SOME DAY.
Some day my check nball lose Its bloom,
The rfoucra'for mo Ib'ir rich perfume,
And 'uild.the shades and gathering gloom
My fect shall etray;
Down, ilovrn the dim descent of years,
Through wcnilng cares and burning tears,
With heart half fnltitlng from Its fears,
I'll wend my way.
Porno day my cyts shall dimmer grow,
Iy hair turn ulilto as winter snow,
My voice grow tlrnld, faint, and low,
My mind decay;
But still my lonely path I'll tread,,
And mourn perhaps, my cherished dcatl,
The hopes and Joys forever fled
So far away.
iButohl fomo day when life slopes down
To tho night shadows dim and brown,
I hopo to seo a starry crown
Waiting for me.
Then robed in calm content I'll He,
Willi folded hands and tcrfilcss eye,
And yield my breath without a sigh,
Glad to be free.
Jiiry 1 Schuyler.
Doctor Antekirtt.
A SEQUEL TO MATHIAS SANDORF.
JEZy Jules Verne,
Atrrnon op "jouitNEr to tor centra
OV THIS KAnTII, " TltlP TO THE MOON,"
"AItOU.NI TUG WOULD IN TAOUTX
daw," " mioiiakzi BTitoaorr,"
" TWKNTY THOUSAND liKAOUES
UNDCll TI1E HEA," ETC., Em
mutilation copyrighted by O. If. Uanna,
OnAFTEIl VHL
THE M0CTI1B 01' TUE OATTAIIO.
And bo fatality, which plays so pre
dominant a rolo iu tlio ovonts of this
world, had brought, togothor in Ragusa
tho families of Bathory and Toronthnl ;
and brought thorn not only to tho saino
town but to tho samo quarter of tho
town tho Stradono. And Sava Toron
thal and Pierro Bathory liad scon each
other, met ouch other, loved each other I
Picrro tho son of a man who had boon
betrayed to death, nnd Sava tho daugh
ter of tho man who betrayed him 1
As soon as tho engineer had lefc tho
schooner tho doctor might havo been
hoard to say to himself :
"And Pierre goes away full of hope,
hope he never had beforo, hopo that I
have just given him I"
Was tho doctor tho man to undorlalco
s morciless struggle against his fatality ?
Did ho feel hinisolf strong enough to
dispose tho nll'uirs of hiinmnkiiid at his
ivill? That force, tho moral onergy,
which must bo his if ho was to succeed
in lighting destiny, would it not fail
him ?
" No ! twill llghlngainst it ?" ho said.
''Sitoh love is hateful, criminal 1 That
' Pierre Dathory should bocomo tho hus
band of Torontlml's daughter and ono
day learn tho truth would bo to deprive
him of all hopo of revenge. IIo could
only kill himself in despair. And I
will toll him all if need bo. 1 will toll
him what this fami y has done to his.
At all costs 1 will break this thing oil'."
And in truth such a union did scorn
monstrous It will be remonibered that
in his conversation with madamo Bath
ory, tho doctor had told her that tho
threo chiefs of tho Trieste conspiracy
lmd been tho victims of nu abominable
scheme, which had come to light in tho
course ot tho trial, nnd that this had
como to his knowledge through tho
indiscretion of ono of tho Pisiuo war
dcrs. And it will also bo remembored that
Madamo liathory for coitain reasons
had thought it best to say nothing of
this treachery to her son. Besides sho
did not know who wero the traitors.
Sho did not know that ono of them Mas
wealthy :ud respected and lived at Rag
usa, n fow yards away fiom her in tho
Stradono. Tho doctor had not named
thorn? Why? Doubtless because tho
hour lmd not yet come for him to
unmask them I lint ho know them, lie
know that Silas Torontlial was ono of
tho traitors and that Saroany was tho
other. Aud if ho had not taken moro
into his eonlldeneo aud it was becauso
lie reckoned on riorro's assistance, nnd ha
wished to associate tho son iu tho
retribution with which ho waa about ia
visit tho murderers of his father.
And that was why ho could not Bay
more to tho son of Stephen liathory,
without broakiug his heart.
"It matters little," lie ropcatod. "I
shall b-eak oil' this match."
Having made up his mind, what did
ho do? Reveal to Madamo liathory and
her son tho history of tho banker of
Tn'ofto? But did ho hold material
proofs of tho treaohory? No, for
Wathias Saudorf, St phoii Dathory nnd
Ladislas Zathnmr, who alone had thoso
proofs, wero dead. Did ho spread
through tho town tho report of this
nlxmiinablo act without lirst telling
Madamo liathory? That would prob
ably havo boon enough to open nn
abyBs between Pierre and tho young
lady an abyss that oould not bo bridged.
But if tho secret wero divulged, would
uot Silas Torontlial try to leave Ragusa ?
But tho doctor did not want tho
banker to disappear. Ho wanted tho
traitor to remain ready for tho execu
tioner when tho day of execution
arrivod, and wero ho to disappear events
might turn out differently to what ho
had imagined.
After having weighed tho pros nnu
cons tho doctor resolved to prooeed
mora vigorously against Torontlial.
In tho first plaoo it was neoosssry to got
Piono nway from tho towu whom tho
honor of his namo was in dangor. Yoal
Ho would spirit him nway so that no ouo
could trnco him I When ho had him in
his powor ho would tell him all ho know
idwut Torontlial and Sarcany his nooom
.plioe, and ho would nssooiato him in his
work. But ho had not a day to lose.
It was with thU object that n iolegrnra
from tho dootftr brought from tho
mouth of the Cat unit, south of Ragusa
on tho Adriatic, ono of tho swiftest vo.
sols of his ilect. This was ono of thoso
hugo launches which served as tho fore
runners of , our modern torpedo boats.
This long steel tube was about forty-four
yards in length and seventy tons meas
urement, had neither mast nor funnel,
id carried simply nn exterior deck and
uigo with lenticular scuttles for tho
steersman, who could bo hermetically
snut up iu it when tho st.ito of the sea
rendered such precautions nece&sary.
bho could slip through tho water with
out losing time or distance in following
tho undulations of tho surge ; aud
having a speed excelling that of all tho
torpedo boats of tho Old or Now World,
could easily travel her thirty miles an
hour. Owing to his oxecssive spcod tho
doctor had been nblo to accomplish
many extraordinary voyages, nnd henco
tho gift of ubiquity with which ho had
been credited, for nt voryshort intervals
of time ho had been nblo to run from tho
farthest corners of tho Archipelago to
tho outmost borders of tho Lybian Sea.
Thero was, however, ono striking dif
ference betweai steam launches and tho
Doctor's boats, and that was that instead
of superheated steam it was electricity
ihat lurnisucil tlio motive power by
mcnnsofpowerfulaccumulators invented
bj' himself long beforo tho later inven
tors that havo bocomo so famous. In
theso accumulators he could storo tho
electricity to a practically unlimited
extent. Tlicso despatch boats wero
known as electees, with meroly a number
denoting tho order in which they had
been built. It was Electric No. 2 that
had been telegraphed for to tho mouths
of tho Cattaro.
Having given theso orders, tho Doctor
waitod for tho moment of action, and
warned Point Pescndoand Capo Matifou
that ho would soon require their services,
nil it is Jiaruiy necessary to say that
they wero very glad nt having at last an
opportunity of showing their devotion.
Ono cloud, ono only, throw its shadow
over tho gladness with which they wel
comed the Doctor'H'warnitig.
Point Peseado was to wait in Rntrusa
to keop watch on tho houses in tho Stra
dono and Hue Mnrtinella, whilo Capo
Matifou wns to go with tho Doctor to
Jattaro. This was a separation tho
first after so many years of misery that
they had lived through together and
henco a touching anxiety on tho part of
0'ipo Matifou in thinking that ho would
no longer be near his little Peseado I
1 Patience, old Capo, patience I It
will not last I Tho play's beginning, and
unless I am mistaken it is a splendid
piece thoy arc getting ready for us, and
wo havo a famous manager who has
ven us both grod tolling parls I
Believo mo, you will havo no reason to
complain of yours."
Think so ?"
I am sum of it. Ah! no lover's
part for you. It is not in your nature,
nlthongh you am so sentimental. No
traitor's part either 1 You am too hie
for that. No, you are to bo tho cood
genius coming in nt tho end to punish
vice anil recompense virtue."
"Like tliny do in tho travolingbooths?"
answered Capo Matifou.
'Like they do in tho traveling booths!
Yes. I can seo you in your part, old
Capo ! At tho moment tho traitor
expects it least you appear with your
hugo hands open, and you havo only to
clasp him in them to bring about tha
end. If tho part is not long, it is sym
pathetic; and what bravos, what coin
you will got during tho run I"
"Yes, perhaps so,'.' answered Her
cules; "but all tho samo wo must
separate.''
" For a fow days 1 Only promiso mo
you will not destroy yourself during my
absence ! Get your six meals regularly
aud grow I Aud now clasp mo in your
arms ; or r.ither protend to do so as if
you were on the stage, ol&o you will risk
stilling me. Wo must get used to a
little play-acting in this world 1 Now
embrace mo again, and never forgot your
little Point Peseado who will never for
get his big Capo Matifou!"
Suoh wos tho all'ecting farewell of
theso two friends when their reparation
came; and Capo Matifou was truly sad
at heart when ho returned on board tho
Savarono. Tho same day his companion
took up his quarters in Ruguua with
orders not to lose sight of Pierro liath
ory to watch Toronthal's houso, and to
keep tho Doctor iufonnod of all that
Trent on.
During this time Point Peseado should
have mot in tho Stradono with tho mys
toiious stranger who was evidently on a
similar mission, and doubtless ho would
havo done so had not tho Moor after
sending off tho telegram loft Itagusa for
Bomo place farther south, whore Saroany
would join her. Peseado was not thus
interfered with iu his operations and
could carry out his instruotious with hio
habitual intelligence.
Pierre Bathory never imnginod that
ho had been so closely watched, nor did
ho know for tho eyes of the Moor thera
had now boon substituted thoso of Point
Peseado. After his conversation with
tho Doctor, after ho avowal ho had
made, hohad felt mom confident. Why
should ho now hide from his mother
what had taken plaoo on board tho Sava
rena ? Would she not read it in his look
ami even in his soul ? Would sho not
seo tbat n change had taken ploeo in
him and that grief and despair had given
place to hopo and happiness ?
Pierro then told his mothorovorylhing.
Ho told her who tho girl was that ha
loved, and how it was for her that ha
had refused to huwo Ragusa. nis situ
ation was of little consequence ! Had
uot Doctor Antekirtt told him to hope?
"That is why you Buffered bo much,
my child," nnsworod Madamo liathory.
"May heaven help you and bring all the
happiness wo hav missed up to now I"
Madamo B.xthory lived In groat rotiro
inrnt in her houso in the Ruo Martinolla.
Shn did uot go out of itexospt to church
with her old servant, for sho attended to
hor religions duties with all tlio practical
and nustoro piety of hor race, Sho had
never heard tell of tho Toronthals.
Never had she looked nt tho largo man
sion she pnssod on her way to tha
Churoh of tlut Redeemer, whioh ia situ
ntod just' whora .the Stradono begin.
Sho thoioforodid uot know tho iLuujhtef
of tho old bunker of Trieste.
Aud so ricrro had to describe her nnd
tell what sho had said to him when they
llr.it met, nnd how ho did uot doubt that
his lovo was returned. Aud nil thoso
details ho gavo with an ardor that his
mother waa not surprised to llnd in tho
tender passiouato soul of her son.
But when Pierro told her of tho posi
tion of the Torouthals, when sho found
that tho young lady would bo ono of tho
richest heiresses of Itagusa, sho could
not conceal her uneasiness. Would tho
banker consont to his only child becom
ing a poor man's wife ?
But Pierro did not think it necessary
to insist on tho coolness and oven con
tempt with which Torontlial had always
received him. Ho was content to repeat
what tho Doctor had tau to him how
ho had told him that ho could, that ho
ought even, havo eonlldeneo in his
father's friend who felt for him a quasi
paternal affection. A fact which Madamo
liathory did not doubt, knowing what
ho had wished to do for her and hers.
An I in tho end, liko her son and like
Borik, who thought it his duty to givo
hisadvico, sho did not nbandon all hope;
and Micro was a trilling gleam of happi
ness in tho huniblo homo in tho Hue
Mnrtinella.
Ou tho following Sunday Piorro had
again tho happiness of seeing Sava
Torontlial at church. Tho girl's face,
always rather sad in its expression,
lighted up wheu sho caught sight of
Pierre, as if it had been tranfigured.
Thoy spoko to each other with their
looks, and they understood each other
Aud when Sava returned homo sho boro
with her a portion of that happiness she
had so clearly read in tho young man'fl
countenance
But Piorro had not again seen tha
Doctor. IIo waited for an invitation to
rovi&it the schooner. Some days elapsed,
but no letter camo.
"Doubtless," ho thought, "tho Doc
tor is making inquiries. IIo has come
or sent to llngusa to ascertain something
about tho Toronthals. Perhaps ho has
been getting nn introduction to Sava.
Yes, It is uot impossible that ho has
already seen her lather and spoken to
him on tho subject. A lino from mm,
only a word, how happy it would mako
mo particularly if that word wero
Come.'"
Tlio word did not arrive, and Madame
Bathory had some troublo in calming
her son's impatience. Ho began to
despair, and now it was her turn to givo
mm hope, although she was not without
anxioty. Tho houso m the Ruo Mar u-
ella was open to tho Doctor, ns ho knew,
and oven without this now inferos, ho
had taken in Pierro was not tho interest
ho took in tho family for whom ho had
already shown such sympathy enough to
nttraot him thero?
And so Pierro after counting tho days
and tho hours had no longer stronath to
resist. Ho must nt all costs again seo
Doctor Antekirtt. Au invincible force
urged him to Gravosa. Onco on board
tho schooner his impatience would bo
understood, hisiietiou would bo excused,
even if it wore premature.
Ou tho 7th of .Tune, at fight o'clock in
tho morning. Pierro Bathory left his
mother without saying anything to her
of his plans, Ho left Itagusa and bur
et! to Gravosa at such a rate that
Point Peseado could hardly keep up
with him. As ho reached tho quay iu
front of tlio moorings occupied by tho
Savarcnn at his last visit he stopped.
The schooner was not in tho harbor.
Piorro looked about to sco if sho had
Hinged her place. He could not seo
her.
He asked a sailor who was wnlkincr on
tho quay what had become of Doctor
Antekirtt's yacht.
Tho Savarona had sailed tho night
before, ho replied, and ho no more know
where she had gouo than where sho had
como from.
Tho schooner gono ! Tho Doctor hnd
disappeared as mysteriously as ho had
arrived.
Pierro wont back to Ragusa in
greater despair than ever.
Had an accident revealed to tho
young man that tho schooner had loft
for Cattaro ho would not havo hesitated
to follow her. But, his journey would
have be- n useless. Tho Savarona
reaehod the mouths, but did not outer
tin m. Tho Doctor accompanied by
Matifou weut on shore in ono of her
boats and tho yacht departed for some
unknown des inatiou.
Thero is uo more curious spot in
Europe nnd perhaps in tho O.d "World
than this orographic nnd hydrographio
curiosity known as tho mouths of tho
Cattaro. Cattaro is not a river as any
ouo might bo tempted to think; it is a
town, tho seat of u bishop and tho cap
ital of a Circle. Tlio mouths are six
bays sido by side, coniniunieatiug with
each othor by narrow channels which
can bo sailed through in mx hours. Of
tlrs string of lakes, whioh stroteh along
in front of tho mountains of tho coast,
tho last, situated nt thofootofthoMount
Norri, marks tho limit of tho Austr an
Empire. Beyond that is tho Ottoman
Empire.
It was nt tho entrance of tho mouths
that the Doctor landed after a rapid pas
sago. There ono of tho swift electrio
lioata was in waiting to take him to the
last of tho bays. After doublinr tho
point of tho Ostro, passing before Castol
Nuovo, between tho two panoramas of
towns nnd chapels, beforo Stolivo,
beforo Porasto, a celebrated ilaoo of
pilgrimage, before Risano, whora tho
Dalmatian costumes begin to mingle
with Turkish uhd Albanian, ho arrived
from lake to lake at tho last bight at the
bot torn of whioh is built Cattaro,
Electric No. 2 was moored afowcablo
lengths from tho towu on tho sleepy,
gloomy waters whioh uot a breath of air
troubled on this lluo night in June.
But it was uot ou board of her that
the Doctor intended to tnko up his
quarters. For the purposo of his
ulterior projects ho did not wish it to
bo known that this swift vessel bolonged
to him ; nnd ho lauded at Cattaro with
Capo Matifou accompanying him went
off to one of tho hotels in tho town.
The boat that brought them was
oon lost in tho darkness to "the right of
tho harbor up a small creek vhoio it
could rcma.n iuvLnblo. There at
Cattaro the Doctor could be as unknown
as if ho had taken refuge in tho most
o ecuro of tho world's corners. Tho
Bocchais, tho inhabitants of this rich
district of Dalmatia, iho oroof Sclavish
origin, would hardly notice tho presenco
of n stranger among them.
From tho bay it looks ns thongl
Cattaro wero built in hollows on tho
sido of Mount Norri. Tho first houseo
border on tho quay, an esplanado won
from tho sea at the apex of tlio acute
anglo of a small lako which runs deep
into tho mountain moss. It is at tho
extremity of this funnel, with its
splendid trees and background of vor-
dure, that tho Lloyd mailboats and
largo coasters of tho Adriatic run in to
unload.
Tho Doctor was in search of a lodgincr.
CapoMathou had followed him without
even asking mm whero they had landed.
It might bo in Dalmatia, orit might bo
in Ulimn, nut it mattored httlo to him.
Liko a faithful dog hefollowed his mas
ter. IIo was only a tool, perhaps, r
machine, a machino to turn, to bore, to
pierce, which tho .Doctor kept till ho
thought tho timo had como to uso it.
Having left tlio quincunxes of tho
quay they entered tho fortifications of
Cattaro ; then thoy passed nlonga series
of unrrow hilly roads in which iscrowded
a population offrom four to five thousand.
As ho did so thoy wero closing tho
Marino Gate a gato which remains
open only till eight o'clock at night
except on tho arrival of tho mail boats.
TO 1112 CONTINUED. 1
Washington's Uuies of Conduct,
Ono of Gcorcro Washington's carlv
copybooks contains a list of n hundred
ami ten "Rules of Civility and Decent
Dcimvior iu company ami uonversa-
tion." Hero aro a few of them:
"livery action in company ouirlit tc
be with somo sign of respect to thoso
present.
"When you meet with ono of creator
quality than yourself, stop and retire,
especially it it bo at a door or any strail
place, to pivo way for him to pass.
"I hey that are in diirnitv or in office
have m all places precedency; but whilst
they aro youiir, they ought to respect
tnose mat aro llieir equals in birth oi
oiner qualities, tnomrli tliey Havo no
public charge.
sirivo not witn your superiors m
argument, but always submit your judg
ment to others with inoileslv.
"IIo not hasty to believe Hying reports
iu uiu disparagement oi any.
-jLiiKO an aiiiiioniiions tnaniftuiiy, m
what "time or place soever given"; but
iUtorwaril, not being culpable, take n
time or place convenient to let him know
it I hat gave them.
"Think before you speak; proounco
not imperfectly, nor bring out your
words too hastily, but orderly and dis
tinctly. "Speak not evil of tho absent, for it is
unjust.
"Mako no show of taking great de
light in 3'our victuals; feed not with
greediness; cut your bread with a knife;
lennjiot on tho table; neither find fault
with what you eat.
"IJo not angry at table, whatever hap
pens, and if you have reason to be so,
show it not; put on a cheerful count
enance, especially if thero bo strangers,
for good humor makes ono dish of meat
a feast.
"Let your recreations bo manful, not
sinful.
"Labor to keep alivo in your breast
that litllo spark of celestial lire called
conscience."
These are not unwise rules; thoy touch
on things great and small. . The dilli
culty with most boys would bo to follow
a hundred and ten of them. They serve,
however, to show what was tho" stand
ard of good manners and morals among
those who had tho training of George
Washington. St. Nicholas.
How to Buy Books.
A well known author commends tho
following rules to bo observed by vouth
ful readers who arc beginning tfio col
lecting of books:
1. Set apart a fixed sum, weekly or
monthly, as tlio case may bo, in propor
tion to your income, and spend that and
no more for books.
2. Always devote n portion of your
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it. Never buy u worthless work or
edition.
1. Take cam not to buy too many
books of ono class.
Do not, at least until you havo a
fair show of books, bo deluded into buy
ing S' ts of an author.
G. Do not spend too much monoy on
magazines.
Ho particular as to tho binding of
your books.
8. Keep a catalogue of your books,
entering in pencil insido each tho data
ot purchase and tho cost, and in the
catalogue till particulars as to loans.
II. liiKo caro to read what vou ouy
and buy only what you will read.
Hnphl Development an Invention.
I tell you, Hroinlov, fortunes aro
made In little things. Tho return ball
is an instance of that. Now hero s a
man invented a horseshoe, readily strap
pod on w th a buckle."
Yes, Darrlnger, I got a set of them
for my mure. Do you know, sho can
put them on and take thoni otV lieinolf?"
Wo!"
''It's a fact. 1 hoard a racket in her
stall yesterday nnd peeped in. Sho had
takoii oil' her shoes and was just about
pultun;
Call.
on sl.ppcrs." Philadelphia
Satisfied With tho Assertion.
Wife "Tho larder is empty."
Husband "So is my pocket-book."
Wife "Tho coal is gono."
Husband "So is my credit."
Wife "We havo no Hour In tho
houso."
Husband "And T havo no monoy."
Wife (emphatically) "Well, we can't
6tnrve."
Husband (relieved) "Thank good
ness. 1 was afraid wo should have to."
Boston Utacon.
A Juniata county, IVnnfrlvanls, ritlara
owns a chestnut burcontaiulug ttrentyouo
perfecUr-fonncd chestnut.
Three papers In New York Tht Citiitn, TA4
Cook, aud TWajr hare apcndel publication.
The Battle of Gettysburg.
The sixth lecturo in tho Lowell In
stitute course nt Boston on tho great
buttles of the civil wnr wns delivered
by Gen. Francis A. Walker, who took
the place of Gen. Alexander S. Webb
on account of the illness of the latter
Tho subject of the lecturo was Gettys
pure In opcninc he said:
"The month of June, 18G3, found
the power and prestige of tho Union
nrma at its lowest ebb. For weeks
the very blackness of dispair seemed
to envelop the Union cause, hug tnc
natural buoyancy of the national
temper caused somo anticipation of
oettcr tortuno to imuglc with a stern
resolvo that had never failed. Now, m
addition to the two disastrous de
feats that had caused us tho loss o
30,000 men, a fresh cause of anxiety
nnpeared. The nrmv was now wenk-
cued by the expiration ot the terms of
the nine months' men. The return of
tho nine months' men to civil life with
drew some entire brigades from the
Army of tho Potomac. The effort
wos to reduce the army to very near
ly an equality iu numbers with its
deadly foe, the Army of Northern Vir
ginin. The events of the preceding 12
month had not been of such a nature
ns to ent'ouraco recruiting at tho
north. On the other hand, Leo's
army was at the very height of pride
and conscious strength. Should I
say that thero was on the Union
side a corresponding discouragement
I should lie nnd should slander
both the livinc nnd tho dead; for
tho heights of Gettysburg were
yet to bear witness that tho valor and
tho enduranco of that long-suffering
army were not to bo destroyed by ad
versity. Yet it cannot bo denied that
in tho different temper of tho two
nrniies lay the secret of the great
military advantage on the part oi the
confederates. Fortunately there was
no doubt who should bo culled to
lead tho old corps of Sumner. To tho
majestic chieftain who, on the field of
Antietani, had caught tho sword tnat
dropped from Richardson s dyinj
hand; who at Fredericksburg, in De
comber, had led the brigade of Look,
Meagher, and Caldwell in perfect form,
in unwavering lines, across that plain
of death, swept from end to end by
enfilading fires, against two tiers ot
musketry, up to the new stone wall
at the foot of Marye's Hill; who, on
the 3d of May formed his division on
Chancellorsvillo plateau in two lines,
back to back, one frontiiiir Gordons-
ville, the other Fredericksburg, with
his artillery bring down tho line be
tween holdingback thecountless ho'ts
ot victorious confederates then swarm
ing in from every side, until the road
to the Bullock opening was cleared
and tho moment hadcomefor his own
orderly and slow retreat to him, tho
lionliko Hancock, tho corps turned
with one spontaneous impulse as its
new commander, tremendous ap
plause, and, oh! that the thousands
who had fallen in the useless slaughter
at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsvillo
had been with its colors on that day
when Hancock, proud, confident, and
glad, superb in manly beauty, and,
breathing tho courage which makes
all men braver, drew his sword at the
head of that corps which, in losing
ls5,000 men in battle, had never losta
color or a gun! Ilenowed and pro
longed applause.
After describing tho many and im
portant roads from tho North cen
tring at Gettysburg, ronds on account
of which Lee hnd determined to seize
and hold the place, and after narrat
ing the incidents of tho opening of tho
battle, tho speaker continued:
"It wns about 1 o clock that to
Meade's headquarters was borne the
ghastly tidings that Koynolds had
been killed, to which Gen. Howard
had made tho addition that tho First
Corps was routed and in (light, astate
nient based on tho appearance of two
regiments which hnd been outflanked,
and had coino back in disorder. Im
mediately on receiving this intelligence
Gen. Meade went to Hancock's head
quarters at Tuneytown, and directed
him at onco to go to Gettyburg to as
sume command of tho broken forces;
to save, if possible, further disasters
of the dav, and to report whether the
position was onewhichsljould be held.
Gen. Meade's attention was called to
tho fact that Gen. Howard was senior
to Gen. Hancock, to which ho replied
that ho could not help it, that at this
crisis ho must havo a man ho know
nn I could trust. Hot was tho hasto
in which a soldier like Hancock would
proceed to executo such an order in
such a crisis. Only thoso who have
been in a case liko this know how long
a road can be. Yet as milo after milo
wns spurned from tlio clattering hoofs
of tho stall every feature of theground
on cither sido was eagerly scanned for
possible lines of defense
"Upon the field of wreck nnd disor
der now appeared Hancock. And, as
tho sun sinning through a rift iu the
clouds may change n scene of
gloom to ono of beauty, so did
tho coming of this prince of soldiors
bring fresh life and courage to the dis
heartened bnnds which wero halting
nnrertninly upon tho new lino of de
fense. At his call the l mvo spirits
llamed to their height; tho weaker
souls yielded gladly to tho itnpulso of
that powerful, aggressivo, resolute
iiatmo. At onco tlio doubtful halt
on Cemetery Hill was transformed in
to tho confident assumption of a new
line of battle; tho learful stream down
the Baltimore road was pereinptoriiy
stopped; shattered regiments as they
reached the hills wero halted and re
formed. On every hand men began to
seek t heir regiments with alacrity; com
manders rectified their It ics and pre
pared for whatover m.ght happen;
ammunition was brount up, a part
of Wndsworth's division, with the
Fifth Maino Ilattery, was dispatched
to occupy Cnlp's Hill, skirmishers
wero tin own out on tho front nnd
right; at nil points commanding posi
tions were occupied with tho bravest
show of force that could be made with
n view to deterring the enemy from
attacking until tho reinforcements,
now rapidly approaching the field,
should arrive. At 4 -30 o'clock Hnn
cock dispatched Muior Mitchell, of his
stafl, with word to Gen. Meade that
Gettysburg offered a suitable position
for defenbc"
After describing the second day's
fighting, Gen. Walker, coming to the
third day of tho preat battle, said:
"All that is hideous in war seemed
to have gathered itself together, to
burst in one fell tornado upon Cem
etery Ridge. The cannonade had last
ed nn hour nnd a quarter, and the
ammunition of the artilleiy is getting
low. And now, in tho edge of tho
wood, the column of attack is seen
foiming. ' There stand tho Confeder
ate chiefs, grim nnd resolute for their
great emprise.
Well the understand the desperate
hazard of the struggle in which they
aro called; their practiced eyes meas
ure the intervening spaces, and glnnco
up the rocVy waif beyond, and they
know that at the best thousands must
fall, and that it may all bo in vnin.
Up the slope they rushed with magnif
icent courage. At 200 or 300 yards
the Union infantry opens its deadly
lire, but still the Confederates push
forward undaunted, though Garnet
falls dead in the van. The Union in
fantry has come up somewhat tumul-
tuousiy. ic is true, but courageously,
nay, enthusiastically, and has formed
around the head of Longstreet's col
umn, four ranks deep. Armistead is
down. Every field ollicer in Pickett's
division except Pickett nnd one Lieutenant-Colonel
has fallen. Tho time
has come to ndvanco thestandards of
the Second Corps. With loud cries
and a sudden forward surgo in which
all semblanco of formation is lost, the
Lnion troops move upon tho now fal
tering foa. Ono moment moro and all
is over. Tho most of tho surviving
Confederates throw themselves on tho
ground, a few thousands seek to es
cape capture and retreat hurriedly
down the hill and ncross tha plain,
which is once more shrieking with the
firo of the artillery, now reinforced by
Fitzhugh's, Wheeler's, Alexandicr's,
and other batteries. Then did tho
Second Corps go forward, gathering
up battle flags in sheaves, and gather
ing in prisoners by thousands. Thir-ty-thtee
standards and 4,000 prison
ers are the fruits of that victory. And
so Fredericksburg was avenged! Ono
man s words spoken there on Ceme
tery Hill, amid the grhves ot 4,000
Union soldiers, have forever made all
other men's words concerning Gottys-
burg, except in simplo narativo,
poor
'Tho
ana trite, empty nnu vain:
world will little note nor long remem
ber what wo sny here, but it can never
forget what they did here.' "
Lieutenant Grcely nnd Celi:i
Thuxter.
Tho Arctic explorer says that his
men, when surrounded by tho awful
cold and snow of tho Arctic night, nev
er tired of hearing read Mrs.Tlmxter's
poem, "A Tryst." A lady correspond
ent ot tho Philadelphia Press who wit
nessed a meeting between tho explorer
and the poet thus describes the t cone:
It was a tew weeks alter the rescuing
vessels had returned, bearing the lew
heroic survivors of the ill-fated expe
dit on. Greely was rstablished ab tho
navy yard at Portsmouth, N. ir.,and
was slowly recovering his lost health
nnd strength, though it was doubtful
at that time if he would ever re-estab
lish either. Ono day it was announced
at tho Shoals that the government
tug was approachingfrom Portsmouth
and tho iiotel piazzas wero at onco
thronged with spectators eager for
the least excitement. As tho boat
approached tho wharf word was passed
around that Greely was coming to vis
it Colin Thaxter, who inhabited a cot
tage near the hotel. It was almost
with feelings of awe that they saw the
man, who seemed, indeed, to have tho
seal of God upon hisbrow, disembark.
But as he canin up tho plank wallc,
his tall, emaciated form supported on
either sido by a sturdy companion,
the feelings of tho people wero too
much for them, and some one propos
ed a cheer, which wnsgiven with a will,
but with voices choked by emotion.
Greely could only reply by an inclina
tion of ins head and by thanks trom
his hollow eyes.
Iot stopping, they proceeded slowly
ncross the rocks to tho cottage whore
tho poetess was awaiting tho man
who iiad como to honor her. As they
cached tho porch Mrs. Thaxter camo
forward and extended her hand.
Greely took it. dropped on to
ono kneo and kissed it. "I
have come," ho said, hi bin husky,
rembhng voice, "on a pilgrimage to
thank the poet for tho lines that havo
lgliteneu many a weary uay ana nignt
for a handful of men who never ex
pected to 6ee their homo and friends
again." Hero ho had to pause, and,
raised by the kind, motherly woman,
sank intoanariii-cliair. Among thoso
who witnessed the scene, it is needless
to say, there was not a dry eye.
After he had rested a little and had
told of tho many times he had road
aloud tho poem "In the Desolation of
tho North," ho asked her how sho
could have written it, nnd if she had
over seen an iceberg. "No" sho roplied,
"but I have lived by tho sen, in sum
mer and winter, nnd I suppose imagi
nation has dono thorest." "Wonder
ful!" was all that the pilgrim could
roply. In a little while, for his strength
began to fail him, he returned to
Portsmouth.
Tatooing: at Yolcoliftnm.
A gentleman writing from Yokoha
ma says: "The Japanese havo acquir
ed such a passion for being tntooed
that a law has been passed forbiding
tlio marking of natives. Tho law does
not apply to foreigners. It is qmto
the thing now to be tnt ooed, and elab
orate designs are traced on many
travellers as an indelible reminiscence
of their sojourn in the East. The
sons of tho Prince of Wnles, when lioro
a few years ago, were tntooed, and y
Beveral Russian dukes nnd Bprigs of"
nobility have undergone the process.
Tho son of Longfellow recently sub
mitted to ft verv elaborate tatoo dec
oration, and for moro than three
months was in thelmnds of thetatoo
er, who did an amount of work on
him during this time that is usually
spread over a period of throo or four
years. This caused, of course, ft se
vere nervous shock which ho was only
able to withstand by application of
hypodermic injections of morphine.
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