Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-11-16

A GaRAS Prsspurvs Esrr.passs.-
u nav. q erst Gihnce. seea almost ineredulous.
u 10 fact that oae az the largest publishing en-
terrrises ever eoaceived o. l. heiag carried on
with the greatest success. nv Neasn. Z. c. Alien
! / Co.. Ansussa, Maine. Il 10 held b. then that
they can eeaAnet bssi.es more scoecmieaiiy
| ~ that place tAaa from larRer city. and surely
these words are proved By the subscription pri-
ees ~ their Publications. which are really thirty
three and one-shird PER cent. cheaper than those
charged By other publishers for similar papers.
Messrs: Allen : Go. have. from the very start,
showed the greatest energy in starting and push
ing their papers. II 10 only two wears since they
launched forth their first publication, The Peo-
pies Literary Companion. and OF the 6rst num-
Der they printed sbree hundred thousand copies
for gratuisog Ralstion. and also spent near
~ $loo. 600 % BRstftisine Il through newspa-
pers. The result was immediate and grand, sub
serip'ions flowing in through the agents. who
were EMPLOYED in al! parts Of the country. by
the thousand. daily. The people everywhere
seemed 10 appreciate the real merits ofthe paper
and the low subscription price and thousands
thinking thew could not afford two literary pa
pers discontinued those that thew were taking,
and subscribed for The Companion For two
years The People, Literary Companion was con-
uuueO - u mOEluig puDnCa'lOn. AuO AZ one
time attained the enormous circulation Of eight
hundred and fifty thousand copies. II is now
published weekly, and Is meeting with greater
success than ever. Though its illustrations are
finer and more tasty than those Of the three-dol-
lar weeklies, and its reading matter Of the
greatest interest IN Ill il departments the SUBJ
scription price Is only two dollars per year
for young folks called OrR You've FOLKS luis
rRArEp PAPrR. II 10 published semi-mon,hly-
subscription price one dollar per year. II is
ve:y handsomely illus'ra with arprc pria. GEN.
Cravings, and cannot fail TO interest and bene-
g, all the boys and girls, and the old folks too.
who have preserved young hearts in their breasts
Messrs. Allen l. Co. have lust moved into their
new publishing house, which they have quill,
during the past summer. II is "A elegant siruct-
ure Of brick granite aud freestore trim mings-
All the fittings inside are superb. The first sto-
~ is used for storage room, and here NAV be
seen. any time tons upoa tons Of paper. waiting
for the printing presses. The second story is the
press-roou. where. on an average. one hundred
thousand papers per day are pria,ed and folded
The folding Is done BY machines, each machine
folding sixty papers per minute. The third sto-
~ is the mailing department aud included in
the furnishing Of this room. are thirty tons vi
type, which is required 70. printing the INES
OF subscribers on the papers. The names OF sub
scrihe-s are printed on the papers 81 the r-.e of
sixty per minute. nv wonderful little machines
The fourth and fifth stories are devoted 10 the
coTpositors department. an,t The business and
private Offices Of the establishment. which arc
fitted up and furnished with TIE creates. elegance
The sixth story is devoted 10 >iecfrotyp. 'oun-
dry and department for folding pamphlets
circulars, &C.. &c. The entire building is warmed
BY steam. and pure water runs 20 every depart
ment and room. The cost If the buildin. e.-
cecds one hundred thousand dollars AMI is =
standing witness to the energy Of the entcrrris-
ing publishers. We congratulate Nessys Allen
Co. on their great sueee:s. and as long As their
liberal prices are continued. and their publica-
tions kept up 10 their present standard Of merit.
may their prosperity continue, sBd constantly
increase. Maine Farmer,
kLE1rs-Alexis. the Russian Grand
Duke. now on his way to America. is the
fourth born. but third surviving son of
the present Russian Emperor. and is in
his I'D year. The Imperial family con-
sists now of Eve SONS and but one daush-
ter. It is descended from Michal Roman.
If. elected Car in 1913. in. the female
line, and in the male line from Duke Karl
Frederick Of Holstein. Gottorp. who mar
ried Anne. daughter of Peter l.
Peter was succeeded by his second wife,
Catharine. the daughter Of Livonian
peasant and her successor was Peter n.
grandson Of the elder brother of Peter I.
with whom the male line Of the Romanoffs
terminated ir the year 1880 The next
three sovereigns. Anne. Ivan Iff. and Eli
Eabeth. Of the female line Of Romanoff.
formed transition from the native to Ger
man rulers Of the Empire, whose reign
commenced with the accession of Peter
III. Of the house Of Hols,ein- Gottorp. 1t
will thus be seen that it is a gross mistake
to speak Of the present dynasty Of Russia
as the Romanoff; it is in fact that Of IInl-
stein Gottorp. the former dynasty having
terminated, both in the male and female
line. on the accession Of the sovereign last
named. in 1862. All the subsequen; EN-
pcrors allied themselves with German fam
lilies. thus causing the house gradually to
become completely Tcutonic in blood rs
we'll as in origin. The title of Emperor
was first adopted in the year l!2l By Peter
the First. better known as Peter the Great.
Oar visitor was created Colonel Of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tCStucut w i!iIaull ~
his birth BY the Emperor Nicholas. who
died in March .. 1855, when tire present
Emperor succeeded him. Alexis. six years
old. was present at the coronation of his
father. The youthful prince was educated
at st. Petersburg by Madame dc Bernard.
a French lady. aud Fraulcin Julithshof.
daughter Of Courland nobleman-after-
wards BY Professors Turganoff and Won
Stein. He became fine scholar and lin
guist. He was taught English by a
Scotch gentleman named Gordon.
Adthe age Of twelve he accompanie led his
uncle. the Grand Duke Constantine. Grand
Admiral Of the Russian Navy. on voy-
age Of inspection to Sveaborg. a strong
fortress in the Calf Of Finland. during
which he had 10 experience the dangers
Of \ terrific storm ct several hours dura-
ton. The turbulent waves appeared to
fascinase him. for no amount OF persuasion
was found able to induce him to retire u
his ssate-room. He preferred remaining
on deck. watching the grand sight before
him. and there he stack ill the storm had
ahased. The life Of sailoe had becosne
70 attractive to him that. % returning to
Sc. Petersburg. be anxicusly besoa:ht his
father 10 permit bis entering the naval
service.