Logan Republican | 1904-04-16 | Page 12 | Assistance

Assistance. Viceroy Alexloff, tho Russian soldier, sol-dier, visited America In 1878. A Washington Wash-ington ofllclal said of him tho other day: "AlexIoH camo hero on tho Clmbrla with a number of Russians of high rank, and tho quantity of wlno these men could consumo without being affected af-fected by It was tho talk of tho day. Thero wero ovon editorials in tho newspapers on this matter. "I remember entering tho Russians suite In Washington ono day with AI-oxlcff, AI-oxlcff, and coming upon a young colonel colo-nel who snt nt a tablo smoking with four empty chnmpngno bottles beforo him. Aloxloff lookod at the ompty bottles and laughed. " 'Did you drink nil that without assistance?" as-sistance?" ho asked. "'No,' snld the young officer, languidly, I had tho assistance of a bottlo of burgundy "