The sun., 1891-02-08

he expedition under the Leadership Of the brstbsrs
Groom. .0shimAyio which Was fitted out NJ b. Psters
borg three for the exploration OF Turksstan
on Jan passed through uroon.Ada on Its way
homsward has been vsry succsssu In its work for
the last II has explored the northern slopes
OF the mountain Of Thisn shan. the distric OF
Turfsn and khamh the mountainous REGIONS between
Tasin and sohak.Nor and the districts Of kausu and
koko Nor The terminal point Of It's march inward
the yellow DESERT" was the rivuist NG,r Zheik. an
aux OF the Rreas Hoans Ho. Besides maps chats and
photographic views OF the regions II has explored.
In which has suoosedsd In nxinG forty astronomical
ponss u carries with It an Immense number OF spee
mems Of the biology. fauna and nora OF furkssan
IL has i23o specimens OF rare brds. 2ao large and
medium ssed mAmmais, about 500 nshss and other
vsrtebre, and iess than 30 OO spsemsna OF reptiles
and iusech All thsss will be deposited 10 the Academy
OF soisnes At 81 Petersburg The expedition has trav.
sisd distance OF 1900 verse In Turksstan. e.uoo
versts Of which had not been explored before.
Besides the great works OF irrigation carried In the
caucasua the ministry OF imperial property have
adopted pan to provide wafer in other parts OF
the empire. That plan embraces an area OF 20o10o0
dssyatins OF land IN the governments Of Samar sar
atov. and Astrachan 1900 Uoo desyatins IN the Kali
muck stsppss and about sooUo desyatlns In the
srnmsnt Of Voronefh and other points The entire
10 to be done 10 ten years. and 800 900 roubes
year has been Appropriated for the purposa This
tensve plan OF irrigation the result Of sig or seven
years. prospecting by . commission OF engineers ap-
pointed by the ministry
new hsS or will be built at Cronstadt for the for.
eiGn lumber trade.
The "courand Society OF Literature and scisnoo" Of
Riga has elected ~ honorary members two German
professors OF renown sohrrsn and Grefeniagsn. Hut
the men thus honorsd. natives OF Couriaud. some.
time ago published sssays which the Russian Govern.
ment did not favor The election therefore, WAS re-
Rardsd by tho Pan slavonio pres a. an anti Russian
demonstration. On Dec 10 the Governor Of courland
summoned the Board Of the society to appear before
hlm' he gave them strong rsprimand cancelled their
action and forbade them taking in the matter
under the psualty OF "admnistratlvs discipline"
me imperial cabinet has resolved 70 put the armies
OF all the vassal provinces OF central Asia under
Russian military drill y used At present In the
armies Of the Afghan Persian Tatar and other prov
inesA and under the command Of Russian officers they
will form strong opposition against the military
forces Of Bokhsra, China and other Asian powsrA
Ths forsstsrs commission Of tho ministry Of imps-
rial property recommends the drainage OF 6oOonU
dssyatins Of land In the Polsssya district and ~ Ooo
in the OF TchsrniRov The canals to be dug
for the purpose will BE- lSOoo vsrsts In length The
Government has Appropriated roubos for the
work. which 10 to b accomplished In ten yearA
fhs lace factories Of Kursk and 0rov rsosivins
more orders from France than they can nlL AZ the
late exhibition In Paris the Russian lace bought
with avdty BY the French lAdisa Since then that lace
has become fashionable throughout Franco The Rus
sian lace manufacturer indulge In the hope that
the demand for their ware will steadily increase; they
accordingly enlarge their workshopA and engage a.
many laoorsEs - they can get.
Asrsat aquarium with sfaeil,sss for ich,hyologicl
studiss will soon be opened at Kharkov and to It
park wilt be attached for tho of all
kinds Of domestic animals. birdA and exotic panta
The institution 10 10 bs maintained by private contrL
butiouA . sufhcisnt number Of which have already
been secured 70 suAfausss It's establishments
In Kolomns. town near Moscow, under the church
Of Michael the Archanssl" 10 = cave exactly like
the one which b shown in Bethlehem as the place
whore Christ was born That built at the In.
stance Of Alexander l.. who appointed special com.
mission Of architects and scuptors mako an sxsc:
copy Of the original place At Bethlehem since
built the ground has sunk several feet and the
vAitor has to descend small Night Of stairs reach it
But thseinterior 10 not impaired The walls leading to
the central point lined with various saints
and lighted with numerous iampa In the centre
10 OF white marble with silver star above
Il bearing the inscription: Hic dc vrgns Maria
christus natus est" An altar 10 placed on that
semcirce with marble statues OF the Apostles around
It In the 10 . cavity In the rock indicating
the place whore the STOOD AMI In bold relief
around II are the images Of the "wiss men from the
East who came to do homage TO the newborn Saviour.
The Vkdmosn Of Moscow regards with great apprs-
hension the steady tnorssss OF the Roumanau army
and navy. That little Kingdom spent last year A.
UU.ooo francs on IL military force It has restored
several fortressss In important strategic points and
ADDED nVs war vessels TO Its nset The conjecture s
maze tnst u war breaks out Roumania which 10 ruled
oy German prince, prepared TO put force Of about
Soo'ooo war7ors IN the ne'd ssainss Russia
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The editor Of sbr,ktv vsutc Of fomsk was indieted
for ibelious insult BY Justice Ivanon Of that c,v Tho
paper charaotsr.nR the conduct Of ,bst
Justice on tho bench con its remarta With ha
phrase otemporu m,rssr, In tbs ar,ics of indict
mont particular stress was laid upon that rrench az
preston which according to the wisdom Of the nlsIn
tin contained beous insinuato of tia ds,p.,r DIV.
The jury however thought differently Of III. .ubi.ct
and prououncs cd tho editor mot ruityr
The Nun,eipsl Council of Xiv h.. sn.c,.a . r,.r ,o-
,h. .ar,,n,.,.. to-. ,,.u ~. So.