The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-08
NE us AND NOTES.

A NEBRASKA justice held a sheep
thief in $S,000,G00 bail.
If man does not lift his hat when
meeting lady it is because he is bald
headed and carries a red silk handker-
chief on his crown.
A BELGIAN physician, appointed to
report ON the prevalence of color-blind-
ness, attributes that disease to the ex-
cessive and general use of tobacco.
Asa rule, the men who belong to the
volunteer army of Great Britain are
mu CHI better shots than the men who be-
long to the regular army.
IRON railway sleepers are said to have
proved, both In India and in England
much cheaper than wooden ones. Their
gradual adoption is predicted.
THE number of periodical publica-
tons in Switzerland will amount in 1879
to SIS. In 1878 it was sos, and in 1877,
476. One ispublished twelve times, three
are published seven times and fifty-eight
six times week.
In 1928, New York, with a popula-
ton of 1863, 900, had thirty newspapers.
1t was estimated at that time that the
United States had one paper in every
1880 of population; England, one in
As, 500; France, one in 65, 300; Prussia,
one in 43 ,000 Austria, one in 400, 900;
Russia, one in $4,000; Sweden and
Norway, one in $4,000; Portugal, one
in 207, 900; Spain, one in $4,000.
A LITTLE fellow in one of our Sunday
shcools was asked who made him, and
gave the answer Good" but when his
turn came again the question, "Who
made this beautiful world and all the
lovely flowers and birds? ?" was pro-
pounded to him, whereupon he electri-
fed the whole class and struck his hor-
rifed teacher speechless by replying
carelessly: "The same old chap. Port
land Advertiser
THE Emperor and Empress of Ger
many will celebrate their golden we'd
ding on the 18th of June next. Already
preparations are making for the oc-
casion, and a costly present from the
merchants of Berlin is to be one of the
features of the event. An obelisk, to
cost three hundred thousand marks, is
to commemorate the Emperor's recent
entry into Berlin and his resumption of
the reins of government.
A LEARNED Cincinnati professor has
ascertained that the bane of our civiliza-
ton is the horse, and he is delivering
lectures to demonstrate that this most
useful of animals ought never to be
brought into cities to wear out the pave
ments and become a general nuisance.
Steam, he thinks, should take his place
absolutely, and trees should adorn the
grass grown streets. This, perhaps, is
to be the Ohio "idee" of the future.
HERE is an official blast from Wash
ington in favor of the English sparrow:
The Park Commissioners report to the
District authorities that the bird does
some good in destroying caterpillars;
could not do much harm in the city if
it wanted to; has not been proved guilty
of the charge of soaring off other birds,
and is harmless in comparison with the
catbird and robin.
AN exquisite toilet is of pale blue
brocade, satin, faille and plush. The
=" Laetitia" polonaise is of the brocade,
and the cut-away fronts show vest of
silk plush above and below the waist,
and an overskirt of satin laid in folds
and trimmed with chenille fringe.
There are two long tabs in the back,
faced with satin and surmounted with
rosette, and the long pointed train is of
faille, trimmed with plaitings and ruch-
ings of satin. The collar and cuffs are
of plush and the buttons of finely
wrought silver.
THERE is now lying on our table,
placed there by Mr.. A. p Breckenridge,
of this town, the shell of an ordinary
hens egg, the contents of which have
gone to serve some useful culinary pur-
pose. The singularity of the thing is,
that when the egg proper was broken,
it was found to contain another egg,
something smaller than that of par
fridge. The smaller egg is perfectly
formed, with a shell as hard as the
larger one. There was no connection
between the two, beyond the simple in
closure of one within another.-Lees:.
burg Va.) Mirror.