Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-10-01
DOG DAYS IN RUSSIA,
Various Anus ements Intended to Crafty
the Cars Subjects.

various Anus ements Intended to Crafty
the Cars Subjects.
The activity of the Russian officials,
to all appearances, reaches its highest
point in dog-days. There are scores
of different commissions and commit
tees, sub-commissions and sub-commit-
tees travelling in all parts of the coun-
try, presumably for the public ends.
They seem to revise various branches
of the administration and to study ON
the spot different questions of National
Importance, such as epidemics, cpl
Zootics, the laying of new railways, the
digging of new canals, the improve
ment of rivers. the protection to some
new industries, the struggle against
grasshoppers, the Siberian marmots,
the sectarians and the Nihilists, the
opening of new ports, and no end of
other big points. 1t oughtto be highly
gratifying to the Cars subjects to see
his officials earning their bread by the
sweat of their brows. But the trouble
is that they (the subjects) know very
we'll that that unseasoned display of
official activity is merely dog days
junketing at public cost. Every year
as the vacations approach the tchinov-
niks here vie with each other in invent
ing the public questions that should be
studied on the spot
"Say. Ivan Petroviteh," one official
said to another, where are you going
this summer"
TO the Caucasus. / lam in the COM
mission investigating the mineral
springs"
Lucky for you. You'll have the
STobo IL r;,.Io nd tho KoE h.
wine. And l am to investigate the
shadows of the Volga."
Good for you, Peter IEanovitch,
you've got the Tartar girls and the
koumyss.
Some of these junketing trips are,
nevertheless, described in the news
papers at great length. as if they
really meant business just now, for
instance. all the Journals in this capital
are describing the Cars trip to Fin
land.
On the shore of the Finnish Bay. in
a picturesque spot, there is little
town. Willmap Strand. The Gear and
Czarina made up their minds to go
there and see the sights. They wanted
to 60 there by railway and to return
back aboard of some man-of-war. To
please such guests the Firms have built
q railway from Abo to Wilmanstrand.
a distance of sixteen miles. When
everything was ready, in the Official
Messenger there appeared An item
stating that his Majesty was going to
review the armies of Finland. Now,
those armies consist of nine battalions
all told. For weeks the Finn soldiers
were making triumphal arches. orna-
menting the railroad stations with fir
garlands. and covering the platforms
with red cloth. At last the Gar, in
company with scores of Generals and
courtiers. went on his Finnish journey,
or. as the papers style it. Ibis triumphal
march" The Finn women presented
to the Czarina a little boat of their own
make. and the men have in various
ways shown their loyalty. As soon,
however. as the Car was gone, the
Senate of Finland voted unanimously
to raise the tax on Russian goods i'm
ported to Finland-in order. as it were.
to cover the expenses of the Imperial
trip.
Among other official trips of this
season is worth noticing that of
Bishops. In the city of Kazan there
met twelve Bishops, each accompanied