The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-06
ToLsro1 AND roURGENrErF.

Good eating and excellent dishes are not
confiued to Franco aloe, because a true ar
tistic chef will go TO the North Pole or the
quator to give the natives the benefit of
his skill. | cannot tell so much about the
cooking of the peasantry. They are fond
of black bread and cabbage soup, and I sup
pose know how to make the latter to per
lection. Servants are chiefly FIups or
Polish in st. Petersburg. They all nave to
obtain passports and renew them regularly
when necessary Even the servants | en-
ployed had to have their passports Every
person in the emnire is kept under police
surveillance, and you cannot go from one
city to another without passport 1t is no
trouble, although it seems 50 to Americans
who are used to coming and going whenever
they choose. These passports do not give a
minute description or a person. but merely
a general one, 50 the police will have some
clue. But the annoyance and embarrasS-
ment that might be expected TO result from
such a system are oIncons4Quential that no
objection is made to It. Many people living
in a republic are apt to suppose that Ii 70 in
an absolute monarchy is hardly worth en-
during; that the pursuit Of happiness is a
mccksry, and that the people are ground
down SO that they have a detected sad air
about them. This is a mistake. There is
tho same incentive TO prosper and succeed
IL life there as here. The laws of the en-
Of their rights. OF course the emperor is
at the head Of the law courts, aud his will
is law. He is the final judge. In St
Petersburg the people enjoy life in a gay
and elevating manner ike the ParisiRns.
Londoners aud New Workers. Their social
pleasures keep them tusy, and the opera,
the play and other places of amusement are
well patronized. During the winter St.
Petersburg is not frozen city as many
IN ad m
me. cannot say when the thermometer
registered ten below zero. | presume il
mas often, but the cold was so dry l never
felt it. There are no Fahrenheit Their
mometers ia the Russian capital, the other
kind being usel. OF course the Inhabitants
wear heavy furs in winter"
Are the Russians very orthodox
They all belong 10 the Greek church, or
the Russian Greek church properly No
other churches are permitted to flourish.
There is no missionary work allowed
whatever If any Of our christian churches
should send missionary TO Russia TO evan
ge.ize among the people. he would be es-
corted out o. the country, if he did not
quickly cease to work The great white Tsar
Is AZ the head of the Greek church in kus-
STA. lie is the patriarch Of patriarchs, and
settles.all disputes or questions OF orthodoxy.
The Greek church IN Greece and other
southern European countries is governed
entirely by patrisrchs, twelve in number,
believe. They do not acknowledge the
Tsar ms the head patriarch. The way the
Tsar came to be head patriarch OF the church
in Russia was owing to Peter the Greats
far-sightedneSs. When he was emperor the
head patriarch Of the church died, aud he
simply never appointed successor, but
proceeded to proclaim then himself head
patriarch The people had nothing to do
but accept him, and since his day every EN-
peror has had to act as head patriarch Of
the church. IL practically made the Tsar
the church, and as he is the state, there
never is a conflict between the two. Some
of the rules Of the churcI are strict, II a
priest Of the church should visit England
aud conclude TO quit the church he would
never be permitted to put foot on Russian
soil again They do not permit their priests
- apostatiSe and then enjoy the climate of
Russia. There Is great deal of ceremony
20 the church
lis Russia advancing in literature
YES, and she has some very original fic-
ton writers. Russia is very proud Of the
literary fame Of some of her writers and
poets. Taey are proud OF their poets and
try to encourage them. Tostoi, the novel
Isl, is read more in America than he is in
Russia. Some OF his books, think, have
been condemned by tie censor, and not
permitted 20 be sold. W hen Russian
writer does become fam lus, he Is just as
widely known in America as in his native
country, and frequently more so. Tour