. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across d slip whichstated that it was the censors duty to prohibit and suppress all workswritten in a spirit hostile to the orthodox Greek Church, or containing MONEY-CHANGING AT THE FRONTIER. 45 anything that is contrary to the truths of the Christian religion, or sub-versive of good manners or morality; all publications tending to assailthe inviolability of autocratical monarchical power and the fundamentallaws of the Empire, or to diminish the
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across d slip whichstated that it was the censors duty to prohibit and suppress all workswritten in a spirit hostile to the orthodox Greek Church, or containing MONEY-CHANGING AT THE FRONTIER. 45 anything that is contrary to the truths of the Christian religion, or sub-versive of good manners or morality; all publications tending to assailthe inviolability of autocratical monarchical power and the fundamentallaws of the Empire, or to diminish the respect due to the Imperial family ;all productions containing attacks on the honor or reputation of any one,by improper expressions, by the publication of circumstances relating todomestic life, or by calumny of any kind whatever. The boys thanked the gentleman for the information he had giventhem on a subject about which they were curious; and as the examina-tion of the custom-house was completed, they proceeded to the restaurant,which was in a large hall at the end of the station. Near the door of the restaurant was the office of a WAY STATION ON THE RAILWAY. its character being indicated by signs in at least half a dozen w^ere exchanging their Austrian money for Kussian, and theoffice seemed to be doing an active business. That fellow has about as good a trade as one could wish, said theEnglishman, as he nodded in the direction of the man at the little win-dow. Two trains arrive here daily each way, for people going northhe changes Austrian into Eussian money, and for those going south he 46 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. changes Russian into Austrian. He receives one per cent, commission oneacli transaction, which amounts to four per cent, daily, as lie handles themoney four times. I have often envied these frontier bankers, who runno risk whatever, provided they are not swindled with counterfeits, andcan make twelve hundred
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