Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-08

broken out Of Its side 10 taller than man and
you can walk into the hole where this piece was
and You md yourself In a sort Of bronze tent.
The piece lies on the ground beside the pedestal,
and though the bell itself 10 Of dark green, this
piece has bssn 30 polished BY the people lean
ing against 1t that Its edges are a. bright a. .
brass breastptn. This bell weighs more than
zoo tons, and II would take 400 good horses TO
pull 1t IL 1t could be loaded on q wagon. The
biggest bell that strikes Is in this tower Of st.
Ivan. 1t Is only half as large in size - the bell
at the foot Of the tower and II 10, Judge, about
twenty feet high and fifteen feet in diameter.
You could hardly put 1t In the average cottage
parlor, and II has q tongue which weighs hun
dreds upon hundreds Of pounds. 1t tskes
about six mon to make this tongue strike the
bell, and l tried to push 1t from one side Of the
bel to the other, but found that was not
strong enough to move II.
THE MuscovrrEs
The city Of Moscow has about 800, 900 people.
It is growing city and 1t will be the biggest
city in Russia in the future. st. Petersburg re-
lies entirely upon its official classes to keep It
alive, and IL the capital should ever be changed
IL VIII 60 back to the marshy waste that 1t was
before Peter the Great founded 1t. The Nus
covites are among the most enterprising people
Of Russia, and they have many institutions here
which are worth notice. They have Sunday
schools for the teaching Of the working classes
and there are night schools for the same pur-
pose. The Moscow University Ii one OF the
largest In Russia, and 1t has from time 70 timo
been the hotbed Of nihilism. 1t was founded
by Peter the Great, and Il has about 2, 700 stu
dents, which Is moro, I think, than any college
In the United States. Many Of the merchants
OF Russia are very wealthy and some Of them
have very curious tastes. One of the merchant
princes here has palace which is painted dead
black, and it Is the most unsrsal-looking house
have ever seen. II lies within Q stones throw
OF the hremlin, In the heart OF the city.
AMUsEMENrs.
Invent out one night to the Peoples Park to
see how the Russians amused themselves in
the evening. I found, perhaps, 10000
people moving about under the trees in couples
or IN groups and quieter crowd have never
| seen. There were al sorts OF amusements 60
ing on from the american Hill" as the roller
coaster ts called here. 70 the dance under the
trees and the shooting gallery, but there was no
noise and no loud talking. Young girls, % well
dressed a. our girls Of America, moved about
without their hats on, in Hight summer cos
TUNES, chatting together and there were family
parties and parties Of friends enjoying the
evening. There were Thousands OF children,
and a curious feature Of the life was the tea
parties, which were given In lttls bowers Of
green. These bowers were cut out Of o bushy
thickst and in each bower there was table and
seats. Each party paid few coppsrs for the
use Of this-a teapot and a samovar Of hot
water. Many families brought their tea with
them and made 1t themselves, and, by buying a
roll or piece Of cake Of the numerous vendors
of these articles about the grounds, they could
have a supper in the open air for q very small
price.