The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-14

before. Ihey sing zunusL every LLllAA6 eight notes below where it is written, they being known as contra-basses-
 In the Imperial Carriage Museum one sees the various grand, golden yehi- cles used at corOnations and the bril- liant and bejeweIled tTappings, many of which have been presented by different monarchs An interesting carriage is the one, semi-demolished, in which AL exander's life was first attempted.
 An afternoon was devoted to Peter hof, the Versailles of St Petersburg, with the Palace and vast park of Peter the Great and Palace of Catherine II, with its beautiful fountains and statu- ary, Here also is the Czar's summer palace. The Czar unfortunately was away and is seldom seen. The Grand Duke Alexis (the crown princel, howey- CT, saluted our carriage as he pasesd in his rapidly driven three -horsed equip ] age.
 Moscow, twelve hours distant, has metropolis of the Sclavonic empire. With its thousands of pointed spires, star-spangled belfries, airy turrets. strangely shaped towers, palaces and domes well-nigh innumerable, all in gold or of peculiar color, one feels al- most transported to another world, so bewftching is the vision.
 The "KremIin,' in itself a vast city inside of what is known as the Chinese wall, is the Mecca of the Slavs, and might be called the Alhambra of the ,oI; nYaI very heart of Russia. Here one finds much to remind him of the awful his tory of which Iran the Terrible was the center. From the Iransky Tower one beholds a experimentation of cathedrals, | towers, monasteries and palaces, which in style of architecture are unlike any other monuments in the world, and this view even surpasses those obtained | from the now demolished Campanile at Venice or the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The interiors of the various churches are much the same as I have described in St. Petersbury. Tn St. Michaefs church are the splendid tombs of the early Czars The Assumption is where the Czars are crowned, and in the Iran Tower are some of the largest bells in the world. The Tretjakov private col | lection of some two thousand paintings | is remarkable, the works being mostly I by Russian artists, St. Basil, outside
 the walls of the Kremlin. is unique among temples of the world This structure is so beautiful it is said, the Czar asked the architect if he could de- sign a finer one Upon answering he thought he could, lis eyes were burned out
 | In Moscow, as in other places in Rus
 sia, one is impressed with lack of edu- cation shown on every hand, Even many of the cab drivers cannot read
 and the store fronts are invariably cov-
 cred with pictures showing the articles I to be found on sale inside. We are told
 that these inartistie figures are quite
 necessary for the reason mentioned. l A journey of some thirty hours by l what they term an express train
 brought us to Warsaw, Poland, the last l city visited within the Czar's domain.
 Here one sees the Jew in his clement land the people in general are on a high
 CT plain of advancement than in the in
 terior. The Laziensli Imperial Palace,
 while not large, is one of the choicest seen fn all our travels, the interiors con-
 tainfng many excellent frescoes by
 Bacciarelli, while on and about the
 walls are many rare gems wrought by
 the chisel or brush of the old masters. l It is not all pleasure to travel, espec- l lially in Russia. There one is constant I ly under the eyes Of the police. Our
 passports are taken upon arrival in the i city and given us upon departure. In all public buildings never less. than two I guides accompany each small party,
 and no one is permitted to take notes nor photographs except of street scenes. l Nevertheless, these small discomforts |are soon forgotten when compared with
 the many grand and beautiful things
 one finds in this extensive domain
 Russia. <g '% N ;ss2 as , t:@ F. A l.. : + Dresden, Germany, Aug. 24, 1903