The Meinberg Mtfsic Stock from Sheriff. i" The Fremont Bankrupt Dry Goods Stock ;
SPECIAL Sugar cured hams , average 20 Ibs. 12c THE EDGAR Extra Heavy Tin Wool Dress Goods- Money Losing Sale. Entire Stock
Boneless ham lOc. Something 'J ' SaucePans - .
Closing out bankrupt stock.
feet thuso line 3c. Meinberg Music Store
Pigs , nro very ,
reduced to lOc ,
Decorated imported tea sotsin brown , Sugar cured picnic hams lOc. Now Pans 13c. 88 inch colored gloria Bilk , usual prlco Brandenburg suiting .
Clinton cloth cut down lo lOc.
Wuq and pink , 83.59 , worth $10. Dried boot 7Jo. Hogular prlco Uoc. $1.26 , Monday Sic. Imported crinkle seersucker lOc. from
Decorated dinner set , 100 pieces , in in n 40 inch navy blue slormsorgo , regular .
reduced lOc.
nil dolors price Sic , Monday 03c. Pongee to Sheriff Sale.
, very best imported ware , $7 , .
Summer wash silk lOc
yard.
worth $20. Grater 61 Inch all wool llatinol Monday Cue. now
Blue Enamel Ware. , iG ! Inch wldo suiting lOo yard. It is conceded that their Is no bettor *
Decorated toilet sot , $1.08. worth So. 40 inch Scotch plulds , Fremont price 30 inch wide grenadine bunting , nil music man in the entire west tlnui Mr.
Flint blown tumblers , with your init 20c. 60c , Mondav only 25c. ' wool filling , reduced to lOoyar.l. Molnborg. His stock was too largo anil
ial , 6 ! > c per sot , worth $1.50. 40 inch Priestley's black whip cord , costly for his location and
Nutmeg Grater. 2oo whlto orblack dross goods now lOc , his ot editors
Extra Heavy Tin Fremont . ! 85c.
prlco $1.5 :
, Monday
Mine. Sti colors patent Hat irons , 3 yard. forced Mr. Molnburg to the wall. Wo
klronsi 82.7A. handle and stand , $1.05 , worth Preserve Ke.ttle. Fremont 4't Inch price silk 81.75 warp , Monday henriottn 81.10. , black , Xopjiyr flannel now lOc yard. purchased the ontlro stork at leas than
one-third its value and will close It
Bedford cord lOcyard. , out
Plated knives nnd forks , 76c per sot 13c. Regular prlco SOc. price 40 inch SJR all wool black . serge , Fremont Bedford oord Co yar.l. at loss than half regular prices. (
of knives or forks. Kettles. 40 inch , Monday fancy G3c. plaids and stripes in Cre ) > o Japon 7Jc. Flno violins , celebrated Bruno guitars ,
Plated ten spoons CSc nor sot. Wo huvo the above style in all sizes , blacks Soc. Monday will bo the last chanoo this Dobson banjos. Gorman accordians , cor
Salt and popper 2c each. from lc ! ) for 1 quart up to 7'Jc for a 10 In solid steel 40 Inch , Monday nil wool only black gronadlno , Fremont season to buy 32 Inch wide Paoilio lawn , nets , harmonicas , y.lthors , mandolins ,
Sauces dishes , 0 for lOc. drums , violin bows musical
of
corded or plain challlc , Borlhslro lawn , , findings
Largo fruit dishes lOc , worth 40c. quart. This is cheaper than you can nnd enamel , from Extra mont price $1 , Monday Ooo. etc. , at 2jo yard they are nearly all all kinds.
Heavy 40 luch black brilliantlno Fremont ;
Tin palls oo. buy tin for. 35cup to $1.25. , gono. Just think , 2oe for u dross pat 0,000 copies choicest music at 7o.
Tin tea pots Cc. Cooking Pots. price 75c , Monday only 40a tern. Full line of American and foreign
Iron " fraino wringers 81.75 , worth $3. Spiders. 'In blue enamel ware , Special bargain in white dross goods music. In fact , everything that goes to
"Wood framo.wriHirers $2 , worth $3. Silks. at 60 yard. All those uUess than cost ; make up a first class music store stock.
Just received a carload of genuine. Dish Pans. from 1 quart up to IQquurts. Price from stock must bo reduced. Mr. Molnborg's manager is in full
Western wnshors. . Cheney Bros , very best china silks In Wo plnco on sale 200 C-l chenille table charge and will make the lowest prices
Butter ladles Co. The very best rondo lOc up to 79c. very small neat patterns , black ground , covers , fringed , now designs , new color over known for those goods.
Ilutohutt ) Cc. 15. . Sold rogulary nt 08c ; sold everywhere for $1. All now ings , worth $2.75 to $3.60 ; your choice of and
Mincing knives , ' ! c. Ufic and 40c. and desirable goods. all on Monday $1.08 each. Toys Fancy Goods
Tin top jellies 2c. } Remnants of black and colored faille ClosingBalo on remnants of wash dross The toy department 13 now comnlota
Quart Mason fruit jars 76c per dozen. and groa grain silks , also moire silks , goods. Fine table linen from the Fremont nnd is showing the finest line of dolls ,
Huttnr crocks and water cooler 2c per Mndo from one solid piece of steel. ' oUc , worth 81.75. stock , in remnants at big bargains ; and toys ever displayed in Omaha.
gallon. Sold every where at 75c tol. Our price Blue Enahiol Black falllo silks 81 ; Fremont prlco white shaker llannol 5c , 8c and lOc. Prices lower than ovor.
Cupt nnd saucers 2Jo each. Pails I5c Sauce Panswi was $1.7o. Loiihdulo and Fruit of Loom muslin 71c
Dinner plates 2c each. , , ii Black Gulnpt silks $1,40 ; Fremont yard. Butter , Cheese Etc.
Wash bowls and pitchers 20c } each. from 2io up to 87o , , price was $2.25. 4-1 brown sheeting 5o and 7c yard. Wo will sell country outtor for lOo.
Chambers lee each. Coffee Pots. Regular price 25c. worth three timesas , much. The very best quality black Guinct Bleached musljn 2jc. 12o { and Me , mudo In Nebraska and is
Half gallon glass water pitcher lOc. silks $1.00 ; Fremont price was $2.60. Unbleached cottonllnnnol 3c. always fresh from best makers.
Flower pots Ic ouch. Tills means a saving of from $10 to 812 Bargains in all departments. Our Dodge creamery will sell < it lOc ,
Six boxes , all sixes , tacks 5c. Made from the very best on a dress pattern. 18c and 20c.
Steve polish lo per package. tin , Cc. Sold everywhere at Cloak Department. Remember our butter is nil mndo
Wire Illp egg boaters , 3c each. Goods. from boloctod cream and the crouin
Furnishing
Mucilage 2c per bottlo. . 250 black jackets for spring and fall
woarall si/es , regular price $3.50 to 83 comes from Nebraska cows milk.
,
Tack pullers 3c each.
Glass lemon 5c each. , Dippers 3c Closing out all ladies'and gents' furnishing reduced to $1.75 , $2.75 and J4. Our motto IB first class butter nt lowest -
Mouse traps lo squeezers each. Wash Basin. ; The Sir nishing goods at cost before taking 50 light colored wrappers , with silk est prices.
Flat irons So per pound. Made from heavy block Regular price lOe. stock. Our fall goods commence to ar front , very stvllsh , cheap at $5 ; to close 'Only In our the choose finest qualities department of imported wo handle and
Tooth picks 2c per box. tin. lie , sold everywhere Humphrey rive and ' we must have moro room. 83.All domestic.
Ladles' fast black colored dresses worth $2
Butterdishes fie. at lOc. cotton hose reduced All our light
America full
Young oroamchocso lOo.
to 60 pair. .
per reduced to 5)5c. ) ,
Spoon holders Cc.
Sugar bowls Co. Dover 1 case of ladies' cotton hoboRichelieu Ladies' shirt wvists to close for exact Wisconsin full cream lOc.
Creamers Cc. Milk Pans. ribbed , como in tuns and modes , reduced ly one-half their former prlco. 14o. Eastern process full crontn 12c } nnd
Patent cream whippors lOc. Mudo from the best tin Tpaster" to Gents' 12jo per outing pair. shirts , dark colors , Closing Out Imported Swiss 15c nnd 17jo.
Shoo polish 2c per box. nil sixes , from 3c up to 12c. worth 75c , roduqod to COc. Imported brick Hc ) , 12o } and Me.
Ink 2c per bottle. Tea Kettle 15c. The finest toaster In 1 case of ladles'20 Inch silk umbrellas , Odd pairs of lace curtains in nil grades Just received a shlpmontof fancy limburger -
. thoworld. You cannot oxidised hlindlcs , worth.82 , $2.50 and to make room for fall goods ; will bo sold burger cheese wo will sell for 121o par
Letting Down Sold everywhere bur/t anything in it. $11 , reduced to $1.50. at about half price for iv few days. pound. HAYDEN BROS. ,
the Prices. at : t.'ic. 100 dozen ladies' corsets , worth $1 , re We also huvo an over stock of fringes
I9c. duced to 50 . in cotton , wool and silk from the Fre Furniture.
Hayden Bros , best superlative Hour 50 do/on boys' shirt waists , worth 40c , mont slock that must bo sold at onr.o. Suvoral carloads of furniture direct
81.25. " Money cannot buy any bettor. rVVorlh 50o. reduced to 2 < > c. Our now full stock of cnrpots has ar from factory on road. Wo must miiko
rived and is . Wo
Queen olives , just imported from Se On Monday , all our 40c mitts reduced open for inspection. room ; wo nro therefore selling our fancy
ville , Spain. These are the best and tolSc. liavo u few ol the bankrupt . carpets loft and cane rockers away down. You can
3 for 47c yard.
largest olives you over bought , per ply per and OOc . now buy ono cheap. Fine oak center
All wool for 55c yard.
quart 35c. per table 18x18 for OJG , worth $1.60. Elognul
1Mb can extra quality Bartlett pears Notion Department Drug Department. line of pictures and easels at orlcos to
ICe , move the whole lot Trunks and valisci
If fumes to
8-1 b California 600 fanny nnd plain dress buttons you use poi , prepare buy
gross
- can extra quality at hot weather prices.
them . The most . ! ilo
\ triple
now.
ponchos 2c. ( ) Tea Spoons. to bo closed out Monday at lOc , lee and e.\qut >
a-Jb'cun extra quality California apricots 23o per card ; well worth 25c to 75c. handkerchief extracts manufactured , on Books , Books.
snlo at 15c and 25u .
cots 17jc. The finest family tones Steel - Dross trimmings virtually given away Monday . an ounce. ,1,000 , nice cloth bound books nt lOa
2i box salt 1 He.
' ' U > sea
3-lb can extra quality of all kinds of made. Sold everywhere Kgttle > Monday. Electric bolts only 2.5c. worth oOo.
California plums ICc. \ at 50c. .Will bo put qn sa\o \ in three jmmenso Hoosier curling iluid lOc. 750 paper covered novels nt lOo oaoh.
Imported sardines , finest you over * Mattd frojn a lots.Lot ' 81.05. Albert Ross popular novels ntSOocnch.
bought , 12c. } solid piocoof stoul. Lot 1 at So per yard worth lOo to 25c Ayor'rocnmior Mnlvina viola cream 35c. Wobstcr'a unabridged diotionui-y.
Domestic sardines 3e. } Our Price 5c. " LiiS t perjynrfl. , , _ , . f or cream cloth bound , 75c.
vc
* ( uro r ' ' Host tbuic .
Potted ham Cc. su&T- price DSc. Re Lpt iTa'ljOo por-yard , wo'i lliwOoito OOP > 20p. Rand & -MoNally standard ntlns of the
Potted ox tongue Cc. . Bcj30.a fll. sold roRularlyTttlCp nor sot lurly sold at * 2. popyni-d. aU ' - * ' ' * # ' " " * ' ; , - . . " . - , . .
Deviled hum Oc. Table spoons , lOo per fict gold rcgu- Lot 3 at 25o per j'ard , worth 50o t < p Gofour prices o'n office supplies of all
Sugar cured hams , average'12 Ibs. 13e lar at JJOo per set . Never Break 81.2o ! per yard. > . ' kinds.
Bay rum- bottle 1'Jc.
FAMISE. m THE VOLGA
Eoliof Works of Nijni-Novgorod nnd "tlio
Situatiou in Samara nnd Saratov.
\ , WHERE AMERICAN CORN GAVE RELIEF
Laborers Work Fourteen Hours a Day for
Twenty-five Cents.
PEOPLE ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION
Intulous Loss of Live Stok in the Famine-
Stricken Provinces.
A RUSSIAN GOVERNOR ON THE FAMINE
Frmik G. Ciiriicntnr To 11 ft of the Allaorublu
UiUtuiico of tlio Jtu < 8luii I'tior , the
lilooiny I'ruDiicct llulora Tliutu
mill of Mciisurcs Tor Itellcf.
SAMAIU , Ilussln , July 17. [ Special Corro-
npondoncoof Tnr. Dnu. ] I nin now In the
\vnratof Iho fuuilno districts ot Husslu. I
cnturcd thotn about Moscow , aail I passoil
through hundreds ol mlles of fuuilno torrl-
tory In comlnc to the Volpn. The bungor
nod sickness was ( jrout In Kazan unit Nljni ,
whichprovlncus 1 vlsltca on my way to
Stunarn , auil nil alone tins great river , from
bcro to tlio Caspian sea , llioro ace today millions -
lions who nro dependant on tbo supplies they
got frank charity , The typhus fever has , to
n cortnui oxtuut , subsided , but the report has
Just boon received hoto that , the /Vsintlo
cbolcrn , which baa boon r.wncliif Persia , Is
itoadlly mnruhlni ; Into the regions about the
Caspian son , and that It is already at tbo
mouth of tbo Volga at Astrakhan. Tbo
fright hero regarding It Is torrlblo , and
should It roako Its wuy.north ward , as U In
nil probability will , the horrors of the lust
winter will ba surpassed by these of the
coming fall. These millions , who htwo boon
linlt ttarvlng for months , nro not in a con ell
tlon to llilit with tbo dlf ease , and the cholera
can brtue but OHO reiult the aoath of mllllous
The authorities are dolnp all tboy can to pro
ven } Kuch n tcrriulo aisastcr , but the trndo
of Volga Is so ureat and its travel so 1m-
niunso that It U hard to sea lio.v they can
succeed. Nearly tlio whole Asiatlo trudo of
tbo bn.plrc' Is dependant upon It , and 1U
housanJn of boats move up and down It In u
vast unending caravuu of hlps nna bar 'os.
A fvw miles above hero at Kazan all of the
Siberian trade outers the Vela | , and thin
river may bo oilloJ the eroat trade artery of
Kuropoan and AsiaticHuss a , which sands
out Us branches to oory port of this vast
empire.
flni iihii | > j > rii null Drouth.
At thU wiltliiK In July the people nro fear
ful us to the present crop. Cirasshoppeis
liavo begun to roako their iippcuranco nod
there Is danger of drouth , A few days of ROOL
rnlns may turn the scale and bnug everything -
thing out ull right , but tbo continuance of
the proveut weather will ruin the prospects
of good harvest. I saw today n vast assotn
bingo of uoabant * going out with the prlom
Into the country to pray for ruin. They
wore barohoadoa and barefooted aud thoj
carried the sncrod banners of their churches
on which were painted the picture of the
Saviour and the saints , and they m.irchcd
vlth their heads down cro slnc tbomsolvos
as they went. It was nt the biut , ' ° H-KuBsiaa
church of Samara that this procession was
'ormcd ' and I happened to bo there at llio
time It came together. I saw porliam I0i
men , women dnd children standing about tno
door and stopped to photogr.iph them , when
the bolls rang out from all quartern
tbo people began to assemble. There
came hundreds of woman In short red dress-
03 and long red aprons , wearing handker
chiefs about their heads , and thee handker
chiefs wcro ot all colors of tbo rainbow.
There came hundreds of bareheaded boys
and bareheaded girls , and half ot the bare
footed , bedraggled women had baroheudod
babies In their arm * . Tnoro came bundrodr
of barefoo'od inon with their hats in their
hands or with no hats at all , and through
this motley mass marched a number of bare
headed prlosts In bhiclc gowns with long
black hair hanging down their backs. These
entered the church nnd presently oamo out
with tbo holy banners. As they did so muny
of the people fell prostrate on the ground
and some bumped tbolr beads agalnbttho cob
ble stones In adoration. Every man and
woman , boy and girl made the sign of tbo
cross many times ever , and ai the priests
moved onward the thousands of bareheaded ,
barefootedpooplo ' wont with them , crossing
tlieinsej'ves and preying as they did so. In
this W"V they marched through tlio town ,
and they- will go to some shrine In the coun
try und there repeat their prayers for rain.
I saw n similar procession at Volsl ; the other
day ant ) I understand that the people are
prayintr for rain nil along the Volga. Tlioy
nro A a class very devout and offer moro
prayers In proportion to their population
than any other people in tbo world.
How ( lie American Corn Wta U cil.
Ii'idi cf ( to American corn nnd Hour came
to Samara and I huvo bad talks with the
man who ha'd charges of It and who aided in
Its distribution , I am now traveling with
Dr. J. n. Hubball of the American Hod
Cross society and wo have visited many of
tbo diHlricts to wbloh our supplies were sent.
As far as I can find every bit of the Ameri
can gifts bavo been wisely and conscien
tiously distributed , nnd bore at Samara the
authorities would not glvo ovor. samples ot
ho corn to pjoplo who waniod thotn for
planting , but wtio were not in a starving
condition. There wore many such nppllca <
ttonn , but all were refused with the stuto
inent ttiut they could got uch samples If
( buy wished from the peasants oy giving
other food or an equivalent , for thorn , but.
this corn oauio'from Amorlca for the people
and every grain of It should go to thorn. I
drove out Into tha country this afternoon to
sco an Englishman who has been especially
actlvo In taking cure of the Amoilcan food ,
but fulled to got access to him us bo wax
down wltb the typhus fever. Count Tolstoi's
son , whom wo oxpaetod to moot here , Is now
working In one of tbo fever districts of the
Intel lor. und Mr. ThlsouttotT and others of
the famine workers have Just lott after lookIng -
Ing into the supplies from the Tynuhead.
All say thai the American food ua& done u
vast deal of good , and at Saratov , further
down the Volga. I was told that
this fond had laved the livoi of thousands.
This was especially so among the Gorman
colonists , of whom tbero were moro than
hundreds aud thousands on the verge of
starvation. Tbo Uutslaus are very clannish
and tboy bellovo In takfug care of their own
people tlr U Tbo result 11 that of tuu huu-
of millions otdollaweivoi by the
Hussion people nnd by. the government very
llttlo If any went lo the Germans. Said Mr.
Jacob Mueller , a Gorman of means living in
Saratov , who has devoted both his time and
money during the past winter to the famine :
"The American suopllos savea tlio lives of
our people. They c.itno Just at the right
time. There was Just enough of thorn to help
us out and not a bit too much. It scorned as
if tbo good ( Jed had managed It through you
for us. "
town Corn Spoiled In Traimlt.
A part of tno Iowa corn reached Russia In
a very bad condition. Ono compartment of
tbo hold was filled with corn which had
heated and It was steaming when It was
taken out. There was no plaoo to bo found
in Riga where the corn could bo dried and it
was put into the oars and rushed off to the
famine districts. Care was not taken to
keep this corn separata from some of the
good corn nnd a number of carloads were
spoiled. Some of this sDoilod corn came to
Samara aud another lot of It .vent to Sara
tov. Tbo best of It was dried and given to
the people for food nnd tfio rest was mod for
thu cattlo.
cattlo.Tho
The Famine nnil l.lvo Stock.
The effect of the famine on stock of all
kinds has boon terrible. This province of
Samara U about as largo as tbo state of Now
York. It is to a largo extent a stoclt-raislng
country , and the people depend upon tbolr
horses , cows aud sheep to furnlsb thorn their
livelihood. During the pastblx months tboy
have bst 1.500,000 sheep , 000,000 horses , and
nt least 600,000 cows. Wbun the famine was
at Its worst they had nothing to food their
stock , and they toro tlio tbutch off tbelr liuts
and kept them allvo for months on this sort
of food. Tbo peasant's but has a kind of box-
llko room under tbls ridge roof of tbatoh , and
this could bo done ami still leave n compara
tively sheltered place for tbo family , The
animals nto thU ttmtch greedily. It Is made
of straw , and it Is on many of the bouses
fully olgbtoon Inchon thick. When It was
not too old It formed a fitirly pooa food , but
the supply was so scanty that hundreds of
thousands of tba cattle were almost dead before -
" fore thn grass came In tbo spring , and the
"plowing had to bo dono. The norsos would
pull the plow for a yaid or so ami then Ilo
down almost doud-llrod In the furroucb , and
It would bo , perhaps , a half bour
be fore they could be routed up to stag
ger 0:1 : for another tow yiirds , and Umn lie
down , iioth cattle und horses were killed by
I bo people for food und in the winter ho os
were sold for a dollar aploco for which the
people could huvo gotten $50 und $100 the
summer boforo. ( lormans came In and
buuirht Horses on speculation and much stock
wui shipped out of tbo country. In Saratov
nearly half of the hoi-joi which the province
hud last year have rllsaupouro.l , and through
out the \ \ hole of Iho famine regions there h.w
been a decimation of stocK which will ro-
qulro years to lopiuco. The weakness und
tbo loisof the stocu naturally produced the
planting of u much nmullor acruago than
usual , und though In many parts of Russia
through which I buvo traveled the craps are
comparatively good , there can baidlv be
enough to Iccop the people during tbo coming
your w'lhout ' tbo aid of the government or
outsldo uld.
The IIONO * of Russia uro among tbo flnoit
In the world and the incut of ttao country
will compare favorably with thatof England.
In this replon , however , such horses us I HCO
khow the offeots of the famine still , and vou
can count the ribs on the cattle In tbo lloldk.
The loss of horses throughout the lumlac
districts must have amounted to many
millions in number , nnd In some of thn dis
tricts fully half of tbo llvo stock bat buen
killed or sold ,
The Kuislnn I'cuiiinU.
I find It hard to give an Idea of iho famine
situation in Kus la , the Uuitian peasants are
so ainercriHn every respect from tbo people
of the rest of hp world , ' "hoy llvo differ
ently , thovaro governed differently and they
do their work and munago their affairs after
a different manner from the farmers of
Buropo or tbo United States. Tboir wants
ire so small that 4 cents a day per person
has kept thousands allvo during tliB famine ,
una ut Saratov I was told that $3 u day had
been tbo total cost of feeding 400 people lor
weeks. This was among tbo Cathollo Ger
mans , and they racn eot ono aud n-liulf
pounds of black broad H day apiece , and this
furnished at cost amounted to U cunts. In
sumo places I found coup kitchens giving
dinners at UK cents nmca' ' , and such kitchens
tire now ostaplished in all the towns. Think
of feeding a man otii,00 or 70 cocts a mouth
and you got an idea of haw these people bavo
been living during ! trio past winter. Tnis
gave tbom > r.vo bread audvater with a meal
of cabbage soup , and in some of the districts
they did not oven liuyo.tbls. In parts of this
province of Samara tboy mndo a bread
ot dried gruss mixed with a liltlo bit. of
rye , and I have ecou.apqcmens ! pf this. The
samosort of broad was made in Kazan and
NiJnl-Novgorod. A decent American horse
uould turn ui > his no > c at it. In parts ot
Saratov tbo dcad'cattla and hdrsos were
made into soup , and at ono place -00 gallons
of water , forty pounds of rye Mid a hind
quarter of a acnd borso formed tbo materials
out of which the sdup for tbo villao was
made. Near Nijnl there wcro instances of
children biting tbolc arms nnd fingers so as
to satisfy their hunger , but I have so far
heard of no cases of cannibalismthough such
have been reported. Tbo most of the dcatlis
from tbo famlno Imvo , been from typhun and
disease , but considering the vnst number of
destitute , ran glue from 30,000,000 to 40,000-
000 , tbo mortality bui been comparatively
small and much less than it would have
been among any othaf people in the world.
The illet of tbo Russian peasant In the best
of times consists of llttlo moro ttinn oabbago
soup , rye bread and potatoes. Ho gets fat
on iiumnklns and cucumbers nnd knows but
little of meat , llo bai-'now and then u piece
of drv llsb , and tils ryllk'lon gives htm many
fast unys , when ho does not dare to drink
"
milk or" oat butter. _ . ,
Tlio Government Work * .
I see everywhere thiwork of the Russian
government in behalf of iho famine sufferers.
1 do not think thattbo.uiuchliiory of the c < ar
in managing his pcopju'i by any means per
fect. I think , itifacti , is fur from being's ,
and tbcro is probably/is much oppression
und corruption goluf purln tba government
born us in any government in Christendom.
Still , [ boilovo In gtvlitCytbo Russians credit
for the good they nro folng und for the mil
lions they are spondfog. to help the peoplo.
In NIJniNovgorodyhero I Hist stiuolc. the
Volga , I found' about 11.000 men at work
wlaenlng the rends , nd laying out public
parks under thai government surveyors , and
1 was told tbat'thoi > vu.ges came out of the
government amiroprJ tJon for tbo famine.
Along the Volga at tpU point thu road that
runs below tba city 'of * flijni is about thirty
feet wido. It Is bolng'mdoned to about 100
feet nnd the hills ara bulng chopped down
und substantial wall.built. These thousands
of workmen receive about 75 cunts a day and
board themselves , Ttio streets of Nijnl
wore packed full of ; weu wanting work and
I lounU thousa dsjilcopla ? aud touting along
tbo whurf under tbo blazing sun. Men bare
headed and barftlaggca lay with their faces
Upturned , sleeping on the cooblo stone street
nt'xt the river nli inlduuy and women with
bags on tbnlr baclu aud start * in tboir bands
wandered through iho streets nskiug ulms.
Hoiound tbera aloiiL' thu road were bread
pcddlcri , who bold big loavqs of blank bread
us largo us a dlsbpao tp such as could buy.
Evor.v loaf sold \v > u weighed Hrst uud parts
of loaves were eqld ut sojnunh n pound. In
company with thg architect of tuo cavern-
ment 1 vUued the relief \vorlcs and watched
tbo men ut thoir. lubors.- They worked as
Dura us any laborers I IIUVA < wor scon und
when I asked as. o the hours they put In for
this ! ! 5 cents a n&y I was told that thn day
was the usual jiusiluu laboring day during
the summer. " "And what was this ] " I
asked. "From14 o'clock | n tba morning
until 8 o'clock u\ night , " was tno reply.
"That teouis to uo to bo , a very loug day , "
said I ,
'OhI" replied the Architect , "tuoy don't
work all of that time. They have two hours
oft" at noon. "
Still this gave the men fourteen hours of
work , ana as I looked nt them aigglng and
wheeling , whllo the sweat rolled down their
faces , cheerfully putting in this time nt loss
than 2 cents an hour 1 could not help think
ing of our workmen , \vhoaro harJly satistiod
with $ i for olgbt hours of similar work.
Still -5 cents is good wages hero , and you
can biro men In good times for Ibis sum.
A Kusaliin Contractor's Itltchiin ,
I wns at tbo works at the tlmo thut , the 8
o'clock bolls rung and the men stopped work.
It wus light us midday in America und I
could see tbeso thousands ot workmen , In rod
shirts und cans nnd calico pantaloons , troop
ing down from the billsido with their picks
and sliovols In their bands. Each man had
to take care of his own tool , and these who
used wheelbarrows tiad to take tbo iron
wheels of these In their hands , not darintr to
leave them , for fear they wpula bj stolen.
As each man stopped work ho crossed himself -
self and muttered n prayer , and as tboy came
up to whers I stood many of them wcro still
praying. I wondered at this , and an English
tnoad who was with mo said : "Yes , they
are praying now. They nro thanking ( Jed
that the dny Is dono. Tomorrow morning
they will again thank Him when they
begin work , nnd tlwy will pray again when
tbov stop for dinner. They pray nnd thank
God all the time , und when they have a
ohanco to steal anything they oven tbnnk
God then forglvlug them tba chance. " This
is rathiv hard on the Russian peasant , but
there is a grain of truth in it notwithstand
ing. The people pray so much that tnoy do
It automatically , nnd though there U n great
deal of religion among the people there is
moro AuuerstitloD and form than real Intelli
gent piety.
Itoiiril nt Nine CuntM u Day.
Just be fore tbo men stopped work I visited
thn kitchen cf the contractor , where about
TOO men wore boarded bv htm at 0 cants a
day , Tbls board was voluntary on their
part , und they only patronized him because
bo hud u better feori for the money than anyone -
ono else. Imagine a room about thirty fool
square taking up the whole of u shed of logs
und boards , and in this put a great oven
about four feet talgh and so mndo that It
forms a square bnx , filling nearly tbo whole
of the room. Tbls oven box is mudo of
bricks and In Us top uro crent holes , In
which are sunk six kettles , which will onch
hold about u hogshead of Iluid and In which
were boiling the evanm * ration of soup for
the men. Some of this oup was of beans
and another kottla was of cabbage , whllo In
a third hogthoad buckwheat muih was
steaming away , 11 as ted ull of these , eating
a bit wltb a wooden spoon out of the great
ladles banacd ma by tno cooks , and I did not
line' ' them at all bud. In another
purl of tlio kitchen were stacks of
great loaves of the black broad which the
peasants eat , nnd as wo looked at tbls I
asked for tbo bill of faro of this U-ccnt outing
house , The reply was that each man got
four meals for this sum , two of which con
sisted of cold broad und water and the other
two of which wore hot. Each man received
four pounds of broad a day and tbo inoals
were taken In ttio following order ! At 7 In
the morning , nftor working three hours' on
un empty stomach , tbo men eat u breakfast
of broad ut'd ' water. At 11 they knock olT
for dinner , nnd at this tlmo tbey sit down ut
long tables and huvo nome of thin hot soup
and broad. At 5 p. in. the/ take another
lunch of broad and water , aud at 8 , utter
they ars through with their day's work , they
huvo moro soup , with u little ol this buclt-
wheat mush , In his out > each nun you
tliivo-cjuariors of a pound of meat , and thu
rations ull told for the sum of U cants are
bolter than cau bo gotten auywboro clso in
the world. They are far tuiwlor to what
the peasants are accustomed to at homo and
they grow fat on tbom.
How ill" rtmitinu lent.
I don't know whether this peasant board
ing houko contractor furnlthes the aUtie * or
not , but suppose ho doj. I watched a meal
of the workman and tbo extra expense In
this regard could not bo largo. Tbo meu ate
as I have soon tbo peasants In many places
where tbey are tervod with dinners by tbo
fatuluo relief people , und la fact Juit ai they
oat In their own homes. The only dishes
were wooden bowls the M/u of these In A'bicli
the ordinary American family chops Its hasher
or the furmoi's Wlfo work * her buttor. These
bowls were about three Inches deep and they
were tilled with a thick soun. The tables
were knociccd ut ) , only of rough planus , and
were two feet wide and 100 feet long , with
benches running along both sides of them so
us to form seats for tha men. i'horo was no
cloth upon them , but tha white surface of
each table was tnarlicdoff with charcoal into
squares , nnd each squuro bed a number up to
ton , and at the oud of the ton squares a second -
end series of ton numbers begun. Each
mmi had thus his own squuro place nt tbo
table , and ono of those bowls was sot In the
center of each gapg and contained enough
for ton persons. Instead ot a plato a cup or
usauccr.oacbmuR bud in bis band a spoon of
yellow wood wblch would hold ubout twice
iis much as the ordinary tublospoou , and tbo
jnon took their turns In dipping thair spoons.
Into the soup and carrying it to their mouths :
There w s " * M < 1 order unoiit the whole ali'd ,
there was no clmnco for a man to got a spbon-
ful more than his pharo. As to this service ,
however , not ono of tbo hundred long-
bearded men at tbo table oojectcd , and tha
majority of them would not know liotv to
hundlo'dishes of porcelain uud knives and
forks.
M\lng on I.OHI Tlum 3 CuntH n Day ,
Tbo noovo Is , as I Unvosald , fut living for
these peoplo. They nro furmshoa it by a
contractor , who makes SOBJO mouoy out of It
and who Is depondonl for bl& custom on the
excellency of his board. The famlno relief
kitchens , which are supported by the govern
ment ana charity , glvo dlnnurs lor 5 kopecks
a piece or 2 > cents u day. During the worst
part of tbo winter diuuors were given for
loss tliun 1 cent a meal , and during the fam
ine ono such maul was given dally to thou
sands who could not even pay this amount ,
for nothing , There was ono of these kitch
ens , at Nljnl Novgorod , which wus horving
hunurods of these 'JJ-f cent meuls to all who
paid for them und giving them to such as
could prove themselves destitute. For this
U } < i cents they gave u bowl of soup , with u
bit of meat a * blgns the palm of your hand
aud a pound uud u half of broad , und on fast
days tUb took the place of meat. One of the
customs In roeard to this dlnlngroom scorned
to bo an excellent ono , and if outing rooir.i
on a similar plan could bo ostnbllshnd In
America it , would bo u good thing. This cus
tom wns iho giving of beggars maul tickets
Instead of mouoy. Tbo proprietors of tbo
establishment bold twenty of tboir dinner
tickets for no cents und tbo citizens of the
town bought these by the Hundred , nud
when approuohod by beggars for ulais they
gave tnem tickets of these "Yt cent moalt in
stead of monov. Suob tickets could nut-of
courio , bo used ut iho Vodka iBbaps or sa
loons und they prevented fraud ou the part
of the bsggius. # jjr "
A ItiiHHluii Dittonioroii tlieViimlne.
During a lunch which Dr. Hubbell und my.
self took with tbo governor of Nljnl Novgo
rod we hud a long talk about the famine , and
us Nijnl Novgorod was ono of ibo llrst dis
tricts to talio measures to aid the people , his
story of the situation wm Interesting. Ths | >
Nljni governor saw thut iho famlno was at
band long Doforo It camo. The crop * had
boon bad for several your * , and us far back
as May , 1891 , he sent for reports from iho
various districts ot his provlnco and found
thut out of olevoii , which comprise tt , only
two liud enough to carry them through Iho
winter. Thin Is ono of the greatest grain
centers of Kuntlu und Iho governor at once
bought u lot. of grain on his own responsi
bility , und before bo had even notitlod the
tvur ho bud purchased 2,0K ( ) tons of grain
and sent It to the ullllctod of his province.
He tlun uppliod to ibo minister of tlio In- ,
lerior for u loan for his people and got fiOO ,
000 or ubout l.OJtVUO . roubles , llo closothu
saloons and stopped the grain speculator *
who word tr.vluf. lo muue a corner In tlu
nutrket uud ralso iho prlciu , and llnding that
according to tlio constitution ol iho village
that tbo government loan was being used by
the woll-lo-do as well as ibo starving ho
changed It and made different laws , BO that
tbo men who got the money und not tbo vil
lages were responsible for tbo loan. Al
ready ibis province of Nljnl , which is
half o largo a Ohio or Kentucky , aud
which has as many people as the stata
of Michigan , has bad about ) ,000,000
for tbo famlno from Iho government and the
governor tolls mo thai ibis amount wont to
about 000,000 people. It was nil given to
nonworkcrs and no ono between the ages of
15 and f > 5 was aided by It , Tbeia were la
general supposed to bo able to work for
themselves , and such of them as wore not
wcro generally supplied by prlvaia and not
1).V government cnaclty. In addition to this
bo bought n great quantity of grain and hay
for tbo stock of his province and made sucli
arrangements wltb the covornmont that ba
hrn had from 3,000 lo 10,000 men working at
culling wood In tho. government forests.
Last December bo roccivoa ? 150,000 from tba
government to employ bis most needy In tha
making of roads , und so tin has gotio on
through the whole of iho famlno watchinu
Ibo Interests of bis people nnd doing Iho bait
ho could lo flgbt iho lamina. I cllo his casa
OH au Instance of Ihevoric that has boon *
doiio by certain of tbo ofllclals ID the fnralno
district ' * ) . Many of the governors have .nut
dono'so well , and It would bo indeed strongo
If In the handling of moro than half a billion
of dollars some of It bad not btuck lo the
bands of thousands of men who came In con
tact with ll. I find , however , thai relief
worxs are going on in most of thoia
provinces , and I boilovo that as a general
Ihinir Iho government money has boon fairly
dlsirlbutod and that every cent of tbo Ameri
can supplies have gene to thoio for whom
\vorojnlondod and lo those who needed
them the most. FIUNK O.
The cost of Michigan's exhibit will amou
lo $500,000.
A/tea relics will form an Interesting part
of iho Mexican exhibit.
A great rollof map of tlio canal system ot
iho Ktuto Is lo DO oxbibllod by Novr York.
The board of trade of Dubuque , la. , boa
appointed a committco to pretura au erlrtrJn
for tbul city lo bo sent told1 the Wora fair.
No application fur npaoo , will bo granted
after August 1. Allotment of.ipaoo is no\y
being mude. Thu ipuco applied for Is doubla
the amount available. S
Canada will oreot n'World's fair bulldlnjr
at Chicago 100 feet lonir by forty-four foot
wide , wltb u ten-foot veranda surrounding ;
it on al ( nidus. Plaus bavo boon ubmllto4
for approval.
An ox ct reproduction of the fleat In which
Columbus sot sail on bis voyage ut dlscovoty
ts promised for the fair. It will ba a mo t
.instruclivo exhibit , and It will be especially
enjoyed by tbo youth of America.
The lloru ot Montana will bo ibown at tha
World's ' fair by a collection A * complain as It
is possible 10 muko It. The state has about
1.000 different varieties of wild ( lowers and of
lliosu 8iX ) have already boon coiloowd. The
exhibit will Include also a display of vrassoa
unit forage plants. Munv ot tlio ulatos ura >
preparing similar exhibits of their flora.
Chicago draws consolation from tno dis
covery Uiut the Sunday cloning provision will
not apply to the Midway plalsanoo , where
ibo private exhibits und many of ibo tate
buildings will bo located. The iiUUancoom-
braces the territory tmtwoon Fifty-nlntb nna
Sixtieth strouts , ouisido Jackson park. It
Is about 8JO wide and a milo long. On thl
thoroughfuro will bo grouped typical oliopa ,
ipstuurants and theaters of many nations ,
and wbllo none of these places will have tbu
sumo lolullon to tlio fair as tbo buildings in
Jnukiton park , ihoy will , nevertheless , bo un
olllulul oxtilbilsof the fair. Oesldos Ihera
for ' 'admission. "
will bo no obargo
M. Hlbot , the French mlnlilor of foreign
affiilru. Is u man of ll.'ht and learning o
whom ox .Minister VVhllelaw Reid ouoo Maid
iliul bo considered llu republic fortunate In
having found a Fronchmau "todlailnpuliihoa )
In mind , manners and presence" to receive
ttio representatives of Ibo po'vori. M. Rlbot
Is ono of Iho boil i > puukars In tbo houxo ol
deputies aim its tallest tn'imbor. It will uo
recall ml that Mine. Rlbot 1s an American
woman , aid according to popular report *
much of her husband's ' advancement In pub-
Ho llfo has been duo to her ambitious oa-
couruguuiant. <
