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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01
The 6arden and Cabin-building Bird
of Australia.


Ipr. Thomas NJ. Brewer. in scribncr for Mayl
This bird selects for its hut and
garden spot ON level with the plain,
having in its center small shrub, with
a trunk about the height and size of a
small walking.stick. Around the base
OF this central support it constructs, of
Inherent MOSES, a sort of cone, about a
span in diameter. This cone of moss
serves to strengthen the central plaster,
upon the top of which the whole editico
is sustained, The height of the cabin
is at least half meter All around
from the top of the central pilaster and
diverging outward therefrom, arranged
methodically in an inclined position,
are long stems, their upper ends sup
ported on the apex of the plaster, and
their lower resting on the ground, and
thus all around, excepting Immediately
in front In this way is made the
cabin, conieal in form aud quite regular
in the shape the whole presents when
the work is completed. Many other
stems are then added and interviewer in
various ways, so as TO make u roof at
once strong and impervious to the
weather. Between the central plaster
and the insertion in the ground there is
left circular gallery in the shape of a
horseshoe. The whole structure has
total diameter of about a meter.
The long, straw-like stems of which it
makes use as rafters, are the slender and
upright branches of species Of orchid
{ Deadrobrium), an epipbytal plant that
grows in large tufts on the messy
branches of trees. They are as slender
rs fine straws, and are about half
meter in length. These stems re ain
their small and closely packed leaves,
which are still living, and continue to
maintain their life a long while, as is
the case with the greater part of the
epiphytal orchids OF the tropics; and
there is little doubt that these sagacious
birds select this plant, ON account off,
this vitality, purposely, to prevent the
decay of their dwelling.
But the aesthetic tastes of our gar
deners are not restricted to the con-
struction of a cabin. Their fondness
for flowers and for gardens is still more
remarkable. Directly in front of the
entrance to their cabin is level place
occupying superficies about rs large as
that of the structure itself 1t is
miniature meadow of soft moss, trans
ported thither, kept smooth and clean,
and free from grass, weeds, stones, and
other objects not in harmony with its
design. Upon this graceful green carpet
are scattered flowers and fruit of bril-
liant colors, in such manner that they
really present the appearance of an ele-
giant little garden. The greater number
of these ornaments appear to be ac-
cumulated near the entrance to the
cabin, The variety of the objects thus
collected is very great, and they are
alwaysof brilliant colors.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01
A New Horseshoe.

The English agricultural and other
press are in raptures over the Yates
horseshoe constructed of COW hide. 1t is
composed of three thicknesses of COW
hide, compressed into steel mold, and
then subjected to chemical prepare
ton. 1t is claimed for it that it lasts
longer and weighs only one-fourth as
much as the common iron shoe; that it
will never cause the hoof to split, nor
have the least injurious influence on the
foot. 1t requires no calks; even on
asphalt the horse never slips. The shoe
is so elastic that the horse step is lighter
and surer. 1t adheres so closely to the
foot that neither dust nor water can
penetrate between the shoe and hoof.
If all that is claimed for it be true, the
new hide shoe will prove great i'm
provement upon the old. The idea,
however is by no means new one. At
the time of the Roman and Carthagenian
it was frequent practice among cavalry
officers to bind the feet of their horses
with raw COW hide to prevent them from
injury during an engagement. The in
ventor of the new shoe, Mr.. Yates of Man
chester, England, is nevertheless entitled
to every consideration for utilizing, il
practical form, raw hide as a substitute
for heavy iron shoes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01
Force of Habit.

In most of our colleges it is
the custom for one member of the
family = usually the president to
have the supervision Of all absent
and dilatory students, and to him every
such one is to go to explain the cause of
his absence or hardness No more kind
and indulgent guardian of the college
discipline could have been found than
DIR. a. Every student knew we'll
his old and stereotyped way of saying,
Well, well, Pll excuse you this time I;
but don't let it happen again"
Although not in accordance with the
usual rule, Mr.. H, a married man,
had been admitted to pursue the studies
of the regular course. One day he was
absent; on the next, appearing with his
class in the doctors room, he explained,
with great embarrassment, that the ar
rival of an heir had been the cause of
his detention. Without looking up from
the papers on the table, and apparently
without thought as to the nature of
the excuse, SO long as there was one, the
doctor graciously remarked: DWELL,
we'll, I'll excuse you this time but don't
let it happen again" The announce
ment was greeted by the class with the
most tumultuous applause.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

SENATOR MORGAN has submitted con-
current resolutions concerning the re-
lations of this country with Mexico, in
which it is proposed that the present
boundaries between Mexico and the
United States shall be guaranteed as
permanent and inviolable, and that
both governments shall engage that the
territory of each shall be protected
against conquest by any European
power. The resolutions also propose
mutual agreements for the protection of
citizens on the borders against outlaws
and favor a treaty for the encourage
ment of such citizens of either country
as shall, with the consent of the govern
ment of Mexico, build railroad from
the City of Mexico TO connect at the
boundary with the lines of railroad in
Texas or elsewhere in the United States.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

IT has always been a subject of re-
mark the few persons killed in battle,
when the air is full of flying metal. 1t
has been estimated, and with truth we
believe, that it requires man's..weight in
lead to kill him, or in other words one hun
dred and fifty pounds OF bullets are fred
to every man killed. This has been a
mystery, but it is near solution. The
waste of material is due, without doubt,
to the fact that the holders of the guns
know they are loaded. When a man
points an unloaded gun at another, and
itgoes off, the execution is instantaneous
and complete. The act does not have to
be repeated. No one can gainsay
this; and such being the fact we recon-
mend that the guns of the soldiers in
the next war be loaded unknown to the
soldiers themselves, and turned over to
them as empty guns. Or, better yet. as
saving trouble and misunderstanding,
We suggest that ordnance makers turn
their wits to inventing and perfectine
an unioaded gun.-Danbury Nescs.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01
FROM ROME TO ERUSALEM

A queer article in the XI-Ye. Steele of
Paris pretends that there is consider
able number of Catholics, especially of
the English, in favor of having the Holy
See transferred from Rome to Jerusalem.
If there is any such body of Catholics
in England or elsewhere, the world at
large has heard little of them hereto
fore, and the public in general will
question the verify of the assertion of
the Paris journalist until it learns some
thing on the subject from some other
source. But, the article presents some
speculations on the subject which are at
least interesting, although nothing may
ever come of them.
The plan indicated is that the Pope,
who now has no temporal authority and
who regards himself as prisoner in the
Vatican, should, in the coming settle
ment of the Eastern question by the
European powers, have portion of the
Holy Land set apart as his principality,
with Jerusalem as his capital, and with
his independence as sovereign prince
fully guaranteed. He would be thus
restored to all his temporal dignities,
would be the head of the Church on the
scene of the great events of the life of
the Savior, and would be far removed
from the distractions and perils OF
European politics, while yet near enough
to the Christian nations, through the
agency of steam and the telegraph, to
be 10 easy communication with them.
The Church would cease to be the Roman
Church, it would gradually become dis
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

Italisnized, and would in the end be-
come more generally regarded as the
Catholic Church, with larger represen-
tation in the College of Cardinals of the
clergy of other nations. As to the idea
of restoring the Greek Christians, who
are now regarded as schismatics, to the
flock of which the Pope is the chief
pastor, that does not seem to be thing
possible to be accomplished except after
long ages of Cancellation, peace and
good government, and judging by the
history of past centuries in Europe,
such long period of harmony and
tranquility can scarcely be looked for.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01
A Sneechless Race Of Men.

DIR. Fields book on Java says: This
part of the world would delight Mr..
Darwin by the strange races it contains,
some of which approach the animal
tribes. In the Island of RHO the Resi-
dent assured me there were wild men
who live in trees, and had no language
but cries; and in summer the Resident
of Palembang said there were men who
lived in the forests with whom not only
the Europeans but even the Malays
could have no intercourse. He himself
had never seen one; yet, strange to say,
they have a petty traffic with the outer
world, yet not through the medium of
sp ech. They live in the woods, and
live by the chase. They hunt tigers,
not with the gun, but with weapon
called sampitian, which is long tube,
from which they blow arrows with such
force, and that are SO keen of point, and
touched with such deadly poison, that
the wound is almost Immediately fatal.
These tiger skins or elephant tusks they
bring for barter-not for sale-they
never sell anything, for money is about
the most useless thing they could have
they can not eat it, or drink it, or wear
it. Bnt as they have wants, they ex-
change, yet they themselves are never
seen. They bring what they have to
the edge Of the forest, and leave it there,
and the Malays come and place what
they haveto dispose of, and retire. II
the off, satisfactory, when the Malays
return they find what they brough,
gone, and take what is left and depart
If not, they add few trifes more t.
tempt the eyes of these wild men of thu
woods, and so at the last exchange is eff
fectcd, yet all the while the sellers keel
themselvesinvisible. The mode of barte
argues honesty on both sides.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

THE Americans who have married
into royal families abroad are by no
means SO rare as many people imagine
One Of our Boston Perkinses married a
Bourbon, and his children are god
children of the Queen of SPANS mother
and cousins of the King of Spain and of
the Orleans family. Miss Polk recently
became niece of the Count de Cham
bold and Duchess of Parma and Modena
and cousin to the Emperor of Austria
and of the Orleans family. The Prin-
cess Murat and the Duchess de Muuchy
have American mothers; three princes
of the Bonaparte family (Achille and
Joachim, Murat and Prince Jerome
Bonaparte) married American girls.
Daniel Webster's and Samuel Apple
toms granddaughter is the wife of
Jerome Bonaparte's grandson. Miss
Torres, of New York, married Guelph,
cousin of Queen Victoria and the heiress
apparent of the German Empire. What
an invasion of the Almanack de Gotha |!
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

IT has been frequently said of the
Turk, as an individual, that he is a
very estimable person as long as he does
not come under European influence.
Midhat Pasha confirms this view. He
was talking the other day to an English
statesman about the national character
of the Turk. "You are mistaken" he
said, "in assuming the Osmanli to be
efete, degenerate, corrupt, and SO forth.
On the contrary, he is, as rule, brave,
sober, frugal, and upright In fact, he
is capital fellow until he knows how to
speak French"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

NSEngland the class among whom
the rate of mortality is highest are the
innkeepers. For this there can be but
one cause-drink. The class highest in
the scale of vitality are the barristers,
who are not, as class, distinguished for
habits of total abstinence. The death
rate is higher among clergymen than
among lawyers. 1t isa curious fact, too,
that mortality is greater among solicitors,
who, lead, much less stirring and bust
ling life, than among barristers.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01
Ingenious Men.

A man who "can turn his hand to
anything" is husband to be praised.
His house is always under process of
improvement. He is continually seek
ing articles upon which he can use lit
tie glue or varnish, and devising plans
for filling up the corner of the dining
room with few triangular shelves, and
for putting wooden mantel-piece in the
hall bedroom. The sound of his saw
and hammer are often heard, and he
goes to bed at late hours, with more
paint adhering to his fingers than his
wife regards as strictly necessary. He
is never idle, but is possessed with a
mania for improvement. Yet such is
the perversity of the female sex that a
husband with this fondness for doing lit
tie useful things is held among wives to
be even more undesi able than the kind
of a husband who is perfectly useless.
He is charged not only with a iendish
fondness for late hammering, but is con-
stantly upbraided because he makes SO
many chips" In vain does he explain
that plauing board necessarily results
in chips, and that sawdust is the
inevitable consequence of using saw
The grumbling is undated This,
however, does not discourage an active
husband, who cannot possibly find any
enjoyment in sitting at home and doing
nothing at all: to him the little domes-
tic jobs are relaxation, especially when
the nature of his daily routine business
is of another kind, and we earnestly inn
plore wives who happen to have such
husbands to be indulgent toward them,
as they are really of more value to
them and their children than those who,
when at home, do nothing but fill their
rooms with tobacco smoke. Ask the
wives of useless husbands, who cannot
put up curtain or stove, who do not
know how to drive nail properly, what
they think about the matter.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

ANEW Irish organization against Eng
land is the United Sons of Liberty,
which has spread throughout New Eng
land. The Head Center is William Con-
ner of Lawrence, Mass, an exile of '48.
He says that the members intend to
arm themselves and be ready to make an
onslaught on England at the first favor
able opportunity. He is soliciting con-
tributions from mill hands with con-
siderable success.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

Mr.. HENRY w. SHAW Josh Bill
lings) is reported to have made more
money than almost any other American
author by persistent working of his
peculiar vein of humor. Some years he
has got 81, 900 from weekly newspaper
for his exclusive contributions; has
made $4,000 Sc, 900 by lecturing, and
has made profit from his Almanac of
$4,000 or $4,000 more-$1S,00 or $780,
600 per annum. That is five or six
times as much as Emerson, Hawthorne,
Lowell or Holmes has ever made.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

The British Medical Journal, in speak
ing of the effect of the habit of smoking
upon the general health of boys under
sixteen years Of age, says: a cele-
brated physician took for his purpose
thirty-eight boys, aged from nine to
fifteen, and carefully examined them.
In twenty-seven of them he discovered
injurious traces of the habit. In twenty
two there were various disorders of the
circulation and of digestion, palpitation
of the heart, and more or less marked
taste for strong drink. In twelve there
was frequent bleeding of the nose, ten
had disturbed sleep, and twelve had
slight alterations of the mucous mem
brane of the mouth, which disappeared
on ceasing from the use of bacco for
some days. The doctor treated them all
for weakness, but with little effect until
the smoking was discontinued, when
health an strength were soon restored"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

The buz-saw is still on duty, and per-
forms its work with no lack of vigor
John Lent, of Toledo, is the latest vic
tim. Before a crowd of spectators he
exhibited the faculty with which the
noted instrument could perform its
labors by cutting a stout cord in two.
He wrapped the cord tightly around a
finger of each hand, to hold it securely,
and applied it to the buzzer The cord
was separated beautifully, and one of
Mr.. Lent's hands went with it. Mr.. l..
will hereafter let the buz-saw do its
legitimate work, if he knows himself.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

A SINGULAR instance of the ingenuity
of birds was noticed at Detroit the other
day, where two robins were seen to be
toiling away at small toy basket which
had been left in the doorway. Evil
IDENTIFY thinking it would make palatial
nest, the birds were pulling and drag
ging it along over the grass, but were
unable to get hold of it in such way as
to fly off with it. They accordingly left
it, but soon returned with string about
eight feet long, which they drew through
the basket, and, each taking one end in
its bill, flew briskly away with the
basket hanging on the swing between
them.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

A SCIENTIST of the East, for col
lection of numerous cases and data, has
arrived at the scientific conclusion that
the good health of American women is
in inverse ratio to the number of SER
wants employed in any case. That is to
say, a lady having one servant is partly
invalid; having two, she becomes a
valetudinarian; having three, she is
confined to her room; having four, she
gets up to have her bed made; having
five, she dies of servants, and is COM
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

A FARMERS daughter living near
Cleveland answered a personal in a
newspaper, entered into correspondence
with the unknown" finally met him,
was married, went to the city to live,
and returned to her fathers house in
two months, dressed like beggar and
looking twenty years older than when
she went away Her husband was a
gambler and loafer This is "per-
sonaln romance in nutshell
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

THE Scientific american illustrates and
describes a novel sailing railway car.
The vehicle is said to average thirty
miles an hour, and with strong breeze
to travel forty miles an hour. The car
proper very much resembles an ordinary
hand-car, or truck. The sail is three
cornered one, and can be put to the wind
or drawn in like an ordinary boat sail
The car, like the ice boat, travels faster
than the wind which propels it. The
ice-boat goes faster with the sail close
hauled, and the sheet kept fiat off, while
the car travels best with the wind di-
rectly on the beam or side. The inven-
tor, Mr.. G. j. Bascom, of the Kansas
Pacific Railway, says it has been in act
i've operation on that road for the past
three years, serving to convey repairing
parties to pumps, telegraph lines, etc.
1t is cheaply constructed, and easier
maintained than a hand-car.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

WE have the assurance of the wise
man that call things are mutable, and
must surely pass away" but it seems
almost too much to hope that the wheel
barrow form of unhealthy will not prove
an exception to the rule and hang
on until long after every ether species Of
idiocy has cleared out. This time it is
an Eastern youth, with shallow brain
pan, who has undertaken to trundl0 =
barrow. from Camden, N. j., to San
Francisco.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

A WITNESS in Charleston Court re-
fused to sign deposition taken down in
short hand, on the ground that he could
not be compelled to put his signature to
any document not in ordinary writing
The presiding Judge sent him to Jail for
contempt, and the case is to go to the
Supreme Court.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

BOB "INGEksoLL, having no belief in
future punishment, is determined that
the unrighteous shall have their reward
in this world. He has brought suit for
damages against Detroit printer for
publishing his lectures.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

The layers Of wood in what are known
as the annual deposits are often thicker
on one side of the tree than on others,
and very often when it is thin or thick
in one part of the trunk in any one year
it will continue in the same proportion
for many succeeding years. These
phenomena are frequently discerned.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

A NEW religious sect in Russia stands
on a platform not likely to be much
overcrowded. 1t obliges the husband TO
confess his sins every week before he is
entitled TO clean shirt. A good many
of the male members will probably not
change. their linen oftener than once a
month.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01

mitted to an early grave by an over-in-
dulgent husband Thus it will be seen
that 1t is kindness amounting to cru
city for husband to employ servants
at all. He should rigidly insist on his
wife doing her own work, and in in
stances in which her time is not fully
occupied by that, she might be put out
to service for wages.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-01
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

IT costs the people of Great Britain
and Ireland s13, sou, 900 per year to sup
port and maintain its royal family.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-12-28
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

I. That fish may he scaled much easier
by dipping into boiling water about a
minu:e.
,. Sal, fish are quickest aud best fresh
e1ed by soaking IN soar milk.
). That milk which is turned or changed
may De swee,cned, and rendered fl, for use
again by stirring in a little soda.
(. That salt will ourile new milk: hence,
in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc, ,
the salt should not be added until the dish
is prepared.
). That fresh meat, after beginning t.
sour, will sweeien il placed ont Of doors ii;
the cool air over night
6. That clear boiling water will remove
tea stains aud many ffu:t stains. Pour the
water through the s.aiu, and thus prevent
its spreading over the fabric.
:. That .ipe tomatoes will remove ink
and other stains from white cloth; also,
from tie hands.
:. That teaSpoonfui -! turpentins boil
ed with your white clothes will aid the
whitening process.
9 That boiled sta.c;l is much improve
by he addition Of little sperm, or a little
sal; or both, OF little cumarabic dissolved
10. That beeswax and salt will make
youg rusty tai-irODs as clean and smooth rs
glass. Tie (; lump Of wax in = rag and
Keep it fcr ti,ls purpose When the irons
are hot, rub them first with the wax rag.
then sc"ur with Il paper OF cloth sprink led
with suet.
II. That blue o,ntmeu, aud kerosene.
mixed IN equal proportions and applied to
be.iS;eads, IL an uUfaiiiug bedbug remedy.
-. That kerosene viii soften boots or
shoes which have been hardened by water
an rcna .r ,aem a. pliable As new
-. That Kerosene will make tin tea
kettles - bright As ne,s. oaturate a wool.
en- rag ana rub with It Il will also .c
move stains from clean vanished fuini
tue.
II. That cool rain water and soda wi.
remove machine grease from washable
fabrics.