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A LECTURE TO YOUNG MEN

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sumption, Epilepsy, and Fits; Mental and Ply
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The world-renowned author, in this admira-
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TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

Stations marked thus ~ are flag stations, and
rains will stop when signaled to do so.
W. II. LANCASTER, Master Transp.
w. q. EVANS, Agent at Jackson.
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A ro1M or ALMOST, FORGOTTEN ALEXANDER
SMITH,
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.-Remit in drafts
on New York or Post Office money orders, and
where none of these can pe procured send the
money in Registered letter.
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SKILLED LABOR

are looked after, and everything relating to
mechanics and labor saving is carefully re-
corded.
There is a page devoted to all the latest
phases of the business markets, Crops, Mer-
chandise, ETC., etc. y valuable feature is found
tiODS of
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Also keep a first class Store,
opposite the Court House,
where they sell goods cheap.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-04-11
DEAD LETTER OFFICE AUCTION.

1t has become quite generally known
that statistics show that marriages and
deaths bear definite relation to the
population i'll any given locality during
any series of years, the former depend
ent for it's slight variations upon the
price of corn, the latter upon the sort
of weather old prObs dOleS out, and
that in any of the larger cities one can
predict within very small margin the
number of murders which will be com
mitted next year. But 1t may not be
so widely known that the alterations
of memory are also marked by this
general character of necessity and in
variable order The returns from the
London, Paris and New York post
offices show that year after year the
same proportion of letter writers forget
to direct their letters or give unintelli-
gible or incorrect directions. 1t is bad
enough that persons should take the
trouble to write a letter and buy a
postage stamp to send communication
to some one, and then forget to direct,
or misdirect it, but one would suppose
that very few, if any, would send arti-
| cles of value by mail, without assuring
UD6IuStlNcS OiioO OAAoJ 'CN'iN
reach their destination, Such is not
the case, however. About so, 600 arti-
cies, in about 1o, 900 packages, through
aDefrat1ons of memory. have aecunnIY-
lated at the Dead Letter ONCE eitIriissx
the past year, and will be sold at auc-
tion on Wednesday next to the highest
bidder, in bulk or by the piece. This
seems an enormous number, but As
sistant Postmaster HaZen says 1877
wasn't much of a year fordead letters
after ALL What 1000 things are there,
you will ask yourself, that can be sent
by mail? Well, there is almost every
thing that one can mention, from a
needle to a wagon-axle, spool of
thread to a diamond ring, book-mark
to whole library, butterfly to a
stuffed elephant. From this collection
of unclaimed articles, a man could pro-
vide himself and family everything they
would want for a decade, except, per
haps, a house to put over his head,
fresh provisions and fuel. First, there
are clothes of every description and
in any desired quantity, from calico to
silks and India shawls, from Swiss
muslin to ulster cloth. These are by
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-04-11
TELEGRAPHlC BLuNDER.

The telegraph sometimes makes very
amusing mistakes. Sir Arthur Ken
nedy is the governor of the British
Colony of Queensland. The other day
the. London papers contained tele-
gram announcing that Lady Kennedy
has given birth to twins, the eldest be-
ing a SON." Subsequently somebody
remembered that the Governor is a
bachelor, and that there is therefore no
such person as Lady Kennedy. An ex-
planation was demanded of the Reu-
ter's News Company, who produced the
original telegram, in these words
Governor of Queensland-twins, first
son. This shedding no light upon the
matter, inquiry was made with the re-
suit that the original dispatch was
found to be Governor of Queens
land turns first sod,'' alluding to the
beginning of new railway in the col
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ENVY.

Envy is a displeasure for some sup
posed advantage in another. The OBJ
-ject of this passion is something more
desirable; and although eXcellency,
precisely considered, cannot occasion
dislike, yet excellency, misplaced, may.
The envious believes himself eclipsed
by the lustre of his neighbor; that
which is good in itself becomes an evil
to him, and makes him wish it either
removed or extinguished. Envy, like
cold poison, benumbs and stupefies !;
and thus, as if conscious of its own inn
potence, it folds it's arms in despair,
and sits cursing in a corner. When it
conquers, it is commonly in the dark,
by treachery and undermining, by cal
umny and distraction. Envy is no less
foolish than detestable; it is vice
which they say keeps no holiday, but is
always working upon its own disquiet.
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I am old aud blind
Nien point at me snitten By Gods frOw1i.
Afcted aud deserted Of my kind
Yet I am not cast down.
/ am weak set strong
I murmur not that no longer see;
FO0r, Old and helpless, the more belong,
Father supreme, TO thee.
q merclful one
when men are farthest, then thou art most near,
When friends pass by me, aid my weakness shun
Thy chariot hear;
Thy glorious face
Is leaning towards me and It's holy light
Shines in upon my lonely dwelling place
Aud there Is no more night.
on my bended knee
! recognize the purpose clearly shown
Ny vision thou hast dmmed, that my
Thyself thyself alone.
have nought to fear;
This darkness Is the shadow Of thy wing
Beneath It I am almost sacred here
Can come no evil thing.
o. seem to stand
Trembling, where foot Of mortal ne'er hath been,
Wrapped in the radiance Of thy sinlrss land,
Which eye hath never seen.
Visions come and go,
shapes Of resplendent beauty round me throng
From angel lips seem to hear the How
Of soft and holy song.
II Is nothing NOW.
When heaven Is open my sighticss eyes
Whrn airs FROM Paradise refresh my brow
The earth In darkness lies.
In a purer CLINE
My being fills with rapture waves Of thought
Roll IN upon my spirit strains sublime
Break over uns0ught,
Give me now my Tyre
feel the STRINGS Of a gift divine.
Within my bosom glows unearthly fire,
Lit by no SKIN of mine
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THE DARDANELLES.

SOME FAMOUS PASSAGES OF THE
sTRAITs-LEANDER AND THE PRIN-
CESS HELLE-THE GATE To CON-
STANTINoPLE-THE STORY OF THE
BosPHORUs, &C.
A writer in the Pal Mall Gazette
SAYS:
The first recorded passage of the Dar-
danelles was the celebrated one effected
by Leander, at period of which neither
Virgil nor any of the numerous poets
who celebrate the feat have furnished
the date. But the earliest attempt to
pass these Straits was that of the un-
fortunate Princess Helle, who endeav-
ored to cross on the Ram with the Gold
en- Fleece from Europe to Asia, and
whose name has since clung to the sea
in which she was drowned Every one
knows, but some will perhaps not object
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POEM BY MILTON.

tihe following production Is said 10 have been dis
covered among the remains of our great epic poet
aud Is published in the oxford edition " Afilton's
works ptnrfs that @ syaaEar t..g, A., f.,t.
delphla Is its author.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28
Experiments in Drowning.

The London Lancet says: a series of
experimental researches on death by
submersioD, and a number of post
norton examinations on bodies found
in the water and brought to the Paris
Morgue, have furnished NM. Burgeron
and Montana with valuable collection
of facts Death by submersion may
occur under very different conditions.
The individual may fall in the water ac-
cidentally, or may have been thrown
there by an act of violence. This may
have occurred during his sleep, whether
natural or artificial, as in drunkenness
or narcotism. The investigators repro
duced experimentally some of these
special conditions, as by narcotizing an
imals with opium or chloroform, or rem
deriDg them motionless by curara, and
then drowning them. They varied also,
as much as possible, the special circum-
stances of submersion by more or less
restraint of movement. The conclu-
sions which they have reached are as
follows: |. The existence of mucous
foam, not only in the fauces and larnyx,
but also in the bronchi, is the constant
sign of death by submersion, whether
there was predominant syncope or as
phyxia, whether the individual was free
in his movements, or whether he was
thrown into the water after having been
narcotized by chloroform or opium, half
suffocated, or restrained in his move
ments. The constant presence of foam,
whatever were the special circumstances
in which the immersion took place, is,
they maintain, the only constant sign of
death by drowning. O. There is always
certain amount of congestion, and
there are sometimes sub-pleural ecchy-
moses; but these ecchymoses, which give
to the lungs a notified aspect, never
have the appearance of the punctate
ecchymoses of suffocation. The sign
given by Tardieu as characterize OF
the latter form of death thus preserves
all it's value. 8. The intensity of the
congestion and the extent of ecchymoses
are always in proportion to the strug-
giles of the animal. 1t is the same with
man, as the authors have verified by all
the autopsies made at the Morgue dur
ing ten years. This fact has considera
bic medico-legal Importance. The au
topsy thus reveals something of what
occurred during the last moments Of
life-whether the individual did or die
not struggle theoretically against thu
submersion.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28
ECONOMY.

WE have but faint notion of econ
omy in the country, and there are few
persons who seem able to exercise its
spirit in their mode of living. AS u
general thing, young people, clerks, and
the like, calculate to live fully up to the
amount of their income, if indeed they
do not outrun its limits and become in
volved in debt. So with married men,
Of humble means; they calculate to
spend about as much as they get, and
often find themselves involved in debts
they can not liquidate. Now there is a
simple rule which, if adopted, would
make people quite independent.
In the first place, let mans income
be ever SO small, he should calculate to
save little, and to lay it by, if only
five or ten dollars year. This will be
sure to keep him from running in debt,
and as soon as he finds that he has sum
of money saved, there is natural incen-
tive to add to that amount and thus I'M
Willingly, as it were, he begins to accu-
mulate.
This operation once commenced, he
will be surprised to see how fast his
means improve; and then the slow but
sure increase of principal by the accu-
mulat on of interest, is matter of clear
gain. In this relation our own style of
saving banks, and new five-cent saving
banks, are accomplishing work of great
good, being practical suggestions to the
people who can not fail of their notice.
Never purchase any article of dress
or luxury until you can pay cash for it /;
this is a most important rule TO observe,
and the credit system, in fact, has done
quite as much TO ruin debtors as cred
itors. A vast number of little expenses,
but large in the aggregate, would be
saved if one always paid the money for
the same at the time of purchase, in
place of having it charged. Pay as you
go. is golden rule, and it is true econ
omy.
Many poor man could build house
over hishead, and own it, with the price
of the cigars and tobacco he has used, to
say nothing of the worse than useless
drinks of beer and bad spirits, in
which from time to time, he has allowed
himself to indulge. Avoid any habit,
however simple it may in the outset, in
which is involved unnecessary expense !;
one leads to another, and altogether will
empty your purse, and sap the marrow
of your physical strength. 1t is not so
much what mans income may be, as
it is what he spends, that graduates his
MEANS Strive, then, to adopt the true
principle of economy, and you have the
secret Of independence.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28
Brother Gardner Does His Duty.

There was a grieved look in Brother
Gardeners face as he hung up his hat,
deposited his cane in corner and mo,
toned for an opening ode on the triangle.
" Gem'len," he huskily observed, 81
hez painful dooty to perform. I'd
sooner gin de bes' bar'l O. flour in De-
troit but dooty am dooty. Lord Byron
Sanders will please stan up"
The individual named turned almost
white with emotion as he rose to his
feet. After a look of mingled sorrow
and reproach, Brother Gardner said:
Lord Byron Sanders, you was down
on dc docks de odder day. You went
down dar to sniff de spice-laden breezes
an feel de system whoopin' up at de
rate of q mile mint So fur so good
A stranger come long arter time and
said you was de perfeck pictur of de
King of Madagascar. Dat pleased you.
He axed If you was bank cashier an
you grinned wild delight. He remarked
dat you had an eye like hawk, a fgger
like candle, a foot like gazelle, and
you plowed your nose wild all de sweet
ness of little lamb. When de stranger
had ye all fixed he took we round be-
him coal-shed, produced free cards,
an arter frowin dem aroun' in de hum.
blest manner possible, he axed you to
pick out de fifteen-spot O. clubs. You
picked. Den he axed you to bet dat you
could do 1t agin, an you laid down five
dollars money dat you wanted to buy
shoes for de chill'em. You picked agin,
and 10 it was de ace O hearts dat you
held! Den de stranger sighed like
babe, wiped tear from de co ner of his
eye, an you war lef alone sittin' on
salt bari an wishin' you had dun gone
an jumped into de wild an impecun-
ious rlbber. Lord Byron Sanders, spoke
up an' make yer defense"
go de Lawd but lie reddy to sink
freu de tlo!" replied the distressed MEM
Der. dun went freu all dem opera
tions, an lost five dollars, and lie willin'
to be sot down on an all mashed upp
" Brudder Sanders" resumed the
President, want to frou few words
of advice in your pathway, an doan' you
forget it: Doan' git acquainted wild
strangers at faster rate dan ten miles
an hour, for hoss-thief kin dress list
as well an look jist as humble as a
constabul.
" De pussun who hatters you hez a
plan to deceive.
De man who plays game plays il
to win
De chap who am allus walkin'
loan will sooner or later strike you for
all he kin an slide out.
De man who wins your confidence
wild few soft words, not only gets
your money, but 'spise you to boot.
De pusson who bets to git ahead of
anoder am pooty certain TO be cleaned
out in de end.
Brudder Lord Byron Sanders you
kin now sot down. Let dis be a great
an perishable lesson to shun Satan
whareber you find him."
May de hoss-fies eat me up If
doan' do itp' was the earnest reply of
the brother as he fell back.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28

FLOOD, the California millionaire, is
building what will, it is said, be the
finest private residence in America
The grounds include one thousand five
hundred acres on San Francisco Bay,
comprising natural park ready for im-
proyements to any desired extent. The
house is one hundred by two hundred
feet in area, and resembles 4 French
chateau of the old style Nerandas
surround it, and the roof is broken
with many gables and two towers one
hundred and forty feet high. The en-
tire exterior is very ornate. Among
the apartments are several parlors, mu-
sic-room, dinin groom, breakfast-room,
billiard-room, library and wine-rcom -
the latter being of uncommon size.
The dining room is one hundred feet
long, so that great dinners may be given
in it; but most eff it can be shut off,
leaving a room of comparatively small
size for ordinary use. Five years will
be consumed in completing the house
and its surroundings. Mr.. Flood also
contemplates city residence of cores
ponding magnifcence.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28

THERE are ten thousand lsraelites in
San Francisco, and ten thousand more
in the rest of California. They com
prise all nationalities, with German
Jews the most numerous. They control
several important branches OF business,
large part Of the importing dry goods
and fancy goods trade being in their
hands, as well as large wholesale grocery
houses. They have nearly monopoly
in boot and shoe manufacturing, and
the hide, leather and wool trade. Many
of them are very wealthy, and are lib
eral patrons of the fine arts, and book
sellers. Musical people say that they
would never have had tirst-c class opera
in San Francisco if it had not been for
the patronage of the Hebrews of that
city, and a leading theatrical manager
says that he would have to "shut up
shop" in these hard times were it not
for the money he gets from them. They
have five synagogues, one of which cost
nearly 100000, and three religious
weeklies. In point of belief they range
from the ultra orthodox to the ultra re-
formed and liberal. Their rabbis preach
in English and German. They have
representatives in all professions, in
mining and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and
in politics, and there is no part of the
country in which they are on friendlier
footing with their neighbors of other
faiths.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28
Evenings ut Home.

The long evenings which follow the
short days are made, in some families,
the happiest of all happy times. The
cares OF the day are ended; the mothers
resting tire is come; the father has
dropped all sorts of business worries
and perplexities; and the whole family
innocent pleasures of the home circle.
Solomon tells us that there is q time
for all things; time to weep. time to
laugh, to dance, and to play. Surely
the time to laugh, play and dance comes
most appropriately in the long, pleasant
evening hours.
1t is well for the women of the house
hold to remember that the pleasant
evenings at home are strong antidotes to
the practice of looking for enjoyment
abroad, and seeking for pleasure in for
hidden places; for relaxation and recre-
alton will be INDUCED in somehow by
most men, and happy are they who find
in the home circle the diversion they
need.
A lively game, an interesting book
read aloud, or, in musical families, a
new song to be practiced, will furnish
pastime that will make an evening pass
pleasantly. A little forethought during
the day, little pulling of wires that
need not appear, will make the whole
thing easy, and different ways and
means may be provided for making the
evening hours pass pleasantly, and a
time to be looked forward to with pleas
ant anticipations.
We visited once in large family,
where it was the duty of each sister in
turn to provide the evening occupation |;
and there was a pleasant rivalry be-
tween them as to whose evening should
be the most enjoyable. The brothers
entered fully into the spirit of the sim
pie home entertainments, and were as
loath to be obliged to spend an evening
away from home as their sisters and par
ents were sorry to have them absent.
Every one spoke of this family as an
uncommonly united one, for every men,
Der showed such strong attachment
for the home to which each one con-
tributed 80 much pleasure.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28

components no one but the inventor.
General Uchatius, knows, and he has
sent specimens of it to the various
European arsenals for examination and
analysis, without any one being able to
detect his secret. The gun in severe
trials has stood all tests; it is light and
only costs one-third of the steel piece,
and if it proves successful when tried
in the field it is likely TO bring about an
mportantrevolution in field artillery.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28

IT Is not generally known that the
Chinese make very fine razors, and that
for long period no European shaving
knife could compare with theirs in
keenness and durability. A fine edge is
necessity with them, since they regu-
larly shave their heads carefully
emitting the pigtail-without using
soap or any other emollient. They
only moisten, the scalp with little
warm water
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28

Ar the time efkthe union with Scot
land in 1907 the English House of Com
mons consisted Of 513 members. Forty
five were then added for Scotland, and
in 1901, 400 for Ireland, making the
present total 6jS. The order suisse
quietly stood; England and Wales, 1913
members; Scotland, 80; and Ireland,
los. The Refofm act. of 1867 caused
the number of members to be reduced
IN 6h0
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28

The Pubellon Meiicano of Guadalajara
says that over forty bolts of lightning
fell upon that city during recentstorm.
Three persons were instantly killed, one
student who was passing along pub
lie street, and several others wereinjured.
At the same time deluge of rain fell.
The inhabitants of the town were over
whelmed with terror.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28

The Austrian campaign in Bosnia,
one-sided as the contest must prove, is
likely to be of interest to artillerymen,
since it affords an opportunity for test
ing. in actual field service the Uchatius
bronze gun. Of late bronze has given
place to steel, because of the great ten
dency of the gun to "droop at the
muzzle " when heated from rapid firing.
The Austri an guns are made of steel
bronze, which is bronze hardened, both
by casting it in chill and by compress
sion, the alloy being known under the
name Of Uchatius metal. Its precise
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28

THERE is an old and familiar adage
which says that people who live in glass
houses should not throw stones. 1t may
be remarked in this connection that
from time immemorial those who have
lived in the most fragile of these tene-
ments are the very ones who have been
eternally throwing stones Rome Sen
t;nel.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28

BESSIE TURNER plays again in A
Celebrated Case +" this season, and has a
speaking part-that Of Julia, the wait
ing maid to Adrienne. The Sun says she
speaks we'll and firmly what she has to
say, steps gracefully, and in number
of respects is worthy of encouragement.
Mr.. Collier, in whose employ she is,
says that he thinks she will develop into
a capital eccentric soubrette, and will
grow into demand for chambermaid
parts. She is quick to learn, has almost
an original conception Of her characters,
and imbues them with fervor. "She
has crisply crimped chestnut hair curl
ing about her forehead, over large and
expressive blue eyes, and an amusing
expression continually twinkling about
the lower part of her face, which Seems
to indicate that she is just ready to ap
preciate a joke or to make one"