Connecticut western news., 1878-06-13
Forged Bank Notes.
A RUSSIAN SKETCH,

In the town of K, of the province of Kharkov, Otto, the son of Herr Dieker, hotel keeper, one morning re- ceived a parcel of forged bank notes, in payment for tun of Crlmean wine supplied to the venerable Archimandrite. [ Forged notes are as common as genuine ones in Russia, and if Herr Dicker had been Russian he would have simply passed on the notes to some one else.
 Being German, 1t beloved him to be cautious. First he scolded his son for not having scrutinlzed the water-marks i; after which he pondered for while whether he should treat the transaction as dead loss, or go to the Archiman- drite's major-domo, who had paid the notes, and ask him for others.
 He had the misfortune to choose the latter course, and was coldly received by the major-domo, who doubted whether the notes had been paid by himself. As the sum was rather large, Herr Dicker became too persuasive, and was bundled out of the house. A few hours later, as he was breeding over the business apti- tudes required in dealings with Russians, he received the visit of police inspec- tor and two underlings, who wanted to know why he had not made declara- tion at the police office of having forged notes in his possession? Herr Dicker ought now with alacrity to have ordered up bottle of his best, and. while re- galing the. inspector, he should have slipped into his hands as many genuine notes as he could spare; meanwhile Otto Dieker should have refreshed the underlings in another room, and have made little presents to them also. Then all would have gone well with the Ger. man household. t's
 Unluckily, the German was in a bao temper, and began to talk nonsense about giving the Archimandrite's ser want into custody. The inspector, see ing no signs of coin, threw off the con ciliatory attitude he had adopted upor entering, and announced that he wal going to search the premises. His two men, a pair of bullet-headed churls witt gray coats and brass-hilted swords thereupon went to work, and in less thaa an hour the Germans house looked as i it had been ransacked by thieves. :.
 Dicker was made-and not gentl, either-to open every cupboard, desk and box; his clothes, his wife's anl daug ghter's, were strewn over the floors the pockets of himself and family wer turned inside out; finally the polio went down to the cellar and set the bar rel-cocks running to see whether thes receptacles did really contain liquor, anc not implements of forgery.
 Herr Dicker imprudently stampe, about, yelling imprecations in the dia lect of Pomerania. He was exhorted t hold his peace. The police made up al .- his notes, money, and portable trinket into parcel with one of his own nar kiHs, telling hum that every articl proved to be lawfully his would be re stored to him. Then the inspector sai sharply, "Now come along" "Wher to?" asked Herr Dicker, with his hail roots stifening. "To prison" answere the inspector; and of they all went, t the amusement of the people in tn streets, who are always gratifed at set ing German in trouble.
 A Russian gaol is not built on an wasteful plan of keeping prisoners war, and comfortable. A black, mould house. situate in one of the slums of th : .towny itnis guarded by dozen crol headed soldiers and has painted scdu cheon with the Imperial double-heade eagle over the gate. There is whil ping-post in the front yard. Thieve