Russia Restricts Drink-Shops
The Czar of Russia has decreed that there shall be no more than one drink-shop in any Russian village, and where two or three villages are near together, the one drink-shop shall suffice for all, and this shall be managed by a "man, born and resident in the village," who shall be appointed by the Common Council and paid by salary. He is to derive no pecuniary profit beyond his salary, is to sell also food and tea, and is liable to fine, dismissal, and even imprisonment, if he allows any man or woman to get drunk on his premises. In a given contingency, if the population should become notoriously drunken and disorderly, the communal authorities are to interdict the sale of liquor entirely in that district or village for as long a time as they shall see fit.