Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-01-05

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GERS and domestics about him are members
of a secret revolutionary society; that
members of it are appointed by lot to as
sassinate the czar, and that, rather than
attempt 1t, they commit suicide.
A new idea about tea culture comes
from Florida. AS is we'll known, the best
Chinese tea will not stand a sea voyage,
and never gets nearer to us than Russia.
But Mrs. Increase Sumner, of Starke,
Bradford county, Florida, has discovered
that the same delicious and delicate tea
can be grown In her own garden. She has
three crops year, and owing to the rapid
growth of the bushes che has to cut them
down every three or four years, while in
China the cutting is only necessary once
in seven years.
Exploration is improving the popular
knowledge of the Sahara. Instead OF be-
ing largely below the sea, the greater part
of 1t ia from G, 900 to s, 200 feet above that
level; instead of being rainless, showers
make 1t bloom and cover 1t with green
grass for a few weeks every year; large
fiocks and herds are maintained upon Its
borders; the oases are depressions where
water can be collected and stored, and are
villainously unhealthy in hot weather be-
cause of this stagnant water and the filthy
habits of the inhabitants; flee, scorpions
and very high temperature are the princi-
pal drawb to travel or life In the great
desert.
Olive growing, olive picking and the
manufacture of olive oil have become a
highly important industry in California.
This year the industry has a remarkable
boom, aud the dealers are entirely unable
to meet all the olders they have received.
This is especially the case In the Pomona
valley. Everybody engaged in the olive
trade-growing, making oil, or acting as
brokers-is making unusual profit, and
there is demand for five times the amount
of the crop. One order that could not be
filed came to Pomona last week from a
New York grocery house for 90, 900 gallons
of picked olives. Many orchsrdists have
| made $3.50 an acre from olives this season,
and some have made clean profit of $3.50
| an acre.
Horse racing is steadily on the increase
| in England. The number of horses that
ran during last season was greater than in
any previous year. This was the case in
| regard to animals of all ages. Until 1891,
the total of two-year-olds had never
reached four figures, but in that year Is
many as 1902 competed, and last yeal
| /, 1,O96-only four short of / 1,100-were sent
to the post. The three-year-old figures
| have risen in remarkable way since 1889
when 523 ran, increasing to COS next year
| GAL in 1891, and 76S in the last returns
| There were 33S four year-olds out, and o.
older animals, of five and upwards, ther'
were 362, against 80 in 1891 and 2ss thu
year before. In all, 1850 horses ran TO
the e4s6, $50 12s., which is the total of tn
stakes won under Jockey Club rules
These figures show that the turf is power
fully supported, but there is small csus
for congratulation. A very small proper
ton of owners of race horses are actuate
by love of genuine sport or desire t
further the professed object of racing-th
Improvement of the breed of horses. Th
great msjority of them race as mere mai
ter of business, and are not by any meaB
too scrupulous as to the methods by who
their money is made.