Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-28
A PALACE or I0E'

4 1t was during the, Winter of ..134tl.iss
\ the severest that Russiay he'd had in IA
! century, and, IL was ortlert e that
palace Of ice should lie erected On isse ;isa !
Neva, directly opposite to where tlsds
present royal palace stand The palace
Of ice was built +. in one of ,its rooms ah
bridal bed, also Of ice, isas furnished Il,
all the furniture was Of the same matte
| rial, including some cannon which were,
placed before the ice palace, yAnd ont. OH
which they wore able to shoe. bysheans1
7 lin tti1ert with iron. ~ 1T is:ale6 ss
plated, bntlthislis Is happilyInot confirmed; Ii
| that 'BuliYen selected a huinbefiof men
who had equally mefited his wrath by
belonging TO good Russian b1ood,u at
the head Of whoisi stood Mo1ynisli, thc !,
finance Minister, and placed them oat-Fr
side tho palace as sentinels, that he,
then caused water to, be thrown uEono
them with hose until they EecOtae !
statues Of ice, end thus, kept them IN
their places,o sggiipaa' isaias1q sialis lIod
The governors Of all the provinces fns
the land, even to the fe1notest, received
instructions to. .seneta number Of persons.
OF both sexes to this wedding fcstiyalsa
They were i'll clothed III iicw peasant
dresses at the expense of the Empress.
This wediing procession, prlunibeied
about three )hundred l,ersons, parad6d
through the streets Of the capital fapd2
halted before the Imperial Palace. Here
the bridal pair was taken up, placed III
"a Kind of a baroche, and this was
mounted onithe back Of nm elephant Il
Some of the gueHs were mounted on,o
camels, the others riding deer, l,oats,u
oxen, blood d-hounds, and even dogs.
The wedding feast was spread IN
Buhren's barn, and each nation was
served with the peculiar dishes of its D
nationality. After the supper follows
ed ball, in which each bridal couple !
appeared in the dance peculiar to its
province. Finally, the bridal couple
led into their palace Of aice,' a salute Of
cannon hon oriilg their arrival, and them
laid upon their bridal bed Of ieas which
was furnished, however, with 9 qaaantitytr
of pillows and covering, sWatchmen
were placed az The do5rs To prevent the s7
newly-lnarried couple from abaasdonings,
their cold quarters befosather hreakl Of i
1 And al iii. VA Mas 1ao psovdsl lal for he he
distraction of one whose weak crimes crimes
and cruelties had BROUGHT her renorse.h
It is said that she enjoyed il immensely.
i 81 Under the head of Administln-
ton Tactics, the st. Louis R7,u6faua
of the 9th has This y 7s'@sissi1ofat ns4sl9
|. Agentleman represcnting one Of the n
railroads terminating at East St. i Louis, u
and who lately held the Office Of post-,.
master at town Of Illinois, had Cir
crllar addressed to him a. day or two
since from the Grant and Wilson head -ssF
quarters, Chicago, assessing him $48 il
towards the expenses Of the present VI
campaign. The circular states that the,
contest is q close one in Illinois and ex-
pensiye.. It states further that money
is especially wanted to secure German
|ispeakorsi and documents inI German
for Giro liation. Thus, by unwittinglx.d
sending note TO apuaintcIested party.
have the enissdries Of the, Edministra-
ton exposed their tac.ics The nssrnis-
.sionsin the circularis an important one.
isf. -yyy7I!-v - f,F,---. Sae9Nnnyaf
/ A curious calculation has Eeen
made lately br d sayant won known. ii
/ Paris .fol his pee,Iliar :sitipnthy 70 tho
Eihys Hecollectca 5000 tiiss in IL room Il
|Imeasluin.g two cubic netrcssa On flaslf
floor he spreada poundailloaf OF sugar.
At the end OF. four days he went to IN
vestigatc the result of Lis experiment.
There renamed teasp oonftllT Tof sus
This statistibian therefore3 cnlcdlates
that sugar beingF at thssate cQf thirtasns
cents q polnd, a,fy costs the, cauntry,it
twenty, cents hom its birth to its demise.
SHAT -, if fed Oh loaf singar. IS ssss'i'ss
|, fo ao.3TTTTTH z.T.rS-ssas 1tas--aa 10 5is5e
49,. ~ Vermont, in 1885, gaze Grant = &
majority, over Seymour, Of 81 ,I22, III
the recci,.. election the Hephbiican
candidate has a majority Of about 81 =
COO. This shows a. falling of since
1868, Of abou. 4 900 in, the Republican j
Ilnajority- The whole vote foH PNIdaat.
in 1868 was 5G, ,212. The falling 81 in 4
the Rcpublicai ND ajolity iS thefs l8re 5eeial
naar,l4 Per denss Ills rate caf9iea oti('d
in, all the States wil givBaG aGreeleg nDnUId
than a q mi million q, maiqrity in tha nspu1s-
vote, and .ats; eles. hin him M bsyoPa peaa
tuTe 1si,l,1 ia.a : z Pig Tins foF ysSR0A
/ s,as Somebody tonnA therihsnss n lIta
is now said that Jqhps G Ssxa has cosasss
e aas q 59 shs Gae roe asg sa5
was received z Fret. not thyssR bee.-
cause Of T fools and. hsrss Yours
truly, John G.. Saxe. The daSl III,
the poet = reply may 'bes IN serrzesed "a
Ia rhetorical diversion or as pYVfaiiiiSEy' -
uhdsrstoody ascending To ths iiAslg y
piety of the reader. y,sgsd sffH ssaIiaIa
sssssA careful obsefvef MO I'M u ~ is'a
III been throueh el6icliikan N 4 7fs
his opinion tha.. thxae Iibsta 1spu& n
Tcans and two Democrats viii ~ elected
to the next ianngrtss, hsiag i aa618fsly
Of the dslegatieA i and tla1 ttitGt1 n