The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-09-09
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One dark December day, near dusk, tw<
Englishmen had boat on The Ncva bsink
and push out rapidly through the bars ot
ice toward that grim fortress of st. Pete,
and st. Paul. in which lie buried unde,
marble slab and golden cross the Empr,sse,
with one exception) since the reign of Pc.
ter the Great AZ they are pushing on
ward, they observe the watermen drop
their oars and dof their caps; and looking
around they Gee the imperial barge, pro.
PEELED by twenty rowers, sthwart thci,
stern. The Emperor sits in that large
alone; m officer is standing BY his ids,
and the helmsman directs the rowers how
to pull. saluting a. he glides past their
boat, the Emperor jumps to land, and muf.
fling his loose gray cloak about bis neck,
steps hastily along the planks, and up the
roadway leading to the church. No one
goes with him. The six or eight idlers
whom he meets on the road just touch their
hats and stand aside to let him pass. Try.
ing tho front door of that sombre church,
he finds it locked and striding off quickly
to second door, he sees man in plain
clothes and beckons to him. The door
is quickly opened, and the lord of seventy
millions walks into the church that is to be
his final home. The English visitors arc
near. "Wait for IN instant" says tho
man in plain clothes; 1.-THE Emperor is
within )" 1ut adds. "you csn step into the
porch; his Majesty will not keep you long. "
The porch 10 parted from the church by
glass doors only, and the English visitors
look down upon the scene within. Long
aisles and columns stretch and rise before
them. Flags and trophies won in . hun.
dred battles, fought against the Swede and
Frank, the Perse and Turk, adorn the
walls, and here and there silver lamp
burns fitfully in front Of pictured saint.
Between the columns stand in white sepul.
chrsl rows, the imperial tombs-a weird
and ghastly vista cleaning in that red and
sombre light. Alone, his cap drawn tight.
ly on his brow, and muflled in his loose,
gray cloak, the Emperor passes from slab
to slab: now pausing for an instant, IS if
coming an inscription on the stone; nov
crossing the nave, absorbed and bent
nerc hidden for . moment in the gloom,
there moving furtively along tho aisle.
The dead arc oil around him-Peter, Cstha-
rine, Paul-derce warriors, tender women,
innocent babes, and overhead tho dust and
glory of a hundred wars. What brings
him hither In this wintry dusk : The
weight of life? The love of death He
stops, unbonnsts, kneels-st the foot of his
mothers tomb! Once moro he pauscs,
kneels-kneels long time, ~ il In prayer
then, rising, kisses the golden crosa That
slab 10 the tomb Of his eldest SON. A mo.
ment later he 10 gone.
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square acreof land: Measure off 200 feet on
each side. and you will have square acre
within an inch.
An acre contains 4, $40 square yards.
A square mile contains $40 acres.
A mile ID q, ESQ feet, or 1,7eo yards in
length. A league is three miles. A fathom
10 six feet. A hand (horse measure) 10 four
inches. A palm 10 three inches. A spsce
10 three feet
A barrel of -four weighs 100 pounds sbar.
rel of pork, 200 pounds = barrel of rice, coo
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kin Of butter, Sc pounds tub Of butter, "a
do. The following are sold by weight per
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pounds corn, rye and fax-ssed, IS pounds;
buckwheat, 50 pounds; barley, 4s pounds;
coarse salt. e5 pounds.
A ton of round timber contains % solid
feet; square timber, 81 solid feet.
A commercial bale of cotton contains 400
pounds; pack of wool s4o pounds.
A section of government land IL $40 acres,
or ono mile.
A liquid ton is 262 gallons.
A box 10 by 16S inches, and inches deep,
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