The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
NEWS AND NOTES.
In the island of Cyprus boys of if
teen marry girls of ten or twelve.
AMERICAN Trunks no In, e,raat demand

IN the island or Cyprus boys OF fif-
teen marry girls of ten or twelve.
AMERICAN trunks are in great demand
in Ireland.
The sales of New England cotton
goods in China have increased to very
fattering extent during the past year.
BY-and by that man will come around
the corner with his prediction Of the
hottest summer in twenty years.-Ne,c-
ark Cal. lea s9'h aaifi6' 10 aoiHH sd
AMONG the various species of oranges
now raised in Florida is the small, thin
skinned, delicate mandorino, from the
Island of Malta, so highly priced on
European tables.
IT is the temper of blade that must
be the proof of good sword. and not
the gliding of the hilt, or the richness OF
the scsbbard so it is not his grandeur
and possessions that make a man con-
siderable, but his intrinsic merit
NASHVILLE, Tenn, shows signs of
awakening prosperity. According to a
local journal $3.50, 900 will not cover
the cost of the houses now in course of
erection and to be erected during the
year 1879" ge t.al
In only eight States of the Union the
postal-service pays its way New Hamp.
shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New jersey,
Pennsylvania and Michigan; the surplus
of revenue from these States being over
S2,500,000.
LET us not listen to those who think
we ought to be angry with our enemies,
and who believe this to be great and
manly. Nothing is more praiseworthy
and nothing more clearly indicates a
great and noble-soul than clemency and
readiness to forgive. za
A FELLOW in Baltimore stole a
Maltese cat, " valued" by his owner at
twenty-five dollars, and was released,
the Justice holding that taking posses
sion of a cat is not criminal offense,
however highly its owner might prize
it.
A MAN in the employ of Barnum, at
the Central Park, New York, has been
arrested for trying to subdue an ele-
plant by burning it with red-hot iron.
The orthodox way is to chain the beast,
and let seven men tickle him with
pitchforks to the depth of seven or
eight inches under the cuticle.
PROF. vrRcHow, in a recent address
on the Oriental plague to the Berlin
Medical Society, drew the attention OF
his hearers to method Of disinfecting
advocated by Bulard, who asserts that
If infected articles are plugged into cold
water during some hours, the contagious
germs will invariably be destroyed.
AT Marlborough Club, the resort OF
the Prince of Wales, in London, Count
Schouvalof, the Russian ambassador
lost at cards in few hours, sum equal
to his whole salary. A young nobleman
was dragged out of the club, 10 the
amazement of the. members, by his
mother, who said, You are not going
to follow Hastings and Newcastle.
THERE are sixty places in France
called St. Etienne. This curious fact
was ascertained in consequence of a libel
committed by Paris newspaper, which
stated that the receiver Of st. Etienne
had embezzled $4,000. The tax
receiver in every town of the name
brought an action, and the paper has
been ordered to pay twenty dollars
damages 10 each of them, besides a fine
of forty dollars.
Chow. do you like hatsT' said one
young man to another while dining in a
restaurant WELL" he replied, 81
like 'em bellcrowned, or a roller brim
and broad band; why do you ask p
ooh, wanted to know how you liked
them; if you prefer your hat well done,
all right; but if you wish it rare you had
better take it off that red-hot stovep-
Hackensack Republican.
THERE is cat on .Fourth-street, OF
the Thomas persuasion, who answers
mostly to the name of "Get Outp who
can sing cold Grimes Is Dead" in
Spanish, Arabian and original Greek
and personate the death struggle Of Old
Grimes at the same time. He is making
himself numerous and popular, and
after his evening entertainments, the
vicinity is all Uttered up with fire-wood
and furniture that the neighbors have
forwarded to him in recognition of his
talents.-StillWater Lun,berman.
SEVERAL years ago scientist stated
that diphtheria resulted from fungus
growing in the throat, just exactly like
that on peach. A Philadelphia doctor
says the same is found in spots on the
apple, and he thinks they often cause
the disease and usually spread it. II
would be a great pity to have to part
with our friends, the rambo and bald
win. We hope the report is not we'll
founded, although, it is important il
true. te@- NE.>f MN \ c4, ~
AN old nickel mine has been discov
cred in the town of Dracut, Mass, neal
Lowell, which was originally opened
about two hundred years ago. The
resemblance of nickel to silver probably
decided the first workers and the mine
was abandoned. The value of nicke
was not known before 1751. The ole
shaft was forty-three feet deep. A com
pany has recently sunk it sixty-one feet
and found nickel enough to pay, anc
proposes to operate the mine.
Nor long ago, Kossuth said in lette'
to a friend of his, that he preferred &
Government with absolute power to tn,
confusion and corruption which, in
Hungary, had resulted from the intro
duction of free Constitution. The let
ter was recently read aloud in the Hun
garian Diet, but, instead of that burs
of indignation which the recital was in
tended to produce, a deep and disma
silence fell upon the Assembly.
LUCIEN MARC, who, has been wrest
ling for two years as Andre Christol
and who wrestled with Mclaughlin, O.
Detroit, as Andre Christol, the othe
day challenged a miner of Colorado, ant
thew met at Daadwond. The nina