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Show Assistance. Viceroy Alexleff, tho Russian soldier, sol-dier, visited America in 1878. A Washington Wash-ington oillclul said of him tho other day: "Aloxloff enmd hero on tho Clmbrla with a number of Russians of high rank, and tho quantity of wlno theso men could consumo without being affected af-fected by It was tho talk of tho day. Thero woro oven editorials In tho nowspnpors on this matter. "I remember entering tho Russians' bulto In Washington ono day with Alexleff, Al-exleff, nnd coming upon a young colonel colo-nel who snt nt a tablo smoking with four empty champagne bottles beforo him. Alexleft looked at the empty bottles nnd laughed. " 'Did you drink nil that without assistance?" as-sistance?" ho asked. "'No,' said tho young officer, languidly, I had tho assistance of a bottlo of burgundy.' " |