The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-22

Sixteen thousand cases OF butter. weighing in all 500
tons. were shipped from Melbourne for London last
ws.k.
rennyson'. play. "~Becket." is to he produced by
Henry Irving at the Lyceam Theatre. Londo on. on tho
9th VI he II month.
Tho Australian colony OF Victoria produced 6G3 600
ounces OF gold last year. All increas, Of 4i.ooo ounces
over 1891. aud the largest yield since 1886.
A lioness at the Dublin 70 iiosical Gardens has had
since 1883 nino htters. numbering twehty'eight CUBS,
all OF which have been successfully rais, I'd but one.
Awoman died last week in the poorhouse at Sheer
ness who was born in the Institution nine:y.two years
ago. and has lived there all her lie. n public charge.
II Ia reported that q measure prohibiting wakes at
funerals In England will be included in the omnibus
bill OF the Government at the coming session Of rarlta-
ment.
There are In India e.642 Government savings banks.
holding balances agyregatinz over sss lashs OF
rupees. Tho number OF depositors Increased $1,000
last year.
AyounI woman died at Leigh. England. last week
from the effect OF being struck in the eyeby n SNOWFALL.
thrown at her in fun by a boy. She never rallied from
the blow.
Anew scheme for the determination OF rabbits /. be-
ing tried In Australia. Cartridges generating poisonous
gas are put in the burrows, the holes are closed, and
the rabbits are killed by the poison in the smoke, not by
suhocation.
Anew Anarchls, newspaper. II Tpsio. edited by the
wellknown Anarchists Malato Malatcsta aud Luc!en
We'll, was issued In London two weeks ago. Two
Anarchis. journals have been regularly published there
for some time past.
Russian female convicts In Siberia are in future. II n
proposal made by the Ministry OF Justice to the I'm
pcrial Council is ratified. to be exempted from foV.
ging and wearing leg irons Restrictions in diet and
solitary conhnemen INT ae to be substituted.
There are 10. coo individuals in Paris who mako a
living b. nothing bu: begging: 5000 bcggars 1.-Two in
about 4Io lodging houses. scattered over tho city:
1000 sleep at wine shops. or In the open ar. and nbout
800 OF the aristoc: acy of tho Begging community live
In private nts or houses.
TasinAnia's revenue for last year was f7.'o, 900. n
dim,nution of Eg4 900 compared with 1891. New
South Wa efs revenue for leg2 shows an increase OF
f4tt. 600 over the previous year. but there ia n deficit
on the financial operations OF the year OF E13S,ooo.
which 10 fi5C,o 900 In excess OF the treasurers est.
mate. The revenue of Queensland for 1892 was 81 .ao3,.
600. an increase Of $4,000 over 1891. A forecast OF
the next Indian budget, made in Calcutta. anticipates
a deficit OF 100 lashs OF rupees instead of the esti-
mated surplus Of "a iakhs. The probable deficit Is at.
tributed by tho newspaper publishing tho forecast
entirely 10 the fall in exchange. although the railway
receipts for the year are greatly below tho estimate.
Othcial figures Just Issued OF the working Of the
zone system" on the railways OF Hungary show OK.
cc!lent results Tho system was introduced some
three years ago. The country Is divided into circles.
or zones. within which stated fares are charged. the
principle being that the greater the distance from the
capital the less the prorort!ona'e rate per mile
travelled. The system has greatly incressed the
amount OF travel. For some years previous TO its in
PRODUCTION the number OF travellers averaged 5000
pO n year. IN inc HTst year % " Eole III sbiol
tho number rose to 6,0oO.O0o the second year 10 TO-
600. coo. while last year the number OF travellers on
the railways was 100000. The receipts hayo In
creased from o. 1850 Ruiden during tho last year OF
the old system to 20. 900. 600 gulden in 1892.
Advices received at 81, Petersburg and Odessa from
many districts OF Russia indicate that the ia mine VIII
be worse this year than It was last, As tho winter i'd
yances the suferings from want and disease In the
famine.stricIen districts are becoming indescribable.
A foreign Consul at Odessa, who has visited some OF
these districts, says the people are dying OIL like iies
at the end of summer The commercial outlook In
southern Russia is described as more dismal than ever
known, and the Government Is very uneasy over the
threatened bankruptcy OF n great many OF the largest
business iiouSes. Count BObrinsLy. MARSHAL OF the
Russian nobility. has written To 81. Petersburg from
Bogordiss. IN the Government Of Tula, saying that the
harvest last summer was even worse than that Of tho
previous year. Rye failed 10 yield the cost OF sowing,
and oats and hay failed entirely In many parts. Theso
causes mplele ely ruined the inhabitants the previous
year, and this winter the outlook Is hopeless. We
mud ourselves" he says. face TO face with u bad har.
yeSt a ador much worse circumstances than Lost year"
The Government loans began In September. but arc
utterly insufficient. lie concludes with tins terrible
picture of tho condition Of affairs in the province:
Apart from their need OF daily bread, fuel Is likewise
required by tue distressed population. There Is a dearth
Of straw OF coal. and OF wood, aud tho shivering in
mates ~tesr'down the matched roofs OF their huts or
break up their carts and other useful domestic april
nnees to provide fuel To crown all. typhus aud eph-
denies among children arc appearing The scene PIE
scented on a walk through any part OF tho district 10
CHASTITY In tho extreme, beartronding spectacles meet
ing ones gaze nj every turn-cold. damp huis. with
nouldy walls, the snow falling through the aner'ures
Of The roof ths thatcA having been used as fuel, the
flooring coated with mud, while on the top OF the spa
eious stove lie huddlel together ave or ak individuals
In the psroxysms OF ~ phus fever, unattended. and with
out even bread and mif. and several months o: Eln,er
weather bllIl before gs"