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SALISBURY, N. C, JUNE 18, 1869,
NO. 24
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RELIGIOUS.
Frow the N. C. Pisbyterian.
PLAN OF UNION.
It was stated last week that t ho joint
Committees appointed by the Old and
New School Assemblies in New York,
had made a report suggesting a plan
of union, which had been adopted unan
imously by the New School, and with
seven dissenting voices by the Old
School. It seems that there were nine
dissentients in the Old School.
We subjoin the plan of union thus
tenes. x.. rrTp to the Preshv-
the union provided lor in into
will be consummated. It is as fol
low: Believing that the interests of the
Redeemer's kingdom would be promo
ted bv the healing of our divisions,
and titat the two lodies bearing the
same name, haying the same Constitu
tion, and each recognizine: the other a.
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a sound ana onnouox nouy ncrusuniK
to the principles of the Confession com
mon to both, cannot be justified by any
but the most imperative reasons in
maintaining separate and, in some re
spects, rival organizations ; we are now
clearly of the opinion that the reunion
of those bodies ought, as soon as the
necessary steps can be taken, to be ac
complished upon the basiB hereinafter
set forth :
1. The Presbyterian Churches in
the United States of America name
ly, that whose General Assembly con
vened in the Brick church in the city
of New York, on the 20th day of May,
1869, and that whose General Assem
bly met in the Church of the Covenant
in the said city, on the same day
shall be reunitedas one Church, under
the name and style of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of Amer
ica, possessing all the legal and cor
porate rights and powers pertaining
to the Church previous to the division
in 1838, and all the legal and corpor
ate rights and powers which the sep
arate Churches now possess.
2. The reunion shall lc effected on
the doctrinal and ecclesiastical basis of
our common standards ; the Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments shall
be acknowledged to be the inspired
Word of God, and the only infallible
sion of Faith shall continue to be sin
cerely received and adopted as contain
ing the system of doctrine taught in
the Holy Scriptures, and the govern
ment and discipline of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States shall lc
approved as containing the principles
and rules of our polity.
3, Each of the said Assemblies shall
submit the foregoing liasis to its Pres
byteries, which shall be required to
meet 0 or before the 15th day of Oc
tober, 1869, to express their approval
or disapproval of the same, by a cate
gorical answer ;to the following ques
tion :
Do you approve of the reunion of
the two bodies now claiming the name
and rights of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America, on
the following basis namely : " The
reunion shall be effected on the doc
trinal and ecclesiastical basis of our
' common standards ; the Scriptures of
the Old and New Testaments shall be
acknowledged to be the inspired Word
of God, and the only infallible rule of
faith and practice ; the Confession of
Faith shall continue to be sincerely re
ceived and adopted as. containing the
Fvstem of doctrine taught in the Holv
Scriptures; and the government and
discipline of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States shall be approved j
as containing the principles and rules
of our polity 7
Statefa Ef'sbytery shall, lcfure the 1st
with which it Ki-iii'j!), forward to the
of It! vote on thp wiiri bniXsM inblv
4. The said General Assemblies now
sitting, shall, after finishing their bu
siness, adjourn to meet in the city of
Pittsburg, Penn., on the second Wed
nesday ofNovember, 1809, at 11 o'clock
A. M.
If the two General Assemblies shall
then find and declare that the almvc
named lisis of reunion has Iwcu ap
proved by two-thirds of the Presby
teries coiinectod with eaeh branch of
the Church, then the same shall Ih of
binding force, and the two Assemblies
shall take action accordingly
5. Thcsaid General Assemblies shall
then and there make provision for the
meeting of the General Assembly ol
the united Church on the third Thurs
day of May, 1870. The Moderators
of the two present Assemblies shall
jointly preside atthe said Assembly of
1879 until another Moderator is cho
sen. The Moderator of the Assembly
now sitting at the Brick church afore
said, shall, if present, put all votes,
and decide questions of order ; and
the Moderator of the other Assembly,
shall, if present, preach the opening
sermon ; and the Stated Clerks of the
present Assemblies shall act as Stated
Clerks of the Assembly of the united
Church until a Stated Clerk or Clerks
shall have been chosen thereby : and
no Commissioner shall have a right to
vote or deliberate in said Assembly
until his name shall have Ix-cn enroll
ed by the said Clerks, and his commis
sion examined and Hied among the pa
pers of the Assembly.
6. Each Presbytery of the separate
Churches shall be entitled to the same
representation in the. Assembly of the
united Church in 1870'asit is entitled'
to in the Assembly with which it is
concurrent declaration -ortai
lilies in relation to matters pertauuffg
to the interests of the church when it
shall have become united. The assem-
lilies also recommend a day of united i
prayer, the second Sabbath in Septem
ber, in view of the proposed 1 nion.
"agricultural-
PRESERVATION OF SHEEP
FROM DOGS.
The writer well remembers when a
boy, that his father (residing in Ken
tucky) never had any sheep killed by
dogs, although his flock was much the
largest of any in the neighborhood.
On one occasion, I well remember,
when there were over fifty .sheep kill
ed one night, immediately around in
the neighborhood, and that five or six
neighbors that had lost sheep, the night
previous, came to my father's to learn
his losses, but their astonishment was
great to learn he had lost no sheep.
Thev then sagely concluded that they
were his dogs that had depredated on
their flocks. Accordingly all his dogs,
some eight or ten, were called up, and
their mouths rigidly examined, to find
blood or wool . as evidence of their
guilt ; but none appeared, and their
astonishment was still greater.
My father told them he could easi
ly satisfy them. They would never
have a sheep killed by a dog or wolf
if they would do with their flocks as
he did with his. Their wouder was
increased when he told them all they
had to da was to let their sheep run
with their cattle constantly, aiwl they
would never have a sheep killed by a
dog or woolf. To shoWUhem the proof
of his correctness, he invited them to
walk with him to the pasture where
his sheep and cattle were
taking all his dogs.
feeding,
When they reached the pasture, my
father requested the gentlemen to set
the dogs on the sheep or cattle. Tins
was done. The sheep immediately
sought protection by running to, un
der ana Lehind the cattle, while the
latter made an immediate attack on
the dogs, and in less than five mi unites
every dog was run out of the pasture.
One of the gentlemen asked the pri
vilege of bringing hia dog, thinking
my father's dogs bad been trained to
run from the cattle. The request was
readily granted, and all the gentle
men met again next morning, when
some four dogs were set on the sheep
with the same,' .result, viz : Hie. dogs
were driven out of the pasture in less
time. . This satisfied the gentlemen,
and there were no more sheep killed
in the neighborjiood.
About twenty years afier, I fell he!r
to some thousand head of sheep. The
neighlxrhood to which I removed was
then greatly afflicted with what
were called sheep Killing nogs
killing dogs ; and
and remembering my father's custom,
1 kept my sheet and cattle together,
still residing in Kentucky. One morn
ing six or eight of my ncigh!ors call
ed in that had lost some eighty sheep
the night before. Learning I had I st
none of my thick, thev were unani-
"7MLflMas in the belief that my dogs had
mischief. The dogs were all
called up and carefully examined for
proof of their sheep killing proclivi
ties, but without the leust success.
As they had two or three dogs of
their own with them, I told them if
they would walk with me to my sheep
I would learn them how to preserve
sheep from Ising killed by dogs.
I l lev dul so, ami on reaclung tne pas
ture some two hundred acres, 1 desir
ed the gentlemen to set their dogs on
my sheep, and to do their best in do
i ing so. The effort was most earnestly
made, but il was not five minutes Ih
fore every dog was driven over the
fence out of tho pasture the sheep
running directly to the cattle for pro
tection, and the cattle assumed the
most beligcrent attitude toward the
dogs, and cleared the pasture in no
time of them. No more sheep were
killed in that region.
Any gentleman can prove this by
a trial. It may take a short time for
the sheep and the cattle to assimilate
together, but that it is certain, is le
yond question. Nashville Union.
GEN.
WASHINGTON'S MULES.
CUBTIS'8 RECOLLECTIOX8. '
Upon Washington's first retirement
in 1783, he became convinced of the
defective nature of the working ani
mals employed in the agriculture of
tfye .Southern States, and set about
remedying the evil by the introduc
tion of mules instead of horses the
mule being found to live longer, be
less liable to diseases, and require less
food, and in every resixrt to be more
valuable and economical than the
horse in the agricultural labor of the
Southern States. Up to 1783, scarce
ly any mules were to be found in
and of little value. So soon as tftt-
views on this subject of the illustrious
tanner of Mount V ernon were Known
abroad, he received. a present from the
King of Spain of a jack and two jen
nies, selected from the royal stud at
Madrid. The jack called, the Royal
Gift, was sixteen hands high, of a
grey color, heavily made, and of slug
gish disposition. At the same time
the Marquis de Lafayette sent out a
;ack and jennies from the Island of
Malta, was a stqwrb animal, black
color, with the form of a stag and the
ferocity of a tiger. Washington avail
ed himself of the best qualities of the
two jacks, by crossing the breeds, and
. 1 t Ill
nence oDtaiueu a favorite jack, ca
Compound, which united thesize, sud
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trength of the Gift with the high
courage and activity of the Knight.
The jacks arrived at Mount Vernon,
if we mistake not, early in 17!S. The
General bred some very superior mules
from his coach mares, sending them
from Philadelphia for the purpose.
In a few years the estate of Mount
Vernon became stocked with mules of
a very superior order, rising to the
height of sixteen hands, and of great
power and usefulness one wagon
team of four mules selling at the sale
of the General's effects for $oOO.
In no portion of Washington's va
rious lalMirs and improvements in ag
riculture was he so particularly enti
tled to be hailed as a public benafac
tor as in the introduction of mules in
farming laborj those animals being,
at this tiniej almost exclusively used
for farming purposes in the Southern
States. National Intel liyencer.
MOLES.
Editor Southern Cultivator: In the
March Nnuinlier of the Cultivator,
"Ilardup" makes inquiry how to de
stroy -moles. I will give hini the
benefit of my experience Likejiim
I tried strychnine, gourd seed, and
the Palma Christi seed, without effect.
Now when one visits my garden, I
tramp down the route they make, and
watch for them. They have a certain
time of day W travelling in search of
food in the morning from seven to
nine o'clock, and again in the evening
from two to five ; but if the weather
is very good, they are busy most of
the day. Thev travel the same route
tor weeks if not molested. In watch
ing for them, one must approach the
place very gently the jarring of the
ground will stop them from working;
watch closely, and you can sec the up
heaving of the eartliV-lK,- quiet and
stamp the ground behind and before
them dig quick, and you will unearth
them. 1 caught seven in my garden
and yard last spring, and the pretty
weather we had in January ami Feb
ruary, bought them out, and I caught
four in my garden this year- the last
oue, I suppose, as there has not one
made a route in the garden in four
weeks. This i the onlv sure method
of. destroying them that I have found.
It requires patience, but if the weath
er is warm thev are sure to travel, and
always in th same path. If their
route is trodden down frequently they
will go dcejier the next time. They
are more destructive than they have
credit for, and it pays well to watch a
day or two, to get even one.
Respectfully Yours,
JAMES STEELE.
Cherokee county, 0'n.. March 17, '(H).
MISt ET.T.AXF.nt'S.
COMMON 1 MPU( U'iil ETJ IvS OF
SPEECiJ.
Atalf, is a needless expletive, which
is employed hv many writers of what
; may lie called the forcible-feeble
school. " For "'examples:' "The coach
, was upset, but atraugc to say, not a
passenger received the slightest injury
I at all." "It is not at all stranire. '
Mistaken, is erroneously used for
miMook. "You are mistaken" is used
to signify "you mistake." A popular
hymn legins, "Mistaken souls, that
dream of heaven," for mistaking. "I
am mistaken" means, , am takm
amiss ; that is, ("" Misapprehend tne.
What, for that. This error is quite
common among those who think them
selves above learning anything more
out of the dictionary or grainmcr.
"He would not believe but what I
was joking."
Conroif, is used bv many persons in
a strange sense. "This road will cou
i vene the public."
! Evidence, is word much abused by
! learned judges and attorneys' being
j continually used for testimony. Evi
: deuce relates to the convictive view of
any one's mind ; testimony, to the
Kiiowieuge oi anotl-cr concerning some
fact. The evidence in a case is often
the reverse of the the testimony.
Inter. This is a very low vul-
. . . j . i s . i i
garism, iioiwiuisiamiinv: it luistlieau
"iTTVou tMsQli. It is quite com-
can sav, "I have been;
I ,,.-flfc;,"
of a tense is had have been?
Had outjht, had better, had rather.
Vnlgar slisurdities, no" less gross than
hisn, toL'ier, ha int. theirn.
At, for by. E. g., "Sales at auction."
The word auction signifies a manner
of sale ; and this signification seems
to require the preposition by.
The (tiore, as an adjeciive. "The
above extracts is sufficient to verify
my assertion." "I fully concur in the
above statement above, or the forego
ing statement.) Charles Lamb speaks
of "the above boys and the below
boys."
, TuM M Rn a(ljc(.tivp oXj10 then
j Ki f jIullad." This error, to
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which even the educated men are ad-
dieted, springs from a dceire of brev
ity ; but verbal economy is not com
mendable when it violates the plainest
rules of language;
Either, is only applicable to two ob
jects ; and the same remark is true of
neither and both. "Either of the three"
is wrong. " Whether " is a contraction
of "which of either," and, therefore,
cannot be correctly applied to more
than two objects.
Proposition, for proposal. This- is
not a solecism ; but as an unequivocal
word is preferable to one that is equi
vocal, "proposal," for a thing offered
or proposed, is better than "proposi
tion." "He demonstrated the fifth
projiosition in Euclid ;" "he rejected
the proposal of his friend."
Sit, not, arc much abused words. It
is said that the brilliant Irish lawyer,
Curran, once Carelessly observed iu
court, '"an action lavs," and the judge
corrected 'him by remarking, "Lies,
Mr. Curran, liens lay ;" but Mjlise
quently the judge ordering a counsel
lor to "set down," Curran retaliated,
i'tiit down, your honor Jiens j-et."
The retort wad, characterized by more
wit than truth. Hens do, not set;
thev sit. It is not unusual to hear
persons say, "The coat sets well;"
"The wind sets fair." Sits is the prop
er word. 'The pretrite of "sit" is of
ten irw'orreetly -medr for ' that of "set"
e. y.,He sat off Tor Boston."
From tin nee, from wluncc. As the
adverbs "thence" and "whence" lit
erally supply the place of a noun and
preposition, there is a solecism in em
ploying a preposition in conjunction
with them.
Conduct. In conversation, this verb
is frequently used without the person-r
al pronoun; as, "he conducts well,
Least, for less. "Of two evils,
choose the least'
Previous, for -previously. "Previ
ous to myjeaving America."
Appreciates, for "rises in value."
"Gold appreciated yesterday."
iVort', "and plcwl for pleaded, are
clearly vulgarisms.
BouniLr ready or determined. "I
am iMmiluto do it." We may say
properly that a ship is 'hound to Liv
erpool ;' but in that case wc do not
employ, as many suppose, the past
iiartn iple of the verb to bind, hut the
old Northern parttripa! ad jective, j
huinu, from the verb at bua, signify
ing "to make ready, or prepare. The
term is. strictly a nautical one ; and to
employ it in a sense? tliat unites the
significations both of buinn and the
English participle bound, from bind,
is a plain abuse of language.
Watchman ami Reflector.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
One hundred and ten years ago,
there was not a single white man in
( hio, Kentucky, Indiafla, and Illinois.
Then, what is now the most flourish
ing part of America was as little known
as the country around the mountains
of the tiwuw; It-ww TrofrTtntti' 1 767
that Boone left his home in North
Carolina to become the first settler of
Kentucky. The first pioneers of Ohio
did not settle until twenty years aflcr
this time. A hundred years ago, Can
ada belonged to France, and the whole
population did not exceed a million
and a half of people. A hundred
years ago, the great Fredrick of Prus
sia was performing those great exploits
which have made him immortal in
military annals, and with his little
monarchy was sustaininga single hand
ed contest with Russia, Austria, and
France, the three great powers of Eu
rope combined. A hundred vearsairo.
a
' Napoleon was not born and Washing-
' ton was a modest V ireiiiia colonel, and
the great event in history of the two
worlds, in which these great but dis
similar men took leading parts, were
then scarcely foreshadowed. A hun
dred years ago, the United States were
the most loyal part of the British em
pire, and on the political horizon no
speck indicated the struggle which
within a score of years thereafter es
tablished the great republic of the
world. A hundred years aao there
? mu UT papers ,n America.
1,1
'icMiii engines nan noi imh-ii lmagineu,
in. in. lKuii.-mi uMe;y apus inui hoi
it through the vi: ia ofliistory, wv-
that to the eetituiw passed has been al
lotted more important events, in their
bearing upon the happiness of the
world, than almost any other which
has elapsed since the creation.
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WHAT IT COSTS TO PRINT A
NEWSPAPER.
Persons who object to the adverti
sing rates in a largely circulated news
paper never stop to calculate what it
costs the printer to put their business
into his columns and spread it before
the public. If they did they would
lie covered with shame and confu
sion, and instead of denouncing
the publisher as exorbitant in his
charges, freely confess that, iu some
instances, tliey get far more than tire
worth of their money. We submit
the following figures to show what one
column costs us in our paper ; basing
our calculation on the price of print
ing paper, type-setting, prcVs-work
and ink, leaving the wear and tear of
our type arid machinery ' entirely out
Of the question.
We print in the first place 3,000 co
pies weekly, which requires reams
of paper. That paper weighs 50 lbs.
to the ream, and is now worth 14 cts.
a pound, j
Our weekly expense for paper is
therefore 48 75. Our -yearly expeu.se
for the same is $2,274. There are 18
columns on one side of our paper all
that we can, under any circumstances,
appropriate to advertising purposes,
and if. we dii'ide this into the total
eo-t, it would make tho yearly expense
to us for printing paper, for each col
umn. $126 33. Allow us 'twenty 'per
cent profit on the paper, anil Ave have
2(J. Add the usual rates charged
by printers for type-setting and press
work, and we have : 6,000 ems iu a
column at one dollar per thousand, itv
ncwed quarterly 24. Press-work 3
jer 1,000, divided by 18 columns
weekly, 50 cents. Press-work at 50
cents per column weekly for 52 weeks,
$2(!.. Printing ink, $2, making the
total value of one column in our paper
one year, $203 50.
Wo have been advertising by the
column, and quarter column at rates
considerably less than these, and the
intelligent reader will at once see that
we have been but KXrly paid for our
lalmr. When we further consider the
expense wc are put to in keeping up
repairs of all kinds in the office, anl
purchasing new tvje when the old
was worn out, we have not the remu
nerative profit we should have in con
sideration of the advantage those de
rive, who advertise in our columns.
The fact is that newspapers, as a
general thing, do not pay. Tle sub
scription money and what is taken in
lor advertisements very often fall short
of the actual expenses of the printing
office. In such cases the parties are
obliged to fail back upon the job work
to meet their current expense?, and as
that business can be carried on just as
profitably without tho paper, the lat
ter must le looked upon, in the ma
jority of instances, as an accommoda
tion merely a sort of intellectual ap
pendagc which is thrown out of the
office gratuitously, and for the specific
benefit of the community at large.
If the grumblers and fault-finders had
their own way, the more paper- a pub
lisher would circulate from his office,
weekly, theereatcrthednnirer he would
' be in of impov ' hit' - himself and his
family, while ue reverse should be
the fact in a business point of view.
York Pa., True Democrat.
THIRTY CENTURIES OLD.
The oldest relic of humanity extant,
is the skeleton of tlie earliest Pharoah,
incased in its original burial robes, and
wonderfully perfect considering its age,
which was deposi ted eighteen or twenty
months ago in the British Museum,
and is justly considered the most val
uable of i is arehreli igica I treasures.
The lid of the cofBn which contained
the royal mummy was inscribed with
the name of its occupant, Pharoah My
kerimus, who succeeded the heir of
the builder of the great pyramid, about
ten centuries before Clirist. Ouly think
of it ! The monarch whose crumbling
bones and deathly integuments are now
exciting the wonder of numerous ca
rers iu London, reigned in Egypt be
fore Solomon was born, and about 11
centuriesorsoafter Misraim, the grand
son of old lather Noah, and the first of
the Pharoahs, had been gathered to
his lathers ! Why, the tide-mark of
the deluge could scarcely have been
obliterated, or the gopher-wood knee
timliers of the nrk have rotted on
Mount Ararat, when this man of the
early world lived, moved, and had his
lieing ! His flesh and blood were con
temporary with the progenitors of the
great patriarch ! His bones and sliriv
W1 mIou .jjxci contemporary with the
between nis eru aim ...
NO TEARS IN HEAVEN.
Sin has made our world a "vale of
tears," all the methods which human
philosophy and philanthropy have de
vised to change its cuaracter nave
proved unaviliug. Ever since the
apostacy, sorrow has been the lot of
humanity. The divine goodness has
bestowed immeasurable comforts that
soften man's condition ; but as man is
a sinner, he is by inexorable law a
sufferer, and by suffering in the pres
ent life, he can in no way way obtain
exemption. Even Christianity, with
her many and various and rich conso
lations, does not so change either the
character or the condition of her dis
ciples, while they are in this world,
as to leave no occasion for weeping.
She prepares them iudeed, for a bet
ter world, where all causes for sin are
forever absent, but never outside of
that "better couniry" does she make
their condition grieflcss. That felicity
they must not enjoy until they react
heavenly home.
Heaven is a tearless place. All who
enter there "shall weep no more."
Blessed world ! Dear reader, is tliat
I'f ins "in in rim lui vi. iiiiii . it i,
then, nay you be patient under the
infirmities and tnafs, tne bereave
ments of yonr temporary pilgrimage.
They are only for a "little,?' and they
have an end where "sorrow and sigh
ing shall flee away.' As you think of
the present state, you appreciate the
comprehensiveness of the promise:
"God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes." es, child of God, with
out exception.
A young lady of the most respecta
ble character was recently arrested in
Concord, N. H., for the theft of cloth
ing and jewelry. She Is in jail await
ing a trial. The daughter of a bank
er in Chicago and the neice of a grain
dealer In ' St; Louis have lately been
accused of stealing while shopping,
but tlie matter was hushed up, and
they: were not brought to trial. Two
weeks ago a woman moving in the
wealthiest circles, of Creole society, if
we may believe the New Orleans news
papers, was dedected in like pocadil
los. Late San Francisco journals con
tain a similar story. The daughter of
a wealthy merchant of New York city
is serving a second term in State Pris
on for larceuy. These cases seem to
indicate that all thieving docs not pome
of necessity, and that the malady
known as kleptomania is not confined
to any special class.
Knit in the Foot. To relieve from trie
terrible effects of running a nail in the
foot of man or horse take- peach leaves,
bruise them, apply to the wound, confine
with a band ige. They cure as if by na
pe. Renew' the application twice a day,
if "necessary, but one application usually
does ths work. Cin. Gacsitt. .
DRUNKENNESS AS A DISEASE.
Dr. Macon ri-nil a miner nn tlim nliiit
at the last meeting of the Cambridge Uni
versity Medical Uollega. He noticed the
prevalence of the evil in northern climates
and claitified drunkards aa the casual,
the chrouic, and those in whom tho ten
dency to excessive indulgence wua a
purely mental disease a form of insanity
called dipsomania. The chronic drunk
ards he described as tho most tractable
women preponderating over men asgen-r-.:ty
of die clns ahin want, and often
clevir un.i ag! . 4b. p raona, though full
of deceit, and capable of any atratagem to
gratify their appetite for drink- The vice
of the disease is often transmitted. IIo
quoted lr. Howe as showing that, in the
Slate of Massachusetts, of three hundred
idiots as many as ope hundred and forty
five were the offspring of intemperate pa
rents. Dr Bacon advocated the estab
lishment of sanitaria for the treatment of
inveterate drunkards. It is amazing that
such institutions are so rare, and that we
are as yet without legal sanction for treat
ing chronic or inveterate drunkenness as
a case oi insanity ox irresponsibility.
Many a good life and character would ba
saved if the law would give the power to
friends, subject to medical certification.
The very fear of being sent to such an in
stitution would operate powerfully in some
eases. The study of drunkenness aa a
disease is still imperfect, and would wel
repay more special attention thau it has
yet received. London Lancet.
A HUGE CATAMOUNT.
About ten days ince, Mr. Win. Shipe,
residing in Powell's Fort, at the base of
the raugc of mountains forming the west
ern boundary of that valley, bad occasion
to go to the top of the ridge immediately in
the rear of his house, and did not return
until nighfall. As he was picking his way
along the precipitous sides of the moun
tain, with his ride, loaded, in his hand, ho
heard a rustling behind him, and turniug
around, he saw a pah of glowing eyes
burning upon him with a fixidity and
sparkle that cannot be described, and mov
ing towards him with the seemingly in
voluntary motion of the spider when steol-
TiMMiTifni'i, i mr nfti p it wnltfnr Bhjr1
whs erect tor the fatal spring. A click, a
sharp report, a leap into the air, and a
heavy thug upon the ground, ten or fifteen
steps distant, and our mountaineer was
standing over probably the largest leopard-cat
ever killed in this country. Hfl
weighed nearly one hundred pomtds, waa
beautitally marked with black spots, upon
a grayish white skin, as delicate and firm
as velvet, and was (leubtlesa one of the
finest specimens of hia kind living ; bnt
oh ! what murderous claws two inches
in length of curve were concealed within
those elegantly padded feet. Perhaps the
best idea can bo formed of hia size from
the fact th.it when Mr. Shipe, who is a
man of over six feet in height, wishing to
test bis weight by lifting, took him by the
hind legs, drew them up and over the tap
of Lis head, the animal still Jumg upou
the ground. Shenandoah Va., Uerald.
A QUICK MARRIAGE AND A
SHORT HONEYMOON.
The St. Louis Democrat states that a
few days ago a widower from Memphis
took rooms in a fashiouable boarding
house hi that city. Ho was a man of
pleasing appearance and winning ways.
He told the landlady that he had many
troubles trying to keep house and raise
two children without a partner. The la
dy gave him all her sympathy, and re
eoiu mended a wife. The widower thought
the lady's daughter manlfesled all tho
qualities be could desire, and he was al
lowed an interview. In half an hour the
young lady couseuted to become a moth
er lo the sweet babes. A priest was sei.t
for, the marriage ceremony was perform
ed, and tho very happy couple crossed
the river to come to tins city on the cars,
but unfortunately too late for them to take
the early train, and they were under the
disagreeable necessity of remaining over
night la East St Louis. They took a
room at the Sherman House, and remain
ed all night. Next morning, after break
fast, thu husband came suddenly into the
presence of his bride, holding in his baud
a telegraphic dispatch, which he banded
to her, n quiring his immediate pre enc
in lliiniiibal, Mo., whectrbwine 4 'Hi'
pbrtuncc awaited him. 0t, course there
was no alternative but that of leaving his
new-made bride, .soke handed her tho
snug little sum of five huudred dollars in
shining g'ld, aud telling her to go to ber
mother and remain with her till bis return
which would be a very short lim left
her in tears, but full T faith in his truth
and worth. The five hundred dollars
showed he was all right there was no
getting around that, she thought ; but
alas ! it proved to be counterfeit. 'I he la
dy thinks '-there is some mistake" about
it, and says the St. Louis piper, haa now
been waiting several days for the return
of her husbanc, w ithout a word irom turn ;
aud while her fi lends are ot tlie opinion
hat he M ill hover 'return, and that sfae
Imw Ucu-imposed apoa bjja yillian, sho
lives iu hone that ho will coma back to
- t a
her aud make her happy.
The first day little roy went to
tU 61, the- teWhcr, asked him if he could
sprllT "Yes, sir." "Well, how do yon"
spell boy f "Oh, just as other folks aV"
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