Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-03
re poRTER's IRON COLLAR.

i. Tx f0RTERS IRON COLLAR.
Abess sixseen miles from st. Peters
burg, III The MI st Of a wide plan, stands
due Cars c0usihy palace of Tsarskoe-
Seio Cars FjIhge), the great park of
Which isa very pretty place in fine
summer weather. All through June
and July, you may see the Russian
children running about under the trees
My scores, with shouting and laughing
[kat would do the Cars heart good to
1esr, nbe were anywhere within reach.
III eEs14 shady spot you are pretty sure
90 fi4s x picnic Rarty making merry on
,the grl<s with two ar three well-filled
Lunch 6aSkets beside Them; and when
y0ut0nie 10 the little summer,houses
ne2r the lake, yOu will most likely find
10 Test half n Dozen people in each,
yather,d asDnnd d big bowl of proSfok-
va Watch Is the Russian name for
crtfss ap0 cream.
Ills lalAjs one ofkhe great Sights
of the park, SQr Is hasa boat-hOuse filled
with naoderS VI every kind of boat in
the world, dowhto Greenland fishing
boats and folynesinn war-canOes: and
when they are all sent floating over the
lake after dark, hylfs with cOlOred lamps,
they make very fine show indeed.
But there is something even better
worth seeing little father on, and, that
is the lalacemuseum, fined with strangS
presents which have been Gwen TO the
Russian Car by various Kings, savage
or civilized, from jewclcd\Sword pre-
scented by the first NapOlcONto Per
sian carpet sent by the -Sneer of
BakhTa.
On table near the door lies avery
curious relic, which every one who
comes in notices at once. 1t is 4 lhge
silver dish, rolled up like sheet of pA-
per, so as to make kind Of funnel; ana.
if YOU ask the old soldier who shows the
museum how it came to be twisted up
like that, he will give knowing grin,
aud ask if you ever heard OF Count
Gregory OrlOf1.
This Gregory Orlof was 4 Russian
count who lived about hundred years
ago, and was not only = count, but an
admiral as well, though there were peo-
pie who said that if he had had TO man.
age he fleet by himself instead of hav-
tire, or four excellent naval cOmman-
dcrS To help him, he would have made
a DOOR lob of it. But whatever doubts
there might be about his Seamanship,
there could be hone about his strength,
for he was one Of the largest and most
powerful men in Russia. Like many
otL er giants, he was, perhaps, just
little too fond of showing of his great
strength. Nothing pleased him more
than TO bend a horseshoe between his
fingers, or pull oft Of the ground Il stake
which no one else could move; and if
one of his sailors turned mutinous, and
began to make Il noise, OrlOff would
Just take him by tie throat, and shake
him as q cat shakes mouse, after which
the brawler was usually quiet enough.
Now, it happened that one night this
strOng-handed admiral was ut an even
ing party at the palace, and as he was
at handing a bouquet OF flowers to one
of the ladies, the silver paper which was
wrSpped around it slipped oil Orloit
said nothing, but stepped to the supper,
table, and taking up silver dish, rolled
il up liked a piece ofpapcr, put the bou-
auet into il, and handed it To the lady;
and this il the dish you see i'll the
museum. =.
Not long after this, Orloff arrived in
st. Petersburg from journey, and was
met at his own door by 4 messenger
from the palace, who told him that the
Eniprcss particularly wished to see him,
and that he must go to her nj once.
Some men would have waited to put on
their finest clothes, and to make them
selves lOol, quite gag and dandified; but
the admiral was used To Obeying orders
at once, and offhe started for the palace,
Just as he WAS.
Now, while the admiral had been
iourncying. there had cOmeto the palace
a new hall-porter who had never seen
him before. This porter was strong
fellow, although not nearly as big as
Orloff and not nicc-tempered man ny
any means; 50 when he saw the adj
miral's big, Coarse-lOOking, sugiy figure
coming up to the door of the stately
palace in a dusty traveling-dresS, he
shouted fiercely:
"Bc off, YOU vagabond! You We no
business here! Who are y0", ] should
like TO know"
Orloff never answered, but stopped
and picked up Il long iron bar that
fastened the door at night. One jerk Of
his great strong hands twisted it around
the pOrter's neck like a ribbon, SO that
the poor fellow had TO hold up the ends,
Glow, my boy" said he, with broad
grin, ego and show yourself to the En-
press with that iron collar on, ana she
will know who am"
Then the porter knew at once that
this be the terrible Count Orloil, OF
whose strength he fell on his knees to
ask pardon. Rut OrlOtf only laughted,
and told him not to he quite 50 ready to
iudre a man by his outside another
time; aud, INDEED, from that day forth,
the porter was always civil to every
body.-Da,1d Ker, IN 81. Nichotds for
JdNw0IBlSSl.