The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-09

The Senate has been proceeding cautiously
since the Forty-sixth Congress was summoned
in extra session. az IL unwilling 20 waste brain
power on bills which. through an early adjourn
mcnt. might never be taken up In the House at
ALL Nevertheless. one bill, s. 55, seemed so I'M
usually worthy. that last week the Senate made
an exception in its favor. and passed IL. This
bill read as follows
re Secretary o. the rres.gryb he and hsteeyi
OF such steam vcsi and rsfrieerStng machine ar ma
chimes or TO arrange with the Navy Department. Tor the
tona Board Of Health 10 disnfect vessels and cargoes
other contagious disease the construction ri the same
such construction shall be recomme nd by sad Board
bureau OF Steam Engineering u tho Navy who NAV. at
by the secretary Of he SaSy for hat parpo % and or
ne pnrPo-c Of such pa.ehse or eon.irneuon The sum Of
Immediately available Is hereby appropr out Of any
moneys In the Treasury not otherwise appropriated"
And now 1t is recalled that the United States
steamer Plymouth. at Portsmouth,. N. H.. on
which the yellow fever recently broke out, win
tered in the cold harbor OF Boston. II. after
passing such season in such n latitude. yell
low Jack triumphs over Jack Frost, reliance on
the 100000 refrigerator must DO somewhat
shaky Even Ancient Mariner THOMPSON says
tho conduct Of tho Plymouth does not inspire
him with confidence In freezing out the yell
low fever by refrigeratng ship. But the
friends OF the refrigerator argue that nature Ia
not success in such scientific matters. and that
artificial streams Of cold mir conveyed into the
hold would have been more effective.
Is 1t really impossible for the wrangllng
clerical counsel over In Brooklyn to get through
day without accusing soma brother Of stab
bing some other bro,her' Suppose they tryl
The Russians and Turks were recently
killing each other by order Of the Gar aud tho
Sultan; but II appears that Russians and Turks
may, under certain circumstances. be the best
OF friends Not Ing ago. there was great
lamentaton in a village near ST. Petersburg
over the departure OF a body Of one thousand
Turks who had been kept there as pris-
oners OF war. The Turkish officers. who
had an allowance OF thirty roubles a month
from the Russian treasury. dwet In tho
houses OF the villagers. and the prvates.
who were allowed two roubles a month. lived in
the barracks and ate iIom common kettles.
These Turks we're dressed in tho Russian uni
form. their own clothes having been burned on
account OF the fear Of contagion. Tho officers
were accom- plished and polite, and the prvates
who were remarkably stalwart and handsome,
were noted for their kindness. joviality help
fulness and peaceable disposition. They were
constantly busy; they sawed wood they made
pretty baskets and for working in the brick
yards they received forty copeks a day. Many
of them learned to speak the Russian Ian
guage, which tho Russian soldiers were
very fond OF teaching them. and at night the
barracks were tho liveiest Of schools. Month
after month the villagers lived more happily
with their captured guests. who freely dis
hursed their pay and hospitality prevailed ns
never before in the village. When at last the
Turkish prisoners had to return to their own
country, there WIS a grand farewell spectacle
with lamentations on both sides. Tho Turkish
foe had been fairly turned into tho Russians
friend.
The st. Petersburg papers have had accounts
OF smilar scenes in other parts OF Russia. In
kaluga the Turkish prisoners. in token Of their
gratitude for Russian hospitality got up an en-
tcrtainmont the profits Of which were given to
the widows and orphans OF Russian soldiers
killed In tho war upon Turkey. 1t would
appear from such incidents that the ancient
enmity OF the Christian Russian toward tho
Mohammedan Turk can easily be- modified AMI
might be turned into a friendship which would
greatly aid in the humane adjustment OF Turko-
Russian questions.