dt em —— - rm hy on a A ROYAL TRAGEDY The Gloomy Paths That Led to the End of the Romanoffs. PLOTS OF A MODERN BORGIA A Russian Writer's Pieture of the Cra- rina of Alexander Ill, Maria Feodo- rovna, and Her Ruthless Efforts tc Grasp the Reins of Power, In her book, “Russia of Yesterdu: snd Tomorrow,” Baroness Souiny, wid ow of a Russian nobleman, gives the following behind the scenes glimpse of the tragedy of the last of the Romanoff dynasty: Gayety did not mark the reign of Alexander ITI. Shadows of pale fear followed the heavy czar and obscured his life and that of Maria Feodorovna, the Danish princess. Her whole hope was in the future, and with the atavism of queens who mixed poisons for their husbands she dreamed of her own au- tocracy. ~ With the terrible ambition of ruling Russia the czarina did not prevent her husband from heavy drinking. The giant’s heart was weak. : Circumstances favored the hopes of Maria Feodorovna. Secretly she form- ed her party, the g¢amarilla of Maria Feodorovna. Her sons were frail lit- tle boys with all kinds of, inherited diseases. The czarevitehy the. stub- born little Nicholas, was no gbstacle to her. ITer sans hocnme mengand’Alex- | ander, notwithstanding his: heart dis- ease, lived longer than the physicians prophesied. Maria Fecdorovna became restless. a All the ¢zarina’s schemes, developed rapidly. Alexander's enormous’ body swelled and swelled. Day and night he sat in his big armchair, tortured by suffocation and warrying about Nicho- las, who was so poor a czarevitch. Maria Feodorovna smiled on the czarevitch’s pseudo court. She let her camarilla nourish and support his idea of marrying a dancer. Then, she was sure, his: light as czar would never burn, and. Michael, who was sick and good natured, would be only too glad to leave the reins of the government in the hands of his mother. ; The ministers revealed to the czar the dangerous ideas of the czarevitch and the machinations of Maria Feodorev- na’s camarilla. He was still the czar, though the dying czar.” He summoned Nicholas and forced on hinr his mar- riage to the Princess Alix of Hesse. Alexander III. expired. The pomp of the funeral was over. The czarina mother took up her residence at the Annitschkof palace, the residence of the widows of the czars. The czatina’s hope was in the child she was expecting. Her firstborn was a princess, and the poor czarina became timid before sinister fate. She saw herself and the czar drifting apart un- der the influence of the czaripa-molbgh: ged Her second, ¢hild; so anxiously Jo: for, came. Again a little gifl. The morning came when the sound of all the bells, followed by the twenty- one gun salute, announced to all Rus- sia the birth of an heir. The czarina mother, Maria Feodo- “ rovna, had to carry the child, the unwel- come grandson who annihilated all her efforts and her ambitions for her son Michael. She held the little bit of potential manhood in her arms, breath- ing on the babe wordless curses. Poor little boy so ardently longed for and then persecuted at his entrance inte the world! The czarina trembled: for. h&r' new thappiness. Her little treasure had to be watched, and even then she was ‘méver sure which of all the nurses or ladies in waiting, bought by the czarina mother, might betray her. y The camarilla never hesitated at ‘as- sassination. Positively true is the sto- ry that one morning when the czar- evitch was put into his bath the czar- ina, in a neighboring room, heard the child utter a terrible scream, followed by helpless whining. She rushed into the nursery to find the boy lying in his tub with a blue face and desperate- ly struggling to get out of this death bringing danger. The czarina snatch- ed her son out of ice water. The ter- rible mistake was attributed to the nurse. All that was not plotted by the an- archists the cruel, fantastic camarilla invented. The little freedoms of the young sovereigns were under terrible espionage. For every theater party, for every entertainment, they provided cleverly arranged and dramatically dis- covered assassins. The camarilla worked well. Terror crept through the palace, crept through the doors into the private rooms of the sovereigns. They fled from the capi- tal to bury themselves in the solitude of Tsarsko Selo, nowhere sure that plots would not be forged in their clos est entourage. And so it was and so the grim trag- edy was enacted until the revolution that sealed the fate of the luckless dynasty. A Suggestive Hint. A certain eminent lawyer was ap- pointed head of a government depart ment, and he was anxious that all the members of the staff should work to- gether in unison. He summoned the leading officials and after delivering an address on the desirability of thorough po-operation concluded by saying: “Gen- tlemen, in my profession when a jury disagrees it is discharged. I think I need say no more.” —London Mail. Between the great things that we can- not do and the small things we will not do the danger is that we, shall do noth- ing. i A i THE MEYERSDALE COMMERC|AL, MEYERSD ALE, ,P4 y — A CONTRAST IN POLICE. AIOE THE RIGHT PATH And when you think of REDPATH Chautauqua Week THE OPENING DAY PRESENTS: AFTERNOON. THE KILLARNEY GIRLS Costumed, in a Program of Irish Music and Stories IS REDPATH | you think of There are nearly 20 sessions. All for $2.00. Children (6 to 14) $1.00. : EVENING. 4 /THE KILLARNEY GIRLS and RITA RICH \ EDWIN M. WHITNEY r In an interpretation of that great new play, “TURN TO THE RIGHT I" Admission 50 Cents (or by Season Ticket) Os 2 < Salisbury, September 2 - 8, 1917 HIS LAST PRAYER. Btevenson Wrote It For His Family the Night Before He Died. On the night before Death gave him his hand Robert Louis Stevenson com- posed and read to his family the fol- lowing prayer: : “We beseech thee, Lord, to behold us ~with favor, folk of many families and nations, gathered together in the peace of this roof; weak men and women. subsisting under the covert of thy pa- tience. Be patient still; suffer us yet awhile longer with our broken pur- poses of good, with our idle endeavors against evil; suffer us awhile longer to endure and (if it may be) help us to do better. Bless to us our extraordinary mercies; if the day come when these must be taken, have us play the man under affliction. Be with our friends; ‘be with ourselves. Go with each of us to rest; if any awake, temper to them the dark hours of watching, and when the day returns to us, our sun and ‘comforter, call us up with morning faces and with morning hearts, eager ‘to labor, eager to be happy, if happi- ness shall be our portion, and, if the day be marked for sorrow, strong to endure fit. ‘ “We thank thee and praise thee, and, 1 in the words of him to whom this day i8 sacred, close our ob!ation.” GEMS OF TRANSLATION. Some Crude Spanish Found In Ameri- “gan Business Catalogues. Spain picked up one ‘of the numerous American business catalogues that are sent to. Latin American countries in alleged Spanish. This is what he read, ‘according to the Pan-American Review: “In an dutomobile catalogue splen- didly issued and richly illustrated, but full of absurdities on account of its in- sufferable translation, I read this cap- tion at the foot of a magnificent illus- tration.” ‘Cinco pasajeros curros para viajando,” just 48 if we would say in English, “Po traveling car five passen- gers,’ instead of ‘five passenger car for traveling.’ In a leather goods catalogue the caption ‘Harness for a single horse buggy’ is translated into Spanish in this way, ‘Harness for a bachelor horse full of bugs.’ ” You can find in many hardware or machinery catalogues the most striking translations; for instance, corkscrew for screwdriver, nut for screw, gobbler for bolt and hair curl for corkscrew! All of which must spread laughter and sunshine in South America. INDIANA GIRL WINS SHUBERT COMMENDATION She Appears In Title Role of Opera “Dorothy” at Local Chautauqua. Helen Guen- ther, who has the title role in the light opera “Dorothy,” one of the big fea- tures of Chau- tauqua week, is a little Indiana gir] who has sprung into the limelight through a com- bination of tal- ent and energy. Although scarce- ly twenty years of age, she has been featured by the famous Shu- berts of New HELEN GUEN- York, not in THER. out of the way places, but in such musical and theatrical centers as Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Miss Guenther went to college for two and a half years on a scholarship which she secured through brilliant work in the classroom. During the re- mainder of her course her tuition amd effort, particularly along musical lines. When she is seen here as Dorothy she will play with J. K. Murray, the famous light opera star and screen fa- vorite. Incidentally Mr. Murray was engaged In motion picture work until 8 few weeks before the opening of the Chautauqua season, appearing with Marguerite Clark and others of note in some of the masterpieces of the Fa- snous Players Film Corporation. PE eae i ee tain degree of heat to preserve it for : vinegar, and, although not so. deliciops ° * A man who has learned Spanish in | ‘the soldiers in the regular army and living were earned through personal’ PERSIA’S NATIONAL DRINK. Sherbet Is the Popular Beverage In That Thirsty Country. The great beverage in Persia is sher- bet, which is plentifully supplied and of wkich there are many varieties, from the bowl of water with a squeeze of lemon to the clear, concentrated juice of any sort of fruit to which wa- ter is added to dilute it. The preparation of sherbet, which is done with the greatest care, is a very important point in so thirsty a country as Persia and one to which much time is devoted. It may be either expressed from the juice of fruit freshly gath- ered or from the preserved extract of pomegranates, cherries or lemons, mix ed. with sugar and submitted to a:cer- winter consumption. “ Sa Another sherbet much drunk is called guzangebben: It is made from the honey of the tamarisk tree.” This honey, is not the work of the bee, but. the product of a small insect or worm liv- ing in vast numbers. under-the leaves of the shrub. During the months of August and September the insects are collected and the honey is preserved. When used for sherbet it is mixed with 1 as that made from fruit, it makes an ‘ excellent temperance beverage. | Only among the rich and fashionabld ! are glasses used. In all other cases sherbet is served in china bowls and drunk from deep wooden carved in pear wood. Li. J SOLDIERS’ UNIFORMS: They Are Not Khaki, but “Cotten O.' D.,” or “Wool O. D.” In speaking of the uniforms worn by avs the militia do not speak of them as khaki. It is incorrect, says the Kan- sas City Star, because the soldiers do not wear khaki, and, besides, the sol- diers are not at all partial to the word. The uniforms worn now are describ- ed by the war department as “Cotton, 0. D.” or “Wool 0. DD,” The “0, D.’} | means olive drab and is descriptive of A the color of the uniforms. Cotton uni forms are worn in the summer and’ wool in the winter. : | Khaki is a word of East Indian ori: gin, meaning dusty, and comes from the word khak, meaning dusty. Itis a clay or dust colored cloth, originally coming from India. It was first worn by the native British troops and later by all British troops serving abroad or on campaign. It was later adopted by the United States government for both field and colonial service because of its service- able qualities and because it was sup- posed to make it harder for the enemy to detect soldiers. The color of the uniforms was supposed to merge inte the color of the ground. . Khaki is lighter in color than olive drab, and the khaki cloth is said to be superior to the cotton uniforms now be- ing worn in the army. The Church of Gold. There is no structure just like St. Mark’s, in Venice, in the world. Its bulb shaped domes and minaret-like belfries remind the visitor of the ori- ent. It seems more like a Moham- medan than a Christian temple. . In the facade are scores of variously colored marble columns, each one a monolite and all possessing an eventful history. Some are from Ephesus, others from Smyrna, others from Constantinople and more than one even from Jerusa- lem. St. Mark’s is the treasure house of Venice, a place of pride as well as prayer. The work of beautifying this old church was carried on for five cen- turies, and each generation tried to outdo all that had preceded it. The walls and roof are so profusely covered with mosaics and precious marbles that it is easy to undestand why St. Mark's has been called the “Church of Gold.” L.aying the Snare. “For whom is she wearing black, her late husband?” s “No, for her#*next. She knows she looks well in it.” Knew Their Ways. “You must diet, madam,” said the doctor firmly. “And by dieting I don't mean eating less at the table and more in the pantry.”—HExchange. A man should be upright, not be kept upright.—Marcus Aurelius. ; As They Are Seen In Norway, 8 ‘ and amiable citizen in a rather | the democratic muddle of the and Denmark. In Christiania the policeman is coat and none too neat who sta the middle of the roadway and tr maintain some semblance of ord traffic. In Stockholm the policeman {i walking arsenal, with sword and pif tol and a brass helmet, and the arrest} of a disorderly person becomes an ac of state. There the policeman repres¢nts the high authority of a proud country. He fulfills his duty with a stern se- verity. He is the symbol of law &nd established order. ther the happy-go-lucky citizen who patrols the streets of Norway nor 's he a creature of resplendent glory lik his colleague in Sweden. He strikes a happy medium. In this he is an ex- cellen* =agev ti tive of a land where the, =; * peaceful living see ~ its high- ests seem wel as \i en 17 char roya the fords eral incl does noth ance from x. our own land. ’ Its claim to distinction lies in the fact that when it gets ready to die it digs a hole for itself in the earth and completely buries itself. Later a slen- der green shoot springs from the spot. This bears two or nore léaves near its top. “ Sie Upon investigation it is found ‘that the green shoot springs from the head -of the dead caterpillar, and further in- vestigation develops the fact that the ‘body of the. caterpillar is filled with roots., men “ The form is retained without change, and the ‘roots do not pierce through ‘the skin: or enter the ground. "When ‘dug up this dead yet living freak pre- ‘sents ‘a most odd appearance, for the Hedd and even the eyes of the cater- ‘pillar are distinctly seen, yet from the head is growing the green sprout, with its leaves. 5 3 © zo Simplicity of ‘Jenny Lind. 4 Jenny Lind must have been the most k:simple, unptetending prima donna! that Royal Italian Opera House, and when commanded to sing at the queen’s con- cert she was obliged to refuse. Very sorry to be compelled to: notify this, she ordered her carriage and drove straight to Buckingham palace. She handed her card to an official, who, not | unnaturally, declined to take jt. A higher authority happened to pass and took it upon himself to present it. As soon as her majesty saw it she said, “Admit her by all means.” Jenny Lind appeared and said simply that she was 80 very sorry to be unable to sing at her majesty’s concert that she thought it better to call herself and explain. The queen was charmed with ber nat- ural manner, gave her.a cordial recep- tion and promised to, be her friend... Jackals and Crocodile Eggs. Jackals and hyenas are very fond of tives of central Africa say that the jackal has sixteen eyes, with one of which he watches the eggs and with the fifteen others he looks out for the crocodile. The hyena, on the other hand, being very greedy, has all his eyes on the eggs and so often falls a victim to the watchful crocodile in mo- tionless hiding. The natives say, too, that the crocodile sometimes knocks its prey off the bank or off the cance with its tail and then seizes it with its wide open jaws. The Earth and Man Compared. If it were possible for a man to con- struct a globe 800 feet in height—much less than twice the height of the ‘Washington monument—and to place upon any portion of its surface an atom one four thousand three hundred and eightieth of an inch in diameter and one one hundred and twentieth of an inch in height, it would correctly denote the proportions man bears to the gigantic globe upon which he stands. Lazy Larks. Investigation has ruined -the lark’s reputation for early rising. That much celebrated bird is quite a sluggard, as it does not rise till long after chaf- finches, linnets and a number of hedge- row birds have been up and about for some time, Pa’s Weakness. Little Nell—=You’ve got a good papa, Willie. Willie—Pa ain't so bad, but I wish he wasn’t so much in love with mamma. Why, he believes everything she says about me. Got Monatanous. Breakers any more?” “Aw, everybody had to crack an al- leged joke as he paid his bill.”—Louis- ville Courier-Journal. Being alone when one’s belief is firm is not being alone.—Auerbach. In Copenhagen the policeman is nei- | ‘ever lived. When she first vistted-Eing- | 4-1and she was bound to sing only at the crocodile eggs. ‘The former is the more, successful poacher of the two. Na- “Why don’t you c¢all your hotel the The Smoke of the U.S.A. That snappy, spirited taste of “ Bull” Durham in a cigarette gives you the quick-stepping, head-up-and- chest-out feeling of the live, vinle Khaki. an in He smokes “Bull” Durham for the sparkle that’s in it and the crisp, youthful vigor he gets out of it. GENUINE ‘Burl DURHAM SMOKING TOBACCO “Roll your own” vith “Bull” Durham and you have a distinctive, satisf ing smoke that can't be equalled by any other tobacco in the world, In its perfect mildness, its smooth, rich mellow- sweetness and its aromatic fragrance, “Bull” Durham is unique, For the last word in whole- some, healthful smoking enjoy- ment “roll your own” with “Bull” Durham. 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