New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-29

,o,,, IN number The mouIik invariably
rocors to his none in terms Of the utmost con-
tempt He does not regard nm as ms spirrLLu nn,
adviser but merely as kind oil lchtlioVlcn
be Is OBLIGED 10 nay for performing the cerehl oes
az bantism marriage and funeral. Inc pres,
nossesses absolutely authority or lnhue'lJe a .
no one would ever dream OF applying 10 IN
advice How is il possible 10 eApect any OIii,9
eIse when the peasant sees in his pope con-
6rrned drunkard. a public vagabond anu ,laihs'
who often does not put IN on appo,, III, rooriil|
church for weeks together? HOW can III nlouJis
do otherwise than despSe priest whose ahiorous
intrigues are of the most fragrant anu uv i.i,
nature and who, instead oil seeking 20 ma aI
the virtue Of the fairer members OIL nIS I ~
seeks nv every means in his power To pfihg 'heni
to disgrace and shame. L called nm III 10 SLY
nrayerS at the bedside of my dying vic c 9lD
planned poor peasant the DINER uaN, a" w, Nv oIv
taken advantage Of the fact TO leau NY IiIH
DAUGHTER to min This is the manner III whlc
one of the leading metropolitan hswSp'irfrS ,h 10
permitted TO refer TO the parish clergy VI 'IlS ne
Empire without any interference OIL Cic i"'iU "
the Imperial Censor.
Croat alarm has been recently caused by the
alarming spread Of leproSy in the European poIIii
of the Empire No less than htty-two au.heIi''o !.
cases are under treatment IN 81; IeVeIspuls 90
the nrpscnt moment, while IN the Daluc proNlh0c'
of Ijvonia and COurland the tcrrlble ulscdSe az
pears to have firm foOthoh. Forty -thrtg r pe ai
sons of whom thrty-three are women, are alect y
With the malady at Riga, which Is one oil me Inc
,i l Russian scaDorts on the Baltic. The
aWratoch7 and many of the other papers herc'
esnecially the scientific ones, are hllcu WI" ~
ror stricken comment on the subject, ana so Sfc'I
is tie scare caused thereby! that the German AM
Austrian Governments are considering the pQ2ncy
Of establishing n strict quarantine along the huS-
sian frontier line
An amusing hoax appears to. have been perpe,
trated upon the foreign press in the shape oil a
letter alleged TO have been written by the preseho
Car nrior TO his ascension 10 the throne; ~ l,e
lannon's editor and Panslavist leader AKsaKon'
whose widow died few weeks ago me dHcu.
xvhiph hears the 0Ntf OF Nliy
90 $3.50, contains bitter comments on jhe cmss
Of courticrs by whom the Imperial family Were
o,,rrownded and compares the highest officers oil
the State to contemplate lackcys The puoiiC ,r
zion of the letter in question has eXcited an I'M
mense amount OF attention throughout Llrope'
and it appears to have been eopeu ~ "i'T TIE
whole thing is. however, but hoaN ne ,,i et t5n
in onestion' instead of having been written ny inc
nrosent Emperor was addressed IN 40 10 I D
Kotchoubev by the Grand Duke Alexander Pau
witch who subsequently, assembled the throne ~
Alexander l. The courers referred to IN SI bis
hitter terms were the ignoble favorltes o. M. MS
orondmother Catherine III. The original letter
will be found in the first volume OF the h ht .
and Times of Alexander t. published oy "
Toyneville III 1874