, 1876-06-12

you ART snlnkfDG RNrr t,'lr rtyle; you may walk,
"n S91k 1Ss mshs ~s IT, Fly az VIII ,ss s ca 95 ss, e y; @
horseback, Or promenade home from church.
but, With The Oriental pipe, you can do nothing
!" mt Y o fGr m Y9 o Ysa a Il . II u eczema dS~1a SR
ing, you arc quite up stump for ANYTHING to
Ito. Reading md writing nre out Of the qHes-
tion, With Just possibility that Jun may read .
little, and knock your pipe and yourself cut at
fr,tn 1nr page to another Of your newspaper.
IA for Tic ntl,cr things have mentioned IA
compatible with the Occidental smoke, they
~ quite tahooed when Tou engage With t1'o
Now, there is more Of typical character about
tl.csG pipes Ut twu hcmispheres than ytri wDnll
think at iirst glance. Pause and reflect, The
Occidental s,,l"rt'tna.es lis sn.1ke to his ela-
ploymenta to lila smoke. The one Is active, ELL
crgctic, progressive; the other Is intlo1cnt+
sluggIsh, conservative, Thc one looks TO
brilliant future for hs country Tnlle the ot1sr
hact1, ministers 10 the wants NJ the Gne; while
It o>ntro1a ami cNcryAtcs tile Dthcr. The lIia-
tory uf the decline and fall VI the Turkish En-
Ilrs Will be written n few years; the counting
kcc through Ets 0rvey siat'kc, Us Il bubbles In
tho nargileh or rurls upward from the cl,'s,puk,
the power that l.as brought about The 'iscay u
~, ons! Errat nati9f' My wc m never % tn!!"w IN N
lengthcns IT., pipc-stc'n COMES 10 grief rs
suruly AZ d. ttsosc that !cngthcn tleIr
weapons. When the Greeks und R,-
,na,' , TO fought with, with % H. al91t { T.. swold.
but, when they adoptcd the lance, their bravery
began tn oOze away. II was the larcG that
brought Poland to grief; do VT nut read In
Ch1ae Harold, Or somewhere else, that stlo
Dropped from her ncryc'ess grasp the ahattefed
clo,cl lct bright eye, and wept her farewell tcar'
OKlEATAL aruHGEs.
As many of us know, there arc many varieties
ant,na! kingdotn, and tlilnk they arc fight, a.
hare known many spunger TINT walked arI
talked, wore clothes and snlUked cigars, and
touk drinks (gcHerally Ut the expense Vi othcrsl,
went to the theatre, and did Il great many other
things impossible, or Al my rate 'nconvcn!ent,
for u vegetable. They belong " no J,articula ar
cline or country; llave met them all over tt!e
world, but much oftencr In cities than in the
rural districts. Tlls sponge 1lourshcs lhrly In
New futk, and think that city could turn out
tand wish It would turn them away out) at least
live Thousand Of him without suffering or half
trying. Sonc cntrrprisiny tricks fro1n tho island
Of Cftn have come here tu sell KlMngcs to those
wlh3, want to buy; but happily The kind they
deal IN are mt those to Witch have Just re-
fcrrA.. They have erected pavilion tlcns the
Turkish cafe, and arc about ready to open up
their stock iii trade. talked with onc Ut then,
few days ago, and lcarucd that hc WIS In the
sponge business at hume; and the lot he hu4 IN
lnlltI wcrr securcs! by bis brotlcr and himself
fits brother TcInutns ut Chic To send him fresh
supple. whenever wantcsl; and Ac hopes that
the tratle will fc very lurgc He ought to be
ablc to nuke good business, rs he ian get a
lnndsonc pruht, and even tlcn untlerseIl the
dEug-stures where We gcllerally GU to buy the
article. In tie ports Of the Lcvant, hAye
sf9aE 8gei .h"n for y % uss @ at yf th o5
even then Lave been uyer-taIed.
THE svoS0E-rIsnEnF
Is curious business. The spongcs grow In the
rocky bays Of the eoast 1t Asia Minor and
cured by divers, who require long c1-
1criencc before they eau mike much
by their business. The dlylng-apparatus Is very
simple. Ths div,r weats p pleasant y smile, AID
trade and liz carrtcs kutfc In his ha.id TO de-
tacl tic sponge from the rock. lie ecizes
stone weighing 80 or 20 pounds, and attached to
cord whici! hang, from the side Of tont:
thr stone to carry hin down; and when he has
rcuched the hottum. he releases bis hold, md
the stone is drawn up. Here he looks around
for tho spunges, md II llt finds any, he dctaehes
With thc:ln. lie can only remain below as lnns
as lie can hpid his breath. When man first
bcGins diving, he caisnot rc1n1n t.ure than hull
minute u1llcr watcr; but, BY degrees, he rx-
two ur thrcc minutes Instances Of divers re-
mu!ning under water five u sir minutes are re-
ported; but they nre extremely rnrc.
The e}onges ure spFeal ulnn thu beach, where
they have T. bo washed several times ~ Tree W
them from uli substances except the peculiar
fibre that gives them their value. The dealers
say that the fine sand We nlways fhd sn ltw
but there is gooA REASON 10 suppose that 1t Is
Bttl iu in order tint the sponge ,nay be nriner
aud heavier. The articles are sud 'by weight |;
und sec nu reason why they should moi be
| III New England sell to their .patrons iu good
| and regular standing III the Orthodox Church.
uELEaATEs PROM JERUSALEM.
Close 1y tAe slnnEttst'up and the Turkish
frorn Jernsaleln. Tie proprietor exhibits et-
ter from Or. DC l1uas, The United States Consul
I ut Jerusalem, as pruo1 Of tue geuGitluless Ut
h!msrif md his merchandise. There il
sasss, @ wosk-bs;xss, .;;. pen,hYlaer;s, pnpersut;;
tic prizes arc not at all unreasonable When
colnl l,ascd with the cost Of xlna.lar things ut
surscl!to and othrr PLACES there thc ol!vc-wood
around this place, anti understand that the usl-
ncss is pruspcring 1t h pity that there h,ye
BEEN 81 few perlIlissipls to sell goods Vi, tho
grouudsi only a ycry small number has been
granted, except for ths disposal Of food, drink,
Anll c!gars, though thousands Vi applications
wrso Hlude fur tlleu. Had concessions to arlI
been grantcdt VIC should have bud many cxlitb-
ttur8 whom VIC nuW hnee nOt, especially In Btltall
articles which do not cost great deu Of money.
At VIENNA rOu COULD BuY ALMOST ANY.
THING,
as the exhibitors had Hi arrangement by Which
they could dispose Ut duplicates of whatever
they had Ill thttr clscs. You cln buy things
hrre, It IL true; but you must leave thc articles
till the cose ui thu Exhibition, aul either Gull
for them Or have them sent Comparatively
few people want to do business In tl,is WY
a,ld 81 ttu sales ure very slow. Expensive arti-
clrs urc purchased but 1t II not 30 with tho lit.
tic ud.lsaiIcnas tlnA ugeFegats heavily, and
raigc vt Flcnna; but our Co.,ln,tssin,l ciudn't
see it. Nobody wants to pay NOW for an article
rusting Il dollar OF two, mil have II delivered
five Or si1 months hence, as the rost Of obsai1'.
lug 1t would be, III nine elscs out VI ten, greater
| tAan tic original price. I. w. X.