Songs or Spring. TIMMO are th- song* <>f spring, Of spring, tlu- flower of time met truth, Of silence anil of sound, The waters of eternal youth, I,ous sought and never found Yut who, yet who shall sing ? Hime are the songs of spring, or spring, the mouth of owning birth HBfe of nil things Isirn again Phi' inspiration of the earth, The morning light of men HjwHtaei wtio. yet w ho shall sing t The*- arc the snugs of spriug. Of spring, tie sinsoii of desire, Ol passe in, and of pain : Of le-ut aiet odd, of trust and tire, Of sun and wind and rain Yet who, yt r who shall sing / vriui ousts. While the stonu on< tnor, may break through the gray. And the frost strike sore , re the promptings of tin- May, With the elang of sleet arid the clash Of rain, To the north want fly the geese again. Clenched in tie fingers of March the forests stand. Meld 111 his gauntlet of ice and wrung in his sinewy hand. And now, with the clangor of ts-lls in the frosty sky. The wild ge, • follow the storm-wim! Uu k with a strong, discordant cry. This is th note they bring. The harsh, conflicting prelude of the spring; The wild, forbidden Mareh-biril sending forth The bugle-call to April, who waits to follow north. Htill to northward, wind and frost follow ing is>re. To th-- tempos'-licatcn coast of bahrador. BLrr.Btßii. Tis morning all in tin- April weather. With the April cloud and sun, When spring and winter are near together. And you know not • ith< r one, And one again from earth or -k The windy distance answering. I hear the bluebird's subtle cry Hie magi,- Vo 0 of spring. • My window, that looks to ths upland- render. In the russet vim* j bound; And here of an April day 1 [Kinder To the rhythmic \pnl sound ; Her changing puis, - I- it for ra-. Her chilly languors touch me h>r With all the witlr ofec-tacy. The coming of the year. Bird of the magi ' April w. ather. .Ami the distant April snn. Bringing the earth and sky together. To belong to neithi r one ; Tlie nun is strong, the wind is wild. The blue at variance with the gray lour broken song ha- reconcile! rh i-ontlief of an April dar. aofcrv. The w heat ia not ye! sown. But half the li. Id is plow, l.\ And I hear, with the promise of summer, The voice of a blithe new-corn*!, Tlie robin, singing krad. \ Hlrig -.lioce lbs ever wi|vl) sr.- Mowing) s w " And in the waiting furrow - * Hing while the border w™*|* are Urs. Ami lettering rains are on the sir; You may not sing to-morrow. Tlie rvtbin's flight is strong. ™ Or he it storm or sun ; With the favoring Mai wind follows The first of the tardy swallows ; Bnt he shall follow none. The b.ije of harvest nib'- the sowing. I/d pass de-pair ami sorrow; Ring on- I knew yon in the wo,*!, Among the last year's robin brood ; Sing 00 to- lay, to-morrow. 1 know you in the nest. * With yellow, gaping throat. Had I crushed you, as one rrishew With the he,*] the sweet-fern bushes, YIWI had not sung a note. Tlie motlu-r was l-yond our bearing ; Yet who would license borrow? thought, if I should fling yon by, Your yellow beak would scarcely cry , Tt sing it storms to-morrow. /torn Hffl Qantaif, in /tie IniU jtrmirnt. A DOUBLE CRIME The wholesale produce and commis sioa atom of Mr. Purvis, on liclaware erenne, near \ ine street, was robbed on the night of October 17, 18flft. The safe had leen opened apparently by false keys, and upward of nine thon •end dollars in greenliaeks were al>- strected. A jMu kage of Imnd* to the amonnt of 8,'I,(I00 more remained un touched. Two clerks, both young men, nsnally slept in the store. Angnst Y'erkes had been in the employ of Mr. Harrison Purvis about four years, and enjoyed tbe confidence of his employer. Pom broke Hharon, the other clerk, had only recently been taken, bnt the manner in which he took hold of the business im pressed Mr. Pnrvis so much in his favor that he predicted a successful future for the young man si s very able salesman and ultimate prominent merchant. Under this impression he placed implicit trust in Hharon, and selected him ss a k companion of Yerkes in the store at fight. Both of these young men were in the store on the night the robbery occurred; 1 but when the piece was opened in tbe morning Hharon was missing and Yerkes lay on the floor near the safe with a ee vers gash on the side of his head, which had Imen bleeding profnsely, judging by the amount of blood on tha floor. The unfortunate young man had evi dently endeavored to stanch the blood, ' for both bin hnn<l* were atalaed, as also were bin clothes. By the disorder in the office nnd tlie numerous blood stains both on tbe floor and walls it WM evident that a desperate struggle must have taken place. It was conjectured from this tbat Sbaron, having provideil bimself with false keys, bad opened tbe safe and been surprised by bis fellow clerk in tbe midst of bis work, who in turn dealt him tbe blow near tbe temple, and then, after a severe struggle between them, Yerkes fainted from loss of blood and tbe robber fled with bis booty. Varnoe, the detective, and a physician j were at once sent for, and while I>r. Ed i son attended to his patient the detective examined tbe premises with bis usual carefulness, particularly tbe second floor, and returning to the lower floor found that Y'erkes bad recovered and sat in an nrm-chuir with a bandage ' around bis head. " Well. Mr. Varnoe, what have yon j discovered?" asked Mr. l'urvis. "I find tbat tbe robber has becu to tbe second floor," replied the detective; " possibly ho has taken some valuables from there as well." The merchant hastened upstairs, but , presently returned, saying nothing bad been disturbed or removed us far as ho could see. " Whatever his object may have been. I am positive that he visited the second floor after the bloody struggle luul taken place." Then Y'erkes gave the following ac count: Hi- awoke suddenly and found tbat Sharon had left the bed, and fearing that some mishap had overtaken him be lit a iMiraline candle by the small gas jet in the room ami began to search for ' him. f Not finding him on tbe seeond floor he descended to tbe lirst floor, ami dis I covered him b. fore the open safe. They each other at the same moment, and Sharon was spell-bound at being dis covered in bis criminal act. Then be gan the struggle, the evidence of which was so plainly evident. Sharon being ( the stronger of tlie two soon overpowered bis opponent,and threw him so violently on the floor that he ' ecame insensible. Varnoe listened with wrapt attention to the end, then made a few not* s in his book, after which he walked ont of the . store with his eyes bent on the floor before him until lie reached the street; then, after easting his eyes seucchingly around on the ground, he walked over to the dock and ga/.ed for a few mo i ments into the water in a thoughtful manner. When be returned to tbe store and rejoiued the others in the office, it was with a grave countenance, j " Mr. Purvis, the robber lias evident ly escaped byway of the river, as the • blood tracks reach to the dock." All eyes were now directed toward , the wounded man, who luul suddenly ■ grown very pale. He opened his mouth as if to say something, hot fell l>aok in his seat with a groan and fainted away. , While the doctor was applying restor atives to his charge the -detective drew Mr. Purvis away to the rear of tbe store and remained there for half an hour in conversation with him, and judging by his frequent exclamations be must have leon greatly astonished a', what tbe dc* 1 tcetive told him. He-entering the office, they found Y'erkes still nneoJseious. ami at the suggestion of Varnoe he was conveyed in that condition to the hospital. "Now, Mr. Purvis," said Varnoe, "yon will please point out to me which are , the clothes usually worn by Mr. Sharon while on duty at the store." "Certainly, sir," replied the gentle- j man ; " that is readily done," and he went to a rloset where the clerks kept their outer garments and opened it. lb took piece after piece from the books, an exclamation as if of surprise ess-aping him as be did so. " What is it ?" asked Varnoe, when | Mr. Purvis laid the garments on the j bed. " Why, as I live, Hharon lias not only left his coat and vest liehind, but also i his pants !" said Mr. Tun is, with a look 1 of bewilderment. "That is singular," remarked the detective,exchanging significant glances with the doctor; " the more so when yon bear in mind that Mr. Y'erkes when ' found hiul on his coat, vest, |iants and Itoots, while the roblier even left his hoots behind hitn," pointing to a pair beneath the bed. " You will now please see whether Mr. Hharon has left anything of value in bis pockets." Kvary pocket was instantly divested of its contents. There was found a val uable gold watch and chain, a wallet containing a trifle over fto, a penknife, pencil and memorandum book, etc. " Ketain the articles, Mr. Purvis, and restore the clothes to the closet," said Varnoe. "I hava another surprise in store for you, I think." When this was done Varnoe took off all tha bedclothes and threw them on the floor, leaving the mattress bare. An exclamation of surprise burst from Mr. Pnrvis as he pointed to- the mattress where a number of bloody finger-marks stained it along a seam about ten inches in length. " Now I see what you are driving at," criod Mr. Purvis, scanning the seam. "Yon mean to say that tlio roblwr has hidden his booty in the mattress?" " I think so at all events," was his re ply, AS ho took out his knife and opened the seam. Then inserting his hand into the opening, ho presently drew forth the package of greonlsicks. They were in tact, so Mr. Purvis announced after ex amining the fastenings and seals. " What am 1 to think of thin?" asked the gentleman, in a helpless tone. "I declare that my head aches trying to di vine tho motive of this most extraordi ' nary robbery." " Think as I do." " What is that ? " "Why, that Pembroke Hluirori, instead of being tho robber, is tlie victim of the robber, which accounts for his leaving all his outer garments behind. He evi ! ilently surprised tin roliber at his work, j and in the encounter;! that took place he murdered poor Hharon, drugged him | across the street, as the trail showed to me, and tossed him into the river," j "Then yon really sir-poct August I Yurkes as the robber?" a kml the mer ! chant, greutlv agitated. " I atn sure he is not only the robber, | but possibly also a murderer," was the j "f)h, the wretch!" cried the nier ■ •hint, passionately; "and in my heart I admired his bravery, while I pitied him for what he ha I endured for en deavoring to protect my property." "lam convinced that you have hit lon the right man," said Mr. Purvis j " If he knew of this lie might give ns the slip. The next tiling to be done i . to use every means in our | >>wcr to re , cover the body of poor Sharon "Poor, indeed, since nil the clothes he has on hi* I tack are not liis own," spoke a voice behind them. All looked at the speaker, who wore an old seaman's suit, and hsiked as if he had just recovered from a M'V, re sjs'll nf sickness •Something HI the tone of the voice struck a chord in the br< ast of the mer chant. lie approached the man and asked, eagerly " Who are yon 7" " My name i, Pembroke Sharon." In a moment lie wa* surrounded hy the trio, who congratulated him on his escajH- from death. H<* re, pleated |ier. mission to ussume his proper dress, after which he would tell exactly what had occurred duiing the past night. His story was very similar to the one told by Yerke , with this difference the |Hisitions were changed. It wa 4 Sharon who surprised the other before the opened safe just m the act of stow ing in his j>ocket the package of green bacKs alluded to. It was Sharon who denounced tho ai-t, and Yerke*, lmth angry and frightened tol>ethn*d<bs ted picked np a |per-weight and hurled it at his fellow-clerk, striking Sharon on the head, indicting a ghastly wound, from which he fainted, and knew no more until he awoke on hoard a vessel near the navy yard. He was told that they picked him np in the river. The captain and two of his men hod been to the theater and wi re returning in a boat to the vessel when a white object lb siting on the water attracted their attention and they made for it, anil drew the apparently dead man in j the l>ot and took hint on lsard the vessel, where his wants were at once at tended to. When York'**' version of the sftair was related to liiin he laughed derisive ly, and was on the point of making a remark when familiar footsteps were heard ascending the stnir*. "Hy heaven ! I lieliovo it is August Yerke*!" whispered Hharon, as he hastily entered the clonct and drew the door to. He wa* none too noon, for the next moment Yerke* walked briskly up to where the three gentlemen were standing. Something in their faces told him that noraetbing was amis* something to his disadvantage, too. " Yon are probably surprised to see me here again ?" remarked he, for want of anything else to say. "We are indeed," said Mr. Pnrvis, regarding him with an nminons frown. "Yon all appear to be anything bnt. pleased to see mef next remarked the robber and would-be assassin. "On the contrary, we are very glad to see you," here spoke Varnoo, with an ainbignon* smile. Glancing at the detective with a skep tical air, Yerkes walked to the closet and opened the door, and the next mo ment he uttered a fearful shriek and started hack with his hair standing on end, and his face the eolor of ashes. He had seen (as his guilty conscience told him) the ghost of his victim, for Hharon remained standing in the closet perfectly immovable, his eyes fixed ro pronchfnlly on the guilty wretch. The horrid vision was too ninch for his brain to endure. Yerkes became a raving maniac and became ao violent that Yarn no Was obliged to manacle him hand and foot and again retnrn him to tho hospital, from whence he was shortly afterward conveyed to the insane de)wrt ment of the almshouse. Penbroke Hharon was generously recompensed by his employer for his heroic attempt to prevent tho robbery, and promoted to a responsible position in tho store, which he filled with credit both to himself and his grateful em ployer. YerkoK ived a year or HO after his oon tincmcnt, and died n roving maniac, a I terrible retribution for bin attempt to i fasten a crime on an innocent imrsoii i and thiiN rob him both of his reputation uml life at one fell blow. Holes for Living. I am no doctor, <piack or pill vender, ; yet I have had a pretty good long life , and a happy one. May I not, there I fore, give my simple mien for health in i hopes Home poor traveler on the up or down hill of life may look at them and perhaps l>e benefited by them ? I hod practiced tin ru for many years, ami they have done 1110 good; (terbapH they may do good to othcrx. They are inok|H>nsive and muy be | easily abandon<sl if they eause any ! harm. Keep in the sunlight just as mueb as possible. A plant will not thrive without the snnbeam, much bss a man. ltreatlio a, miieh fresh nir as your business will permit. This makes fresh blood; Imt it will never be iotind within the four walls of your build ing. Beneath the open sky, just there, it comes to you. Be strictly temperate. You cannot break organic law < r any other law with impunity. Keep the feet always warm and head cool. I)isea"> and death begin at the feet more commonly than w<> think. If out of order, see which of tin- above rules you have not ottnervnd, then rub' yourself all over with a towel, saturated with salt water, well dried, ami begin upon the rules again. Look ever on the bright side, which is the heaven side of life. This is far Is'ttcr than any medicine. These seven simple rules, good f,,r the valid or invalid, if rightfully oh served, would save, I approlu nd, a deal < of |*iin, prolong your life, and HO far an health got 1, make it worth having. Mill you, then, practice them V Itnrtoti TrtiHKcrijt. \ KiendMi Joke. " I think," said a well known orches tral leader, "the last joke ever played in this tow n was on an ambitious amateur pianist when (inttschalk wan here. Tlie amateurs father was the owner iif a large hall, and he offered the use of it to Gottschalk f..r his benefit There was to be a piece for eight piano*, and the amateur Was to play one of the in strument* I was leader. I thought Gottnelialk would have a 111 when I told him that the amateur couldn't play thr* straight note* of the pi ee. '"He is nure to throw us all out.' said I, 'and ruin the performance.' " Oottschalk swore like a major, but 'tws no gtMsl. The bill* were out. ami In* eonldn t go ba< k on his programme, even if the gift of the ball for tlie night was no consideration to him. \t last I j hit on an idea that fixed the whole business. The amateur came down to rehearsal, and we praised him up until he thought he was to Is- the star of the night. As sjKin as he left we took the hammers out of his piano and made it dumb as an oyster. I guessed he would ' never know the difference, with sov rol pianos going at on<v." Tlie tuneful convention laughed "And just on I thought," said the leader, hammering on the table with his glass, "that amateur or his friends never discovered the trick." " No?" "No, sir; he just sailed in and |>onnde<l on that piano a* if it was the worst enemy he ever had. He was Imund to show off among ao many good pianists, and hammered on his keytmard until the perspiration nearly blinded him. Now and then F looked at hint approvingly to give him fresh courage, and every time that I did he gave the piano a liek that nearly marie match wood of it. His friends all around threw lioninct* at hint till he looked like a wedding nrch, and when 'twas all over his fond |>areiit f ll on his neck in the greenroom and slipped a cheek for into his hand. The old man didn't know whether he was standing on his head or his herds, he was so tickled." " 'Didn't he do fine,' said ho to me, 'among so many first-clana professional* too?' "' I never heard an amateur do ao well in public,' said I, and what's more I meant it, eh ? Doot yon think I was right?'" San Francutctt Chronici*. The microocopc is a wonderful in strument. It tells the murderer that the hlood which stains him is that of hi* brother, and not of the other life which he pretends to hare taken, and, OM a witness against the criminal, it on one occasion appealed to the very sand on which he had tread at midnight. Dr. Glenn, the largest wheat-grower in California, pronouncea the wheat profit so small that he most seek diver sity of cnltnre for hi* 4ft,1)00 acres. Butter i* said to be the best medi cine for a class of nerve diseases, being almost chemically identical with healthy nerve tieone. Mr. H|MK>pendyke Prepare* a Speech I'poti " Woman." " Now, my dear," *aid Mr. Hpoopen dykc, a* he drew writing material* toward him, " now 1 waul your woman's wit. Th*e fellow* in*i*t that I must re *jKind to tin- toast, 'Woman,' to-mor row night, ami 1 must prejmrc a few remark*. If we liotli go at it, we'll get np Homething nice." "What you want?" argued A?™. Hpoopciidyke, entering into the spirit of the undertaking, and tapping her teetli with her thimble. " What you want i* woman in her various phase*." " What I want i* a speech," retorted Mr Hpoopendyke, " They haven't pnt nio down for a panorama. I waul a short uddre**, full of good point* and pleasant thing* about the ladies. Now I shall begin: ' Fellow citizen*—' " " But women ain't fellow citizen*. I should say—" " You'd *ay, ' fellow back hair,' tluit'* what'* you'd say. I'm üblre**ing the people, ami they're all men; don't yon see ? I've got to commence somewhere, and then Igo on. ' Now, fellow citi zens, regarding women, our origin, our comfianiou't, our posterity, our mothers, our wive* uml our daugh ter*, what more can wo hay than that they give n* life, make it happy and soothe it* decline V HOW'H that 7' "IK that the aamo woman?" asked Mr*. Hpoopendyke, bending over the table. "It don't Hlrikc me tliat he would care to have it put in that wav. \S hy not say 'Fellow citizen: we are li-isein ' " " What'* the matter with you''" de manded Mr. Hpoopendyke. "I've got to open with a sentiment, and you can't find anything more graceful than that. Then 1 will goon 'She rises in the cradle, reaches her meridian at the al tar and goc* down in a floral of dew at the grave,* Can you granp tliat " I don't like that a* well a* the other," renionstratcd Mr*. Hpoopendyke. " You make her a mother while *h''- a baby, and a* for th< grave )<art, you don't stop to think that *lio may )*• an other m< ridiati by getting marrii-d'ugain. I would say something like thi* ' !'< 1 low citizen* w< arc iitc cin ' " • No. 1 won't either. Who's going to get married it . on? Can't you m c tliat I'm only carrying out the first idea of origin, cotupan-hip, and JK>*{ nty ? Rising in tin cradle mean* giving us birth. Now you hold tip. Suppose I say next: 'We revere her a* mother, adore her a* wife, and—and,' say what do we do for her a- daughter?" "We provide a home for her. Wouldn't ?" " Yes, of course !" raved Mr. Hpoop endyke. "That's the idea I Tliat five* it ! All you want now is two ' prolonged laughter*,' fenir 'continued applause*,' one 'enthusiasm' and 'a voice' to le an oration 1 ' Fellow citizens, w< furnish her with jxiaeh'sl egg* and l>can* ' Fel low citizen*, we pa** lier the gravy! Fellow citizens "" yelled Mr. H|oopen dyke, gesticulating like a home-chest nut tree. " 'Fellow citizen*, if *he want* her Iwef rare, we give it to her ' Fel low citizens, wo give her all the dod gaetcd butter she can |ia*t< on her bread!' is tliat what you want me to say ? KvjM-ct I'm going to stand around and make a measly as* of myself? ' Fel low citizens, as mother we revere her! Fellow citizens, a* wife we adore her' Fellow citizens, to help a man get up a sjioech she'* the dod slamdest donkey that ever raised s family!' wali-h-b-h," i shrieked Mr. Hj*op ndyke, purple in the faee. " got any more suggestion* ? Know any more eloquence 7' and the worthy gentleman leaned back in his chair speechless. " t 'onldn't yon leave her out alto gether?" recommended Mr*. Hpoopen dyke. "Can't you just revere her as mother and adore her a* wife ? As for the daughter, you might pas* it over with saying: " Fellow citizens, we arc assem " " Yes, or I can cut her throat !" pro claimcd Mr. Hpoopendyke. " I can take , her to the pound ! I can salt lier down for winter use! Dod gast the speech !' ami Mr. B|>oopehdykc danced on the fragments of his notes. "To-morrow night I'll answer that toast hy telling what a dod pasted old mule you'd make of any man that would listen to you," j and Mr. Hpoopendyke l>atigcd himself into the bed like a lieer spigot and went to sleep. "Well," thought Mr*. Hpoopendyke, a* she took down her hair and put it up again, "I don't see why he eonldn't *ay: "Fellow citizens, we are assembled here to say something poetical about women, and the best 1 can say is we ahow her when we don't always love her, and we love her when we don't always j ahow it.' That's sensible and it's j so," sighed Mr*. H|>oopendjke falling over her husband's boots, and then the good woman opened the window on her *joae's aide of the lied, and sticking a few pins in the pil low in case she should want them in the night. she went prayerfully to sleep.— H n'Dv Homething must be done; we arc getting lonesome. Neither Charley Roes nor the Render family hsa lieen found for at least a month. Karthqeakra. 'I In; most notable and disastrous eartb i quake* on record, it may lie said, are those of Italy (526), when 120,000 person* jierished, and of Hicily (1603), when 00,00(1 lost their live*. According to Oibhon, toward 542 each year wu marked with the rrjietition of earth quake* of such duration that <Jonstanti nople una aha ken aliove forty day*- of such extent that tlie shock wa* com municated to the who)<- anrfaee of the empire. At Antioeh a quarter of a f million person* are *aid to have perished* - This period of earthquake and plague (542-7) wa* the period when the superior planets were in perihelion, as they are now. Arat'ian and Persian chronicle* record HI earthquake* )*•- tween the Keventh and eighteenth centuries, some lasting from forty to severity day*, and nearly all accompanied by wind* or flood*, or terrible *torin* of lightning and thunder. Header* of the Relation* <le* Jesuite* " will remem u-r the great earthquakes of Iwhich shook and t ,**ed the earth for *ix month* from Oaape to Montreal, the rival of onr own earthquake of IHII in the Mississippi valley. The severest of the earthquake* f It in thi* region wa* that of November, 1755, an echo of the convulsion tluat tumbled down I.i*bon and saved the I'ompsy mini*try, through the fact that the minister's house v a* almost the only one left un injured and hi> family one of the few not liereavrd of a member. Hein, in hi* interesting work on earthquake*, esti mate* that ori un average two earth quake* a day oeetir on the earth. In I*7o, though there wa* no severe single shock, 2,225 house* were destroyed or greatly damaged in Italy, ninety-eight person* killed and 228 wounded. The same -h k mar la*t for rear*; instance that of Vicge, in the Yalais, which en dtired from July, 1*55. to 1K57. \\ t •v 1 nil thirty-thri** sever*' shocks have ix-en l< It in one day; *t Honduras, in IKSB, lOH wen- counted in a week, and at Hawaii, in IKT.K, 2.00b shock* occurred in one month. Hein, it may 1* *ail in conclusion, opposes the th<*ory of * connect ion Ist ween earthquakes and volcanic eruption* and consider* that of their coincidence with atmospheric phenomena as lx<ttcr supported bv facts; for they are occasionally preceded or m-romjianied by thick and widespread fog* at season* when fog* are not fre quant, by sudden fall* of the lsirometei and equally sudden changes of temj>cra tore. Their occurrence, however, in the majority of case* coincide* with normal meti-orolngical conditions. Earthquake* are more frequent affer sunset than in daytime, in autumn and winter than in spring. The influence of the moon m ; insignificant. An Obstinate Sailor. It i* on record that shipwrecked mar iner* have sometime* been driven by thirst to drink salt water, with the re sult of going mail immediately after ward. But the writer doe* n-1 remem Iwr any instance of a sailor attempting , to scuttle the ship in which he wa* sailing for the purpose of getting at the water outside. This was the defense put in by a Russian tar who has ju*t undergone trial at Liverpool for Tarious crime and misdemeanors on the bigb seas. Having done that which he ought ; not to have done be nought refuge from imprisonment in the hold. Here he re mained at bay for nevor.il days, burling lumps of coal and iron at all who ven tured to approach him. In vain were munkei* and revolver* brought to Ix-ar upon the dauntless mariner; the darkness of the hob! pre vented lit* assailantn from taking go.*! aim, while lie could see them so clearly that several were injured by hi* mis sile*. llu* skipper, therefore, estab lished a blockade by fastening down the hatches until a ]assing ship kindly re in forced the lieaiegers and carried the stronghold by assault. It wa* then discovered tliat the resolute Russian had made considerable progress with a bole through the ship's timbers, and it was thi* ugly fact which he attempted to account for on the plea of raging thirst. The desperate man seems to have really determined to sink the ves sel and all on txvard her, including him self. sooner tlian admit he had lwen in the wrong. (•reek Pish. Fish was a favorite diet, the tunny leing probably coarser food, as the eel was one of the more costly and delicate, especially when stewed and smothered in lieet root. Many kind* of shell ftsh were in use, oysters being, a* with the Romans, especial favorites. The cuttle fish and the sea urchin (echinus) do not seem to us tempting food; snails (eaten with hnlbi), eray-ftah, several kinds of oralis, prawns, mussels and whelks are often mentioned. In trnlh the aaec dotes about the fUh market are endless. •• It is a nice thing." says a poet of the ** Middle Comedy." "to see a well stored ftsh shop when you have money in your pocket—not otherwise. There was poor Corrdn* with just four cop per*. who first looked at the oralis, eels and tunnies, aaked the price of each, and then- went oil to the sprats."— /'Voter's Jfotforiae. ■v-.-.v si
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