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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-17
Greenwood Cemetery,
nv THR NaTInNaE

,vITUATED ON THE NATIONAL
- ROAD, three miles East Of the city, L. now
ready for Interments, sale and improvement Of
lots. II contains 81 acres CT land and is laid
out in the most modern andinprOved style-ean
be easily reached at all seasons By the National
Road and for three-fourths Of the year by the
Henpfeld Railroad II Is pesfectly secure, and
intended to be beautiGed By every variety ot
trees, shrubbery, public vault, chapel, artificial
lake fountAils &c, to make IL equal 20 the BEST
Rural Cemeteries in the country. Ample pro
vision is also made for i.s enlargement, ordsr
Persons desirous Of purchasing lots can exam
ne the grovnd with the Superintendent, who
has plat. or secure them by calling at the 0f1cs
OF the Secretary, on Main street, over the Bsnk
Of Wheeling.
Persons Wishing 10 make interInents VIII cal
On the Secretary 70 obtain permits therefor.
Tickets Of admission TO lot holders and visit
tors viii be issued by the Secretary.
A J. SWEENEY. Pres't-
r c. BoyHAN, Sec'y.
BOARD 0FDREcToRs
A. J. Sweeney, II John A Armstrong,
J. 8. Rhodes, George Adans.
John G. Kuth, r @. Jordan.
Geo. Mendel, z. A Hildreth,
Joseph Bel | ~ sl4 angst
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-17
Gonrrc.sionnl Tickets.

I.t D;.trict-HENRY $. WALKER, of Ohio Co.
Cd Dts,rict-wM. G. BROWN, of Preston.
81 Distriet-C. i. T. MOORE, OF Mason 20.
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WILSON, DUNLEVY g. WHEELER

A RE NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH TO
n order Packing Tierses, Flour aud Apsle
Barrels, Half Barrels, Grocery and Nail Kegs
of all sizes, Cigar and Grape Boxes; also Steam
Boat Hulls and Ba rges- aucl3.2m
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-17
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED srArss:
HORSTIO 5 gym O U r
State, County and Township
Elections,
STATE TICKET.

THURSDAY, October 22d.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-17

Increase - --SIJ6,j70,4O3 33
Such is the effect of three years OF
Radical rule in time of peace
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
II Ride il, the Se,cers of Paris.

"But few of the Americans who visit
Paris, know Of the opportunity which may
be offered them to visit the very extern
sive sewerage of Paris, and examine its
system. Receiving cards of invitation
we stationed ourselves near the tower of
St. Jaques, at an iron trap door, and
the party were soon called upon to de.
scend Not knowing of the modus OPP
erandi of getting into these dark regions
below, we all felt as if we were going to
"take leap in the dark but what was
our surprise to iud elegantly fitted up
carriages or cars, lighted by four large
globe lamps on each corner. These cars
contained twelve passengers each, and
there were FIVE of them, making sixty
persons, which is the limit to the number
invited at one time OF course our ride
was limited to the large tunnel or main
sewer, which was about twenty feet high
and fifteen feet wide. The cars run on q
six foot guage track, and are pushed on
down grade by two men from each car
Tho water sewerage or drain is below,
and is from six to eight feet deep, SO that
small coats can be towed all the way, and
has down grade enough to make quite
current We rode by this train Of cars
across tho Boulevard Sevastopool, to the
head of Rue Rivoli, alongside of the pal
ace and Tuilleries' gardens, to the Place
Concord, distance Of mere than three
miles, where we disembarked into boats
and sailed under the whole length Of Rue
Royalc, coming out by the side of the
Church of the Madeline. All along this
main channel, are openings or trap doors,
covered with gratings at the head Of each
cross street, which are marked by the
names of the streets on the side of the
tunnel. By this means complete venti-
lation is secured. On tho top of tunnel
are two largo iron pipes III which pass
through The fresh water supply for the
city-ono from the aqueducts iand artc.
sian wells, the other from the water
pumped up from the river Seine
There are also three lines of telegraph
wires enclosed in lead pipes. 1t is well
known that these great sewers are built
for double purposes, aud one is for the
underground transportation of troops in
tho time of an insurrcction or war. BY
this means Napoleon can transport, secret
ly, troops from one part of the city to
another, Suddenly appearing from the
ground at almost any point. The tele-
graph would be also serviceabIe on such
occasions Besides this nayigable sewer,
which is fitted up especially for pleasure
trips, there are smaller sewers running
under twenty five of the principal streets,
and the whole length of the sewerage of
Paris, large and small, including the uh-
der construction, | was Informed, is over
300 miles long, and by these means the
drainage of Paris is effected on a magni.
fcent scale, and far surpasses the subter-
ranean wonders of ancient Rome.-Paris
CORRESPONDENT.
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brave" He clasped his hands, raised his
eyes to Heaven, ard exclaimed, "God is
great %
81 returned to the beautiful village of
Buyukdere. The sun was out in all its
spiendor at distance all looked smil-
lug and charming; but nearer approach
discovered roofs covered with workmen
repairing broken tiles, desolated vine
yards aud shattered windows Two
boatmen were killed in the upper part of
the village, and | have heard of broken
bones in abundance. Many ofthc thick brick
tiles with which my roof is covered are
smashed to atoms and my house was in
undated by the rain that succeeded this
visitation. 1t is impossible to convey an
idea of what it was, Imagine to yourself,
however, the heavens suddenly frozen
over, and as suddenly broken to pieces
in irregular masses of from half pound
to . pound weight, and prcipitated to the
earth. My own servants weighed Seve
raj pieces Of three quarters of pound,
and MANY were found by OTHERS of up,
wards of pound. There we're many
which fell around the boat in which |
wac, that appeared to me to be as large
as the swell of a large sized water ocean
ter"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
S'elS vi eriCO.

A correspondent Of the Boston
Transcript writes the following account
of New Mexico
"Such climate as this, and such per-
feet days! To turn from the majestic
views and pure air to the houses and peo-
Pile is fearful descent. 1t seems as il
the country had been created in beauty,
then left and forgotten. All along our
route we passed towns with the high
sounding names of Tecalote, Las Vegas,
San Jose, etc, the squalor of which no
Eastern inbabitant can imagine Planted
at the foot of some mountain range, all
the houses adobe drab mud, and only one
story, they look like great brick yards.
La the streets loiter lazily about a dirty
set Of beings whom au Eastern rag bag
would set up in apparel for ten years.
Till we saw a New Mexican's dress, we
never realized how ragged clothes could
be and yet hang on the human frame
The women cover their coarse black hair
and partially conce | their dusky faces
with shawl or scarf, worn always, indoors
and out. People who have seen the la=-
zaroni of Naples, if they can imagine a
set of people few degrees lazier, dirtier,
and more ood-for- nothing, will have an
idea how the residents here look, as far as
seen. Think of the enterprise of peo-
pie who, with thousands and thousands of
cattle roaming over the fields, send to
Kansas fer butter We saw a woman
grinding wheat for -four, between two
stones, and we almost believed the civili-
cation of the East a dream. Many of
the houses are destitute of chairs or
stools, the ownsrs sitting on sheepskins ;
the fireplace is always in the corner of the
room, and Mexican builds fire with
the sticks on end instead of HORIZONTAL
The streets are full of 'burros' or donkeys,
loaded with burdens which entirely conceal
their small bodies, SO that they seem COM
ing towards you, like animated bundles.
Dancing is the most popular amusement !;
we looked in upon 'balle or 'fandango'
at Las Vegas, and the nut-brown senori-
tas, in the fashions of 1S49 or thereabout,
were smoking their cigarettes in great
tranquility the men had their hats on
and when the waltz was over, the whole
party filed out to drink. Hardly the
Eastern ball room etiquette, but very sat-
factory to this untutored race. The cigar
cites they are constantly rolling, using
instead ofpaper, strips of corn husk. To-
matoes are scarce and high, generally c
dollar dozen-potatoes not to be had fire.
quently. The Mexican onions are re =
markable. Put two large, deep saucer
together, and you "ill know how they
look. The Puebla Indian have brought
into camp superb grapes, from which a
sweet wine is made in large quantities.
New Mexico only awaits the railroad to
reap great fortunes from her Vineyards
Mutton and beef are to be had fol- eight
cents pound"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
The Force Of T,oyc0,aOes.

Cotopaxi, in 1913, threw its Gsp, rock.
cts 5000 feet above its crater, while in
1744 the blazing mass struggling for an
outlet. roared so that Its awful voice was
heard distance of more thar six hundred
miles. In 1897 the crater of Tunguragua
one Of the great peaks of the Andes,
flung out torrents of mud, which damned
up rivers, opened new lakes, and in val
leys of Il thousand feet wide made deposits
six feet deep. The stream from Vesuvl-
US which, in 1877, passed through Tore
del Greco, contained nearly 81 million
cubic feet of solid matter and in 1894
when Tore del Greco was destroyed a
second time, the mass of lava amounted to
As millions of cubic feet
In 1879 the crater of Etna poured forth
flood that covered over eighty square
miles of surface, and measured one hun
red millions ofcubic feet. On this oc-
casion the sand and scori@ formed the
Monte Rossi, near Nicolosi, cone two
miles in circumference and four thousand
feet high. The stream by Etna, thrown
out in 1910, was in motion at the rate Of
yard per day for nine months after the
eruption and it was on record that the
lava of the same mountain, after terri
bic eruption, was not thoroughly cooled
and consolidated ten years after the
event.
In the eruption of Vesuvius, A. D.
70, the scori@ and ashes vomited forth far
exceeded the entire bulk of the mountain !;
while in 1860, Etna discharged more than
twenty times its own mass. Vesuvius
has thrown its ashes as far as CONSTANT
noplo, Syria and Egypt it hurled stones
eight pounds in weight to Pompeii, dis
lance of six miles, while similar masses
were hurled up distance of two thous-
and feet above its summit. Cotopaxi has
projected block of three hundred and
twenty-sesen feet in volume distance of
nine miles and Sumbawa, in 1915, du-
ring the most terrible eruption on record,
sent its ashes as far as Java, over dis.
lance of three hundred miles of surface,
and out of a majority of twelve thousand
souls only twenty.six escaped.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
Curious Facts about Spiders.

Some very curious observations regard
ing spiders have lately been communica-
ted to the French Academy of Sciences
by Father Babaz, who has been fifteen
years engaged in these researches. 1t hap
pened one day, as he was reading in a
garden, that small spider suddenly
lighted upon his book, and crawled over
the very line he was reallng He tried
to blow it away, but instead of letting it.
self be carried away by the blast, it raised
its abdomen, and swung itself to leaf
overhead. This appeared strange, as
there was no thread to be seen. Our OBJ
server caught the spider again, put it up
on his book, and repeated the expert.
ment, and this time placed himself in the
sun, with the insect on level with his
eyes. In this position he at length dis
covered the evolution performed by the
little creature. On receiving the blast,
it raised its abdomen, aud in so doing pro.
jected thread of inconceivable tenuity
to considerable distance, and, raising
itself ia the air, disappeared from view
This unexpected discovery induced Father
Babaz to examine the question thorough
ly every spider that came in his way
had to contribute something toward his re.
searches, aud in this way he at length as
certaiued fact hitherto unknown to nat
uralists, viz that most spiders possess
not only the faculty of spinning a thread,
but also that of projecting one or several,
sometimes of length of five or six me-
tiers, which they use to traverse distances
with, and afix their thread to a second
point for the support of their web. They
even seem to have the power of directing
the extremity of the CALCULATED thread to
given point they seem to feel for the
place where it is most desirable to fix it.
But this is Dot all spiders can fly and
swim in the air, though they are heavier
than alcohol. To perform this feat they
turn their back to the ground, an0 keep
their legs closely folded up on their body,
aud in this posture sail about with perfect
case. Their flight is often very rapid, es-
pecially in the beginning, and they will
sometimes escape from the Observers
hand quite suddenly, and soar up high in
the air.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
A GREAT NATIONAL CuR1os1rY-It

A GREAT NATIONAL CURIosITY.-It
is not generally known, says the Fremont
20 Journal, that there exists, about O
mile west of Fremont, remarkable un-
dergrouud steam, with swift current,
and no outlet above the surface of the
ground this side of Lake Erie. It was
discovered several years ago on a farm
north of the -Four Mile House, now owned
by widow, by man who was returning
from days chopping in the woods. In
walking over slightly sunken place, he
noticed hollow sound aud turning struck
the ground with his axe. The axe broke
through and disappeared and never has
been heard from since. Further investi.
cations showed rock about six feet be.
low the surface with a crevice foot or
more wide in which could be seen several
feet below. BY tracing its course further
down and breaking through the crust,
the same phenomenon appeared agein,
and by dropping piece of wood or other
floating substance in the upper aperture,
it was soon seen to pass the lower one,
showing a strong current. A lead and
line let down to the depth Of seventy feet,
found no bottom. The supply of water
is only slightly affected by drouth, and
pump set up in one of the phases above
mentioned, has furnished the purest water
to the whole neighborhood during the
late dry season. It is certainty quite
remarkable stream.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
.fNeCROfe OF Hume.

An amusing anecdote is told of DR.
Robertson, of Scotland, who with ready
wit, drew an illustration from a misfortune
of David Hume to point an argument
1t was as follows
The celebrated Mr.. Hume wrote an es
say on the sufficiency of nature; aud the
no less celebrated DIR. Robertson on the
sufficiency of Revelation, and the INSULT
cheney of the light of nature. Hume
came one evening to visit Robertson, anc
the evening was spent on the subject
The friends Of both were present, and il
is said that Robertson reasoned with &C
customed clearness and power. Whether
Hume was convinced by his reasoning or
not we cannot tell but at any rate he
did not acknowledge his conviction
Hume was very much Of gentleman
and, as he rose to depart, bowed politely
to those in the room, while, as he retired
through the door, Robertson took the
light to show him the way.
30, sir" he continued, 81 find the
light of nature always sufficient as he
bowed on.
The street door was open. and present.
", as ne bowed along the entry, he STUN,
bled over something concealed, and pitch.
ed down stairs into the street. Robertson
ran after him with candle, and, as be
held it over him, whispered softly and
cunningly-
"You had better have a little light
from above, friend Hume, and raising him
up, he babe him good night and returned
to his friends.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

H>HIs is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the SUBJ
i seriber has obtained from the Register OF
Wills of Hartford county, Md, Letters of Admin
istration on the personal estate of
VIM. E, MCGAW,
late of Hartford county, decd. All persons hav-
ing claims against said deceased are hereby noti-
fed to exhibit the same, with the legal vouchers
thereof, on or before the
24h day Of February, 1869,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand and SEAL this Gath day
of February 1868.
WILLIAM PANNELL,
feh2S Administrator.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27

g. An English paper says /: "Oa
Thursday last, very extraordinary affair
occurred at Knutsford. A corpse was to
have been buried, and it was arranged
that the funeral should be at the parish
church at three o'clock. Five minutes
before the appointed time the vicar ar
rived, and soon after the funeral party
came up As the vicar was approaching,
the sexton was helping to raise the coffin,
when with great establishment, he called
out, "Wby, there is nothing in it, The
astounded party found he was right, and
returned hastily to the place whence they
had come, to unscrew the coffin and place
the body in it. The vicar waited their
return to the church, aud the funeral GER
emonies were solemnized in regular or
DER"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.

E!HIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
Ii scriber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Nd, Letters Testament
tary on the personal estate of
ALICE SILVER,
late of Hartford county, decd All persons hav-
ing claims against said deceased are hereby mott
he'd to exhibit the same with the legal vouchers
thereof, on or before the
18th day Of February, 1869,
or they may otherwise by law, be excluded from
all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand and seal this 18th day
of February, 1868.
MARY SILVER,
feb2S Executrx.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27

How SEA-BIRDs OBTAIN FRESH
WATER.-The question is often asked
where sea-birds obtain fresh water to
Stake their thirst, but we have never seen
it satisfactorily answered till few days
ago. An old skipper with whom VIC
were conversing on the subject, said that
he had frequently seen these birds at sea,
far from any lane that could furnish wa
ter, lowering around and under a storm
cloud, cluttering like ducks on hot day
at pond, and drinking in the drops Of
rain as they fell. They will smell rain
squall hundred miles or even further of,
and scud for it with almost inconceivable
swiftness. How long sea-birds can exist
without water is only matter of conjec-
ture, but probably their powers of endur-
ing thirst are increased by habit, and pos
sibly they can go without it many days,
if not for several weeks.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27

EFFECT OF DARKNESS AND SILENCE.
DIR. Kane and other arctic voyagers
have all testified that in those regions
where eternal silence reigns supreme, the
effect upon tho brain and ear from the
absence Of sonorous impulses in the atmos-
phere is exceedingly annoying and abso-
lutely injurious to the auditory nerves.
As the organs of hearing are destroyed
by loud and continued noise, and an in-
tense light will weaken and ultimately
destroy the power of sight, SO it would
appear that the auditory, or optic nerves
become impaired by the partial or total
deprivation of thier natural stimulus, sound
or light.
DR.. II. Rails Smith, of Chicago, wish
ing experimeutally to investigate this
subject, recently spent a considerable
length of time 10 the Kentucky Nam
moth Cave, where silence aud impenetra-
BILE darkness rigned supreme The effect
was very distressing and almost insur-
noun table, resulting in temporary defec-
ton of hearing and alteration of mind
From his own experience this gentleman
is firmly convinced that the blindness of
the fnny denizens of this cave has been
brought about gradually through success.
sive generations, and from his observations
he is confident that the sense of hearing
is also wanting in these beings, although
originally existing in the species when
first immersed in their living tomb.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
K0sU .N,Gs6rats SsUtlst Und en- the
EcP

Muskrat5 have a curious method OF
travelling long distances un Ter the ice.-
10 their Winter excursions to their feed
ing grounds, which arc frequently at gre a
distances from their abodes, they take n
breath at starting, and remain under tn Q
water as long as they can. They the n
raise up to the ice, aud breath out the
air in their lungs, which remains in bub-
bles against the lower surface of the ice.
They wait till this air RECEIVERS oxyge n
from the water and ice, and then take it
in again, and go on till the operation has
to be repeated. In this way they can
travel almost any distance, and live any
length of time under tho ice The hum
ter sometimes takes advantage of this
habit of the nuskrat in the following man
ner
When the marshes and ponds, where the
muskrats abound, are first frozen over,
and the ice is thin and clear, on striking
into their houses with his Ratchet, for the
purpose of setting his traps, he frequently
sees whole family plunge into the water
aud swim away under the ice. Following
one of them for some distance, he sees
him come up to renew his breath in the
manner above described. After the ami
NAL has breathed against the ice, andbefore
he has time to take bis bubble in again,
the hunter strikes with his Ratchet direct
y over him, and drives him away from
his breath. In this case he browns in
swimming few rods, aud the hunter,
cutting hole in the ice, takes him out.
Mink, otter and beaver travel under the
ice in the same Trapper's Guide
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27
KEisnfLOO Women.

Very sad is the condition OF woman in
the East. She is there ga servant Of SER
wants" She has no position in society,
and is, III all things, entirely at the mercy
of her husband. The birth of daughter
is regarded by Hiudoo family as a great
calamity. When she is only twelve or
thirteen years of age, she is sent away by
her parents to become the wife of man
whom she perhaps, has never seen, and
in the selection of husband her wishes
are not regarded. Once wife, her bond.
age is completed for the Shasters, OIL
sacred writings, thus define her duties -
"When in the presence of her husband
woman must keep her eyes upon her
master, and be ready to receive his COM
mands. When he speaks, she must be
quiet, and listen to nothing beside. When
he calls, she must leave everything else
and attend upon him alone. A woman
has no other god on earth than her hus-
band. The most excellent of ali GOOD
works that she can perform is to crafty
him with the strictest obedience. Th is
should be her only devotion. Though he
be aged, infrm, dissipatsd, drunkard,
or debauchee, she must still regard him
as her god. She must serve him with
all her might, obeying him in all things,
spying no defects in his character and
giving no cause for disquiot If he laughs
she must also laugh; if he weeps, she
must also weep if he sings, she must be
in an ecstasy, She must never eat until
her husband is satisfied. If he abstains
she must also fast; and she must alb
stain from whatever food her husband dis
l;l,nn y
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-27

s9 Justice T-,who is now very
able judge of the Supreme Court Of one
Of the great States of this Union, when
he first came to the bar, was very blum,
dering speaker. Ga one occasion, when
he was trying case of replevin, involv-
ing right of property to lot of hogs,
he said:
"Gentlemen of the jury, there were
just enty.four hogs in that drove; just
twenty four, gentlemen-exactly twice as
many as are in that jury box"