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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Specific Against HydrophobIa.

DIR. Grzyvala, of Krivoe Ozeroe,
Podoha, Russia, for whose trustworthi-
ness Prof Gubler, of Paris, vouches,
declares that, after a series of critical
trials, which he describes at length, ho
has found that, after having had oppor-
tunities of treating at least 100 cases of
men bitten by rabld dogs, with the
j 1ahtbi1tra SpiroS,m, he has never in
b any one Of these case failed to ward of
the hyTlrophobia. o. He gives some
startling examples. During the Crimean
war, a family of twelve persons had
been bitten by hydrophobio wolf.
Six of them entered his wards in the
hospital Of Olschanka, Government of
Podolia, District of Balta. They were
treated with infusion Of the leaves of
the xanthium, and all recovered. The
SIX others, who were treated by the
actual cautery and the daily use of
genesta tinctoria and other drugs, died
with hydrophobia in the course of
twelve to sixty days. He recounts many
other facts, not less striking. For an
adult, the dose is sixty centigrammes of
the dry powder, repeated three times
day, and continued during sixlweeks.
Children under 10 take half that guam
tity. The dose for animals is much
larger. A herd of thirty oxen had
been bitten by mad wolf; eight had
succumbed with symptoms of hydrol1hc-
1 bia. The Commissary of Police ce.ne
to DR.. Grzyvala for his antirabic
powder" He gave three ounces of the
powder, with bran, daily to each of the
remaining animals; none of them suf
fered from the disease. There are ex-
amples of which DR.. Grzyvala says he
has 100 others. -ZBTitish-Amertoan
Journal. j .fIf 100 ilnaU
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Our Enormous Losses by Fire.

The loss caused by fire still continues
to be enormous in this country, the
figures reaching total which must sur
prise many people. During last year
this loss amounted to $64,315,90O, OF
which the insurance covered $36,b76, 900.
For the four years from 1875 to 1873,
inclusive, the total loss was 1915, 314 ,565,
of which the insurance companies bore
$147, 100. The greatest destruction
by fire Of course occurred in this State,
the leading one in population and in
the number of it's buildings. The loss
last year was over $9,000,000, Pennsyl-
vania coming next with over $4,000
600, then Massachusetts with about
sc, 800 900, Ohio $3,260, 900, and Illinois
about $3,000,000. i'''"N eil VI 81
OF the establishments which afe
classed by the insurance companies az
extra hazardous on account Of their
special liability to fire, due to the ma
ture of the business carried on in them
or to their construction of infiammablc
materials, the total number burned In
1878 was $3.50, valued at 42,557, 200
and insured for $23,97O, 800 Thus
though these specials, so called in In
surance parlance, were numerically q very
small minority of the whole number Of
risks, the loss by them footed up to
about two-thirds of the total losses Of
the year. a. sua.g. GO,
The establishments Of this character
of which the largest number were
burned in 1873 were the following; and
the table is instructive as showing the
- "a L,;ld;,,r,o noot 1;ut,ta IN Are. .
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

regard of other mems rights" He adds
that " the blindness and hurry of civil
ization as it now is have to answer a
heavy charge as to the enormous amount
of pleasureless werk-werk that tires
every muscle of the body and every
atom of the brain, and which is done
without pleasure and without aim work
that everybody who has to do with it
tries to shuttle of in the speediest way
that dread of starvation or ruin will al
how him. / ana sure that the dishonesty
in the daily acts of life, complaint of
-which are inaailA mems mouths, and
which | can answer for does exist, is
only the inevitable result of the world,
in the hurry and the war of the count,
sing house and the war of -thebattle field,
having forgotten that pleasure in our
daily labor which nature cries out for
asits due."rs ,,1... -
Mr.. Morris may be very sensible in
wishing to induce a greater feeling of
art in common life, which would make
work more interesting and agreeable,
and daily life pleasanter. But both be
and Mr.. Ruskin and his companions of
the Guild of ST George are mistakenlif
they think that that can only be accom-
plished by some great change in the con-
ditions of society. Why is il that
Frenchmen and BeIgians are contented
and happy in their work? Why do they
take more enjoyment in what they are
doing than English workmen? 1t is not
modern civilization which is so much at
fault as the conditions of lifein England,
and possibly the nature of Englishmen
themselves, That nature will possibly
be changed, at all events improved, by
more equal laws, by greater facilities of
education, and, above all, by the greater
possibility of rational amusement.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
A Male Cleopatra.

1t is gravely related, in o work called
Lawson's History of Banking" that
the Spanish Ambassador to the En-
glish Court, having extolled the great
riches Of his King, the master of the
Indies, and of the grandees of Spain
before Queen Elizabeth, Sir Thomas
Gresham, who was present, told him
that the Queen had subjects who at one
meal expended not only as much as the
daily revenues of the King, but also of
all grandees, and added, "This will
prove any day and lay you heavy
wager on it." SO Gresham outbragged
the Spaniard in his own line. The
Ambassador, biding his time, came
anawares to the mansion of Sir Thomas
in Bishopsgate, and dined with him,
when, finding only an ordinary meal, he
said well, sir, you have lost your
stake!" Not at all" answered Sir
Thomas; "and this you shall presently
see." He then pulled box from his
pocket, and, taking out one of the
largest and finest Eastern pearls, showed
it to the Ambassador, after which he
ground it down and drank the dust in
glass of wine, to the health of the
Queen, his mistress. "My Lord Am
bassador," said Sir Thomas, lyon know
/ have often refused G15,000 for this
pearl. Have l lost or won?" 81 yield
the wager as lost" said the Ambassador;
"and do not think there are four sub
jects in the world that would do as
much for the sovereign. "-Londo11 So
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Money by Mall +

IA correspondent OF the, Scientific
american, offers the following sugges-
ton with regard to an Inconvenience
widely felt. The plan proposed would
doubtless prove as great convenience
to the receivers as to the senders fof
small by mail. The writer says
= snow, since postal currency has gone
out of use and dollar bills are getting
scarce, we. in, the cotintry, need some
mode Of sending small sums Of money
by mail. The money-crder system is
excellent, but the charge for sums less
than 81 is too high a percentage on the
value of the thing wanted. / would
suggest that Postmastefs, be authorized
to receive change in sums less than ST. i,
and issue certificates for the same,
which shall be receivable at any post
office for stamps, or when presented in
quantities lof SIS and over to be cashed.
The certificates to be issued to Post
masters in, hook. form, and so printed
thai. the piece torn off Will represent the
sum, the whole page representing ST.
The certificates to be atfthe sender's
risk. Postmasters to make return when
a book is used up. Such system
would facilitate trade between distant
points and increase the revenues of the
Postoffice Department" t.7
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Mice Making a Nest OF Greenbacks.

Mr.. Marcus, while ransacking his ware
house few days since, came across =
small pasteboard box, the contents OF
which attracted his attention. Upon
examination of the same he discovered
that the mice had made a nest with
greenback bills, which they had filched
at different times, the money being
chewed into small particles, and the
quantity being sufficient to lead to the
conclusion that more than $40 had been
thus destroyed. Strange to say, these
mice seem to have displayed discrimil
nation, as the many who scrutinized the
particles with curiosity failed to find a
bill higher in denomination than 81.
The supposition is that this money was
stolen from Mr.. Wright during his occu-
pancy Of the building. 1t is in good
state of preservation, but all efforts thus
far to put the fragments together and
form complete bill have been fruit
less.-Pensacola & Fla.) lduaaace.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Comparative Costof Edncatiop and War.

"A paper has been prepared by Mons,
Lion Donnat, of Brussels, o member OF
several learned academies, and pub
hshed in the L,Etat de California,
which shows the comparative cost OF
education in different countries. The
main statement is translated and fur
nished by the Bureau of Education.
The annual cost of primary educar
ton for each inhabitant in the United
States, according to M. Donnat, is 1918,
and the annual expense OF war pur-
poses for each inhabitant is $3.50.
Prussia, education, IS cents; war, 81, AZ.
,Saxony, IS cents; war, $2.48. I Bavaria,
81 cents; war, $2.4S. Wurtemberg, 40
cents; war, $2.48. Austria, 81 cents
war, $1.5O. Belgium, 50 cents; war,
$1.52. Denmark, sizes; war, 81
France, 81 cents; war, $780, Italg.l5
cents; war, $40. Netherlands, "
cents; war, $4.01.- England and Wales,
II cent; war, $4.1S. Scotland, 70 cents
war, s4.l8 Russia, 8 cents; awars 1872.
Sweden, 81 cents; war, $1.36. Switzer-
land, 95 cents; war, $1.08. This table
shows that when $10.O6 is spent for
education $42O9 is consumed for wal
purposes, a fact which, TO- most people
will be entirely new. 80.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
A POETS TESTIMONY.

- Mr.. William Morris, the poeteand ar
tistic furniture designer, in an address
which he delivered the other day in
Birmingham before the students of the
Society of Arts and School of Designs,
upheld the idea that the great reason
why English work was so bad was that
the men hated their work This he as
cribed to the fact that the work was
ugly and that there was no art in it. He
said: 1t is quite true and very sad to
say that if any one nowadays wants a
piece of ordinary work done by gar
dener, carpenter, mason, dyer, weaver,
smith, or what you will, he will be a
lucky rarity if he getit welp done. He
will, on the'contrary, meet on every side
with evasions of plain duties and dis
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
, nov SOLDIERS FAXED IN ,7s.

Some curious old papers, some of them
on State affairs, have come into the
possession of the Secretary of War at
Washington. The following is sadly in
teresting for the disclosure it makes of
terrible privations in the patriot cause
lin~the Revolutionary days, such as
finally tempted too. successfully one
brilliant officer to become a traitor.
Arnold's suffering does not excuse him,
for the rest suffered as much as he and
remained true. NtLTt
Among the papers is letter of Bene-
dict Arnold, written just thirty-four
days before he consigned his name to in
fanny. 1t is dated at West Point, and
addressed to Colonel Pickering, quarter
master at Philadelphia. 1t tells sad
story of the privations of the Revolution
airy heroes He states "tthat there is
not a tent or any kind of camp equipage
at this poverty-struck place." that the
quartermaster's department is entirely
empty, and that there is only one camp
kettle to eighty or one hundred men,"
He complains very bitterly of this
state of things, and begs Colonel Picker
ing to find remedy, and adds post
script to his letter in which he says:
"There is not a quire of paper or article
Of Stationery at this post or'in the de
partment." ...,st l"'
%Fo=this- gfieveus- Colonel
Pickering repIiedal1"1 am unhappy to
inform you that have not yet received
one farthing of money for any purpose
whatever; nor can I get any, there being
none in the treasury, and the articles
cannot be supplied. You shall hear from
me again when | get to headquarters,
which shall be whel1sI can obtain money
to defray the expenses of my journey"
How forcibly this correspondence
illustrates the trials and tribulations
that acquired for us our birthright of
freedom. s0fuf9 20 r
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Women Lawyers.

Women are to-day practicing in
Maine, Connecticut, the Districtof CO.
lumbia, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan
Missouri, Illinois and California
while in the Territories, where
woman suffrage exists, there is, of
course, no bar to their entering the pro-
fession. 1t was recently stated on good
authority that forty women are now
practicing law in the United States, one
of the most honored names on the list
being that Of Mrs. Myra Bradwell, the
editor Of the legal Netos, the leading
law journal of the country. That this
band of pioneers will steadily increase
in numbers cannot be doubted, Lille
Deuereu,c Blake, in Ne,o York ,TeIe-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Brutal Treatment OF Strikers in Russia.

According to an English resident in
ST. Petersburg, writing to the London
Globe, the operatives of cotton mill
in the Russian capital lately struck for
a reduction of the hours of labor, which
were thirteen and one-half a day, and,
assembling for the purpose of making
an appeal to- the Czarevitch, were at
tackled by the police and military and
severely, used. Afterward they were
locked up and tried by commission,
which condemned all the men above the
age of 10 (seventy in number) to be ex-
lied to the province of Archangel, after
receiving sixty lashes apiece; all under
that age to be sent back. to the village
whence they came, and to be kept there
the remainder of their lives; all the
women employed in the mill and men
who did not actively join in the demon
stration to be discharged and fined three
rubles head all round. ..s lrIsb tl =
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
The Long and Short of 1t.

A teacher, in illustrating on the ques-
ton why the fingers are of unequal
length, made the scholar grasp ball
of ivory, to show that the fingers are
equal. 1t would have been better, says
Sir Charles Bell, had he closed, his fin
gers upon his palm,s and then asked
whether or not they correspond. The
difference in the length of the fingers
serves thousand ends, adapting the
form of the hand and fingers to different
purposes as for holding rod, a switch,
a sword, a hammer, pen, pencil, en-
craving tools, ETC., in all of which a Sc
cure hold and freedom of motion are
admirably combined. ~
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
She Proved IL.

tu"Oh, I broof it to you, shendlemans, I
broof it to you. I don't ask you to
dake my wort for noting. Dot coat
cosht me two tollar more as l ask yon
1 for him. was what truthful South
street lady of Jewish secondhand per
suasion was saying to customer last
Friday. Then she went to the foot OF
the stairs and called, "Moshes |! Moshes
Didn't dot plue coat NIT der velvet col
lar cosht six tollarsY" Af 1iadi
"a "Yes, mudder, SO shure TIN hereg5s
. snow, vat I tole you2 I broof it.
sheyla Now ven you want to go next
door, 60 he'd. / hef broofed il. any
how"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

THERE is no driving of the Hock in
Spain. When the shepherd wishes to
remove his sheep, he calls tame wether,
accustomedto feed from his hands, and
the favorite, however distant, obeys his
call, while the rest follow. One or more
of the dogs, with large collars, armed
with spikes, in order to protect them
from the wolves, lpreoede the flock !;
others skirt it on either. side, and some
bring up the rear. II sheep he i'll or
lame, or lag behind, sunobserved by the
shepherd, the dog stays with it and de-
tends it until some one returns in search
of it, .aivsaHe " ~ @, s,sa.yr,ssi 3.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

LEADvILLE, the new Eldorado in Cox
orado, is built exclusively of wood, and
prediction is current in the city that
it will soon be burnt in order to let the
experimentation -baild~it-ever
again. Twoaattemptshave already been
made to burn it; a guest of the Grand
Hotel, coming up from dinner, found
some shavings in blaze under his bed,
and lot Of boxes and kindling in the
rear of a restaurant were lighted, but
extinguished by the cook, who happened
to step out that way .& Still new Noises
are daily run up as if by magic. s.uuta-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
A HARTFORD dog has died Of abroken

A HARTFORD dug has died Of a broken
heart. 1t was q fine setter and loved
his master. One days.last November
while they were hunting for muskrats,
( the young man fell into North Meadow
creek and was drowned. The dog went
home, acted strangely, ran back and
forth and finally induced neighbor to
90 to the, creek where the body lay.
From that time the dogs health de-
clined. It ate little, if anything; it
drooped: it pined. and finally it died.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

WHILE travelling menagerie was
holding its exhibitions at Les Mans, in
France, o. lion escaped from its cage
through the negligence of an attendant.
The animal paced up and down the tent
quietly, but naturally excited great
Valarm.s Tie proprietor Of thu aeollec-
ton, to prevent him from doing harm,
threwto his majesty ans abundant sup.
ply of raw meat. The plan succeeded
admirably. for the toii, after gorgine
himself with an unusually ample meal
walked quietly back into his cage and
went to sleep. Assoon as The occurrence
became known the municipal authori
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

CANADA has abandoned special efforts
to induce immigration, and her agents
abroad, who have for years. been hold
ing out all sorts Of allnrement are - be
recalled The trouble about the bust
ness has been that, while Canada paid
the heavy expenses, the United States
received . large share Of the benefit
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17


~ An Englishman writes to local Eng
fish paper that having spent about a
year and half in Missouri and Kansas,
he pronounces the opinion that English
folks thinking of establishing themselves
in those States had far better remain at
home, unless they possess frames of iron
and constitutions incapable of being in
jured by eHclimatie influences. The
rapid changes of temperature and the
prevalence of miasma are very trying to
the ordinary Englishman, while the
worst of it is that he does not receive
reward proportionate to his suffering.
Bad as the times are in England lately,
the writer declares that the English
working class "don't, know the full
meaning of bad times until they go to
America" He himself was fully pre-
pared to meet any reasonable difficulties,
and to have up hill work for some years
But what with constant illness in his
family, and the paralyzed condition of
trade in every branch, his trials proved
insrperable, and he accordingly returned
home a sadder and wiser man.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

A BOY travelled from Quincy, ILL.,, to
Deadwood and back without a cent, yet
rode all the way. As an able deadhead,
he rivals member Of Congress.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

IN the hippodrome Of Czsrskoe Selo,
Russia, there was recently a "hunt of
wild beasts" A. number of wolves,
foxes, and hares were let lcose in the
arena, with dogs in pursuit. One of the
wolves became furious, and dashed from
the arena among the spectators Both
the people and the animals were thrown
into panic. After tearing around for
a time, without injuring anybody, the
wolf took refuge under the benches,
from which he was dragged out and Sc
cured. ~
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
Marine Disasters.

The New York Herald has an article
giving the number and class of vessels
totally wrecked or damaged during the
winter, not including the lake marine.
The following is the summary:
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

A LUMBER dealer failed last weak
could not pay his board bills. ss@ssr.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
TOPICS OF TIE DAP 20

a SINGULAR project is on foot in Paris.
III. Camille Examination, having pub
iished anumber of articles to prove that
the moon is not destitute of inhabitants,
has been led to the idea of constructing
a refracting telescope which wifi be
powerful enough to see them. Heisnew
busy organizing a committee to collect
the necessary funds. .~,.y ~ -. % ---'
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

HARVARD isSeeliRgthevedects Of the
recent hard timeg The dining associa-
ton has debt Of 81, 800, the dental
school suffers from a deficit of $2245, |.
the Bussey institution Is behind IS, 6i5
aui the Treasurer of the university re-
ports q debt of s5s74. sViileralts
able Improvements have been made in
the university tie income has steadil Y:
fallen op. sS'
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

AFTER all, Japan alone is the land of
the free and the home Of the brave. It
is essentially a country dedicated TO-
trust, and il you offer to pay a trades4
man cash down in that delectable cline
he takes it as a wanton insult. When a.
purchase is made the purchaser in
variably enters the whole transaction on
little tablet which the merchant holds
Tor thirty days and thenaeolleets il he
can.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

PORTLAND, the British penal servitude
establishment, is peninsula on the
coast of Dorsetshire, and a dreary place
enough, being vast hill with cir
conference of several miles at its base,
upon which are dotted several villages,
containing in all about one thousand ip-
habitants. The prisons crown the sum-
NIT of the hill. Out of the hill the con-
victs hew the Portland stone most
durable mineral hardening by ex-
posure, of which st. Paul's and other IA
nous edifces are built, The Portland
breakwater, one Of the three or four
greatest works of its kind in the world liz
the result Of convict labor.
NEXT year the Belgians intend to
celebrate with all becoming pomp and
ceremony the fiftieth anniversary of the
independent existence Of Belgium as a
kingdom. The Chamber Of EDeputies
has agreed, by a msjority of iforty.six
against eighteen, to vote of one mil
lion eight hundred Thousand francs,
which the Minister of PublicS Works de-
manded for the purpose Of erecting in
Brussels a grand festival hall, in which
the jubilee isto 5be celebrated by the
heads Of the Belgian nation at ban
quiet and a series Of other festivities.
The edi6oe will begsubsequently en-
ployed as a National Museum of Art
and as a permanent exhibition, of the
products of1art industry. ] cilJ II
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

The Russian soldiers are said TO live
and fight almost wholly upon tea. The
Cossacks often carry it in the shape of
bricks, or, rather, tiles, Which, before
hardening, are soaked in sleeps bloc
and boiled in milk, with the addition d
-four, butter and salt, SO as to constitute
kind of soup, The passion Q, the
Russians for this beverage is simply
astonishing, ExEAAN pax
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17

l. p&sqfsces are biological gar
'densN oh asmaH seale9.c > IN the course of
2 year sas many ras forty thousand, live
Animals.are sentlby post, and il crabs,
frogs, bees and small insects are counted,
the totab witt be among the million.
The post Office authorities haye the
privilege of excluding such animals as
may be deemed either dangerous or dis
agreeable within the lastsix months
only thirty-nine packages of living ami
ipals we're refused among which swere
an alligator, done up IN box considered
too fragile IA lot of dogs, whose persis-
tent barking could not be quoted; and
q numbered pigeons loosely tiedTup in a
sack. On the other hand, during the
same period, a crocodile, scores of birds
Of prey, monkeys, serpents, a leopard,
and four living bear cubs We're trans
mitted by post.