ON A RUSSIAN CONVICT SHIP.
Horrors ot the Voyate from OAem ta
the Island ot Sakhalin.
The galling of a Russian convict ship
from Odessa for the Island of Saghaiin,
In the Japan Sea, is always an Impres
sive sight The motley crowd, indige
nous to all countries, is of course pres
ent, but there are in addition »any
government officials, full of importance
in their emblazoned uniforms, and
more numerous members of the clergy
attending to perform the ceremony of
sprinkling the ship with holy water,
and to give the inmates a parting bless
ing and a.godspeed. Nothing is done
in Russia without the help of priests,
and a Russian is bathed in holy water
from the cradle to the grave.
The religious ceremony over, It 1«
with a cargo of heavy hearts that the
convict ship—usually built at Glasgow,
by the way—weighs anchor, and de
parts, for even a hardened convict
would prefer serving hlB sentence on
his native soil to dragging out his ex
istence in a foreign land. But, how
ever that may be, the accommodation
for the thousand or more convicts on
board is ample and the arrangements
for their well-being complete. The
food provided is good and wholesome
and it is not an infrequent thing for
people in the saloon—the convict ship
carries ordinary passengers as well as
state prisoners—to ask for convict soup
and rye bread.
All the convicts are in fetters, wrist
and ankle bracelets, with a connecting
chain. These and their half-shaved
heads present a most hideous appear
ance. The daily routine on board is un
varying therefore, to change the mo
notony, the prisoners have resort to all
kinds of devices to make the time pass
away as pleasantly as the circum
stances will allow.
Most lower class Russians are born
card players, so the convicts collect all
the odd scraps of paper they can lay
their bands on. Clubs and spades are
roughly scribbled on these Blips with
the ink supplied for letter writing pur
poses, while to provide hearts and dia
monds o< the requisite color one or
more of the company consents to have
a vein opened. This delicate operation
Is performed with the aid of the tin
spout of a tea can, ground to a sharp
edge on the Iron deck. This impro
vised lancet also does duty as a razor,
serving to remove the remaining hair
from the head of some devout follower
of Islam. The Btakes of the card play
ers are knobs of sugar, saved by rlgor
dub economy at the tea table. When
these fall, bones and odds and ends are
lube-titufed.
' On the fifteenth day at sea the fetters
ire removed. This is, indeed, a day of
rejoicing, and the most hardened crim
inal giveB vent to a sigh of relief at
being released from these hateful em
blems of bondage.
The coveted freedom is not, however,
of long duration. A poor, inoffensive
Crieman Tartar accidentally treads on
the foot of a regular cut throat villain,
to be seized Immediately by the throat.
The cry is Instantly raised that the
Mohammedans are killing the Chris
tians. A general melee ensues, in
which racial hatred is given full play.
The guard Is called out, and, turning
on the hot water hose pipes, which are
kept rea<?y for any emergency, soon
cows the ■combatants. The ringleader Is
placed In Irons and put on dry bread
and water for fourteen days. The Tar
tar Is carried more dead than alive to
the hospital, and the rest, guilty and
innocent alike, are kept in chains and
shackles for the rest of the voyage.—
From the London Mail.
A Bridge 800 Tear* Old.
Spanning an inlet of the Yellow Sea
near Sangang, China, is a bridge five
and a quarter miles long, with 300
piers of masonry, and having its road
way sixty-four feet above the water.
This work is said to have been accom
plished by Chinese engineers 800 years
ago.
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The accompanying portrait Is that ot
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THE REV. FRANK C. BRUNE&
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Army of the Republic.
Letter* In English.
Statistics prove that nearly two
thirds of the letters carried by thei
world's postal services are written,sent
to und read by English speaking peo
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■Iibtm to Do IT« Good.
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will compass us about like a cloud of
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in beautiful scenery will pasB into sym
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Only let there be God within us and
then everything outside us will be-'
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Liable to Sanatroko.
Experience has indicated an extreme
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ing alcohol to excess. The congestion
and vaso motor paralysis, common In
all Inebriates, are both predisposing
and exciting causes for the coma from
the sun's rays. The breaking up the
heat regulating centers of the brain by
alcohol leaves the body powerless to
resist th® sun's rays. Yet this fact is
not very widely recognized, and every
summer the record of such cases be
comes more prominent. Dr. Norton,
in the New York Medical Journal, re
ports 50 cases of sunstroke brought in
to the Presbyterian Hospital with the
following comment: "The use of alco
hol seemed to have a direct unfavorable
influence. The habit was marked in 32
per cent, moderate in 46 per cent, de
nied in 10 per cent, of the remalnng 12
per cent no history could be obtained.
Eight persons were markedly alcohol
ic on admission and of these four died.
Prospectors* Map of Utah.
The Passenger Department of the Rio
Grande railway has just issued an up-to
date map Bhowing all mining districts of
record, together with an outline sketch of
the older districts, and calling special at
tention to several partially developed re
gions which recently have shown import
ant uncoverings of gold and copper, now
attracting notice of prospectors, investors
and others.
For copies of this valuable map address
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Cheese has 'crawled' up 2 cents and but
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Every one who has watched the cheese
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Stat« of Ohio, City of Toledo,
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Cheney & Co., doing business In the City
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and that said firm will pay the sum of
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FRANK J. CHKNEY.
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Sounding the Depth of Knowledge—He
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contemplated through car service between
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operate one day each week. This is not a
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by experts, and at the same time re
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them to make it equally well at home.
More than half the tea consumed in
the United States and Canada is of
Japanese growth, yet, the majority ot
Americans apparently do not under
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velop the delicious qualities which It
contains. It is believed by these gen
tlemen that when Americans are in
possession of the secret of making good
tea, the consumption in this country
will fully equal that of Europe in pro
portion. The Japanese government
has appropriated a large fund to aid
the Japanese tea growers and tea mer
chants in prosecuting this educational
work, and it is hoped that American
ladies will be apt students. The main
bureau of the Japanese Tea Guild has
issued an official recipe for making Jap
anese tea. the translation of which is
as follows:
First—Use a small,dry and thorough
ly clean porcelain teapot.
Second—Put in one teaspoonful of
tea leaves for each cup of tea desired.
Third—When using Japanese teas,
pour on the required quantity of fresh
boiled water, and let stand with closed
Ud from 2 to 3 minutes. Never boil
the leaves. In order to retain the nat
ural flavor, Japanese tea leaves should
be kept in tight can or jar, free from
moisture.
Note.—To thoroughly enjoy the nat
ural, delicate, and sweet flavor of Jap
anese teas, neither sugar nor cream
should be used.
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