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AMMoNIA Ns A Crnr non sNAKr nIrrs.

AMMONIA AS a CURE FOR SNAKE BITES.
The statement was recently published
that as many as 5000 persons die annually
in British India and Burmah, from the
effects OF snake bites. The Inspector of
Police to the Bengal Government now re-
ports that of $3.50 cases. in which ammonia
was freely administered, 7O2 victims have
recovered, and in the cured instances, the
remedy was not administered till about 81
hours after the attack, ON the average. In
the fatal cases, the corresponding duration
of time WAS AZ hours.
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THE WEEK il the title Of new paper which lids
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VITALITY. OF THR SEXES.

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The Results Of Grantism.

a., " n 1rosyepor in recen,
o.,..,t ,,o,.,,.a coma fact.
Spee'" - o -, -.
relating 10 tue present ie'i'''e eo'''''''
Of the South which show some OF the re-
suits of Grants mle 10 that section. Col
G,,.vo.,, d,sv cnmnariseo i,e,sepo the
=. !. A.. s.,,..., e,.,o rh;.b
.O'''",''
since l''o "af AYR "'''' :. :" -
their shoulders NJ iIcphns Of hti&si "
rsuuy AMI those wan are still srighai to
ma >, tn h.ne,. h i,s impressions. The
.u .,,.,o,i ,.l..,,a,.
'0'''"'As ''i''
out Eve "h'h even ''''''' '"''" ~
csnnor deny:
.Iu Keutucky. Tennessee aud Nilsson.
RI the area Of Improved farm, has lncrras-
cd sluce 1860 aid even 10 Virginia. The
theatre Of the var, the decrease was very
sli,ht BIT in, the carpet bag Stq'c..
which suffered Ear less 10 tine u var than
those a.,ore rcisueGsto. ;Icrehas becasa
HISS Of {; 800 D0oacres 10 cultivated lands,
this whole extent Of valuable Territory.
which once blos,o.ned as the ro.4; beng
now ma better ,bsu neglected waste. Ia
the four States where ,lls war was .iercrst
and mos, prolonre3. ti.r yallo Of tie in.
nroyei lsad. increased from 1869 to 1871
to the amount Of more thln $!D 600 600
while ia those States II the South where
Grsu,ism was in comph,. power in the
same time the yane e improved farms
decreased from Sl.2l7,5SS, Sh1 mSiij.
3719l5, a loss 0, more than half the en-.
tire value Of real estate And "a''s TIE
ME blood OF lne.son'' 'a' 'aus pSe'' sum
10y anIs, s' - :, y on ;ns,e, I'D iron,
e,eve, n tuao,v sir ,p;Ilinn. If d,lars :
10 Arkansas where one If Grants great.
est favoritts and the chosen representative
o. DIS parry on 'na 't'''' 'N'''on'l nA g..
r ms ,s;,I,"n,l., On hioS,,ncs according
n his owo sweet viii Their iocal taxation
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PROCLAMATlON
BY THE GOVERNOR
T John ]. JACOB. Governor Of the State

T John J. JACOB Governor Of the State
\, OF West Virginia. do issue this, my Proc
la,I,Iou. aud give notice, That on tuesday
next after the first Monday in November 1877
an election will be held at the various places
OF voting throughout The Sta'e for the purpose
Of choosing five Electors Of President and
Vic. Presiden, Of the United States Tor the
State Of West Virginia
In testimony whereof, have hereunto ,et
my baud and caused the Sea- Of the 10 be
~ affix d a, ChUle>'ou, this 9TH day
SEAL loi September in the year ,ne lhous.
N16oland eight hundred aud seventy two,
and OF the STATE, the ninth.
JOHN j. JACOB.
By The Governor.
Juny NJ PHELPS, Secretary Of State.
sep lg-w3
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IT ST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
1s71-72.

THE last Catalogue shows an attendance Of
III Students al lhis Institution Five distinct
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A Quaker gentleman, riding 10 cafri-
age with fashionable lady decked with a
profusion of jewellery, heard her coai-
plaiuiug of the coltres.s Of the day :
Shiyeriug III her lace bonnet ani lace
shawl as light as web, she exclaimed
"Wba. shall do to get warm! Il really
don't know" replied the Qaaksr. unless
thee should put on another breastpin,"
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A Doctor Of Divinity was preaching ID
q suburb Of Boston. on a recent Sunday
evening, when bat entered the open win
dow and began his gyfatious above tue heads
CT the people, WherenGon the preacher
paused, and gravely said: I've will wall q
moment; peradvsature the li'le bird "Iil
ay ou,." The gravity Of the audience here
"gave cut"
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The following odd advertisement ap.
reared in a Knoxville, Tennessee paper:
"Wau,c1, this day, twenty-five persons
to lecture me on morality. Reasonable
wages will be paid
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Two lri,bmon Oh suI;ry night coos
refuge under the ts,itlYtnts from Pttiy
# rlsquI,oss AT Iast one Of them Gas.
ping ron hat. vea;urfd to peep nsgcnd
the OaIwarSs, aud esplrt dre.f, whcn
had strayci into the roou Accusing ais
companion wlll nudge. said Fergus,
Fergus, its 10 ne Ya mgo, Is well
come out Here, one Of the crayrh.rs
.arcLpg 'or y wid u autcrn'
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Mohammrd once said: When nan
dies men Inquire what he ha le't behind
him; angels Inquire what be has sent be.
fore him"
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The Memphis Acallnchs SAYS, one OF
the sirangest phenomena of the tines l.
reported to us from the site Of old For
Pillow, sixty miles above this city 1t l.
no more nor less than thu. the bluff bank
Of the river, which rises dfiy or sky iee'
above the water level, is on FIRE, and tor
the past several weeks has been steadily
burning Ike volcano for a ilstsare OF
several hundred yards along tho east SD
Of the river gu a hoe tea or twelve tees
above tue water level. At night a luTd
fame or blaze of Gre rises from tho side o.
the bluff to bcjgato Two OF three ieei,
which then spreads luto smoae ana passes
on over the summit Of the I'LL, distributing
itself With the atmosphere Ard H4aiins
away skyward. Tue steamer Celeste, on
her last trip passed by the place in day
light and a; iime when aiigd! wind oic8
from tao shore, carrying lhe smoke toward
the Arkansas shore and covering he river
with a thick haze almostlhke fog. Naa'
strange conhasiible formation c"np9se'
tue river bluff Of the old Fort. crw.ai trst
sc, i, on fire. to burn alter The ia'bion la
scrioel. is one Of tie most marvellous er-
eots Of the times, aud puzzles the people
Of the vicinity no little We ssaIl seek
to be informed upon this wouasrFu! pheno,
meua with 30 little curiosity
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Teachers Examinations

THE REGULAR EXAMINATIONS Of
the County Superintendent Of Public
sCho,l., will be held at Point Pleasant upon
The first Saturday Of each month at O'Clock,
Pm, fuoy. 9-ly
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roe street, over Religion. Book House, and y
f4lIy organized and prepared to take r'sk' OF
Frame and Brick Building. Manufacturing
Establishments, Stocks a Merchandise, hous"
hold Furniture, and Cargoes upon the Western
Rivers, dc a---s ,.v rrf
JACOB HORNBROOK Prest.
JACOB N. BIcKEL Vice Presl, +.
J.H. WILLIAMS, Secretary .
s. B. McC0LL0Jl, Asst Sec'y. {
Office over Religious Book House, South sid
Monroe street.
slsSON 4 SHREwSBERRY Agents ,Poin
Pleasant WA 0sirp in the Court House.
LEMUEL HARPOLD, agent. West Cnlum
bia, West Virginia. 4 fun. 9-ly.