The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-06

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n9sins-sfsg the sivaue wrath AMI fsnai
assSs,s sfasst - ali thlus>~a psnlc ~
Ms 2 The kRgissh People has been
l~raAisFix liable This SRp~r~tsEioas
terror atso2t ssaitss1EsSs ho~ever. i an
Aslslz,aSe seaSaes> when sotuE.S r.-sl
sfsh snare Others. IL was es.iv s~sk
OF tao ago thas the Russian nsxs-
papers related aaw gra>snt hsa
sifh the approval oi his neaghtssrs.
murdered taS aged aant because he
nSllesel Ter 70 X a WITCH
A sild more reTus1Gng case " srsxr.
sfIisoa Mas recenslv reported in RE
Atassxa-. s leading Russian journal
he story would II gssa hoTriials for -
ileg II the evidence were les e,sraas-
ssaais4l. An s4s peasant WOMAN lfying
tiear >1SStAsal. ga Caucasus, aa~ sus-
f-ttesa 81 ElscheTalL BexoHd the IN
afnslases 81 age. aTlsi. perhaps. OF III
TEN PEI tire unhappy wretch a - no
avaDt a. innocent IS ttse victims ~
our Own Sstehtn1erS" were. Her
son 1lFti. ana Immediately the rGrunr
spread that she bad slain hlEn. wsrf
HE assistance - the evil one. = hose
eo-of Grafton she had claimed. Yne
nsighoors sSt IA judgment over her
ana 'leCists~i that ~iae slsozlla te sub
TnsfteG &, the ordeal by flre that =
10 say, she was - he nurnc.i and tor
teiress III the hope that she would con-
Tess Ter supposed crime Tue Eerror
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Ia &c pfoog O. her gait she was
e s2ssi and ttesi 20 I~eae, ard harmed
u death. What gives a stlii mere
hsil1tsn aspect 80 this carnival OF
cruelty y thst her surviving son gas
among the most energetic of ti,s,~e
sho tortured tais nEoshes. Isws.l take
several generations es education ami
progress before tic peasantry ol thee
remote districts get rae us Saeh tsltsosi-
thirsty slpeT.slsl9ns As a PACE they
are generally amiaoie and sffsg siona;e
rarely 4aarreliing In their cups. a. j.
too frequently the case ia England: il
i only when their supernatural Ter.
roEs are aroused that tney seek ghat
they think Is their own safety ia
nlasig3ant manifestations of frantic
cruelty In the Ukraine the People
believe IA ali sorts OF supernatural be-
ings, from vampires to water sprites.
Among The most groteSQue Of their
supersutsons Is the ceremony FER
forilled IN some remote pssces TO
bring on The rain IN a season OF
diroath- An old woman. without a
rag 20 cover her. i al midnight bar
nesssd 20 . plow ard driven through
the yiilsge. While the male portion of
the population = Supposed 20 be slevp-
ing. Her drivers sire the village maid
ems, IN their night gowns Ii anv OF
the men, except the gray-hrarfs.
should tie tensuEeei hy profane cnri-
asify ~ look on this strange praces-
SION great misfortune wtl. teiaa TIE
community. There is romantic side
10 these degrading sapersuuoaS. for
tunately. la South Russia, every
stream and tree / believed 20 have its
spiritual den;aen. bringing norta!S TO
the lneE they deserve Russia j. a
land Of contrasts. where obsolete sn-
perstloas }oStl- With fhe latest inyen-
tlSsns og the Taiaeiernth century.