Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-10-22

WouiiG' 81 LAHORE a:id held his head until
pillows and blankets could be brought.
and the two wounded men We're put
npon the royal train 10 be carried 10 Il
place where they could be better cared
for. said 10 my wife. Just like her. =
When | saw Il few davS ago in the pa
pers that the emperor and empress had
walked throu.;h the wards of the most
viruleIt cholera. talking with the pa
iienis. shaking hands with them and
c.!eerii Z them up, it was no surprise To
me. for said 10 myself. That is inst
like item" ANY one who has ever seen
the royal family will believe anything
i'll the way OF kindness ascrihed to them.
and will join me in the exccration of
that too prevalent opinion that tyrant
is on the throne Of Russia.
If God spares my life will vet show
by facts beyond dispute that the most
slardered and Systematically lied about
nation on earth is Russia. and that no
ruler ever lived more for the elevation
of his people in education. morals and
religion than Alexander Ill. So put
all the three prayers togcther-God save
the president of the United States, God
save the queen of England. God save
tie emperor and empress Of Russia. I
will. whether in sermons or lectures, /
have not yet decided, show that nir
'cen-twcntieths IF all the things written
and published against Russia are fur
nishcd by ;acn who have been hired ~
other countries TO write up" or rather
write down Russia. So as To divert com
merce from that empire, or because Of
international jealousies. Russia being
larger than all the rest of Europe put to-
gc,her. you can see how natural would
be the jcalousies know of two prom
inent European newspapers that keep
men on salaries To catch up everything
unfavorablc 10 Russia and magnify the
incident. And the Stereotyped stories
of Siberian cruelty in one case ont Of n
hundred is true. but in nincty-ninc ont
of hundred cases they are fabrication
And in the one case. rs soon as ii is re-
ported. the official is discharged. Those
who have been sent ITO write up Rus
sia and Siberia have done as that man
would do who. sent To write up" New
York. SHOULD write up the slums rs n
81 eciinen Of what New York is. or. sent
10 write up Tire American congress.
should write up some dc,'raved poliii
ci;;us as Il specimen of American states
nanship. nr. sent To write up the saui-
tary condition of this country. should
send = kodak picture If all the warts and
carhuuclcs l." could find rs specimen
of American health. believe CAN rc
verse the e! .nion Of any man antaguii
tic io Russia who will give me an hon, >,
hearing. ~ my own opinions have bcc,.
reversed by what ! recently saw arj
heard.
4 sIANDEEI.p NATION.
refore passing 10 Tie other ii"li q!
my summer observation give you on
little specimen of the f;lsehoodS about
Russia. stood in London with my
tickets for ST. Pc:crSln.rg. Russia III my
pOckc' Il WAS two o'clock in the after
noon. and Il, three o'clock WAS to take
the train. Az .Anl' rican physician c;,ins
in and said. You certainly are not .,oiu:
10 Russia. said. why mott Then
that i'll st. Petersburg there were 2,O09
cases of virulcnt cholera: the city had
been divided into hospital districts. and
the doctors We're at their wits end what
TO dn with the number of patients: the
population was flying in terror. 1t Was
almost rs bad in Moscow. While re
tieciing on these accounts two messages
arrived from other friends protesting
against the foOlhariincsS uf my rushing
il To the pre- ,cnce of 2.0UO cases of chol-
era in one city. OF course halted.
halted for four days. Meanwhile a tclc-
gram from st. Petersburg encouraged
me To go went There was not Il
tershurg or Moscow. and there was not
Il single case i'll either city until four
weeks after left those cities. But the
continental falsehood had done its com
mercial errand. Tens of thousands Of
Americans and Englishmen who pro-
posed to summer i'll Russia turned in
other directions.
Al the large hotel in st. Petersburg
at which stopped. though capable OF
holding 800 guests. and months before
every room and every hallway and every
mattress and every pillow had been en-
gagged by telegraph by siShtseers, all the
orders were cancelled. and instead of 500
guests should think about thirty, and
that including our party. And so il WAS
in all the hotels in northern Russia AMI
the subtraction Of that amount Of co;:'.
mercial profit from those cities You ,nas
imagine Eut that whole subject 4.
systematic fabrication ! adjourn II som,
other hour. Yet must tell you of II Tic
ture of paihoS and moral power is.
pressed upon my mind 80 that nei,.ci
time nor eternity can eiface it. The s!,l
Leo swung to the docks few milc- uc
low -. Petersburg loaded with ioui
from America. The sailors on hu ri
huZZacd as they came to the wharf
From "A Yacht on which we had descend
ed the river To the sea the prominent
citizens of 81. Petersburg disemharkcd.
The bank was crowded hy prosperous
citizens who stood ON the wharf. and
back Of them 10y poor laborers who had
come down To- cffcr their services free Of
all charge for the removal of the bread
stutfs from the ship 10 the imi' ial
freight train that took the -four to the
interior free of charge. While we stood
there the long freight train r1Imbled
down 10 the docks. the locomotive and
each car decorated with has-thc
American Il. and the Russian ilag al-
trrnaiin.. Though flag 10 some eyes
is oulv Il hoaiing rag. Won ought To see
how the American flag looks 5000 miles
from hon:c II looked that day like a
section If heaven let down To cheer
mortal vision. Addresses of welcome
and resi- uiisvS were made, and then the
work began. the only contest being Who
should lift the hardest and be- most cx-
peditious. From ship to rail train.
From rail train To kncading board.
From kncading board To oven. From
oven to the white and quivering lips of
the dying. Upon all who. whether hv
contribution small or large. helped make
that scene possible. NAV there come the