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against this fell destroyer, that de-
vslops dishonesty and crime, and
fills our prisons; that poisons the
very sources of existence, and pso.
Piles the world with the morbid long.
ings for the poison; that, in short,
seems to have Satanic power to
wound, and destroy the very sub.
stance of divine compassion and love!
Oh let the Holy Spirit expsl and
replace this Incorporate desire, tina t
causeth evil, and only evil, continu
ally, in the hearts of the children Of
men.
, 1879-09-04
DIRECTORY.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF
GOOD TEMPT A RS.
GRAND LODGE OF WASHINGTON AND
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Officers 1:

NAMES, OFFICES, P.o. ADDRESS.
n. ID. Hill, G. w. c. T. Port Townsend w. T
Sist Calvert. ..G w IT.. Seattle, "
w II Roberts. &c w Treas Port Townsend
Allen Weir. q W Sect'y. Port Townsend "
y Porter, &c A Sect'y... Olympia,
F. Kennedy. e S SJuv Tenn. .Knmilchie, "
Rev B Sharp. C Chap. White River, "
w Colkett. &c w Mar .... Coupeville, "
Sist L McAmond. .G ID NJ. Dungeness,
Sist A NJ Kinds ;. G. Guard. PIT Townsend "
Jno II Carr go. g Messenger .... Lopez,
Z Calvert 80. e Sentinel .... Seattle,
w. Raybould &C. Coun... .Nanaimo, b Z
, 1879-09-04

PATENTS and how to obtain them.
Pamphlet OF go pages free, upon receipt
OF stamps for postage. Address
GILMORE. SMITH, & CO.,
Solicitors of Patents, Box A,
Washington, DC.
, 1879-09-04
PUGET SOUND ARGUS
TALKS ON TEMPERANCE.

wwoe unto him that giveth his neigh
bor drink"
, 1879-09-04

These steamships leave Victoria atnoOn
on the day advertised. Tickets are good
only ON the steamer for which they are
purchased. and are not transferable.
Fare from Port Townsend to San Francisco
First Cabin, S2os
Storage $40
Reduction In Freight - Hereafter the
freights which. as per tariff, have been $6
per ton will be charged at s. per ton.
- From and after this date all BAG
GAGE Of Puget Sound passengers by p.
NJ. s. S. Co.'S steamers via Victoria. will
be under Custom House seal, and will
NOT be subject to examination by Gus
tom House authorities In San Francisco.
For freight or passage apply OH board,
or to ii. L. TIBBALS,
General Agent for Puget Sound,
Port Townsend.
, 1879-09-04

n compound OK the virtues Of sarsaparilla,
stilllngia, mandrake, yellow dock, with the
iodide OF potash and iron, all powerful blood
making, blood-cleansing, and DEMONSTRATING
elements. 1t is the purest, safest, and in
every way the most effectual Alternative medi-
cine known or available 10 the public. The
sciences OF medicine and chemistry have
never produced so valuable remedy, nor
one so potent to cure all diseases resulting
from impure blood. 1t cures Scrofula, and
all scrofulOus diseases, Erysipelas, Rose,
or st. Anth0ny's Fire, Pimples and
Face-grubs, Pustules, Blotches, Boils,
Iumors, letter, Hum0rs, Salt Rheum,
Scald-head, Ringworm, Ulcers, Sores,
rheumatism, Mercnrial Disease, Neu-
ralgia, Female Weaknesses and Irregu-
larittes, Jaundice, Affections of the
Liver, Dyspepsia, Emaciation, and
General Debility.
BY its searching and cleansing qualities
1t pnrges out the foul corruptions which
confaminate the blood, and cause derange-
ment and decay. 1t stimulates and enlvens
the vital functions. 1t promotes energy and
strength IL restores and preserves health.
lt 'nluses new life and vigOr throughout the
whole system. No sufferer from any disease
when arises from impurity of the blood need
despair, who will give AYERS SARsAPARnLA
lalr trial. Remember, the earlier the
trial, the speedier the cure.
Its recipe has been furnished to physicians
everywhere; and they, recognizing its supe-
nor qualities, administer it in their practice.
For nearly forty years AYERS SARsAPA-
RILLA has been widely used, and it now pos
sesses the confidence of millions OF people
who have experienced benefits from its mar
yellous curative virtues.
Prepared by Or. J. G. Aver g. Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
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a the same time furnish Revelations and
begin to make them. In this prediea-
ment the bafasd reporter falling TO obtain
the results d the 4 otl consoias himsell
WITH Dc recital i attendant cire dms.anseA
II appsats from q New York GrdRIae 10.
teryiew thatuiueh d thstihs Otithe wide
IL separated c6mmittees Is taken up mex
changing and harmoni1tng copies oftthe
revision Is completed. Disputed points
are releTedt 70 a, committee Of conference,
and n any DISAGREEMENT Is serious 1t will
hes indicated. In AlpreiAses 0szappendix.
The revision will be conservative. Il Is
thought that the total amount Of change
will not exceed 1--WE per cent, which In
eludes words obsolete in their spelling and
Specification. obscurites and fneonsissen-
eses win be removed. The headings Of
chapters, pages and paragraphs will Be
carefully revised, the text will be divided
into sections, and the parallslism In the
poetical books will be shown by printing
In verse form. The aim Is 70 give the best
version possible in the nineteenth century,
as that authorized BY King James vas in
the seventeenth, and the character Of the
body Of eighty-tRo men to. whom the
work has been entrusted gives assurance
that the revision win be satisfactorily per
formed.
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The Ross county Register tells the fol-
lowing anecdote otthe late VIM. Allen:
Several years ago, when the building Of
the Sciota Valley road was on the tapis, a
delegation Of prominent citizens Of Col
umbus, CirCleyille and Portsmouth met
IN the parlor OF one Of hotels, in con.
junction with number OF our own citi-
zens, TO consult as to the best means Of
pushing the enterprise to completion. IA
give more than usual eclat to the gather
ing, the "0ld Governor" was induced 10
attend and give his advice. (Chilicotbe-
ans were always fond Of showing him
or TO sIangeral After the business DOE
ton OF the meeting had been dispatched,
the conversation turned on general TOD.
les, and finally some one asked the
Governor why he did not Te-enter politics
and become q candidate for the Presiden
cy. This was enough to set the Governor
going. Taking up his personal history
from the earliest day, he recounted in his
impressive manner, step by step, the
events Of his life, until from a poor bov
he had served his district as Represents-
tive and the State two terms az Senator.
having for compeers such men as Harry
Clay, Webster, Calhoun and Tom Benton
Leaving the Senate, gentlemen" he con.
tinued, u retired TO my home and eaye
myself TO study-profound study, deem
study-and after twenty-five years Of COM.
partnership with my books, I came TO the
conclusion, gentlemen, that 70 be the Pres.
ident Of little patch OF territory ON a
third.rate planet, by Cd, was unworthy
theanbihon OF q statesman and a scholatIb
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LeafTobaeeo Convention.

The Leat.Tobaeeo Association OF Ohio
and West Virginia met in the City Han
last Saturday, Mr.. John Bradfeld In the
chair. Afterithe minutes had been read
the following reports Of the acreage Of lie
growing crop, as compared with last year,
were made; Belmont county BY joseph
Green, two-thirds OF last year; Guernsey,
BY John Bradfeld, one.lhird; Monroe. 6y
7. Morris, one-third; Noble, by p. Akin.
son, one-fourth; Morgan, by ]. 70. Morrgv.
two-thirds; Washington, BY. J. O. Pool,
one-tourthi West Virginia, by L, G. Sin.
gleton and others, one-third. The condi.
ton OF the growing crop Is reported az
very bad, except in q few localities. Tho
following resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, Experience has taught ma
that where tobacco Is cured by fire, It has
no market but for export and when air.
cured, Il has the advantage Of both home
and foreign markets; therefore, ~ M
1ReUfred, That II Is to the interest OF
growers for all dealers TO encourage, as far
as practicable, the airfeuring OF the grow.
ing crop.
Roi6lasd, That it Is the opinion Of the
Association, In view Of the short crop
prospects in the. States, that the Regie
grades Of tobacco should not be sold NJ
less than 81 per hundred and that we re.
quest all shippers and, agents in Baltimore
70 hold fortha price, II nEissT m
RkO0lped, That the proceedings OF the
Association be sent TO agents in Baltimore.
ga The meeting then adjourned 10 meet in
the State WafahouGA In RalIoi.a ~, AZ !.
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THE New York Herald, in reply to con-
temporary, gives birth to the following
opinions on the subject 81 an income tax (:
what is the income tax? 1t is simply
the most effective, most direct, most Just,
most equitable and most Democratic
means ofraising great revenue ever ap-
Piled in this country. 1t does not tax ex-
istenee, does not tax labor, does not tax
the necessaries Of life, and does not i'm
pose upon any individual burden that II
is impossible or even difficult to bear. It
raises money where money is, Itspares
the poor man and makes the rich man pay.
II want soldiers, go TO the people; II
you want money, go to the millionaires.
That Is sound sense on two great points OF
public policy, and the financial half OF
that rule Is filled by the income tax. 1t
goes to the millionaire, and is tax under
which no millionaire can return himself
as a pauper without perjury and without
exposing himself to the scandal and shame
Of u suit for recovery Of unpaid taxes, As
to the cry that every law We do not like is
unconstitutional, these are the words of
John Marshall; Let the end be legiti-
mate, let it be within the scope Of the Con-
stitution, and all means which are appro-
PIRATE, which are plainly adaptedito the
end, which are not prohibited, but con-
sistent with the letter and spirit OF the
Constitution, are constitutional
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The ST. Clainyille Gasate says that In
Belmont county, the returns of the
Assessors this year show a falling of
of s4s7, 1853 in the valuation Of personal
proparty ia that county, as compared with
last year. or this amount decrease Of
S226,OOO Is caused by change in the
manner Of listing and taxing dogs. But
aside from this there isstill decrease Of
500, 1853, which can not be accounted for
by the depreciation in the value Of prop
ety. It Is fact, the Gasete adds, and one
to be regretted, that people are yearly be-
coming more and more addicted to max
ing false and fraudulent returns Of their
property for taxation. A glance over the
books in the Auditors Office will show
what easy consciences some people are
possessed Of, when listing their property
for taxation. We could point out some
remarkable instances il we were so dis
posed. t7iti gag"
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CHICAGO ingenuity seems to have de.
vised a very simple and efectual method
81 preventing elevator accidents. The
bottom Of the elevator passage is made an
air.tank, and SO arranged that a falling Ell.
eyatOr cab congresses the air, gently but
completely arresting the violence Of the
fall. At q trial made with the Chamber oil
Commerce elevator, 5000 pounds Of pig.
iron being placed on the floor of,the CAB,
which weighs two tons, the eggs and glass
globes placed on the floor with the iron
we're unbroken. Two men came down Al
another trial, one with basket OF eggs
and wine-glasses and one with q brimming
glass Of water; nothing was broken and
but little OF the water was spilled, and the
passengers described the sensation as be.
ing like jumping into a hay NOW. The
rush Of air caused by the falling elevator
made an appalling noise, but did no harm.
Such secure alacritY in sinking has never
before been heard OF.
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HoN. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS finds two
great questions before the country
finance and taxation. He is convinced
that the denomination Of silver caused
the panic Of 1873. he is in favor Of ire
establishing the value Of silver" How
this is to DO done we cannot imagine, but
Mr.. Stephens conceives that the fat Of
Congress will add fifteen per cent to the
value Of thing. The strangest thing
about this silver matter Is that no Ameri.
can statesman discovered, 50 far as Is
known, that the silver decentralization
caused the panic Of 1873 until silver had
50 declined in price that the Government
by coming it into the old silver dollars,
could pay its debts at eighty-sye or ninety
cents on the dollar.
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JrDoE orLD and d.. George, Of Rich
mond, Virginia, arrested and put under
bonds to prevent them from fighting q
duel, hld hearing and were discharged,
the learned magistrate, with solemn hu.
nor, declaring that there was no proba.
bility Of breach Of the peace. al
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gRIDAY nonNIae. AUaUsT !. Isz0.

Ps1Op lauralg tO1n tOr he 'ea,ou, and S.tm-
mr. typsdTS eas4asf Tn pAnY f'sTEfli.
dExcEl mGiltd b den, potpdd, IN e5 eRts
IA N,0ad, DE addFes Ding CHANGED a oitel
a. dssfsS. q CQGHfI',ttD !'IN
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Boros has q Library Delivery Com.
pany,' which for Eve cents aTolume will
draw for It's patrons books from the Pub
lie llbratyand the AthenSum and return
them 70 those institutions At the proper
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VIZ are in receipt Of the premium list,
rules and regulations Of the sixth fair Of
the Wood County Agricultural and Ne.
chanIcal Association, TO be held al Par.
ksrsbug September 10th, prox, confirm.
ing four days. The premiums are liberal
and the programme Is an inviting one.
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PEEERsBuRa, VA, July a. Captain
Dane DOdson, poisoned with his'eutire
family the other day. by ice cream, IA dead
The family remains quite III,
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SECRETARY sdHtl4 sp6alts in Cincinnati
on the rl4IhrprOx. and then goes to,the
Indian country TO inspect the agencies
under his charge. Y
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tFIst. HOuor In the CiAsIlos, Preueh and German.
"FlrstH0nOE Ia Mathematics and the Scieneos. i.

Immediately after the senior perform
ances Rev. W. II. Black, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, delivered the Masters grafton, III
subject being 1.-THE Responsibilities Of
Life" His oratorical style and great
talent secured him the congratulations Of
every person present.
To-day was to have been the time for
the laying otthe corner stone Of the new
college building, but circumstances were
such that 1t was found best 10 delay said
performance until September 10, the be.
ginning ofthe next school year.
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How Carriages ara Sold I'm the West.
New Haven Journal. taitp
A New Haven commercial traveller re-
ports one way the Western men sell car
riages. Hesays a man will start out from
some large carriage mandatory with one
or more freight cars loaded with buggies.
He will stop at the country towns along
the route and hold an auction sale-.the
town having previously been billed and
the auction advertised. The bidding Is
spirited, and the carriages viii be knocked
down at frst as high as $50 or $685. After
these large bids are harvested, he will
take lower ones, ( until the bids drop as
low as $50, when he Fetires from the field
and goes on TO the next town. The bug.
gies cost the manufacturer Just S24 apiece,
and 1.-THE selling price three can be bought
for SlO0. ~ sif s@ isa4
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A CAREFUL census, just completed by the
authorities Of Memphis, shows that there
are but ,2SS, white people. left in the city,
while the negroes number Il ,S27, or near.
ly three to, one. The figures indicate that
since the beginning Of the epidemic last
year, when the population was about fifty
thousand, Memphis has lost considerably
more than thirty thousand Of her people.
Theuumber Of those who have left the
place the present season Is not accurately
known, but it probably not far from
twenty thousand, the remainder being
persons who fed o year ago and did not
return. The population will be still
further depleted at once, by the removal
to camps, which have been established
some distance from the city, Of all whom
have not yet had the fever. These, &C.
cording to the census, number more than
seven thousand. Their departure win
leave less than ten thousand persons, or
about one-aith of the former population,
IN the place. Those who remain being
considered iever.ptooi the pestileuce will,
be in a fair way to be stamped out; and an
energetic cleansing Of the city at the end
OF the dangerous season, with the un.
spaEing destructionot everything in which
the feyer.germs might be preserved.
through the winter, may secure the people
who return against q visitation next year.
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RaIlroalI Connection

t1PlTruoN, REa July 81 The Erie
Railroad Company Is building a branch to
connect this place with the main stem,
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wAYNEsBURG, Pa.

Commencement Exercises at the College.
est nma ~ WAYNEBURo, July 80.
CouespO1dsneoOi he IntslliGsne1. Ga 81
Thinking your readers might be inter
ested IN a brief account Of the exercises Of
commencement week al the college, l send
you the following: 81 n. lr. 10
The anniversary exercises Of the two
literary societies (Phtlomathean and
Union) took place on the evening Of the %
and % inst. They were Creditable both
to the performers and the occasion. Sab
bath evening, the 9Th inst, the usual
Baecalaureate address was delivered by the
President Of the college, A! B. Miller, D. d.
It was able and appropriate, and some
said the best he ever delivered to any Of
his classes He selected for his subject
the words Of Rom. ID "FOr none Of rs
liveth TO himself" lsl.s,.
On the nights Of the 2sth and 18th fnsts.
the popular cantata, HThe Haymakers, p
was played to full houses. To say the
least Of L, IL to say the audience was well
pleased! Following the first part an interlude
by Mr.. VIM. Day, Of your city, was given
on the mouth organ. His skill as q per.
former on said instrument was such that
all enjoyed his sweet music. Jf
Wednesday, Commend cement Day, dawn
ed beautiful and pleasant, and at an early
hour the people began to assemble in the
College Chapel, and by nine o'clock the
hall was full to its utmost capacity.
The Senior Glass, six in number, FIVE
gentleman and one lady, soon appeared
on the rostrum and entertained the audi.
ence with much credit to themselves and
their instructors with the following:
r aEd PEooRAHtE.
Music. PaySr. Music.
b1utatoIy MIS- JOnnla Wilson,
- IWaSns6asE. p. :
ontIOu-Ths Worlds March. J. Newton Hayss,
oFatlOn-rhs outlOok...-.......;; J; ". LsnEhliu,
ontIon-ThS Battle PisIdi Of MiIier,
ontOn-The holy Roman Empire jacob Rabi.,
vAl'ats'ory fF3;, 4 R.sstsFE; 2,
oOsrunsO OF DrolEEz
Music. BenedIctlOu.
15;..
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MARRIHn

HAMI1ToS-DRAHE.-Last evening At O'clock.
At North Street ". Z. PlEE0nage, by the Rev Samuel
Steele, Nj. RoBEEr ". HAMILTON 70 Nh. JEHAIE c:
DRAKE, both Of Wheeling, W. Va
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by virtue Of deed Of trust made by George a
Faubel and Annie, his wills, 70 he anlsrsISneJ
trustee, dated the 18Th day Of January, 1875, and
recorded In the Clerks once Of the County Court q
Ohio county, West Virginia, in Deed Of Trust Book
No. 10, pages 81, 80 and $50, ! vii, on +
SATURDAY. THE 10Th DAY OF AUGUST, ls7s
Beginning alto o'clock a. n Of aid day, si at the
font door Of the Court House Of aid Ohio county ii
pablo auction the following described parcels Of ieal
aate, that d 70 NV: Lots numbeIed QUE III and i've
~ with their AppuTtenanees. Said lots numbered
one and two are situated on Zane's or Wheeling
Island. Number one contains Ex aces, one rood and
thlrty.three and hlteen one hundredthS poles and
number two contains two atres, two roods and fouI
and onehAlf poles Said lots are bounded on The north
BY lot numbered three, conveyed by 2. jacob Conn
missioner 70 John SMITH on the west by land Of Ban.
lei q MeSWordS on the SOUTH southwest and baSt q
shown by the plat and pap accompanying The papefS
hed 10 the once Of the Clerk Of the Circuit Court of
county In the cause 10 chaneeryin which The
edore Fink md wife were compliments and Daniel
line Of same being What q called the track Of the ral.
rad parcel together With all the Improvements upsn
said two lots also the right otGaygTlnted byareement
o. Anon MeSToFdA trustee, Hans. W. Phillips and
otcsot the County Court osaid Oslo county 10 Deed
Book $, page 29S, Also all the following deScibed
real estate, lying and being situsted on The lover
part Of zaneI 16lAnd, AID adioining the lots
above named: Beginning at stake In the line q The
Hemphth and Marietta and Cincinnati Railr6sd
Tract and corner 70 lands Of John smith, John Fink
and aid Geore II. Fanbel thence with said Faubers
Hns south seven and onequaIter degrees ea,t twenty
an corner 70 lands Of said Faubeland other lands Of
Anon he5word4 trustee; thence With aid hedge
lenee moth eighty degree east lieen poles 10 sake
corner % lands held by Il. w Phillips thence n0rth
nine degrees, west twenty and S-quartGF polcs 10
stake; theuee south eighty degrees Eestfourteen
poles 70 place Of beginning containing one Rere threS
rods And Thirteen and tourths poles together
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE. .as.
DEPARTURE OF rRAas-WHzz1no ma.

STTtAdelphia AerommodHtion.-ThiG train only FunS
between Wheeling and Tr.adGphia, 7S.5-TF
tDAily except SundAy--NsEETk Accommodation.
tStsub0uVil0 Aeoomm0datlou,-ThIS train during
The d4y PaaseS backward and forward between liaT.
tins Ferry and BsllAIrO, stepping when required Il
sherman House. &tnATillG, W0st Wheeling ma
GElHNl Hlll - = = I.
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RARItERsBURG.


~ III
Alleged BpFgias Arrested Tramp
ThieSes-1ils OH TFade
PAHEfRsBrIe, July 81 The oiieets d
pleasans county bf6usht d this eity thls
morning nan named Rudolph Christian,
who VS. arrested ID that county ! day 81
two since for the alleged burglary d q
house and theft Of a large amount Of
money in Doddridge county some time
ago. BE was sent to West Union this
morning. bfnl f~r
Theta and crimes by tEAmps are beoOm.
ing more common In this State since the
passage Gt'thS recent stringent laWjby the
State Of Ohio. These nomIds are cover
ing the country and committing depreda-
tons Of al kinds, principally upon the
farming communities; b1t; they do not
omit the towns and cities Id their depFe-
dations. The recent robbery Of o Mr..
Zinn In Richie county, whom they left for
dead, was but one instance 81 the sort of
work they propose doing during the COM
ing fall and winter. Yesterday In this
city two Of that fraternity robbed man
named abbott Of "a watch and othenYalnA-
bles, aud escaped, Every day we learn
Of outrages by these trlmptng villains,
and we do not look for cessation Of out
rage and crime until some stringent law
similar to that in Ohio Is passed by the
representatives Of the people Of West
Virginia. .. Ill,
The oil business Of Volcano, Burning
Spring, White OAK, and al other points,
has declined 70 such an extent that very
few ,, 81 . our OIL men pretend 70 pump their
TO justify them in doing 90, / have heard
OF q few new wells going down, bat only
q few, and learn Of only q successful striker
here and there. It was runofed yester-
day that Mr.. W. VrosmAn, eof our city
Councilmen, had made 0 successful strike
this week. II there Is not an improve
ment soon inthe oil market some Of our
oil fields will become entirely deserted.