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MRS. A. J. DUSIWAT Editor and Proprietor.
MRS G. A. Associate Editor.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-01

Rally. Friends. to the support OF fHumAn
RiEhts and The Peoples Paper.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27
REV. JOSEPH COOK.

Rev. Joseph Cook was about sixteen
years old when he delivered his first
lecture. From earliest boyhood he had
passion of delivering addresses. He
was born near Ticonderoga, his parents
being plain country people. His full
name is Flavius Josephus, and until he
grew uphe was known as Flave." On
becoming man he dropped the ella
vius," nobody knew exactly why. When
he was quite a lad he wrote history of
Ticonderoga, which was published in the
village newspaper. His discourses are
now more extensively published than
those of any other preacher in this coun-
try. When he was lecturing on mar
riage in Boston the other night, he quoted
from newly published work defending
polygamy, and closing it, he threw it
upon a chair next that occupied by
Bronson Alcott. Mr.. Alcott thrust the
book upon the floor with slam, and
Mr.. Cook added to the sensational cpl
sode by placing his foot upon the volume
and declaring it fit only to be thus de-
graded.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27
THURMAN'S FUNDING BILL.

The Thurman Pacific Railroad Fund
ing Bill, passed by the Senate, makes the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific Rail
road Companies pay into the United
States Treasury, in addition to the whole
of the Governments earnings, not to ex-
coed for the former company, $150,0OO,
and for the latter $780, 900 per year.
The Government has heretofore retained
all the Government earnings, although
one half of them has been due to the
companies. The objection made to the
bill was not as to the amount to be paid
into the Sinking Fund, but to the other
sections of the bill, including declara-
ton of the right to amend, alter or
repeal the bill should it become law.
Senator Thurman, in his remarks, ex-
planned these sections in a manner
which deprived them to some extent of
their Objectionable features. The amount
due the companies heretofore from the
Government for transportation and
other services, which has heretofore
been held in the United States Treasury,
without benefit or interest to the COM
panies, will Immediately, on the bill be-
coming law, bear compound interest as
part of the Sinking Fund, and be
placed to the credit of the two compa-
MES.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27
Positive Facts.

Among the English aristocracy Earl
Granville ranks as the best linguist; he
is master of twenty languages. In APP
pearance he looks like an oiled and
curled Assyrian bull. The parting of
his hair has never been known to change
one hairs breadth.
Sir Alexander Cockburn, Bart, was
offered a peerage, but declined it. He
is bon vivant, and eats asparagus all
the year round. No dinner party is
ever organized in London without ask
ing him to grace the board. He quaffs
port.
The Dukeof Buckingham and Chandos
is scraping up all he can to pay off his
inherited debts. Queen Victoria, ad-
miring his integrity, gave him the Gov
ernorship of Madras. His Grace has
brought up his daughters in the sensible
way, and dinner cooked by their lady
ships is worthy of Francatelli.
The Marquis of Salisbury comes from
old stock; he is a tall, thick-set man,
and grows full black beard; he prefers
riding in cab to his own elegant
brougham; if anxious to see whether
you have any defects in your personal
appearance, walk behind his lordship
and his coat will serve you as a looking
glass. His tailor's bills were never large.
The Duke of Portland even in London
is not much heard of. On subscription
lists he puts down the figure /, and,
after it, not two naughts but three. This
is an invariable rule. When there has
been great distress in England he has
employed 1000 laborers at time to dig
pit, and ordered them to fill it up
again. He is martyr to a host of
bodily ailments.
DIR. Kenealy is thick-set son of Erin.
He once upon time held the position
of Queens Counsel, but when he ap-
piled offensive epithets to those in au-
thority, and refused to retract them, he
was disbarred. 1t would have been
better for him if the Tichborne Claim
ant had never been born. He is now
editor of the Civilian, from whence he has
derived golden harvest. He is in Par
lament.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27
Something About the Only Survivor Of
the Battle of Lake Erie.
cleveland Herald

Shelby, Richland County, has the
honor of being the home of man who,
as the records of the Pension Office
show, is the only man living who was
with Commodore Perry when The famous
battle of Lake Erie was fought. At
this quiet little village the old hero,
whose name is John Rice, now nearly
eighty-seven years of age, is spending
in peace and prosperity the evening OF
an eventful life. A Herald correspond
ent furnishes the following sketch of
the old soldiers life, gathered from Mr..
Rice's own lips:
John Rice was born August %, 1871,
in a small town in the interior of Penn
sylvana, where he received the usual
education of the farmer boy of that
period. At time when the Western
army was smarting under the shame
and disgrace of HulPs surrender at De-
troit, he enlisted at Lewistown, Penn,
in Captain Rogerss company OF volun--
teers, and shortly after took up line of
march for Erie, where they arrived
April %, 1918. Commodore Perry was
there at the time with the Lawrence
and Niagara, getting ready to beard the
British lion, and Mr.. Rice accepted an
offer of twenty-five dollars for a three
months cruise. After the time had ex-
PRED, he was transferred with several of
his companions to the schooner Scor-
pion; Captain Christ Champlin, of Car
isle, Penn. 1t was in this ship that
he participated in the engagement. In
several important instances his story
materially differs from accepted au-
thority on the subject. When Perry
left the Inflated Lawrence in his little
boat, he was rowed by only two men,
Jacob Tool and Alex. Netian, who were
the only persons in the boat besides
himself, the Scorpion escorting them to
the Niagara. Mr.. Rice was an eye
witness to the scene of the shot that
crushed through Perry's boat, and saw
him ierk off his coat and stuff it into the
hole to keep it from sinking. In that
terrible line-piercing charge, which oc-
Cured shortly after, on the front of the
enemy's ships, that gained the day, the
Scorpion did noble work with her deck.
sweeping broadsides, and Mr.. Rice stood
up manfully with the rest of the heroic
crew. Soon after the battle he was
again transferred to the land force, and
was in the battle of the Thames. He
AYERS that he saw Tecumseh shot by
Colonel johnson in the thickest of the
fight. Colonel Johnsons horse having
been shot under him. Tecumseh rushed
toward him with uplifted tomahawk,
but was Immediately stricken down by
| bullet from Johnson's pistol.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27
Opium Smokers Punished In China.
| North CarolIna Horald

The Viceroy of Marking publishes n
memorial recommending for degradation
batch of five officials whom he accuses
of habitually smoking opium. He goes,
in this, beyond the proposal of Kwoh,
who was willing to allow three years for
reform; but the proceeding is all the
more indicative of earnestness, and
tallies in this respect with the measures
taken on his first assumption of office, to
suppress smoking by making resort to
the opium shops more difficult and dis
graceful. This idea of checking the
practice with the higher orders by max
ing it discreditable, and SO affording a
better example to the people, seems to be
the leading idea with both statesmen,
though Sbem-Pao-che is going into
rather more active measures OF re-
preston than Kweh seemed to contem-
plate. And there is no doubt that
opium-smoking is theoretically con-
sidered disreputable, although the prac-
tce is SO common that there seems to be
a tacit understanding to overlook it.
Perhaps it was conviction OF this fact
which induced the Viceroy to advocate
more stringent measures. The occasional
disgrace Of an afficiai for indulging in
the drug has not, we believe, been I'M
usual, even before; Shen only hands up
a more than usual large batch of vic
tins, and in The case of Liu Hen, Ia
otai of Hwai-ngan and Yangehow, he
strikes an official holding more impor-
tant, though perhaps less lucrative, post
than the Taotai of Shanghai. There is,
however, a curious appendix to the in
cident, which involves difficulty the
4 nti-Opium Association may find inter
est in solving 1t appears from later
number of the Gazette that almost SIM
ultaneously with his impeachment by
the Governor General of Marking, Liu
has been extolled for his ability and ac-
tivity in the public service by the Di'
rector-General of Grain TraI sport, with
whom his post at Hwai-ngan, at the
junction of the canal and Yellow River,
brings him into constant official contact,
and who has solicited promotion on his
behalf. There arises, then. this dilep-
ma: Either Liu Hen has been grossly
maligned by the Viceroy, or opium
smoking can not possibly be SO detri-
mental to the mental and bodily facul-
ties az its nrofessed enemies declare.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27
Poor, But Not Proud.
breakfast Tablet

"l'm as poor as free-lunch turtle soup,
but don't glory in it," said weak
eyed waif of trouble with breath like
the odor of an old stocking, as he sat
down on bench among the pariahs in
Washington Park the other morning.
"Merciful Mosesr' exclaimed a
sparse-haired mendicant, whose back
hadn't carried new coat for twenty
years, show me the man as does, an he
kin take my share, cheap"
"Trouble has follered me like a shad-
der from the cradle, an there never was
n time when was any more free from
misfortune than | am of graybacks at
this minute, but don't go round with a
tin horn an banner tellin' the world
Pm poor, do IL"
The crowd edged up around him and
listened with open mouths.
" say don't flaunt my poverty he
continued Pm not proud of it, nor
pulled up over it, like some folks is, an
don't crow over them as is better Off
nor make brags that have more trials
an less to eat than any other Twin
soul"
"No more do l." put in man with a
face that had long been stranger to
water. 81 grins an bears it."
''Job's turkey was fat bird to the
side of me, but what's the good of my
putin on airs? Ii won't make feathers
grow on station-house plank, will itY
An kin boastin about my misery put
another bean in the soup or give my
stomach any more to do9 Nary time, it
can't. Conceit never put full spoon
to anybody's mouth. Land knows Pve
got plenty of rope If | wanted to brag,
but that amt my natur."
"Lots more of us can be hit with the
some POLE" chmed in thin man with
tight belt.
eyes, maybe; but if you'll hold your
breath you'll say less" resumed the first
speaker. "There was Lazarus, now;
look at him. He was poor enough to be
respectable, by long odds. But | dis
count him, boys, do, heavy. He had
sores that was inticin' to hull pack of
dogs, but you couldn't find a scab on
me big enough for pup to smell of be-
fore its eyes was open; an then agin,
you can't prove he didn't own the
hounds himself Do look able to kick
my own dog? We'll, should say not
Poverty, boys, is my best holt. It's the
only thing in this world l ever had
plenty Of but, as said before, don't
faunt it around and glory in it, nor
don't yarn for any more of it. Poor!
You couldn't find fat enough about me
to grease watch |"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27
A Mad Hungarian HOrseman.

Count Nagy-Sandor married an elder
sister of Prince Richard Metternich,
and by her was the father OF the i'll
favored but fascinating lady whom
Prince Richard married, and who SO
long led the fashion at the Court of Ma
poleon III. Mayfair thus sketches some
passages in his curious career:
Not the least remarkable incident in
the life of Count Maurice Sander was
his connection with Prince Metternch.
The Prince was as punctilious, reserved
and measured in words and politics as
the Count was brusque, reckless and
harum scarum. When he applied to the
Prince for the hand of his daughter the
Prince said he did not care about having
his daughters neck broken; but on
Sandon promising to abandon his feats
of centaurship he at last gave his con-
sent. The very same evening Sander
rode his horse "Tartar" up two flights
of stairs into drawing room and coolly
told the Prince, when he demonstrated
with him for breaking his promise,
that "on the contrary, he was keeping
his promise and accustoming his morse
to polite society" He was incorrigible.
He jumped anything and everything.
At cross-road he once went over
peasants wagon. He crossed the Dan
ube on the foes when the ice was break
ing up, galloped up and down the Prater
backwards in his saddle and rivaled all
the feats performed in the great circuses.
In 1848 he was treated to a charivari by
the enraged populace, on account of his
connection with Prince Metternich;
hnf OH halp xytt
dog whistle and two servants, each with
sack full of cats, he quite outwhistled
and outmiaowed his antagonists. Then,
going down stairs among them, he seized
a stone, and throwing it at one of his
windows, invited the crowd to smash
the rest. Taken aback at this courtesy,
they refused Thereupon Sander cried
Well, then, let us 60 to my father-in-
laws house and smash his" This pro-
posal was carried by acclamation, and
the Princes windows were duly smashed
But by this time Sander had got the
crowd so under his control that no
further damage was done, and what
might have turned out serious riot was
changed into cornwall meeting.
One day remarkable transformation
took place. He became as nervous and
timid AS he had been reckless and dar-
ing. He never mounted horse again,
refused to take the reins when he went
out driving, and always warned his
daughter to be cautious. This change,
| was told by one of his most intimate
friends, was due to dream. The dream
was to the effect that the devil suddenly
appeared with number of mirrors,
which he held one by one before the
Count, and in which Sander saw the
danger he had run in each of his ex
PLOTS. Mirror after mirror was held
before him until the sweat poured from
his brow, and the last glass was reached
But instead of showing him this one,
the devil put it back with leer and
said: "This is the last one; this has
yet to come" AT this moment the
Count awoke, and vowed he would never
mount a horse again. And he did not
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27
How to Find Out the Length Of a
Visit.

Peekskill Village, N. Y, possesses
band of young men who are given to
playing practical jokes on each other.
They had been quizzing Jarvis Cary
about the length of his frequent calls
on the daughter of lawyer Howe, and
they wished to know when he quit the
house. On Friday night, while Cary
was making his semi-weekly visit to
Miss Howe, they fastened an old Rem
ington rifle, heavily charged, to the
front fence of lawyer Howe's premises
in such a way that the opening of the
gate would pull the trigger. The muz-
zle of the gun was pointed away from
the gate, so that the opener could not
be harmed. Mr.. Howe, however, re-
turned home after the gun had been
set. Cary and Miss Howe were in the
parlor, and the conspirators were wait
ing to hear the report that was to tell
the hour of his retiring. AS Mr.. Howe
opened the gate to enter his dwelling,
bang! went the gun with roar that in
the clear night air sounded like the dis
charge of cannon, soaring Mr.. Howe
not a little, and causing the woman in
the .parlor to shrek. The slug with
which the gun was loaded tore off one
of the palings OF the fence and cut
groove along the side of an adjoining
post. Mr.. Howe at first thought al
attempt had been made to assassinatt
him.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27

A YOUNG Canadian eight-year-old
takes the palm for cruelty. She is the
child of Mr.. Charles Frost, of Berlin,
Ont, and being left with the care of a
sister of five, became angered because it
interfered with her frolics with her COM
panions. She determined to rid herself
of the incumbrance, and began to abuse
the child in the most fiendish manner.
First she filled its mouth with snow, next
dipped it into quantity of water until
it was nearly drowned. Then it was
placed in the oven of the stove and
burned and bruised, and next thrust
under the stove. All these devices
failing, she went for saw to saw its
head of, but relented, and hit upon the
plan of placing it in bag and dragging
it about the room. She was engaged in
this pleasant amusement when the
horror stricken mother returned. Of
course the injuries proved fatal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27
Russian conquests in Asia bring littl'
except expense.

A CURIOUS case of hydrophobia has
occurred at Chelmsford, in England. A
man named Thomas Hicks, while in the
act of eating his dinner, was seized with
strong commissions, followed by apparent
lockjaw. He was removed to the
infrmary, where he developed pro-
nounced symptoms of hydrophobia,
barking at those who approached him,
and requiring two men to watch over
him day and night. 1t was known that
he had been bitten by dog about six
weeks ago. All hopes of his recovery
was abandoned; but, despite the acute
suffering be has undergone, he is now be-
lieved to be making rapid progress to-
ward good health. The case has excited
the greatest interest among the members
of the medical profession, and many
London doctors have visited and ex-
amined the patient.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27

WASHINGTON and Jefferson College,
Pennsylvania, has graduated since its
beginning $3.50 students, of whom six
have been Governors, five United States
Senators, forty-seven members of Con-
gress, 1858 ministers, seven hundred
and eighty-six lawyers, three hundred
and eighty-two physicians, one hundred
and four college Presidents and profess
sors, and sixty foreign missionaries.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27

Mr.. SAX, Austrian Consul at Adri-
anople, has lately issued some very care
full statistics regarding the population of
Turkey, as to which there have hitherto
been no trustworthy data. He gives the
population of Constantinople as 600, 900
of which from fifty to sixty per cent. are
Turks. Adrianople, $4,000; Philippe
polls about $4,000; Eski Sagra about
$4,000; Slevno, $4,000; Sofia about 49,
600; Rodosto about 1900. All these
towns have large number of non-Turk-
ish residents.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27

THAT singular body called the Ken
lucky Legislature has passed an act,
making it unlawful for any number of
persons to play, or assemble for the pur-
pose of playing or witnessing any game
of baseball on any field, farm, common,
square, street or other place in Kenton
County on Sunday" 1t, however,
exempts persons protesting the Jewish
faith, who observe different Sabbath
from the first day of the week" Is this
an act intended to proselyte in favor of
Judaism?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27

THE New York Commercial says that
Henry Ward Beecher is finishing a
forty-roomed house on his place at Peek
skill, rich in Eastlake adornments, carved
woods, gold, silver, crimson and velvet
which looks as though that distinguished
divine intends to retire from the &C
tivities of life to pass his declining years
in the Sybaritic luxury of a mansion
capable of entertaining all his friends in
turn, and which will certainly be one of
the finest show-places on the Hudson.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-27

HENRY II. ERB, of Lancaster, Pa, re-
Gently closed up his store and his house
and withdrew with his family from all
intercourse with the world. The neigh
bors became suspicious that something
was wrong, as Erb's children could be
heard crying bitterly, and Erb himself
was not known to buy any food. Two
officers effected an entrance into the
premises by crawling through back
window. The house was found to be in
a most wretched condition. All the
furniture had been sold, there was no
fire, and the three girls and two boys
were crying with hunger and shivering
in rags, while the mother crouched in a
corner. Erb explained that spirit had
appeared to him and directed him and
his family to fast for five days, at the
end of which period most wonderful
event would occur in his house, at which
the whole world would be present. He
ordered his children not to accept the
food offered them, and the mother, who
seemed to be entirely under the influence
of her husband, also refused to eat any
thing. The children were clothed and
made to take nourishment, and the wo-
man was at length reused from her
apathy by some very vigorous talk.