Show v A y DEATH OF TO PASSING OF VENERABLE WRITER WHO HAD ADMIRERS ALL OVER THE CIVILIZED WORLD although a born aristocrat this gifted russian chose the life of a peasant and battled with ball all his might for the masses Ast russia after a lifelong life long battle for right as he saw it count leo tolstoi has been vanquished in a contest with the grim reaper his death occurring saturday morning countess tolstoi and the atten attending ing physicians were at his bedside when the end came the last moments of the man who numbered his admirers by thousands all over the world being peaceful and calm tol tolstoi stol accompanied only by dr makovetzki eft his home at polina with the purpose of ending his days in solitude to which he more and more inclined in his latter years learning that ihs fihs retreat had been discovered he insisted upon proceeding on his bourney to the caucasus were tie he hoped to spend his last days close to the Tol stoian colony an the shores of the black sea k but on the railroad journey journe y he was overcome with exhaustion and the cold and dr was compelled to have him transferred to the flag station at Asta where he was made as comfortable as possible in the rude wooden building his wife and members of ats family hastened to his bedside but the physicians deemed it advisable to kep kejr them away from the count during his cons conscious clouA moments fearing the out COUNT LEO TOLSTOI come of the emotion their presence would cause the patient the venerable writer passed away without a word of farewell to the members 0 of his family count lyof tolstoi usually called count leo tolstoi novelist and social reformer was born august 28 1828 at doliana in an the province of tula russia when 23 years of age lie he entered the army and served in the cavalry in tho the caucasus and in the defense of sebasto pol against the british and french allied forces he first made a reputation in litera aturo by a series of vivid sketches written from Saba and when he left the army soon after tho the crimean war lie he devoted himself entirely to literature tolstoi was several so eral times threatened with expulsion from russia and was several times according to report upon the point of being exiled hut he be seemed on the whole to have been treated with unusual leniency in view of his pronounced views he was however expelled from moscow in july 1901 and had since resided at doliana although tolstoi came of an aristocratic to family he was at heart a peasant in the best sense of the word devoted to the improvement of the condition of the russian masses and eager to lead them in the right path with these objects in view as early as 1875 he organized peasant schools on a new original basis operated cooperated co in the improvement of cheap popular publications organized relief for the starving population of middle russia 1 in 1891 92 ren renounced bounced his property in copyright land and money and in the recent agrarian disturbances actually but vainly invited the peasants to plunder his estate at po rana llana there he lived the life of a peasant in a peasants hut partaking only of simple peasants food and wearing the peasants costume rough blouse broad lea leather ther belt fur cap long beard wide trousers tucked tricked into high cowhide boots but although tolstoi chose the e existence ix of a peasant his family occupied the substantial family mansion on the estate not far from Tol peasant hut |