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The bridal couple were borne in a cage on an elephant's back. A palace was built entirely of ice for their reception. It was ornamented with ice pillars and statues, and lighted by panes of thin ice. THE BRIDAL COUPLE WERE BORNE IN A CAGE ON AN ELEPHANT'S BACK A PALACE WAS BUILT ENTIRELY OF ICE FOR THEIR RECEPTION IT WAS ORNAMENTED WITH ICE PILLARS AND STATUES AND LIGHTED BY PANES OF THIN ICE
nged at this time. If we can believe the historian, orgies have taken place in this city that would make it, for the time being, a rival of Hades itself. When the Russians turn against a man their hatred knows no bounds. In one case they caught a pretender for the throne and almost continuously for three days they tortured him in every imaginable way, shape and form. After he was finally killed they were so afraid that he might come to life that they took his body, burned it to ashes, loaded them in a cannon and fired it, scattering them to the four winds. One of the empresses of Russia became enraged at one of the princes whose wife had died and she compelled him to marry an old ugly woman whose nickname was "Pickled Pork." One historian says: "The marriage festival was celebrated with great pomp: representatives of every tribe and nation in the Empire took part, with native costumes and musical instruments: some rode on camels, some on deer, others were drawn by oxen, dogs and swine.  DAY BUT ALL THIS IS CHANGED AT THIS TIME IF WE CAN BELIEVE THE HISTORIAN ORGIES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THIS CITY THAT WOULD MAKE IT FOR THE TIME BEING A RIVAL OF HADES ITSELF WHEN THE RUSSIANS TURN AGAINST A MAN THEIR HATRED KNOWS NO BOUNDS IN ONE CASE THEY CAUGHT A PRETENDER FOR THE THRONE AND ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FOR THREE DAYS THEY TORTURED HIM IN EVERY IMAGINABLE WAY SHAPE AND FORM AFTER HE WAS FINALLY KILLED THEY WERE SO AFRAID THAT HE MIGHT COME TO LIFE THAT THEY TOOK HIS BODY BURNED IT TO ASHES LOADED THEM IN A CANNON AND FIRED IT SCATTERING THEM TO THE FOUR WINDS ONE OF THE EMPRESSES OF RUSSIA BECAME ENRAGED AT ONE OF THE PRINCES WHOSE WIFE HAD DIED AND SHE COMPELLED HIM TO MARRY AN OLD UGLY WOMAN WHOSE NICKNAME WAS PICKLED PORK ONE HISTORIAN SAYS THE MARRIAGE FESTIVAL WAS CELEBRATED WITH GREAT POMP REPRESENTATIVES OF EVERY TRIBE AND NATION IN THE EMPIRE TOOK PART WITH NATIVE COSTUMES AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SOME RODE ON CAMELS SOME ON DEER OTHERS WERE DRAWN BY OXEN DOGS AND SWINE
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