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r ETHANY COLLEGE
WIZ openher
THIRrE.HoURTH SESSION.

Aonday, ssh September, 1874. Courses of stpdv
- aotns9d to Snit The varied purposes Of stl.
S Oes and eeSfes AIo Conferred indicative Of
EonaSnt eholAiahip In Arts, Sciences and Let
tera. Special courses are aTr1nged for Protss-
nonAl students in Engineering, Practical PhY.
nes ana chemistry, with ample training IN he
use o. lnStF1ments and apparatus, both In aeld-
work and IN The lAboEGloTy' - -''4
Boarding In clubs from a To n nor va.I .,A
q private boarding houses from ii 50 10 4; ns1
For particulars, send for CataloRe to Prof. n
- tVos' or W.K. PRNDLRToN,
glo1 PFeRtdHnt
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AND LES FoR AFRICA.
The Coming Dem Ocralic Convention
al EIlenboTo.
WHEELING, July %, 1874.

" @N@@NNt ~ avn
Editsrs Panhandle New:
Just now there is no little ilutter among
political Sspiranls hereabonts. The re-
cent call Tor Congressional Convention
Of the Democratic persuasion, seems To-
have inipSedA new life into many old and
some young political "hacks." knowing
ones here Sre fearful OF the future Of our
party. As has been clearly demonstrated
in the past, q nomination In these slater
days" is by no means equivalent 10 an
election, even il the County, District or
State has been good for q party msjority.
To concert the vote OF either party, . good
popular man must be nominAted-a man
who can be relied upon-a man OF honor
and integrity. The Democrat who Is
nominated al Ellenboro cannot be elected
unless he Is acceptable TO the Jacob wing
Of the party. No man who, two years
ago, abused the Jacob men from the
stump can receive the Independent vote.
And II such man Is endorsed at Ellen
bOro he cannot unite the party. The re-
suit will be q fusion movement, and de-
ieat 10 the regular Democratic nominee
AS yet no man from Ohio county has
been spoken oil who can carry the party
vote even OF this city, and hence I can
speak from disinterested standpoint,
until come such available man has been
presented. Ohio county has been repre-
sented al Charleston by young pettifog-
gers until she has become aby.word al
over the State, and we are not prepared
TO give such notoriety 3 national airing
Brooke has good man in the person Of
Alex. Campbell, and other counties have
also named men upon whom the party
can be united. What should be done then
is to make fair nomination, present a
good man, and victory Is certain. A
packed convention or bad nomination
will have no weight. The day has gone
by when men can be "yoted" as cattle.
Public schools have ruined the success Of
political wire.workers and wire pulIeIs
People rad and reflect more than they
did ten years Sgo, and the party cry or
lash have no teTrors for them. Unless the
Ellenboro Convention puts up a first
class man 10 every particular he will and
ought 10 be defeated.
Ono COUNTY.
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DURING the epidemic Of intermittents
in the West this season, the whole i'm
mense stock Of Ayers Ague Cure became
exhausted, and the producing power oil
bis Laboratory was found inadequate to
meet the demand. Many who knew It's
extraordinary virtues for the cure Of
CHIL1s AND FEVER, paid exorbitsut
prices for it TO those who were fortunate
enough TO have q supply on hand. Some
Of our neighbors paid ten dollars for q
bottle while the regular price is but one,
and assure US it was on the whole the
cheapest remedy thGy could buy, even at
that figure. They praise it for two quail.
ties: first, that it cures, and last that it
leaves the health unirpAired. -IorG
Standard. 6&w
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tCrRSTIYc TRUTHS

The lecturer, Prof. Miller, Is a very
pleasant speaker, and has the happy
faculty Of saying deep things in manner
70 be understood. The lecture was briei
synopsis Of the more important points Of
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Tie Congressional Contest betpesn Fduk.
ner, Martin and HdgdRS-lh Capital
QaGtti0n.
GRAFTON, WA, July 80, 1874.
Editors Of the Intelligence:
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Atelooking upin this portion Of the State.
Charles James Faulkner is on the war.
path, and, as candidate for Congress in
the Second district, promises 10 make q
lively fight between now and the Assem-.
bling Of the Piedmont nominating con-
Vention. Mr. F. was in town on Tues
day last working up his interests, and
taking observations from this point OF the
compass as 10 the probable course Of the
political winds. He explains his candi-
dScy as being subject 10 the decision Of
the
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATING CONVENTION,
unless he is defeated for the nomination
by 4 combination or "put.up" job, the
efficiency Of which, IS means Of dispos.
ing of obnoxious candidates, he is too old
and TOO adroit politician not 10 fully IN.
derstand. But his position Is q rather
anomalous one, as he goes into the con-
vention toAbide its decision, provided 1t
nominates him, and Tree to kick out Of
the party traces and become an
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
Il 1t Is so indiscreet as to nominate any one
else. His position Is somewhat analogous
to Bnnsparte's plsbieite 1t was lett OPP
tionAl with the voter whether he voted Tor
or against The measure, but all who voted
against II were 10 be shot The Democra.
cy oil this District are privileged 10 nomi-
nate whom 1t pleases, but If
Mr.. FAULKNER
is not the candidate Of the party, he pro.
poses TO "bust" the concern. From pres.
ent indications in this meek O woods"
Mr. B, T. MARTIN
has the inside track in the Congressional
race, and II will take great deal Of lock.
eying 10 prevent him IRON coming out
several lengths ahead. However, ii is by
no means certain that the winner in the
primary race will be able 10 walk over
the course, ii competing with
HAGGNs, OF MoNoNGALlA,
who has shown himself as wide.awAke
and energetic IN political cAnvasses as he
q gentlemanly and unosteniatious in his
public capacity.
We await with some anxiety the action
Of the sx-committee Of the
CAPITAL REMOVING CONVENTION.
The people Of this section have borne
with the inconvenience OF the present 10.
cation Of the capital long enough, and
are now willing TO make every effort 10
effect It's removal to some accessible
point And while on this subject, permit
me 70 contradict the assertion Of your
correspondent from Marion, who stated
that the people oil that county felt NO in
tetest IN the question: / have nowhere
seen evinced more decided and uneuuiyo-
cal opposition 70 the further retention OF
the Capital in Charleston than in
MARION COUNTY,
and ! speak advisedly Of their opinions
for I have until quite recently been a
resident Of that county, and have con-
Tersed with scores Of persons on the sub.
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WIZ. HALLVR. Austioneer. ' jysi
TRUSTEES SALE OF TRIADHL-
i PHIA PROPERTY

- Ed4A EhUEkhT1s
By virtue OF I deed OF trust made by Henry
Otto and wife TO the undersigned, trustee, dated
September ], 1863, and recorded In the once Of
the Clerk OF the County Court Of Ohio county
West VirRtniA, in Deed Book no 81, iollo 81, i
viii ofer a public sale ~ the front door Of the
Court House Of Ohio county, West Y rgtni1, on
WEDNESDAY, August &c, 1874,
Beginning n 10 O'Clock A. T., lots Numbered IS,
IS, 81 and g, 10 the town Of TTiadelphiG, Ohio
county, West Virginia, and also the following
parcel OF land in sad county and State, on the
waters OF Little Wheeling Creek, throsRh which
land two streams OF water aoE, which streams
are not 10 be diverted from their present channel
BY any perton or ptrbops WbatSoeTeT, and bound.
ed . folloWs. Beginning II . stone corner 10
eAid Henry Otto, IN Crummy's line; thence n. IS
degrees W. 305H feet or l25 II 20 es 70 Q stone
corner 70 Grumpy on the east side Of the spring
run; thence 4. IS degrees ". 3I3 feet or Il % s.
poles 70 stone corner 10 Grumpy on the west
side OF said spring run; thence 8. IS degrees Z
20SH feet or Il 5-ll poles 10 . stone corner 70
Grumpy; thence n. IS degrees E. 3l9 feet or
u 6-SS poles TO the beginning, containing one
acre.
11HS or sALE-8I0o0 cash in hand, The red
due payable eight months from the day Of sale,
with interest and security satisfactory 10 the
Trnltea. HENRY z M0RGNE
Trustee for Amtriean Building Association
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Our Grafton Letter.

Tie Congressional Contest betreen FduLt.
ner, Martin and HdgdnJ-lhs Capital
Question.
GRAFTON, WA, July 80, 1874.
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educational.

WHEELING FEMALE COLLEGE
AND 4UsICAL CONSERVATORY,
VII open TUESDAY, September I, 1874. The
Antteal Conservatory VIII be under the Diree.
totship Of ProE Herman Kbeling and Proi A. 5.
hoe. j, with capable 1RBIStGnts. The Raculty
o. iasuuctign Will inelude the expedenced
H9ehefs q tho pat year. Pupils viii be ne.
estVe4 fer Vocal or Insuumntai Nrsie. ma,
ing, Painting, French or German. For Terms Of
edmiseion. tuition, &c, call on or address me
FreaGent Esy: WIN. =. MOTION, OF the REV,
=. p. CLARk, Head OF IngtruI ton. h31
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and speak adyisedly Of their opinions
for ! have until quite recently been a
resident Of that county, and have con-
Tersed with scores Of persons on the sub.
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For Sale.
UsTEE's SALE

By virtue Of Deed Of Truit made April %,
1874, bY Jane ]. Wood and James W, wood 70
The undersigned, which Deed Of Trusts Tn 70.
Ohio county, IN deed book o., folio %. will
oder Al public ealo at the front door ofthe Curt
Houssof Ohio county on BATURDAY, AUGUST
Is, 1874, at 10 A. y, The following described pro-
perry, VlE-LOts Nos. IS AID IS In IquAre No u,
in the City Of Wheeling, formerly known a.
unto belonging
Terms made known on day OF sale. The title
10 believed 70 be good, but selling a. TtnItee
shall convey only such title - 10 vested 10 me By
said Deed Of Trust W. Q. HANDLAN,
jy30 fru,he.
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T 1NDsLEY INSTITUTE.

Instruction given In all branches usuaIlv
taught in preparatory schools and Gcsdemies
The Department Of Modern Languages e under
The control Of the eminentiy sueeessful teSeSeT
d. Mayer. TIE Eau sesSlon OF aiteen Teefs
e CONN Monday. September I, 1874. For
InSatqte; corner Eof and 18th etreets. az ~
dress J. N. Rutchiscn, Wheeling, ". Va.
JESSE @. BRUCE.
AoKl ]. n. HUTCHINSON
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ject. No county in the State Is more
unanimously in Iayor Of removal than
Marion.
OUR CITY
Just now seems 70 be afflicted with a sur
plussage Of shows-ciTcuses, menageries,
&c. Bulletin boards displaying flaming
posters are erected In all paris Of the
town, and one show has scarcely "iolded
Its TENT" when another Is advertised
and Notwithstanding their frequency each
seems 70 secure large pAtronage-ihe
moral Of which Is that we need more
missionaries for America
AND LEES FOR AFRICA.
All business seems 10 be growing
brisker; whether this Is the result Of the
recent "inA2tion," or owing 70 the fact
that harvest being over farmers are be-
ginning 10 realize on their productions, ]
Am not well enough informed 70 venture
an opinion. More Of another time.
Very truly, &c, Nc.
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THR IUpJRcT o. AsTRoNoMY .

mole particularly treating Of the solat
system. Beginning with the sun as the
great centre Of light, heat and power, he
travelled outward through space, taking
each planet in turn, until pausing at Nep.
tune, sway Of in space to the distance Of
$500, 000, 900 miles from the sun, and here
we can stand End wonder at the great dis
t4nce still intervening between Us and the
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70 TERRITORIAL o MoRRsl"

and instead Of o mores 1t was o Moses |!
an expression ! am not in the habit cf
using under any circumstances, but
which would perhaps convey the mean
ing intended IS well As anything else.
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How to Ruin Children.

Not all the ways. but one. A few nights
since the owner Of an unoccupied barn was
reused from sleep with the warning that a
| light was shining through the building.
| Supposing of course that the barn was on
fire he hurried to save his property ifpos-
| sibe without raising an alarm, when to
his surprise ne found the light to come
not from Diogenes with his rush candle,
seeking for man but from man with
lantern searching for his boy. 1t seems
that several little boys had been accustOm-
ed to spend the night under the barn. sleep.
ing upon hay. Is it 3 matter Of surprise
that boys 90 to ruin when they are allow
ed to be out all night, the parents not
knowing, and perhaps not caring, where
they are?
There Is no indulgence given to children
so sure to bring them to destruction as to
allow them to be out evenings. There Is
for all children kind Of mystery-a pecu-
liar kind Of fac.nation about darkness that
leads them to do many things which they
wouid not dare to do in broad daylight;
anu the only safe way for parents is TO re-
fuse all permission for the child to 90 out
except for satisfactory reasons. 1t would
not De necessary to go many miles from
Newouryport to find street corners-not
IN the vicinity of rum shops-but In re-
spectacle Observation-Disclosures the child
ren. girls as well boys, are allowed to play .
III the streets after dark-developing an
amount ofjuvenile rowdyism that must be
injurious to their morals. Boys and girls
that IN daylight appear .decently quiet, and
modest. under the cover Of darkness be-
come noisy, and mischievous. No man be-
comes bad all at once-but by degrees
ana from seeing to pitying-and from that
20 embracing vice, are degrees that may
,oiiow without great intervals between.
The child that plays out in the street. near
the house, till seven O'Clock, soon wishes
10 be out till nine, and very soon must be
down town to stay as long as he pleases.
Ihere Is no safe way for parents but to
keep their children in the house after dark.
flaying around the house the first part Of
the evening, Is the beginning OF a course
that may lead the child to ruin. A short
time since the son of respectable parent
was arrested for thieving. The poor man,
heart broken with grief. could not see how
his boy came to be u thief, but the reason
was plain enough to those VINO knew that
he had been allowed with ruinous intiul-
Sence to roam the street at night, the
parent thinking that his boy could surely
,aSe a care OF Observation-Disclosures Her
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IL was struggle for life Death was COM
ing. and they made one grand effort to get
out OF Its reach, but alas it was unavailing.
we VIII not undertake to depict the an
suish OF that father as he was compelled
TO see the cherished ones ofhis own heart.
those whom he loved even better than his
own life bl"od, sink down, one after the
other, aud become 4 prey TO that most ter
ribie OF all deaths-ilre. The little daugh-
TER was the first that was overtahen, and
tne mother was prone to stay ard give mn
her lie with her darling but she kept on,
while the fiaines were yet more than hun
urea Yards behind, and little Mary was
iet upon her knees. praying that her Heav-
eniy Rather might take her to His bosom.
ana save her mother and father and little
brother from perishing. Death soon came
Tor her. and not long did it wait for the lit
Tie brother and mother. In few moments
the mothers clothes were on fire. and she
was unable toproceed. The father, with
desperate determination to save his little
son, pushed on, but already his clothes
were on fire. and the little boy, the pride
OF MS heart. was struggling to free himself
from the tortures, and soon he was at rest
in death. His body but hindered tho
progress of the father, and to save himself
he determined to abandon il. Thus freed
or all incumbrances ne succeeded in reach.
ing the stream.
After the fire had passed by he retraced
his steps and gathered in one place the
olackened and charred remains Of his late
household. Next day the homes of some
distant farmers were reached, and they re-
turned with Herndon and assisted him in
the burial.
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Burned on the Prairie.

From the ST. Joseph, Mo- Herald, Nov. IL
Capt. Lakeland, Il recent citizen of Lin
coin, Neb.. and well known in this COM
munity. gives Us the details of the terrible
calamity that overlook the family OF Mr..
William ). Herndon, u farmer of Gage
County, Neb. He says he met Mr.. uerI-
don on Monday night on his way to Lin
coin, where he has relations residing, and
where he expected aid. From MIR. Hprn-
don's own lips he learned the story OF his
sutferings. Some three years ago Herndon
moved TO Gage County from Iowa and pur-
chased sixty acres of land nine miles from
the country seat. He prospered and wa,
succeeding well until the late disaster.
which not only destroyed his property. but
lett him alone in the world, the fire having
oVertaken his family, consisting of his
wife, aud two children, and burned them
TO death. Herdon says he noticed the fire
miles away on Saturday night. but it was
no uncommon thing to see the grass burn
ing. and he paid but little attention to it.
although his wife seemed considerably
alarmed. and before bedtime she had call
ed his attention to it several tunes. In the
morning it was noticed that the fire was
burning wi h more vim. and had evidently
come nearer to them. lie was still inclined
To believe that it would pass around and
leave him unm0lested, or that it would
rain and thus put danger out of the Ques-
ton.
A heavy wind springing up at noon,
however, and blowing directly from the
fire toward the house, warned him that
the danger was growing Imminent. His
children were now crying through fear,
and his wife was importuning him to make
the best OF time. Arrangements were soon
made for the journey. and in a two-horse
wagon they started, more than ten miles
in advance OF the fire. with every probabil-
ity of being able to get out of its reach.
Good time was made Dy the team, and not
until late in the evening, when the wind in
creased in fury, was there any apprehen-
| sion of danger. About dusk the wind in
| creased to a hurricane and the flames be-
| gan to approach them with terrible speed
| and awful grandeur. Faster and faster
| they came, and. Mr. Herndon says that it
was evident they would Overtake them in
very few moments. What was to be done
under the circumstances was question
that had to be decided quickly. The horses
had now become unmaDageable, aud were
| as likely to Overturn the wagon aud start
for the flames as any other way. A marshy
piece of ground was some two miles dis
tant, and near this was q small branch of
water. from which. he remembered, he
had frequently watered his horses. This
was the only chance for life, and hastily
leaving his wagon aud team to their fate,
he started for the marsh, with his young
est child, . lad Of eight years, In his arms.
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1t Don't Pay.

1t don't pay to have fifty working men
poor and ragged, in order to have one sa-
loon-keeper dressed in broad cloth and
flush of money.
1t don't pay TO have the mothers and
chiidrcn OF twenty families dressed In rags
starved into the resemblance of emaciated
scarecrows and live In novels, in order
that the saloon-keeper's wife may dress in
satin, and her children grow fat and hear
ty and live in bay window parlor.
1t don't pay to have one citizen In the
county jail, because another citizen sold
him liquor.
1t don't pay to have ten smart active
and intelligent boys transformed into row,
dies and thieves, to enable one man to
lead an easy life by selling them liquor.
1t don't pay to give one man, for SIS
quarter, license to sell liquor, and then
spend $4,000 on the trial of Tip Nc
lau:hlin for buying that liquor and then
committing murder under its influence.
1t don't pay to have one thousand homes
blasted, ruined, defiled and turned into hells
of disorder and misery in order that one
wholesale liquor dealer may amass a large
fortune.
1t don't pay to keep six thousand men
in the penitentiarics and hospitals, and
one thousand in the lunatc asylum at the
expense Of the honest industrious tax-pay-
ers in order that few rich capitalist may
grow richer by the manufacture of whis-
key.
1t don't pay to permit the existence of a
traffic which only results in crime, pover-
ty, misery aud death and which never did
never can, and never will do any good.
1t never pays TO do wrong; ; your sin will
find you out J.; whether others find it out or
not, the sin knows where you are, and will
always keep you posted of the fact. 1t
don't ay.-[California Rescue
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A SIMPLE PLAN OH YrNr1I Ar1oN.-Tt

A SIMPLE PLAN OF VRNTILArIoN.-The
following simple method for ventilating
ordinary sleeping and dwelling rooms is
recommended by Mr.. Hinton in his Ply
siOlOgy for Prdctacat Use A piece of
wood, three inches high and exactly as
the bredth of the window, is t. be prepar
ed. Let the sash be now raised, the slip
of wood placed on the sill, and the sash
drawn closely upon it. If the slip has
been well fitted, there will be no DRAFT in
consequence Of the displacement OF the
sash at its lower part but the top of the
lower sash will overlap the bottom OF the
upper one, and between the two bars per.
pendicuiaf currents of air, not felt as draft
will enter and leave the room.
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SINGULAR CASE OF SUICIDE.-A melan-
choly case OF suicide occurred few davs
since on the Podunk farm, near Iitusville.
Ihe name of the unfortunate man has not
yet been discovered: but it appears from
the following pathetic effusion found in
his left boot that the suicide was not in
stigated by the exploration of dry holes. ;
ss at first supposed.
i married Il widow who hed grown
up daughter. My father visited our house
very often, fell in love with my step
daughter and married her. So nv father
became my son-in-law, and my step
daughter my mother, because she was my
fathers wife. Some time afterwards my
wife had son-he was my fathers broth
er-n-law. and my uncle for he was the
brother of my step-mother. My fathers
wife. that is, my step daughter. had also
son; he was, of course, my brother, and
In the meantime my grandchild. for he
was the son Of my daughter. My wife
was my grandmother, because she was
my mothers mother. I was nv wife s
husband. and grandchild at the same time
And AS the husband of a persons grand
mother is his grandfather, 1 was my own
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Press.
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All who are disgusted with disease
and anxious to be rid of their ails, will
"Had with interest, between their doses,
.Le story of Jacob Weiss, who formerly
lived a mechanic iii Louisville, Ky, with
aplenty OF nothing in his pocket, aud bron-
chitis slowly but surely consuming his
pulmonary apparatus. He was advised to
20 to that Paradise, Golconda, Arcadia,
that argentine land called Colorado What
happened to the impecunious and wth-dif-
ticulty- Jacob? He recovered
from his bronchial derangement-bu that
is nothing. For he also discovered six
large and plentiful silver mines. He is a
rich man. If necessary, he could afford to
take a bottle of the most expensive Pul-
monte Panacea twice day, and to employ
a corps OF doctors, allopathic, hydropathic,
motorpathic, homeopathic, botanical and
eclectical. But he scorns them. He
breathes with the vigor of bison. Con-
sumption has stepped out-capital has
stepped in. Let those whose tendency Is
70 shortness both of funds and breath, 90
and do like-W Weiss IN. Y Tribune.