Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-10-17
Dog DAYS in Russia.

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The activity Of the Russian officials. 10
oil piearAnccs' reaches its highest p int
la dog Jays now, as Ia former wears.
there are cores of different commissions
aud committees. sub commissions a d
sub commit ices tras in all the paris
of hc country. presumably for the public
ends. They seem to revise various
branches of the administration. and TO
study IN the spo, different Questions Of
nat unal Importance. such rs epidemics.
e, i~zoolics. the aging of new railways.
the digging OF new canals. the improve
men; of rivers, the protection 10 some new
industries. the stru- gle against grassllop.
pers. the Siberian marinots. the Sectariaus.
and the .Aihii sis. the opening Of new
p"rts. and no end Of other big points. 1t
ouShI to be b glly gratifying to the czars
sui ecis TO see his -. Gals earning their
breai by the sweat Of their brows.
l,ut the trouble is that they the sub.
iects know very well that that uuscasoned
dis lay If o cial ~activit, is merely dog
days .unketing at public cost very
year As the vacations apr. ach the
tchinovniks here vie with each other in in.
venting the public questions that should
be studied N the spot. Some Of these
jnnketing trips are. nevertheless. de.
scribed in the newspapers at great length.
AS if they really meant business. lust
now Tor instance. al the journals of this
capital are describing the cars trip to
! inla d.
On the shore of The Finnish bay. In a
picturesque spot, there Is a little town,
Whitman strand. The car and caarina
made up the minds 10 go there aud see
the sights They wanted to 90 there by
railway and TO return back aboard Of
some man OF war. To please such guests
the inns have built a rail- way from Abo
to Whitman strand, a distance of sixteen
miles When everything was ready, in
The Official Messenger there appeared an
item stating that his ma esty was going to
review the armies Of Finland Now,
those armies consist Of nine ba,talions all
told. Tor weeks the Finn soldiers were
making triumphal arches, Oruameniing
the railroad stations with fr garlands, aud
covering the Platforms with red cloth.
At last the car. in compan with
scores OF generals aud courtiers. went on
his Finnish journey. or. as the papers
style II, Ibis triumphal march The
Fun women presented to the C arina a
little boat of their own make, and the
men have in various ways shown their
10y atty. AS soon. however. as the c ar
was gone. the senate Of Finland voted
unanimously TO raise the tax on lussian
goods imported TO l. inland-in order, as
II were. to cover the expenses OF the i'm
perial trip
Among other Official trips 4 this sea.
son is worth noticing that of bisho 8.
In the city of IA an there met twelve
bis. ,op each accompanied by half a
do en- learned the logians They hold
their meetings in q church and discuss
means Of bringing Mohamnicdan Iarlars
and the old beiic' ers TO the bosom of the
orthodox church. and Of STRENGTHENING
1aith among ,he people. y bishop sug.
gestcd education rs the best means tor
that end. Lut The rest of the theoiog ans
were unanimous in matchmaking mod
ern education. bee what u life the best
educated people OF 81. etersburg are iiv
ing " remarked one Of them
During these dog.dsys the St Peters
burgers 1--we as merrily us in any o,her
season. The fairy play is the rage of the
Jay here. La ali tue suburban fashion.
abe parks. gardeus. and theaters they put
up some fairy play. "1ie Journey TO
the Moon, v for instance. has been PLAYED
here about a hundred lines Another
play OF the kind. he Golden Ap, les"
has been presented about seventy five
times. : ne critic expressed his surprise
at The success OF these pia s, which, AS he
ssld. have no sense whatever.
Sense. answered a critic of The
Novoe remya I'VE do not care for
sense at all! Show us beautiful forms.
graceful movements. expressive panto.
mimcs-that Is what We want. We are
ured OF sensible q aiogues see what toes
OF steel has Nine cory. aud did you
ever see such Il personitcation of grace AS
is Mime. ukki: iow charminply fairy.
Ike she goes up TO the moon"
Now the llaAfer DOprS in ArcaI;a anA
other dog days places Of amusement will
see charming scenes and a host of fairies.
they will hear music and Sings
ana notice ingenious DISCUSSES.
wonderful transformations, and sugges.
tive pantomimcs.
competition in Eussia IL ust now very
lively. The car brother. Grand Luke
ladimir. IS watching the military C ok
competitioh in pre- airing the soldier mess.
ana lie distributes personally the cook
prizes OF silver spoons with small sums of
money. Then the car uncle, Grand
Duke Nicholas, oversees q curious race al
. distance OF 100 versts sixty seven miles
between the cavalry o GERS and a railrosd
train. the former winning. Another car
unc .. Grand ! uke Michael, Is noting
which Of seven batteries will the quicker
demo iish its target, while the peasants of
the nei9hborhOod are thanking God for q
good crop. Ii is well known here that
The residents of several villages near
Is rasnoe Selo. where the big maneuvers
take place. live exclusi ely on the bullets.
c~annOuballs and bomb.heils they pick UP
on their fields. A few days ago. near
(rOnstadt. there was q race between l,us.
sian and ! innish yachts, which competed
for the prize Of the ministry If marine, q
six-ton yacht A ussian yacht won the
prize As for horse races, we have them
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