The morning news., 1894-10-21

accession that plans were not in progress
for his taking off. There certainly mas
been no day. since that on which the
father was killed, when the world az
large would have been surprised by the
news that a like CORY fate had pelalleh
the son. Now that it is known the
world over that more relentless enemy
than the nihilist has marked MN Ior
his own, that a disease, whose progress
may possibly be stayed little, put cahhot
he stopped has fastened upon hln' ne is
of even greater interest than ever before
ana more than ever the title of 'unfortu-
nate Dotcntae" is now an appropriate
one for him who sits on Russia I'M
perial throne.
OF Alexander's SURPRISING physical
STRENGTH the world has often been toIu'
His ability to bend and twist silver com
between his thumb and fingers ms prov
ess as a wrestler his endurance a. anu
delight in severe physical tasks an Ileeo
have been exploited. But few are aware
that the Car, ever since he has been a
Car, has been a tireless and uhfeHllt-
ting worker at the desk. Yet TINS Is
true, and his determination, formed very
shortly after the death OF his laLhet' 20 I"
master the details of his Imperial lop
is supposed to have been the leadlnB
cause mat has made his life, as one has
said. rather that of PORE tnan Oh d se0-
ular monarch"
1t has been the custom Of AleXander
when residing at Catchino' to rise AZ
o'clock in the morning. After MS o oetu
and toilet the first hour or two are spent
IN a morning stroll. A modest pfeaNlda1
follows, after which he engages III sever
manual labor of some sort-bulldlIle "@iis, e,,,
chopping logs. digging bitches or othci
occupation more fit for a peasant thah d
Car. He has always held that this only
would fit him for the mental work Ihtl
must come later in the day, ana Winch' W
him. has always been much more utIlISut'
than the physical eXerttonS Just SPOKEN oi'
Of course his most important uulies
have been the reading of great numbers
Of reports, ukases and other documents
which. in order to be effective, must re-
ceive the imperial autograph. Unuke some
monarchs of lesser power, Alexander mas
always aimed to peruse every one OF thSse
papers from beginning to end in the nope
that in that way he would be able TO ar
rive at the real truth concerning every
thing appertaining to his government "
ten when dissatisfied. he has declined 10
dftiN his signature, and whether slgninb ot
not, IL has been his custom to make notes
Indicative of his views upon the matters
treated by the documents, upon their
margins. always left wide to give ais hand
FIJI swing.
some OF these documents Of the Car
an Of which have been carefully pre-
served by covering the portion the inn
perial hand has written upon with kind
Of glaze, have been very forcible and not
always very refined The phrase They
are "a set of hogs" rs said 20 be the one
that occurs more frequently than any
other among his notes. Another is
What beast he is" Reports of lires OF
crop failures, of famines epidemics and
other disasters are almost invariably la
hclled "Discouraglng. and once, when he
N..n Hf.NH ..N
q document presented to him some evil
oence that his advisers had intended TO
hoodwink him. he s said 20 have written
good, long ago had u not been for the sim