IN RUSSIA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8965, 3 August 1905, Page 2

IN RUSSIA.

INCIDENT. of . the Bershavoi .^j*sdomosti sends his paper the following r,a£o6init of hi* visit to the village of Medj vjbdjd^ia the Government of Novgorod, rTyhere, at the present moment, about 1000

Japanese, Corean, Chinese, and English prisoners, are confined, including 73 Japanese officers : — I The correspondent on his arrival at the village- commenced to make inquiries concerning the condition of the prisoners. He

'writes that foe found the reports concerning the -prisoners committing "harri-kari" .on themselves were unfounded, but that on March 14 a Japanese cut his throat -with his ringers. Several others had also died from various diseases, probably caused by the climate and home-sickness. It appears that one of the prisoners had been burled by his comrades with great ceremony, but when the- "Bonser" (priest) read over the grave > prayer, the Russians were considerably shocked by the Japanese talking and smoking cigarettes as if nothing had happened. But when a Japanese officer named Sakurn stood hd spoke with great pathos of feeling, the Japanese present became serious

1 up and spoke with great pathos of feeling, kail the Japanese present became serious v and threw away their cigarettes. The Kf grave oi the Japanese who was buried j Wkpn this occasion was'covered with flowers. Kjiad on returning home to their barracks Japanese- gave the village children remaining flowers and lanterns. The it appears, are " extremely fond Russian village children, and althey steal the flowers from the of their countrymen, they freely them. their walks abroad, if a JapanHte' should meet a child, he will by no pass it by, but on the contrary he v 'usually caresses it. They think the Russian children are exceedingly pretty, and gay they have none such at home. The other prisoners, the Chinese and the Koreans, do not show the same affection . ' |or the children, as the Japanese do. In the beginning the Japanese and Koreans ' , quarrelled so much that they had to be kept in separate quarters. Among the /-prisoners there is^a very interesting mvv dividual, viz., a Hconahoo named Vai '■ •' Chen. He 'is very good-looking, and with -- such a fine pigtail that any lady might ft "envy him. The most remarkable person ' among the Japanese are Sakura, and Togo, • the nephew of the celebrated Admiral, in xgreater comfort than the other t(l prisoners. Togof for instance, even has his Geisha and servants, but his- lady is - no beauty, even from a Japanese point of *■• view. She, however, speaks good Rus- &-? fiian, but avoids conversing. Colonel Sa- -, kora is, however, very loquacious. Like *t the majority of the Japanese, he is small. I broad-shouldered, broad-featured, and bronzed with the sun. His eyes are- wise * •«. and piercing. He talks sensibly and- lisT » tens attentively. He is, moreover, a good linguist. His knowledge of Russian is as- *, 'iqunding. &jJ^!Th6 Japanese officer's when not working : pa3S their time in reading and writing let- *.. ters home. They read German, English.

and* Russian books, Berlock's Geography, l»L33hakespeare, Schiller, but most of their 7 ' reading is -of a practical character. They ,\. receive many letters,- but they even write L : ' still more. • "The Japanese officers are polite in the *-*-highest degree, not only in their intercourse with the Russian officers, but also

' with .the common soldiers. They always Z salute one, and are anxious to please. „ ' Amongst the English prisoners are twe '. who were <&ptured from the Japanese t' transports. The other prisoner is an ext' oeedingly handsome 1 man. When he was p inarched through the town of Kaloue;a other prisoners a certain lady of

the place, a landowner, fell in love with and followed him all the way to : ,1 Medvjedi and even wished to share the j^, sorrows of his imprisonment. But the ''"„ local authorities were not permitted to v<;-TaJlftW this, and wrote up the War XV Office in St. Petersburg, which refused the - ;. petition. The military authorities have, .'".- however,- -permitted the enamored couple *o~Hie'et from time to time in the regi- : - mental chancellory, in the presence of one \ of the officers. ' Naturally the lovers chafe - at the strictness of military discipline, but "Hhey console themselves with the thought Vthat the war will soon be over." rl It, is characteristic that this English -/Borneo cannot speak a word of Russian, <c- and that his Juliet from Kalbuga does not j, - know any foreign tongue. How they manijp.age to converse is It mystery. It appears S^fb&t Juliet has now settled down at Novf" gorod, near Medvjed, in order to be nearer -•- her beloved one. As may be imagined, vjf this little faarce has enlivened the local L £ monotony ,and has given a new impetus .? to the village- tittle-tattle. t During the Turkish war several similar

„ incidents took place, and more than one { . Russian lady lost her heart over the hand- ■■ 'sovae Turkish officers imprisoned in the miv; terior of the country, and after the con>f elusion of hostilities married the objects I of their affection. Truly, remarks a GerB i^an philosopher, "womankind have no W Fatherland!"

!r"! r " IN CASE OF INDIGESTION. ■•£ The great majority of men and women -• • can scarcely hope to escape indigestion; &"„ at some time or other we are all liable ";~.to attack, and in this colony, owing to f'ljfental deficiencies, the liability to attack v- is much increased. Digestion is a chemi- '; -^alas well as a mechanical process. The (^ food must be thoroughly masticated, arid Z-i\iß ib this connection that New Zea;r/ landers' suffer most. v There must be also !>-=»■ free flow of the gastric juices to make guttle chemicaj process complete and effecMgAke. - If the- food is. not properly digestl^fcit remajjg-in the bowel, canal, where BnVNOTfients and gives off poisonous gases, |||S7pch ore earned by the blood. to all Igjgjgrtqfetf the system, and cause sick headHH|p£M constipation, biliousness, and eimi-' In cases of indigestion enre .remedy is Impey's May acts gently .and painlessly, Tfcgnktea tho ■'digestive , Mionnalvhealtb'. Sold cl ' 6e P eTs ai-& '6d-pef?