The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-23

showed him that one Of the under ON
GERS was robblng himi Peter admins
tered the punishment to the secretary by
beating him with his stick. and then
told him cheerfully to 60 and DO the
same to the rascal who had cheated him.
Such was the order OF the day. Every
thing was turned upside down, and the
wonder OF the modern reader IL that the
car could for one day escape assassina-
ton Nor would he. but for two reasons:
The people knew that he was sincere 70
hts inmost fiber. and. secondly. the mat
ter Of killing Peter. II II fail. was the
most fatal experiment that any human
being might attempt
Peter reformed the education also. No
system of free public schools could BE-
then established. but special Institutions
were planted at all advantageous places.
Nearly all OF these were technical In char
acter. Tho young Russians were laugh.
commerce and agriculture. manufacture,
tactics, engineering mining In particular.
and as TO scholastic branches. every
young man OF good birth must be able to
speak cns language beside his own. In
ST. Petersburg an academy Of sciences was
founded.
Peter himself made q new alphabet. US
ing the old Muscovite letters in part and
the Roman alphabet more freely. and
the new was substituted for the old. The
car lived to see four printing presses at
work In st. Petersburg, and there were
two Ia Moscow--six in ell the Russian
empire. But the imperial academy was
manned with capable scholars. most or
whom were brought from Western Eu-
rope In gathering his men. Peter ss-
lected from several nations. He got him an
astronomer and an Archaeological. sew
eral lsnguists experts In chemistry and
I'm all the current branches OF the higher
education.
Meanwhile Peter made the headquar-
ters Of the empire IN the little wooden
house which he built for himself At his
new capital. Two rooms were sufficient
for him The cottage eth stands and Is
REGARDED with veneratfon. A. . sort OF
shrine for those loyal Muscovites who be-
neve that a military autpcracy 10 the true
empire Of man and that Force Is the
greatest secretary % state. In that cot
tage were easboratsd by Peter the plans
for his military campaigns and Tor the
civa reconstruction b. Russ'a- He work.
Cd with his own hands He spranr from
one thing TO another with the bound o.
leopard. He conceived that he could do
everything. II workman was injured
IN the street. ard the surgeon was rot at
hand, the czar rushed out ard used the
knife himself He considered himself .
CAPABLE dentist. ard would snatch out an
offending u1o,ar from the Jaw Of field
marshai or prince. whether the victim
would consent or not. II history. with
her s7ainxiike face. could he brought to
srniie at anything. IL might we'll be q; the
inspired antics OF Peter the Great
The manner ana spirit OF Peter were
shown by his conduct aftRr the peace of
Nyssad in i7zi. He had then been az war
Almost constantly for twenty-five years.
With the defeat OF tire Turks he was able
TO exact an advantageous treaty. Return
ing 20 St Petersburg. he appeared On
public Platform and drank 70 the health OF
the Russian people. He cerreed that q
week should he devoted 20 masquerade
and fsasting He ordered that Il 80 rou-
hles' worth Of powder should be exploded
In celebration OF the peace- He got him
self into a fancy dress. He danced on
tire platform and sang songs. Strange
tina. the shrewd. eool-headed. broad
minded founder Of the Russian empire
shouie in the day OF final victory ard ac-
compisshmeat give expression to his Joy
and se, example for his people in the
manner Of Sioux chief returning from
the w2Ipsthi
JOHN CLARK RlDPATH.