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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13
A Missouri Giant.

The Western papers have lately con
tanned descriptions of Henry Thur stoE
native of Morgan County, Mo-, who
now lives on White Oak Greek, Texas
and reputed to be one of the tallest, if
not the tallest man in America. The
following facts concerning him are
given: This physically remarkable man
is seven feet and six inches high, stand
ing barefooted. Though very tall, he
is well proportioned, and his strength
is somewhat enormous. Henry Thurs
ton, during the war, was soldier in the
service of the Confederate States Army
In going through ST. Louis, on his re-
turn from the army, he attracted such
crowds, anxious to get glimpse of him,
that he could scarcely walk the streets
In large crowd, like those which sur
rounded him in st. Louis, Henry Thurs
ton always had the appearance of an
ordinary man standing on pump over
looking the bystanders. His hands and
feet are enormously large, and nearly a
side of leather is required to make him a
pair of boots. Colonel Austin M.
Standish, chief of General Parsons
staff, and very tall man, frequently
stood erect under Henry Thurston's
arm while it was extended horizontally.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13
An AnecdOte of Pope Leo.

An excellent story was related to me
to-day. ] have the best reasons for be-
lieving it to be true. When Leo XIII
was first made Bishop, he learned that
priest in one of the parishes of his do
cese was in the habit of going off hunting
every Sunday. This priest was very
attentive to his duties all the six days
of the week, but Sunday he took as a
veritable holiday. So one Sunday Bishop
Pecci went to the priests residence.
OF course he did not find the priest at
home. He asked if he might be allowed
to celebrate mass in the church. and was
told he could do so most certainly; in
deed, they said they would be very glad
if he would, as the people always came
on Sunday for the mass and went away
disappointed. No one knew it was the
Bishop. After mass the priests servants
asked him to leave his name for their
master. To the great surprise of every
one the card the unknown visitor left had
on it the name of the Bishop of the Do
cese. The priest instantly went to Bishop
Pecci full of penitence, expecting a
good sound reprimand for his negligence.
Hunting is no SIM" said the Bishop
calmly. "Only whenever you wish to
60 hunting on Sunday, be sure to let
me know, and will come. and say mass
for you"
The priest never went hunting on a
Sunday again after that effectual repri-
mand.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13
PREVALENCE or SUICIDE IN DEN
MARX.

From an official report lately pub
lished at Copenhagen it appears that,
out of population of something less
than 100000 no fewer than 1911 SUI
icides have occurred during the last
thirty years in Denmark. The highest
number was reached in 1871, when sos
persons committed suicide, being about
forty-eight out of every 100000 inhabi-
tants. The peasants seem more given to
the crime than the inhabitants of the
towns, and those guilty of it are gener-
ally people about fifty years of age.
About one-fifth of the number are wo-
men, mostly unmarried, while the num-
Der of married men who commit suicide
is greater than that of the bachelors.
The months of April, May and June
are the most fatal, neatly half the num-
Der of suicides being committed during
these three months. The favorite mode
ofseltdestruction appears to be hanging,
especially among the men, in whose case
about eighty-three per centum of all the
suicides were effected in that way
Among women about sixty per centum
of the suicides are by drowning. Pois-
oning and the death by firearms are
very rare, barely some four or five per
centum. Drunkenness is nearly two
fifths of the suicides considered to have
been the cause. 1t may be worth re-
marking that suicides among sailors and
fishermen are nearly unknown.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

A VIENNA mechanician has recently
succeeded, after many fruitless trials,
in constructing sewing machine which
does not require the person working at it
to submit to the unpleasant and I'M
healthy necessity of constant bodily ex-
ertion, viz, setting the machine in mo-
ton by the foot. Since, for pecuniary
reasons, the application of electricity,
steam or water power was impossible,
the inventor of the new machine was re-
stricted to grayitation or elasticity, and
he, preferring the latter force, has con-
trived to make springs strong enough to
keep an ordinary sized machine in mo-
ton for hours. A system of cog-wheels
is arranged underneath the surface of
the table upon which the machine is
fixed, and by handle at the side the
spring is wound up with the greatest
facility. The velocity at which the
machine works is entirely at the option
of the person using it, and can be reg
ulated ad Hbitum, and in the simplest
manner
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

A LETTER from Constantinople says it
is not astonishing that General Ignatieff
should pay little attention to the credi-
tors of Turkey, the debt of which coun-
try amounts, inround numbers, to $780,
0O0,O00f., or f26O, 100000. The floating
debt is 1900, 600, OOOf. the consolidated
5000, 00O,0o0f. This latter is thus dis
tributed: England holds 2, 25O, 600, OOOf. ;
France, 100000, 0Oof.; Turkey, $685.
OOO,0OOf.; Germany and Austria, 500,
00O,0OOf.; Italy, $4,000, O00f.; Belgium
and Holland, 250,OOO,OOOf. Russia does
not figure in this list, and hence the
imperturbable calm of General Ignatieff. %
Several papers here, in examining the
question of the pecuniary indemnity to
be paid by bankrupt and dismembered
country, are beginning to cry out against
the French holders of Ottoman bonds
being reduced to ruin.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

Miss LOUISE MCLAUGHLIN, of the
Cincinnati School of Design, after
many experiments, has discovered the
secret of the famous Limoges faience, a
recent French improvementin ceramics,
and has been applying it to the ornamen-
tation of pottery at the mandatory of
P. L. Coulter & Co., in this city. A
correspondent of the Gazette says that
the chief difference between this decora-
ton and that of all other kinds of
pottery is the heavy impasto of color
and the great freedom with which the
pigment seems to have been laid on.
The process of burning causes the
various tints to mingle and blend in a
manner which adds greatly to their
softness and beauty, producing acct
dental effects impossible to obtain in
any other way, Notwithstanding which
there is still an appearance of heavy
impasto preserved, and loading of the
pigments in the high lights which savors
very much OF the work of the best
painters in oil. Indeed, the coloration
resulting from the glaze is richer than
the color of any painter whatever.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

JOHN RowLANDs was the original
name of Henry M. Stanley, the African
explorer, who since his last expedition
has been receiving SO many honors in
Europe. He was born near Denbigh,
Wales, in 1910. His parentage was
lowly, but he was fortunate in receiving
pretty good education when mere
child. At fifteen he went as cabin bow
on vessel bound to New Orleans, and
there he found situation in the mer-
camille house of Henry M. Stanley, who
adopted the lad, and bestowed his own
name upon him. Unfortunately the
merchant died leaving no will, and
young Stanley was thrown upon his own
resources. He has since been known by
his adopted name, although on occa-
sions when he has revisited his native
place he has been addressed as "John
Rowlands."
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

in japanese life and history. The work
was performed under the supervision of
japanese commissioners appointed for
the purpose. They were shrewd enough
to get one side of the notes engraved and
printed by one establishment, and the
other side by another, so that they had a
check on the number printed. No ex-
pense was spared to make the notes as
perfect as possible, and they are superior
in design and execution to our own notes.
The same plan was adopted as that used
with our own national currency-the
general design being the same for all the
banks in Japan, the only variations
being in the titles of the branches.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

The New York correspondent of the
Chicago Journal says that more than
twelve years ago he was ordered by the
editor of the New York Tribune to pre-
pare an obituary of Thurlow Weed, who
still lives, but is in feeble health. The
London Tnses's fifteen column obituary
of the great Duke of Wellington was
prepared seventeen years before his
death, receiving annual additions until
he was no more.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

MRS. JUSTICE CLIFFORD, who passes
the winter with her husband in Wash
iugton, is slender, erect lady, between
fifty and sixty years of age, has twink
ling merry black eye and dark hair with
scarcely line of silver in it, dresses
plainly, and is loved by every body. The
wife of Senator Davis is her warmest
friend; she is less in size, her hair is a
little grayer, and her eyes large and full
She is sensible, plain woman, whom
any one would be better for knowing.
So says one who knows both.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13
THE MOFFET PUNCH.

The man who wants his whisky punch,
With crackers and cheese or other free lunch,
Must not complain of the Moffet Bell Punch,
Though it strikes his pockets all in a bunch.
Punches are bully, punches are fine,
II one has the choice of his punch in line,
But to have the bell punch whenever you dine
With its silvery clang--Pll have none IL mine
The punch it goeth very queer:
One little clang for a lager beer,
For whisky straight two clangs | hear,
And so it counts upon the ear.
Punch, barkeepaire, punch with care,
at the Moffet Bell Punch of the senataire
One little punch for the glass of baier,
And two little punches for the corn juice-air.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

CoTToN-sEED oil manufacture is be
coming a marked industry in the South.
There are now seven large mills in New
Orleans, and others at Baton Rouge,
Shreveport, Natchez, Vicksburg, Dallas,
Memphis, Nashville, and even St. Louis
and Chicago. A ton of seed produces
twenty gallons of oil, worth $3.50, while
the refuse cake, worth $40 per ton, is
valuable as feed for domestic animals
and for fertilizing land.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

A MAN actually undertakes to tell us
in Scribnes's Monthly How Matches are
Made" The presumption of some men
staggers us. The public need expect no
light on the subject until it is elucidated
by a mother who has married off family
of daughters.---M City Derrick.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

COLONEL PRJEwALsKI, in his recent
explorations in Kashgar, found a race
of people very low in the scale of civili-
cation. These were met with on the
shores of Lake Lob-Nor, living in mis-
cradle huts constructed of reeds and
branches twisted together. Their cloth
ing is made Of the fibers of kind of
lake weed, and with their nets and
canoes constituted the whole of their
possessions
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

Mr.. CAMPBELL, landlord of The Duke
of Wellington" Newcastle-on-T Tyne,
boasts of being the largest subject of
Queen Victoria. He was born only in
1856, and measures round the shoulders
Sc inches, round the waist IS inches, and
round the calf of the leg 49, He weighs
728 pounds. He was brought up a
printer, but compelled from his size to
give up the occupation. His appetite is
nothing extraordinary, and he is a
moderate drinker, but smokes a great
deal, to which habit a medical cores
pondent of the Lancet attributes his
having rather irregular action of the
heart.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

SECRETARY THOMPSON, in speaking
of the numerous jokes at his expense,
said: :" That of the hatchway was best"
Some one present had not heard it, and
he repeated it: In one of my visits of
inspection it was said that was asked
to define the proper dimensions of a
hatchway, and that replied, That de-
ponds upon the size of the hen and the
number of eggs she is to sit on"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

in the assay office are condensed and
sold as weak acid Only small amount
of the gas escapes into the atmosphere,
and although it is slightly offensive it is
not injurious. On the contrary, this
gas is an excellent disinfectant, and
acts upon dead matter rather than the
living.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

A WESTERN farmer, being obliged to
sell yoke of oxen to pay his hired man,
told him he could not keep him any
longer. "Why," said the man, "Pll
stay and take some of your cows in place
of money" "But what shall | do"
said the farmer, "when my cows and
oxen are all goneT' "Why, you can
then work for me, and get them back. :"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

A MEDICAL writer says that paralysis
of the vocal organs may be occasioned
by the pressure of tight-ftting collars,
cravats, ETC., on the nerves of the neck.
Hence, he adds, avoid as much as pos
sible the wrapping up of the throat in
comforters, mufflers, bows, etc. When
once the throat becomes accustomed to
bundling, it demands that the habit be
faithfully persevered in."
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

THE national currency paper money
now in use in Japan was engraved and
printed in New York city. Japanese
artists prepared the designs, and had
them redrawn by our best American
artists, F. o. G. barley among the num-
Der. The illustrations consist of scenes
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

My wife tells the truth three times
day." remarked jocose old fellow, at
the same time casting mischievous
glance at his better half" Before
rising in the morning, she says, Oh,
dear, I must get up, but | don't want
tor After breakfast, she adds, Well,
l suppose must go to work, but / don't
want to- And she goes to bed saying,
There! / have been on the move all
day, and haven't done anything"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

The astute paragrapher goes into the
orphan asylum to hunt wife. mus
he lodges the terrible mother-in-law.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

A newspaper is not public institution, but
purely private enterprise. 1t is usually
printed solely and entirely for the benefit of
its owners. This may be selfish, and, per
haps sordid view of the question. but it is
nevertheless, the true and honest one. This
obvious fact is too often overlooked by indi-
viduals seeking the use of its columns for
special purposes. 1t is matter of almost dali
ly occurrence for publisher to be solicited
to print gratuitously certain articles not bear
ing upon public, but simply advocating pri-
waite or corporate interests. This is frequent
ly done on the speciOus plea that supposed in
dustries or municipal interests may be ulti-
mately benefited by the publication, when in
reality no effort would be made to secure the
result if personal interests were not at the
foundation of the transaction. We are now
speaking of covert advertisements, articles
written as interesting reading matter, but
shrewdly intended to put money in the purses
of the individuals or corporations seeking
their publicity. This, of course does not
cover great and grave questions of public pol
icy, which every honest and independent
journalist will fearlessly discuss without con-
sidering who may he pleased or offended, or
what effect his course may have upon the
question of patronage. The point We desire
to make is that the same rules which apply to
general business should be invariably extend
ed to newspapers. The advertising columns
of a newspaper are exactly like the wares up
on a stOrekeeper's shelves, and it is from
their proper and legitimate use that the pub
Usher i'll connection with the sale of his paper,
obtains the revenues which enable him to is
sue his journal.-iHggStd (Gd.) Chrohirtc
ant COHQrfgdtiORdlSt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

TRoTfTNG HORSES IN THE UNITED STATES
At the meeting of the National Association OF
Trotting- Horse Breeders, mention was made
of the improvement in the speed of the trot-
ting horse in this country since their breed
ing and training became subject of consid-
Grafton. 1t was not many years ago, when
two-forty gait was the slang for extreme fast
ness, but it wouldn't pass for anything now
but tame mediocrity. 1t may safely be said
that two-forty horses are much more common
now than three-minute horses were ten years
ago, while anything that doesn't go below the
thirties is not to be ranked i'll the category of
fast at all. For long time, Flora Temples
. 10 was n miracle, but before the death of
that phenomenon, the seconds had crawled
down, passed Dexter's . 10, to Goldsmith
Maids = II, which, at present, is the ultima
thule of trotting speed. There is a certain
limit, of course, but hOrsemen are not dis
couraged, and there is no reason why another
decade may not take off four more seconds
from the fastest time of this day There new
er was so much interest in trotting as now.
nor so much wealth, energy and skill engaged
i'll breeding and training. If it had merely
the effect to produce phenomenal flyers, the
general public need not take much interest
but IT is certain that the effort to produce fast
trotters has had good effect on the whole
breed, and that there are better horses to-day
IN this country than ever before. Horsemen
bred to the saddle, may, and do, deprecate so
absorbing devotion to trotting alone: but
in this country with its roads and conditions
Of life, the trotter is most useful to the gener-
al public, and his improvement of the great
est value.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

There is much complaint in our own coun-
try regarding the hardness of the tmes-a de-
gree of misfortune which can in part BE- at
tributed to gross errors in finance, and to the
tardy payment Of the enormous indebtedness
incurred during the war, 1t may be some
comfort to those who suffer from depressed
trade here to know that Great Britain, whose
finances are prudently and skillfully managed.
whose debt is placed so AS TO burden trade as
little as possible and whose taxes are COM
paratively light and are carefully adjusted, is
also complaining gTieyously of depression
But Great Britain while she is not as we are.
settling for war of her own, is unquestiona
bly, suffering reaction from the stimulation
which her trade experienced between 1859
and 1871, in consequence of the long series of
wars, European and American, which pre-
vailed during that period, in the midst of
which she remained at peace and at work.
Although her methods are more conservative
than our own, her credit was, nevertheless,
greatly expanded, and enterprises of extra
hazardous character were pushed in every di-
rectiOn. When peace came, in 1871, though
il remained unbroken for only short period.
it brought with it profound disturbances and
far-reaching changes. 1t is the operation of
these, more or less hidden as it is, which is
helping to produce the temporary stagnation
of which England is complaining. Y.
Times
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

A WONDERFUL DANCER. Professor Cartier,
the young and agile dancing master who as
tonished New York last spring by waltzing for
five consecutive hours, and has since accom-
plished the feat of waltzing six and seven
hours on n stretch eclipsed himself and all
rivals on New Years day by dancing from
noon to midnight without a pause. This feat
was doubtless attempted because Professor
Baron had beaten his previous performances,
few weeks ago, by waltzing for eight con-
secutive hours The Professor danced with
various partners during the allotted time, hav-
ing offered a medal for the lady who should
dance the longest. Miss Emily Ashe took the
prize, after dancing two hours and twenty
minutes, eight other ladies holding ont for pc
riods varying from IL minutes to two hours.
After four hours work the Professor drank a
cup of beef tea, and an occasional draught of
the same with sip of coffee now and then,
was all the refreshment he had from noon to
midnight. About o'clock in the evening the
dancing machine threw off its coat havingup
to this time gyrated in irreproachable evening
dress, and coolly and easily waltzed out his
programme, stopping at midnight without ap-
parently being ms much wearied MS his nine
partners, who retired in demonlized condi-
ton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

ALL THE SoUTH Asks. The Raleigh n. O.
Observer thus closes an article in its issue of
the 9TH inst There is no danger, then. if
the South shall get control of the Federal
Government that it will ever use its power to
destroy that Government. Nor is there any
danger that we will abuse that power in any
way. All We ask is that the benign influence
of the Federal Government may extend equal
ly to all peoples and all States that exist I'M
der the protecting folds of its flag We ask
only that the Federal Government shall do
for the South what the Federal Government
has done for the North. Before that can be
done, however, the present generation will
have passed away. We beg to assure all of
our Northern friends who may be disposed to
listen to Mr.. Blaine, therefore, that nothing
is so far from the purpose of the people of
the South as to use any political power they
may acquire for the destruction of the FEEDER
al Government. We have found the goose
that lays golden eggs, and We propose to make
her attend strictly to business, and the man
that lays his hand ON her, save in the way of
affection, we propose to shoot on the spot. "
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18

ARAB MAINS. Let your colt be do
mesticated and live with you from his tender
est age, and when a horse he will be simple.
docile, faithful, and Injured to hardship and
fatigue.
.. Do not beat your horses, nor speak to
them in loud tone of voice do not get an
cry with them, but kindly reprove their faults !;
they will do better thereafter, for they under
stand the language of man and its meaning.
3. If you have long days journey, spare
your horse Mt the start let him frequently
walk to recover his wind Continue this un-
til he has sweated and dried three times, and
you may ask of him whatever you please, he
will not leave you in difficulty
I. Observe your horse when he is drinking
at brook. If in bringing down his head he
remains square, without bending his limbs,
he possesses sterling qualities, and all parts of
his body are built symmetriealy
, :. Four things he must have broad-front.
chest, loins and limbs four things long
neck, chest, forearm and Group; four things
shOrt-pasterns back, ears and tail i Tribune
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18
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