Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-28

ieau una write at least one European
language beside their own. The PEN
cree was the sacrifice OF their birth
right. Then 1t was that the families of
the nobility n the people of great
wealth began the Importation of Ger
man nurses. French tutoresses and
english s%overnesses. Eternity alone
VIII measure or record the good and
salutory influences which have come to
Russia through, the cultured and con-
secrated English go~vernesses.
Catnerine II. erected a Very unique
abiding equestrian bronze monu
ment to Peter the Great. 1t stands on
an immense granite boulder, brought
rom Finland. How this enormous
lance and placed In It's present position
~ q problem or mystery something like
that OF the handling OF the obelisks of
E6ypt n the great stones Of the Tenn
pie baalbeck. near Damascus. In Syria.
me is between The front of
az great Cathedral Of Saint Isaacsa and
tho Nevsky river. This river was II
OF the greatest obstacles that stood in
tho way Of Peters enterprise. The
ground on which Petersburg rests or
stands was captured or taken from this
river. Peter drove down piles or trees
INTO the shallow waters and mud of this
river and thus made q foundation for
MS great city. An immense
Bronze Serpent
Is running over the granite boulder.
which h great bronze horse which
Peter is riding is stamping with his
feet. The horse is also rising on his
lind feet to spring or jump over the
being stamped to death. represents the
enemies of Peter. The Nevsky river
represents the impediments to Peters
plans n progress which arc being
leaped or overcome.
Before the time of Peter the Great
and of his building of his Window
Into Europe" the czars were all buried
in a church in the Kremlin in Moscow.
but now they are buried in the Church
OF Peter and Paul, in Petersburg. II
is nothing like so fine as Saint Isaac's,
out has u greater prestige on account
OF the burial of h czars Saint
lsaac's was erected Il tho honor of
festival, May 30, 1892, Peter the Great
was born. Its foundations, like those
of Saint Marks, of Venice. are built
on thousands of piles at the cost OF
about 1000, 600 rubbles, or $500. 900.
and constantly needing repairs. The
fine granite and figured bronze. the
immense value of its brilliant ikons.
and the gold and silver vessels of the.
church service, are enormous to con-
template. 1t is in the form of a Greek
cross. but the colonnades of the por-
tico are an imitation Of the Pantheon
I'm Rome.
Mr.. Taft says it's majestic solemnity
throws upon the visitor a pail of gloom
n awe, similar to tina experienced
on entering the Escurial.
Phillip H., with the wealth of Peru
and Mexico at his feet, sat day by day
on "a neighborhood hillside superin-
tan1fnQ thn construction nf fIonf cn1nS
sal mass of stone called the Escurial.
combining cathedral, monastery. pal
ace and mausoleum. The pyramids of
Egypt and the Escurial of Spain seem
to belong to the same family. The
somber though rich and massive Saint
1saac's betrays the same racial charac-
teristics of depressing immensely.
The most immense and magnificent
mass of depressing grandeur in Peters
burg is the Winter palace. especially
the room of Alexander H., which is
left exactly as 1t was when the assas-
eternity. This was especially depres-
sing after hearing a man say that dur
ing his later years he was always
drunk. We preferred to get out in the
open air n examine Peters boats,
especially the first he ever made
with his own hands. AS we went
about the palace and grounds of the
present car and saw the nervous
anxiety in guarding his life, the rustic
Of the leaves and the passing bneezes
seemed to whisper: Uneasy lies tho
head that wears a crown"
The Hermitage is q great picture
gallery and museum, mucl, better
worth the time and patience Of the
student than imperial palaces. When
a person has seen the British museum
and all the great art galleries and
museums of the world it is difficult to
muster up enough patience and en-
durance to go through such places,
even from Il sense of duty.
The great need of Russia today is
less vodka and Mar1olatry and more
spelling books and the gospel.