MON REVE.
be dwells in some realm of tha rplrit,
She haunts mc with fathomless eyes;
With a beauty that earth may Inherit,
Yet aloycllncss caught from the sklcsl
I know that I Eurcly shall meet her,
When summer comes over the hills;
I know that I fondly shall greet her,
As the sunlight that sparkles the rills.
1 know not her name or her nation,
She's only a dream of my heart;
But the fairest the brightest creation,
That meeting wc never shall part:
from a land where the flowers are deathless,
A land with no sorrow or blight,
Where the vows are unspoken and breathless,
When the days are a dream of delight
Shall I seek her In clinics where the glory
Of summer still crowns the whole year,
Where Is whispered the heart-uttered story,
That time only renders more dear!
Shall we meet at the morn or the gloamings
By the forest, the mount, or the sea;
I only can tell that bIic's coming,
I know that she's coming to me.
Sandorf's Revenge,
A SHQUEfi TO JIATWAS SAXDOItF AND
DOCTOIt AXTEKIH1T.
3Sy Jules Verne,
Atrrnon op "jouknev to the centoh
OP THK ISARTII,
THIP TO TItH MOON,
AllOUND THE WORM) IN EIOHTV
DAYS," " MIOIIAKft STHOOOF1',"
" TW'BNTY THOUSAND LEAGUES
UNDER THE BEA," ETC., ETO.
Translation copyriahttil by O. IP. Ilanna, IS35.
CHAPTER- V CONTINUKI).
Doctor Antokirtt lived In what was
known us tho Stadthnus not as tlioir
ni us tor, but as tho first among thom.
Thin was ono of those bountiful Moorish
dwolliiifiB, witli ininuloros and munch
nrabys, interior court, galleries, porti
coes, fountains, saloons und rooms deco
rated by clover ornnmontists from tho
provinces. In its construction tho most
precious materials had been employed
ninrblo and onyx from tho rich moun
tain of Fillila on tho Numiilian Gulf, n
few miles from I'hilippovillo worked
and introduced with as much knowledge
ns taste. Theso carbonates loud thom
Belves nmrvolously to an architect's
fancies, and under tho poworful olimato
of Africa soon clotlio thomsolvcs with
that golden lono that tho sun bestows
on buildings of tho East. At tho back
of the city roso tho tower of tho small
church built of tho black and white
maiblo from tho samo quarry, whioh
served, indeed, for all tho requirements
of architecture and statuary, and which
witli its blue and yellow veins was curi
ously similar to tho ancient products of
Paros and Carrara.
Outside tho town on tho neighboring
hills wore a few houses, a villa or two, a
email hospital at tho highest point,
where tho .Doctor intended to send his
patients-when ho had thom. On tho
hill-sides sloping to tho sea there wore
groups of houses forming a bathing
etation. Among tho other housos ono of
tho most comfortable -a low blockhonso
looking building near tho ontranco to
tho molo was called "Villa I'escado
and Matifou,"und tliero the two iusepar
nbles had taken up tlioir quarters with a
servant of their own. Never had they
droamod of auoh aflluenco I
"This is good I" rcmarkod Capo Mati
fou, over and over again.
' ' Too good ! " answered Point Pescado ;
"it is much too good for us 1 Look
hero, Capo Matifou, wo must oduoato
ourselves, go to college, get tho gram
mar prize, obtain our cortilloatos of pro
iloionoy." "But you aro educated, Point Pes
cade," replied tho Hercules; "you know
Low to read, to write, to cipher "
In fact, by tho nido of his comrade
Foint Pcsenile would have passed ns a
wan of scionco I Hut ho know well how
deficient ho was. All tho schooling ho
had had was at tho "Lyooo do3 Carpos
do Fontainebleau," as ho called it And
no ho was an assiduous student in tho
library of Artenak, and in his attempt to
educate himself ho read and workod,
while Capo Matifou, with tho Doctor's
permission, cleared away tho sand and
rooks on tho shore, so us to form a small
fishing harbor.
Piorro gave Pescado evory encourage
ment, for ho had rooognizod his mora
than ordinary intelligence, whioh only
roquirod cultivation. Tie constituted
himself his profossor, and direotcd his
tudioH so as tx give him very cotnphiU
elementary instruction, and his pupil
mado rapid progress. There wero other
reasons why Pierre should interest him
self in Point Pescado. Was ho not
acquainted with Ids past Hfo ? Had ho
not been entrusted with tho task of
watching Toronthal's house? Had ho
not been in tho Stradono during tho pro
cession whou Suva had swooned ? Mora
thau ouco Point Pescado had had to tell
tho story of tho sad ovonta in whioh ho
had indirectly taken part. It waa to
him alone that Pierre could talk when
his heart was too full for him to bo
nilont Hut the timo wns approaching
when tho Doctor could put his doublo
plan into execution first to reward,
tlien to punish.
That which ho could not do for Andrea
Ferrato, who had died n few months
after his sentence, ho wished to do for
his children, Unfortunately his agents
had iH yet been unablo to discover what
had become of them. After their father's
death Luigi uud his sister had left
Hovigno and Istria, but whoro had they
gono 1 No one knew, no ono could say.
The Doctor was much concerned at this,
but ho did not give up tho hope of flud
ing tho children of tho man who had
nam Heed himself for him, and by his
orders tho search wus continued.
Piorro's wish was that his mother
should bo brought to Antokirtta, but tho
Dootor thinking of taking udvantngo of
Pierre's pretended death, ai he had of
his own, mado him understand tho
necessity of proceeding with oxtrenio
prudeuce. Besides, ho wished to wait
till the convalescent had regained sufll
efasut strength to accompany him ia his
campaign, and as he knew that Sara's
xnarriago had been postponed by the
death of Madamo Toronthal, ho had
decided to do nothing until tho wedding
had taken place.
Ono of his agents at Ragusa kept him
informed of all that took place, and
watched Madamo Bathory's house with
ns muoh caro as he did Toronthal's.
Such was tho state of affairs, and the
Doctor waited with impatience for tho
delay as to tho weddiuer to como to an
and. If lie did not know what had
bocomo of Carpena, whose track ho had
lost nftcr liis departure from Itovigno,
Toronthal and Sarcany at Ragusa, could
not escape him. Suddenly, on tho 20th
of August, tliero arrived a telegram
informing him of the disappearance of
Silas Toronthal, Sava, and Sarcany, and
also of Madamo Bathory and Borik, who
had just left Ragusa without giving any
cluo to tlioir destination.
Tho Doctor could dolay no longer.
Ho told Pierro what had happened, and
hid nothing from him. Another torri
blo blow for him I His mother disap
peared, Sava dragged off, they knew not
where, by Silas Toronthal, and, thero
was no reason to doubt, still in Sarcany'a
hands.
"Wo shall start to-morrow," said tho
Doctor.
"To-day l" exclaimed Pierro; "but
whero shall wo look for ray mother?
Whoro shall wo look for?"
Ho did not finish tho sentence. Tho
Doctor interrupted him
"I do not know if it is only a coinci
dence I Perhaps Toronthal and Sarcauy
havo something to do with Madamo
Bathory's disappearance! Wo shall soo!
But wo must bo after tho two scoundrels
first l"
" Whero shall wo find them?"
"In Sicily perhaps!"
It will bo remembered that in tho con
versation between Sarcany and Zironc,
that tho Doctor overheard in tho donjon
of Pisino, Zirouo had spoken of Sicily
ns the usual fcoiio of his exploits, and
proposed that his conpanion Hhould
join him tliero if circumstances required
it. Tlio Doctor had not forgotten this,
nor had ho forgotten tho name of Zirono.
It was a feablo cluo perhaps, but in
default of any other it might sot them
again on tho trail of Sarcany nnd Toron
thal.
The start was immediately decided on.
Point Pescado and Capo Matifou'wero
informed that thoy would bo wanted to
gowith thoDoctor. PointPescadoattho
samo timo was told who Toronthal, Sar
cany and Carpena wero.
"Tiireo scoundrels !" ho said; "and
no mistake I"
Then ho told Capo Matifou :
"You will como on the sccno soon."
"Now?"
"Yes, but you must wait for tho cue."
CHAPTER VL
On' MALTA.
Tliey started that ovoning. Tho Fer
rato, always ready for sen, with provisions
on board, bunkers coaled, and compassos
regulated, was ordered to sail at eight
o clock.
It is nino hundred nnd fifty miles
from tho Syrtis Major to tho south of
bieily, near Portio di Palo. Iho swift
steam yacht whose mean speed exceeded
eighteen knots, would take about a day
and a half to accomplish tho distance.
Sho was a wonderful vessel ; she had
been built at ono of tho best yards on
tho Loire. Her engines could dovolopo
nearly fifteen hundred horse-power
effective. Her boilers wero of tho Bollo-
villo system in whioh tho tubes con
tain the flame and not tho water and
possessed tho advantago of consuming
little coal, producing rapid vaporization,
and easily raising the tonsion of tho
steam to nearly thirty pounds without
dangor of explosion. The steam, used
over again by tho ro-heaters, beeamo a
mechanical agent of prodigious power,
and enabled the j'aoht, although she waa
not as long as tho despatch boats of tho
European squadrons, to more thau equal
them in speed.
It need scarcoly bo said that the Fer
rato was fitted so as to ensure overy pos
sible comfort to her passengers. She
carried foursteolbreeeh-loaders mounted
on tho barbotto principle, two revolving
Hotchkiss guns, two gatlings, and, in
the bow, n long chaser which could solid
live-inch conical shot a distance of
four miles.
Tho captain was a Dalmatian named
Kostrik, und ho had undor him a mate
and second and third officers. For tho
inachinory there was a chief enginocr, n
second engineor nnd six firomen ; tho
crew consisted of thirty men, with a
boatswain and two quartermasters ; nnd
thero was n stoward, a cook, and threo
native servants. During tho first hour
or two the passage oujt of tho gulf was
made under favorablo conditions.
Although tho wind was contrary n
brisk breeze from tho north-west the
captain took tho Ferrato along with
remarkable speed ; but ho did not sot
either of tho hoadsails or tho square
sail on the foremast, or tho lateeus ou
the main and mizzen.
During tho night tho Doctor and
Pierro in their rooms aft, and Point
Pescado and Matifou in thoir cabin for
ward, could sleep without being incon
venienced by tho movement of the ves
sol which rolled n little like all fast
boats. But although sleep did not fail
the two friends, the Doctor nnd Pierro
had too much anxiety to take any rest.
Jn thu morning, when tho passengers
wero on deck, inoro than a hundred and
twenty miles had leen run in the twelve
hours since they had loft Autekirtta.
The wind was in the samo direction
with a tendouoy to freshen. The sun
had risen on a stormy horiton, nnd
everything betokened n roughish day.
Point Pescado nnd Cape Matifou
wished tho Doctor and Piorro good
morning.
"Thank you, my friends," said fhs
Dootor ; "did you sloop well in your
LuukH?"
"Likh dormice with nn easy con-
scionco 1" nnsworod Point Fescude.
"And has Cape Matifou had his first
breakfast? '
"Yes, Doctor, a tureen of blaok ooffeA,
aid four pounds of sen biscuit."
"num.! Alittlohard, that biscuit I"
"Bah ! For n man that used to chew
pebbles between his meals 1"
Capo Matifou slowly nodded his huge
head in sign of approval of his friend a
replies.
The Ferrato by tho doctor's orders
was now driving along nt hor utmost
Bpeed, and sending off from hor prow
two long paths of foam. To hurry on
was only prudent. Already Captain
Kostrik after consulting tho Doctor had
begun to think of putting for shelter
into Malta, whoso lights wero sighted
nbout eight o clock in tho ovoning. Tho
stato of tho weather was most threaten
ing. Notwithstanding tho westorly
breeze, which freshenod as tho sun went
down, tho clouds mounted higher and
higher, nnd gradually overspread three
quarters of tho sky. Along tho sea-lino
was a bond of livid groy, deoponing in
its density and becoming black as ink
when tho sun s rays shot from behind
its jagged edges. Now nnd then the
Eilcnt flashes toro asunder tho cloud-
bank whoso upper edge rounded off in to
heavy volutes nnd joined on to the
masses above. At tho samo time, as if
thoy wero struggling with the wind from
the west and tho wind from tho cast
that they had not yet felt, but whoso
cxistenco was shown by tho disturbed
stnto of tho sea, tho waves increased ns
they met, and breaking up confusedly
began to como rolling on to tho deck.
About six o'clock tho darkness had com
pletely covered tho cloudy vault, nnd
the thunder growled, nnd tho lightning
vividly flashed in tho gloom.
"Better keep out?idol" said tho Doo
tor to tho captain.
"Yes!" answered Captain Kostrik.
"In tho Mediterranean it is cither ono
thing or the other! East nnd west
Btrivo which shall have us, and tho
storm coming in to help, I nm afraid
tho first will got the worst of it Tho sea
will become very rough off Gozo or
Malta, and it may hinder us n good
deal. I don't, propose to run in to Vnl
ettn, bnt to find a shelter till daylight
under tho western coast of cither of tho
islands."
"Do ns you think best," was tho
reply.
Tho yacht was thon about thirty milc3
to tho westward of Malta. On tho
island of Oozo n littlo to tho northwest
of Malta, and separated from it only by
two narrow channels formod by a cen
tral islet, there is a largo lighthouso
with n range of twonty-soven miles.
In less than an hour, notwithstanding
tho roughness of tho sea, tho Ferrato
wns within rango of tho light. After care
fully taking its bearings and running
towards tho land for somo time, tho cap
tain considered ho was sufficiently near to
remain in sheltor for a few hours. Ho
therefore reduced his Bpood bo ns to
nvoid all chanco of accident to tho hull
or machinery. About half nn hour
afterwards, however, tho Gozo light
suddenly vanished.
Tho storm was then at its height ; n
warm rain fell in shoot3 ; tho mass of
cloud on tho horizon, now drivon into
ribbons by tho wind, flew overhead at n
terrible pace. Between tho rifts tho
stars peoped forth for a second or two,
and then as suddenly disappeared, and
tho ends of tho tatters dragging in tho
ecu swept over its surfaco like streamers
of crape. Tho tripplo flashes struck tho
waves at their three points, sometimes
completely enveloping tho yacht, and
tho claps of thunder ceaselessly shook
tho air. Tho state of affairs had been
dangerous ; it rapidly beeamo alarming.
Captain Kostrik, knowing that ho
ought to bo nt least twonty miles within
tho rango of tho Gozo light, dared not
approach tho land, lie oven feared that it
was t ho height of the dill's which had shut
out tho light, and if so ho was cxtremoly
near. To run aground on tho isolated
rocks nt the foot of tho dills was to risk
immediate destruction.
About half past nino tho captain
resolved to lay-to and keep tho serow at
half speed. Ho did not stop entirely,
for ho wanted to keep tho ship under
tho control of her rudder.
For threo hours sho lay hoad to wind.
About midnight thing3 grow worse. As
often huppons in storms, tho strifo
between the opposing wiuds from tho
cast and wost suddenly ceased ; tho
wind wont round to tho point from which
it had beon blowing during tho day.
"A light on tho starboard bowl"
shouted ono of tho quartermasters, who
Mas on tho look-out by tho bowsprit.
' Put the holm hard down 1" shouted
Captain Kostrik, who wished to keop off
tho shore.
Ho also had soon tho light. Its inter
mittent flashes showed him it was Gozo.
Tliero waa only just timo for him to
como round in tho opposite direction,
tho wind swooping down with intonso
fury. Tho Ferrato wns not ten miles
from the point on which tho light had so
suddenly appeared.
Orders to go full speed wore tolo
graphod to the engineer ; but suddenly
the engine slowed, and thou ceased to
work.
Tho Doctor, Pierre, and all those on
deck feared some serious complication.
An necident had in fact happened. Tho
valvo of tho air pump ceased to not, tho
condenser failed, and after two or throo
loud roports, as if nn oxplosion had
taken place in tho stern, tho screw
stopped dead.
Under such circumstances tho accident
was irreparable. Tho pump would havo
to bo dismantled, and that would tako
many hours. In less than twenty min
utes the yacht driven to leeward by tho
squalls would be on shore.
" Up with tho foro-staysail I Up with
the jib I Sot tho mizzou 1"
Such were tho orders of Captniu Kos
trik, whoso only chance was to got
under sail nt once. Tho ordors wero
rapidly executed. That Point Pescado
with his agility nnd Capo Matifou with
his prodigious strongth loudored ofil
cient service wo need hardly stop to nay.
Tho halliards would have soon broken if
they had not yielded to the weight of
Capo Matifou.
But tho position of tho Ferrato was
till very serious. A steamer with her
loug hull, hor want of beam, her slight
draught, and hor insufficient canvas is
not made for working against tho wind.
If she ia laid too uear aud tho sea is
rough, sho Is driven back in Irons ; or
she is blown off altogether. That is"
what happened to the Ferrato. Sho
found it impossible to beat off the lco
shore. Slowly sho drifted towards tho
foot of the cliffs, and it seemed as though
all that could be done was to select n
suitable plnco to beach hor. Unfortu
nately tho night was so dark that the
captain, could not make out tho coast
He know that tho two channels separated
Gozo from Malta on each side of tho
central islot one the North Comino, tho
other tho South Comino. But how
was it possiblo for him to find tho
entrances in tho pitch darkness, or to
tako his ship across tho angry sen to
seek shelter on the eastern coast of tho
island, and perhaps got into Valetta
to be continued.
RUM AND OIL,
How to Go to lied Sober and "Warce
Up Tight.
"Let mc have a little butter, please,"
said a stout, elderly gentleman, who
stood in front of the" Mot ton house bar
tho other evening, with a glass of steam
in'' hot rum before him.
The white-aproned bar-tender bent
down, and from a shelf underneath tho
polished mahogany brought up a dish
of butter, in which was stuck a silver
knife. With this the man took off a
lump of butter and dropped into his
glass and stirred it about until it was
melted, Then ho drank the concoction
slowly, with an oily smilo overspreading
his features.
"Yes, it is rather a curious drink,"
said the bartender to tho reporter stand
ing by, "but it is :i very pleasant one,
and a great favorito with some gentle
men. Those who don't know of its
effects, however, had better leave it
alone, for the effects arc apt to bo
queer. Tho man who drinks a number
of these hot rums would bo quite sober
when ho wont home, but in the morn
ing when ho woko up ho would be as
drunk as a lord. That's odd, isn't it?
But it is easy cnouirh to explain. It is
because there is so much oil in tho but
ter.
"Lot mc explain, and you can try it
yourself. Tako a bottle of sweet-oil
with you when you go out with the bovs
tho next time. Order any kind of
liquor you like, though I wouldn't both
er much with beer if I were you. Pour
into tho glass a few drops of sweet oil
overy time you tako a drink. No mat
ter how much you drink you will keep
sober, while yo'ur friends, if they keep
up with you, will bo in a very 'how-carnc-you-so'
condition. Yen go homo
and go to bed feeling all n .lit, and in
tho morning when you w..ko up you
will bo dead drunk. Tin- reason is
simple. Oil, as you know, rises to tho
surface.
"Consequently, when vou drink theso
oil-covered concoctions, the oil will re
main on tho surface in your stomach,
keeping the fumes of the 1'quor down.
That prevents you from gciting drunk.
When you have stopped drinking and
gone to sleep, thus giving vour interior
arrangements a chance to go about their
ordinary duties, the oil will gradually
evaporalo lt.selt through the system,
allowing tho fumes of tho liquor to riso
to your head. The consequence is that
you awako in tho morning 'full.' It's
the funniest tlnng in the world when a
man has this experience for the first
time, lie can't, understand it at all,
neither can his wife, who has seen him
go to bed sober tho night before, and
can't bo persuaded that ho has not got
up during the early hours to take on tho
load he apparently has with him. Jsut
ter has the same effect as sweet oil be
cause it contains a largo percentage of
that fluid in its composition, so I'd ad
vise vou lo leave hot rum and butter
severely alone if you're a married man.
15ut it you re going on a trip, and want
to take along a load that won't operate
until tho next day, you can try what oil
will ao lor you. Acta lorn blur.
Jlemory of Faces.
We must say to begin with that a
largo proportion of mankind, as any
great portrait painter will testify, novor
sco faces actually at all. Somo are
short-sighted and sco no definite edges
to anything, and consequently, though
unconsciously, rely for identification
on evidenco which is not that of sght
nnd is frequently all wrong. Thoy seo
tho type, but not tho true face, and, as
a considerable portion of mankind pos
sess typo faces, distinguished from
othors of a like kind b) differences as
minute as those of leaves, tho short
sighted aro constantly liab o to error.
So are tho inattentive. Troy fail some
times, after many mteriviews, to catch
the expression of tho face; cannot state.
except in the vaguest wax. tho color of
eyes or hair, and will mfdescribo fea
tures perhaps prominent fcaturcs
as if they wore paid to do it. Thoy
havo novor attended to the face at all,
but havo been content with a general
expression; thoy havo never observed
with any truo observation, and aro us
littlo to be trusted in their accounts as
women boliovo most m n to be
when describing women's dress. Thev
will even contuse, dark persons with
light, and declare that a long face
struck them as a short one, or hesitate,
as a witness did in a bigamy case, about
the presenco or absence of a mustacho.
Indeed, it is proimulo tnut a largo sec-
ion of mankind cannot observe, for of
all who land for tho first timo in India
or China, at least half declare that all
Indians or Chinese aro prccisoly alike.
Yet, though Chinamen havo certain
broad points of resoinblanco in color,
shape of brows and absence of hair, thoy
are in details as ituicreiit as Europeans;
while Indians, owing to their wide dif
ference in color, tho use or dlsuso of
hair on lip or chin, and tho existence
among thom of features duo to varie
ties ot original race, aro moro dilferont
than white men. Inattention is, how
ever, tho main cause of error, and is
sometimes carriod to extraordinary
lengths. Wo havo known brothers un
ablo to stato tho color of each other s
eyes, and follow collegians who could
not remember whether acquaintances
wore tho mustacho or not. Lonaon
Standard.
The Longfellow association has only $13,000
of the (50,000 needed to place a seated sUtue
of tbo poet upou suitably decoraUd grounds
la Cambridge. I
A SHAM NAVAL BATTLE.
The llrooklyn, Sivntarn mill Tnntlo At
tacked by the TomifMsoa ami Oalmia.
Pcnsacola Special to New Orleans Times
Democrat. The announcement of tho sham bat
tle nt Pensacola by the fleet brought
out n large crowd nnd the excursion
steamers were well crowded with
guests. It was 11 o'clock when tho
squadron was reached, and some six
miles to the eastward of FortPickcns.
All the vessels wero under steam. A
few minutes after the arrival of the
harbor boats tho squadron divided,
the Tennesseo and Galena standin?
out to sea, heading to the southwest
and the Brooklyn. Yanticand Swatara
remaining near shore in echelon, as if
guarding the coast. After steaming
somo distance tho Tennesseo and
Galena rounded and headed for their
opponents.
I The sky was cloudless, and a light
southeast wind barely rippled theslir
face of the gulf. It was a perfect day
for evolutions. As the two vessels
camo on it wns seen that great activ
ity was going on, for their decks were
black with men and tho ports were all
open. They bore down about a milo
outside the defending line, and when
opposite tho Brooklyn the Tennessee
fired a gun, and then another. This
was tho signal for tho opening of tho
battle. In a moment tho Galena
poured forth from her broadside a
heavy fire, and at once tho Brooklyn
and Yantic respoded. The Swatara
wns not in position at first to use her
brondsido guns, but slit soon swung
and let loose her rifles.
The atmosphere was vibrant with
sound, and even tho decks of the ex
cursion steamers trembled with the
heavy reports. Thoscene wasagrand
one, "and was as exciting a picture of
natural warfare as could be imagined.
Long darts of flame would shoot out
from the ve.S!els' sides, followed by
dense, curling clouds of smoke, and
then came the deep bellow of tlieguns.
It was not long beforo each ship
was enveloped in a mass of smoke,
through which could be barely dis
cerned her black hull and tall masts.
The two lines wero liko banks of
clouds, out of which camo sharp
lightning and roars of thunder. As
tho Tennesseo and Gnlena moved
along by their opponents the fire was
continuous, but in 25 minutes they
had drawn past and wero out of range.
The flagship now swung around und
headed in the opposite direction, fol
lowed by the Galena, while tho
Brooklyn and her support also turned
and prepared for another encounter.
They came opposite again, and the
excited scenes of a few minutes before
were repeated. Tho Swatara, which
was astern of tho Yantic aud Brook
lyn, had worked too far out and was
in dangerous proximity to theTennes
see, which vessel bore down upon her.
delivering a raking fire into her. The
Swatara siw her danger and drew
off to her place. For the second time
the tight became general, and noth
ing could be heard but the reverbera
tions of thegreat guns, in the intorvals
of which sounded tho rattle of tho
Galena's machine guns.
The scene was grander than any
paintings of naval battles, and oven
thespeetators becanieexcited. In less
than an hour it was all over, but it left a
deep imprcssoin over all who saw it.
m .
A Body Petrified.
From tlio Philadelphia Inquirer.
The workingmen engaged in remov
ing tho bodies from tho burying ground
at Twelfth and Lombnrd streets dis
covered a body that had been petri
fied. Tho corp?o was that of Thomas
Mercer, who died in August, 1818, at
the age of (32 years. Fivo bodies were
in the gravo appropriated to the Mer
cer family, and when the four upper
coffins wero removed, it was found
their contents had returned to dust.
When tho workmen tried to remove
tho lowest one, however, it wns found
to bo very heavy. By widening tho
gravo tho workmen wero able to get at
tho coffin, and six strong men pulled
it to tho top.
The coffin was taken to the estab
lishment of Undertaker Graham near
by, and with tho consent of a daugh
ter of tho deceased was opened. Mr.
Graham says the preservation was
perfect. Tlio corpse looked natural,
except that it had become slightly
yellow. Tho hair was on tho head in
good condition. Tho body, however,
was as hard as stone, nnd no impres
sion could bo made upon it. The
shroud was well preserved, as was al
so tho coffin. The weight of tho body
was about 1,000 pounds. By direc
tion of tho daughter it was taken to
West Laurel Hill Cemetery nnd there
reinterred.
A Urido Cheats tho Parson.
From tho Chicago Inter-Ocenn.
Some rather odd stories could bo
told by tho man who ties tho knot,
did ho choose to give his thoughts
tongue. If tho fee is $50 or more, tho
groom takes great nlcasuro in person
ally transacting the business, but is
equally anxious in securing a substi
tute when a smaller price is to bo paid
for the union, hi case ho has no
brother of his own, the bride's relative
is pressed into service, in which in
stance that lady is moro or less offi
cious. At a rather stylish party
which occurred on Monroe st., about
two months ago, tho groom put a $20
gold piece in tho kidded hand of his
small brother-in-law, with directions
lor its transfer to tho parson, nnd
hurriedly left tho room. The biide,
hearing tho conversation, succeeded
in detaining the juvenile, and hunting
up one of the $5 coins her mother had
given her for "traveling trifles," swnp
ped gold pieces and called herself "just
a husband and $15 ahead." Sho
changed hor mind vory shortly as to
the monetary gain, for tho first thing
she heard as sho emerged from her
room in her travolingsuit wns, "Taint
ns big ns tho one he gave mo first.
Sister kept it nnd said this will Jo
woll enough." Even tho groom mar
velled at tho blushes of his pretty wife
ns tho urbano minister wished her
good-by and godspeed.
FLUSH TLUES IN THIS SOUTH.
How tlio Speculator 1'loitrltlioil Thara
Durlnc tlio Vitir.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
"The war made us rich," said a Bos
ton tour.'st tho other day, "but the
condition of business in the confeder
acy must have been unfavorable from
tho first to last, ns tho currency wns
all the time depreciating." From his
standpoint tho Boston man wns right,
but our unstable currency didnotpre
vent many of our people from making
fortunes. During tho four years of the
war business was on a boom all over
the south. Our merchants caught the
speculative fever very early.
Secession came just in timo to keep
tho dry-goods men from laying in their
spring stocks, but they did the best
that could be done. They sent their
agents all through Tennessee nnd Ken
tucky, nnd bought out thcentirestocks
of hundreds of country stores. Many
Tennesseo merchants refugecd with
their goods during the first year of the
war to the interior Southern cities, so
that tho blockade found us pretty well
supplied.
A depreciated currency doea not
hurt trade. It is oflset by tho con
tinunl riso in the price of merchandise.
In those days it was out of tho ques
tion to have any selling mark affixed
to goods. Prices roso too rapidly for
that. Cierks were instructed to raise
their figures once a week, sometimes
jumping up 10 per cent., and some
times as high as 50 per cent. Custom
ers living in the cities nnd towns took
all this as a matter of course. They
found confederate money easy to get,
and spent it liberally. Country peo
ple, however, wero emphatic in their
protests. Money was scarco with
them, nnd as many of their bread
winners were in tho army they had a
bad timo.
In the cities active young men who
had been clerking on $80 or $40 a
month set un in business for them
selves as soon ns they saw the dawn
of flush times. They made money.
It was not necessary to buy with
judgment. All they had to do was to
buy something, in fact anything, and
it soon turned to gold; that is, to
Confederate money. This sudden
prosperity ruined many agood fellow.
I recollect one clerk, a model young
man, a straight-faced chap, who throw
up his job in the summer of 1801
and plunged into speculation. In two
years he was a bloated bondholder. If is
carriage and coachman fairly glittered.
One of his speculative investments was
a wife.nnd sho exhibited his diamonds
to splendid advantage. IIo was
too sharp to be caught napping, and
when the war ended ho had money
enough to satisfy any reasonable man.
Then camo bad luck. His wife died.
His diamonds and equipage disap
peared, lie lost at every turn, and a
few years ago when I saw him for tho
last time, he was a slovenly bnr-keep-er
in a t hird rate saloon.
More than one man in Atlanta made
millions out ofGovcrnmentcontracts.
Speculators, tradesmen and manu
facturers struck it rich. Wiiat did
they do with their money? Some
spent it in extravagant living. Some
purchased slaves, and others bought
Confederate bonds. Others, still,
looked ahead and prepared for the
final crash. These turned their money
into greenbacks, gold, town property,
tobacco, cotton, diamonds, etc. One
man owned 100 dwelling houses in
Atlanta. After Sherman's visit he
had about twenty left. Another suc
cessful business man purchased thirty
plantations, besides all tho Atlanta
property ho could get.
Of the men who accumulated wealth
so rapidly and invested it so wisely
how. many held their grip on their for
tunes? Not one! It is a startling
thing to put in cold type, but as I
look back over a long list of men who
rose from comparative poverty to af
fluence during the war I cannot think
of a single one who is in comfortable
circumstances to-day.
My Boston friend was undor the im
pression that conscription broke up
our business men. Nothing of tho
kind. Even at tho very last tho Con
federacy had a surplus oi speculators
and storekeepers. Some were exempt
on account of ago or physical disabili
ty; some conducted a manufacturing
business and wero detailed to attend
to it, and some, it must be said, were
so wealthy and influential that they
wero above tlio law.
It will bo surmised that tho south
was almost stripped of the luxuries of
life toward the closo of tho struggle.
This is a mistake. Adventures wero
nil tho time running the blockade.
There was nothing that our society
ladies could not buy if they were
willing to pay tho price. We had
no dudes in thoso days, but
young men who wanted a stylish
lig had no difficulty in getting it.
No doubt many of tho articles
smuggled through came from Ynnkee
dom instead of from England nnd
Franco. Somo of the wideawake breth
ren on tho other sido of tlio lino ope
rated a doubleschedulo. Thev took
federal contracts, and on tho sly sup
plied tho confederates for a heavy cash
consideration. Wo even had the time
and inclination to snuigglo books
through the lines. "Les Miserablos,"
for instance, camo through, and Vice
President Stephens and other lending
men read the New York or Philadel
phia edition long beforo tho Richmond
publishers issued it in fivo littlo brown
paper covered volumes. If literature
could run the blockade, it goes with
out saying that anything could.
Of courso thoro is another sido to
tho picture. Tho country districts
wero drained of thoir men, horses,
mules and produce. Tho farmers and
the wonion were not speculators. They
felt tho evils of warlong before thecon
tending armies were in their neighbor
hood. This stnto of affairs reacted up
on tho army in tho field. Our soldiers
and farmers had to stand or fall to
gether, nnd both wero involved in the
general wreck. Tho speculators had
their turn later.