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TTIE REPUBLICAN-RECORD CACE OKLAHOMA
CITY OF FAR-SEEING
PETERJHE GREAT
Russian Capital Was Forced Into
Being by Royal Edict
KAISER WILHELM AT THE FRONT
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CZAR BARS GERMAN NAME
'Preterit Emperor of All the Russia
Incensed Against Germany Changes
Ancient Title of the Great City
in Fit of Racial Spleen
Petrograd — Petrograd! In Russian
Peter the Great This Is the new
name conferred upon St Petersburg
by the Czar because the old name
which the first Peter gave the capital
In 1703 had a German ending Noth-
ing that Is German whether It be
ending or beginning or middle is tol--erated
In Russia today -
When the news was anounced of
the edict of Czar Nicholas which
eliminated St Petersburg every one
®at up and had something to say about
the free-and-easy way Nicholas shifted
good old-fasUoned nomenclature
about It didn’t make any difference
whether they were Russian or not
They (all but the Germans of course)'
wanted to have something to say about
changing euphonious St Petersburg to
guttural Petrograd
Some were of the opinion that the
changing of the name was a direct
slur on the memory of Peter the Great
-eponsor for both the city and Its time-
honored sobriquet These were unfa-
miliar with the fact that Petrograd
A LITTLE FLIRTATION
By LAURA V GRAND
The emperor of Germany who is well to the front personally directing
the movements of his armies is here seen conversing with members of the
aviation corps who are showing him photographs taken from an aeroplane
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Czar Nicholas Planting a Tree
when translated into American means
Peter the Great Others said Peter
the Great hadn’t named the city after
himself
"It isn’t Petersburg It’s St Pe-
tersburg” they pointed out and ex-
plained that the man who directed the
destiny upon w'hich was founded mod-
ern Russia had named his capital not
after himself but after St Peter
But when it was all over even
though many objected seriously the
czar’s edict stands for Russia St Pe-
tersburg was no more Petrograd had
succeeded it!
It is probable that could old Peter
the Great rise from his vault in the
fortress of Saints Peter and Paul he
would not give a well-worn Russian
kopeck what they called his city so
long as they kept it open to the sea
and growing and free and clear of the
Teuton throngs
As he lies in his casket among oth-
ers of the long line of Russian rulers
under the huge stone elbows of Saints
Peter and Paul perhaps the greatest
ruler the Muscovites ever had may
gain some chilly consolation from the
knowledge that had it not been for
him the present czar would never have
been able to change the name of St
Petersburg — for there would have
been no St Petersburg to change
Peter the Great’s troubles began the
day of his birth in 1672 His father
Czar Alecei MIkhailovitch died His
half-brother was the heir and sue- j
ceeded the father but died without
issue when Peter was ten years old
Ho designated Peter as his successor
despite the fact that he had an own
brother Ivan who was a real heir
but was feeble-minded Peter also
had a half-sister a belligerent soul
with a love for power She got up
a revolution and tried to pVevent the
crowning of Jier youthful half-brother
There was a fight and as a compro-
mise Peter and Ivan were crowned
jointly and Sophia the half-sister be-
came regent
Then followed trouble at home Pe-
ter tried to get rid of his regent sis-
ter she objected another fight more
bloodshed and at last the sister was
shut up in a convent Ivan then held
nominal reign but Peter held the
helm In 1696 Ivan died and left Pe-
ter then twenty-four head of the Rus-
sian people
At this stage of the game young re-
fer started to work He long had a
dream It was a gigantic vision of the
value of western civilization He
planned to unite Russia and western
civilization Put he needed a seaport
to do it Standing in the midst of
a desolate Russian waste with a Rus-
sian gale roaring about him the young
ruler looked for a window to the sea
as some historian ably puts it
He went to Prussia he went to
Hanover he went to Holland At
Amsterdam he got a job It was work-
ing in a shipyard as a common ship-
wright He caulked and planed and
scraped and painted And he learned
how to make a ship and how to sail
one All that remained to know was
how to fight one Experience would
teach him this
When he left for home he took with
him 500 engineers surgeons ship-
builders and artisans He stopped
off in Vienna and inspected the Aus-
trian army
When he got home he had to stop a
mutiny in his army but he did it with
his characteristic punch and set about
putting ginger into his people along
educational lineq He reformed the
calendar adopted western systems of
enumeration encouraged commerce
and abolished much of the Mongol
style of dress and manner which had
always been Russia’s
All the while he was looking around
for another sea window He found it
on the Baltic He started his army
against the Swedes who then con-
trolled the Baltic vcoast He was de-
feated at Narva by Charles XII His
troops were raw but Peter kept his
nerve He annexed part of Ingerman-
land at the head of the Gulf of Fin-
land The Swedes were too busy else-
where to take it back And while
Peter kept them busy he started the
beginnings of what later became St
Petersburg and later still Petrograd
The first thing Peter did after cap-
turing the site of St Petersburg was
to build tha fortress of Saints Peter
and Paul which ever since has been
the nucleus about which the city has
been built The completion of this
fort marked a revolution in Russian
history inasmuch as it established
that country as one of the Baltic pow-
ers and characterized its entrance
into the politics of the western world
With his usual directness Peter di-
vided the job of building the city be-
tween his lieutenants and himself
keeping'the hardest tasks for himself
as was his way The capital of Rus-
sia had been Moscow By 1712 suffi-
cient advance at St Petersburg had
been made to permit the transferral
of the royal family to that point
St Petersburg had become a hobby
with Peter He issued an edict order-
ing peasants from all parts of the
country to appear at the new capital
He levied a special tax to stand the
STARTS EXODUS TO CAPITAL
Wife of Swedish Minister to U S Is
First to Return to Washington
' for Winter Season
Washington — Mme W A F Eken-
gren wife of the Swedish minister at
Washington is the first of the foreign
diplomatic set to return to the capital
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(Copyright by Dally Story Pub Co)
Part I
The room was a very pretty bou-
doir in it were two women both hand'
some in their different way the tall-
est light haired with blue eyes
and a fair skin She was having a
white silk party dress fitted by a girl
who was as dark as she was light
Looking at herself in the long pelr
glass that hung on the wall she said:
"I think the Btyle suits me I am
so sorry that you are going back to
New Orleans I never had a dress-
maker that suited me so well before
When do you start?’’
“I want to leave on the evening
train tomorrow I am so glad that
you are pleased with my work” Mar-
cella Train answered
“Pleased I should say I was If
you should ever make up your mind
to come and live in the North I hope
you will make my dresses for me”
Mrs Ramsdale smiled as she spoke
"I hope that time will never come
but I thank you for your offer One
never knows what might happen”
Marcella replied
"When do you expect to be mar-
ried? I will slip this dress off and
while you are changing it I want you
to tell me all about it I dearly love
to bear about a romance"
"I do not like to bother you but
you have been so kind to me since I
brought you that letter of introduction
from your cousin that I would do any-
thing that I could to please you I
was not raised in the South as you
can tell by my talk Philip Cobb the
man I am going to marry Inherited
his uncle’s barber shop and moved to
New Orleans to take possession
That was a year ago I have sewed
for your cousin for some time and
she always liked me She knew that
Philip had gone away Just a month
before I came here your cousin de-
Mr Ramsdale looked up and half
smiled at tbs pretty dark face looking
at his wife Both women nodded and
the conductor called: "All aboard1
Mr Ramsdale hurriedly kissed his
wife and swung on the step His
wife waved her hand and as she
turned away laughed out loud
Mr Ramsdale entered the sleeping
car behind the porter and his first
glance was towards the girl that his
wife had recognized
She was dressed entirely in black
which suited her dark beauty a big
picture hat on ber head and long
black gloves seemed to complete ber
costume
Very pleased that he could use his
wife's recognition as a basis to be-
come acquainted with this beautiful
girl he said
"I am Mr Ramsdale and as you
are a friend of my wife I hope you
will consider that an introduction and
letus be friends for the Journey”
“Thank you Mr Ramsdale I will
be pleased to be friends I knew you
at once as your wife had shown me
your picture It Is very pleasant to
have an acquaintance on the train
when one has a long Journey ahead I
am going to New Orleans how far
are you going?”
“To the same place It will be de-
lightful to have company"
The train pulled out and the two
went to dinner together When they
were at table he was rather sur-
prised that she did not remove her
gloves but he was so deep in his flirt-
ation that he made no remark
The next day was spent by the two
together in pleasant converse She
received several telegrams at Mem-
phis the next day One of them was
from his wife and she showed It to
him It was as follows:
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Two Views I
of God I
Br REV J H RALSTON
Stvratiry at CmwpokUw
Moody BihU InMitvM Clikoao
TEXT— "I have heard of thee by the
hearing of the ear: but now mine eya
eeth thee Wherfore I abhor myself
and repent In dust and ashes" Job 42:5 6
The first may
be called a far
off view of God
but strictly freak-
ing it is £at a
view at all and
the second may be
called a near
view of Gd
God As a Rumor
With many the
knowledge of God
is little mors than
what Is known
from rumor ‘T
have heard of
thee by the hear-
ing of ths ear”
a suggestion abroad that
To Miss Marcella Train Memphis Tenn:
My husband Is on the train Will you
please tell him that I have sent him a
telegram to New Orleans Have you met
him? Please answer Francis Ramsdale
Marcella showed him the telegram
and then said: “I answered at once
and told her that you had introduced
yourself as soon as you came on the
train”
“I am sorry” he said “that you told
her we were acquainted My wife is
termlned to go to New Orleans Her always complaining about my flirting
Mme W A F Ekengren
for the winter season The legation
was established for the summer
at Bar Harbor Me but it has now
been closed and the minister and Mme
Ekengren together with the legation
staff have returned to Washington
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at work building homes for his im-
ported peasants Next he ordered all
proprietors of more than 500 serfs to
appear at the capital build homes
there and live in them for the win-
ter season Thus he populated his
pet city with both the rich and the
poorer classes It was a radical pro-
cedure but it was successful
St Petersburg prospered Today
Its population is more than 1500000
The enforced city has become one of
the commercial and surely one of the
financial giants of Europe
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Scene in Principal Thoroughfare of
Petrograd
expenses Then he collected all the
masons In the land There was great
difficulty at first in getting them Pe-
ter issued another edict saying that
punishment would be visited on any
man who employed a mason anywhere
but In St Petersburg The masons
had to have work so they all flocked
to the capital Then Peter set them
COWS LEARN MILITARY DRILL
Dairyman Has Squad That Can “Hay
Foot” and “Straw Fot” Like
Real Soldiers
Connersville Ind — Forest Haldwell
who lives near here has taught a herd
of 16 Jersey cows to do squad right
squad left and other movements In
military drill
Entering the lot at milking time the
young man will shout ‘‘Attention!"
and the browsing bovines becoming
alert stampede for a certain spot In
the lot and line up In double ranks
like a company of soldiers -
When the trainer calls squad right
the cows swing into lines of four
abreast and march to the stable turn-
ing to the right or to the left as the
drillmaster may direct
At the stable door the cattl mark
time until the trainer gives the signal
for them to pass Into the barn
PEACE LEAGUES ARE URGED
Christian Endeavor Society Would
Have One In Every Nation in
the World
Boston — Establishment of a Chris-
tian Endeavor Peace league In every
country is planned by the trustees of
the United Society of Christian En-
deavor Through their president Francis E
Clark the trustees have indorsed Pres-
ident Wilson's proclamation of a day
of prayer for peace October 4 In a
letter to the president Mr Clark saye
that the 600UU Christian Endeavor so-
cieties of America most of which will
hold regular prayer meetings October
4 have been urged to comply with
President Wilson's requesL
maid was not well so she offered to
take me In her place and then I could
see Philip I was delighted at the
opportunity and decided to surprise
him
“Your cousin gave me the first after-
noon off and I started out to find him
I had the street and number and
after inquiring of several people I
found the shop It was not quite as
large as I had expected to find It but
I cared for Philip not what he had and
I walked up to the door and went In
I heard the sound of laughter from
' the back room so walked towards the
door” Here she paused
"Well what did you see?” Mrs
Ramsdale questioned
‘‘Philip and two giTls sitting there
as cozy as you please and having a
good time he had the hand of one of
them in his I was so surprised that
I could not help crying out
"Philip looked up and then he was
so surprised He Introduced me to
those girls as his Intended wife and
It seemed they knew all about me I
was raging and got away as soon as
I could”
"Then what did you see him
again?" Mrs Ramsdale asked
“Oh yes I saw him that night and
every night while we stayed And
what do you think was the excuse he
made?” Marcella said Indignantly
“Flirting If you please Well I
flirted him I would have nothing
more to do with him But I have
changed my mind He has written to
me nearly every day and promised
never to do such a thing again I
have been so lonesome that I Just felt
I could not live without him so I
am going down there and get married
Do you think I am making a mis-
take?" she asked
No child I do not If you love
him and he loves you I think you
are better off married I have the
same thing to contend with My' hus-
band is one of the best of men and I
feel that he loves me dearly but he
will flirt He is going south tomor-
row night and I suppose he will not
be on the car a half hour till he has
found someone to flirt with I would
give anything in the world to break
him of it" Mrs Ramsdale sighed as
she spoke
There was silence In the room for
moment and then Mrs Ramsdale
laughed out loud "I have it I have
It With your help I think I will cure
him At least I can try”
Going to the door she looked up
and down the hall closed the door
tightly shut the one leading Into her
bedroom and then pulling her chair
close to Marcella's she commenced to
talk rapidly in a low tone
and I suppose she will call my becom'
lng acquainted with you flirting"
The flirtation weat on until the
train pulled Into the depot at New
Orleans
They walked side by side till they
had neared the gate Then she pointed
to a well-dressed negro standing be-
side the gate and said:
There is my intended husband
What! Not that negro?” he ex-
claimed in horror
She laughed and said: “Why not?
I am a negro too at any rate I had
a negro mother
Stopping still where he stood he
looked at her in dismay and horror
She laughed again and said: “Good-
by I hope you enjoyed our little
flirtation”
He was too stupefied to answer and
she walked away still laughing As
she reached the gate she turned
around and called to him "Be sure
to get your wife’s telegram”
He hurried to the telegraph office
and Inquired for his message When
it was handed him a grim smile
spread over his face and he knew his
wife had put up a job on him For
these words met his gaze:
I hope you had a good tame Francis”
SLANG TERM HARD TO TRACE
Origin of Appellation of “Piker” Has
Been Ascribed by Writers to Va-
rious Sources
Part II
It was very near train time when
Mrs Ramsdale entered the depot
She looked around hurriedly and saw
the face she was looking for A nod
was exchanged and then she turned to
watch the door for her husband’s en-
trance Fie looked surprised but said
heartily:
“I declare I am surprised to ses
you”
"I was down in the neighborhood
and thought it would be pleasant to
come to the train”
Mr Ramsdale had his ticket and
they walked down towards the sleep-
ing car his wife talking as fast as
possible When they reached the car
he was to take the porter took his
grip She stepped hack a little and
exclaimed: "There is a girl I know
she is going to New Orleans she
Bust be In the same car with you"
The word "piker" designating not
exactly a “welcher” but a timid
mean-spirited gambler who would nev-
er hold out against a losing game has
no possible connection with the agile
greedybold pike of inland waters That
fish Is ever daring and aboveboard
The term Is said to have originated
In St Louis Mo where In the old
gambling days men from Pike coun-
ty Mississippi or Pike county Illinois
used to play cards but being poor
they never had much money to lose
and so could never do much plunging
Hence the derisive term "piker” appli-
cable to the merely pettifogging gam-
bler A recent writer has another
derivation He says: “In the early
days men from Pike county Missouri
and Pike County Illinois went all
through the West They were all
good men In fact they were such
a fine lot that when any crooks would
want to represent themselves as hon-
est men they would say they were
from Pike As a result of this all
the bad men in the West claimed
to be from our section and in that
way Pike got a bad name So when
the Westerners suspected a man of
being crooked they’d say: ‘Look out
for him he’s a Piker’ ” This sounds
somewhat apocryphal however There
was a General Pike who fell in the
United States attack upon Toronto
in 1813 who traced the Mississippi
to its source and also discovered
Fake's peak in the Rockies during ex-
ploring surveys conducted for the
United States government after the
Louisiana purchase In 1804-5 Pre-
sumably the counties above referred
to were named after him and possibly
there is some connection between
him and the slang term In question
Pluto's Pet
Cerberus was barking at the gates
of Hades
"lie' all right” Pluto ruminated
"But I do hope they won’t tax me foe
three dogs this yea r"
Even he had his trouble
There is
there Is such a being as God aitri then
men make Interpretations of God The
heathen with his conception makes a
god of wood or stone or clay the na-
ture worshiper sees God in the clouds
or the forest or streams of water the
godless philosopher while not denying
the exlstenoe of God professes almost
absolute Ignorance of Him while the
Christian apprehends God an Spirit
and as perfeotly revealed in Jesus
Christ and worships Him according-
ly With many who claim to be Chris-
tians God is little more than a rumor ‘
and there seems to be little desks for
more perfected knowledjo of Him
Many are groping in the darkness
feeling after God If haply they may
find him while they might If they
would get a view of God that is pos-
sible to all and realized by trillions
Job had an experience and that view
of Ood vanished The philosophy of
his changed view of God is not given
us but the Bible teaches ija that he
was a man In high social' position
wealthy with a large family and with
wide fame but it was during this pe-
riod In all probability that God was
to him little more than a rumor But
all these were swept away juid Job
sat on the ash-heap eovered with
sores the object of scathing argu-
ments on the part of oriental logi-
cians the butt of ridicule and the
victim of an ill-tempered wife It Is
well known that me and women
through the centuries have had pros-
perity swept from them In order that
they might be brought Into right rela-
tion to God — financial loss the break-
ing down of health the bitter opposi-
tion of enemies and the treason of
friends have driven men to seek sat-
isfaction ultimately In God
Job’s Eyes Opened
Only a cavalier will charge Job
with falsehood when he says that he
saw God This was not £ course
with his natural eyes but with the eye
of the soul So have men in all ages
seen Ood some no doubt being grant-
ed what they believed to be the phys-
ical appearance of God Moses saw
God and endured Jesus himself said:
He that hath seen me hath seen the
father ” Job does not say what it
was In God that he saw but we may
well believe that it was the holiness
of God which was seen by the proph-
et Isaiah when he had his vbion In
the temple Nor does Job say what
view he had of himself whll God
was only a rumor but the probability
Is what he saw of himself is what
the world saw him to be a man of
distinction wealthy and glorying ia
his large family But now a change
comes He evidently sees himself aa
God sees him He probably had as
comprehensive a view of God as it
was possible for a man in his days to
have but he could not see him in tha
face of Jesus Christ
The need of this day is a right view
of God the true starting point of all
individual and social redemption and
this view of God is not difficult to ob-
tain as the personality of Jesus Christ
is the most prominent personality of
history and it is in him that God is
seen for Jesus Christ is the expressed
image of his person This Image of
God is much better than the image of
God in the person of the first Adam
Many however quite resolutely de-
cline to look at this image
Job’s View of Himself
While there Is no account of Job
expressing the change In hls views of
God there Is a most graphic account
of the view that he had of himself—
"I abhor myself and repent in dust
and ashes” His experience at that
point agrees with the experience of
Isaiah when he saw the Lord in the
temple and said: “I am s man of un-
clean lips and dwell among a people
of unclean lips” This was one of
the steps in Isaiah’s preparation for
the mission upon which God was to
send him and while Job was not be-
ing prepared for such a special mis-
sion he was being prepared for a
testimony which has come down to the
present moment to the glory of God
The road to right relationship to God
is by the way of right views of self
and that can only be obtained by right
views of God When these right views
of self are given there will be honest
confession this confession being in it-
self humiliating but the sure road ta
relief
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