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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
A Rafting Kansas Snake Story.

8. Fl. Beeson, tho well-known Gen.
trial Branch co ,tractor, gave the Patrios
pleasant call and from him we learn
the particular ,of the most remarkable
snake story wechAve heard In the ex
tension Of the Central Branch road
from Beloit, to Cawker City, the. line
passes through the town Of Glen Elder.
A short distan ce from Glen Elder, on
the Solomon river, is a stocp and rocky
bluff, abopti fifty-five feet high, o. large
portion of which had TO he blasted away
to make room for the, roadbed,, "A few
days ago, while the excavation was in
progress, blast Of nitry- glycerine caps
and giant powder tore off an unusually
large part OF the bluff, and down the
declivity there came writhing and roll
ing bunch OF snakes, which Mr.. Beeson
assures us was almost as large as bar
rel. They were of different varieties,
rattlesnakes predominating, with racers,
adders, garters, etc. When first dis
turbed from their warm bed they were
active and dangerous, but coming out
into the severe cold they were soon
comparatively harmless, and were killed
by the men without much trouble, or
covered up in the dump by earth and
stone. But this is very small portion
of the story. Every day and every
blast since this first batch appeared has
brought another huge bundle Of rep
tiles. Every hour q moving, writhing
lump comes rolling down the hill only
to separate at the foot, and what escape
the laborer's pick and shovel crawl off
to get covered up in the dump. Thou
sands of them have been unearthed and
killed, and every blast brings thousands
more, far rivaling in number the famous
snake-den of Concordia. Not o single
case Of snake-bite has yet occurred, not
withstanding it is many times almost
impossible to avoid stepping on them.
Mr.. Beeson says there are no unusual
monsters among them, the great major
ity being as large round as mans
wrist and about three or three and
half feet long. He also says that the
farmers for five miles around tell him
that this is, the regular winter den of
these venomous creatures, and that dur
ing the fall the snakes in that country,
when discovered, are headed in the d.
rectien of the bluffs, and the only way
they can be turned from their course is
to kill them. til said to be one of the
most remarkable sights ever looked
upon, and hundreds from the surround
ing country visit the quarries to see the
snakes.--Atohisos. (Kd1..) Patriot.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
Crime In New York.

The report of the supervisor Of Ad.
missions and Discharges from the Al
bany Penitentiary gives an alarming
picture of the growth Of crime in New
York city, and attributes it to the evils
of the tenement-house system and the
effects of trashy literature. 1t says that
cheap novels and cheaper serials are to
be found where bread is wanting, and
in the pocket of almost every boy and
girl able to read. Tho report goes on
to say: Another evil, and one more
shocking on account of the depth of de-
pravity of which it is the cause, is the
exposure Of girls Of tender years en-
gagged in seeming innocent occupations,
pedding or vending small wares at all
hours Of night, their faces prematureiy
old
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
A Sick World.

The world is sick, and the doctors do
not seem to be helping the patient
much. On the other hand it appears to
be getting worse. The plague which
broke out in Astrakhan is steadily adj
vancing ENTHUSIASTICALLY into Russia,
and the whole empire is thoroughly
alarmed. They have not only the
plague to guard against but numerous
other epidemics. Smallpox and a yiru-
lent type Of typhus fever are increasing
alarmingly in Central Russia. An cpl
demic is raging in Siberia, and unknown
diseases have broken out, sweeping of
the people by thousands. Wherever
large bodies OF men are gathered, fatal
sickness breaks out The Russian
troops In the Balkan peninsula are snf-
fering fearfully with spotted typhus
fever. A large detachment OF troops
which recently. arrived at Tripoi from
Constantinopie vas suddenly taken
down with mysterious disease which
proves 80 fatal that the Mediterranean
ports have quarantined against it,.
Meanwhile the cholera Is at work in
Morocco and at other points in Northern
Africa. The physicians OF England say
there never was q time when lung dis
eases were SO prevalent as now, and the
same is true in the northern section of
our own country. It Is, an almost uni-
versal complaint from New England to
California, especially In the cases Of
people of advanced age, that, instead OF
shaking off cold, it rapidly assumes
the form of pneumonia and proves
fatal. There probably never has been a
time in the West when diseases of the
throat and lungs were so prevalent as
now. To add to the calamity Of the
situation, the germs Of the yellow fever,
which were supposed to have been
killed by the ffost, have again made
their appearance in the South. Even
the brute creation are not spared, for
the cattle in Russia, Germany, England,
and to certain extent the United
States, are suffer ng with pleuro-pneu-
monia. Prof. Law, Of Cornell Univer-
sity, who has been directed to investi-
gate the causes and extent Of the dis
ease in New York State, visited Long
Island stable the other day and found
800 COWS suffering from the disease
The hogs have the cholera, and the
horses in some sections are coming
down with the epizootic. Upon the
whole the outlook for the coming SUM
mer is not very encouraging one.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

ONE of the most ruinous h abits of
the Russian peasa nts is displayed at
marriage celebrations. A peasant, to
celebrate the marriage of his son, pro-
cures twenty-five gallons of whisky, to
get money for which he sells his horse,
cow, or pigs, and is ready to become a
pauper.~ He cannot resist the practice,
for custom requires that the population
of the village, men, women, and child
rem, must get drunk. "A rich peasant,
at the marriage festival, will procure
one hundred gallons of whisky, and the
neighboring villages aresinvited to take
part id theucarousal. 4 asff8 l. Z 81 asl
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
Incidence.

When young Anne Maillard was at
college, the professor of rhetoric gave
the class as subject "A Eulogy Of In
dolence."
On the given day the compositions
were handed in, and the professor, after
casting his eye over the papers, re-
marked:
IN. Mailiard, where is your essay?
I don't see it among these"
nDidn't hand it to you? I beg
your pardon" said the student, and
passed up a neatly-folded package Of
manuscript. N zHa
The professor opened it, turned over
the pages, got very red, and exclaimed /:
Sirrah, this is miserable joke.
This paper is blank-pot word IN
eulogy of Incidence anywhere on it. !"
"Oh, I thought that the highest
eulogy of Incidence I could give" re-
Piled the student, would be not to
write anything. Paris paper.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

THE civil tribunal of the Seine has
confirmed the claim of Madame de
Rabinwich to be the legitimate daughter
of a wealthy Russian by the name Of
Garfudksl, who lately died in Paris
leaving his property to his widow and
an adopted daughter, Madame de
Wouytch. 1t was shown that she was
the offspring of prior marriage con-
tracted in 1878; that she was born in
1920, and that the deceased concealed
the fact of her existence. She will there.
fore receive half the fortune of a father
who had for many years virtually dis
owned her. "a q r5or7- a.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

TIE lite OF all fishes Is one OF per-
petual warfare. The carnage Of the sea
exceeds that, which, is allowed to perplex
our reasons on dry lard. The @herrin
satisfies many stomachs "a broiled fresh
herring is luxury, and it is an unfor-
tunate fish withal. An old whaler has
known of hogshead of herring being in
the belly ola whale and fifteen good
sized herring have been found in the
stomach of cod. Proceeding into
mathematics for d moment, if we allow
"a Goldfish only two herring per day for
his existence, and suppose him to feed
on herring for one year, we have seven
hundred and thirty herring as his allow
ance forltwelve months, and fifty Goldfish
equal one fisherman in destructive
power. Compared with the enormous
consumption of fish by each other, the
draughts made upon the population of
the sea by man seems to dwindle into
insignifcance. The Soland goose can
swallow and digest six full-sized herring
per day. 1t has been calculated that in
the Island of St, Kilda, assuming it to
be inhabited by two thousand of these
birds, feeding for seven months in the
year, and with the allowance of five
herring each per day, thepumber of fish
for the summer subsistence of a single
species of bird cannot be less than
214. 600 900. ~ y ~ 7 y
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

IT iss !, a. pQteY9Fthys fact says the
Baltimore Siss, that the medical SCHOOLS
Of New 0fk Philadeiphia ia ana tiS
more alone have turned out athissseason
q total Of nearly if not quite one .thous
sand doctors, besides "a goodly number,
of dentists. The NedicM Record, IL
commenting onssthisv rapid 1ErSasS IN
the nuNber Uf,PEctiH gAssa sGYsNypat
the sa1aQFE0a ofansdioss Students to
the population in 1S10was one to IL, 900;
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
Wanted a White Spirit.

Il An Indian carried the dead body Of
his sister to the top of hill at Rose
bud, Neb., and stationed himself by it
with rife in his hands, intending to
kill the first white man who came with
in range, so that white spirit might
accompany her to the happy hunting
grounds. He stood there six hours, fir
ing occasional but harmless shots at
distant persons. Then white man
who had lived many years among the
Indians, and whose wife was squaw,
walked unsuspectingly that way. The
Indian shot him in the breast, and was
satisfied. But the wounded man recov-
cred, and accepted thirteen horses, forty
blankets, and an apology in settlement.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
Ex-CoNGREssMAN-- Peddle,--et New

Jersey, states that duriDg,a recent visit
to Ireland, he could not fail To- notice
the demand for American goods. The
preference for them over. those, manu-
featured in England amounted almost
to enthusiasm among the people, and
this feeling is rapidly growing. The
largest hardware store in the city of
Dublin has prominently displayed on
the sign, American Ironmonger THE
word " ironmonger being used in that
country in the same sense that hard
ware merchant is here.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

JAfAF loves the postal card This
cheap and useful device was introduced
into japan three years ago. and last
year over 100000 cards were used.
Foreign mail matter is increasing so fast
in Japan that before long it must break
down the exclusiveness CT that country.
In 1875, $4,000 letters were received
from foreign parts. Last year the NUM-
Der was los, 2o3. The postal depar tment
is conducted with great honesty, only
nineteen money letters being lost last
year, containing s130, which was made
good sto;the owners by the government
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
HORACE B1NNEY SARGENT, in his re-

HORACE BNNEY SARGENT, in his re-
cent address to the Grand Army of the
Republic in Massachusetts, referred to
the first Tramp law of England, enacted
some 800 years ago. 1t ordered the beg-
gar who was able to work to be whipped
back to the place where he was born,
there to get his living by compulsory
labor; and, if he repeated his offense, to
have the gristle of his right ear cut of;
and for the third offense to be adjudged
and executed as felon.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

WURTEMBERG, in Germany, is often
visited by terf16 ia nst !. IN s6{ne
partsof the country whole districts seen
to Be sxempted from the land tax on &C
count ofthe asmsge caused by the hail.
And these hailstorms are, apparently be,
coming more destructive: As regatds
liability to, being visited, it appears
that pinelwuoas enjoy comparative i'm
munity, while siibeech woods and bare
hillsidesN are particularly unfortunate,
The parishes most frequently devastated
lie on the, ontski rts of wooded hills, but
it does nQtvaPpear that clearaHeecpf a
wood has aaNdelstsriQns influence. The
valleys Of the Mcfarland some other
rivefs&re the least troubled ~ this al.
novance sG1G0# SffT 90
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

The inhabitants of Madagascar are
dying to get hold Of an American ship
Captain who has sold them 10000 quart
cans of tomatoes as new kind Of gum
powder.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

THE true Britop is about as fond of
his beer assof his beef AS most of the
"roast beef of Old England" now comes
from this country, the Britisher clings
the closer to- his. beer, which he feels
sure could not be)equaled by the Amer
lean article. His eyes have been opened
lately, and he is appalled, to find that
the beer he has been drinking is adul-
3 terated to such an extent THAT there is
nothing left Of the genuine article in it.
Britain drinks about one billion one
hundred million gallons of beer every
year, and the amount of poison swal-
lowed i'll thisquantity must be enormous
The principal or legitimate constituents
of the various kinds of beer are water,
alcohol, sugar, gum, gluten and the bit
ter extract of hops, the amount of alco-
hol ranging from one to ten per cent,
according to the quality of the beverage.
But as it believed to be more profitable,
pecuniarily, to debase beer than to man.
ufacture it pure, caramel (burned
sugar. is added for color; cocculus in
deus for Intoxicating effect, which is
mistaken for strength; quassia for Bit
terness, as a substitute for hops; Cay
enne pepper and grains of paradise, for
pungency; coriander and caraway seeds,
for flavor; licorice, molasses, or honey,
for consistence, and often green vitriol
(sulphate ofiron) or alum and common
salt, for effervescence. ---s.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

PEOPLE that are invariably known by
the company they keep Theatrical
managers,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

in 1910, one to $500; in 1871, one to
800, and in 1877, one to 1900; while
the proportion of theological and law
students has increased only about one
tenth as fast. The Record fears that
over-competition viii beget envy,
poverty and dishonesty, andEwork harm
to the community. and that medical
thics viii cease to exist when, the pro-
portion of physicians to population is
one tofeur hundredref population. 1t
remains to be seen whether this shocking
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

ually drink alcoholic liquors, using them
not merely at meals but at different
hours during the day" is put down at
only thirty-six.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

2 TEXAS is going to sell enough Wild
lands to build new State HouSs.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

BEWARE of -bronze-ereen kid gloves
They are said to poison the hands.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
'ophecy will be fulfilled.

Thrift IS curious origin ascribed to
timbrophily, by which high sounding
phme postage stamp collecting is desig-
mated: The missionaries in India, are
sid to be able to reclaim from the heart
lsss Hindoo parents the little babies
they are accustomed to sacrifice before
,theiE idols, by trading postage stamps
lforSthem. For some reason these bar
barians covet these paper tokens, either
10 of9r 70 their gods after the manner
of thee hinese, or I'd, decorate their huts.
This fact becoming known in England,
has worked a, change an, the economy of
Ecanceled stamps. There iare charity
schools in. England to which admittance
tissgained by presenting certain number
of defaced stamps. Large counting
houses throughout the realm carefully
preserve every envelope, and the junior
clerks make it their business to soak of
the Queens heads and paste them on
huge rolls of wall paper. They are pre-.
sented to some worthy lad: who makes
an exchange OF, them for learning.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

CHICAGO butchers want a Congress
sional committee to say whether or not
they kill diseased cattle. 1t will soon
be necessary to hire Congressman by the
year, and make them responsible for the
conduct of elections, fevers, cheese fac
tories, and custom-ho houses, leaving cattle
fairs and agricultural horse trots to the
President. .
MIsFoRTUNEs never come singly. "A
man in Connecticut lost his barn by fire
last winter. Some two months later his
horse was 50 injured that it had to be
killed. Soon afterhe lost several hum
bred pounds of tobacco by storm which
uproofed a shed where it was stored, ana
now his wife's mother has come to stay
with HIM 40
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19
TOPICS OF THE DAY

A GERMAN paper publishes an inter
esting account of the migration of peo-
pie caused by the Russo-Turkish war,
and which is described as the greatest
witnessed since the Middle Ages Since
1877 the emigration in several Turkish
provinces has exceeded a million souls.
Some districts have been completely
evacuated, apdyYccuPiedI almost limpe,
diately BIZ another populatio n.-----.-.-..
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

THOUSANDS of emigrants beyond THE
Mississippi are shouting :" Westward
hol" As many as $500 arrived at the
Union Depot, Kansas City, during SIN
gle day, and set their faces toward the
west.s Last season they came by fami-
lies, BY sections, BY hundreds but this
year It is BY thousands that they empty
themselves from the cars at the depot,
and at once take seats in the westward
bound trains. The various roads had
calculated upon heavy travel this sea
son, and their anticipations have be en-
more than verified.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-19

WE'D love TO be little bird 2'i.s
Amo q the grasses skipping,
Along the udding boughs and twigs
b In happy freedom tripping.
To greet the vernaI queen that comes
To drown the wintry specter 81
a In waves oil amber brilliancy
~ And floods OF dewy nectar.
We'd love to be little bird,
To frolic mid the flowers, Ken F,.
Ii To play at hide aud seek within
The snad'wy EN- raid bowers,
+" To fit from airy, tree-swnng cots
70 brake EN- bosomed villas.
But them ed rather be excused
From eating eaterpillars
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-04
Light at Last.

A Montgomery County farmer had
sold Germantown man a load of pine
wood, but on his way thither had lost
the piece Of brown paper that contained
the address. He had searched for him
at the post-ofice, City Hall, and in o
dozen bar-rooms, but was unable to find
him, and was on the point of returning
home when be saw an intelligent-look-
ing individual standing on the corner
of the Avenue and Wayne street, to
whom he said
I" I sold this load of wood to q man
here in Germantown, and I can't think
of his name if should go to Halifax"
Common name, is it?" inquired the
man, as though he would like to help
him out of the difficulty.
Eyes, very common heard it q
thousand times" replied the farmer,
knitting his eyebrows.
Breed ?" suggested the man.
The farmer shook his head.
"Jones?"
"No, that's not the name. Let me
see-who was it that built the ark 3"
asked the farmer, leaning on his whip
handle.
"Eph Horn"
"That's not the name. Let me see
who was it that discovered American
Victoria @. Woodruff"
"No," replied the farmer. It's
funny" he continued, "that I can't
think of his name. I know it just as
we'll as I know my own. What is that
fellows name that they call 'The
Father of his Country?"
John Morrissey."
"Taint him. Who is that big fell
low in Congress what's been kicked out
of the Cabinet for stealing so much
money!"
Sitting Bull"
"That's not the man that I'm look
ing for. Who was it that built the first
Steamship"
"Charles Francis Adams"
Well, said the man with the wood,
"I might as we'll give it up. Much OBJ
liged to you for your Kindness" he
added, starting off.
Wasn't it George Francis Train ?"
asked the man, as if engaged in deep
meditation.
"No," replied the farmer its some
of those fellows names, but that's not
it. Who was it that says We folks all
come from the ape?"
"John Smith,"
"That's the man I'm looking for r
said the farmer, tipping his hat on the
back of his head and taking a fresh
chew of tobacco. "Where does he
live?"
I'm he," said the man, and the two
went down the street together, while
the horse with the wood followed on
behind.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-04
Wit and HumOr.

The most notorious girl of the period
is EN- Bezzle.
There is wide difference between
fire. crackers and water-crackers as
there should be.
Some slanderer asserts that paper
makers are the great magicians OF the
day, inasmuch as they transform beg
CARS rags into sheets for editors to lie on.
He was twitted of his badness, and
retorted sharply: Well, there are
two things you never saw in this world
"a red-headed Niger or bald-headsd
fool"
81 have q theory about the dead
languages, said q new student. I" What
10 it," asked the professor. "That
they were killed by being studied too
hard"
I tell you, Susan, that will commit
suicide If you won't have me-" swell,
Thomas, as soon as you give me that
proof of your affection, will believe
that You love me-"
Mrs. Darlington, in illustration Of
the proverb, "a soft answer turneth
away wrath, says that it is better to
speak paregorically Of a person than to
be all the time fiinging epitaphs at
him." fsYs.t
A lady asked Judge what che would
say in court il she was asked her age.
The blunt jurist replied "Say,
madam, what I believe would be the
truth, that you are not yet come to the
years OF discretion"
Papa" said q bright little boy who
had just come home from sleight Of
hand entertainment: 81 wish / was
conjuror." "Why, my son q" 81
would turn you into rat, call up the
cat, and wouldn'tI have fun 2"
An English nobleman, who is in the
habit Of speaking to soldiers in an affa-
bic manner, was much amused lately
when a guardsman said to him, in o
Hearty and genial way So like you,
my lord. There's nothing of the gem
tleman about you"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-04

CREAM EATING. Charles A. Holmes
says, in the RarGs Home, that though
he was born and brought up on farm,
he never remembered eating cream un-
til his first visit to New York City,
where friend invited him to lunch
house called The Dairy" He ate
there bowl Of cream (so-called--prob-
ably two-thirds milky and brown bread,
and was ever after partial to that diet
in fact, in nine cases ont of ten, he
takes nothing else for supper, and is
healthier and happiey therefor. Cream
is more palatable and healthful than
butter, and less expensive. Sweet
cream How city people would smack
their lips over the thought, yet farmers
do not seem to use it freely as food.
Baked sweet apples and strawberries
and cream-what dish can be more en-
ticing? Butter-eating is habit that
grows on like smoking: we eat it in our
travels even if it has got bad taste,
rather than take the sweet, fragrant
breai alone then we eat more and
more as the years go by. until we dis
pose OF quarter of pound daily with
out being conscious of It. Add to this
the fat OF meats and that used by the
good wife as shortening" and is il q
wonder that the doctoris the moneyed
man of the town? Try the milk and
cream cure. Season it, if you will. call
it butter It you will, but try il and see
il the hard times and other disorders do
not begin to disappear.