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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

The animal remains found in the
Rocky Mountains show the gigantic size
of the monsters of prehistoric ages.
The backbone of one animal is three ard
half feet wide, and implies neck
fully five in width. The diplodveus was
fifty feet long. Dinosaurians were ex-
humed twenty-five feet long. The
atlantosaurians, lizard-footed animal,
must have been forty feet long when
alive. Another animal, embedded in a
hard matrix of rock which was removed
with difficulty after much blasting, was
thirty feet long. Such were some of the
monsters that once enjoyed themselves
around the Rocky Mountains. They
were reptiles, and most of their friends
and foes were the same, even the birds
being half reptiles. What eggs some of
these reptiles must have laid, may be i'm
agined when one female atlantosauriap
is described as one hundred feet long,
with thigh bones measuring nine feet,
and probably twenty feet high.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

Mr.. OWEN FAwcETT, the comedian,
whose fortunes have been linked with
Augustin Daily at his Fifth Avenue
Theater for many seasons past, will form
one of an excellent combination that
will appear in all the principal theatcrs
next season. One of the attractions that
this company promise is Shakspeare's
COMEDY of Errors" in which Mr..
Fawcett will appear as the " Dromio of
Syracuse" part he played over two
hundred and fifty times at the Winter
Garden, New York; the Walnut-street
Theater, Philadelphia; Holliday-street
Theater, Baltimore, and Ford's Theater,
Washington, in conjunction with Mr..
John S. Clarke, who was the other Dro-
milo. The comedy will be produced from
the prompt-book of Mr.. John S. Clarke,
of the Haymarket Theater, London,
England. In many respects it differs
from the version now being used by
Robson and Crane, being the same edi-
ton John and Frank Drew, many years
ago, made SO popular at the Arch-street
Theater, Philadelphia, and the same that
was produced at Burton's Theater, New
York, during the season of 1855, when
the late w. E. Burton and Harry Hall
were the twin brothers.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
Pinte BarharitY.
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1t is well known that some of the In
dian tribes of America have habit Of
killing horses when their chiefs and medi-
cine men die; and in some instances the
departing braves wives have been dis
patched to bear them company to the
happy hunting-grounds. When the Gel
ebrated Ute Chief, Walker, died, in the
northern part of the Territory, good
many years ago, whole band of horses
were slain by his warriors; but hereto
fore no one had supposed that the In
dams of this section had interest enough
in the future life to prepare an escort for
their departing braves. The death of a
buck near Toquerville short time ago
showed that the old chief who begs bis
cults at that settlement is blooded He
forthwith decided to kill squaw to ac-
company his favorite warrior, but the
squaw, getting hint of her intended
funeral, hid herself so effectually that no
clew could be got of her whereabout. AS
the time allowed for the sacrifice was
rapidly passing, the old chief, in order
not to be defeated, selected three-year-
old papoose, which he took from it's
mother, and buried in the grave of the
deceased. The head of the child was left
projecting above the ground, so that it
could breathe, but he allowed no one
to go near it, till Bishop Bringhurst, dis
covering the commotion in the tribe,
traced out the cause and saved the life
of the child after it had been in the sit
uation described two or three days. The
mother of the child was afraid to tell
what had happened, though she was OBJ
served to be grief-stricken. The Toquer-
vile people thought seriously of burying
the old Lamanite with his head the other
way, but he insisted that the religion of
the Piutes required him to do what he
had done.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
The Battle Of Elundi. /


Ulundi seems to have been another
Waterloo on a small scale. Like Gettys-
burg, it was fought on the Fourth of
July, but, unlike the American battle,
a second day was not needed to end it.
Lord Chclmsford's dispatches show that
he was fortunate enough to persuade the
Zulu King to attack him. Cetywayo,
in truth, seems to have been at fault in
two things: he did not choose his own
ground, and he failed to effect surprise.
The result, therefore, is not strange.
The British force was five thousand, and
that of the Zulus, twenty thousand men.
Such are the estimates as reported by
the English. Experience suggests that
il the English numbers are rated little
higher and the Zulu numbers a little
far out of the way.
At six o'clock on the morning of July
4, the column Of Lord Chelmsford crossed
the Umvolosi River. The pa sage of
the stream was not disputed. 1t appears
to have been Cetywayo's belief that if
he could get his foe massed in COM
pact body he could overwhelm him
This, in any case, is what he proceeded
to try to do. By eight o'clock the Brit
ish, safe across the river, we're thrown
into hollow square. They had twelve
cannons and two Calling guns. Four
thousand of their troops were Europeans
and the rest were natives. The Zulu
army attacked their enemy on four sides
at once. That they fought desperately
we may be sure. But the displine of the
white soldiers, their splendid arms and
the skill with which they were handled,
carried the day. The Zulus, as is said,
were four to the English on; but the
Zulus fell as the battle went on in the
ratio of ten to one. By-and-by their line
on one side wavered and fell back. A
column of lancers, preceded by heavy
fire no doubt, tore after them. The
black men on this broke and ran. Their
other three lines thereupon recoiled
also. The English then took the ofen-
sive in all directions; and the decisive
battle of the campaign, the battle that
will probably make of the doughty
Cetywayo an English vassal, was lost
and won.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

ACCORDING to the London Lancet it is,
doubtless, in the first instance, as the
cause of local skin disease that paper
collars prepared with arsenic in some
cutiele has been removed the toxic effect
may become general, because the alb
sorption is then very likely to take
place, and the whole system may be
poisoned. 1t is impossible that arsen-
ious acid can be used unwittingly. As
q matter of fact, white paper is often
prepared with this poison, and if it is
brought into close contact with any alb
sorptive surface evil consequently may
terioare delebut when form us; once the
ensue. 1t is time that the process of
manufacture should be placed under
official inspection, if, for the sake of
cheapness or to give artificial luster to
their goods, makers will use dangerous
dye and dressings, regardles of every
thing but their own commercial success.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

The Reno (Nevada) Journal says that
railroad trains, in crossing Steamboat
Valley, in that State, make a peculiar
rumbling sound, as though going over
a bridge. 1t says that this noise is ac-
counted for either by supposing that the
ground is of very porous nature or that
there are subterranean caverns formed
by boiling waters. There are numerous
hot springs in the neighborhood that
have very sulphurous odor. 1t is said
that during an earthquake the land of
this valley " rolled like a ribbon in the
wind"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

The recent investigation by two
French doctors of the influence OF
mental labor on the growth of the brain
and skull was full of interest. They
measured the heads of persons of many
different pursuits, educated as well as
illiterate. The results were in favor of
educated men leading an intellectual
life; that 10 to say, the heads of these
men were much more fully developed
than those of other men. 1t was found
that both halves of the head were not
always symmetrically developed. In
students, for example, the development
of the left frontal region was fuller than
that of the right; but in illiterate sub
jects the right occipital region was
larger than the left. IN the students
the frontal region was more developed
than the occipital in illiterate subjects
the occipital region was the largest.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

LITTLE Henry Shin of New York fell
forty-fve feet, struck slate roof and
broke several states, then fell thirty-fve
feet more. striking wagon-pole between
two horses, then landed on the pave
ment, and seemed surprised to find he
couldn't go any further; and all this
without being seriously hurt. It was
the ejaculation of the little dsrkey who
landed on his head, "Bress de Lor' dat
de niggah didn't strike on his shin"
Butlittle Henry Shin may bless the fates
that he did.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
RUssIA's expenses during the late war

RUssIA's expenses during the latewar
were very heavy, and, indeed, are not
yet fully known. Down to the end of
January last the military expenditure
came to over $45O,000,OO0, two thirds
of which was on account of the army of
the Danube, and the remainder of that
engaged in the Caucasus. Some esti-
mates place the total expenditure at
750,000,0 900, figure which is likely to
cripple Russian finances for some time
to come. The death rate in the army is
estimated to have been between 10000
and 100000.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

THEY say the best cat preventive is a
long tube such as is used by boys for
blowing beans. With a paper of tor
pedoes and this implement man can
clear back yard of these animals in an
incredibly short time When struck by
a torpedo the cat never stops to say
good bye, but vaults over the garden
fence with the rapidity of thought. The
best of the matter is that it does rot in
lure the animals. Even those most
friendly to them may use this weapon
without qualm of self-reproach. Troy
Times.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

On this evening will be given an
"onion party" at Mamona Hall, in this
place. Each lady will wear a pair of
" silver-skins pendant from her ears,
while large red Wethersield will serve
as locket. Onion buttons" white
and red, will be strung into necklaces,
while the green and fragrant tops will
supply the place of bracelets, as velvet
bands did in the past Wilson (N CO.
Advance.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
ABOUT a thousand Mennonites, VIII

ABOUT thousand Mennonites, who,
to escape military service, inconsistent
with their religious convictions, emf
grated from Russia to Brazil some three
years ago, have returned to their former
country. Amply provided with means
when they left, they have lost in Brazil
everything they possessed. 4 large
number is at this moment encamped at
Wffballen, on the Russo-P russian
frontier, having as yet received no per-
mission to enter the Russian empire.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

IT is rumored that Stanley's third ex-
petition into the dark continent is for
the purpose of verifying the reports of
the existence of large deposits of pre-
cious metals in Central Africa He goes
this time for wealth instead of discovery
This is the reason his trip has been kept
so quiet, and he expects to reap a rich
reward for himself and his hackers in
this expedition.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
VOLUME VII.
TOPICS or THE DAY.

LAST year and this seem destined to
be signalized by the number of explor-
ing parties sent into remote and un.
known quarters of the globe. Africa,
the Polar regions, our own far West,
Australia, New Guinea, and the various
islands of the Southern hemisphere, are
all under the diligent scrutiny of keen
eyed explorers, and important results
may be expected.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

LATE railroad decisions by courts
having proper jurisdiction are: l. Evil
dence that street-car approached a
public crossing at an unusually high
rate OF speed, and ran over and killed
man, is sufficient to take the question
of negligence to a jury. 2. While the
contract which is implied from the sale
of ticket is that of safe carriage of the
passenger and his personal baggage, the
passenger cannot recover for merchan-
disc carried by him in his trunk as a
travelling salesman. 8. A person ap-
preaching railroad crossing is bound
to look and listen, and, if he fails to do
so, and an injury ensues, he and his
representative are without a remedy !;
or if he sees or hears an approaching
tram and tries to cross in advance of it.
and fails, the company is exempt from
all liability.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

A SWORD of Ethan Allen, the hero of
Ticonderoga, has lately been presented
to the Kentucky Historical Society.
The interesting weapon is dirk-edged /;
the hilt is surmounted by lions head,
encircled by the British crown, and the
entire work is English. Though over a
hundred years old, it forcibly reminds
one of the days when Aliens cry was
Good and the Continental Congress.
1t was sold to relic hunter by kins-
man of General Allen; finally it came
into the possession of T. A. Hornsey,
ESQ.,, who presented it to the historical
society.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

To remove the lidsof tin cans, place a
shovelful of live Goals on the top, which
will speedily unsolder them; they can
then be removed by the aid of an old
case-knife; care must be taken or the
sid: seam will also open.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

A PHILADELPHIA paper asserts that
Mr.. Booth and Mr.. Jefferson will con-
fine their labors to four cities next
season.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

TEA tasters are well aware of the
dangers to which they are subject, and
few of them can carry on the business
without running their health. Moderate
draughts of tea may produce an agree
able exhilaration of mind and body,
without any noticeable reaction; but the
effects of its excessive use are declared
by doctors to be palpitation of the
heart, an absence of exhilaration, Sc
we're headache, dimness of vision, and
dullness and confusion of mind. Cases
of severe neuralgia are frequently the
result of over-much tea.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

AN aged farmer named Carpenter
died in Vernon, Iowa. recently. He
left will, bequeathing to his son an
old chest that had been an heirloom in
the family. On opening the chest the
son was surprised to find that it con-
tanned nothing of value. He so reported
to the remaining members of the family,
when they persuaded him to make fur
Their Investigations, which he did in
taking the chest apart. In doing 80,
two .leats, each half an inch thick and
perforated with augur holes, were dis
covered. Tearing off these cleats the
young man found that they were hollow,
and that the space between the lid and
the bottoms of the cleats had been filed
with gold coins by the thoughtful
parent. How long they had been
stored in such singular manner in that
old chest is mystery.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

The fervent, pale-faced mother ere she sleep,
Looks out upon the zigzsg-lighted fguare,
The b autiful bare trees, the blue night air,
The revelation OF the star -strewn deep.
Werld above world and heaven over heaven.
Between the tree-tops and the skies her sight
Rests on n steadfast, ruddy -shining light,
High In the tower, an earthly star OF even
Hcrsis the faith in saints and angels power,
And meditaiing love, she breathes prayer
For yon tired watcher In the gray old tower.
He, the shrewd, skeptic poet, unaware,
Feels comforted and stilled, and knows not
whence
Falls this unwonted peace on heart and sense.
-Midsumnaer Holiday ,Scrtbner
THE Boston Commercial Bulletin notes
the following prominent arrivals at
summer hotels: The man with heavy
tread, who is called" at five a. m.
The adhesive fly, who comes without
calling at the same hour. The small
boy who is learning to whistle Pima
fore in the halls. The young lady who
thinks cts quite two awfully jolly,
don't you know?" The young gentleman
who thinks it Damned baawp Old
gentleman in the next room who shores.
Young gentleman overhead who prac-
tices the song-and-dance business at
eleven p. m.
The young man who, under the press
ure of the least real or fancied adver-
sity, takes TO drink is grown-up baby /;
but he is nursing the wrong bottle.
The young man who is ashamed of his
mother because she doesn't "put on
STYLE" and of his father because he
doesn't use elegant language, is baby
that has no business to have ever grown
up. An overdose of soothing syrup
would have been blessing to MIN.
The eighteen-ycar-old girl who is SEN
timental, and signs for his early coming
at the gate; we'll, she's grown-up baby
that likes to sit in lap as we'll as she
ever did.-N II. Register.
The colored visitor., 1879-08-01
Negro State.

EDITOR CITIZEN What is to be
the final destiny of the colored race
of this country is a problem, the solv-
ing of which has long engaged the
best attention of every thoughtful
colored man and every friendly white
man and is as yet unsolved. Almost
every thinker has expressed his opin-
ion upon the subject, and the opinions
have been as various as the thinkers
themselves. | do not know how
many thousand people will call me
ldnatic, nor do | care, but | boldly
assert that the only practical plan to
forever settle the question is for the
black men OF this country to select
one of the territories of this govern
ment and to gain by legal means
possession of it, and then to go into it,
settle it up and go to work and build
towns, cities, railroads, manufacturing
establishments, schools, colleges,
churches and everything else neces-
sary, and thus form State of their
own. In this way, and in this way
only, can the Negroes make of them
selves a happy and prosperous peo-
pie. No thinking black man, who
deserves the name of such, can doubt
for moment his ability to build up a
powerful and prosperous State. We
have the bone and the muscle to do
the hard work, and we have among
us the talent and the craftsmanship
TO regulate the political machinery,
and we have educated men to run
the schools and colleges, the minis
tiers to manage the churches, and the
mechanical skill TO run all business of
that character, and capitalists to build
raill2ads through our State will not
be lacking. This is matter upon
which | have long reflected, and |
now say to the colored people-my
people-that their future destiny is
in their own hands, and if they would
consult their own interest, to a man,
they would say to this government,
give us the territory and then as 9TH
er American citizens have grown
rich and prosperous so will we. Ex-
pecting, with your permission, to
have more TO say upon this, to me,
all important subject, for the present
! am yours for Negro State"
The colored visitor., 1879-08-01

ticipation in the social as we'll rs the
scholastic privileges Of the institu-
ton. 1t is only among the "hood-
lums" of California that race preiu-
dice against the Orientals exists.
Why should it exist with respect to
moral, upright, intelligent colored
people, natives Of this soil, and iden-
titled with other citizens not only in
equal citizenship, but in the stronger
bond of christian brotherhood?
Let as not be misunderstood. We
fully concede the right Of every one
10 choose his own associates. All
that is charming and attractive in
social intercourse has its spring in
this perfect liberty Of choice with re-
spect to companionship. No one, be
he white, black, yellow OF red, has
any right to thrust himself upon the
society of those who do not desire
his acquaintance.
But this is a far different question
from that we have been considering.
If a student be admitted voluntarily
or by force OF law to 4 college or
high school, all the privileges Of the
institution should be freely allowed
him, even to the extent Of an invita-
ton to the annual ISOLATION" if it be
the custom to provide one.
1t is a cruel wrong to make invidi-
Gus distinctions against any intelligent
and well-behaved person simply on
account of the color Of the skin.
The colored visitor., 1879-08-01
FOURTH STREET BARBER SHOP.

Under the new management of
MR. ]. w. REED, the Fourth Street
Barber Shop has been thoroughly
Renovated. New and accomplished
Artists, numbering six, that cannot
be surpassed in skill.
Call and find ]. w. REED, whose
skill as halr cutter has no equal
&. w. BRowN as an artist cannot
he excclled.
Mr.. JoHN JOHNSON, needs no re-
commentators.
Messrs. ]. w. TURNER and A. r.
Moss, who have been connected
with this Palace of Fashion, and will
welcome all and every person who
call at No. 320 Fourth Street, south.
The colored visitor., 1879-08-01
Louisville Bulletin
Louisville Bulletin.
The Wants and Needs of the
COlOred People.
Respected association /:

After studying the wants and needs
Of the colored people of the South,
find that the first thing they will
have to do before they can become a
people is to let their hearts and heads
be mutually united; study each 9th
er's interests, and willingly strive to
make a nation of themselves.
Take all of the different nations OF
the globe and look into their eleva-
ton, and YOU will see that they have
built each other up BY continually
working together.
1t is inscribed in Holy Writ, Glove
thy neighbor as thyself;" therefore,
every devout christian should exer-
else his power in trying to cultivate
brotherly love.
The great wants of our people are
religion, education, morality and
property. 1t is an evidential fact
that we are the architects Of our own
fortunes. We are in need of manu-
facture, agriculture, commerce and
property. Without these things we
can never be an independent people
1t is true that we are free people,
but, with all of that, the mass Of our
people are servants of men. ust
the thought of one man having to
live subservient to another is enough
to banishl the thought Of being free.
One complaint Of our people is,
that they cannot live South and be
come distinguished people. If this
be true, let them 60 where they can
enjoy all OF the rights Of man. Let
every true man trample the thought
Of being kept among the foul and
polluting dregs Of the world under
his feet.
Truth is but truth; the colored
people must be cconomizing; thev
must educate; they must possess all
of the stern virtues which are taken
to make people, in order that their
social and moral influence may be
profitable to the race.
What are we going to do with the
seventy years of existence that are
allotted to us? Are we going to live
them out in ignorance and sin? Are
we contented to live and own moth
ing except an apparel for the body?
God speed the day when we shall be
inspired with higher hopes and
brighter prospects.
The men who are ruling this grand
republic arc of the highest culture,
and those who are doing the most
good for the advancement of man
kind have their hearts deeply rooted
in love for God and man.
The colored people Of the South
are oppressed, and there is but one
way for them to become unoppressed,
and that is to rise up and show that
they are citizens OF the United States
and demand their rights-demand
them because they belong to them;
and they must he recognized as mem
bers of the commonwealth.
No doubt you will be surprised
when you have learned the interest
woman is taking in having the right
given her which is SO worthily de-
served.
When the National Convention
assembled there was a hope on my
part that the wants and needs of the
colored women would not be neg
lected. Every sensible woman knows
her sphere She knows that mod
estyi adorns all things, yet she wishes
to be recognized as a lady and net as
a brute.
The first need Of the colored wo-