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donce, is one of the Cars favorite
the real charm of the place. and hun
dreds of men are employed in keeping
them in order. yet the royal family
has little pleasure even there, as the
strange malady with which the
Czarina is afflicted keeps her in con-
slant fear that some harm may be-
fall the Car II he walks in the
grounds.
Peterhoff is the Versailles of Russia,
being rare old palace with many
pictures. Beautiful fountains play in
various parts of the grounds which
the public are allowed to view for a
few hours on certain days.
Beautiful Palace in Crimea.
The palace at Livadia in the Crimea
is the favorite home of the Czarina
for there she feels away from danger
Then. too. the surroundings are far
more beautiful than those Of the cold
North. The interior is one of sim
plicity and there are no heavy satin
curtains to shut out the view of the
wide sea which spreads out in all Its
beauty near the palace. There is a
gravel path to the beach and there
the Czar.na loves to wander with her
children gathering shells and forget
ting the rigorous conventionalities OF
the Court. The grounds are beautiful
for it seems that almost every plant
grows there. even to the flowers OF
England which bring back tender
memories of that far away land. fol
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ness to such an extent that she goes
about the hospitals and is helping to
attend the wounded with her oldest
daughter who Is now a fulhedged
nurse. The soldiers are de-
lighted beyond measure and many of
them have superstition that II the
little mother" as they term the
C2arina, gives them their medicine
they will be sure to recover. The
Russians are so ready to love their
ruler and his family that it seems
pathetic that this devotion should be
treated with indifference by the Car
Totally unlike the rulers of the other
European countries. who try to gain
the affection of the people, the Car
of Russia is almost brutal in his dis
regard for everything connected with
the welfare of his subjects.
Movements a Secret.
Owing to the Nihlism which exists
in Russia. the movements of the Car
and his family are kept secret. His
palaces are perhaps the most mag
nlficent In the world, yet few visitors
are admitted even when the royal
family Is absent. The Winter Palace
with It's hundreds of rooms and its
magnificent picture gallery is the best
known, but even this Is not often open
to visitors. Tsarskoye Selo, where
Peter the Great built n great resi-
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1t will be remembered that during
tho aviation meet held in Baltimore d
few years ago an aeroplane driven by
Arch HoXey fell five hundred feet
landing in cabbage patch mile or
more from the grounds. When the man
who was working in the field reached
him he found Hoxey standing in a
dazed fashion beside his wrecked ma
chine complaining that he had "lost
his glasses" Hoxey was afterwards
killed at an aviation meet in California.
Fate Plays Strange Franks.
Fate has played strange pranks with
aviators. For instance, John Moissant,
who flew across the English Channel,
carried a passenger over Paris and
did lot of remarkable stunts, was
killed in New Orleans when his ma
chine dropped less than nifty feet. The
same thing occurred to Chavez, the
man who made such a great flight
over the Alps and in the end died
when the aeroplane fell fifteen feet.
Colonel f. 8. Cody, England's great
est military aviator. who is said to
ndNO DtCll olt VI Vic 6ltal'S
icians as well. went to his death by
the collapse Of a plane which he had
pronounced perfect just before the
flight Fancy flying, too. has caused
a number of deaths, among them Eu-
gene Ely. who was the first man TO
fly from the deck Of a battleship. This
he accomplished successfully, but later
while giving an exhibition at county
fair ne attempted a spiral glide OF
the Beachey type and was killed. The
aeropiane has even been used as a
vehicle for suicide.
This took place at Warsaw, Poland,
a year ago, when Lieutenant Perlov-
ski went up in his machine. and after
attaining a height OF one thousand feet,
calmly took his hands from the wheel,
shut OFF the engine and allowed the
machine to drop. At first 1t was
thought to be an accident, but a note
found In his quarters afterward re
vealed the fact that he made the flight
for the sole purpose of committing a
spectacular suicide,
The newest fier Is OF the self-right-
ing type-a machine which won the
Bonnet prize in France. 1t was driven
by Morceau who few for thirty min
utes without touching his planes, Dur
Ing hts fight the wind was blowing ~
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The children are growing up without
the companionship of any other chill
dren, consequently they know nothing
OF the merry rough and tumble
games which bring out the ability Of
child to take care OF itself. When
the two older princesses were per-
mitted to visit the hospitals they
were SO delighted to be able 10 be of
some use that they begged to be al
lowed 70 assist in nursing Indeed.
SO e'"er re they to remair away
from The palace that they took to
scrubbing the floors and performing
all sorts Of mental duties in order to
get a glimpse at life"
Occasionally the Car goes shoot
ing on his game preserves. During
the long winter evenings ne likes to
attend spiritualist seances, and all the
famous mediums of Petrograd are at
his beck and call
| He has made frequent visits to Eng
land, France and Germany, usually
accompanied by the Czarina, who on
these occasions seems to shake of the
nervousness which fairly overpowers
her when at home. These countries
have become more familiar with the
! INuSSldH lulcl anu Ills Wll6 lQAh tno
Russian people themselves
Unhappy Family.
The home life Of the Car cannot
be described as ideal for few rulers
have been more unfortunate. He Is
estranged from his mother, his only
! brother banished, his wife subject to
attacks of a strange nervous malady.
! his only son--the idol Of his heart.
afflicted with an inourable disease.
and his country at war. He Is dis
trusted by his people and disliked by
the members of his cabinet who serve
him. His Indifference to the welfare
Of his people began on the day Of his
accession to the throne, when he told
the thousands of people who came
to pay him honor that they were not
to indulge in idle dreams. He Ia i'm
mensely wealthy, as he has the reve-
nue. from more than a million square
miles Of cultivated land, besides gold
and silver mines In Siberia which pro-
duce a princely fortune in themselves.
yet with all this wealth the reigning
family of tho Land Of the Bear leads
a lonely. unhappy life. The reign Of
the present Car has been one Of the
most unfortunate in Russian history.
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they remind her of the days spent
With the good Queen Victoria.
AT present the Car spends much
NJ his time in consultation with his
military staff, for 1t is said that the
great losses in the army have caused
him some worry. Rising early. as
han always been his habit, he takes a
brisk walk in the shut-in gardens of
the palace, after which he partakes
OF tho light breakfast so popular on
the continer. consisting fruit, COT
fee and rolls. The diagrams of the
movements OF the troops are then
laid before him and ne listens to re-
ports from the various departments of
the army. Lunch Is usually tax en-
with the family If the health of the
Czarina permits, after which he again
takes up the affairs Of state until
about four o'clock. In summer he
plays tennis for an hour or two with
his daughters. The Car is particu-
larly fond Of the game and Is said to
be an expert player. In winter 4
sleigh ride in the palace grounds is
substituted for tennis Occasionally
he rides horseback with his officers
put - SCiuoIi ottH Oii tllc gu Cuts vi
the cities like other rulers of Euro
pean countries.
Dinner at the palace IS a tiresome
affair Of about ten courses served with
all the old fashioned ceremony. There
Is rarely n guest. Not infrequently
the Czarina will imagine the food
has been poisoned and send the whole
menu away untouched. Sometimes
the Car has a conference with some
Of his ministers after the evening mea
and occasionally he INDUCES in chess
with one of them.
Fond OF The Opera.
He Is fond of opera, especially OF
the Russian ballet, which is always
a part Of the opera In the Land of the
Bear. This ballet Is regarded as the
finest in the world and the Car Is
most enthusiastic over the dancing
Before the outbreak of the war he
frequently appeared at the opera
house In Petrograd unannounced. &C.
companied by several of his body.
guard. 1t has been many years sine,
an entertainment has been given q
any Of the palaces although the Win.
ter Palace at Petrograd Is Ideal FOL
large balls, dinners, etc.
The royal family live almost alone
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most a gale and the aeroplane wal
an even keel. Lieutenant Dunno a!sd
gave an exhibition with a self-rightn
machine of his own invention. Rel
Gently a self-righting machine has Dee
built in the United States but as vel
It's flying qualities have had no fall
test
The Acroplane In The European Wa1
When the European war began thI
aviators OF each of the warning nationI
at once volunteered, fancy flying wal
laid aside, and a regular mobilization
Of aviators took place in each country
Exhibition machines we're turned init
military tliers overnight and long bel
fore the armies were ready FOR thI
field the aviators we're scouting abou|
watching the preparations of TN
enemy. and before the war was
fortnight old we began to read q
spectacular encounters In the air bel
tween the ueroplapes OF the differenl
nations Very soon these fliers becam|
the real eyes OF the armies and navted
and their scout work has SURPRISED
even the most enthusiastic believer II
the use of the aeroplane In war.
Bomb dropping and being brought
down and killed has become so CONF
mon that almost every day We real
Of military aviators being brought
down by the enemy. In air battles
is no uncommon thing for both av1
ators to meet death.
AS the carrying power OF aeroplaneI
is limited, all sorts of death dealinI
devices have been invented; amon|
them what IL known as the steel arrow
"A tiny missile about six inches II
length, rounded at one end AMI
brought to needle point. The othe|
end is deeply grooved for about foul
inches, which gives the top the shap|
of n four leafed clover. The finished
arrow weighs about six ounces Short
ly after the war began test was mad
and one of these arrows dropped frorI
the height of fifteen hundred fed
killed horse, the arrow going entirelI
throu0h the body of the animal. OnI
thouMhnd of these arrows are place.
in o box fitted with bottoms which
opes vttth n spring release. The BOZ
is lh.nsd between the struts OF al
aerq2Nne and the aviator can 20
az 6Dny as he pleases by the nsTI
MHXAR Of a button.
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a J mas not Decn IN uCh more IMAM
n century ago that Russia an
III the laws and customs of the
~ people. including tho ruling fam
ily. were more Oriental than Euro
pean. Peter the Great turned the
drift to the West for examples of in
dustrial and political reforms and
this has probably had some effect
upon the home life Of tho people, but
much less upon that of the Royal
Family which still adhcres to the
manners and convcntionalities of
centuries ago. When the dynasty OF
this family is mentioned It is said to
be the House of Romanoff although
the present reigning head Is n de-
ecendant Of the House Of Romanoff-
Holstein, which was a union in 1862
Vt the female line of the Romanoffs
With Peter III. of the House of Hol-
stein Gottorp. Since this union the
Cars of all the Russians have mar
ried princesses who were in some way
connected with the royal families of
Germany In the majority of in
stances these royal women have left
behind them the beautiful manners
and motherly instinct which are so
prominent and we'll developed in the
German mother, whose entire life is
given up to the education and proper
instruction OF her children.
Gar At the Age OF Twenty-six.
Alexander III. died in 1894, and
Nicholas became the ruler of the Rus
sian millions when he was but TWEEN
ty-six years of age, and although he
has ruled Russia for twenty years
very little is known Of his private life.
To those who have never visited Rus
sia there Is n veil of mystery about
the royal family and this is height
ened by the uncanny stories which
are published from time to time of
the miraculous escapes of the Car
from death. Of the madness of the
Czarina and the afillction of his chill
dren. While many of these stories
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'79r's family has been sorely af-
hicted.
Czarina Afflicted with Nervousness.
a few days after the death OF his
father, Nicholas was married to the
Princess AliX of Hesse, grand
daughter of the late Queen Victoria.
The home life of this young princess
had not been particularly happy as
her parents died when she was quite
young. Her time was divided between
living with her brother with whose
wife she did not get on well. and visit
ing her grandmother in England. Her
brother, the Grand Duke of Hesse,
had his heart SGT upon the marriage
of his sister to the heir to the Rus
sian throne and the unhappy princess
consented although It seems IT was
m ore a marriage of convenience than
one of love.
After the birth Of her first child.
tho Czarina developed nervousness
which has gradually grown worse, and
at times she becomes SO i'll that it is
necessary to take her to quiet palace
in Southern Russia.
Disease OF Ccarevitch Incurable.
She Is the mother OF four beauti-
full daughters and one son, the little
Czarevitch, who is perhaps the worst
spoiled and most arrogant child of
royalty in the world. Afflicted with
n disease of the arteries which are
liable to rupture upon the slightest
provocation, the child is constantly
watched. He has n sailor attendant
who carries him about and watches
over him. acting as sort of nurse
and teacher. The little Czarevitch
who Is nearly ten years of age. is
constantly reminded of his exalted
position and his every within is graft
fed. consequently he has developed
into an impcrous, willful child who
beats his sisters If he feels so disposed
and is impairment 10 the Court No
one is allowed to contradict him, and
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- koM Time lnlnemorlal man mas
desired to fly. Even in the
Psalms we find David saying,
"Oh, that l had wings like a
dove. for then I would fly away and
be at rest!"
Roman mythology had aviators In
Daedalus and his son Icarus, who
fastened wings to their backs by the
aid of wax and flew over the Aegean
Sea, but later In flying too near the
sun the wax melted, the wings fell off
Of Icarus' back and he dropped into
the sea and persisted. As early as 66
A. D.. Simon, a Roman magician, at
tempted to fly from ouc house to an
other and succeeded in places where
the space was such that he could
jump. Being a magician many of the
people thought that he was actually
flying and he was acclaimed as a
marvel Toward the latter part of the
fifteenth century j. Il. Dante, a Per-
ouse mathematician, made a flight
above Lake Trasemene by the aid of
artificial wings attached to his body.
His next trial was In Paris when he
attempted to fly over the Church of
Notre Dame and fell breaking his leg.
which ended his flying career. A few
years later the records show that OH
vier de Malmsbury an English Bene-
dctine monk tried a fight with arti-
fetal wings. but he. too. came to grief
with broken leg.
sixteenth Century Flying.
Early in the sixteenth century a
Scotchman named Damian declared
that he would fly from Scotland TO
France by using the wings of birds,
Accordingly. one bright morning he
appeared for the test clothed in a suit
OF feather covered wings. He made
one leap, and falling broke his legs.
He declared that his failure was due
to the fact that he had failed to use
eagle feathers. Again In 1878 a man
named Besnier tried flying by the aid
of pair of wings which had large
curved blades with an arm and leg at
tachment. He is said to have flown
a short distance in this continuance
Then came M. dc la Folie, of Rouen
and Marquis de Bacquiville. Both
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Psalms we find David saying
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16
Notes from Reatrice.

BEATRICE, Neb.. April 15.-(speeiaD-
The jury in the district court Wednesday
brought in a verdict against the Union
Pacific for Sl27.5O in favor Of John Nor
ris, who sued the company for a horse
killed by one Of it's trains last summer
The jury was dismissed. there being no
other jury cases ready for trial
General L. w Colby arrived home
Wednesday from ST. Francis. Kan, where
he appeared as attorney for e. L. Cary.
farmer who shot and killed Armo r.
Archer at that place last August Cary
was acquitted on the grounds Of self
defense.
Hon. and Mrs Dwight S. Dalbey left
today for Washington. d. c.. where the
latter will represent the local chapter
Of the Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton at the national convention.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16

the supreme court
II. r. 7iS-Empoweriug the Legislature
TO create inferior courts.
senate Bills.
S. r. unconstitutional convention.
$. F. i0i-To withdraw suffrage right
from foreigners who fail to complete
naturalization within five years,
s. r. i2l-Election Of supreme judges by
districts
s. r, its-Extending the term OF mems
bsrs Of the Legislature TO four years, one
half to be elected every two years, and
limiting the membership OF tho house 20
fifty and the senate 10 eighteen.
S. r. 17S-Constitutional amendments 20
be adopted by majority voting thereon.
regardless of number OF votes cast at
election.
$. r. 2s9-Authorizing the legislature 10
provide for the indemnity of persons in
jured through negligence OF others anil
TO create a commission for the purpose
OF awarding such indemnity and fixing
the amounts.
S. r. 252-Giving municipalities wide
latitude In regard to taxation.
8. r. 2S-Constitutional convention.
s. r. 2S5-Making all state officers. eN-
cept governor and lieutenant governor,
Rppointive by the governor.
Rent room quick with Bee Want Ad.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16
KEARNEY WILL HAVE NEW
CATHOLIC SCHOOL

KEARNEY. Neb., April 15.--(special)-
Kearney, the see city Of the Kearney
district of the Catholic church, will be
honored shortly by the establishment of
q parochial school in this city. The site
for the same having already been pur-
chased in the locality of the st. James
cathedral Seventeen Thousand dollars
was raised with a. very short time this
week after a successful campaign among
the congregation. Twenty-Five. thousand
dollars is the amount planned for the lex-
penditure and no strenuous effort will
be necessary to obtain the balance OF the
necessary amount The architect In
charge of the plans for the structure
is expected here this week and no time
will be lost in getting the building under
way.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16
NEWS NOTES OF SEWARD
AND OF SEWARD COUNTY

SEWARD. Neb., April 15.-(Speeial)-
Herschel Gereke has been elected secre-
tarv of the Young Mems Christian assoc
citation here.
Winter wheat looks fine. A large acre
age Of oats is being sown.
Fred Christjones has bought a block OF
city lots and on this is the old house FOR
merIy owned and occupied by Mr. and
Mrs Moffitt, long dead. who beaueathed
a fortune to Seward county to build the
court house.
Mrs. Scheumann, mother Of County
Commissioner Charles scheumann. OF
Marysville, this county, died at her home
Monday, aged 81 years. Her funeral was
held yesterday.
Miss Cora Smith. popular teacher, OF
the county, was married last night to
Samuel Briggs, a leading stockraiser OF
the county. Rev. Morver Of the United
Brethren church OBLIGATED.
Mrs. S. r. Anstine, aged 60 years, died
at her home at Tamora on Tuesday.
The Seward lodge of Odd Fellows and
the Daughters of Rebekah viii have an
anniversary banquet on the evening OF
April %.
The senior class of the Seward High
school will give play on April % to get
funds to buy class memorial.
Roy Schick has purchased six acres OF
the RaeIfmier ground in East Seward and
will plat II into city blocks
william Boeka and Miss Elsie Hen
mann were married yesterday.
Fred Adele. farmer living near here.
while sharpening a disc on an emery
wheel yesterday accidentally let the disc
slip and cut a piece of the bone Of his
knee.
The Seward Commercial club gave a
luncheon wednesday at the club looms
for thirty OF the leading stock growers of
the county. Dean Burnett Of the AgTf-
cultural school and Prof. Gramlich and
w. r. Mellor Of lincoln were the speak
ers. A Cooperative Improved Live Stock
association was organized with these off,
GERS: President. Joe Stanley; vice presi-
dents, Charley Richie. d. NJ Hildebrand.
Joe RousselIe. $. p. Briggs and Dr. L.
H. Diers; secretary, A. H. Beokhoff;
treasurer. A. c. Anderson.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16
Notes from North Platte.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb., April b.
(SpeciaD-Mayor e. II. Evans, reelected
at the city election, together with the
new city council me. for the first time
Tuesday evening. The new members OF
the council are v. Won Goetz, Lee Sim
mons and ]. II. Van Cleave. State Fire
Commissioner Ridgell was present and
addressed the council on fire prevention.
He spoke favorably of the conditions in
North Platte.
The high school seniors have started re-
hearsals on their class play. "A Peaceful
Valley" The cast contains many stu
dents OF vol known ability locally and
the play promises TO be success.
Sergeant Snyder of the F%h United
States cavalry was in the city this week
to look after putting new headstones at
the graves OF deceased soldiers in Fort
Mcpherson national cemetery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16
RANDOLPH ORGANIZES
NEW COMMERCIAL CLUB

RANDOLPH. Neb.. April 15.--(Special)
The Randolph Commercial club was or
ganized Tuesday by citizens meeting
to supplant the old and rather inactive
Improvement club constitution. SINH
lar to that used by Norfolk. was adopted.
The board of directors elected were: J.
" Gillespie, president; A. w. Stockhan.
vice president; w. r. Cain. secretary; F.
s. Stegge, treasurer; John Kuhl. w. r.
Boughn and Fred Robinson. This board
has power to appoint all committees
necessary to carry on the work Of the
organization, also to FIJI such vacancies
as may occur.