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Show Czar Guided by Eagle ba a glorious aprlng morning Inward Ilia cloaa of May too yeara ago a momentum historic event took place In a vary quiet way, with not von a chronicler tn deacrlba thn do-tall. do-tall. Woodland, water and a cloud-Inaa cloud-Inaa aky formed the framework of tha picture, the foreground of which waa occupied with a number of bnata I Balling on tha surface of a broad rlvrr ; and manned with warrlora, florco-lnok- Inc. oddly droaaod and wrrinxllnl -- amonit themni lvoa In loud tnnoa. Thay I ware tha fanioua 'llombardlar" rent- !mant which had achieved feata of prnwaaa a few wneka before during , tha battle with tho Hwedoa, and their "cataln" waa the moat InitKinlnR fla i j are of them all, anting In the prow of j a atout Tennel ahead of tha reat. Tha j weather waa brlxht and bracing, and tha broom cauaed tha fnco of the blue, p bniad Neva to wrinkle, aa It loat j Itaolf In tho KIiiiiIbIi gulf. Thn "cap- I tain" Blood with hla hark tn Iho aea, j gating at Iho amlllng Inland In front, ' which wero literally rovered with denao forortta; Indeed, had It not btcn for thn noNy lotiKiied men on the ' boata bo mlnlit havj funrled hlmaelf In a oountry tkendofora unvlnlted hy man. Thn whole district, .Hwodlnh down to a couple of wooka bofora, bad recently been taken by tha lluaxlan troopa. Tho "captain" now landed on : the moat pleaaantly altuated and at tractive ot tho lalanda, and, with a few of hla offlcera, waa making hla way tn tho center when a curloua eound In tho air above arrnatod bla attention, I-noklng up ho behold a groat eagle flapping Ha wlnga nolally, aoarlng up tn a dlxxy height and thnn awlftly dea-condlng dea-condlng tn a apot not far from whore he alood. Ho did not then know that It waa a bird tamed by tha men who wore wonl to load tha boata with timber, tim-ber, but looked iiMn Ita appearance aa a good omen for hla undertaking. Helrlug a bayonet therefore, ha cut nut two aoda of Ilia turf, placed thmn olio on tho other llko tho heama of a croaa, then mado a wooden croaa from twu boiiKhn ami, prenalng It Into the aoda, exi-lnlniod: "In tha name of Jenua Chrlnt, let there be a church on thla aiHit. and 'let Ha name bo thono of tho chief aiiontloa, I'eter and Taiil!" And It waa all ba hnd aald. Tha church, with Ita golden aplro, now Btirmouiita the terrible fortreaa In which many political prlmuiera have perlHhed' mlneratily, and the city around It la Ht. lvternhurg, for the "Cnptnln of tho lloiubardlera" waa Peter the (Ireiit. Huch la thn legendnry tain of the foundation of tho northern Palmyra, which la aald tn have been Jotted down by an officer of tho corpa at the tltno, and to hav been laid In a gold caakct, which atlll Ilea among the foiindatlona of the fortreaa. |