Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-18

theoretically, every grain of wheat in the
country, every drop Of water, every horse,
every acre Of ground, every piece of gold
or silver, and even the clothing they wear
There is nothing that is not his What
he wants he takes. That is the doctrine
Of the autocracy. If it is life, very we'll;
II it is the daughter of subject, as used
to be the custom in olden times, She. is
his; her father was only her temporary
guardian; if it is money, all the same.
The Cars officers cell upon tho governor
OF n dis,htct for 100000 rubles. They
get 1t, and as much more as they can for
thems elves, to pay for the trouble.
The Gar receives from his treasury off,
GERS every year $500, 900 rubles for house,
hold expenses, and 2,O0O,0 900 rubles for
his stable. A ruble is worth IS cents.
In addition to this, the Crown Prince,
now boy at home, receives 100000
rubles. till he is Of age, when the allow
fance is Increased to 4;QQQ,OQ0 rubles,
The Gear could have more If he wished,
gbut that is enough. The remainder of the
state revenues, amounting to something
near 100000, 900, go 10 tho support of the
military, naval, religious and civil estab-
!lshment, ana topay interest on the public
debt, which alone amounts to 5000, 900, 900
year The church gets from the treas
ury, besides the tlthes paid to the priests,
as much as the Gear. The army costs over
S275, 900, 600, and the navy $50, 1000, 900.
The German Empire is much more q
burden upon the people than the Russian,
so far rs the taxes are concerned, but the
people are better able to pay them. The
cost of maintaining the imperial family
of Germany, with all its various branches,
is fully $20,00Q,0O0 a. year; the Sultan of
Turkey costs at least 5000, 900, while
the Gar comes third on the list. For its
size, and the wealth of the empire, the
Austrian court is the most economical in
Europe.
The present Gear is not spendthrift,
and most. of tho funds he receives are
spent in maintaining the numerous palaces
that lie empty and useless, worthless e1-
cept Us monuments to the extravaganza Of
his predecessors on the throne. He has
an immense establishment to support,
but he is conscientious and comparatively
economical in the disbursement Of funds
so far as he can control them. All things
are done in his name, including vast
amount of stealing.
who is supposed to have the most in
who educated him, and with whom he has
been intimate all his life.
There is another man who also exercises
profound influence over the Gear, which
cannot, however, be easily accounted for.
1t looks like case of mysticism. A COM
mon priest, q hermit, known rs Ivan Cron-
stadtski, or Ivan of Cronstadt, lives in a
monastery near the place named, and per-
forms miracles. At least they say he does
healing the sick by the laying on of
hands, and even the Gar believes in his
supernatural power. This man, filthy,
dirty fellow, with no more than ordinary
intelligence, is greater than the autocrat
himself in Russia to-day.
He lives in cell from which he
emerges occasionally, when all the people
OF the village rush out of their houses
and bow their heads to the ground, kissing
the hem Of his garment, and begging for
his blessing. The sick are broug to him
from all over the empire, and he is said to
heal them by the laying on of hands. He
performs other miracles, also, and utters