Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-07-27
A Woman or Roman Gaul.

daily life Of a small msrke, tow, =,
WOMAN Gaul. How the discovery was
maze and what it revealed have been
aeserioed TO the Academic des Relies
Lettres by NJ. Camille Julian from q,
ep0ft made by NJ. Augusta Audollent
VIC Auversne correspondent to the
Academic.
party OF men, il seems, breakins
'ne ground with pickaxes struck some.
ming hard that proved to be the cover
OF Sallic-Roman stone coffin. The
eoVer' when raised, revealed a beau,i.
'u' woman; the flesh was as perfec,
as IL had been on the day of her death
ana her long plated black hair was ar.
ranged round her pillow head. The
VISION lasted only for a few minutes
ana then before the eyes of the work.
men the flesh crumbled to dust, and
soon there was nothing left but !
skeleton robed in n serge dress.
Inc woman had slept in her stone
CONN intact for eighteen centuries
perfectly preserved BY the emana,ions
OF caroonic-acid gas from neishborina
mineral springs. Experts who exam.
med the various objects buried in the
grave accurately determined the period
IN which the woman had lived. and the
party decided to make further exca.
vations. They found FIVE other tombs
one OF young woman with fair hair
dressed in white and wearing beau,i.
iuiiy made leather sandals: one of an
oioer woman, who with her own hair
even In death wore an artificial plat
one OF an old man with a beard: and
hnally two others that contained the
remains of little girl and of wo-
man.
The objects found in the tombs are
OF the greatest interest. There were
coins that determine the exact date of
the period, vases, crockery, baskets
and many little toilet accessories and
women's ornaments; there were linen.
clothing and shoes, all of which appear
10 nave been made only YESTERDAY.
mere were even fruits, scarcely shriv-
eieo, and branch that was still green.
Men of science explain the apparent
miracle by the fact that the carbonic.
acid gas from the neighboring springs,
oelng heavier than air, had driven out
all the air in the collins, and, though
1t did not mummify the bodies, il did
preserve them and everything buried
IN the tombs perfectly for eighteen
hundred years. The French experts
declare that never have articles of
that period been found in such perfect
condition. The shoes and clothing
especially will enable scholars to de-
termine the exact methods by which
they were made. The false plat of
hair and the many small articles
found in the tombs prove that the wo-
men of that time, the first century,
even though they were only peasants.
were every whit as careful of their
personal appearance as they are today.
Quicksilver and Bread TO Find BODY.
The body of Delmar Marsh, l6-year-
old boy of Wheeling, who was drowned
in the Ohio river near Riverview Beach
Friday evening, was located Tuesday
evening just before dusk, BY the en-
ployment of the old-fashioned custom
of using quicksilver and bread The
body was located by device that
seems miraculous, by Malcolm, Will
liam r. and Leslie Cowan
Searching parties during the two
days had failed TO discover any trace
of the body of the drowned toy. ard
as last resort the Cowan brothers
determined to try the method Of brcaS
and mercury. A hole was made in the
center of loaf of bread, a quantity
of quicksilver was poured in .he hol-
low and the loaf was sent adr;ft on
the river at the foot of For'y-thiri
street.
Moving down he curreht the ti2ci
was followed by the brothers in the
skiff, each skeptical of ;hc Success of
the experiment which they we're en-
ploying in an effort to locate Marsh's
body. Suddenly the bread paused in
its journey down the current, slowed
imperceptibly and then oegan to sink
slowly.
Scarcely crediting their senses, the
Cowan brothers rowei to the spo.
where the bread stopped and as they
neafed it were shock.L 20 see i body
rise from the river until il was partially