i.mt bridge, and should the least 

 irregular, it u found in any structure, i 

 built over agam. Thus an accident like thai dis- 

 astrous one whkh hnppencd last spring on the 

 Central rood, near Ulica, in here a physical impos- 

 sibility. Besid e s, Hhto the load ,s luiiy built, the 

 f,ut<4 train ne*er runt more than fifl miles U 

 boor, while the ordinary speed is only about U 

 BagUsb miles. And. more tlma all, watchmen are 

 continually stationed all along the rood, who fol- 

 low every traiu to the neit « alcli-ho u *e— aud par- 

 ticularly at every eTQSSfugj H hi re, on ibo aup. 



gage,) and there heard the first Austrian music 

 enlivening tho supper-table. About 'J P, M., we 

 aiai led and traversed through tho Moravian Ter- 

 ritory, of tho beauty of the scenery of which 1 can- 

 not give you n description, it having been a very 

 dark night. At lust, on the morning of tho 23d 

 July, my heart beat high as I noticed the blue 

 hills of the Carpathian range looming np in the 

 distance, and why V— because there, beyond that 

 rauge, lies the suutiy laud of Hungary, that play- 

 ed so great a part in the memorable year of '48, 

 that fought so valiantly for the precious birthright 

 of man, till treachery alone snatched it from 

 already firm grasp. Add lo tlm the feelings 

 which must needs spontaneously apriug up iu 

 heart of him, who, after a lapse of full ten ye 

 (ifeu Ins original fatherland, and longs to embi 

 ouce more the dear relatives it still contains; 

 you need no longer wonder that my pulse beat 

 with a quickened Ibrob at the sight of those Ct 

 pathian Mountains. 



On we sped through the very fruitful fields of 



Mnrchtield, where, in 1260, King Ottocab, of Bo 



hernia, defeated the Hungarians, while he himself 



wards slain in a battle by KuDOLrn, of 



'. The scenery was most picturesque — 



d hills in various foniiB gradually came 



ill at Inst we hurried through the tunnel, 



(1,800 feet iu length,) and before ns lay I'resburg, 



(the former capilal of Hungary,) charmingly situ- 



tbc Dauube.atthe foot of the Minor Car- 



s. Here wo stopped for breakfast, and for 



the first lime heard tho lively airs of Hungarian 



v hours more, and I was in the arms of my 

 brother, in the city which stands at the 

 head of this letter. Gran (in Hungarian E tiUr- 

 gom, from the Latin Slrigonium,) oontaina only 

 1.1,000 inhabitants, but is celebrated as being tho 

 birth-place and residence of St. BxsPttKM, (A. D. 

 1000,; the first Chrhtian King oi Hungary. Gran, 

 on this account, is still the chief resideuce of the 

 Clergy, aud numbers among its edifices the palace 

 of the Hungarian primate, uud a magnificient 

 church, built ofler the model of St. Peter's iu 

 Home, a description of which I will give you 







iy aggravated by bad Irentmcnt. Avoid irrita- 

 ting food, dunks, and medicines, and give only 

 mild diluent drinks, of which, slippery elm is the 

 very beat, being both food and medicine. Never 

 cathartics, even the most mild, in Scarlet 

 Fever.or in any e i ■■<■ wln-n the tongue isredor has 

 small bright points of a scarlet color, like miniature 

 berries, on the point and along the edges.— 

 Scarlet and Erysipelatous Fevers are always pre- 

 ceded aud accompanied by this appearance of the 

 tongue; and by this it may be known when 

 cathartics and irritants should be avoided, and the 

 nitrate of silver alone administered. 



These ore called Eruptive diseases— that ifl, af- 

 ter several days of fever, and various painful symp- 

 toms, usually attended by soreness of the throal, 

 nn eruption, more or less accompanied with red 

 dling, appears upon the ski 



the < 



s of a I 





and t 



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,l,fv, ) 



IX 



■ taught m 

 b unpretending v 



i described as pe- 



the excellence and 

 ce of Lite purest and 

 cordially com 



i Hil.llcnl, Ulr- 

 Butfci Osbos 



tend at 



SlUUN TUBKI 



AMERICA IK THJE OLD WORLD. 



the watchman barricades ihe rood. The 

 have no bolls; but whenever it is 

 Dl ihc approach of o>loeo- 

 mtchman rings a boll attached to a 

 post. The depots are generally out of the city, 

 ■ IhrQUgfa the latter; ami 

 ■ 

 lUvmg thus described the precautionary ' 



urea Ukcn to prevent accidents, I 

 once for all, desoribo the mode oft 



-~\ — — 



jgthe-treetsofEuropea 

 iup « iudows, "America 

 in Sewing Machine*;" i 



ndvanced stages, Its beginning is in the lining 

 membrane of Ihe throat, stomach, and bowels, and 

 its presence or threatened attack, may always be 

 known hy the above described appearance of the 

 tongue, This lining membrane is known by seve- 

 ral names. It is called the nervous, (because il is 

 abundantly supplied with nerves,) the mucous, 

 (because its surface is iu health always moist with 

 mucous,) nnd the villous (because it is shaggy,) 

 coal or membrane. It is merely a continuation of 

 skin which covers the body, "reflected," or 

 ied In at the lips and nostrils, and lining ull 

 cavitteaof the body which have an outward 



opening. 





lar to the 



, and th \- 



Inch sympathizes closely w 

 accounts for the eruptive stage of the disease, when 

 it is suffered to run its course. 



But this treatise on anatomy aud physiology is 

 long enough for present purposes, — and whal I 

 ask or the readers of the Rural is, when the 

 scarlet fever visits your vicinity, or you have rea- 

 son tofenr that it will, "throw physic to the dogs" 

 or the doctors, go to an honest and careful drug- 

 gist, ask him to give you nn ounce vial — to cover 

 it with n piece of gummed paper, so as to exclude 

 the light, (for exposure lo the light will after 

 time decompose and destroy the value of tl 

 medicine,) to put into it ten grains of 



Tell I 



idon 



eofti 



" iu the bookstorei he will 

 ,, Wetbfirell, PrSSCOtt, Karnes and 

 > bookstands, D wight, Williams, 

 ne, Spring; further on be passes 

 Photograph Gallery." Henry Rus- 

 sell draws crowds to hear him sing obout " Life in 

 On the hustings, Lord I'almerston tells 

 something borrowed from the Americans, In the 

 churches, Dr. Guthrie extols the American edu- 

 .iLtioiinl KVsvtem. At a meeting for the Irish mis- 

 sions. Professor Miller and Dr. Cooke tell how the 

 Irish flock over to America and learn independence 

 Co to a Missionary meeting, and Dr. Andrew 

 Thompson eulogizes the American Missionaries, 

 Elliot, Brahwd and Grant. Go to a Temperance 

 meeting and yon will be sure to hear of ihe Maine 

 law. Colo ihe Fiee Chut eh General Assembly, and 

 well, j you hear them speaking of the American Missions 

 cling by rail- 1 in Turkey, or of the graat American revival. Go 



any other metal, but pure nit 

 the vial with rain water, nnd j 

 a remedy, which, if given wit 

 anco of the above directions ii 

 of the disease, will, I belie 



■ of ! 



till 



ID are armed will, 

 a careful observ 

 the earlier stage; 

 rfail to check 



skill. Thtsbooklslnvaluab 



and particularly sn to Bible Class 



iool Superintendents. Indee 



A. majority of llnse hniei 

 ort't Ih-iti'hllevicKP.Fra 

 n Ifi^crupliiral and Sclent 



r Schools," nro a, 

 g ncqaalnlcd w-ll 

 ill be grslided • 



) previous efforts 

 nerving ihi 



redrupei! ; 



ground mani mi 

 owe from a pi 

 Water will not i 

 Tho urtesiau we 

 could Dot be if there wns'ni 

 the snrlhoe-vrnter and the 

 boring has penetrated. 



The springs and ponds 

 phed in the same way^ The 



side of Ml. Wi 



i the level of its bond. 



([UilOlltV, 



shirwton, in the.S YV. p.nt ol M:.. 

 saohusetts, is a pond, m miiiiII hike, iu a valley 

 undred feet below the summit. A stream 

 flows from it much of the year, but varying in 

 "lb the fall of rain and melted snow; 

 stream is very small. Many othurs 

 lr situation, and pie-eut similar facta. 

 Hon ict lines ponds or hikes have springs at ihoir 

 bottom, aud at some di-tiince fruiu the shore, by 

 which much water is emptied into them from tho 

 adjacent strata of rocks. 



The earth is watered very unequally, 



latitudes, and some deserts 

 of rain. Such exist on different cor 

 and ubout which the currents of the 

 and winds bring no clouds to deposit 



,le-lil 



iitinosphi 

 Uiinl<iiH.'-!i 



Inch i 



i|(Un,lllo'-, 



ilais would till col 

 of which will recur to the Inquirer, 

 of springs 



The pa. 



fresh, because they i 

 the land, which I 



wn freah water. Even evupora- 



]>■■ n. fhwue — one o 



i Meihodlst Episcopal Obnrch, lo 

 i-ssuT on Hie subject of Systematic 

 the most important tliemcsfor con- 

 n-! ■hi. at the pBBMffll lime. Among 



, almost immediately. I have myself tried 

 it in a great number of cases, and never yet know 

 it to fail, and a friend to whom I recommended its 

 use remarked, " it killed the disease" on trial in 

 two cases in hi> fatnilj 



Now I am not communicating this for Ihe in- 

 struction of my medical brethren, although I have 

 no objection to their profiting by it if ihcy will, or 

 even to their criticising it to their heart's content. 

 But I write "pro bono publico," and after long con- 

 viction that it is my duty to do so, and after hhving 

 been often reminded of that duty by paragraphs in 

 the Bubal nnd other papers, chronicling the death 

 ..f whole families — sometimes of fi or 7 children 

 in a few days, or weeks— by this terrible scourge 

 It is indeed a dreadful disease among the lambs of 

 our households, and often have I heai d phj I 

 in their impotence, depress their dread of i' 

 call it '• a horrible disease," and " worse thl 



|„. |,L-lit and 



.,,„..^0tTvn;po7=,.''iri»VndcMta.1.»do"of» 

 sre0 l rock, or It. ft. d«pill of . «o.K...cred nil*, ; 

 „d It i. »o with . Cbri.ti.n- Too »on of pro,- 

 pori.j wither, our jo,-.. «"•' =b»l!" «" P«» 



leaves into the sickh eolors ol autumn. Adversity 

 i, like the w.nter. which prepares the ground for 

 the reception of the seed, and for the rich and 

 glowing luxuriance of spring-time. 



i, which are of limited < 



lible. Yet, on Ihe whole, the sail ii 

 the 110:111 nnd left iberc n> the great 1 

 which next appears as clouds. It 

 known In need more than an alios 



fn'/w/'iy/.o't'le. -",'.,' "''.vViiie'.s' 1 " 



the Salt la * of I The i£*ditm 



he.^M-r'.-o'll wilier 1I.-U iioj'out ut ll 



>;<l,rti!/.r iitlu ihe Atl-inti.; a* is * 

 hulls of vessels, sunk 111 the Itojf 

 being thrown upon t 





r middle and 



retired or rather ""■' "" ^ have been raised 

 upward- The ureal l.iik-« " el e, in all probability, 

 ,,'lt wale, uu'cs ug-> A ,- "'^ bote an outlet, and 

 receive streams ll1 ,lt '"' 1 " " ,tr . iheir salines* baa 

 disai.pe.ue.1 L* it. fir How into the ocean. Il Luko 



Ontjri. ■ 



Loloth- 



made into ink 1 



r s which flow i 



„ i all the ink to 



irked by Dr. S. L. Mitchell, of New York. 

 a that the salt waters of the o 



h, and thus 1 

 lurface, formed a 

 mg ago given np for a 

 No experiment in lillenng salt 1 



