Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-09
WORKING ON THEIR PkRS

VIC saw less milulfY parade thcre IMAM
IN any other country on this continent,
One solitary soldier was guarding the
czHr's summer palace where he has been
stopping for tho last four months and
less than ono regiment in sight for st.
Petersburg, while 1t takes twenty-five
regiments tO guard the sultan Of Turkey,
at a time, too, when they are needed to
put down II rebellion in his own territory
and very near his own door. He is alb
sOutrly afraid of his life and will not
leave his palace without having the roads
lined with soldiers two deep 80 that it
would bG almost impossible for anyone
to reach him. We saw ian instance
where "A man with a petition in hand
rushed forward to hand IT so the sultan
us hC was driving to the mosque to wOr-
ship. II Is an 0ld custom that on such
occasions anyone who thinks he has been
WrOngud has the right to hand him his
petition and the sultan will consider it /,
but before the man got within fifty feet
OF him. lltty men, attendants OF the sui
tam surrounded him held his hands un-
liI the sultan passed aud was then turned
over ~ the police. What became OF him
! know not, but 1t is hardly likely that he
viii try TO present another petition until
tine sultan gets over his present scare
~ Petersburg, the present capital of
Russia, lies on II lGycl plain about ten to
fifteen feet above sea- level, but back
twenty miles from the Baltic. A canal
admits the largest vessels II Is Il we'll
huIIt CltN wide streets paved with cObble-
stone, very rough, has II number OF fine
parks tho largest aud finest pal.
ace wc ever SAW, lilled with line
arts Of all descriptions, many
schools, academies. museums fine
churches, rich with Treasures; many
OF the interiors glttcring with gold, dia-
mOnds and precious stones Ii would be
bard 10 estimate the value Of the stones
IN st Petersburg alone but | win ven.
turC tU say tand think have seen near.
~ all the ClWrChusJ that ST. has moro
than all the balance Of continental Eu
rope. ln tlnG arts she can bc RANKED
with the best aud she can boast OF many
iirst-rlass painters having taken the first
premium this year ut the Antwerp expo
sltlun | understand that the picture
On II took the premium goes to America
II Is ycry nue aud the people of St Pct
ursburg did not like to have the picture
leave their country. The writer suc-
Ceeded in securing small specimen of
the same artists work and, If we succeed
in getting 4 home safely shalt prize IL
/ highly Whatever tho Russian attempts
to do hr dpes we'll
HEY ARE GREAT IMITATORs:
they hnye copied nearly all orr ugncul-
| turd implements saw In the office Of
| the bureau at agriculture one Ot the lat
| est improved Champion harvester and
! binder. They seem to be getting ready
| tu duplicate Il
| IL would be- impossible in single let.
| ter 20 give you all the poculiarltios or
| what wr snw whilst ia that country We
| rutrrrd the Russian territory at AbO in
/ Finland, travelling by rail down through
| the ceutcr 10 the old capital Moscow
! Here w7' changed our Origna plans and
/ continued down through the agricultural
| plains OF Russia, coming out 10 the Black
| Sca at SeyastapOl something like fifteen
/ hundred miles travel to get through
/ Russia the shortest way and sce her i'm
/ mpusv wheat liehis also To look upon the
| great battlefield of the Crlmrau war and
/ view the stronghold ut Seya~tapol IL
/ was uu Interesting trip can assllr" yOu.
/ viii not attempt description Oi Mos.
/ eOw. " Is simply the grandrst view Of
/ Churrhrs aud universities ever looked
| upon from an elevated point We gave
/ the Cliy nearly one week aud felt that We
/ lrit tt,u soon
! have ateaIY taken 50 much time on