The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-19
RUSSIAN NEWS AND 1EnA

hUSbIAN News AND HAhWA
In the middle the sixteenth century Queen Bona q
Poland imported various kinds OF medicinal plants
from Italy and had them acciim affixed In PodoA frem
that part Of Poland their cultivation spread through
outths region now known ~ southern Russia Bus
farming Of the medicinal plants was soon abaa-
doned in Russia A. present there forty eight sps
cies growing wild in that region They have lost ths
curative virsusa but their italian origin still Pre-.
served in the names By which they known In the
Russian tongue Anew year. ago some farmers In the
Government Of Khafkov again began TO cultivate then.
Their efforts proved % rsmunsraNvs that many other
farmers followed their example Now the cultivatisa
10 carried in four districts of that Government ana
Yields GOOD profit 10 the plantsra Large quantities 81
aniss seed are sold In foreign couutrisa yisldino
clear pronts Of " to 80 rublss per dssyatin-
Afs IN warsaw 10 unusually quiet A. this tine q
year. the Of the wool market ana the he
city Gen orally full Of straAss that there MOI
room enough In the hotels to accommodate them This
year the hotels empty and the race tracks almoss
deserted Many jews driven out Of Moscow have come
to warsaw but few OF them remain In the cisyi they
for foreign iands Nor their brother resi-
dents Of the city carrying business with shs same
vim heretofore They are hardly seen In the the
atrsA the tracka in any place OF amusement
AID the marks they appear subdusd ana casIy
their business with great reserve FoVoys vrsssea
believes that they Intended 80 avsnss on Warsaw ne
Ills which their brethren suffer In other parts q sAo
empire"
me oovsrnmsnt authorities Of Dakso ere s1pSrin0
the Jews from shat city very snsrsstiealy. HaJswA
found whose isEitimatsn papers are In any way deess
full prokhodno0e Tan order TO pas on) inmsdiatsn
attached 70 his passport and he 10 obliged 70 leave NE
place within thirty daya Many wealthy Jewish ROD
dents Of BAkoo sell their properties and leave the place
Of their own accord and many small traders whs wsul4
bs ruined By expulsion embrace Chrhuaniy - get the
privilege to stay.
Attic French exhibition MOSCOW there b vsfae
md - n ~ I'M AN
nes and selling them not OF the type Of Hrsneh
beauty which the Russians admirs they losk IKE
"csmmon Finnish peasant women, only their arms are
Of beautiful shapa" The managers Of the sxhibtsa
asked whether they could not ret any oemsiss
was makers for the occasion, and their answer vast
I'VE purpossy .slsotsd the homsiest women fer this
stand which promised 70 become Of the most pepu-
lar In the exhibition A. the Franco Russian symDs.
thiss strong We were afraid that We broushe
pretty was makers here they would b abducted and
would be put 70 the trouble Of getting haAAs ~
replace them. with the homsly women We nssd ~
anticipate such trouble"
Rich layers Of silver have been dtsc0vsfoA - -
NsdvsIhiy Island in the White Sea- The Minister =
Imperial Property has therefore ssusd sedss tAas
the whole territory Of the Inland should b placed II
the category Of Government propertiea which cannot
under any confederation pass into the poss esson e
private parties Mines will be sunk on the island dug.
ing this summer. % that BY next spring everything
should b in order for the regular exploitation Of Tie
mineral wealth
Reports ali parts Of rns country forstsu
this than Russia has had for In
the southern provinces late frosts have spelled the
winter and scarcity Of rain and unusually Ia1ch
ing heat stuntsd the spring crops In the mere
northsriy provinces hail storms and unssasooable
weather have Destroyed all hopes for good CROP me
price Of grain 10 rising alarming extent The
rious communal assemblies semstsd, holding special
meetings 70 devise means 70 provide brsaA for the
psasantry. and assa the governments with petitions -
sharn ,hstAl Rn,s haS-A ~wt.
fortunate Circumstance u that the crop Of frsit
psciay bsrrisA applea and peara u abundant n the
Crnsa and adjacent govsrnmsntS and this wards -
famine for the present.
In the hygsnio cabinet Of the UnivsssiU e Kasaa
samples have been collected Of the "hunssr bread"
upon which the Lived in various psss Of the
empire Sosntho analysis has shown that that bread
- made Of forty pounds OF nsur with the admir-
Of nvs to pounds Of nour soft boiled 20
atoea The peasants prefer the admxturs Of potatoes
because It makes the bread lighter and sivss II .
winter appearance but such bread moulds the faster
and develops tanno aoid sooner than the broad
pared with rye nsur In each case, however. the
hunger bread" contains beside tannio asi6 rssAo1s
substances which either indisesbls highly IN
3urouA Such bread has not been used b Russia since
1870. whom there was famine In the 0ovsrnmsnte e
Toola The Medical Council Of that Government at the
time epinsd that the bread not Injurious aad
| that the psassns should net b prohibited fzsn
| eating Il
Vlddomosn Of Xssoow 10 informed By ~ sesrsopo0A
snt ct Constantinople that Protsstant1sm vsry
esssful in Macedonia and Albania me msion sohsss
dourishtue and the Protestant churches are veil
attended. ~The msddlssoms Jews have hand in th1
prspasanda since the late and the present American
Ministers mt the Turkish court who are both JsvA
their influence with the fsrts to further the
Of the Protestant missons Not only the Russian PEG.
pie but the orthodox (0rssk. CatAelo) faith.
seems to be destined 70 suffer At the hands Of the
Jews There 10 hardly country In the vosad where
the orthodox faith has more right OF propa-
eandA to the exclusion Of al ether Christian
denominations than Macedonia and Albania" The
psper therefore insists that the Russian 0ovsrnNsns
take steps TO diseountenaucs the "Jswish schemes"
in CsarGrad (Constantnopls 10 called the City Of Tie
Gear BY the orthodox bssvsrsl For the present the
Holy Synod should have the power and the means
establish missions In opposition to those Of the Prot
sstant Churches in ancient Byxanuum 'shs cradle q
the orthodox faith"
The Agricultural Department Of the Ministry q n
psrial Property has this planted poppy sssd n
various ponts in Caucasia. experiment for the
culture Of opium In that region II the experiment
proves sueessful the culture of opium will b formally
introduced next year and suergstiealy promoted n
the disrx1cu suitable for the purpose
ne cossaet fsshksv who attracted esnsrsl notsss
BY long journey his little horse from Csu-
81 Petersburg. outdons By otnesr Of he
Fifth Regiment Of Rinsmsp urehsyo, Ivan Lvsviteh
Bakhmuton. who arrived on June 20 In Moscow from
Vladivostok having travelled all the way on foot The
distance 10 l0Jo verstA snd took him year aAd
sixteen days make IT, He had - pass through the
wds Of Siberia and time he spent forty daysia
succession In the prares In rain and stormA He
nineteen pairs Of shoes his long walk. and TED
mostly crackers, getting piece Of meat very esk
dom, only whom he large city He lost mtg.
eight pounds In weight during his toilsons journey.
vldSossosu Of g. PstsrsburG started the runner sAaa
the Ministry OF Finance would the houss Of RotAs
child having refused the new loan which the Rps
sian Government intended to make in shs fsrsisa
market The paper u anxious to have the 0evsrnmsas
counscsts the naphtha springs which the Rothsohnds
In CaucasiA and believes Russia fully e.
titled TO do 30.
curious case has been before the Of oanarA
The dsoaysd remains of woman were discovered ID
the vogs. On Investigation II found that II he
body OF . woman who about four year, ago bad bssa
drowned in the volxa In Of nebrsty but tahsa
RdYen 4 ChIiatan burial lY har ohildrsn In n