Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-19

SPHINX, the Memnon or the Garthen0n
But the time must come sooner thar
that when those who believed in Brig
ham Young will hook back and won
der at their own blindness and folly
they will see blm as he was, no longer
q prophet and saint surrounded by .
holy radiance and purity, but a cruel
grasping, bloody, lustful tyrant, who
mado their lives delusions that he
might feed fat his own pampered per
sonality. Better, perhaps, the fate Of
those who died in their faith thar
those who live TO see through its chear
and vulgar imposture. alQa aiiAgslt
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HEROLsM or THE MoNTENE'
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| we extract from a skctcby article
by Gladstone, in the HNinetcenM Cen
ltry," some remarkably interesting pas
sages about Montenegro We would
willingly give the entire article, but
that 1t is too long for our pages.
When the Austrians and Montene
grins were fighting against tho Turks
allies of the French, on certain occa-
sion handful Of men had 10 fly foI
their lives. Two AustriaDs were
among them, OF whom one had the mis-
fortune to be what is called stout
When the party had run some way,
he showed some signs of extreme dis
tress, and said he would throw him.
self on the ground, and take the
chances. Every well,p said q fellow
fugitive, make haste, say your prayers,
make the sign Of the cross, and / will
then cut off your head for you" As
might be expected, this was not at all
the view of the Austrian in his propo.
sal, and the friendly offer had such an
effect upon him, that he resumed the
race, and reached a place of safety.
Under the steady reforming influences
which have now been at work for
nearly a hundred years, few yestiges
of this state Of things probably remain,
But ! will dedicate the chief part Of
my remaining space TO the application
of that criterion which is of all others
the sharpest and surcst tess OF the con
dition of q country--namely, the idea
it has embraced Of woman, and the po.
sition II assigns TO her N'isf'tF -
This is both the weak, and the very
weak, and also the strong point of
Montenegro. The women till the fields,
and may almost be said to make them I;
for Lady Strangford testifies that she
saw various patches Of ground in cul-
tivation which were less than three
feet square, and it seems that handfls
Of soil are put together even where a
single root will grow. More than this,
over the great ladder-road between
Cettinje and Cattaro, the women car
ry such parcels, bound together, as, be-
ing over ten pounds in weight, are too
heavy for the post; and Goptcheyitch
records the seemingly easy perform
ancc Of her task by q woman who was
the bearer of his large and long port
manteau. Consequently, though tho
race is beautiful, and this beauty may
bo seen in very young girls, as women
they become short in stature, with
harsh and repusive features. Nor is
their social equality recognized, since
they not only labor but perform menial
Offices Tor the men. One of our au-
thoritics informs us that the husband
often beats his wife. This, however,
10 my knowledge, was practice which
did not excite general repugnance, one
generation back, among the Hellenic
inhabitants Of Cephalonia
The portrait thus set before US is
sufficiently ungainly: let us turn to It's
more winning features. Crime Of all
kinds is rare in Montenegro Miss
Mackenzie and Miss Irby informs us
that in a year the jail bad but two
prisoners. But the crimes or sins,
which have reference to woman, are,
whether in their viler or their milder
forms, almost unknown, Neither
violation, nor seduction, nor prostitu.
ton, says Goptchevitch are found in
Montenegro. The old law of the
country punished all unohastity with
death--a law OF winch there seem TO
be traces also in Bulgaria. Every.
where the purity and modcsty Of the
maiden enjoy an absolute respect and
q woman IN every denle' every hamlet
oi Isernagora, IS perfect escort iorthe
traveller. Moreover even the french
writer to whom am so much lndebt-
Ga, ana VINO seems TO view THIS matter
through pair oi Parlslan speclaclesi
candldly admits that inc Montenegrln
woman IS quite satisfied with her state.
II the condition of The women was not
rarsian, hel.her5 II may oo truly SAID,
was That oi the men, aAq fai p .le
INC women nave inc same passion
atc attachment WIN tne men 10 iaml,
Y ana country, and display much OF
me same valor' 'op'cncvitch sup
phes TWO most remarkable examples.
a sister ana io1r prothers, inc iour oi
course ail armed, are making q plgrim'
age or excursion 70 cnurcn. Inc
Sta,e OF war WIN tnc Turk ocing nor
MAJ, we noeu NOT wonder when We
lcarn tnat .ney are attacked nnawares
on . shelr way, ~ q pass where lney pro,
uceu ,r ID single me, py seven armed
iurks-who anhonnceu themselves py
shooting oeaa ,nc !. nrs. Y. I, o. ,he prolners'
an ana uangc5oas'y wounded , lnc , second. J.
INC wounueu man 'oans against tncI
rooH, ana, ,nougn ,, no receives ano.nor a
anu iata' sno'' N,l's ~, TWO ol the 4 urka
before nc alos' lno ,1' sls,er 'llS presses ior-
wnru' anu graSps nls r'ny snu nus uaS
ger a. ,..'.; ,as. ai ,g aro H,Iled . on pom
hlues, excepting horseii anu slnglc