Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-09

Russia claims to possess the oldest sol dier in the world in Colonel Gritzenko of Pottawa, near Odessa, who, on February 7, celebrated his one hundred and seven teenth birthday. Entering the service in 17S9, over one hundred years ago, he re- received from the hands of the Empress Catherine, after the taking of Ismail, where he was serving under Souwarof, the mili- tary gold medal. This bears the inscrip- tion: s'For exceptional bravery at the as- sault of Ismail, Dec. II, 1789."
 If names would carry the bond invest ment companies of Massachusetts they | would go. Among them are the Order of | Cosmos, the Order of Hercules, the Order of Bethlehem Star, the Order of Gates | Ajar, the Order of the Golden Lion, the Order of Golden Fleece, the Order of Golden Chain, the Order of Golden Oppor- 1 tunity, tho Order of Iron Safe, the Order of the MayHower, the Order of the Rising Sun, or to the Order of the Wonder of the World.
 | A novel entertainment has been devised for the entertainment of dinner guests, the serving of salad grown under the eyes of the guests who partake of it. The secret of performing this magic feat lies in soak, ing good germinating lettuce seeds in al- cohol for about six hours, and sowing ii in an equal mixture of unslacked lime and rich soil. After the soup has beer served sprinkle the seeds with lukewarn water and they will sprout immediately the lettuce growing to about the size O. hazel nuts before the time for serving thu salad arrives.
 The workingmrn of Spain have lont complained of the practical disappearance of their weekly day of rest The new lav proposed by Csnovas makes all Sunda.
 work illegal for persons under tho age O
 IS; establishes the legal presumption il
 favor of day of weekly rest in all con
 tracts for labor where the contrary is no
 expressly set down; directs local authori
 ties to enforce agreements entered into be
 tween employers and labor unions touch
 ing rest on Sunday, and orders the observ
 ance of that day as one of rest in all tn
 public establishments of the national gov
 ernment, and in those of the provinces an
 municipalities. Exceptions are made i
 favor of certain industries which for tect nical or natural reasons do not admit (
 suspension, as also in the case of occups
 tions ministering to daily necessities. Br
 in all such instances application for pc
 mission to work on Sunday must be mad ', to proper authorities.
 IIoo The average negro, says Chief of Poli'
 Speers, of Kansas City, "makes far be 2, ter witness than the average white persol Y except in cases where a fellow man ( & color is on trial for stealing from a whi
 man. The negro believes that e crime s, this kind is no crime at all. The whi
 man he considers his lawful prey. B' O. let serious crime be committed-a mu Ia <. der, daring robbery or an outrage-ar
 the negro who learns anything of it ir }, parts his knowledge to the authoriti '" with alacrity. And in an event of tn
 kind, even though the criminal be b |. dearest friend, or even a relative, he W A' not be spared. In fact, negro will te - tify against one of his own race, if
 be guilty of murder or outrage, with mo ,A freedom than would white man und ! similar circumstances. So true is tt
 that we frequently get most of our knov
 edge about the more serious crimes th
 are committed through negroes calling
 the station and telling ns what they kn' , about them. :"