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seem 10 have been IN eyorybody's possession.
Boxes full were met with Ia some houses They
we're found throughout the valley, and where
the road from Warden5yIile dips toward the
crossing of the CapGu. there Is upon the right
side a rocky recess that was evidently manu-
featuring place for these aud Tor axes also.
There is nothing, so for as the writer knows
peculiar about these implements. The arrows
vary slightly ia shape aud finish. like tho
axes which were similar 10 those given below
but tons Of like instruments might bc gathered
from modern museums, aud they only 20 to
show that ia a locality yielding iron Of tho best
quality IN great abundance, the aborigiuoa
were get in the aRs of polished stone. This. OF
course. is not definite era ia which men made
use Of no other material, but claaslieatory
epoch adopted for convenience, and signifies
nothing more than that during It's continuance
stone was generally used FOR most Of the pur-
poses 10 which br0Hze and iron were subse.
quenlly applied, and that men had advanced
10 the extent Of polishing IT.. Notwithstanding
that the hcoIthic or recent Stone Age runs
into that OF metals. however, II is safe % say
that if these savagcs had known how 10 work
the orc which they had al baud, or IN any Suy
appreciated its yalac, they would inevitably
have made use Of it in manufacturing their
weapons Of war.
Pottery Of unglazcd clay likewise abonnds in
this vicinity. though not much Of this was seen
by tho writer, and all OF that was fragmentafy.
During the food Of ia8t May, the Capon River
deeply eT0ded its west bank on tho estate 0l
MI. Warden, about four miles north Of the
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away az lively as He. storm Of great slot
and sbe. swept ucegs.utiy over tile glouad.
but, sheltered behind our GIu little AliIs IL
did 10 ether harm than shower Us wlth sand
The bright sun shining out gi the blHc sky
~ noon Saw the bgsleger5 aud bCsieee3 bat
tlIag aHar with gaaJated fury. Around our
gun there bad scarcely beet. "a word gpsEHu for
hours. We bad worked az 10 our very lives de-
pended upon the r4liaity with which we cguid
load aud lTc. No commands were given 10
shout raised, no words exchanged. Egerv-
body kalW lis dgtiez, and did them with fe-
Fellsb Iag.-lty. Hats aud coats had been
thrown %, sleeves rolled up, faces aud bodies
were coyeFed with paste " powder, sand auc
pcrspratllH.
About noon we bad to cease firing. for re.
pairs. Tie shock Of tAe firing bad driven the
sand Out from under the platforms and Eu!it
them, ~ u threaten 10 dism0unt the guns.
We shoFeieG the sand back tampsd 81 firmly.
bTaced The platforms, aud resumed with II Dos
EIble increased energy.
We acre stimulated by tie rapid glackeuip,
Of the Gre from the fort One ~ one the pugs
ceased, until by the time the sun was halfway
doEa there we're only Two lf!ngi aud these al
considerable intervals.
Suddenly white flag was seen waving from
the corner q! the fort nearest Us.
Cease Aring." shouted our Lieutenant aud
We sJOpt with the shells Eud ammunition In
our hands. The men ia the rife-pits raised n
triumphant cheer The other guns stopt firing,
and everybody sprang up from behind the coy
erI1g sand -hlll 70 sec what the next act w0uId
be. Al Aid who happened to be with Us tied
has linen handkerchief 10 a stick, aud waved
IL I'm response. The rebel flag disappeared for
minute. Ahd then came out Of the Eallyport
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was almost entirely extracted in every in
stance; but this fact, by itself does not ueces-
sarily imply high antiquity, and no informa-
tion was at hand by which direct observation
could be supplemented. 1t is n fact, however
of some interest, tllqt every skull seen that
was sufficiently coniplet6to render identified
ton possible, had belonged to the member Of u
short headed race
1t has been asserted that West Virginia had
little or no native population; nevertheless, the
arms OF its carly Inhabitants are scattered
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tho altar aud the temple succeed each other.
Whorosoever untutored man has laid the de-
parted to rest, there he has, for the most part,
unconsciously done his utmost to show what no
beloved concerning himself and his hereafter.
Mortuary modes and customs arc innumerabIe,
but whether beneath the tOno-heaped tumuli of
Capon Valley, or suspended in air on the
Parsee Towers of Silence the spot whore the
dead reposed touched the boundary of that
other world, in which, with few doubtful ex-
ceptions, humanity at large has at all times
believed.
Ii is widespread but complete error TO regard
undeyclOped men as necessarily irreliRiOus. In
so far as religion implies. as it properly does.
faith in some supernatural or unseen presence
and power, with reverence aud submission to
whatever agent or agencies have been conceived
10 lie in silence and strength in realm beyond
the coguizanCe of human sense, barbarie man
is by far moro pious than his civilized successor.
The manner IN which he ovinccs this may bc
trivial, grOtcsque. or terrible but II conformity
of conduct with belief DO an evidence OF
piety aud faith, a baud Of Apache warriors was
a much more devout as8omblagc than tho
famous legion whose prayers according to
Niphiiinusl saved the Roman army during
the harcOmannic war. So much, IN tho most
general way. upon the graves oT savagcs which
form the subject of this account.
Wandering about the vicinity OF War3ens.
WIG. IN iid4ug NtAiityp W. H. hAibaS Juiy
last, not at all
~ SEARCH or INDIAN REMAINS
but In pursuit Of health, the writer found the
inhabitants anxious TO communicate archTo-
logical information, and replete with antique
specimens. Not being scientific after fashion
which is only too general these good people
had no notion of keeping any intelligence
either Of interest or Importance 10 themselves;
aud AS the author most heartily sympathi2Cs
with this way Of thinking. all that was
lated or seen in that locality is unreservediy
set forth.
Stone arrow. heads such as those depicted in
the accompanying sketch
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The spur, within an indcntation Of which ID
stands, with its gable presenting TO the rolling
plain that stretches away 10 the mountains on
the western side of the stream. In this gorge,
through which flows a small stream called Frye
Run, ovGrgrown with forest trees and scrub,
lie covered by heaps Of schistose rocks piled
upon them by their constructors, about three
miles Of graves. They are placed At irregular
intervals and exhibit varying outlines. but the
general figure appeared to be cllipticai The nc
Companying plato shows the last ono of tho
series aud TINT nearest the open country. As
will bc seen, il has been partially excavatcd.
but after removing the superintendent mass
of stone, the difficulty Of proceeding further
became so great that tho work was abandoned.
These tonhs yet keep their secrets. Several
have been explored by people from tho vicinity.
but no qualified archpologist has examined
their contents. One striking pecuiarity, how
ever was reported by some Of those who had
witnessed their opening Near the top OF the
rayiuc one was investigated in which tho sopul-
chraI chamber was circular as in Peruvian
chulpas and there four sitting skeletons were
feGnd, Nil ot which cruIpbch to dust when
touched. Lower down the dead lay Al lonRth
IN their tombs, and m two bolica or some
times even one. gefN discovered when the
tumul were uncovered. This is almost an in
superahle objection 10 the view that these are
burial places Of the same people, since in any
given age
MnRTUARY CUSTOMS
among savngcs are invariablc On the other
hand, the general character Of these construc.
ti1ns is very similar, and they occupy the same
terrace oil the stream. No information upon
many points Of the lirst Importance in forming
a Judgment upon these remains was to be had
from any Of their explorers, aud the writers
own observations were Of the most superficial
character
There is hut one supposition upon which this
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INDIAN BURIAL PLACES
Recent Discovery of Mounds and Other
Relics in the CapOn Valley.
by DIR. J. II. PORTER.
HE fact is familiar to

HE fact is familiar to
archmologi5ts, that so
far as pre-. historic and
what may be called
sub-historic races are
concerned, much of our
better knowledge of
the manner in which
they lived has been ex-
tractod from the graves
Of their dead.
In n minor degree
the same is truo of
great and ancien &
peoples whose construc-
ti0ns belong to a later
period and more ovol-
we'd social state. But
of all human aggrc-
gates, majority have
passed away, leaving no
traces but those which
were concealed in their
scpulchres.
Every where the grave
;u p.crrl J'bo tnmb
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wood. At this site large
QUANTITIES or POTTERY
Of different kinds were brought to light, and
some Of it is said to have been complete but
for the most part it was 50 friable Us 10 crumbe
when handled. TO finish this curs0ry notice
Of manufactured articles IL remains To be men
toned that the writer picked up the fragment
Oi massive stone dish near PARTIAL y-Opened
grave upon Frye Run. The material was hard
gray sandstone. the width about five inches,
and it was about three-quarters Of an inch
thick. This had evidently been ehiselcd
from the block, but no means existed by which
its length could be determined. The accom-.
panying plate exhibits its general appearance
accurately.
Human relics are as plentiful in Capon Val.
ley as artificial constructions. Great numbers
of b0nes-efania tmostiy incompletc), the long
bones and lower jaws rincipally-were shawn
10 the author, aud numbers Of similar speci-
mems are ia existence which were not observed.
Those disject membr@ exhibited TO the writer
were fragments of many different individuals
at various periods Of life from youth to old
age. The organic matter of the bOny tissue
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the same region contains another relic OF the
past which is apparently OF different order
and much higher antiquity. On the road from
WardcnsviIlo to Capon Lake, and nearly mid
way between these points. in an open meadow
belonging TO Mr.. Clagget, there exists what TO
all appearance is au
ANCIENT MOUND,
an eastern extension, such as that at Mounds
Vile in tho same State, of tho great mound
system of the Mississippi Valley.
Roughly measured by pacing It is 60 yards
long and 40 broad, in form a regular eIlipse. and
il IS covered with dense grove of locust trees
Howe Historical Collections ofVirgiuial makes
no mention Of this in his account of the curio5-
ities OF Hardy County, nor, so far the writer's
recollection extends, is it referred to by Kcr-
cheval. Local tradition calls it The Indian
BuriaplaCc,' but considering the suggestions
already noticed, that this valley once supported
IN the historic period more numerous popu-
latiou than has been heretofore supposed, there
seems To be no reason for assuming that it may
not have been yet more deusely populated in
the prehistoric age Such monuments are
never the work of isolated savages or small
nomadic groups. They imply, says the Marquis
de Nadaillae very justly, numerous popula-
ton living IN social intercourse and dwelling
for long periods in "a single locality"
Mounds in the shape of animals or rectangu.
lar, round and oval, are now we'll known fea-
lures OF ancient America Occasionally they
arc triangular or poygonal, and although gen
orally solid, they frequently contain stone cists
like the sepulchral chamber Of pyramid, or
larger cavity of like character. The immense
system OF our carthwOrks was intended for
defensive and saerificial purposes, formed meet
ingplaces for councils, supported altaTs. vas
used for cultivation, and possibly TO build COM
munal houses upon, or formed deicGses FOR
villages. The antiquity of the mounds and
the type of the race that built them is un-
known but there is nothing in what archuo!o-
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M0NoroNous CnRyEs.

Six miles in n nOrtheasterly direction from
Wardensvlle, and to the east of Capon River.
lies tho estate of Col. Harness, descendant of
one of the pioneers of Hardy County. His
house is situated at or very nearly at, the
mouth of n densely- wooded ravine penetrating
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intrepid "eiutmen. I"

Walker-Who's living over your club rooms
now, Weeksg
Meeks-A dentist
Walk er-You don't say so. Amt you afraid
of having the place pulledf
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iAfHfI tffit bTDTef,I
fimGBson-ITa very proud Of that horse. He
only lost one race the whole Of last SEASON.
SwifB-YOu don't say SO. How many times
was he entered?
Simoason lrelHctantiy)-O old fellow.
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At the Bridge Entrance.

Cousin Maud Dakota Flatsl-Oh, dear why
are these people SO awiully rude? They act
like a lot OF clans!
Cousin Penelope tTremont streetl-les, in
deed they are very elamorous!
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At the stamp Window.


"Gve me n dollars worth Of stamps please"
said a lady to the clerk at the Postutice.
"What denomination, madam ,"
Presbyterian, l suppose. That's what Mr..
Wanamaker is. believe
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Isch tn IL.
Tfrre Hnnke IIpreXs.

Mrs Wiekwire-If yOu go first, you will
wait for mo on the other shore, won't you,
dear2
Mr.. Wickwire-f suppose so. / never went
anywhere yet without having TO wait for you
Mt leasl half an hour.
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thickly throughout the region spoken of, and
their graves also seem to have been correspond
ingy numerous and widely distributed. The
dead lie beneath their tumuli in the valley
plain. Upon the hill-sides, within the wooded
ravnes that penetrate the nights on the sum-
mits of those ancient secondary fountains,
whose strata are folded upon themselves. and
whose contours, thus modified, the erosion of
immeasurable ages nave rounded into uniform
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-05-15
DIR. N. N. GOBER,
PRACTICTNC PHYSICIAN,

TENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL
4 services to the citizens of Marietta and
surrounding country. Office, West-side Of
Square, Upstairs in Nichols Hail. Res
idence at the Laneau house, one block
from Cherokee street, Marietta, Ga
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A Doctors Advice,

A popular physician was recently
called on by a friend, to whom, in the
course of conversation, he said: ''There
are ten simple precautions which form
an excellent rule of life, and if people
would but observe them should have
to resort to some other means of max
ing livelihood" He then enumer-
ated the following: Don't read in street
cars or other jolting vehicles Don't
pick the teeth with pins or other hard
substances. Don't neglect any oppor-
tunity to insure a variety of food.
Don't eat or drink hot and cold things
Immediately in succession. Don't
pamper the appetite with such variety
of food that may lead to excess. Don't
read, write or do any delicate work un-
less receiving the light from the left
side. Don't direct special mental OF
physical energies to more than eight
hours work in each day. Don't keep
the parlor dark if you value your
own and your children's health. Don't
delude yourself into the belief that you
are an exception SO far as sleep is con
cerned; the nominal average of sleep is
eight hours Don't endeavor to rest
the mind by absolute inactivity; let il
rest in work in other channels, and
thus rest the tired part of the brain
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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Before the days of la grippe, when
the ladies of Pompeii were the bellies of
the day, posed as the professional
beauties, and for all we know had
their photographs taken and got per-
centage on them, well bred people did
not cry in handkerchiefs. They drop
ped their tears slowly and gracefully
into Walls of cut glass, that had gold
shoppers, set about with precious
stones. There can be no doubt that
the woman with thoughts upon a
graceful pose practiced with her tear
bottle before her mirror, and can there
be anything more touching than, when
ones best young man was off to the
wars, sending him by registered letter
little note saying: You have all
my heart and these are the tears !
have wept for you since your alb
sence!" The tear bottle could be IN
closed as practical proof, and the
maiden fair would write on the out
side of the envelope in large letters
''Glass-please do not stamp too
hard" Those, indeed, were the days
of romance. Undoubtedly, some very
fetching young women, who appreci-
ated the impression made by bottle
of tears, but didn't like getting a red
nose, had their slaves do the weeping
for them, and physically cultured
themselves by administering to the
slaves good sound whipping, so that
they might have something to weep
for.-Toronto Globe.
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An EFFEcIIYE RLoW.

xem Kelly. the Pugiiiss. Discovexs q How
That Ia Worse Than the Jowl. 4
How can man best defend himself
when unarmed he is stopped on the
street and told to hold up his handsi
Tom Kelly, the well known veteran
pugilist, was talking about this very
thing last night He said: In most
cases the footpad has the drop on
man.
He is well armed, and hits you be-
fore you know it. Or. you are in dan
ger of being killed if you resist. at the
point of a pistol. Thugs come armed
for their work, and they know it; SO
does the fellow who is held up.
'Once in while you may have a
chance to save yourself by slugging
the would be robber and knocking
him out Not with any weapon save
your fist.
let me illustrate it to you i won't
hurt you" n B8&
The veteran hitter turned to the re-
porter-the largest and best developed
man on the paper, and Kelly's equal
physically Raising his arm the ex-
pugilist brought his fist slowly
around, catching the reporter on the
very tip of the jaw, plumb, below the
end of the mouth on the left side.
The blow was gently delivered. If
it struck the stomach, or any other
vital or sensitive part of the body, it
would scarcely be noticed
But it didn't It seemed as if a
sledge hammer had landed on the
whole side of the face. The pain was
almost unbearable. 1t was sharp, Sc
we're and stunning. The shock seemed
to jar the whole head and teeth.
Mr. Kelly offered to repeat the
operation by way of a more forcible
illustration, bat the reporter declined.
Now, try it on me. Your fist isn't
SO hard as mine, so put a little more
ginger In your blow" The veteran
WINGED and made wry face, though
the blow was simply tap
''That spot is the most sensitive in
the body" said the once famous hitter.
Il have been struck there many a
time, and know it. Astonishingly few
people seems to know that. It's the
popular impression that a blow be-
meath the ear is the most effective, but
such is not fact. This ear, or jugu
lar blow, simply stings. Try both Of
these blows on yourself, and see"
why is this blow in the chin SC
effective9"
II can't tell exactly. Physicians
differ as to the cause. I think that
there is very sensitive nerve that
will paralyze, or at least stun the
brain. Most of the fighters you hear
OF being knocked out receive the un.
lucky chin blow.
"All the advice I have to offer to
those cornered by footpad is to swing
your arm quickly around, Let your
strength and force go with it, and be
sure you strike that part of the jaw
below and at either end of the mouth.
1.-THE blow is not serious, but il
stuns. Always be careful to guard
yourself well with the other hand. The
full force of such blow from a light
man will floor the heaviest of foot
pads. But never, never, never, lose
your head. st. Louis Chronicle.
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The Proper Weight of Man,

Professor Huxley asserts that the
proper weight of a man is 154 pounds
made up as follows: Musclesand theil
appurtenances, 6S pounds; skeleton
"a pounds; skin, 10b pounds; fat, IS
pounds; brain, pounds; abdominal
viscera, II pounds; blood, which
would drain from the body, z pounds.
The heart of such a man should bea
Is times minute, and he should
breathe Is times a minute. In "a hour.
he should vitiate 1850 cubic feet Of
pure air to the extent of / per cent. A
man, therefore, of the weight men
toned should have 800 cubic feet Of
well ventilated space. He should
throw off through the skin IS ounces
of water, 300 grains of solid matter
and 400 grains of carbonic acid every
"a hours, and his total loss during thai
period should be 6 pounds of water
and about 2 pounds of other matter
st. Louis Republic.
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eLusseAho,s cAsIlE.


H AcA~~Hy 4@1zAt3Ns
0n1a bright morning in MAY. 1887.
seft Anglers for, Nantes, the metropo-
lis of Brittany, writes Louis Frechette
III The Arena. AS was about to take
the train, friend, who had come to
see me off, said with a parting hand
shake:
By the by. before you get to Ancenis
there is station called Chanptoco
As the cars pull up look to the right
and you will see the ruins of an old
chateau. Take them in well-they are
the remains of Bluebeards castle" Is
"Bluebeard's castle2 What Blue
beard do you means"
Surely there is only one-Per.
reault's Bluebeard, Offenbach's Blue
beard"
did he ever liver"
| Certainly, in flesh and bones. as
you and l, with this difference that
ne was a hard case to begin with, and
marshal of France, into the bar
gain" nh 80 F# 4A s~sr
Really What was his nanlea"
Giles de Retz, a descendant of one
OF the oldest families in Europe. His
career was most extraordinary.
The name was not unknown to me.
had read of it in the chronicles in
which is handed down to us the mar
velous story of the Maid of Orleans.
But what could be the connection be-
tween it and the bloodthirsty hero Of
Perreault's celebrated tale?
This question suggested itself to my
mind as the train bore me at full speed
over. the waving hills that border the
Loire, and from one thought to an
other I found myself unconsciously
rehearsing the different scenes, phases
and catastrophes of the childish drama
which grandmothers take such de
light in presenting to their little gap
ing and shuddering audiences.
could see the youthful bride, led on
by curiosity, creep tremblingly,
clutching the little gold key, to the ia
tai door, open it noiselessly, utter a
cry of horror, and drop fainting at the
sight of the bloody bodies hung in a
row.
Then the sudden return of the an
CRY husband to the castle, his fury on
seeing the little gold key soiled with
oAOo0, LIS UEdAuISllilB Vi tll0 ucaOly
sword, with the infuriated cries of
Prepare to die, madame!"
could hear the pitiful tones of the
poor victim, during the short respite
granted her, as she called to her sister
perched on the tower: "Ann, sister Ann,
seest thou no one comes" And the la
mentable reply: NO I see nothing
but the shining sun on the dusty road y
And at last came the sigh of relief
of yore, as I fancied l could hear from
afar off the sounding approach of the
galloping rescuers. -
The vision haunted me till we
reached Champtoce, where, sure
enough, / saw on the right, as my
friend directed, about quarter'of a
mile off, the jagged form of lofty
medieval tower which rose about a
heap of ruins and a clump of stunted
oaks, casting against the heavens its
vast and somber outline
This was Giles de Retz's castle, Blue
boards home. Or rather it was one
of his castles, for he had many, the
whole surrounding country which
bears his name pays de Retz) having
once been his.