The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-18

90 ana that y tust the number Of periodicals
Of all sorts published IN the Cars empire.
from the Battle to the Pacific. from the North
srn 6ea down to Turkey and Persia. For the
5000 900 souls In the United States there Are
l2.eo0 periodicals.. For the 10t 900. 900 souls Ia
Russia there Are CAS- periodicals.. Ittakes only
1000 persons In republican America 10 sup
port ono periodical; II takes moro than forty
times - many of his autocratic majesty's sub
jects 70 support Q periodical Here We have
some solid facts. plainly showing what re-
public msans. and what an absolute monarchy
means 90 far - tho press In concerned.
Leaving out the ofiicla publications. both lay
and clerical and also thoas issued In other
than the Russian Language. and We have only
SS6 periodicals. which are classified - follows:
Bixty-thrss dailiss. iorty-two ssmi-weekliss.
ssvonty-four wseklies. seventy-one monthlies.
and eishty-nve auarterles and others Issued
irrsguarly. This capital IL. Of course. the head
e 81 hr: :o:s ID s rr
h ts is n'fks esr Viii
ks;sa count seven p psriodic s ssSS. II The
Cars country there ary many towns Of ten.
., " :Usn .s 81 Pn AZ:
whole Of siberia. with 1000 600 Of population,
mas only ~ two nswspnp PER- and Stimonthiy Of
two dailies and two monthiies..
iSr ins.aSss. sh: - t'ess5syo ysaoMo.E. q:
1osco:c psaomosa ths S r., nsl9nost; Al;
,css doosssa ap ssSss Ne a' On 81
he crSsncsi nom non.o SS nsxspaper. arc
modestly dsslgnated as Listok that e, Lia'e
anS Ms Would sn d
SS HsseE and fs Ss.s aS.n BE
he Soios "'' SsS though vas s siisn esd
Ssy Il. .ha nas s onUs
s;,s d s .n TE IS SSss sSs; S G:y
S S INA sSe nsls iEisss 'S s9%s. D ~
al da,s called There The sss
% Il. r. snz av Biz . IL :a:
Ssst AY Wv 1 s hsss Se!h As F$.hisssss
tsoJ and the Wealth Bogatstroj thrive here. The
snd sSs 6ts.s" SraidsaiSs I and the Ras.'ss q:
vsiei@S tho IstessetIona 1' Clinic and the
Health. Thors are also the GrasshogPer l!stre.
ses the the sS es Il. r bo
Ius,le and the playthino. and and Moscow the
ana tns G ;h I he Meo"a me
herr: on TN; nriS V0'A0 can b seen bore
ss chs Ss Hs E s sss sss H"
GssI1 Is; lie sOal yog have e s - M n sS
thsre was tho TSossSi iMysI At this
CAPITAL: but the Government dia not IKE Il
few years ago = patriotiS editor undertook 70
publish here the Order I1riadok!, and ruined
hs Se n: or Ts Msa ths
COW, and Bsta. The vsrisaSls Oil CITY Of Russia
Batou m, the Kassian portoirsnso on ths BIscI
sea datg ts Gwn 'S IT., The D E%;
Odessa There 6 odessa. TOO. rs Iigi!iiLosss.
'f is1I bssz s' xsskis The o!Ssda1 Ssrse,
sation Is conducted ct Kazan, and the Busines.
10 XIII h asa rss ad Ct sd p'sGx
$s.ss: %ass.io% .ssiys w.il Ssrs and s III
ss.;sH' sr!a Ar
Ss.s a In G ssoa. tRs
twenty;tour In swedish, twelve IN Lettonia,n
Armenian. four In Hebrew. Tour in Tartar
three In Georgian. and three In Latin. So t.
iish. 1 have no doubt that there would 5,
money in an English publication;
81 the official pu6Iiestions there are oye
orxans Of the local Goy.rnors: Each bishop
and there are about forty Of them In Russia
n MOI no In the central each Mni1
tor has his organ. There are about forty 0
Thu ;ha L oG ,S Dc $ Ss.
try d wa; tho PTatiislstse.ny Ee;inik iGsse
a. ne 81 'pss's Ss
| that Vestnik is offered to the Russian public a.
sbs a.
In the Government Messenger touching on on
cial frauds. stealing. abuse Of power, and NAL
large allowance for the Instinct Of self preser
walton. WHICH Is natural 70 the Cars Govern
psrsl az 70 ss1
laSs s &ssssaos'l. WITCH. q Russian westiiss; i.
The Golos Voice now silent IT b had ~ had II b
sy's ssoSs e 6Ss':
stands y "a re head q Russ!an d.ilie:i VIZ
cesssss iES% g sSS :SS:s sas;
s sss es sna ls 9sss
home news. They keep their eorresDo9,dent
every Large 81 Eur T and n &
hstersJurc Tsdomosti. and The Drio. monthi,
By p. Popo6, and Mrs. B. NcGahep docs Americ
| for the St. Petersburg NOposh f!etcs). the Rus
siun VedOm0si Of Moscow. and tho Es1opea
| Messenger. monthly.
The Russian Monthlies are twice. and eve
thrice. ~ voluminous a. American MONTH
magazines. They contain variety Of CAREFUL
eeioctod material. such as tho latest Russia
| and foreign novels stories. poems. scientih
essays. literary Sketches. political reviews: q
essays. foreign letters. DO. None OF them I
illustrated. There are. however. about twent
According to the ofIicial statistics furnishe.!
| By the Post Department last year In kussi
| thero passed through the mail about n. 5OO. 90
| copies Of Russian periodicals OF all sorts. an
1900 900 copies OF foreign periodicals were 70
ceived In Russia. Thus II appears that thar
Il not for each subject Of tho Gar during
| year oven Q single copy OF some periodics
States the total number Of copies Of periodical
Issued per annum is sufhcient to supply ever
man, woman, and child with over thirty copiel
Why Is the Russian press so insignificant 9
| to its volume2 Many answer that 1t ID becaus
fully 80 per cont. OF the Russians are illtterat'
But II the educated and schooled Russian
could read newspapers as freely ~ tho Amer
cans do, then In RUSSIA there ought to be 8. 0O
| periodicals. instead OF Gas. There are othe
causes that make the Czar's country almot
| no. h all nd ha ind ripl M