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SHERIDAN ?SbjSJAIS, Propriptora: \ suusompTioN. "QneYonr...81.50 ?!x Months.......;.....i.?0 "Whiistero of the Gospel;..-.J.?l) : ADVERTISEMENTS'.''' First Instertton.:..f..$1.00 JSnch Subsequent Insertion.,.-.50 Jilberhl contracts niado for 3 mouth onxlover. ?. *'*?.' JTOJi OFFICE .18 l'HKl*AUKI) TO DO ALL KINDS OK ?Xot> 3?i?intixig A JKBBEY MIXTURE. ?o? the colony of bi ' JOK and white peo ple at Remington. , * Now that the recent decision of Judge.Hugos, of Virginia, in regard to. Urn ponstitutionality of the inarri ^ .nge of a colored , man to a white wo man in that State, is attracting so ' much attention, a short account of a rcgjoti up here in those Middle States, and in this Democratic New Jersey, and In one of its strongest Democratic counties, where the two .-colors ' many and intermingle, maj not be uninteresting. There lies bc twccn the Counties of Mercer and Huntenton a long range of hills, ex tending from near Lambcrtsville in one direction down into the cdgo of Somerset County in the other. There' is. a. dispute as to the spelling of its name,' -S?mo'Call it tlio Somcr'lahd Mountaio, beoause a man by the " ii^mb 6T Spnier was tho first settler. Others call It the Sourland Mountain, from the peculiar quality of the soil. The former seems the more authentic. It is .inhabited, at cither, b}' a num ber of honest, frugal, industrious farmers. Tho central region is composed of dense wood? and thick underbrush, and contains a small, settlement, whose inhabitants, from the comming ling of the white and black blood, may be properly .styled - a mongrel class of people. Just when this un natural method of life began is hard to ascertain, but the facts seem to in dicate that a number of years back many Of the colored women ftom the mountains went over to Princeton to take in washing and to act "as ser vants in various parts of the town. There the promiscuous association seems to have commenced, and as from time- to time those womeu re turned to the centre of tho Somer land a population of intermingled color eprojig up* As the years went by, nnd'tlife children'became the men ? and woman of the next generation, ;?Oi??r.ni?nied into, tho white race, Were instances, ami iL is said a few yefc.rcmajh,i.^bero a. colored boy w?uTdibo employed by a \vhite farm er4- living itf the",Vicinity, ami .when he'attained manhood ?vould marry iatohis einplover'a J^y? P,e*0,id as tUey were of ot^cational and re ligious privileges their life soon be came,* iviW;;r<4iess *)UC- 'Wi counts ''ofTl^crimes perpetrated by \ these 'moi>itameor8 would OH several column*. ?s thcy already occupy manv P&ges -?f tbe court records ucr. Murders were' not infrequent, p.d mauy of tho assassins and insti gators have never been discovered. - !jt was only last December that the Times-gave daily reports of the trial of Benjamin Peterson for the murder of Peter Nixson on this very moun tain. ?Whatever these people may have lacked of books and civilization, they had plenty of liquor, aud this was the oause of a number of their il legal acts. Scattered all oycr this portion of the mountain, from the little groggery near 'YVerlsville, on this side, to Aiiht"Polly Snooks', on the Princeton side, were erected small dens were liquor was sold. The people bad'a custom of organiz ing what they styled "pic-nics," but which'were in reality -.nothing, less than a species of horrible orgies. At these, times the most lawless and im-, moral deeds Were ^o'n'e, so that soon the. whole adjacent county became afraid of the residents of that dis ? Adorgc' portion- of Ibis Chbioiighly bad life is now done away with. Tho mountain has been made more and more acccssiblo of late years, and as the people of the woods have met and traded outside, thcy. have ac quired several of the phases of civi lized exisienco. Some of. the changes for tho better arc due to the earnest cljprls'Of several promineni. men, re* gardlcs^j'pf sect, who obtained sub scriptions and-en'iploy cd an alile and encrgej/ia man to act as a missionary among 'these people. A chapel was built, and. this man is now teaching them .antV< ?preaching- to ? 'ilfcnVM THeT Methodists at Rock ,Mill also, for a number or".years, have carried on ac tivo work in the same direction. Somo very curious sights greet one in a tour among these people. Here, back front the road several hundred feet, enveloped in n complete mass of trees: will bo One of theso huts: a man, black as the blackest, will greet you at the door,- while bis wird, prob ably^IHtrf,%ilPf8tiriAl'ae Iiis' elbdw.1 AboutUjedopr and in tho cleared palch in front of the hon.se, are a group of phjldreflj shading from the very black to tl|p white. All sqem happy and contented. Generally they, are talkative ; will toll of their rough life and of tho crimes commit ted, or purported to have been, com mitted, iu the noigborhood. The in ter-marriages among many of theb seem the only reprehensible feature. They are mostly honest. While in year? gone by the farmers, below missed chickens and" fruit, and some times horses, nowadays few such de predations uro heard of. Now and then a barn is burned, and the au thors of the mischief are' traced to the center of the mountains, but the fastening in jail seems to cure the malady. Two things still continue, the in termarrying and the rnm huts. A few of these latter nuisances have been closed, but a largo proportion still remain. Tho marrying acorns to continue until a new sentiment springs up among the population, or tho law Bteps in. There is no stat ute in lins Statu against such a union as there is in Virginia. So many arc bound by filial ties to the old ways, and arc- so perfectly contented as they are, that tub innovation would be uncomfortable if not distressing. A large portion.of; the. -voters among this people have not very largely availed themselves of the opportunity. An attempt wus made some time back by airing of politicians to con trol the vote. The effort was par tially successful, and might have as sumed more gigantic proportions had not the softening and elevating inllu ences now at work preventing this. In time, undoubtedly, they will ex ercise their right of suffrage with discretion, and bo less subject to bribery.?Ncio York Times.. The Fatal Glass. Mr. Chica, of Lensburg, Le Sueur count}*, Minn., got on a sprco last gvedi_atMjonXgpme?yt Bn^a(Jhredr4?J wager that he could swallow the glass contained iu a whiskey flask. The wager was taken up by one of the party present, and whereupon the drunken man proceeded to swal low the pulverized glass, and also a tallow candle. Strange to relate, that night he felt no lit effects caused by the rash deed, but next day the glass began to cut and grind his bow els, compelling the man to* writhe and scream in agony. This continued two or thee days, when the poor wretch v/as, brought to New Prague in the delusive hope that a physician could sa.ve him inevitable and fast ap proaching death. Of course no phisi cian's skill could now save or even prolong the life which, imd been so deliberately though unknowingly taken. It was pitiful and heartrend ing to hear tho poor mortal moan and scream in agony as tho death dealing glass slowly but constantly cut its way into the vitals. This could not long continue, however, and death kindly, relieved the suffering man Thursday afternoon. A post mortem examination, was held and the man's stpmach and intestines were found to bo )iterallyground to .pieces, r-, ? ? Allfo; and nine!, euildrien Ajk. .loft dependent by the foolishness of a man crazed by drink. This may provo a timely warning to those ad dicted to the excessive use of a sub stance as deadly in effects as that swallowed by the man who camp to so. untimely an end. Tiie Philadelphia Bulletin says the Southern negroes produced 8285, 298 930 of cotton, sugar, molasses, rico and tobacco last year. Poor fellows, remarks the Louisville Con ner-Journal, how did they manage to do it under a constant fire from the shot-gun of the terrible Southern planter; the bloody jaws of the blood-hound and the burning of their j homes. Is it possible that they pro duced all this stuff in the wet South ern swamas, whi'her they were driv en by the planters ? I A handsome young man in Rome was surprised in'tho street by receiv ing a sound box on bis cur from a pretty young woman w^hom ho had never seen before. Presently she found that she was boxing tho wrong man's cars. She blushed and apolo gized, so successfully that the young man was interested, and resolved to see her again. Ho came, he saw; she was a shop girl, he lovedf and of fered totntow in his hand with his heart?and she didn't havo hiui. He Hm4 Too Much. Some two miles up the river from St. Johnsbury, Vt., is ' a primitive sort of* a little village called *lThe j Centre" Here, not long since, the rustic youth of tho vicinity congre gated for a dance, "and dance they did," said our informant, ''with an unction unknown to your city bells and' beaux."' One: interesting man, having inbjhed VftO freely, became fatigued in tJio course qf t|?e oveniug, and wisely concluded to retire for a short rest. A door njar near thp dancing hall revealed invitingly a glimpse of a comfortable bed, of which he took possession with the prospect of an undisturbed ^snoo-je." It happened, howbeit, that this was tho "ladies* withdrawing room," and no sooner had he oloscd his eyes than a pair of blooming damsels came in and began adjusting their disordered ringlets, the dim light of the old tallow candle not disclos ing tho tenant of the bed. The girls had tongues (like the rest of their sex,) winch ran in this wise : "What a nice dance we're are hav ing ! Have you heard anybody sny anything about me, Jane?" "Law, yes, Sally. Jim, Drown says he never saw you look so handsome as you do to-night. Have you heard anybody say anything about me?" "About you 1 Why, yes. I heard Joe Flint tell Sam Jones that you was tho prettiest dressed girl in the room." Whereupon the dear things chuck led, and "fixed up" a little more, and made off toward the hall-rooin. They had hardly reached the door when our hall conscious friend raised him self on his elbow, and quite intelli gibly, though slowly, inquired : "Have you heard aryborry say any thin' 'bout roe gals?" Gen. Grant at Billiards. John Russell Young in it's'Indian letters to th&1"i"ew York Herald pays r?H??f?-^ a billiardist. He says : "The Mahara jah, as I have said, plays billiards I when he is not at prayers. He was anxious to have a game with the gen eral. I am not enough of a billiard player to do justice to this game. I can never remember whether the red ball counts or not when you pocket, it. The general pL.ycd in an iudis crimate, promiscuous manner, and made some wonderful shots in the way of missiug balls he intended to strike, Mr. Rorie, whose interest in the general's fortune extends to bil liards began to deplore those eccen tric experiments, when the general said he had not played billiards for thirty years. The Maharajah tried to lose the game, and said to one of his attendants that he was anxious to show the general that delicate mark of hospitality. But I cannot imagine a more difllcuit task than for one in full practice at billiards to lose a game to Gen. Grant. The game ended. His Iligness winning by more points than 1 am willing to print lpi; thp. gratification of the General's enemies. f." <l i A Nineteenth Centu/x-ftl&aole. Petersburg, Va., May 80,'?-Opo of the strangest and moot remarkablo cures that the people of Petersburg has ever witnessed was that which took place at a colored baptizing in Uns city on Sunday afternoon. Dur ing the evening fifty-four candidates were immersed, one of whom was a deaf and dump mute named Barnwell Lancaster, about 21 years of ago, who is quite highly educated, having received his schooling at tho college for thp deaf and dump in Providence, R. I. After( being baptized by tho officiating minister, Rev. Henry Wil liams, pastor of the Gillie hi Baptist Church in this city, the muto return ed from Urn water cured of his infirm ities and gave vent to his feelings by a lusty shout of "Thank God," when he was again taken deaf and dumb. To say that the spectators were con siderably amazed would, hpt feebly express it, and no little consterna tion was occasioned among the large crowd at the miraculous euro which was to lust but a few minutes. A colored buby fell from an attic window thp other day, and the moth er tells the story thus : "Dero dnj child was coming down feet fust eve ry chance of being killed, when do Lawd, ho turned him over, do chile struck on his head, and dero wasn't so much as a button flew off. TUB SITUATION. OUK CONGRESSMEN ON THE APPUOP1UA TION Bltt. "The Democrats in Congress arc re; luctant to accept the fact that while thcy constitute less than two-thirds of both houses there is no constitu tional way of overriding t|ip objec tions of the Executive to any propos ed legislation. They tried coercion and have failed. TJu?y are now hesi taticg:between a frank ueceptnnpe of the situation and ingenious dodges for coaipclling the President to sign bills that he does not like. The wiser leaders, especially those from the South, advise the manlier course. Both of the South Carolina Senators occupy this honorable position. Some of the Representatives from that State are equally sensible. *'Mr. Kvins has for some time been quite pronounced in advising that the appropriation bills be passed without any qualifications or limitations. Mr. Richardson has said to the Washing ton correspondent of , tho Herald: 4 We have doue all thai the constitu tion and laws of tho United States invest us with power to do. To do moro, or attempt to do more, would lay tho party open to the charge of being willing to injure or destroy one of the brunches of the government to effect in an h regular way that which the constitution seems to rco ognize as the right of tho people, and only of the people, to do. I am, there fore, for leaviug it to tho people to say whether they will now enable the Democratic party to effect the aboli tion of the use of troops and United States marshals at elections. It is clearly now their time to act. We havu exhausted our clearly defined constitutional remedies, and to do more is to invade the province of tho people themselves. 1- think, there fore, we Bbould not leave hero with out passing the appropriation bills pure and simple.' Mr; Tilman favors iho same policy. So that three, at -leas?t-of tho Repieaeni&Uives of EVotrHr Carolina in the House condemn the policy of the Democratic caucus. With such a defection the extremists can hardly hope to accomplish, by insisting on further eHurts to over come the President's objections, what has not been attained while tho party in Congress was united."?Neiu York Mail. In commenting on the above, tho Columbia Register says : "How far this masculine stalwart reports the facts of the case, and properly slates the positions of our representatives, we are not prepared to say. These views are those expressed before the report of the advisory committees of the two Houses were made ; and we take it there is not that 'break in the line' after all which so much delec tates the stalwart backers of Hayes and his bayonet policy. Our leprc sentativeB, as wc apprehend it, simp ly refuse to go to the extreme of with holding supplies in the event of Mr. Hayes refusing to icacli an accommo dation with tho majority of the two Houses. The recognize the fact that President Hayes pledges himself in his message not to use the troops at the polls, ar.d, further, that tho immediate exigency is not such as to demand the extraordinary exercise of a power which appertains to Congress in granting appropriations ; and, still further, that if President Hayes chooses to persist'in the exercise of his veto on the lino of his parly poli cy, however grossly he abuses his trust, there is no competent way to reach him but by an nppcal to the people, and this our representatives aro ready at onco to make, after reaching tho veto on .all tho contem plated measures for tho repeal of ob obnoxious laws. They would , then advocate tho necessary appropriation in such a shape as to meet the execu tive approval, in order Ihnt the army and departments of tho civil govern ment of the country should not be left without tho necessary appropria tions, beoauso the two parties of the country could not reach an agree ment between themselves in the pre mises, and tho Federal Executive chose to occupy a strictly partisan stand-point ami refused to accommo date himself to tho situation, pur repioscntaUvcs may think a hearty ac ceptance of the situation, as it arises under the constitutional adjustment of tho powers of the governmental departments which aro uncontrolla ble by Congress, would givo tho Domocraoy a better send, oil' than to light nil around Robin Hood's barn to come back to the samo point in the situation in the end. Whatever bo tho positions or views of our representatives, they may rest assured they have tho most complete confidence of their constituents. We know Ujey are honest men, and will act unselfishly and squarely through out this political tussle, and if they err at all, we kn&w it will be on the lino of fearlessly standing.by, what they esteem, the requirements of the constitution at any cost." The Wickedest Book Agent. A clever fellow, an export in the calling, rang the door bell, and soon the lady of tho house was before him. Said# he, "Will you be kind enough to take this book and give itrr-?" "J guess not to-day, siiy' said she, dos ing the door. "But, madam, you don't understand. I only want you to give it?I" "I cannot possibly, to-day, sir ; I am very busy." '.'Why, my dear madam, the folks in the next house arc away; won't you pleaso hand it them when they re turn? It's a valuable work, and you will save mo many steps and also oblige the lady very much." "Oh! certainly sir; excuse?I thought? you seo wo have so many?" "I sec, madam ; don't fret yourself, but can I further trouble you tor a pencil to write tho address on tho book?" "Mo?t certainly, sir," she said, throwing the door open, "walk in. I hope, sir, you will excuse my mis take." "I will, but I can't help feel ing hurt," said he, huskily ; "but the lady is anxious to got it, and no won der ; just see the ongravings?only S7. Shall I not add your name to the list?" She was powerless; he got ii.?'Boston Journal. (VIen Wanted. The great want of tins ago is men. Men who arc not for sale. Men who are honest, sound from centre to cir^ cumference, truo to the heart's core. Mctf who wilfr conttemn wrotig' in friend or foe, in themselves as well as others. Men whose consciences are as steady as tho needlo to the pole. Men who will stand for tho right if the heavens totter and the earth reels. Men who can tell the truth, and look the world and the devil right in the eye. Men that neither brag nor run. Men that neither flag nor flinch. Men who can have courage without shouting to it. Men in whom the courage of everlasting life runs still, deep and strong. Men who do not cry nor cause their voico3 to be heard on the streets; but who will not fail nor be discouraged till judgment be set on the earth. Men who know their message and tell it. Men who know their places and fill them. Men who know their own business. Men who will not iie. Men who arc not too luzy to work nor too proud to be poor. Men who arc willing to eat what they have earned and wear what they have paid for. A Dastardly Lover. Young ladies who think proper to correspond with rejected lovers would perhaps do well to take a hint from tho following curious case, which is, however, authentic. Mille. Felicie Maxy, who lives on the farm of Pen tocote, on the Belgian frontier of France, was on tho point of being married, when she received a letter from an old suitor asking her to re consider the matter, and send him an immediate reply. A postage stamp was gallantly inclosed to defray the cost of transmission. The answer duly written. Mille. Maxy applied the stamp to her fair lips ; but hardly had she done so when she felt a sharp Dajn. in her tongue, and in less than no time that1 interesting mem ber became horribly elongated and inflamed and covered with noisome sores. Tho disconsolate one, Alfred Camin by name, a farmer at Pichon, in the Nord, has been arrested, but, he declares that he used no noxious drugs, but simply moistened acorner of the stamp with his own lips?a dclicnto way of stealing a kiss. Such is the state of the case as it stands at present, but the tale carries its own moral. Some unknown philosopher ob serves : "A little girl who can put on a squaro patch may not be so accom plished as one who can work a green worsted dog, on a yoliow ground, but she is of iai mote value, in the com munity." Stick to the Farm. In the long lists of business houses and lots advertised for sale for taxes, which we find among our exchanges, none of them are owned by farmers. Very recently while some men have made money speculating in cotton, a large number have lost it in the same way. If true to himself and his farm the owner of that farm in tho long run is about as happy, lives as com fortably and has about as little to annoy and try him as a man can have at any other business. The success ful merchant of Atlanta brings skill, forethought, energy, economy and judgment to his business. Now, farmer, you do the same, There is no royal road to learning; there are no crowns without thorns?in fact thero are various old sayings and adages that may ho applied to farm ing. Bo true to your farm, give it your time and atteutiou. Get you some agricultural books and papers a.ud read ibetn, and if you find in them new ideas and now methods which seen; reasonable, try them. Plant cotton not only to make all you can at as little expense as possible, but so cultivate and bundle it as to put a desirable article in market. As of cotton so let it bo of corn, wheat, oats, in fact of all you grow or raise. You. cannot make u fortune on a farm in one or two seasons, but persistent labor, on that farm will bring a sure reward. Tho foundation of our national wealth and strength is ngriculture, and it will liberally support that man who will engage in it properly.?Atlanta Constitution. How to Get Along, Don't ?stop to tell stories iu, busi ness hours. If you have a place of business, be found thero wheu you arc wanted. No man can get rich by sitting around doots or saloons.. Never "fool" in business hours. Havo order, System, regularity and f-proinphicas. - Do not meddle with business of which your know .nothing. Do not kick every oue in your path. More miles can be made in one day by going steadily than by stopping. Pay as you go. A man of honor respects his word as he does bis bond. Help others when you can, but never give what you can not nfford to, simply because it is fashionable. Learn to say no. No necessity of snapping it out dog fashion, but say it firmly and respectfully. Learn to think and act for yourself. Keep ahead, rather tbau behind, the times. Young men, cut this out, and if their is any folly in the argument let us know. Thb Female Heart. The female heart may be compar ed to a garden which, when cultivat ed, presents a snccossion of fruits and flowers to reyalo the soul and delight the eye; but when neglected, producing a crop of, the most noxious weeds, largo and flourishing,, be cause their growth is in proportion to the warmth and richness of the soil from which they sprung. Tdien let this ground be faithfully cultivat ed ; let the mind of the young and lovely female be stored wij.h. useful knowledge, and tho influence of wo men, though undiminished in power, will be like the diamond of the de sert, sparkling and pure, whether surrounded by the sands of desola tion, forgotten and unknown, or pouring its refreshing stream through every nveuuc of the social ana moral fabric. A lady riding in a car on the New York Central Railroad was disturbed in her reading by tho conversation of two gentlomcn occupying the scat just before her. One of them seemed to be u student of some college on his way homo for u vacation. Ho used much profaue language, greatly to the annoyance of the lady. She thought sho would rebuke him, and, on begging pardon for interrupting them, asked tho young student if he had studied the languages. "Yes, madam, I havo mastered the lan guages qnito well." "Do you road and speak Hebrew?" "Quite fluent ly." "Will you be so kind ns to do mo a small favor?" "With great pleasure. I am at your service." "Will you bo so kind as do your swearing in Hebrew?" We may well supposo that the lady was not annoy ed any more by the ungentlemanly language of this would-be-gcntlcmun. HONEST LABOR. ?o? NECESSITY OF TEACHING THE YOUNG TO LOOK UPON L4BOB. AB WOETHY THEI? ATTENTION. A contemporary .referring to the ''good old times,' says it was then tbe first care of parents to have their sons instructed in something useful, and which could be turned to profit in case of necessity?and it would have been '-veil for mankind had the same care been observed to the present time?it would have given more real independence, less hazardous specu lation and fewer failures than under the present system?to say nothing of tbe increased vice and immorality introduced by idleness and pride. We may reform our constitution and change our laws, but it will all be to no good purpose, until society shall,' be so constituted that honest labor shall not be deemed a reproach. Bui this can never occur until those who arc taught mechanical branches af business shall leurn to place a proper estimate upon education and be re solved to take their proper places in society. There are few mechanics who cannot obtain education by in dustry and application. The deter mination is all that is wanted. .Until thcy lake the steps necessary to placo themselves upon an intellectual equal ity with others, they must expect to be regarded and treated as inferior in station, and ineligible to serve in the various offices which they assist to confer upon others. We can? see no reason why a eapenter or bricklayer., or other mechanic, .should not become a congressional representative as. weU, OS l-Uo-professional man if he- be aa well qualified. And why should he not be thus qualified? Will lie admit that there exists a natural incapaei ty on Iiis part to acquire information, or that, lio is physically inferior.? These Would be false and degrading admissions. Will be, thon,jnlead the want qf tiuio in extenuation of -hi a ignorance? This would be an e?V neons plea;: for* generally speaking, more time is. wantonly idled away than would' suffice to acquire a liberal education. It is not then, tho want of time, but tho want of? disposition, lie dislikes tho labor which will be required to become educated, aud sits down self-satisfied in ignorance, rather than use the necessary exer tion to cultivate his mind. In this country poverty and humble birth are no obstacles in the way of worth and talents. As in Rome, Cincinna ti! .s was called frcui his plow to iho. supreme power, so in America the humblest citizen may be elevated to the highest station. And nowhero do we meet with examples moro nu merous and more brilliant, of men who have risen above poverty aud obscurity to usefulness and an honor able name. Our whole vast conti nent was added to the geography of the world by the persevering efforts of an humble mariner?-tho great Co lumbus, the sun of a Genoese pilot, who at ono time of bis melancholy career was reduced if) beg his bread" at the doors of the convents in Spain. Tho story of the poor boy Franklin, cannot be too often repeated. Gen. Greene left his blacksmith furnace to. command an army in the Revolution., Ho was the chosen friend of Wash-, ingtoiii&nd next to him, perhaps, tho military leader who stood highest iu the confidence of his country. West, the famous painter, was too poor atL the beginning of his career to pur* chase canvas and colors; and ho rose eventually tobe president, of the Uoy? al Academy of London. Secretary Knox, the friend aud companion of Washington, was u book binder. Roger Sherman, one of tho soundest statesmen and most eloquent orators, and one of the most ?distinguished, live to whom was intrusted the high honor of preparing the Declaration of. Independence, was a shoemaker, andi President Johnson, n tailor ; Gcsner^ tho Swiss, wus a poet, a painter and engraver, and a bookseller. Rich ardson wus u printer, and wroto Pamela, which gave him fame, after be was fifty years of age. George Lillo was a jewsler, in London. Do Foe was alternately a horse factor and maker of bricks. Robert Burns was a farm, laborer. Ben Johnson was a bricklayer. Wo regret to learn thut tho Rev. Mr. Moss, of this county, is suffering from the effects of a dog-bite and iu not expected to live. It is supposed that ho was bitten some weeks ago by a mad-dog.?Slulby, N. 0. Aurora..