A package of letters for New York from Nicolayevsk I enveloped in canvas, by advice of Russian friends, and it went through unharmed.
[Illustration: SCENES ON THE AMOOR.] The post wagons are changed at every station, and the mail while being transferred is not handled with care.

Frail articles must be boxed so that no tossing will injure them.

My lady friend told me of a bride who ordered her trousseau from St.Petersburg and prepared for a magnificent wedding.

The precious property arrived forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the ceremony.

Moving accidents by flood and field had occurred.