| Show St i the Ji t C pi al Ita Furo I d 1 OH on many months SI SIr r r I Petersburg b uri had boon been It regarded as 1111 n center centar M ill from which tho thern st f j II rind event avent eventful 1 ful news might como conid at any moment It li III for fOI till reason that nil all tho great dally t Journal of ot the world have ha vo for tho pst past I year doubled d th lr news Blithering fa nt at tho Iho Russian en pita I and have given their augmented corps corps of corro cat caito to blanche Already enough to Justify these thue ex eJ Journalistic precautions has hall coma lo to pass It la Is true that tho rigid rig oversight overnight maintained bj by the Muscovite lion made much of ot the tho put forth by b tho foreign i gent of little avail but detail has mil filtered through the tho disciplinary eleve to convince the outside world i that tho has come when the city on the Neva Nea will tho reading public with all the thrills It can u j Great an HI St Petersburg undoubtedly Is It has haR never displaced Moscow Irl Mm th popular heart Is the ewen Muscovite center of ar tho the religious head of the empire the real power behind the gov government St Petersburg Is II new lIew and find 1111 Moscow Is find and Intensely national There Is noth Mth nothing Ins ing of tho present about Tho fhe pW p st still lUll reigns supreme au Modern Madern ways of ot doln ar upon and Irol progress ress Is shunned as liRa a thing thin unclean Tradition and the church dominate ev oW everything PI st Petersburg Is III modern mad rn find and bristling with tho tM Activities of at up upA A A A A A A A A A A A to date Italo All 11 the tho Innovations functioned by eIve humanity find a II lodgment there all except and that Is under way The fhe court r the tho seat of government nt nominally If It not virtual virtually ly Iy St Is III the rallying point paint of ot the tho Intelligentsia the Intellectual of af th empire U 11 Is the quarters of or the educated malcontent who 1110 contributed so 80 much to Its activity Tha Beat of or ono one of at atthe the greatest universities In 11 the Iho world It bg n the tho breeding of mOlt moat of ot tho which from time to have 1110 warned warn tI the promoters of ot absolutism loIn ism that the day of It reckoning 11 ap liP approaching Tho students at the university have enjoyed Iho tho din Unction of being under tho t of at ofa a n specially chosen body bod of ot police and andall an all equally select detective service The growth crowth of or two centuries and th Ih outcome of n II prodigious expenditure of treasure tI tho capital on an the tho Neva with I Its nearly Inhabitants IB hi one of tho mo 1110 it 1 splendid cities In III the world Lofty Loft ax I must have been the Ideal of ot tho gloat groat Ieter when he chose cho e tho site olle for or n II city to perpetuate his hi immo he could coul l scarcely have foreseen the fhe worked by two cen on In tho Iho rather barren arren and location which he selected His determination to ta found a great grent city at atthe the tho delta of ot the tho Neva mutt have been beena a 1 shuck to the not too alert In of at his subjects Even then 1111 a great city tho very ery beau bellu Ideal of at a n city from the Muscovite Peter Peler did not Intend to take for tor a I model It waa WM for that reason enlon that he ho chose a re remote roo mote from tho ancient nt capital and pro proceeded to erect n city which wan to 10 be AA A 1 I II I I PROSPECT ST THOROUGHFARE i the precise antithesis of ot Moscow In ev every cry ery respect Bt St Petersburg Peter burg Is at tho eastern end of or the tho gulf of or Finland OO miles north northwest west of Moscow Tho main portion of at atthe the city lies on the left lert bank of at tho ho river Nova Neva and tho remaining part Is built on the tho numerous Islands which arc aro formed by the blanches of arthe the d l ta Three Islands londs l nil all of which the tho most mat Impossible names known to ta the Muscovite geography arc aro very crY low Jaw A A AA A and arc constantly lly becoming larger on all I account of the deposits tram from Iho Moods These Moods were Iro formerly the of at the It but the th construction of ot nu numerous canals and embankments has hUR done dono much to remedy It has also given to the tho as ns aspect of or an nil Amsterdam In III certain I r mi 1111 effect which was coveted by Peter who unit a 1 great admirer Af lit the Dutch cities These to 10 t Neva as OR well ell as QS the Itself tSI nrc 1 l by many bridges which aro of or architectural to add greatly to tho Iho attractive lieu of af tho city The Is 18 o rigid that Hint It was necessary to 10 build of or th Ih most kind IlIn This account for tor the appear alleo of tho buildings and public works work Tho main part of ot the city Is built buill along the river bIllIon on tho Ihu numerous Islands and tho t aro laid o l with In III lio tha moil modern fashion tho Iho river nio tho of or tho nobility and somo of at tho nt Prominent among the tho latter Is II the ad nil admiralty which la III superior to any nil other building to tho purpose In III the tho Vt world orld It IH III In tho midst of ot beau beautiful gardens nil and stands lit h tho canter of or the tho city From tho admiralty radi radiate ate nto the tho three principal avenues of ot the the famous and splendid Nov Nav sky Prospect tho Pros Prospect and street in this part of or St Petersburg beautiful open squires occur at It Intervals One Olle of these IB 18 Senate square which contains the tho famous equestrian of ar Peter the tho Cheat Oreal by Cather Catherine ine 1110 II of costly and U 18 prodigal prod The Cathedral of at Ht la one Olle of tho constructions In tio world orill Including Us Its Interior decorations thero Is proba probably bly no other building In Europe which represents represent mich an nn enormous outlay U It la Is In tho form farm of ot u II Greek cross and Ha Its cupolas ate lite Inlaid pure gold Kold Th Cathedral with 01 of or Kazan of ot Our a 1 duplicate of the Peters Is almost taman Bt the or it Petr the and Is an abbey 01 the I falura of the arna 01 the anel alae 1 palace the r Th U Is lIr probably tho t iou royal dwelling Jump m th the d Tho the k th the bio blo Ir palace and the Tumi la are gul abodes of III re ing B thoro rite are several other Tin Th two tun nt at I koB 8 do Io a town ot bellut i ij 1110 noRi nohle the old 01 palace MIM el II v m of ot art Tho ram aPt elu hof hf another at nearby r 1 mid are by th the Present In the la better Piled with m Institutions of h forms torms of education T Tilt imp rw lie library Is 18 almost th J e i of 01 V the f th I r 0 or th o c great libraries are plentiful ani mu I II 11 tOlt scale o r Ou cal leut societies o be ble In or nn Impre Dion to 1110 or miles t and 01 At tho present time I Ilot ot a capital In III Europe with th Ilos i e of ot Berlin which Is so o gut 11 of at n II ut 81 Compared with it and pf and Vienna H O types Ipes of 01 tin C It r rear cd 11 by rome ne 81 Petersburg alono almo Is nm 10 Ee nT a fT ac |
