The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1865-07-29

inlnRling hlssta, bowls, yrlls, nhu
roars, utterly surpassed alI cnotts At
description,
~ this moment the flames rolled
again into the room. aud then AGAIN
retired The whale npd alligator.
were by this time suffering dreadful
tormenti, The water IN which they
swan was literally boiling. The hl.
llgniors dashed iicrccly about, en-.
dca,oflng TO escape, and opening aud
shutting their .iaw' IN ferocious tor.
tnrc; bnt the poor whale, almost
blind, with great ulcers bursting from
his blubbcry sides, could only leebly
swim about, though blowing excess.
lvcly, AMI every now aud then send
lng up great fountains Of spray.
At length, crack went the glass
sides Of the great eases. aud whale
and alligator rolled ont on the floor.
with the rushing aud streaming va.
ter. The whale died pretty easily.
having been pretty well used up be.
fore. a few great gasps and con
vulslve Zap or two Of his mighty
fakes were his expiring ,pasm..
One of the aIlga,ors was killed
almost immediately by falling across
great fragment of shattered glass,
which cut open his stomach and let
out the greater part Of his entrails
to the light OF day. The remaining
alligator became involved in con-
troversy with an anaconda, and join.
ed the melee 10 the centre Of the
blazing apartment.
At this moment the floor, under.
mined by flame, gave way with an
awful crash, and the living. s,rug-
Cling, bowling, writhing mass was
launched into . gulf Of red and vel.
low fire, sending up q whirlwind Of
smoke, sparks and cinders 10 the
very heavens.
The last object ! saw was the polar
bear upon white.hot square Of
shect-iron with all the hair burned
from his hido. and standing saaek -
stiff, and rapidly baking bsown.
Before the whale went down with
the rest, . stream Of spermaccti ran
from his essesss down tLe sides Of
the balo1iae, taking IRE aud making
impronp>a candles on . colossal
scale.
A sunber Of Tie birds which we're
eagsd In the upper part Of the build.
ing we're set free BY some charitably
inclined person at the first alarm sf
-. At intervals they Zee out. |
I1ese were many valuable tropical
b(ssls-parross Of sll sizes and mani. |
sSld eolsvs, parroqucss, eocks.ess,
mockisg birds, humming birds, etc.,
- we'll "a some vultures and eagles,
and one condor. Great excitement |
existed among the swaying crowds in |
the streets below rs they took wing. |
There were confined in the same |
room . few serfents, which 40 Oh. |
tanned their liberty; aud soob after
the rising and devouring nanes began |
to wrap the entire building. n splen- |
did and emblemssic sight vas pre-
scnsed 10 the wondering and up gag.
ing throngs. Bsrssisg thresgh the |
central easement, with flap of wing |
and lsshing coils, Appeared an eagle |
and . serpent wresthed ia 6ghs. |
For . moment they hung poised in
mid air, presensisg . novel and terri.
bic conflict. II was the earth and
cir Tor their respective representa-
tives) .. sar for mastery. The base
and the lofty. the grovcler and the
soarer, we're engaged in deadly battle.
A, length the Hat head Of the ser.
pcnt sank, bis writhing, sinuous form
grew s,ill, and vsfted upward BY the
cheers of the gazing multitude, the
eagle. with scream Of triumph, and
bearing his prey In MS iron talons,
scared toward the sun.
Several monkeys escaped from the
burning building to the neighboring