Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1878 — The Czar’s Lease of Life. [ARTICLE]

The Czar’s Lease of Life.

It is rumored from St. Petersburg that the Czar is seriously indisposed—weak and. so thin that he sits on pillows and soft cushions to prevent the bones from coining through the skin. He is said to be depressed also with a presentiment of his approaching death. No Romanoff has Jived beyond 60 years, and lie will pe 60 in April. When his sister died, some two'years ago, she reminded him of this and told him he must be prepared th go before he was 60. They say that hbr Tjfefcds ffiade a great impression upon him then, and now that he is not well, they constantly recur to hirq.—’ Chicago Tribune,