Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-28

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VINO teiis these marveis mas always
what seem the best OF reasons for MS
oelief. he e'thefssw Mese things him
self or knew somebody, strictly truth
iuA' VINO pad seen tnem. ne oid not
Know, whai am golng 10 prove 10 You,
that teins may oe iTee ana yet not pc
real. In other words, that there are
times when We do actually see msrveis
'hat seem supernatural out n1' on
soch occasioos' @e mes' MOI oe"eoe our
ocn eyes, out search Ior natural cause,
ana u we look iaitniaiiy, we are sure
10 nnd one. .,
Once seSse! vas :s'.ng o'es .
.9''.e'" oeee" 'n IN rne "'aS' VI 'ae >no''
Iarc"c summer Inc sun was ho'' ,he
AR was s"i'' aho group oi sailors ~.
ing 'azi'y upon tue deck were Almost
asleep ~nen an exclamation OF lear
rom one OF mem maae mem al spains
10 tner ieet. ne one VINO naa a''et-
ed tne cry po'htea INTO the ar AZ ht-
lie distance ana mere 'he awe-sar'eAen en-
sailors saw q 'arse snip, VIZ" al sa''s
SET CHUNG over whA seemed 70 De .
piac'd ocean, 'or oeheAeh tue sh'P Was
'he =, .e"ec'loh o' y. -, Il,
me news soon spread 'nlousn .ne
vessei 'ha' apnah'o'n->nP WIZ" g"os'-
~ crew was sa''ng 'n Tue a'r over a
phantom-ocean' ana 'hat I" was oad
omen, ana meant 'na' no' one OF thein
shoulu ever see 'anu sga,n; me captain
va 'o,N ,'' .a "" o, -.
on deck ne eNP'a'heu 'o'he Sa'ors ''fa'
this strange appearance was caused os
'he reneeuoh oil sore snip 'nA' was
aihhs on tue a'e' oe'o" ''''S ''','nase,
out al sucn distance 'hcy c"u,u "ot
see u. ihefe were CERTAIN oo"oHiohs
Oh the Atmosphere ne sa'a' ~hen the
sun rays couia iorm perfect picture
IN tne ar OF ooJee'S on 'ne eat"h' IKE
the image one sees Ill grass or wafer,
but they were nov g~nerahy upr'gh', az
IN tue case oi this snip, nut reserSed-
;une q hotiomr upwards THIS appear-
anee IN The ar is called mlrage. lie
told a sailor TO 60 up 10 the 'ore'or and
look beyond the phantom.ship' rhe
man ooefco' ana fePor'eu 'hat ne cou'"
see ON 'he water oeiow ,., 'i,e snip IN 'he
AIR. one prec'se's hhe II; 'us' '"e"
another ship was seen IN the air, only
this one was steamship, ana was bot,
tom-uPwards' as the captain hao sa'd
these m'rases sehefaiiy aPReareu'-
soon atter' 'he s'eamsh'p "sei' came 10
sight. Inc sailors were now convinced.
and never afterwards oel'eNea IN Phan-
tom ships.
a French army marching across the
burning SANDS OF an hsyPnan ueStf, amt
ing with thirst ana choSed win iinf
sand were suddenly revived IN spirit oy
the sight of sheet oi water IN the dis
tance. In 1t were mirrored the trees
and villages, gardens ana r'ettv hou>es
OF cultivated land, all reversed. The
blue sky was mirrored there, too, just
as you can see the banks oi a lake ana
the SKY ina, oenos over H. IN us CAIN
waters. The soldiers rushed towards
inc place, 'ran'ic WIN JOY OUT "nen
tHey gol thete thev 'oohd ho'"'hS pu'
the hot sands. Again they saw the
lake at n distance, ana made another
headlong rush, only TO be again dis.
appointed. This happened frequently,
until the men were IN despair, and I'M
asined that some demon was torment
ing them. But thefe happened to be
with this army wise man, who dId
not trust entirely to his own eyes, and
although he saw exactly what the others
did, ne did not beliese that there was
any thing there but air. He set to
work to investigate ii, and found out
that the whole thing was an Illusion
IT was the reflection Of the gardens and
villages that were on the river Nile,