The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-16

little HNlonlii0u" palace in iioilin suf
Tered in the same WAY from the SAINT
narty. Then %sprlghtly Margarine says
nat 'ftho desOfttiun ~ Jerusalem was
EVERY where in u, aud u vas ~ ruined
~ almost a. need rebuilding Every.
uua has heard Of the important part
plsyed hy the cane Ia the domestic
cnnony ~ Frederic William 1, III
Prussia, hut that eccentric monarch
was nothing la comparison a. his Rus
sian brother ia the Gaming line, Peter,
when the it was On him, literally ral ed
eNeTvhOdy-frOm his cook Ia his ruun-
selur, from the meanest peasant Ia the
highest nu~ble-spaTing neither ~ nur
sex. lie would get up from the table
and Hog the host who WAS nhlucky
enough IL entertain him, tie would
stand at the door at the senate house
and ilOg each senator that went in, Lee
tort MAS an Intimate and trusted friend,
vet On slight "pIoNOcatlOn he was
knocked down and brutally kicked hy
his imperial guest, But all this logging
was inth6 way OF recreation, When Peter
"meanI business" IL was u more serious
matter. Incredible as II may seem, tits
nevertheless well authenticated that one
0f his W sislers-it il said, moro than
one received a hundred strokes of the
whip on her back in the presence OF the
whole court. In l.l3, Alexis, his only
son who OutliVod infancy, was Tor some
O'lense III no great seriousness seVcTal
times tortured in tho pre- sonce Ofthe dia-
b0llcal father, n n lew hours later
died either from the effects Of the tor
lure or 10y assassination. For sympa-
thiZing with Alexis, the Princess
Golitsyn. the bosom companion of the
Empress Catherine, was publicly whip
ped by soldiers. For the ana reason
the brother oI his first wife, EudONia-
whom he had thrown into pris0n-was
tortured, and then broken alive on the
wheel, An alleged lover Of EudoNia
was tortured In Peters presence almost
daily for six weeks by the kn0ut, by
burning Goals, and red-hOt IRONS, by
being lied down To a nlank fun OF sharp
spikes, aud finally impIled. Nothing
ever told of Nero Is more horribly
grotosque than this.
Miss Hamilton was u fair maid of
honor To Catherine. Amer u casual init
macy with Peter she bestowed hor ten
dornoss elsewhere without Interference
ON his part, but when, 10 oNtricaio her
self from resulting cmbarrgSslncnts,
she took To iuiantluidc, lie brought her
Ia trial. Condemned Ia docapllatiOn,
she mounted the scail1ld in u dress OF
white satin, trimmed with bows of black
ribbon, looking more lovely than ever.
But not alone; Peter appeared at her side,
aud strainlng her 10 his breast, "a
meutCd that tho divine law forbade him
Ia spare her. \ moment after the beau
tifui head rolled from the block ~ his
feet, and, lifting IL by tho ear, ho i'm
p inted n last kiss upon the qulyering
lips.
The russian ambassador, Priit@, AS
serts in his official dispatches, that dur
ing the memorable suppression OF the
Sirilian revolt, Peter gave - banquet,
sent for a score of rebels, and every lime
ne drained Il glass, struck oil 4 head, in
viting the envoy TO join la the sport.
With such sins laid Mt his door, II is
scarcely worth while to mention
lighter ones; Ia say that Peter was u
giutton, %drunkard, addicted to every
form oi sensual indulgCncc,Hn irrcdecm-
able blackguard and %rlIiiiln, spurin' no
woman ia his lust and no man in hls
wrath, utterly infamous in all the rcln-
tons OF life, II scOilrr nt virtue in either
sex, "A muckcr OF religion, diving five
weeks after participating in the election
and conservation OF Il hurIesqI" pope.
Yet this man, or monster rt.r ~, j. pa.
radcd before the word Us Potter the
Great. $780, Cincinnati Comuiercial-Ga-
2Ctte.