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CM OF RUSSIA.
Sketch of His Life and Thirteen
Years’ Reign.
THE SUCCESSOR TO THE THROVE.
a Man of Coango and Great Ftijiloaj
Powor Worn Out by Urtnc la Con tin
aal Danger—Intereat of All Knropo In
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Alexander III, the recently deceased
lar of Russia, was the son of the as
sassinated Alexander IE who was the son
of Nicolas I, who was the brother of hit
predecessor Alexander I and son of Cra-
vj Paul, who was the son of lioentiom
Catharine, whose husband was the sta
id and brutal Veter IIL Beyond thii
is genealogy is subject to question,
of the seven imperial personaget
lere noted Peter III was dethroned and
and finally murdered by or-
of his wife. Catharine died in a fit
it on by excesses, Crazy Paul wat
dered by a cabal of his nobles, Nio-
I died of ohagrin, and Alexander II
blown into eternity by a nihilist
ib. The family has always been eo-
itria
Nominally the imperial line begini
1th Michael Feodorovitch Romanoff,
(whom the Russian nobles made czar in
1618 in sheer desperation over the pro
longed civil wars. He was only the son
lof an archbishop, but the nobles man-
iged to trace some connection by mar-
iage with Rurik, founder of the em-
dre. At any rate, the horrible wars and
uurders of the preceding century bad
left conflicting claims in such confusion
that there was nothing for it but start
tew, and so the Romanoff was made
unperor. His grandson was Peter the
treat, who was succeeded by his widow
latharine I, and after her came another
*a of confusion which ended with the
lacoession of Elizabeth, daughter of Pe-
[ter the Great Peter III was the son of
,ber sister, and as he was the husband of
(Catharine II it is assumed that the line
Ss regular from the first Romanoff
through Peter the Great
i The Romanoff blood is dilated to a
very fine strain by frequent intermar
riage with German princesses, and Alex
ander II married Maria, daughter of
the late Grand Duke of Hesse Darm-
ALKXAKDER lit
Btadt Their second son, Alexander, was
born March 10, 1846. There ia a story,
neither officially confirmed nor strenu-
onsly denied, that he gave the blow to
bis older brother, Nicolas, which caused
•the latter’s death. It was accidental in
tome rough “horseplay," but it injured
the chest of Nicolas, and he died April
84, 1866, at the age of 88, and straight
way everything was changed with Alex
ander.
Nicolas was engaged to be married to
the Princess Dagmar, daughter of the
King of Denmark and sister of the Prin
cess Alexandra, who married the Prince
of Wales Nicolas was a man of kindly
disposition, and for a member of the
Imperial Romanoffs of Russia possessed
of much culture. Alexander seems to
have been a young man of unusually
morose and obstinate disposition. He
was in love with the Prinoeu Met-
chereki, who was one of his mother's
maids of honor. She was a beautiful
girl, and Alexander had told her of his
passion. Alexander II was not pleased
with this and sent bis son away. During
his absence his sweetheart was forced to
accept an offer of marriage from Paul
Demidoff, prince of San Donato, and so,
when the elder brother died and it was
decided that for reasons of state Alex
ander should marry the Princess Dag
mar, he made no determined opposition.
The marriage took place Nov. 9, 1866,
and although authorities conflict about
almost everything else pertaining to the
life of Alexander HI there is no doubt
that the married life of the couple was
almost an ideal one, notwithstanding
the unusual circumstances which led to
their union. Czar Alexander II was
killed by a nihilist bomb March 18,
1881, and his son succeeded him im
mediately as Czar Alexander IIL
During the years that he had been
beir apparent be seems to have neglect
ed no opportunity to fit himself for the
exalted and arduous duties that were
before him. Whether his design was
to so rule Russia as to make its people
happy and prosperous or simply to
strengthen the Russian throne isa qnes-
tion upon which there are vital and rad
ical differences of opinion. Certain it
I# that he changed the policy of bis fa
then, who had freed the serfs and had
in many ways indicated a desire to pre
pare his country for a more liberal ad
ministration of the government
The cause of popular education, which
bad received some encouragement under
the father, was crushed by the rule of
the son; the press, which, though re
stricted, had a faint semblance of free
dom under the old, was fettered abso
lutely under the new regime; Siberia,
bad enough always, became the horror
Of the century; the Jews, whose lot
was never a pleasant one in Russia, be-
came the subjects of the most malevo
lent persecution.
| With a private citizen the presump
tion is for innocence till guilt is proved;
.With a hereditary ruler the chances an
'even, but with an absolute ruler, espe
cially a Romanoff, the presumption U
always that he is despotic. We may,
therefore, with perfect safety, reject all
osaMC nadf for Alwaydgr gl that
he was kept in ignorance or tne norron
of Siberia; that the real condition of
his subjects was carefully concealed
from him, and that he was only cruel
where it was a cruel neoesaity. That he
was a devoted husband and father is to
his credit; some of the worst persecu
tors have been so. The hard, cruel fact
remains that he reversed all the liberal
movements of bis father, gave the penal
laws a sharper edge, treated Jews and
Poles with atrocious cruelty, adopted
the worst features of so called panslav
ism and to the very last quarreled bit
terly with bis son for not being equally
bigoted and intolerant
He was most fortunate in his mar
riage. Indeed the whole history of the
Danish royal family is the pleasantest
in the recent annals of Europe and Is
delightfully colored with romance. King
Christian IA and Queen Louise began
life iu quite a humble rank compara
tively, for he waa merely the fourth son
of Duke William of Sleswiok-Holstein,
but when the old royal line became ex
tinct the great powers combined to ex
tinguish jealousy by making this youn
ger son king of Denmark, and be took
the throne Nov. 16, 1868. His oldest
daughter Is now Princess of Wales, and
his second the widowed czarina His
second son is King George I of Greece,
and the other daughter and two sons are
most royally connected. So little Den
mark, largely because it is little and not
dangerous, is prolific of royalty.
Maria Dagmar became Maria Feodo-
ronna when she married the czarowita,
gave up her German Protestantism and
became a member of the Greek Catholic
church, and by all acconnts has intro
duced a much needed element of mild
ness within the blood of the imperial
family, for among a thousand contra
dictions it is at least agreed that her
son, the successor of Alexander IIL i»
purely German-Danish and qnite unlike
his father in form and disposition. Five
children were bom to the czar and cza
rina—Nicolas Alexaudrowitch, bom at
St Petersburg May 18, 1868; George
Alexandrowitch, bora May 9, 1871;
Xenia Alexandrowna, bom April 3,
1876; Michael .Alexandrowitch, bora
Dec. 6, 1878, and Olga Alandrowna, born
June 13, 1883.
Of his children the czar, as a model
family man, was very fond, and many
stories are told of the methods he used
to adopt to give them pleasure. He was
very fond of amateur theatricals, and
ho was never happier than when get
ting np plays in which his children were
to figure as actors. Like Charles Dick
ens, he got an amazing amount of en
joyment out of the details of Improvis
ing play, wardrobe, curtain and every
accessory out of ordinary materials and
in the face of serious difficulties. Be
sides his own children the actors almost
invariably inclnded the elder children
at the court, young lads who some day
might rale provinces—possibly king
doms—and yonng girls destined perhaps
to be the mothers of long lines of princes
and princesses.
In religion Alexander III was a thor
ough bigot. He never once doubted
that he was the Lord’s anointed, rul
ing all Russia and her subject prov
inces by divine right, and that Jews,
Btundists, Mennonitea and others who
did not implicitly obey his directions
Were in rebellion against God and de
serving of little consideration. The Ro-
taanoffs have always been given to a
Sort of brutal devotion, and the natural
bent of Alexander’s mind was intensi
fied by the teachings of bis tutor, M.
Pobiedonotsoff, in later years tbe mnch
feared chief of the holy synod of the
Russian church. Nevertheless he taught
his pupil morality, and it is claimed
that Alexander III was the only Euro
pean sovereign of his time who never
kept a mistress. He was frantically de
vout, and his views on education were
those of the Russian priests. As head of
the church he consistently opposed ev
ery form of Instraotion not controlled
by the priests.
Alexander in was a man of remark
able physical force. He stood C feet 4
inches in his stockings, and it is told of
him that he oonld take a silver coin of
tbe size of a dollar and doable it be-
TBR CZAItOWITZ.
tween bis thnmb and forefinger. When
in 1888 bis train was wrecked and a
pumbor of persons were killed, it is said
he saved those who were in the same
Oopnpartinept with him from injury and
perhaps death by supporting a portion
of the fallen roof with his shoulders till
assistance came.
He was also an antiring worker, got
down to his desk ns a rale by 8 a. m.
and went resolutely throngb official pa
pers till 1pm. Then ho had n light
lunch and took recreation and read till
a 6 o’clock dinner. Ho often wrote se
vere comments on the margins of papers
presented to him, and these wore glazed
over to preserve them iu the royal
archives. His favorite expressions were:
“What a beast he 1st” “They are a set
of hogsl” and the like. The Russian
word “nezooteahitelno," which may bo
translated “discouraging,” was a fre
quent comment with him. Once he was
prevailed upon to allow a very severe
comment to be erased, “Tbe council
thought to trick me," he said, “bat
they shan’t, but may strike tbe words
out"
He was a man of unflinching courage.
He proved this in the last war between
Russia and Turkey, and though during
his entire reign be waa in constant ex
pectation of beine murdered be never
hesitated to show himself to his people
When he thought the occasion demanded
it, and be oftentimes waa accounted
even rash In his manner of doing thia
For Instance, on several occasions when
members of bis houaebold died and not
ably when his English nurse passed
away, he attended the funeral services
like any common person, following tbe
hearse on foci It was his custom fre
quently to drive a pair of horaes over
the public highways, the czarina and
tbe whole family accompanying him in
aaMMBMOiMa- '
Perhaps the coronation or Alexander
IIL all of the ceremonials of which
were determined by himself, fnrnished
a* good an illustration of bis character
aa any incident in his life He did not
formally assume the crown nntll 1888,
two years after the assassination of his
father. The ceremonies were held on
May 36 in the cathedral Church of the
Assumption within tbe walls of the
Kremlin at Moscow, for though St. Pe
tersburg Is tbe capital of Russia the
elder city, in deference to the patriotic
sentiment of old Russia, is still the cor
onation city. •
The czarina, or rather empress, for
the Russians do not now use the word
czar habitually, presented a remarkable
contrast to her massive husband. She
is slender and petite, qnite beautiful,
and with a refined and rather pensive
air. She was long considered the best
dancer in tbe imperial court and was
very fond of tbe amusement They bad
various places of residence, the winter
palace being meet noted, bnt both pre
ferred Gatchina, near St Petersburg.
Whenever they or either of them ap
peared in public there were tumultuous
demonstrations of joy, for the masses of
the Russian people are fanatically de
voted to their White Father, as they call
him. The nihilists come from a very
small section of the fairly well educat
ed classes, and even the advocates of re
form and a constitutional government
do not altogether include 10 per cent of
the Russian Deonle.
1/ J
THK CZAROWITZ S BtUDR.
Brave as Alexander 111 was, the con
tinued danger of assassination finally
wore him out, as it has many another
brave man. Ho narrowly escaped at the
funeral of his father. At another time
there was an explosion in the palace and
again a narrow escape. Finally occurred
the explosion on the railway to Moscow,
and the slightest of accidents alone pre
vented the whole imperial family from
being blown into eternity. After that
the czar lived very secluded for a long
time, and his only real satisfaction was
daring his long visit to his father-in-
law in Denmark. There he was the good
uncle to a lively gang of children, with
whom be romped and boated and ram
bled in the woods all day long.
After alL he died young, and now all
Europe is asking abont his successor.
There is even more contradiction in the
reports abont him than in those abont
his father. It Is alleged that he is open
hearted, liberal and progressive, and
with equal force that he is too stnpid to
have any marked characteristics and
will be ruled by bis counselors and
priests It is agreed, however, that he
is very devoted to his mother, temperate
and chaste and stndious, and so it is
taken for granted that, so far as he is in
fluenced at all, it will be chiefly by his
mother and wife. A melancholy interest
attaches to the second son of Alexander
IH, the Grand Duke George. In his
youth he was delicate, bnt nnder the
active regime to which the princes were
subjected he grew vigorous and com
pleted the prescribed coarse of studies
and military exercises.
An accident, a fall while on a war
ship, injured his chest, and he became
consumptive. Nevertheless he served as
colonel of an infantry regiment and held
command of an ironclad, and as a naval
officer started to accompany his brother
in a tour around the world. While in
Indian waters he fell from a mast and
Injured his spine. He was ordered home,
(topped awhile at Athens on account of
his health, and not improving there
made a voyage to Algiers, bnt in vain.
He was sent to a region in the Caucasus
supposed to be favorable to consump
tives, and it was soon admitted that his
case was hopeless. His father, disgusted
at the liberal tendencies of theczarowitz,
(bad designed to alter the succession in
favor of his second son, bnt instead tbe
second renounced his rights in favor of
the third, Grand Duke MichaeL who
now stands next to the czar.
J. H. Beaduc.
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When she wxi a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she bccanw Mira she clung to Cartorio.
When she had Children, she gave them Csstcria.
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TXART8VILLE RAILROAD.
June 8, 1894.
MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartrville 4.80 am
Jovann 4.46 a m
Floyd’s 5.06 a m
Darlington 5.36 a ia
Palmetto 6.40 a in
Arrive Florence 6.00am
Leave Florence 7.86 p iu
Palmetto 7.60 p m
Darlington 8.30 p m
Floyds 8.35 p m
Jovann 8.66 pu.
Hartsville 9.10pu
J F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt.
p.HAKLESTON. SUMTER AND
^ NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES E KIMBALL Reoelv«r.
NORTH.
icvi Man.
SOUTH.
9
8
P.M.
P.M.
Lv 4.10
Charleston
2.80 Ar
5.20
Pregnall's
1.10
7.25
Sumter
11.03
8.87
Darlington
9.50
9 29
Bennettsvllle 9.00
9.52
Gibson
8.87
Ar 10.20
Hamlet
8.10 Lv
P.M
A.M
No. 9 connects at Hamlet with 8. A.
L. Vestibule train fur Raleigh, Rich
mond. Washington, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and New York.
No8counects with 8. A. L. Vesti
bule train from above named points.
Trains run solid to and fiom Charles
ton.
C. MILLARD, Superintendent.
C & D. and C. A 8. RAILROADS,
• In effect June 3, 1894,
MIXED TRAIN
Leave Wadesboro 2.00 p m
Bennett’s 2.25 p tc
Morven's 2.40 p in
McFarland 2 56 p m
Clientw 8.46 p m
Cash's 4.10 pm
Society Hill 4.40 p in
Dove’s 5.10 pm
Floyd’s 6.80 p m
Darlington 6.06 p m
Palmetto 6.20 p m
Arrive Florence 6.46 p m
Leave Florence 7.36 a m
Palmetto 8.00 a m
Darlington 8.85 a m
Floyd’s 9.00 a m
Dove’s 9 r> a m
Society Hill 9 45 a m
Cash's ; 0.15 a in
Cheraw 11.00 a m
McFarland 11.40 am
Morven's 11.65 am
Bennett’s 12.10 a m
Arrive Wadesboro— 12.80 a m
Local Freight-
Leave Darlington 4 10 p m
Palmetto 4.42 p m
Arrive Florence 5.00 pm
Leave Florence 8.80 am
Palmetto 8.60 a m
Arrive Darlington 9 06 a m
A. F. RAVENEL. President.
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
i.w In effect June 3, 1894.
BOOTH BOUND.
N J. 85.
Leave Florence 8.10 a m
Lanes 4.06 a m
Arrive Charleston C.10 a m
No. 28.
Leave Florence 7.46 p m
Kingstree 9.02 p m
Lanee 9.23 p m
Arrive Charleston 11.18 p m
No. 68.
Leave Lanee 7.10 p m
Arrive Charleston 8.40 p m
NORTH BOUND.
No. 78.
Leave Charleston 8.86 a m
Lanes 6.40 a m
Kingstree 6 00 a m
Arrive Florence 7.10 a a
No. 83.
Leave Charleston — 8.80 p m
Lanes - 6.83 p m
Kingstree 5.67 p ra
Arrive Florence 7.06 p ia
No. 53.
Leave Charleston 7.15 a in
Arrive Lanee 8.46 s oc
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of 8. C.
Train Nos. 78 and 14 runs via Wilson
and Fayetteville—Short Line—and
makes close connection for all points
North.
J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Sopt.
IV
ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA *
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Jane 8, 1894.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 66.
Leave Wilmington 8.40 p m
Marion 6.81 p in
Arrive Florence 7.10 p m
No. 50.
Leave Florence 7.86 p za
Sumter >••••••##•••••• •••••• 8a 46 p m
Leave Sumter 8.48 p m
Arrive Columbia. 10.10 pm
No. 68.
Leave Florence 3 15 a m
Arrive Samter 4 91 a m
No. SR
Leave Sumter 10.00 am
Arrive Colombia. 11.30 a m
No. 53 runs through from Charles
ton via Central Railroad; leaving
Lanes 8.48 a in. Manning 9 26 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
Leave Colambli
Sumter...
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence —.
Marion
Arrive Wilmington
Leave Colombia. ......
Arrive Sumter
No. 61.
. 4.80am
. 5 58 am
. 7.10 a m
No. 56.
.. 7.40 a m
... 8.38 a m
...11.10 am
No. 58.
. 4.30 pm
^ 6.60 p m
No. 69.
Leave Colombia
Samter 5.56 p m
Arrive Florence 7.06 p m
No 88 runs thiougu «o unarleston
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 6.98 p m. Lanes 7.06 p m.
oharlsston8.40 pm.
Trains on Manchester and Angosfa
B. R-, leave Florence daily except Son-
day, 8.16 a. m., arrive Denmark 6.1T
a. m. Returning leave Deumsxk 8.68
p. m., arrive Floreses 7.06 p. m.
Trains on Wilmington, Chad) onra
and Conway Railroad leave Chad-
bourn at 10.10 a m. arrive at Conway
12.80 p m, returning leave Conway at
2:00 p. m., arrive Chad bourn 4:60 p.
m. Leave Chadbonrn 6J6 p m
arrive at Hob 6 90 p. m. Re
turning leave Hob 8.16 a aa, arrive at
Chadbonrn 9,00 a m. Dally exopet
Sunday.
JOHN V. DIVINE, Geol Soft,