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drown their sorrows as best they may
The result is that hundreds of villages
have been ruined by this dear vodka.
The poorer the men get the more they
drink and the more they drink the less
they will work. The large landed pro-
prietors are complaining bitterly OF
this. In White Russia, where the soil
is unusually rich The peasants are un-
usually poor and the proprletors have
to let whole estates go untitled because
they cannot get laborers. A man Will
work half the day-go TO the grogshop
with his earnings and not be heard of
till next morning. Having got enough
to get drunk on he viii not work again
until he awaies to soberiety and empty
pockets. He is too ignortant TO see that
he is paying the car to his own ruin.
He grumbles that he has grown poorer
because the "kabaks" no longer pay his
community for their licenses; but he
drinks more and more of the car
vodka every year, pays dearer for 1t
and works less.
POISON DEPoTS."
The secret of much of the bandltism
which is now raging In Russia is this
craving for vodka. Most of the booty
is spent on it.Beggars infest the streets
of the towns and hang on to the cabs
and sledges worrying and threatening
the passengers till they get a few cop
pers, which are promptly spent In the
vodka shops. These poison depots"
as some Socialists call them, can al
ways be told from distance by rea-
son of the groups of beggars and
thieves who throng round the entrance,
drinking and fighting to such an extent
that all respectable citizens prefer to
make a long detour rather than ven
ture near them.
USELESS PLACES.
But the temperance houses instituted
by Count White to replace the "ka-
baks" ara deserted. though they cost
over IL. 000, 600 rubles yearly TO keep up.
They are dull places. providing MOTH
ing but bad tea and newspapers tho
habitues are too ignorant To read.
There is some talk of abollshing these
expensive. useless places, which can
not possibly pay their way. But no
village commune can abolish the local
grogshop. though many communes have
condemned them as demorallzing In tho
extreme. They cannot close them
without the consent of the state, which
il Is naturally almost impossible to OBJ
tain, as one community after another
would follow suit and the result would
he a great loss TO the treasury. Every
village, therefore. has this bottled poll
som thrust upon it. and in the large
towns the number OF the depots is alb
normally high.
DEMORALlZING INFLUENCE,
Their demoralzlng influence has
spread TO many of the small stations
ON the state railways, whore licenses
for selling vodka have been given
These places are now turned into re-
sorts Of all the rifi-raff of the neigh
borhood, who got drunk aud modest
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some half dozen or more castles. he Is
admiral OF the ports, chancellor OF the
courts OF star chamber, chequer and
chanccrlc. president OF the court OF
Lodemanage, OF the court OF shipway
and OF the court OF Brotherhood OF
GucstlinR.
Tho Kings writ IS Of no value In the
Cirque Ports unless IL has the sanction
OF the lord warden. He appoints tho
judges OF the several courts. the officers
OF the different castles and n number Of
minor officials Hc Is the final court Of
appeal IN the ease OF criminals and cap
ital punishment He can claim all
iiotsam, jetsam or lagan-that Is float
Ing east up. or submerged wreckage.
Lord Brasscy's official residence, Wal
NOR castle. ~ an ungainly pile Of am
Client buildings near Deal. The interior
Of the castle has been much changed
I'm the last few years. Modern santa
ton. electric light and such things have
been Introduced end the place made
comfortable aud habitahe For this
the lord warden must thank the late
Lady Curzon. for II was her illness
which attracted the attention OF the
authorities to the unsantary state of
tho place
WHERE WELLINGTON DIED.
There IL one room In the castle which
"a lott unchanged with It's ulu-faHhs
toned furniture and many highly priced
relies This Is the chamber IN which
tho Duke Df Wellington died. II Is now
sort OF miniature Wellington museum.
Lord Brassey win take up partial
residence Mt Walmer cnstle He win bl
the one hundred and slXticih lord war
den who has done So but the first lord
warden IN some hundreds Of years who
VIII not alone recognize the ancient
usages, but who VIII DO soupo real
work
ana made his millions Lord Brlssay o.
going Ga follow his fathers example
Hut he VIII be dressed IA the most
gorgeous uniform In tho threo Kingdoms
THAT of the lord warden Of tho Cinque
Ports. MAYNARD EVANS.
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eminent alone the peasant communi-
ties got 1909. 900 roubles yearly from
the kabaks. and this was great boon,
especially in had years. Witte, how
ever. declared that this was money
Sua,,,.e .ad ~, n',s. H,,,s,-I W S,,,,t H.,
,,,,,1l,. IT, ~ oa,,o ti,o,,, bad 6rin.J
80 t,rnad Nd l-ahslr INTO a navr.
s,ho,, ,rharo tha 1inn,g s,,nopsi,ins
ar1 a,nhas ~ haif H., ,;iIaya v.orc
too too often nledged An ills was
do,,h,tnss +,,,s RI ,,,a,,apca or +ta
SahaI was Son,orai,zing oe is the IN.
s,Ia,,no nf oSe,', lac S,bnro non arc
a,,cn,,r,ead 20 drinI, tc evcoes
~
APPALLING FIGURES.
,r,,oso IA ,,,hl,caus with ,b.ir
,..it ~" ~, ~ ut, 100.
.,,..l ., 49, r,imNS unt ~ -, 80
49,, ~ hos Taiiad "a sn,asr,
aiSn"' 80, eh,i,,as ~, ,..,.,ar a., nas
$500 ~, ~ ~, ,,,arso 80, IT,.
.,,r,a s inr.rs, ~, n,nt;rs riacr
Ir no 49, ~, S,.;,,I- Ia
.tn,r ,o,rath'r Tbe S,ndl,a ~, NM.
49,, - ,,,,,.a,. and seaied In bottlas
p". S e. M, "a, 49,, ~
I. ~ Sr,,st, 81 ,,,,ci, n,ora in Sa,t
10, ,,ha,oas in the ynar 1ao1 tha
,,'n,,.,. at,,o1 ,a+ go, ~ osi
ono nan r,t,ins fro,,, ~ saia nf yoI.
la In INC vaar 1oo5 n had Increased
10 5o4,o9o,ooo. And this huge sum
peasants and workIngmen ont on
strike.
HOW IT WORKS.
Let US look at TINS new klnd OF
grogshop. There IS nothlng tempting
about ITS appearance II Is as iar re-
moved as possible from me prliilantlS
nshted saloons OF me weStern
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Lord Brassey lives In the Cinque Port
country. His estate, known as Nor
manhurst, Is situated at Battle In Sus-
sex. His son lives In the same nelgh-
borhood. For many years Lord Bras
sey has .been colonel of the Cinque Forts
artillery.
In reviving some of the ancient
usages and glories of the Clnque PORTS
Lord Brassey viii have to be caretuf
moi TO 70 too far. There are many laws
and statutes never repealed which by
virtue of his great office he would put
into force.
THE FIVE PORTS.
The original Cinque Ports were Hast
ings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney ana
Rythe. Winchelsea and Rye were add
ed Mt the Norman conquest ana the Of
fical title OF the two latter was the
ancient towns" Despite the fact that
Cinquc Is French for "F1ve,' In old
documents the Official title was the
FIVE Cinque Ports and Two Ancient
Towns" Az a matter OF fact the seven
head ports had "A number of lesser ports
under each These numbered 1S so that
I'm It's greatest glory the ''nve' ports
really numbered 90. In the old days
when there was no such thing as
standing navy, or army even on the
more modern lines. and each knight on
great baron volunteered his services
with his retinue of men'at-arns, tho
hardy fishermen, smugglcrs and pirates
OF England's southeast coast were ask
ed by the king 10 supply ships and men
To fight the inynsiOns OF various en-
emies which came across the narrow
channel from the continent OF Europe
II was agreed chat each of the towns
situated OH the coast should supply u
certain number Of ships and 20 able
seamen and boy 90 man each. These
were called upon whenever required.
In return for their services the KIN
IN succession granted a series Of most
spocial privileges TO the cinqne Ports.
BARoNs HELD SWAY.
The entire district was made a spec
cles OF Palatine country All tho citizens
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the passengers. The inhabitants OF
so-called summer lodgings" in the
neighborhood of such places suffer so
much that they prefer to leave their
villas empty and go to a quieter place
In many cases petitions have been sent
to the car to have the licenses OF
these railway stations taken away, but
without effect.
WHERE RELIEF MONEY GOES.
NJ. Tchelyseff would have all the
stores closed; but, seeing that it Is out
Of the question at present, ne proposeH
that those provinces which are receiv-
ing famine relief should be forbidden
10 sell vodka at all. This is because
whole villages spend the famine relief
money not in buying grain to SOW their
fields with, or potatoes to eat, but on
vodka, thus stir further adding to their
poverty. Others Interested In this
question are agitating for the abolition
of the small bottle of vodka, which
costs a lot for its size and tempts the
peasant and workman because 1t Is the
only thing that is within their reach.
Others again, want to give tho com
munities power to shut the vodka shops
mt discretion, while a few are cIamor-
ing for some organizable crusade
against the terrible state of drunken
ness which has increased by leaps and
bounds since the czar became HIS sub
parties began a crusade by raiding, all
the vodka shops in the towns. setting
fire to the spirits and taking the gains
from tho TIL. But more vodka was
always forthcoming and strong guards
stood outside the shops with bayonets
fixed, only allowing one customer in at
a time.
Some fanatics have so taken to tho
idea of fighting drunkenness at all costs
that they declare that the theater ought
to be closed, as people have got into
the way of going to restaurants and
drinking after the performance.
TAX-RIDDEN RUSSIA.
There are. as usual, a lot OF absurd
plans, made on the spur of the mo-
ment, one of which is TO burn all the
vodka IN the empire and forbid tho
distillation of fresh supplies. But there
seems no doubt that the question has
caught many peoples attention. and
men like NJ. Tchelyseff are not likely
to let II flag for the want OF energy
and agitation. Undoubtedly the most
popular man, both with the govern
ment and the temperance party, would
be he who could devise some method
by which the imperial treasury could
be provided with other sources Of rove
nue. as profitable as that derived from
the sale of vodka. But IN taXridden
Russia that Is impossible. on the one
hand NJ. Tchelyseff and his friends
maintain--and prove II up TO the hilt-
that the vodka monopoly is running
the country. on the other hand the
mouthpieces Of the imperial monopoist
assert that without the money II brings
into the treasury Russia would DO
bankrupt, and prove II by figures, too.
And thus Russia is placed between tho
devil and the dcap sea.
SERGIUS VoLKHOVSKY.
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AZ Warden Of Cirque Ports Lord
Brassey viii Get De-
cidedIy Busy.
HAS BEEN A MERE sINEcURE
n,.lt,sh Government Wants the Colo7-
al job Of Creating Grcat Naval
Port at Dover Cohir ,ctcd.
6 IN correspondenc


n oNDoN, Feb. 27.-sinecure
iors here are in plenty in
England. Some have big SAL
aries or fees and no work at
,,crod to them. Some are merely
b-,orary with picklngs of glory, one
a, ,be greatest of sinecures in the
mesa has been the lord wardenship of
,ha Cinque Ports. But with the adj
,,nt of Lord Brassey. who. as read
e-s will remember, was appointed to
the post just the other day, the do
nothing" policy vanishes.
Lord Brassey, known throughout
tho length and breadth of the United
states as the hustling owner of the
famous yacht, Sunbeam. Is like his
father before him, a worker. He is
nm old man now, 70 years of age, but
SIN has a hustle left in him. The
British government has appointed
him to the Job because ii wants the
colossal work of creating Dover haI-
Dor into n naval port completed. Tho
work has been going on for 20 years
or more. millions have been spent
there. and the results have been dis
appointing.
WILL START HUSTLING.
Lord Brassey is going to change all
this. He practically says the work is
10 be finished in quick time or there
win be trouble ahead for those re-
sponsible lie Is one of the few men
in England who can handle the job
properly. He had d good training
from his father and his father was
the greatest contractor in the world,
in his day. 1t was the Brasseys who
built the whole of the existing French
railway systems. The cost of the
Undertakings was oo,o0o,ooO. and
The Brasseys handled an army of 49,
600 men.
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Special Correspondence,

Special Correspondence
II ONION, FEB. 97.--I cannot speak
from personal experience. but
suppose that when one has a
whole lot more money than one
needs II liz difficult to resist the temp
tatIon to do something foolish with 1t.
Yot / had imagined that about the
last woman 10 sucoumb to the follies
Of wealth would have been that charm
ing American millionaiross, tho Duchess
OF Roxburghe But, alas her grace has
succumbed. She Is going in for that
most contemplate product of human
interference with canine Development
the freak dog,
Tho freakiost of all freak dogs that
has mado It's bow-wow In public Ia that
specimen which has been dubbed the
"sleeve Dog" That name has been be-
slowed upon IL because II ia So snan
that II can be tucked away inside ones
sleeve. II is really no bigger than a
good sized rat, II Is a libel on dog
dom. It is absolutely good for nothing
except for foolish women TO make n
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involve Russia in hopeless decadenc'
NJ. WHITE RESPONSIBLE.

involve Russia in hopeless decadence.
NJ. WHITE RESPONSIBLE.
Things have been growing from bad
to worse ever since the year 1888, when
Alexander III, the "hero-cZar." as Re
actionarles call him. was on the throne
He and his ministers saw that the con-
tents of the treasury were dwindling in
an alarming manner. Oppression. war
and Acknowledgement had reduced his
empire, SO rich in resources. to a state
verging OH bankruptcy. He appealed to
his minister OF finances, Count, then
plain. NJ. WHITE, for some way out OF
the difficulty.
Witte has not gained his high position
for nothing. He is one of the cleverest
servants the czars. father and son, have
ever had. His answer was soon ready.
'"rhe amount of drunkenness in tho
empire IS appalling" he said. Every
body who Keeps a kabak (grog shop
adulterates the vodka and by making Il
cheap induces the peasant to drink too
much OF it, The only way to put a
stop to 1t is for your imperial highness
to take the monopoly OF TIN. sale into
your own hands. The treasury Will have
vodka"
HERO CZAR" ENCHANTED.
the proposal. WHITE dilated on the hor-
rors of drunkenness to all who cared
10 listen and cried that the kabaks must
be closed. Tho kabak was a Russian
institution which the future generation
can scarcely expect to see. II was al
ways in the largest cottage of the viii
lage and the keeper of the grog shop
usually was money lender as well.
He rented his kabak from the lord OF
~, pft a
manorial distiliery. He wore long
dirty coat. white stockings, low shoes
and flowing beard. He WAS a musical
man and his children played on differ
ent instruments for the delectation OF
the customers. His greatest ally was
the village pop ORTHODOX priesD, who
sIsed to unite with him In lending
money at high rates to the peasantiy.
But he was an extremely useful man
and as obiglng as useful He would
buy or sell anything you cared to get
or offer. He knew the gossip of the
district before anybody; he knew when
the police were looking for this one or
spying upon that He always gave Gre
dit and never gave offense. And if he
charged u high price for adulterated
spirits, well--he had TO live somehow
and he always paid for his yearly Ii
cense to the commune.
vERITABLE PAWNSHoP.
This contribution of his was a
great help TO the peasant communes.
Ii helped them TO pay those over
whelming taxes which are the price
they give for their release from serf-
dom and--if the worst came TO the
worst and he refused to pay--the viii
lage community had the right to shut
up his kabak and give the license to
some man who would. In one gov
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special CORRESPONDENCE.

Special Correspondence.
~ r. PETERSBURG, Feb Gas the
autocrat of Russia the Gear is
\ the proprietor of all the saloons
in his vast domains. There is no
other man in that line, in the old world
or the new, who comes anywhere near
doing such a gigantic business. 1t is
the biggest trust on earth, with all
competition absolutely barred. Tn his
widest dreame of avarice John d.
Rockefeller never conceived anything
like 1t.
In Russia the drink traffic Is an i'm
perial monopoly. Every year it be-
comes vastly more profitable. Every
year the Russian peasant and Russian
workman becomes drunken. dirtier
more miserable and more brutal. The
more man drinks in Russia the more
the government makes out OF him,
wherefore. in practise IL not in theory,
1t encourages him to get drunk as a
patriotic duty. The grog shops being
under the protection Of THE Great
White Gar" who is a god to the ig-
norant, dirt wa1lowing descendants
of the serfs. enlightened people have
no power whatever to restrict their
number. All efforts 10 procure the
right OF local option are sternly re-
pressed.
ENCOURAGES DRINK.
The government encourages drink to
such an extent that the income derived
from the sale OF vodka last year ex-
ceeded 7SS,000,00o roubles-more than
mn Nj, T. LII ia 1.,
clared NJ. Tchelyseff. member of the
third Donna, to whom Russia owes
the publication OF these appalling fig
ures. This bold man, who has the dam
gerous habit of speaking his mind,
told the cars ministers that the Bud
get was built up of poison given to the
people, and that what Russia really
wants to cure all her ills is not rev.
olution nor constitution. but temper
ance. He would have all the vodka
shops in the empire closed. He hurled
columns OF figures at NJ. Stolypin
at q recent Douma sitting, showing
that the increase of income 10 the
treasury by the sale or vodka aver
aged from two hundred TO three hum
bred millions OF roubles a year and
that at the same time the poverty
and Indebtedness of peasant and work
man have increased to an awful eX-
tent He quoted figures to prove that
for nine years preceding the institution
OF state grog shops the quantity Of
alcohol consumed in Russia remained
stationary. despite the continuous in
crease in the population. NJ IcheiyseH
maintains that this drink question Is
the most vital one that confronts Rus
STA. And even those whom temperance
LEAVES calm" admit that he has
brought to light terrible condition of
affairs which, Il not remedied, must
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been merged with regular courts with
general Jurisdiction, the barons have
been abolished and instead OF 2S bar
ons sitting in the house OF commons
TO represent these ports" there are
but three members for all the con-
stltuoucifs.
Bun there are sim a number OF priv
ilegeu which have never been repealed
and probably win last Tor all time.
Tho lord warden is also constable OF
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Cinque Ports.
II is strange that IN this twentieth
century but one Of all these ports
should be a harbor Yet Dover today
is the only place that has deep-sea
harbor. Many Of the other places are
now no longer ports but inland towns
and at Hastings the sen has long en-
g,sfed the original port. The Royal
Navy of the Cirque Ports is now tho
British navy, many Of the courts have
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vERIrABLE PAwNsHoP,

wore made freemen and called bar
ons." They paid no taxes and made
their own laws and governed them
selves entirely, having all their own
courts and officials. The barons took
part In ali great councils and assem-
blies of the nation which preceded the
representative parliament In Magma
Charta there is exclusive mention OF
the "prvlleges' OF only two places in
England. one is London, The other the
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Duchess of Roxburghe Goes In For French Dogs

pletc set OF kitchen utensils, essen
tials for tho cooking Of such food as
appeals 10 the dogs dopraved appetite,
were also ordered from tho same astute
lfrcnchmun
LADY MARY.
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Lord brasscy knows all about these
selemonlals and usages. for ne ID u
,aNHi man having been civil lord OF
wy aQllirhlty during one of Glad
Stone administrations, and the Cinque
Forts u must be remembered. dating
rom the time OF william the Con-
puerof' proved what Is now England's
p'ouoehl possessions, the royal navy.
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OLDEST cHuRcH bal lRELANp.

The curious building shown herewith
is believed 10 he the most ancient
church In Ireland. II is az Dingle,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-29
County Central Committee
Meet.

The Democratic County Cen.
trail Committee met at the Court
House in this city, on Saturday,
May 23rd, with a full attendance.
After an address by the Chair
man, DR.. G. Ii. Conley, relative
to she coming campaign, places
and times for holding the primar
les were designated. The com
mittee will decorate the grave of
it's late Chairman, General Louis
Victor Baughman on Monday,
June LIST, Confederate Decoration
Day. in connection with the
General L. V. Baughman Demo-
cratic Association, Alexander
Young Camp of Confederate Vet.
erons, and the United Daughters
of the Confederacy. The time
for the primaries was set for Sat-
urday, May Both, and the County
Convention will be held on Mon
day, June LIST. After fully de-
batting other matters for the
good of the party, the committee
adjourned subject to the call of
the president.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-29
DUVALL.
Odd Fellows Hold a Special
Session in This Citv.

King David Lodge, No. 80.
|. o. 0. F., of this city, initiated
Tuesday night, the Goth inst, 40
new members.
The officers of the Grand
Lodge conferred the Gran d
Lodge Degree on twenty five
Past Grands of several lodges.
AT the conclusion of the con
ferring of degrees the mem bers
rerired to the banquet hall in
the Masonic Temple, and were
sumptuously entertained. L b Q
Frederick Select Orchestra fur
nished the music during the
evening, and eloquent addresses
were made by the grand officers
and appropriately responded to
by the officers of King David
Lodge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-29
Braddock Heights Opening.

Braddock Heights is being got
ten in readiness for the big open
ing day on Whit Monday, June
9Th, and the opening promises to
he day of fine entertainment.
The entertainers from Keith's
circuit will be Edward j. O'Keefe,
commedian; August Ramstein.
the twentieth century conjurer,
and "Musical' Bachelor, the
musical novelty entertainer. They
come highly recommended as
fine artists. The famous Brad
dock Heights Band, under the
direction of Professor Irving S.
Blser, will give a band concert
from 1.30 to 2.30 and dancing
will be held in the afternoon and
evening. The bowling alleys,
which will be a new attraction,
promises to be great feature at
the heights.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-29
Bishops Elected.

The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church,
after much balloting and wire
pulling, succeeded on the 18th
ballot, in filling up the vacancies
existing in the eight bishoprlcs
as follows:
DR.. w. f. Anderson, 2 ballots.
received 54S votes; Rev. j. L..
Nelson. 9 ballots, $40 votes; Rev.
w. A. Quayle, 10 ballots. 5l9
votes; Rev. G. w. Smith, ~ bal
lots, 524 votes; Rev. w. S.
Lewis, Is ballots. oil votes;
Rev. e. II. Hughes, 10 ballots,
oil votes; Rev. Robert McEn
tree, Is ballots, 514 votes; Rev.
f. M. Bristol, Is ballots, 493
votes.
This announcement was made
at the final ballot on May the
9th, and the Reverend gentle
men named were declared elected
bishops.