THE MOST UNHAPPY WOMAN IN THE WORLD
By HERMAN
"There was a time when-kings vis
ited our Czar and were received roy
ally in St. Petersburg," said a small,
nwarthy, wrinkled peasant woman
Btandlng in her field, one day Inst
summer when I was in the province
of Kaluga. "Now, when the English
King and the French President visit
us, they are received in the hallway
somewhere In Revel. They are not
admitted to the parlor into St.
Petersburg, because the Czar and
Tsarltsa and their children are them
selves afraid to enter the parlor. If
the Czar is afraid well, he has rea
son to be .the people have not yet
forgotten Red Sunday. But my heart
aches for the Tsarltsa, who has done
no harm to any one. My life is mis
erable enough, but she, poor soul,
cries her eyes out a bird in a golden
cage. And even there she is forever
in fear that a bomb will destroy the
cage and all...." And the little
peasant woman, who had left off rtii
ing her hay for a while, wiped her
eyes with her apron awkwardly.
When Princess Alix, daughter of
Ludwlg IV., the Grand Duke of
Hesse, became Alexandra Feodorovna
by marrying NMcholas II., the Em
peror of Russia, who was then the
Crown Prince, she probably did not
know that she was destined to be
come one of the most miserable
women on the face of the globe. The
palaces of emperors and kings have
often enough in history harbored
heartrending tragedies and domestic
dramas, but the tragedy of the woman
who is "the first lady" of the Russian
land, the mother of the Tsarevlch, is
so pathetic that even the peasant
women in Cod-forsaken Russian vil
lages are touched with pity for her.
The marriage between Nicholas
and Alexandra was by no means a
love match. Neither the successor
to the Russian throne, nor the quiet,
well-bred young Duchess, reared in
Anglo-Saxon environments, a student
of Renan, of the German philoso
phers and the English poets, desired
the match. The young Crown Prince
was attached to the beautiful Polish
dancer, Ksheshinskaya, and it was for
the purpose of putting an end to that
love affair that Alexander III. de
cided to marry his son to the Duchess
Of Hesse.
Immediately after her marriage, In
1894 (which took place on the birth
day of the Dowager Empress), the
young prlncesB learned that the
whims of her mother-in-law, Maria
Feodorovna, were to be a law to her.
At first Bhe made an effort to Intro
duce the influence of European cul
ture into the life of the Court, but
she soon discovered a strong oppo
sition in the "real Russian" influence
which was forced upon young Nich
olas by his mother. To counteract
whatever influence the young princess
might exert, the Dowager. Empress
called the reactionary advisers to her
aid, thus dominating the weak will
of the Emperor.
' Little by little Alexandra became
convinced that her modern ideals and
her finer views ot life had to be sup
pressed. In fact, she soon lost her in
terest in matters that had once stirred
her mind; she ceased reading her
favorite writers, and devoted her time
to the study of the Russian language
and even became absorbed in the in
terests of the Synod. Still, she at
tempted from time to time to reform
the Court life, but to no avail. Some
time lifter the coronation of Nicholas,
Alexandra forbade the ladles-tn-walt-lag
at Court to smoke cigarettes.
The new edict raised a storm of dis
satisfied criticism in the Imperial pal
aces which served to make the Tsar
ltsa more wretched.
The shocking tragedy that marked
the coronation of the present Czar ot
Russia, on the field ot Kkodinka,
which resulted in the death of 4800
people, was a painful blow to the
young Queen's sensitive nature; it is
believed that the Impression has
never been effaced from her mind,
especially as she saw her husband
and the Dowager Empress remain
calm while so many people lost their
lives, and that, without paying the
-slightest attention to the catastrophe,
they ordered the festivities to be re
sumed. There were times when the weak
willed, dreamy-eyed young Emperor
yielded to the Influence of his wife,
who intellectually is far his superior,
but they were only brief moments
which were followed by long lapses of
reaction. She was . particularly
grieved to see that he was enmeshed
In the wiles ot charlatans, fortune
tellers, and spiritualists, such as Phil
ippe, the hairdresser of Marseilles,
Demchlnsky, and Father John ot
Kronstadt.
But .the tragedy In the life of the
Empress grew most acute when she
was humiliated by the Dowager Em
press because she did not give birth
to a successor to the throne. In Rus
sia, the first lady of the land is not
the Tsarltsa, the wife of the Emperor,
but the mother of the Tsarevlch, the
heir to the throne. As no son was
born to her, her mother-in-law, the
Dowager Empress', still remained the
foremost woman. In Russia, and she
used her position unscrupulously
against her daughter-in-law. The
young Empress was ignored at the
family councils, so that later, when
she was consulted, she simply de
clined to express her views at all.
The Czar's disappointment was also
great when one after another four
daughters were presented to him. At
one time the Court clique, with the
Dowager Empress and Pohyedonost
sev at their head, who pesuuded the
Czar that the birth of an heir to the
BEKNSTEIX.
throne would pacify the people and
would thus save Russia, urged Nich
olas to divorce Alexandra. It was
then that Nicholas turned to the
counsel of the mystlcists and spirit
ualists, particularly to Father John
of Kronstadt. It is not difficult to
understand .the feeling ot an intellec
tual, refined woman, whose favorite
authors were Renan, Feuerbach, and
Spencer, to be forced to obey the
whims of people whose superstitltlon
was equalled only by their enmity to
ward her. When the fifth child was
about to be born she was compelled
to go, at the behest of Nicholas and
his spiritual advisers, to a deserted
place In Sarov, where a new saint had
been discovered and where Father
John of Kronstadt said special mass
with most elaborate services.
But the most wretched trouble
from which the Tsarltsa is suffering
is the fear of death. Since the out
break of the revolution she has felt
that an atmosphere of constant dan
ger is hovering over the royal family.
The Red Sunday "episode" filled the
Tsarltsa with horror, and her nerves,
like 'the Czar's, have ever since then
been on the verge of collapse. This
is the explanation of the numerous
cable despatches bringing news of
the Empress' Illnesses. Surrounded
and protected by cordons of guards,
detectives, police, she is all the time
tortured with the fear of death, not
so much for herself as for her chil
dren. Whether she sails with the
Czar and her children upon the Im
perial yacht in the Finnish archipela
go or travels among the Finnish
mountains, the constant danger to
her children haunts her. Of late her
malady has assumed a violent form
ot hysteria.
The Czar has lost the respect and
the love of his people; even those
who had worshiped him blindly
know now that he is no longer their
"Little Father." But there are many
people in Russia who feel that there
is a sad tragedy of a suffering woman
coming to Its close in the palace of
the Czar, and whatever little sym
pathy there still exists in the Empire
for the Romanoff family, it Is solely
for the woman who was Princess
Alix.
Who knows, perhaps the Empress
of Russia, In her soul, envies the half
starved, hard-working peasant wo
man of Kaluga, preferring the hum
ble hut to her terror-filled palace?
Harper's Weekly.
CLEVER AUTOMATA.
Ingenious Mechanical Figures Which
Closely Counterfeit Life.
The newest automata, which not
only counterfeit life in their actions,
but also speak, will be seen before
long in this country imported from
Paris, which is the manufacturing
centre for all such ingenious con
trivances. It is safe to say, remarks the Tech
nical World Magazine, that nothing
in the world, exhibited in a shop
window, attracts attention so quickly
as a "show piece" the name by
which automata are known in trade.
Thus it happens that many of them
are used in this country for advertis
ing purposes, invariably engaging the
eager Interest of crowds which gather
to gaze upon them. Counterfeiting
life with a cleverness that is often
little short of marvelous, and actu
ated by mechanism artfully con
cealed, they appeal both to curiosity
and to the appetite for the myster
ious which is latent in every human
breast.
To lend the automaton a voice, by
the help of a phonograph, is a matter
simple enough. The real marvel ot
these contrivances lies in the In
genuity employed to give them such
lifelike movement; and the simplicity
of the mechanism used does but add
to the wonder. They might be re
garded as representing an ultimate
stage of the development of the me
chanical toy, inasmuch as not a few
toys nowadays are to all intents and
purposes automata as, for example,
the walking doll and the plaything
which has become seemingly animate
is raised to the highest Imaginable
power.
Johnny CouWn't Help It.
The teacher of one of the rooms In
a school in the suburbs had been
training her pupils in anticipation of
a visit from the school Inspector. At
last he came, and the classes were
called out to show their attainments.
The arithmetic class was the first
called, and in order to make a good
impression the teacher put the first
question to Johnny Smith, the star
pupil.
"Johnny, If coal is selling at 1 a
ton, and you pay the coal dealer 4,
how many tons ot coal will he bring
you?"
"Three," was the prompt reply
from Johnny. " '
The teacher, much embarrassed,
said, "Why, Johnny, that isn't right."
"Oh, I know it ain't, but they do
it, miBS." Tit-Sits.
Revised.
"You told me," said the young
man, dejectedly, "that you would
marry me when Bryan was elected.
Did you mean that?"
"Yes, I meant it," said the girl,
flushing modestly, "but I'd been giv
en the wrong tip. I really thought
he'd be elected."
By mutual consent the terms of the
compact were abrogated then and
there. Philadelphia Ledger.
HOUSEHOLD
Fr AIRS
TO REMOVE SOOT.
If by accident soot should be
dropped on the carpet, cover it thick
ly with salt, and both may be swept
up clean and dry without soiling the
carpet. New York World.
NEW WEDDING FAVORS.
The bride now presents the guests
at the bridal table with souvenirs in
the shape of small satin slippers.
These are filled with rice. They sell
oy .the dozen at small prices. Indian
apolis News.
BATH TUB. v,
A ten cent small sized scrubbing
brush is the nicest thing to use when
washing out a bath tub. It appeals
to the men folk of the household as
a very sensible way of arranging for
a rather dreaded duty. New Haven
Register.
GOOD MENU FOR SUNDAY.
Roast chicken with dressing and
gravy, creamed potatoes, squash, tur
nips, peas, cranberry Jelly, white
bread, pickles, coffee Jelly with
whipped cream, tea or coffee. Chick
en can be almost cooked Saturday and
finished Sunday while vegetables are
cooking. Boston Post.
IRON RUST REMOVER.
Take equal parts of oxalic acid
and water; soak the Iron rust spots
thoroughly in solution and place at
once over steaming teakettle snout,
and the Iron rust will disappear with
the vapor. Rinse thoroughly in clear,
cold water, as the acid would eat the
cloth if allowed to dry in the cloth.
If the color is very delicate, use less
acid. If the first trial does not re
move the rust, repeat as before. This
will remove iron rust after it has
been on a long time, and will not
take the color out of the cloth if di
rections are followed carefully. Bos
ton Post.
CLEANING LEATHER.
Leather-covered chairs may be
cleaned with the following prepara
tion: Mix together halt a pound
each of French chalk and Fuller's
earth, two ounces of powdered starch
and one ounce of yellow ochre. Wet
with boiling water until It becomes
a .thin paste, then add a tablespoon
ful of sweet oil. When it is cold
Bpread on the leather and allow it to
remain until perfectly dry. Brush
off then, removing every particle of
the mixture, and ive the leather a
good palish with melted wax and tur
pentine, using four ounces of the wax
to a gill of turpentine. Tire leather
may be darkened if desired by the ad
dition of a little oil to the wax.
New York Evening Post.
USES FOR COMMON SALERATUS.
1. Soda bound on a Duuion will
relieve the soreness.
2. Soda moistened with turpentine
and bound on a burn or scald will
draw out the fire. "
3. Vinegar heated and mixed with
enough soda until It is done foaming
and a piece of black silk dipped in it
until thoroughly wet and then applied
to Inflamed parts, such as the breast
or throat, will draw out the soreness.
4. A small pinch of soda added to
the water in which lamp wicks are
boiled will make them white and give
a better light.
6. A teaspoonful ot soda stirred In
the dishwater in which glasses and
silverware are washed will give them
a better polish.
6.' Try adding a teaspoonful of
soda to the water in which your kitch
en floor is washed and see if grease
spots don't disappear like magic.-
Boston Post.
StocU Tomato Soup Take any sort
of meat soup and add halt a can ot
stewed and well-seasoned tomatoes;
strain, find serve with croutons.-
Tomato Toast Stew down a can
of tomatoes till thick, with a table
spoonful of chopped onion, a table
spoonful of chopped parsley, salt and
pepper; when the Juice is somewhat
absorbed pour over slices of buttered
toast and serve at once. - Do not
train.
Tomato's Au Gratia Take a can
of tomatoes, add salt and pepper and
a teaspoonful of minced onion; put
them Into a deep baking dish in layers
with soft liread crumbs, and put bits
of butter on these; repeat till the dish
is full, with crumbs on top, and bake
till brown.
Broiled Oysters and Celery Broil
oysters until they begin to shrivel,
then arrange on slices of daintily
toasted buttered bread; cover them
with finely chopped celery, dust with
Bait, and pour a goodly quantity of
cream white sauce over the mixture.
Vienna Chocolate Four table
epoons grated chocolate mixed with
enough water to make a smooth
paste. Pour into double boiler and
add one pint milk and one pint cream
which has reached the boiling point.
Sweeten to taste and boll hard for
five minutes. Beat vigorously with
egg beater for several minutes and
erve.
VALUABLE FERTILIZER.
Wood ashes are hardly appreciated
As a valuable fertilizer of all kinds
of fruit trees. If a gallon Is placed
around the base of each tree It will
kill and prevent insects of all kinds
and increase the formation and qual
ity of the fruit. Farmer's Home
Journal.
SELF-STERILE APPLES.
Apples are often self -sterile and
need cross pollination. In order, to
secure cross pollination of two vari
eties care must be taken to select
such as blossom at the, same time.
Bees are the chief agents In pollen
transfer. . The wind does not trans
port pollen to an appreciable extent.
Farmer's Home Journal.
GRASS IN THE ORCHARD.
In our apple orchard we leave a
strip of grass six or eight feet wide
between the trees so that we can
drive over the land In the spring
with our heavy sprayers. We get
very high color, noticeable particular
ly with our Baldwin apples; even the
small fruit bears this high color.
Wlllard Hopkins, in the American
Cultivator.
FERTILIZER IS ESSENTIAL.
The secret of a successful vegetable
garden is to keep the ground occu
pied with a crop. As soon as one
crop is harvested, start another. Plan
successive planting of the vegetables
that grow quickly, so that they may
be enjoyed fresh throughout the
summer. fi
Lessons learned this yem- should
be treasured fgr next spring. It will
often be found that soil must be pre
pared in a special manner for the best
success with some crops. Stiff clay
soils must be plowed or spaded thor
oughly and this should be done in
the fall In those localities where the
ground freezes, as the thaw and freez
ing help to break up the soil in fine
particles.
In places where a rich and sandy
soil is found and no freezing takes
place, plowing may be done In the
spring.
The. ground must be thoroughly
fertilized each season and the best
fertilizer is well rotted barnyard ma
nure, which Should not contain shav
ings or sawdust. Chicken, pigeon
and sheep manure are also good fer
tilizers. Too little attention to water
Is given by many gardeners. Con
siderable expense in providing Irriga
tion means is warranted. It will be
found wise to start many seeds in
doors in the spring. They may be
planted In window boxes, sown in
rows with each row labeled. Plants
started In the house or In hot beds
must be hardened off before trans
planting to the open ground. Indi
anapolis News.
GROWING THE DAHLIA.
As the first essential for growing
the dahlia the ground should be thor
oughly cultivated to the depth of
eight or ten Inches. If planted in
hills the tubers ehould be given a
depth of fully six Inches; they should
be laid horizontally in the soil in
place of vertically, so that the tuber
at the Bprout should be not less than
six Inches below the surface. The
new tubers all form and make their
growth at the base of the crown of
the old tuber. If planted as advised
there will always be moisture enough
In the soil to keep the plant contin
ually growing. After the tubers are
placed it is well to cover the sprout
an inch or so with soil before using
any fertilizer or dressing. It is not
wise to use too much stimulant at
first. After the plants get to the
stage of throwing out buds It is well
then to make another application,
either in liquid or raw stata; this
should be applied around the plant
on top of the soil from six inches to
two feet.
One great point to bs considered
before the plant gets to its flowering
state is the cultivation of the soil.
In order to obtain the best results
from the dahlia, the soil should be
kept thoroughly cultivated either
with a hand hoe or with a horse cul
tivator. After your plants begin to
show signs of flowering It is not well
to cultivate them, as this is very apt
to injure the plant through the cutting
of many of the new tubers, thus
weakening the growth, and in many
cases causing the plant to wilt in the
hot sun, something from which it will
take a long time to recover. The
dahlia will do well on any kind of
soil If properly treated. If grown
on heavy soil it is well to use some
ground bone meal, and nothing but
staple fertilizers should be used. On
light sandy soil It is well to use some
stable dressing, also ground bone
meal can be used with good effect, as
this is the soil that just suits the dah
lia, but good cultivation is the main
point in getting first class results, for
there is no plant that Is more respon
sive to cultivation and good treat
ment than the dahlia, and if proper
ly cultivated It will produce more
flowers than any other plant in. the
garden. Indianapolis News.
Force of Habit.
"I wish, John," said the editor's
wife, "that you'd try not to be so absent-minded
when we are dining out."
"Eh? What have 1 done now?"
"Why, when the hostess asked you
If you'd have some more pudding you
replied that, owing to a tremendous
pressure on your space, you were
compelled to declins." Tlt-Blts.
Weight of Moose and Deer.
A moose that weighs a half ton
would look as large as a 1,500 or
l.COO-pound horse. They are seen very
seldom, and less frequently killed.
Those weighing 800 pounds are not
uncommon. The gunner who suc
ceeds In bringing down one of these
hns no reason to tell an untruth In
regard to the weight. It Is a big
animal, and he is entitled to credit
for trailing and killing it. One that
weighs from COO to 700 pounds la not
to bo ashamed of. It looks large, and
most of those shot are about, this size.
The average buck deer killed weighs
less than 200 pounds, although some
have been killed that would tip the
beam at nearly 300. Still, a 250-pound
buck makes a very imposing appear
ance, and any person that gets one is
entitled to be proud of his prowess.
New York Herald.
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Hall's Cntnrrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ingdirectly upon the blood and mucuousur
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Price, 75c. per bottle. Rold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipution.
Census for Japan.
Hitherto the population of Japanese
towns of the empire as a whole has
been estimated from the official rec
ords of births and deaths and other
documents, but It has now been ar
ranged to make a municipal house-to-houfct
Investigation, commencing at
Kobe.
Only Ono "Ilromo Quinine"
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look
for the signature of E. W. drove. Used the
World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
Tactical Advantage.
It puzzles a mere man to under
stand how an English suffragette
figures out the technical advantages
of bowling down a cabinet minister
who Is trying, to make a speech on
her side. New York World.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forChildren
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.
Red Cotton Bug.
One of tho most destructive as well
as one of the most offensive pests
that afflict the planters of India Is the
red cotton bug.. The Insect hns been
reported as a cotton pest from every
part or the country. lis presence is
detected by the offensive odor.
Another woman has been elected to
the Colorado legislature. About a
dozen women have served there be
fore her.
A species of ant In Australia builds
Its nests along a north and south line
so accurately that a traveler may di
rect his course by their aid.
Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford'e
Kanitary Lotion Never fails. At druggists.
It's all right to follow the crowd,
provided you are not ambitious to get
to the front.
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Owes Recovery to Cutlcura.
My ion Clyde was almost complete!
eovered with eczema. Phj-sicinns treated
him for nearly a year without helping hint
any, Ills head, face, and neck were cov
ered with large scabs which he would rub
Until they fell off. Then blood and mattel
would run out and that would be worse.
Friends coming to see him said that if he
got well he would be disfigured for life.
When It seemed as if he could possibly
stand it no longer, I used some Cutlcura
Poop, Cuticurn Ointment, and Cuticms
Resolvent. That was the first night to
nearly a year that ha slept. In the mora
lng there was a great change for the better,
In about six weeks he was perfectly well.
Telegraphy In China.
The first telegraph' line was opened
in China in 1872 and there are now
about 15,000 miles of line, the whole
under Imperial control. The Chinese
language being syllabjc and not alpha'
betlc, many may wonder how a mes
sage is transmitted.
The method Is simple but Ingenious.
There are as many characters as
words in the Chinese language, and
the messages are sent in iiumber
cipher. When the numbers are re
ceived at the other end a double ended
type is used, with numbers at one end:
nnd characters at the reverse. A
message is set up by the numbers and
then printed from the reverse end,
which shows the characters. London
Globe.
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I'szo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
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Chinook Salmon In Peconlc.
Out of a lot of about 19,500 Chinook
salmon hatched out at the Aquarium
In March 10,000 lively little fishes,
now about two inches long, have been
turned over to the New York state
forest, fish and game commission,
which has placed them m tne waters
of the Peconlc river, Long Island. The
Chinook Is a Pacific salmon, and these
are probably the first of their kind to
be planted In Atlantic waters.
We are told that good deeds never
die. Perhaps so, but lots of them
seem to go Into a trance.
The officeholder feels that one good
term desprves another.
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which give you better BLADE VALUE than
razort costing 20 times the price. The practical
value Is In the BLADE. It Is the best because
made of the finest steel tempered by a special
process and scientifically ground and honed
down to the keenest possible edge. You
pay 25 cents for the best practical Rnzor ever in
troduced, and you save nlneteen-twentiethsof tho
fancy prices asked for fancy frames and hold
ers. The "SHRP SHA VR" RAZOR Is so set
In the frame as to be correctly ''angled" to
suit any face. We sell you the whole Razor at
25c so as to create a market for our blades.
Extra "SHRP SHA VR" Blndes. 5 for ISc. And
satin finish silver-plate d stoppers at 10c. each
the Razor complete, extra
;7
or the Stropper, prepaid
by mail on receipt of price
In stamps or cash.
PUBLISHING BOUSE,
LEONARD STRICT,
W. T. CITY.
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