Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

BY E. B. MURR?J & CO. . ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1880. VOLUME. XV.-NO. :38: TUR tfJHOST OF A ?BAKCE. A Strange 81017. The whole affair sounds ?ike the wildest romance. Gr?ntcd. It is not for me to go into the question of its probability ; I simply record certain facts which nave come.under my notice? Here, is a young fellow, like scores of others, with J list enough property to livo on ana to deprive him of the spur to ex ertion. A barrister, quite briefless) 'dab bling in art, literature ; and .music, and . doing nothing with either. Amongst other tastes ho bas one for quaint jewelry -not for his own adornment, but he col lects it, aod possesses many. curious specimens, ancient and modern. I know him very woll, and ho has often shown roo these treasures. One day I call on him, after a long vacation, and find him ? throwing off Blip after dip of manuscript. "Excuse rae five minutes," ho says, "and I shall bavo finished. I have made a wonderful addition to my collec tion, and in tho. oddest manuer. I nm - writing a story about it, abd-there that's the end of tho first part." has been scribbling away while speaking, and now lays down his pon. "You shall read for yourself," ho goea on, gathering up his manuscript/' how it came about, and you will understand why I am rather ex cited at recalling this, the narrow escapo ' and the -strangest adventure I ever ;bad in my life." Then, lighting a cigar, and giving me another, he Bettles mo in ap easy-chair by tho fire, . begins pacing the room, while I-read as follows: ' < jj I loft King's Cross by tho night mail on tho 16th of last August. I was out of hcalra/tired, and Wanted to sleep ; so, Bottling my traps on the seat to my satis faction, I suddenly remembered that I . bad nothing to read, and I called tho guard to tho window that he might get me ' a book. Returning in a minute, ne put into my hands Bulwcr's "Strange Story ;" and, as I gave him the money, he saldi "Now we re off in one minute, air ; I hope you'll like my choice." ?eisnroly turning over tho leaves by the light.of tho carriage lamp, I very soon found-that the work my friend had selected was ut terly distasteful to me, and regretted haviog wasted my money upon it. Ii W*s Q story, as mest people ku?w, treating of spiritual influences, a subject on which I was thoroughly skeptical. I soon got tired of it ; but it served its purpose, and sent me to aleep, and sound asleep I re mained till tho train stepped at PeterboJ rough. Only partly awake, I remember letting down tho window, and thatseveral persons in the crowd on tim platform tried to got into the carriage ; one fellow, just as we were sUrting, thrust his head "co far ia that I thought he was going to make a -harlequin's leap for it. Drowsily cor. f;ratufating myself on having had the door ocked, I was dropping off to sleep again when I suddenly discovered I was not alone. Who was that seated in the op {)oaito corner of the carriage? A young ady, assuredly. Tho dim light from thc lamp enabled me to discern that she WOE in evening dress, with the hood of hei opera-cloak over her head. She appeared to be busy fastening her earring into hoi left ear. "How odd," I thought, "that I shoulc not have seen her get iu 1" Hero wen my legs still stretched across the seat with my. rug over- them, and surely I must have known if ehe had passed me ; atk tho door had certainly never been opened Very angry and puzzled I determined tc remonstrate with th? guard ut tho nexl station., ; What on odd co.: tu ne, too, foi travelling, I thought 1 I couldn't make il out. The yonng lady was very quiet ant: still, and, as she appeared riot to notice roe, I hardly liked to begin any con ver nation, so I sat watching her till Bleer. overtook mo. All at once tho slackening of speet and tho shrill, horrible, hollow.dnuge whistle of the onglno again disturbed mj comfortable nap, and, lazily looking out I found to my surprise we wero not stop ping at any station, and that outsidi nothing could be aeon. A darkness tha might bo felt was all that met the ey when turned to.the opon window, jvhifs Iwere in the midst of country, and tb night breeze told of woods not far of Neither, station, lights nor dwelling were to be discerned in the utter gloom A furtive glance across the carriag Bho?ed tbe young lady still quietly Bit . -ting*t?tere fidgeting with her earring and not the ! least alarmed at this in torrup tion to our journey. I called t the guard as he ran by the moment w stopped, and putting roy "head out c the window, inquired what was the mal ' ter. "Nothing, sir," he said cheerily ; "n danger; only the lina's blocked, and w are waiting till they signal us to go. ot I expect it's & goods train that's bein shunted. It'll bo all righi, sir, in a fo minutos." I then said, in a low -tone "What possessed you to place thia youn lady in my carriage, when 1 Bocspeclall enjoined you to keep it empty?" ". never; let anybody in," protested the mai with surprise. "A yonng lady, do yo sav?" Springing on the step as I dre ruy head back, heMaoked into "tho ca riane, , and t vd?'med : "Why, there no lady, there, sir 1" I turned, and, imagino my confusk -she was gone! "Thia passes my ut derstnnding," said I ; ' "for thougn I1 awear she waa' there befors I spoke to yo' there is certainly nobody there now ; si must have got out." I crossed to the fu titer door, and tried it.; it was lock? . sure -"c?-?-- I let down the g?os? m looked out, but in the darkness, of cours could seo nothing. "Why, you've bet dreaming; sir," said the guard, as looking somewhat small, resumed ni seat "Don't, tell mo." cried It indignantl r.r.d disgusted at the absuruiiy or the p sidon; "I'm perfectly convinced th she was in tho carriage I Why. hero positive proof," I went on, as I perceive and immediately picked np, a gold ci ring from the floor between her seat ai mina. Amazement; mingled with- doo. and distrust, >vas plainly depicted i the guard's handsome countenance, i regarding mp with a puzzled, half-coi leal expression, be said, after a minut "Well, slr, If you really be?!e?? you si her,. I should advise your ch angil your carriage." "Why Sor"-I demandad, in aarprl "Bocanse it's well' to bo on the si sido,.slr, 'for I've heard 'something this kind before, v Young ladies aro nfl . goroufl customers in tr-ins sometinv air," he added, wit> the twinkle corni: . into his CT? agate . As I drew mya u p -somewhat lndh? tant ly. hr?o?tinue "They say an accident ts almost c. tain to occur when an apparition 1 been seen." So, opening the door, he began to c lect my bags and ^ traps, xvhile I,t p piexed and not without ?OUIB le?l?u? alarm, alighted, and followed him h . lily along the side of the lino. "\ might- have s*cri some ladle? and ft liorrin all derweil for a party, get li the compartment in front of yours, Peterborough," renumed the man, as pf cered tho by the lig^t of his lani over thc rough ground; "and fine t merry they wero; thoyjwero going A un?s kl OrantLarn. I fancy you must bare been dreaming, sir, for certainly none of them got into your carriage, though one did try ; and oe to appari tion?, well-" Ec did not finish the sentence, for just then we found an empty compartment at the rear of the trait), and tho engine's whistle at the saine moment announcing tho line clear, with but few more words I was : very soon again locked in*and loft to my self. My first act, wheuth'o train was i nee more in -motion, waa to examine care fully the earring so unaccountably found. Tho shape struck me aa curious. It was a wheel suspended from a bird's claw, which' turned ' when touched. Surely, as I told the guard, this trinket was a prwf that I 'had not been de ceived or dreaming; at least,- this was not the apparition of an earring, at any rate. What could, it mean ? The more I thought of it, tho moro J was per plexed; ami finally I put it away in my portemonuaie, and, with a mind wearied with puzzliug over the strange pecurreuco, J at length fell asleep ouce inore-but not for long. Suddenly I was rudely awakened by a terriOo crash apd a shook which threw me violently forward, while the carriage lurched over and nearly capsized, . I knew at once ar; accident had hap Sonrd-tho r.ccidcnt half prophesied by ie guard. AB poor* as, ? could collect my scattered .senses and .found myself Unhurt, I clambered out of tho carriage and ran down tho lino to the front of tho traiu.: to ascertain tho. extent of tho catastrophe,: It .was difficult to make' ono's way jo the. darkness and confu sion; but what were my feelings of horror and amazement, joined to intense thant; ful ness, when -1. discovered, after somp light .liad been, obtained from a hastily Kindled bonfire, that tho' car riage I previously occupied was: lying a completo wreck! I knew it by ila color and .the. number, which I bad re marked, still-; visible on tho battered panel. Thon I learned that several passongcrs in the other compartments of it had suffered, fearfully, and I was so overcome that ! felt quito dizzy. Here was a wonderful and mlracu , loua escape, indeed. All the evetts of tho last naif-hour rushed through my troubled brain. ' On that smashed and splintered seat I had sat; and, but for tho presence of my mysterious compan ion, there 1 should bo lying-?rustied, maimed, perhaps dead I Horrible ! Tho beads broke out on my brow os I thought of it. When my nerves bad recovered a little, I sought out the guard, who, pale and grave, was' endeavoring to reassure the frightened passengers assembled on the bank. He was com forting them with tho intelligence that a special train would arrive shortly from Grantham, and tako them from tho sceuo of that disaster. "My good fellow,"- said I, "you must explain to me what you meant respect ing that young lady-the apparition, I mean, as you choco to call it. You said an accident-" "Lord bless you. sir," ho interrupted sadly, "'twas only my chaff. I never beard anything about a young lady ; but I thought, as you seemed a bit neared, it would make your mind easier like, and that's why 1 shifted you. I can't give any reason why such a fancy came into my head ; but il'tj well it did, sir, for it just saved your life-saved lt by 'tho ghost of a chance/ as ono way say;*' and there I was a faint, return of the old humorous twinkie in the man's eye, as he thus I npUy 'mnde a play upon the words. 1 "It w.*?t? tho carriage you were in that arTered most," "well, there's many a i true word spoken in jest,'' 'returned I. "Are there many hurt?" I "About seven, I fear, ait, and four or mere killed. We don't know -the cause at present, sir; 'twasn't a collision, and don't appear to have anything to do with the stopping of the train awhile ago. These things do turu one up moro than a bit, sir," added tho man, os he was called away. The lamps of the special train were now sighted, and we. the unscathed were speedily in our places, and^arrijed at our^ destination without fu?tu?x L?i* vt liiuuziiiicu. Sui what porploxcd idcaa %'hiricd ia rapid succes sion through my mind as we were hur ried along. Here waa. I, saved from dreadful and untimely death by-what? Not a dream, certainly; but, whatever it was, by e moat marvelous Interposition, or, perhaps, aa the guard' said, "by the ghost of a chanco." How could I call it a dream or entertain the notion of ghostly influence, when the earring picked up. by my own hands was now a?t? in my pocket? Wa'aitaafe? Hooked. Yes,1 s?f? enough, tho wheel suspended from the bird's claw. A wheel of fortuno it had, indeed, proved to mo. "And do you. mean to tell mo this is a fact ?" I siked ironically, as I fiuished my friend's manuscript. "Every -word of it, as I am a living man," he answered. "See, here ia the eavrinir." and ha handed mo ?ho trinket. "Well," I continued', a&er examining it, "What are you goingto do? How areyou going to finish your Btory?" ' ''Oh I don't know. Can you give mo a notion?'/ Ho knowe Ilftve^ Sf J ?et tor 'dramatic ^situations, "JAjot.?? ?9*sep<| : you NfilUWve to inven! that, I en meet." And we talked a good deal nie??), of course, about the strange \ altair before I left him ; and equally, ol course, at the cud of two years the storj wa? not finished. My friend is only t dabbler, and seldom, bringa any of hi: eflbrts iu art or literature to a fruitful ia sue. ? iiuio thought that it would de volvo on me to take up the thread o: this one, and finish it for bim. ? Before parting,however. I asked: "Di?' {rou see the girl's face ?" Not very clear y. The light waa dim. I could not dis ttnguUb her features precisely, nor th? color of her eye?, nor any details exactly you understand ; yet the;-o was a look" ho went on after ft Daune-"which ra minded me of somebody, or X thought i did, I could not tell whom, that I bad sees before. It waa n mere impression, quib unformed, vague to ft denr?e. ? had fer gotten, even, that anything of the kine crossed my mind until you asked thi Question." "Would you know he ^alu?" "Humph 1"-he hesitated I "hardlj know. I think I should if she wsro sim ilarly dressed and posed." Then ho sah good-bye ; and for two years I do no think wc have mentioned the eubjee above twice ; once, whoo I inquired i ho bad finished tho story, and once late on, whoo, if I did not olear it up, I a least threw a wei ni light upon the. mys tcry-the light by which I am enabled ti make a sort of second part to the firs which I found him writing. ! My friend's rooms again ; looking mud ns ih&al, eave that bo is at his easel, in htend of athis desk. Again, as usual keen for the time being upon what ho i lining, tin ?lima not tnnw orhnn i inlni and I stand talking to him for awhile bc hind his chair. Wo have not aeon esc other lately, and ho rallies me good humoredly about dropping the acquaint ance of careless bachelors like himse since my marriage--for that momentos event bas happened within the last si months.. He was abroad at tho time, an docs, not know my wife yet. Soon * passed from this interesting topic abd I said something about the water-color drawing he was working at, as I still Btood watching its progress over his shoulder. It was a small study, done the previous evening at a lifo-scbool, as he told me, from what artists, call the drap ed model - a rustic figure of a girl seated ou a stile. "But Blay,-"' bn cried, "you should see it under a white mount. I have one here cut out to the size.- Wait, let me get it" He rose and went to the other end qf tho room. An idea struck me ; and taking from my pocket acertain cab inet-sized photograph, which I had brought to ?how him, I atocd it on the easel in front of bis picture, which it cr p.ctly covered. Returning with the mount, and talking volubly about ? what ho waa going to do in painting, he auto matically put the hollow centre of the white cardboard just over tho photograph, ^u^ithout for a moment noticing the chango! had made. Suddenly lie saw it, cud, with and exclamation'of wonder, started back. "How came that here?" he went on, pale and agitated, as he looked inquir ingly from the picture to me. "Did you puttt there? Do you know tho lady?" "You recognise it?" "Yes, certainly. I haven't seen her for some years now ; but I should know that likeness any where." He bit his lip and paused, and then added, "1 didn't know you know, her." "I don't," I answered ; "and I never knew that euch a person bad ever lived Uli yesterday." Then bow do you coma by her portrait? and why do you bring it to me ?" "To.ascertain if it re ally was the' same perBou." "Same pereon. aa' who?-what? I don't understand." "Why, whother, by any strange coin cidence, thia lady-my wife's old friend and schoolfellow-might happen to be the lady you once-well, shall T say once kneW under very peculiar cirenm atancess ?" ' He looked at me now some what angrily, as he said; "See here, old fellow, there are matters sometimes in a man's life that he doesn't caro about hav ing raked up ?gain. ! tell you honestly this id one of them, and I don't quite like this joke." "N? "kind of joke, on my word/' I continued-; "?nd,'if lam touch-: ing o ii anything' unpleasant,- pf case, for rve mo, for I have a pUrpOne.- -JWot that imagined yon were so-sensitive on tho subject, especially aa you contemplated turning it to literary account." "I ?-literary account ? ' What *db you mean?" he asked indignantly. "Ishould as lieve thiuk of turning cannibal as of turning anything connected -with that foung lady to account, -as you call it." was a little puzzle?* now ; so I said : "Well, but who do you say the yonng lady ia?" ''13 ir name-if you mean that -was Mis? 1 laughton, Bose Naughton when I krtv uer; but I confess I don't see that, because she happened to be a friend of your wife, you are warranted in referring thoa abruptly to my acquaint ance with her." "My dear fellow," I cried, "I bad no idea of this/ believe me. I hadn't a notion that yon knew her name, and we are evidently a little at cross-purposes. But bear with me a min ute longer. Admitting that this is a por trait of the Miss Rose Naughton whom you seem to have known, though I never could have guessed that: just look at it carefully again and see if it does not re mind yon of Borne one else-some one whom you once saw, I repeat, uuder very peculiar circumstances." He bends forward to examine the pho tograph, and presently says, "No." Theo I say, "Will'this help your memory ?" And, while he is still looking at.the por trait, I ?>ut down on the ledgo of Ihe easel, just under his eyes, an earring "Good God 1" ho cries, "what are you up to? What have you taken this out ol the cabinet for ?" "I have not been c-?ai the cabinet, if you mean tho place vvnerc you keep your jewels." "Then what, or earth-" He hesitates, and, taking ut the earring, walks with it across the roon to his treasure store. I cannot help, will my dramatic instincts, watching hin eagerly, and it is as good as a play to sci hisBurpriao and wonder when, opening .the cabinet, he takes forth tho earring hi nicked up in tho railway carriage, ant .inda that u? uria tho fe it ow io il in hi other hand. Yes; there they aro, clearly the pair two birdru claws, oaoh holding a revolv ing wheel. "Now look'at tho port rai again,"'I say, when ho had stood fur ? minute regarding me with blank amaze mont. "I don't say that you will, be cause it is mfrs sp?culation, but do yoi hot seo in tho portrait of -Mies Naughto: something to remind yon of tho you?, lady,'your mysterious travelling compan ion?" He is examining tho pnotograpl again. "Well, it is very absurd, bu really, now you put it to mo, there migl be-something of the same look in ii and-" Ho ponders. "Was it Bho the -Rose-after' all, that I in a m?asnt was- reminded, cf that night? On m honor I seem to think it must have been. Then turning to me he aako: "But win is the meaning of all this ? What do yt Want to know whether I can BOO any ri semblance iu this photograph to that git and where, above all, did you get th other earring from?' Explain yoursel for God's sake !" '^Because, as I nay," I replied, "it seen ! to me lust possible that, if there be sue ? a thing as ghostly influence, or spiritua I ism, or clairvoyance, or whatever oi I may ~hoo?o to call such mysteries-b i cause, li ssy, if ouch things exist y< I may have received the warning to leai ! your seat as you did through toe myst ? rions influence of Mis* ri?noh*o?2 bersi for she waa in that-railway train th same night and those earrings belong? to her." Again the wonder in his fa would have been amrsingh??itnotbe* mingled with an r>" pression of pain. "Incredible, preposterous I" ho said length. "You say that Miss Naught is a friend of your wife's?" "Yee ; and I will explain how I car upon th*1 fact forthwith Yesterday, my wife was dressing, she asked me fetch her a brooch from the drawer her dressing-case. On opening it t Ar**- thttjg which caught my eye, arnon; a lot of little trinkets, wa? that carril and a moment's examination showed to bo the counterpart of the one you h so mysteriously como by. Tba devi was not easily to be forgotten. ? You m judge of my surprise, and how l\ ! 1 my toiling har about your strange advt ture. Then we went into the matt and sha on h6r part told me how the e ring had belonged to a school-fellow hera, Hose JSaugL ion hy name, who h lately gone "abroad; and how, two ve ago. she bad been in a fearful ruin accident one evening:, while on her ? froc .Peterborough to a ball at Ora ham-how two of her party had bc killed while sitting beside her ; how t escaped by a miracle, uninjured; s how, amongst the trifling events con nc cd with the terrible circumstance, < had. ioas one of har tarring;--O?S C pair which had been given to ber tl night by the man to whom she was gaged, and who wai himself killed." .My friend's face, With a strange [ varsity, seemed for a moment *.o lose pained expression aa I uttered these 1 Words. 1 resumed : "When Miss Nan ton went abroad she gave my wife photograph-that on the easel-i amongst other souvcnire. that odd ear ring ; for it appears tho tragical accident brought about one good result for her it cut short an engagement entirely dis tasteful to her, and into which she had been forced-well, I didn't bear exactly how; at any rate, she never loved the man-disliked him in fact, my wife says, and : o had no compunction about giving tho earring to my wiA, who was struck with the quaintness of the device. You will readily understaud how Ibis story i instantly associated itself with you in my mind. A comparison pf dates and other I circumstances left no doubt. I was bound to come and tell you ; and I hope, my dear follow, you will acquit me now oran idle intrusion upon your affairs. I assure you I hadn't tho faintest idea that you knew Miss Naughton by name. I thought you might have seen ber, os I believe you did ; for assuredly her pr?s ence-esther in the flesh or in the spirit, whichever it was-saved you? life."- My friend, full of amazement, held out his bandi aDd shaking mine warmly, evinced more feeliug thau I had ever given him 1 credit for. "Of course, of coursa, old man," he- ' said, "I know you didn't mean anything : only I was taken by surprise, as well 1 might be, for I waa tremendously fond of Hose Naughton once-am so still, for tho ; matter of that-and tho sight of nor face rather-took mn aback. .We- ware half engaged once, only her old motlier broke it off ; and I was.angry and hasty, and -and I dropped them, and, have been sorry ever since; and then I. waa too p-oud, aud, in short, havo made au ass of my sc!/. v? you know where she is now ? Do you know whore, she is gone ?" "??Q ; but I can find out." "I wish' you would ; for after all you tell me, I have a strong inclination to follow ber, and try my luck again-try if Fortune will turn her wheel for my benefit." . "Moat certainly,do,so ; you would be fly* ; lng in her face if you, did not ; for really Lb is vs tho most astounding thing, on the ; whole, f iat ever happened to a fellow., There must have -been some ;mysteri?"<s , agency at work when you were thrown so . together that night without either of you knowing it. Say. that thp appearance was but a vapor of.the brain, partly due. to . ill-health .and uneasy sleep, still . its aspect and nature are clearly traceable to Miss Naughton's presence hard by ; aud ' mere coincidence is not sufficient to nc count for all that happened." "V?ry isarVcllousr truly," said bo: "and we can only call it, as tho guard ' iid, 'tho ghost of a chance.'. Still, what- j aver it. was, it hardly accounts tor the ' earring being in ray compartment ; that, is I originally wrote, was not the ghost ; of an earring ; how do wegot ov*?r ?upf ?'' "Ah," I answered, "wo are os far o?" in ' the solution of that as ever. Never mind ; be thankful that things are as they are. I will ascertain from my wife Miss Nanghton'u present address, and do you go and seo if she can explain tho mystery." <- .. . Ile followed my advice, and be finally married Hose Naughton, of course ; but still it was a long time before any light ! was thrown on tho earring sido of the mystery. " This eventually came, how ers, thuBwiBs: ia the course of the whirligig of society in which my friend and his wife move, there has turned up a young man, who was one of tho ball party on that fatal night, and be thus ex plains tho enigma: Ho says ho was late, and was hurrying along tho platform.nt ' Peterborough when Miss Naughton:and ber friends were trying to und seats. They were a little ahead of him, and- in the contusion she must have dropped ono of her earrings, for ho picked it' upi and - fearing to be left behind-for tho whistle was sounding-ho mada a daeh at the nearest carriage. i The window was open, but the door waa locked ; and on precipitately thrust ing in his bead to seo if there was room, his elbow struck against the edge of the door, and the blow jerked the trinket out of hie hand to the further side of the carriage, and across tho legs of a recum bent passenger half asleep. There was ' oo time to arouse tho passenger or call the guard, the train being actually in motion ; and it was only by jumping Int** the next compartment that "ho managed to save himself from being left behind. Of course he concluded that he should recover the earring when they stopped at Qrauihum ; but tuon came tho accident, and the loss of tho earring was ' held of little account-albeit it was a potent fac tor in saving.my friend's life. BAD ADVICE TO THE SOUTH.-Tho tono of a large number of the Southern newspapers upon the recent decision of thq Supreme Court affirming tho consti tutionality of the national election laws is by no means what could bo desired. With one or two exceptions our con temporaries in that section are very much dissatisfied with the decision, and talk in a vague sort of way about making the mandate of the court an'"baue in the next national campaign. Exactly what they propose xo do. , they do not say. They cannot surely be imano enough to cent em plato the calling of a conven tion, the construction of a platform and the nomination of a cand?ante pledged to n rovenial in some way or another of the* decision in question. A programme or a policy of thia kind would be tho most certain way to secure what tho major",/ of sensible men in tho South are, we are confident, so anxious to avoid -a solid North against a solid South. To make such an issue would bo noon the part of the South the extrema of folly. Its duty is to obey, as it is the part of all parts of the country to obey what has been declared to be thc su premo law of tho land. The opposite courso would bo simply suicide and the placing in tho hands of tho "strong man" tarty tho most effective weapon in their armory.-N. Y. Herald. _The New York Sur. holds that there is ono qualification without which no man need expect to bo elected President of tho United States next November, viz: It is entire innocence as regards the Electoral Commission of 1876. No man who hns engaged in inventing that-un constitutional device, no man who was engaged in promoting its adoption by Congress, no .Lian who waa engaged in completing the work of Fraud for the success of which the Commission was created, can be elected President of tho United 8tates during the present year, or eau be nominated for the office by any national convention. Tho rulo applies to Republicans aud to Democrats alike, and several conspicuous gentlemen, Demo crats ss well as Republicans, appear to be affected by it. 'GRA.TEFDL. WOMBS.-None receive so much benefit, and none are so profound ly grateful and show such sn interest In recommending H?r? Ritt?r? am nomon. It ti the Tju5y~njmcay peculiarly adapted to tho many Ula tho ?ex is almost univer sally subject to. Chills and fever, indi gestion or deranged liver, conitant or periodical sick headaches, weakness Jn the back or kidneys, pain in "the shoulders and different parts of the body, aisling cf lassitude and despondency, sro all readily removed 2>y these Bitte?. ~~0>urant. THE COMING STRUGGLE. Bcyinour and BobUuoo Bp?ak Out-The V ? v i: ul Stat?. Tho Syracuse {N. Y.) Courier publisher authentic aud authorized interview* had hy ita reportera with Horatio Seymour,' ex-Governor Lucina , Robinson and ex Governor Gilbert C. Walker, of Virginia; in relation to the political situation in general, and'in particular to the. present condition and prospects of the Dctub-' eratic party in tho Stale of Now York. Mr. Seymour ia a close observer, ?snil, standing aloof from the turmoil and strife of politics, bia vlows are particularly in teresting and important. lu answer to tho question, "What do you think of the condition of tho Republican party?" ex-, Governor Seymour said : "Tho Rct?nblican party, both itt this State and in the Union, is demoralized, and its quarrels aro among young and active meu." "Do you think Grant will bo nomitatcd at Chicago?" "I do not. I have no idea who will be nominated for President by tho Republi cans ; but they will, in my opinion, norn inate some new man, whoso relationships aro ns yet, unknown. Tho history of tue Republican party has ehown that its strong men nave genoraliy l'a'1 - d tc re ceive the. nomination for , P/eaidcni. When Lincoln waa first nominated for President he* i was comparatively un known, and was accepted for the reason that no ons know what bis. views were. There was a bitter opposition to his re nomination, for ibo'reason that sis barty knew him better. So with Grant. When he waa nominated for President-the:first' time no ono knew what bis "politics or policy were. Now that both are known, tbe^e ia a bitter contest over bim, and, in my opinion, bo cannot succeed in Recu ring the nomination. The cause ot this stato of affairs lies in the fact that, tue Republican party ia mado up of discor dant elements, men who ure wild tl ch rists. Tho range in religion from Bishop Simpson down tor Robert Ingersoll, abd in business matters, from tho froe-coni merdai ideas of the business men of New York to the rigid high tariff ideas of Kel ley of Pennsylvania. In their political views of government they range from tho opinions of Mr. Blnii.o", who wants tb make this, what ho calls a sovereign na tion, where tho urinority of tho people living in- S "tea with email populations can govern the majority by the power and patronage of tho Senate, while an other claca of Republicans, represented by journals like the New .York Evening Pott, wish to keep our general govern ment within ita due limits. -To aaiisfy sach a party, made up of auch discordant elements, it is accessary to take up men. as they did in the case of Mr. Hayes anti others mentioned, who ara so little known that no section of the country can take offence. "I do not tUink that any of the candi dates for tho Presidential nomination now prominent will be selected by the Republicans at Chicago. They are all too Republican for the Republican party. I know them all personally, and I bavo moro kindly feelings towards them than largo aectiona of their own party have, ned I feel more respect for their charac ters than many of their political party express with regard to their morals, their fitness and their popularity." "Governor Seymour, have you an idea who will be nominated for President by tho Domocrats ?" .HI? OPINTON OP JUE DEMOCRATS. "No ono can yet forecast the action of the Democratic party, nor have those spoken of in connection with the nomi nation for tho Presidency clearly made ap their minds that they wish to bo put upon the ticket. I know but little about the current of political events, as I live in a retired way, see but few people and "nd but few journals. My views are of attie or no value, but it looks to mo as if tho action .of the Democratic National Convention must in a great degree bo Bhaped by tho cidrso of events, and par ticularly by the action of tho Republican Convention, which will bo held first. So for as the men are concerned who are spoken of in connection with tho nomi nation for President by tho Domocrats, I feel kindly towards them all, and can give them &H I have to give-ray own vote, for the day bas gone by when I can take an active part In a political can vass." "What do you think of tho condition of the Democratic party in the State ?" "With regard to the Democratic party in New York Stato, while more are un fortunate differences they aro drifting into ihe past and.aro getting 'behind the party in its'course in. the futute. On the other hand, the quarreltratnong the Re? publicans, are breaking out along the pathways before them. Thobe who have been prominent in oha'p'ing the p' :.ey of the Democratic'party1'are getting old and infirm and are dying out, and as ? arr. the oldest I expect jo lead off. The quarrels among the. Democrats aro over old mon,' and it is the height of folly to continue them: Tho old mon will all pass sway itt two or three years at the most..and theo tba.young and vigorous men who are left will find themselves embittered toward? each other on account of men who aro dead and gone and who were oot worth fighting over. I spent tue early, and best part of my lifo in es pousing the cause of old men, and many were tho bitter quarrels I had Ia their be half. The wounds received rankle to this dey, ?.nd the animosities in^mioico, many of them, have never boen forgotten; or allayed. I fought bitter fights over Clay, Cass, Van Burcu and others, and before I knew it they were all dead. It is foolish for young men to waste their time In quarreling over orrespousing the CAUSO of old men. The Republican com batants are active men, ia the vigor of life, and will continue to lead or mislead their friand* for ?naoy yesr?! tc cctss." Hon. Lucius Robinson, ex-Governor, ic at present stopping with his son, Col. D. C. Robinson, whose residence Is pleas antly located on West Water street, in the City of Elmira. The interview with him partook more of the nature of a talk, in which the Governor expressed himself freely and without reserve. He premised his statements with the remark that nntil now he had rofueed overy re quest to be interviewed, and that this would be bis first public utterance upon political topics since tho election last fall. "Aa lt is," aaid he, "I have few views to cXprcso. A imvo wur?cu imiu tut nie mut three years, and I now intend to take a long rest without bothering myoolf much afloat politics." . GOV. BOBlirSON BPEAK8 OS* il A IcMON Y. : "Governor Robinson, yori have un doubtedly bad your attention called to the proposition, emanating from Albany, to cali t conference of leading Democrats in Syracuse or somo otb*r city, fer tho purpose of harmonizing tho differences of the party in th in State. Are yoe in favor of such a plan I" "I sun not in favor of any conference of the Democrats of the Stato," replied thc Governo/. "Tho only way to har monize the differences of the party la for tbe regular organization of the .party to proceed on ita way. performing ita duty and not ?nerving frm.- that duty a hairs breadth. The organization must allow all who desire to join it to do so. When the regular Democratic organization of the State of Kew York abandons its labor and ceases to perform its functions, tho party in the State is broken tip And de moralized,, and its utefuluoss is gone. Tho effect of all,conventions or confer ence*, outside of thoso of tho regular Or ganization of th O' party, for tho purpose of ' harmonising the differences of thc party, would ho simply to bring ruin to the party and satisfaction to tts oppo nents.- There is nothing exclusive, noth ing personal, nothing selfish in the regu lar organization of tho D?mocratie party in the State of Vow York. Its doors are open for all men to act with it who aro disposed to act in good faith." .'Will Mr. Tilden bo a candidate for Prraidont in tho Cincinnati Conven tion VI "That," said Governor Robinson, "I cannot answer. Some time ago Mr. Til den informed mo that ho did not desire tho norniuatiou fur President this year, yet from what I know of his views i should say that he would accept tho nom ination if it vero tendered him. I think, however, ho would be entirely'satisfied if a Democrat could be nominated at Cia? cinnati who would represent his princi ples and nh views and who would stand Urm for tho' condemnation of the mon strous frauds which cheated the Ameri can, people nut of .their rights, and struck such ? dangerous blow to their liberties. The condemnation of these frauds mutt b.e tho key-note of tho coming campaign and tho battle-cry of tho comiug can vass." '.Governor Robinson conversed freely concerning the result of tho election iu New York State last fall. "I had ue thought," ss?d ho,''"of accepting a renom ination from the Democracy until 'John Keiiy proclaimed that I muct not be re nominated.' ' I bad worked hard for three ?rears, and I wanted rest, I had admin stereo tho government of tho State upor the sound fundamental principles whicl: aro tho foundation of republican govern mont and are the platform of the Domo eratic parly. I was content to retire t< private lifo, and when some of my friend hinted at tho proposition to place mo it nomination again ! told thom no. I du not desire another term : but when tba foolish fellow in Now York said that 1 should not be renominated, that alteret matters, and I resolved to accept v ~e re nomination if it were tendered mo. knew that tho party was doomed to ? c fc a beforo I waa nominated. I knew that i was doomed to defeat when I was nomi naced, but I knew that it would go dowi with colors flying, not yielding one jot o principio. I bee that John Kelly not says that tho Democrats must not nomi nnte Mr. Tilden at Cincinnati. The may nominate anybody olso but Mr. Til den, but they must not nominate hie That declaration will, in my opinion, g far towards nominating Mr. Tildcr John Kelly was tho cause of my nomine tion for Governor last fail. Until he ?ai I should not be nominated I bad firml made up my mind I should not be a ca*1 didato.'' Referring to Gov. Seymour, Gov. Rot inson declared that he believed bim to I si ?cero in bis determination not to be candidate for the Presidential nomiui iton, He also expressed the belief tht Gov. Seymour would not accept the non ination were it tendered him. "I kno that ho cannot enduro excitement," sal Gov. Robinson, "and I believe that tl excitement and labor .ri a political cac .paign would completely hreak ,bi, 'down." OOVEBNOn WAIKER ON THE SOUTH. A representative of tho Courier also hi an interview with Hon. G. C. Walkc ex-member of Congress,and ex-Govern of Virginia, who is now practicing law Binghamton, and whoso appeal for ha mony in the Democratic State Con ve tion will be remembered. "Who is yoi {.reference for tbe Democratic candida cr President?" waa asked. "I prefer Horatio . Seymour for tl Democratic candidato for President abb all other roon in the party," he replie . v "Politics seem to be muddled io^Vi i";ni?i bet woori the Dcul-payers and Rea UBters. Do you think that this will e dango, f t c success of tho L^ocracy tho State?" "I do cot. I know , tho pcoplo of V ginia botter than they know tbemselvi and truer people never lived. Whatcv may be the local differences upon t debt question of tho people of Virgin when it comes to a great National cont in which are involved the life or death tho great principles proclaimed a taught by her eminent meu of the pu bor people-will rally wich earnestness a enthusiasm < to the support, of the d trines advocated by her great Jeffers' tho apostle of tho Democracy. If 1 Cincinnati Oonvehtion acta .as. wisely I ibink it will, Virginia's''electoral v for its.nominee may bo counted upon a certainty ; and what is true of Virgi is truo'of every other Southern State.f ether words, our success or defeat'y depend upon tho action of tho Nat?o D?mocratie Convention." "PLAYIN' ROUN' 'MONO DK PSALM -A well known Georgian, while trai ing in Liberty'County, recently me lame n-jgro preacher in the roadu stopped him for t> little talk. "Butler," asid ins gentleman, "1 yoi! have your Bible in your hand, you preach to-day ?" ?t't!'"xeeser." "W?dt whal Jo ?0?r tez??" "Well[ sab, I ain't?tuck no tex' as y "What I no text? Don't you prep your sermons V* "No, sab, not zactly." "Why, Butler, I bavo never know preacher to deliver a sermon with writing it or thinking it over." "Dat'a wrong sab. Dat nin't Con ter do Scriptur. Do Bible say, 'Open raouf en I will fill m?? ? "But then there are somo mighty mouths." ' "Ye*ser, dal's sd-dat'? so, sho." "Well, you haven't > repared any mon, and you haven/ taken any i What do you inten4, to do to-day?" "Well, sah, I jes b?\>--.ke ter-day fei play 'round 'mong de .'salins."-All* Corjiiiitition. BIRTH OF AN ELEPHANT.-A fer elephant was born Wednesday mon in the old building at the corner of R and Columbia avenues, whioh is u&e the winter quarters of Cooper & Bail menagerie. The baby weighs 2*4 pou is 80 inches in height, and measure inches from tba base of tho trunk to tall. It is the only instance ot the 1 OD record: where a birth has ceca while the elephants were in a domes ted statft. Too mother was consider exercised over tho event, an ' .Amused self by destroying tho railings which arated her from the- olher animals, tossing a etove about the stable. A the ahimaW'secmcd cognizant of tho that something of an unusual char: had happened, and they evinced sigi joy.--Philadelphia Press. . Adults are subject te worms as we children ; therefore, how important that tho uystom should bo cleanse) these vile pests. Shriaer'a Indian in ifugo will do it effectually. Oleomftjrirarlne. Tho other <*-y many Congressmen weh> invited by a manufacturing company hot a hundred miles from Washington Oily to iuspec??bo making'of butter without the wholesale agency of a cor?. AB the. mnjoriiy of our readers very likclv labqr, uuuer the daily deludion that they 'eft' butter, while partaking liborolly of what ia called oleomatgariueflwe may aa well j for their edification, show what ?he sclance of the 19th century can acconji pl?sh In the way of substituting ?ne thing for another. Oleomargarine ia made out or caul fat. Thia fat Js, cleaned, melted and tho tallow eliminat ed. Tho oil remaining ia mixed will' milk and placed in a sr ea m churn. The proportion of cillh. tr? ?2J gallons or 125 pounds to f?00 pounds of oil. After being worked for tv.-r.ty minutes, the oil nun milk are churned iuto butter and are drawn au* into a largo iank filled ' with crushed ice. Being carefully mixed with tho oleomargarine or butter (for it . was unanimously agreed by all present that it was button ia separated from tho water produced by the melting ice, and/ after being properly salted, ia packed in. firkinsanet tierces ready for the. market. . After thevvisiting statesmen had, io-; spooled the manufactory and pronounced, in a guarded fashion, that they had eaten of butter instead of oleomargarine, they wercMnkon to Robert Bennert'?, in Balti more, and treated.tb' a banquet that Ram Ward himself might have envied, .and such ari ottb os no Congressman can pos sibly resist. . Wo ore-told that aa ibo diiiuer ?as commencing, Mn W? 8. Cap. roll, director of the company, arose,: and eaid : "lu view of th? fact that a.Cpo*' gressional committee bas como here (jo ml out the real facts about an industry of thia city, I will state ju at here that there am o.n. tho table .before you both oleomargarine and Delawaro print buy* ter. Tho former sollo for fro.rh 18 to 20 cents per pound; and tho latter for from 40 to 60 cents. We don't wont to impose upon you, And merely say that, it ia: for you to decide which ia which, and then toselect, wb?* te P8**'"' - j ?'' There was no instant response, to. .this.' Responses carno frcoly enough When *hb incoroparablo terrapin, tho succulent Lynn haven Bay oysters, the juicy, turnip Bleak land tho generoua, hcurt-cip'ening, torig'Ue loosening and eye-shutting cham pagne had gone the way of all auch flnun and fluid clown the turnpike rood .'of political throats. Congressman Herr waa in that mellow condition which mado a bill againct oleomargarine fjie a bull against thc comet. He was in favor of tho whole buainess and "feeling, and thinking that tho company woro doing well in making a wholesome and pure fool product at a price within the, reach of the workingman. In conclusion, tho speaker stated that no ono need fear that bo would ever aid in any legislation to hamper manufacturing in the Hau th, ano) looked forward tc a timo when bualnos^ men of ?ll sections would consider their interests the same," and tho rcxqlt of this feeling would be a Congres* legislating for nil parts alike." . Congressman Beale, of Virginia, went the whole animal. Ho snid : "I nave, beheld to-driy tho cow with her one hundred teats distilling, not milk, but pure and unadulterated butter," and closed bio remarks with a statement of bis satisfaction, tho cleo? ) margarine was all thut tts makers claimed. I for it, end that ita manufacture would I steadily increase. Col,D. Wyatt Aikon, o? ! South Carolina, agrave man and one of the* bent experimental farmers and writers in tho South, staggers us with thia state-' nient: "I nm only, afraid that all tho'old*, cows in the country Will soon' cvwo' to ?ive milk to bo used in makiiig liter., am uot 6orry that auch ia tho case, ipr oleomargarine takes the place of butter.! I am satisfied with this article, and here after I shall never have another churn on my farm. [Laughter.] We will drink our milk and.cream and buy oleo-, margarine" There was much moro of tho Bartio sort, but wo forbear. Tho, grand finale was the test or Delaware print butler and ^oleomargarine, a loree ; mujoriiy saying that, they judgod by tho flavor, looks ??u odor of Dotti, and named tho oleomargarine aa. tho butter, but were Anally convinced of their error, by Mr. Bennert announcing which was but ter. This is highly satisfactory no doab!, es j necieJly to Mr. Bennert aiid Mr. Carroll. I Weadmlre thodiplomacy ofputting .Con gressmen and Delaware print butter, not to speak of oleomargarine; tb the test nf ter. the Soloaian stomach .had beet? gen erously warmed up with "the best, .the, market afforded." A dinnor atRennext'a, with all the trimmings, is calculated'tb make a Congressman- ?wear thai the moon ii made of green cheese much , lees that oleomargarine waa,.as good as Dela* ware print Abutter, .worth 40 cents ? pound. Not having been exposed to the aoduc tions of a Baltimore dinner, which is fari more potent than tbs E?SS?C?^?'S wandv the sober, cold-blooded judicial editor'ol tho \fburnal of Commerce, who probably ?ata brown bread and baked beau?, puta' his merciless probe into oleomargarine! in this fashion \ "It is not the truth, or the. unreliable cow, or.the.advocat ?uro buller, that ties, in this Controversy, tis beef mt, taking tb itself the name and flavor of butter'by ian admixture of milk, and then seeking, by the aid of such chemist and .professors; to pass it self off as 'better than butter mado in the cid rcundibsnt way,* wnich ia tho gay deceiver. ? * ? We deidre for ourselves and the general publie the privilege of tho roundabout way.. We accept tho cow, with alt her 'unreliabili ty,' and insist, as the wag did with the hair? in bia boarding honso - butter, that tho beef fat shall be kept on a separata plate, and only used by those who prefer the mixture." We should ?ike to have seen the Con gressmen next day when they read' the report of their speeches in the Baltimore: Sapors. We should also like to havo ikea an artistic bird's eye vi ow of Messrs. Carroll and Re nn ert, si m il arly en gaged. There aro many ways of killing a Congressional cat beside choking har with oleomargarine and Delaware print batter; and Youg utjfuro ibis tho Con gressional delegation baa fourni out that the hair of the dog-if not the hair In tho butter-Is good for the bite.-Augutta Chronitle and Constitutionalist - - An observing visitor to a Southern, plantation having noticed au entirely tailless cat enter a hole in a corn-rick backward, asked a colored agriculturist if he knew the reason of that, singular mode of. inrress, "Why, ya see, bosa,". waa tho reply, "dat ar cat uw;d to go inter dat bole headfomnao, jest like' any other cat, Lat one day de terrier dog, what had been Ujia' for'him a good spell, mado a frab at 1dm as he was gwitie in and bit ia toil squat off. An' ever since den, boss, d?t ar cat goes into dat hole hine toma*?, so tho terrier dog can't bits off his Uil agin." 1 ? I.-JI i ? II The universal testimony of all mothers, -who hare once used it, is that Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup ls the best medicine fr.? chil dren teething orauJorlng with Diarrhoea or Summer Complaint. BW Atyi'O?--B'ftflrwdy, Womni and Boy?? Then again. I bea? tho Air-Lino is lo build a branch from ...Gainesville to Kingston., so as to tsp the Alabama travel, and that road-will'havo togo up a ihrW of iteitxi creek right by my house. It .can't go any. other way;.: So'you iee we will soon bo in tho center of.-apace sud have a farand junction of cor own, and cati atop, on tho cara and go any where oh a freo.ticket. A? the Irish .3 ian raid, wo can, travel cheaper, than wo can stay ot home, and dq.it iq le?* time. But everybody hctdent bo ru>h lng up this- way to buy land. ' -Our farms ?int for salo, and we dont want to build . ,up/?'iy town. We want to farm it and Uvo honest. Wo w&nt n. school, and a I church, and a doctor and thats about all. Fact i? wo are obliged to havo a doctor --pot that ono is needed at all, hut just to quiet the female hytderieks when any litUo thing happens.. Silica.? we've lived ! hero I'v?'had to send five miles on the run for a doctor two times just tu keep down the family hysteiiek^T Both time? tho patteut recovered .be??re,.Ui.e .doctor, arrived, but then lt was such u comfort to have him around flhd hear him ea'y it was nil right and Bee him measure ont n lit tlc yallon powder, it was emly! day be fore yc^rpaythot Ralph put. our? little Carl ori tho old mare and WAK.,leading nor along at the rate of about a half a mile an hour,"when tho l?telo chap took, a notion, to ititi off, andes soon ais'the wind of it got to headquarters, Vutru was a wild femslo rush for the. scene of [great disaster. 4"?h mercy. Ou -lie deav child. He'ii killed, I know he's killed, poor litilodarllng.1 ' Oh my 'child, my child. Ralph, I'll whip you for this ! ?f I live. . 'Oh my > preeloua. Just look I at that place on his littio head. Chil dren, where is your pa. Send for tho i doctor. : ? Qh mercy-whet ; did . we .ever ?novo out here for, fire miles from a "doctor." I was mighty busy planting peas ttud'aofbrth in'my garder?, but I ..uufiod tho commotion in the air, and in n few moments found em alb bringing tho boy to the hpuse, a,ud Mrs. Arpaud tbe'glrla talked 'so, fast und took on r,q I co?fderit 'find out'what had happened' to brm; Finally I got the bottom- facts from Ralph the recklci?-t-the b?t'?nd of all complaints-the ; promise of a thou '?and 'whinplugs with nary ono performed.' I looked in vain for wounds and bruises poad dislocations. ;"Tbe boy is hot seri ously hurt,".a??dT~"he is badly ekecr !.cd, nod you are making him mpro. so." I Well, they didn't call mo an unfeeling I brute, but they withered mo with looks j laud language. I refuse J to send for a doctor, and. retired) from the we no. The j.bpy .cried smar?v;e,*^ w5* about, to* sob hiuiaelf to nlo-jp when I rt?turned, and they all said frantically "don't let him gd tb sleep-oh Bo, that will never do. Ita,tho worst thing in tho . world for a fall. They say they never wake tip.any more when-they go to Blecpf-iT?y nwsr Kff?Who Bays so * enid I. "'Why every body-the doctor's bo?k^lbought you knew that much." "Tho boy ?hall slfop," said I firmly. I. WAS getting my back up by thia time. And tho boy did -sleep. Ho slept all night and was tho first oho up in tho morning and wont tearing over the bowso bunting for bia cross-bow to shoot a robin from the win dow. They havo hunted all over him for a blue spot abd T think would have-felt better, if they hod:found one; awl yester day! heard rsm .say: be dident look -er ectly right out of his. eyes. Ral pip whippin has not transpired as yet, mid although tho ' boy . carrie* a' s'nbdu'cd look, 1 don't think he Is seriously alarm ed. .. .;'. I wouldeut give a cont for a boy, who giOWS up without haying had 90ir.i> acci dents -?-somo narrow escap?, some all from'a horse, or a tree, or a cut font-, or .something. When; a soldier comes from tho war its an honor to show his. ecara, . and a fathor is no hero who Ima nothing to toll bis childreu about what happened tb him when he wits a little boy. Never thelc&r, I would feel better, if wo_bad > : fliictor withis ?sacb, Air ino famny hys terics ia a bsd thing, and keep us aU from being calm and serene;-Atlanta Oofuti tution. -. ., . . -fr? '-v..... ?'.: m:??M,&?EAUzvi STOPPED XX A; WK?MSI-. i Tho steamship JtaaaBeU, of tho, Old Da miblon line, arrived in this port yeater- . day from Norfolk/ and reported that on the way-Hbo hod been- obliged to back ?ater on, account.ef-a.huge whale which lay directly across tho skip's bow, i Cant. Gibbetgave the following ycraion ci tho it?ad?nt: "Oh the Wring of the 12th instant'I took'the .wheeL Tho steamer ' Waa'j thea scudding ,along at the rate of about eleven knot? ar , hour, against ? northeast iwinrt; Tt'^;. course,wa* kept ??tll about 9 A. Ml, when wo WCTO nrreoh ! miles tiota'Fe?wiek'a ?ulitud, off thtfDel owaro.coset. ?Wdealy, about 100 yatdi ?off,tho port bowyl Bsw^ tse epqut .cf a 1 whale.. /The stream of water eje^ed 4 #*a( llkrgcr and projected io a' gTeawr'!hieJsfhi ? .tlia^lhlMiwTe?seeu befotv?; a?d : I: IV came so iwbarated in ! it < that I did i isp*, p^n^lveour cloae.prvjjimUy to the rn^nV ster until ita huge, balk Jay across ??UR, rJdws. ' Theq ?sair ^the&waVat leimt, forty feet of its bick eipo??d above ear face. This f exposed - surface : I ' quickly ' k^?alated?^idrfv?mea'ivaalaorabout hevonty-five or eighty feet in: length and (af .'unknown . diameter. ?J iminaediatcly husgthe bells to backwater, for I did not' tW"k thi? i. 'irci?d-sU jL?c? vw??d'-s?ccOTs*' fully collide with a monater. Whale. Tho engines obeyed tho signal, and tho ked of the.ship was. stopped within four feet of the beck of the whale. He lazily floated out of the way, and then wo steamed abood. The last I naw.of the whale was a magnificent spurt of Bea. foam."-A*. Y. (km, March li. < ?' - . " . \_ - --V . ? - Judge Martin decided nt Bridge port the other day that ?Sot?la evidence wc?s isadmiBslble. . The. attorney took strong eiceptlqa to the ruling, ana in aistccTthat lt was admissible. "1 know, your honor," said he warmly, "that it is proper evidence. Here I have been pract icing at the bar for forty years,' and how I want to know if I am a fool?" VThat," quietly replied the court, "is a question of Tact, and hot of law, and KO I won't pass u^on it, but will let tho jury decide." - A echoolboy gotup to road a eom* pof^ionoo "The Tree/' Ho got a* far _i your rapt rac again," said the boy, *Tll leave,'' .'?Von give me any more of your Impu dence and rLVu>ke tho a%$> out of you," said tho teacher, and thou' tho regular order of bushiest) proceeded. - T?tli I? ulfigiiig BOUTS at pr?valo I homyea in Paris, where halTete danced j>y bellet of the roshiooable world arc now ?'vea in Lout. Fe* each 8?ug^n?y?:Mr; ibouchcre, eho.recolTes th* rw^'Z I of e?000. ,,F Tom nong? aro sonji she knocksofT*ii;tfOG /,*oi(; i... ? i ncedlees to say that *he manage* ' up a little money for a rainy day. - is Clo Bull any kin to (h?Cfougii man T WO think i equally well know