New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-09

say water is no longer dirty when the hlth has
had time to turn seven times -
inconvenient their enmty While in one place
the country simply for Information. OF course
His host remarked: my son is suffering greatly
lieve him" The Russian looked at tho boy
questioned him and decided that he was not dam
his medicine case which he had carried for per
days. At once It was rumored that [eres!chagin
was a wonderful physician From All sides the
sick were brought to him with insistence that he
cure them To his misfortune his second case was
more successful than his first From morning till
night he was beset with applicants for medicine.
Before sunrise crowd gathered at his door. A
his Latin In this predicament" Howev.r he sue
Gseded in obtaining portrait OF the village chief
have three Copy their features. II you
time~to-day or tomorrow II / should yield to
your desires-just think!-after my death they will
would never ind refose That evening the ' artist
ine with him He peaed a about b tseeFspb
railroads, steamboats,, etc, to which his guests
whether my audience thoroughly convinced OF
the advantages of civilization which drags In Its
train such horrors as copy Of a man in flesh and
ksa vereshn Was exeesnsy sad '9 70 se
a real battle! To sketch it! Afterward to paint
humaa 3 fe for e ea and srn
ne MADE haste haste 10 JON General kaufmann and his
could, being often ordered back from the front
other subjects battles attracted him the most and
he became the great battle painter he is TODAY
At the time he was painting in Munich he spoke
French huently. He tells of himself that when
boy. he had French tutor. His mother used to
he would purposey change that the teacher might
not detect that he had not written his lesson him
self.
During his first stay in Germany he was taken
sick and called In a German physician. do you
Guarantee that?" responded the doctor Win
your head" was the terse reply. "Oh. we not
He praises very highly the influence of the Rus
slams the Asiatics, Not only did they abolish
slavery, but the condition of women In Central
Turkestan once deploring 4 latter fact lie
said TO the artist: The last days are coming"
while wringing his hands in despair. But why
do you ask such question: Do you not see that
a man IS longer master OF his wife? AS soon
he begins 10 beat her she threatens run away
to the Russians He asserts also that the Rus
the English do. 1.-The English are too civilized {"
he remarks naivey. I'VE understand the natives
better"
In commenting on the futiHty Of giving orders he
relates an experience OF General Kaufmann The
general tried TO teach his men to leave private
property undisturbed. He finally ordered every
violating this order to be shot. But" saws
Verestchagin. he had 10 desist. He would have
killed of his whole army. They could not under
stand such an order. An enemy's property was
characteristic trait of this remarkable man
shown while he painting in Paris THE
Russian Minister there informed him that the Gar
wished 10 him. He Immediately took a train
~ TO the palace 70 present himself to the monarch
He was told that the Gear could not him right
away. He must go back to his hotel and wait tlIl
he was summoned. At the hotel he left word that
IL any one called for him they should say that ne
had time to wait. The first train he could set
took him back to Paris