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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11
An Anatomical Wonder.


A novel exhibition in anatomy was
given yesterday afternoon TO the stu.
dents OF the Rush Medical College. At
four O'Clock the large amphitheater lee
ture-room was filled with 6edged and
untledged doctors, and in the arena
stood Charles Warren, man of about
thirty years of age of athletic appear
ance, and apparently jointed the same
as ordinary mortals. But he soon showed
that he differed from most men in his
makeup, for there was hardly IA Joint
in his whole body that he could not
throw out of place, or at least give that
appearance. He went through with
his distortions, much to the amazement
as well as the amusement of all. He
commenced by giving circulatory
movement of the scapula, moving either
one or both at time, and without any
apparent motion of the shoulders. He
then threw the humerus into the axilo,
disJointed his elbow, wrist and pha-
langes. This was done merely by the con-
traction of the muscles of the arm, and
not by the pulling of one member by
another In none of his feats was there
any such wrench of one Joint from
of his body with his hands the Joints
would move out of position. He forced
the femur from the thighbone. This he
could do while standing on one or both
feet or while reclining. The dislocation
caused an apparent shortening of the
limb. Another striking feat was the
turning of his feet so that he could
touch the bottoms of them while his legs
were perfectly straight Perhaps the
most remarkable of all his powers was
the wonderful expansibility of his chest
Medical works, upon the strength of ex-
aminations of thousands of them in the
army and navy, generally give five
inches az the maximum ofexpansion. The
exhibitor could expand his from nine
to twelve inches. Those who did not
take much interest in 9th er perform
ances were wonder-struck at this. This
feat was performed by the remarkable
degree of the compressibility of the
chest and his power to force his heart
and lungs into the abdominal cavity,
and then of the power to force his Wis
cera into his chest The abdomen was
hardly less curious when the viscera
was forced upward by the diaphragm
than was the inflated chest, for at such
time there seemed to be an entire alb
sence of organs in that part of the body,
and to be no distance at all from the
front walls of the abdomen to the
spinal column.
This subject proved fine study in
the anatomy of the muscles, because he
could contract them 80 as to show the
position of each from origin to insertion.
He had this power over the muscles in
pairs or separately, and could make
them as distinct rs if disseeted.
Mr.. Warren concluded with an exhi-
bition of his ability to comfort his whole
body, drawing himself through rings
and performing other things, much to
the amusement of the students and the
professors, if they had only felt at lib
erty to give way to laughter. Mr.. War
rem has a daughter who takes after him
self, and can dislocate her joints with
such ease that they sound like rattles.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

The great Chinese encyclopedia, re-
Gently purchased for the British Mu-
scum at cost of 81, 800, is voluminous
indeed. There are five thousand and
twenty volumes all told. The Emperor
Kangne was great admirer OF ancient
literature, and was deeply grieved to
perceive that extensive corruptions were
everywhere creeping into the texts that
were reproduced. To put stop to this
he determined to gather together in one
authoritative work the entire mass of
Chinese literature from the earliest
times until his own day. A learned
commissioner was appointed to collate
and verify all Chinese works, and the
Jesuit missionaries were simultaneously
employed in casting vast amount of
copper type. The collection and exam
nation occupied the commission for
forty years, and before it was fully
completed the wise old monarch died,
leaving the execution of his great de-
sign to Yung- Ching, his successor, who
signalized his accession by dismissing
the missionaries as a dangerous and
traitorous set. He seems to have taken
up the great literary scheme with keen
interest, and it was his hand which
wrote the Preface to the work when it
was at length published. The commits
sioners professed to have taken all works
from about LOO B. G. to LOO A. D.
and it is supposed that the whole
Chinese literature of any importance
between those dates is to be found en-
bodied in these five thousand and
twenty volumes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11
Putting the Plaster on the Wrong
Back.

An old sea captain, well known in the
days of Havre packets, who sailed the
seas over F" for fifty years or more, used
TO tell that in the first part of his first
voyage as captain, when he had just
turned twenty-one, his cabin boy COM
planned of lame back. There was q
medicine chest aboard, whose contents
it was the captains duty to dispense ac-
cording to the best of his knowledge
and ability In shallow drawer at the
bottom of the chest were three or four
Spanish fly plasters ready spread on kid,
and one of these the captain decided to
apply to the boys back. 1t was done,
and the little fellow sent to bed. In
the morning he was on hand bright and
early, but the captains usual cup of
coffee was missing.
Cook isn't up, sir" was the boys
explanation.
" Why notT" asked the captain.
Says he can't get up, sir"
"Why mott"
Says his back hurts him, SIR"
Back? What's the matter with his
backp
"The plaster, SIR"
"What do you meanT' exclaimed
the captain; Il didn't put the plaster
on his back"
"No, sir, but l did," whimpered the
boy.
You did, you young rascal p
howled the captain, jumping from his
berth, "what on earth did you do that
forF'
DWELL, sir" answered the boy, get
ting well out of the range of any stray
boot-jack or other missile that might
chance to be within the captains reach,
"when l woke up in the night it hurt
me SO that | had to take it off. The
cook was in the next bunk asleep, and l
Just clapped it on his back. didn't
want to waste the plaster, sir"
And he didn't. 1t worked to per-
lection, keeping the cook in bed with a
sore back for over week; and in the
next bunk, keeping him company, was
the boy, also with sore back, but it
wasn't the plaster that made it 80. A
ropes end was favorite prescription in
those days.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11
Some Of Cassagnac's Duels.

The Paris GauLois, in giving an &C
count of the seventeen duels and other
achievements of Paul de Cassagnac, re-
lates this of his encounter with Arelier
Scholl The high road to st. Denis was
the spot selected; two o'clock in the at
ternoon the time. A crowd quickly
assembled, and the combatants were
about to commence, when gendarme
made his appearance. However, instead
of making an arrest, the executive
officer drew his sword, and, addressing
himself to the spectators, cried, Hats
off, gentlemenl When there is fighting
in France, one uncovers." Poor SchOll
received terrible wound, but he is still
alive and well, on excellent terms with
his old adversary, and editor Of the
Voltaire. NJ de Cassagnac then fought
Henri Rochefort, and afterward his own
cousin, Lissagaray, who did all he could
to kill the Imperalist champion. After
having been touched four times in the
face, Lissagaray lost his head and flung
himself on the sword of his adversary.
He had hardly recovered when he again
challenged NJ. Paul de Cassagnac, who
refused a second meeting in the follow
ing terms: "Since fought you and
left you riddled like strainer in the
garden at Vesinet, l have reflected that
It is sufficient to have been your adver-
sary, and that it is useless to become
your charcutier (poor butcher)." Victor
Noir, who was afterwards shot down by
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, challenged M.
Paul de Cassagnac, who, having the
choice of weapons, selected ortho-
graphy, in which his opponent was
deficient.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11
The Grandeur of Ancestry.

In letter to the Burlington Ha'Ck-
eye Mr.. Burdette, the humorist, says:
Speaking of relics, just before we
reached Portsmouth, a man entered into
conversation with me. He said:
You are from the West"
l murmured something about the
vast illimitable, etc, and the man
said:
Yours is new country; new
country; new country"
Yes, told him, il was new, but it was
the only one we had, and accordingly we
wore it Sundays and week days alike,
worked and went to parties in it, and
it would soon look a thousand years
old.
"We," the man said, "come down
from the venerable mists of antiquity.
1t is a glorious thought"
Yes, | said, but it wasn't pleasant. /
was in Boston four days and it East
winded and rained three of them. 1t
was misty enough, but it spoiled the
prospect.
My ancestors" he said, "came over
in the May flower But yours-p
And he locked at me with a rising in
fectien.
tried to Stay him with look of silent
scorn, but she missed fire.
Your ancestors, | take il, said the
man, "did not come over in the May
fowerp
And then turned upon him. "Sir,"
| remarked, this Mayhower, take il,
was a sailing ship?'
"She was" he said, vainly endeavor-
ing to stile his emotion, "she was sail
ing ship"
"Then," l said, haughtily, "most as
suredly my ancestors did not come over
in the Mayfower. 1t has never been the
misfortune of my family to be compelled
to take passage on any ship of the
merchant marine. My ancestors came
over in Cunard steamer, first cabin, no
steerage passengers carried, only ten
days from Liverpool, and the minute
they landed in New York they went
straight up to Mrs. Astor's tavern, and
took front rooms on the parlor floor"
thought had crushed that man, but
may / be blessed if he didn't look as
though he pitied me.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11
Where are the Mothers!

"a Teacher" writes to the Providence
Journal: Every stormy day forces the
above question upon the teachers. Were
it not so common, it would be matter
of establishment for the teacher to see
little children come to school through
the storms of snow unprotected. They
possibility of their reaching the school
house without their feet and ankles be-
coming thoroughly wet They often are
sent in the storm without umbrellas or
proper overlooking. In most of the
school buildings the registers are SO
located as to afford no good opportunity
for drying the feet, and if it were other
wise, it is dangerous to dry clothing
upon the person. Some parents seem to
think that the teachers can remedy all
this at school. 1t is simply impossible.
Pupils who come in such condition must
either be sent home, or be in great dam
ger of being made sick by remaining at
school.
Some mediterranean mothers, per-
haps, we may say-see that their chill
dren start all right; or, what is better,
keep them at home on very stormy
days. But from the fact that others do
not exercise proper care, a great care
and source of anxiety fall upon the con-
scientious teacher. Rubber overshoes
are cheap, and should be provided; for
the frail shoes and boots commonly
worn are no protection against moist
snow or water. For boys, who will con-
trive to fill the tallest rubber boots with
snow and water, we can only say, "Put
them to bed, for reflection, while the
clothing dries"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11
Bric.a-Brac.

Thomas Mast, the American artist,
was born at Landau, Bavaria, on Sep
TENDER 81, 1910. He came to the United
found employment as draughtsman on
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Paper. In
1860 he went to England to illustrate
the Heenan and Sayers prize fight, his
sketches appearing in the New York
Illustrated News. He then went to Italy,
followed Garibalda there, entered Naples
with him, was present at the sieges OF
Capua and Gaeta, and executed sketches
of the war for the New York Illustrated
Ne,Os, Illustrated London Ne,0s and lie
Monde Ulustre, of Paris. Returning to
New York he began in July, 1862, a
series of war and political sketches in
Harper's Weekly, and since then has
been one of the principal artists on that
journal.
The English or American mile is 1,760
yards: the German short mile, $3.50
yards, or nearly four times more. The
German geographical mile is S,297
yards, or more than four and half
times that of the English or American
mile. The Irish mile is 2,240 yards; a
Roman mile, 1928 yards; Swiss mile,
9,153 yards; Swedish mile, 1l,700
yards. The German long mile is 10, 1875
yards, or nearly six times as long as the
English or American mile.
Davy Crockett was member of Con-
gress. In 1918 he served in the Creek
War, under General Jackson, and after
the peace, settled on Shoal Creek in a
desolate region of Tennessee. A COM
munity of reckless characters having
focked together, it was found necessary
to establish a temporary government,
and he was appointed one of the magis-
trates. He soon after became candi-
date for the Legislature, and made a
successful electioneering tour by shooting
at matches and telling amusing stories.
He was twice reelected to the Legisla.
ture, but devoted himself especially to
bear hunting, till in 1927 he was elected
by the party of General Jackson, repre-.
sentative in Congress. In 1929 he was
again chosen to Congress, but soon after
changed from partisan to an opponent
of Jackson's administration; and in
1881 it required his most serious exer.
ton to secure a reelection. He subse
queptly sought new career in Texas
then in revolt against Mexico, and after
series of military exploits, met his
death while defending Fort Alamo, in
San Antonio de Bexar. After hare
siege, the survivors, six in number, in
Guiding Crockett, surrendered, but by
order of Santa Anna they were put t.
death.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

BISHOP HAVEN advocates a union of
all of North America under one gov
eminent. He is sure that Canada is
ready for such change, and as to Mex
leo, he says, in the Independent: "Why
not? Her treasures are even more at
tractive and necessary than those of the
Dominion. She has wealth unsurpassed
in her many mountains. Our railroads
are pressing into it on the north, west
and east. Three or four lines are mov-
ing upon it. Its lands adjacent to ours
are fertile and empty. Three hundred
miles from Monterey to Matamoras is
one belt of magnificent emptiness, rich
est of pampas, and practically without
inhabitants. So is Chihuahua and so is
Durango. That superb land awaits our
honorable asking" The enthusiastic
Bishop finally settles the question of
the religion of his proposed country as
follows: "The world will look with ad-
miration and with awe on the sublime
spectacle, and the earth and man be far
advanced by that contamination to the
fulfllment not only of pagan and polit-
ical prophecies, but of those further
seeing men Of old who spake as they
were borne along and borne aloft of the
Holy Ghost, when they declared that all
nations and tongues should accept one
GosnelO
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

EXGovERNo OR HoRATIo SEYMOUR, of
New York, has been urging the Com
missary General TO have cheese made a
part of the army ration, but General
Macfeely objects on account of the diff
Guilty of procuring good quality at a
reasonable price. The factory made
cheese is made for immediate consump-
ton, and the processes employed for
hurrying up its maturity also hurry its
decay and make it to certain extent
unhealthy. When a cheese of good
quality which will keep sufficient
length of time for ordinary issue to the
army is made and offered at reasonable
price, it will be made one of the COM
ponents of the army ration. An earnest
effort is being made to have the supply
of tobacco to the troops stopped. 1t is
alleged that it is not only injurious to
the health of the men, but that it creates
thirst for intoxicating drinks.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11
Kerosene, a Diphtheria Cure.
Rochester Democrat


A gentleman writes to the Prattsburg
Republican of family there named
Light, who recently moved thence from
this city: "Mrs. Light said to rome of
the neighbors that previous to moving
here she had an attack of diphtheria
and cured herself by the use of kerosene
oil as gargle; she also swallowed some !;
but the remedy was so simple that our
citizens didn't think anything of it until
five of Joseph Jelley's children were
taken down with the diphtheria. Their
throats became swollen and cankered
terribly. Mrs. Jelley sent after her
neighbor, Mrs. Milliette, who had lately
lost son by the disease, to ascertain
whether it was really diphtheria or not.
Mrs. Milliette pronounced it very dan
gerous form. Mrs. Jelley said she
would use Mrs. Lights remedy-kero-
sene oil--which she gave her children
as gargle, also had them swallow some.
The children recovered rapidly, and in
a few days were out on the street. y
Four other cases were in like manner
successfully treated.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

structed in parallel lines, so that the
first is commanded by the second, the
second by the third, and so on. They
are connected by trenches, with en-
bankments serving as shelter for the
infantry. Since the srmistice pre-
ceding the conclusion of peace between
Russia and Turkey, twenty-nine vessels
have arrived at Constantinople, with
large cargoes of rifles and cannon, and
the Turkish troops are now armed as
completely as on the eve of the Russo
Turkish war.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

do you think" writes young
student of human economy, edo you
think the human race is decayingW
Not at all, not at all. Part of it isn't
decaying because it is yet alive, and the
portion of it that is dead doesn't decay
because the medical student don't give
it chance. Oh no, the human race
was never, in all its history, so we'll pro-
tected against decay as at present. Be
thankful that you live in an age when
the grave has been SO shorn of its power
that it can't hold a man so long as a
sieve would hold a spoonful of quick
silver.-Burlington Hawkeye.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

A STUDENT at the University of Vir-
ginia thus describes the present condi-
ton of Jefierson's homestead at Mon
ticello: The house is in good condition,
and in its entrance hall, as centerpiece
in the ceiling, still flaps his wings that
great bird symbolical of America liberty,
the eagle. In this hall also is ladder
old Tom daily assembled in order to wind
up clock whose weather beaten face is
seen as the house is approached it was
made by his own hands, and is very
ingenious thing, looking, when shut, like
a square rod. The room and bed he died
in, the Jail wherein he confined his
slaves, and his numerous wine cellars
are we'll preserved; but the tunnel, by
means of which he escaped the British
in 1912, is now nothing more than a
hole in the ground, with few bushes
growing around as if to hide and keep it
in remembrance.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11
How Candies Are Made.

1t is an easy matter to drop a luscious
chocolate cream or a crystal candy into
ones mouth, but the process by which
the morsel is produced is not so small a
matter. Take chocolate cream, for
is put into a cauldron with little
water, and placed over slow fire until
it assumes a paste-like consistency.
Then it is put on marble slab and
worked like butter until ii is smooth
and plastic. That paste forms the basis
of all cream candies. The favoring is
put in afterwards - vanilla, orange,
lemon, strawberry, pineapple, anything,
in fact, that may be desired. The choc-
olate used comes in huge cakes, is melted,
and the creams covered with it by dip
ping them in rapidly.
The crystallizing of candies requires
more work, and il is in this that espe-
cially prepared apparatus is used. First,
the form of the candy is secured by
holdings in finely ground starch. Then
the candy, favored and prepared ac-
cording to taste, is reduced to syrup
and poured in the molds, and placed in
a closet to cool slowly. These closets
are kept at a certain temperature, and
it requires from three hours to several
days to bring the candy to the right
consistency. When it is taken out the
starch is removed with brush, and the
candies are ready for sale. Each kind
requires different mcie Of treatment,
and the work occupies the entire time
of " Professor of Confectionery and
four assistants to supply the demand.
Candies may be bought of large whole
sale manufacturers as cheaply as they
are made by smaller dealers, but greater
purity and freshness are obtained by
manufacturing them, and the favoring
and supply can be regulated to meet the
demand
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

The work of fortifying the two lines
of defense of Constantinople proceeds
with great activity. The government
factories are occupied in the manufac-
ture of ten thousand wagons and bar
rows for the conveyance of the material,
carriage of earth, etc. These fortiica-
tions will, when complete, be armed
with eight hundred guns of large cali
Der. The defensive works are con-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

A sREET-CAR motor to be run by
quicksilver is being manufactured at
Aurora, Ill. About eight hundred
pounds of quicksilver is to be placed in
reservoir at the top of the car, and to
pour down over cast iron overshot
wheel, producing an equivalent to three
horse power. The quicksilver is to be
returned to the reservoir by pumps
placed underneath the car, 10 be
operated by brakeman by means of a
crank on the front platform.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

THE drunkenness of Edgar Allan Poe
was under discussion by Richmond
temperance society. A speaker dwelt
on the poets disgraceful death. pr.
Mason, who attended him in his last ill
ness, replied: "He died like gentle
man. For days before his death he ut
terly refused stimulants of all kinds to
allay his nervous excitement, and died
a sober man, truly penitent for his past
career"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

DIPHTHtRIA and typhoid fever are
two foes that no guard keeps out of the
old palaces, although every days lessons
go to show that they are or may be pre-
ventable diseases, and there is no reason
they should gain an entrance into the
humblest house. Both seen to come in
a mysterious way from underground
contamination of the water that is drank
and the air that is breathed in either
palace or tenement house.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

COMMANDER CHEYNE, of the English
Navy, has a new scheme for reaching
the North Pole. He proposes to go by
ship as far as possible, then go over the
ice with sledges until that method of
conveyance is no longer practicable, and
finally, by means of three balloons
dashed together, he would try to get to
the Pole. After making observations,
he would send back two of the balloons
and endeavor to proceed with the third
to an inhabited part of Russia.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

AN old lady in Glasgow was left a
legacy of $4,000, having already small
fortune of some $4,000 or 100000. She
invested the legacy in the City Of Glas-
Cow Bank, and when the crash came
went distracted at the thought of beg
gary that was awaiting her. To her sur
prise no call was made upon her, and on
investigation she found to her delight
that her agent had embezzled the money
while pretending to invest it in the
shares desired.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-11

A WITTY French journalist suggests
as methods of warfare which will please
the vanity of people of the dueling
kind, without needlessly exposing them
to danger, the throwing at each other
of tire-crackers, the man whose petard
makes the most noise to be regarded as
victor, or the pulling Of gigantic torpedo
notices, where the motto shall be of q
libelous character.