The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-10

theprotection of children from cruelt,
lnthe United States. The Pennsylvani,
society," quite doubled its work in 1877,
and nearly three hundred children wer,
saved from brutal treatment in Phila
delphia alone, at a cost of less than fouI
thousand dollars. 4e.,
Ia a recent article the Philadelphia
Ledger showsthatg only about fifty-five
per cent of the children sent to the
public schools in that cityeyer get above
the primaries, and concludes that to do
Justice to the children the highest teach.
ing talent is indispensable in the pri
mary schools1 This viii apply with
almo,t equal force to the. country
districts. IL k2IHFFH
enrsLEy "Go west says dc
Titusville Herald, has broken up many
family, filled many railroad car,
sold many farm, built ttpmany aSate,
left many a creditor pf the. mrchj given
thousands the shakes" of fever and
agpe, and made Them Acquainted with
the grasshopper to their sorrow. 1t is a
comparatively innocent thing to take a
newspaper; bat to take the editors
advieevaye, there's the rub, !, AZ 8 :
.1G1lAL1O CiGA ia
For almost half a century, General
John A. Dix, whose death occurred so
recently, has Occupied al prominent
place before the public. SUCCESSFULLY
chosen Adju.ant General, Secretary of
State, United States Senator, Sub Treas
urer Secretary. of the Treasury, Major
General, Minister of France, and Gov
ernor, it cannot be said that in his case
u Republic was 'ungrateful. Besides his
long, service in public capacities, he has
found leisure to addseme valuable works
to the catalogue of American literature.
A LIST has lately been published by
the FreEch Minister of War of the
namesof the battles which are to be In
scribet on the new colors about to be
given to every regiment and corps in
the French my. The oldest battles
tosbeIn1ep toned are those Of Jemipap pes
and Va1my, both fought IN 1902, at the
outbreak Of the Revolution. zOn the
other side of the colors to that on which
the names of the battles are inscribed
are to beSplaced In letters ofgoN the
words, =" Repnblique, Franchise Hon
qspretG Patrie. RsiAspsa.sS1A 5t
IA wAfKiS STICK for tourists and
botanists,. recently patented in Ger
many, by HERR HERE, of Pulsnitz, is
furnished with the following articles:
One side. of the handle, is a signal pipe,
ana On the other side can be fixaed
knife (Which is above the ferrule). In
the middle of the handle is compass.
The handle itself can be screwed off, and
within is small microscope with six
objectglasses. In the stick under the
handle is a vessel containing etheror
chloroform. Outside the stick there is
in serted on one side Thermometer, and
onthe other sand or minute glass.
AbSve the ferrule, is thelknife already
referred to, and to ferrule can be
screwed q botanist's spatula, or an ice
point (for glacier parties). lastly a
metre measure is adaptedsto the stick
"a, ----r "a
NJ. IlExEvoux, the Counsellor of the
Municipality of Paris, has just pub
lishedS work which contains some
startling facts about "the handsomest
capitalin the world The book isTen.
titled s Paris Municipal From it, it
appears that there are in Paris 1895
households where one finds two bedsinla
single room; 4, 1858 have rooms contain
ing three beds; I Il 10 haverooms contain
ing four beds. The rent of these domi-
Giles ranges from 100 to 2e0 francs a
yearzz$26to $50; ALPS Judgments are
ligfStedls only by Chassis a td5dtiere:-
"snuff-box sashes,o the smallest kind
1890 are lighted from a corridor or
stairuandipg 20, 900 nearly have. neither
ssc~euor chimney.ssssUnder such con-
ditions," says the Devoir, how can
welwonder that the laborer should prefer
the cabaret to his home pa - X -
AWAY out on the Texas frontier, and
in the eastern margin of that vast desert
expanse, the Llano Estacado, sixty
miles north of the little town of Ora
ham, there settled about year ago
colony from Oregon, consisting of nine
families, The locality was distant from
market, and lumber scarcely to be had.
The settlers, therefore, as the cold
northers of winter were approaching,
determined to build habitations under
ground. They selected a hill, in whose
tides they excayated rooms, halls, kitch-
ems and sleeping apartments, not unlike
the ancient dwellers in the rocks of
Judea. q A chimney was formed BY run
ming stove-pipe pp,through the hill to
the surface. The dwellings are per.
fectly dry and wafmin the coolest and
mostsfreezing 1norther. r This little city
Of caves has been named Oregon City,
and will be the capital of Taylor
o0pHpstN0 u = AA4A 24s9 yagaN
AMONG the most .extraordinary of the
'tyfsnnical regulations u the Russian