Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-03-23
ed under the sbeltg 4 II ths
sticks. Sa MegAlh coy
lid. thev Ia snsged to u,a ke shenise Ives,

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did they u snsgedt to ma ees henise lyes,
that it at length occurred to the mar
ried men among them that, as there
was plenty of room up there, they
might as well enlarge their establish
ments Accordingly wives and fam
lies, end sftef smother fodhd their
way out on to the imperial leads.
Several of the single members of the
guard, finding such tempting oppor-
tupity of setting up housekeeping
economically took wives to tbeaT
selves, and after while quite a
considerable colony had sprung up.
, How far theg DEVELOPMENTS might
have gone on if the individuals com
posing this parasitic little village had
been reasonablyScautiousgand careful
in their behavior it 1gdfficultya To
guess; out the establish meat of fsusH
lilies among the chimneys Of the palace
led gradually to the accumulation of
domestic animals. Fowls multiplied
amazingly and goats became numer-
Gus and fourshed SO well in the brac-
ing atmosphere thai atslepgth 1t; was
suggested that COW might 'cohver-
iently be added to the farm stock.
How the animal was elevated we are
not informed bnt it a iss stated as
fact that it was BY some means toist-
ed to the roof, and was eventually the
ruin of the community. The lowing
ofthe cow came to certain official ears,
and led to an Investigation and the
total breaking up of the queer little
society. Even at the time it is said
that the Russian Emperor felt SO
little confidence in his personal 80.
curity that nobody even, knew in
which bedr oom be was going y slesp
A large number were always kept
ready and unoccupied, and at bed
time the car would quietly slip into
any one Of them selected at the mo-
ment. The Winter Palace is de-
scribed as the largest palace in the
world, being one-third larger than that
of the Emperor of AustHa, and unsut
passed id point of spIenaor.A II Is the
residence of the car and mis- court
during the winter, and stands on the
left bank of the Neya, on the site of
afouse ,,whichsytn tho reign of Peter
the Great. belongs to his high Admit
raj, Count Apraxin, who bequeathed it
70 Peter IL 1T was cpmplsely de-
stroyed by fire in 1887 SO that it was
necessary to rebuild it, and one Of
tie not leass remarkable 65cts con-
neced with III is that its present form
washtke work of Two short yearsg The
palace is four stories high, or about
eighty feet The frontage is 455 feet in
length, and the breadth $50 feet The
princi pal iehtrance is from the Nevs,
and leads by magnificent fight of
RRIsi ipsISsttsI ssv The
cehArbisBei BuHAago fdAHg Ait8hhq
der's column, opens into large
court. The most magnificent apart
msntsare thsBbpne sosn If PeteE4. =,
wbers the dptou atiosc9rbs sgqeA ply
present their Congratulations on New
Years day; the White Hall /; the Hall
of St George pataueiogram of14O
feet by. sixty feet; the gallery Of the
Field Marshals, and the Alexander
gallery. The interior is most gor-
geous, of splendid halls being filled
with marble, malschite, vases and
pictures willie the crown and other
jewels are of almost sstimableFalue|I