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. , . ..; , ! 1 . jJJL. .. H ' ' . ' r - - --'"):' l.-'p 1'"" , i 1 . I w ."'AT i, : - ' l 4 VOL. IV. SALISBURY, N. C, JUNE 18, 1869, NO. 24 USlldJ? ...41 . BTVK!. SoYfPf 1 l rijcOIDXorll) Slotc P11BI.1KUKO WEKKLV BY Editor and Proprietor. HATKH OV M III HI ! I ION Owe Yeab. paytble in advance - I no Six Months. " " 1.50 5 Copies U oue address 12,50 Rates of Adoertisinq. One Square, first insertion $1,00 Ism m i nsertiou, . ...... ...... AO Third insertion 50 For eaeh additional insertion :t:ti Twelve lines of brevier 1 1 inr hes length wise the column or less constitutes square Special notices will be charged oU mr tMiil higher than the above rates. Court sod Justice's Orders w ill be publish ed at the same rates with other aJvertine inentK. Obituary notices, ever six lines, charged as advertisements. To persons wishing to advertise for a lon ger time than two mouths the must liberal terms will be given. 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. ' t t .11 l 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 ..A it. ..i' t ' I. ....41. . .. 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 I 7 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. i i .1 i i.i . 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" m annjBM