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Raising 0siriche. in Africa.

\ correspondent of the London
F'id stntcS that domysticatcd birds
Lave hatr',l th'n own crrs in fine
''Nufort and Ou'.horr district f,l
the last eight years, and in H.,
George district for four years ut least.
Over one hUpiyrd chicks were
brought ont last season with nm in.
cuhntor known as DIR. Iaurcnc'-
winch is very simple and cnsily
worked the birds were healthy and
strong II il u mistake h. Imagine
that the hen oEtich does all the sit
ting tine truth ls, that tie father
does most Of the work, ~ hs taxes
his tuin at 1 l.. NJ, or thcrcabuuis.
and sits till about $ O clock ncxt
morning, In far moro Jealous than the
hen, and rescnts any intrusion 10 y
very unpleasant manner, by letting
ont with his night and left such kicks
OurwaroD AZ would send the strong
est man spinning II dozen yards, fol-
lowing up the same if tho uulu2!y
intruder should be able to get on h.,
pms again; ii not, the bird hammers
him on 'he ground. Recently man
near Cape 1owu got kick in the
back which dislocated his shoulder.
As regards the statement that the
ostrich destroys the eggs il the nest
Is discovered, this is entirely IL mis-,
take in this aud the adjoining lis
tricts they frequently make their
nests near homest,uds-m fact, in
view from the windows The FOLLOW
ing viii how how tile hey care
about being found out | was visit,
ing pair Of birds that were sitting :;
there had been some heavy rain, and,
TO my surprise, both birds were away
from the nest Thinking there must
he something wrong, went to the
nest, having previously given the
cock bird II good feed of Indian corn
at II distance from tho nest 10 Keep
him employed. The nest was full of
water, and tho eggs were stuck fast
in the mud. l had just taken them
out when the cocE perceived me, and
came down the field thirty miles an
hour, giving me just time to dive in
to the hedge, where remained until
ho thought OF his food again and
went off ; the hen then came down,
md the cock seemed satisfied that
she would lock after the business,
lud took little notice Of my scoop.
ing out the mud and water with my
bands as best | could, Tho hen
seemed much interested in the pro-
'eedings, aud when had replaced
-ho eggs she at once rat upon theta,
md the pair have been sitting alter
lately ever since.
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81 do. though" exclaimed Low
cliiie "Well ofall the parties ne
could have supposed, | never could
have supposed him. Why. it's tha,
blessed Glisser- from Tie stall next
to all Basclton fellow that looks
rs if butter wouldn't melt in his
mouth.
"Whcre nm I?-who arc You ?"
ctiol the miserable culprit.
"Oh. were particular friends o.
yuus, returned the officer.
But ! saw saw one of tfos,
things move, said The man. LOOKING
ilmhlly round with II dreadful shnd
/ der Luwclitle had stripped on' his
white raimcnt by this time. and So
did not shock the wrotchod Glisscr's =
eyes
I'VE will tell YOU MI ahou, TINT n
tho morning, said the constable.
"" Int Won have got to do is TO come
along with us
1T was SO Inc Ind to 'comc
along, and directly the cNhihitorp
an their STAFF mustered in the build
i ing. the intelligence flew Ike wildtrc
that Mr. Glisser was in custody for
breaking into the stalls Mt nights.
IL was n shock To- lrge circle Of
bis ocquaiutanccs and admirers. who
could hardly believe it and when
on III, LODGING being searched. the
hu.a Of all the articles missing from
the counters was found. the tLipr
seemed moro Incredible still. Mr.
liascIion was especially astamish,I
h,"au~" be- had made quito conf.
dent OF the young man. aud had the
modification Of remembering how lie
himself hnd revealed to NJ. GDisscr
tie various rlans for dctcctinr the
thief; and that, Tit had not been
for Iowclill'o insisting ON the iusc of
at'rihuting !hc piIfcing to the after
noon instead of the might, he proba
hly would have put the yuurg man
on ms guard against the scheme
which lad proved successful. lie.
recovered his watch and other artl
,!,.s' rhi has hundred pounds cheer
'u'iy. and gained Il reputation with
thc force for the extreme readiness
with which he put his nnmo down to
their subscriptions for deserving oh /
jrcts
Ar Glisscrs proved very bad
ease, and he vas lost to sight for
some years aftcr the date Of the cN>
hibitiun # 1862.
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A TALe OF TREASURE.

IN W'ict Nr SVficuiV icqUir'd lICUW ~
Il C4'.oai1 han Is pIoiU,d Not al a
10 His GcdR
!. Wbcn the Confederate army rndcr
General Lee, was forced back from
Tho trcnclcs NJ lr,rttburg by the
Fcdc,al n,mv. President Davis hur>
ricdly order i about $li,tOu, coo tho
property Of the banks oi Virginia and
f the Confederate Statistic lc placed
IN trains u, Richmond aud ,utSoulh.
intcniinc to convey 1t TO the 'ra"a-
NissiasiI " department, It possible,
there to mako final stand. TITO
treasure was Carried down ~ Char .Ut
c y G where tie railroad ended
At this place It was decided to
leave the money tcl,uglug to tho
lark- Of Nlrsipia il keeping Of their
/ officers. Tho rest Of the money be-
nngiug To- The Confederate States was
/ rhcod in wagons and the retreat
continued. The hrigadcS Of Generals
Bo.il Duke aud NoughGn, who had
succeeded in escaping lr IN East Teu.
ncsscc, and had arrived ut Charlotte
lew dav, before, wcrc'l laced under
the order, of General John &. Brcck
iniidsc. 10 net as an escort 10 the
treasure. md the command rrocc,ded
south until Grceush,rourh. Wa,hius
ton county Ga, was reached.
Al 'hi, point information was rc-
c,iycd ,hai the Federal ,cnc.al W.
son bad captured Macon, a iew mil,
distant. und in tie l,pc.oi r,,r,at ,o
the Observation-Disclosures Tive
news so.u got am.u, the men. They
became drmoralI7cd. aud a rush was
made for the wagons containing tho
treasure. |, Wa speedily divided up
among them. the clliccIs being uunbc
10 restrain the men. Anon. tho
incky unrn were two su,licl- belong.
in. 20 company f.. Third TcuuossCo
Mounted lrDUt,y If Naughsr's brl.
gadc. from Munro county. Tennessee.
Ouc at th,m was named Albert
Stevens, aui the other wc viii call
J. T Jouc. They lai CHARGE of
wagon containing sltOVpO IN gold,
aud when the panic spread among tho
soldiers aud tie cry was .sau,c qui
pcut," they retained their rrsecnc.
Of mind sni drove Oh in tho wood,
where they divided the money, max
iuG some S15.0u0 apiece. ,auI scIa.
rated, Steven, taking his home IA
Tcnoe-sce, where be buried It, con.
ding 1t, hiding place to bis mother
II very old lady.
Finding that it would be- dangerous
for him to remain IN Tennessee. ow.
ing TO the unsettled condition of
things there the people beng equally
divided on the question Of the war, le
vent To Georgia, where hc found
Jones, who had bought small pl.ce
and was quietly waiting until It would
be safe for him to roturu home. 5 g.
yen- stayed u while with Jones. nrd
then went to another part of Gcorgia
to visit some relatives. Before go
ing, however hc informed Jones
about the hiding of his money aud
his mothor's KNOWLEDGE otits where
abouts.
As soon ne Stevens was gouo Jones
his horse and made bee.
line iur Tennessee. tuthcplgcc whore
Stevens lived Arriving there lo
presented his comradcs 5 mother with
II forged letter, pmpurtiug to come
from hcr sou, d.rc. tiug Lor f. deliver
the money to Jones', which the oil
lady did Jones then started d.
rect for California. Arriving hero
he purchased a large tract of land IN
county. land being very
Iow at iLot tim, and lag .ipcn
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.A5"This story is told Of u a'h,r
who was ono evening teaching his
Little boy to rcci,o his sanday-schooI
lesson, II was from tho fourteenth
chapter of Matthew, whCr,ia is re-
lated the parable OF u malicious III.
dgidual who went about sowing
tarcs.
"What is tare ? Toll me, my son.
what taro is asked the aBxions
parcut.
"lon had EN- :"
johnny, what do yon NJ"
asked the father, on".
rather VII
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lsy-A farmer Of Broom county,
New York, says; put bells on sheep
to keep the dogs off. have tried it
thirty years and never lost one. My
ighbors all around me have lost
sheep frequently. They did not "~~
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{ manner of the rubbciics. He wa
convinced. he said that il the thie
I came hv night. he would have been
caught long before, but that over,
body was on tho wrong scent. sant
: that the thoits were really commit
ted in The hustle of closing for In,
, evening, not hcing found out till the
mnn'ug. it WIS naturally supposed
TIM ihc THE! camc III The night. Mr.
'til!,scr vVs very much struck bv this
view, which ,c commended highly.
AMI urged increased vigilance ablu,
the time spoken &c
Nm,c :ris was going ON there had
been ~ tl,>h drp.cda,iou from the
counters. pud Constable Lrwv'iilr
had hccu al's,ui from duty although
no one seemed to uuticc it. When
the vjsilor, dnput.l az iho close oi
th" day, nil the interior cf the build.
ing hyramo depressing enough. rs
ilc light iHdcd away. and there were
no place, more spectral III their AS
poet than those where clustered
mos, closely the white statues. which
were Il,utifnlly suinklcd about,
Nympls. Nuu.c.. Eucchrscs ani
Apppllos, GIocian hunters. scrip,u-
al anl mythplosirll iisurca. all look
cd equally rho.tIy H. their dim white
when Tie twilight of nighl had fallen
upon them. 80. in the gray of The
evening, all the statuarv looked mys
tie nul mcar,hv enough. rs the
stony iirurcs loohod down frcm their
rclrstals but none looked more
scpulchral than did tall sE,ctcd
figure which occupied pedestal
slightly screened from which
direction th, visitor might by two
on three large groups. This figure
might ht," been taken in the dis
tanc,. aud ~ the dim light for Il
jewish priest or Druid. or any
thin, ul the kind but had any one
come rcar enough t. inspect. it
wuuiI have been seen tia, tha long
rob" was OF lm,n not stone. and
tia, the face WAS less that Of an an
cicnt hero than modern ono. And
what WIS rather strange. tins partic-
uiar pedestal VAS empty all day. and
only occupied ly night.
Stauding az tbs particular SPOT.
any one could see in every direction
for q cor .douhlc distance. and th,r,
wa. .nucpiy any hding,p'acr near
The Druid oa llH pedestal had no
joul r,cauLy. outh,,n fly.s having
av,.t light with the n!aiaud,r
SNDU W.Lts lad gone hy. md no
'...w.y made ,,, Ned Iusrhnc
.... ...' 20 ..-. ...y.i A.l..r.
ari o. ul. ms i.-e.>c a., H.,
,hrunlci STATUE, Iau,uty watched
all through the darkness so pl
ti,ntlv. Tn no one not close enough
To- touch him couli Lave imagined
mat br ds''clci nom the ctliEics
around.
Is WAS yet compaiatlvcIy y carly in
ms ""t'h' on u c'itun hisht, aud II.
Young moon threw just sufficient
hght here aud there to mako every.
thlng moro uncertain than usual,
when LowcIIiic, lindlug hmsclf a lit
tie crunpcd from standing 10 long
IN one position, prepared to make
one Of the guarded shifts he was
forced to indulge IL during the even
ing; but Just rs h. commenced care
Mliy to draw one leg behind the
other, he stopped rolled his eyes ca,
gorly round, and then remained SO
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When their momentary
had ceased upon their {
who tho sheeted figure
proceeded to unfasten the
mans scarf ane collar, sprink
with water, and lifted him
ground +; his struggles COO
few long breaths annou
was "ooming to-
Il don't know him." t
tho constableS
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Icates-

One column one year, $1,000
Ouc-halC column. ono year. 5000
OuC-fourth column. one year, 1910
one square 10 lines | insertion 80
Every additional insertion, 90
Pruicssioualand Business cards of
not more than > lines. per year, 800
Auditor. Executor. Administrator
and Assignee Notices. go
Editorial notices per line, ID
All advertisements for shorter Pc
iod than one year are payable at the
time they are ordered. and if not paid
the person ordering them will lie held
responsible for the money.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-27
DIED.

FULrON--July 18th, 1870, az hiteen MN
utes past | o'clock T.. NJ, CoRpELlA NJ, wlIt
of 4. A. Fulton, i'll the nth Year Oi her
age
Funeral rom 'he 'eSiu'n'' VI nv,
band, No. 81 h"i street, a. '''' W.
TUESDAY afternoon FI''i'NN VI '''' ''''
>
MlLLER-Monday July 70, al II cio'h
a. NJ, HARRY II. MILLER, aged II ycarsa an"
months. .,....,.,
Funeral VIII take place I"il INV
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exert themselves, and though complaining
of their inability to obtain employment,
actually never make the effort; in fact
they would rather do anything than
work. This class furnishes the largest
proportion of criminals who prosper
only, as the law is loosely executed.
There is where nearly the whole trouble
comes in. Instead of sure and swift
punishment following the offence, lega
bubbles and techn'calities; all kinds OF
absurd pleas, such rs emotional insanity
and drunkenness; in fact every
pretext is used toprOcure delay, and then
in three cases put of five IA mild proper
ton the criminal, no matter how out
rageous his offence, goes unwhipt OF
justice. While in only one day we can
publish q dozen cases of murder, 1t Is
probably not more than once IN six
months, on an average, that news Is re-
ceiycd OF single execution. TINS II Is
which makes men fearless this is what
causts them to feel that they can do what
they will with impunity; and this i'~hat
makes them say, hanging is played out.
The accounts which are being every
day reported from all quarters, show
clearly that the committal of crime is be-
coming epidemic When any disease
assume, that form, the most stringent
measures must be taken to drive it away
So it is here. Let the remedy be prompt
ly applied in every case, and the oien-
ders will disappear. Even if they are
not restrained by fear, they will be pre-
vented by destruction, and the world
will be relieved Of their worthless pres
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WEST VIRGINIA AND THE CEN
TENNIAI.

The Philadelphia american and gazette
sounds the note OF alarm regarding the
shortness of time left to prepare for the
Centennial exhibition. 1t says:
"The season Of preparation Tor next
wears exhibition is fast wearing away,
vet there are many who still seem 10
cling To- the dclusion that "thcre Is plenty
Of time So Tar is this from being the
east ;hat every one who purposes exhibit
TING ought not merely to know to-day
precisely what he will bring hither next
winter. but he should have given
10 the Centennial Commission such
thorough information about it as
To enable those charged with the
work of installation TO fix upon
the location of his exhibit. The allot-
ucnt of space, We learn, will be COM
ucurcd within few weeks and, III order
Ia procrcd with it, It will be necessary to
suspend receiving further orders for
space This will probably be done about
the first oi September, so that those who
fail To engage space within the next SIX
weeks will be in fair way To find them
selves excluded from the Exhibition
Now, if this is really so, it puts West
Virginia in an awkward plight, inasmuch
as It threatens to shut her out altogether
from place in the grand exhibition.
However there is little hope left, for as
il is stated there are still six weeks in
which space may be engaged, and even
then those who have failed to make :heir
arrangements will only be in fair way
of being exc uded. So We will not de-
spair; but under any circumstances,
the time is certainly short and
our preparations are hardly commenced.
The position The REGISTER has al
WAYS taken regarding West Nirgiuia's
representation at the Centennial, we be.
lirve to be the only practical and correct
one That ia that she should regard the
OCCASION a. the most suitable which will
b.. presented Tor her to advertise her re-
sources, and the inducements she can
ot n to immigrants This is Il most i'm
p,rtant matter TO her as State, and one
she should appreciate. Besides this, if
she fails to make proper exhibit it will
be- at once concluded that
she has nothing worthy of being Hlsde
known. and more injury will be done her
future prospects than Il hundred lmmi-
grafton societies can ever repair.
The Governor hss recently published
letter, calling attention to
this point, and encouraging As
far rs in him lies, the
movement. our commissioners, Hons.
\. !. SWEENEY aud ALEXANDER K.
BoTELER, are also evinoing great interest
ia the matter. Now the next decided
step will be for the legislature to make
such, appropriation rs It's wisdom may
deem proper towards accomplishing the
desired result. This will doubtless be done
IN November, and IN the mean
time it behooves every citizen OF
the State to set to, and do all he can in
the way of getting up specimens of min
erals, lumber, the products of the soil, and
indeed everything which will tend to
show to proper advantage, the vast re.
sources and substantial wealth which the
State possesses.
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Public Sale of Valuable Property
In Fine Location, being
Convenient to the Capitol.

will sell, by order of the Cunningham
heirs, the bhlancc of the property belong
Ing To said heirs, located on the corner OF
Euii and Eighteenth streets (Old ClayD
near old AlarRet square, East Wheeling,
ON "Wednesday q. The 2Sih day Of July
in front Ofthc Court House of OHIO county,
Commencin" at ~ o'clock \. VI.
The properly consists OF n large 'front.'
ing, l9i feet 10 inches on EUtl, and 10 feet j
inches ON Eighteenth street.
said property is divided up into seven
parcels. firSt four paroles fronting ON alley
IL, respectively uS follows: First, l6icct;
second, IL feet . inches; third, IA feel
fourth, II feet ~ inches, more or less.
Each lot runs back jU feet To an iect III
inch alley, running through III" lot.
Each lot contains Il house OF four rooms
and cellar. Lots fronting on Gay street
are the following size: First, gNbb Ittl,
running with line of Foil street 10 SAM
alley; second, 2lXG6 feet; third, ~ lcct
inches hy GG feet back 10 said alley.
The property will he sold rs whole or
i'm lots ~ here represented, 10 SUIT Pur-
TERMS OF SALE-Onc-third cash,
balance in two equal payments, in one
and two years. with interest, secured by
| decd OF trust on the property for the back
payments.
The platS of the lots can be seen at No.
| liUG Market street.
j. c. HERNEY,
! Auctionccr and Real Estate Agent, HOG
Market street, Wheeling, W. Va.
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THE PREVALENCE OF CRIME.

ANY one who carefully reads the re-
port. of crime, which, day after day, are
tclegraphed by the agents of the Associ-
nted Press to a well conducted journal,
must be- struck with the unusual amount
OF crime of all descriptions, and the reck-
lc,sness with which it is committed. In
Yesterdays issue of the REGISTER there
was AN entire column devoted solely to
accounts ofmurdcrs, assaults, and outrages
and it certainly appears that human
life was never held SO cheap, while
thefts and burslaries have become so
common rs to almost be regarded as
things of no consequence.
What can be the causes of this un-
happy and disgraceful state of affairs?
OF course it can be attributed directly to
the deprsvlty of human nature; but hui
man nature does not show its depraved
side under well regulated conditions
The causes are probably numerous, but
there is no doubt that they can all be
traced back to two leading ones.
In The first place that great source of
general trouble, hard times, plays its con-
spicuous part When times are hard, as
they are now, and have been for long
period, then business is depressed; thous-
ands are thrown out of employment, and
become idle. ldlcucss is the mother OF
crime. 1t engeudrrs hunger, laziness,
desperation and general decentralization,
and from all these causes society Is dis
turbed, and crime commences on its
bloody work When business Is brisk
and employment is easy, then many
even naturally dcpravcd, will work
steadily, and do not feel strongly their
inclination TO evil; but these men when
idle, having nothing to occupy their
minds and leading only worthless, list
less lives. very soon have the demon
aroused within them and led on by de-
moralization, soon fall lower and lower
until at last, they become tit subjects for
the gallows or the felon's cell. The
Statesman then, who can devise proper
remedy for this great and crying evil,
will be philanthrophist in the highest
sense of the word and be entitled to the
heartfelt plaudits of his fellow men.
But while Hard Times has IFS full bur
den of the blame to bear, it has, after all,
the smallest share. At any and all times,
men can do something and there
is rarely an excuse for absolute idleness;
while even in the best of times, there
are to be found plenty who will no