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Show CZAR'S GRANDEUR. ,H Tho UtiHfllan court Is the most. brilliant In tho world, The court Of, S-J Vienna has more ot A certain kind' H of hauteur nnd pratarielfori, btit the court at St. Petersburg Is tho most H gorgeous as well ns the most gra- j H clous and graceful. It has a finer art 1 H nnd a moro generous hospitality. Its' $ H refined nlr and Its polished perfection - f might well be envied nnd .emulated i M in capitals of higher civilization. J (Though tho ompcror gives a reception -M 'on tho RiiBsInn New Year, the season H really opens with the blessings of ..., " the Neva. ?lx tint's later.- Ittls a ,, .. .. . ,P St'iB yopolltah with the great dig- ', 'M J Aifs of tlm hierarchy of church t M rtlil stnto. the Bplondld columns of i M fielmotcd nnd plumed Chovallor . ) JM Guards at rest, tons ot thousands of v B respectful spectators Just boyond tho H lines, nnd all tho cohrt looking on H from tho windows of tho winter pal- ,H ace. I hava seep tho czar standing' jfll for twenty minutes with bared hoad IH In a temperature of zero whllo, where - H tho thick Ice had been cut away for' H the purpose, tho blessing of tho wat- VH crs In token of baptism proceeded. IH Saturday Evening Post. ,H |