The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-05-14
THE czAR's TEN.A,NTs. ss.,

Palace of the Gear, which may he given
4as tDhsfIht6gN N1he sgresks extent Of tho
place, and the possibilities of mischief
1t affords. III the time of Nicholas,
the father of tho present Czar, anumber
f0 sonGt0 Nefa pmtSd on tho roof to
guard agatpstI hse gor foes. Finding
the climate up there not altogether so
comfortable as could be wished, this
Permanent watch at length contrivetl
to C0ovey on 10 tho roof tho materials
for q number OF huts or cabins, which In
course Of time they erected under the
shelter OF the chimney stacks. Sosnug
and cosy did they manage to- make
themselves TINT Il at length occurred to
the married moa aua0slg them that, rs
there was pleptyof room up there, they
might as well enlarge their establish
tnents. Accordingly wives and fam
lilies, one after another found tlsetrway
out on to the Imperial leads. Several
OF the single members of the guard,
OF setting up housekeeping ecOuOmt-
cally, took wives to themselves, and
after awhile quite conslsaerahle colony
had sprung up.
=. How far the development might have
gone ON II the individuals composing
this parasitic little villago' had been
reasonably cautious and careful I'm their
behavlor,it IL Saifttcult to guesss hut the
establishment got famllies among the
chimneys Of the palace led gradually to
the decentralization OF domestic animals.
Fouls rnt,ltinl ted, |, masj nrly. and goats
.beua.naI numerous and iiourishesi so
well in tho braclno atmosphere that at
length II 'xvas s,,Srcstc,l that N cow
mfeht convenientiv be nddci to the
farm stock. How tho animal was
eleve,e,3 v,a Sro mot, n snSnrme1lx ,hut n ia
stste.s, a. a S.et that a. a,ss NV some
moans hoisto.l IN the root ami wos
eventualIv the rnin Of the community.
The iowisk u tho COW came "a. certain
and ~ .fnsal % ,hrsaSs,nS . me- NJ mn ~ soS the Hueer
liasla sncIotw Ewon at .hot. time ~ Ia
said fhnt the Rnssian Emperer felt 40
liftlA coniI.lencc n ii. InrsinInl secur-
ikVf that iilnlo.lv evcr.i ktSASv m which
hknasroorn ~ rssa., s,oar,s.' 10 ,elocr. A
I.Ia,,pa n,,.nl,oe WORN el~aua. ,ks,,f, ready
an6 nnoccunia1I- AMI n hoftime the
Gear would sin into any one cf them
selected at the tliotrient. s'' ~ 'sie
fifirhe Winter Palace, "A iAes4rfbAta as the
laareest. Ilace n. tine, ,woell1. hoInr one
third larger tl,aa that of the Emporor
of Austria. and unsurpassed, In point Of
spiendor. II Is the residences Of the
Uutt SVtSSSUo Otf ttbOtclS USsUtG " 6Uo NeVu,
on the site of a house, which In the
reign of Peter tho Great belonged to
his high admiral, Count Apraxtn, who
bequeathed 1t to Emperor Peter II.
II was'so completely distroyeti by tire
in 1887 that 1t was necessary DO rebuild
It, and ono of tho not least remarkable
facts connected with It Is that its pres
ent form was the work OF two short
years.
." Ctstinc. gfvesa a terrible description OF
the rise of this 5nsonstrols citadel. In
order TO tcomplste the issk at tho time
aPR0iqted by the Gar, the. interior
works were continued during the great
rrosts; ana when the 'thcrfhonctcr
oiatSttle' Yves 30" below zero Iteaumur,
81 * th00saaSi work men were daily shut
up In tho halls heated tOr30o of Iseaumur
in order that tho walls might dry the
SO that these poor wrctchcs
had 10 endure 4 difference ofGO' of tenn
perasure. No wontior, ~ considerable
OF them died daily; and il is
said that; those who were, engaged to
paint the interior Of the most hentetl
fsafi4 were obliged tO 1t1aGe' on their