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The morasses in the rear were then attempt- ed, but these were fogmd to be equally well defended; and while the diaeneumb. ered and Light-footed Germans moved securely among the intricacies of the and. which were W13! only to maelwes, the heavy-armed legionaries were either swallowed up among the mg an exuiting defiance upon the en- trapped Romans below, and leaping and brandishing their arms in all the con- fidence of victor). There was no fur- ‘Lher room for doubt or enquiry among the invaders: they saw that their last ' march had been made. it was but am instant before this ominous alarm that a. man exhausted. bleedmg and writhing with anguish. had crawled forward to the advanced pioneers. in the wood. and requested them to carry him immediately .to their commander. as he had important tidings to communicate. This was done. and in the wounded man Varus at once recognised Rudiger. the friend of Rome and Segest. "The fainting German immediately revealed his fear- ful tale; but Vasrus, blind to the last. would not even yet be convinced. Her- mwnn had conducted the army thus for through the perilous ground, and at present occupied the swamps. with the marguurd composed of the auxiliary Germans; and yetâ€"but there is no time for conjectureâ€"the truth must be instantly ascertainedl An officer was ordered to hurry to the rear. and sum- mon Hermann immediately into the presence of the commander; but the messenger soon returned at full gal- lop. and with tidings of dreadful im- port. The auxiliary bands had been withdrawn from the main body. and were so posted as to block up every path of retreat; and Hermann him- self hed only answered the summons With fierce denunciations and defiance. At this stunning blow the heart of Varus sank in a moment into utter despair. By whet sorcery had he been lulled into such incredible delusion? And above all. how shall he extricate has army from the effects of such an- tll-plmed confidence? But there was no time for despair. or even for consultationâ€"the battle had already begun. From the hill-tops darts began to descend in volleys. and these ramparts of nature must be stormed. rthe Roman ranks advanced against the death-shower. and endea- voured to ascend the steeps; but no 390ij _had_ they Areached the base of erd; miter which there was an awful stillness of suspense, while every soldier looked at his fellow. to ascertain the muse of this interruption. What den- ger could be dreaded new? The tribes had been everywhere submissiveâ€"no en- emy was visible. or could have mustered in the neighborhoodl And yet some immediate danger there must be for Varus. with looks of alarm. and sur- rounded by his principal officers. was seen hurrying to and fro. at one time arranging the ranks. at another alter- ing his dispositions. and ever and anon surveying with looks of despair the ground which his army occupied. And alas for Rome if here her choicest army is to abide an encounter! In front was the forest which they had begun to pierce. but into the unknown recesses of which they could not safely venture; on either flank steep hills menaced and commanded them; while the rear was enclosed by formidable marshes. Where even the solitary traveller could scarce- ly tread his way in safety. A few mo- ments only had been granted for these observations. when the hills suddenly trembled with the blowing of. war-horns; and at the signal the ridges appeared overtopped by armed thousands. hurl- The hour of mid-day arrived. and yet scarcely half a league of forest had been won. The soldiers. exhausted with Six hours of constant toil. were permitted to seat themselves upon the ground for the purpose of enjoying a slight re- past Sca'rcely. however. had the meal been ended, scarcely had it even begun. when suddenly every trumpet sounded to arms with startling abruptness. and every troop hurried to its proper stand- CHAPTER IV- swamps, or securely transfixed with ‘ ‘ d wh'le the stood uncertain of The naming dawnedâ€"a morning 0" itfierfg’way.l The whole army swayed and brightness and beauty â€"-and 33 yet “0‘3 lreeled to and fro in these successive at- a shadow of conspiracy hovered upon tacks upon marsh and mountain, while ' f t _ éwith every moment the carnage was the precincts 0 he Roman camp On 15 deepening, and the ground becamm the contrary. all still were the aspect i more thickly hestrewn with the Odea Of perfect 5601” 1t)? and peace when the .and dying. To add to thII‘ miseries. 3 tents were struck, and the soldiers had heavy; shower of rain descended, by ' . , :whic every bow-string was relaxed,and resumed their march . and the only war f every arm benunn bed; tihfl ground heâ€" tbeY automated was against the 0b- ineath their feet became so mu‘y that stacles of nature. where thickets were imen and horses floundered in confusxon; to be penetrated. and swamps bridged iwhile the Germans, to whom all seasons - - - - . . éwere alike, seemed only to be inspired over or embanked m the”. Vlcwmou’s iwith greater alacrity by the torrents progress. A thick forest lay before gthat refreshed, while they drenched them. the recesses of which must beifiheitf nghked 1306;593' (£133 aftelrt houé 3:6 .. , - §ate'uscon1nue 1 mg 3311.6 opened, and the axe and saw. those 111’ zRomans had prayed for its protecting struments of conquest. more effectual icovering long before it came. Upon in the hands of Romans than even the ithe drenched and 111in ground they . ° t ‘ laid themselves downâ€"“the weary to sword and the spear. were brought in o E crusl and s ping them awa m {Nave operation; and the 810W mamhésleep, and the wounded to die." ut and frequent halts of the legions were i alas! the sleep that was snatched on accompanied with the incessant crash this occasion was brief; or if retracted. of lofty trees. that fell in multitudes be- ; tggfiigfiaeufaggeghfigtvfi'aJfifihfi‘ofi fore their progress. 3 was haunted, in which fancy endeavour The hour of mid-day arrived. and yet i ed to out-picture the most dismal re- ana wool" knl? n ‘.\GM|A n? fnrnaf hard Hon“ 5 all-t1“- HEBMANN. i But who amid these warriors had igreater cause to grieve, or grieved imore deeply, than Varus? In the 1 darkness no tent was pitched, no table “[738 SPDea-d. no torch or watchfire was 3 hghted; and he sat upon a little mound ésurrou-nded by his officers, while each zeould only recognize his fellows by the sound of their voices. All felt that i therr danger was indeed imminent. that “Enhance their ruin mas unavmdable; .but although the folly of their com- ? mander had occasioned these distresses. 3 not a word of murmur or reproach was guttered; they rather respected the édepth of his anguish. and spoke the {language of sympathy and hope. .A _del-iberation was carried on in whis- Per?! upon the best method of extri- chatrng the army on the following gmornmg. To advance into the forest gwas certain destruction; to effect a “0ngth upon the well-de-fended thezghts had already been found unpracticable; and it was resolved that 3the only chance of safety la in a. :desperate attack upon the ermans EWho hiocked up their rear. by which 3 a footmg might be gained upon ground gmore favourable for an equal encoun- . ter. While this mournful deliberation [deed was within his grasp; but still his enemies were Romans. . The miserable Varus having ended his deliberations, dismissed the officers to gt-heir posts, after which he folded his Emantle around him and stretched him. Eself upon the ground to‘enjoy a short irepose before the toils ot the morning .oommenced. But the hoarse murmur- 'ing of the midnight hiastrombined with :the loud outcries ol‘ revelry and triumph zfrom the surrounding fog. kept sleep ifrom his weary eyelids. At lengtlh,h0w- gever._he sank into unconscious lethargy éin spite of the heartsimking uproar; and Iwas wrinkled like that of a usurer.’al- though his eye was bright with enter- prise amd hope; and at his side was a {smiling barbarian, who seemed mutter i bland words in has ‘ ear.andb.urgwe him- legions in fierce conflict with an enemy that made the Whole field blaze with their steel panoply, and reverberate to the thunder of their huge drums; and the air was darkened with alouds oil arrows discharged by Paruhian horseâ€" mean, who came and went like the whirl- wmd. Again the scene shifted. for the battle was over, the ground was piled mg to the songs of their bards. But one man there was among them whose cares seemed too weighty for song or festival. and who watohed while 0thâ€" eâ€"rs reposed; and need we add that it was Hermann? At one time be de- liberated with the most experienced of the chiefs, and at another he animated the warriors to prepare for the mor- row. He also glided from point to point oyer the extensive field. to ascertain that non an avenue of escape was left unguarded; Listened anxiously at times to the faintest sound among the Roman soldiery; and strained his eyes through the gloom, if haply he might detect the shadow of any: memment. Victory in- J--‘ ‘1‘ was held under the gloom of midnight. apd amid groans and corpses. a. far (Different spirit prevailed among the enemy. The tops of the hills blazed with a. thousand watch-fires rouhd which the Germans spent the night 111 merrtment and feastmg. or in Listen- â€"vâ€"â€"â€"- groin. 9r the arm pgts; Black spots‘ of Such were the scenes [during the great a. putnd decomposxttoru broke ' out an imortazlity of 1347-50. There has been over the body, giving it. magma of iotheifpidgm 9‘ tibia-Qigigues indEur- ‘ - “ope, cc. emsommge' ‘ at e oft- the Black Deahhi peatiigame 1n afgw fen 'with 3193,15 E. -I. {'32 but {19923113 li‘ke HORRORS AND SUFFERING? of the years 1347 to 1350 are preserved in the minds of the humble people of Europe by never-dying traditions: This was the period of the so-called Great Mortmlity; Modern estimates, making due {allowance for all the exaggeratim of popular tradition. compute that this visitation must have carried off 25,000... 000 lives. in Europe,- exclusive of Bus- sic. As for ASia's teeming millions, no computation has ever been attempted. In this epidemic the victims were sud- denly seized with 9. violent pain in the chest blood Wes expectorabed and the breath diffused a pestiferous odor. Great boils or buboes formed in the Readers of the daily telegraph re- ports are muainted with the virulence of the epidemic that is raging in Bom- bay. where hundreds are dying- every wee kof bubonic plague. [long Kong and other Chinese cities and the Island of Formosa are also plague spots“ Time was when this appalling ailment was prevaflent all over Europe, Just as lap- rosy, once well known in European countries, has now passed out of all knowledge of most of the people. .It rarely makes its appearanw in Europe in this generation, though Dublin suf- fered from «an outbreak in 1866, and there was a destructive epidemic in Russia in 187843.: The Mague is often confounded with Asiatic cholemthough erroneously; The plague in India and China, and is call- ing upon Great Britain to (:3le measures in its possessions to protect Eumpe from the spread of the terrible pest along- thie tines of trade with. the Orient. ML Monod. Director of Public Health in the French Department of the Interior,ex- presses this conviction that Europe is in danger of an invasion of Uhe plague, and that department has,~ as a matter of faot, despatc‘hed. Dr. Yersin to China to make eXperiments on the disease with a serumofthe Basteur Institute. These experiments have proved so far sueeess- fuJ ttwt M. Monod expresses the hope that, in case of an invasion of the Black Death. European countries will find themselves armed with an effective ag- en't to combat it. A Terrible Ilisease Which Is [Destroying Thomands in China and India-Its Terrible Ravages in Europe in the Fourteenth Century. The press of Paris has raised-a note of album over the danger to Europe of the uneheoked spread of the ‘bubom'o tion and has own disquiet, and he beâ€" sought them to make one noble effort for safety, for vmtory. for vengance. Then answered with shouts of reso- lution, and desired to be led to battle. According to the agreement of the pre- vious night. an atmw was to be made to force the passes .111 the rear, by which the Whole army mnght defile into more favorable ground; and the tr00ps were therefore thrown forward in columns to the place of onset, preceded by acttve unarmed explorers. who generously de- voted themselves to the missile of the enemy for the purpose of discovermg the outlets. But Wherever the Ro- mans moved they were encountered and almost buried beneath the darts of the Germans; and Whenever the ranks at.- tempted to with a. stable footing, they were broken by the ‘obliquities of the paths. The f battlle warmed and deep- ABOUT THE BLACK DEATH EUROPE ALARMED BY THE SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE. ' " - â€" wâ€"v‘ And resuce soon arrived in tihe form of the eighteenth legion, the soldiers of which, struggling through the mire by twos and threes, proceeded to rally and form upon the recovered ground for an effort that might yet be successful. Here was the point of danger; and Hermann. at the head of his followers, threw him- self across the path: to bar all farther retreat. And now commenced the full fury of the engagement upon a spot where the Romans could avail! them- selves of their superior arms and dis- cipline; and belore their strong, sun-ulâ€" taneous onset the barbarian tr00ps were torn asunder, like the stubborn soil be- fore the ploughshare. But the Ger- mans, when baffled in front. closed up- on the flanks of their antagonists, as hf they would have smothered them an their ranks; and when all would not avail, each selected a toe, and grappled with» him in a deathâ€"struggle, where gigantic personal strength on one side was more than counterbalanced b skill and weapons on the other. Bu such a contest ooubd not long endure; there was a change, an intermission; the Gerâ€" mans at first are back. as if exhausted; and instead 0 returning to the charge. they stood at gare before their terrible opponents; while many, staggering to the rear, alarmed uni-sir follows with the sight of the deep (ashes on their bodies and limbs lnfllatol 'by the Roman fal- chfron. Tlhe Romans pressed on, and the Germans retreated; the retreat became a flight, in which the contested ground was abandoned; and the leg- ionarins, with joyfusl outcries, proclaim- ed their mucosa and summoned the rest of the army to follow. :Alas for Gernmny at this awful moment! The invaders are on the eve of winning a safe retreat, ifnot a victory. and they will return with a. terrible retribution! emed; and still while it 1‘81ng in front the heavy showers 0t darts cotniznned to ply them upon either flamk from the hills without intermission. At length, after a. desperate struggle of hours. a small portion of the morass was won. end a cohort. diminished to one-half of Lts numbers, established itself upon a $01in isthmus, aund gallantly maintained it, although opposed by thousands; end from this lansding~plaoe of hope the suc- cessful legionaries Shouted to their fel- tlpw~soldiers to hurry to the _resuoe; -v... â€" v“ â€"â€" “v "â€"â€" ‘â€"â€"'-v .or. at most, three days and them {thai appalling visitation which poison- (To Be Continued.) was no longer possible to have a bier for every corpse. Three or four were generally laid togetherâ€"hwband. and wife, father and mother, with two or three children,wer-e- frequently borne to the grave on téhe same bienand it often happened that thpriests would accom- pany a coffin beating a. cross before it. and be joined on. the .Way- by several Other funerals. ‘ so that instead of" one meat.” The stench of gutz‘efymg corpses has often the first Indication to neighbors that more deaths had occurred; The survivors. to preserve themselves from infection. generadly had the bodies tak-' an out of the houses and laid ‘before the doors. where the easily morn found them in heaps. exposed to the affrig'ht- ed gazepi the passupg ‘str‘anger. _ .It seemed absolutely no remedy for those once attacked. and at Last even the parent his own offspring... Propriety and decorum were extmtguishedé Femafles of rank seemed to forget uheir matured EmshfulneSSfind committed the care of their persons in‘ disoriminately to men and women of the lower rank; Many ended Lheir lives in the street _by_d2_Ly and by night. Boecaocio says further that many in Florence shut themselves up in their houses‘ and spent the time in singing and music and other pastimes, no in- telligence of dealth: or sickness being permitted to reach their ears. Others ate and drank to excess, and gave in- dulogenoeto every gratification. “They wandered day amd night from one tavâ€" ern to {mother and feasted without moderation or bounde.- In (the end. so completely :hwd terror extinguished ev- ery kindlier feeling that the brother forsook the brother and sister the amt-- 61‘. rI“he virulence of the contagion was so great that; all things were infected. Bocoaccio relates that; he saw two hogs on the rags of a person who had died 0f Plague stagger about for a time,and fall down dead as though they had tak- en poison. In England the cattle fell victims to a murra-in and died by thous- ands, as did multitudes of other anim- als; The ground seemed poisoned. SO that rats died in their holes. Through- out Germany, Italy, France, Spain. Ner- Way, Sweden, Poland and _1at:er ‘Russm‘, "V'Va'wv-v the 31113sz disease spread death and dgstruction. Many were stricken and dled as if by lightning. It was believ- ed that even the glance of the eye could carry the contagion; In the. North Sea and the Mediterranean vessels were often found driving aibogt and drift;ng Anohher feature of the great mort- ality was the barbarous persecution of the Jews. They were suspected of cans- ing the plraigue by poisoning the wells. In Germany, springs and wehls were built over, and only river and rain web- er used. All the Jews in Basie were inciosed in a wooden building and burnt without sentence or tried. The same thing occurred in numerous other pieces; {Every'wihere the Jews were pursued with fire and sword with mer- ciless crueltys In manly places Uhey set fire to their own dwellings and burned themselves to death. As Boo- oaecio says. in describing the plague in Florence, “the influence and authority othegery haw. huma- n and divine. van- Ls e ." on shore with £153: a. single man left alive in them. It was the belief of. the period that this most destructive of ail! epidemics owed its virulence in part to upheavals of nature within the earth and on the earth's surface. In Asia there had been drouuh and great famimes succeeded by Violent torrents of rain. Chinese an- nals relate that During the continuance of the mor- tality there spread over Europe the Bro~ therhood of Flagellan'te, bands of: bumble men, poorly clad, who wandered from town to town, scourging them- selves with fanatical frenzy and en- Listing vest armies of converts. They marched with Leaders and singers, clad in somber garments, bearing scourges in which points of iron were fixed. The wanderings of these fanatics helped to spread the plague? rDhey held them- selves independent of the Oh-urch, and became so numerous as at one time to threaten its then undisputed suprem- perished in the floods: Mountains fell in and great Lakes were formed: In Europe there had been winter thunder storms; Great floods of the Rhine and in France had overflowed the country. Springs broke forth on the summits of mountains and dry tracts were inex- plioafibly inundated; An earthquake ovâ€" erturned the Island of Cy rue and the sea overflowed it. Just be ore, the wind had spreed _ so poisonous a .vapor oger the island that many died in dreadful agony; German accounts aver that a. thick. stinking mist advanced from the east and spnead itsedf over Italy. Earthquake-s were more general- than ever before. and in thousands of places uhasms were formed from which arose noxious vapors: Swarms of locustgfiudl‘m v_-'w~ . v_r__~V as were never before known, darkened the air and then died. spreading foul odors of putrefectiom Great and exâ€" traordinary meteors were seen in many planes. Followed as these extraordin- ary convulsions were by the blank death. it is not to be wondered at that the superstition of the time saw. in them horrible porten'ts and warnings. and even modern thinkers have argu- ed that the normal composition of things may have been so disturbed as to conâ€" duoe to the plague. . The forms and usages of society were overturned and almost ignored. The rich carried their treasures to monast- eries. where themomks shut. the gates to keep their gold outâ€"for it brought deaith with it4 Men destroyed them- seLves as if in a frenzy: When the plague ceased, men thought they were still wandering among the dead; Many «houses, left without inhabitants, fell into ruins. In many places plague pa- tients were believed to be buried alive. Funeral services were impracticable. Parents deserted their children and wives and husbands abandoned each eth~ er to deatfh:___h?.lg‘ll_r63 opnvey little idea, but an infallible Sign of Uhe great havoc wrought with the race was the :reat fecundity afterwards observed in wom- enJ Marriages were nearly always pro- lific, and DOUBLE AN D TRIPLE BlRTHS were more frequent than fogmgriy. THE WIFE HER HUSBAND, was fivd-or six bodies for inter- 4,000,000 PERSONS A tablespoonfiul of powdered alum sprinkled into a hogshead of water will so purity it that after a few hours it will be found to possess nearly all the 'clearneds and fqeshness of: £119 fipegt WHERE HE WAS. Eastern man (out \Vest)â€"-â€"'1‘ho steak is fried. I ordered it broiled. Waiterâ€"Boiled. sir? ‘ Broiled. Broiled on a gridiron. On a. griddle. sir? ‘ A gndrron. Don't you know what a gridiron 183 Never heard of one. sir; reckon tho cook didn't either. Ain’t your steak fried enough. air? . Y-ess. never mind. I forgot I was out in the West where gridn‘ons are un- known. opean country. gnquat‘éaand impure particles sink- ing tothse bottom. One teaspoonful will purify tour gallons. Strange Story of a Vision That Was one. Repeated. The following narrative was sent to the “ Pall Mall Gazette." two or three years back, by a. correspondent who. un- fortunately chose to remain anonym- ous. This shyness. of course, lays the authenticity of the alleged "expesi- enoe" under suspicion. And we have one. This shyness. of course. lays the authenticity of the alleged "expesi- enoe" under suspicion. And we have never heard of any attempt. to verify or discredit the story. whichmtrue or falseâ€"struck us as one of the [HUSL ar- tistic of its class. It was headed “ Dreams, Idle Dreams." and ran as fol-- lows:-- arrangements for my funeral. For many years afterwards I kept my friend's letters respecting my dreams. They were seen by many. and I regret to say they were accidentally destroyed but a short time ago. The man with the short. dark beard succeeded to my friend's practice, and took the house. A year afterward he died in the very room in which my friend died. What I- have here told you is well known among my friends." CRYING BITTERLY . I wrote and told my friend the dream. and he replied. chaffing me unmerci- fully about it. However. again and again. I dreamt the same dream. and so terrified did I become as the 9th of June drew near. that my friend actually took the trouble to come over to Lon- don and took me down to spend the day at Hampton Court. The next New Year's Eve I dreamt the same dream. My friend-dwho was a medical manâ€"v this time insisted upon my coming oven to Dublin for a holiday. and to try to forget all about it. The months passed on. and I did not dream it again. We had a foolish disagreement about some thing or other. and l. standing upon -my dignity. did not reply to several 0 hisâ€"I must admitâ€"good. kind and tem~ perate letters~0ne night in June I was so restless that I lay awake the whole night. and determined to write a con- trite letter to him the next day. for “ Sirâ€"I have been much interested in reading Line article with the above head- ing which appears in your issue of Aug- ust 2. May 1 be permitted to give you an example of a most anions dream I had some years ago, and which came almost literally true! I was living in London at the time. and I had a cor- respondent in Dublin. This gentlemen was a valued and lifelong friend. One New Year’s Eve I dreamt that I stood in a. spacious bare-looking entrance hall. Presently I saw a letter put into the letter box on the hall door. 1 went over, took out the letter. which I saw was addressed to myself, and in the handwriting of my friend. 1 opened it. and found it to contain an oblong piece of bluish paper. partly printed and part--5 ly written in red ink. 1 read it. and‘ it ran as follows: "Order for the burial of (here came my own name) in (here came the name of a. well-known cemetery in the vio- inity of Dublin)on the9th day of. June. 1877': in grave (a number)! ' it was I who really was in the wrong. but I was too obstmate to admit it. I went down to the British Museum af« ter breakfast. and returned about 2 oclock m the afternoon to write in penitent letter. As I entered the h I saw five telegrams for me upon the hall table. They all told the same tale â€"â€"my dear friend had died early that morning. It was the 9th of June. I was stunned. A doctor was sent for who at once ordered me to be taken over to Dublin. in order if possible to rouse me from my apparent apathy. for I did not shed a tear. I should mention here that some weeks previous to his death my friend had taken a new house in wih ch I had never been and which was the chief cause of our disagreement. When I arrived at Dublin. 1 was tak- en at once to the house. and the minute I entered the hall I recognized it as the one I saw so often in my dreams. Moreover, a gentleman came forward to meet_me; it was the; very man to whqm “ I .3116qu seiy l nevef could recollect guy more of the figures,_ Lstoogijookg ing at the paper. and as I did so I heard the voice of my friend calling to me. I went over to him. and gave him the paper. He read it, and then said. rath- er. testily. _‘Yes. it's all right; come this way.‘ 1 followed him up-stairs, and mto a barely furnished room, in the very midst of which was a kind of stretcher bedstead, with what seemed to be some sheets upon it. He told me to lie down; 1 did so ; he covered me with a sheet; 1 closed my eyes. and I thought 1 was dead. Presently some one else came into the room. and they began talking about _arrangements for my funeral. I opened my eyes. and saw: thh him a, strange man. with a short dark beard. 1 then seemed to lose con- sciousneas from terror. and awoke ALUM PURIFIES ‘WATEB: THE DREAM CAME TRUE.