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works Tolstoi, she said, had been driven
into his philosophical misanthropy by the
embargo placed on the native circulation OF
his books, while his abandonment OF
fictional literature was making Russia and
the world poorer. The Gar was shown
that an alteration of the Government policy
would probably accomplish the desirable
result of bringing the great writer back into
his original groove. The Gar did not
definitely answer at the time, but Madam
Tolstoi's powerful relative remains at court,
and beyond question her efforts to further
the petition have not since been relaxed.
Tho Conduct of the Usurers.
The usurers are even at this present date
increasing the Governments dificulties and
delaying the administration ofrelief Rus
sian money lenders are mostly, but not e1-
clusively, Hebrews. The gentle Kulak-
which signifies inscriptions or list
trader-is also . professional usurer. The
way in which these sharks manage to en-
barrass the operations of the Central Relief
Committee is simple enough. They con-
gregate in the vicinity of large depots
which furnish the bases of supply. Here,
by their exorbitant demands for the grain
the Government wishes to purchase from
them they create q serious delay by hag-
Cling and bargaining.
1t may be asked, why does not the Gar
seize the grain and put an end to the matter
in the way one would expect an autocrat to
do? The answer to this is an illustration of
the fact that the Gar, though nominally
autocratic, is in many ways, openly defied
by his subjects. Complaints had been for
warded to St. Petersburg by the local agent
of the Central Relief Committee at Nieo-
laief saying that the committee was being
seriously obstructed in its work by these
miscreants Word was sent out accordingly
from the Police Bureau at st. Petersburg
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CATARRHAL DEAFNESS.
How Roaring, Cracking and Buzzing in
tho Ear Il Produced

low CrbCkunB anu ouZz1nE
tho Ear Il Produced.
The eustachian tubes are small tubes,
about two inches long, leading from the
upper and back part of the throat to the
middle ear. Their uses are to permit the
passage of air inside the drum-head of the
ear An ordinary drum would be worthless
unless small hole is made in the barrel to
allow the pressure of air to be equal on
both sides of the drum-head. So it Is with
the middle ear; the atmospheric pressure
must be equal on both sides, that the
drum-head (tympanum) shall be sensitive
to respond to the delicate vibrations of air
called sound. If anything happens to OBJ
struct the eustachian tubes hearing is very
much impaired, if not entirely DESTROYED.
Catarrh of the throat most commonly fol-
lows up these little ducts to the middle
ear, thickening their mucous Innings so as
to completely or partially close them up,
producing partial deafness. The roaring
iects so frequently complain of is due to
the spread of the catarrh to these tubes.
Pe-ru-na is the best, if not the only,
remedy that will cure these cases. Taken
regularly according to the directions on the
bottle the symptoms gradually disappear
until a complete cure is the result In
some cases it takes months to effect cure,
while in others only weeks are required, as
in the following:
Mr.. Frederick Bierman, of McComb City,
Miss, had chronic catarrh very badly for
many years. The disease finally passed up
the eustachian tube into the middle ear,
and had almost destroyed his hearing. He
has been taking Pe-ru-na but short time,
and his catarrh is very much better, and he
hears again as well as any one.
Colds, winter coughs, bronchitis, sore
throat, and pleurisy are all catarrhal af-
fections, and consequently are quickly cur
able by Pe-ru-na. Each bottle of Pe-ru-na
Is accompanied by full directions for use,
and is kept by most druggists. Get your
druggist to order it for you if he does not
already keep it. A pamphlet on the cause
and cure of all catarrhal diseases and con-
sumption sent free to any address by The
Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus,
Ohio.
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the Governor of the threatened provinces
lost no time in sending formal warnings to
the Minister of the Interior. One morning
Daurnovo arrived IN his Office in the bureau
after belated night of revelry at a state
ball Among the documents on his desk
was letter from the Governor of Kazan
urging immediate action on the part of the
Government. The communication was
couched in the most touching language and
forcibly portrayed the situation.
No reply was sent to the Governor of
Kazan, and upon the same afternoon when
Daurnovo had left his Office, after an un-
usually abbreviated tour of duty, a subor-
dinate discovered the letter of appeal lying
upon the floor. 1t had been folded longi-
tudinally, converted into use as a taper, and
after serving to ignite the end of Minister
Daurnovo's choice cigar was cast contempt
uousIy upon the floor as a piece of waste
paper This conscientious official is a great
gallant among the fair sex, and the Bureau
of the Interior has been mixed up with
several scandals during his administration.
Yet his gallantry and love of ease and
pleasure might be readily forgiven if they
were his only weaknesses. But there is no
absolution for his persistent neglect of
duty.
Course of Count Tolstoi.
In splendid contrast to this despicable
self-seeking official is the grand and over
shadowing figure of Count Tolstoi, whose
efforts to relieve the unfortunate famine
victims, have been described BY cables
Americans are familiar with the story of
devotion which records how the entire
Tolstoi family are giving of their time, en-
ergy and money to the cause of the desti-
tute. The spectacle of this great leader Of
Russia's intellectual people, forsaking all
personal considerations of comfort and con-
venience to save people from the horrors
Of starvation is one which the civilized
world may well contemplate with admira-
tion.
1t is really ludicrous to think of the sur
yeillance by police spies to which his noble
actions have subjected him. Verestchagin,
the great painter, told me once of the sus-
picion that became attached to him in con-
nection with some of his pictures These
paintings were designed to depict the ter
rors of war and the horrors of the battle
field, and dwelt on the dark and practical
side Of the campaign of 1877 rather than on
its glorious and heroic aspect. Great offence
was given to the Government in conse-
quence of their exhibition, and for a long
time afterward the painter found himself
shadowed and followed about by detectives
as though he was Nihilistic conspirator.
Subjected to Strict Espionage.
AT present Tolstoi is dogged by gendarmes.
who watch the very soup Kitchen which the
philanthropist has erected in the stricken
districts This only shows that were it any
other than Tolstoi who was engaged in this
work Of relief he would not enjoy even as
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NOT FAMINE ALONE
Is Responsible for the Awful
Suffering Among the
Poor of Russia.
THE IMPROVIDENT SLAV
Has Been Depending on the Honey
Lenders, Now Driven Out.
NO RESERVE TO FALL BACK ON.
The Minister of the Interior and Count
TolStOi COntraSted.
THE IMPROVIDENT SLAV
10 RESERVE TO FALL BACK ON.
A RUSSIANS VIEW OF THE SITUATION

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.l
What are the Underlying causes OF the
distress in Russia?
Many replies have been made to this
query, and yet it is questionable whether
the correct one has been given. American
readers, who have already seen so much In
print which assumes to explain the sources
of the misfortune, may desire to hear some
thing on the subject from Russian channels
In crisis of this kind it generally happens
that prejudiced' opinions are ventilated
Therefore, a resume of Russian current
opinion among the thoughtful and educated
classes and the higher grade of newspapers
concerning The famine and its causes will
serve to give a more comprehensive Idea OF
the situation.
The public have been surfeited with fg-
ures aud statistics. Enough that We should
know that unless foreign contributions are
literally forthcoming many hundreds OF
thousands in the afflicted provinces must
die. 1t is a desperate crisis, and naturally
people seek where to fix the blame.
Blaming the Government
The Government and political system of
the country has come in for good share OF
abuse, and, though both are doubtless de-
serving of censure, there are much worse
foes to Russian prosperity than either. The
other day 1 came upon q series OF printed
opinions contained in a symposium OF In
formation about the famine. They were
violent attacks upon the Government, even
going so far as to deny all faith on the part
Of the latter in endeavoring to relieve the
distress. One was written by q Hebrew
and the other by Nihilist
While both writers are fully entitled to
their views it does not follow that either
is correct The Gar and his Government
are perfectly sincere and earnest in desir-
ing to relieve their subjects. They are
handicapped by the oficialism which pre-
walls in the departments and the inadequate
means of transportation. The governmental
system of Russia is wrong that L admit,
but it is absurd to charge it with indiffer-
ence during time like the present.
Primary Cause of the Famine.
The primary cause of the famine
is the failure of the crops, but
even that misfortune might not have
resulted so disastrously had it not
been for the existence of condition among
the peasantry soon happily to change for
the better. L voice in the following para
graphs the most enlighted Russian opinion
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the women if we could foreground the
things they like, but they don't give q
snap for artillery. Mines the lack"
continued the captain with a sigh
"Andy's end of the business Is all right; 1
tell you he is an artist from waybaekp
''Yoost hear dot old mani He always
talk 'poud me like dot" purred the pleased
German.
Look at his work YOURSELF Fourteen
portraits in row and no two of them
alike
'Now that you speak of it, it is true; I
hadn't noticed it before. 1t is very re-
markable. Unique, I suppose"
81 should say so. That's the very thing
about Andy-he discriminatea Discrimi-
nation is the thief of time-49th Psalm;
but that amt any matter. it's the honest
thing, and it pays in the end"
Eyes, he certainly is great in that fea-
ture, one is obliged to admit it; but-now
mind, I'm not really criticising- you
think he is just triis over strong in
technique?"
The captains face was knocked express
sionless by this remark. 1t remained quite
vacant while he muttered to himself
Technique technique -poly-technique-
pyro-technique; that's it ikely-freworks
too much color" Then he spoke I'D with
serenity and confidence, and said:
sFWell, yes; he does pile it on pretty loud;
but they al like it, you know-fsct is, IT'S
the life of the business. Take that No. 9,
there, Evans the butcher. He drops into
the studio as sober-colored as anything you
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which should carry the more weight be-
cause 1t is that of people who have given
freely of their goods to the sufferers
The slav is by nature improvident and
careless of the future. The self-helping
characteristics of the Anglo-Saxon are
lacking in his composition. The knowledge
that he had facilities for mortgaging his
crops in advance, and that his small posses
Eions in the shape of live stock and farming
implements could be turned into sum of
money, how even small, and out
of proportion to the security it
might be, have induced in him
shlttlessness and want of thrift
The presence of the money lenders and sa-
loon keepers in the agricultural districts of
Russia is justly charged with producing this
condition The usurer played into the
hands Of the saloon keeper, in whose estab-
Ilshment much Of the money loaned by the
former to the peasants was frittered away.
ExpeIling the Money Lenders.
As a necessary sequence, when the
Hebrews were expelled by the recent de-
crees Of the Gar, the peasants were con-
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SPRING FASHION NOTES.

Journal of Fashion and Tailoring.l
COATS of all kinds will be cut longer and
trousers smaller.
VESTS will be cut V-shaped; the "openfng''
in this respect cannot be too pronounced.
WALKING-sTIoKs show little or no metal.
the natural wood formations being the
favorites.
The neglige appearance IS particularly
choice and is employed in all the made-up
varieties.
The finish of garments will be severely
plain, the single narrow stitched edge on
coats being the favorfte.
PEARL buttons sewn on to shirt front is
is the latest fad, and even the realm of full
dress is threatened by it.
GRAY will be a predomfnating feature in
the seasons colorings, while tans will still
be freely cut in some sections.
ROUND corner-link button cuffs are receiv-
ing more call than the square variety.
though the latter are equally correct.
THE breast-pocket will, with some excep-
tions, be finished with a welt, the flap having
run to seed" in the ready-made trade
IMITATION cuffs will, as rule, be the finish
for sleeves, though the real, two or three
buttoned variety will be q choice with many.
THE four-fn-hand and the ascot will be the
leaders in scarfs, the former being 2% and
IS, r.
will not be neglected.
The derby hat will have a rather tapering
crown made in three heights, with q moder-
ate brim inclining to fiat set. The band and
binding will be wider than last season.
THE chocolate or russell shoe will come
back to us with the advent of spring, though
undressed calf will be the seasons choice
for footwear at the seashore and mountains
In fabrics there is quite tendency to
again introduce fine light-weight worsteds.
The long tail frock, however, will be mostly
made of half-rough goods, commonly known
as half vicunas.
In silk hats the bell shape will prevail in
an even more pronounced degree than last
season. The brim will be wide with a free
and graceful roll. and the crown will be
lower, in fact very much lower in some in
stances.
THE sailor shape will prevail in straw hats.
with a low crown and fiat brim of very am
pie proportions. The band will be of deem
over-shot silk, finished with a fat bow, The
mackinaw straw will have its usual run. but
the "fancies'' will not be selected for tn q
fine trade.
SHIRT fronts will be plain both for dress
and day wear, while the edge of bosom.
collar and cuffs will be single-stftched yery
narrow. The percale shirt finished in the
stitched on, will be in great favor, while the
neglige shirt will not be worn by those who
aim at correctness in attire. But the truth
is that this erstwhile popular garment has
become exceedingly common in spite of the
fact that an effort Is being made by a well.
known: firm 60 fnfuse it with new life by in
Producing vest effects.
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ever see Now look at him. You can't
tell him from scarlet fever. Well, it plesses
that butcher to death. I'm making study
of a sausage-wreath to hang on the cannon,
and don't really reckon can do it right,
but if can we can break the butcher"
''Unquestionably, your confederate
mean your-your felIow-craftsman-is q
great colorist-"
"Oh, danke schonA"
sIn fact . quite extraordinary colorist;
q colorist, make bold to say, without imi-
tator here or abroad-snd with most bold
and effective touch, touch like batter
ing ram, and manner so peculiar and ro-
mantle, and e1traneous and ad hbiturn, and
heart t-searching, that-that-he-he La an
impressionist, presumed"
NO." said the captain, simply, ''he is
Presbyterian"
SIT accounts for it all-all-there's some
thing divine about his art-soulful, unsatis-
factory, yearning, dim-hearkening on the
void horizon, vague-murmurlng to the
spirit out of ultramarine distances and far
sounding cataclysms of uncreated space
oh, if he-if he has ever tried distemper?"
The captain answered up with energy:
'Not if he knows himself But his dog
has, and"
"Oh, no, it vas not my dog"
why, who SAID 1t was your oogG
"Oh, no, captain, L"
'Tt was white dog, wasn't Il, with his
tail docked, and one ear gone, and"
'Dot's him Dots him i-der ferry dog.
Wy, py Chorge, dot dog he would eat baint
yoost the same like"
"WeIl, never mind that now-vast heav-
ing-I never saw such q man. You start
him on that dog and he'll dispute q year.
Blamed if haven't seen him keep 1t up .
level two hours and half"
''Why,. captain l'' said Barrow. 81 guess
that must be hearsay."
mo, sir; no hearsay about it-he dis
puted with me"
81 don't see how you stood ii. %
ooh, you've got to-f you run with Andy.
But it's the only fault he's got"
"Ain't you afraid of acquiring it?''
"Oh, no." said the Captain, TRANQUILITY;
'.no danger of that, 1 reckon"
The artists presently took their leave.
Then Barrow put his hands on Tracy's
shoulders and said:
''Look me in the eye, my boy. Steady,
steady There-it's Just as I thought
hoped, anyway; yours all right, thank
goodness. Nothing the matter with your
mind. But don't do that again, even for
fun. It isn't wise. They wouldn't have
believed If you had been an earl's SON.
Why, they eouldn't-don't you know that?
Whatever possessed you to take such q
freak? But never mind aboutthat; let's not
talk of 1t. 1t was a mistake; you see that
yourself"
'sYes-it was a mistake"
swell, Just drop it out Of ycuEmfndy ft's
NO harm; we all make them. Pull your
courage together, and don't brood, and don't
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coal-black hair and whiskers, and he had
welltanned complexion, and a gait and
countenance that were full of command,
confidence and decision. His horny hands
and wrists were covered with tattoo marks,
and when his lips parted his teeth showed
up white and blemishlesE His voice was
the effortless deep bass Of church organ,
and would disturb the tranquility of a gas
flame 80 yards away.
'They're wonderful pictures" said Bar
row. "We've been examining them"
cit is very pleasant dot you like dem,"
said Handel, the German, greatly pleased.
"Und you, Herr Tracy, you haf peen pleased
nit dem, too, alretty."
'I can honestly say have never seen any
thing just like them before"
''Schon," cried the German delighted.
fsYou hear, captain? Here is a chentlemer,
yes, vot abbreciate unser aart"
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS

Of
is
has Finally
Il
with
Colonel
old
and pre- paret % can
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The captain was charmed, and said:

The captain was charmed, and said:
"Well, sir, we're thankful for compli-
ment vet, though they're not as scarce now
as they used to be before we made reputa-
ton"
"Getting the reputation is the uphill time
in most things, captain.
sIt's so. It amt enough to know how to
reef a gasket, you've got to make the mate
know YOU knowit. That's reputation. The
good word, said at the right time, that's the
word that makes us; and evil be to him that
evil thinks, as Isaiah says"
sIps very relevant and hits the point e1-
actly," said Tracy. "Where did you study
art, captain?"
"I haven't studied; it's natural gift.
"He is born NIT does cannon in him. He
tondt haf to do noding, his chenius do all de
york. Of he is asleep und take bencil IN
his hand out come a cannon. Py erasmus of
he could DO a clavier, of he could do gui-
tar. of he could do vashtub, it is fortune,
heiliger Yohanniss it is yoost q fortune"
ssWell it is an immense pity that the
business is hindered and limited in this un-
fortunate way
The captain grew little excited himself
now
"You've said it, MI. Tracy. Hindered7
Well, should say so. Why, look here.
This fellow here, No. II, he's a hackman-a
fourishing hackman, 1 may say. He wants
his hack in this picture. Wants it where
the cannon Is. I get around that difficulty
by telling him the cannon's our trade mark,
80 to speak-proves that the pictures our
work, and L was afraid if we left it out peo-
pie wouldn't know for certain if it was
Saltmarsh-Handel-now you wouldn't your
self"
"What, captain? You wrong yourself,
indeed you do Anyone who has once seen
genuine Saltmarsh- Handel is safe from
1mposture forever. Strip it, fay it, skin it
out of every detail but the bare color and
expression, and that man will still recog-
nize it, still stop to worship.
'Oh, how it makes me feel to hear dose
expressions" still saying to himself again,
as he has said hundred times before, ''the
art of the Saltmarsh-Handeli is an art apart:
there is nothing in the heavens above or in
the earth beneath that resembles it"
Spy chiminy, nur horen Sic eimal. In
my 1ifeday haf L never heard so precious
worts."
$50 I talked him out of the hack, Mr..
Tracy, and he let up on that, and said put
in q hearse, then-because he's chief mate
of a hearse but don't own it-stands a watch
for wages, you know. But 1 can't do
hearse any more than / can hack; so here
we are, becalmed, you see. And it's the
same with women and such. They come
and they want little sweet picture"
sTt's the accessories that make it q genre?"
eyes, cannon, or cat, or any little thing
ifke that that you heave in to whoop up the
effect. Wecould doss prodigious trade with
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much immunity as the latter is favored
with. There is disposition at the Govern
ment headqual ters to not interfere with
Tolstoi, and there are certain reasons for
this, apart from the veneration in which he
is held everywhere for his great genius.
His grandfather was one of the famous gen.
erals who led the armies of Catherine the
Great and enjoyed the personal confidence
of his sovereign, being trusted implicitly in
all things. To-day the most powerful
woman at the Cars court is the aunt of
Tolstoi's wife. Only as recently as last year
Madame Tolstoi went to court and enlisted
the cooperation of this lady in the purpose
she had come to accomplish. During
special audience with the Emperor she
urged upon him tine expediency of
abating the censorship upon her husbands
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SIGNALING WITH MIRRoRA
Remarkable Distances at Which the Flash
Can be Reliably Used.

Remarkable Distances at Which the Flash
Can be Reliably Used.
Few people understand the difference be-
tween heliostat and heliotrope, says an
army officer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The former is a mirror moved by clockwork
in the path of the sun SO as to throw refec-
tions in desired direction. The latter is a
field mirror. The most remarkable thing
about both Is the distance to which the
flashes may be thrown. A mirror of one
inch in diameter is distinctly visible with
out the use of glass at the distance of
eight miles, while two miles away it looks
like very bright star.
With either the heliostat or the hello
trope it is possible to signal from one noun
tain top to another 80 or 100 miles distant,
and, in fact, experiments have shown that
signals may be transmitted from one noun
tain top to another in the Rocky Mountains,
without the least difficulty, distance Of
90 milex
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frouted by situation with which they were
not familiar; the props upon which they
had hitherto leaned being suddenly re-
moved they did not have time to fall into
line with their altered circumstances before
the unforeseen misfortune of crop failure
came upon them with crushing force. They
were in state of moral disorganization
from which under normal conditions re-
covery would be certain.
Entire confidence is felt in the ultimate
and incalculable benefit that will accrue to
the bulk of the Russian rural population
from the exodus of the money lenders. Al
ready this benefcent influence would be
felt if the famine were not an unexpected
factor in the case. The most paternal Gov
ernment cannot claim infalliblity, and it is
an accepted truth that no great reforms have