The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-13
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.


Peter the trcat,
Voltairc, in his philosophical Die
tionary," says that Pe9r was "half hero |
and half tiger" log and half tiger
would be nearer the ruth. Macaulay |
declares that "to the ed of his life he !
lived in his palace Lille hog in sty, |
and when he was eutGtained by other
soveroigns, never faiod to leave on
their tapestried wallsand velvet state
beds unequivocal prod that savage
had been there" ii was naturally
swinish in his tastesand habits, and
displayed his swinishnss regardless OF
! circumstances or consequences. When
| William III. visited hin in London, the
air of the room was so FOUL that win
dow had to be opened liiore the English
| king could enter. The lastiness of him.
self and suite almot ruined Eve
! lyn's villa at Dptiord, where
the imperial party were lodged,
and the owner APPLIED for and
received COMPENSATE from parlia-
ment. Twenty years alter the pretty
little "MonbiiOu' palace In Berlin SUI
tered in the same way from the same
party. Then sprightly largruvine says
that "the desolatiOn of Jerusalem was
everywhere in il, and itIyas so ruined
rs almost to need rebuiling." Every
one has heard of the important part
played by the caue II the domestic
economy Of Frederic VILLAIN /. of
Prussia, but that eccetrio monarch
! was nothing in cOmpar.su 10 his Rus
] sian brother in the can \ line. Peter,
when the lit was on him. literally en-! ed
} everybody his cool TO his coun-
selor, from the meanest peasant g. the
y highest noble paring Va ther age nor
sex. He would get up TOM the table
Q and Hog tho host wh1was unluckv
enough 10 entertain hh. He would
stand at the door Of I'M senate house
. and Hog each senator thawent in. lie
fort was an intimate andEustCd friend
yot on slight provud.ion he was
knocked down and hru,3ly kicked hl
r his imperial guest. But 4 this llogGinl
was in the way ofrCcreati9 When Pete
"me8nt business 1t was anore seriou,
y matter. Incredible as It my seem, iti
n nevertheless well autheuthted that on,
= of his own sistcrs--it is san more thar
= one-receiVed n hundred S'ol<ts of IN,
u whip ON her back in the plsence of III,
Y whole court. In l1l3, Aids, his Onl,
IA son who Outlivod iutanCy,Was for som
81 OitenSe of no great serinsness soycra
l. times tortured in the pre- slce ofthe dia
Il bclical father aud O. hours late
JfI Hed-eiiher from the oillts of the tor
n. ture or by assassination For sympa
NJ thi2ing with Alexis, he Princes
s. GOlitsyn, the bosom coupanion of th
ST Empress Catherine, was lublicly whiE
ma ped by soldiers. For I'D same reaso
ar the brother of his first VIE, EudoNia-
il whom he had thrown inp prison-wa
" tortured, and then broket alive on tn
Of wheel. An alleged LOVE of FudoNi
lr- was tortured in Peters Ilsenco almos
ir daily for six weeks by Do knOut, ~
d, burning Goals, and red.Ot irons, b
= being tied down To plan full of shar
NJ. spikes, and finally unpaid. Nothin
rs, ever told of Nero Is ni.e horribl
m grotesque than this.
of Miss Hamilton was a'air maid
nm honor to Catherine. Afleh casual int
nd macy with Peter she beslwed her ten
nd dorness elsewhere without interference
nj. on his part, but when, tolNtricate he
m self from resulting eml rrassment
os, she took to infantcide, hbrought he
on to trial. Condemned to 'goapitatiol
NJ. she mounted tho scatlold a dress
,rs white satin, trimmed with hos of blac
ed ribbon, looking more lOvelyhan eve
of But not alone; Peter appeared her sid
of and straining her TO his l-enst, |
nil mouted that the divine law tlhade hi
en- % spare hor. 4 moment uitd he beal
Nc. tilul head rolled from the I elk at II
,re feet, and, lifting If by the T., he IN
me printed last kiss upon thauiverir
ere lips.
lbt Tho Pru9sian amhassador,N.int a
mo sorts in his official dispatched hat du
,n- ing tho memorable Suppresda of II
al Sicilian revolt, Peter gave banmt
an. sent for q score of rebels, and Very Tin
no drained glass, struck oil Read, /
viting the envoy to Join I'M "a spOi
With such sins laid NJ his or, 1t
.,, scarcely worth while t0nnonti,
~ lighter ones; 70 say that Pa was
Ed glutton, drunkard, addicteR, eve
, I'm form of sensual Indulgence, at,aedoel
lest able blackguard and ruflian, spring
to woman In hia lust and no HSl in /
es- wrath, utterly infamous In ahhe rel
tons of life, scailer at virtudI eth
SEX, a mocker of religion, dlg fl
I. weeks after participating In tn locti
and conservation OF burlesp POI
Yet this man, or monster ratW Is
radod before tho world ms Her
tho Great. Cincinnati CommNal-C
,{.n lpttu.