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JANET. LEE
In the Shadow of the
GaU0WS.
BY DAVID LOWRY.
CHAPTER XIV.
REAP1NG THE wHIRLwIND.

T was as Janet said. John
Lee did not deem it wise to
inform his wife and daugh-
3ter that the authorities had
buried what they presumed
were the remains Of his
brother Martin. He had good
reason for pursuing this
course, as will be seen later.
Furthermore, he had trav.
eled many miles in quest Of
friends upon whom he could
rely in his extremity. He
called upon in q q e n tisl
friends in Boston, who wrote
to the judges; the foremost
1a ~ Tho oo1opr inkcr
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SOWING THE SEED.

like Tam O'Shanters, and the cavalry
have as many different kinds of headgear
as the infantry. Some officers have
green bands about their caps and others
blue, and in short there is every possible
CAP combination from the shaggy fur OF
the peasant from the wilds OF north
Russia to the brimless astrakhan, which,
with 1t red silk crown, covers the head
of the cartridge breasted Caucasian
soldiers. The overcoats of the people
from the different parts OF the country
are also different, and the officers wear
coats of different colors and Of different
grades of length, ranging from the feet
to the top of the boots in size. All told
the dress OF the men Is the most
picturesque one Of Europe, and the
crowds which throng the streets OF st.
Petersburg are like those OF no other
capital of the world. The men are
naturally large aud 6ne-looking. These
long ulsters make them look bigger, aud
the general effect produced is that OF 8
Nation of giants.
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straight, honest and kindly. Their noses
are large and clean cut, and their cneek
bones often rather prominent. Nearly
all are bearded and many are long-halred
aud part their hair in the middle. Their
frames are as strong as. their faces. They
are big. boncd, well-joined race. and
thew look as though they were made to
etay. The women are of the same char
acter as the men. They are not hano,
some nor pretty, but they look KIND ana
motherly and what we would CALL nne
looking. They lack taste in DRESS nave no
ideas Of the harmony of colors, ana wear
Il mean the peasants-handkercnleis
of all br;ghtes: coors OF the RAINBOW
upon their heads. Their dresses are OF
red. blue or othe. gay colors, and they
are gathered III at the neck and waist,
end fall to the feet i'll ungraceful folds.
They are sturdy of frame and rather dull
and Quiet in manner. They do as much
worl, as the men, and the men aud
women work in the fields side by side.
The men of the lower classes, as see
them here, are more pictures que in their
dress than the women. Russia is the
land of tic cap, the long coat and the
top boots, and the peasants wear coats OF
lonespun, with long frocks. and even
s,ch as dress in slcepsAins, with the fur
.urncd in. have tieir coats reaching to
bslcw the knees. Here 10 st. Peters
i:ury sec few witLou: oyercoats, but
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those who took the smallpox.

those who took the smallpox. Almost
all of the great landed proprietors in the
famine districts are doing what they can
to help their people. Ihear of men who
have been feeding and caring for five,
ten and in some cases even twenty and
twenty-five thousand peasants, and Count
Bobrinsky, who is at the head of the
transportation of famine relief here, is,
IN connection with his family, supports
ing nearly thirty thousand people out OF
his own means, and at the same time aid
ing in the distribution of the foreign
aud Government relief fund among the
people outside of his estates.
This relief work is not done spasmod-
ically nor without system. Thene is a
thorough organization, and as good
brains as you will find anywhere in the
world are managing it. The peasants
themselves are like children, and they
require the advice and the care OF chill
dren. These people of Russia of the
highest classes 60 and stay with them.
They visit them in their huts, take care
of the sick-for there are but few doc
tors-and nurse them. With them is the
Russian Red Cross which has raised
about s35, 900, QUO for the sufferers, and
which works, as do all outside institu-
tions. directly under the Government.
The Government of Russia is planning
great works to prevent the recurrence of
such a condition as now exists. A fund
of $40, 100000 has been set aside to
build elevators and places for the stor-
age of grain in all Of the various districts,
and through our Consul General, DR..
John II. era wford, the Interior Depart
ment has investigated our system of crop
reports and has just now decided to
adopt this system for Russia. Secretary
Rusk forwarded full information and
from now on the same organized system
that We have constructed will be in
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perhaps one, that would rise to the
emergency and do 80 much for its peo-
pie as Russia is doing. The contribu.
tions America has made have been OF
great good, and they are most thank
fully, and, I might also say, tearful!J re-
ceived, but they are only drop in the
bucket to what Russia herself Is doing.
Our and other outside gifts amount, all
told, to Perhaps three.quarters OF
million dollars. Tho donations of the
Government and the people represent
in the neighbornood Of $3.50, ,00O,-
900, and the Gar himself las
given about ten million dollars out
of his private fund. The Govern
ment loans to the famine villages amount
TO more than one hundred million dol
lars, and these loans no one ever expects
that the peasants will repay. 1t is
physical impossibiIity for them to do so,
and, as one of the chief officials OF the
Government said to me lattcrly, the Car
does not expect repayment. Hs always
gives present to the people upon certain
occasions, such rs the coronation OF
Grand duke, and at the next event one ot
bis presents will probably be the forglv.
ing of this debt This onc hundred nil
lion dollars was given clraost outright by
the Government, but in addition to 1t
numerous schemes have been favored and
authorized by the Gar to get money for
the sufferers, and the bulk OF the gifts
have come from the people.
Consul General Crawford estimates
that the gifts of private citizens in Russia
to this famine lave been not less than
$50, 900, 900 roubles or the enormous
sum of $175, ,OcO, 900. The gifts almost
surpass comprehension, aud all told, not.
withstandIng the vast population OF
Russia, they amount, including those OF
the Government, to S3 for each mau,
women and child in the whole Russian
Empire, or to SIS per family. When you
remember that of the twenty cdd million
families that make up the Russian
people rot many more than one million
Of them probably has ever had sl5 at
one sine in its possession you get some
idea of The mighty strain this has been
on those who could give and have given.
The nobility have in all cases led the list,
and hundreds of well-educated girls and
women of the best families of this and
other Russian cities are now in the famine
districts fighting the demons of starVa-
ton, ,ypbus fever and the smallpox in
behalf of the peasants. A number OF
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
rTKS END.1

The brilliant daughter makes brittle
wife.
Arms. women and books should be
looked after daily.
Fame is said to be monument erected
after one is dead and buried.
When one man will trust another with
his umbrella it is safe to say that the
other man is honest.
A man in love can do more thinking
without thinking of anything at all than
any one else on earth.
He who is false to present duty breaks
a thread in the loom, and will find the
faw when he may have forgotten its
cause.
Very few women grow old without
becoming more patient, and the years
seldom add up on mans shoulders
without IN aking him more fretful.
The communist is one who has yearn-
ings for equal division of unequal earn.
ings. Ider or bungler, he is willing to
fork out his penny and pocket your shil'
ling.
The girls of sixteen who consider
themselves young ladies should not snub
the ugly Hooking boys of the same age.
When the girls are twenty-five and
triae shelf worn the boys will be young
men and may remember the snubs. 1t
pays to be polite all the time.
Every man expects in his own case to
have ample time to get his worldly al
fairs in good shape before he dies, but
no man ever has. Men hope to leave
enough to keep their wives, but they
leave it in such shape that the women
lose half the threads in trying to get af.
fairs untangled.
A dandy is c!othes.wearing mau-a
man whose trade, Office, and existence
consist in the wearing of clothes. Every
faculty of his soul, spirit, person and
purse is heroically coDsecrated to this one
obiect-the wearing OF clothes wisely
and we'll; so that as others dress to live.
n' II I've We " Sofk Upon maroIe, II VIII per-
ish; if we work upon brass, time will
efface it; if we rear temples, they will
crumble into dust; but if we work upon
immortal minds, if we Undue them with
principles, with the just fear Of the in
finite and love OF our fellow.men, we
engrave on these tablets something
which will brighten to all eternity.
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RUSSIAN FARMERS.

force here. Heretofore Russia has had
no agricultural statistics and the peas.
ants have lived from hand to mouth.
They are not economical or thrifty nor
accumulative in our sense of the word,
and it requires study of their character
and their condition to understand the
situation.
No one who visits Russia can be un.
impressed with the strength of character
seen in the faces of the people. l first
cav these Russian peasants at Jerusalem
about four years ago. It was at Easter
time, and they had come by the thou
sands on a pilgrimage to the holy sepul-
cher, and of the polyglot humanity which
was gathered there from the four quar-
tiers Of the world there were none so
ftr5ne in feature and in frame as these
s!avs. Isee here every day walking the
streets of St. Petersburg with bundles on
their backs, driving cabs or droschkies
ard working on the streets, men whose
nobility and strength of features would
create remark in the American crowd,
and at every corner you meet men whose
faces are such that you would be proud
to acknowledge them if you found them
among your ancestral portraits. Their
foreheads are high and broad, their eyes
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Elizabeth Wore an Amulet.

Queen Elizabeth. during her last ILL.,
ness. wore around her neck charm made
of gold which had been bequsathed hei
by an old woman in Wales who declared
that so long as the queen wore it she
would never be ill. The amulet, as was
generally the case, proved of no avail;
and Elizabeth, Notwithstanding her faith
in the charm, not only sickened, but
died. During the plague in Landon.
people wore amulets to keep off the dread
DESTROYER. Amulets of arsenic were worn
near the heart. Quills of quick silver
were hung around the neck, and also the
pogder of toads.-Detroit Free Press.
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rRE DREAM
~ oZIAs MIDsUMMER.
] h.v. slept through the night, John, without

J have slept through the night, John, without
you,
Alone ON the old cottage bed
Oh the life that lived il my dreaming;
How delightful il WAS in its seem ing,
Until the bright sun with its beaming
Awakened my old sleepy head.
John, it seemed as though we we're both tod
dlers,
Both stub-toed bare-footed boys,
With not a thing on us but dresses
Just escaped from dear mothers caresses,
Each provided with bread and molasses-
For once, John, were no: making noisa
We were sitting in beautiful sunlight
Enjoying our meal with the flies.
While the cat and dog, Johu, were bcseccnlnS
And were now aad then reaching.
Were US lessons in charity teaching,
With watering mouths and with eyes.
Do not laugh, my dear boy, when I tell you
That Rovers plan worked for bin right,
For we let him cLange bites with each othc-,
First the one did and then did the other;
But we got good licking from mother,
He took the whole lunch a. one bite
CHICAGO, Ill.
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while before? And what hast thou to say
finally concerning the death of Daniel
Meade's son."
AN he should clear himself Of the mur-
der of the horse and sheep, how will he
wash his hands of INV sons blood?" said
Grizzle Meade, fercely.
An you will give me time" began
Martin Lee, Il will make straight answer
to all these. AS for the bad blood against
my friend here, there never was any. 1t
was q sudden quarrel in drink-albeit,
strange as it may appear, search all the
ships logs I have sailed in. it was my.
first, as it will be my last, drunken
quarrel"
Yet We can prove he drank q pint in
little time the night he murdered our
son." said Daniel Meade.
Cease. Let no one speak without our
permission" said the Deputy, severely.
Il did drink freely, but I was cold, and
went to bed as clear in my mind as I am
now. I did not.tremble as others trem-
ble now Martin Lee replied, with .
meaning glance at the landlord.
'Proceed-ssy what thou hast to tell
concerning all that took place after you
went to bed"
The judges gazed upon him sternly;
Dorothea and Janet listened wi-h throb-
bing hearts.
Say, now, as the landlord NJ axes out,
that I've had my drink. and the customers
are gone. and I am tired, having walked
fast and far Oh the worst night man
could be out. I am sleepy, and the mo-
ment my head touches the bed, / am
sound asleep. Then comes man TO my
window. I made sure he wanted my
money, so fall foul of him the moment
he comes through the window; and he
begs my mercy, and tells me he is the
landlords son, and has run away, and is
a sailor, which, feeling his hands, make
sure of. He tells me he is in trouble
and ! was in trouble, or would not hive
been there. lie has come home TO biz,
rEtil he gets rest, but durst not let his
father End mothe- know, lest they scold
ard beat him
That is lie!" Daniel Meade shouted.
His wife ezcleimed at the same time:
An invention of the devils! We set
store BY our son. as all k:iow."
The Associate Judge waved hand at
them angrily, and Martin Lee proceeded
calmly:
so I gave him my bed and laid me
down on bench near the wall. and in
the dead of the night I Heard footstep
on the stairs.
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gathered. Great want and much suffer-
ing, however, must continue to exist for
the next year or so in many of the
States, and the drought may precipi-
tate second famine equally as terri
BILE as the present one. Notwith.
standing all that has been published
concerning the famine, we In the Unit
ed States have but little idea of its
terrible exteut and of the wonderful
manner in which the Russians have
handled II. No country in the world,
with perhaps the exception of the
United States, could Withstand such
strain as Russia is now undergoing, and
there is no Nation in the world, except
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An important legal contest has
been entered upon over the question
whether a telephone can be used 10y
the mouth only, and whether placing
q souDder at the instrument and tick
ing off message by telegraphic sig
nal is an infraction Of privileges.
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LAND OF THE CZAR.
WHAT RUSSIA Is DOING TO PRE-.
VENT A FAMINE IN 1898.
The Famine Sufferers Have Re-
cefved $3.50. 600, ,OOO-Wonderful
Private Gifts of the Mobiles
PecuIiarities ofthe People.

HE reports which are
received daily here
from the famine dis
tricts. says Frank G.
Carpenter in a St.
Petersburg letter to
the Washington Star,
are very encouraging,
and though the fam
inc is still raging, the
backbone of the de-
mon of Russian star
vation will, it is be-
lievcd, be broken bJ
the first of Septem-
Der, when the har-
tx Ill l
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FIRE BUGS PLAY HAVOC.
SAN ANTONIO THE SCENE OF "A
SERIES OF FIRES.

An Anonymous Note Tells the City
Marshal That the Work of Destruc-
tioa Has Just Besun-The Streets to
be Patroled bye Vigilance Com
mittee.
New ORLEANS. April ia special to
the Picdyune from San Antonio, Tex. says:
Excitement and terror exists here over the
deeds Of fire bugs. Incendiary blaEes have
occurred nightly for several weeks past and
last night three fires ragged simultaneously
In the business portion, with numerous at
tempts at incendisrism in other portions
The lumber yard of Olive, Sternbeng 81 Co.
and some small adjoining properSy in the
western part of the town was consumed at
loss of 500, 900, with insurance Of $4,000
ROW OF STORES BURNED.
IA row of stores on the west side OF AL
amo plaza was burned at loss OF $4,000,
with insurance for half that amount.
The third fire consumed the Howard
building. including the Daily Democrat,
the office of Guerra & Fralett. printers. the
Daily NCIJS office, etc., at total loss OF
$4,000, with partial insurance.
Much excitement exists and many clti-
zens stood guard all night over the city.
City Marshal Shardein has received an
anonymous note saying that the fires have
just begun. A meeting Of citizens has been
called to protect the cityI by patroling the
streets aud visit vengeance on the incendi-
aries il caught"
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HARRIsoN,s CABINET.

Less Than Half the Present Members
to be Retained if Be is Reelected.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Should Presi-
dent Harrison be renominated and re-
elected, as he is now SAID to believe he will
BE- he will, his friends say, reorganize his
cabinet, retaining not more than half of its
present members. Secretary Blaine will
either retire or be retired. Postmaster
GENERAL Wanamaker has repeatedly an
nounced that he will serve but this one
Term. Attorney General Miller is to go on
tne supreme bench. and Secretary Noble is
70 Dc left out if he does not voluntarily
save. Possibly. Secretary Foster may be
unwilling to remain at great expense of
yaIort to say nothing Of time and money.
61t Secretaries Tracy, Ellkins and Rusk
SA also certainly be members of the new
SSonet- Secretary Rusk will certainly be
eCreJary OF Agriculture. as now, but Sec
SSATy Tracy may be made Secretary of
.'.e SAVe ana Secretary EIkius will almost cer-
Hlny be made Secretary OF the Interior.
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THE NEW VENTURE.
FAITHFUL 10 EARLY LOVE.
An Old Hermit Dies to Be Buried in
His Wedding suit.

An Old Hermit Dies to Be Buried in
His Wedding suit.
ELK POINT. s. D.. April 17.-John Strub-
BILE was found dead at his home at BruIe,
this county, one day last week. The de-
ceased was 70 years of age and has resided
in Union county for the past twenty years.
MIR. Strubble was a very eccentric man.
For twenty odd years he had lived alone in
his shanty, not one foot OF his 100 acres Of
land being under cultivation. He derived
his support from the grass he sold each year
at 80 much per acre. He had some money
in his possession al the the time of mis- death.
Not long since he requested a married sister
and her husband, no resided In this county,
TO erect a house on his land that they
might be near him should anything happen
the stipulation being that mis- sister would
have the land after his death.
The deceased was found dead In the new
dwelling. The sister and her husband, not
having moved all Of their household effects,
were not present when Mr.. Strubble died.
Many years ago Mr.. SJrubble was to have
besn married to a lady OF his choice at
Lamb, Mo. Arriving at the home of bis
sweetheart, day or two before the we'd
ding, he found his bstrothed dead. This ia
supposed to have been the cause OF his sub
sequent hermit life. His wedding suit he
faithfully kept. and by his last request il
was his burial shrOud.
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GORMAN TO RETIRE.
He viii Decline Reelection to the
National Committee.

He Will Decline Reelection to the
National Committee.
BALTIMORE, MD, April ia close per-
sonal and political friend of Senator German
said to a representative of the Sun to-day
that Senator German will not be delegate
to the democratic national convention,
and, moreover, it is not likely that he will
continue as member Of the national COM
mittee from Maryland. The reason Senator
German will not continue as q member of
the national COMMITTEES is that he
is physically unable to stand the labor
and strain that will be put upon him
in the presidential campaign. The position
on the national committee to a man
occupying the prominent place in national
POLITICAL affa lrs that Senator German holds
means hard and unceasing work from the
opening to the close of the campaign. He
could never be drone, and if he were to re-
sume his old place on the committee he
would rush into the fray with his usual
force aud spirit without regard to con-
sequences, aud the personal results might
be serious.
HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW.
Heeiing the advice Of his family and
friends, Senator German has come to ap
preciare the seriousness of the work that
would be entaied upon him, and so he has
concluded TO withdraw from the committee
when the convention meets, and TO decline
reappointment. Senator Gorman's retire
ment does not mean that he Will cease to
take an interest in national political affairs
On the contrary, his interest will be
strengthened aud with the de-
tail work taken from him
be will be afforded more opportunity to
scsn the field in a general way and TO sug~
gest means and methods that will more
largely aid in securing democratic victory
thsu he could do if confined to supervision
otmerelv routine committee work. He has
already said that whatever experience and
Knowledge he posse sses will be at the dis
posal of the committee, aud he will at all
times be ready to assist them with his sd-
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NORTON ON THE TICKET.
GARRISON WANTS THE OLD
TICKET RUN AGAIN.

,rorton's Relations With the Presi-
dent Very Harmonious-The Vice
President Aware of the Fact That
Bis Position is Chiefly Social and
Refrains From Meddling in Politics.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Harrison and
Morton seem to have been determined on as
the next republican ticket by Benjamin
Harrison and Levi P. Morton. Since Vice
President Morton, finding that his place on
tbe ticket was regarded as desirable by
Editor Reid, Secretary Tracy and other
Nav Workers, announced that he would ac-
can't a denomination it has been generally
Understood that President Harrison wanted
him to have it. They have gotten on to-
gether much better than any Press
dent and Vice President of recent
Years. MIR. Morton, accepting his
n-sition as chiefly social, has done much for
the administration by his admirable enter
tanning, and has not meddled with politics
or patronage except to make recommenda-
tions now and then as to New Workers seek
ing office, which he has never forced upon
tina President. Personally they are good
friends, although they never knew each
other until they were nominated together
Mr.. Morton's check to the republican ma
tional committee in the last campaign.
which was for a round 100000, will be du =
plicated by hin if he is renominated.
Ex-President Cleveland is said to prefer
Gov. Boies for the second place on the
ticket with him. The friends of Gov. Boies
say that they have thorough understand
ing with the friends of Mr.. Cleveland and
that Gov. Boies after receiving compli-
mentary votes, or before il necessary, will
throw his whole strength for the renomina-
ton of Mr.. Cleveland. Mr.. Cleveland's
friends will, on the other hand, do all they
can to nominate Gov. Boies for Vice Presi-
don't