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cd to the Turkish mosques or places of wor-
ship. IN any capacity whatever, but more
especially designating the students who are
initiated in the upper branches of religious
Instruction in the mosques, and who, like
tbe fellows of an English university, consti-
qnte corporation long after the completion
4 their learned pursuits. Some of them
supply candidates for the Offices of priests
agd high priests, but che larger part of them
hpg as loosely upon society as ward politi-
dams. In the time of Mahomet they were
poor men, who slept in the mosques and had
a sheltered bench outside hence they were
called ''men of tho bench" IF there were
any similar class in this country they would
probably be called ecclesiastical Cramps" !"
At present the Softas are said to form n
large aud influential class in Mohammedan
society. Their number in Constantinople is
estimated at from 10000 to 10000, and
their success in controlling mobs by appeal
ing to religious fanaticism is said to be very
great.
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A Crowd THROWN IN A ARIvER-Lon-
dot, June GA terrible catastrophe occur
rcdto-day at Bath on the Avon River, in the
Cotnty of Somerset. The centennial Agri-
cultural Show is being held there, and to-
day while the Bridge over the river was
crEsded with visitors to the exhibition, the
structure suddenly gave way, precipitating
thf great crowd into the water. Sixty per-
so,s were drowned, and others escaped with
bpkcn limbs and bruises. The most in.
tnse excitement prevails in the vicinity of
tho disaster Later advices from the scene
SAY that twenty dead bodies of the victims
ofthe Bridge accident have been recovered,
and several are still missing. 1t is now said
there were nearly two hundred persons on
the bridge when it fell.
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MY PEERLESS IDEAL.
BY LAvIGA.

Enshrined in my heart is picture true,
or soft young face, and fair,
With loveit eyes of heavens own blue,
And wealth Of sunny hair.
A brow as parian marble white,
And lips as tho coral red;
With teeth as polished ivory bright,
And breath by the roses fed.
A check that rivals the blush of morn;
When daylight her glory spreads;
A manly breast with affection warm
And soft as the moss-rose bed
A form that would grace the throne of king
An air as soft as the breeze;
A voice as sweet as the birds Of Spring
That carol among the trees.
smile that thrills as electric wave
And forces the pulse to start,
All this is the picture have engraved,
On the tablet Of the heart.
PLEASANT VALE, S. G.
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O GEORGE! WHAT A DAMsEL.-Sh.

o GEORGE! WHAT A DAMsEL.-She
was young and fair, and a tear slistened in
her eyes as she laid her curly head on his
shoulder and exclaimed 90 George! L
think if found you did not love me should
die" "My darling" he answered, passing
his hand gently round her dimpled chin, "I
will alwa, slosCSl-.S, Do you think would
marry you if 1 did not feel sure of it. Inc
few days at the alter shall VOW to love you
all my life, and will keep my VOW" A
lovely kind of beatiic happiness played for
moment like sunshine on her lips, and then
she whispered: 80 George I like to hear
you talk like that i; you have been SO good
to me. You have given me a diamond lock
ct, and gold watch and chain, and rings
that an angc! might wear outside her gloves
and not be ashamed, aud if thought that
one day you'd be sorry you'd given me all
these nice things and want them back again
it would break my heart" He held her
gently against his manly breast, and answer
&C with quavering voice: 30 my darling!
there is nothing on earth that could happen
that would make me repent giving you few
tokens of my love, or make me want them
back again" She spraDg from his arms
like joyous deer, she shook back her sunny
curls, and, with whole poem in her hazel
eyes, exclaimed: go George! you have Ia,
ken load from my heart. I've come to say
that can't marry you after all, because I've
seen somebody l like better, and thought
you'd want your presents back again.
London Fun.
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THE SoFTAs.-Thc "Softas," of whom
mention has been often made as the most
turbulent of the war spirits in Constantine
plo, is name applied to all persons attach.
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CHEAP GIRLs.-A girl who makes her
self too cheap is one to be avoided No
young man, not even the worst, excepting
Tor base purpose, wuut, anything To do
with cheap young lady. For a wife, none
but a fool or rascal will approach such a wo-
man. Cheap jcwelry nobody will touch if
he can get any better. Cheap girls are
nothing but the refuse; and the young men
know it, and they will look in every other
direction for a lifelong friend and compan-
ion before they will give glance at the
plnchbeck stuff that tinkles at every turn
for fascinating the eye of any that will look.
You think it quite the "corroct thing" to
talk loudly and coarsely be boisterous and
hoydenish in all public places; to make
yourself SO bold and forward and common.
place, everywhere, that people wonder if
you ever had mother or home, or any
thing to do So be it. You will probably
be taken for what you are worth, and one
OF these years, if you do not make worse
than a shipwreck of yourself, you will begin
to wonder where the charms are that once
you thought yourself possessed OF, and what
evil spirit could have so befooled YOU. Go
on, but remember, cheap girls attract no.
body but fools and rascals.
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The season for an acrobat--a backward
spring. - Erchrn11
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- In q eS.

OeS.
REST Hand mad, Gents Shoes, and varran-
- ted Custom made Ladies' Shoes from Cen
tennial Award Factory. Prices to suit purcha-
sers. GEE s. HUMPHREYS.
Nay u ,f
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THE RED DEVILS AT WORK.

A REIGN OF TERROR ON TIE PRAIRIES OF
SAN Francisco, June 19.-Dctails of
the Indian outbreak in Idaho and Oregon
show that the Indians had possession of the
whole Camas prairie, except the Town of
Mount Idaho which they arc threatcning.
Col. Perry, with one hundred soldiers, some
citizens and friendly Indians, marched
against them. Quite a number Of men, wo-
men, children and tcamstcrs were massa-
cred Twenty-ninc whites were killed.
The whites had killed White Bird, chief of
the hostiles, and his family.
Latcr.-Thc troops, with $50 citizens
from Mount Idaho, encountered the Indians
at the head Of White Bird Canon. The
troops dismounted and left few of tho SOL
dcrs and twenty Indians to hold their horses.
The Indians opened fire on the troops, and
fighting had continued Cor some time, when
the friendly Indians became alarmed. The
soldiers guarding the horses could sec that
the Indians were getting the best of the
fight, and that the soldiers were retreating.
The captain of the party of citizens with
Serg't. Lyttlc and one private are known to
have bcen killed. The whole of the horse
guards, both Indians and whites, broke aud
ran, some for Mount Idaho aud somc for
Lapevia, leaving the horses to run loose over
the prairie. Those comingto Lapevia never
stopped till they reached the post. Many
AL-.--~~ n- ,ne prairle ua'u - L.rned
A soldier who reached tho garrison at s
o'clock, on the morning of the 18th, from
the fight, reported that the troops were on
foot and surrounded by Indians in the canon,
and, in q hand to hand fight, COL Perry and
sbsut half of his command arc said to have
Ason killed The remainder were surroun-
ded and fighting against odds when this in
farmant left. The Indians engaged in the
fight arc non-treaty Nez Perces. They, to-
gether with other disaffected tribes, number
about two hundred effective warriors. There
is general uprising of the savagcs, and the
whole country is wild with alarm. The In
diars are massacreing men, women and
children on the Camas Prairie, and the set
tiers arc fleeing in all directions for safety
Gen Howard is at Lewiston, but is pow
crlcss, owing to the smallness of his force.
Troops havo been ordered tc his aid from
number Of posts in the department, and
will soon be on their way to tho scene of
the disturbances. Gen Mcdowell, COM
manding the Division of the Pacific, has
been telegraphed to and speedy assistance
demanded Further sanguinary details are
expected at Lewiston Governor Chadwick
has been applied to for arms, &c.
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TRUsTEE's SALE.

By virtue Of deed OF Trust made bV f,w.,s..
and Mary, bis vile, 70 the undermined irp''s.
dated the tst day Of January, 1871 and irIs
corded In the CLERKS office Of the COUNTY Ga,y, =
Ohio county, West Virginia, In Deed Of lt9sIS,S
Marriage Book No. I, pages eos and 4VG. vii ~
FRIDAY, the 18th day Of December, 49,,
Beginning at 10 o'clock A. N. Of aid DAY, Al, III,
front door Of the Court HOUSE Of Ohio Coaaiv ~ N
the city Of Wheeling; sell at public auction stl,ks
following described property, that l. to nv. M
that certain piece Of land lying and being IN ~
WatefB Of Gleh's Run, In Md county Of (I6in ~
being part Of the land belonging 10 the u,r AbAsa
+: Woods and I'D Joining the lands Of WilInj
WelShaus, the heirs oil David Gardner. teSrss.I
and the helm Of Andrew L. Woods, deCra,rd ~
tanning IS acres, SrOOdl and 10 pOrChea aud SoEJ.
Cd and described ~ follows viz: BtgInElnV, A. ~
elm corner 70 Garden and Reilly on thr wooiS
line; thence up the hun Road coz E! 100 n n,
and l21S0 L 20 poles 10 stake on the Soath NJ
pi Eald rad, theBce 1872 ZIG 2i.lOO lcl,, W "
stake; thence 8 % E IS 6s-lOO POLES 10 4 ,,Si,.
thence i SO W Il 7S-l00 poles 10 / corner Ia IN
WelAhAus on original tract line and with III, NJ
and MD trAct line GO W Is S4.lOO polt, 10 or
nal corner Of tIact new corner on the line q ~
Garden and with his line (anotheT 0riginll II AZ
z 50 46-l0O poles TO the beginning, together Win
tho improvements thereon and the hpredtsm,Eis
and RppurtenHnees belonging thereto, tIpSpt,bS
only The coal underlying the aid tact.
TERus OF aALE-ThreO hundred dollar Of IA.
purchase money In cash on the day Of ahlr, AID IN
rttidue Of the Iaid purchase money on The M d,S
Of January, 1878, with interest on the deferred h.
stAllments from the day Of sale until payment: Ii.
purchaser 10 give goGd personal security IoF bS
payment Of said deferred inAtallmentS and the tls
% the property 10 10 retained uhIll the urthps
money is fully paid.
The title TO the above property is believed 10 b,
nos JAMES P. ROGERS, Trm,e.,
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Why n Young Lady Preferred TO
be Married in the Episcopal

The Episcopal marriage service ia quite
beautiful, and for this reason brides be.
longing 30 other sects often elect to be
Joined in Wedlock according 10 the form
prescribed in the Book Of Common
Prayer. But the other evening, in town
not far from Cincinnati, young lady, a
Presbyterian, chose the Episcopal form
for very different reason. In the Pres
byterial church abe attended there are
only two aisles, one at either side, but in
the Episcopal church there is an aisle in
the middle, ending at the chancel rail in a
flight OF two or three steps. 'Alittle fore.
thought convinced this young lady that
the long train Of her wedding dress would
DO better displayed il she marched slowly
up the middle aiOle OF the Episcopal
church and stood on the top at its head,
than II she went up the side aisle Of the
Presbyterian church and had to turn at
right angles 10 reach the centre. Accord.
ingly, though Presbyterian, the middle
aisle In the ceremonial OF the Episcopal
church led her astray. In addition to u
temporary convert the Episcopal rector
received as wedding fee 500 gold, that
the Presby terian minister would have got
had he allowed u middle aisle in the dis
cipline Of his church. Clearly it behoves
the Presbyterians to bestir themselves
lest long trains and large fees vanish
from their churches.
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The baltimore & Ohio RaIIroad's
Late Loan.

AoAC AAOtAus
New York Bulletin.
Some months ago, we noted the fact
that the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad had
effected temporary loan OF several mil.
lions in London, and iutimated that the
Company had probably deposited with
the lenders new issue Of bonds as secur.
ity. 1t now appears that Messrs. J. S.
Morgan e Co., OF London, are offering
Gl600,000 OF the Company's per cent
bonds at sSA, with an explanation that
the issue has been made to reimburse in
part a.cash outlay Of 81, 055, OIL in con.
structing the Baltimore & Ohio and Chi.
cago Railroad. The London Times takes
occasion TO notice the Company's re.
cent large increase Of its debt and 10
express doubts about the value OF the
Surplus" Of $50, 100000 reported in its
last annual report, and takes the ground
that mot this loan only, but ali such,
from whatever quarter, ought 10 be
avoided till the borrowers are ready TO
grant a corporate position to their
creditors, and TO give them power
which would be felt at once did anything
gowrong." What the Times means by u
corporate position" may be judged from
its stating that sail loans ought 10 be
issued under trust here lin London)
and the trustees should be elected by and
held responsible 10 proprietary regis.
tered in the ordinary way" 1t would
rebound alike to the credit Of American
borrowers and the satisfaction OF foreign
leaders II some such arrangement as the
Tines suggests were enforced in the case
Of all our loans made in other countries.
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TIE Martinsburg Statesman knows no
let up on Coy. Mathews or President
Garrett, Of the Baltimore & Ohio road.
Here is its latest remark about the latter:
"John W. Garrett has been reelected
President OF the Baltimore & Ohio Rail.
road. Asit il on It's last legs, financially,
We suppose the stockholders reelected
him to compel his presence as chief
mourner in its final collapse"
Our opinion is that good many moons
will wax and wane before the Statesmen
will have chance to be in at the death
Of the Baltimore 6 Ohio. The shares, it
is true, have fallen from Sl75 to $780,
and the fallis, perhaps, legitimate enough
under the circumstances, but as long as the
line and its branches can earn four mil.
lions net every year--even in such times
as these. Snd it earned 81 ,9S2,SO5 q last
year, it is mot likely 10 collapse. Count
ing the bonded debt OF the road at $685..
100000, the interest at G per cent is only
$2,2s0,000. As long as a railroad can pay
interest on its bonded debt it is not likely
to be sold out atsheriff' 8 sale.
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from saying they % 10 hell. Protestant
theologianS are not 90 silly a. 70 believe
that infanls are saved BY Christ without
at the same time holding that they need
10 be sayed-haye something to be saved
from. Accordingly, as often "a ministers
Of the Reformed churches have occasion
10 speak Of the salvation Of infants, they
not only attribute II 10 the Holy Spirit
who regenerates, but 10 Christ by whose
atoning death their guilt liability 70
penalty 10 removed
II may not be improper for me 10 give II
as my opinion that Il Ia out Of the dis.
cushions concerning original sin and It's
merited punishment the Islander (so ]
shall term It until proof be produced)
against the Reformed Churches origina.
ted. Because the theologians Of these
churches maintained that all are born
under condemnation and exposed to
eternal punishment their opponents
charged il upon them "a one Of the con.
sequences Of their system that unbaptiEed
infants dying muat go into hell.
find in book In my possession q
foot mole 10 this effect, "When the Calvin.
ists were accused by their Arminian op.
ponents Of holding that infants are torn
away from the breasts Of their mothers,
and tyrannically precipitated into
hell, the charge was Indignantly repell.
ed by the Synod Of bort. See the conclu.
sion Of their articles" So you see, Messrs.
Editors, that "the generally accepted
fact" was officially denied more than two
hundred and City years ago; and strange
as il may seem to you that any Islander
could live so long and be so generally nc.
cepted, and yet be false, you must still
admit that truth is sometimes stranger
than fiction.
lido not consider myself under obliga.
ton to notice anonymous communlca.
tons for the same reason editors demand
nsmes-as evidence Of good faith. Still !
am willing on all occasions to defend the
Westminster Confession Of Faith, and II
you wish to know my views upon the Oft
quoted article upon "Elect infants" am
willing 10 give them on another day.
]. d. MoFFAT,
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Further from Rev. MIR. 1IOfat on
tho subject OF Unbaptized In

1antS.
Editors IntelllSencCr.
My referring again to this subject may
excite the question in some minds what
special interest can have in what may
or may not have been taught by some
theologians Of past generations. Certain.
ly | do not feel myself bound by anything
even Calvin, or Luther, or Knox may
have uttered. The Bible and, as suhor.
dinate toll, the Westminster Confession Of
Faith are the only standards OF religious
doctrine to which hold myself amenable,
! would not accept the doctrine Of infant
damnation il 1t were taught by all the
theologians in the world unless satisfied
that the Bible teaches it. But | have 80
often heard il asserted that Protestant
theologiaus have held and taught in some
form the dogma of infant damnation,
and 1t has so often been charged
against the Presbyterian Church in par
ticuIAr that they believe there are span
long" babes In hell; and these assertions
having never been supported by a single
quotation from any writer or preacher,
although the persons making them have
been challenged to do SO, that have
come to regard them as simple ISLANDERS
that ought TO be denied and denounced as
often as they appear. think we all ought
to have SO stronga love Of the truth as TO
aim a blow at every lie wherever and
whenever It appears.
You will observe that in my first note
l expressed myself with caution. l do
not claim q familiar acquaintance with
the whole range Of theological literature
from the beginning Of the Reformation
TO the present time, and should not like
TO assert that no sentence can be found in
any Protestant or Calyanistic work OF
standing that teaches that dying infants
are lost. But l did say, and now
repeat 1t, thRtI | do not think Bishop
KAin, or any OF your readers, can make
such quotation, II any such quotation
can be made shall not feel that l have
anything to lose by candidly admitting il,
On the contrary, l shall have gained an
item Of knowledge which I do not now
possess.
In the Register OF to-day Bishop Kahn
furnishes three quotations, one from Sar.
pi and two from Kali, but they are all to
the same effect. These cay nothing Of the
salvation exclamation OF infants, but re-.
Ter to the punishment due to original sin.
They prove conclusively that the Pro,es-
tants OF that day believed that "damna-
ton in hell" Is a part Of the appointed
punishment Of original sin. To make
this clear reproduce one of these,
"Father Paul (Ssrpil mentioning their
disputes lin the Council Of Trent whether
they should condemn as heretical that
proposition Of the Lutherans that the
punishment Of original sin is hell ERE,
and says it missed very narrowly being
mathematical"
A quotation to the same effect might
and may yet be made from the published
writings Of Calvin, for Il Is to-day a part
Of the faith Of Protestantism. n
But I need hardly remind your readers
that to say that infants deserve hsl 10 put
II In very bald way Is entirely different
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TRusTEE's SALE.

By virtue Of three several deed, n, ,,...
and executed BY John L, Parker, JoS.SS male
IarkeF and Simon 7. Parker 10 he M NV ~. =, J.
Trustee, dated respectively on tha "a dS| y, fei
isIi, the Slth day Of kepember, 1874 "A " w
day 81 August, 1870, and daily TccoFjSb " 'nh
Gefkl Office Of the County Court Of Obia ne
West Vifglnll, In DeCd Ol Trust Do \ M way
us and lt9, Deed Of TruIt Book No. ~, g P'ges
and 81, and Deed u Trust Book No, IT, ~ ~
respectively, will, on ~" ~
SATURDAY, the lsth day Of January, IL,
Beginning at 10 O'Clock A. n..cf aId d. ~,
front door Of the Court HOUSE Q, Ohio St;D,I 9S
The city Of Wheeling sell at public EnctInyi ~ u
following described real estate. that /, ia ~,
numbered Thirteen (l3) and Fourteen ii a u, ~
east ode Of Main street, between TWentTl sn aS
street formerly MMShRlD and TWsnISy. 'Gl!h
street formerly DlVISlOn), In that mn Of s y,
OIL Wheeling known ~ Centre WhesllnS. tS,s,t
With all the Improvements upon aid Two M, ~
The hereditamenu and upPurteuanCtS beonIrul
thereto, ''''uSihl
TkRNs OF sALR = One.thIrd Of ,bo rr,,,..
money In cash, and the remainder In ~ sa,t
insRllmentS at one year and two ytar Iro,Ot N,
day Of HAle with interest on AAId dsleFr,i Ir.,,
nienIS from mid d1y, the purchaser To Syc ,,Ca,is
tSE The deferred Payments 10 b ApprSy,L Sy NJ
deli JAMES p. ROGERS. 1,,,..
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Me-. CuRRAN MENpEL has bought in
Brooke, Washington and Marshall
counties about 500 sheep, and will ship
them TO Texas via the Panhadlo road
within aiewdayS. He bought mostly s
year old ewes, atpriceS ranging from four
to Eve dollars per head, and, all told, will
ship about three car loads. He will re.
ship at St. LOuistO Texas. It's possible
that Mr.. ]. P. Waymau, Of Marshall
county, will take the sheep down for him
The transportation will be about one
-klar per head when landed in Texas
Mr.. Mendel has secured a good lot Of
sheep and we doubt not will do we'll with
Them.
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VIZ are glad to know hat there il

We are glad to know that there iS
talk Of extending the: 81, Clairsville
Narrow Gauge from its present terminus
at Quincy to Bridgeport, distance Of
about Eve miles. This would make the
whole line from 81. ClairsVille to Bridge
port about eleven miles and three quar-.
tiers in length, and would only be about
one mile further than by the National
road. The same route, or part Of 1t Al
least, wassurVeyOd many years ago I'M
der the auspices Of Col. Sullivan, at The
time the Central Ohio was projected from
Wheeling Island to point west Of Bel
laiIe on the present line.
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nIEIl-

slMNoNs.-At the reildehoe Of her husband
Ia BenWOOd. ". Va, on v ednesday, Docou6ei
10Th, 1877, at Q O'Clock p. ~, MAEY, vile Of John
simmons, aged 6S
Funeral on Friday, December 2iSt, at II AM
lntermsnt At Greenwood Cemetery. Friends o.
the family are invited to attend.
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DR.. Robertson'S Lecture nj Wash.
ington, Pa,


DR.. Robertson's lecture at the Seminary
the rainy evening. His subject, aWater,T
was treated in a way that showed that he
had given II much careful study. Some
Of his theories are novel, but as he says,
he will adhere 10 them until some one
proposes otherS that are capable Of clearer
demonstration than his own. To the PEG.
pie Of Washington, the study Of the water
question, in several OF its relations, Is not
without great interest. Health, safety
and comfort depend upon a full supply Of
good water, which We have not at present,
but which We hope to have at an early
day.
The DR.. will deliver the same lecture in
the Frat Presbyterian Church Of this city
this evening .. 8 o'clock.