from the stick. Whilst this was taking
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HUH tne SLICK. " mist thI3 was taking place, the imam of the mosque, whose

 mortified looks belied his love of good things, quietly abstracted from the case a silver mounted box, which having opened, he there discovered a paste-like substance, the smell of which be thought was too in- vifing to resist; he therefore inserted there- ntile end of his fore finger, and scooping l as much as 1t would carry, straightway opened wide his mouth, and received it with smack. Soon was. he visited by repentance he would have roared with nausea had he not been afraid of exposing hlmsef-he sputtered-he spat. Wha, has happened 2 said one with grin !" bak see!' roared the pasha. who was delighted to have found w-suferer- "Bak; see! the imam is sick" The nature Of the substance which he gulped soon discovered itself by the white foam which was seen to issue from his mouth ]: fhen other feelings pervaded the assembly 1; they apprehended fit, they feared madness in short, such was the state to which the unfortunate priest was reduced, that he was obliged to make rapid escape from the assembly, every one making way for him, as one who Is not to be touched. The reader need not be informed that he had swallowed large dose of Naples soap. Many were the mistakes which occurred besides those above mentioned, and which 1t would, perhaps, be tedious or trfling to enumerate. They pondered deeply over every article; they turned the books upside down, they split the mercury from the artificial horizon, broke the thermome- ter. displaced the barometer, scattered the mathematical instruments about, so that they never. could be re-nsertessin the case. 4 small Ivory box attracted their attention: 1t was so preitily turned, so neat, and so ornamental, that, like children quarrelling for a toy, each of them longed to possess 1t.

 At length t was eeded tp the muili. This sapient parsonage had enjoyed the pleasure of laughing at others, but as yet had not been laughed at himself. Twist ing the box in all directions, at length he unscrewedit, much to his satisfaction, and seeing a small tube within, surrounded by a bundle of diminuIive sticks, he concluded ihis must be the Franks inkstand-the liquid n the tube heiag the zis, the sticks, the pens. He vas not long in inserting one of the sticks into the tube: he drew it out. ial ut, Ii sudden. instantaneous light bust foriIs V ho can dessssI5q tlle terror oi

 

 as if he had discovered that he had been hanSlng the shailan in person. Al Al- lah p he exclaimed with his eyes starting from Hls head, his hands clingng to the cushions, his whole body thrown back ;-- s Allah, protect me! Allah, Allah, there Is but one Ailah" he exclaimed in terror | looking al the little box and the sticks strewn on the ground before him, with an expression of fear that, sufficiently spoke his apprehension that ii contained some de- livery which might burst out and overwhelm him with destruction. Nor were the sur rounding Turks slow in catching his feel inos: they had seen the ignition, siid is li;ss sl partaken of the shock. Every one drew back from the box and its contents, and made circle round 1t; looking at ii in silence, and waiting ihe result with terror, low "Allah, AL lahs!''broke from the audience, and few were 1 inclined to laugh i length, seeing that Ii remained stationary, the ludicrous situation of the multi began to draw attention. and as he was an object of general dislike, every one who could do so with safety, lndulged in Iaugking at him.. The grave suleIman, who had seen more of Franks than the others, at length ventured to take up the box, though with great wariness; he was entreated, in the name of the prophet to put 1t down again by the pasha, who then ordered Bagos the Armenian to take up the whole machine, sticks and all and al his peril instantly to go and throw itinto the river; swearing by the Koran, and by all the imans, that if it ever appeared amongst them again, he would put not only him, but every Armenian and Chrlstlansin Kars, to death.

 ATRUE STORY OF OLD TIMES. 1 During the revolutionary war, when the British were cruising on the coasts, using every favorable opportunity of landing to destroy property, inc militia kept themselves .. ,tt,o