Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-26

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MOUNTAINEERING Black sea provincssl oo0OVOV
Lutherans and Protestants (mosly -oo noo |
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t $4,000
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This is the largest population OF Jews
in any country on earth, ana Alexander
might with propriety be called the hlng
of the laws, an honor which he Wouid
no doubt decline if rendered. Ia RUSSIA
proper the DOS ulation is subdlVlaed lnto
fbe following clsssesI o,o ooo
Nohles gentry and civil servants. s!O,VUD
Clergy, with their fGmllie ', At5'99San
MiIIfary inclusive of families........... 3,I500V
aliens, not Russian subJecti...'..-'.. 5te'UV9
Miseelianeous $50 - $3.50 600
Agricultural population o. COVVV
lie will b. noticed that The alien popu-
Ia,ion is exceedingly small; no encouf.
aeement is given or offered tothe people
# other lands to make their homes In
Ru,sii. History aud tradition concur
ia showing that Europle was peopied
nv three great families OF the human
race, who emigrated westward st dis
tincs periods: the last of these mTgia
tIons being the Scythians or Sclavon-
isns. who esIs blished themselves on the
river D On about four hundred years be-
fore Christ, and for centuries lived a
nom adic and pastoral life, l2 S rae1{aHg{
from ,r n Ma afd r. heir Fl ,cks ana herds
Ike other aboriginal RACES they lived
without houses in more or less colonies,
and were governed by elected or heredi
gary elders OF a pstriarchial type. Their
laws were made and administered by
wise men of the colonies. Their chief
occupation was the rearing OF cattle, the
chase OF wild animals, and the mansge.
ment of bees A legend says that in
early times the principal competitor OF
he Russian in his search for honey was
Che bear, and that mortal contests often
occurred between the rival hunters; and
that thus the honey-b uating russian in
time came to be called the bear, and
thus in our day we speak of the Rus
sisn Bear as we speak of the English
Lion" The chief characteristics Of the
early Ru sian seems to have been like
those of their descendants, the modtra
Russians. They ware hospitabie, cour-
ageous, good,nstured, contented. and
immoderetely fond ofspiriluSus liquors;
tut the story of their wars shows that
their courage often degenerated into
cruelty. and murder was not an uacoun-
mon crime among them. The Law OF
vengeance and retaliation was acted
upon until the introduction Of payment
in money as compensation TO the friends
of the murdered was introduced. This
payment was known as VSrG, in the
German lDeTegeId. Their religion was
idoIatrous, and their mode OF worship
resenbIed the forms of the ancient
Druids. They not only offered up their
prisoners as holocaust to their chief
DEITY Peran bat sometimes immo'atsA
their children to hie honor. As time
rolled on, these wild Slsvonians overrun
European Russia, and about the fifth can
fury founded settlements, the principal
one being Kiet on the scuth, and Nov
90 od on the north, which soon became
distinguished for their commerce and
incipient civilization. Thus they lived
until scout the middle OF the ninth GEN.
fury, when the great restless mass OF
barbsr;ans Of Central Asia began to op
press them; to devastate their land, aud
to carry away their people to bondage,
and they, on account of their own dis.
sensions and a want OF government
adapted to their defense, not being able
TO resist the encf0sehmsnts of the
Kahns and Tartars, according to an old
chronicle, ssnt depu.stion to the Nor
mans to say, "0ur LAID is gr, a.
and bountitui, but there is no order
in 1t; come AMI ruls over us.h
Rarik, Prince OF the north,
came, and at Novgorod founded
the Russian monarchy, the scep:re of
which wss held by his family TO-; seven
hundred years. Two of his followers
found their way to Kie', which they
conquered and established another mon
archy, or Slavonian kingdom. In time,
after many bloody contests, the north
II. hof <f tnf
and this city bscame the seat OF empire
of Russia, and remained su3h until 1l5S,
when it was removed to Vladimor. The
whole empire was divided into getty
principslities, the principal government
being then eft Viadimor, and on the
death OF the ruler there that capital
passed into the hands of the eldest of
bis family of brothers or relatives, in
stead of Mis- descendants. Wars were
continual for possession Of the throne,
and for five hundred years the history of
the empire is written In blood. Again
and again countless horde5 Ct b2rbarians,
swept over the land from the canter Of
Asia, destroying the cities, carrying
away the people into captivity and so
heavily depressing them that the heart
and hope and courage Of the people
were broken and their condition awful
in the extreme. A. length the power of
the empire became consolidated, the
traitors were beaten back, and, about
the year 1900, starte d on q career Of Won
darful development and civilization
after centuries Of darkness and
gloom and horror, caused by
invasions fjom without and from
wars and terrific slaughter within,
The dynasty of Rur ended with the |
death Of Theodore in 1893, after which |
followed years o; war, and terror, and |
misrule, murder and violence, first one |
pretender and then another. By one of |
these, BoTus Godunof, decree was is
sued on the twenty-fOurth OF November, |
1897, este biisSiDg serfdom and foroid- |
dug the peasants to leave the lands on |
which that date found them, In 1913 |
the states general, coDvoksd by the mil |
tary chiefs, proceeded to elect as their |
tsar Miehael Romanof, son OF the |
metioDoiitar, or Chi OF the church, at |
R9stoff, then a youth OF only sixteen |
years, and since that date the r ,msnof
dynasty has ruled the empire, and fur
nished to Russia many great mer, and
at least one remark able woman in the
person of Cataarine II. The young tsar
was proclaimed without the title OF auto
crat which had been enjoyed by his pre-
dece: sors, and the act OF election stipu-
lated many important rights to the peo-
pie. The SWedes, under Gustaves Adolf
phus, invaded the country about this
lime, and occupied much impor ant ter.
ritory, including NovgoF0d, but under
treaty made. through the Influence Of
England, France end Holland, they
withdrew. The Poles, at the SINE time,
rsvsged the ccuatry up to the walls OF
aud long years OF war and iude-
'cribsble suffering followed. We have
Ieen that in after years the descendants
II the youthful tssr carried war and re-
aliation into the land Of the
3Redes and despoiled them of Fin
and, and weut,- like the wrath !