Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-04

| Of the Unitcu States bears IN European
Russia, and what a marked preference
over the uatsvs product Il accorded 70 y
ny many local buyers. may Judge Tor hfn-
sell what splendid chance this FAC: oilers
TO anv ingenious Russian spceu'ator VINO
may wish 10 dispose Of the krssnosoosN
article NJ an cdcfb.ian; rate ~ "genume
| American. Nj, the rcmotentss OF this
! new Geld. and the dlfiicufses which must
| inevitably attend its working, transport,
| &c. render Il very improbable tbat u
| should be able 10 infincnce the market 10
| any apnreclable extent tor some time TO
| conc. "A,
| Ruf boyeysr commerce and war may die.
/ tor,, The skirts Of the great Asiafic desert.
4 tbo o,st stlll holds its own against the pres
| ont IN The tremendous solitudes teyoDd.
Tnon the wilderness Of bare and shifting
| and which covers for thousands OF miles
| the original cradle of the human race alitbe
Efforts Of civilization fall like drops OF
| waier, 10 vanish al once and forever. Even
| the tew traces 81 mans presence
which are TO he found IN tnis gr'm
| region only deeper the benumbing effect
! NJ IL mighty desolation. Bleaching skele-
tons Of camels, and even OF meD, stare
| gauntly ND at you from the wind.tossed
| sapd-driiis. Wells and water-courses, dry
| and half cboked with dust. start up
4 around YOU in the soneliest spots. Perbap,
/ yo,, may see at times as i once saw IN the
| frietflul desert that lies eastward from the
! ATal Lake vast gray rampant. strength.
| ened with ~0ld towers every here aud
| there. suddenly rise IN shadowy grandeur
| between you and the red glow OF
! the sinking sun, Ike some phantom
cily Oi Arabian legend. But second
| glance shows yon mat the huge wall Is
| cleft with countless cal&. that the mighty
| towers are fast crumbling away. that tie
| whole interior Of the gbos,iy fortress IS
| one wide wilderness Of ruin, vo'ceIess and
| Nfeless a. tie grave. When AZ length "
| vanisbes amid the iast-falling shadows OF
| night. beneath which the great waste
| around you looks yaster and drearer than
ever, Won can hardly be certain whether
YOU have really seen il OF not.
HIT even in the more fertile tracks along
the two great rivers Of central Asia, where
the migratory camps Of the kirgniz tribes
keen I'D 1tful and eye.skiftIng SEM
hlance of population, the habits and Gus
toms which YOU see are those Of the WORLDS
remote infancy. as depicted in the earliest
| chapters Of the Bible. In an age OF rail-
WAYS and telegraphs. OF elaborate civlli-
| zatbnn aud incessant change, these painless
wastes have preserved the living image Of
Wnlt me NOIIu WIS III 'hf- "bth
| the great Hebrew race, which now nils
every corner of the earth WAS limited to
| the household Of one wandering sheik on
The s,eppes of Eastern syria. The Tartar
chief SITS in the door Of his tent as Abra-
ham sat in his, and welcomes passing way
farcrs in the same manner with milk and
cakes Of uaicayoned bread. The TurcOman
berdsmcu with whom ! crossed the Syr-
paria on nv way toward khiva wore the
SHINE dress and travelled In the same way as
the Ishmaeites whO carried Joseph down
into Egyt. My road through the Kara
KhOum desert WAS marked with rude
mounds such rs that which Jacob and La
han piled up as Il memorial on the day OF
their parting Beside the wells Of Central
Turkestan one may still see the village
maidens pouring water into long trough
10 give drink to the camels, even as Re6e-
kah gave II 10 those of Eliezer 1000 years
ago: and in many a Tukoman household
YOU will see banging above your head that
Ieathern bottle IN the smoke" 10 which
the poet King Of Israel compared himself
In the longest and most finished OF his sa-
cred lyrics.
In traversing this wild region one has
the same feeling in gliding across the Arctic
circle into the eternal daylight of the Polar
ocean. IL seems - II You had suddenly
burst into a new and unknown world,
where all The laws Of nature are suspended,
and the strangost m3rVels are received Is
mere matters Of course. When | saw IN
the lonelie,t part OF the great northern des-
cIt "A Withholding man with sWarlhy lace
aud shaggy black hair pop his head up
through hole in the glOund. rccOu-
noiirc me for moment with his small.
rqt-likc eyCs.and then dive down again and
return. lcadin. two horses after him, II
seemed quite natural for men and horses
to burroW n the earth like rabbits. and
should hardly have been surprised nj The
apparitiOn OF the demon dwarf who startled
Norma Of Ntful-head. or toe " Brown Nan
Of the Moors,' who appeared 30 inauspi-
ciousIy 10 poor Lord keeldar. In fact.
another day or two suficed to make me
quite at home in these POdzemclia"
tundererOunds). rs the Russians call
them. which. connected with the up
per air lev narrow, ,loping pass
age. looked very much like monster
retorts used bv some chemical giant. Many
n time have | been glad 10 escape from the
burning ,aud and bli,tcring glare ~ the
sun into the snug littlerOom Of one OF these
.ubterranedn postmasters. where, while
drinking tumblcr after tumbler Of "brlck
tea I lisfcnrd TO my hosts description Of
how the passage connecting BIN with the
surface was once chOked no with snow,
and how be. after yainly cndc1Voring 10
use his spade IN the narrow tunutl. AZ
length bored h.- way through The drft
with q rcd-hot harani llrae yea himself hali
.tiGed into the free air beyond.
But TIC deserts o, Central Asit contain
other dN cllings equally prini.lN f, AMI
Other forms of hospitality even more
startling. A rare treat u used 10 1e Tor
NE. aft, struggling rgrly Tor hours Over
The .corchlng sends. with NY h'Dpd iu q
isy,r and uiy sk,. ~ .ritA a. m1lch-l ~
t1 see !r in =. liz p@ .hC ier of iFfi.
...'r t.-rs 800 &c.. lit.' .adl Is. . i'
.L,nas.,iIs 81 hirgh.l camp n'
nom. Toe ames halted ! prang 10 thc
ground, aud without waiting 10 hr intro
I du-ed lifted the hangiug Zap oi the near
. -, tent and walked straight in. -tlutihg
/ viu, The one word " Amaun tp,1cc) the
/ foi,r ar i've eaunt. brown. kecu.eyed Sarc'
crows In grcas, .heep.skins who we're
.ouatitng ON the earth within. Onfoi me
am, rose al once. and instead Of kicking
me ONT again. FASTENED % offer ne q y
/ ,alihrn lar fllcd n the brim with cool,
! fresh mills, which | cmpticd down my
| marched, swollen throat with delight ol
which no one who has mol suffered The en-
trcmuv al thirst can form the least idea.
BUt the courtosics OF these strange enter
taircr- did ngl plwGs stop here, ana the
form assi med hy their hospitality was al
times not htllc embarrassing. On one
! Occasion Tartar " Bek who had gi'en
vac some foot paid ne the additional COM
pum,nt 0ftsklng an enormous ana lefimly
dirty wooden spoon from hrs pouch. delih'
cmtel, licking it clvau, aud then present
inc Il 10 me. 4 few DAYS later ! en-.
tered kirghil camp on q day OF unusual
, plenty, one If the camels having Just died
! oi old age and been promptly cut up loi
| dinner The hospiiahlc barharians set be-
fore me a liberal allowance OF this delecta
blc food. which wa a. blue a. sailor
Jacket aud a. tender ~ the Atlantic cable
But two-days fast j. an excellent cur
a for dantiness. and | despatched the Wir'
- dalicacy ~ hriskly n the giuiton in th
u American tale who Z" ale as II there were NJ
!. hereafter"
/. On another occa,ion, while crossing IN
great PLAIN to the north Of thu Caspian sea
n which forms kiud Of border land betwee
!. Europe and Asia, became guest In "a
-, I tent ~, kalmuck ehiei. who kindly In
~ vitcd me to scai myself aud that. too, I
IA whue tr0userSl upon ncwly-hlycd sheer
al skin with the bloody side uppcrmO>
~ Whist wa, 10 be- done! 10 Ill down woul
n have been utter ruin 10 my clothes, Will