The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-10-27
NUMBER 2.
PASSING SMILES.


! CLEopATRA's needle is now threading
its way to England.
AN auctioneer is the only man TO
whom nod is as good as a wink.
THAT laughter costs too much which
is purchased by the sacrifice Of decency.
THAT bell-punch used in Virginia
liquor saloons Is only barometer, after
all.
WE find self-made men very often,
but self-unmade ones a good deal Of
] tcncr.
A FRENcHMAN thinks he has discov-
cred that round cared animals love
music, and sharp cared animals hate il
"WHAr can be more wonderful than
the grassT' asks California newspaper.
We think well-devcloped Canada
thistle takes the palm for startling
effect.
GRIM autumn now with measured thread,
And bowed and snow besprinkled head,
! Comes on npaoc.
! Behold the glowing falling leaves
Behold the gnrncred golden sheavcs- 4
Behold the stripped and ghostly trees
| And 10, the cheerful buekwheat cake
With lordly grace,
Ten thousand ailments in Its wake
Dyspepsia, boils and stomach-achc
--,T, Louis Journal.
ARISTOTLE said gamester was no
better than a thief. This remark was
made Just after Aristotle had gone down
from Athens to Corinthus and got
picked up bad by u monte man from
Thessalia.
New YORK Herald inquiries: What
is more beautiful in autumn, on the cold,
white beach, than a she'll, with its
pickering pinksand greensY' Weshould
say boiled dinner, with its pickering
greens and things.
EXAMINER: And who reigncd after
Saul" Answer: DAVID Examiner:
" And who came after DavidY Answer;
Solomon" Examiners: And who
came after Solomon7" Sharp little
girl "Oh, please, sir, the Queen Of
Sheba,"
PHILADELPHIA Press: They had
seance up in Fishtown the other evening,
and brought the materialized spirit Of
Lindley Murray in, and when Lindlcy
answered question with my wishes
has been granted there was no mistak-
ing his identity.
WHEN you see dying fly come out
of the butter and go crawling over the
table-cloth with Disguised look on its
expressive countenance, you can bet
your sesterces that you have been pay
ing thirty-five centsa pound for oleomar-
garine.
BRIpGEroRT Standard; We read in
an exchange that :" in the Himalaya
Mountains trees grow up to height OF
eleven thousand eight hundred feet"
Only young man and inexperienced
liar would write such q statement as
that An old prevaricator would have
struck off the eight hundred TO prevent
the raising Of doubts
SLEEP.
Beautiful IN from the deeps Of the solemn sea,
Coneth sweet sleep TO me:
Up from the silent deeps,
Where waits and wccpR.
Cofneth, as one who dreameth,
With slowly waving hands,
And the sound OF her riimcnt secmefh1
Like waves on the level sands
There IL rest for all lnanklnd,
Az her slow wingsstir the wind;
With lullaby the drowsy waters creep
'''' '''s $3.50 -Hach,coof's Macosfue.
WORCESTER Press In garrets and
closets and woodshed lofts, lengths Of
rusty stovepipe are now holding Conyen-
tions and passing resolutions to the
effect that they will stand up and be
counted, but never coerced by a red
faced man superintendent by a fearful
yet determined woman.
New York Graphic: How quickly
and earnestly man will speak up in
sclf-defense. The Detroit Free Press, for
instance, deeming that some explanation
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