Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-10

fire, when the oil separates and the oil may be pour of. Oae yolk will yield nearly two tablespoonfuls of oil. It is in general use among the colonists of South Russia as a means of curing outs, bruises, etc.
 Governor Altgeid is making himself solid with some people. In the last seven months he has set free ninety five persons who had been sentenced az criminals. Thirty of them had been found guilty of murder, twenty. six of burglary and seven of manalaughter. The others had commit ted less serious offences. Thirty-two of the cases were really communications, but of these thirty-two all but three had been considered by one or more preceding gov ernors and every form of relief refused.
 The Charleston News tells some big sto- ries about the abundance of rice birds in the dikes and marshes back of that city. There are always plenty of them for the sportsman and caterer at this season of the year, but never before have they been seen in such swarms, darkening the air as they fly from place to place. They have almost ceased to be target for guns, and are so thick and olose together that they are caught with a dip-net like so many fish. One amateur marksmsn reports that with two discharges of his shos.gun he brought down 190 of the birds. The News says: "The regular way now, how ever, is to get boat and 8 dip net and go among the ditehes in the old rice fields and dip up the birds. A gentleman went out few nights ago and returned with 1,236 birds. It required wagon and two buckbosrds to carry them all home. Quite a considerable sum has been realized by several parties who embarked In the rice bird business. They can be bought on the plantations for mere song, and when taken to the town are sold for at least 25 cents a dozen."
 The official figures have just been published in Germany concerning the number of suicides in various armies of the Old World, and they constitute striking illustration of the unpopulsrity of obligatory military service. It seems that in Austria the average rate for the year is 131 per 100, 900 men. The French come next, with ninety-two suicides per annum for each 100000 men. The German gov ernment gives it's rate at sixty eight, but these figures are generally believed to bs below the actual number, ss the impress sion prevails in military circles through out Europe that the suicides in the Ger man army are more frequent even than in that of Austria. Itsly's quota is given st forty five, while that of Russia does not exceed twenty, figure that is obviously far below the truth. Belgium gives it's rate at twenty-four. Spain at fourteen and England at twenty-three, most of the suicides in the British army occurring out in India. A remarkable fact Is that, notwithstanding the majority of suicides are popularly believed to be at tributable to tyranny on the part of the officers, yet it is precisely among the officers that the largest number of self-inficted victims Is to be found. The favoIite method of suicide is by shooting, either with a rife or with revolver. Next comes drowning, and after that hanging, while of late large number of officers and men have taken their lives by throwing themselves in front of railway trains. It has also been noted that, whereas the smallest number of suicides takes place in winter, the largest number occurs in the broiling hot months of July and August.