The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-10-27


All, one who has once seen the pict-
urv-a.e lit,le Village n Iabcria VIII
never forget II.
On t'Ae rirhi ard left There rise. like
giants from ihe rel clay bed below. two
high cliii> which tower above the sur-
rounding plain. and are rrI'e ted III tie
W rA. which here spreads out like a
laNe ~ 4 crceps laxily along. rlppling
AMI rgartiine about their feet.
on The highest ~ the ellis stands the
ralAe w the Prince Alexis Your i,ch
On Tile other cliifihe famous monastery
M ~'. MacariuS. with richly decorated
churches their malls brilliantly PAINTED.
thr.r fantastic eupOla~ ~ blue and pnr-
ple t;nmcd with golden stars. 'ermi-
nailr8 IN gliftrrin~ cro~s4s which seem
in nrnnltn' ami triumph over the ores
cent.
li4 lhc rrr center ~ tho village are
ihr nAfAt slaltA~. few cotton factories
anu scnIc lrNn works
Ain- tht banks arc hnrc barns FOR
thr crit- grain. and beside TIM wharf
an SCORES VI harxc~ anil Nnais Ark like
lo1Ei'x buas painted III rsd and green.
cath iusn ~htH ,..ih pair ii eve. al ~
humS fn~ completes thu picture Of
lrtiiN fiin xa rria
IL nlK nalers will onlv asld a MINI N
dak I'M sii is lnl.ness "a Iiuht nnd
warmth tie ne erendin- sound NJ Tile
bAll. ts An t'lr ID mastery and itS church,
MY. fliR mellow bleatinx IN Tie sheer III
tltc slisinni pasture lanslx. and NE sweet
raAslr yNte ~ The cuekUO aud iser-
nls sslrE.A. lleari biit urxNr ~Fen. ann
inNN wl.l prma saint idea pfihc strange
and srN rt charm 81 this bu.y little
Russian aillA4e.
HIRE l. i.Se scene oi story which
heAfd -psue mAths a~p from M Oh
man. nlY HnIs,ian guide. and which well
illustrates hr strange lite Of Tile kl~.
sistils IN n former generations Ii seems
ike 4 erf,el picture from the Middle
AHfS
a~ wf lei~Nfciv assembled The Gin on
thc ixhi. III guide ~hunk H. hcad Anil
seemed 'A rexir, The Old times. when
AT ilH lir ana iay IA the village We're
IN WALL iylit. and no one dared even
~ spsa aloud tlow
N1w. A'l II changed IL began. A.
VI climbed toward the castle. W.
arr MA irrr. ~ hn Surc. hut there ~ ia
ute NJ lptk after W.. ami M one 10 keep
NJ N rn!rr. Mil ~ sighed deuplv.
ily ihi~ tine va hail assembled the
Steps anh lind begun ~ explore Ire H.
SERTED palace with IT, gardens over
m NM. Nth weeds. it. payili1ns. fonn-
tainS. sni,les. out houses and under
Enuna prisons. In few moments III
aislR'l The -trrat AMI noble tamil a.
Who once lived here are VII dead mid
gone
~ paused ia The deserted drawing
rN"ins and the banquet halls. and could
hnrsill tear ourselves away from the
s.il inrilx-lurnishcd pirture-gal.ery.
Here were Solnc startling family por-
traits onr On the rght III Prince Alexis
iunrlviirh himself Of whom terrible
iales Are lold What cruel. v.i~kci
iare llai wasl The artist hill .,a,nncd
IN Iie anNas TIN diaiolical character
q thN man M hnd portrayed.
NrNt IN him was charming portrait
ri ihe Princess Natalie Dauiclufna. biz
Mir- Young AMI lovely woman. with
,ar-n dark ctcS. q rirh. brown Skin anil
A-llsish brown hair. dressed iii the Il Y ID
n i.nuis XIV.
un ihn right III the Princess wa lie
portrait: ln fun length. of military
o,iirer. Prince Boris. her only son. and
clvHc tp this. ~ Judge from The form.
1hNt N Y Very young lady dressed ID a
pale billie rohe III antique fashion. III
nrr beautiful hand she held rose. hnt
shr Whole n Che facc was smearcd with
b'Aek paint
Ahl thereby hangs dreadful iaic. \
sald Inc Guide. N londcr Prince Alexis
ionr'vl'cli pointing % thr picture
va great md awful mnn. llc
OWL TN les than three thousand