Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

tim or plaStercd with mud, contain NO
the usual outer and inner apartments,
n kind Of weather-por: III and kitchen
which contained the fireplace and
cooking apparatus. In the inner apart
ment, where they lived. they kept their
books, bedding and clothes. Russian
illustrated papers were pasted on the
walls, but the ceiling was so low that
the room presented dark and dismal
appearance, and candles were burning
there NJ midday. The Government al
rows each cN lie a monthly stipend of
twenty-five ruJles (paper). about Sl2. so
in American coin. Gu. OF this they
must feed. clothc and house themselves,
esidcs procuring fire. wood aud service.
This is almost absolute restitution, for
in Siberia the pud, or forty pounds Rus
sian Uhigty-siN pounds American). costs
five rublcs. sugar Is worth n rIlble n
pound. Though venison, beef, horse
flesh and fuel are comparatively cheap,
all the other necessaries of lie are eN-
travagantly dear. Some Of the exiles
had rich relatives who sent them mon
ey. bat not more than three hundred
rublcs could he sent at one time, and
the mail service is so irregular that
sonnet mes there is only one delivery i'm
six months. and only Ut odd Intervals
during the winter when some Govern
ment Oilic nj has occasion TO go over the
road. No exile may send or receive any
sealed package. Everything of that ma
ture must he opened and read or exam
ined by the COssack Commandant or
Chief of Police.
"My coming" Melville writes, ''filled
them with the widest hopes. for here
tOfore il had been considered rs impos-
sblc To effect an escape by the Arctic
Ocean - TO cross living sea OF fire,
and for them, doubtless, il would be-, as
there was not a sea airing man in their
number, nor one. | suspect, who had
ever seen the rolling ocean. Yet before
lett they told me that they intended
to make the attempt, and / ardently
hoped that il might be- successful, for
here saw youth, intelligence aud re-
iinement banished for lie To an Arctic
desert, W thOut compauionship of books
or cultivated society, surrounded by
filthy and disgusting Yakutsk, who were
To certain extent their kecpers-for
the natives are held strictly accounta-
BILE. under pcpaliy If the dreaded knout
or Of Imprisonment. for the escape of
an exile, since nobody could travel far
into the country without their kpowl-
edge.
Tho eXilcs told Melville that all they
asked and strOve for was n constitr-
tional form of government They
only wanted the priv eye of being i'm
prisoned and hanged, if needs were,
under Russian law and constitution,
and not driven like herd of cattle into
exile by the Chief of Police of some
small provincial town"
Leon Melville continues. lin his
chara ter ~ interpreter, Obtained for
himself and his companions the full
benefit Of my recital to kasharollski of
the Jcannette's cruise and ,uipment,
our retreat, supplies, clothing and line
of march. The youngest exile had been
u student at the 'Ecole Polytechnique,'
and seemed 20 he physicist in general of
the party. He galed fondly on nv SEX
tant, for with it he could find his wav
across the ocean. They had watches
and compasscs, but no means of deter
mining altitude or longitude. So this
earnest young Nihilist began the con-
struction of seXtant, and soon had
navigation tables in course of prcpara-
ton, using a Russian almana. 10 find
the suns declination. Ii was their in
tention to build n boat on tho Yara
River. near Nerkeransk, and attempt a
journey OF n thousand miles TO the
coast and then another Of two thousand
miles along the coast of Siberia TO the
Eastern Cape or Bchring Stra t..
IL learned afterward to nv rerrct.
that they had attempted to carry out
their bold pro ect, but without success.
They eluded their pursuers and sue
ceeded after many difficulties, in work
ing their way down the Yara, past n
large village near It's mouth within sight
OF the sea- They might then have ac-
complishcd their escape with comp lra-
live ease, but the rolling waves terrified
them and washed into their boat over
laden with its freight of thirteen cNiles,
and when they wadcd ashore it was
swampcd and all their provisions
soaked Ono of the fug;tiyes was n
Young woman. Some of the eNiles
frightened at the situation. straightwav
gave themselves up to the authorities at
Oceansk, who soon captured the re-
mainder and sent them all into n
crueler captivity than ever. Leon was
sent to kola ma River Others were
taken from the settlements and took up
their abode among the Yakutsk"
Another exile whom Melville took an
interest in was Buali, who lived apart
from the others AMI fulhlled the duties
Che was doctOrl of the post surgeon.
who bad gone blind from cataract.
DIR. Buali had been very kind in his at
tentions To Danenhower and Leach.
His life held more of sorrow i'm It than
that % most men. lie hadbecn prac-
ticing physician n n small town Of Lit
tie Russia, had neither committed any
crime nor belonged 10 n secret society,
and he firmly believed that his only of
tense had ecu marrying a young wom-
"a he loved in neighboriny village,
not knowing that he had rival.
The story OF his capture and of his
residence in Ierkeransk was translated
I" me, with tears IN his eyes, BY Leon,
his friend and companion in misery. 1t
seems that for week he had been at
tending the little daughter of the chief of
police IN his native town. who ut length
so far recovered that he erased her
name from his visiting list But one
morning he was surprised to see the
Cossa X of the chief of police. who
came tO tell him that his masters child
was worse. would the doctor come
at once?' Buali, not supposing the
case n serious one. replied that he would
call there after breakfast.
But the Cossack insisted that he
should come ut once, and so he babe
him wait until he got his oversoat.
Here again the Cossaek interposed, say
ing that the chief house was but n
short distance away and that breakfast
would be served for him there. Buali
supposed that the child must be serious
" III and fastened off at once; but the
Cossack said they must first go TO. his
masters Office. Buali was surprised,
but. not dreaming that anything was
wrong, followed the Cossack to the po-
lice Office. The chief met him in the
vestibule and told him that he was n
prisoner. "a batch of exiles, " said the
heartleSs wretch, 'ars ready to start
Tor Siberia tomorrow; YOU will accom-