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Show status or thi: ihjsmin i'auim'. The present status of the Itusslan famine exhibits a striking feature. The Htale department, at Washington, la In poncaslon of Information to the eilret that tho famine Is I radically ended. The Htfsslan goverumeut has Issued a ukase authorizing Ihe free exportation of maize. A similar authorization Is exjiectej to be enunciated enunci-ated by the 1st of July lu relation lo all cthcrgrsln except rye. The result Is a drop lu prices throughout tho tmplru erirom 60 to 10'J per cent. This situation has brought tbo fact lo light that while Kaunt hunger and consequent grim death weru stalking through wide districts of country, simulators were boarding up vast quautltlea of grain, which aro now being uncovered, it la tho old story of "man's Inhumanity." It appears from these develop, ments that there was carcely auy heed for fnrulue lu Russia, If there had been a human dlstrllu. Hon of breadstulls. Hut Itussla Is largely allllcted with a class of llnanclal vulturea with which eiery country, Ihls lncluded,.ls more or less allllcted. They aro heartless creatures who make the misery aud misfortune of their fellowmen their choicest opportunities fsr self.aeoklng. If the speculalho hoarders had ottered tlulr I reduce at a moderate rlco to the benevolent be-nevolent who Interested themselves and cxjwudod tin lr means for there-Hot there-Hot of their starving people, tho time of scarcity might hau been bridged lu the allllcted districts without lutali lullerlu or loss of life. In tiie coutemplatlou of this subject sub-ject as It stands, uo small degree of sallsfaillou can be derived from the diclenslon In tho prices of Husslau gruln, not only lecause It will ameliorate the condition of the lieople of tlio lamluo districts, tiut also tu cause It will largely depilve the slony-hiarlid speculator of the Immense i rollta they expected would aoiruo to them from the unfortunate situation of u large proportion of I heir folloir-erial-urts. Another notsble Incident connected Hlthtliefamlnolnllussli Is the sailing, on Haturday lust, of an American ship from llrooklyn with a cargo of food for the lluisisu sullrrer. Aecordlug to tho lulormatloii about tho h.nirds of gialn In that country, this seems like "taking ooala lo Xowcaallc'lnslcad ol shipping, would It nut be as clxup aud feaaltte for philanthropic Americans tuBiitiscrllie money to the relleflund, let their agents lake It to llnsla aud there buy breud at tho present reduciil trices from Ituislau suhtirs with which In feed their furnishing couu-1 couu-1 1 rj mi ii? |