Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-11-02
There are Spices and Spices
but Ny Spices are Spices.
PURE SPICES
And seasonings, whole and
ground at reasonable prices.
CHAS. X. PARTRIDGE,
DRUGGIST, Opp. Post orlce.
100 lbs. fine new crop ieaf Sage,
just in, selling for 25 cents pound.
Mrs. Cookbook saws her minoe pies are better
than Mrs. MiNhy's. because" e,"she adds,"i always
buy my spices at ra,,rdge's Old Reliable Drug
Store"

cept an offer of marriage from Paul Demi-
doff. prince of San Donate, and so, when
the elder brother died ard it was decided
that for reasons of state Ale xsnder should
marry the Princess Dsgmar, he made no
determined opposition.
The marriage took place Nov. ., 1866,
and although authorities conflict about al
most everything else pertaining to the life
of Alexander III there is no doubt that the
married life of the couple was almost an
ideal one, notwithstanding the unusual cir
cumstances which led to their union. Czar
Alexander III WAS killed by nihilist bomb,
March IS, 1881, snd his son succeeded him
Immediately ss Car Alexander III.
During the years that he had hecn heir
spparept he seems 10 have neglected no op-
Fpor,unity to III himself for the exalted ard
ardpoos duties that were before him.
Whether lis design was to so rule Russia
as 10 make its people happy and prosper
Gus or simply to strengthen the Russian
tbrone is a question upon which there arc
vital and radical differences of opinion.
Certain il is'that he changed the policy of
his father, who had freed the serfs snd had
in many ways indicated desire TO prepare
/ His country for more liberal adninistra-
ton Of the government.
The cause of popular education, which
had received some engagement under
the father, was crushed by the rule of the
son; the press, which, though restricted,
had faint semblance of freedom under the
old, say fs,ierei absolutely under the new
1 tRaims;. Siberia, bad enough always, be-
came the horror of the century; the Jews,
" hose lot was never pleasant one in RUS
sis, became the subjects of the NEST nale-
violent persecution.
With private citizen the presumption Is
for innocence till guilt is proved; with a
hereditary ruler the chances are even. but
with an absolute ruler, especially ROM
anoff, the presumption is always that he is
| despotic. We may therefore, with perfect
safety, re ject all the excuses made for AL
exarader LII that he was kept in ignorance
of the horrors Of Siberia; that the real con-
diton of his subjects was carefully con-
cealed from him, and that he was only
cruel where it was a cruel necessity. That
he was a devoted husband and father is to
his credit some of the worst prosecutors
have been SO. The hard cruel fact re-
mains that he reversed all the liberal move
ments of his father, gave the penal laws
sharper edge, treated jews and Poles with
strocious cruelty, adopted the worst fes-
lures of 80 called panslavism and to the
very last quarreled bitterly with his son for
not being equally bigoted and intolerant.
He was most fortunate in his marriage.
Indeed the whole history Of the Danish
royal family is the pleasantest in the recent
annals of Europe and 10 delightfully."- colored
with romance. King Christian IN and
Queen Louise began life in quite humble
rank comparatively, for he was merely the
fourth son of Duke William of Sleswick-
Holstein, but when the old royal line be-
| came extinct the great powers combined to
extinguish jealousy by making this young
er son king of Denmark. and he took the
throne Nov. Is, 1868. His oldest daughter
is now Princess of Wales, and his second
the widowed czarine. His second son is
King George l of Greece, and the other
daughter and two sons are most royalty con-
nected. SO little Denmark, largely because
it is little and not dangerous, is prolific of
royalty.
Maria Dagmar became Maria Feodoronna
when che married the czarowiiz, gave up
her German Professionalism and became
member Of the Greek Catholic church, and
by all accounts has introduced a much
needed element Of mildness within the
blood of the imperial family, for among
thousand contradictions it is at least agreed
that her son, the successor of Alexander
III, is purely German Danish and quite
unlike his father in form and disposition.
Five children were born to the Car and
Czsrina-Nicolas Alexandrowitch, born at
St. Petersburg May Is, 1868; George Al
exandrowitch, born May ., 1871; Xenia
Alexsndrona, born April 6, 1876; Michael
Alex androvitcb, born Dec. 3, 1878, and
| Olga Alandrowna, born June l3, 1882.
OF bis children the Gar, as model fam
| ily man, was very fond. and many stories
are told of the methods he used to adopt to
give them pleasure. He was very fond Of
amateur thestricals, and he was never hap
| pier than when getting up plays in which
his children we're to figure as actors. Like
Charles Dickens, he got an amazing amount
! of enjoyment out of the details Of impro-
vising play, wardrobe, curtain and every
accessory out of ordinary materials and in
the face of serious difficulties. Besides his
I Own children the actors almost invariably
| included the elder children at the court,
young lads who some day might rule prov
inces-possibly kingdoms-and young girls
destined perhaps to be the mothers Of long
lines Of princes and princesses.
In religion, Alexander Iii was q thor.
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