The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-09-12
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Some lwelveOr fourteen persons have been
drowned III Lake Tahoe within the past ten
years; none Of the bodies have ever been
recovered. Superstition, ever ready to
weave sentiment from Natures laws, as.
serted that there was a mystery 10 The
non recovery Of the drowned; that. 10 fact,
a monster had It's abode in this fresh wa.
ter sen, and that the bodies ala passed into
is capacious nav The true explanation
of this mystery never has been given
The non appearance of the bodies is due
to three causes. The first is, the great
purity Of the water, aud It's consequent
lack Of bnoyancy Drowning is very easy
10 il for lhi. reason, though | have uo',
while swimming in it, found any more than
ordinary difficulty in sustaining myself =
The s,cOud and main cause is due 10 III,
great coldness Of the water Even at this
the .warucst season, Tie surface water Is
as cold as the drluker desires il to be- bun
it j. warm there compared with It's ten
prraure at 'bc depth Of one hundred
feet. 1t isus cold there as the arctic beat
Of an icebarg When body sinks in thu
hike to the depth required. it is iruzeu
sIliF. The process, of course, preserves
il, so that the gus which originates from
decay in other water is prevented, and
discussion checked. The body is thu,
kept 10 state Of greaIer specific gray
than the water IN which ii is suspended,
aud thereby prevented from rising 70 The
surface. The third cause 1ics 10 the grea,
pressure OF the pure water on my thing
which is sunk to u great depth in it =
Gorks placed Oh deep sea-uets are pressed
down in week to half their size; aud one
Of the Oldest residents Of the lake expresses
the belief that, BY the time a mans body
has been suspended for week at the
depth ofabout two hundred feet Git is moi
likely that 1t ever reaches the cavcrnc us
and almost fathomless bottom Of the grea,
lnke), the compression Of the water has re.
duccd its size to that Of achild's. Doubt
less the idea Of uucoHincd suspension 10
such "world of water" is not pleasant
one to contemplate, but to be pressed into
solid mass, aud suspended In liquid
collin of ice temperature. is quite as pleas.
ant as intermeut and moldpripg in the
ground .-Sm francisco Bulletin.
YANKEE CouRrsIlp One evening as
was sitting by lletty aud had worked
myself up to the point Of popping the
question. seq |:
"Hrtty, III fellow was to nsk you to
marry him, what would you say3'
Then she laughed, aud says she:-
"That would depend on who asked me-"
"Theu," seq |, suppose it was Ncn
Wilrs?'
See she: I'D tell Ned Willis, but not
you"
That kinder staggered me, Tut ! wa,
too cute to lose the opportunity. SO SEE
again:
Suppose it was me?"
Aud then you ought to see her pour
her lips. Says she: .
81 don't take any supposes
Well, now, you see there was nothing
for me to do but to touch the trigger aud
let the gun 60 off. So bang i, went
Scz |:
''Eor, Hetty, its me. Won't you say
yes?'
And then there was hullabaloo in my
head. don't know zacty what took
place, but thought heard Yes"
whispered somewhere out Of the scrimase.
Don't Give it Up.
One Of our citizens is blessed or other
wise. with a very stubborn wife, In bis
case. he finds that when a woman will.
she will, YOU may depend out aud when
she won't and that's aud end ont This !
popularity of disposition in his wife is NJ
secret among his associates, aud one Of
them meeting him the other day, asked:
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