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A WFUL DEFEATl

"A W. N
Tho rout ls completed Tho last hope OF the
parties who have been getting up SCALP POIsoNS
to compete with
CRISTADORO'S EXCELSIOR DYE
Is lost, lost, loSt Still, II towers over Arrivals,
now and old. stlll, 1t remains tho STANDARD
HAIR DYE OF TnB COUNTRY. stIll, tens OF thou
sands Of heads that once showed the white nag,
CARRY ORESTA DORO'S COLORS,
and tho CourGO Of tho dySQr dyes Is ever upward
and onward. 30 much for excellence, whole.
SOmencss, and truO reproduction OF Natures
tlnts. As dressing after dyeing, uso
CRIsTADORo's HAIR PRESERvATIVB.
dCc9d4W
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CANADIAN PONIES -Thc Sleubenville
Coal Mining Company have imported
eleven Canadian ponies from Canada, to
he put into the pit and employed in haul.
ing coal from the miners to the shaft pre-.
paratory to hoisting-NtrS
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ABRAHAM BARNS, aged 81, q soldier il
the war Of 1919, died on the sth, II
Brooke county.
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Daniel O. List, Trustee
In ChAncery, Circuit Court for Ohio county,
West Va.
In pursuance OF decree Of said Court niadO
In this cause on the goth day Of December, 1870,
will offer for sale, on
FRIDAY, tho 18th day OF December, 1871,
at tho front door OF tho Court House Tor Ohio
county. West Va, commencing at 1Oo'clock A.
the following real estate, lying In the city OF
Wheeling, on tho west side OF Main street, viz /:
Tho two valuable stores now occupied BY d.
A. Adler d Co. and by Peter H. Hlnn and Others,
lying between tho houses occupied BY Harbour
d Dittman and y. Kline Also the property on
same side Of Main street now occupied by tho
shoe store Of Richard Porter, adjoining house
owned by ]. D, Sheppard.
TERMS OF SALE-0ne.hfth Of purchase TO be
paid In cAsh and tho balance Ia one, two, three
and four years from day Of sale, with interest,
notes with good security 10 be given for the dc.
TERED payments, and deeds Of trnst, at the or.
pensO Of the purchaser, aS further security on
nOVib DANIEL O. LIST, trustee.
The sale of tho above property, except tho
house occupied by Richard Porter, is postponed
until FRIDAY, December 70, 1871, at 10 O'Clock,
A. n. at
declB y. @. LIST, Tfuatee.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-16

NEW CUMBERLAND is going to have
grand ball in the town hall Christmas.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-16
THE ESCAPED NUN +!
For several years an inmate OF Convent--yOung
sprlghtly and Bmart--wlll deliver her startling
and Thrilling Lecture 10 the Ladies', entitled
Life in a Convent /!

Al WASHINGTON HALL, roi Market and
Monroe streets, on SATURDAY ntxta o'clock
P. N. She has had personal experience Of the
Interest TO thousands, and she having been Nun
herself Is capable Of giyinga vivid picture Of the
Interior workings Of such an Institution, You
may never again have an opportunity Of hearing
an escaped Nun lecture on Convent Life. She
escaped, and the most astounding fncts Of her
life whilst Nun. We are confident II will be
one Of the most Interesting and instructive Ice.
lures ever given In this city. She has been tpeak
Ing to crowded houses In other cities, filled TO
Overlooking. Doors open at o'clock and closed
at precisely 3i0 Admission 6Oc decii
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specIaI Notices.
A LWAYs GET THE BEST,
The most Reliable Preparation for
COUGHS. COLDS, ROARsEnEss, BRONCHITIS, &C
Reeds Cough syrup.

It has rapidly grown in public favor, and Is en-
dorsed by all who have used II a. being sUPERIOI
TO any other Cough Medicine. Give It 4 trial.
Sold by all Druggists. -
MCCABE, KRAFT 4 CO., PropEietors,
nOyl7d&w Wheeling, W, Va
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AMERICAN AND FOREIGN WATCHES.

NOTICE.
In MERCHANTS NAT. BANK or ". VA, [
WHEELING, Dec. Z, 1871.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF this
Bank, for tho election OF Directors, will no held
at their Banking House on Tuesday, tho 9th day
Of January, 1879, between tho hours Of 10 A. N.
and p.M. ........,. .
does j, j. JONES, Cashier.
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CRISIADORO'S EXCELSIOR DYE
PATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.

This superb Hair Dye Is tho 6SSt IN no World
Perfectly Harmless, Reliable, and InstAntanC.
Gus. No disappointment NoRldIculOus Tints
no unpleasant 0dOr. The genuine W. A. Batch.
GlOr's Hair Dye produces IMMEDIATELY a
splendid Black or Natural Brown. Does NOT
stain the skin, but leaves tho Hair Clean, sOlt
and Beautiful. Tho only safe and perfect Dye.
Sold by all Druggists. Factory IL Bond street,
New York. iAn27GO14W
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ITO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
clrr 1lEALrn orrlcr, Dec. 10, 1s7I.

Notice Ia hereby given that II ia "unlSwful for
any pcraon, without permission from tho Council,
or the City Health Oficer, to bring or cause 10 DO
this city, any ono having tho smallpox, Natio.
lOid, or AslallC Cholera Every person offend.
Ing In this manner "shall forfeit and pay to the
city not less than nifty nor. more than Ave hun.
dred dollars for every such offence"
Given under my hand.
decI6 City Health Oflccr.
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TNLIzA JANE ZANE, SAMUEL
IL sprgg Zane, Cordella Carr and Milton r.
Carr, Noah Zane, sophia Euston and Alexander
Euston, and PlAtoif Zane, T
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SEALED PROPOSALS SEALED
y Proposals, addressed through the post office
to tho undersigned, will bo received up to Tues.
day, 8 o'clock =. NJ, tho 18th Inst for the imme.
dlate erection Of q Hospital building within the
some other equally accessible Aitc. The plan
and specifications may be seen NJ tho Health
0fllCe on Webster street. Centre Wheeling.
Il. W. IAXLRTT,
doc16 Chairman Special Committee
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-26

A BATCH OF CoMICAL TYPoGkAPHI-
CAL BLUNDERs.-There is no funnier
reading in the world than some of the
printers blunders that go the rounds
of the papers. Here are few that a
laugh or two may be found in:
In the Office of New York paper
there stood in type the report of SER
mon and paragraph about the career
of mad dog. In "making up" these
two got mixed, and the readers of the
paper next day were astonlshed by the
following melange: "The Rev. James
Thompson preached to a large audi
ence last Sunday. This was his last
sermon previous to his embarkation
for Europe. He exhorted his brethren
and sisters, and after offering devout
prayer, took Nhim to cut up some
frantic freaks. He ran up Smith street
to Brown, and down Carr to College.
At this stage of the proceedings some
boys seized him, tied tea-kettle to
his tail and let him go. A great crowd
gathered, and for few minutes there
was lively scene"
A printer in Syracuse, setting up
book advertisement, thus gave the til
tie of one of Dickens novels: "Bar-
nep, by Ridge, $780,"
The writer of an obituary notice of
an estimable lady, said the bereaved
husband was "hardly able to bear the
demise of his wife," Imagine his dis
gust on reading in print that the be-
reaved husband was "hardly able to
wear the chemise of his wife,"
The London Home Journal once, i'll
describing wedding in high life, said
that the bride was accompanied to the
altar by tight bridesmaids. The love-
ly ladies were eight, not tight
A Providence paper once announc-
ed that Rev. DR.. Wayland, President
of Brown University, "gave billiard
party The editor wrote brilliant
party.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-26

ROMANCE OF A HAT.-The South
Norwark (Conn.) Sentinel tells ro-
mantle story of young lady who,
some months ago, was employed as a
hat trimmer in a mandatory of that
city. One day, being more than usu-
ally disguised with her tedious and
prosaic occupation, on the impulse OF
the moment, she wrote her name and
address upon the lining of hat which
she had finished, and patiently await
ed the result. The hat with hundreds
of others, was sent off to the "trade,"
and finally purchased by young New
Yorker, who Glanced to discover the
name upon the lining. Being of ro-
mantle turn of mind, he wrote to the
young lady, an intimacy followed, and
the upshot was the marriage of the two
last week, Before the war the hero OF
this romance was ''rich Southerner,"
instead ola s'New Yorker"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-26

HANGED WHILE PERsoNATING A
GHosT.-At Canton, Ohio, prisoner
in the County Jail, named Theodore
Lehman, accidentally hung himself
while personating the ghost of Hoff-
man-who was imprisoned in the same
Jail for numbering his wife, about two
years ago--in order to brighten a fresh
prisoner. Lehman had arranged with
some half dozen other prisoners (who
were confined in the cells and a large
hall, all made one apartment by the
doors being thrown open,) to bring in
the new prisoner to see Hoffman's
ghost. Doing so q few minutes after
ward, they found Lehman hung to the
bed-post, and, although his feet were
on the floor, the poor fellow, had Civ
en- up his own ghost to personate Hoff-
mans.
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Poor Louisiana.


Under this caption the Mobile Regis
ter gives the following sad but truth
full picture of the condition of affairs in
this State
The public school system of Lou
isiana has been turned over a mongrel
black-and tan legislature to the tender
mercies of ignorant, beastly negroes
and thieving carpet-baggers, a n d
henceforth the blacks are to be forced
into white schools by law. This would
result in the utter breaking up of
these schools if the people retained
enough spirit to resist the outrage by
taking their children out of schools to
which negroes are admitted. A sad
change has come over the people of
Louisiana under the iron heel despotic
rule of negroes, adventurers and bayo-
nets. They have either lost all man
hood and love of liberty, and sunk
down into the apathy of the Mexicans,
about their political rights, or have
given themselves up, body and soul,
to the Establishments of rings, stock
and office.
1t is melancholy to think of so cult
waited and eleganta community as New
Orleans, once SO sensitive about its
privileges, tamely submitting to the
plundering schemes of Warmoth and
his gang of renegade Confederates and
fishy Democrats and the enforcement
of mixed schools by a purchasable
Legislature, made up in part of vena
white men and negroes, with all thu
vices of slaves. The press W h ic !
should ever stand as a rock between
these vampires of carpet-baggery ant
the people, contents itself with TIVE
honorable exceptions) with mild, de
predatory platitudes about these helm
Gus outrages upon the liberties of tn
city and State, and with chroniclin,
the social and political movements o
distinguished carpet baggers scalawag
and negroes, and putting quack medi
cines and catch-penny advertisements
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ChlOrOfOrm-CaH it Be Used to Fa.
Cilitate Crime?
NEGATIVE ARGUMENT OF THE MEDICAL
MEN.


There was meeting of the Medico-
Legal Society at the College OF Physi-
clans and Surgeons, during which q
very interesting paper was read by
Stephen Rogers, NJ. D., on the availa-
bility Of chloroform and similar agents
in facilitating robbery. Referring to
the well KNOWN fact that the excite
ment which followed the announce.
ment of the discovery that chloroform,
ether and similar agents made hui
man being unconscious of suffering,
and, properly administered, totally in
sensible, he cameto the other fact that
there was great fear that it would be
used by the vicious as security
against resistance while committing a
variety Of crimes. This conclusion it
was the object of the paper to prove to
have no foundation in experience, and
also to prove that it could never be
used effectively against the desire Of
the person upon whom its use was in
tended, unless sufficient force were
used to entirely control the VICTIM
In proof Of his claim he quoted largely
from DR.. Snow, Of England, who in
1850, held that no proven case had
been named in which it had ever been
used effectively without the consent of
the. person upon whom it was used,
and that there was not single well
authenticated case in which it had been
clearly shown that it had been success
fully used in aid of crime.
The earlier cases notes, in which it
was claimed that chloroform had been
successfully used, were all decidedly
romantic in their details, and none OF
them credited by DR.. Snow. In each
and every case noted it was claimed to
be clear that if taken at all it must
have been taken willingly, and as an
excuse and cover for personal partici-
patton in the crime alleged to have
been committed. The only other cases
known, in which chloroform was char
ged with having been an aid in the
commission of crime, We're those in
which the gentlemen robbed were
really drunk, and preferred charging
their mishap to chloroform to acknowl-
edging whisky or wine. All compe-
tent authority is positive that chloro-
form cannot he given effectively to
even sleeping infant without causing
it to awake, and that in no case can it
be given without sufficient time clap
sing to enable the intended victim to
give an alarm before being under its
influence sufficient to be unconscious.
A number of cases were quoted from
DR.. Snow, and in all of them it was
clear that the professional robber
would use the bludgeon, pistol, OF
knife as his aid, before thinking OF
using chloroform, which would awaken
his victim and simply add to the dan
ger of arousing the police.-[New York
Herald, June 8.
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A Gigantic Bird.

A Calcutta correspondent mentions
an anecdote of that singular bird, the
adjutant or gigantic crane, which may
be a novelty to some of our readers
He says that his attention was called
one morning by an unusual turmoil in
the compound" or outdoor premises
of the house in which he lived. Look
ing out of the window, he saw an ad-
jutant, evidently unable to remount
on his wings, standing helplessly amid
a company of about two hundred
crows, whose loud vociferations seem
ed to express anything but delight at
the company of their gigantic fellow
biped. The adjutant, from his useful
ness as a scavenger of all work, is a
gentleman very much liumored about
Indian homesteads; and this one in
particular, as was his wont, had been
lingering outside for any unconsidered
trifles which the servants might think
fit to throw out. A few crows, how
ever, getting wind of the affair, with
the sagacious notion that they might
be able to pick up few chance scraps
on their own account, were soon on
the scene of action. Hunger has no
compunctions; and at. last, more ven
turesome than the rest, approaching
more closely than actual prudence die.
tated, one ventured to dispute the pos
session of bone with the adjutant.-
The question was not long in abey-
ance for, in few moments, the adju.
tant-leaving the bone for subsequent
discnssion-seized the crow hip anG
thigh and swallowed him at one gulp
This summary act seems to have
aroused the indignation of the Othel
crows, who by their cries soon brought
together numbers of others from al
quarters; and for a good two hours
they never ceased-some from the
ground, and others from a neighborine
wall-to badger their voracious foe
scolding him to the top of their lungs
and ta,talizing him by approaching
him as close as they dared, extending
a claw or wing to almost within hi;
reach, and suddenly Withdrawing it at
he attempted to seize them. And this
unequal contest continued for. two OF
three mornings. The adjutant is one
Of,the most yoracious and carniverOus
birds known and the enormous guam.
tity which it can devour may be judg-
ed by its size. From tip to tip fitt
wings, when stretched out, it measures
about fourteen or fifteen feet, and it il
five feet high when standing erect
ell-founded stories of its voracity
however, are by no means uncommon
With the adjutant all is fish that comes
to his net. Everything is swallowed
whole. In the stomach of one, a land.
tortoise ten inches long, and large
male black cat have been found entire
A shin of beef broken asunder, serves
the adjutant but for two morsels; ant
a leg of mutton of six or eight pounds
weight, if he can purloin it--for lie i!
a great thief-is no more than mouth
full. Fortunately, the courage of thu
adjutant does not equal his greediness
for child eight or ten years old car
scare it with a common SWITCH Elk
change.
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Bachelors Wives and Old Maids
Children.

The old bachelor looks critically on
mems wives. He takes an investiga-
ting interest in them. But he does so
in a critical. and an analytical sort of
way, which the husbands did not prac-
tice in the first instance, and which
they would hardly like to have fully
explained to them now. But the bach
elor is nothing if not critical. He de-
tects the tinge of red or gray, the inc
qualities of curve or line, and sees
clearly through all the mysteries and
articles of the toilet. He has an ex-
haustiye sheer: "The poor fellow has
married for money" or, "the poor fell
low has married for love-" "By Jove,
Sir! look at that woman's waspish
waist! Where can she have crammed
her vicera P''-or such like personal OBJ
servation.s Whatever jewel man may
think he has found, the connoisseur
bachelor will hold that he can find a
flaw in it. Sometimes he will do this
quite cynically. Other men will do it
just as often, though not cynically.-
The object of such criticisms is very Of
| ten some mere self glorifcation. If he
the bachelor-had married, no one
would have been able to criticise Ce-
sar's wife. He would not have missed
fortune, as one friend has done; OF
beauty, as second; or family, as a
third. His wife would have far trans
Blended the commonplace wives of ave-
rage men. She would be rythine
that woman ought to be. In short,
the bachelors wife is always perfection
in the abstract.
Naturally enough, the thoughts Of
the old bachelor mainly run upon his
loves; but that of the old maid, upor
young children. That mighty instinct
of maternity is evermore busy in hel
heart. Cats and PARROTS are only al
excuse for babies. Had it pleased Goo
to bless her with them, how she would
have cared for the little loves! NJ
children would be better, or better
cared for than hers. When she goes
into other houses, she does not, in.
deed, think unkindly of children, fol
for indeed she loves them all. But slit
cannot help drawing some disparagins
comments between the children tina
she meets, and those nonresident, pos
sible children that would have beer
paragons and phenomena. Other chill
dren are untidy but hers would have
been the pink of neatness. Other chill,
dren. are not perfectly well-behaved
have little tempers, betray more of the
human than of the angelic nature; bu
hers would be nothing of this kind
They would be good, like Miss Edge,
worth's children talk science, like the
children in Joyce's Scientific Dialo
CUES, recollect all their dates, be dis
tinguished from early days for the ut
most propriety, never cry out loud
never tumble off chairs or down stairs
never show rents, stains of jam, hooks
or eyes spoilt, or tell fibs, or steal thu
sugar out of the sugar basin. Wha
little cherubs such children must be
They must surely feel their wing
growing, and be ready for a fiigh
from this lower earth. - London So
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Nor So PLEAsANr.-A good story is

Nor So PLEAsANT.-A good story is
told in the Hartford Courant of a young
couple who wanted to hear Dickens
read. They could hardly afford it, but
screwed up their extravaganza to the
necessary pitch. As they had conclu-
ded to invest, they bethought them
selves of poorer family near by who
were suffering from lack of work. So
they gave up Dickens and paid the
price of two tickets to their impover-
ished neighbors. The poor couple took
the money, bought tickets with it, and
attended the reading.
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$4,000 $4,000

Aggregate $4,000 So, 489
1t will be seen from the above that
the Joint Commission on Revised Stat
utes, drew seuenteen thousand .fUe ham
bred and ninety eight dollars per diem
and mileage after the close of the SEES
sion of 1870. That warrants drawn for
four thousand dollars were changed to
STA teen thousand dollars. And that sir
warrants for t,co thousand dollars each
were changed so as to make them call
for thirty thousand nine hundred. This
suppressed report" fastens upon some
one the charge of FORGERY. If the
people are content to submit to be
thus plundered, they will adhere othe
political fortunes of the Gubernatorial
ring.
We have seen a certified statement
in reference to altered warrants which
showed greater fraud than is exhibited
above, but when we sought.it for pub
LEGATION, the individual to whom it be-
longed had disposed of the astounding
document. Such exposes of the man
ner in which the taxpayers are robbed,
are enough to cause them to resort to
some Interior means of Kidding them
selves of those who are thus ruthlessly
and wickedly plundering them.-[New
Orleans Patriot.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-26


CANCERS CURED.-An alleged dis
covery of a cureFfor cancer from a spe-
cifc derived from plant which grows
in Ecuador is exciting much interest in
medical circles. A curious story is told
of the manner in which the anti cancer
virtues of this plant were first discov-
cred. For long time previous to this
discovery the plant had been regarded
as poison. Acting upon this belief,
an Ecuador wife who desired to rid
herself Of her husband gave him a de-
coction of this plant in his drink. The
fellow was already slowly dying of a
cancer in his stomach, but her eager
ness could not wait for the ordinary
sequel in such cases. She applied the
noxious distillation to his drink and
waited to see him fall at her feet. But
instead of that the happy husband sur.
vived. The subtle essence benefited
his cancer, and the fellow finally recov-
cred from his disease to make known
the blessing to the world.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-26

~ A Virginian owns dog whose
smartness consists in carrying letters
twice a week between two points six
teen miles apart. His owner just ties
the letters to his collar and tells him to
go, and he goes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-26

II Five children, three white and
two black, were bitten by mad dog
IN Pulaski, Tenn, one day last week.
Madstones were applied promptly to
the white children, it is said, with the
desired effect, all of them being now
We'll and safe, while the negro children,
TO whom the maidstone was not applied
have gone mad.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-26

e Monograms will hereafter be ad-
missible only upon seal rings, and on
bracelets or lockets for house wear
Even on note paper and envelopes
they are voted vulgar.