Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-07

The Rolnanofs, to which family the pres
ent Czar Of Russia belongs, have been the
reigning power in that country since the
early part of the seventeenth century, and
have indeed been the most conspicuous
rulers of Russia since the Tartar invasion.
The first of the Romanof dynasty was Mi
chael Fedorovitch, who was the grandfather
of Peter the Great, one of the most promi-
nent figures in the worlds history. The
family also numbered among its members
Alexander I, who was the first to break
the power of Napoleon, and followed the
latter to Paris. Upon the monument on
the battlefield of Boradina is the fol-
lowing inscription: Napoleon entered
Moscow 1912, Alexander entered Paris 1914"
Of this the Russians can be truly proud.
Nicholas, the grandfather of the present
Car, was one of the most despotic sOver-
eigns. His character was stern, and he
made up his mind with great rapidity and
his opinion once set was infleXible. When
the engineers consulted him as to the rail
road to be built between st. Petersburg and
Moscow he drew straight line between the
two places as the route. During his reign
the great Crimean war was fought. Nlcho-
las thought his army was invincible, but
the result of the campaign learned him 9TH
erWise 1t is said that he never recovered
from the shock of the defeat, and in conse-
uuence died broken hearted. Alexander
III, the present Emperor and Autocrat of
all the Russians, succeeded to the throne
after the murder of his father by Nihilist
conspirators March 13, 1881. Alexander III
was born March 10, 1915, and since his ele-
walton to the throne has seldom appeared in
public, but has lived in the closest retire
ment at Gatchna. He was crowned at
Moscow, March 81, 1888, amidst great pomp
and splendor and the coronation exercises
were chronicled even to the slightest detail
by the newspapers at the time. He is noted
for his sympathy with the old Russian par
ty who are prejudical against all foreigners.
His younger brother, the Grand Duke Alex
as, visited the United States in 1871, and was
received with the greatest eclat. The eld-
est child of the present Car is son, and
was born May IS, 1868.
ASQUIRREL AND HER BABIEs.-Old cit
liens of Toledo distinctly remember the
time when there was an emigration Of squir-
rels in this vicinity. On certain day a
gentleman was on the banks of Ten Mile
Creek, when the number of squirrels mov-
ing was unusually large. Among the squir-
rels was one that exhibited much mOtherly
care and affection for her two little ones as
to prove most interesting sight. She
reached the bank of the creek where a cross
ing was to be made. The little squirrels
were quite timid about going near to the
water, but the mother cOaXed them until
they seemed satisfied to do as she wished.
She ran along the shore, and finding piece
of bark about foot long and six inches wide,
dragged it to the waters edge, and pushed
it into the water SO that only part of one
end of the bark was resting on the shore.
She then induced her little ones to get on
the bark, and they at once cuddled closely
together, when the old squirrel pushed the
bark and it's load into the stream, and,
taking one end of the bark in her teeth,
pushed it ahead of her until the opposite
bank was reached, when the young squir-
rels quickly scampered up the bank of the
creek, and the mother rested few minutes,
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