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BY E. I Ml'KKAY & CO. X c : ? ? YOI/rMK s ( TIS2: (.HOST OF A CHA-XCK. A S! rann?' Story. The whole affair ^nur.ds like the n ilde* romance. U ranted. It is not for me t< go into the question of its probability ; I simply record certain facts which have come under my notice. Here is a young fellow, like score* o others, with just enough property to li v? on and lu deprive him of the spur to ex? ertion. A barrister, quite briefless, dab? bling in art, literature and music, and doiug nothing with either. Amongst other tastes he has one for quaint jewelry ?not for his own adornment, but he col? lects it, and possesses many curious specimens', ancient and modern. I know him very well, and he has often shown me these treasures. One day I call mi him, alter a loug vacation, and find him throwing otf slip after slip of manuscript. "Excuse mc five minutes," he says, "and I shall have finished. I have made a wonderful addition to my collec? tion, ami in the oddest manner. I am writing a story about it. ami?there? that's the end of the first part." Jle has been scribbling away whiiespeaking, and now lays down his pen. "You shall read for yourself," he goes on, gathering up his manuscript," how it came about, and you will understand why 1 am rather ex? cited at recalling this, the narrow escape and the strangest adventure 1 ever had in my life." Then, lighting ;i cigar, and giving me another, he settles me in an easy-chair by the lire, begins pacing the room, white I read as follows: 1 left King's Cross by the night mail on the 10th of last August. I was out of health, tired, and wanted to sleep: so, settling my traps on the seat to my satis? faction, I suddenly rememoered that J had nothing to read, and I called the guard to the window that lie might get me a book. Returning in a minute, he put into my hands I3ulwt r's "Strange Story :'* and, as I gave him the money, he said : '"Now we're off in one minute, sir; 1 hope you'll like my choice." Leisurely turning over the leaves by the light of ttic carriage lamp, I very soon found that the work my friend had selected was ut? terly distasteful to me, and regretted having wasted my money upon it. It a-> a story, as most people know, treating of spiritual influences, a subject on which 1 was, thoroughly skeptical. I soon got! tireil of it; but it served its purpose, and s-.-nt me to sleep, and sound asleep I re? mained till the train slopped at L'eterbo rough. Only partly awake, I remember letting down the window, and that several persons in the crowd on the platform tried to get into the carriage; one fellow, ju?t a* we were starting, thrust ids head so far in that I thought he was going to make a harlequin's leap for it. Drowsily con? gratulating myself on having had the door locked, I was dropping off to sleep again when I suddenly discovered I was not alone. \V! o was that seated in the op? posite-corner of the carriage? A young lady, assuredly. The dim light from the, lamp enabled me to discern That she was in evening dress, with the hood of her opera-cloak over her head. Shu appeared to be busy fastening her earring into hei? le ft ear. " "How odd," I thought, "that I ;-h?.uid I not have seen her get in!" Here were; my legsstilI stretched across the seat with i my rug over them, and surely 1 must j have known if she had passed me: and the door had certainly never been opened. Very angry and puzzled 1 determined to remonstrate with the guard at the n*.\t station. What an odd costume, loo, for travelling, I thought! I couldn't make it out. The young lady was very ijuiet and still, and, as she appeared not to notice i me, 1 hardly liked to begin any couver- j sation, sol sat watching her till sleep overtook mc. All at once the slackening of speed ; and, the shrill, horrible, hollow danger whistle of the engine again disturbed my | comfortable nap. and. lazily looking out, 1 found to my surprise we wen.- not stop ping at any station, ana that outside \ nothing could be seen. A darkness that ! might be felt was all that met the eye when turned to the open window, whilst the fresh, damp air announced that we wi re i:: the midst of country, and the night breeze told of woods not far off. Neither station, lights m>r dwellings. wt re to be discerned in the utter gloom. A furtive glance across the carriage showed the young lady still quietly sit? ting there fidgeting with her earring, and not the least alarmed at this in? terruption to our journey. 1 called to the guard as he ran by the moment we stopped, and putting my head out of the window, inquired what was the mat ler. m "Nothing, sir," he said cheerily ; "no danger; only the line's blocked, and we I are waiting tili they signal us to go on. J I expect it's a goods train that's being I -limited. It'll be all right, sir, in a few minutes." I then said, in a low tone: "What possessed you to place this young lady in my carriage, when 1 so especially enjoined you to keep it empty '.' " "1 never let anybody in," protested the man, . willi surprise. "A young lady, do you say?" Springing on the step as i drew j my head back, he looked into the cat- | riage, and exclaimed: "Why. there's no lady there, sir."' I turned, and, imagine my confusion - she was gone! "This passes my un? derstanding," said 1 ; "for though I'd itwi-arshe was there before I spoke to you. there it certainly nobody there now; -in must have got out." 1 crossed to the fur t;:. r door, and tried it; it w. - locked , sure enough. I let down the irla-s and luukc 1 out. but in the darkness, of course . could see nothing. "Why, you've been dreaming, sir," said the guard, as i, looking somewhat small, resumed my seat. ? I? ?n't t< II me." cried I. iudiguan' ; . and disgusted at the absurd ty of the p ? sitioti; "I'm perfectly convin?*"d t--a* she \v.;s in the carriage! Why, lt< :?? po.-itive proof," 1 went-??a. :.- I perceived, and immediately picked up. a go!d ear? ring from the floor between her seal and mine; Amazement, mim/lcd with d <ubi ?itid distrust, was plainly depicted on the ?fiiard?.t handsome couiitenan'*.-. as, regarding me with a puzzled, haif-eoin i'eal expression, hc said. after a minute: 'Well; sir. it you really believe you saw I shouid advise your changing %. ?.11r carriage. ? Wi.v so l" I demanded, in surprise, it can-.- it's well to be on the -at. de. sir. lor I've heard something ??! kind before. Young ladies arc dan? '. -<!?;- customers in trains -oincl-mc-, :r. he added; with the I win.comsntT jito bis eve again. As I d-'< ;v my serf ;, ..omewliat indignantly, liecontinued: P'Tev s?v au :.ideni is alino-t e- t [jii to iice?ir when an apparition has .i -??'?n." , openiuir the door, he heran ! col el rnv bags and trap-, while I per de.\i<l .and no! wiihoii! -ome f.-eiiie.' "I dann, a?/hted. and followed him ha , v a:-.ii/ the side of the line. "You .,, di! have -??li- ladle- :.u<] <? u e mi all .'. i--<>! for a party. in- ? erenpai I lie" t in front of Volir- :ij ...i-eedi. r> aimed the :uan. a- !.? i,l - I : fie r n?h ? I "and line :in ! a ball at ('rautham. ! fancy you mi;-: ? have been dreaming, sir, for certainly I none >?!' tin 1:1 got into y? ?tjr carriage, though one did try: hip! a- to appari j- nt'euco, for j::-: then we found an ,' ? mpty compartment al the rear of the train, ami the engine's whi-tlc a: the i same moment announcing tin- line clear,; with hut low iii ii,- words I was very . soon again locked in and left to my-j I : My first act, when t!:o train r.a> ??eo ; j innre in motion, was !.> examine care ' l'nily the carringso unaccountably found. ! The shape struck me as curious, j It was a wheel suspended from a bird's I daw, which turne 1 when touched, j .Purely, a- 1 told guard, this trinket was a" proof thai J hail not been de-! wived Or dreaming; a: IcaM. tili? wa< j j tin- apparition of an earring, a: an) i rate. What could it mean'.' Tin; more ii thought of it. tin' more I was per? plexed: and finally I put ii away in ; my portemonnaie. and, with a mind I wearied with puzzling over the strange | 1 occurrence, I at length fell asleep onee : nil.re- -but not for long. Suddenly i 'was rudely awakened by a terriiic crash ami a shock which threw me violently j ( forward, while the carriage lurched over i ! and m arly capsi/.ed. I knew at onee an accident had hap- j pencd?the accident hah' prophesied by . the guard. As soon a- J could collect | my scattered senses and found myself i i unhurt, 1 clambered out of the carriage and ran down the line to tie- front of j the train, to ascertain the extent of the ! catastrophe. It was difficult to make one's way in the darkness and confu-1 j sion: bt;i w hat were my fclings. of l horror and amazement, joined to intense I thankfulness, when 1 discovered, after 'some light had been obtained from a I j hastily kindled bonfire, that the car? riage I previously occupied was lying i a complete wreck 1 I knew it by its I color ami the number, which I had re j marked, still visible on the battered ' pane!. Then 1 learned that several passengers in the etiler compartments of it hail suffered fearfully, and I was mi overcome that I felt (juite dizzy. Hero was a wonderful and miiacm lolls escape, indeed. All the event- of I j the last half-hour rushed through my I troubled brain. < >n that smashed and splintered seat 1 had sat; and, but fur | the presence of my mysterious com pan- j ion, there I should be lying?crnslied, I maimed, perhaps dead ! Horrible! i he beads broke out on my brow as I thought of it. When my nerves had recovered a little, 1 sought out the guard, I who, pale and grave, was endeavoring to reassure the frightened passengers j j assembled on the hank. Ile was com-' 1 forting them with the intelligence that a special train would arrive shortly j from ('rantham, and take them from the -cene of that disaster. "My good fellow/' said I, "you mi:?l ? explain to me what you meant respect- j ing tliat voting lady?the apparition. I mean, as von chose to call it. Von -a! 1 a:: accident?-' "Lord bk? you | sir," !.?<? interrupted sadly, "'twas only] my ehall* I never heard anything ab ut j a young lady : but I thought, as you ! seemed a ''it scared, it would make j your mind easier like, and that's why j 1 ! ?hilled yctl. 1 can't give any reason J I winy such a fancy came into my head : ! j but it's well it did, sir, for it jtt.-t saved ! your"lifer-saved it by 'the ghost >f a j chance,' as one may say;" and liiere was a faint return of the old humorous i twinkle in the man's eye, as he t!.n> ? aptly made a play upon the words. "It v.:;< the carriage y-.n were in that suffered most." "Well, there's many a true word spoken in )'-'," ^returned I. "Are there many hurt "About seven, I fear. sit, and four or more killed. We don't know the cause at present, sir; '{wasn't a collision, ami dou'l appear to have anything to do with the -topping of the train awhile ago. These things do turn one up more than a bit, sir,'" add< d the man. a- he was (:alled away. The lamps of the special train were now sighted, and we, the j uu.-calhed were speedily in our places, and arrived at our destination without furthci hurl or hindrance. I'ut wiiat perplexed ideas whirled in rapid succcs ! sion through my mind as we were hur? ried along. Ibre was I. saved from dreadful and untimely death by?what'.' Not a I dream, certainly ; but, whatever it was, I by a most marvelous iulerpodtioti, nr. j perhaps, as the guard said, "by the -!."-t ofa chance.'' How could I call it a ! dream or entertain the notion of ghostly iuihience, when the earring picked up by my own hands was now safe in my pocket.' Was it safe? I looked. Ves, safe enough, the wheel suspended from the bird's claw, i A wheel of fortune it had, indeed, proved I to me. ! "And do you mean to tell me this i- a fact ?*' 1 asked ironically, a- I finished ny friend's manuscript. "livery word nf it, a i am a living man.'' he answered. "See. here i- the earring, " and he handed ne the trinket. "Well." 1 conlinueil, j :U'U'r examining it, "What are you going to do'' I low aieyou going to finish vour .-toryV' "< >li 1 don'l know, i 'an y<iii give me a notion'.1*' Ile knows j I have an eye for dramatic situations. | 'No! !, indeed; you will have to invent ? [hat, I suspect;'' And we talked a good | leal more, of course, about the strange j affair before I left him; and equally, of course, ai the end of two year* tue story I v.:ii finished. My friend is only a dabbler, and seldom brim;- any of Iii ! effort ? io an or literature to a fi nit ltd i ?ute. I little thought thai it would de- ' volve on me to take up tin thread of ? this one. anil lini-h it t..r him. ! I'efore parting;' >w, \, r, I asked: "hid . you see tile girl's face'.'" Sol very ciear-'j ly. ! tight wa? dim. I co'dd not di~- ' tln.-uMi Ityi ?"?at?res pieei.eiy. nor the ! color <?! her eyes, nor any details exaeliy. , you undcrstan 1: yet there >v.!- a look"? j he wen! on after a pause- "which re-I minded in?' of somebody, or I thought it did. I could lei! t> 11 whom, that I ha?l seen i 1 ei .re. i; w;i- a mere inipri s?i ><\, ipiite i lilit' i in :. vag a- to a d> jr- ??. | had for- | gottuVi; ? .. n. that anything of t'ne kind j ei..--e.| my ii ii ii Illiti! Voll a-krd iii- ? ipn siion." ??V. liiiid you k iow hev again .' Humph !" lie h<-iiate l I "haniiy kiitiiv. i ihink I -houiti if ?he wen: ?im- 1 ?iM .j-!?v.': antl for f.v.. years I do not j li.ink we iiave iiienli'imd tin- -ubjeel j above twiee:; oiiee, when I iinpiired if ! he had Smi-hrd tie -:.n v. :.nd onre lalei j t<n, when, ll I not ei ar iij?. I :.' it a-i tbit a wi-ini ihdit up?in the m ?- j (??!". ';. ? light by u hieb I am ? iiaoit -i u> ? make a sort -e.-,,!(,| to tiiel'n>tr v. hi< ii I iV.iind him wri t ing. \I ?.?-.friend!.- rooms again ; lookiiiir ni'i'-ni . i ? i I ??- ti-tial, rave Ilia! ii" i- al ea-el. In ??tead at id- desk. Again; n- n-nal. j Keen fur the tune ing upon whai In' i- j il'iiiiL'. be ?Ine' not know when. I enter, :? d i -'ami 'aiki.;c to him for awnile be- I hin?! hl- t'hair. U e have not ?et n ?'aeii j oij.ej- hi'e'y. a'id he la'?e-. nie good !,!|>.ior.-diy 'I;..j?j.in-' the ae-piaitii ike ?:. t,:v ei !Mi !?>! a! iiiomeriioti I ? ? ? ? ? . || n ? 1 ??? ?? tin ? ?? ?; said something about tin- water-color drawing in- was working at, as I -:;li ?loud watch iicr i: jtr<?irrt.?.- over Iiis -!;? uldc.r. It w:f= asnin I fst udy. d :.. the previous evening at.a liie-sciioni, a- Sie told nie. from what artists eall t!. drap ? ii model a rustic liguro of a girl -? .it. ?! on a stile. "I'.iu stay." In- cried, ''you s!iouM **i e it under a white mount. I have one her.; cut i.ui the size. Wait, h! me get it." i!e rose and went t" tie other end of the r<?om. An idea struck me : ami taking from my p"cke? a certain eab inet-.-ized photograph, which 1 I ;i brought lo show him, I stood i: ou :lie ea>cl in fron; of his picture, whieli r ex? actly covered. Ilctuiiiiug with tin mount, and talking volubly ahout what I:;: was going to do in painting; he auto? matically put the hollow centre of the white cardboard jitst over the photograph, Iwd without for a moment noticing site change ! had made. Suddenly he -aw it. ami, with and exclamation of won.ii r, -la?. d hack. ''Ilow came thai her? he wc.nl on. pale and agitated, as he looked inquir? ingly from the picture to me. "Did j put it there'.' Do you know tin; lady?" "You recognize it." "Vi-, certainly. I haven't seen her for some years now ; hut I should know thai liken-? any? where."' iie hit id- lip and paused, ami (hen added, "i didn't know you knew her." "I don'!." I answered: "and I never knew that such a person had ever lived till yesterday." Then how do yon come hy her portrait? and why do you bring ii to me-.' ' "To ascertain if it re? ally was the same person." ''Same person a- who??what? I don't understand." "Why. whether, by any Grange coin? cidence, tiii- lady?my wife's old friend and school-fellow?might happen to be the lady you once?well, shall I say once knew tinder very peculiar circum- I stances*?" He looked ai me now some? what angrily, aa ho -aid: "See here, cid fellow, there are matters sometimes in a man's life that he doesn't care about hav- ; ing raked up again. I tell you honestly , this U one of them, and I don't quite like ibis joke." "No kind of joke, on my word,'' I continued : "and, il I am touch? ing on anything unpleasant, please for- , ^i.e me, for I have a purpose. Not that 1 imagined you were so sensitive on the subject, especially as yon contemplated turning it to literary account." "I ?? literary account'.' What do you mean ?" h?- asked indignantly. " I should a- lieve think of turning cannibal as of turning anything connected with ihat young lady to account, as you call i:." ; I was a little puzzled now ; so I said : ?'Well, but who do you say the young ladv is.'" "Jler name?if volt mean thai - was Miss Naughion. liosc Naitghton when I knew her; but I confess I don't j see that, because she happened to he a . friend of your wife, you an warranted in ? referring thus abruptly to my acquaint-j ance with lo r." "My dear fellow," I cried, "1 had n i idea ol this, In lieve me. ? I hain't a notion that you knew her! name, and we are evidently a !is;!e at eros--purpii.- ??. I'uit bear vvith me n min- j ute b.'iiger. Admitting that this is a por? trait of the M Us l! .-e Naughion whom yon seem to have known, though I never '?? add have gm ? -cd that: ju-t look at it ' :?: relit! y again ami see if it do-. - not v> ? mind you of some one ei.-e?some one whom you once -aw, 1 n peat, under v. ry peculiar circumstances." IK- bonds forward to examine ihe pho? tograph, and presently -ays. "No." I .e. :: I -ay. "Will tl.i- help your memory"" And", while lie is still looking a; the por? trait, I put down on the ltdge ol tiie easel, ju-t under id- eyes, an earring, "tfoui! i iod !" he cries, "\\ Sia; :;re you up to? IVtiat have you taken tin- out of the cabinet for '.''" "1 have ii-? t been near tiie cahim :, il you mean tie place win re you keep your jewels." "Then what ...i earl!; --" lie he-itales, and. taking up tin earring, walks with i: aere^-s lh: r< oiii to bis treasure store1. I caunoi lieip, wi a my dramatic insti ;. t-. watching him eagerly, and it is a- good a- a play to - ? his surprise and wonder when, opcuii i the cabinet, lie take.- forl'n tin- earring he picked up in tiie railway carnage, and lind." thai lias the fellow to in i.: other hand. Vcs; there they are, clearly the pair t.vo bird - claws, each holding a revolv? ing wheel. "Now look at the portrait again," I say, when lie had .-;?< d for .? mitiiile regarding me with blank amaze? ment. "I don't say that you wiil, I - cause il is mere speculation, but do you not see in the portrait of Mi.-s Naughtoii something to remind you of the votou: lady, your mysterious travelling compan? ion?" J le i? examining the photograph again. "Well, it is very absurd, but really, now you put it to me, there might be something of the sane.' look in i', and?" lie I.ho-. "Was ii she thee ?Ilo.-i?alter all, that I in a m>ure. was reminded of that night.' < tu my honor 1 seem to think ii must have !..?, :!#" Ti.i n turning to me be asks: "I'.ul >\h.-.t i- the meaning of all this .' Whal d >yoii want to know whether I can .-ee any re? semblance in ihi-> photograph to that irirl. and where, above all, did you g< l this oilier earring from? Kxplaiu yourself, for fiod's sake!'.' "lieetause, a- I -ay." 1 replied, ":i sei ills to me jii.-t possible thai, i! liiere he sucii a thing a- ghostly inlluence. or spiritual i-in. or clairvoyance, or whatever one may choose to eall such my-leiie- be? cause. I say, if such tilings exist, you may have received Ihe warning to leave votir se'al as you did lb rough the my-.le rions inlluence of Miss Naughion herself, foi -iie was in thai railway train that same night, and those earrings belonged toiler." Again ihe wonder in his ia<e wo,i!d have been amusing had il not been mingled wilh an expression of pain. "Incredible, preposterous!" lie said al i ngtli. "Voi say that Mi-- Naughton i- a friend of your wile's .'" ' V< -: and I will explain how I cann upon the lact forthwiib. \ '< sterday, as my wife was dressing, she a-ked me lo feic'i her a brooch from ihe ilrawer in bet liressiic.'-ea-e. <'a opening il, the lit-? liiiiiii which caiighi my eye, auiong-i a !?>? <.f little trinkets, v.a- thai earring, ami a moment".- exttmina'iou showed ii to !.,? the c.oui.lelpari ol ihe one yo'.l had ' -o mysteriously come by. Tiie device v\.:- ie.: ea-ily lo be forgot:en. Voii ma\ judge o| my -llipli-e. and !. >W il led ! ? lure. I io n We hent in ?? the malt '. and -i.u hi r pari lold me how i!;.-1. ! ring bad belong, d to a -ei,oo|-!eilow of i.? -1 ?. lio- .Naiightoii oy name, who i lately ?_? uie abroad : and how, two \. :i :t:'i. -j,.- !i;ii| li.?n :u ;i jV-aiful r:ii.I?vay aceideiit; one 'evening, while on her w-.iy i'r.oai l'et?.r-boioie.di lo a at t.r.iti! han; boy; two ..I le party had been l;ii:-d eviiile-illing lie.-id< tier; how -in [..escaped l>y a miraele, iiiniijiir- d; i j ho.v, ainoitgsi tic- iritiing ? v? ii!s ??onm < I e'd With tiie '.ill,.eii'eiilii.-iatice, -la diad ii-' one of bei cartings of a fpaii whieh had been irivi-n t-p her Ilia1 j infill by ii.-- in.in lo v.hoiii ?!,.? iva- , i. gaeeil, :ii(d wii.i \vas bile-, i ; ,.!??!.' My Iri.-nd's <:?.,.. wj:,t .\.p; i ! vi-iP.. - i nn ?! en a ii.??!?!? :;l lo !?-?? i ! . sores-ion I in; ??? I ?, .? ! ? ? .? I ? - ? l Wm. v ?. ? .... ?! !.I ?? . ??? .-. ? ? among-; ....-a,aus I .::: ring:' for ii :/ppe>s the tragical m-vid. a brought- -about good re-ul: r mi it cut -!i?>r: an engag ;.. nt it?*i::?? beoh lorced ^ Vi* ii. i 'I'd:.', hi ar e\. : ? I; man disliked him in f.e ' my v.i;*.? -ays ami -o Lad no compuncii n :::? -m gi.vin the earring to my win.*, v.l. > '.va? slrae' wish ihr 'plaint a.;' the device. ^ wiii readily under-iaml how this story justauiiy -sprinted itself with you ui my mind. A cpnij ar;.-in dates ami *>'.;.<?, bound i'.iiiif ami '? ii you : ami I hope my dear leihov. yi.u wiii acquit nit; m?w ol aii iiiiv-iii'i;^ ii>a iij'i.ti yt.iir aiiairs. I a-sur y .1 I hadn't t'lic taintest idea thai thought y?ill might have -?? n in r. a- I believe you did; for assuredly her pres; ? hec r.:!.( r i.i tin Ib-.-h or in the -piril whichever i; was -saved your life." My friend, full of amazement, !:?!>: out i? 1 haml. ami shaking mine warmly, evinced more feel::! .'than i had ever given him nvilil Ihr. ' ??( ij' course, course, old man/' h. !. 'i kimw yo;j didn't, mean anything: (inly 1 was taken by surpri.-e, a- weil 1 might be. Ihr 1 was ireim udou.-ly fmid ol l"o>c N; tlgiiton once am so still, lor the matter of that am! the right of her face rather took me aback. We were hall ; engaged ? nee, only her old mntm r broke it <<.! : and I was angrv and ha-tv, and ?and I dropped tliem. and have been sorry ever since: ami then I was loo proud, and, in short, have made an ass id ! myscif. I'oyou know whereslie i- now'.' l)*t you know where she is gone!'" but I can lind mit. ' ' I wish yuu would: for after :-.;! you tell me, I have a -lion;: inclination to follow her, and try my luck again try if 'Fortune will turn her vvheei lor my bcuelil." "Most certainly do so: you would ii" liv? ing in her lace if you did ii ?; : for really thi- i- the mosi a.-toun.g tiling', on the winde, that ever happened to a fellow. { There must have been some mysterious agency a; work when you w* re ; irown so together tint niglil without < ilhcr-of you knowing it. Say thai the appearance was but a vapor ??!' the brain, partly due to ill-health and uneasy sleep, -tiil its aspect aid nature are clearly traceable lo Miss Naugiiton's presence hard by : and mere coincidence is no! suliieient to ae couni for all that happcm '!.'' ''Very marvellous, i.tily,"' said !:??: "ami we can only call i . as {]?*? guard did,'the ghost of a chance." Still, what? ever it was, it hardly accounts for the earring being in my com partim til ; I .ha I", as I originally wrote, was not the gii?st of an earrin: : how do wegi ". *\v* r that "Ah." I answered, "we a- far off in the Million o|' that .? i ever. Never mind: be thankful ii.:'.' tilings are a thcy ate. I wili ascertain IV< in my wife Miss Naugiiton's presi nl addn and do you go and si >? she can explain Hie my ?tery.'" Ib.- t'.li iw< d t y ailviv, and ).?? i'tnally married IIo-< Naughtou, of cotir.-e : i.nt was thrown on the earring l ie of the mystery. J i i- cveiitnaby e:i:!ie. how? ever, thu.-wi.?e: In the eoiir-e <?!' the whirligig of scciely in wliieh my friend and iii- wife m i.e. shere .'.a- turned, op parly * '.\ that fatal nig* :. and lie tun- ex? plains ihe . nigiiia: l!-' -a ? i;? was hit -, and was hurry log a: mg platiiain at reterborough when Miss Naiigiiton and her friends *??< re trying to lind -eat.-. They were a little ahead of hiiu, and in the con tu-ion !..? must have dropped one ? ?I her earrings i> r he picked it up, and fearing t" h ft behind?for the whistle was sounding';?he made a d:ish at the iicarcsl carnage) I'iie wimloiv was open, hut ii.'- door was locked : and en precipitately thrust? ing in hi- bead lo it iln.-re was room, Iiis elbow struck again-i '.in- edge oi the dtior. and lii-j blow jerki-d I he Irinkel.out o.' hi- baud to the further -ide of the ?arriage. and ti;. h j- of a recuni lieot i a- ' er half a-Seep. There was no lime ;?? arouse the piis-enge:' or call the guard, lie; train being actually in motion: and i' v...- only by jumping into l!ie next c impailiiieiit ilial he managed to save h:.ii---.I from oeiug i i. behiuu. ??i course l.'.t eonciud d that he should ; recover tin earring when liiey -topped .it <ii.it.:h. i.: : but I hen eaiao the aceid nl, and tin: 1 of the earring wa- held of little "account albeit it was a potent mc in 'aving luv friend's lite. I'ao At'vo !: in tiii: iti. -The tone ol a large number of the Southern newspapers upon the reeem ileeision of the Supreme t'nun ailirniing the consti I't'ionality fd'the national ehvtioii laws by i.o meat:- what eouhl i"' desired. 1 With on" of two i xeepiions our con? temporaries in thai section are Very mm-h dissatisfied with ihe deci-ion nd talk in a vague * >:i id' way about making the mandate ol tii" court an "i--ue in the nexl national campaign. I'.xaetiy wliat they propose to do. ihey do hot say. 'J'liey caniioi surely be insane enough to contemplate the calling < \ a coiiven- . lion. !;:?? e ?!!-;rueti 'u ol' a platform ami nomination of a eandbiale pledgvd ] to a reversal in some way or anothei of the detdsjou in ipie-tion. A programme or a policy of this I.in I would oe the ir.tist eert.tih way to secure what liie majority ot' s--'n-ibie in- :: in Snitih ale. v. e .ii .? ??'.:.;':?!. ul, so anxious to avoid To make such an ir-uc would be upon the pari "I tiie South the extreme of folly. Its diitv is to obey, a- it i- ib nan ot all pan- of the country !?? oi,. -. preine a v oi' |',e !.-n i. file iipporiie ? -."an- w add he simply stii ide ami the an" jiiuiy tn- m-'H ? live ;\-" V.'va, I he > w i orK >- ? :;??:.:-? ?ml r - one ipmiilicatioii w:!:i"i:! '.vldcb u mi:, ii- i ex;.. et i,, i" cb-.".. ! i'o -ide:, I.V.: u-ai < -mm ! i ei ? . .V? urn ho h.i ih..; u: ?on lituti'imii dc iei-. no man who w:i ?ngage.i in [oom-aing i:- ad ??'';-"i i ?o::-te... i-.o man ?-.]?,, wa- . i.gl.ged i ? !?-? :! uecio- ii; \vhleh ?': ? < ?mm's-ion v. I ui'.ed St.ii.- dering pn -i?t ye ir.. ? in .'?? ?: ?! :::..:'??': ' >r ti.'- ? :ii'" :-v an ... e :.\ ??:. The -?;!. :.: idi, ?\ -lio.v -11 "i :.? . ' ?: !i;o-l ijui . ? ? !? v. r. jnd i- line-- ? a TisK ( '-'.k':''!- S'Yill'UUI.V.. M-?(,;..,is- :.::<! Sj.va!. <>:.: " I:. ;M:t!icntie and au'.h 'ii/v_?.l interview--: had by il- report, rs >\ i !?>. .'Seymour; i r:i-.i i ?ibi'ii ('. V. alkcr. ?-!' V irginia, in relation ;?? the [.???:icI situation i:: 'j' lit ia!. a;.'! in particular !?? ihe present i i.a.iili .ii prospects ,f the Demo? cratic party ia State Nt'-w Voile. .Mr. Seymour is a cio-e ??;?-? ?v; r. am!, standing aloof from the turmoil aa?i strife ? il" polities, hi- view.- are particularly in* l cresting ami important In answer in the a. "What ? I** ynti think ?-; tlx condition . fine le-ptiblicau parly?' ex i i .v. rum Seymour said : "The Republican party. in li.i S.ta!c and in the I nion. i- demoralized; and it- iptarrcls are among young and ac'ivc men." "Do yon think ? Ira it v. Id be : omit at. d a! Chicago? ' " I do not. I hat e no ith a "A bo will be nominated lor President by the P.cpubli ran -: hi;', they v. ill. in my opiui n. nom? inale some new man, whose relationships tire a- yi'i unknown. 'I Ite hi-tory ol liie Republican party ha- shown that ii sirong men have generally: failed to re? ceive the nomination lor President. When Lincoln wa- firs! nominated for I're-idelil lie wa- comparatively un? known, and was accepted for the rea-oii (hat no one knew what his view- were. There wa- a bitter Opposition to hi- re nomination, lor the reason that hi- parly knew Ii im better, So with (trawl. When !. wa- nominated tor I'resident tiie lirsl time im ..iie knew what his politic- or policy were. Now that both are known, liiere is a bitter contest over him. and. in my opiui >n, be cannot succeed in secu? ring the nomination. The cause <>i ibis -'.ate ol" niiairs lies in the fact that the Republican party i- made up of iji-cor danl elemi nts, men wi'.o are wild theo ri-ts. 'I in- range in religion from Itishop Simpson down to Uobcr: Inger.-oil, and in business mailers from the free com? mercial ideas of the business nieiiof New York in the rigid high larilf ideas of Kel ley ol' Pennsylvania. In their political view- of government they range from the opinion- of Mr. IMaine, who want- lo make this what he call- :i sovereign na? tion, where the minority of the people living in States with small population.1" ? an govern ihe majority by the power and patronage of life Senate, while an? other class of Republicans, represented by journals like ihe New York / ??/.''< ? 1'tiitf, wisli t>> keep our general govern uieiil within it- due lino;-. To satisfy such a party, made upol such discordant elements, i' i- nee. s-ary to take up im n. they did in li e case of >!r. Hayes and others mentioned, who arc so little known liiat no section of the country can take olieiiee. I do not think liiat any of ;he candi? dates for ihe I 'resilient :al nomination now prominent wiil !>? - - .. ?el tiie Republicans at Chicago. They are ad ioo Republican for tiie tu-pubtican-party. I iciuiw I hem ad personally, and I have more kindly feelings tow-mis tiiem than large sections ? >:' iie ir own party have, and i feel more respect for their charac ler- than many of tin :.? political party express with regard to ;:: i: :;.??!'..!-. tiieir iitne.-s and liieir pnpiiiai i;y." ''i-loveruor Seymour, have you an idea whowill be nominated for President bv the Dem- erat- ?" " .No one can yes forecast the action i I the Democratic party, nor have tho-e mpken of in cotw ctioti with the nomi? nation for the Presidency clearly.made up their minds tjjat they wish to be pat upon the ticket. I know hut iittle abOu: die curr.ut of politic i! event's, as i lite ::: a retired way, see but few people and read bu' lew journals'. My views are of liille oi no value, but i: looks to rue as i: tiie action of the Democratic National Convention must in a great degree be shaped by the eour.-u of i vents, and par? ticularly by !;.?? action of the Mepublican Convention, which will be held tirst. So far a- 'in- men are concerned who are spoken of in connection with th nomi? nation I .r P;e-;,!,:,: !,v ;!,.? Item .erats, I feel kindly towards tiiem all. and can give them ail I have to give- my-mvu vote, for tin- day has gone by win u I ."an lake an active par: in a political can? vass." "What do you think of tie- condition oft! ? Democratic party in theState?'' ''With regard to ihe Democratic party i:i New York state, while there arc un? fortunate differences tiny are drifting into tin pa-t and are getting behind the party in it- course in the future. < m the oilier hand, the .jiiarrels among tie- Re? publicans are breaking oi.t along ihe pathways before them. Those who have been prominent in shaping the policy of (he I democratic party are getting old and infirm and are dying out, and as I am the oldest I expect to had oil'. The ?piarrcls among the Democrats are fiver ?ld men, and it is the height of folly to continue ihem. The old men will all pa-- away in two ??;? three year- at the mos!, and then the yo;n>_r and vigorous men who are left will find themselves embiiti red t iwards each other on account if men ui.-> are dead and gone ami who \\. re no; .vorth lighting over. 1 spent the early and best pari of my life in es p iii-imr the cause of old men, and many were lie bittet quarrel- I bad in I In: r be? half. I he wounds received rankle to this day. and the animosities engendered, many ??; lhem. have neverboen forgolicli >.r allayed; 1 fought bitter lights over Clay, t 'as-. Van Itiircn and other-, and helo.e ! knew it they were aii dead. It i- fooli-h for young men to waste their time in ipeirn ling over or espou-ini: ihe ? in-.-old iiieti. The Republican com? batants are active men. in tlie vigornl life, add wijl cniinue ' ??> lead or mi-lead their friends lor many years lo come. I bin. I.'i. in- leibiii-on. ? \ i lovenmr. i- ai pft .-i til ^topping w iih ' i- son. Coi. P.C. b'obiuson. wie?, re-idence i- pleas aiitly loc-ited on We-- V. avr sin . '. i i ili.-City-.: l.imira. Tin- interview with liim partook more ??! t! ?? nature of :s lalk. in which the t:oveiiidr cxprv--:d iiiin-elf freely aial withoui reserve. lie liiised id- statt men'- with the ri mark liail iiiiiii teov i.e had relu-ed every re ipie.-l i . be interviewed; and tii !' ti.i w on Id !??? i.i- lir-t pul'lic inter mce upon I olitical lopie- -im-' ?!.'? ction !a-t I.id. ?\\- il i-.' -aid !a . "1 l ave few V? w- to exprc.-s. 1 have worked hard for tie- la- ' iliiee y ear-, and I now intend :?? lake a |ot:g r.--i \\it-lii ?;? b .lb. ling my-. '! mm h allopo!:;i. -." ? .v. ::-ii.t\ -"\ |'!'\i;s to- II \i:M'?NY. i'oub'. oiy Ii 'I y.eir aj-teuTjori caib-d lo prope-ui.ei. e --.oi:!'ire- (fir. A ! ..my. ? ? e:i|! :i eo;:!'i ..- !e:ai r.j i '< n.: l! ? ? ? . ? ? ? ?'?':.: : purpo e -f l;ar:;iotii/iie.' lie- dilli ? er..-es of ?I.:- party in ih -r- An you in favor of-n n i plan 1 ' "I am Hot in I i-yoi ativ coni.f f.ee i i the I 'eiuocrais ..t the State," tepii. d ti.'- t lovertioi "'riie only way lo bar ? .? . ? ? : [ic i , . ? ? ? : ' j i; pn ??? ? I oili its -way, ocrfoi-mitiy i - du!\ j . i,..: Wiiwing :;. ,;. ih;:t duty a hab"' ?:: tlii. i Sit-' i.rgam.-a-toii mu-l ...??>v; who de-ire o/join it lo ? When ? rcguhtr I ?? n.oi or-.'.-'iiiza'i di ??: party in :- - or..;; -a i'|< an i de? moralized, na-! ;:- usefuim-s is gene, i'he t litre! t.i ;ti: convention- >.r cottier ? ?net -. out ?: i ? ??: tie ? ' I I lie regular tir ::av / ?'hm ? t lire jeti'iy. forihe \<\ift>. id' harmonizing the d:;i' relics of ii . party, wuiii-i be-.Imply In hriug ruin to ; . ..j.i i. bln-i. !:t.riri:igi;:%eii:vive;iii.'.h ing }?? :> mal. hotbiiig -:it in ihe ngu !:ir organization ??: ihe I ?'. nn? ratic party ill the .-talit oi' New York, i:- .!????:-are open for all men ! i at ! will, it who an "V\ til Mr. I ii.ii n he a < niiilidatr <.r !'ie-nl in the l-iiieitiliati ? ? aveii ?? riiat." said < h.venst.r K .hin-on, "I i;ai::it.| un?wer. Nune ttine ago Mr. I ii ilirii informed !;:?? lliat he did a .t desire tjie nomination f r I're-blent ihi- year, ye! from what I know of his views I sliotthl that he ?voidd accept the nom? ination if it were leuderidhim. I think, however, in- would be entirely satisfied it a Democrat eoiili|.i?e nominated at l.'in einnati who would represent his princi? ples ami i;i- \ii Ws a:: I who Would stand limi lor the condemnation oi the moil -:ro:;. frauds which cheated the Ameri? can pcohh - ii- of their rights and struck such a dangt mils hh.w lo' ih.-ir Ii!n-riie.-. i'hc condemnation ol these frauds mtisl i?- lie- key-note of the coming campaign and the battle-cry of the coming can \a--." " I l.iovernor Uobiuso:i conversed ireely concerning tiie result ol the election in New York Sia'.e last tail. "I laid lit; thought," said he, "of accepting a remuiis | ination from tin- Democracy until .lohn I Kelly proclaimed that I must no*, he rc iioiuiualed. I had worked hard fur three years, and I wanted rest. I had admin- : istered ihe government ol the .""t?te upon 1 the-sound fundament ?.: principles which are the foundation of republican govern- j meni and are the plnlloriu of the Dcnne cralic party. ! was conical to retire to private life, and w hen some of my friends . iiintetl at the proposition to place me in ' nomination again I lobl them no. I did I not desire another term ; bill when that foolish feliow in New York said that I . .-hoiihi hoi I..- renoiiiinaled. that altered ! matters, ami I re.-oived lo accept tin- re iiominalioii it' it were tendered me. I knew thai the party wasdoomed to il-d'eat before I was nominal) i. I knew that it was-doomed to defeat when ! was nomi? nated, but I knew thai it would go down wilii colors living, nol yielding one jot ol principle. I see that John Kelly now says thai the Democrats must no: nomi? nate Mr. Tilden :.t < ineinuati. They may nominate tmybody else but Mr. Til? den;, but they inti-t nut nominate him. That declaration wiii. in my opinion, go far towards nominating Mr. Tilden. I .b'im Kelly was iho ,-. u-e of my iiomina- ! lion for I iovcrnor last. fail. I 'nlil he said I siiouhl no! b nominated i had lirmly [ made up my mind I siaiuit! n it, be a-an- j lieft rring I??? < i >v. - ?? :not:r,?iov. Hob? j in-oii declared that he believed l:im ;?> be ' sincere in id- determination no! to he a j camiida e for the ? residential nosnina ' iov. Se\ moiir woind not accept tiie noin- ? ination were't tendered him. "i know iiia hefauie't endure excitement." said i iov. Uebin-on, "and i believe thai the | eXciteiiieti! :iti?l iaboi a po ?lical cam- [ pajgti would completely break him ' down." tft.vnitNs;:: \v vt.K!.!: i i:?; r:f. j A representativei flint <'? '.ra!?ohad j an interview with lion. '?>. Walker, | .-.?.-mi mber of ('oiigress and cx-i iovcrnor 1 of Virginia', wlm i- now practicing law in j Ifiugiiaiatoii. and whose appeal lor har? mony in !:;:? I ?eil.1 : ic rMate l.'tuiveilr :i m will be remeuilieied. "Vs no :- >? -<r ! iu'efercuet: ;i-r the 1 'ciiiocratic can-:, iate ' i'or IVesidenf.'" was asked. j ! prefer Horatio Seymour lor the l>- m leraiiecan tbiate for l'v.-i-h 11'. above j ad other meii in tin- party." he replicdi ! "iVilities em I..- mutldlal in Vir ginia Let ween tiie I ?? !- payt r-an-1 ih.id- i iu.-ters. ho y. .1 tit:itk that thi> wiii en- j ?lange 1 ;hc success of tiie Democracy in J "I do not. I know the people <-f Vir- | ginia -belter than they know themselves ind truer people never lived. Whatever may be the local diihrente-i upon the Ii hi <;m -lion ?>; the people of Virginia, j when it coiue- to a great National contest i in which are involved :h. life or death of d.e great principles proclaimed ami ? laughl by her eminent men of the past, her people rally wilii earnestne-sami ? uthllsiasm to (he support of the doc riues ativoeateil by her great .lell'ersoii, j lie apostle of ihe Democracy. If the I 'iueinmili (.'oiivention acts a- wisely as' I think it wiii. Virginia s electoral vote j '?r it- nominee may be counted upon fort 1 certainty : ami what is true id' Virginia - true ol every otiierSouthern Stale. In ttlier words, our success or defeat will; lepeml upon the action of the National I iciuocratic < 'oiivention." '? f 1 A IN Ktii'N' 'M.."o. 10: I'S.vi Ms. \ we-i known lhoigi.in. while travel ng in Liberty L'otmiy, recently met a nine negro preacher in tin- load and lopped him for a little talk. "i?11 tier." -do the g'Ui'icinnu. "I see 'oil. have your l.tibD in your hand. Do oil iireaeii to 1 lav . "Well, whal i- yoiii ???? \i '.' "Wei!, -ail. I un't tllek lio :. \' a- yit." "What! no text'.' D n'i yoii prepare "No. -:ih. not zaciiy." "Wiiy. I.ui'er, I have m-vi-r known a uva'eher t-i deliver a sermon without ?rititig it or ihinking it over." "i.'a! - W'-oi!.' -a!i. Da! alt."' e- v ! n' er de Scripiur. I ?e ilible -ay. n >pi u _\ ?: Olli ell I will llii Hill.' "I'.ul dien liiere are -?.!!:?? migitiy nig iioii?hs." ".Wi !i. you haven*! prepitrt i any - r 11011. and v- : haven 1 taken -itiv ? st. V!...; .|? . .?I to do t ,-dav d . ioiig ;? .1 in : I'll 1 ?; \ ? i ? 1 en \'.:. A a ? ?h-piiiin! na- born \V.dire-ibtv moruiu*: ?1 til.- ..' ! Imiltiieg :.s :!n-?? <-?? rot' ? II.Ige mi 1 'o!::ni;.i:; . ; -i.-. w liieh i- 11-. ?! as iie winter ':"'';'" "' 1 .' I'1'1 ,kl '''dley's - ".-i inches in height, and measure- Jvl ueh't s- jV--iii li.e b:is.'-'.ii :'.-?? trtliik-to ine ail. I' i- !'>.- ?i.iv in,'-, a .- ..; :h kind .... re-ord .!.hhth has ..e. und ? hi ? ?; e 1 . phants w- n- in :t dorn -': a .1 . f m.'ti'.i.-r wa risiiicrao j \. :. isi-d o., r ! 1, event; an mus >l her e'i'i-y ii< -:j-.._\-rai?n \\i.i--h -. p i'aled la-r IV--lit li.e ot'n i' ..' im..!-, an i o-siag ii i-tove aboiii ih,. .|a!tie. Vi 1 of in aitiim Is -t m< -i eo mizani oi tiie fact hat M.im-tliinu oi uuusiuipidi'aracier ;.:?! hap'petit d. and fhev , vim ,?J -j-;.- of In Wot-lle a- >\ how- i:i :? 1! nil .1 ??? >tn im 1 - Imtiaii v , 1 .!.. ?: . tl.-etualli el.-.,-::;.-:;;! ? ': i-.!::;. im ' ' ? :????!.?.... :: liundr. i v.v.I - iV: V. ;;-idngioli' t ity t-> inspcd the m:d;ing ot' butter without t!.. win.!, sili- ag. tiVy ??!" a cow. A- tin majority of i'fir r?.?!?!??!?* very Ii5c'- !y lab -r under tin- daily *!?-!*:-*? *rt dial tin \ rat Suit irr, v. Siiic partaking liberally Oi what their iiiitiratiiVr:. -bov. what the j -??;? in-.- of ihe I'.'th eatery can accom- i p!;.-!: in the way of sti slii siting Onel thing for an-'her. < ?.<? miargarit:e i- made out "I caul fat. This, tat i- ] eh a: < <l. imbed an<i tin- tallow eliminat? ed. Tin.1 < ii remainim: i- mixed with' mid. an?I placed in a steam churn. The ! proportion of milk i- l"; gallons .,r li'.'.r pounds !.. .'?'?o;.oii|..|. oYoij. Atter being 1 worked for. ttventy minutes, the nil an i milk are rhurte <i into hinter ami are j ilrawn oil' into a large lank Ii!leiI ?villi ern.-he'.l ice. I'< inj! raretuily mi.\e<l with | '.:.Icoimirgarim: or bull? i lor it was ? unanimously agreed by ad [.resent that i; was buiten i- separated I'mm the water produced by llie melting ice, and. i alter being properly salted, is packed in ; firkins and iierees, ready for the market. Atter tie visiting state-men had in ?peeled tin manufactory ami pronounced. ' in a guarded fashion, thai they had eaten of butter instead of oleomargarine, they were taken to iioberi lieniiert's, in Haiti- ' ni?>re. and treated tu a bampict that Sam Wan! himself might have envied, and imeli an one a- no < 'ongrcssmsin can |k?s- 1 sibly resist. We are lold that as the dinner war commencing. Mr. W. S. Car roll,'.director ol the company, arose and; -aid : "In vi. w of tar fact that a Colt gre-sioiial committee ha- come here to . lind out the real facts about an industry , of. thi? city, I will state just here that there are on the table before yon both! oleomargarine and Delaware print but? ter. 'I'he former sell!? for fnun is to j ci nt- per pound, and the latter for from , ?}n to .'o cents. We don't want to impose upon y.ai. and merely say that it is for you to decide which is wliich, and then ;.?.-eh et what to eat." There was no instant response :-> thi-. Responses came freely enough when the incomparable terrapin, the succulent j Lynn haven !>ay oysters, the juicy turtle steak ami the generous, heart-opening, tongue loosi id ng .unl eye-shut ling chain* ? pag.'ie had gone l!ie way of all -itch liesh and fluid down the turnpike road >f political throats. Cotigressinati llorr was in ilia: mellow condition which made a bid against oleomargarine like a bull (?gains! the comet. He was in favor of. she ivhole business and "feeling, and! dunking that the company were doing, ???.?ii in ma!;in", a whole- nie and pure food product at a price within the reach j ? >:' the workingtnan. In conclusion, the speaki r stated that i n one te ed f ar that i lie would ever aid.hi any legislation to mm ; er manufacturiii'j in the South, and looked forward to a lime when business men of ail sections would eonsidi r their j intere-ls lie- ssiihe. a id the n-n.: of this ! feeling would in- si Coiigri? legislating of Vireiuia, went the whoie animal, lie j .aid : ' i have bebt Id to day the cow i with I., r one hundred tea;- ?:.-? :i.i g.not | butler." and ciosed id- r.-maik- with a! statement oj hi- satisfaction oleo? margarine wan all that its maker.- claimed for it. and that it- manufacture would steadily increase. Col. \). Wyatl Vikcn,of Sou lb ' 'an ili tut, a grave man ami ueofthc best experimental farmers ami writers in the So'.ilh, stagirers a- with this state-] im I.; : "1 aai only afraid that an the old ; cows in the country will -non eea-e to give milk to be used in making butter. | I am ii"! rorrj that -itch i- !.??? case, for oleomargarine lakes the pine. ..i butter. I am satisfied with this article, and here? after 1 shad never have another churn on my farm. Laughter. We will ? drink our milk and cream and buy oleo? margarine." There was much more ol he -.ime -or:, hut we forbear. The j rrand finale was the test of Delaware print butter and oleomargarine, a large ' majority saying that they judged by the] llavor. looks and odor of both, and named I the oleomargatitie ;i- the butter, but were tinal'v convinced of their error by Mr. Ilet tsert annoiinciiur which was hut tor. Iii;- i- highly satisfactory no doubt, es- j pecially to Mr. Kenncrl and Mr.Carroll, j Weatlmire the diplomacy of putting < 'on ?iressiuen and Delaware print bulter, not to speak "I oleomargarine, to [he lest af? ter the Soloiiian stomach had been gen? erously warmed up with ''the best the market atlbrdcd.'' A dinner at lb nnert's, with all llie trimmings, is calculated to in.ike a Cotigressinati swear that the ii.n is made of green chei. much less thai oleomargarine was a- goo I as Dela? ware print butter, worth cents a pound. Sol having been exposed :?? the seduc? tions of a IJallimoredinner, which i- far in..re poll nl than the magician's wand, i tin- -ober, cold-blooded judicial editor of the .Ionnull ol C'l^oH/ree, w iio probably eats brown bread and baked beans, puts Iii- merciless probe into oleomargarine in :hi- fashion: ' It is not the truth, or unreliable cow, or the advocate of pure butter, that /?'? ?. in tri:? controversy. It is beef fat, taking to it-, if the name' ami llavor i I'btilter bv an admixture of a.ilk, and then -.-king, by the aid of such chemi-l ami profe-sors. to pa-.- it -' 1; off as better liian butter made in lite ? old roundab >t? * way,' which i- the gay deceiver. ' " We desire lor ourselves and the general public the 1 privilege of the roundabout way. We itccep: tiie cow. with all her 'uureliabili iv.} ittid insist, as the wag did with the hairs in his Iv-iarding hoii.-e butter, that liie lieef lat-hall be kejit on a separate plate ami only us,,I by :!..who prefer 1 line r111 > lure" We should like to have seen the Con-' 'jres-tnen next day when ihey rea l the report oi their-prec'n. - in the Pialt.iiiiore pap. rs. We i-hmtld a!-- like lb have laken an artistic bird's eye view of Messr-". i 'artoil and lb urn rt, ?i'milarly en _'? .?!.!. Ther<< are liU?iy v.ays of killing a i'otitrrOssioual eat bc-ideL choking her with oh oniaigarine and i 'i lawarc print butt, r: ami long before ti t- tin- <? "on oiial ileb gation has found out that lie1 hair of llie don it no! the'hair itiithe . . . . ? I :. i \n ? 1-. ivit:- vi-ilor to i Southern plantation !::iv:,i.' notieed ;.:t cn'.inly taille-s i>:i!i r a hol?' : . er.rn rick backward. a?kr-d a colored aerieiilturi-t ii '?;. knew iIm rea-. :i ot ';..? singular mode ?.| Why. I.,,-." dal liole lieadlomuss. ii -t like anv .>t!:t r eal. but ..ne .lav de terrier d what bad i ecu layin' l-.r'him a .1 II. n.ade :? ?.Tab al bun a-bvyvas e.wine in and bit id - laii -lUar An' eve, -inc.- den. I iiiitt?. - i the terrii I do? . an i bile ?? i' um vi rsai ; si mi! i \ D- I'.iil Iren tei thing oi -iitl\*riiit; m ? -urn;, i i omi hunt ?ill ' ? "i on :." ;'.Ur?*!i:!?. W i liu n ;.u< i ? !;.. :. ? ? :? (.'.:: ! King-ton. -?> it- to t: ihr Vt:il?n_?!:r : travel, and thai mad will have '?i g., up I'a fork oi I Vit is creel; liui.t by my house; I: can'? go any > \in r nay. :?? ? you ?er we v. I! - ??!! he in the center ? ?:" -pace, r.-a'inl have a grand junction .,; < i:r own, ami can step mi the ears ami go any V.in !e on a IV: ? tie!.. !. As the llj-!l ir.an -aid. \vi can travel cheaper than v.e can stay a: home, ami do it in !? -- time. I'm! everybody in rdent ! i n h hvjL up "iii- way in huv land. ' farms aiut Ihr .-aic. and v.<- d<ml want to build up any town. We want :?? farm i: ami live honest. We waul a school, and a church, ?!!:?! a doctor ami lhats ahoiit ad. Fart is we are obliged to have a doctor Unl that one i- nei iid at cii. hut jtl?t ?0 tplie! the female hy-N-rick- wlo'ii any little thing happen^. :-ii:ce we'w lived here I've h id to -. ;,.| ?*?;,? mil. - on the run lor a doctor two times ju-l to keep ilown ihe famiiy hy-tcricks. I loth timef the patient iccovereil before the doctor arrived, hill 'diet; i; was -itch a conhotto have iiim ar ?und ami hear him say it was a!! right and see him measure out a lit? lie yalldw powder. It was only day be? fore yesterday that i'alph ; ui our little I'ari oii the old man- and v.:;- leading her along at the rale of ahoiif a ha;! a mile an hour, when tin- little ? hap look a notion to tall oil', and a.- soon A~ iiie wind of it got t.. headquarters, lucre was a wiid femaie ru-li for tin- -rem: of great lii-aMrr; "(>ii mercy, i >h lite dear child, lie's killed, I know In's killed, poor little ihirling. ? >h my child, my child. Ilalph. I'll whip you tor this if I iive. i?hmy precious. .Iu?t !....!; at that place on Iiis little h. ad. ('nil ?Ireii, where is your pa. Sernl lor the doctor. Uh me rev what did v.e ever move onl here for, live miie- iron, a doctor." I was mighty busy planting, peas and soforth in my garden, but I stiu(fed t'ne commotion in ihr air. and in a few moment- found em ad I,ringing the hov to the house, ami .Mr-. Arp and the girls talked -o fa-: and look on so I couldeti! lind out what had happened to him. Kinally I got the bottom facts from Ilalph the recklc-s tin but ??mi of all complaints- ihe promise of a thou? sand whippings With nary one p, rlorim-d. i looked in vain for wounds ami bruises ami dislocations. "The hoy i- not -rri oiisly bun," -aid I "he is badly skei r rd, and you are making him more so." Well, they didn't call me an unfeeling brute, but they withered me wdth looks ami lan/nage. i refused to -end f r a doctor, a; i retire.! from the scene. The hoy cried smartly am! was about to -oh himself t > sleep when ! icturncd, and they all -aid frantically "don't let him go to sleep?oil no. that will never d .. its ihe worst tiling in the world tor a fall. They -ay tiny never wake up any more when tin y go to sleep -oh, incr cy." "Wh ? -ay- s i " .-aid I. "Why < very body?the "doctor's buok~tl:oughl yoti knew liiat much.'' "The boy -hail sh -p." -aid I Jirmiv. I was iretlia? mv back to- bv ti.i- lim* . And tin- hov did sleep, ' lie slept ail night and was the first o;:e no in the morning and went tearing over the hot:-- hunting f-r his er.I nw to hoot a robin from the win? dow. They have hunted ail river ililil for a blue -;. i and I think would have fell better it they had found one, and joM day I heirdom say he didcnl lo-ik ex? actly right out o| his eye-, i.'alph's wdiippin !:::- not tra::.-pirrd a- yet, and although tic- l-oy carries a subdued look. I don't ihiiik lie i.- -erioti.-lv alarm? ed. I woaideiit give a emit tor a boy who grows up wilhoui having had some acd dents ?some narr<?w '-.ape. -mi- tail from a horse, or a tree, or a cut tout, or sou: thing. When a soldier comes from the war it-an hotioi to show his -tar-, an ! a lather ;- no her?? who has nothing o ie!l hi-, children about what happened to him when he wa-a Iillle buy. Never? theless, I would feel better if we had a doctor within reach, for tin: family hys? terics i- a bad tiling, ami keep us ail from being calm and serene, Afhuil-* f*W*.'? A Si i:.\mi:i: Sroi'i'Ko itv a Wiiai.i:. - Tim steamship t?twr/!>?!/. of the Obi 1 ??> minion line, arrived in this port yester? day from Norfolk, and repotted timt on the way she had been obliged to back water on account of a huge whale wdiich lay directly aero-- the ship's bmv. ("apt. fiibbes gave the foiiowing version of the incident: "t>n the morning of the 12th instant I took ihe wheel. The steamer was then scudding along at the rate of about eleven knot- an hour against a northeast wind. This course was kept until about'.) A. M., when we werelifteen mile- from Kemviek's Island, oil'the Del? aware Coast. Suddenly, about loo yards oil' the port bow, I saw the spout of a w hale. Tiic stream of water ejected was larger and proje-cted to a greater heigh: than I had ever seen before: and I be? came so interested in it that J did not perceive our close proximity to tin- mon? ster until its huge bulk lay aero-- our bows. Then I -aw that there was at lea.-: lorty feet of its back exposed above -ur face. This exposed surface i quickly calculated would give me a whale of about seventy-live or eighty feel in length ami of unknown diameter. I iimediately rang the belb to !>a,!< watt . for I did not think tint! a wooden keel could slicecss fully collide with a tuoti-t r whale, i be engines obeyed the signal.and the keel of the ship Was stopped within four feel of ?he ba. k of the whale, lie la/.ily iloatcd out of ['.-.?? way. and then we steamed ahead. The last I-aw of the whale wa-:i magnificent -purl of sea foam':"?X. )'. .I/ / - I !. Judge Martin decided at Uridge port tin- other 'lay that o rtain evidence was inadmis-ible. The attorney took str ng exception to ihe ruling, audit; -.-'e : that it wa- atlnii-sible. "I know, your liotmr." said he warmly, ?that it i proper evidence. Here \ have been practicing at the I ar hd forty years, and mm I want t.? know if I am a :i?oI .'" "That," quietly n-p'.ied the court, "is a qi;es:h?:i ?: fact, ami isoi ??: i.?,?.?.?. a . i - . I A -chotdbov got uj> ; * rciil a com itit.ii on " I'i.i- Tree. ' lie go- a- la "i bis Mibjet'l ha- tuanv brandie-.' .iC.e r i you nave eon iiiter ' ii leave;' in I .en!. I'of earl. - n/.-.v. Mr u;here: s!ie h'e,dve-: the trilling sun ooo. If fotir song, are siiii - sin .- on *;.oMii tV.uu .ach s-mg. I: i . -- to -ay lliat she manage- t,. -av. !:::!?? n. mev !??[? a rainv dav. nan We think ? ?jii'siS'y ?>'ll known am! :ul\erl nut tliev are abi>uI