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from abroad, chiefly America. But the prices of the victuals are so 

 horrible, that people of moderate income cannot continue bjgring 

 them. The desolate state of the Mark-Valuta draws the ill ghost of 

 want and famine near again. The workmen help themselves by strikes, 

 but the consequence of this race is the contrary of sinking prices. 

 The wages for rough work are already awfully high. A miserable gang 

 of people have thriven well in the bloody atmosphere of these years, 

 the cheats who filled their pockets by usurious profit, especially 

 in victuals. These fellows earned millions in short time and can en- 

 joy life at highest rate, while so many ideal workers of peace see 

 their savings, thought as a help for age, vanish more and more. 

 The dreadful taxes and confiscate ions we look to, unless worse matters 

 give us very ill prospects. As to my case I am planning after having 

 accomplished the matter for Harvard satisfactorily and, as evident, 

 no farther orders exist from there, to establish, as soon as time 

 has cleared up, some work of models of invertebrate Zoology. I doubt- 

 lessly must work and I don't think of course of this our empfivefc- 

 ished country, where science and art will be the poorest proletarians 

 of future. But I think the peoples will natually approach again 4 

 sometime if the fires burnt out and a better future will sprout from 

 the ashes. Man proposes, God disposes. The only trouble is that we 

 get old with it. Winter came very early this year, by end of October 

 with such lots of snow, that we were literally buried by it. Trees 

 of a foot in diameter were broken down as they yet had the full 

 leaves. How we shall have the first Christmas in pe.ce again. It will 



be near when this letter reaches you and we all unite in sending to 

 yourself, MTs.Ooodale and your whole family kindest greetings and 

 compliments of the season andbest wishes for the coming new year. 



Very sincerely yours 



Rudolf Blasohka. 

 P.S. 1 am sorry for Dr. Jenkins he could not see his second home 

 again. He was a noble character and I shall never forget his friend- 

 liness. 



