Show l COmmlt cucor TilE COMU1IOS Ot TAms IN IltSSfA A CnXTUKV AGO The Itu lau clergy oC the feven triiiui and tl litcelith cttituries retIwptIl11l the dregs < jf moral di radalioll for nlllcli uu adequate name exist in our language saja the America CaUtolvs Quarterly Kevicic They frequently dlpot of their churches to the litglittt lijjdir a K they were private pri-vate property thij continunly took bribers to shield lur Uw and criminals from the rigor of the law they eagerly sold the facra incnts and proelitutul their tatn d fuuctlous to dice most immoral j arr jXJtl Cupidity used theta to lu crave their Income 1 > > engaging in worldly calling and Uieo lulJSl diary occJI1lwIIJI were for the mot ate uiiuorilij of a iattoriicJuJitg the distilling of pints the practice of magic and pyttcmalic rolbery Their 1 jiafoion fur drink wcs proverbial pro-verbial anil the i ngeulous devices ton to-n they hail recourse in order to Indulge it under the mo < t unfavorable unfavor-able circumitjncfp boson wltUt to the wonderful inventive fertility of Uieltufian mind lliu lnnkn of several pactoro b I hers fir Jonas the metropolitan of noswtr andof the ptrlarcll T o5 erh as Well as certain utaaes of tLa Czars Altxa iliklijiluvllch and Michael lexlbrovitch was liie drunktnui f tho cudJiU aid the lueoutlucnceoftheclergy t XiiliHr letters nor uLans entreaties nor ccmmaiiu however had much if fet on thou to whom they were aJdrifeeJ Ablols and priers and ample mimu wire continuilly iliriheiiitluiiueof drlnVnnd were frequently lulus rejuimaiided Ir 1 their fUitrlois fur negleiliug losing tho office forHUpporticj their rein tn es and families ou the provisions of the moua tirnf forttenllug too ney and gttliiif drunk with their own children the fruit of broken I vow VOWTlJe state of thu moral atmosphere thruujihout ItutIa during those centuries ors exactly what one would tX1cl The ixteinlh HV enteeiith and hhteeulli cintunes mark sitiveretrotr lon in the Intellectual rphere a retrogression which lua no jaralkl the history of European uatlouB and Ibo tetro grado movement in the domain of morality which is equally III eel dean Is 1 In exact proportion A painstaking lluftlan historian nc cuvs hu countrymen ofpttron inclination fur cnx tnbridiel license In matters of moral and cf dlOCIJJ tiite for brutal deuiuch and litlivi looting It Is aluay rash to hurl accusations of thin kind at a hole nation even whets they IUd 0001 own countrymen and one would gladly galutay tile hUtirian oral lea > t qualify hN italements if there u ire the flghlrtt grounds for doing to We know of none and bane therefore no choice hJt to accept ac-cept It ccr Is moreoxcr fully LOrne out by the testimony of enlightened foreigners like Oiearnu ICemptr ani others who iaw thocountry for themselves and have left us vivid accounts of the extremes of immorality uhlch were openlj practiced prac-ticed iv both texts in Kusb The Patriarch Philaret writing to Kyp nan Archbiliopof alUrla In ltRZ describes I the life of flit people In cities iiilin iae almost too foXilile for translation The Horrid crimes which wire being coutauti > and calmly committed are unknown lofiy toasan nations and un lieard of among peoples ignorant of God COOIAFVj 51 tEll HEIt LIFE V YOUNG aiULs 1 1ESE CE 01 MIND 1JrFn J11AUED Jt09ie DuO a iretly black eyd girl of 1C yearn who lives over lllflern restaurant at ISl Stuyvesaut avenue Brooklyn fotxJ a loaded revolver in the hand oran infuriated lover the other night and by her loolnrss escaped death She went down stairsauout oclock to answer a ring at the bell and found John W Norton of 533 Grand street this tltr waiting to see tact He la em ptoyetln the ramelookbmdery in which Miss Du Ty works and he had been paying devoted attention to her for tome time Hut ono lilght he was cry drunk and no sooner wa lie door opened than he Hilled out inAolver anJ lacing it against sJ ftll fd i rIj Rosie Duffib forehead said aI give you a tip Ito < e I am going to blow jour brains out You wouldnt shoot me John would you the girl asked In a quiet self jiossCfSeJ way Norton was so surpriMsl at her coolness that lowered the revolver and leaned over to look Into Itoies fare As he did fo tho gave him a hard push and lie fell back through the open doorway to the cidewalk The next instant the door was shut with a bang and Ro ic weak and faint made her way to her room where hf > fell into a chair Norton went into the restaurant again and Induced walter to take a note up to Miss Duffy begging her to come down stairs She did not accede to that reouiL After waiUnsan hour ortou began to quarrel with tho restaurant keeper and was put out after ha lad again drawn his revolver He lingered about the place all nighf getting into in-to several quarrels and at 3 chock la the morning lie was arrested while trying loRltcotnbelated pedes triau He was disarmed after much difficulty and subsequently was arraigned bcforo Justio t poeltlng charged with intoxication disorderly l disorder-ly conduct and attempted murder loss Daffy appeared to prosecute him and said that she hal never given him the slightest encouragement encourage-ment to call on her |