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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
sv There is a pair of Don ouixo,es

S There is a pair of Don Quixotes
now going the round of the newspapers.
and saying out-of-the-way things in a
style of self-deuying generosity which
people are laughing at in general. One
OF these is an Englishman, who will not
take more than half the American rate
of interest, because he does not think it
right to do so. Him they have al
ready set down as lunatic, mem con.
The other extravagant man is Profess
sor Wilcox, of Washington. who re-
fuses the franchise on principle-since
the ladies, who know more about the
locality than he does, are not to have
it. The Professor may not be alto
gether out of his senses, but great
many consider him 'mad south south
west" and fit subject for the Sorosis
Society," Y. Times.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17

AIMLEss EDUcATIoN.-Here is the
rich mans son, who has been educated
at great expense and pains, and who
has come out gentleman. He has
studied not with view to fitting him
self for any avocation in life, but with
a view of being gentleman. He reads
not for the sake of knowing anything,
but for the sake of being gentleman.
Soon his father breaks down; and he,
when he is about twenty-five years old,
finds himself poor mans son. and
dependent on his exertions. And he
says to himself, "What shall do for
living?" He asks his feet, and his
feet say. 81 do not know." He asks
his hands, and they say 81 do not
know" He asks his head, and it says,
81 never learnt anything about how to
get living" There is but one man
who can befriend this poor wretch, and
that is the sexton. Could anything be
more useless than such person? Can
there be anything more pitiable than
such histories? And yet they are hap
pening every day.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17

people disappeared. leaving scarcely a
trace behind; an investigation by the
authorities. too late to prevent the mis-
chief, revealed dreadful state OF
things; bodies were found buried alive,
and many mutilated." In 184a and
the following year most of the Dukho-
bortsi were transplanted To the. .Caucas-
US. Such are few of the strangest
ofshoots from the main body of Rus
sian dissent. Of the great mass of the
Raskolniki. comprising the Old Beliey-
ers and other respectable sects, our
space has not permitted us to SPEAK
" y Observer.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
E~ A man coming home one night

~ A man coming home one night
rather late, and a little more than
"half seas over" feeling thirsty, pro-
cured glass of water and drank it. In
doing so, he swallowed small ball of
silk that lay in the bottom of the tum-
bler--the end of the thread catching in
his teeth. Feeling something in his
mouth, and not knowing what it was,
he began to pull at the end. and the lit
tie ball unwinding, he soon had several
yards of thread in his hand. and still
no end. apparently. Terrified. he
shouted at the top of his voice: "Wifel
wife! come here! Pm all unrayeling!''
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
EXTRAORDINARY RELIGIOUS
SECTS I'M RUSSIA.
Almost Incredible Delusion and
Fanaticism.
THE IMMOLAToRs. "

THE IMMOLAToRS."
The widest among the Russian fana-
tics are the Morelshchiki, or Immola-
tors. The leading idea is to mortify
the flesh for the sake of saving the
soul, and in order to do this efficiently
they have recourse to various means of
mutilation and death. Sects inculca-
ting the virtues of suicide and murder
naturally do all they can to keep their
existence secret, but every now and
then horrible story comes from the
interior of some gloomy forest or dreary
waste, which tells how some of these
wretched people have died. Sometimes
a pit is dug in the earth and half filled
with wood and straw. This is set
alight, and when the whole mass is in
a blaze, the miserable creatures leap
into the pit and are consumed in the
fire, wildly singing hymns as they
burn. At other times they meet in a
wooden house, round which they have
piled heaps of straw; and in it they
deliberately burn themselves to death,
their neighbors looking on quietly the
while, for the act is a sacred one; the
victims are undergoing "baptism by
fire." Some years ago, says Haxthau
sen, congregation of Immolators as
sembled at a spot on the left bank of
the Volga, and ageeed to put each 9th
er to death. But after six and thirty
of them had fallen, "the desire of life
awoke in young woman, and she fled
to neighboring village. The people
repaired to the scene of action, and
found two of the murderers still alive.
and forty-seven persons dead. The
two who were taken were knouted-ex-
ulting at every stroke at the martyr
dom they were undergoing" 1t is to
this sect that the Scoptsi belong, of
whom we have spoken in a previous
chapter.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
WoMEN AND BABIEs.-In the ear

WOMEN AND BABIEs.-In the early
days of California a woman could hard
ly walk through the streets of San
Francisco without. having every one
pause to gaze on her, and children
were SO rare that once in theater in
the same city, where a woman had
taken her infant, when it began to
cry just as the orchestra began to play,
q man in the pit cried out, ''stop those
6ddles and let the baby cry. / hayn't
heard such a sound for ten years. =
The audience applauded this sentiment,
the orchestra stopped, and the baby
continued its performance amid un--
bounded enthusiasm.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
~ One verv cold night, a iolry olc

S One very cold night. a jolly old
fellow who had been drinking too freely
at the tavern, started for home in gig,
and on his way was upset and left on
the side of the road. Some persons
passing short time after, discovered
him holding his feet up to the moon
and calculating to some unknown per-
son: "Pile on the wood! It's misera-
bly cold fire."
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
There is a petri6

~ There is a Petrifed apple tree
near Macarthur, say, about a mile and
a half southeast of town. The trunk
has its form as perfectly as at the time
it grew, and plainly shows the grain
of the wood. Many of the older citi-
gems remember this tree and have
eaten apples from it.-JdeRson Ss9nd-
ard.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
sg- Minister Burlingame rebuke

E~ Minister Burlingame rebuked
the foreigners who thought they out
ranked him in Paris, in the following
style: "We Americans do not raise
the question of rank. We receive all
gentlemen as occupying common lev
ell. But if you raise the question of
position, we outrank you. You are
nothing but Dukes, Marquises. and
Counts. We belong to the royal fam
lily. We are the equal of our President.
We are all heirs apparent TO the throne.
We stand up for our order, and if
needs be, we fight for our order"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
THE "sCoURaHRs,"

Next in singularity to these people
come the Khlisti, or Scourgers the
Flagellants of the middle ages-whose
notion of religious service is a wild
dance accompanied by severe castiga-
ton. In the middle of the room in
which they meet stands vessel con-
tanning water, and to this they go from
time to time, in order to wet their
beads or to drink out of their hands,
They then resume their stamping and
their flogging; until they fall down Ut
terly exhausted, OF conyulsions seize
them, during which they utter rawlings
which they call prophecies. Every
Easter night, one of his secretaries told
Haxthausen, the fanatics "all assemble
for great solemnity, the worship of
the mother of God. A virgin fifteen
years of age, whom they have induced
to act the part by tempting promises,
is bound and placed in a tub of warm
water; some old women come and first
make large incision in the left breast,
then cut it off, and staunch the blood
in wonderfully short time. Other
barbarities follow, too shocking to be
told. During these operations mys-
teal picture of the Holy Spirit is put
into the victims hand, in order that
sAe may be absorbed in regarding it. l"
Afterwards wild dance takes place
around the tub, kept up by the whole
congregation until their strength is ex-
hausted. The girls who have been
thus mutilated are ever afterwards con-
sidered sacred. At the age of nineteen
or twenty they are said to look like
women OF fifty or sixty, and they gem
orally die before reaching their thirtieth
year.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17

E The art of saying disagreeable
things in a pretty way has been brought
to great perfection by French women.
The other day two dearest friends
were in conversation. "My DEAR"
said the eldest, "do you know that
your husband told me last night that
my cheeks were like roses?" ''Yes,
love, l know he did He spoke of it
afterward, and said it was pity they
were yellow roses"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17

~ An inebriated man walking
along the streets at night, regarded the
moon with sovereign contempt: "You
needn't be so proud ole feller," he said.
You're only full once a month. and l
am every night
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17

E That man hath bat an i'll life OF
it, who feeds himself with the faults
and failures of other people. II curl
osity was the purveyor, detraction
wonld soon be starved into tameness-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
MlXED.
Tune-MABLx WALTZ.

The following ls the latest song out. 1t il
warbled on the streets and has become almost
IS pobulsr as "ole Dog Tray"
Oh. Absalom, my son i my son.
HIS hair was white as snow:
He stole pig and away he run
To the Bay of Biscay, o.
The boy stood on the burning deck,
And smoked his pipe Of clay;
And bet his money on q bob -tsil,d nag
When the moon had gone away.
TN lonely since my mother died
The ice is round her still
SoIm peel bag OF taters, o,
With the swerd OF Bunker Hill.
1t is the hour when from the boughs
Kissed my Mollie Ann;
Sorun Elijah, and hurry up Pomp-
les, or any other man.
Oh. what are the wild waves sayings
cried the long night through;
And voice replied far I'D the height.
A little more cider, too
The harp at natures advent strung
Iscomin' through the rye;
Then kiss-ane quick and go, my honey,
Said the spider to the ny.
p My Willie's on the dark blue sea,
With five hundred thousand more;
And my days are gliding swiftly by
To the Old Kentucky shore
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17

~Do the best we can, we must
not expect every one to be friendly to
us, for some win bate US because 9TH
ers love us.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17

HWrite your name with kindness,
love and mercy on the hearts OF the
people you come in contact with year
by year, and you will never be forgot
ten.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
American House !!

THIS HOUSE, situated on Locust Street,
/ opposite the Court House. is always
open for the accommodation of day and week
-boarders, on terms as reasonable as any
house in-the city.
CD. WALL.
Dec. I9, ls67--tf
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
IMPROVED,
PREPARE FOR WAR;.

'Tn time of peace prepare for war;" is the
old adage, and there is no sentence in the
English language more expressive, nor one
that is so applicable in innumerable cases -
Who IS 80 wise as to know the exact moment
that the fell destroyer, disease, will attack
him? Then be ye ever prepared, have the
Roback's Blood Pills, Stomach Bitters and
Blood Purifier at hand and combat disease
successfully.
LIP. MAGUET,
J. d P. A. SANNS,
May 81, '69-3m.l Agents.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
THE "lUMB."

Another very singular sect, which
existed in former days, was that of the
Beslovesniki, or the Dumb, but they
seemed to have died out. Scarcely
anything is known about them, for as
soon as any one joined the community
he became mute, and from that time
forward no articulate sound ever es-
capped his lips. Various attempts have
been made at different times to torture
them into speaking, but always in vain.
"a governor-general of Siberia, named
Postal, in the time of Catherine H., or
dered them to be tortured in the most
horrible manner. The soles of their
feet were tickled, and melted sealing
wax was dropped upon their bodies;
but they did not utter sound" !"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
THE TRUE cHRIsTIANs. D

Not quite SO wild as these sects, bat
still sufficiently erratic. are those of
Molokani and Dukhobortsi. The Mol
akani are so styled by the people on
account Of the quantity of milk (molo-
ko) they consume, but they call them
selves "true Christians" The sect has
existed about century, during which
time its members have generally led
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-08-06


The Augusta (Ga.,) OoRsttNhohdi@ OF
says.
sRumors were current on our streets yes.
tcrday that Justly incensed brother had
avenged the wrongs of n sister in the Staying
Of thc man who had betrayed her confidence
AS the circumstance comes to us, the family
of ihe Young lady concerned ranks among
nc most respectable oil Edeeiield County
Tbn dcslrnlur and successful VILLAIN who
has wrought her ruin is represented TO have
heen a Young man who formerly lived in
AnTnsla-J. d. Cresswcll. We are advised
that Tins young man conducted a farm IN the
nciehhnrh0od of the family 10 which anu
SION has been made, and that he Ind been
welcomed into the most intimate association
with the father, brother and daughters.
EVERY facility in their power had heen
chepr1ully afforded 10 contribute to his ma
icrial interests, and TO promote his social
enjoyment. lie Ind been treated rather as
member Of the family than ms an acqualhl-
ancc, and sucl had been his seeming honest
and honorable department that no breath oil
suspicion was stirred against him until ms
bnscnesa and perliay eliminated in the ram
of daughter of the household. Slung 10
desperation, the brothers, who had been
Tins deceived by one who Ind worn The
scmblance of honor and outraged the conn
dence rcposed in him, waited on Inc anthoi
of the rum of too conlding but loved
sister. and demanded roparah0n OF The
wrong al the marriage altar. THIS tool
place At night, in the early part. of last week
Crcsswell, as we are informed, accedeu It
the demand, and mounted his horse TO &C
company the young men, 10 have the cere
mony Of marriage performed.
On The road, however, his viliainy agail
oesnrtcd lis SUPREMACY. and being mount
ed on n swiltionted horse he CAV
them The slip at favorable locality, an
made his escape, although they discharge
their pistols at him as he fed. Since the
these Young men and their sympathisn
friends have been in active search for III
young man who has so gnevously wrongc
Them, and il was reported here yeserda
that one Of the brothers had traced him
Station 05 on the Greenville and Columbi
, Rlllrond, where he overlook him on Satul
day night, and shot and killed him. Ii sue
is The fact il is only just reIrbution, and
! fate winch all such men should be taught
: expect,
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-08-06
From the Nashville Tenn'> Press, July sO'l
DTSTREsSING ACCIDENT.
Tne Fatality of love Finds II Curious Illus
= t..aaIl

~ Witt
A young gentleman nnmeu 'uu %" nv Nv, !"
very rcspcclahie' ,huu 70 'ous, nr oge and
looking fellow OF about le Yen1s oi ~, h',u
a resident OF Germantown, wen. ~ H. 9on i.!
Nashville Saturday night, 70 WISH Nls m',y
love. n Miss Barnes. lie had neon ireq"rntiy
to VISIT her helorc, at various IimeS. ney
were engaged TO he married. Tic lounu nc,
in the pnIlor, sewing, as proper SnunS ~
should be, She was ANXIOUS 70 nil'sil t,'e
article, and therefore cohciuuru npa w. ', Nv
il aside when he cnlere'' raI,lelln' US ~"
GNmplimcnied her on her pre-. WI e.a. W.
with her beautiful lace, nehu'nS wv, ~
slender fingers flying MS she pileu Tue sl,,ch
es with MS much grace ana rhllui.y a., ns" 1..
riils dicpEy when STUNNING over .'r heIs
of a nasty piano. lie look ms sc"t "uS'u'
en- They chatted very gally' ,.,..
After wailinga lew minutes, whlch "hl'n
seemed hours, he became lnihh'len'' anu
ongcd 10 imprint enas'e Nlss ui,'n u, "ua n'le
and pouing iirs. Wlth inc WV WV ", va
ing on; his design, We let ms u, y, i,
waist furtively, and, as ne was urhWlnH neI
close To himself she ohJecleu nelns u.s'il 'ieu
until hcr little work was hnisheui VI. NJ la-
sisted. She made motion TO sh my MN OH
MS girls are said TO, geneIally. nls 'no W.
proved fatal to her happiness anu 10 ms i''e.
lie became impeuOus, ana, ura",nR hei W
Inn with much violence, Tue neeule wnlch
was caught in her tl'imuie' GOV ue.M ,asaa
them, the point toward his heart u en' il.,
and as he was about to imprint MSS VI 1--WE
upon her lips his own became asny na pa a.
Ills vigorous grasp relaxed, ana tne1 ane hle
of love died out ASH by ccies.la, pun; IN y,
the moment of contact ne s,cSehe"' n 1sil
back upon the sofa, quile heIliess, i ras
young ady was much alarmed ana u, ran l I,l
assistance. The lamly al ran ihtv tne ioo
and proceeded To open his shlrl e9lla ,Ed INNS ,ho
4 ing he was in a laintlng III, anu Ina 1o; ;no
usual rcsioraives would suinSe. IN unuJ ~
his vest il was found thai .ne nee o;rc, uuu
- penetrated his slut Vtlf "ssefIJl . 4
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-08-06

A Husband and wife Abandon Themselves
~ Suspected of His Murder.

il Suspected of His Murder.
A case of most uucr abandonment to he
use of stmulants (of winch very many exist. |
though few are actually known to The iull
extent of their duhasing Gilects) came TO the
notice of the Coroner on Saturday An
item appeared in the papers oil that morning
stating that man named Henry Fink had
died IN Lowell, near the New Reservoir, ana
that 1t was suspected, from the marks OF
violence on his person, that he had been
foully dealt with. Accordingly, the Coroner
on Saturday morning visited The locality in
dlcated-a small frame shAnty-to invesll-
rnte tLe case. He found the body Of Fink
| living where the man had died at seven
O'Clock il the evening previous, the remains
beng already offensive in the commence
ment OF decay. The surroundings OF the
Mace were truly disgusting in their aspect,
there heing permanent stencil diiluslng
itself around, arising from decaYing animal
and yepetable garbage both inside and out
side tile cabin, while filthy goat, which
inhabited the place IN common win lhe
human members of the household, added lis
unctuous perfume to the multiarous ou0rs
that infested the premises. There was lll.le
apparent regard for that character OF gouli-
ness which accompanies an absence from
every kind OF filth. The Coroner was under
the necessity of having some cleaning up
done before the inquest was proceeded WIN
! The testimony revealed that the deceased,
Henry Fink, was a tailor by trade, ana
worked in the house where he died. lie
, and his wile (who was present and one Of
, the wilncsses) had been drinking very marc
for about two weeks-0n what would h'
$ called continuous spree. few days ago
Fink went To n saloon for beer, and return
$ ing, fell 10 the ground two or three times
losing the beer This vexed his vile, VINE
gave him some abuse, though not violent
and then went herself 10 procure the beer
9 apparently determined not TO be put out o
| her "stimuIant." On Friday Fink was seei
in the yard OF his residence tumbling about
t, falling and getting up and falling again. lh
falls mficting various bruises, black eye
bloody nose, and injuries on his body. Sev
eral skin deep cuts were discovered on III
Is person, but none of them serious; there wer
III thought by witnesses 10 have been inhlele
rs by his numerous falls. None ct Inc helgu
It. bors knew of any fighting between FINK al,
he his wife, though they were often known
ed quarrel. On this tile Coroner eXcn'pn'e
ry Mrs Fink from any charge OF helng acee
q. sorry 10 her husbands death. Tho Jul
s. rendered verdict OF death from apnploN
n resulting from intempcrance
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-08-06


A Young Scaustresa Driven from House
TO House by Threatening teiier s,,, anw's
some Unknown sv,.;ts IN.
Letters?
Living in the West Division of our city, in
the family of one Of uur respectable ciilAehs,
IL she has moi ere this been compelled 70
leave is seamstress with ltllo chllu'
about winch there is I'M unrGvealed history,
to which there is attached peculiar inter
es. The lady, stranger in the CITY, IL
thirty years Of Age perhaps, handsome, m
tclligeni. refined and has been renrcd IN
habits OF ease and comfort. Her lillle girl "
a pratiler two years Of age, interesting anu
beautiful So fnr the sketch OF tins mother
aud child reads WELLS well.
The child was horn in Chicago anu inc
mother, with her babe, came to aurora
about eighteen months since, when sue look
| uu her residence ut -, on inc Ncsl
| side. She had been there hut little time,
when the proprietor of the house received
iniimalions that she was Ind character,
and If she were allowed TO remain, the
house where she stepped would he burned
down.
She soon alter sought a home elsewhere,
and the letters, as hcl9re, threatening the
burning ol lhe house in which she was stay
ing were received by the people Tor whom
she was working. OF course these letters be
gel feeling Of uncasiness ON the part OF The
people where she is, which ultimately
obliees her to leave. And thus she has been
compelled to change her place OF abode
many times since she came TO Aurora, every
owner Of house where she remains recelv-
ing intimntiun that their premises Will be de-
slioyed il Sue is allowed 10 remain.
rhe lady herself Is very modest and reilr
ing, and her character perfectly above re-
, pronch since size has been IN his city, seek
ing MS she does no society, mud asking only
n pluee where she nav remain in quiet, ant
labor with the needle for her support. sh'
+ has had money in abundance, few year
1 since, but travel and sickness have exhaust
, ed il all. Further than that, of her past lbs
tory, she IS very rrliCeni. Bul hers Is I'M
y ouestinnnhly The OIt-tOld tnle-lnved, ne
n irayed; and her enemies, not satisfied wan
if her misfortune are determined TO crush ne
n still lower
If The people Wheie size IS staying io-da.
4 have bern notified Of the destruction OF Incl
4 property II they allow her to remain niue
: longer Tie letter informing Item oil ~
fact is written with a pencil, evidently wlll
4 disguised hand aud is mailed in tlhs rlly
4 Who the author is no one can suimlse, w
: lady herself not being able to conjecture
II To honestly earn subsistence lnl herse
/, and child is all tins woman asks. 10 DC a
lnwrd his in her effort to do well should h
n her privilege; aud the parties RECEIVING ines
i great missiYes threatening destruction
a prOpcity should take such measures rs VIII
4 if nossiblr, discover the fieud who send
il Them, and secure to Linn the punishment II
f. deserves.