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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
How 70 behave at a Party.

I remember that when I was quite
young going to party was nearly rs
much trial to mo MS n pleasure. Being
diilident, | dreaded entering the room,
and encounteriug the eyes of tho people
already assembled there; and once fairly
in, was overshadowcd all the evening
by the dreadful necessity Of, by -and-by,
retiring Besides, l felt a sonsc Of re-
sponsibility which was very oppressive,
and was SO afraid of not doing or saying
what was expected of me that moved
and acted nwkwnrdly, and no doubt
looked perfectly miserable.
Perhaps some Of you may have had
experiences similar 10 mine. Now let me
tell You that have lived to laugh at my
foolish shyness, and to DO very sorry for
boys and girls who suffer from the same
thing. Whom you are invited to COM
pany, the first thing in order is to reply
to the invitation. This is polite, whether
You accept or decline, and 1t is in,pera-
tivc if You decline. Send your answer
rs soon rs possible, in some such simple
phrase M this. =" Harold, or FLORENCE,
thanks Mrs. - for Ter kind invitation
for Thursday evening, and accepts it
with pleasure OF declines il with real
regret" as the case may be. Arrived at
your friend 'sshouse, you will be directed
to the proper place for the removal of
your wraps, and tho arrangement Of
your toilet. and then you have only to
proceed to the parlor, where your hostess
will relieve you from embarrassment by
meeting you at once. She is, OF course,
tho first person whom you are to greet.
Having spoken to her, You are at liberty
to find other friends Do not think that
people are looking at you, or noticing
your dress or your looks. They are do
ing nothing of the kind. Engage heartily
in whatever amusement is provided for
the occasion, but do not put yourself
necdlessly forward. II spoken to, reply
modestly but intelligently, even though
for the moment there may be hush in
tho room If you really wish to enjoy
yourself, seek out somebody who seems
to be moro Of a stranger than yourself,
aud try to do something for his or her
pleasure. Forget that you are not nc
quainted with everybody, and remember
that il is your duty TO help your hostess
in making her party success. Should
your greatest enemy be present, you
must, of course, be perfectly civil and
agreeable in your manner to him, for in
your friends house you are both under
q fling of truce.
When you say good night to your en-
tertainerB, be sure to thank them for the
pleasure You have had. DO not stay too
late, but avoid being tho first to go; or
ii yon must leave early, do it as quietly
as possible, lest your withdrawal should
be the signal for others to leave, thus
breaking up the party too soon.--Har-
per's Youag People.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
An Enemy to Singing Birds.

The crow is discriminating the sing
ing birds Of New England. Few are the
nests that escape his vigilant search,
and fewer still the young birds that do
not 60 to satisfy his ravenous appetite
and fill his capacious NAV. have
watched and cursed them for years. l
have seen them pounce upon the nest Of
the lark and Of the plover; l have seen
them leaving the nest OF the robin with
the young in their beaks. For several
years l watched the return OF pair OF
robins to an old apple tree near my
house, where they had built their nest
and reared their young. One morning
l heard the piercing cry of the old birds,
forebodlng danger and distress. l ran
to the window just in time to see a crow
fly from the tree with young robin in
his mouth. In less than five minutes
the crow returned, dived into the tree,
and this time the last Of my half-grown
pc: robins was borne away. -MancAes.
ter Mirror.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27

She SaW Him a rev Better,

The public has long conceded that
the power OF the hotel clerk is superior
to thnt OF President. 4 new rival has
sprnng up i'll the railroad ticket agent.
:" / want q ticket TO B." said a
well-lIiown lady OF en- Iowa town, just
before train.
"Twcnty.forr cents" responded the
agent, working his sausage machine.
She Ibid down silver quarter. Being
well acquainted and n practical joker,
the agent drew from his pocket a glitter
ing palits button, passed it over with the
ticket and scoopcd up the quarter.
g is this legal tender p asked the lady
quietly.
"Ou, yes" he answered with mock
gravity, /" they are the mainstay Of the
republic"
She pocketod it and got aboard, leav-
ing the agents face coruscating with
smiles.
A few days after he told it to brigade
OF runners buying tickets for B, and,
while be was enjoying the encore, the
lady appeared with
"Iic1et for B, please"
"Tsenty-four cents" with sly wink
at the runners. He laid down the ticket.
She scooped it and laid down twenty
four dazzling pants buttons, exactly like
the first.
"You said they were legal tender.
They go long way in supporting the
family" she chirped sweetly, as she
bowed from the presence of more than
Presidential prerogative.
Then he set 'em up to the brigade
OF enlightened runners. = Cleveland
/11(1py
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
OrIcntal Nonsense.

Calling on giddy girl, who has Moth
ing under heaven to do but to follow the
fashions, found her reclining on q
lounge IN her boudoir. She wore what
is called tca-gown, shaped not unlike .
long, loose pn1etot, with elbow-sleeves,
or angel-sleevcs, looped and gathered up
at the wrists. The material OF the gar
mont was combination of brocade in
gold and silver with. silk gauze. Any
thi.. q more Oriental could hardly be
found out Of the Orient itself. Over her
bosom was fichp Of lace, laid over the
shoulders and crossing in front; bunch
of red flowers was fastened ut her belt;
her abundant blnck hair was brushed
back with we'll counterfeited negl-
gence; the toes Of her extended feet
were stuck into embroidered sandals,
and her stockings were true hesh-color.
A elorions creature she looked, truly, as
as she lay there in her studied careless
ness Of tinery Bnt what ! set out to
say was that incense was burning at her
side. Yes, fragrant smoke was rising
lazily from nm incinerating pastile IN a
bronze dish. This is new freak OF tho
girls The scent-bottle is put inside, aid
rooms and clothes are perfnmcd with
incense II the practice lasts long the
cannibal who eats . fashionable girl viii
find her smoked through and through,
like ham, hut great deal spicier.
---NetU 10 X Letter.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27

ANTS There is one way, and only
one. of Kidding the house, closets, cake
pals, sugar barrels, ETC., Of red ants or
black, big or little. When you find
them Oh your premises get ready tea
kettles Of boiling water, plenty of it. Go
out of doors, look carefully over the paths
and walks, if in the country; if in the
city, look over the tagging in the areas,
both front and back. Scald every little
hole you sec with mound of little earth
pellets around it; it is the home of the
ant. On sunny day these pellets are
brought out Of the nests to dry. When
the weather is damp, or soon will be, you
will see nothing but little holes in the
ground. The ants are all cat home. I"
Scald them. If your cellar is not cemented
hunt the pests there; very likely you
will find lots of them. When the work
here recommended has been done, clean
out your closets, sugar pals, every
thing in the closets, rub fine salt on the
shelves. lay clean yellow paper on them,
and pnt back dishes. In the cracks Of
the floor aud around the surbase Of said
closets should be placed ground red pep
per. Auts will not come again for long
time. When they again make raid, as
they may, in few months, give them q
second scalding.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
The Decoration OF O Room.

Crude white IL In favor with house
wives for coilings--''it looks 80 cleon.'
That is just its fault. II looks so clean,
oven when il is not, that it makes all
else look dirty, even though 1t may BIO
clean. To paint the fiat ceiling Of q
moderate-sized room by hand is simply
a waste OF lnLor. It il only at great per-
sonal inconvenience that ono can look
long at it, while, us matter Of fact, no
one cares 10 do go. You see 1t OCCASION
ally, by accident, ond for n moment,
nnd That that casual glimpse should
not be q shock to the eye, as 1t is rs we'll
to tint 1t in accordance with tho room,
or even cover 1t with diapcred paper,
which will to some extent withdraw tho
attention from the cracks that frequent
ly disfgnre the ceilings OF modern
houses. What hnnd-painting we can
afford may best be reserved for the PAN
nels or doors, window shutters, and tho
like, whcro it can be seen--these doors
and tho other woodwork being painted
in two or three shades Of colors, fint or
vanished, according as we prefer soft
ness Of tone or durability Of surface.
Perhaps 1t will be best in this instance
that tho woodwork should full IN with
the tone Of the dado; but tlIis Is not a
point OH which any rule can be laid
down. The decoration Of the panels
should be in Keeping with the wall
paper patterns. 1t may be much moro
pronounced than they, but still it .lnst
not assert ITSELF Ono great point Of
consideration III the decoration Of room
is the relation of the various patterns
one to another. II may often BIO well to
sacrifice an otherwise admir-: lie design
simply because You can find nothing
else to go with it. A single pattern,
once chosen, will often central the whole
scheme Of decoration. -MaJasi,lc oc
Art.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
VOL. XII.
MY AUNT RAINFALL

I've and oldish maiden aunt,
Who is growing gray and gsun:-
This Pve never told ber yet
Never can-Iin her pot,
90 she ayA
.E-erybndy loves my aunt;
5ayinz somehow. what can't,
In her PRAISE
Though Ieve her Just a. well,
And quite innocentiy tell
Her queer ways:
Ny sunt Hannah biashes yet,
And gets straigh;way In pet
II her youth you dare debate,
Or doubt insinuate
OF her age
While the "noen folk - slscp at morn,
Heeeing never bell OF horn,
At our doors;
LoI she <umbercth not, nor sleepeth,
But she r.Scth up add sweepeth
Duste4h she my own snug study,
Asketh Susan, Weren't II muddy
Late o nightsf"
As she sveepeth aye SIZE sipgs,
Aud Potentially put'sth things
'An TO rights"
My aunt Hannah wears q cap;
Such another y0u' in'yh'Esi Nav have seen,
II you know one Mira F.rnham,
Or II, happy, Ger at Barunm's
You have been
Well. her autumn groweth dreary,
Shc goeth wan and weary,
None she leaves, to thoss who know her:
Nol,icr, gentlcr, kinder, truer,
Or moro brave.
O.. m.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
National Beverages.

seance is gradually changfsV no
tional beverage from wine to beer. in
Paris alone tho consumption has IN
creased 293, coo hectolitres Ia sixteen
years. What the effect of the change
will be is a nice question in ethnology
which the sayanis will probably study
well. The world is divided as much by
its drinks as by it races or its geographi-
cal boundaries the beer country is
almost entirely German, coming to q
focus at Munich, where the best brew
and the best examples of purely Gothic
civilization are to be found. England's
ale is practically beer with as little
change in the fluid as there is in the
English tongue. All the Teutons drink
brewed liquors all the Latins wines
all the Celts whisky, all the Sclavs vod-
ski In the far East, coffee in Arabia
and tea in China take the places Of the
alcoholic beverages. In fact, it is easier
to distinguish man by his tipple than
by his tongue. Every change in race
foods has been followed by change in
race character, and France will be no
exception to the rule. If beer continues
to displace wine we.may look forward to
the growth OF stoadygoing, conserva-
tive element in Gallo life which will
ballast and direct its enthusiasms-
which will add to it that staying, stable
power, which is the one thing France
needs to lead the world.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
Begging In New York.

A New York correspondent Of the Bos-
ton Transcript writes: Among other
kinds Of business which are hourishing
in Now York just now is that of begging.
The mendicnnt lis seen everywhere.
Chancellor Crosby, in an address the
other evening said that after n months
experience in personally investigating
cases in which he had been applied to
for help, he had found I'LL boggars to be
frauds. He believed, too, that oil the
bcgSars he had known for thirty years
past had been foreigners, or the children
of foreigners. This is sweeping MS
sertion but it is pretty near the truth.
Begging is made n regular occupation to
much greater extent than is generally
known.
Yet there arc cases that appeal 80
strongly to yonr sympathy That you can
hardly pass them by. I found one the
other evening had crossed tho ferry
TO Brooklyn about dark, when o little
girl asked mo for penny to buy bread
for her sick mother. She was bare-footed
and shivcring in hor thin clothes, aud
seemed to he deserving object Of char
ity. But / thought would investigate
little. SO insisted on her taking me
to see her sick mother. Very reluctantly
she led nue. to comfortably furnished
apartment in neighboring street, whore
found the sick mother to be robust
Irish woman who was busting about
preparing supper for the family.
There were ornaments on the mantel
and pictures on the wall, and an ample
supply of cold meat, bread, and tea on
tho table, I used some vigorous lam
guage appropriate to the occasion, whom
the woman said she had sent the child
to beg in the streets, but her reply was
characteristic of the class to which she
belonged: "SIure, and what harm is
there in the child's earning few pennies
at the ferry?"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
A YOUNG and well-dressed woman un-

A YOUNG and well-dressed woman un-
mcrcifally humping her mother upon
the back excited mingled emotions Of
indignations and pity in the minds of
the passers-by on q crowded thorough
fare yesterday. A good-hearted but in
discreet philanthropist who ventured to
demonstrate at this brutal exhibition
was hidden to mind his own affairs, and
at last, after much gasping and cough
ing, the elder lady explained that she
had Swallowed a cardamon seed tho
wrong way" and her daughter was dnti-
fully pounding her between the shout
ders to the intent that choking might be
avoided. Surely, appearances are often
deceitful. --Bosto,a Journal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
Thought He Had Him.

Attorney" Have you ever been in
this court before, sir2"
Witness" Yes, sir; I have been here
often"
Attorney" Ha, ha Been here often,
have you? Now tell the court what for. {"
Witness (slowly)-"Well, / have been
here at least half a dozen times to try
and collect that tailor's hill you owe
me-"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
His Little Mistake.

Merimee, in his Letters to Panizzi, I"
tells good story Of Mrs. Caroline Nor
ton and Lord Suffolk, whom she had
bantered at a charity fair to purchase
some trife at an exorbitsnt prize.
"Don't you know" said his Lordship,
defending himself feebly, ''t.lat am
the prodigal son?"
"No," was the answer; 81 thought
YOU were the fatted calf"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27
The "DeyiI" in American Geography.


The number of lakes, slides, ovens,
gates, bridges, towers, bluffs, falls,
kitchens, creeks, ETC., that have had the
word "dcvl" attached to them is simply
immense. From the forests of Maine to
the adobe villages on the Mexican border
and the Dalles Of the Columbia, there is
hardly locality that has not remem-
bered his Satanic majesty. The best
known Devils Gate, on the line Of the
Union Pacific Railroad, is that few
stations east Of Ogden, and in Utah. It
is wild, picturesque spot, and one
worth visit Of the tourist. There are q
good many DEVILS Gates, and, no doubt,
in the christening Of the Sweetwater, the
miners found it convenient to give the
ubiquitous party way out OF that coun-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27

JANE. r. PITT, of Todd County, KY,
is fifty years old; never served on jury;
never had n quarrel or fight; never
swore an oath in his life; has been n
whisky drinker all his life ut four years;
never was hundred miles from home,
and was never on o steamboat He's %
great man.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27

A WISCONSIN girls innate modesty
caused her to ask clerk in a. store for a
pair of findings when she wanted leg.
gins. The struggle for tho cake now
lies between her and the Missouri girl
who tells strangers that during the wal
the enemy threw up bust works on her
fathers farm.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27

my MOTHERS going TO get a new
piano, said little gnl to another few
days ago. 'sOh, that's nothing" re-
piled the other 'ny mothers gong to
get q divorce
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-27

THERE is many man in the world
who never committed hut one act Of folly
and who won't get to the end Of it until
he dies.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-09-09

Of the harbor and the building Of the
railroad. being rapidly pushed for
ward.
The farmers are busy hauling
grain to the new warehouse. Several
thousand bushels have already been
stored~ Next week promises 10 be q
lively time in the delivering OF
grain.
A great many Of the farmers are
through threshing, and as far as
heard from are well pleased with the
yield, which will average between
20 and % bushels per acre.
The amount Of local freight and
passenger travel on the railroad is
constantly increasing. During the
past month IL has amounted to over
$500.
The subscription raised by the
citizens OF Lebanon and vicinity for
the construction OF the railroad, has
been transferred by the railroad COM
pany to the Lebanon Warehouse
company.
ALI desiring to take stock In the
Warehouse can do 50, and thus save
the amount Of their subscription
LkR.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-09-09
TnE DRerGHTIx TIE EAsr.

NEW York, Sept. I.-ReporB from
various parts of this aud neighboring
states represent the drought as the
most severe experienced in many years.
Farmers are compelled to dig potatoes
to save the crops. Late potatoes are
utterly ruined. Many fruit and shade
trees are dying and wells and cisterns
are drying mp. Stock requires feeding
Fires are 81 rending in many direetions
and the air is filled with smoke.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. l.-Despatches
from all sections of Pennsylvania show
great damage caused by long droughr.
Rivers are lower than ever springs
ai.,I wells are almost dried up. The
corn crop is injured I.ryond recovery,
ani will be barely half crop. Wheat
Il Ids in the same Counties are yellow
and parched. with no second crop of
hay. and they are now plowing. In
the lumber regions nearly all the grist
mills ore compelled to shut down, and
genuine alarm is setting in throughout
the valley. Prices Of butter and mill:
arc being raised by dealers in many
sections, while water is being carried
in oil tanks to farmers. Loss in the
state will run into millions of dollars.
Trenton. n j., Sept. Crops and
cattle are suffering from drought, which
extends the whole length and breadth
of tie state. The Blue Mountains of
New jersey are blazing for miles.
Dense smoke obscures the sun. The
heat IS intense in the northern part,
wlle-e the water supply is entirely de-
rived from wells. Residents are com
PEELED to cart their water from Jersey
City and Hoboken, and are paying as
bigh rs ten dollars load The North
ern Hudson railroad company, who
have six hundred horses at West Ho-
boken, cart all their water in large iron
tanks The Burlington company re-
ports the Delaware river and all
streams uncommonly low. Wells, cis-
terms and springs afford barely enough
water for family nSe. Corn crops and
pastures are burning up Not even a
vestiee of green can be seen in many |
fields.
BuFFALo, New Yo,k, SEPT. a.-The
lronght IN this section is very severe.
Farm products ara very poor and short
i usual crop.
New YoRx. Sept. Rtfrs hin
bowess fell last night here al il
eennsYlvania.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-09-09
rmE WHEAT MARKEr.

The OreJoaia,i says tho latest advi.
ces from England confirm former re-
ports of the badness of the losal wheat
harvest. The crops ut the beginning Of
the harvest gave promise of less than
an average yield; and continued bad
weather has injured or ruined a large
part of what Was then promised. Two
weeks ago Mr.. James Card, who is
known rs the highest authority on
English crop statistics, published an es-
innate from which it appeared that
Great Britain would neel at least l90,-
900 900 bushels Of foreign wheat this
year. II is now probable that the def
cheney will be even greater. The sup
ply must come chiefly from the United
States and Russia. This last named
country now has an estimated surplus
of about $4,000, 900 bushels for export
against no surplus year ago. Nearly
to this extent, therefore, the demand
on the United Stetes will bo reduced.
But our own crop, taking the country
at large, is much below that Of last
year; anil this fact will tend more to
keep up the price in the English mar
ket than the Rnssitn surplus will to
reduce it. Again. there ARE other
counties besides Great Britain which
must depend tn no small extent upon
foreign supplies. GA the whole, there
fore. TAO reduction in the prices ia for
eig,, marset.. is probable. The ques.
ton of transportation Is the uncertain
thing, the unknown quantity, that
puzzles our producers. IL is certain
that the wheat crop of tii' world, ~ a
whole IL short. The San Francisco
Jou47.ai ol comnl1ree believes that the
outlook for wheat in still very decidedly
for AN advance. Il sass: "Of course
there viii be d,.cline every now aud
again in the general line OF advance,
but it Is plain that with exceptions of
this kind tue eenrse OF prices will con-
time on war,l aud upward"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-09-09

PnMnnoKE, Ohio, Sept. 9. Up
wards of thirty families in the town.
ship of Wilberforoe, Stafford and Brom-
ley are homeless by bush fires since
"Wednesday evening. All are destitute,
many hungry. Crops. buildings and
everything they possessed were swept
away. A shower of rain in the neigh
borhood of Kingston last night was
not sufficient to extinguish bush fires.
The smoke is very thick and river nav
igation much interrupted.
RICHMOND, va. The drought con-
tinues throughout the state. Its eff
fects are ruinoas. In many counties
corn and tobacco crops are burnt up.
Streams have gone dry, stopping mills,
and farmers are put to great labor get
ting water for stock. The James river
is lower than FOR titty years. Tobacco
crops and fall crops generally may be
complete failure. Dust in roads is
fearful. The situation is alarming.