, 1874-09-12
FAMILIAR TALK,
KtllyA,

|. FAMILIAR TALK.
J KtilyA,
Tho City Of KLiya ia situated II, a great oscie
In tho Khanato Of Turkostau, 0ontral 'Asia. It
In tho Capital Of tho Kingdom. tho roalenco at
the Khan, and tho aoat Of tho tralo Of Tho conn-
try. Thu popsalnton Of Khiva 10 about 1o.DD0,
mud OF tho Khnuato, which cnyoss IN urea OF
from 1000 to 4,000 mitos, somewhere near 20O,-
GOO. In 1717, 'Potort Tho Groat attomptetl to con-
quor 1nrkoatan, but YVES totally doteasol In tho
effort. In 1850, tho Emperor Nioholas renewed
tho httompt. with thoHane results. uoetilitios
continuing to.1ncroaso botwoen tho two coun-.
tries, in 1873 Kl1iva was abandoned by tho
Kl,nr, Said Mohammod, md surrendered to tho
Victorious IuasaM aeAcral and bia stAr wi,iel,
included tho Grand Duke and tho only ultto
civilian Who hpA over seen tho Capital.
Ataltt[o Distance, tho city is invisible bohind
lusdo this curtain Of treca, Rdusty plain iusor-
! yemen botwocn them aud tho high. ioavy, mud
walls, With round buteressea and bnttlonlonts,
thatinclose tho CITY,, Passing through tho hugo
Qn2ard-Asp Cato, tho nHHsian General canlo
upon acono Of dl1at dosolation, and doath-li1to
qs,,ot The buildings Of tho city consist,
with tho exception. ct tho Sacred Tower, three
mosques, \ school; and acarayansary, OF mud
and tho dead dwoli sldo by s!do in KhIva-are
domod toombs, also ,.b.1i1t Of mud. 4 narrow
strcae loads from the gateway to tho great
square before ,tho palace Of tic Khan, wlth tho
No soldier stood on guard no. tcapot opposod
thoir entrance, and tho General, with his anite
phssod unchnllcnyed into the palacc,nnl tho
tower, which no European Ind oyer boforo
penetrated.
Tho Sacred Tower Of Khiya ia a plain, round
structure, 1875 feet in height, and destitute OF
pedestal, cnpitol. or ornanlont OF any kind 1t Is
covered with burned tiles, .colorod blue, groom,
purple and brown, on 4 white ground, mud ar
Koran, aro writton from top to bottom and,
from the summit, tho mollaEla call tllo faithful
to prayer. The palace is built OF mud, In an ir-
regular form, ind NTH external walls 20 foot
nigh. It's throo contrca Of interest arc tho audi
cnco:ha]l, etreaauro-chambor, and the l,nreln.
Ali tho rooms Of tho palaco opon upon COURTS
and a1l were fonna>by tho Russian General do
serted and stripped Of their furptu1o. The
tough moat empty of
ful objects There were splendid 'impe-
1nents Of war; old n1atohlocks inla!d with gold
gold-lnorustod. curved blades from Khorasaen;
Persian scln,etars, in acabbnrds sot with eme-
raids aud turquoisea: poniards mud knives from
Anghanistan, richly mounted, and with hhcnshp
thiott-Bet. with jeuois bonutfnl armor; carpets
silk-embroldored coveflets; cashmere slawis
aud 500 volumes bound i'll leather OF parchment,
and written by hand. Among thcHo laut,uoro q
history Of the world, and = hiBtory Of Khiya
"from tho beginning of timo."
Through thu gatoa Of tho harorn tho nnssians
tss9yor0a g1oupsa Of weeping aud
father, and bewniling thor urotctod fato.
Dominant among them stood ono caln1, beautiful
n,ajcHtic Oircasalan waman. about 10 yearB OF
ago, who waR evidently tho Queen OF tho uRrem.
md apoks wish tho nuasian officers sont to loarn
hor nishes, with Imperial dignity aud conf
posu1e. The holp1oss crowd about llor and the
strange nodiory, the enen,ios Of bor rclsion aud
apcot and admiration. 8he begged that she and
the others might bo allowed to 1care tho placo,
mud entor the town bnt her prayer wns refused.
Tho civilian, howeyor, determined to holp l1cr,
aud, winding his way, in the oyeuing, througha
multitude Of roosnB, ho found tho beautiful
Oircasaian, and noxt morning tho hn1em was
on,rtY. somo 1no Canhmore shawls. and a lot
Of renl. old Chinese china, Uore tho cliof "loot"
found in its noan, mud-walied apartments.
Yhere arc seventeen mosques nnd Twenty-Five
medroHHoa- OF tho rolInls--in
Khiva, and 4 woll-conducted asylum for tho
blind. which Of itsolf Argues that tho hiyaus,aro
not 10 wholly barbaroua. as thoy have boon rcp-
roAentod. Tho Mosque palyan-Ata is n beauti-
fu1 ediflco with n demo GO loot high, covered
with burnt tilos Of h,briliant green, and n1r-
mounted By gil0od ball. 1t contains tho tomb
Of Palyan. the NliyanB' 'patron-sant. Silk alargo-
y manufactured at Kntva, and tho whole oasis.
is we'll supplied with tho products of tho
East, md merchandise from 1sussia. Tho Xiii
vn,,s siantl onuv 1iyoa h,;.,.,
oma1 'o ov on Aon%ayu u"' n ru,s hu sos Ugs
sro ,n"rIctodaya Tin xn,non tir"s: ".s,sn rana
%3onnrar 'Is ln,ve .a,r sn,nas t.t no ~ [ass .
,asa Thn Ma =, III. 1ts
Khan il s1rrnnniet1 hy rnr1op nf /, -. aorss s.tS
nni" ;a ;rr;aatol ;rass "9'9n, 20,
sninn e'nas a"d },,a, .siti inc;ona fr'ts ~
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7EAFhe oAn.
On tho last day OF July, the'vonerable struct-
uro. Temple Bar, London, gave agns Of sudden
disso,ntion and largo crowds cathor,d ;n tho
s;c;n,tS ~ tha a,mactn,;n -, - ,a sr1
t ~ t ~ a., .t.'s'us =. i.n .,
sinking fast; but in the afternoon, it had been
80 supportod by props that it's end appeared iu-
do1n;to1y do,nyod Tho strand waro Ton,.
et' a,a H.. ~ uo1@sou. ao ssA"ao "Me'o Aam-
pao oar ~ locasc''' was o1le'.n'ly 10"
anu marshY tlyct on the brink Of the
Thames aud huu boon changed into firm,
dry lind by the aaaitton Of about 20
.eos " ao,', Iae Iea's "o,s's VI 1e'm' oar na7
~ iass tola upon us :aai'dY foundation; aod its
tendency now is to bury isself ont Of sight in tho
ground. Whether tho citizens Of London will
endeavor to proope Tho lfe OF the str''cture in