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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06
STILL ANOTHER
Certificate of Incorporation Is
Granted Proposed Railroad.

From the W heehng Register, OF july soth.l
Secretary of State Stalnaker yes
terday issued certificate of incor-
poration to large number of gen
tlemen, who have agreed to become a
corporation for constructing and OPP
Grating a railroad in West Virginia,
by adopting the following:
/. The name Of the corporation
shall be the West Virginia and Penn.
sylvania Railway Company.
2. The road which this corporation
proposes to build will commence at
the Pennsylvania line, in the county
of Monongalia, and run thence by
the most practicable route by way of
Morgantown and Fairmont or Pala-
tine, to Clarksburg in the county OF
Harrison.
3. The principal office of this cor
poration will be at Fairmont.
4. The corporation shall be per
petual.
5. The capital stock of the com
pany shall be 81, 500, 900, divided in
to shares of 500 each.
The persons forming the corpora
ton are rs follows
Morgantown-J. Marshall Hagans,
W. T. Wiley, A, Faifehild, George
c. Sturgiss, w. S. Cobun and n. N.
Hoffman.
Clarksburg-G. d. Camden, Hon.
Benz. Wilson, j. +. Osborn, A. G.
Smith, J. L. Ruhle, r. L. Lowndcs,
w. ii. Freeman.
Fairmont-Thomas w. Fleming,
w. l.. Fleming, c. +. Manlcy, James
0. Watson, and many others along
the route of the road, which the
space allowed will not admit of men
ton.
The incorporators are a iirst-class
set of go-ahcad business men, with
the interest of the State at heart.
They appreciate the value and neces-
sity of u road, and will do all in their
power to make this n success.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06
AFool once more.

For ten years my wife was confined
to her bed with such complication Of
ailments that no doctor could tell what
was the matter or cure her, and l used
up a small fortune in humbug stuff
Six months ago I saw a u. S. flag with
Hop Bitttfs on it, and / thought l
would be a fool once more. / tried it
but my folly proved to be wisdom,
Two bottles erred her, she is now as
well and strong as any, mans wife, and
it cost me only twodollars. Such folly
pays. III. W.. Detroit, Alicb.-Fyee
Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

war bf rates, which ended in a
pooling arrangement that increased
his wealth; but still he was on the
outside. Determined to succeed, he
organized the American Union Telc-
graph Company, built thousands of
miles Of wires, broke his railroad wire
contract with the Western Union and
Atlantic and Pacific, and grew into
the proportion of very dangerous
rival.
Aboat this time be formed an al
lance with Vanderbilt, and, at the
residence of the latter the agreement
was made by which Gould was to Sc
cure Vanderbilt's stock, and con-
solidation of all the Telegraph Com
panies under one system was to be
perfected. This was duly ratified,
and, at last, the Man Of Destiny had
reached the summit of his ambition.
To-day Mr.. Gould owns absolutely
100000 out of the 100000 shares of
the Western Union in his own name
and with his friends controls the
system. This stock at to-day's fig-
ures represents $22,500,000. Out Of
this transaction alone Mr.. Gould
cleared about 100000. This did
not suffice, however, and his ambi-
ton craved in ocean telcgraphy, he
set about alone and procured n char
ter, ordered his cables, and quietly
but successfully vessels have been
spinning out the insulated wires I'M
til the great work is nearly complct-
ed that connects two continents by
wire laid along the ocean bed.
Already circular has been issued
inviting public patronage on pledge
Of reduced rates in transmission, and
the older companies taking alarm
have given notice Of reduction of
so per cent in rates. Mr.. Gould's
idea in this venture is identical with
his establishment of American I'm
ion, ard dotfbtle6s viii result in this
same manner. There will be war
of rates, followed by a conference,
and this end will be pooling of
earnings. Mr.. Gould being fully
recognized in the division and con
troll, when the poor public can shift
for itself, and again submit to such
rates as the new combinatiop may
see fit to enforce. Gould viii add
between 100000 aud $i0,oo0,0o0
to his already great wealth. The
impression is that he is laboring to
become the Richest man on the con-
tinent, and, as nest-egg, it is pre-
sumed that he is worth to-day about
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

OH JOHN RoBINsoN's Show,is billed
for Fairmont for the 4th Of August.
This show that has been under the
same management for so many years,
still maintains its reputation as the
best show travelling. The startling
novelties announced are 100 perform
mers, male and female, fifty dens of
rare wild animals, a cortege of golden
chariots, a school of sea lion. 100
diminutive Shetland ponies smaller
than Newfoundland dogs. A troupe
of Hindoo Jugglers. The circus en-
braces more equestrians, more vault
ers, more gymnasts, more clowns,
more athletes. more specialtics than
any show in America. The menag-
erie embraces more lions, more cam
els, more monkeys than any show in
America. A giant OK twenty hands
high just added. The extraordinary
attractions are troupe Of Hindoo
iugglers, the anatomical wonder, the
samson of the 10Th century, the hu-
man meteor, a woman shot from a
cannon loaded with powder and
whirled through the air with terrific
force and speed. The best educated
troupe of dogs and monkeys in the
world. These are features owned,
controlled and exhibited only by this
the greatest of all great shows.
The street parade is bright, beauti-
full and brilliant. There will be no
combination with any other shows
the time is fixed. The old John Rob
inson's show never charges or post
pones, and his show is totj big to need
a combination with any other. Two
thousand reserved cushion seats at
but small advance. General admis
sion so cents. Children, Is cents.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

1t having hoen reported that the
vaults OF the United States Treasury
are almost bursting with silverdol
lars Bernhardt is seriously thinking
of coming back.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

The things which we enjoy are
passing, and we are passing who en-
Joy them.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

A pig was never known I'd wash,
but great many people have seen
the pig iron.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

The greatest sources of happiness
and usefulness are open to rich and
poor alike.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

More important than the thing you
do may be the discipline OF the do
ing.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06
Two Young Girls Find "a Negro
under he Bed.

ers of ohe Of our most respectable
citizens, who resides in the suburbs
we're about retiring, the younger, O
little girl of seven, said to her sis
ter:
minnie, ] smell niger"
Minnie, who is a young lady OF
sixteen, said to the child:
Nonsense: you don't smell any
thing of the kind"
IL tell you ! do" persisted the lit
tie one. IL smell him true. There
is darkey somewhere about this
ROOM"
This rather startled the cider sis
ter, but she concluded to look about
and see if any stray African could
be found. She looked in the closet,
in the hall, and all about, and finally
under the bed, and there she saw a
lusty colorcd man lying on the floor,
the whites of his eyes glistening in
the darkhess. Mr.. Negro, as soon MS
he was discovered, rolled himself
out and started for down stairs. The
elder girl, with remarkable bravery,
ran after him, caught him, and at
tempted to hold him. the little one
screaming all the while. The noise
awakened an elder brother, who made
his appearance just as the darkey,
who had freed himself from the clasp
of the frail girl, and had opened the
front door, was bounding over the
fence. A shot was fired at him, but
probably without effect, thoagh he
ran down the road as though he had
been lit in the back Of the neck with
a paper of tacks.- Washington Re
,,,tLJ;rU17
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

A tall woman is a poem.-Er. Yes
Of the I-am-hig meter.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

Eyes brighten, cheeks become ro-
sy, muscles gain strength BY rising
Browns Iron Bitters.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

Listen to conscience more than to
intellect.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-06

Wrinkles are the tomb Of love.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-25

leave the room, leaning on Mrs Grifnths,
who was pleased to signify her approx
al of her conduct.
"Wait minute, Elinor. Mrs. Grit
fiths, you may CO." The housekeeper
courtesied and withdrew. "You must
finish your search before you leave
Redwood. Here is the key of the cab
net"
ooh, no." she cried. bursting into
tears, 81 cannot let you help on your
own ruin"
81 wish your der-heartedness
would take another direction. Elinor,
why will you not be my wife? You
will not answer? Well, perhaps l shall
find the solution Of all this mystery
here" AS he spoke, he unlocked the
Indian cabinet. "Letters-bi lls-more
letters. This is Sir Henry's journal, /
think. Ha, What's this?
A slip of paper dated some twenty
years back. A certificate of marriage
between Sir Henry Staines, Bart, of
Redwood, and Margaret Scott, spinster
The young man continued to gaze at
the slip of paper, scarcely taking in
what it meant.
Don't you see? Your cousin was n
married man secretly all these years,
and | am his daughter I swore to
prove the marriage not for the estate,
oh, not for the estate-but for the sake
of my mothers honor"
"Then you are Elinor Staines," slow
ly, ''and heiress of Redwood. Yes, /
understand now Cousin-you are
my cousin you know, in some degree
or other-it is the finest property in
the county. l congratulate you upon
your success; wish you every happi-
ness"
Happiness" fairly sobbing-"o
Godfrey, l don't want to take it away
from you'll"
Then somehow she was crying on his
shoulder, and he found his arm going
round her unrepulsed
If he could forgive her and if her
mother would not mind, she murmured
incoherently. And then Godfrey
Staines knew that she had learned to
love her enemy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-25
Sad Experience.
Richmond Dispatch.


Uncle Pleasant Batklns is 90 and his
wife is ~, The other day friend said ::
"Uncle Pleasant, why in the mischief
did you marry woman nearly old e
noug to be your MOTHER "You see,
boy" he replied, with sigh, 81 was a
wurkin' for Long John Freeman, in
Hanover, when | was jest eighteen, and
SaIy Ann Russ, old Mrs. Russes only
daughter, was thirty if she war day.
At every quiltin' she used to chuse me
for partner, and everybody said it
'peared like she war courtin' me. She
GIMME four pair cotton socks and a
heap of things, but still / didn't have
nonoton of her. Well, one Christmas
eve, | went to the old woman's and
had hardly sat down before Sary Ann
brought me some sweet pertato pie,
which she knowed | was monstrous
fond of. While was eaten it | heard
the old woman up stars countln' sill
yer d liars Now, thar was no plaster
to the sealin' and the upstairs foo had
cracks in it as wide as my finger. So,
you see, | could hear the jingle of the
money Jest as we'll as if had been up
thar myself When she had counted
nine hundred and six l drawd up to
Sary Ann and popped the question.
In course she said she'd have me, and
the next Thursday we were married
Now, what do you think | found out
the next day? Why, that the old wo-
man did't have but thirty Mexican
dollars, and that she counted 'em over
and over Jest to fool me. Don't marry
for money, boy, specially for silver
dollars"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-25

The case of London girl who mar
ried a Frenchmau residing temporarily
in that city illustrates the danger which
those American women run who angle
after French husbands. This wife was
quickly deserted. She followed her
spouse to Paris and was turned from
his door. She sought redress in the
courts, and learned that her marriage,
though regular and legal in England,
was void in France, because the con-
sent of her husbands parents had not
been obtained. By the Code Napoleon
a youth is never wholly his own master.
He cannot marry up to 20 without the
consent of his father and mother, if
living, or family council if they are
both dead. But even if parents bring
no objection, Frenchman marrying
abroad, under % and without the regu-
lations prescribed, can go into court
and ask to have the marriage annulled,
and no French court can refuse it, be-
cause it is considered that until he is
% he is minor, and, therefore, not
competent to make the contract.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-25
OuK CITY FARMERS.
If you desire to rank among

If you desire to rank among
The public's pets aud charners,
You ought to join, without delay.
The club Of city farmers.
Ia farming lore they all are verse;.
For science widely noted,
And for the weather wisdom. too,
To which they are De Voe-ted.
They never handle hoe or rake,
And never turn iurrow;
But in respect OF theory
Their practice is quite thorough
They know just when to now the corn,
And when to pick potatoes,
And when to graft the pumpkin trees,
And whcn to dig tomatoes.
They can instruct the farmers wife
Concerning bugs that plague plants,
In making souse of roasting ears,
And Matching out her egg plants.
Quite learnedly they can describe
How cheese is got by churning,
But how the cows give buttermilk
Is quite beyond their learning.
They can discourse on breeding fish
To fill the wastes Of ocean,
And still find time 10 air their thoughts
About perpetual motion.
Of farming life they are the soul
The thinkers, not the actors,
And harmessly believe themselves
The peoples benefactors.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-25
-
Various Uses of Cucumb ers.

To begin, let us consider cucumbers
stewed with onions. To prepare them,
slice both vegetables, after removing
their outer rind, using them in equal
quantities, and fry them brown in suf-
ticient hot butter to prevent burning;
when they are brown stir among them
a little flour, season them palatably
with salt and pepper, cover them with
hot water, and stew them for five min
utes, when they will be ready to serve.
Another excellent method of dressing
cucumbers is to peel and slice them,
sprinkle them with salt and vinegar,
and let them remain for about two
hours, they then will be ready
to simmer for half an hour,
with salt and pepper, sufficient
butter to prevent burning, and very
little sugar. This method, which some
what resembles the Jewish one of pre-
pairing cucumbers for the table, has the
advantage of removing from them the
juice whice they hold in abundance,
and that 50 often proves injurious from
the peculiar medical effect on the
ahmentary canal. The Jewish method
is to pare and slice the vegetable,
sprinkle it with salt, and press it be-
tween two dishes under heavy weight
for two hours, until much of the juice
is expelled; it is then ready for cook
ing, or for use in salads. Miss Corso,l.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-25
4 Clever California Girl.

A Young man in the neighborhood
had taken up 100 acres of land, built a
house upon it, barn, bored wells, dug
bitches, sown it in wheat, and in all
spent hundreds of dollars upon it. 1t
happened to be a dry season, and the
crop failed. He became discouraged,
and offered his claim and improve
ments at sacrifice. The young lady
gave him 500 for his right, title, and
interest in the land and everything on
it. She let it lie. She need do nothing
more. She sold the insufficient crop
for hog feed. The hogs rooted and
scattered it. The winter rams came,
and with them came the volunteer
crop, which matured and has just been
cut, yielding twelve bushels per acre on
100 acres. She will clear at least 81 500,
besides having the land and the i'm
provements.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-25
The Surgeon Editor Of the Herald.
From the Norristown Herald.

A man armed with a meat-ax,
screwdriver. an augur, a pair of pin
GERS, handsaw and a pair of shears,
with a pen over his right ear, app eared
at the White House, Washington, on
Thursday, and demanded admission to
to the sick chamber. The perso1 in
attendance thought he was "crank,"
and urged him to go away from there;
but he explained that he was the sur
geon-editor of the New York Herald who
has been advising and criticising the
presidents physicians in the columns
of that paper ever since the cowardly
shot was fired, and if they would let
him see the wounded chieftain he
would have the bullet out in two
seconds less than jiffy, the laudable
pus flowing as freely as the purling
brooklet, and the rigors everlastingly
checked. He was actually refused ad-
mission, and the way he is now going for
the presidents physicians in the col
umns of the New York Herald is a
caution to old Esculaplus.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-25
Yorktown.

The scene OF the surrender hes long
been much-neglected spot. Yorktown
is not reached by railway, and is off the
line of progress. Some day it may re-.
vive its old-time prosperity, at least it
ought TO become more accessible as a
point for future pilgrimage. Before the
Revolution the town was quite an EN-.
porium, the only port from which the
Virginia planters shipped their tobacco
to England. Baltimore and Norfolk
gradually reduced it by competition.
Some two centuries or more ago we
first heard of it as one of the few out
posts or forts in the colony. In1725 it
was the centre offs thriving county
an Episcopal parish of sixty commune
cants, with a church. Williamsburg,
the capital, with its House of Burgesses
and growing college, attracted thither
ion, was scarce a dozen miles away.
Until CORVALLIS stationed himself there,
Yorktown had escaped the ravages of
war on the Virginia coast, and after its
surrender it still contained about seven
ty houses, not more than two or three
having been wholly destroyed. Fif-
teen years later it had not extended its
limits, and we find it's population, more
than half of which was composed of
negroes, numbering about eight hum
dred souls. The last war, it need hard
ly be said, left it in a depressed condition,
almost beyond recovery, and to day it
contains not more than three hundred
inhabitants, among whom are to be
found but few of the descendants of the
ancient proprietors. In fact, it seems
to be the lot of Yorktown that the more
it becomes historical spot, the less it
becomes anything else.-Harper's Mag
acme.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-19
phz.inlosical Effects Of Alcohol.

Upon returning to his home in Cleve-
land a few days ago DR.. Tanner deliver
ri lecture on the physiological effects
of alcohol: and while it may be said
that ne advanced nothing not already
known to medical science, yet it cannot
be denied that he interested his audi
ence far more than the ordinary tenn
perance speaker does, on account OF the
common. sense view he took, and he i'm
pressed his listeners by the force OF his
arguments in favor of temperance. Out
OF twenty-eight years practice OF medi-
cine he had followed the usual custom
OF physicians and prescribed alcohol for
eleven years, at the expiration oil which
time he turned his attention to discov-
ering a substitute for it, and claims that
as small piece OF beef as could be held
on the point OF a knife contains as much
nutriment Us a couple OF gallons OF Ba-
varisn beer. He denied that alcoholic
liquors are conseryators OF strength. and
remarked that many physicians had
formed this opinion, based upon the
view taken by Liebig, the eminent Ger
man chemist, who at one time claimed
that alcohol unites with the oxygen OF
the system and serves as food. An ex-
animation, however, by distinguished
physicians disclosed the fact that all the
elements OF alcohol consumed will be
found separated in the blood. One pa.
per, read before the Royal Society OF
Physicians and Surgeons OF London,
proved that the use OF brandy and whis-
kew as stimulant robs the system Of a
great potion Of its oxygen, which is es-
sentislly q food gas, changing, as Il
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-19
VARIETY.
Why is a dandy like q mushroom?
Recsuse he's regular ssphead.
ar waist 10 remarkably slenaef,
His growth IL exceedingly rapid.

wbv in a dandy like mushroom?
because he's regular ssphead.
ar Waigt 10 remarkably slender,
Tia grovth 10 exceedingly rapid.
And his top Is uncommonly tender.
Tramp's motto-"A little earning Is a
dangerous thing"
It looks suspicious for a ready'made
clothing dealer to shy round 10 uilor
shop to be measured for a good hitting
suit Of clothes.
It's noticeable that thin women al
WAYS talk the fastest. A double chin
cannot be wagged with CELEBRITY, even oy
a woman.
The giraffe has never been known to
utter sound. In this respect it resem-
ples a young lady in street car when u
gentleman gives up his seat.
New York consumers have complain,
ed so bitterly OF the high price oil coal
that the dealers have kindly reduced
the wages Of cosl-shovelers.
Eyes" said the school girl who had
risen from the lowest to the highest pc.
sition in her class, 81 shall have horse
shoe for my symbol, as it denotes hav-
ing come from the foot!"
II q girl has pretty teeth she laughs
often, il she's got a pretty loot she Will
wear a short dress, and ii she's got a
neat hand she's fond Of game OF whist;
and il the reverse, she dislikes all these
small affairs.
The New York Herald Gays: 1--WE
should have liked to have seen the civil
service reform kept alive" What Is
most needed in the New York Herald
Office is reform in its grammar.
eyes, sir" said Mr.. Gallagher, sit
was funny enough to make donkey
laugh. laughed till 1 Cried" And
then, as ne saw smile 60 round the
room he grew red in the face and went
away mad.
81 don't like JONES'" said Snodgrass.
"No." he added, after a pause, IL don't
like him. The fact is, Jones speaks so
much Of himseli-tells so much, you
know, that he doesn't leave any room
for the Imagination. Does any reader
know Jones?"
Young man, don't be afraid that hon.
est lcRIluldtc WIZ oHOi wa
your days. 1t is better 10 wear out in
home, built up by your own efforts-at
the age of IS, than it is to rust out in
the poor house five years later.
Appetite OF an aesthetic person: "Ah,
waiter, you may bring me q plaque
with dozen raws painted on it. do
not care to indulge my appetite to ex-
cess, you see. Pm invited out this
evening" "No painted PLAQUES this
evening"" said the waiter, mot this
evening" And the aesthetic young man
wended his way to his mothers pan.
try, where he made the cold corn beef
disappear like sunshine before a bliz-
card.
"Red as a rose is She" Several gen.
tlemen were standing on the corner OF
Galveston avenue, when one OF the most
fashionable ladies of Galveston passed
on the sidewalk. "Ah!" exclaimed one
OF the gentlemen, "what a complexion!
There is nothing to beat it in Galveston.
| am proud of that woman, l am"
"Are you her husband?" asked one.
"No, SIR" "Her father, then" mo,
sir; am no relation OF her, but l am
proud OF her complexion. l am the
druggist that sold it to her. made it
myself"