Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-03

cannot but increase il. Their favo-ite SOUP Is
made Of green cabbages, and old men and babies
cot this by the gallon. They eat carrots, and
one Of the chief articles which you find peddled
every vhere and which is consumed in large
Quantities II the green cucumber which is eaten
raw, just - IL comes from the vine. or, more
often. after il has become wilted and stale from
lying about under the hot sun.
FAMINE Bread.
In the provinces Just above Saratof a great
deal Of the famine bread Is still used. saw
some Of this stud while was on the yolga and
d would be the ruin Of any man whose bowels
were - all delicate. Its surface IL Of a dirty
grav, and when you break it open you ind tina.
its inside u Of . deep brown. II is salty and
sandy, and il tastes more like clay than bread
~ looks as though 10 were made Of bran and
Arsks, and j. Is - gritty A. the apples of Sodom
There are Thousands of people who are eating
this bread today, and while / was on the yolga
found them ready to dsvour anything Dr.
Habhell. the American Red Cross Socie ~ agent,
Was spoiled In crossing the water he told the
relief people that IL could be dried and used
Ser the cattle. They replied that thev were
dryinG IL and using IL 10 feed the peasants and
that tie most Of il would do very we'll
The natural condition OF these people is bad
beyond description. and was shown TODAY a
Fsmin,scence Of the cholera in the shape Of a
Photograph Of the interior Of hut on the
Solga- Beside y loom, In which was the half
1ntxhed Cloth that the woman had been weay
ing whom she was taken sick. lay rude bench.
ard on this q young mother OF thirtv stone
dad Hanging from the rafters in one OF
thee Russian cradles was a little baby. whose
bald bad peepedout Of the clothes in which she
vas Wrapped. and whose bright eyes, wa, told.
ss1nkisd az the picture was taken.
rurRID FISH.
One Of the most offensive smells along the
volgs u that Of putrid fish. Nearly sverv other
vhaxf has great crates Of this lacked away.
ard you ere peasants walking abon. the s,ree,s
peddling dried hsh. which they have upon
strings and which thsy carry about swung over
their shouiderA The most Of these fish coma
from Astrakhan. which is q: the mouth o. tina
Nolga aud IN which Is one Of the greatest fish
markets of the world. IL is here that TN.
gFester part Of the cayiare Of ths world ia
made. IL come. from the roe OF the sturgeon.
and millions Of dollars worth Of il are shippcd
from this point every year Millions more are
made in the dried fish which are sen. over Rus
~, and the people az Ast-akhsn live
on little else than fish. The poorer
Of them eat the refuse. and this
- aggravated the oholera there aad tn
easss are rapidly increasing. TIE fsh which
axs shipped from Astrakhan are often rot more
than half cured and thew are in bad condition
when they are cold to the peasants.
They are eaten half cooked and as little care
b taken TO keep them clean they form about
- indiess1bie an article Of Diet as can be
found The better class bread used by the
psann6 Of Russia voald ruin the stomach OF
- ordinary man. aud its roughnoss 10 srch that
esanses be but injurious to patient who has