Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1883-10-31
GETTING DRUNK TN RUSSIA.

GETTING DRUNK IN RCSSIA.
How They Deal with Iatnzss,ssd psrsoas
In = Desposio Country.
A gentleman who has lived for sew
eral years in ST. Pet. rsburg, Russia
rave 10 the st. Louis Globe Democrat
tn, following in reference to the liquor
traffic in tn It country:
II here is no attempt at regulation.
except that the Gov .rnmeIt Ul ce,
pofisei, keep arp eye on all the
vendors of vodki and other intoxicating
drinks The dealer IN Russian whisky
Is project d by the law and is answera-
be to The law. He dare rot make use
al l,it license 10 deal in vodki as blind
for robbery. Such things on you Ameri.
cans ell dives are utterly INK .own
there. No man can he tempted to
drunkenness and robbery While in o
drunken state without punishirg the
de"ler, which means the deprivation OF
his license and eriod Of incarceration
in Jail with hard labor, followed, in
ex!r lne cases, with touch of the knout
OIL lis bare skin. Tie terror of this
punishment makes each K eper of
yolkl SHOP real y co .selvator OF the
p ace; Tor, as soon as the liquor dealer
sees that one Of his s.omers is likely
tog t vJo.e nt v drunk, he turns him
odt Oh the ST. eet. And o man already
dunk can get 10 mcrc W dki."
"Bnt sup o-e the drunk man cks
up a r ", W ~ th NJ"
"ne is t.IAe "a char e by t 90 police
end down to the ation-liDu g. lis
nn IN mt then fol oSs as a matter of
C r,aiity. No matt'r wi,ther Ii ne
RE ur poor, whe her h. bslong to tho
hob or tine working class, he must
s~rv eight lluurs in the strre .swe, p ug
gag. At u o'clock in the moinEg
succeeding his orgie he has uliprsi 10
Inn lum, Of bread and glass OF
whisky He may or MY MT a,,eps II
the prollereI municipal hosp:t .iity,
Lut when ! O'Clock strikes he has to 20
Cut on tne st rect gang, and " tn broom
and 5. ale max the Ne, skoi Pewsp kt,
OF any other str. 6 he may work on, as
cl an rs a new PIN"
but do they Ike no d ference be-
tweea gentlemen and workmel?"
"N"ue villa ever; vet there is differ
enee generally. The gen lem who
are found drunk on the STREET, at niglt
Usually have black clothes. They are
marked on the back with a great white
Greek cross, q cross big emo q to he
Seen half square ANY,. The mou TX,
or workiuen class, who. at least in sam
,,ar .,a f,,, A x,,.kh kt,a,. .l,.k,, ,,l,,ko
siirt' covering their shoull RS, are
marked with an .qualiy-conspicuous
black cross. This is the only differ
ence, and, if a gentleman be with white
or iight-colosed clothing on him, he
gets, also, the black cross. They are
all rlassed as drnnkards. AMI treated
without ref renee to their rank"
"But yon SD tines N n have to do
eight hours work o. sire t DO
you mean That they are ke.,t eight hours
without any restp'
"No; the street-sweepil gangs are
accompanied by wagons, Inch carry
the tools, something like your hoodlum
wagons, aud they also larry prov 81 ms.
At IL o'clock noon each gang is halted,
and rom the wagon is offered to each
in lividual second lump of bread, ac-
companied ly DantIig herring. This
luxurious fare can he clten or left just
Gs suits the principal parties con-
eer.ed. The mon iks all grasp at the
olcfed food; occasionally you Will sea
0 gentleman ind 'Snantly spurn /. But
all have to go TO work again as soon as
tIe gong sounds. and they must work
til &c Lours longer. At the enl Of the
glth hour the wagon comes along and
gathers MP the tools and ma eria, ,at
belong 10 the Goyernm mt, and the or
der is given to the drunkar,ls to ,cat-
tor. They go Off: they have beeG thor
oug p, punished for the indiscreto of
m pi apd the streets of st. Peters,
burg LeDcft By the indiscretion."