The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-11

singer and Trenlitz
-To'stoi. writing in the Russian Ga.
zette. says it would be impossible for
him to describe the real situation Of the
people in the famine district Famine
again threatens the district in which
he lives. The rye harvest hiss been very
poor. and oats have entirely failed
There is completes dearth Of firing.
and, added TO this, the people have used
M their last reserve of strength in the
miseries they endured last winter
Western Australia with its eno--
nous territory does not supply enough
cattle and sheep for local consumption.
This land Is remarkable for its i'm.
meuse area of arid sand upon which
the only green thing that flcurishes IS
the inevitable gumt-ee. OF grass thcre
is almost none, and even the kaura-
roos are half starved The non-arr;vsl
Of ? cargo of live stock bv steamer
from South Australia - sometimes \
serious matter in the more western col.
onv.
The Royal Humane society has
awarded its silver medal 10 BO2txrvain
M'Dermott for az extraordinary feat %
bravery. Two sailors of the war ship
Swallow were bathing from q boat in
the sea off Zanzibar when shark ap-
peared. M'Dermott, who remained in
the boat, was clever enough TO leap
from the boat square on the sharks
back just as the latter came alongside
for his prey The fish was frightened
off for time enough to pull all three
men aboard the boat
The sultan of Turkey has made a
vigorous break through the trammels
Of national tradition. and has given an
order that Turkey shall take place
in the march of civiliza ton He has
granted concessions for the construc-
ton of long railways which will open
up his territory to the east. the north
and the south, all having their termini
at Constartinople. One is TO extend
TO Damascus. and another. the Tigris &
Euphrates railway. to the Persian gulf
The concessions have been granted to
German and Belgian firms, English
firms being entirely left out
National prizes for orchards were
offered in New South Wales, Australia.
it was found that the smallest orchards
paid the least profit per acre. the
largest paid more than the smallest,
but those Of medium size paid the best,
From a forty-aeTe orchard the net
profits were $1,000, or slS5 per acre:
another of fifteen acres giving a profit
of g. 200 or more than si45 per acre,
while an orchard of less than ten acres
gave a profit Of nearly 81, 500, or $3.50
per acre, and small orchard of four
acres gave profits of only $3.50.
Efforts are being made 10 establish
n trade for South African tomatoes
and potatoes in London. Tomatoes
would be needed in the London market
during January. February and March,
and potatoes during February, March
sad April, and it is urged that the lat
ter be grown in red soil where posi-
BILE. The London vegetable dealers are
prepared TO pay from one and One-ha!f
to two cents per pound for tomatoes,
which would paw the formers. one of
whom guarantees 20 supply from eighty
to one hundred tons of the Acme and
Perfection varieties
Out of a population of 30 600 600 in
Prussia only 1885, SIS persons possess
an income ,of over 900 marks a year,
which is equal to about 1926. This fact
is shown by the first years results of
the new income tax in Prussia Two
million one hundred and eighteen thou
sand nine hundred and slxty-Dine pay
income tax on the lowest scale-that is
an income of between 900 and 3, zoe
marks. Only 10 sos persons have in
comes of over 3O,o00 marks. or about
81, 600 year. The highest income de-
clared is 6.7Go. 600 marks, and from the
locality where it was registered tho
person is supposed to be Krupp, tie
Eun-maker of Essen