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Show Till. JlOstOH AiMMMlION. A abort tliuo ago Ihe Kla coy tatnud a Uleputih auuounclug the aa ailLMlju of tha mayor of Moacow, Kuaile. It did not allruct very much attention horiaboula, for thu reatou that that olllolal la not or waa not will known to the Ainerloau rtadlng uu. lie, aud taloa of plolaand counlerploti ritultlng In or attended Willi murder and other crhma ure ao nuuirr-oui nuuirr-oui from the luml of thu cor that titty do not attract in much attention hero aithey Uuetwlia would ijaWa, Mutthe lory of Mwitm'a mayor li quite an extraordinary one. It ap war that ho waa the ion of Alexander 1 1, who waa blown lo piece with a omb by nlhlllitl In 1650, and a half rothcr of the preirnt cxir, Alexander ill. A eorreipondenl of the New Yolk Herald make tho wholo miller of the i-uulnatlon a "romance," which he .lleei began aomo forty-three yean go, when thedeallnleaol the ltuailau mplro were controllel by the proud tir Nloholaa. At that period the ulrto the tlirono wa the C'tarowllt Vlexauder, aderwarl AlexauJer II, Though reared uudir a parent ll regime re-gime of more tbau ordinary auitorlty, young Alexander managed to enjoy life and And opportunltlea to In-lulgo In-lulgo hli taate for Riyaty and lleoaure. There had nevor been n gayer "younger fc-t" at tho Ituiatan cult than that lid ly him, but hi txaltail atatlon carried with It tenal-tkiai tenal-tkiai well aa rlvllegea, and following many almllar recedenla he waa i rncllca.il forced Into ii mirrlagowlth aUermau prluoeaa. The fair prlncei irom the Teuton laud, howover, good and amiable though alio waa, did not appeal to tho ardent temperament oi the lutnoquont lover of Prlncen Uol-goroukl. Uol-goroukl. Though lie aubmllted with a good grace to bo "aorlfled on the matrimonial altar" In the Interettaof dynaatlo Jiollcy, he had neither the Inclination nor tho Intention of for-aklug for-aklug hla alnlul hablti, and III attention atten-tion to lila wife waa of the uloat perfunctory per-functory character. Itwai unJeratjod In omrt circle lhattherxirowili wai In love with llaroneaa Clara Von UertifltlJ, nlidy in waltlnic on the ciiriuo, and after ula marriage atiu waavloiely walchoJ. It wa once decided to ecu J her away, utthucxirowllapreveuteJ thla, the court goaalp meantime becoming more ii J m re active, I'lnally Nlchulaa ooardcf It, and being uul ke moat ol he race from which ho it rang a itrktly moral man took action lu tho uiAltir an I finally aent tho barouro away. Hhe had lot been In lur retreat very linglioforo the conlnj ruler J line I ner, Uu they were Bitieequenlly aepar-ateJtynn aepar-ateJtynn imlaairy of the czar and ahe waaaeiit alill lurlhir nway with a trlct Injunction, not to return. A a mult of her uotawful allliuco with the cnrjwlla n child wa born, and in making the Journey rculrod, alio die J, Alexander waa devotedly etlacuel to hi oDaprlei;, and aa aoon ai it In I arrived at propor yeiu appointed lilm mayor if Moacow the ono that waa recently iiaetiainatoi. The myaterlea, mlaerle and crlm a of the ciurt if ltimla would make n dark chiptor In the world'! hlatory If they cuulj be gathoreJ together and liubllihed. Itoyalty and morality are not alwaya adJIcte 1 to traveling In comany wlthiaoh cthir; In fict, wo believe auch couijaulouanlp to exlat ,nly In a fiw cae. Hut certainly Ht. I'etirtburg liaa a record that might rauae any other royal tieaJquartera to blub with ahamr. |
