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Emperor and Father.

The following incident is related of the
Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. soon al
ter he was first assigned 10 duty as mid
hipman his vessel was wrecked off the
coast of Denmark. The admiral COM
manding resolved to save the young man,
ordered him to take charge of the frs,
boat which put off from the doomed snip,
The Grand Duke disdained safety thus
bought, and declined. My duty is here,
be said to the admiral, "and | must be
the last to leave the ship."-"Do you not
understand, sir" exclaimed the admiral,
"that you are under my commando and
do you dare to refuse obedience TO my
orders1"-"I know my duty" answered
the midshipmau, land ] will obey any
orders you may see fit to give me, except
an order to leave the ship, where my duty
now commands me to remain" The adj
miral gave up his point, and Alexis was
the last man to leave the ship, and after
landing, was promptly ordered under ar.
rest for disobedience of orders. He cub
mitted without murmur. The admiral
sent dispatches to the emperor detailing
the affair, and the emperor wrote-"I APP
prove your having placed the midship-
man Alexis under arrest for disobedience,
and l bless my boy for having disobeyed."
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Webster and Harrison.

Harveys recently published reminis-
cenCes of Webster contain some very inter.
esting anecdotes of the great New Hamp.
shire statesman. Among the best is one
in which is recounted Webster's eXpe-
rienCe with Harrison's tendency to dilate
upon Grecian and Roman affairs, in his
speeches and inaugural. Webster was
Secretary of State under Harrison in
lS41. Harvey says General Harrison
arrived at Washington from Cincinnati,
about the time Mr.. Webster arrived from
Massachusetts. Mr.. Webster was invited
by Mr.. Seaton, one OF the editors of the
National InteLlIgencar, and very warm
house, as he would be more quiet there
and less exposed to an intrusion than at
hotel, and to stay until he got house
to move his family into it. One day,
among other arrangements, Webster
suggested to the new President, in as
delicate way AS he could, the fact that
he hal sketched IN inaugural, knowing
that General Harrison would he over
whcImed with calls and business after
his election, and he himself having eis-
ure to write. The General at once re-
piled that it was not necessary, that he
had prepared his own inaugural.
"Oh, yes" he said, II have got that all
ready
"WIll you allow me to tGke it home
and read it to.night7' asked Mr.. Webster,
"CertainIy." the President replied,
sand pleas. let me take yours"
50 they exchanged the documents, and
the next morning, when they met, Gen.
eral Harrison said to Mr.. Webster:
"If should read your inaugural in
stead of mine, everybody would know
that you wrote it, and that l did not.
Now, this is the only paper which | pro-
pose to write, for do not intend to in
terfere with my secretaries; but this is a
sort of acknowledgement on my part
to the American people of the great
honor they have conferred on me in ele-
waiting me to this high office and al
though, of course, it is not SD suitable as
yours, still it is mine, and l propose to
let the people have it just as have
written it. | must deliver my own in.
stead of yours"
When he found that the President was
bent upon using his own inaugural, Mr..
Webster said his desire to modify it, and
to get in some things that were not there
and get out some that were there; for as
it then stood, he said, it had no more to
do with the affairs of the American Gov
ernment aud people than chapter in the
Koran Mr.. Webster suggested to Gen
eral Harrison that he should like to put
in some things, and General Harrison
rather reluctantly consented to let him
take it. Mr.. Webster spent portion of
the next day in modifying the message.
Mrs. Seston remarked to him when he
came home rather late that day that
he looked fatigued and worried; but he
replied that he was sorry that she had
waited dinner for him. THAT is of no
consequence at all, Mr.. Webster" said
She "Dut am sorry to see you looking
80 worried and tired. | hope that moth.
ing has gone wrong. really hope that
nothing has happened" you would
think that something had happened" he
replied, "if you knew what had done.
have killed seventeen Roman pro-csn-
Suls as dead as smelts, every one Of
them.n
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married the evening before, by our pastor
Mt Lowhridge.
She took her place coolly at the table.
"Iou needn't hesitate to take Gage
now, Gertrude; he's dead in love with
you, aud as like clyde best | thought
I'd decide the matter without any com.
plications.'
| think | was dumbfounded. Bat |
found my tongue when Mr., Redmond
came that evening, and said Eyes"
give my experience for the benefit of
others. 1t is dangerous loaning ones
lover.
, 1878-03-01

To KEEP EGGs FOR HATcHING.-There
are many theories advanced and ways
proposed, as best suited to preserve the
germ Of life in the egg till it can he
placed under the hen. Extremes of heat
and cold, and evaporation OF moisture
from the egg, are what we wish to avoid.
In this, as in many other matters, nature
is our best guide. The ground covered
with leaves constitutes the natural nest,
the tendency OF which is to retain, rather
than dispel, moisture. By putting soil
and leaves in u box, and placing it, with
the eggs, either in the cellar or celarway
1--WE mean the staircase between the cellar
and the next story, according to the de-
gree Of moisture IN the two positions,
we get perhaps the most complete imiCa-
tion of nature practicable. We should
prefer in winter room warmed arti-
icially in which to keep eggs for hatch
ing, were it not that the air in such a
room is almost always 100 dry.-P0uLtry
World.
, 1878-03-01

A MAN named Sears, living near SCUM ~
Londonderry, VT, who had trouble ~
his leg which kept him confined, attemPS \"
ed to turn over in bed recently, when lno
leg broke in two little above the oS kneSi
On being amputated the bone was iDunS Li".
TO be dry and brittle and full OF hols, n
like a honeycomb. The amputs'..ISna .Sa
seemed to change the condition Oh tnS V
bono and blood, aud Mr.. Sears rapiu'
recovered.
, 1878-03-01

A WESTERN man has invented some
thing that beats the telephone. He pro-
poses TO station line of women so steps
apart and commit the news to the first
as q secret. No doubt very musical
instrument.
, 1878-03-01

The Georgia constitutional convention
has given the Legislature power 10 Ies;aI
late rates and passenger fares on rA'i
roads.
, 1878-03-01

WHAT word is that of which you take
away the first letter all will remainf Fall.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07
Paris Underground.

To-day, writes Paris correspondent,
/ have been journeying under Paris,
partly by rail, partly by boat, in the
main sewer. The travelling conven-
fences are superior to many above
ground. The hand-cars for passengers
are neatly made and furnished with cane
seats. You may sit as in an Irish
jaunting car, facing either side. OF
the two other seats one faces front, the
other rear. Each car or truck has four
lamps. The propelling power is man,
four to truck. They roll directly
over the sewer, the rails being laid on
either side. The sewer in some places
equals good-sized mining ditch in di-
mension, with pretty rapid current.
| cannot give the depth of water. |
had no ambition to take soundings. One
investigating passenger tried it with his
cane, but found no bottom. After that
| was afraid of his cane. The air
throughout averaged a good strong
smell. The men smoked. The ladies
held perfumed handkerchiefs to their
noses. Many ladies visit the sewers.
1t is the thing" to do. At the Place
de la Concorde we left the cars and took
bilC SOuuOtdos luo ocWtfS anu StItdul
are here much wider. Each gondola
will hold about twenty persons.
Our feet numbered about five or six
gondolas. Each one carried a large
globular lantern. So we sailed along in
the dim, dark passage. Save an occa-
sional stationary light. it was dark
ahead, dark behind, dark below, damp
and obscure above. The barges rocked
little, but not agreeably. The motion
was not exciting. 1t seemed that which
might come ON a sea of molasses in
slight agitation. AN hour and a quarter
in the sewers of Paris is enough. You
can always recollect the taste and
smell .afterward. When we emerged
from the artificial bowels of Paris and
the earth we doubly appreciated air and
aun1iuht
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07
An Uncomfortable Bed.FelIow.

The proverb that i" Misfortune makes
strange comrades" has seldom boon
more aptly illustrated than by the ad-
venture Of an English soldier in India,
who, having been caught in any thing
but sober condition by. his Colonel, a
rigid disciplinarian, was sent to pass a
night in "chokey"-the lookup. As the
culprit, seepless from heat and mos
quitoes, was meditating dolefully upon
the further punishment that was GER
tain to await him next morning, he sud
denly heard rustling close beside him,
and felt the cold, Shiny touch of a snake
upon his bare foot. Being man of iron
nerve, he contrived to restrain the cry
that rose to his lips, and to lie motion
less as log, while his horrible bed-fel-
low, whom he instantly felt to be of
great size, crawled to and fro over his
body and face, as If to make out who or
what he might be. Having at length
satisfied itself that nothing was to he
feared from him, it glided of, and es-
conced itself under the roll Of mating
which served him as bed. With the
first CLEAN of daylight the prisoner was
astir, and having armed himself with a
heavy stone, raised the mating Just suf-
ficiently to let his unpidden guest thrust
out its head, which he then crushed To
pieces with the stone. AT that moment
The door opened, and in came the junior
Lieutenant, who, having a kindness
for the delinquent, had come To "give
him good talking to-" But the momeut
the officers eye fell on the dead snake
he rushed out again like one possessed,
returning few minutes later with the
Colonel and several other officers. The
old martinez, having heard the story,
said, with grim chuckle, "This is a
lucky job for you, my man, for l meant
to have given you good fogging; but
| can't fog man who has done such q
feat as that Don't let me catch you
drunk again, and here are five rupees
for you" ($250.)
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07
Faithful Unto Death.

The Buffalo Express has the following
Mrs. Alexander, who has Just been SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life, has
had several, husbands, but she never
proposed to waste any of them. One of
them from whom she had been divorced,
was afflicted with heart disease and liable
to die at-any moment; so she fastened
to aphysician to make arrangements for
selling his body as soon as the expected
death should take place. The question
as to her right to the body doesn't seem
to have agitated her at all she only
knew that this man had been her hus-
band, and she retained for him an affec-
tionate interest-she couldn't. bear to
have his body waste away in the cold
ground when it might be q fine contribu.
ton to science and at the same time put
money in her pocket. IT has been said
that woman's love can never die. No.
body will dispute the assertion after this
The husband of this lady was drunken
persona most unworthy man. She
could not enjoy his society and she did
not care to look upon his bloated coun-
tenance; but at the same time her tender
interest in his welfare did not cease for
q moment, ard she watched his course
with the most intense anxiety. She
knew that. disease of the heart was
necessarily fatal sooner or Alater She
didn't propose that this man, unworthy
as he was, should be placed in any cheap
Potter's Field if she could help it. He
had been her husband, and her heart
strings were connected with his in the
securest possible manner. 1t is the most
pathetic narrative'we can call to mind
at this moment. 1t teaches the power
and endurance of woman s affection nc
matter how degraded the object loved
may become. But mans inhumanity tc
woman, ETC., etc. 1t is dreadful te
think that this impulsive and affection
ate person goes to State prison, to emerge
therefrom no more until she becomes al
unpleasant subject herself.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07
Mark Twain's Printing DAYS.

One compositor who worked on the
-Netrs then still lives, says writer in
st. Louis Spirit, and has made consider
able noise in the world. We allude to
Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark
Twain. He was then about twenty-one
or twenty-five years of age, very good
looking, and most impressed with that
fact. He was the LATEST mortal that
ever " soldiered" on the hook. In that
year the Crimean war and the printers
were raging-the latter over the long
diabolical combination of consonauts
that male the Russian officers names.
When steamer arrived at New York
the telegraph would FIRE these internal
hard names over the wires until the
tops of the posts were shattered to pieces.
Sam Clemens used to say that the oper-
ator never wrote these names when he
came to hard name he just took up a
pepper box of black and shook it over
the manuscript. Sam was known to
dwell for fifteen minutes over Russian
name, and then snatch few rs three
x S, and then fencing them in with an |
he would go ahead until the first galley
came around to allow him a rest. He
occupied stand in the corner of the
room which had been christened Sebas-
topoL ... ..,- efs
As we have said, Sam was lazy. He
had apeeuliar manner of drawing out
his words that was irresistibly comical
when relating a joke, and he WAS etern-
ally relating a joke or something that
reminds me Of" But he was good
hearted and good natured and much
liked. One hot morning in June, Sam
did not make his appearance until about
nine o'clock, when he ought to have
been there promptly at seven. The
foreman was excited and angry, and
as Sam came sauntering slowly in,
tanning himself with his straw hat,
Bailey said +" Sam, if you can't come
here before this time of day you needn't
come at ALL" Sam leaned upon the
imposing stone with both elbows and
drawled- out: Il Well, John, | guess |
won't comet 'agin, 'tis too id hotp
and he slowly meandered out of the COM
posing room. He got berth on the
river, became pilot and Mark Twain.
The world knows the rest. He used to
drop in occasionally when In port, and
Jon one occasion he insisted on his brother
Henry, who worked in the office accom-
panying him down the river. They were
blown up and Henry killed; but Mark
with bis usual luck escaped uninjured
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07
How the King of the utes Lives.

Considerable interest has of late been
aroused in the Ute Indians in Colorado,
and few facts about their head Chief,
Ouray, who isan exceptional Indian, and
his manner of life will be interesting.
Ouray has had built for him at his place,
about ten miles from the Los Pinos
agency, On the Uncompahgre River, by
the Government, an adobe house, thirty
by forty, finished in good style, with
American furniture and carpets. He
has farm of three hundred acres in.
closed, and over sixty acres under cult
walton, in hay, vegetables and grain,
The work is done by Indians and Mexi-
can retainers. His wife takes an active
interest in the farm work and does her
full share of the outdoor labor. He had
a herd of two hundred horses and mules,
some of them being very fine animals (;
in addition to the horse stock he has
some cattle and several bands of sheep
and goats His buildings are quite ex-
tensive, consisting of large store-house,
stables, corrals, granaries, etc. He has
fine family carriage, one of the best
that could be purchased, present from
Gov. Ed. McCook, which, with stylish
team and Mexican driver, makes con-
spicuous turnout. The farm operations
and business enterprises of Ouray have
been very successful, and proved him to
be shrewd, competent business man.
1t is the opinion of all who know any
thing about him, that he desires to
adopt entirely the habits and life of the
whites, and cut loose from Indian Gus
toms, but the innate love of power and
prominence makes him cling to his
leadership or craftsmanship with a-tena-
cious grasp. During the council it was
observed by Gen. Hatch that Ouray was
a born leader, and exhibited diplomatic
talents of a high order in managing his
unruly subjects and dealing with every
point and question advanced by the
Commission. His age is about forty-fve,
and he has but one wife and child.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07
Beecher on Drafts Of the Lord.

Mr.. Beecher recently received letter
from Tom Green County, Texas, signed
"H. G. b. in which the writer says;
Nearly two years ago I wrote you say
ing that God had sentme to you for seven
hundred and fifty dollars. / have not
yet heard from you. Send the draft al
once, payable to my order, and God will
reward you" Mr.. Beecher has sent the
following reply:n.sad 81 o5ni 78ja9 4
DEAR SIR: In reply to your letter of No
vember 3, will say that / await the proper
commercial documents. Any draft the
Lord may make upon me, in your interest
shall esteem it an honor to meet promptly
As yet have not been notified by the al
legged drawer, nor has any draft been pre-
scented through the regular channels.5 i
may be worthy Of inquiry where the hin
drance or mistake lies, Iinasmuch as re
eeive hundredsAofle letters like yours, inform
ing me of the Lords will, but without thu
Lords signature and without authentic
commercial paper. .e1..slll sl-5lll gsgde
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07
Gushing Brides.

| Every one, says recent writer, will
recognize the portrait of the over-affec-
tionate bride who makes love in public,
and whose delight in her new-found fell
city cannot be repressed even at a table
dhote or in thronged railway carriage.
Hanging on his arm, and gazing forever
into his face, squeezing hands under the
table; with sly embraces where they
think themselves safe, it is easy to see
that theee two young people are like
spenthrifts living on their capital, and
that they will exhaust their love betimes
by dint of lavishness. A little more ret
icence would be SO much betterl
Some employment in the evening after
they have done their sightseeing
some book to read-some bit Of work to
do, would be wiser in the long run than
sitting close together on the sofa talking
love and destroying their future solid
friendship by the sweet extravagances
of their present batteries. Sometimes il
the husband is reserved, unsentimental,
cold, and the bride Just the reverse, she
has all the love-makipg to herself, and
pours out in unstinted measure the fond
ness which maidenly modesty forbade
her to show while yet unmarried. Poor
child---she is whetting the knife for her
own throat Ifher husband endures il all
in the beginning, partly from courte-y,
and partly from gratitude, and because his
marriage Ia yet young, and he is not
sufficiently accustomed to her to repulse
her, she may be sure that he will not
bear it long; aud that the moment will
come when he will turn away from her
and make her understand that she bores
him, and that all this folly might have
been very we'll when they were FIRST
married, but now it Is absurd, and she
must be reasonable and like other wo-
men. And can any young wife suffer a
deeper wound than this ga wound that
hurts her pride and her love in one, but
the pain of which she has brought on,
herself by her folly of excess. Even
brides would do well to remember that
it is better for their happiness to be
sought than repulsed, and that husbands
no more than bachelors appreciate being
made love to. To be met 10 one thing,
and pleasant thing; TO be overpassed
is another, and to some men unbearable.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07
Scene In a Railroad Gar.

The following laughable incident is
told by q well-known German office
holder who has numerous tales to tell of
his observations and experience: "There
were two seats in the car turned SO as to
face each other. One was occupied by
a lady and the other by Chinaman.
Evidently, the lady did not relish the
presence, of the Chinaman. She ex-
planned to him, that she wanted to take
the cushions and their frames and place
them lengthwise across from seat to seat.
John said, 'all lightee,' and got out in
the aisle while she proceeded to lie down
on the bed thus improvised, with her
head resting on her valise. She supposed
that the Chinaman would take the hint
that the lady wanted to rest in the 81 ace
usually occupied by four persons. But
John proceeded at once to crawl in and
stretched himself by her side, with his
hand on little bundle of his own.
These Chinese ERE an initiative race, and
like to do as others do, you know. The
lady, as soon as she discovered that she
had a bedfellow. got up a little wildly
and started for the next car, to the
infinite amusement of the passengers
who had been watching the little scene
with some interest John took no notice
of the fun he had created, but went tx
sleep with the whole bed to himself"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07
Patient Training Rewarded.
New York Sun. /

Swinging in gilded cage in the coy
parlor of Mrs. G. w. Carpenter, whose
husband is the proprietor of the Cou-
tinental Hotel, in Newark, is brown
and yellow canary bird. 1t looks like
an ordinary bird; but listen to it for a
second, and you will hear a tune, oc-
casionally varied by genuine bird war
hlings
Dick is about four wears DID," Mrs.
Carpenter said yesterday, "and when
he feels like it will sing the German
waltz, a few notes of which you just
heard, though correctly. He has mate
down stairs that sings nearly as we'll
as does Dick; but he is melting now,
and doesn't sing. Dick has also been
melting, and isn't in good condition.
When he is, he will sing that waltz by
the hour; but whenever he makes mis-
take he will break into mere canary
MARBLE, and then begin again. | wish
he would sing now. Perhaps We cannot
get him to-" s..=, -
2 Thereupon Mrs. Carpenter played the
waltz on an organ, using a stop that
gave a tone much like birds She
played the waltz through, aud as she
ctdoSu tut bilu DtEdH anu sang TIE WditI
nearly through; but it made false
note, and then warbled sweetly. The
organ sounded again, and then the bird
sang again. This time Dick sang the
waltz correctly, and at the end of the
song gave himself great airs, evidently
proud of his skill.
How did we teach him 7'' said Mr..
Carpenter, in answer to the question of
the reporter.
Mrs. Carpenter took Dick when he
was just off the nest, and put him into a
dark room, where he saw no light and
heard no sound. Then daily she played
the WALTZ to him, two or three times a
day, Tor fifteen or twenty minutes every
time At the end of month or two
the bird began 30 scand note of
the waltz, then another. Soon it COM
bined them, and after time he whistled
an entire strain. 1t was nearly year,
however, before his education was com
plete, II requires considerable patience
to teach q, bird, These birds are cross
between a linnet and canary, and are
heartier bird than thoroughbred
canary. | would not like to part with
either of my birds. When the Kellogg
opera troupe was here Miss kellogg was
delighted with Dicks performances.
She said if she owned him she wouldn't
take 81 900 for him."
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-07

A strong-minded woman married .
man not noted for activity of body or
energy of character, and before the
honeymoon was over, awakening one
morning, he found his spouse in tears.
"My love-" he said, "what is the
matter ?"
"Oh, I've had such dreadful
dream 70 = 4, soa .4,ae s
why, what was it,"
az thought was going up Fourth
avenue, when sawaa sign, Husbands
for Sale So many women were rush.
ing that / followed, and just then they
were selling splendid specimen fol
81 800" if4 .slns gAs. =
" But did they all bring as much n
thatT
." Oh, NOT They went at 81, 600, $500
and 10 on down." faa tsF
Well, did you see any that looked
| like me?' I.
yes, indeed. But they were tied NJ
| in punches like asparagus, and sold TO
ten cents bunch"