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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-12
PARNELL.
His Reception in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, January l0.-Parnell
and Dillon had warm welcome here
to-day. AS they alighted from the
train, an address was presented, in
which it was hoped that God would
bless their efforts in behalf of the down.
trodden Irish. Parnell, in reply, thank
ed the committee for their hearty well
come, but begged that they could not
expect of him an address at this time.
After dining they were again met by
the committee and escorted to the
Academy of Music, which was crowded
in almost every part. Among those on
the stage were Henry Carey Baird, Dan
iel Dougherty, Ex-Governor Curtin,
Judge Ashman, VIM. V. Mexican and
Col. A Louden Snowden. MS. Parnell
was also on the stage, and rs she enter.
ed round Of applause greeted her.
Parnell entered leaning on the arm OF
General Patterson, and was also ell
Enthusiastically cheered. General Patter.
son called the meeting to order and
nominated A. h. Mcclure for chairman,
who made short address. Saddle
Bailey read poetic welcome, and Par.
nell was presented and made speech.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-12

MIrvAUKss, January io.-Plour-
Dull and neglected wbesf--Quiet
oyened and declined se, and closed
weak: No. l Milwaukee har,l 81 2st: No.
4 Milwaukee Sl e7.; No. 3 u set;
selier January ei 81; selIes Februsry
81 36t; seller March 81 esi No 3 81 Ia
No. { 81 Oh: rejected BIC Corn
Easier; No. 2 4Olc. Oats-Quiet; No.
y4fe. Rye-wsk; No I IIe Barley
-Steady and hrm; No. 2 spring cash
&c. Provisions Moo Posk
-Quiet n SIS IS eash; SIS Is seller
February. lAri-fnme steam 81 ii
eash; s. IS seller February.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-12
Liberal Bequsyt to wesleyan Uuivsr.i,y

Liberal BeQusyt to Wesleyan University
CoLUNBCs, January l0-The will and
two cOiicils oi William l.. Ripley were
probaled to-day. After making a COM
torta6le provision ioT his wife, and a
sufficient trust fund for an adopted
daughter, the testatOr gives about s75,-
10 TO the Ohio Wesleyan University at
Delaware, To be used as an endowment
fand 10 sustain chair To be called the
Ripley prOfessorship.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-12
LIVE STOCK.
Chioko.

CHICAGO, January l0.-The DrWr,
Journal reports hog receipts q, 900 head
shipments 800 head. Market active
and generally SSl0c higher; mixed
packing s. 1904 20; light ~ 4jtsi 65;
choice heavy "a 65(e4 IS.
Cattle-Receipts 500 head ship
ments 200 head. Market higher all
round good exports quick sales at s. 90
(G5 30; common 10 good fairly active
and strong at g 9094 50; butcher and
COWS 81 Oota3 10; bulls 50 OO(e2 30;
steers 81 s0sS 90; oxen - 7S,s,4 20;
stockers and feeders S3 40s3 90.
Sheep-Receipts 100 head; shipments
200 head. Market nominal and firm.
Cincinnati
CISCixSAII, January l0-Hogs-Dull;
common 8 1904 IS; light "a 25(r4 IS;
packing 81 4O(s4 IS; butchers 81 IS
"a 90. Receipts I, 800 bead; shipments
800 head.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-12
Soldiers, Reunion at Washington, Pa

The second annual reunion OF the
Washington county soldiers was held
at Washington on Thursday. During
the day officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President,
Chill W. Hazard, of Monongahela City A;
Secretary, George o. Jones. and Core
spending Secretary, Alex Hart, both OF
Washington. A resolution protesting
against the passage of the Weaver bill WAS
tabled for the purpose OF keeping poll
tics out of the camp. A private can
vass among the soldiers in attendance
showed that large majority were OPP
posed TO the bill. In the evening there
was a banquet at the Town Hall, and
the post-prandial exercises were very
interesting. The veterans who respond
ell to toasts were Capt. II. j. Nankirk,
James L. Stocking, John Aiken, Esq,
Col. Chill W. Hazard, J. 7. Miller,
Esq, r. l.. Christman, W. ii. Under
wood, J. Il. Sloan, W. w. Sharp, Maj.
James 7. Saver. Boyd Crumrine, Esq,
and Rev. J. l.. Milligan.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-12
BUYING AND SELLING.
GENERAL MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Money Easy ats Per Cent.-Governments
Strong and Higher-Flour Dull
Wheat Dull, Weak and Lower
Hogs Dull.
FINANCE.
NAw York

NEW YoHx, January lO.-Moxrv-
Easy at 5@6 per cent, closing at per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 5(S6 per
cent Sterling exchange steady at 49,; /;
sight exchange on New York Is+.
SLvER-At London 52sd; bar silver
here lls!; subsidiary silver coin l@l
per cent. discount.
GoyEaNMyYrs-Strong and ia! per
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-12

On Cnr, January l0-1ts neskse
opened vith 81 i4i bid. advanced g
d Is, declined and eIossd q u ~
Iid old. skipmsnis $sy0o bssssaa ave.
sging 40.0oO h4urls; tssassetinss ~
90 barrels.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17
A Portrait Of Senator Malone.

THE following pen-portrait of General
Malone, Senator-elect from Virginia,
appears in a Washington paper: I'd ,.
General Malone, Of Virginia, or "Ma-
hone, Virginia." as he signs himself at
hotels, is very small man. He will
probably sink the beam at say ninety
odd pounds and in height measures five
feet six inches. The biggest thing about
him is his hat. 1t is a slouch and worn
in typical Southern style. His hair,
iron-gray, is worn rather long, but does
not hang way down over the neck. He
has beard and mustache, also IRON
gray. These hirsutes, while not deserv-
ing to be called " straggling," are not
thick in growth. His right hand is con-
stantly feeling around his beard when
he talks. He stands straight and dresses
well. He wears black broadcloth or
black coat and gray pants. His vest is
unbuttOned all the way down to the two
last holes. This shows a length of per-
fectly white linen. The collar is equally
white, but not stiff, and is surrounded
by narrow black tie carelessly knotted
in front. Around his neck is hung a
long gold chain which winds in and out
the button-holes of the vest and finally
disappears IN the watch-pocket. Then
there are his feet. They are very small.
They are perhaps the smallest belonging
to any man in this country. They would
drive Chicago girl mad with envy.
General Malone is evidently rather
proud of his feet. They are encased in
small caf-skin shoes, with low quarters.
He wears cardinal-red stockings, and
when he sits and talks with you one
foot goes to the other knee, and the leg
Of the pantaloons being drawn up by
this operation you get good idea of
that upon which he stands. He is
ready talker and has the Southern ac-
cent pretty strongly marked, His voice
is weak, that organ being comparatively
as small as his feet, but it is rather mu-
steal. tIt is evident that he is thinker
and is pretty big man for such a small
body. He will be the Alex. Stephens of
the Senate.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17
PITH Ann POINT.


The actor who can not draw Is worse
than Q blister.-M o. RodyUne.
A CREDITABLE Acknowledging o
man for groceries. Free Press.
THE man who makes light Of every
thing is not necessarily very brilliant
himself.--BostOH Transcript .t.
"THE ParlOr Cattle-oar Company ~
has been incorporated in Cincinnati, and
"Boudoir hog-cars are expected next.
Boston Post.
The deceased was in straitened cir
cumstances,n says an exchange. OF
course. All dead men-pardon the
ghastly pun-are apt to be In straight
ened circumstances.-N Y. Graphic.
A WESTERN quack advertises 10
"treat patients by letter." II the pa
tient Is female, letter b would be the
best letter for her-unless she Is blind;
then we would suggest letter C.--Nor-
TiStOt0n Herald. ''.f .He.s
"Your little birdie has been very,
very sick" she wrote to the young man.
''lt was some sort Of nervous trouble,
and the doctors said l should have per-
feet rest and quiet, and that 1 must
think of nothing-absolutely nothing.
And all the time, dear George, thought
constantly Of you" The young man
read it over, and then read it through
again very slowly, and put it in his
pocket and went out under the silent
stars, and kept thinking, and thinking,
and thinking.N But he didn't say any
thing. He only kept thinking. Rock
land Courier.
A wELL-KNowN Boston minister, a
part Of whose official duty is to preach
in different pulpits in behalf of society
for the relief of the poor, seldom fails to
bring tears from the eyes and money
from the pockets of his hearers by har-
rowing descriptions Of destitution and
misery. One Sunday, after he had done
his very best in this line, and was leav-
ing the Westinghouse, gentleman ac-
costed him with the remark, evidently
made in all innocence, 'I declare, Mr..
W, those we're very sad stories you
told, and suppose most Of them Were
tTue.--HdTper'S DTdtOer.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17
LATRR NMWa.

SINCE July 20 the specie in the
three great banks OF Europe-Bank of
England, Bank OF France and the Imperial
Bank Of Germany-has decreased s77 185. 998
most all Of which has been sent to the United
states to pay for flour, wheat noat provisions
and cotton.
A DUBLIN dispatch says each day
brings fresh evidence that Ireland is hurry
ing on by strides and bounds toward reyolu-
| tion.
A TEHERAN dispatch says the Per-
SLAMS recently destroyed Uchin, killing many
inhabitants. They afterward defeated le, 900
Kurds at Mergewar.
MADAME THEIRS, widow Of President
Theirs OF France, died at Paris on the 18th.
Four drunken men froze to death in
New York City on the night of the 18th.
SECRETARY THOMSON, Of the NAVY
Department, has resigned. His resignation
is take effect on the Goth
A FIRE occurred at the residence of
Charles d. Fisher Baltimore, Md, on the
morning OF the 18th. The interior OF the
house was in flames before the alarm was
given, the entire household being aaleep At
the time. Mr. Fisher and family escaped In
safety, but Mary TAsker and Perry DiRgs
cOlQred servants, jumped In their fright from
the ifth story window and we're killed
The Brazil Senate has passed a bill
rendering ProtestAntu, naturalized foreigners
and freedmen eligible to seats in the Cham
her.
FIVE blocks in the heart of Pensacola,
Fla, comprising about nlno-tenths OF the
business portion Of the city, we're destroyed
by Ore on the night Of the 10TH The custom
house and records were burned The hre
orfinated IN the confectionery store OF g.
Damiana. His family resided above the Rtore,
and several Of them we're burned, Mrs Da-
mianA will die.
ONE HUNDRED persons were killed by
the recent explosion in the PenyRraig colllery
In Wales.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred al Gin
cnuat on the night OF the 1ith, resulting In
the death OF i've aremen. The Ore originated
10 the basement of the bucket factory Of
James z, Cav a. Co, and the iremen, re-
sponding TO the call, had entered the second
story, when they were oYerpowered by the
smoke aud fell seuseless The Chief OF the
Department, who was leading them, man
aged IN get out Of the room and was
saved, The bodies were recovered a few hours
later. When recovered none Of them were
burned save about the face and hands, and
al Of them could be identified. Assistant Chief
Lou Wlhby fell through hatchway and was
seriously injured internally.
JAY 6ouLD's conservatory at Irving
ton on the Hudson, was destroyed by FIRE on
the 1lth, The conservatory was the largest
IN the country and was filled with the rarest
and most valuable exOties and ferns. Many
were imported AZ great expense, aud some
were not dupllcatedin the United States. Loal
said TO be 100000.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17
Both Disappointed.

SATURDAY night, Just before mid
night, policeman on Fort Street over
hauled colored man who was carrying
a crook on his shoulder, and asked him
what he had and where he got it.
Z" Ize. car'yin' homea leetle Iniun meal
fur hoe-cakes, an bought Il down
town, was the reply,
"Let me see whether It is COARSE or
fine meal, "said the officer as he blocked
the way.
There was no help for it, and the Jar
came down. The officer tore the paper
cover and pushed his fingers down into
greasy mass.
"It's lardl" he exclaimed, as he held
them up TO his nose.
"LardI" echoed the other as he bent
over the crOok-'' 1 fought it was butter
all de time"
He had lifted it from some grocery,
and is now in the clutches of the law TO
be punished. Free Prsss.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17
A Model ElectiOneering Bill In Ire.
land Fifty-fOur Years Ago.

DURING the time of contested cleo
ton in Meath, over fifty years ago, Sir
Mark SOmerville sent orders to the pro-
prietor of the hotel in Trim to board
and lodge all that should vote for him,
for which he received the following
bill, which he got framed, and it still
hangs in the SomerVille House, in the
County of Meath. The copy from
which this was taken was found among
the papers of the Very Rev. Archdea-
con O'Connel, Vicar General of the Do
cese of Meath:
April l6, Isa6-Mybil: ESD.
To tenting Is free holders above
stairs for Sir Mark, at IS Sd head,
rd .e3ina s2 ,c h:i,,, .,oir
two priests after supper, is to me-. 2l59
To IS horses and mules about my
yard all night, at 1855 every one of Vol .."
them, and for a man which was cd.
lost on the OF watching them all
night, Is to me.......,............... so
To six beds in one room and four in
another, at guineRa every bed,
and not more than four In q bed at
any time, cheap enough, God
knows, Is 70 me, me,..................... p 10
For breakfast on tray in the morning
for every oneof them, and as many
., as can guess, 8 % me. ....."....: GlsO
To raw whisky and punch, without
talking OF pipes and tobacco, as
wei as Tor breaking a pot up
stairs. and other glasses aud DELPHI
for the frst day and night, / am
not very sure, but for the three Hs
days and a half Of the election, as
little as can call t. and be very
exact, 1t Is In ali or thereab0uts, as
near as can guess, and not to be
too particular, Is TO me Rt Ieast.... 10 10 0
For shaving and cropping OF She
heads OF torty nine free holders
for Sr. Mark, at l3d for every ono Of
them, by my brother, who has
Vote lH 10 mussss rs i
For woman and nurse for poor Tom
keonan, in tho midst of the night,
when he waB not expected is to me
ten hogs. 1 don't talk of the piper
for keeping him sObOr as he was
sober, ts 70 me-. le-.,.......s....s....,. ......
fllO ls I
Signed in the place Of Jenny Oars wife.
His mark X.
Bryan and Geraghty's mark X.
You may say Sili, so your honor Sir Mark
send me this eleven hundred by Bryan him
self. Trim. So no more ~ present
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17
WASHINGTON.

ADJUrANT-GENR DRUM received a
dispatch from General Terry at &c. Paul
Mimi, on the 9TH, stating that he had re-
eeivod information which indicated that Sit
ting Bull would probably soon come In and
surrender at Fort Buford.
GENERAL W. A. MILES has been ap-
pointed BrisAdier General, vice Ord, retired
The annual report of Theophilus
French, Government Auditor Of Railroad Ae.
counts, says that for the calendar year 1879, a.
compared with 1873, the gross sarninRs Of
nearly All the railroads IN the United States
show an increase Of 90, 600 900, or about eIRht
per cent? the working expenses show an In
crease OF e1,bOO,0O0, or about 2J( per cent.
and tho net earnings show an increaso OF S92.
$4,000 or more than II per cent while the
increased mileage has been about per cent.
or nearly 4,SOO miles. A noticeable feature OF
this increase Of business IN the year 1879 is
that II occurred nearly altogether on the rail
roads Of The Middle, Western aud Southwest
ern states, The business OF those IN the Pacific.
New EDRland and Southern States not having
materially improved
The following table contained In the
report Of the Commissioner of Agriculture
sent to Congress on the TN, shows the value
OF the most important Of our agricultural
products during the last two years, and value
Of expectations thereof for the same period
PRonUCTa.
Ht H 1870 1891
Bread9tuffs ...... sl,sle9Sl,sU $4,000 ,O0i, 900
Value Of agricultural exports for the nscal
year ending June 80, 1875
a,.t.,.f - a 49, ttotfs 4hdJs
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17

Is. y. ARNOLD d Co., coffee dealers
At New York CitE made an assignment on the
7th. The unsecured liabilities are placed at
between $4,000 and si,O0O,OOO The firm
we're the largest operators IN coffee and teas
In the city and probably in the country. Late
shrinkage in che value Of coffee and tea Is as
signed as the principal cause Of their failure.
Books were opened in New York on
the 9TH for subscription to the Panama Canal
stock and 80, 900, 900 received.
CAPTAIN HENRY j. WARD, 1O2 years
old, died at Syracuse, N. Y, on the 9TH.
An organization for the promotion of
civil service reform has been formed in New
York City
BY boiler explosion at Wendell,
Mass., on the sth, Oscar George and win G.
Brown we're instantly killed, and little child,
George Reynolds, fearfully mangled.
AT Stamford, Conn, on the 9th, an
express train struck the carriage of Theodore
Davenport, instantly killing Miss Harriet
Davenport and seriously iniuring a daughter
OF Rev. j, W. Hyde, and Mr.. Davenport.
The Republican and Anti -Tammany
Democratic members Of the New York City
Board of Aldermen formed combination
against John Kelley, on the 10th, and defeat
cd his continuation as Comptroller. Mayor
Cooper nominated Allen Campbell, who was
confirmed by a vote OF twelve to pine.
DASH & Co., coffee dealers at New
York City, suspended on the 10th. Liabilities
81, 100000.
HoosAc tunnel is to be lighted by
electricity.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17

"Dm you break that window, boyp"
said the grocer, catching hold Of the
fleeing prchin. Eyes, sir" "What
dye mean, then, by running off in this
mannerP' =" Please, sir, was running
home to get the money. was 'fraid Il
l didn't run quick l might forget"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17

THE city of Cambridge, Mass, has
recently set three memorial stones,
weighing over a ton each, at as many
points within its borders TO mark Ger.
tain events in its history. One on
Ninth Avenue, corner of Spruce Street,
is inscribed: "Tho site where four cit.
izens were killed by British soldiers re.
treating from Lexington, April I6,
1775." One on Inman Street contains
the following; "Site of the house
which was the headquarters of General
Putnam in 1775." The other monu.
ment, located on Dunster Street, has
the following inscription: "Site OF
the residence OF Thomas Dudley, A. d.
1880, founder of Cambridge and Gov
ernOr Of Massachusetts,. Each stone
also bears the words, Erected by the
City-1SS0."
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17

THIS year sees the earliest closing of
the Mississippi ever known.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17

CAPTAN H. W. HoweATE, Of the Sig
nal Service ofice, on the stb. tsndsrod his
resignation Internationally.
A MAJORITY Of the leading members
OF Congress are said 10 be favorably disposed
70 the Panama Canal scheme. .-t.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says the
members Of the Senate Foreign Affairs Com
mittee say there will be no interference what
ever on the part Of Congress in the construc-
tlon Of the Panama canal in the manner now
proposed, and that no interference was ever
contemplated exceptin the event Of a foreign
power attempting TO build and control the
canal. Secretary Thompson has been offered
the Presidency Of the company and he will
probably accept and resign as Secretary Of
the Navy.
SENATOR BLAINE has announced his
intention tointroduce bill providing for the
reduction Of letter postage from three to two
eents.
SENATOR Coke says there Is not a
word Of truth in the report that there is a
scheme planning to divide Texas into four
States.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17

Between 5000 and 1000 important
patents expire this year.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17

Total. 80 - eOi,15S,ta2 . 7A6,967,a52
kinds same year 3 nESas,TH 8 ssolo,sss
MAJOR GENERAL MCDOWELL
placed on the retired list on the 7th.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-27

Three ministers sat in the pulpit Of Pitts.,
burgh church on Sunday recently. a rising
young artist who Is ono Of tile workers In
said church, walked bravoly to the pulpit
before service and gave one Of the ministers
notice to read before benedction. The
service were about being closed when the
young artist went forward to remind the
minister that he must not forget tho notice
of the temperance meeting down town. The
minister begged pardon for his remissness,
took the slip Of paper from his vest pocket,
read 1t, looked daZed. rubbed his eyes,
then srsilcd. Then lie passed 1t to a brother,
minister Ho smiled. Tllcnhe passed III
to The minister: and he smiled. Then No. 4
remarked that he would h like TO speak to.
the artist. The latter ad yanced to the pull
pit, received the notice. looked at 1t, color
cd very red, and looked as though She would
like to Jump through the Window He had
given the minister notice 3of! a temp pcrance
meeting which read something like this: III
sys DRAR, ,JQHN;s, Il am 80. .sprry I%can't let
you come to, sec me ais frequently as usual,
but papa and mamma think I ought mot to-
receive even my dear friends during tho.
the Lenten season. It's awfully Disagree
able II not positively cruel but then you
know we Episc opal lla No can't 60 back on
Lent. i shall 'feee you 81 oftenefiy IA hope,
when the holy season he's gone yehsre the
woodbino tWineth, :e n
Yours With fnedshif -s y35
That notice was oIni tied
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-27
Tho IsnObnb Trso ana Fruit.

Monkcybread grows on All enormous tree
called baobab; botnnIcally named for
AGanson, French botanist. The tree is a
native OF Senegal, in Africa; also found on
the banks of the white Nile. 1t has been
raised IN England from the seed, and in
India. AT Aliporc, near Calcutta, there is
one whose trunk measures in somc places
over sixty feet in circumference. The
height of baobab is not in proportion to its
diameter. 1t has very long roots seeming
TO like the earth better than do many trees.
They have been measured enc hundred feet
laid bare and were doubtless much longer
still. The lower branches Of the tree bend
to the ground, almost concealing the trunk.
They have large, dark green, abundant
leaves. The flower is large and white. its
stamcns gathered into tube below, and
spreading like un umbrella above. The
tree Is mucilaginous III all its parts, the
fruit being, the most useful. Itis, for what
reason cannot be asccrtnined, called Mon
kcy-brcad 1t measures from nine to twelve
inches long, and four in diameter, at the
middle, being rather pointed ut each end
1t has Drownish color when ripe. The
pulp Is slightly acd that between the
seeds tastcs like cream tartar, and is used
for fevers. Strong cords urc made from
the bark of the tree. The baobab was long
thought to bo the largest tree In the world.
The discovery Of the mammoth scquoius in
California has proven the mistake of this
suppostion. Livingstone judged baobub
which he examined, in Africa, to be a,
least, 400 years old. The tree is not easy
to destroy, but it is subject to natural
disease, sort OF correspondence to what is
called brain softening. Can 1t be that this
vegetable giant becomes dizzy with its
grandeur and superority, and thus grows
both vain and wcak2 1t is sometimes easy
for imagination to invest inanimutc life
with sou-lifc; and what man shall say
where tho mys' erious lines of distinction
begin or end in the divine plan and fulfill
mont? 1t is question often asked before
ono that sounds unreasonable, chlmerical;
but God has 80 constituted the human mind
as to give 1t tho impulse and curiosity of
inquiry. The baobab tree appears to have
positive limit for its agc. 1t will sokcn
and die by softening process, finally fall
Ing. by its own weight, into ruined heap.
Tho trunk is usually hollow. Executed
criminals, to whom the law denies rites of
sepulturc, have been cntombed in these
trunks. The bodies soon withereu and be-
camc dry like mummics.