Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28

Young man, who declared he was the son
of ivan, appeared to be about twenty or |
twenty-five years of age. If Demetrius had |
lived he would have been twenty-five years I
old in 1908. He was small Of stature, but
broad shoudered, and possessed OF re-
markable vigor and agility. II Is well |
known that the mother Of Demetrius was
quite brunette, and that Ivan the Terri !
Bile was rather below the middle height.
Those who remembered Car Ivan per-
ceived family likeness in the face Of the
/ unknown, who further exhibited two
warts which he had, one on his forehead
and the other under his right eye. Que of
fis arms, also, was rather longer than the
other. All these signs, apparently, were
well known to have been remarked in the
child who had died at Ooglltch. 1t was
in Poland, then more powerful country
than Russia, and not well disposed
towards Boris, that the young Pretender
gained his first adherents and matured his
scheme Of invasion. His most active
friend was George Minszeck--Palatine OF
| Sendomir--with whose daughter the adj
venturer fell In love. The eXertions of
this friend won over the papal nnncio at
the Polish court, and also Sigismund,
king of Poland. BY one means or another
Demetrius got together considerable
force OF Poles Cossacks and Germans and
invaded Russia, where there was already
an enthusiastic disposition TO receive him
as the lawful car OF the progress
OF the imposlor's arms, till by the
defeat OF the forces of Boris and
the death of Boris himself, he was
able to enter Moscow in triumph, | can
not here give detailed account. Enter
ing Moscow on the 20th of June, 1905,
Demetrius Immediately assumed the reins
of government and sent for his betrothed,
Marina, the daughter of Minszeck, to
share his throne. The marriage was cell
ebrated with feasts and ceremonies of
barbaric pomp; and the only drawback to
the universal rejoicing was the discomfort
of some of the Russian boyards with the
introduction of so many foreigners into
Moscow, and with the favor shown to
them and their religion by the new car.
His conduct and all his habits contrasted
singularly with those of his predecessors,
He was resolved to reign by himself, to
know everything, to see everything with
his own eyes. He would have neither
favorite nor master. lie was determined
that all should bend to his will; and yet,
! despot though he was, he was fond of dis
! cussion, and allowed his boyards the most
complete liberty to contradict him. He
daily presided over his council; and his
prodigious memory, his quickness OF per-
ception, and his penetration, COMPOUNDED
his ministers. They inquired where he
t could have gained such thorough ac-
: quaintance with the state of his EN-.
5 pire, IFS wants, and its resources
e Though tolerating and even inviting
a contradiction, he too frequently abused
], his superiority to rail pitilessly al
5 adversaries whom he had convinced oil
h mistake, or whom respect had reduced tc
n silence. His pleasantries left wounds as
L deep as the insults of capricious ant
a unreasoning tyrant could have produced
e Moreover, he too openly displayed {
e partial preference for foreign customs
:, which shocked the prejudices OF thu
d Muscoyites. When he entered Moscow
Ii it was still prey to the ravages of fam
IS inc, and misery prevailed throughout tht
It city. lie succeeded in promptly remedy
% ing this sad state OF affairs by wise regu
+ lations which, by encouraging commerce,
1t and the Importation of food, soon pro
e. duced abundance in the place of dearth
g He also applied himself, from the yer,
d outset of his reign, to reforming the ad
Is ministration Of justice by setting bound
IS to the rapacity of the judges and pro
/, hibiting the slowness of their proceed
re ings Following the example of man
n cars whose memory was cherished Il
in the traditions Of the people, he appeare
TO every Sunday and Wednesday on tn
he threshold of his palace, and there re
as ceived all petitioners with kindness, lis
ut tened patiently TO their statements, an
to frequently terminated with single wor
MS an affair which has lasted for long years
of If he found it necessary to reject a II
sc quest, he did 1t with so muc
s consideration, that his obligin
words gave almost as much sati'
as faction as II he had granted favor. II
Ia, indefatgable activity Of mind and bod
ty astonished all his court; but the Mu
&c. covites, accustomed to the solem
ed etiquette of their cZars, thought he wa
N, sometimes wanting in dignity. Whel
NJ ever he heard of any new brunch of india
lie, try, he Immediately became DESTROYS I
he introduce 1t into Russia, and made IL
as most advantageous offers to skillful art
Try sans and enlightened merchants, in ord
III to induce them to settle in mis- dominion
)e- He was fond OF the arts, and particular
m of music, Ii Is said that he was the iir
ed car who took vocal and instrument
y performers into his service. During h
ed meals symphonies were executed
a Polish fashion then newly introduce
as and regarded almost as scandalous by Il
le, the Russians Many persons would hay
se preferred that he should have got drur
IN with his buffoons, like Ivan the Terribl
ms rather than that he should listen to Gle
zee man or Polish musicians His skill in q
ng warllkel exercises. and his dashing Il
Is trepidity, gained him the admiration
nd his soldiers, and especially of the Co
ne sacks; but the mass of the nation found
srs difficult to reconcile This restlessness ar
m, taste for useless dangers with the i'd,
ad which they had formed to themselves of
me car of all the Russians. Scrupulol
III persons, in particular, found mu,
ra- TO complain of in his conduct,
on all that regarded religious practices. /
tlli was nattentiye at divine service, /
the frequently forgot to salute the holy ii
OUT ages before taking his meals and
IN sometimes rose abruptly from table wit
zen out washing hrs hands. This was tn,
OF considered the height OF impiety. A
my o,her crime imputed to him was that
req did not go regularly to the bath ON So
us urdays. Besides deyotlng his attentlt
on, to internal reforms, Demetnus cherish,
us schemes for aggrundizing Russia amor
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