The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14

was mad5 upon the Car that day. Here
/ il is:
~ nhilst, disguised as an officer OF the
guards, approached the imperial carriage
on a Journey from Petersburg 10 Tsarskoe-
Selo and fired a revolver twice. The first
shot missed the Gar, but the second per-
fordted his coat The CZarina has since
been suffering from nervous prostration."
There was no such Information in Peters
burg, although thousands Of people OF all
classes went out 10 see the maneuvers, and
would have heard OF 1t if anything OF the
! kind ha / happened
An officer h !gh in rank in Russia. speak
ing OF these stories, said: Il can give you
an infalliblc rule by which you may tell
whether an attack has been made upon the
life O, the Gar. 1t never fails. and the re-
ports OF the police or newspapers do not
affect IL at all. The Gar is an intensely re-
ligious man, almost Il fanatic, and whom
ever his life has been I'm danger he always
has Thanksgiving service in the Kazan
Cathedral. When you hear of such SER
vice you may understand that he has mad a
narrow escape. or some plot to take his lie
has been detected"
Shortly after reviewing the troops at
Tsarskoe-Selo the Gar. with his entire
family and the royal family OF Greece.
started for Copenhagen in the royal yacht.
TO elebrate the 10th birthday of the Queen
of Denmark. the mother 81 the CZarina. the
princess of Wales. and the King OF Greece.
They spent two months there. and then re-
turned 10 Petersburg. During the warm
months the Car Usually goes TO and from
the country palace in a little steamer. an
ordinary looking side-wheeler of two or
three hundred tons. 1t looks more like a
picnic-boat than an imperial yacht. but is
said to be swift and comfortable. He has a
private landing at Peterhoff. and another
at Petersburg. near the Winter Palace.
The boat is not fitted up with anything
like the luxury and elegance that appears
in fha ~flaa of hn of md Il
the Prince Of Wales, and most of the pri-
waite yachts about New York are palaces
compared 10 il. Even the old Dispatch OF
the United States navy. OF which so much
fun has been made. is more presentable as
transport for royalty than the Cars YES
sci. i found il 10 be the case all over Rus
STA that the accommodations for the per-
sonal comfort and convenience of the inn
perial family were shabby.
Tho Cars car. in which he travels by
railroad is comfortable and elegant. as
much so as need be. but does not approach
many OF the private cars L have seen in the
United States. 1t is no handsomer nor
more convenient than the ordinary Mann
| boudOir ears that run between New York
and Boston, and is arranged in the same
way. The Mann car that was constructed
for PATHS use is is as much superior to the
! imperial railway carriage OF Russia as a
residence on Prairie avenue surpasses one
OF those on sixteenth street in Chicago. and
there are cars in the United States that
would make ii look very ordinary.
The carriage i'm which his Imperial Males
ty rides about in Petersburg l. an ordinary
coupe. painted IA dark indigo blue, with the
coat arms OF Russia on the panel 1t is
driven by "a coachman i'm a livery OF white or
ccru and silver. who wears a cooked hat. on
which is a good deal Of silver braid. On the
box beside the coachman. In the footman s
place. Is a Cossack In full uniform. and
armed with rife. saber and pistols. Two
mounted Cossacks usually ride in front OF
the Cars carriage and two behind him
and in the city he goes like tornado. the
/ large splendid black stations that draw the
carriage looking and acting as If they fully
! realized their honor and responsibility.
In the winter the Gar drives I'm sledge,
which has n cover that may be lifted in a
/ storm or when tho weather is cold. as all
/ Russian sledges have. Great precautions
are taken when his Majesty goes out Be-
| fore he leaves the palace the police have
\ had thcir notice and instruction by tclo-
phone. and are informed OF the route he i'm
tends 20 take. The ordinary force OF patrol
men is doubled along the way. and those on
! duty are informed of their increasing re-
sponsibility. Besides tho regular patrolmen
"A battalion OF detectives Is turned into the
streets. who carefully scrutinize every
passer-by and watch their movements
They are in citizens dress. but wear
badge which admits them everywhere. and
Is equivalent. when shown TO an ordinary
patrolman, TO orders from headquarters 70
do what tho wearer asks IL one OF these