Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-07
RUSSIANS NEW AND OLD
GRAFT AND THEFT AMONG Of
FICIALS OF THE GAR.
Cloth Donated to the Army in Man
churia Later Found on Sale in
Moscow Shops.

The Grand Duke Serge, the military gov
ernor of Moscow, summoned, among other
Moscow merchants. the Millionaire manu-
facturer Mordzof to exact from him and
them contributions for the requirements of
the war.
But you will allow us, then" replied
Morozoff some representation on the
board for the administration of this fund.
to insure that our contributions shall be
applied to the object for which they are
asked and given?"
What do you mean?" asked the grand
duke.
II mean that 1 personally gave 100000
rubles' worth of cloth at the commencement
of the war for the use of the army in Man
churia. and this very cloth / have since
seen on sale in Moscow shops
IF you do not apologize for that insinu-
alton of corruption" cried the grand duke
angrily you will be at once given your
passports and conducted to the frontier
II shall not apologize for stating a fact
which | know from the evidence of my
own eyes to be true
Very well; your passport shall be a.
once issued to yOu'-aS 1t was. MOrOZoH
forthwith gave orders for the stoppage of
all his factories. which involved the imne-
date dismissal of sixty-five thousand
hands. At this point the government in
terfered by compelling the grand duke to
withdraw his order for the exile of the
An English officer told a friend of
mine that, having to take over from Rus
STA the management of a Manchurlan rail-
way, he was amazed and disguised by the
cynical confession of the Russian officer
hitherto in charge of the line of the mode
whereby he eked out a salary which he held
to be inadequate. II charged every China
man full fare to the other terminus of the
line for a ticket which took him only to
the next station But, then, he might
be turned out at the next station sug-
gested my friend "He always was re-
joined the Russian officer. laughing.
Alexander and the Quakers.
I have just been reading most interest
ing record, published a year or two since,
of the work of Quaker Pioneers who
came to reclaim, at the invitation of the
Gar Alexander, the waste crown lands
around ST. Petersburg in the year 1918.
Alexander when in England in 1914, was
greatly attracted by the Quakers, whose
meeting house. in Westminster. he and his
sister attended. The sight of the Quaker
costume, even. was enough to arrest the
cars attention and progress on his return
journey to the continent. On his way to
Dover the car happened to notice two
Friends, Nathaniel Hickman and his wife,
standing at the door of their house, which
was a little distance from the road.
The emperor at once stopped his carriage,
got out and courteously inquired of them
if they did not belong to the sect commonly
called Quakers. When they admitted 1t
the emperor begged permission for himself
and his sister to enter their house for
chat. in the course of which he told them
of his attending meeting of their sect In
London. The emperor and his sister stayed
to lunch, noting carefully the eXtraord1-
nary neatness, ORDER and efficiency every
where and in everything, from the least
to the greatest both in the house and In
the farm attached to it, and the impress
sions then received led to the invitation
ln@ INria Tay ioI
Wheeler and other Quakers to settle in
st. Petersburg for the reclamation of the
waste crown lands in it's neighborhood.
Suppose the pope of the Greek church had
been converted to Quakerismi
Here is the experience of one of these
Quaker pioneers of Russian serfdom: An
other time one of his men addressed George
Edmondson as they met on the land
"Yagor Ivanovtch, is it permitted to go to
my master and ask to have tooth taken
out?'
The poor mans cheek was swollen to
double its usual size, his eyes were blood
great suffering. Put on thy cap. my
friend, in the first place." said George,
and then tell me whose tooth thou art
talking about 1t is eighty miles to thy
masters estate, and ! do not know what
thou means. Is it thy masters TOOTH or
thy own?' 1T is my masters TOOTH Yagor
1vanovitch: but il is in this head putting
his hand to his cheek Il am entirely my
out his leave
According to the letter of the law George
found that to be correct, but he Ventured
to take the responsibility of giving per-
mission for the extraction of the offending
TOOTH if poor Alexis could find some one
among his comrades who could relieve him
of it.
Peter and Surgery.
Peter the Great, who had rough knowl-
edge of surgery, which he delighted to air
and put in practice was told by one of his
Wallets de chambre Balboiaroff that this
attendants wife had obstinately refused to
have tooth drawn which yet gave her the
most agonizing pain. Let me see her."
cried the car, eagerly. Il warrant 1 shall
persuade and cure her.
Accordingly Peter was ushered into the
wife's room. open your mouth" he cried
peremptorily. Pm going to have that tooth
OUT Tooth, sire? / have not a bad tooth
in my head" she cried. Yes, sire; that's
her tune always when the doctor comes,
and she fears the wrench of having the
tooth extracted; but the moment his back
is turned she begins her means and groans
all over again. Then she must be eased
of her pain in spite of herself. Here! You
hold her head and arms
When Balboiaroff had firmly secured her
head and arms Peter forced her mouth open
and after some tremendous tugs wrenched
out what he judged to be the offending
TOOTH
There. you will be all right now," he
cried triumphantly A few days later he
discovered that Balboiaroff being justly
jealous of his pretty wife, had invented her
tooth ache 10 give Peter the joy and her
the pain of the operation! Peter who
never allowed another pleasure he could
keep to himself. gave the man with his own
hands the most tremendous thrashing.
Rise of Menzikoff.
Menzikoff, who often acted as vice car
in Peter the Greats time, was born of
parents poor that he was never taught
to read or write. He had, however, two
gifts, superb voice and the art of making
cakes, which this voice helped him to sell.
When selling these cakes one day in the
kitchen of a nobleman, he saw the master
of the house enter, order certain dish for
Peter (who was expected to dinner and
presently drop into this dish a powder I'M
perceived, as he thought even by his cook.
Menzikoff waited about till Peter appear
ed upon the scene, and then contrived to
attract the emperors attention by his mag
nificent voice. Peter took him with him
into the nobleman's house and was there al
dinner cautioned by him against partaking
of that special dish. Peter turned upon
his host and insisted upon his partaking of
it first, and when he refused, upon the hum
BILE ground that cit did not become the
servant to eat before his master" the cZar