, 1869-04-04
CURIOUS RELIGIONS IL RUSSIA.
Nine Millions Of u AHchis1nA1lcssa-
Wh0t they Believe.

"h0H &aey Believes
The Russian sehisuatica arc di7tded Into two |
GGoNiedse Z W p1ies;eood sd lie p Popottsn S ~ nSo
hate preserved kind Of clerical Hierarchy. Tbs
6ubd1Ststons Of these Glasses arr described by
Fel7uu Inls allie writer divides tho Bcxpopoftxi
INTO Ut least thirty distinct aectA md one OF
Tic principal d5issons u that Of tha kaqstonea
IW KAfrroNE8.
The Kapttones, 10 called Aser the monk EapI-
ton, I've only On bsead rEut, regetaales aud via
the nuste1itJ Of their lives and the severity Of
tae!1 voluntary pT1yRHons. They consider sl.clte
as the most ne1.tn'.o9s sction that tue b.
eonsealed il tae ce!lal oi s0a hossse Ia wnca he
ne fa1Sra are @ @assenbied he & comes NJ ous q a esr
hiding place, and eutsu into the chamber set apart
- fanc9aazJ, clothed In : white tacet md hold
ten 1 kind OF invocation, Of, rather, prououzGes
bIeastng three times, and distributes ratzfn to
each individual p1rsca1, who, looking 1pon It ~ =
Gus in1tances been kuoHn to kul themselves tn
medIsielJ upon leaving the roora-
Next come the st1e1tsa 1l Be1popor.st, ~ha n,a,n-
tain that AntichIst has already come, End rt.gua
over the Russian Church They also Recommend
seventeen hundred OF The soct, Including men.
women and children, together with their leader,
u priest named uotnit1ar, shut themselves up n
mass, md peEished mlseiablJ tn tho nanes. How
ever, the da1e nnd place OF thb fsighful holocaust
The Pomoracnle Il {. twrters on the ses coast,
| CIRCULATED tn the country bctWecn Lates Omega
and t{9. and on ne desotate there q tne White
On earth. Jesus ChrKt Will soon come nCain; In
deed, the IHcc.se day nf ha second appearing na1
wlere,ipon The metnbcrs Of the sect die cut graves
In The earth sad I've IN them awaiting the blast of
the last trumpet anh though continually decelved
1 IL. A.,I-- NaR e~f0 ~
rray for tho sovereign as Trs but reject the title
u Imperator which they say Is N attribute Of An
tchE,st. Tney als1 a1e EcAdy a. a! moment 70
TIE rHIoDosuSA
The ThcodoGAns form one Of the wealtnles1 anil
| nnst numerous Of ali thc s4httvi:ions Ihetf
! {uudc1 established colony In Potand but, driven
1hepcc coutr1vcd 10 plant new 1xsoetAttonain fas-
| oslaNl hEA Moscow, Sijnnl, Toula, Serason, In.
| theI1 number, founded IL 1ne elv1rons Of Moscow
tic Prrolaa a>ensty khdnisniehc Tor Trsnshguro-
tlon Cemetery. which n short ttne became me
central pc1ut and metropolis q all the be1popof1d
KtyeIus ruled over this estxbshntnt Thirty -eaSht
| JcarA and when he died left behind him Eteh and
powerful sett,emsn1, composed ol more than y ooo 9,
ten thousand discnlcs living IN and atoond the
ancient capital The widespread renown Of the
Eesn , aaa eaused s1 al otser ~
of the rersuaAon to regard It ss their centre
| thence they procured their teachers, and thlther
every .hrcc yeara they sent deputies 70 deate nnd
tenets of thh sect DO not grt1iy dlder from those
Of the Potnorzcnic-wih this tridtng exception,
however that the former hold that provisions puf
chased At public market, nust be pnrined before
| use A hundred pokIona e, rcverencea Accom-
e z ne eoes It q a t1s tneS IL se &
| descends upon Tho meat through holes uadc pr1
po.c.y IN me Id Of the cooking pan
TIKI BURNERS - AfD "wANDENfKs-"
The F1iloprM tsee their nam. nom Phl1lr, =
tansticA monk Who With th,Ity-elght q h!s a
heIcnta, burnt himself alive IN presence o. tos
| Imperial Commissioners sent to Tttt and rcPof1
urop the scct. Similar examples OF suicide Err *
o.mmon amorgft them that the people cah tnsn
adsatA OF nurnerk The wanderrts Sss'ann.ta
al the Empetors Of Russ1a, and therefore onc
dicace to The peculiar power ts Clearly the oar1
ne esasl To rsTnoa III qne mus
. . Eating from him A. this opposition cannot o
cn7icd on openly, the only course that renAns & {,
chF1Et % break all family ties, uproot NIL relation
! khip With society, and roam about u the lonet
: depths Of tho forest and desefm
the 6era1noprtmtsi {nosplsahlel arc kind
: complement Of the above sect aad hare TO Pas
through novtdate- Their DUTY ls to tecciFc u
wsnasss1s e snen ts0 ,ss R919s eosfn sass
? ctscoverpble only 70 tho Initiated, 50 thxt tn
81 may r. o1nt
= these seets taken suddenly III has himself t1n.
5 ported possible, Into },eld OF wooa. IN ordt
: that ne may die n .f.tat, md not under TOO
| ny ~
J. lfelsttl, wHtsea hn Smh IL SacH,ttx ~ @1nxt - n
Inpof 70 ~ Nv - scrornvio Il
etloy Ano ansn ~ T. tt.e,f! 4n-tsdr ~ - -
u lat4n! " tat ,s, 49, - HnrsrsonsSt an 81
u ~ nneu - dl!,t ~! naos1se thev ,rnnId ftin dim
Snsgu, ~ - i,ws and 5nstnfns Of nc cou
u Th. 1nT nnev of tnis .ert IA Jery conaaeFshI
W. .1e 1"1'~1t y. m4T1 WE 0se sSr = wy
/, -,., ,n.,r ar. he enyldrrn. .fu,e4t, whose pa
c ,,c.s - rIn,1inct hy Their naue; the Atam!tt
shn 1xtll nnt walk On pavrd roads nor aece
a 1,msrtsn mnne. becnuse the figure On the col
n .r%rsrrti,r- ri Grorrc Killing the dragon I. ciea
?, n. ,m.a ~ AntfrhrIsf. ine Hoso1aii or Hre
Is hn ..seTnni. On IIoly Thureday, and wait Y,
n ~, Tnntrs ffr an ancc, 10 descend and depo
y, b a.rTra host tterrJn tne Soupctp OF ssat,rrd
Or | S,irfs Nho follow the Jewish custom and rft<
o. | sstur1aJ instead OF Sunday; the 1sK3teu Chris
&c ~ Enrist eeefcra who wander cessccssly abe
X t4G luz os!isatt ~ ~ tncv 4.y het n,rcaJy
Is, unneArr,i Hnon catth. Tue strsnsters who, bell
IS ine thst INC docyY Of Heaven urc only opcctd
m such a. dc violent death consider i II
"a fyouD,cn dut1 to despatch their alltnx friends
D. occasiotaIs perform the sa1e tender duty on 81
- "a Enjoy r,,rfect health The skn1tst were
ol1 ecrbcd In nv last letter. The Flasehsuts-caH
- themselves sog,ssstc Botsch Lyoudci cf eontnal
nd Thi]lnpositcl, who Eare out that he Vas God
s. Faiher
e., YUY rQrcFETrHENA-
The oruoslke division Of .bhtHnatics Is fnowt
~ The PprofBchcnI Iheae poesE@ stsesa4 u.Ss ~