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New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
Many Queer Religious Sects Among Them. with
Amazing Be iefs.

veil has just been withdrawn from the
rgious life Of Russia which reveals much that
Is pagan. AS Easter gift to his people. the
Car proclaimed liberty for all faiths within his
realm and result multitude Of sects
enersing from the secusion where they have
hidden from persecution. Many that were be-
i,evee TO have died under tie knout in exile
s-e now reappearing. their strength only in
creased. their enthusiasm only heightened, by
long years of repression. And 1t has been dis
covered that most of them had existed under
The very noses of those officials who thought
they had stamped them out, their members hav
ing been open communicates of the Orthodox
Church while in secret practising rites which an
American would call fanatical and in in
stances heathenish. AS some of these sects may
be regarded as especially dangerous to the COM
uunties where they worship because of their
violent practices it is likely that they will find
that the Cars hand has been raised only to fall
the more heavily upon them.
Not few Of the ''raskolniki," the dis
eenters are called. believe that seIfsacrifce is
certain means OF reaching heaven The Nor
elstchiki. for example, regard suicide blessed
when performed according to the ceremonies OF
their faith, but a curse when committed
mere escape from life. In this they strongly
resemble the pagans of ancient Scandinavia.
Once year they meet in a retired spot and dig
q deep pit, which they fill full of wood and
straw. With a sacred torch the inflammable
mass is set afire. and the assemhlage. Joining
hands and forming itself into great ring
circles the flames The worshippers begin TO dance
around the fire and the confagration grows
their antics become more and more violent, and
now they leap from the ground. now they kneel
on Il. and now they grovel in 1t. To a beholder
the spectacle would appear to be some orgy of
fire worshippers performed in the darkest depths
Of darkest Africa rather than the rite Of a sect
Of Europeans who believe in Christ and the
prophets and who in other respects differ little
from other Christians.
At a certain point in the ceremony the sup
plicants cease dancing and group themselves to-
gether TO behold the climax of their almost in
fernal service. Then, they crouch upon their
knees and pray that the flames may quickly
bear to heaven the souls that to be con-
signed 10 II, those among them who hear the
spirit calling" they express il, leap up and
cast themselves headlong into the fire.
OF late years most of the Morelstschik have
lived in Siberia, where they have been able 10
defksrfe government. OutwardIy. they profess
to " true members of the Orthodox Church yet
each year hold their secret holocaust.
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SUICIDE A VIRTUE.

Self-immolation is a fundamental belief also
among the Philipoftschins, or "Bruleurs." or
"Tueurs" as the French call them. They too re-
gard suicide sacred rite, and they not only
burn themselves but bury each other alive, and
starve themselves to death. They get their
name from Philip, monk. who their first
leader, and known also Pustos-Wiat and
saint OF the Desert" They have been bitterly
prosecuted by the government and frequently
charged with various immoral practices. At one
time Il said that a number of them had
renounced their legal marriages and were living
together in common. In order TO learn the
truth Of such accusations the police tried to in
vestigate one OF their monasteries, but they had
hardly reached the doors before they discovered
that the building ablaze. Its inmates had
locked themselves in. set fire to the structure
and consecrated themselves to the flames.
Among the members of another sect. known
Is the Skoptzi self-mutilation is believed 10 be
ever more acceptable TO God than self -destruc-
ton Some expiate their sins by cutting off a
finger or a hand. Others mortify the flesh by
wearing hair cloth shirts. loading their ankles
with iron chains and whipping each other with
the knout They almost worship Peter III, the
murdered husband of Catharine, and all Skoptzi
keep In their houses his picture. the chief char
acteristic Of which is a fiery red handkerchief
bound around the right knee. They expect that
Peter will return as the true Messiah, summon
all the elect by ringing the great bell of the
Church of the Ascension in Moscow, and from
that time on and forever reign over them. The
ekoptzi regard proselytizing highly, and call one
who has converted twelve to their faith an
apostle Their church they call ship. and
most Of their hymns have this metaphor as the
theme AS the Russians essentially land
people this characteristic of the sect is believed
10 Indicate that ii is an exotic faith and that the
skoptzi were originally sailing folk. Here
Il one of their hymns:
Hold together. ye crew.
lei not the ship go down in the storm.
The Holy Ghost is with US.
Fear not the breakers or the storm
Our Father and Christ with US.
lie will come. He win appear. ,-nsD,
He will cali together the faithful crew
He will set UP rnasts which never fail
He y-jll spread sails which never tear.
he will set a rudder which steers safely.
He casts anchor in q secure narDor-
Now landed
Yet in none Of these strange sects is a more
revoiting kind of paganism to be found than
snong the Khlisti, or fagellants They believe
hot only in nlutilation but also in sort of can
asbalisrn In some other respects. however, they
resemble the Shakers of this country. They
we're first heard of in 1645 when Daniel Philipitch
announced that he was divine. and that those
who believed in him were Gods people" He
taught them TO regard self-castigation essen
tial to virtue, and the eating Of sacred human
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11

gray cloth he hesitates to take the proffered
seat. The East Side woman who has reached
the age of twenty without marrying is rarity.
Women of thirty-six name six sons and
three daughters with feeble smile, and add:
Itch habe viele''-"I have many"
In this part of the city one would not expect
to find boarders. And indeed, he would not find
as many as there At he not persistent
and shrewd. The un1nitated would not expect
to find boarders in a home of four rooms occu-
pied by a family of six. Quite frequently they
are found, however. AS may be imagined, the
boarders have no opportunity to become lonely
They usually young men who expect TO
marry They not all, however like the
boarder reported a couple of days ago TO
enumerator by Russian housewife living in
Ludow-st. In Yid0Tsh she named her
household and then gave the name of 4 young
man, a boarder, twenty years old Then she
added. with a faint smile. which gradually
broadened a deep parenthesis isolated the
enumerator's mouth from his cheeks. He be
married soon; he make 81 a week"
Italian families prone to keep boarders
Their ability to herd together is we'll known
Many Italians come to this country leaving
their families sweethearts in the boot
shaped country. They expect to bring these
over later if all goes we'll They board with
their countrymen. who have established
homes here. The Board of Health has pro-
mulgated regulations which prescribe a GER
tain amount of air space for each person
The Italians have learned of tnic regulation
by unpleasant experience of its operations.
Therefore they hesitate to inform the census
man of the existence of boarders. Me
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said, he would ascend TO heaven like Elijah, in
a chariot of fire. The day at last came and
Belioreff took his stand on high cliff, while
thousands of his followers assembled below to
see him take his flight But instead of going
up this modern Elijah tumbled down and bare
ly escaped being killed Yet, despite this disas-
trous exploit. and the further fact that their
leader died later in prison, the Malakanes are
still waiting for the millennium.
A still quieter sect is that of the Bezslovestni,
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11

The Duchobortzi despise the icon They re-
ject everything in Christianity that is material.
They believe in the Bible, not a record
of real happenings but of parallels
that wholly symbolic. The death Of Cain,
for example represents to them the fate of the
prosecutor Of the true believer and the drown
ing of Pharaoh the defeat of Satan who is
eventually to perish in the Red Sea of fire. The
Duchobortz however, not thoroughly con-
sistent. Although they assert that the charac-
ters of the Bible are only symbols they trace
their ancestry back to those three famous rebels
against image worship, Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11

flesh" as necessary to the attainment OF
heaven.
The cannibalistic rites of the Khlsti have
been variously described. Baron Won Haxthau-
sen, the German writer. who on one of his visits
to Russia the Khlisti celebrate an Easter
festival, tells of his experience in words which
have been reprinted by John Henry Blunt, In
his History of Sects." The Baron said:
"On this night the Khlisti all assemble for
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
SOME MILDER CREEDS.

Besides such dssenters, there many more
whose rites are of a milder character, but who
have been bitterly prosecuted by the Russian
government in the past Some differ from the
Orthodox Church in points that would seem
trivial for serious consideration, and yet they
have been regarded foes of the state and
hunted from town to town and province to
province, as If they plotted treason They were
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-11

- ms heart. for which some simple
msiieiar had becn prescribed 90 be-
taken when ttr pain attacked me
The night ~ the ball arrived. and "a
I uan IN the act % drawing on my
Stoves the cd pain sslzed me
Hastily HuatahinE the bottle and
appah from tire closet where they
we're, I swallowed the prescribed
taaa ard started out somewhat re-.
llaxsa
L Has enc % The coolest night.
ef an unusually cold winter. re-.
member couEratuiatinK myself that
the house y here was going was not
far distant. and aa reached the
door Miss Ross was Just aiiEhtinR
fram her carriage.
When descended from the
dressing room ! sought In vain Tor
her among the dangers AZ last In
q small room ~ set untsnanird by
the daucera discovered her Ia
earnest conversation with one Of her
admirers The demon 81 jealousy
seized on my heart and seating
mYseif 81 sofa placed co. one II
the feeeasea determined 20 inter-
fuuf b my presence &c least further
conversation
Never had Louise looked more
beautiful Yielding 90 the impulse
Of my Jealous feeling I finally arose
and came forward
You promised me this wnitz.
Miss Ross. I said. offering my arm
II she was annoyed nt having her
tete-a-tete thus interrupted abe
gave no Sign and IN n moment We
found ourselves in tine ballroom she
dancing with even more than her
usual grace and vivnclty. The music
ceased and ! drew my partner into
a little reception room near the con-
aerVatafy and determined 20 know
ms fate that might when ! closed
the door behind mo she said. let
ua return "a the ballroom am
engaged for the next dance"
Those words maddcned me.
seized the handle Of the door and
I'm a tome Of anger said. you shall
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nY IlEI.NN mAMIfToN.

uY HELEN HAMILTON.
EafiY in the winter 81 isa de-
tpfminrd 60 accept the oft.rrpemtsi
invitation OF uns ~ mf asu =. =
resident ~ rhiladeiptsla Tier faugfl .
terN were EaY. faehteaabIez elfsN.
aud under their auspices soon
found myself introduced inkp 40
ciriy ana my Wait a dellEhtQs Cd
II was at ONE OF the gay Fafffss
that I met Louise Ross She 49, a
Huuthvrurr who had come north On
n visit to relatives and had hssaElsse
nt once dscidTd belle HinkuiafiY
graceful with eyes aud hair - faxkn
darkness. contrasting with easuz
pisNinn pale and pure aa a lttx. TIE
peculiar nature Of her charms
seemed TO enhance their ,Hffert
There also seemed % hover Alzsat
her a singular atmosphere q ffaFsn
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not leave here until have told YOU
what ! have long sought an oppor-
tunity 20 Hay e yau. I love you
madiy.
You are too violent she replied.
steadily Please let me pass"
knowing that her physician had
warned her against fnelnR the cold
wind on account uf her delicate
lungs Eranped her arm ana
dragged her hafahly 70 one side Of
the conservatory where dashed
ouf one OF the panea from the vim
dow and LET tho Icy wind blow FUN
uppn her
must have been mad tn act as !
asa. The arctic breath n that dead
~ night swept about her ffaii form
VA itH fiimy evening gown. almost
ffeeHing her. for e pierced my own
body.
A Hoax Of widest terror flashed
from her eyes. and then a crimson
stream Hpuffsd from hef lips with
the sight Of blood q sudden realiza-
iinn Of what I had aoua came over
me-. and called loudly for help
VIII the gentleman please let
me put out tha iishfafs said voice
at ny ear.
started 40 and found myself on
ihe sofa IN The little reception faom.
Aisa Husa had disappeared. The
cold. gray dawn Nas struggling
through the curtains aud before me
stoaa euiafea man. Efinnins frum
ear % ear.
Where Is Miss nnaa p asked.
Gone home Tong aKa. spnct you
have been asleep uan the answer.
Thank heaven. u was ali a
dfram't vas my next thought
when I reached hnma l went 60
the closet where ! kept the medi-
zine I was IN the habit OF taking
The bottle vas undlHsuFhed. and be-
side the spoon ataea another bottle.
the ous from which lad IN mistake
poured the dose the night before. !
took it up and read the iabeL $50
tuition 81 morphia.~ Il read.
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He Loved Her
Unto Madness

that attracted al 20 her
such was Louise Ross. the beauty
With whom ! soon found myself In
love Matters were al dangerous
wtaKe fnr fue when 7 received nn
InxitHtiou O. \ ban a. the home ~ "a
friend uf my beloved one
had been troubled for some time
past with = sharp pain IN the region
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Josh wfse decided not 20 take his
usual little annual vacation until the
end Of last week. - he telrphaned
the Is - ~ on Monday morning
that Uncle Henry. = horn he intro
ducea az ian oil fren FROM Muck.
fiteo" and = aufn good fslier. .
would be 4aNu to do safnc think
in" for q fnw DAYS.
Josh refused to say where be was
going 70 spend bis vacation except
ah't 'tWuuld be amunK m lofty an
unmnwn. - heck
Hueis Henry therefore makes hia
bow Ia this issue.
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VA STAR DUST -

First Small boy No. usveF get
any money n spend On dime novels.
Ny mamma doesn't believe theY ars
good for me.
saeond small Hoy shucka' f0a
come With me | know where u
won't coat yuu = cent 60 book Al
some mellsFssrammeg posters ten
times as horrible.
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Another Slap at Bremerton

Piles being
Disseminated against the matter construction work.
20 the Puget sound yard Is heus handed Mare Island
suhstanation
Brcnertoa searchllsht Is apraress
reconciliation
refusal the department this repairs
that circumstances conditions should
department past On dvcinE
esimaey
territory performed
hes the conclusion that authoy
rTeiude fasortis1n With Interior
dese
practicable fully BY
To see The VIII OF congress thwad The Yards splendid siru
nfess AS machinery eeeasd through dse and
planted through
reope refuse contemplate without offering righteous
According present pay ron
at Mare Island approsstss aeso with about three
entou besides collier about be
dry way
equ
table distribution
ana czens iusisperefai possible
II show Of Justice be accorded The Puget Sound
yard emergency
delegation communicates the
REMEDY. prominent
a
institution hefoushty
personal pride
with etlnsn Of this commonwealth.
capt Burwen Monday doubtless
yard woksn bur he be say All residents
they
strengthening the commandments
q Q nal
en- days vorki yard practically
cleaned nothing definite
present crisis done quickly and the
affairs the upward
The congressional deisgaon e
hh IN It's official and
HASN'T been aonS much
from the defamation bow-NoNn@
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DIDN'T HOLD THEM our.

Our sand-eastls competition caus.
cd great excitement ut SCARBOROUGH.
The large photograph shows our
first prize castle. aud inserted in Il
are smaller pictures Of the odifIce
which won the second prize aud OF
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Observation-Disclosures

somaiiiand. Sept President
Roosevelt You are certainly IT
How dld you bring theta toEefhera
The world is indeed indebted 80 yni
Tor ending such a sane wnf.
THE MAD MuLf4AH
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The unconventional girl makes
mothers shudder Tor her. and she
makes her friends lift their eve
hrowz in surprise II IL over the
unconventional Eirl'a head that men
wink when they arr talking 20 her.
The real. true woman. which IL
deep inside every glrl. may not be
harmed By these things That h
her character may remain unsui-
lied. hut her reputation will be
spotted People vii talk about the
glfi Who Il unconventional. and woe
To- the Firi Who Is talked about
No girl can play with fire and
come out without n burn. No Eifl
can say. well. what do I caref
know that I have done nothing 10
be ashamed Of Let them talk"
A GIRLS REPUTATION Is NOT
WHAT SHE KNOWS SIZE Is HtT
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
SHE Is That Ii why girls must be
careful
50. girls. don't aahhie In anca-
tionabie things Don't anaar AZ con
veutlonalltiea Don't pretend 90 be
little wicked. just to add spice 20
flavor. Il turns 10 ashes in the
mouth
Re jolly. Be cheerful. b. happy
and have a good time. but DON'T
co TOO FAR
Learn 20 draw The line well on
the safe side Of everything that
will marx Fau a. being uneonvcn-
tionai For while unconventional
tiles arr not necessarily IN them
selves had. they lead to suffering
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Leslie cordeiI. Of Dunlap. has
been visiting here the past week.
While at one place he certainly
learned how 10 play the games
finch. Dit and muggins -Tates-
Vile Go. 5euaehee fTennl News.
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SULU. =. l.. Sept Ito His
Majesty. the President Grand
Glorious' Could you find time TO
mediate between me and the harem !?
THE SUIT.
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SWAT. Sept s-fDelnye.l IA
Transmission To the Pres. 81 the
n = Congratulations fiy the way.
what Is PcaceG
THE AKuNp.s
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carry anything beyond that line
which none Of 10 can see. but
which everyone Of ia knows about
the line which divides the con
ventianai from the unconventional
No Elrl can afford 60 buy popu'
iarity NJ the price nf convention
aiity She will be sorry for Il In
the DAYS to come.
uncouyentienallty means doing
things which. while they are not
entirely bad. are 50 close Ia being
bad that they cast the same Kind
OF a shadow On a girl'a good name.
Years aud years ago our great
great graudmathera and great
great. grandfathera found out that
Girls needed 70 live up 10 certain
rules 20 keen harm away from them.
When they break these rules girls
open the door 80 that harm eau
come in
In their eaFernesa 60 be popular
girls often ALLOW men 10 aay and do
little things that really shock
them. bat for fear Of giving offenue
they laugh aud LET the matter pass
nesldea letting little things so by
unreproved. girls often pretend an
Interest Ia things a bit OFF color. aud
ON all occasions air their knowi-
edge 81 things that they ought 90
be ashamed 10 know anything
about. This Is being uneonyen-
tional.
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with the cholera epidemic. No
wonder Il makes the Pfussian blue
EDUCATION COMPLETED.
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tho mayor and maypFcn4 Of saarhnr-
ouEh. who assisted Ia judging The
maypFrea Afterwards prwsented The
prizes. liondon. EnEl Daily Mir
rur.
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The Swedish name for plumber h
"Vattenlnwlagsrutfepsnur The
bill that must have room for al Of
that "a. nf course. q pretty big one.
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OF. PsiiAwf
For many a niEht they sat up tals
To fK on a name for that nev
western state.
hut nnW tia done. they ought TO
employ a
Strong man 10 kick shsm they've
named u Ssquoyah.
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LHASSA. Sept. s To the Wor-
shlpful Theodore. Profoundly In
pressed At your success In peace.
Please send sample
GRAND LAMA.
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It's remarkable fact that the large
theaers the Grand house the Seattle
played capacity Sunday ready mon
for the magnates this
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why Girls Should NOT Pretend TO be Wicked
nY CYNTHIA GREY

BY CYNTHIA GREY
The girl who wishes 10 be gen
orally liked must be Jolly; every
girl knows that But there Ii such
a thing as taking gIeefulness too
far.
The popular girl must enter heart
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There Vas a Young woman Of
Prague.
Who o. courtthip had Ideas vague.
she'd call In her sister
Each time her haau ktKfeF.
And say 90 her Amt be the
plague
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and soul into tho good times that
her friends and beaux plan. But
there Is such a thing as carrying
enthusiasm too far.
The young woman who wants her
friends to love her. admire her and
STAND BY HER. is careful not IA
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The cohen-A
10 allow their swash msts
There could be only result 70 such game anyhow
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The P-I wants all Seattle whistles quit blowing
the Eastus The noisy yps
hts editorial pager
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rNcLE nENRY TInNKs.

ETA a wise
father that knows
wthr his son stays
whsn not ter hum
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so CONVENIENT.

MllllneFH IN convention At Chicago
have decided 70 insert small mirrors
in the lining Of hats. 10 that the
ladies can prlmp while pretending
to fix the hat This suggests that
the future styles viii run 10 high
crowns. and that In the natural
course Of evolution there will be
room provided also for.
a powder rag
Chewing gum.
A card case.
Cologne
Extra halrpIna.
Trading stamps
Manicure set.
Shoe hutfoHef.
Paper OF pins.
Cloth samples.
Front door key.
Package Of bonbona.
Don't all speak At once.
Who can parsuip9
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That Kentucky SURPRISING
anything South Africa native
beverage.
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As soon as ia too cold 70 70 swim
min.
It's time to pick the green persim.
mon.
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Morocco might have a ~ witic's book
81 back France poasnmns
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BABY Joe" Biethea returned from abroad II must
old world there about now.
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HAS THE MoTHBALL DONE
IT'S FULL DUTY by your
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A TENNESSEE PHENOMENON.
Ye writer was sitting on his front
porch the other day and looking
down the road. saw brand new
Derby hat coming up the road. and
wonderful to relate, A. Harrington
was under it-Plttsburg Cor Sc
quachee (Tcnn.) Times.
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BOYS WILL. BE BoYs

Don't all speak at once
Who can parsuipg
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Better trade that old hammock for coal bod.
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'vsa as it it John does not have to bother getting