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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
Berber captured.

Sir Evelyn barring has sent dispatch to the
British government stating that Gen. Gordon,
after having bombsrded Brrher for some time
effected lis entry irto the place and recaptur-
ed IL. The rebels and hostile Inhabitants fed
when the bombardment ceased. The fall Of
Berber will enable Col. Kitchener to resch Gen.
Gordon, Dongols, and ascertain his wishes re-
garding the Nile expedition going TO Khartoum.
The conference may result in the abandonment
Of the Nile expedition. The mudir o! DoDgola
sends dispatch stating that a reliable mes-
senRer brought word 10 him that he saw Gen.
Gordon with four steamers arrived at Shendy.
Finding the place deserted, Gordon nailed TO a
tree proclamation Offering pardon to the peo.
pie. A dispatch TO Renters telegram company
from Cairo says; "The reported recall OF
Gen. Wolseley Is denied by official authority"
The dispatch also states that the khedive has
received a telegram informing him that Berber
has been recaptured from the rebels, who, up
on their evacuation, succeeded in removing the
treasure.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
Our Coin Circulation.

The director of the mint estimates the
amount of gold and silver coin In the United
States Oct. I, at SSl5,0O0,000 or this, $jJS,
100000 is gold, Z SO 000,O0O standard silver
dollars, and SIS 00O,OO0 subsidiary sivnr-a
gain from Oct. 1, 1873, OF s35, 900 900, slS0O0,-
addition to coin I'm circulation Oct. l, the minis
and assay offices held bullion for coiuage
amounting to gold s53, 100000, silver 5000,
0JO, making the total amount of U. 8. coin
and bullion available for coinage in the coup-
try Oct. ], fS13000, 900, of which S6l0, 600, w
is gold aud 1868 100000 silver. The amount of
gold coin outside the treasury was about &C.,
3 5000 less than on Oct. 1, 1888, while the
amount In the treasury was 10000, 900 more.
The amount of silver in banks and circulation
Is about $4,000, 600 less than IN 1853, and the
amount in the treasury about $3l, 900 900
more. The amount OF outstanding gold and
silver certificates is nearly $5o,C00,000 more
than on Oct, 1. 1882
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
Total. 2,28l 1874 2,8f ,s72 2, s29. 7sl 9, 4ss 48
Minor State Items.

Battle Creek has O Belva Lockwood
club that parade the streets alfred in
Mtoher Hubbard dresses.
The swamp lands of the state are be-
ing rapidly turned to good account for
celery, onions and cranberres.
II Port Huron citizens will take $780,
600 worth of stock, the Tanning Wagon
Company Of Lapeer, will go to Port
Huron.
The Crawford county safe was forced
open and 81, 200 stolen the other night,
while people were attending Republi-
can meeting.
The Three Rivers canning factory
put up %, 900 cans of corn one day last
week, and for the week averaged 25,-
600 cans daily.
II is proposed TO organise a company
with 500 900 capital 10 build and oper-
ate cable system of street railways at
Grand Rapids.
The meanest man in the state lives in
Battle Creek. He charges his neigh
bors 10 cents month for the use of
water out OF his well.
Pas. Chief Patriarch S. c. Hurd. a
jackson pioneer and veteran Odd Fell
low, is slowly starving to death because
his throat is paralyzed.
Henry Beck of Adrian, who has been
employed for the last 25 years as
draughtsman in the Lake Shore car
shops, died the 9Th, inst.
A 12-year-old son of Edward Hat
field wss run over and killed by an
engine IN the railroad yard at Hillsdale.
He tripped and fell on the track.
The young Hebrews at Bay City are
organizing club to be named in honor
of Sir Moses Montefiore, the aged He
brew philantrophist of England.
Prof Steere of the University raised
$50 bushels of onions on half an acre
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
A Very Hot Taxpayer.

Pittsburg Chronical- Telegraph.
"Is this the United States Weather
Bureau?" exclaimed an excited IN.
dividual in melted collar and hot-as.
bazes frame of mind, rushing into
the United States Signal Service
Office, on the corner of Wood Street
and Fifth Avenue, last Wednesday.
Eyes sir; this is an Office Of the
Bureau" replied the gentleman in
charge.
"Oh! it is. is it?" sarcastically ex.
claimed the perspiring individual.
at is part of tho institution, is itP
Well, sir, it's swindle! A bare
faced swiDdle on the taxpaying citi
zens, sir! That is what 1t is. sir!'
And the hot man grew so terribly hot
that his face looked like bloom just
ready for the squeeZers.
az do not comprehend yoa, sir,
replied the Signal Service officer with
dignity.
"Oh, you don't, don't you? You
don't comprehend mep Oh, no, OF
course not. Certainly, you don't.
That amt what wo taxpayers pay out
our money for, to be comprehended.
What did your Bureau promise Sat
urdayp Didn't you say a cold wave
was on its way here and that it would
reach US Sunday, and the weather
would be cooler, didn't youp"
"Well, sir, what if we didp"
O"What if you did! Of course you
did. You know you did. You can't
deny it. Where is itP''
"l'm sure do not know" returned
the official abruptly. 'Wc do not ar
range tie weather"
"You don't! Why what are we tax
payers getting for our money, thenP"
exclaimed the hot man.
''The Bureau simply furnishes me-
teorological information relative to the
state of tho weather." answered the
official, with dignity.
Information! Great Scotland, do
you think man has TO be shoveled in
to q blast furnace before he knows it's
hotp Do you mean to say we taxpayers
support this Bureau TO tell us what the
thermometer Is when our shirt collars
are running into our bootsP If you
can't regulate the weather, what are
you forp A blind mule with his tail
broke off knows when its hot and cold
without your telling us. What are
we taxpayers getting for our money!
and the wild man turned himself out
on the sidewalk, red hot Kissing globule
of wrath.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
Blown Beyond.

The Hamilton Powder Co.'S mills, one mile from
Cumminsville Ont., blew up on the 9th. Four
men were killed aud two wounded. The cause
OF the explosion is unknown aud the damage
cannot now be estimated, though 1t will be
considerable. The sight was q sickening one,
and 1t was with diieulty that some OF the
bodies were found, ard when found they were
stripped baked and long distance off ia the
bushes with legs and arms broken and burned
black, so that the remains could scarcely be
recognized. May OF the hands had narrow
escapes. This Is the fourth time the mills have
blown up, but the first time any loss OF life has
occurred. The excitement is intense. Specta-
tors were present from long distances In an
almost incredibly short time. Glass in windows
away.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
Encouragement.
Encouragement is something that we

Encouragement is something that we
.aturally look for.
| A little praise, or word of hope. or q
cheerful understanding for tho hun
cry soul TO grasp and the weary mind
to rest upon, as we climb the toilsome
mountain of life.
How many poor hearts have sunk
into dependency, when a little en-
enlargement would have treasured
theml How many have taken their
lives in the hour Of despair, when a
friendly hand stretched out with aid
might have saved them!
The child looks 20 the mother for
help and encouragement, when 1t is
taking its first step in walking. The
| school-boy looks for encouragement
from his teacher, when he is taking his
tirst step In education.
And SO on through life The soldier
looks for it on the field of battle; it is
the cheering voice of his leader that
urges him on through the dangers of
Heath and crowns the day with vic
tory.
The poet and the artist look to the
world TO acknowledge their genius and
give them praise. 1t Is encouragement
which calls forth their nobiest words
and helps them to climb tho mount of
tame until they surmount all difficult
ties and write their names In flaming
letters upon its summit.
Then let us give encouragement to
each other in every effort Of good. in
every oble'action; in the little duties
OF life-and we will be happier for it;
the world will be better; and a smiling
providence will look down and bless
our labor OF love.--Adeiaide Il. Troo,n,
IN 81 Louis Magazine.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
New Route 10 Japan.

Communications have passed between the
president OF the japanese steamship company
and the government aud the Canadian Pacific
railway, respecting the establishment OF a line
Of steamers between Japan, China and British
Columbia. The Japanese president wrote TO
Sir Join A. Macdonald about the matter. The
premier turned the letter over to President
stephen, by whom negotiations were opened
With the Japanese company. The subject will
be still further discussed In London. III the
line Is established 1t Is said that the route TO
Liverpool OF London from Japan aud China
viii be via the Canadian Pacific route and be
about ten days shorter than any other route.
The time alone that will be economical on the
Pacific ocean as compared with that via San
Francisco is at least three days.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
GhOuls ut Work.

The discovery that the section Of country
around Z.nesville, OHIO, has been riddled by
graveyard gbouls has created the widest ex-
element, and since the robbery OF Miss Dyer's
grave at Fostoris, VIGOROUS search Is being
prosecuted for two suspicious persons, who
were observed proving around the graveyard
the night before that event. AS two bodies
had recently been buried In the graveyard In
Evansville, which is half mile from the nearest
house, Il was resolved to examine the graves.
Both were found empty. In one nothing re-
NAMED but handkerchief. In the other were
found the clothes Of the deceased. To satisfy
curiosity and to remove doubts, more than 20
graves OF persons bucied within two years were
opened and IL were found empty. When the
graves were rined no one can tell, and there Is
nothing like clue.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
The Wheat and Corn Crop.

The department OF agriculture October re-
turns OF corn average higher for condition
tban In the past five years, but not so high ss
In any OF the remarkable C Urn years from 1875
to 1879 inclusive. The general average is So,
which Is very nearly an average Of any series
Of Id years, aud indicates about 20 bushels per
acre Of an area approximating 20, COO, 900 acres.
The wheat crop will exceed thar OF last year by
about 100000, 600 bushels. The yield per acre
will average about 132f bushels.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16

John b. Cough claims that tho way
to cure sleeplessness is to pitch in and
work. He says that Lyman Beecher
Gather of the Brooklyn orator. had a
load of sand in his cellar, and after
evening service no would shovel it from
one SIDE to the other, and by this exer-
else he could town down the fever of
the brain. Then the old man would
get out his violin and sooth himself to
sleep with amateur fiddling.
Grand Rapids schools will make an
exhibit at the worlds fair in New Or
leans.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16

inferred on the 9th, In Forest Lawn cemetery,
Buffalo, N. Y. with imposing ceremonies.
About 40 Indians, representatives Of the Six
Nations, participated. The remains were
placed In six handsome cherry caskets. each
ccasket bearing silver plate and borne by two
Inoians from each OF The Six Nations. The
cortege started from the Historical Society's
rooms. The burial services we're conducted by
the Indians. An address was delivered by
VIM. q. Bryant. Memorial exercises took
place at Music Hall In the evening.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16

friends names must have been wrecked
in the telegraph dispatches. "ID case
of regular war;" he said: "taking in
to consideration what learned during
my visit to China of Chinese fighting
qualities and resources, l feel no hest
tation in saying that Iexpect the French
will be entirely successful"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
A Prohibition Card.
The following card has been issued!
PROHIBITION HEADQUARTERS.

CHICAGO. Oct Z, 1854.
To the people Of the United States.
In view OF the misery and crime resulting
from alcoholism and OF the guilt fastened upon
the people by governments municipal, state
and national, by permitting and even licensing
traffic in poison drinks, the executive CON-
mittee of the Prohibition party call upon the
people Of this country TO observe Wednesday,
Oct. 20, as day OF fasting, humiliation and
confession; AID IN view of the fact that many
all over the land are aroused TO realize the
enormity OF the liquor crime and are willing 10
be at cost and pains 10 put It away, we call
upon the Christian believers to unite in prayer
TO Almighty God that his aid may be given to
measures which will result TO The speedy put
tiug away Of this guilt aud suppression OF the
traffic In alcoholic drinks.
JOHN b. FINCH,
Chairman.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
LIVE STOCK.

Hoes-Heavy IS 1905 20; light, "a so@5 50;
mixrd. "a 90(d5 80.
CArTLE-Exports, IS 7097; choice shipping
grades. no deinsud; poor TO fancy shippers,
81 zoos 60; Texans, 1901; western cattle,
So 75(p5 s..
sHEEP--Common TO choice, g. 1904 %;
1000 Texas sheep sold at 81 v head for breed
ing purposes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16

The inspection year commences De-
cember /, and herewith is given COM
parative exhibit of the inspection by
months during the past four years to
Oct. 1. The report shows large in-
crease in the out put for 1884 over the
previous years, and will no doubt ex-
coed total of 100000 barrels before
the close of the year:
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
Michigan Salf.

The following is the report of State
Salt Inspector Hill of the amount of
salt inspected in Michigan during Sep
TENDER with comparisons:
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16

Inirty-two million dollars worth on
candy Is manufactured In the United
States annually.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-16
Rcd Jacket ne.lnterred.

The remains Of Red Jacket, the famous
Indian, with those OF i've other chiefs, were re-
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1884-04-02

n1rllnisr Nedpore Depmxsn,snt far
Domm fonn ,peber in Qualitit, Muliern
peer Yrsiien iibertrohen werbes.
s6-ein iebr srp6ss Eager bon 8aum-
moi. ginabufne unp SeerIuders, ierner
cine pelIlidnbise Auswobl psn 2einen
EciIe Du NOrb 5u 10, 124, Is uub 20
&snts bidDarb.
s6rlInju Stisfels unb SHub De-
paxtementi(t nun bollfdnbis in alien
3uei9<n unb bieie Waaren werben ;u
6u6srf niebrissn Breiien pertauft.
s0rllnjsr 9erren,ateiber., Turniihins
Geobs uab 6ut.D Department 1T ausers
hien anb unatertrsfftar in Aualitdt unb
9auffsm.
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A. X ahn Sc Co,

Gde Waaia Yta,a unb Delt Commerce
MB.t8M 6traBe.
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syanatifcr bes gsiberiprubs.
(8ebersei6nuns bon abOlf @erfmanm.)

|
m>.,s o..a
| 'oeOsr6e'aaaas ~" @DD'l es'p'"'"".'
|
/ 6err Miiler lit 10 gliidli6, felt bieler
Sabren cine Grau sn befben, bie immel
&e6t bat. Criminals fagte er gu ibr
rgrinner1f Du Sid tpobl nod, liebes
Sinh, trie Ou mir tpdbren6 bes Braut
| 1tan6es cine 8rieftaf9e nit Yerlenifid:
rel, BON Deiner i10neit 6anb gefertigt
/ f6enftelf? Die SaiDe nurse mir bali
oarduf geTobler, aber i9 erinnere mid
6erlelben nod 10 genau, als bdtte icb fl
| erit geItern geieben. auf Der einen 6eits
| mar Elm S6mefterling-"
| r99ein!" unterbra9 ibn bic Satin
voer G6metterling mar auf ber anbern
Geite!"
Mb-fennt ibr fie, oiele Srauen, bic
INNER @inpdnbe 5il MAIDEN baben2 Die,
theils aus @enohnheit, theilS aus nt4G)=
tigsm inneren Orange, an erpieienen
Sbatla1em au riitteln ii1 unterfangen? !?
Bic BEL ben glei6giltigiten Oingen tpie
Bel ienen, bic ben beIfen G0pfen Weiibe
uno Mrbeit berllrla1t bdben, nit benz
ielben @Gi1mutb, gan; barnllos 1nb
naib gu tpioerlpreden unb su smeifelu
magen2 Gennt i6r oiefe tueiblinefE
SSanatifer oes Miberlpru1s?
Gin alter Glaubensfab Der Pln9olo=
gle lautet: rWiberIpru9, bein 9tame
! 1T Wei6i1 Wenn iraen0 cine nteiner
gee6rten 2elerinnen @inpdnee gegen
Die &i9tigfeit 6eIielben MAIDEN lpollte,
| 10 tpiir6e lie geraoe ba6ur1 betpeiien,
tpie sutreffen6 6ieier 3e6riab lit.
Ser Mann folgt auerif ben gingebuns
Igen ieines &opfes, Sic sSrau 6enen hires
6ersens. Das Beftreben 6es Mannes
| lit, ri9tig gu oerfen, bas Der 6rau-
ri9tig 3u fliblen. Muf befl1 tpeiten @es
biete .bes 8emiitbs= uno 5eelenlebens
| 1in6 Bic sSrauen bic trefflid1fen Dfab=
finberinnen; 6arf man es ibnen bann
periibeln, tpenn lie tpeniger fd)arf au
oeitfen i'm Stanbe finb, tuenn fie fi6h-
bemuBt uno unbetpuBt- -inWiberipriid)e
berpideln? penn Mblidt unb 6anblung
einan6er fdnurifrads entgegen(teben?
Nsit ni9ten barf man bas.
Wie reiaen0 unb eutsiidenb fin6 bieIe
betpuBten Wiberfpriid1e, penn bas Wldoz
den 10 germ benz qeliebten Weaune um
Ben 6aIs fallen n,6dbte, Bel 3eiten aber
nod Ser ge1enfdaftlid)en ssormen qebenz
fen6, feline Gd6meid6eleien nur nit !:
/ .6ie fiuo Elm ab5d1eulidler MenIo,. unb
| Id CLAUDE linen nidts,~ beantlportet-
ud5renb bas ftrablenbe Muae BEN Maunb
2iiaen ffraft! g}ie hplo uft6 anmutf1id
1T 6as Bib unbeuusten Wiberfbrut5s,
oas uus bic @Qttin bietet. Die imnter
uub INNER tpieoer ifren 6errlt @entobl
be5dlw6rt, bos entfekIid1e g1oud1en Al
laiien. ur1b bic INN 6obei-imn,er mia
geue gioorrenfaid5en ifift NEIL Ser
@atte bef5aubtef BE giaarreu Id5meden
| INN rloG1 einmoi 70 ant menn er r fie ous
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gilmut iaB an ieinem 5@reibtii6e
uno Dor inn fanben stpei Sanern. De-
rten er augenf6einli6 cine Strafreoe
gebalten bate; benn Der Cine lab gang
3erfnir11t aug, tpdbrenb Der Mnoere nod
etuas finiter unb ttobig sl Booen
blidte, 8ei6e aber ibmiegen uno borten
reipectbon gu.
(6Ortfessas folat.)
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= 9nDpfe, 8eiabartitel fir 9amen=
flei6er unb Wdf6e. iotpie fiir BettScrg,
billigif bel San0us.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1884-04-02

s@ginise gsad 8rafeler unb Sn.
arain Gorpets finb nod porrdtbie unb
rerben 5u We,p Dcrfer Scftpreiien rer.
fanit. Muu beinde uns.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-09-05
G.adstone I, nt & Church. 8
[Lcndon Cor. Bos ton Herald. /


But to Mr.. Gladstone; / was pained to
see him. He shuffled into the chapel and
into his pew, but with a quick, nervous,
ill-regulated step, that indicated strength
Of will trying to overcome weakness of
limb. He looked two inches shorter.
than be did four years ago. His face is
full of crows feet. Lines and wrinkles run
in every direction upon it, and if he were
100 years old his face could not be more
wien and worn. This withered, pinched
face, with its great, penetrating restless
eyes, was almost weird. sat immedi-
ately facing the prime minister and
within ten feet of him, and must say
II am bound to say-that his presence
panied me all the while I was in the
chapel. He is a man with a great trouble
on his mind, or else, no face ever in this
world told the story of trouble. When
he closed his eyes in prayer and I
peeped several times to see-1there was
almost an agony on his countenance. He
was so uneasy and restless when stand
ing up, so fdgetty with the books and
his fan, that it was deeply painful to. see
him.
Many evil reports were in circulation
years ago about the social life of this
brilliant man, but one hears so many
such things in all European countries
that I fancy no one pays any consider
able attention to these scandals. For
one, I believe he is socially as pure as
sunlight or snowflake is pure But this
needless bloodshed in Egypt seems to
haunt his soul as spccter, and he is like
all men Of indomitable will-he just falls
short of great will on great occasions
when a man needs will to immediate his
own will. Mr.. Gladstone has not the
will, to slay his will. He has gone most
wofully wrong, and he cannot consent to
acknowledge it and retrace his steps. It
is well known to Mr.. laktones friends
that he kecnly felt being Kissed at the
opening ceremonial Of the bealth exhibit,
ton, and it is said he realizes that
his political career is ending rather in
shame than in glory. He holds his fol
lowing through sheer strength Of his
magnificent past record Mr.. Glaapne
is said to be devout man, and sf6uld
say that his manner during the service
was one Of reverence and picty, but his
mind was, for the most part of the time,
preoccupied. He was dressed, as he al
ways is when have seen him, neatly
but not in the best taste. His enormous
straight and rigid collar always disigurcs
him.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-09-05
Sunset Cox as a Fisherman.

: "May I be pardoncd if refer to the
fact that l have tishcd under the shad-
ows of our Sierras in Tahoe, lake and
stream; that have followed the noun
tain riyulet Restonica in Corsica, where
the waters blanch tho powders into
dazzling whitcness, and the association Of
the vendetta and the Bonapartes give a
ruddy tinge to the adventure; that I
have caught the cod in the Arctic around
Cape Nord, under tho majestic light of
the midnight sun; that I have angled in
the clear running Malaren Saltsjon,
which circulates BEAUTIFULLY, amid the
splendid islets of stately Stockholm, and
in the Bosphorus, in sight of the historic
Euxine aud the marble palaces and
mosques Of two continents; that have
been tossed in shallops along with the
jolly fishes of the bay of Biscay; that
have had the honor of beholding the pill
lars near iIskenderoon, in the northwest
corner Of the Mediterranean, erected by
a grateful people on the spot where
Jonah was thrown ashore by the whale,
and that I have bounded through the
league-long rollers on the shores Of New
Jersey, along with my favorito life
savers-to see and feel the s'bluefsh
Wriggling on tho hooks.o
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-09-05
The EXl1cs OF Siberia.
Engineer Melyille's Book, !

The hut the eNilcs lived in was, it an
pears, miserable affair, built after the
manner of a Yakutsk yal,rata, of rough
timber, plastercd with mud containing
the usual outer and inner apartments, a
kind Of weather-pouch and a kitchen
which contained their fireplace and cook
ing apparatus. In the inner apartment33ii
where they lived, they kept their books,
bedding and clothes. Russian illustrated
papers were pasted okthe walls, but the
ceiling was so low that the room pre-
sented dark and dismal appearance,
and candles were burning there at mid
day. The government allows each exile
a monthly stipend Of 25 rubles, paper,
about $3.50 in American coin, month.
Out of this they must feed, clothc and
house themselves, besides procuring fire.
wood and service. This is almost dbso-
lutte destitution, for in Siberia the pud,
or forty pounds Russian, thirty-six
pounds American, costs rubles. Sugar
is worth 1 ruble a pound. Though
venison, beef, horse-fesh and fuel are
comparatively cheap, all the other nee
essaries Of life are extravagantly dear.
Some of the exiles had, rich relatives who
sent them money, but not more than 800
rubles could be sent at any one time, and
the mail service is so irregrlarthat some
times there is only a delivery in six
months and only at odd intervals during
the winter when some government Off
cial has occasion to go over the road. No
exile may send or receive any sealed
package. Everything of that nature
must be opened and read or examined
by the Cossack commandant OF the chief
of police.