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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05
AGAIN THE BOYS IN BLUE.
Will HIVE their A mn uaI Inter~
mir CLING, see their Old Com.
maMders, and talk on Old
Tfmes..W ashingfOnt the Place
and Next Week the Date.

The preparations in progress for
the reunion Of the Army of the Po-
tonic in Washington next week are
such as to insure a most interesting
programme and a thoroughly enjoya-
BILE time. The President and Cabi-
net, and Generals Grant, Sherman,
Hancock, Sheridan, Mcclellan and
Sickles are taking personal interest
in the event, and will not only lend
the honor of their distinguished pres
cnce, but in every way are doing all
they can to make the reunion of 1883
memorable.
The Baltimore and Ohio is as usu-
al to be found in the front when 50
noble a cause is to be advanced by
free and liberal reduction in regular
rates of fare. Round trip tickets
will be on sale at all stations west Of
the Ohio River on May 14th and 18th
and east of the Ohio River on May
18th. These tickets will be good to
return up to and including May 10Th
west Of the river, and May 18th east
Of the river. The rate will be one
and one-third the regular fare one
way for the round trip and the tickets
good on all trains making the stops.
The reunion observances com
mence on Wednesday, the 10th, with
grand parade Of the veterans of the
celebrated corps of the Army of the
Potomac, the First Second, Third,
Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth
and Nineteenth, together with the U.
S. regular troops, District Militia,
Communicates of the Loyal Legion
and Posts of the Grand Army Of the
Potomac. 1t will be very imposing
array, and the review before the
President and the most famous mill
tary chieftains of the country nota-
BILE feature. Subsequent to the
parade the different corps will meet
at designated centres for the trans
action Of association business, and
later in the afternoon all corps will
meet together in the National Thea
tire. All will meet again in the even
ing at the same place to listen to the
ovation and poem, the latter by the
noted newspaper correspondent,
George Alfred Townsend. Addresses
will follow by distinguished officers.
On Thursday the Public Buildings
will be visited, and in the afternoon
a delightful trip made to the resting
place of George Washington at
Mount Vernon. In the evening there
will be grand banquet and inter-
change Of "reminiscences. Upon the
whole, the two days will be replete
with enjoyable events, and the soldier
boys with their friends will have
about the finest time imaginable.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05

West Virginia has entered upon
career of substantial prosperity that
promises a glorious future The
number Of miles of railroad that will
be built within her borders the CON-
ing season will make start towards
opening up her vast resources of coal,
mineral and timber, and give fresh
impetus to the Building of more
miles Of road and the starting of vari-
Gus manufacturing enterprises. Her
star of destiny is in the ascendant.
The next census will show large
increase in population and greater
increase in wealth and resources
Independent.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05
White Sulphur Springs.

At Richmond, recently Judge
Bond of the United States Circuit
Court at the instance ofW. A. Stuart
holder of $4,000 of bonds appointed
A. L. Boulware, of that city, receiver
for the White Sulpur Springs. This
sustains the contract heretofore
made between the Springs Company,
certain creditors of the company and
Harrison Phoebus, proprietor Of the
Hygeia, at Old Point Comfort. The
latter will under this decision have
charge Of the white Sulphur for the
ensuing year, and will at once enter
actively upon an extensive scale of
preparations for the season.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05
Political.

Mr. Charles A, Dana, editor of the
New York Sun, is in California, and
submitted the other day, at the hands
of reporter, 10 an operation which
he has often caused his reporters TO
infiict on others. In other words, he
was interviewed The subject of the
interview was the next presidential
compaign, and Mr.. Dana expressed
himself as freely as he is accustomed
to in his editorials. "The democrats"
he says, "can come squarely before
the country as advocates of a tariff
for revenue only" He would have
the internal revenue tax en- liquor con-
tinued for the present, as that wS.ld
yield enough 10 pay the pensions
granted under recent laws. The eff
feet of free trade plank in the demo
cratic platform, he says, would be
ruinous. 1t would drive New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and proba-
bly, Indiana into the republican col
unm. The democrats, Mr.. Dana
holds, have number of good candi-
dates, and he names Mcdonald, Hen
dries, Bayard, Palmer and Thurman.
If Tilden were fifteen years younger
and had corresponding physical
strength there would be no doubt of
his nomination. But why fifteen
years? He was actually candidate
only seven years ago.
Turning his attention to the repub-
licans Mr.. Dana said that he could
not see any hope Of reconciliation
between the factions. Blaine's chan
ces are not as good as they were in
1876 or 1880. Arthur does not desire
a denomination. "He is gentleman,
a good fellow and has made a better
president than any other man would
have done similarly situated" That
is high praise coming from the editor
of the New York Sun.--Nevs Letter.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05

Ny wife was at the brink Of the
grave. She had been gwen up to die
by three of Allegheny City's best
physicians. They all pronounced her
disease Consumption. Her finger.
nails and lips were blue; was pulse
less at the wrist; we were all called
to witness her death. At this NOM
ent neighbor brought in DIR. Hart
man, who prescribed a teaspoonful OF
Peruna every hour. She improved
from the first dose, and in week she
was up, and now (less than ak
months she is well. See page aD'in
the Ellis of Life" book you can get
gratis from your Druggist. Ifnot, ad-
dress DR. Hartman, Osborn Ohio.
T. S. EBERLErN, South Chicago, III.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05

In recommending Mr.. Hayes for
the Ohio Republican guberna torial
nomination, one of the lively Jour
nails of that State calls attention to
the fact that "he was never beaten
but once, and even then he bagged
the game another had brought down."
No other politician in Ohio or any
other State can show up record like
that.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05

Many Of the newspapers in Mas
sachusetts make the serious mistake
Of supposing that they can offset the
terrible Tewksbury exposure by
wholesale abuse Of Governor Butler.
Even if he were as bad as they assert
that would not make the Tewksbury
infamies anything but what they are
"a reproach to humanity and dis
grace to the commonw wealth of Mas
sachusetts.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05

The legal complications affecting
the White Sulphur Springs property
having been brought to an amicable
arrangement, this delightful resort
will again be prepared for the recep-
tion of visitors this year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05

:. Pine Table Linens and Nap
kins, beautiful and cheap at
ChadWick's.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05

Fine Red Damask and extra
cheap Crash at Chadwick's.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05

Chadwick & Co. still have
some of these Standard Prints,
I6 yds. for dollar.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-05

P. 81 notice that since last fall
you have been using Morgan & Hoff-
mans cocks, hope you did not bor-
row them, and though the Post and
its editors may prosper they may
never need the cocks again. E.G.B.
We assure our good friend that
we did not borrow the roosters. The
New DOMINION has a brood of it's own,
and is rearing lot of young Ameri-
can eagles for use in 'S4.-ED.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03
WHOLE NO. 2l39.
The YOracity Of the PiCkerel.

OF all fresh water fish the pickereli Is
most paradoxical and singular as to
some of its traits, says writer for the
New York Eoening Post. The grey
hound of our rivers, no fish living
matches him in the speed with which
he darts through the waters. Yet ly-
ing perfectly still, ruminating along the
edge of some shady water nook, he
may be touched almost with the hand
before he takes flight. He likes clear
weedy waters, yet his final refuge,
when hard pressed, is themuddy bottom
in which he plunges and disappears
leaving behind only cloud of dingy
water to mark his refuge. Some Incl
dents to prove his comprehensive and
enduring appetite will, l am afraid,
make the veracity of the fish discount
the voracity of the writer. Neverthe-
less they are rigidly true. Standing
knee-deep in water, l have known
pickerel to pass between my legs in
pursuit of the bait. | have seen them
take big sinner when gorged with a
protruding fish almost half as large as
themselves; to. seize flercely a new
bait just after breaking successfully
two smells that were afterward found
in the mouth with their two hooks
and bats attached; to swallow snakes,
frogs, mice, and any living thing not
too vast that has come within reach of
their Unsuitable nav. The pickerel is
an inveterate cannibal, and an oblong
slice from the stomach of one of his
own kinds most dainty and taking
bait. Fishy as sound some of the
newspaper stories of pickerel gorged
and strangled in the attempt to swal"
low big victim, there can be no doubt
that many of them are Trustworthy.
A single Renaissance may be cited to
prove the pickerels gullibility and ap-
petite. Some ten years ago | caught
one of these fish, landing him on a
smooth, grassy shore, ten feet from the
edge In taking him off, he broke the
line Just above the sinker, which was
some two feet from the hook. AS the
broken smell was somewhat frayed, l
replaced it, and while doing so the fish
Topped into amuskrat hole, which had
one OF its extremities under the bank
at the rivers edge. Presently Mr..
Pickerel appeared in the stream, trail
ing two feet of smell and the lead. He
instantly took a second bait and was
readily landed again. That rash pick
erel had been dancing for fully min
ute on the grass and had found his
way through dark hole for ten feet
to the stream, not to speak of his
other enlivening, though not instruc-
tive experiences. Ihave also caught
dozen handsome pickerel in a small
river pool in which some youngsters
were bathing, the fish shooting freely
into the muddy water among the
sportive lads, to snap the bait Any
angler experienced in pickerel fishing
can no doubt recall similar incidents
without straining credulity half as
hard as this fresh water shark strains
his gullet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03
Origin OF Blue Glass,

1t is possible that the finest speci-
mems of this grass are to be found in the
wooded pastures of Kentucky, where
the soil abouuds in lime. There is no
good reason for believing, however,
that this grass originated there. The
Breeders Gazette, in discussing the
matter, says: We suppose it will come
to be known by its true English name,
meadow poa. The name Kentucky
bluegrass and June grass are indiffer.
emily applied to variety of the poas,
especially to the varieties "pratensis"
and "compressa.' There is no authentic
information that the grass Was origi-
nally distributed from Kentucky; on
the contrary, it seems to be fact that
the seeds were carried by the Kentucky
cavalry of Gen. Harrison, on their
return to Kentucky, after the successful
campaign against the Indians, in which
their savage power was broken in the
west. This grass was found growing
in dense pastures in Genital Indiana.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03
InhOspitable Country.

The report from the Nordensk1old
expedition brings a double disappoint-
ment. Hopes had been INDUCED that
the interior of Greenland, at least In
the wider parts of that country,
would prove more hospitable than the
frozen coast line. 1t was also thought
that the steamer Sofia might be able
to get inside of the ice belt along the
eastern shore of Greenland from Cape
Farewell northward to Cape Dan, SO
as to examine region which has been
sealed from the eyes OF civilized man
for three centuries, and which expla-
nation would perhaps uncover some
traces of the lost Morse settlements Of
Ostre Bygd. Prof. Nordenskjold him
self held the theory that the perma-
nent ice band along the coasts OF
Greenland might not extend over the
whole country, and that the central
region might be comparatively clear of
ice. There was even chance that a
wooded district might be found in the
southern section Of the interior. That
rose-colored theory has been effectually
exploded by his journey inland from
Auleitsivick bay. At this point
Greenland attains a breadth of some
five hundred miles, or within about
one hundred miles of its extreme
breadth. As the scouts of the ex-
ploring party covered two hundred
and twenty-four miles before turning
back, they may fairly be said to have
reached the heart Of the country.
They found no signs of improvement,
but the contrary. Instead of coming
upon wooded district, they discovered
that the whole land was one vast sheet
of ice, broken by mountain chains
which rise, in the region traversed by
the scouts, to an altitude of seven
thousand feet, and are believed to
attain double that hight in the
vicinity Of Franz Josef ford on the
eastern coast. So passes into the
limbo of discarded theories the idea Of
a fertile region in the center of Green
land. The attempt to examine the
eastern coast also ended in disap-
pointment. The steamer was unable
to penetrate the ice-belt which guards
that long-hidden shore from the
approach of any keel. She had to sail
along upon the outer edge of the belt,
barely within sight of the shore, so
that no light was thrown upon the
locality of the old settlements of Ostre
Bygd
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03

DR.. Dresser gives an interesting
account of the methods employed by
Japanese artists in their work. Five
of the most celebI ated native draughts-
men were invited by Sir Henry Parkes
to the English embassy for the pur-
pose Of exhibiting their skill to the
visitor. Each competitor had long
slender piece of charcoal on bamboo
holder, some broad, flat brushes Of
deer's hair and round ones of veget-
able fiber, On slate was a quantity
of Indian ink. The artists who were
called on proceeded each in turn to
carry out an original composition.
The first produced tree and cock and
hen, second apeony flower and leaves
in natural cOlors, the third the shaded
body of duck. In each case they
commenced by marking out on the
paper few almost imperceptible dots
with the charcoal point, and then put
ting in what appeared to be random
dashes of color, beginning at the top
of the paper and working downwards.
The bodies of the birds were merely in
shaded outlines, but the hower-painter,
after making one leaf with a sweep Of
his brushful of green pigment, varied
the shades of each successive one,
leaving them finally of an even color.
The peony he shaded by merely putting
little water upon it before the cu!or
was absorbed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03

furnishing forage for the horses after all
other grass was killed, and undoubtedly
contributed to the success of Harrison's
campaign. 1t is, in fact, one of the
most widely distributed of any of the
natural grasses of the United States,
wherever calcareous, firm, sandy soils
are found. From the fact that, as q
rule, these of the west contain plenty
OF lime, tits one of the best grasses for
cultivation, in all soils not strongly
liable to heave, and is indigenous from
Tennessee and Kentucky, north. The
ilat-stalked poa (compressa), taking its
place. and is often found growing with
it, in the north. This hat-stalked poa
is indigenous to lighter soils than "poa
pratensis,' Kentucky bluegrass, or
green meadow grass, as it is indiffer-
emily called.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03
Need of Reform.

"Come and see me-" or "Come and
see us" ""any time Now, "any time"
is generally very poor time. "Any
time may mean when the party is
otherwise engaged, or for some cause
the very last time the party wants to
see you. If your company is enter
tanning or valuable, it is worth setting
a time for. ANY time," meaning no
set time, involves calling when other
parties are present, who will take all
the pleasure out of your visit. Seeing
a friend who amounts to anything So
cially means seeing him, and not the
other half-dozen with him. At least
with such as have passed out of the
era of gregarious social existence,
which can digest mixed gathering of
wheat and chaff, or good, bad and in
different altogether. The pleasure of
social intercourse between two indi-
viduals is also dependent on rule and
regulation, and requires not only that
the two see each other alone and un-
disturbed by other presence, but that
two see each other in their best condi-
ton, and not tagged out or exhausted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03
The Caterpillar King.

"Regalis," said Mr. Ellio an
entomologist, to New York Tribune
reporter, sis the king of caterpillars'
There are somepoints about him which
are peculiar, one of the strangest being
his belligerency. Birds are actually
afraid to attack him, and even the
mocking-bird, which is bold and
rapacious and loves thick, juicy cater
pillars, is often beaten off by this
singular worm. This is, you will note,
the worm of the fable that turns
against the aggressor. The RECALLS
meets his foe with his horns, with
which he endeavors to hook his adver-
sary somewhat in the manner of can.
tankerous cow. He is well provided
with these weapons. He has four
principal ones five-eights of an inch
in length, four shorter ones, two that
DTOluue, dllu Ollt du lid ttii' hO iiiot
eight are grouped upon what we term
the thoracic segment, by which we
mean the part which in the perfected
animal will become the thoraX. A
caterpillar is built in thirteen segments
and on nearly all of these in the RECALLS
is an arrangement of six black, sharp,
evil-looking spines. When bird at.
tacks this caterpillar king he not only
attempts to gore him, but he spits at
him a shower of saliva and fragments
of the leafy food he has been devouring
precisely like the llamas and vicunas
in Central Park. These innOcent-look'
ing creatures with their lamb-like eyes
come up to be fed and caressed, and
then suddenly assuming an offended
and injured air, they spit right in the
faces of their benefactors. l grieve to
say that the RECALLS has the same vii.
lainous habit.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03

The nightingale's habit of singing
at night, and the imaginary sadness of
its song, are accounted for by a legend
to the effect that in ancient days the
nightingale and blindworm had only
one eye apiece. The bird borrowed the
reptiles eye in order to go with two
to a feast, and afterwards refused to
restore it. The blindworm vowed ven
geance on its perfdious friend. Con-
sequently the nightingale is afraid to
go to sleep at night lest the blindworm
should attack it in its slumber. And
in order to keep itself awake it sings,
resting its breast against thorn, the
pain caused by which renders its sing
ing sad,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03

A French physician has been max
ing some interesting experiments on
the effects of codiments used with
food. They show, among other things,
that in cooking meat only an ounce of
salt should be used with from six to
twelve pounds of meat. If more is
employed it will do one of two things:
it will modify the structure of a por-
ton of the muscular fibre so as to ren.
der it more resistant to the action of
the gastric juice, or it will itself check
and retard the peptic fermentation
the very ground work of digestion. 1t
follows that salted and smoked meats
are more indigestible than fresh. Vim.
egar, it appears, may be used with
good effect, provided it is not in
quantity to irritate the stomach, and
is pure dilution of acetic acid, freed
from sulphuric or hydrochloric acids,
the latter of which, though an active
principle of the gastric juice, must not
be in excess of the stomach, or it will
retard digestion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-03
Prices of TrOtters.

In an article in Harper's Magazine
on horse farming in Kentucky, Viii
liam H. Bishop says: Each blue grass
breeder of prominence has his regularly
printed catalogue of stock revised
yearly, generally with wood cut of
his best stallion on the cover. Some
as General Withers, insert the selling
prices. from which mo deviation" is
advertised. In looking over such a
catalogue from S40O up to $4,000 are
found to be demanded for the younger
animals, with proportionately more for
older ones that could be at once made
useful. But when a horse has really
entered the ranks of the great "hyers,',
there is hardly any limit to his value.
One with a record of 2:30 may be esti-
mated in general way worth Sl0,-
900. From 2:30 down to 2:20 $1,000
may be added for each successive Sec
ond. When we come into the teens
and near the head of the record, Jug
Cling with gold and diamonds is a
coarse occupation in comparison. Mr..
Bonner is said to have paid $4,000 for
Dexter, and $4,000 for Rarus, and
Mr.. Vanderbilt $4,000 for Maud S.
But this last was before she had made
her great time; now that she has made
It you are told confdentially that a
person stands ready to draw his check
willingly for $4,000 whenever he can
get horse that will lead her, and give
him the distinction of having the fast
est trOtter in the world. But how
does it pay? Well, it pays first in
stock raising, it pays next in the op-
portunity to take purses and stakes af-
forded by the great system of racing
circuits; and no doubt even those gen.
tlemen who withdraw from racing and
do their driving in private life, find it
pay in pleasure and improved health
from this kind of recreation, extrava-
CANT as it is, which they might not be
able to procure so well from the ex-
penditure of equal sums in any other
direction.