The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-24
The Gar OF Russia.

| SPEAKS only French and German but,
at the same time, he is the first Emper-
or who speaks Russian in his family,
while his father spoke only German,
and his grandfather French. The
Emperor Is military, like his father, but
not so exclusively so as he. Bodily, he
IS PROBABLY the strongest man in Rus
sla when he was Crown Prince. IN
stead OF leaving visiting card when
calling he would frequently twist a
gold piece and leave it, so great was his
pride IN showing his friends how strong
he was. have seen him crush a oold
vase by mere hand power. This is I'M
doubtedly due to his regular habits He
gets up every morning at five; takes
cup OF coffee; hears the Greek mass
he is very religious man and then
begins to work looking over State
papers At nine he takes breakfast
with MS wife After breakfast he exer-
cses. In the gymnasium he is as much
hlng as he is on the throne He also
chops wood, and is particularly fond of
riding horseback. After his exercises
he holds his daily audience. At dinner,
at SIX, he eats little, and takes only one
glass OF Burgundy. After that, if there
is no ball or court reception, he eats
with his family, reading to his wife
while she embroiders. -
Chat sounds domestic"
"les, the present royal family is do
metic, The King leads a better home
lifeprobably than any ruler Russia ever
hat This is partly on account of his
wife, who is of retiring disposition.
Who is his wife? She is the second
daughter of the Queen of Denmark
(who, By the way, is considered the
greatestmatch-m maker in Europe,) and
the sisterOf the Princess of Wales; but
she is mu,h better-looking and brighter
intellectually than the Princess. Her
ia her Is as stupid as her mother is
clever. r,member one day he went
hunting nea Copenhagen, and forgot
| his rldlng-bopts. He wanted his aid to
haze them seat by telegraph, and when
the aid said il was impossible, he an
swered Il ktow it's not the custom to
send things tht way but ! thought
they woulI make an exception with
me- That shows about what kind
of man he is. But we We're
talking about Russia, not Den
mark. When the present Czarina
| went to st. Petersburg as bride she
was not accustomed to the splendor of
the Russian palaces, and the gay life
did not suit her. She preferred more
domestic retirement, and her wishes
the Gar is always Wiling to carry out,
for the very good reason that he is in
love with her-a thing that you do not
! always lind in court circles, because
the alliances are too often nothing but
marriage du convenience. There is no
doubt, however, that the Gar and his
wife are devoted to each other. As far
back as 1867, when very young man,
he was at great court reception in
Paris, and the Empress Eugene asked
him which of the ladies present he
thought the most beautiful. He an
swered that he was too much of bar
barlan to think any woman more beau
tiful than his own wife. The Emperor,
in short, lives and acts like man who
accepts the duties of life, and tries to
perform them as best he cam"
docs he fear the Nih.lists."
mo, SIR. 1t is all humbug to say
he Is coward. He is not afraid of
these revolut. onists. The only great
anxiety he suffers is on account of his
wife The conspiracies have affected
| her nervous system so seriously that q
kind of consumption has set in which
will probably send her to a too early
grave. AS for the Emperor himself, |
| don't believe he knows what fear is. In
all my experience with men | never
have met a man who has greater cour-
age or Il more iron will.
Are the Nihilists in Russia as nu-
merous rs they are represented to be?'
''iy no means. find that the peo-
| pie in this country have the most eX-
tavagant ideas of this subject They
seem TO think that Nlh.lists are found
everywhere in Russia, when, in fact
the reverse is the case. Russia has q
| population of ninety-three millions. Out
If these only three millions belong to
the high or educated class, four millions
belong to the middle class, and five
millions more know how to read and
write, but the others are illiterate Out
of the first and second classes the Nj
| hilists come. Their number is small,
but they are men of wonderful bravery
and marvellous energy. Every person
who olns their secret order pledges one
third of his property, and in cases of
necessity a second third. A great many
of the adherents are in the departments
of the government, and especially in
the police department" From an IN
| teryieIC in Baltimore 41lericn3