The Censor In Russia

Professor Nikiticuko's memoirs are likely to be interesting. He was f ormerly at the St. Petersburg university, aiid gives some account of the ways of the censor in Eussia. The censor once sent for the writer of a dream book, and asked hini why he believed that the stars had an influence on men's lives. As the author could give no satisfactory explanation, the book was conderuned. The censor Jelagoff ordained that a passage in a book on Siberia, stating that dogs were used in that country for dragging carts, must be cut out, "because this statement had not yet been indorsed by the . governrnent. ' ' Some years ago there was a cattle show at Warsaw, and a Polish paper spokeabout theMecklenburg cows to be seen there. "It would be better if you said Spanish, " said the censor. "May I ask why r" "Don 't try to hum bug me, sir. You were thinking of the grand dukes of Mecklenburg when you wrote that, and - they are related to our dynasty. ' ' Paintings also are subject to censorship. The painter Alchimovicz painted a picture called "AdviceFrom theLandlord, ' ' in which some peasants were represented going to the lord of the kuout. The censor said, "Peasants must not ask adrice of their landlord, but get it from a government official. ' ' When Alchimovicz called his picture "Engaginsr Laborers, ' ' he was allowed to hibit