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be forgotten by that distant country. In proof of this, 

 let me quote from a letter I received from Count 

 Woronzow Daschkow, Minister of the Imperial 

 Court, who, in power and influence, perhaps, is next 

 to the Czar of Russia himself: 



"It is with great pleasure that I accept the photo- 

 graphs of the departure of your steamer Indiana from 

 Philadelphia, and I thank you most heartily for them 

 and your letter, in which you tell me of the kind 

 interest you are all taking in us. The friendly feel- 

 ings of sympathy America shows us now, when so 

 many of our people are in want, can never be for- 

 gotten by me or my countrymen, and that you will 

 believe this is the sincere wish of, dear sir, 



"Yours faithfully, 

 "Cx. WORONZOW DASCHKOW." 



Then listen to the simple words of a peasant, a 

 village elder in the Government of Samara, a man 

 without education, but with a warm and thankful 

 heart. As we left his village on a cold, wintry morn- 

 ing, he stood at the head of a delegation of villagers, 

 their eyes filled with tears of gratitude, and exclaimed 

 with trembling voice, "All we can say is, 'God bless 

 you and those who sent you. ' 



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Look at this woman! She travels on foot, through 

 snow and slush, a distance of eighteen miles to take to 

 the dealers a package of braided straw. Hear her 

 story: "I work from four in the morning until ten at 



