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. Mater AmobiiU.
Down the goldoncet of streams,
Tido of dreams,
The fair crdle1 man-child drifts; -Sways
with cadenced motion slow,'
To and fro,
Al the mother-foot poised lightly, falls
' and lifts.
He, the flrtlipg, he, the light
Of her sight,
lie, the broathing pledge of love,
'Neath the holy passion lies
Of her eyes,
Hrailei to feel the warm, life-giving ray
above.
Bhe believes that in his v'sion,
Skies elysiin
O't r an angel-people shine.
Bick to gardens of dnligbt,
Taking (light,
Hi auroral ppirh basks in dreams divine.
But she Bniilos throngh anxious tears;
Unborn yeri
rrowing forward, she perceives.
Shadowy muffled shapes, they come
Deaf and dumb,
Biinging what? dry chaff and tares, or
full-eared sheaves t
What for him shall she invoke ? i
Shall the oak
Hind the man's triumphant I row ?
61) all his daring foot alight
On the height t
Shall he dwell amidst tho hnmblo and
the low ?
Throngh what tears and sweat and pain,
M ist he gain
Frnitage from the tree of life?
Shall it yield him bitter flavor?
. ' Bhallts savor
Ba as manna midst the turmoil and the
strife ?
In his cradle slept and smiled
Thus the child
Who as IViuoe of Feaco was 'hailed.
Th'is anigh the mother breast,
Lulled to rest,
Child-Napoleon down the lil'ed river
' sai!e 1.
C.ownol or oruolQed the savo
Glows the flame
Of her deaihleaj love d vine,
Still the blossod mother stands, -
In all bnls,
As she watched beside thy cradle and bj
mine.
WhsUo gifts ti e years bestow,
Still men know,
W tile nho breathes, lives one who sees
(Stand they pure or siu-doftli-d)
But the child
Whom she oro no 1 to sleep and rooked
upon her knees.
Emma Lazaru in Scribner.
Uncle Sen's Ghostly Ride.
My Undo Ben believe in ghosts ? Of
course he did ; he used to say : " No
modern mansion of stucoo and plaster
for me ; give ma a grand old house, ai'
covered by ivy and hidden by trees,
whose walls are hung 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 to the vulgar mind ague and
rheumatism, are evidences to me of its
venerable age and respectability. Tue
very mice that scamper up and down in
the time-worn wainscoting give ine a
friendly greeting that I never meet in
your new-fashioned 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 hauut his
house far higher than all his more tangi
ble property. Nothing made him more
angry than for any one to doubt its ex-"
isteuoe ; be wo J always ready to break a
lance with any skeptic on the subject,
and to oflfcr him a bed in the haunted
roord ; and, although many of the young
members of the family scoffed at the
story, very few had the courage to accept
the challenge.
One winter night, when the wind was
mouning round the chimney-pots and
through the eaves, singing a dirge
among the leafless branches of the gaunt
old spectral trees for the joys of the dead
summer, the family was gathered round
the fire in the drawing-room.
Uncle Ben, who 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 inclined
for bed yet, and I suppose you young
sters intend to sit up naif 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,. VI am
afraid you are a thorough skeptic You
disbelieve in all supernatural appear
an 068."
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 onlv illusions which thedis
ordered coudition of our weal phvoical
organs bring before us."
" I own you are a clever lad, Joe, but
I dou t care a button for your arguments
I believe in ghosts because I have soi-n
them."
'Oh, I aui pen to ooiviotiou; if you
introduoe me to a bona fldo 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 man 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 moment 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
only 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 nave ever met with one."
You must understand that the vil
lage in which I lived, bike many others,
possesses its spectral visitor. About
109 years ago, an ancestor of mine start
ed for London in his traveling carriage,
one evening about the latter end of
June. He was an -exceedingly irascible
raaH, 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 bis tem
per, and struck the old gentleman in the
face.
"In those days everybody wore a
sword ; 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 this 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 iu it. It is quite
possible that an angry old man may
csramit a murder and die of fright.
" Yea, you are right ; if the tale ended
there, there would be nothing to doubt ;
but what I ara going to tell you, I am
afraid, will be scoffed at by my skepti
cal young friends, who disbelieve every
thing they uo not see or hear.
" That s meant for me, "said Joe, with
a laugh. Never mind, uncle ; go on
with your story.
" xes, my boy, now 1 come to the
marvelous, part. Every year, as the
hands of the clock point to the hour of
midnight, a traveling carnage, with
four horses, driven by a headless coach
man, leaves that village, and passes
down the London road."
"He must be clever if he can see to
drive without his head," interrupted
the still skeptical Joe.
" That 1 cannot explain ; some ghost-
Beers say that it is possible for people
iu clairvoyant stat to rend from tie
pit of the stomach ; at all events, a
dead u 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.
" Just so."
" 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 cule, I had better leave off,"
replied Uncle Ben, who was as peppery
asms ancestor.
' Oh 1 pray go on, uncle," exclaimed
all the listeners. " We'll try to keep
Joe in order." - .
Well, as I was saying, this appari-r
tion made its appearance once a year,
as the clock was striking twelve. At any
of the villagers had heard the tramp of
horses and the rattliug 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. - Bnt in all
cases, the coach paseed too qu ckly for
any oue to see whether the old gentle
man was really inside or not.
"And. did no one ever tee liim?
asked oue'of the party.
" xou bhall hear. X 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
familv legend, I, as usual, threw ridi
cule upou the affair. I horrified some
of the company by stating my intention
of venturing out to wander down the
road, and see if I could meet the phan
tom cavalcade. I swore that if I dil,
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 or the more
superstitious of the party tried to pre
vent me, I persevered, and wanderea
out into the night ready to meet with
ghost or gobliu. "
" And did you meet them I"
" Just as I emerged from the lane the
village clock chimed the three-quarters,
and I sat dowu 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 shudder, 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 flngera'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, whioh 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 Head 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,
scared 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 hurry 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 begun 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 this 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, for my courage, I
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 "had 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 had 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-
vers and coachmen. He asked if travel
ing was as dangerous as ever; though
he confessed that he had not been much
troubled lately by the knights of the
road. He said that one rode up to stop
him twenty-five years before, but the
signc oi ma ueauiesa uriver iiau bo
frightened him that he put spurs to
his horse and disappeared as it 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 his 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
Eassed his time hovering round his old
aunts, longing te become visible to hia
descendants, and to assist them in times
of trouble, but unable to do so. As we
conversed, the time rapidly slipped
away; and at length the lamps of Lou
don became visible in the distauce. - After
thanking the old man for his courtesy,
I suggested that I might now alight as I
had a great many friends in town that
should like to visit; but he shook his
head.
"'No, no,' said he; we are at the
mercy of my coachman he has the entire
oomniaud during our drive, aud ha will
only atop at the place he picked yon up.
riee, lie is turning the horses rouud: we
are about to return.'
" If the journey to town BeenieJ short,
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 be told me all
about young Cavalier, and painted the
March to Finchley ' in words that did
full justice 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. Onoe
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, as 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, Bir, 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 aud
earth than are dreamed of in your phi
loeophy," Belgravia.
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 peacock feather.
Oet 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 much used for trimming
spring and summer dresses, some ot
the new grenadines are trimmed entirely
with black satin.
A half-lot ar sacque 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 aud dinner suits.
Corrick capes promise to be much
worn on various spring garments. They
are seen on cloth socques, ou basque of
plain costumes, on polonaises, on dol
mans, ou English cloth traveling cloaks,
and finally on linen ulBters.
The furnishing stores display new
costumes of percale, cambric, and Scotch
ginghams, trimmed with pleated mils
of the material, on which fall scant
ruffles of white Hamburg embroidery.
The favorite design for these Js the
pleated basque.
Cambrio wrappers are also being fan
cifully mode at the furnishing houses.
The prettiest of these have a yoke with
Watteau pleating in the back, and are
made of bordered cambrics, with the
border used for trimming down the yoke,
pockets, collar and cutis.
Silks of light quality with raised fig
ures are onereu ior spring costumes, or
as parts of combination suits. These
are more stylish than checked or striped
silks Bold for the same monev, but they
do not wear bo 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 pnncesse under
clothing with 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 bead,
Braid the back hair, and make a coil of
it high ou 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
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 28,
1873, Bhe met, on a railroad train, a lady
who waB very ill, and she kindly minis
tered unto her, taking careof her and ao
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
young lady never saw her chance ac
quaintance again, but the sum of $90,
000 has recently been bequeathed to ber.
The old'woman had no relatives in this
country, and left all her money to the
girl who had. befriended her. "lieadiny
(a.) J-:tjle,
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Ittedlrml Illala.
Cure fob Hoarsenbbs. 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.
RaFRESHisa Drinks im Fevbrs.
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 ;
strain, 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 twe 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 fob the Sick Room. 1. Bring
in fresh flowers or something new every
aay ; even ine commonest green imug is
, .1 t a 1 '
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 ask 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 him
much at a time. A little bit in a dainty
dish will sometimes tempt the appetite
when a lajgo quanity would cause nausea,
5. Expect sick persons to be unreason
able. They will fret and complain, no
matter what happens, and must be born
with patiently.
Frail Cellar.
In order to keep fruit, several condi
tion are important. In the first place,
the atmosphere of a fruit room should
ha iirv thflrn fiVmnld 1 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 bv direct currents of air, but by
air modified before it reaches the irnit.
A fruit room must be froBt-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-
insr.
Ten years ago we constructed a fruit
cellar under our stable, and it has
proved so satisfactory that we venture to
i i i? il mi. 3 : :
give a Driei acscripuou oi 11.. xu envi
sion walls are constructed of brick, and
the apartments are two iu number, an
outer aud inner room. The outer room
is but partly underground, and is ten by
twelve in area, aud eight feet high. J. he
inner Aoom is wholly underground, and
frost-proof ; it has four brick walls and
a cemented floor. In this room tue inut
is stored early in December, when the
weather becomes cola, ine outer room
holds the fruit during the autumn
months after it is gathered, and is coil,
well lighted and dry. Tne wmdowa re
left open and a free circulation of air al
lowed 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 season's growth until
the present winter, in perfect condition.
Some of thefie apples, exhibited at the
autumnal agricultural fairs, were pro
nounced as fresh as those of last season's
growth. Boston Journal of Chemistry.
Prosea I'.mbt at Fiwli.
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
fouud 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 baud. After the
frost is entirely removed, and the comb
and wattles carefully rubbed dry with a
Boft 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 preveut the soreness.
Grease of any kind may be used, and
Borne poultry 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.
rrpatloa T Ilyaclalaa.
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 iu view
is to raise a large number of specimens
of new rare varieties. The leaves require
to be cut off as near to the bulb as possi
ble, put iu a saucer, 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 ahould be removed from the plant
being the close of tho flowering season.
Tnrki Sacking a Town, 1
The Elena correspondent of the Lbn
don Tmen writes : We are in Elena after
a sharp day's fighting, characterized, I
am glad to say, by few of tnose acts oi
ferocity which have disgraced so many
Turkish successes. There is not a sternei
opponent to the Bashi-Bazouk system
than Suleiman Pasha, but these inraisn -and
Circassian free lances have 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 sack of tae
place is now in full swing. From the
window of the house in which i nave
sought a few minutes of quiet to jot
down these notes, and which overlooks
the long main street of this little towa,
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 uasm
Bazonka and Circassians are battering
doors and shutters with the butt-ends ot
their musketo, slashing window-frames -to
pieces with their yataghans, blowing
off locks with their revolvers, throwing
the contents of house and Bhop into the
street, stdl 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 th way all down the
main street of Elena, which is a good
deal more than 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 wiui
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. Ou a little,
bridge over a rivulet which crosses one
end of the town lay three Russians ueau,
and the way was almost barred by a dead
horse lying still harnessed to a broken
f ourgon ; but as I went on JJie 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
handsfnl into their breastB and Into the
folds of their turbans, and when they
were stuffed, scattered the rest about the
street. It must have been a Bulgarian
f east 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 dragged forth,
the pillagers chopping off with their
yataghans such lengths as they could
secure. From the vintners the casks of
wiue were rolled into the street and tb3
heads' stove in, bottles were hurled into
the air and came smashing dowu among
the crowd by the score From time to
time a troop of scared pigs would come
rushing into the street, hounded out of
their styes by the side 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 store lay an old Bulgar, shot
through the chest, lying as he fell, and
a little further, laid out stiff and BtraigLt
under the projecting front of a cook's
shop, was the body of a Russian, clau in
Bhirt aud drawers, clean and "line c
texture, apparently the remains of nif,
civil functionary.
Rhyming Legislators.
During a recent dry debate in Uif
House wing of the Virginia Legislators
a resolution was circulated among th
members, drawn up by " the coniuiitU
ou game," aud offering a prize for ub
man who would find a rhyme to "Ten
pin." A Richmond correspondent en;
the resolution brought out tho follows
poetical donations:
You auk for a word to rhyme with Terrapin,
I oould bet my drink were all pure gin.
Hanger.
I think that Terrapin .
Would rbyme with hair-pin. ffantti .
(it ought to but it dou't)
The wretch who kills a Terrapin
Commits a most egregious sin.
Roup made of the Terrpin
Will not hurt a fellow's wiihiu.
HViUocf .
ife-nJt.2,
A good stew made of Terrapin
It at for a seraphim.
Bowk.
Were I asked what is a Terrapin,
Would call it a huh without a tin.
EdinoiidK.
The blamed fools who rhymed on Terrapiu,
Ought to have a larrapio. fyvaker AUr$
The way to give value to a diamond-tit.
Terrapiu,
I to change iu back as though the dianio.
autre a pin. W i'"""-
I would rather be a creeping soarapin
Tban a skill pot Terrapin. A'"
How sweet to sit in your merrv iun
And eat good aUiwi of Terrapiu. fvlii.,.
I would fight sooner a Terrapin
Thau au old female harridan. Ttuiaftrnu
I think there U no fairer din
Than to hear the bound trail a Terrapin
The women of Alaska are iu
the baauty and great length
hair, which of tea falls iu glo
below the waist.
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