, 1877-07-15


white houses With brigtt-crecn roofs surrounded
| with ttnrk tree, the hirh fowrrs and cnuntles
| churches with golden cnnojns. am remnfct
soar, tl,ea Of the view of Pfsruc from the iIrads-
| chin sometines that nf Pesth from iuda ant
again OF thai Of Palermo from Monte Reaie, Sill
everything here fs different and the centre Of tht
anything in the world.
Peter the Great found an inland country cntirel,
without sca-coast. lie mght have chosen ethel
| Biack Sea or baltic to hr1ng him into copncction
with the Civilized world. bst' ghici,cyer il mlchl
| be- it f,ad frst to be connucrcd. The hot-hcaded
King Of swede,, drew him into northern war. AMI
1t is said that he had originally utcnded to found
his new capital on the black STA, and even liked on
Us ste And indeed the one coast is not much y;
oihrrs .o' @Ae I'M what s c;1x 81 pe,rnshnI., m
%n Sf y; m on Mas ~ os ,cs
,na,aa ~ ~! s aalu tnS "l1.t. oSe .i1V ~
tho is,ors % hrrb oo hoa .n,d M ~ ,he hnoh,s' ~
,"r MaaSoa ~ Anshta ana 3r'andn n1d nGsn The
II ono Of his letters from Moscow, Count
Tue couSrRr,
its institutions and its people, SO clear and con-
~ me'A41 '.a. hn.,.."s 49,. a,, 49, tc7v
rn,narne o,i th'.se ,o not rer,,ane In th.,n'
selves the hest, but such as viii best bear to be
separated from tho context:
When one reflects that The essence Of this people
-1hG thiTty-HlX
men Of ono iacc. one creed, one tongue, forms the
greatest homogeneous mass Of men III ihc world
who can doubt that Russia has great future before
on tb. n rnornous Kinsdo must ioI TO- n'~cs Of
tscIf but no part can exs: without the other the
wooded north, needs the corn growing south,
wSi1c WI TIC inic,ior is nothiny Without % The Sea. Sea-
coasts and The mighty soiEa But still more
c az rs e 'a stan
nafts ; And Of tbis feei,ny. Moscow Is The centre
point not only Of The European empire, but of the
the peope are sad s ou
Of which its future may vet perhaps arise.
VI "D'~A 40 '1''u ~ a ~us 30 prop1r -, ' '
nc speaks IN an cqualls pheasant tone'
In the evening the city was illuminated. I
drove and walked through the surslng crowd,
and marycted at the intelligence, docllity, and
quelncss. Indeed there cannot be more gcLtle
and good -natured people than the Russian peasan-
Try. Every household, according to the nature OF
ton Of land. -. The son does not inherit mis-
fathers land lie receives his porton,- not on the
strength OF inheritance. but on The strength OF his
birth Is u member OF Tue community. -. No
Que Is quite pooE. 4 father may lose everything;
tho enlaFem 70 en- 90 mGf 'naet @ ~ y ns Rr Rq'e1 Tne ~
cause of anxiety Is in Russia an Increase Of iches
~ Try 70 marty young, antt INC introduction
o. esen the POOREST aausa'et:in-aw ,a[; !"
pait OF usciui hands, ana hGr sons Will have their
portion oi i'! set apatt ios .esn run ene's o. e.
!'ut ~ H!uet " Ao"'ceecu tuAt %u!a ut
vieion Of the land prevents any portion Of It from
bclng long IN Il s1ale OF perfection WHO VIII makc
lmpros emcnfs, pIant trces, or drain land WHICH,
after fifteen years, will perhaps belong to some
one else: fcihoually the fusssian Peasant is per-
fectly 1Fec Ihe arlstncracy Is not originally |
Ku-san institution Is, ~ IN Englano' " Gee
lives still almost entirely in the Cities is,
either m Noscow o. ~; peteFsDn[s g. q az 4hs
j'a'e de s"per1ts terrfs d" cote 1e Iomsk. one Of
them may be heard to say. member Of
the Emperor 6tan De4ng eent on /
mission up the nosa, and much de de-,
Il; Ss:sas esssants arc extremely
i!stinx or FwsestIins They have no 1ai-dxntsn n or
:oc S-hghts. Hut their feeling for their supcrurs
makes them, much asalnst their inclination, the
he flood in st: fctcrspurs tcrt1ies we're drowned
'ccansc they had not bccn discharged from tncir
,osts As the Winter paaee was Is, osnns prsss
orrioor be found tent1ncl and told hun the dan,
er OF ren,ainins longer Ut l.is post - PrikassE
onsFs' said the man. received assolnton' and waa
The Emperor rode oown tho whole front OF the
one mts and d. na H TIE
0. o0o In all, nnmlxed, old. bearded, dark brown
hccs. stood without arms. with caps upliftcd {
III say nothing Of the deafening ''hurrats," i"
&c in these bearded faces With what joy icy
feeted tneif Gar.
The Emperor spoke to several Of them, and they
nswered their 'soatuschka" (thclr fathcr) with
Ut any embarrassment
The troups were drawn up In Biz lines, and the |
npcFor rode with his enormous suite nlong the
hole 'front.': At the march past there were q, 600
len- Infantry, cavalry: and art1ilery,-thc Guard
'rps and one dtSis1cn or TIC Grcnad1er corps. II |
lese troops had 6een set out IN llne tncy wonld |
ave covered (German} mile in length. i:
could not have believed It possible that after their
M marches the troops could have turned out In
ICY perfect otaer.
We rode into the carnp OF the infantry and foot
.tislcsy, town, 5O, QO0 inhabitants, under
ecless Pa'n' Fn-,sas Is ven +ho. suited 1sr
onks sleep in ono cell; they lie on wooden beds,
18th little straw and cover themselves with their