Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-24
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN RUSSIA
DR.. Talmage's Lecture Al the Tabernacle A.
tracts Large Audience.
Life Among the Peasantry --PatriarchaI
order Prevails All Nibiiists Not
Aparchists- Exiics of siberia.


c,,.h,s and soenes in Prussia. DIR. Tal-
-, o.. ia,,,,r. aai,vored In
,,,,, r.a,,,,-,,,i, tos, NIGHT attracted an
a,,,,,a.oo a, no, ,.s. I'm, ,Ix Thousand
norson. Tho lecture was delivered
~, -, o,,,,,o,.s,, ,o,oi s,vIo ana was
.ar,,a,, ,,.,t,, in.,ruc,,on AZ rcsult
=, 4. ~. ,t,,,,,., r,r,,ovor,.rt r.oyua
VI IL ''' i'"'''''
under whose auspices IL was gwen
will have its Golfers enriched about $500
n sum, which II wns very much in
heeu u
The lecturer prefaced his remarks by
saying that the Russian people are
cornnaratlveIv pnknoxn IN tho rest nj
.,..
'i'e "oiiu' ~ was ho' uh''' ieee"''S
That the officials OF the great empire
permitted strangers to penetrate the
interior tbeir yie,ts beiny nrac,,coi,v
49,, 49,. -. .,,,a ~. ~.
cohi'heu 10 the great CLUES but 'hi'
exclusiveness was now giving way
and the desire to know and be known
uoa faa, taxing tie nIaca 9ussio is
- e ~. - ~.
'he srea'es' empire III '"c w"'iu ms
tory. In area 1t covers one-half OF
Europe, one-third of Asia and one
six,h ~ tho yInbe Tho first obaroote,
,n,,a 20 81 ,,.,,, ,,,,,i,,, ,,,,,,,,s.,os
is''c VI ,he peasahtry wh'e" 'i'piesses
the visitor Is their childish simplicity
and the immaturity of their intellec-
,u,i da,,ainnr,ant Tho reference IN
49,. ~, -. ,,,,a,,. :, 40 !, a.,
marry anu shass' RUSSIA - 10
meant to imply that there Is an eie-
ment OF fierceness in the Russians,
et,,as , false irnnression They are
sa,araIly s,hdued in nature and their
Courtesy almost reached seryilItV. For
ali that tba,, arc tvrannicnl rewards
tha,c In esrtors nrohohiv a consenuence
or ,heir LONG sarfdom under which they
Rae iiyad Enrtmnateiv thar social
la Ia ~ LEV ats,,,shed ahonr 40 venrs
nj. p,,.,,o, naa,ontry ore axceed-
,.,.i, da'.n,,, "a ,hai, raiiyioua oh-
sas,,, 80, o ~, ai,,ost ,vholiv reremon-
iai shr,,as ara nvsrvwhere from the
III, ',,,haSirai 20 tha ,ittia croas erected
r,en ea.ned l,.,I, W .'ie ~ r,sracrente cd
da.ar, Ir Iarg,,a,o dress and habits
. :. IA M ,,,,i,,n, go, n,he,.
my aie ,5 a,a, .ha. tha,,. no tIonai
s,.s,'',,,',s,,i,, - -, ,,,ain,atnad
mn ny an Ia rntriarnhsi form
=, ,1n, S, ,V'u ,a,iii,, viii al, the
W svsei III - '.s,t., 80.
re ,iti iv ,. ~, ,,,,,a,. nrho,,
w.eu .ne 80 nraat 20 ~,
iUoh upon tne na.lo, dS p"e ~ nanr
~, ~, 'ne ia.hSi VI a,a ,d1,,,,
III w9iiiei nav a. go a,e
Mnien Is not tnniap,s s US '"ey -, cas a,s,e
IN manual lapor "hu are ot ,ha , en-
ways Inc country rs very spa ses
settieu. Inc average nuiiioer Vi MI IN,
habitants Is AZ TO the square Hiie. Ihey
are used TO hoiding property IN eoIn-
mon. and when, IN 1871, serIdom was
apoiished' the mehuicalts We're sNen
I a
| frequently redlstriputeu py LOT IN ac-
cordance with the size OF the iamiies.
Thefe is no popular or general euu-
cation in RUSSIA, Dut recently the coun-
try has been divided into university
districts from which beneficial results
| may be expected. Still, the charge OF
| illiteracy made against the Russians Is
well founded. The government has
confessedly been afraid of the general
dissemination OF knowledge. The more
progressive are entering protest
against this intellectual suppression
and this element Is represented by tbs
| nihilists. nihilist Is not necessarily
an anarchist. They are of two classes
one class seeks merely to have knowl.
edge more generally disseminated. the
other seeks to gain Its ends by force
and terrorism.
The lime light and stereoptlcon were
| here brought into reuusltion, and fol
more than an hour interesting scene.
were witnessed upon the big canvai
| which was stretched across tho spac,
In front of the pulpit. These wer,
principally typical Of the life and Gus
toms of the common people, many o
| them having been taken by the speaker
himself. The first views shown wer,
1 illustrative of Finnish life. Tn,
Films are informally clearly, cult
waited and intelligent people, but do no
have the love, patriotism and respec