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THE PROVINCE AND THE CITY OF TOMSK
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PEASANT WOMEN AT WORK IN BARNAÜL.
to it were allowed, it might soon become as densely populated and as prosperous as any of our northwestern States. Its resources are almost illimitable, and all that it needs is good government and freedom for the play of private enter-