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Main- AmabllU.
Down the goldenest of streams,
Tido of dreams,
Tho fair crdle1 man-child drifts;
Sways with cadenced motion slow,
To and fro,
Al tho mother-foot poised lightly, falls
and lifts.
lie, the flrBtling, he, the light
Of hor (tight,
lie, the broathing pledge of love,
'Neath the holy pasdon lies
Of her eye,
Smiles to foul tho warm, lifo-glving ray
above.
Mie believes that in his v'sion,
Bkioa elysim
O'i r an angel-people shine.
Biok to gardens of dnligbt,
Tailing (light,
His auroral spiriv basks in dreams divine.
But the smiles through anxious tears;
Unboin years
Pressing forward, she perceives.
Shadowy mufllod shapes, they come
Deaf and dumb,
Diioging what? dry chaff and tares, or
full-eared sheaves?
What for him shall Bhe Invoke ?
Shall the osk
Hind the mmi'i triumphant I row?
Shall his daring foot alight
On the height t
Shall he dwell amldxt tho humble and
the low ?
Through what tears and sweat and pain,
M int ho gain
Fruitage from the tree of life?
Shall it yield him bitter flavor?
Hua'l its savor
Da as manna midst the turmoil and tin,
strife ?
- In his cradle slept and smiled
Thus tho ohild
Who as Priuce of Teaca was hailed.
Th is anigh the mother breaHt,
Lulled to rest,
Child-Napoloon down the lil'ed river
' sai!o 1.
C'.ownol or eruoifled the saar.0
Qlows the flame
Of her deathless love d vine. v
Slill the blessed mother Btauds,
In all lanls,
As rihe watched beside thy cradle and bj
mine.
Wha'.so gifts ti e years bektow,
Still men know,
W lilrt xho breathes, lies one who sees
(Stand thr.y pure or Biu-doflkd)
lint the child
Whom she oroinol to sleep and rocked
upon her knees.
Emma Ixizaru in Scribncr.
Uncle tten's Ghostly Ride.
My Uuclo Ben believe in ghosts ? Of
course he did ; lie mod to say : " No
modern mansion of stucco and plaster
for me ; give ma a grand old house, ai
covered bv ivy and hidden by trees,
whose walls are Lung with tapestry, and
whose passages, extending from room to
room, make the blood curdle with their
gloom and length. Why, sir, there is
something enlivening even in its decay ;
the dampness of its walls, and the cracks
in the discolored ceilings, which only
suggests o the vulgar mind ague and
rheumatism, are evideuces to me of its
venerable age and respectability. Tue
very mice that scamper up and down in
the time-worn wainscoting give me a
friendly greeting that I never meet in
- your new-fashioued houses, built for a
race of mammon-worshipers who have
made their wealth out of shoddy and
petroleum."
I really believe that Uncle Ben valued
the shade that was said to haunt his
house far higher than all his more tangi
ble property. Nothing made him more
angry than for any one to doubt its ex-"
istenoe ; he waft always ready to break a
lance with any skeptic on the subject,
and to offcr him a bed in the haunted
room ; and, although many of the young
members of the family scoffed at the
story, yery few had the courage to accept
the challenge.
One winter night, when the wind was
moaning round the chimney-pots and
through the eaves, singing a dirge
among the leafless branches of the gauut
old spectral trees for the joys of the dead
summer, the family was gathered round
the fire in the drawing-room.
Uncle Ben, wha was standing with his
back to the fire, said to his nephew :
" I think, Joe, we had better put on
another log of wood; I don't feel inolined
for bed yet, and I suppose you young
sters intend to sit up half the night, as
usual."
" I don't mean to turn in yet for one,
uncle," replied Joe. "Tell us one of
your ghost stories; a regular blood -curdler."
"Ah, Joe," said the old man, "I am
afraid you are a thorough skeptic You
disbelieve in all supernatural appear
ances." "Certainly," answered Joe, who was
secretary to the Literary Debating So
ciety in the little town of Mudborough,
and who had written an essay to prove
the non existence of everything, and that
we are simply the creations of our own
thoughts. "Certainly thes3 impalpable
specters are only illusions which the dis
ordered couditiou of our weak physical
organs bring before us."
" I own you are a clever lod, Joe, but
I don't care a button for your arguments.
I believe in ghosts because I have eocn
them."
" Oh, I am pen to conviction; if you
introduce me to a bona fide ghost 111
give in. I believe only in the things I
understand."
" Joe, if you only believe in what you
understand, your creed will be shorter
than that of any sian I know."
"Can you give us any proof? Can
you mention one instance in which the
specter has appeared to any one you
know ?"
" A hundred, if you wish it," said
the old man.
"One will do; give us one genuine
case and we will believe."
" I will; listen. The story that 1 am
about to relate is an incident that hap
pened to myself some twenty years ago,
and for the truth of which I can vouch."
"Well, proceed."
" I would give yon the history of the
specter attached to this house, but that
ouly appears to a favored few, and I
have not ye seen it, although I have
often enough heard the noises it
makes."
" We should prefer a ghost that can
be seen, if you have ever met with one."
" You must understand that the vil
lage in which I lived, like many others,
possesses its spectral visitor. About
100 years ago, au ancestor of mine start
ed for London in his traveling carriage,
one evening about the latter end of
June. He was an exceedingly irascible
man, and, the coachman was not suf
ficiently quick in preparing the vehicle,
he became much enraged, and used ex
ceedingly passionate language. For
some time the coachman bore his abuse
patiently, but, at last, he lost his tem
per, and struck the old gentleman in the
face.
" Jn those days everybody wore a
sVord ; and my ancestor, who was al
ways ready to draw, snatched his wea
pon from his sheath, and, with one
blow, severed the unfortunate man's
head from his body.
" Conscience-stricken at thiH fearful
crime, and terrified by the dread of its
consequences, he gazed upon the head
less body for a few moments, and then,
being seized with a fit of apoplexy,
was carried into the house by his ser
vants, where he died in a few "hours."
"Well," said Joe, "although the
story is horrible enough, it has nothing
of the supernatural in it. Jt is quite
possible that an angry old man may
commit a murder and die of fright."
" Yes, you are right ; if the tale ended
there, there would bo nothing to doubt ;
but what I am going to tell you, I am
afraid, will be scoffed at by my skepti
cal young friends, who disbelieve every
thing they do not see or hear."
" That's meant for me," said Joe, with
a laugh. "Never mind, undo ; go on
with your story."
"Yes, my boy, now I come to the
marvelous, part. Every year, as the
hands of the clock point to the hour of
midnight, a traveling carriage, with
four horses, driven by a headless coach
man, leaves that village, find passes
down the London road."
" He must be clever if he can see to
drive without his head," interrupted
the still skeptical Joe.
" That I cannot explain ; some ghost-
seers Bay that it is possible for people
in clairvoyant stat to rend from tie
pit of the stomach ; at all events, a
dead n an may b possessed of faculties
that we do not understand ; for a man
becomes considerably altered when he
is dead."
" He does, I admit."
"And if you allow that a dead man
can drive at all, the small matter of a
head more or less is of very little lm-.
portance."
j " Just BO."
" You know that when a man dies he
becomes a spirit.
" That's rum," said Joe.
" No, sir, it's not rum, nor whisky
either ; and, if you cannot listen to my
story without endeavoring to turn it
into rid eule, I had better leave off,"
replied Uncle Ben, who was as peppery
ashis ancestor.
" Oh I pray go on, nnele," exclaimed
all the listeners. "We'll try to keep
Joe in order."
" Well, as I was saying, this apparir
tion made its appearance onoe a yenr,
as the clock was striking twelve. Many
of the villagers had heard the tramp of
horses and the rattling of wheels as the
ghostly cortege went by. Now and
then some favored individual witnessed
the headless driver, as he whipped his
horses on toward London. Bat in all
cases, the coach pasted too qu ckly for
any one to see whether the old gentle
man was really inside or not"
" And. did no one ever ee him?"
askod oue"of the party.
" You snail hear. I will confess that,
until the night when the incident which
I am about to relate took place, I was as
great an unbeliever as any of you, and
always treated the whole account as an
old woman's tale, only fit to frighten
children. But, one evening, as I sat
smoking with some old friends, one of
them, a devout believer in everything
supernatural, began to talk about the
family legend, I, aa usual, threw ridi
cule upon the affair. I horrified some
of the company by statinir my intention
of venturing out to wander down the
road, and see if I could meet the phan
torn cavalcade. I swore that if I di 1, I
would ask the old gentleman to give me
a lift, and offered to bet a 100 that the
whole legend was a pack of lies."
"And did you go?"
" xes ; although some of the more
superstitious of the party tried to pie
vent me, I persevered, and wandered
out into the night ready to meet with
ghost or goblin.
" And did you meet them I"
" Just as I emerged from the lane the
village clock chimed the three-quarters,
and I sat down upon a moss-covered
milestouo to wait and watch for th"
phantoms that ' come like shadows s
depart. The night was chilly, and, as
I wrapped my cloak around me, I began
to Blmdder, as I wondered if, by any
possibility, there could have been any
truth in the strange story that I had
heard. I gradually felt, like the man ir
the play, that all my courage was oozing
out at my fingers's ends."
" Oh, uncle, afraid I" cried one of the
boys.
"Yes, my boy, I must confess it, for
the moment I began to wish I was back
in the comfortable dining-room.
"Suddenly the clock struck the hour
of midnight.
" As the last echoes died away, I
heard in the distance a sound like the
noise of a carriage and horses rapidly
approaching. My blood began to curdle
in my veins ; it came nearer and nearer;
and, at last, I saw a curious, old-fashioned
vehicle coming toward me at a
furious pace.
" For a moment I was speechless, but,
mustering all my courage, I cried out to
the coachman to stop. He did so, and
then, to my intense surprise, I saw that
his head had been severed from the
trunk. The ghastly head lay by his side
on the coach-box, which perhaps ac
counted for his being able to hear my
cries.
" As the carriage stopped he sprang
to the ground, flung open the door, let
down the steps and signed for me to
enter. By this time my nerves were
well braced up, and I jumped in without
any fear.
" Upon entering the coach and taking
my seat I found myself opposite an old
gentleman who was dressed in the cos
tume of the commencement of the reign
of George III. Upon his Read was an
old-fashioned tie-wig, and in his hand
was a naked sword which was still cov
ered with blood. His face was of an un
earthly pallor, and had upon it a soured,
Beared look, which did not make him a
very pleasant-looking traveling com
panion. " For some time we sat face to face,
and when I found that he did not appear
to take the slightest notice of me, I be
gan to be more at ease. At last I thought
it would be very uncivil to ride in the old
gentleman's coach without speaking to
him, and I also felt inclined, as I had
never before met with a real ghost, to
make his acquaintance. So I, by way of
opening the conversation, said :
A splendid night, sir.
"The elderly party in the tie-wig
made no reply.
" In a liurry to get to town, I pre
sume ? Iam very much obliged to you
for the lift.'
" Still no answer. After this we both
sat for some time in silence; the ghost
seemed buried in thought, and I re
mained watching him with great inter
est. At last, the night being chilly for
the time of year, and the coach having
about it a peculiar atmosphere like that
of a vault, I began to feel extremely
cold.
After a while the old gentleman grew
quite sociable, and began to talk; he
complimented me upon my bravery in
daring to stop his, carriage. For just
one century he had, once a year, driven
along Ibis road without meeting auy one
who had the courage to ride with him :
and, through me, he would be released
from all further punishment, which was
to last until some brave fellow accom
panied him in his drive and conversed
with him.
" For this release he heartily thanked
me, and said that, lor my courage. 1
should be lucky to my business specula
tions; and, as you are aware, he turned
out a true prophet."
"Did you talk about anything else?
asked Joe.
" Oh, yes. My old friend had as much
curiosity as a woman," said Uncle Ben,
who, I need not say, was an inveterate
bachelor. "We nad a conversation
about London. It appears that he had
been a great beau in his time, and he
considered himself an enormous favorite
with the ladies. He wished' to know
who was the reigning toast, and
was much disgusted when I told him
that toasts hod gone out of fashion."
"Was that all?"
" Oh, no. He told me where the best
civet and pomatum were to be bought,
and who was the best peruke maker;
and was still more surprised when I said
that no one wore wigs now, except law
yers and coachmen. He asked if travel
ing was as dangerous as ever; though
he confessed that he had not been ranch
troubled lately by the knights of the
road. He said that one rode up to stop
him twenty-five years before, but the
sight of his headless driver had so
frightened him that he put spurs to
his horse and disappeared as if he had
had twenty Bow-street runners at his
heels."
' Did you not ask what became of
him on the other nights of the year,
when he was not out for hia drive ?
" He said that, in company with the
innumerable shades who were condemned
to occasionally visit the earth for crimes
committed during their past lives, he
Easaed his time hovering round his old
aunts, longing t become visible to his
descendants, and to assist them in times
of trouble, but nnable to do so. As we
conversed, the time rapidly slipped
away; and at length the lumps of Lon
don became visible in the distance. After
thanking the old man for his courtesy,
I suggested that I might now alight as 1
had a great many friends in town that I
should like to visit; but he shook his
head.
"'No, no,' said he; 4 we are at the
mercy of my coachman he has the entire
com maud during onr drive, and ha will
only stop at the place he picked you up,
See, he is turning the horses round: wo
are about to return.
" If the journey to town seemtid bhort,
the journey back was still shorter. The
old man told me a hundred anecdotes of
the people of his time. Ho had been a
staunch Jacobite, and he told me all
about young Cavalier, and painted the
March to J; inchley ' in words that did
full jnstice to Hogarth's picture. The
statesmen, wits, and soldiers of the last
century appeared to stand before me in
the flesh, and I never enjoyed a drive
betterthan the one I had with my
ghostly ancestor.
"As the clock struck one, we pulled
up at the old moss-covered milestone
where I first stopped the coach. Once
more thanking me for the inestimable
favor I had done him, the old gentleman
signed to the driver to open the carriage
door. I got out, and, ns I turned round
to bid him good-by, I found that the
whole cavalcade coach, horses, driver,
and old gentleman had vanished into
thin air, and I was alone."
"Alone?" exclaimed his hearers.
"Yes," said Uncle Ben; "but the
strange thing was that I became insensi
ble, and knew nothing more until I was
found the next morning lying beside the
milestone.
" I thought so. You fell asleep and
dreamed that you saw the phantom cor
tege," said Joe,
" No, sir, it was no dream. When I
saw that carriage, and when I rode in it,
I was as much awake as I am now ; and
when you are as old as I am, and have
seen as many wonders, you will be sur
prised at nothing, and will own that
there are more things in heaven and
earth than are dreamed of in your phi
losophy." lielgravia.
Fashion Notes,.
The short dress for the street is at last
an accomplished fact.
Several rows of knife-pleated lace will
be used for trimming mantles.
Most of the wide collars and cuffs have
a lace frill to stand around the neck and
wrists.
New. ties are of plain silk, the ends
finished in embroidery and fringe to
represent the tip of a peacock feather.
Get sheer striped muslin, or else dimi
ty, and work the edges in colored scal
lops for drapery for an infant's basket.
Satin will be muoh used for trimming
spring and summer dresses. Some of
the new grenadines are trimmed entirely
with black satin.
A half-locg sacqne or else a dolman
mantle of black silk or of camel'-shair,
with jet aud fringe for trimming, is what
you want for the spring.
Cashmere suits are coming more and
more into favor. Cashmere made over
silk is exceedingly attractive. Rich
garnitures of all kinds are employed on
these much admired and very serviceable
promenade and dinner suits.
Carrick capes promise to be much
worn on various spring garments. They
are seen on cloth socques, ou basques of
plain costumes, on polonaises, on dol
mans, on English cloth traveling cloaks,
and finally on linen ulsters.
The furnishing stores display new
costumes of percale, cambric, and Scotch
ginghams, trimmed with pleated trills
of the material, on which fall scant
ruffles of white Hamburg embroidery.
The favorite design for these is the
pleated basque.
Cambric wrappers are also being fan
cifully made at the furnishing houses.
The prettiest of these have a yoke with
Watteau pleating in the back, and are
made of bordered cambrics, witn the
border used for trimming down the yoke,
pockets, collar and cuffs.
Silks of light quality with raised fig
ures are offered for spring costumes, or
as parts of combination suits. These
are more stylish than checked or striped
silks sold for the same money, but they
do not wear so well, as the raised figures
are apt to fray ; they serve, however,
for a season, or as long as the capricious
fashion lasts.
To make yourself look more slender
you should wear the princesse under
clothing witli yoke skirts and with close
fitting chemises that add nothing to the
figure. Arrange your hair so that it will
add nothing to the size of your head.
Braid the back hair, and make a coil of
it high on the crown ; wave the front
hair, and comb it back from the temples
Put velvet buttons on a silk dress
trimmed with velvet. Put wide panels
of velvet "down the sides of the over
skirt, and edge it with fringe. The vel
vet flounce should be so deep that the
bottom of the over-skirt will cover the
top of the flounce, and make the skirt
seem to be entirely velvet. Turn the
edge of the, flounce under, and face it
with silk. Gathered flounces are very
scant. Pleated velvet flounces are twice
the length of the space to be covered.
. A Kind Act Rewarded.
The bread on the waters has returned
to a young lady in Clappertown, Pa.,
after a few years. On December 2o,
1873, she met, on a railroad train, a lady
who was very ill, and she kindly minis
tered unto her, taking carejof her and ac
companying her to her place of destina
tion. When they parted, the sick wo
man offered to reward the young lady
for her kindness and attention, but she
would take nothing. The old woman
wrote down the name and address,
nodded familiarly to her, and said :
" You will be. paid some day." The
jonng lady never saw her chance ao.
quaintanoe again, but the sum of $00,
000 has recently been bequeathed to her.
The old'woman had no relatives in this
country, and left h!1 her money to the
girl who had, befriended her. Jleadiny
(''.) t. at ilv.
FARM, UARDEX AND HO USE II OLD.
Ittedlral Hints.
Cuke fob Hoarseness. Spikenard
root, sliced and bruised, and then steep
ed in a teapot containing equal parts of
water and spirits, and the vapor inhaled,
when sufficiently cooled, will relieve the
soreness and hoarseness of the throat or
lungs, when arising from a cough or
cold.
RiFREgHiNQ Drinks in Fevkrs.
Boil one and a half ounces of tamarinds
with two ounces of stoned raisins and
three ounces cranberries, all in three
pints of water until two pints remain ;
straiu, and add a small piece of fresh
lemon peel, which should be removed in
thirty minutes.
To Keep the Feet Warm. Previous
to retiring at night, and before undress-'
ing, remove the stockings and rub the
feet and ankles briskly with the hands.
During the day, wear two pair of stock
ings composed of different fabrics, one
pair of silk or cotton, the other of wool,
and the natural heat of the feet will be
preserved, if the feet are kept clean,
and the friction of the same is not omit
ted at night
Rules for the Sick Room. 1. Bring
in fresh flowers or something new every
day ; even the commonest green thing is
better than nothing. 2. Don't talk
about anything unpleasant. Talk about
something that will lead the patient's
thoughts away from his aches and pains,
and leave him in a cheerful and restful
state of mind. 3. Follow the doctor's
directions implicitly. 4. Never ash; a
sick person what he wants to eat. If he
asks for anything that will not injure
him get it if you can. Never bring mm
much at a time. A little bit in a dainty
dish will sometimes tempt the appetite
when a lajrgo quanity would cause nausea
?. ExDect sick persons to be unreason
able. They will fret and complain, no
matter what happens, and must be born
with patiently.
Fralt Cellars.
In order to keep fruit, several condi
tion are important. In the first place,
the atmosphere of a fruit room should
be dry, there should be no. more damp
ness than ordinarily exists in the cold
outside air. The room should be sus
ceptible of ventilation in proper weath
er, not by direct currents of air, but by
air modified before it reaches the fruit.
A fruit room must be frost-proof ; it
must be cleanly and accessible. As re
gards location, it may be placed on a
side hill, the excavation opening to the
south : or it may be placed under a barn
or stable, or other convenient out-build-
Ten years ago we constructed a fruit
cellar under our stable, and it has
proved so satisfactory that we venture to
give a brief description of it. The divi
sion walls are constructed oi oricK, nnci
the apartment? are two in number, an
outer and inner room. The outer room
is but partly underground, nnd is ten by
twelve in area, and eight feet high. The
inner .oom is wholly underground, and
frost-proof ; it has four brick walls and
a cemented floor, in this room tne iruic
is stored early in December, when the
weather becomes cold. The outer room
holds the fruit during the autumn
months after it is gathered, and is coil,
well lighted and dry. Tne window are
left open and a free circulation of air al
loed so long as no danger from frost
exists When the fruit is taken t) the
inner room, the door is closed, and no
light admitted. Ventilation is secured
in moderate weather by opening the
inner door and throwing down a window
in the outer room. In this cellar we
kept apples of last Benson's growth until
the present winter, in perfect condition.
Some of these apples, exhibited at the
autumnal agricultural fairs, were pro
nounced as fresh as those of lost season's
growth. Boston Journal of Chemistry.
Frozen Coniba of Pawl.
In cold climates fowls with very large
combs, like those of the Leghorns, are
liable to get frozen; in fact, these large
comb breeds must be kept in a warm
house if freezing is to be entirely pre
vented. When the comb of a bird is
found to be frozen, it should be thawed
out by the application of cold water,
either by pouring the water over the
head or by immersing the comb while
the fowl is held in the hand. After the
frost is entirely removed, and the comb
and wattles carefully rubbed dry with a
soft cloth, they should be smeared with
glycerine, to be followed by a fresh ap
plication every day until the comb is
restored to its usual appearance. If the
frozen comb has been already thawed
out, the glycerine may be applied just
the same to prevent the soreness.
Grease of any kind may be used, and
some iKiultry breeders make an ointment
for frozen combs by melting a little
rosin in hot salt lard. Almost anything
which will exclude the air from the raw
flesh will assist healing and do good.
Propagation of Ilyaetaibo.
The gardener to the University of
Berlin has found that hyacinths may be
propagated by their leaves, and this
method would appear to specially rec
ommend itself where the object in view
is to raise a large number of specimens
of new rare varieties. The leaves require
to be out off as near to the bulb as possi
ble, put iu a sauoer, and covered over
with a thin layer of sandy leaf mold,
tho same as geraniums are propagated.
The saucer having been placed in a
greenhouse or frame close to the inner
surface of the glass, in eight or nine
weeks' time the extremities of the leaves
will begin to turn dry, a sure sign that
bulbs are growing out of them. The
leaves selected for propagation must be
fresh and green, the latest time at which
they Bhould be removed from the plant
being the close of the flowering season.
Turks Sacking a Town, "
The Elena correspondent of the Lon
don Tmes writes : We are in Elena after
a sharp day's fighting, characterized, I
am glad to say, by few of those acw oi
ferocity which have disgraced so many
Turkish successes. There is not a sternea
opponent to the Bashi-Bazouk system
than Suleiman Pasha, but these Turkish
and Circassian free lances nave Been
raised by the central government into a
situation quite beyond control, and any
attempt at suppression would transform
them even into less controllable brigands.
We are in Elena, and the Back of tfce v
place is now in full swing. From the
window of the house in which I have
sought a few minutes of quiet to jot
down these notes, and which overlooks
the long main street of this little towi,
I see the ruin progressing fast. To give
an idea of the" scene in this street it
needs to be photographed in panorama
and Tpresented in its ensemble Word
painting gives but a feeble notion of it,
because the simultaneity of the incidents
is lost. Thus, if I say that the Bashi
Bazonks and Circassians ore battering
doors and shutters with the butt-ends of.
their muskets, slashing window-frames
to pieces with their yataghans, blowing
off locks with their revolvers, throwing
the contents of house and shop into the
Btreet, still it is only two or three houses
that the reader pictures to himself,
while what I want to describe is going
on on both sides of the way all down the
main street of Elena, which is a good
deal more than a mile long. In the
byways, too, so far as they lend them
selves to such work, the depredators are
at work howling and hooting, drunk with
the joys of spoliation and red-hot with
the excitement of destruction.
It had been intended to take precau
tions to prevent the sack of the town by
irregulars. Three companies were to
have been told off to protect the spoil
from the hands of those who had done
nothing to entitle them to participation in
the loot ; but in the excitement of the
victory it was not carried out, and thus
the irregulars are securing for themselves
or recklessly waisting, the great bulk of
the booty. I was in so soon after the
troops that when I went up the street it
was comparatively empty. On a little
bridge over a rivulet which crosses one
end of the town lay three Russians dead,
and the way was almost barred by a dead
horse lying still harnessed to a broken
fourgon ; but as I went on the Bashis
came rushing past and soon the street
was filled. Shop after shop was burst
open. Now a grocer's, from which skins
andbladders filled with cheese and Rus
sian butter were thrown into the street ;
here sugar was the attraction, and the
Bashis thrust the white sugar lumps by
handsful into their breasts and into the
folds of their turbans, and when they
were stuffed, scattered the rest about the,
street. It must liavo been a Bulgarian
feast day yesterday, for in all the grocers'
and bakers' shops there was holiday
cake, upon which the Bashis pounced
with childish delight. Now a draper's
shop was tapped, and the yarns and
rougher goods were thrown out to be
trampled under foot, while the long yards
of calico and cloths were drugged forth,
the pillagers chopping off with their
yataghans such lengths as they could
secure. From the vintners the casks of
wine were rolled into the Btreet and the!
heads-stove in, bottles were hurled into
the air and came smashing down among
the crowd by the score From time to
time a troop of Beared pigs would come
rushing into the street, hounded out of
their styes by the Bide currents of the
looters. Then there was a shout and a
chase, and the poor beasts were bay
oneted or shot by rifles and revolvers
recklessly fired amid the crowd. Before
a silk Btore lay an old Bulgar, shot
through the chest, lying as he fell, and
a little further, laid out stiff and straight
under the projecting front of a cook's
shop, was the body of a Russian, clad in
shirt and drawers, clean and" fine of
texture, apparently the remains of some
civil functionary.
lthjmlng Legislators,
During a recent dry debato in the
House wing of the Virginia Legislature
a resolution was circulated among the
members, drawn up by "the committee
on game," aud offering a prize for any
man who would find a rhyme to "Terra
pin." A Richmond correspondent say
the resolution brought out the loiiowu-.
poetical donations:
You ask for a word to rhyme with Terrapin,
I could bet my drink were all pure gin.
Uantjtr.
I think that Terrapin
Would rbyme with hair-pin. JJunter.
(It ought to but it dou't.)
The wretch who kills a Terrapin
Commits a most egregious sin.
Wallace.
lltnkeL
Roup made of the Terrpin
IV ill not hurt a fellow's within.
A good stew made of Terrapin
Is tit for a seraphim.
Were I asked what is a Terrapin,
Kould call it a tish without a tin.
Kdiiwnd.
The blamed fools who rhymed on Terrapin,
Ought to have a larrapio. tiikei- Atlnfy.
The way to give value to a diamond-bUuk
Terrapin,
Is to change ita back as though the
diamoa i
ure a pin.
t would rather be a creeping soarapin
Thau a skill pot lerrapiu.
How sweet to sit In your merry iun
And eat good tUsmt of Terrapin. Vaiif(
I would fight sooner a Terrapin
Than an old female harridan. Taliaft rro,
I think there is no fairer din
Than to hear tha hounds trail a Terrapin
The women of Alaska are not
tLe baauty and great length of
hair, which often, falls iu glo'ey
bt low the waist,