Tombstone epitaph., 1890-02-08
OLD ANOTHER MOSCOW"
Affection with Which che City Is Re. garded by the Russi1u Peosantry.


 In the zealous talk and rising enthusi, asm of the peasants one may gather a whole philosophy of the affectionate in- terest with which Moscow is regarded by the people. Russia has a urique Gtera sure-partly in prose, partly in rhyme of the popular sayings about Moscow, and these the travelling agriculturisr love to repeat in sort of patriotic com petition, and with a view of determining which can recall the largest nmo ber Some of these sayings relate to M' tcow as city. such as: ''Moscow was not built at once; it took ages to build Moscow" ''Moscow was created by the ages; St. Petersburg by millions" Mos COW with its seven seigniories-seven shepherds to one sheep;' Moscow, mother of all cities;' ''Humpbacked Moscow, built upon hills;' ''Who in Moscow ne'er has been, he a beauty ne'er has seen;" and Moscow, white stoned, golden domed, hospitable, ortho- dox. loquacious, tsar loving" Others describe Moscow as an ecclesiastical cen ter: Tn Moscow there are forty times forty churches;" ''In Moscow every day is holiday" Moscow matin chimes may be heard on the Vologda. "
 Among the general allusions are: ''Live. live, children, until you have seen Moscow" 1t is high in the terem but far to Moscow There is plenty of room in Moscow" Moscow is not suburb;' ''lt is refreshing to live on the Don; it is gay to live in Moscow" "Moscow is not obliged to initiate, follow, be led or influenced by the star, but the ;sar must be led by Moscow" ''To taste bread and salt in Moscow is like listen ing to sweet music;" Moscow is re- nowned for its virgins its bells and its bread rolls;' ''There is never a bad har- vest of bread in Moscow" Moscow mud does not soi:'' Tn Moscow the bread rolls burn like fire" A pessimistic vein is disclosed by such sayings as: ''Moscow loves money;'' ''To one Mes COW is mother, to another a mother n-law;' They calculate to the last copek in Moscow" Praise Moscow af- ter you have seen it; ''Moscow delay" Nothing is to be had as gift in Mos cow" Four rhymes contain some of those touches of nature that make the whole word kin: Our native village is more beautiful than Moscow" Moscow is kingdom. our village is a paradise;' ''It is good to be iu Moscow. but not like being at home." and "l ou will fiRd everything in Moscow except your own father and mother"
 The real MOSCOW, as distinct from the Moscow or ut- proverb, the guide booh and the literary description, stands alone among ciues as Russia stands alone among countries. The ground which it occupies is a vast circular plain. into the southern half of which the river Moskva penetrates like a blunt wedge. The city has lireml or fortress for its center fac ing the watercourse, and around it have been built successive concentric rings of urban growth, representing Ill the order of recession the business, residential and village portions of the old capital. That is to say, the church lies at the core of life in Moscow; commerce comes next, bound to the ecclesiastical center by the closest ties; third in hne stand house. keeping and pleasure; last of all live hud- died together the dependent and impov- erished classes of one of the richest cities in the world. The parallel between the structural and the sociological order in Moscow is thus complete.- Edmund No ble in Atlantic Monthly.