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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1904-09-16

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RUSSIAN SOLDIERS POORLY PAID

HILE the newspapers
OF the world are
teeming with ac-
counts Of the suffer-
ings and privations
and the general rough
treatment endured by
the Cars forces now
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days worked "on the curb"
The first London Stock Exchange be-
gan in Jonathan's Coffee House, and
the rules and regulations made there
more than 100 years ago are in full
force TO this day, with, perhaps, slight
modification in order to adapt them
selves TO the needs of modernity.
There are to-day about 5000 members
Of the London Stock Exchange Re-
markable to say, none of these men is
well known in public. While in New
York and other cities the Stock Ex
changes boast such financial lights as
Henry Clews, Russell Sage, the GouIds
and Rockefellers, in England CORE
spending men, such as the Rothschilds.
arc not Stock Exchange members.
There are no very prominent London
financiers who are members of the Ex-
change proper-that is, no men of great
social or political notoriety If one
were 10 compile a list of the leading
members of the London Stock Ex-
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admiration Of all the medical men who
have seen them.
The present Russian army, as an or
ganization, is only about 80 years old.
1t was established by the imperial
ukase of January, 1873, by which the
whole male population of the empire,
with the exception of certain outlying
districts. is made liable to military SER
vice, from the beginning of the twenty
first to the end of the forty-third year.
OF this time, the first five years are
spent in the standing army and the re-
mainder in the militia.
In every year there are more than
100000 recruits reach the age of mill
tary service. The law makes many ex-
ceptions among those who are liable to
service. and in ordinary years not more
than a quarter of million, and, per-
haps, not that many, actually join the
colors, the rest going directly into the
militia.
Education is one of the qualities
which cut down the length of service.
According to the degree of education
which be possesses a young man may
have his term of actual military service
reduced 10 three, two or even one year
1t is from this class that most of the
officers in the reserve corps or militia
are drawn.
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in fire-is of very different construc-
tiOn from a burglar proof safe. The
perfect system of night watchmen in
office buildings and banks has reduced
the demand for burglar proof safes.
Any burglar who touches safe nova
days or gets anywhere near the doors
of a safe deposit vault is likely to set
off an electric alarm system that will
bring the police or an armed guard
upon him before he can get away. We
have not had a bank burglary of any
account in New York for 20 years.
In constructing fireprOof safes for
offices in the skyscraper buildings We
have to look out for danger from falls
as well as destruction from fire. That
is where the modern safe has stood
the supreme test in the Baltimore fire
One of our safes. weighing 5000 pounds,
fell nine stories and is barely dented.
Not long ago one of the modern safes
fell II stories down the elevator shaft
of a New York skyscraper. 1t cost
1920 to repair the elevator shaft and
only s26 to repair the safe. Some of
the old-time safes were built of small
iron plates-scrap iron, it might almost
be called-riveted together at the cor
ners. They might keep the fire out all
right. but in fall they went to pieces.
The modern safe is a solid One-piece
angle frame, front and back, which
cannot fall apart. 1t has eight fanges.
compared with four in the old safes
The bolt-work and lock are away back
of the fire-proof filling, and not on the
edge of the door, as formerly. The fire
proof filing in the fianges or steps is
of asbestos, marble dust and chemi-
Gals Each manufacturer uses his own
composition of chemicals, and keeps it
a secret. The chemicals generate
steam during a fire, which not only
assists in preserving the contents of a
safe. but reduces the chances of metal
expansion.
1T follows. naturally. that safes
are more expensive than they were.
A business man does not hesitate now
to spend from $1,000 to $4,000 on his
safe. When you get far above the
last-named price you get into vault
work, which is a separate branch OF
the business. Safety vaults usually
are built in conjunction with the con-
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and grenadiers have bright colored pip
ings and facings on their green coats.
Some Of the lancers wear blue, and the
Cars hussars are brilliant in scarlet.
The Cossacks wear mostly dark blue
or green. But the general effect, the
prevailing tone, is dark green, except
in the hot months. when white is the
leading note.
AS to equipment, a Russian infantry
man carries thirty rounds of ammuni
tion in his belt, thirty more rounds in a
bandolier hung over his left shoulder
underneath his great coat which is car
ried there done UP in roll, and final
reserve supply of ammunition, consist
ing of thirty rounds, carried in a pouch
which hangs from a strap running over
the left shoulder and attached to the
belt. From the right shoulder is sus-
pended his waterproof kit bag, and on
top Of the kit bag is an aluminium
water bottle holding pint and half
To the great coat is strapped a pair
Of boots and an aluminium mess dish.
Besides this every six men carry among
them the materials for a tent which
will properly shelter them, so that it
may easily be seen that the Russian
soldier is considerab bic of a weight car
rier.
The medical and surgical depart
ments of the Russian army are finely
developed. There are six large and
more than 900 smaller hospitals regular
ly connected with the army, besides
much larger number of smaller laza-
rettos. There are more than 5000 sur
geons in the army on peace footing.
and most of them are men of advanced
training and high standing in their
profession.
The hospitals and surgeons in charge
are supplied by the state with the lat
est and most improved apparatus for
carrying on their work in the best pos
sibIe manner during the necessary in
conveniences and hardships of an
active campaign.
The drugs for medical use are pre-
pared for the army medical depart
ment in the form of tabloids, with the
active principles accurately dosed and
put up by the latest machinery. and
the bandages and dressings are pre-
pared and sent out in sterilized bundles
from the state factories, which are the
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Old Monitors

Lying at League Island Navy Yard.
Philadelphia. are the last of the old
monitors. such as the Lehigh, Montauk,
Jason, Canenieus and Nahant, which
have been condemned and will prob
ably follow the same course as the
preceding ones, which were demolished
and sold for old scrap iron. These old
civil war monitors also acted as coast
defenders during the Spanish -Ameri-
can war. but we're never in position to
do active service during that war The
story of the meeting of the Monitor and
the Merrimac is well known. One week
after the battle of those two vessels,
March 16, 1862, an order was given by
the Navy Department to Ericsson to
build with all possible speed six vessels
on the general plan of the Monitor.
Three of these vessels were built at the
Continental Iron Works, where the or
iginal Monitor was constructed, while
the others were built elsewhere.
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Russian empire alone has 80, ,0O0, 900
horses, or nearly half Of the grand total.
In the regular army of the Car there
are no less than half million horses,
and this number in time of war might
be easily doubled.
How valuable this vast cavalry force
may be in the Far East may be ques-
toned, for allowing to each horse a
daily ration Of twenty-five pounds of
fodder and taking ii for granted that
Manchuria and the adjacent provinces
raise little that might be used for horse
food, il is hard to see how any large
number of horses can be permanently
maintained at the far end of a single
track railroad more than 5000 miles
long.
In the Russian cavalry, of course, the
most picturesque. corps is that of the
COssacks. The Cossacks are really pro-
fessional soldiers. They almost live on
horseback, and are the only horsemen
in the world who equal the rough riders
of the Far Western States in feats of
horsemanship. They come from about
the Black Sea, and out of total popu-
lation Of 100000 furnish 10000 men
for the imperial army.
The horses and uniforms of the Cos
sacks are furnished by the various Cos
sack tribal communities, and in camp
the curious tribal signs hang over the
entrances TO the quarters of each regi-
ment In active service the Cossacks
are the eyes and ears of the Russian
army. They are the scouts, the path
finders, the courier, and orderlies when
desperate and dangerous work is to be
done. They are much more independ-
ent than the common soldier of the
army, and are also treated with much
more consideration by the military au-
thorities.
The Cossacks are armed with rifles
without bayonets. with swords without
guards, and the men in the front ranks
in each company also carry lances.
They take great care Of their horses.
and are esteemed as among the most
daring. tireIess and relentless soldiers
in the world.
The predominant and characteristic
color in the uniforms of the Russian
army is dark green. The infantry wear
double breasted blouses and knicker-
bockers of that color. The footguards
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timore fire. Rival makers, in their New
York warehouses. exhibit piles of tele-
grams from agents sent to Baltimore
to look over the ruins. saying that safe
number sO-and-so came out of the
flames with nothing injured except the
beauty of it's appearance, and with the
inside 'as sweet as a nut" to quote an
expression used in more than a dozen
telegrams Fine safes are numbered.
like fine watches, and it is easy tc keep
track of them.
The Baltimore fire has given as Sc
safe and the safe-deposit vault that
has been brought to perfection within
the last ten years" said the manager
of one of the largest safe manufactur-
ing firms on Broadway. AT the time
of the Chicago fire there was nothing
like them in existence. The modern
safe is as much of an improvement over
those in use then as the modern battle
ship is over those in use during the
Civil War.
Fires in one part of the country and
another are gradually taking the old
fashioned safe out of existence. and
manufacturers are not putting others
on the market to take their places
There is no denying the fact that cheap
safes are made. Some of them look
handsome in an cffice, but they are no
more protection against fire than so
much wood. man who buys one of
these safes knows what he is getting
for his money, just as well as man
who buys dollar watch. They are,
therefore, not worth considering in dis
cussing the development of the up to
date safe
Manufacturers used to aim to make
a safe that was both burglar proof and
fireproof. They do not do that now.
A fireproof safe-that is safe that
will absolutely preserve its contents
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BURGLAR PROOF SAFES OBSOLETE

struction of the building. The safes
in them are designed by experts.
They cost all the way from $4,000
to $500, 900. which is the price of the
vault in the First National Bank in
Chicago. That has the reputation
among safemakers of being as fine
as anything in the country, not even
excepting that of the New York
Clearing House. Those are essen
TALLY hreproof safes They are am
ply protected against burglars. of
course. but not altogether in the con-
structiOn of the safes.
steel is used in the construction
of a safe whenever possible. Fer
reasons not necessary to explain it is
not always possible. Armor plate is
not much good for safes. 1t is too
expensive and does not work easily.
We get the best results from a ma
teriaI manufactured for the purpose
called chrome. Business men are
buying more safes than they used to.
because no man carrying a mercan-
tile stock can get a fire insurance
policy unless he keeps his books in
a freDroof safe during the night. or
in hours when they are not in use
for business.
Burglar proof safes are still made
for smaller towns or rural districts.
where the system Of police supervision.
night watchmen and burglar alarms is
not so perfect as in New York. Under
the new banking law a large number
of small national banks are being
started all over the country. Ten "
them were opened in New York State
last month. New explosives and me-
chanicaI devices that are accessible 70
the bank burglar necessitate radical
improvements in the construction OF
the burglar proof safe.
The old-time safe is no longer PROOF
against the burglar who knows how 10
use nitroglycerin. To-day il is nee
essary TO construct the chest strong
enough to withstand several charges "a
nitrOglycerin or dynamite. Steel must
be used that viii withstand a tensile
strain of about 1sO. 900 pounds Thers
must be absolutely perfect metal con-
tact all around. The grooves must be
packed with a special preparation. max
ing the joints proof against explosives
New York Press
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change, probably out of the 5000 names
not five would ever have been heard of,
not only in America, but in London
itself.
The two best known men on the Lon
don Stock Exchange are Edward
Clarke, the trustee and manager of
the Exchange, and Edward Satterth-
waite, the secretary. These two men
have practical charge of the London
Stock Exchange, and in their hands. it
might be said, rests the fate of ever,
member. 1t is they VINO decide to
hammer" defaulting members, or
those who, when pay day comes, are
unable to meet their obligations.
Every member of the London Stock
Exchange has to be of gilt-edge finan-
cial standing. For instance before
member can be elected, he must submit
his entire financial record to a select
committee. He must, of course, never
have been bankrupt. But this is not
all If he has ever had Judgment en-
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If a member of the Stock Exchange
fails TO meet his liabilities on settling
day, which is every alternate Monday,
he is hammered. The secretary, Mr..
Edward Satterthwaite, calls out his
name, and then gives his desk three
sharp blows with his ivory hammer.
This is the most terrible fate that can
befalI a member Of the Stock Exchange.
From that moment he ceases to belong
20 the institution and neither he nor his
clerk can again enter it's precincts.
Large sums have been wagered by
Stock Exchange men as to the manner
in which a hammered" member will
commit suicide.
Members, however. are very rarely
hammered. If broker or jObber is in
difficulties the others usually come to
his rescue, unless very gross negligence,
not to- say dishonesty. is proved.
The gentleman who has to report to
the committee which decides whether a
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No Brokers Are
Well known
and All
Are Regarded
as Rather
Suspicious
Characters.

member is 10 be hammered" or not il
Mr.. Edward Clarke.
The spirit Of sport seems to have it's
habitat in the Stock Exchange. FOi
every horse race Of Importance the
members hold a sweepstake. They
never let an occasion of public rejoic-
ing so past without making themselves
look ridiculous by acting like madmen.
During the South African war when
ever the news arrived Of a British vic
tory. the members Of the Stock Ex-
change paraded the streets waving
Union Jack pocket handkerchiefs and
cheering madly. The day the news OF
the relief of Mafeking was received
they attended business armed with
flags and penny trumpets. and spent
the morning howling and dancing
Stock Exchange men boast to this day
that not one Of their members hats
escaped being smashed on that event.
Last summer they inaugurated the
craze for walking matches, the first be-
ing the Stock Exchange walk to Brigh-
ton, distance of ffty-twO miles. in
which sixty stockholders participated.
The Stock Exchange walk has since
been copied by butchers. policemen.
laundry girls. mattresses and Parisian
actresses.
Members of the Londcn Stock Ex-
change can be distinguished from their
clerks at a glance.
They always wear glossy top hats
and long frock coats. except in very hot
weather. when by a special resolution
of the committee. they are allowed 10
wear straw hats.
Al ok he hnvr
ever. either in the building or in ThroS-
morton street, when they are on their
employers business.
The time for opening the London
Stock Exchange is 10 a. m. but mem
bers do not, as a rule, assemble BEFORE
II. unless there is very pressing busi-
ness ON hand or great excitement in
the market
The exchange is opened by one OF the
janitors of the building sounding an
old-fashiCned pOliceman's rattle. At
$3.50 D. N. the same rattle is sounded,
announcing that the closing hour
p. mis- approaching
Business after this time is resumed
in the street just outside the exchange.
even the oldest members becoming for
the nonce curb stone" men. This is
que 10 the ldCl ludl II u OliAJ dAlCA %
D. m. that American markets become
lively, as New York cannot get into
cable touch with London till about 2:52.
London time. which is five hours later
than New York.
1t is in the afternoons also that large
business is done with Berlin. Amster-
dam, Paris and other European places.
With its antiquated customs and Gu
rious way of transacting business, the
London Stock Exchange is to-day one
Of the most unique institutions in Eng
land. It is we'll worth visit by any
outsider but this is only TO be done
with the consent Of five members of the
exchange, and is by no means an easy
matter to negotiate.
To the mere stranger, unknown to
any one on change, view OF the Lon
don Stock Exchange is a sheer impossi-
bility.
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London who have come under the at
tention of the courts.
When an applicant has passed the
most rigid examination by the select
committee, he is referred to a govern
ing committee. body of thirty men,
before whom he undergoes further ex-
animation as to the exact nature of
the business he wishes to transact on
Change.
Should would-be member pass sat
Isfactorily all inquisitions, he is re-
quired to pay down $500; to find three
sureties, taken from existing members
of the Stock Exchange, in the sum of
$500, and to pay annually $3.50. Seats
on the London Stock Exchange are not
sold as in New York, Chicago and else
where at high figures; but the scrutiny
through which every applying member
has to pass is certainly more exacting
than paying down cash any large sum
of money.