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ing OF his brothers. The Grand Duke
Alexander had felt this very much when
he became Unexpectedly the heir to the
throne and suffered from 1t in proper.
ton to his extreme sense Of duty to his
country.
He was in his own odd way Q most
remarkable man: not brilliant by any
means. perhaps not even clever, but
extremely intelligent and gifted with a
sound common sense that made him
rarely commit mistakes in important
questions. He had tried as much as
he could to perfect his defective educa-
ton and had studied as much as his
military duties would allow him when
he found himself faced with new duties
and future grave responsibilities. His
greatest quality was frankness, united
with an honesty such as is rarely met
with. Once he had given his word
nothing could make him break 1t. He
was great patriot and "All for Rus
sia'' became his motto.
The Empress was intensely fond Of
society and Of dancing and pretty
dresses. Alexander III. hated parties,
hut DESTROYS to please his wife, he not
only good humoredly consented to her
giving all the balls she wished during
the winter season but also accOmpanie
her to receptions given In their honor
by various hostesses In 81. Petersburg.
Marie FeodOrovna danced to her hearts
content, and by going about in this
way not only impaired animation to
the season but also helped to make the
sovereigns popular and acquainted with
society. ! have never seen a prettier
sight than . ball at the Winter Palace
during those years. with the crowd Of
lovely women, the glitter Of magnificent
jewels. the artistic gowns and. above
all. the enjoyment that was visible
everywhere.
The Emperor used to play . rubber
Of whist while his consort was waltsing
or going through . quadrille. Some
times. when the hour was late. he would
quietly order the musicians to leave
one by one until there remained but
one to play q last tune; then the EN-
press, laughingly remarking that II was
time to 90 to bed, took leave OF her
guests.
II was a cold November afternoon.
The guns OF the fortress of at. Peter
and st. Paul In st. Petersburg were
laundering their last salute to Alex
ander Ill.,. whose remains were being
lowered into the grave by the palace
grenadiers, while all the bells Of the
great city were tolling mournfuily a
solemn farewell. Round the open vault
his lomily were kneeling. taking a last
glimpse OF tho coffin as It slowly dis
appeared from their sight. Sobs were
heard from the widow and her chill
dren; heartrendinE sobs. which merged
into the low chant Of the clergy and
added poigaancy to the scene.
Beside the grave the new Emperor
was standing, a slight. small figure
with indccision In his movements and q
hunted. anxious expression In his blue
| eyes. When the last rites were over
ne escorted tho widowed Empress to her
carriage. which was awaiting her at Z
side entrance OF tho cathedral ana then
after another look Ut the tomb which
was being closed. he went out OF the
church through the front door. He wa,
alone, and for few seconds paused on
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any really cruel act. He was, with all
his severity. the kindest Of men. The
only time that have heard Of his
having been cruel was on one occa-
sion." and she smiled at the remem.
brance Of what she was going to re-
late, and that was as follows: The
Emperor very often used to drive out
quite alone through the streets Of st.
Petersburg to see what was going on.
At that time there was q guard house
close to the Alexander Nevski Convent.
Now II was the custom when the En-.
peror-and for the matter Of that any
member Of the imperial family-hap-
pend to pass there for the guard to
come out and present arms. and II the
ofiicer in command had been obliged for
some reason or other to remain in
doors the senior non-commissioned off,
Ger came out in his place. Now on that
particular occasion the officer on guard
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Grand Duke Michael Nicolaie-
witch.
Above-Crand Duke Constantine
Nicolaievitch.

aroused discomfort against the existing
order Of things. Many Russians who
had lived abroad and witnessed the
perturbations occasioned in the whole Of
Europe by the revolution Of 1S48 held
the opinion that in Russia, too, some
thing ought to be done to meet the
aspirations of the intelligent classes Of
society toward an Improvement In the
Government. The great qualities Of the
Emperor Nicholas were not questioned,
but 1t was felt that monarch could not
be everywhere. nor see for himself all
the needs OF the nation, and that with a
sovereign less conscientious than he was
. system Of absolutism such as he had
maintained was not possible. The heir
to the throne, on the contrary, was
credited with the desire to govern more
or less according to constitutional prin-
ciples, to try and introduce into Russia
some Of the reforms that had gradually
permeated the rest Of Europe. 1t was
known that his great ambition was to
emancipate the serfs. that he was hu-
name. kind and not the partisan Of ty-
rannical inQuisition a. to the opinions
Of his future subjects.
Tho young Emperor had . great de.
feet, which, to q certain extent. 10 In
herited by his grandson. the present
Car. and that IL Q lack Of hrmness and
endurance in his character. He VA.
easily Influenced. easily led. ana ant to
be easily DISCOURAGED bv the sliehtest
difficulty. Exceedingly sensitive. he
never forgave an Injury or pardoned q
criticism. Al heart he vs. re.iIv NOR.
sutccr.tic ,har hi. sa,h.r h,,, .v,r =
nesr hrom.ht nm -,,,h ,,nr,.r.s 60. "a
h, r."n,s ,,,hr.S .,;.,' ,,,,"..',s.. -. 81" y.
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ever may have been his faults, st!.. hal
crushed the revolution which AZ on
tine threatened to overturn the thror'
Of the Romanoff dynasty.
After Stolypin's death NJ. Kokoy;soy
was appointed head of the Mns,l
and when he arrived at Llvadia 10 Dis
cuss with his sovereign the Inc Of
action which he intended to tax. he
found Nicholas II. arrang.n. soar
prints upon the walls and watching ih'
effect Of his work. When h. saS tn
Prime Minister the first words lat n
said to him we're: "Oh. am -la' ,hl
you have arrived. You can '"'l m
whether this picture hangs wei or not
And during the three days Wl,h
Kokovtsov spent in Livadia hr WAS IN
able to secure serious coAyrrsatIoi
with his sovereign. the lattrr always
putting him of and at last telling lin
plainly that che had come 10 LrillI
to enjoy a holiday. and did not wan 10
be bothered with business m'ti9S
which could be put on until he was
back at TsarskOe- Selo."
During the long winter evenings ,ht
Emperor likes to turn tables and IN gen
eral II fond Of arranging sp.rituals
seances with all the famous mediums
that visit st. Petersburg. At one tmea
particular medium was supposei to en-
Joy his entire confidence and to advlS
him, by means of table turn.nt IN the
most complicated matters Of state.
The relations Of Nicholas II N,h 'hr
different members Of his family AZ" !%
everything else that he does lhie't I"
many and various changes When NJ
assembled the throne his mother wa
supposed to WELD II considerable TO-
huence over him and thourA nat ln'
huence Is no longer as strong J- II Wa
yet II Is certain that he would not ~
against the Dowager Empress in any
thing she wanted to do,
No monarch has ever lea -n'h
secluded existence as the pr'-'nt '11'
Life at court, which used to he " :"
and cheerful, Is now sad and q t'
tivities there are none, eNccr' one ~
ception on New Years Day, 1' WIN
the young Empress never appears
| Among other unpleasant lis wv
young Empress had that of INNS
spade a spade and OF giving ~ 'p'"nss
tion OF the reason which ~ 'h,uS
she had for doing such and 81 'h'',
She determined, for instance, Il. n',, "
her balls only ladies with II h'S.u
regulations and In order to i'' mi '~
black sheep entering her draw row.
she listened to every pos
| concerning the society of n. app
After weighing this more or '',,
fully. she had the list Of inv, ms ~ "A
the next court ball brought 10 A'I Az. ,se
scratched out with her own ana a.
names Of all those whom she nE"' ;"
10 exclude. The result was -lsuu,.
Only few guests, elderly indies wa
present. At, Petersburg wa n'e"'
and loud In Its Indignation. I'ru' ~,
scandal assumed such propo' ms Wv
| Continued on Seventh P'''
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~ COUNT PAUL vAssILl.

A r the time he assembled the throne
n Alexander II. was very popular.
1 \ People had begun to get tired Of
the despotic rule OF his
father. and the Crimean war with
its loss Of life and prestige and the
disasters which 1t had brought upon the
nation had, as liz usual in such cases,
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Diary Of the Late Count Paul Vassili,
Now Given to Public, Reveals
Many State Secrets

thirty considerable aroused BY the publication
Of Letters dealing u the the different European cdpsals These
letters BY Count Paul Vasai
They and Iu oNed rather III ndud letters
People wondered the extraordinary truth h they contained
he they revealed The real their author this day has never
been dsd Count Vos erd He held portont post at Ne
Russian Cynical intelligent wonderfully obsedM Of everything
that around him. his interest life commit the leaves
Of diary all that he heard.
That diary which stretches the Of the Criean ne present
his pGbh before Ne died. Alas death
The Count passed fev months
Nevertheless the roum which contained this diary became accessible
and eontnts about be the public roume pSbhed
by the John Lane Company
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-06-18
The Marble
Savings Bank
RUTLAND, VERMONT.
ARLINGTON
S. Warlow is visiting his pare

S. Warlow is visiting his parents.
Mrs. Philip Swain has returned
to New York.
John l.. Burdette of New York
spent Sunday in town.
Leslie Jones is home from Wor-
cester Academy to spend the summer
vacation.
Miss Gretta Dunn has returned
to NTH Adams after visiting rela-
tives in town.
Miss Fanny Hawkins and Mrs.
Metcalf of New York are at the Bur
dette house.
H. d. LaBatt left Monday for
Manchester where he is one of the
jurors for this term of court.
Elmer Brownson and Miss Eliza
Myers were married Saturday after
noon by Rev. Mr.. Warlow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vealey of North
Adams have returned home after
spending a couple of days in town.
Mrs. Mary Adams of Bennington
and Miss Agnes Rule of Rutland
spent Sunday at the formers home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cullinan are
moving from Mount Kisco, n. T., to
the tenement Of the Misses Hard on
South Main st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Vaughn,
Mrs. Nellie Bixby, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Goewey, Mrs. J. Gaynor and
Mrs. V. Fields attended the Goewey-
Hilliard wedding in South SALISBURY
Wednesday.
Hiram Cross died at his home on
Friday morning of pluro pneumonia
He is survived by his wife who was
Miss Eva Warner and nine children,
the oldest being 16 and the youngest
a baby Of six weeks old The funeral
was held Sunday.
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THE HERITAGE OF THE SAINTS

Oh thou afflicted, tossed with temp
est, and not comforted, behold, | will
lay thy stones with fair colors, and
lay thy foundations with sapphires,
and will make thy windows of
agates, and thy gates of carbuncles,
and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
And all thy children shall be taught
of the Lord, and great shall be the
peace of thy children. In righteous
ness shalt thou be established, thou
shalt be far from oppression for thou
shalt not fear, and from terror, for
it shall not come near thee. Behold,
they shall surely gather together, but
not for me. Whosoever shall gather
together against thee shall fall for
thy sake. No weapon that is formed
against thee shall prosper, and every
tongue that shall rise against thee in
judgment thou shalt condemn. This
is of the heritage of the servants of
the Lord, and their Righteousness is
of Me saith the Lord, lisa. LIV, II to
II. Oh, sad, afflicted and tossed with
trials and sorrows, come to Jesus and
find rest. or if God be for us, who
can stand against US All the great
armies of this world could never stand
against God. Who will be on the
Lords side Choose now, choose now.
Little David came against the great
giant Goliah, who conquered David,
because God was with him. Pharoah
with all his great army tried to take
Isreal. What became Of them
Swallowed up in the sea. Men put
the three Hebrew children in the fur
mace of fire, but God cared for them
the same as the beloved disciples.
John was put in the caldron of boil
ing oil, but God did not let it harm
him. He is the same yesterday, to-
day, and forever. Trust Him friends.
He is the one true and safe friend to
carry us safely through this life, and
save US in the home to come, so near
at hand. o believe and receive Him
now. adv.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-06-18
BONNEVILLE

Miss Tressie Haven Of Brattle-
boro is visiting at f. d. Hayward's.
Mrs. Guy Benson Of Jamaica was
a guest at Arthur Williams Sunday
--Lemue Williams Of Argyle, N.
Y, visited his brother Eli Williams
last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Emmett Tuttle Of
So. Londonderry visited at A. G.
SHADES Sunday.
--Perle Williams and family Of So
Londonderry were guests at Hermon
Fayor's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. b. Carleton Of
Manchester Depot visited at Mrs. Mel
lie Burbank's Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs John Bolster went
to Rutland Sunday TO visit Fred Boil
ster who is in the hospital there. They
found him improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. F. Benson were
in So. Londonderry Sunday TO visit
Arthur Allen who was injured in
runaway accident recently
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-06-18
Smiles Over "Self Help"

An editor who was compiling a vol
ume Of prose selections had proposed
TO include characteristic piece from
Self Help" and the question OF copy
right arose. The publisher (the worthy
head of a distinguished housed him
self took the matter in hand and sent
the editor an autograph note to the
following effect:
IL have written to Mr. Smiles re-
specting the selection you propose to
make from his writings. but there has
been no reply Under the circum'
stances think you had better omit
this piece"
Naturally there is much curiosity as
to how and where "Mr. Smiles was
addressed Manchester Guardian.
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Thousands All Over Country Responding to
sos" Wireless Sent Out by Churches
10 TO CHURCH!

10 TO CHURCH!
Think for minute what this world would be without
churches Are you doing part support them by your
attendance recent years there had been surprising falling Oh
in church attendance figures People stayed from church
some because they had lost faith but the great number be-
cause they had become apahec 1t time that this apathy
ceased And it large extent With the advent OF the
GO TO CHURCH movement there has been splendid awaken
ing all over the country Religion had only been dormant
The GO TO CHURCH call found ready response New
churches sprung up in many quarters The old hurche
which for some past remarkable for their empty peW
suddenly took on life The pews filed Men and women
who had not been to church decade back to the foo
They brought with them others
THE CHURCHES SENT OUT IS o S" WIRELESS NEWS
PAPERS HELPED so DID THE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
COMPANIES so DID THE TRADEsMEN NOVEL IDEAS FOR
WORKING UP ENTHUSIASM WERE PLENTIFUL IN CHICAGO
FOR INSTANCE FIFTY IN SHOPS ON THE WEST SIDE
WERE ENLISTED THE OF INTERESTING THEM WAS
HIT UPON BY A CLERGYMAN WHILE UNDERGOING RAZOR
OPERATION HE ASKED BARBER TO REFER TO THE GO
TO CHURCH MOVEMENT WHILE SHAVING HIS CUSTOMERS
AND THE ARTIST THE sTRoP CONSENTED SHOP AFTER
SHOP WAS VISITED UNTIL FIFTY AGREED TO SPEAK ABOUT
THE MOVEMENT. THE PLAN WORKED WONDERFUL RESULTS
ALL THAT THE PEOPLE WANTED WAS REMINDER THE
STORY OF CHICAGO is THE STORY HUNDREDS OF OTHER
PLACES EVERYBODY HELPED THE THING ALONG. DO YOUR
GO TO CHURCH
Keep GOING TO CHURCH,
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DR.. Abernethy once visited crusu
old laird who was laid up with govt
He wanted to get out with bis gun
aud was In a temper and while the
doctor was looking at his foot swore
roundly at him for tlnkering at bis
toes and asked him
"why don't you strike at the root
and get me BETTER
Solemnly the doctor got up, took his
walking stick and smashed to pieces a
decanter OF wine which was standing
on the table The astonished laird
sprang to his feet and demanded an
explanation
oh" said the doctor. II am only
striking at the root
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-06-18

Your Future
Prosperity.
Being a matter of considerable
importance isn't there every
reason in the world why yea
should look into and thoroughly
investigate any method that will
help you accumulate faster?
Especially when the method
doesn't cost you anything to Use
it. Look into Our Bank Account
Plan--the habit of using it is
easy to acquire, and when you
have used it long enough to rea-
lie its advantages you wouldn't
think of handling your finances
under your present method.
1 Per Cent Interest on Deposits
Trustees:
j. n. Woodfn, NJ +. Wheeler, Z. c.
Lewis, c. f. Ross, L. G. Kingsley, w.
+. Otis, II. l.. Clark.
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TRUSTEES: |. E. Gibson, President;
/. R. Judson, Vice-President; E. D.
Yelling, John Robinson, Edward l..
Sibley, d. F. Gardner, Harrison |
Norton.
c. II. Dewey, Treasurer
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-06-18
EnoIish Moses.

Two hundred and ninety different
kinds Of mosses, it Is asserted, nave
been found in England.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-14

The members of the state railroad
commission will be in Palatka today
for the purpose. of comforting with
business men from Gainesville and
Hawthorne in regard to another
daily train between Palatka and
Ocala, Ooala is vitality interested in
this train. Secretary Rooney intend
ed to stop in Palatka on his return
from Pittsburg, but his injured leg
compelled him to come straight on
home President George MacKay of
the Board of Trade wired to Mr.. w.
B. Taylor of Gainesville to look after
Ocala's interests as well as those OF
his home city; and unless Mr.. Tay-
Tor is prevented from attending the
meeting there is no doubt that he
will comply.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-14
CARD OF THANKS

Many thanks are rendered Mrs G.
D. Washburn for the lovely time the
young contestants had at her pleas
ant home Saturday evening, July II.
The class of young boys, James Brin-
son, Kennett Stroman, Edwin Cook.
Reece Hunnicutt, Turney Colbert
and Albert Frampton, and girls,
Gertrude Demo, Clara Curry. Iva
Colbert and Alice Colbert, with a few
Others met at 8 p. IN. and after a
social time spent in talk and play
ing games all were invited to the
dining room, where a tempting
lunch was spread and fully enjoyed.
The center of attraction was a beau
tiful chocolate cake, outlined with
the white ribbon and in the center
the names of the successful contest
ants of both classes, Alice and Tur-
ney, were beautifully traced. Only
those who had recited for the con-
test were at the large table, and they
were a merry party Much merri-
ment was participated in, as the cake
was carefully cut by the medal win
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-14

Turkey should not worry over the
sale of those two battleships to
Greece. None of the American "men
behind the guns" go with them.-St.
Petersburg Independent.
The Greeks have always fbested the
Turks on the sea. This was so we'll
understood that 500 years ago, when
the Turkish empire was at its great
est, the Mohammed had saying,
that "Allah has given the land to
the faithful, but he lets the infidels
prevail on the sea- At the siege of
Constantinople in 1883, five Chris
tian ships, manned largely with
Greeks, sailed into the Golden Horn
and whipped all the great navy of
Mahomet H., and there is no doubt
but had the Christian nations, COM
bined and each sent few vessels,
they would have saved the city.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-14

Star the next day. Consequently the
Orlando Reporter-Star makes the
amende honorable as follows:
No person who knowns Comptroll-
er Knott thoroughly could suspect
him Of wilfully neglecting his duty
or doing anything but that which he
believed right. Mr.. Knott has done
the frank and manly thing in COM
ing straight to the source of the crit
icism, and has stated his case in
such way as to leave no doubt as
TO his sincerely and devotion to
duty. The country would be much
better off if all public officials were
as conscientious as Florida's somp-
troller."
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-14
ELECTRIC WELFARE OF OCALA

1t Will be we'll for the city council,
slider the feelings of the people of
Ocala as we'll as other factors, in de-
Gliding whether they snail buy cleo
trio current or improve and enlarge
the plant.
Some of the councilmen are sur
prised at the feeling that the mere
proposal to receive bids brought to
the surface, but their surprise was
mild compared to that of the people
Of the city when the proposal was
first made public.
The purchase of the plant, in the
first place, was a popular move. The
plant has always done we'll. 1t has
been the pride of the town, a finan-
cial asset and proof of what Ocala
could do in the way of municipal
ownership. To tell the people that
it was not equal to the work put
upon it was like telling any business
man that his business was doing so
we'll that he would have to enlarge
his factory or his store. To hold on
to and enlarge the plant is to go for
ward. To shut it down and buy cur
rent is to go backward.
At present the city plant has the
certainty of supplying the city and
surrounding territory with current
for all purposes. The increasing
business, if properly handled, will
not only result in cheaper electric
ity to all who take it but in lessen
monopoly, and when the people have
a monopoly, it is not only good bust
ness but good morals to keep it. If
we give a private company an cleo
trio franchise in Ocala, the city can
not, without change of charter,
furnish current for power even to
its own citizens. The present charter
allows it to furnish current only for
lighting purposes, and the moment 1t
gives franchise TO private COM
pany it cuts its own power to give
future relief to the people in half.
Let the councflmen act as shrewd
business men. IF we go on success
fully with our experiment in muni-
cipal ownership, it is more than like
1y that the city wifi In ten years
control all its public utilities-gas
and ice as we'll as water and cleo
trfcity. If these are properly man.
aged, it will be possible for the city
to live and grow and make improve
ments with little or no taxation.
The Star is wen acquainted with
public sentiment on the subject. The
people don't want the plant closed or
current leased. It's their property,
and the council has no right to do
otherwise than heed their wishes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-14

The minority stockholders of the
New York and New Haven will sue
for their lost money, amounting to
S125, 100000 Suit will be brought
against William Rockefeller, Lewis
Cass Ledyard, the estate Of J. Pier
pont Morgan and others who were
members of the new directorate at
the time of the transactions that
have been the subject of inquiry by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. If there is any of the money
left, it will probably be used to hire
lawyers to fight the suit of the right
full owners.