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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
WASN'T AFRAID.
The Advantage OF knowing ''signs."


The following has a smack of Mark
Twain about it. We find it driftingun-
known through the exchanges: "A
friend of ours, who took trip to Cali
fornia, said that he was not afraid Of
the Indians because he belonged to the
Benevolent Order of Red Men, and
knew all the passwords and winks,
and the fgurative language and
things, and no savage was going to
touch him, inflated and fixed up in re-
gala as he was. He hadn't gone more
than hundred miles from Omaha be-
fore band of Indians came at him
and schooped him up. He took the
chief aside and whispered the password
in his ear, and gave him the grip twenty
six times on both hands, and made some
observations about fifth moons and
happy hunting grounds The Chief
replied in a fraternal manner 10y toma-
hawking him and jabbing his butcher
knife into his vitals. Our friend remarked
that these ceremonies were not observed
in his lodge, but the chief wanted to
show him all the peculiarlties of the
Western system, 80 he scalped him and
chopped of his nose, and was about TO
build a bonfire on his stomach, when
some soldiers arrived and rescued him.
He is now the bald-headedest Red Man
this side of the Pacific Ocean, and YOU
never saw person SO disgustcd with
secret societies and Indian poetry. be
is going to sue his lodge for passing a
counterfeit grip on him, and for rdamagc
done by loss Of his hair
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
SECOND RACE.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The Recon
struction committee last night heard
Mcssrs. Maynard and Stokes at great
length, and concluded the Tennessee in
vestigation. Some Congressional action
may be recommended at the next meet
ing. The amnesty question was not
considered.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
euue has approved design for new
two cent stamp for bank checks.
There is no truth in the report that
the Commissioner has decided that Il
special tax must be paid on New York
Central and Hudson scrip. The matter
is still under investigation hy the Super
visor of New York.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
Curious Facts in Nature.

In the fish, the average proportion oi
the brain to the spinal cord is only , to
|. In the reptile the ratio is p to |.
In the bird it is to l. In the mani
malta it is 4 to |. But in man it is %
to |. No less remarkable is the frtal
progress in the human brain. 1t first
becomes a brain resembling that Of a
fish; then it grows into the form OF that
of reptile; then into that OF a bird
then into that of mammiferious quad
ruped, and finally it assumes that of a
buman brain, thus comprising in lis
frtal progress an epitome of geological
history, as if man was IN nlhlsell "
compendium of all animated nature
and of kin to every creature that lives
Utah Magazine
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
WASHINGTON NEWS.
ImDortant Suif-Suryeys on the p
per mississippi.
IMPORTANT SUIT.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The Internal
Revenue Bureau has begun an inter
sting and important suit over in BaIu-
more. 1t is against the Baltimore n
Ohio Railroad Company for about
ninety thousand dollars, being the five
Der cent. internal revenue tax due the
Government ca interest received 10y the
company for 4 loan made it hy the city.
II is said the company deducts the tax
from its dividends, but fails to hand it
over 10 the United States, on the ground
that il is due to the city, though moth
inc has ever been paid TO the authori-
ties of Baltimore.
SURVEYS on THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI.
The War Department to-day sent to
the House reports from General War
ren and his assistants, relative to the
progress of surveys on the Upper Mis-
sissippi. They think it is practicable to
extend the canal through from Sand
Lake to st. Louis river; thence from
slack water navigation down the It.
Louis to, navigable waters below the
rapids: thence connecting the naylgable
waters of the Upper Mississippi with
Lake Superior. From Sand Lake to
the rapids of the St Louis is about
forty miles. 1t is also thought canal
could be constructed to connect the
large lakes at the source of the Missls-
-ippi river with the Red river Of the
North 1t is recommended that the
surveys be continued so as to definitely
determine the feasibility of those pro
jects, and the cost of making the pro
posed canals if practicable
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June 3.
SENATE.

Mr.. Morton presented a memorial
and resolutions of the Iraelites of Indi-
annapolis, calling attention to the mas
sacre of the Jews in Roumania, and re-
questing the interposition of the Presi-
dent of the United States in behalf Of
that prosecuted and outraged people.
Referred to the committee on Foreign
Relations.
Mr.. Sumner offered a resolution call
ing upon the President for any informa-
ton in the Department Of State con-
cerning the reported persecution and
massacre of lsraelites in Roumania.
Adopted.
The Senate proceeded with the In
dian appropriation bill.
Mr.. Harlan, from the committee on
Indian Affairs reported number of
amendments making appropriations to
fulfill treaty stipulations, being princi-
pally in payment of subsistence annui-
ties &e., of the Indian tribes. The
amendments were agreed to-
Adjourned.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
asheeling gesister.
pg" Market Reports on Third Page.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

Gold closed in New York yesterday
at ll4s.
4 complete statement of the Fenian
losses in the late raid gives II killed
and l. wounded, 3 mortally.
Seyentv-fye Cinnamon left San Fran
cisco for Massachusetts, on Thursday to
work in boot and shoe manufactory.
The programme for the National
Spncertest at Cincinnati, TO begin on
Wednesday June 18th, is Published.
Il comprises much of thcmusic of the
Great Masters.
bitter campaign is going on in
Oregon. The disatfection Republicans
opp6se the reelection of Williams as
United States Senator, and the Demo
Gratis are centering their strength to
elect Y. F. Smith to succeed him.
\ match game OF base ball was
nlayed at Dexter Park, Chicago, yester-
jay, between the Forest City club Of
cleveland and the White Stockings Of
Chicago. The game resulted in a vic
,nro to the White Stockings Score
H. To .
The New York Central and Hudson
River railroad directors yesterday re-
elected Cornelius Vanderbilt President
and VIM. II. Vanderbilt Vice President.
The only change in the direction is the
substitution of James NJ. Martin for
Daniel Torrence. lately resigned.
The sufferers by the dreadful railroad
calamity on Tuesday at Patterson, New
Jersey, remain in about the same con-
dition as on Wednesday night Those
who have no families have been re-
moved to their swn homes. Horung
and Blakencv are almost momentarily
expected to die from their injuries.
Charles Salisbury, a clerk in the
postoffice at Philadelphia, Pennsylva-
MIA, has been held in $4,000 bail to
answer the charge of leaving the post
office with letters in his possession, tear
ing them open and destroying them,
after finding that the contents were of
no value to him.
Cable dispatches state the Ecumenical
Council Thursday decided the dogma
of infallibility be proclaimed on the 18th
inst, in honor of the feast of ST. Peter.
Extensive preparations are being made
10 celebrate the occasion and II Is SAID
that the display of pomp and pagentry
will surpass any demonstration OF the
kind ever witnessed in Europe.
4 brigade of the National Guard
New York State Militia, consisting of
the Seventy-eighth, Ninth, Colonel
Fisks Thirtv-sevenths, and the Fifty
fifth regiments paraded at the Prospect
Park parade ground, Thursday. They
afterwards marched through the streets
of BROOKLYN and New York, exciting
General attention and commcndatlon.
\ dispatch from st. Clond, Mimi,
-av- Riel is dissatisfied with the
Manitoba bill, because it don't provide
q general amnesty, and intends to re-
list. The Red River Expedition has
POO men at Fort Garry and 500 on the
prairie. Ahattle is expected near Lake
Of the Woods. Riel is said to he rob
hing the mails to procure funds pre-
vious to leaving for the United States.
Commissioner Dclano decides that
the managers OF lotteries are liable to
the tax of per cent. ON sales OF tick
cts and policies to dealers who have
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
How the Republican Party IL Run-
dering the PeOple-What kepub-
lican Paper Says
From the New York SUM-


WHIT BECOMES OF THE MONEY
What is done with the vast sums OF
money not only appropriated TO the
Navy Department, but expended by 1t
without appropriation and in defiance
of law? What becomes Of II? There
are 7l9 vessels in the British navy !;
there are only POP vessels in our navy
In our navy are only $500 men IN the
British, $4,000. Yet the estimates sent
in to Congress for our Navy Depart
ment this year amount to S2S,2O5,3l,
while for the British navy last year the
estimate was only $49,9S3,0OO. Why
is it that the navy of the United states
costs from three to four times as ninch
per man enlisted as that Of Great
Britain?
1t costs the American taxpayers
Sl5l. 10 per ton to maintain the ever
sickly tonnage Of their navy the Brit
ish navy costs only S7266 per ton. 1t
costs H. 5000 per man per annnm 10
keep our navy afloat, To keep 1t III re-.
pair to keep up its standard; 1t costs
only 500 per man to keep the British
navy ahoat. The estimate last year
for new machinery and repairs for the
British navy, which i, three and half
times larger than ours, was only 90,
749,0S9, while the estimate for ours
this wear is $G,97j, 900! This item
costs us $500 for each man atioat; It
costs the British but 500 per man! II
we had in our Navy Department The
honesty, economy and system which
the British haze, the whole cost OF
keeping our little navy ahoat, As shown
by the comparative expenditure. IN the
two countries would he just S4SoWh,
instead Of 81 go 200.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04

THERE are thousands of persons who
let a diarrhoea run on them, when a
bottle of Rosenheim's Stomach Bitters
the Great Western Remedy would
cure them. They are pleasant to take
and act at once, and permit you to 60
about your business at once, and do you
no harm. See Advertisement.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
AnInfant Phenomenon.

Cur New York exchanges give al ac-
count Of child named James Spcight,
aged two years and ten months, who
plav4 upon the violin with wonderful
ease. This minute prodigy only mani
tested its musical talent last Christmas,
since which time he mas made remark
able progress and is now astonishing the
world by his performances. Ever since
the original Infant Phenomenon shed
luStre upon the dramatic company Of
Vincent Crummles, E4q., the world has
been somewhat dubious about the sue
ccs<ive ones, but this fiddling cheruh
seems to he fully equal to the great
original in precOcity.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04

George \. Martin, Commercial Edi-
tor of the Buffalo Express, says If
DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy possessed
no other virtue, its worth would be be-
vond price as an effective antidote for
the horrors of cold in the head
Two or three applications have always,
in nv case removed the disagreeable
symptoms. =.
70 DR.. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo. y. Y, and
get it by mail.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
Dupont's Gunpowder Agency.
Blasting and Mining Powder.
c,TATE or WEST VIRGINIA, OII0

> County CirCult IourI, MhN KuI'>' TN'V'
Louisa II. ClCmen>I
vs.. Attachment IN Debt.
George {. StOoltire.)
The object of this suit j. tU recover from
the defendant sl37s, with interest from No,
vcmbcr 3D. 1863, and costs OF this suit, ana
to subject the land attached IN tins ease '"
the payment OF the same.
And II appearing from an affidavit hled
m the case that George {. StOolf1re, the de-
fendant, is not a resident Of the state Of
West Virginia, on motion Of the plaintih,
BY his attorney, II II ordered that he do APP
pear here within one month from the date
of the frst publication ofthis order and do
what is necessary to protect his Interest In
Test: MICHAEL J. BREINIci, Clerk.
y. RICHARnSOS, Auy for pm. Jun3
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
POf0mac Herring.

GENUINE FAMILY ROE HERRING,
VI in barrels and half barrels, just received
and for sale by
mai HENRY h. LlSI q W
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
Teas.

IN III. CHESTS CHOICE GUNPowDER
lU ~ BONes
Just received and for sale by
maI3 II. REILLY.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
Gold, silver d Gold Coupons
Wanted.
(Jnotce old Java Coffee.

FOR HIGH THE HIGHEST RATES
will be paid. ,or.co
maj HENRI n LLSI a W.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
Rio Coffee,

Inn BAGS PRIME TO CHOICE.
lW Just received and for sale by
mal3 ". REILLY.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04
Cord Wood.

81 PACKETS VERY FINE JUST RE.
CEIVF.D by HENRY X. LIST & 90.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-22
SCIENTIFIC & MECHANICAL.

To TAKE INK Our oF PAPER, AND STAINS
Our or SILK, Ero.-Mix well the following
ingredients: One ea-spoonful Of burnt
alumn, quarter Of an ounce salts Of lemon,
quarter Of an ounce oxalic acid, in bottle,
with half pint Of spring water. Wet a
piece Of soft calico and apply il to the spots.
II is said that good way to polish
plaster Of Paris castings, it is coat them
with melted white wax, and then place
them before Ere until the wax is absorbed /;
a considerable polish can then be obtained
by friction
The colors Of the sky at particu lar times
afford wonderfully good evidence. Not
only does q rosy sunset presage fair weather
ard rudy sunshine, but there are other
test, which speak With equal clearness and
accuracy. A bright and yellOwish sky in
the evening indicates wind a pale yellow
wet; a neutral gray color constitutes q
favorable sign in the evening. and an
unfavorable one in the morning. The
clouds are full of meaning in themselves.
Ii their forms are soft, underlined aud
feathery, the wind will be fine. II the
edges are hard, sharp and definite, il
will be foul Generally speaking. any
deep, unusual lines betoken windor rain,
while the more quiet and delicate tints
bespeak fair weather. Simple as these
maaims are, the British Board Of Trade
1pahk 1t to publish them for the use
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-22
The Gatling Battery Gun in England.

The trial of the "Gatling Batteoy Cur"
Shoeburyness, has given the British author
tiles very favorable impression Of its for
midable character. The small Gatling gun
Of forty-two one-hundrcdth Of inch caliber
was tried first. This gun has ten steel RI
fled barrels, and is made Of any proper cal
Iber to suit the musket cartridges used by
different governments. IL was "a at the
high rate of $50 shots minute. The one
inch gun was tested next. This is the
third Or largest gun Of the system, and is
made with six, sometimes with ten, barrels,
and discharges solid lead balls half pound
in weight 1t also uses canister cart
ridge which contains sixteen balls. 1t also
discharges explosive balls with great effect.
AT this test il discharged 255 halfPound
balls in one minute and eighteen seconds,
and riddled the target at 400 yards, and
made an excellent target, firing about 375
shots minute. 1t was also fired at dunn
mics representing company front, on un-
even ground, the men being disposed Of in
y GUAR orI r. There were 1876 dummies,
representing men. 80 Of whom would have
been killed. The average hits were four
in each man
Subsequently,, the small gun was again
fired at various ranges from 200 down to
400 yards at targets and at dummies. The
firing was at about the same rate and speed
as before, making the same targets and
producing the like destructive effect among
the dummies. All on the ground seemed
to agree that they had seen the operation Of
a weapon Of Unprecedented power.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-22
History Of Chloroform.

The history Of the properties Of cbloro-
form in England is this:
A Mr.. Waldie, chemist and bookseller
at LinlithgOw, had one day some Of the liq-
uld in saucer, when a gentleman entered
the shop with little dog. The chloroform
was placed on the ground to be out Of the
way, and presently the dog was discovered
lying by the side of the saucer, unconscious,
and apparently dead. After a time, how
ever, while the stranger was mourning over
the loss Of bis pet, the dog moved bis limbs
and gradually regained consciousness. Mr.
Waldie began to think that be had made
discovery, and, after having administered
chloroform to a number Of a cats with the
same result, was confirmed in bis belief
lie went to Edinburgh to relate bis story
70 some medical men, and at the suggestion
Of friend, called upon Professor James
Y. Simpson. After that interview Slmp-
son tried a number of experiments, and
proved beyond al questions the virtue Of
chlorOform as an anaesthetic. Professor
Simpson published the results Of bis ex-
Perimcnts in 1s47, and give full credit to
Mr.. Waldie for bis share in the matter; but,
as the learned physician had previously
tried ether, protoxide Of nitrogen, and every
thing In fact that was suspected to have
anesthetic properties, it is more than proba-
bic that he would soon have Bit upon cblo-
reform.
1t was DR. Simpson who first applied chic
roform in childbirth, and for this be il Justly
celebrated. Although cbloroiorm was dis
covered by an American, Guthrie, in 1881
and the editor 70 the Pharmaceutical ,JourH-
al Of Philadelphia, In publishing an account
of it, even at that early date, anticipated
for il an extensive application in medicine,
It was not until the news Of DR. Simpson
experiments reached this. country in the
winter Of lS47, that this valuable compound
was introduced as an anEsthetc. The sci
ent6c properties Of chloroform we're first in
vestigated by Liebig and Dumas, and they
gave It its present name from its supposed
chemical constitution Of for
myle, which was abbreviated to chlorOform
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-22
HOUSEKEEPER.

COFFEE CAKE.-One cup Of strong coffee,
two cups Of sugar, one cup Of butter, three
cups Of -four, five eggs, one-half pound OF
currants, one teaspOOnful of soda dissolved
in vinegar. Beat the butter to cream
add the sugar and yolks, wcllbeaten
spice to taste stir in the -four with the fruit
mixed in it 4; lastly, add the whites beaten
to a stiff froth.
How TO PICKLE RED CABBAGEs.
editor Of the WesterR Rural gives the fol-
lowing receipt: Choose a good fresh rcd
cabbage; take out stock, and cut off outer
leaves; chop into quarters, then cut into
thin slices ; place It ID bowl, and throw
in two good haDdfuls of salt; let il stand a
day and night, stirring it once or twice.
Then drain il as dry as possible +; place it
jars with large mouths, and gil up with
good, raw vinegar, adding peppercorns,
caPslcums, pieces Of ginger, and whatever
other spices you may fancy. To pickle il
a good color, put few slices Of beet-rOot
amongst it. This gives il a very beautiful
color, and N, besides, a nice addition 70 The
pickles.
To WATERPROOF PAPER. - To Water
proof paper, dissolve one pound Of white
soap in one quart of water. In another
quart of water dissolve one ounce Of gum
nitric, and six ounces Of glue mix the two
solutions, heat them, and soak the paper in
the liquid, then hang i up to dry.
ToBAcCo FoR STINGs.-Henry Ward
- Toloooo =. L -.
remedy for all sting Of insects. Wet it 30
that the juice shall start, and place it On
the place stuDg, and in one moment you
are all right again. Last season a little
grandchld walking in the grass near
bank, fell upon nest Of hornets and the
hornets speedily fell upon her. Sbe was
sadly Stung 10 some eight or ten places.
Her screams brought the nurse. She too
screamed. Everybody ran out of the bouse.
What's tb matter Y and What's the
matter 2 sounded from half score Of
| frightened mouths Tobacco was at hand.
Little wads Of it were wetted, bound on the
spot stung, and ID ten minutes the little
girl was playing again, nimble as cricket"
SWEET PIcKLEs.-Tbcre are u any re-
cipes for making a sweet pickle Of fruit, all
of which are complicated and tedious The
following, which will answer equally for
damsons, plumbs, cherries, apricots and
peaches, serves every purpose Of 6ne
favored, handsome pickle, Of good keeping
qualities, and has the advantage Of giving
but little trouble: Prepare your fruit as
i for pressrying. stoning it, and to seven
rounds Of fruit take three and ope-half
bounds clean brown sugar, one pin, Of
vinegar, and one ounce each Of cinnamOl
IN sticks, spri mace, and cloves. Put fruit
into jar, boil the vinegar and spices To-
gsther, and powder It over the fruit, letting
Is stand for two days. Then pour the vine
gar Oft again, put on to boil, and when bot
pour in the fruit and boil all together until
they are clear and transparent. This does
just as we'll a. the repeated scalding usually
recommended. .-