Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-06

carried mine constantly in my lsft breast
pocket. I have never had 1t called for,
however, but it is, am told, necessary II
one would get checks cashed at the banks
or letters at the postofice.
The Policemen Do Not Get Rich.
The policemen of Russia are not very well
the Russian Empire. 1t is the same with
the soldiers The Gar has something like
1,000, 900 men in his army, but these do not
receive as much as q postage stamp day
for their work, and the ordinary policeman
only gets $12 O month. The Chief of the
Police districts here receives only 81, ,25o
year, and In the interior policemen often
receive NO more than 81 80 month and pay
their own expenses.
Every man in Russia is expected to help
the police. All householders must keep
records Of the servants they employ. There
are blank books made for the purpose, and
in one column you must put down the date
of engagement of q servants, his religion
and where he comes from. You must give
his age and must have a record of
his height, size, color, and, in fact, q regu-
lar passport description of him. You must
send q notice to the police that you have
employed him and they look from time to
time over your servant book and put their
stamp upon 1t. It is the same with hired girls
az with hired men and the same with clerks
as with house servants. When the servant
leaves you you must again notify the police
and state where he has gone. You have to
pay fees and stamps for his service and the
police here enforce the collection of stamp
taxes
Not long ago there was an order passed
that every receipt and business paper
should have stamp, and the police were
about to collect this tax from gas company
in South Russia This company had thou
sands Of contracts which were merely mat
ters of record and the police called and
tried to collect stamp duties upon each of
these. The owner, VINO was a shrewd En-
glishman, saw that the thing was going to
cost him about $50, 900, and he burned up
his contracts and thus evaded the tax. He
had q book account, which enabled him to
supply the loss, and he told me gleefully
how he got ahead of the Government.
I chatted about the police with another
Englishman who lives in one of the big
towns of the black plain, and who was very
angry at the police surveillance which was
kept over him. Said he: "You can't do
anything here that is not known to the
police, and there are spies everywhere.
Your servants watch you, and even beg
gar may be spy. If q man does anything
that is out of the way he is put under
police supervision, and he has to report
every month or every week to the police.
had clerk with me not long ago who was
supposed to be free thinker. He had to
report to the police every month. One
night we missed him, and we did not hear
of him for about two months. He had
been taken off in irons to St. Petersburg,
and be was kept in prison there month
Then his accusers were brought to the city,
of the lot, and the result was that the
authorities released him. As soon as he
was released he was told that he could have
a free ticket home If be would wait a week
for it, but he said that he preferred to pay
his fare and 60 at once, and he did 50.
sit is not uncommon for men to be sent