The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-08


These instances show what the Dou-
khobors have suffered and yet suffer
rather than violate their faith. Knowl-
edge OF their distress Is sufficient to
arouse the active sympathy Of the civ
ilized world. English sympnthlzers
have collected $4,000. American friends
an amount slightly smaller, and Count
Leo Tolstol has contributed $4,000. Be-
sides this donation, the novelist Is now
engaged on what may prove his last
great work Of fiction. In order that the
Doulhobors mad be aided with the en-
tire financial proceeds from the book.
The novel deals with the influence OF
( love on mrns life from youth to old
age. 1t Is to appear serially In the
Cosmopolitan before being issued In
book form. and Is entitled 1.-THE Resur.
rection." AS four thousand people are
to be taken from Russia this spring
and to be provided with what will Of
ford them beginning in the New
World. the Society OF Friends In Great
Britain and the United States Is still
working for the Doukhobors.
One * not surprised at the deep emo
tlon and overlooking gratitude Of these
long-suffering peasants on hearing of
the relief which had cpme to them
through the efforts OF unknown friends.
On New Years day money collected
from foreign lands. letters from SYM
pathizers In Great Britain and the
United States. and n greeting from
Count Tolstoi were carried to an as
sebmlage OF Doukhobors. After the
messages OF cheer had been given to
the eager listeners. one Of the men In
the audience OF one hundred and fifty,
which had gathered, asked that his
nEnn1e MIGHT fhatr
their own way. At once the whole as
semblage swayed forward and amid
stiiied sobs and signs and murmurs of
gratitude bowe low, almost to the
ground. Cries Of Save them. Lord"
Grant them eternal life!" Help them,
Lord" broke from the swnying thropg.
From the time they left Russia and
during their journey across the ocean
and across tho continent to their new
home In the far west. the first-comers
or advance guard Of the Doukhobors
have been pervnded by suppressed and
almost devotional delight. At ct. John,
when the first steamer approached the
wharf. cannon doomed md spectators
cheercd welcome; but the shouting
was suddenly hushcd. for the strange
people on deck had barred their heads,
Frustrated themselves and then every
voice Joined in hymn OF praise:
Know all men God Is with us,
lie has carried US through,
Wo uplIft our voices and sing Els
praises:
Let all people hear md In our praise OF
the Almighty.
They that planned our ruin did not sue
coed.
Wo mover feared because God was with
US and gave rs strength"
From St. John ives tward their Jour-
ney was regal progress. Addresses
or welcome were presented In the Lead
Ing cities. and wherever the immlgrant
trains stopped for any length of time
fruit and swectmeats were showercd on
the children, none OF whom were
younger than two or three years old,
at first The poor, sGemn-faced "Douks'
were at loss to know what TO do
with the oranges and candles thrust
Into their hands. They pulled Off their
caps, duckeG down in the bow which
generations Of serfdom have bred into
their very being. and looked in aston
ishmcnt from Silt to givcr. Hitherto
vegetarian diet Of the plalnest and
scarccst sort had been their fare.
Harshness had been the habitual treat
ment received from strangers. and the
joyless little peasants We're overwhelm-
ed by the manifestations of kindness