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How to Write an Agreeable STYLE.

Dryden found himself one day after
q dinner partys il company with the
Duke OF Buckingham, Lord Rochester
and Lord Dorset The conversation
turned uDon the English language. on
harmony Of numbers and the elegance Of
style, which merits each of the three
lords believed himself TO possess in the
highest degree. After good deal of
di-puting it was determined 10 refer the
matter 10 Dryden. The proof was r.
consist in each writing an article on The
Grst subject that presented itself, and the
pieces of paper having been placed under
the caudlestick, Dryden was to draw
them out and determine which was the
best The three lords set to work, and,
while Rochester and Buckingham were
exertiug their brains 10 invent some
sparkling epigram or turn OF thought
Dorset was observed 10 write a few lines
carelessly and without the least hesita-
ton.
Dryden, having examined the papeH
gave his Judgment Gentlemen
said be to the Duke of Buckingham and
Lord Rochester, ''yOur style j. excel
lent, and has pleased me extremely, but
] am perfectly delighted with that o
Lord Dorset. ! leave you 10 Judge
listen" Dryden read:
son the lst of next May ] will pay e
John Dryden, or order, the sum OF fy,
hundred pounds sterling, value received
April -, 1856.
(Signed) 'D0RsEr.'
Lord Rochester and the Duke o
Buckingham confessed that they coul
not write like that. and that Lord Dor
sets style was the best they had eve
heard o.
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THE AMEKIcAN TroM4N or To-D4r.

American women take vastly better
care of themselves than formerly. They
have more acquaintance with hygienic
laws, and hold them in far higher esteem.
The days when they exposed thems elves
to dampness and wintry cold in thin
slippers and silk stockings when they
abstained from fannels next the skin
when they pincbed their waists to semi
suffocation when they sacrificed COM
fort and health to what they conceived
to be appearances-those foolish and
unhappy days have gone forever, and
have barely been known to the rising
generation. Our women now have few
mawkish and morbid notions as to them
selves they no longer think that to be
unhealthy is to be attractive; that
iHvalidism and iHterestingness are syn
onymous that pale faces and com pressed
lungs are tokens of beauty. They dress
seasonably; they wear thick boots and
warm clothes in bad and cold weather;
they allow themselves to breathe freely,
and they find their looks improved, not
injured, by the wholesome change. There
are exceptions, many of them doubtless,
BUT the rule is as we have described, and
the exceptions are constantly diminish
ing 1t may be safely said that all SEN
sible women are becoming, if they have
not become, converts to nature, and
they heed her behests. recognizing the
great principles that what is not natural
cannot be beautiful.
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Mining Nomenclature.

All the mining lodes are required to
be named and registered. As the miners
have the selection Of the names they
vary as greatly in character as the taste
or culture Of those who christen them
The Scotch miners, with a most com
mendable patriotism, rarely deviate from
some title that Will commemorate their
native land. Thus they distinguish
their property As Robert Burns Scottish
Chiefs. Mary Queen OF Scots, frederick
Dhu. Glen Alpine, &c, and ! always feel
agreeable TO a ~cotchman when | know
that he has thus yielded to q noble and
patriotic impulse. Among our natives
there always seems to be q lack Of con
sistencv or taste i'm bestowing titles on
property that may become famous for
immense production. Sometimes there
is a run upon q part OF the title. This
was noticeably so about Lake City on
waves, stars and bellies Thus there is
the Star Of the Evening. the Evening
Star. the Ocean Star (Which [ suppose
never comes TO land), the Star in the
East, &c the Belle Of the West Belle OF
the East, Lake Pclie, Mountain Belle,
Little Belle, &c One Of the finest mines
discovered on Henson Greek, last spring,
was named the Ocean Wave, and the
extension Of the same lode the Wave of
the Ocean. l very much doubt if the
men that placed such names viii spend
their incomes in a very reasonable
way. Often the bachelor miner remem-
ber- the " girl be left behind him." and
bestows her patropyuic upon his mine,
hoping that it viii prove - good rs she is.
Miners are known by their mines as
much a. by thor characters, and when
they meet one another the mine is as
puncuualiy imputed after rs the health
Of the individual You viii hear ::
50 Well, how IS the Whale turning out p
" Oh, the finest quartz And how
does the Thunderbolt show up ?' Ele-
gantly." Have you heard if they are
doing any more on the Eliza Jane 20
50 Yes; Charley Hensen, Of the Elephant,
says it Is cream solid, and that they have
struck it mighty rich on the Dutca
Girl" &c Car Cincinnati Gazette
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gives one mile to every SO of population.
Last year t"enty-six companies, repre-.
senting 1l,l22 miles of road and $685.
o48, $50 of capital, were being wound up
by LEGAL process. 4 few men draw large
salaries; the stockholders get nothing,
and the pay of the operatives is cut down
to barely the living point.
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4 RoHINrIc LORE sroRr.

\ delicious love idyl comes from
Wayne county, Ky. y stalwart young
Kentuckian of knishtly bearing, passing
through a Monticello street ten years
ago, was noticed by young girl sitting
at the window Of the most aristocratic
house OF the town, and she fell in love
with him at first sight. She had wealth,
culture and beauty: he was poor, with
only his splendid physique and intrepid
spirit, and was then on his way to seek
fortune as a cattle herder I'm Texas.
There he soon rose to be proprietor Of a
ranch, and took his money TO California
and hunted for gold. After many ups
and downs, fortune favored him, and he
found himself the owner Of a silver mine
at Silver City, New Mexico The girl
meanwhile, had bloomed into a rarely
beautiful woman, had developed unusual
literary ability, and become a contribu-
tor the to Apostolic Times, the organ OF
the Reformed Church, published at
Lexington. By some means the girl had
learned who the unconscious object Of
her fancy was, and, though he had never
seen her. the two correspondcd through
out the ten years. She never wrote a
word of her personal attractions nor
family, nor did he speak Of his good for
tune he had a mind we'll stored with
judicious reading, and their correspond
ence was only that of book-loving friends.
a few weeks ago, however, the love she
had always bore him bore its fruit. He
wrote her, proposing marriage, and soon
followed his letter to her Kentucky
home, where he saw her for the first
time. Recently they were married, and
Miss Annie Berry, that was, viii be sur
prised to find on reaching Silver City,
that her husband, r. b. Metcalf l.. the
greatest capitalist in New Mexico
CleUslqnd PlaindeqIer
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Household Matters.

DRIED CURRASTs.--Lay them on
earthen plates, sprinkle over them little
white sugar-say dessert spoonful to q
dining-plate Of thinly spread fruit; dry
(perfectly) in we'll tempered oven !;
but, ~ ory1ng currants Is SLOW pro
cess, after one day in the oven they may
stand near the stove or in the sun until
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AFTER an expeTIsnce or over twenty
five years, many leading phys clans acknos-
edge That the Grdsfenbcrq NayshGlPs Uterine
CddIOitc0a is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. The
GraeJe1Iberg Vegefable Pills, the most popular
remedy OF the day for billiousI ess, headache,
liver complaint and diseases of digestiou.
sold by all druggists. Send for almanscs
Graefenberg Co. New York
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statisticians b.

RAILROAD statisticians have figured
their business down to a fine point, and
find that it requires population of $50
to every mile ofroad to make it profitable.
The mileage of railroads has increased
much more rapidly in the last ten years
than the population, and hence there are
q great many miles of unremunerative
road. In 1867 there was one mile OF road
to every 925 of population in the United
st.tes; in 1876 there was one mile of
road to every 577 souls. The aggregate
length of railroads in the United States
IL 76,304 miles, not including 1889
miles of double track and sliding, which
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to the transportation interests, in over
coming an obnoxious and dangerous fea-
ture in the use of steam and we recomend
the award TO him of the Scott legacy pre-
MUM and medal for his spiral exhaust
rnnzzIe -
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RHEUMATISM QUICKLY CURED.-Du-
rang's Rheumatic Remedy, the great Internal
Medicine, will positively cure any case OF
rheumatism on the face Of the earth. Price
81 a bottle six bottles, So sold by all Drug
gists Send for circulars TO Helphenstine,
y Bentlc7, Druggists, Washington, ID. Q.
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Light, weIr.n@l.ed.nI.eurt., Bread,

: 0'VI.- rrIT-f T5TN1r'1
lakes, and pastry Gieest easily and conduce
70 good health. Good health makes labor Of
al kinds easier, and prolongs life, DooLEY's
FEAST POWDER will always make all these
productions light and wholesome. 1t is ware
ranted to make better, lighter, sweeter, more
soothsomeJ aud nutritious biscuits, cake,
bread. etc. than any other baking powder.
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NEW 0HLEtNA.


Ifyou feel dull, drow=y. Initiated. have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite, and
tongue coated. g. q are su nerug from torpid liver
or 3. biliuueue--H aud nothing will cure you 90
speedily aud permanently aa tJ take nHMcNk LtNEA
KFsuLAr0E or ~ EDfCiaE-
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SANDAL-WOOD

4 positive remedy for nii diseases toe Tfiduc
BLADDER aud UFfDarg Organs also good
Drof,sIcs,I Conn pstints. j. never produce rief-
ness, h. certain and speedy in ~ action. IL
fast superseiug every other remedy sixty pEulos
cure 10 tx or eight days. No other medicine con
do THU.
ReWarc NJ DtIfafIoH- tor, owing 20 ste grent
success. many b-vc tseu offered; some are moot
danqcrou-. oau-iA. Iile-, etc.
DWI,dGs, DjcE d COS Genuine soft Cap
suies cortsininr O.ioi spndalwood. cold az al
stores A-k forclrcuitr. or send for oue 90 % and
Wooster strcet. Sew fprk-
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IL Mexico wives accompany the sol.
diers to battle. That is what makes
the army fight 30 gently,
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THE increasing demand for HONE
STOMACH BITTERs in Europe aud America,
proves 70 a demonstration the force Of IL
therapeutic qualities, and the blessings
which result II ON its conservative use. Pre-
pared by the Home Bitters Co., 81. Louis, Ne.
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ADVERTISERS

Arc invited 10 investigate The American Newspaper
Union List Of Newspa pers-tho largest combination
efJapers il Tie Tinted satc'-and compare the prices
with other lists n IL de cheapes. aud bes adyerhs-
ing medium IN me country.
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POED's EXTRACT, the peoples remedy.
1t not only affords immediate relief from
pain but is permanent cure for many dis
ORDERS Book at druggists.
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FAD BREfTH!
CONSTTPfTTONy
sECK HEADACRE!
Price. $500. Sold yah Draerisf..

ALBEMARLE FEMALE INSTITUTE.
ShaTf0tfeSSiIIe- Virginia.
Twenty -r-t annual session 81 nine months begl ne
tie zyth Of september under six gerieucel 90 tir
zen. assisted by competent ladies Board aud liter
bry fultIOu. .1n pHr session Music, DrauiH8 and
Pairz ing equally low d,iiy supply Of the strong
ri uialy bsat- Water ire Virginia for our pupils.
Tic ibpmure IL D., far the best equipped school 10
fireiia. I'D MY per cent cheaper than others Of
q nal standing. Que standard flr graduation rests
up0L 1he basis that ofOur aeiRhbOr. the nj
7srsty % virginia, aud hence oar grad mates ure
The more lucrative ifuatiJu4. "details Huaf
n n. KAAN IL Nna. 81 A.. pre-iIeut -
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DEEP-SSHIR7s-- eauality--Ihe Fest
II Keep's Patent Pnrtly-Ela side Dress shirts
Can te finished a- easy ~ hcfutninEh hAhuheIFui'i
The very best, siN for 500.
keep'H Custom Nhirts-Tnnde 20 m~hsete
The very best. six for $500 -.,,--s
sleeve Buttons given with oach & don n eP snlt y
Kceps shirts are delivered FREE reCeI 't"l ptle
TIA any part of the JnIouuo express charg, :. pa
Samplc- for full directions Of self uieasurcfne.
sent free 90 auy address. No stamp required.
Deal directly with the man uftcturer and got Hott0
nrLce-. keon Manufacturing ". l03 M.r-er -lE-
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-27
The tIarksburg Fair.
Clarksbu News.

ClarkSbUrS News.
The twelfth OF September is not far
OF, and the preparations tor this year
exhibition are becoming very interesting.
From present indications, we are going
to have, If possible, q better exhibition
this year than ever before. The Harri-
son county Fair has always stood, head
aid shoulders above any Fair in the
State, and will not be found wanting
this year. Let every person bring some
thing for exhibition, and by this means
srive TO maintain the high standing OF
this institution.
The programme for this year contains
some new and attractive features, and we
may expect a great many visitors and
exhibitors from Wood ana the interven-
ing counties, as Psrkersburg is not 60
ing to have any exhibition this fall.
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Notice to Whom II Nav Concern.

rNHE BELBAIRE NAIL WORKS, OF
Bellaire, Ohio, will, on saturday, sep
TENDER |. 1877, pay nj the Bank OF Wheel.
ing. in Wheeling, West Va, Forty Thou
sand dollars of it's bonded Indebtedness
and interest thereon then due, said bonds
beng of the denomination of one thou
sand dollars each, is ued Septcmber /,
1873. and payable on the LIST day OF Sep.
TENDER, lS7>, or at the pleasure of the said
Bellaire Nail Works on the LIST day of Sep
TENDER in either of the following years,
1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 and Is, thirty days
previous notice of this int ntion so to re-
deem being given by advertisement in
some paper published in the city OF
Wheeling. Holders OF the above mention
ed bonds numbering from one TO iorty,
both inclusive are hereby notified To pre-
sen; them for payment at the above men
toned time and place, as interest thereon
will case after that date.
BELL ARE NAIL WORKS,
j. K. McCortncy, PreS't
A. ID. HILRoRN, Sec'y. jySh
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How 10 he Handsome.

Most people would like to be hand
some. Nobody denies the great power
which aly person may have who has
handsC. me lace and attracts you by good
looks, even before q word mas been
spoken. And we see all sorts OF de-
vices in men and women to improve their
looks.
Now, all cannot have good features
thew are rs God made them-but almost
any one can look well, especially with
good health. 1t is hard give rules IN
u very short space, but in brief these Will
do:
Keep clean-wash freely. All the
skin wants is TO act freely, and 1t takes
care of Itself. Its thousand OF air hoies
must not be closed.
Eat regularly, and sleep enough not
toe much. The stomach can no more
work ali the time. night and day, than
horse. 1t must have regular work and
rest.
Good teeth are a help to good looks.
Brush them with soft brush, especially
ut night Go to bed with c eaused teeth.
| OF course. to have white teeth 1t Is need
| ful To let IODdCCO hloh' 49,
know that. Washes for the teeth should
be very simple. Acid may whl;en the
| teeth. but it takes off the enamel and III
jures them.
Sleep in cool room, in pure air.
No one can have clearly skin who
breathes bad air. But ore than all, IN
order to look well, wake up in mind and
soul.
When the mind is awake the dull
sleepy look passes away from the eyes.
| do not know that the brain expends, but
it seems so. Think, and read, not trashy
novels but books and papers that nave
something in them. Talk with people
who know something; hear lectures ana
learn by them.
Men say they cannot afford books, and
sometimes do not pay Ior newspaper.
| In that case it does them little good, they
feel so mean while reading them. But
men can afford what they really choose.
II all the money spent in set.indulgence,
IN hurttul indulgence, was spent IN books
or papers for sci improvement we should
see q change. Men would grow hand
some handsome, and women too. The
| soul would shine out through the eyes
| We were not meant to be mere animals.
| Lee: US have books and read them, and
| sermons and heed them.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-27
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
EXCURsION TO CLEVELAND.

T.
The Triennial Conclave of the Grand
Encampment of the United States viii
be ed on the 2Sth, 9th and 3Oth OF
August, at Cleveland, Ohio. The ceremo
MES of the occasion will be In brief as fol
lows:
ON Tuesday the 2Sth at 9:3O a. m, there
will be a Grand Parade and Review, and
escort of the Grand Master and Grand
Encampment.
This may be regarded as the chief tea
!ure OF the occasion. 1t Is estimated thai
there will not be ess than 10000 Knights
in line, who with their brilliant uni
forms, beaut tul drill, and accompanied
try, will present spectacle seldom wit
messed.
Ats p. IN. there will be a number OF
Lake excursions on steamers chartt red
Tor that purpose.
The evening will be spent in receptions
at the various Commaudery headquarters.
Promenade Concerts, etc, etc.
On Wednesday, Oriental Commandery,
No. u. Will hold a reception at the
grounds of the Northern Ohio Fair Assoc
citation, at which time will he held a
GTaad Compel tive Prize Drill
Thursday will be devoted TO Lake FIX
CurSiOn TO PUTIN Bay, rendered by OTien-
tai Commandery To all Knights and
Ladies who may choose TO avail them
selves thereof.
Tickets for the round trip are now on
ale and may b. had on application 10 j.
V. l.. Rogers, Esq, at the office of the Pea
body Insurance IOmpauy. Hugh Sterling,
E,q., al the pOStOftice, ahd at the Union
Railroad Ticket Office. Price Si.OO. Tickets
good until September LIST.
The committees of Arrangements re-
quest that citizens of Wheeling and vicin-
rty who may desire to avail themselves
of these low rates of tranSpu ratio will
} urChase their tickets at as early a da' e rs
practicable, in Orde: thar the committee
may know how many are going and pro-
cure special train If desirable.
As at present arranged, the excursion
Will leave Bridgeport at 1929 a. m, Mon
day, the 9th inst, by the regular train,
and meet special at WtllSviIle, Ohio.
Should there, however, be a sufficient
number of tickets sold 10 justify 1t,
special train will leave Bridgeport at
ahoIt | p. IN and run through To CleVe-
land without change, arriving there at
about p. IN. augl7eOdh
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-27
WHEELING FEMALE COLLEGE
Opens ITS NENT YEAR wEDNEs

OPENS ITS NENT YEAR wEDNES
" DAY september 5th.
The College is beautifully situated, and
within easy walking distance of any part
of the city. Street car accommodations
To ncighboring cities. For healthfu ness
OF situation ii is unsurpassed, and its
whole internal and external arrange.
mentS are of the highest order. The
Trustees have made extensive improve
mcutS during the vacation.
Miss Cramer, a Virginia lady of high
culture and experience, has been adde I
10 the Board ct instruction in the College,
and Miss AntOinette Tracy, OF New York
a superior Vocalist ard Pianist, has been
placed in the Conservatory OF Music.
For Catalogues or other information
address the President
augl7sa MISS \. TAHLCS.
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SALE POSTPONED

ON ACCOUNT OFTHE
" absence of A. Moore. jr., one OF the
parties selling the property, the sale ofthe
Lots in the seventh and Eighth wards on
Jacob and Wood streets, and those on
Wabash, York and Broadway, on the
Island, belonging TO the estate OF Charles
Ellet, Jr is postponed till SATURDAY,
AUGUST 25th, 1877, at 10 o'clock a. m, at
the Court House, when they will certainly
be sold. au22-r
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En,ure ENGAGEMENTS Scarce.

Lancaster (O.) Eagle.
There Is not much probability that
Carl Schurz will hereafter get many
engagements at $500 week for making
stump speeches. Having been found out
so completely, fifty cents day and board
would be big price for his political
services
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ChOp.FaIIen Republicans.

ENdusNllle NOulIci-
The Republicans of Ohlo-those who
support the Cleveland ticket-are chop.
fallen and dlsheartened. The snti-Hsyes
elment is really alive, and is kicking and
squealing like double-heeled copper
lunged mule.
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PR0CL
BY THE GOVERNOR.

WHEREAS, The Legislature, on the
twenty first day OF February in the year
one III ousand eight hundred and seventy
seven, passed an act entitled, IAN act pro-
Viding for the location of a permanent seat
OF government for TN state and the cree
tiou thereat of the necessary bu ldings for
the ne OF the State" nd
WHEREAS. 1t appears from the returns
of said election from each OF the counties
OF the state except the county OF Tyler,
from which no returns have been receiv-
ed, made To me in accordance with the
provisions OF said act, Lnat Charleston, in
the county OF kanawha, recei ed forty =
one thousand two hundred fand forty
three votes; ClarkSburg in the county of
Harrison, received twenty-nine thousand
nine hundred and forty-two votes, and
MartlnSburg, in the county of Berkeley,
received eight thousand and lorty-siX
votes:
Therefore, /, Henry NJ. Mathews, Gov
ernor of the state Of West Virginia, do, by
this my proclamation, de clare that at the
election aforesaid a majority OF all the
votes was CASE for Charleston, in the
county Of kanawha.
In testimony whereof have hereuuto set
C~o> my hand and caused the seal
OF the tate To be affixed, at
Wheeling, this twenry-tifth
WI day OF August, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
seven, and of the State the fifteenth.
HENRY NJ. MATHEWS.
BY the Governor.
=. BRADY, Secretary OF State. sg7q
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The Silly Cry ofFrsud.

The Clarksburg Nea0s declines the
responsibility of charging fraud" against
Charleston, and says it was the Wheel
ing papers that did it. 1t "accepts the
result of the election in good faith, and
'.cheerfllly scquiesces' in it, and sslutes
Charleston as the permanent seat"