The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-10-24

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| lever diyoreAs and de,erliens, seduct-
ions Rod heort.breohjags in this wide
worll, aul we might therefore layo a
great Clpal more Of sunshine and mucf
less ofTshpdow,
PANTHERs Us. ALLIGATevs.
A recent trayelertn Africa, SAYS that
he was ar.uso4.ooe morning BY a ire.
menlous noise oulhe shore of one orlhc
lakes not far fromhn camp, where he
had previously shot:a'lmse black pan:
Their, md. Fastening 70 the spot, wit
messed sccue farely viewed, even in
Afida. He says:
%'I,be cause of sriIo was ploini but
how Il beean, who cammehtel it, /, at.
lcnsttoald oply guess. There were SIX
GoRb#apts fea| black panIhcrs, two
| alligiiofs, each hidfoOs, ,ene about ,25
IeyFpin length, the ottar, perhaps, %
tigee 4T6o,bone Of ,6stenton. was ilyo,
dad carcass Of pant6st.,. Blool sloiq.
"a iiws, ,ilioli7, breasts, and paw,
SLOWED The pGnlhera nod hse6 .ongased
! IN thabtodrrly Office of burying theii'
own irad--irt-lhti- own stomacts-.
While engagsdin this pioiAalGlY thSgi
goro asseilels b. tho alligators. abo
Wished 10 renler.llis s5hia SERVICE; and,3
.,o,yhi RAM mn, ttbirs5 II Qhqtker lin
4 s,Fsi,ii Me- rs
Eshocksl at the caunibali,m o. tie PM
Hrhers was uotstoted, both parties being
too eager Ter the fray to talk. Alter
pptely lighting wickedly, and Juggling fu'
riously at tho partially devonred carcass
Of the panther that Intended doing NO
the honor Of breakfasting upon mean
intention which | had 50 ungraciously
requited heard u4 not,
The body was torn open, the inside
turned out-woainl lacaraions OF funk
and breast told how earnest his brethren
we're in their ei1r!s TO retain him in the
family. He should not be buried in
strange soil-they would take him in
their own bosoms. They had probably
been interrupted by the snyriqns, but
they faughtsloutly, and being two to
onQ, although Inferior in size, tho issue
was doubtful Already one Of the short
legs of the loreest alligators was broken
--ore of his TANKS opened; hal the
wound been larger the entire possessions
of the saurian must have been scattered
over the earth. Ono of the pOnthers
was dilapidatel-embraccdby the shear.
like jaws Of tho alligator. some ribs had
succumbed; another had bind leg fra
turcd; a'third had the eide. Of bis neck
,hayed, rs il skinned by Qua an fiGt at the
work, the iliy trailing on the ground IS
he fought. The painters fought for life,
and what sustained life; the sauious for
the only thing they ever fight for some
thing to cat The great effort ofthe lat
ter was 10 crunch tho bodies oil their OPP.
ponents between heir elongated iav+,-
The aim Of the nan,hcrs was to avoid
that, lodging obout like flcas, biting
here anil there in the "soft parts" sur
geous say; but even these paris though
soft were tough, and not easily torn
To attack ia front was 'hozlrdous; be-.
hind, nearly as bad.
The long sweeping tails inflicted hea-
Wy blows, which would break the backs
of dozsn paulher@ Alliho lftier IT,
footed was 10 bic ondetacatb. as they
could. The saurians, while fighting tug
gcd tho cold meat towards tho water;
the panthets pulled i, back. Ooce in
tho lake, tho PAINTERS ware done; there
they would have no power their n1Log.
onist being amphibious, their chief pow.
or was in water,
The toars Nnj yels were fright'ulj
there was more noise than work. A dis
astrous movement Of tho snurinns gove
the pNnthers an advantage. One sau.
rian strovo to glt panther between his
pondCrous jaws. The IN lcr inv hav ing
no due oriculalioo, the upper one rises
and falls, Ike tho Ill Of box opening
longthwiso. AZ the saurian was closing
his jaws upon the panther. as he thought
the other saudan. by a blow Of his tail.
hurled the panther qailo beyond the
reach OF tho said jaws, and tho tail en-
tered lhcml The jaws snapped down
yiciously-tbe tail was'curtaiIed
Rendered harmless as Llreshnr ma.
chine, forever lis owner became an cnsy
conquest for the pa1thors. Volts told
tale oIwac that had bchIlrn tho suu-
RAMS tale, Thercar was undefnlod--