The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-25
Journey to Persia.
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retired. We awobe the next
morning to find ourselves skirt
ing the coast Of Holland. The
boat stopped at Flushing at five
o'clock,and after passing through
another custom house, we took
the train for Berlin, Germany.
The country through which we
now passed was very interesting.
The farmers were making hay
and raising potatoes, and these
seemed to form the chief pro-
ducts. There were more women
than men working in the fields.
Ten or fifteen Maud Mullers
dressed in bright red skirts and
blue jackets, presented u gay
appearance. The country was
dotted with large old-fashioned
windmills, of which we saw
hundreds in Russia.
About noon one of our party
asked the conductor whether we
could get coffeeatthenext station.
He replied, "nO but the beer there
is very good" At seven o'clock
that evening we entered the beau
tiful city of Berlin with it's wide
clean streets and pleasant groves.
We remained there two days and
visited the University of three
thousand students and the EN-
peror's palace containing seven
hundred rooms.
AT seven o'clock Thursday
evening, we left Berlin for Mos
COW, Russia. The monotony of a
nights journey was broken by
another custom house experience
about two o'clock in the morning
as we passed from Germany into
Russia. Thatmoruing we changed
cars at Warsaw and the change
in the atmosphere reminded us
that we were travelling in north
erly direction.
In Russia, the pleasant class in
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their large shoes made of plated
reeds, and their sheepskin
coats, with wool turned in
side, sheepskin caps; and the
women with short skirts, always
wearing heavy shawls over their
heads although often with
bare feet. The peasants are
engaged principallyin agriculture
and live in villages for the sake of
protection. The villages are com
posed of humble dwellings, Of one
story, with thatched roofs which
nevertheless, looked comfortable
and form d favorable contrast to
the mud huts of Persia. The
raising Of wheat and meat form
ed the chief occupations.
We reached Moscow at two
o'clock Saturday afternoon, and
were so fortunate as to find a
hotel in which there was an Eng
lish interpreter. We were taken
to the hotel in droskys and the
good natured coachmen took us
swiftly over the streets paved
with cobble stones.
On Sunday morning some Of us
found an English church and at
tended the services.
The next morning we procured
a guide and visited the Kremlin
-an ancient fortress which now
contains the government build
ings. In one building we saw
the Romanof crown containing
the largest ruby in the world;
crown Of Peter the Great, throne
and coronation garments of the
present emperor and empress,
the bed on which Napoleon slept
two nights when he thou ght he
had conquered Moscow, and the
room in which the emperor dimes
on the throne at the time of his
coronation, he being served by his
highest officers. No women are
allowed to enter this room at that
time, but they have a gallery
from which they may look down.
The coronation Of the present en-
peror lasted thirty days, and ac-
cording to our guide, cost six
million roubles $8,000,00W more
than the Worlds Fair at Chicago,
Then we entered the Cathe-