Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-03-11
THE vAoARrEs OF LIFE.
A Russian Count, Exiled from his
Native Land, "Slingimg HASH
I'm nm Eureka Uesfameanf

III 0Hu EUFeM0 AS~e8t0uf0nGe
elbow wonderfully like Forrest ~
More than a score of times has the
above remark been expressed Of late
in behoiding the appearance of a man
on the streets. an evident stranger, now
employed at the Lafayette Restaurant
as a table waiter. More than once have
those who have seen him been struck
with the resemblance borne to Arneri.
cas- great tragedian in his Lifetime.
Who he is, where he came from,
what brought him here, no one SEEM
ed 10 know; and yet Alexander Won
HUM, u Count of the Russian EN-
pire, has in the past three months
passed a eventful epoch in the va
carries Of life. His sad, face,
his strange ~deneanor, and unohtru-
sive ways, awoke the curiosity of the
SENTINEL reporter, and an interview
resulted in the relating of the follow
ing chapter Of Incidents, a gloomy
narrative Of a portion Of tho life of the
hero. told to rs by his friends, he him
self being unable TO converse in En-.
glish, though speaking fiuently the
French, German, Italian, Spanish and
Russian languages.
Alexander Ven Huhm's story.
His father was of German birth, a
scion of the House of Hapsburg, who
early in life left his native land, and
married q lady of rank, a Countess
from the family of Vasiliefskoi, in lin
cal descent from the family OF Peer
the Great. His days of boyhood were
PASSED pleasantly enough in one of the
massive palaces that border on either
side the furbid Neva, and on the com
pletion Of his education under the di.
rection Of the best masters, he received
a commission as an officer in the Roy
al Life Guards, the military escort of
the Gar of all the Rus>ias. Favored
with fortune. the influence Of friends
and roya! indulgence, his military life
was not an arduous one. and most OF
his time was engaged in other duties
than that Of the barracks; he was q
companion of the Grand DIXIE Alexis,
enjoying the latter's confidence to an
extent not granted 10 the royal house,
hold, and was privy In the secret mar
rage Of Alexis, which has caused so
much commotion throughout the
world. Until seven months ago his
life was one of varied monotony. when
the cloud began to rise from the hori-
ron and did not disappear again until
the sun broke through and east its
rays upon an exile.
From IGis Native L,mi.
1t vas the old story. Cupid had
driven the dart home to his heart AT
their first meeting. 1t was at a ball
given in the Taurida palace. She the
daughter of an Obonkoff; the rival a
lieutenant in the Guards, whose snit
was favored by her parents. A GOODNESS
sprany up bet ween the brother officers,
resulting at last in a challenge from the
rival. The meeting was arranged to
take place ut the HOfel de ic etat Major,
the military headquarters. A short
time previous to the passage at arms,
the Preobrazhenskaya Church pre-
sentel a scei,e of "A different character
"a rol,ed priest. "A mar and woman the
uncertain fliekering of u single lighted
lamp, a few short words, and, with an
invocation to Him above. Alexander
Won Hahn and her for whom he was
about Ia he slain were ma and wife.
The ceremony completed they parted,
u "A wife, he To meet his adversary in
defiance of the laws. An hour later
his rival lay at his feet
eOtd lm Nentn'S I'm 1rate.
The slayer fleeing for his life, an nut
law whom no Ru Ssian darei shelter or
protect. His escape was a narrow one,
but was effected 10y shipping from the
port Of Cronstadt disguised as a sailor,
reaching ut last America, Il stranger
in n land of stangers. Regarding with
suspicion every one he met, he sought
- L.. ~. ..l ..,,.t Il. N.ls
\ few days since. In his hurried
flight he dared not visit his mothers
home, and was poorly supplied with
money TO enable him TO live as one be-
fitting his station. He dare not write
tn his mother for fear his whereabouts
will be made known and the avengers
Of his rival follow in quest OF his life.
Without money, without friends, he
had but one resource left on arriving
here. Work-he knew NJ thing of the
meaning of the word; but hunger
must he appeased and work he must.
He has tried "A variety of ways TO carr
a living; endea vored to perform the
duties of a furnace feeder at the Eure-
ka Consolidated works. but failed, and
il now thankful to be given a chance
To live AS u waiter IN a
lie shows pluck, and though an aris-
tocrat IL not too proud to bend the knee
to circumstances and seek a living In
an honest way.
From PANAMINT.-Kiv. Phillips Is
the latest arrival from Panamint. His
story Is sung to the same tune as hun
drcds of others who were beguiled in
leaving good camps for that greatly
overrated one. He left there on Feb
ruary l4th, and was glad of the chance
to turn his back on Panamint. Xiv.
says II they put the whole town IN an
army blanket aud shook it for an hour
nothing more valuable than the sur
plus edition of the Panamint News
could be found, there not being a two
aud a half-piece in the town.
LUMBAao.-We are sorry to state
that S. Wenban, of Cortez, was yester-
day attacked with a severe case OF lum-