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rainbow. There came hundreds of barcheaded
BOYS and ba-eheaded girls. and half of
the barefooted. barelegged women had
bareheatled babies in their arms. There came
hundreds of barefooted men with their hats in
their hands or with no has at ali. and through
this motley marched number of bare
headed priests in black gowns with
long black hair hanging down their
backs. These entered the church
and presently came out with the holy banners
As they did SO msuy OF the people fell PROSTATE
on the ground and some bumped their heads
against :he cObble stones in alteration. Every
nian ami woman. boy and girl made the sign OF
the cross many times over. and rs the priests
moved onward the Thousands of bareheaded.
barsfooted people went with them. crossing
themselves and PRAYING they did so. In this
way they marched throughout the town. and
thew viii now 60 20 some shrine in the country
and there repeat their prayers for rain. / saw
o similar procession Mt Vo,sk the other day and
] understand that the people PRAYING for
rain all along the Volga. They are n class
very devout and they offer more prayers in
proportion to their population than any other
people In the world.
now THE AMERICAN CORN WAS USED.
Much Of the American corn and -four came
70 Semara and have had talks with the men
who had charge of il and who aided in its dis
tribution. am now travelling with Dr. J. b.
Hubbell of the American Red Cross Society
ana We have visited many OF the districts to
which our supplies were sent As far rs can
find ever. bit Of the American sifts have been
wisely and conseientiously distributed, and
here at Samara the authorities woald not give
even samples OF the corn TO people who wanted
them for planting, but who were not in a
starving condition. There were many such
applications. but all were refused with the
statement that they could get such samples
il they wished from the peasants by giving
other food or an equiy alsnt for them, but that
this corn came from America for the
people and every grain OF il should
20 to them drove out into
the country this afternoon TO see an English
man who has been especially active in taking
care Of the American food, but failed to get nc
cess to him. as he was down with the typhus fever
Count Tolstois son. whom expected to meet
here, ia now working IN one Of the fever districts
Of the interior and Mr.. Thischkoh and others Of
the famine workers have just left after looking
into the supplies from the Tynehead. All fay
that the American food has done n vast
deal of good. and at Seratov, further
down the yolea. was toll that
this food had saved the lives of thousands.
This vas especially among the German colo
nists. Of whom there were more than hundreds
and Thousands ON the verge OF starvation. The
Russians are very clsnnish and they believe in
taking care Of their own people frst. The re-
suit u that of the hundreds Of millions Of dol
lars given by the Russian people and by the gov
srnh.rut very little II amy went to the Germans.
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leave a comparatively sheltered place for the
family. The animals ate this thatch greedilv.
1t is made of straw and il is on many of the
houses fully eighteen inches thick When it
was not too old it formed fairly good
food, but the supply was scanty
that hundreds of thousands of the cattle
were almost dead before the grass came in the
spring, and the ploughing had to be done. The
horses would pull the plough for yard or so
and then line down almost dead tired in the
furrough. and it would be. perhaps, a half hour
before they coud be reused up TO
stagger on for another few yards and then lie
down. Both cattle and horses were killed By
the people for food. and in the winter horses
were sold for a dollar apiece for which the peo-
pie could have gotten $50 and 800 the summer
before. Germans came in and bought horses
on speculation. and much stock was shipped
out of the country. In Scratoy nearly half of
the horses which the province had last year
have disappeared. and throughout the whole of
the famine regions there has been 4 defamation
OF stock which will require years to
replace. The weakness and the loss
of the stock naturally produced the planting Of
much smaller acreage III 81 usual. and tn )Igh
in many parts of Russia through which have
travelled the crops are comparatively good
there can hardly be enough to keep tha people
during the coming velr without the aid Of the
government or outside help.
The horses of Russia are among the finest in the
world and the meat OF the country will compare
favorably with tina. of England. In this region
however. such horses as | see show the effects
of the famine still. and YOU can count the ribs
on the cattle in the fields. The loss OF horses
throughout the famine districts must have
amounted to many millions in number. and in
some of the districts fully half Of the live stock
has been killed or sold.
THE RUSSIAN PEASANTS.
L find il hard to give an idsa of she famine
situation in Russia, the Russian peasants are so
different III every respect from the people Of
the rest of the world. They live differently,
they are governed differently and they do thair
work and manage their affairs after "a different
manner from the farmers OF Europe or the
United States. Their wants are SO small that 2
cents day per person has kept thousands alive
during this famine, and at SarGtov / Yves told
that IS day had been the total cost OF feeding
400 people for weeks. This IVES among the
Catholic Germans. and they each got one and a
half pounds of black bread day apiece and
this furnished at cost amounted to cents. In
some places found soup kitchens giving din
nsrs at ~ cents a meal, and such kitchens are
now established in all the towns Think of
feeding man on 60 or 20 cents month and
you get an idea of how these people have
been living during the past winter.
This gave them I'VE bread and water
with meal of cabbage soup. and in some of
the districts they did not even have this. In
parts OF this province of SaInara they made
bread of dried grass mixed with a little Bit OF
rye, and have seen specimens OF this The
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Said Mr.. Jacob Mueller. German of means
living in Saratov, who has devoted both his
time and money during the past winter to the
famine: "The American supplies saved the
lives OF our people. They came just at the
right time. There was inst enough of them to
help us out and not a bit too much. 1t seemed
as If the good God had managed it through you
for u.s.
IOWA CORN SPOILED IN TRANSIT.
A part of the Iowa corn reached Russia in a
very bad condition. One compartment of the
hold was filed with corn which had heated and
it was steaming when it was taken out There
was no place to be found in Riga where the corn
could be dried and it was put into the cars and
rushed off to the famine districts. Care was
not taken to keep this corn separate from some
of the good corn and number of carloads were
spoiled. Some of this spoiled corn came TO
Samara and another lot of it went to Saratov.
The best of il was dried and given to the people
for food and the rest was used for the cattle.
THE FAMINE AND LIVE STOCK.
The effect of the famine on stock Of all kinds
has been terrible. This province of Samara is
about as large as the state of New York 1t is
to a large extent a stock raising country. and
the people depend upon their horses COWS and
sheep to furnish them their livelihood. During
the past six months they have lost ]. 500 900
sheep soc, 600 horses and at least 500, 900 cows
When the famine at its worst they had
nothing to feed their stock. and they tore the
thatch off their huts and kept them alive for
months on this sort of food. The peasants hut
has kind of box-like room under this ridge
roof of thatch. and this could be done and still
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There was not a man who dared 20 follow
her. But the warning came too late. They
were too well known and had been tracked TOO
long to escape. They were all finally captured.
and suppose IL was rs tough . set Of men as
were ever banded together. IL WAS plain that
the eounterfci'er had no thoughts Of 49,
Gaping that night and wa wholly unsuspicious.
put Joe could afford 60 take no risk
at that late hour-the bird could not be trusted
WIN very long cortland the dcnauement
came before he vas prepared for IT, When the
house was searched. in a Gel ar. of who's exist
ehce no one had even inspected. there was
lodho ,he most complete countorfCiter- oui.it
which hsd ever been taken. itwas considered bv
the authorities great haul and no dpabt saved
hundreds OF dollars to that community.
het some way never enNic. that detective
the glory he received. The ia doctor He
dled short time after he was sent to the peni-
Tertiary, and Minna never saw again.
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from here to the Caspian sea there are today mil
lions who are dependent on the supplies they
get from charity. The typhus fever mas, to
certain extent, subsidized, but the report has
just been received here that the Asiatic cholera,
which has been ravaging Persia. is steadily
marching into the regions about the Caspian
sea, and that il is already at the mouth of the
yolgs at Astrakhan. The fright here regarding
IL IL terrible and should it make its way north
ward, as il in all probability WILL the horrors of
the last winter will be surpassed by those of the
coming fall. These millions. who have been
half starving for months. not in a condition
to tight with disease, and the cholera can bring
but one result-the death of millions. The au-
thorities doing all they can to prevent
such terrible disaster, but the trade of
30 immense that it is hard to
see how they can succeed Nearly the whole
Asiatic trade of the empire is dependent upon
1t, and Its thousands OF boats move up and
down it in a vast unending caravan of ships and
barges. few miles above here at Kazan all
of the Siberian trade enters the Volga, and this
river may be called the great trade artery of
European and Asatic Russia. which sends out
Its branches toevery part of this vast empire.
sRAssHoPPERs AND DROUGHT.
At this writing in July the people are fearful
% to the present crop. Grasshoppers have be-
gun to make their appearance and there ia
danger Of drought. few days of good rains
may turn the scale and bring everything out all
right, but a continuance Of the present weather
viii ruin the prospects Of a good harvest. /
saw today n vast assemblage of peasants going
out with the priests into the country to pray
for rain. They were bareheaded and bare
footed and they carried the sacred banners of
their churches, on which were painted pictures
of the Savior and the saints, and they marched
with their heads down. crossing themselves
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and before he had even notified the car he had
purchased 1000 tons of grain and sent it to the
afflicted of his province. He then applied TO the
minister of the interior for a loan for his peo-
pie and got 100000 or about l.000. 900 roubles
He closed the saloons and stopped the grain
spectators who were trying to make a corner
in the market and raise the prices: and finding
that according to the constitution of the viii
lage that the government loan was being used
by the well-to-do as well as the starving he
changed IL and made different laws, SO that the
men who got the money and not the villages
were responsible for the loan. Already this
province of Mini, which is half as large as Ohio
or Kentucky. and which has rs many people a.
the state of Michigan. has had about 50, 600 900
for the famine from the government
and the governor tells me that this
amount went to about GOO, GOO people 1t was
all given to non-workers, and no one between
the ages of fifteen and ffty-five was aided by it,
These were in general supposed to be able to
work for themselves, and such of them as were
not were generally supplied by private and not
by government charity. In addition to this he
bought great quantity of grain and hay for the
stock of his province and made such arrange
ments with the government that he has had
from 5000 to 10000 men working at cutting
wood In the government forests. Last De-
cember he received s150,000 from the govern
ment to employ his mos. needy in the making
OF roads, and SO he has gone on through the
whole Of the famine watching the interests Of
his people and doing the best he could to fight
the famine. cite his case as an instance Of
the work that has been done by certain of the
officials in the famine districts. Many of the
governors have not done well. and it would
be indeed strange if in the handling Of more
than half billion of dollars some of it had not
stuck to the hands Of thousands of men who
came in contact with it. find, however, that
relief works are going on in most of these Prov
inces and believe that general thing the gov
eminent money has been fairly distributed and
that every cent of the American supplies have
gone to those for whom they were intended
and to those who needed them the most
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
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COMING HOME II THE Not<I>G.
The Profound Mystery which an oId-Tim-
RaHnier - nable to solve.


RSunder ~ 4 nabir to solve.
From the Detroit Pre- "-rss
I'm an old man," he said slowly, ..aud I've
lived a long time longer than most men Vho
have lived ~ long a. / have. for there mighty
little in this world tha: oughint 60 know that
don't know. bus there L. one thihy don't
know, and I've been trying 20 learn !, for fifts
years. more or less"
Whats that interrogated Gan.alicl. who
was but yet beginner.
well. my son, It's this: don't know. and
I don't believe l ever snail. why il is that when
n nan gets home nj 3 O'Clock in the morning
and finds he hasn't his nigh. key in his pocket
he can ring The bell and thump the door and
throw pebbles up against the windovs aud dis
turb the whole neighborhOod. and irep on do
ing il for three-qunrters OF an hour a. wore be-
fore he wakes anybody in the house; but IL he
gets there at IN the morning and h. his night
key in his pocket and slips &c into tie, lock n
still a. n mouse and turns n withOui a creAk
and oreeps upstairs in his sock feet ~ still as a
cat and gets into his room as noiseirss tbs
stars 60 TO rest he not only wakes NJ his wife.
but the next morning everybody in the house IL
asking him wha; he means by cOniiHg In at
that hour OF the might. and if he mast come in
then why doesn't he make less racket and not
disturb the whole country"
The old man. in an excess 81 emotion,
gasped once or twice and began - mop his
brow.
That's what don't know. young man. he
went ON, and I'd like 20 live until YOU have
lived just as long as I have. 90 ses IL YOU can
ind out, but 1 don't really believe you ever
will"
Tn try" briefly remarked Galaaliel and
those who know Gamaiiel have a sublime con-
hdence that Inc has made noble beginning.
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shirts and cap' and calico pantaloons. trooping
down from the hillside with their picks and
shovels in heir hands. Each man had to take
care OF his own tools, and those who used
wheelbarrows had to take the iron wheels of
these in their hands, not daring to leave them,
for fear they would be stolen. A each man
stopped work he crossed himself and muttered
prayer, and as they cams up 20 where stood
many Of them were stiil PRAYING. l wondered
at this. and an English friend who was with
me said: '.Yes. they are praying now. They
are thinking God that the DAY is done. To-
morrow morning they will again thank Him
when they begin work. and they will pray
again when they stop for dinner. They pray
and thank Godall the time. and when they have
a chance 20 steal anything they even thank God
then for giving them the chance" This is rather
hard on the Russian peasant. but there is grain
of truth in it Notwithstanding. The people pray
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the river at midday and women with bags on
their backs and staffs in their hands wandered
through the streets asking aims. Here and
there along the roads were bread peddlers. who
sold big loaves of black bread as large as dish
pan TO such as could buy. Every loaf sold was
weighed first and parts of loaves were sold at so
much pound. In company with the architect
of the government visited the relief works and
watched the men at their labors. They worked
IA hard as any laborers have ever seen and
when l asked as to the hours they put in for
this % cents day 1 was told that the day was
the usual Russian laboring day during the sum-
mer. ''And what was this?'' 1 asked. From
O'Clock in the morning until o'clock at night"
was the reply.
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THAT seems to me to be a very long day.
said I.
oh replied the architect ''they don't
work all of that time. They have two hours
off at noon"
Still this gave the men fourteen hours of
work. and "a l looked at them digging and
wheeling. while the sweat rolled down their
faces. cheerfully putting in this time at less
tnln cents an hour | could not help thinking
OF our workmen, who are hardly satisfied with
81 for eight hours OF similar work. Still q
cents Is good wages here and you can hire men
in good times for this sum.
RUSSIAN CONTRACTORS KITCHEN.
/ vas at The works at the time that the {
O'Clock bells rang and the men stopped work.
1t was as light as midday in America and
could see these thousands of workmen. in red
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so much that they do it automatically. and
though there is great deal of religion among
the people there is more superstition and form
than real intelligent piety.
BOARD AT NINE CENTS A DAY.
Just before the men stopped work visited
the kitchen of the contractor, where about 700
men were boarded by him at cents day.
This board was voluntary on their part and they
only patronized him because he had q better
feed FOR the money than any one else. Imagine
a room about thirty feet square taking mp the
whole Of shed Of logs and boards, and in this
put great oven about four feet high and SO
made that it forms square box, filling nearly
the whole Of the room. This oven boz Il made
Of bricks and In its top are great holes, In
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whistler Neglected at Home.

From kate Ffelds washington.
Many who should know better sneer at James
Mcneil Whistler, the artist, because Ruskin
set the fashion in England. It Is to the infinite
credit of France that she docs her own thinking
and has placed Whistler among the immortais
by purchasing for the Luxembourg Gallery his
mastery portrait Of his mother which used to
hang in his studio. 1t should have been bought
for this country by some art patron anxious to
develop American art. How many examples Of
Whistler are there in the United States, where
he was born?
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An Entirely Different Thias.

Prom the ChicAeo Daily Tribune.
Mrs. Mcswat-"D illiger, I am going shor
ping"
Mr.. Mcswat absorbed in his pagrsr)-"A
right, Lobelia-'
after lapse Of some momers) s.Bnnse,
I am going shopping"
(Still deep in his paper) 'Yes. Loselia.-
with some sharpness II am going shopping
Biliger."
II hear you, my dear"
why don't You offer me some money. them
lLooking up) II thought you said you wer
going shopping"
That's what I did say. And On my wa,
home expect 10 stop nf an auction
why dlcnt you say so2 Here's ESQ.,
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AM NOW IN THE
heart Of the worst of the
famine districts of Rus
sia. 1 entered them
about Moscow, and /
passed through hun
dreds Of miles of famine
territory in coming to
the yolgs. The hunger
and sickness was greatiu
Kazan and Mini, which
provinces I visited on
my way to Samara, and
all along this great river
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Drowned Art.

From the Chicago Inter-ocean.
Lady Gusst-"Why IL 1t that We don't hear the
boom Of the waves hers2''
LAndlord-''It has been investigated, and II u
supposed to b on account Of the bathing suits
being % loud. .
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p IN THE TREASURY
Department there is a
collection of curiosities
which is often over
looked by sightseers:
vet il is one which for
most people possesses a
fascination that miles of
patent models and
bushels of old letters
fail to arouse. 1t is
the collection, confis-
Gated to the govern
,,o,4 Ly orante of tha
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FAMINE ON THE VOLGA
The Relief Of Mimi ovgorod and the
Situation in Samara and Saratov.
AMONG RUSSIAN PEASANTS

Where the American Corn Was Sent and low
1t was Used-Cholers and the Prospects
for the winter-The Famine Relief Kitchen
Which Supply Two-Cent Meals.
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Baron-'.Then the obstreperous b.srsr whor
you turned out Of doors was coarse Am
abusiveY'
vslst-"Abusive. nv lord? He night haw
eesn yoor iordship hinsslf. - zsd fsfs.
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THE DOCTOR SOLD.
A Story That a Visit to the Treasury
Brought Out.
CONTEMPLATING LONG AGO

Ostensibly Practicing Medicine. the Doctor
Was the Head of a Gang-How the Case
Was Worked Up by Good-LooEing De-
tective.
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Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
SAHARA, RUSSIA, July 6, 1892
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THE DOCTOR KANDcUFFED.
"Joe stepped up to the doctor, touched him
Significantly on the shoulder. With a deft
movement he snapped the irons on his wrists.
and with shrill. prolonged whistle summoned
his assistants, who came running from the hotel
with half the village loafers al their heels. II
the heavens had fallen L could not have been
more amazed. stood like one petrified. NOT
comprehending in the least what had happened.
There was utter silence for an instant The
doctor looked deliberately around him into
each man s face; his eyes met those of tine de-
tective; his face was deadly pale. but he showed
not a tremor. 1t was what one might have ex-
pected Of him-game to the last.
"'Soldr
'That was all he said But Minna. with a
piercing scream, threw her arms passionately
around him and turned upon Joe a look which
L think will haunt him to his dying day, so full
it was of anguish, despair and scornful rage.
1t was the beautiful sunshine of a summer day
suddenly cEnnged into the fury of o cyclone.
Her father kissed her tenderly and said h few
words quietly to her, SO low that none of M
could hear them, and made slight motion for
her to go. In an instant. before one could stop
her he had been SO inclined. she had darted into
the stable, seized pistol which always Law loaded
there and In another moment was upon horse.
Joe sprang toward her. sMinna, stopr he cried;
for heavens sake STOP For answer she turned
deliberately, aimed and fired at the man whom
moment before she would have died to save.
THAT'S rHs WOMAN OF IT.
'The horse, frightened by the shot, was Oh like
the wind. The bale. whizzed past Joc's head
and buried itself in q tres behind him For
once her unerring aim had failed -or vas II her
s.Joe uttered an oath. Little savsee., he
muttered, and I honestly believe that he loved
her better ut that moment than he ever loved
another woman in his life. That's tho man Of
II. We al knew what that ride meant and that
lfinns q any risk wcald warn ~ rsst q ~