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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-03-10
A New Use for a MOthnr.in.Law.

At the office of Leitch Bros steam
printing works are the remains of the
mother-in-law of Mr.. A. L. Leitch, one of
the members of the firm, in thoroughly
petrified condition. The woman has been
dead about twenty-five years The body,
according to the statement of promi-
nent physician, is in state of adipocere.
Mr.. Leitch has been keeping it in his
Office since its arrival in Cincinnati, un-
determined what to do with it, but his
brother informed a reporter last night
that they are contemplating placing it on
public exhibition for the benefit of
science. Several physicians, he said,
who have examined the body consider it
a rare specimen of adipocere, and they
have broken off little pieces, toe or a
finger, and put them IN their cabinets OF
snails and cray-fish and other interesting
articles. The lady died of apoplexy,
and was buried in the graveyard of
Dupont, Ind. She was seventy-two years
OF age at the time of her death. The
ground in which she has lain for the last
two dozen years is mainly Of limestone
formation, and small streams OF water
trickled through the limestone and came
in contact with the body.-Cincsn,,ati
Commercial.
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''Ended Life as He Began.

A burial difficulty of novel kind has
just arisen in the county of Dorset. The
squabble arose over the corpse OF a
Waterloo hero, which was to be buried
at Bridgeport The parties concerned
were no nearer agreement than were the
relatives and admirers of the late Gam
BETA on the question of his interment;
in fact, they were further apart. The
soldier had shuffied off the mortal coil
before an understanding had come as to
which of his surviving children should
bury him; and so his remains were left
uncoffined for several days. But some
thing had to be done to avoid the inter-
ference of the sanitary authorities. So
at last one of the deceased's sons pro-
cured a coffin and wished to put his
father into it. Here another difficulty
arose. The daughter at whose house
the old mans body was lying declined
to give it up, upon which the son tried
to obtain possession of it by force. Be-
tween them they had the making of a
good funeral, but they did their utmost
to spoil it The supporters of the re-
spective parties fell upon one another,
and the son and his friends were elected
from the house. Thus, peaceful as he
lay, the old soldier ssended life as he be-
gan''-amid the din Of battle. st. James
Gazette.
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NUMBER %.

Polly; | don't want to be ball. I'd
rather be good, and then we can go ont
and play, And | guess Miss tTegorv
ana the other Miss Gregory amt prims
either And, of cour G, it is awful 10
threw your best hat upstairs -
Then Blesie went and leaned over the
balusters, and shouted: Il feel like
being better-behaved girl now. Miss
Gre. DRY. Nav come down now?'
Miss Gregory looked at the other Miss
CIR CORY, and smiled, and then she an
swe ed Yes" and Blusie came down.
Blusie STAYED with the Misses Greg-
org for nearly three months, and every
time she left anything thrown around
one of the Misses Gregory was sre TO
di cover it. and Blusie always had
to come in, no matter how busy she
was Mt her play, and put It away.
She found 1t was not bit of use TO
got anery--she hal it to do.
So, like sensible girl. Tor the first
time in her life, sic tried to lie care 'ul.
And she got on SO well, when once
she began TO try. that she soon became
almost as orderly as the Misses Greg
DRY themselves.
And when, ut last. she went home,
she was the most orderly person in the
house. and her father called her Little
Miss Prim'--iust for fun, you know.
And so, You see, Blusic herself turned
into IA prim."
But | think IL was a good thing -
Hordtto Car'tn, 10 Church Union.
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The Amsterdam Jews.

The Jews in Amsterdam are among
the most prominent citizens. The Jew
merchant, the jew broker, the jew
banker, the jew physician, the jew
artist and the jew lawyer, is Just as
great here AS he is in all the cities of the
continent, only here he is not so intense
has its palatial residences. its wonderful
bazars, and, as it is everywhere, it has
its fingers upon the financial pulse of
every country in the world. They know
every market, every money and mer-
chandise, and silently but certainly they
control it. They don't go about the
streets boasting of what they do and
what they know they are not after
glory, but solid results. Solong rs they
corral the ducats they don't care straw
as to who has the credit of it.
So one class of Jews in Amsterdam
live in palatial residences with as luxur-
ious surroundings as any noble in the
land, solacing themselves for any per
centage the noble gets in the way of
rank, with the calm sweet reflection
that he can buy or sell any one of them
any minute. In fact they have a good
and lawful mortgage upon almost every
thing that is mortgageable.
But the Jews in Amsterdam are not all
of this class. There are $4,000 of them.
and of The number majority are as poor
as people can be and live in any sort of
comfort.
The Jew quarter in Amsterdam is the
most peculiar place in Europe, except
Petticoat Lane in London. tits peculiar
in great many ways. 1t is dirt and
squalor intensified. The streets in which
they live are barely twenty feet wide, the
sidewalks are only sidewalks in name,
| the houses are narrow with stairs that
| are so steep as to make an ascent the
work of a gymnast, and the smell-well
if there is anything that smells worse,
that is more offensive, we have not yet
| discovered il.
In these nosome streets. crowded with
men, women and children, the latter
predomnating. all the occupations OF
| the citizens are apparently out OF doors.
! There are small shops by the thousand
devoted to the sale of something. This
one deals in knit goods, next TO it, in a
shed built out upon the street, is II cob
| bier, the next is rag and bottle shop,
SiooV w 10 Log SohNeth, Puio oh'
simple, next is woman frying fish in
some sort of greasy compound which
the passers-by purchase and eat, next to
that is a man saving old barrels in two,
making out of each barrel two wash
tabs with handles aud all complete. And
so on.
The poor Jew is the apostle of the sec
ond hand | doubt If he could deal in
new material it he tried His mission is
to gather everything that nobody else
can do anything with and make it good
for something.
The street is lined with cabbage-leaves
and refuse vegetation, aud there is an
odor comes from it, ageneral sloppiness
and dirtiness, strangely in contrast with
the scrupulous cleanliness of the other
parts of the cleanest city on the globe. -
d. r. L0cke's Cor. in Toledo Blade.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-"Why are those things on your
dress called buglc trimmingsp" George
wanted to know. "O," Emily replied.
lightly, "because pa blows so over the
bill"
"A Philadelphia man says it was
easy enough for Tom Thumb and his
wife to escape from that burning hotel.
She slid down a gas pipe and he went TO
meter. Philadelphia NeOs.
What idiot has carried off my
penn" exclaimed an Austin lawyer,
angrily during the trial of a case in the
District Court. Colonel, you have got
it behind your ear" remarked one of the
lawyers. "Just where Thought it was"
-1e1as Siflimgs.
The papers are all laughing because
Sunday school scholar, when asked
what was the best thing in the world.
answered Pie The child was not so
far wrong after all, for what can be bet
ter than pie-eatyP"-M. Y. Herald.
"A gentleman entered Portsmouth
IN. H., drug store and asked for the
clark possibility Of bright IDEAS The
clerk looked non-plussed and said he
hadn't il in stock. The customer then
explained that he wanted-a bottle of
ink.
An old time boarding house fire.
quenter wants to know why bakers don't
make =" homemade bread" The reason
probably is that the home process does
not afford any facilities for splitting the
atoms of -four and sandwitching them
with thick layer Of sour air.-Toledo
american.
--"Have you evaporated apples?" she
asked of the grocer. "Not any on hand
Just now, ma am" he replied. Don't
you keep themp" Well, set out to,
but got discouraged. rolled barrel
of Baldwins out in front one morning,
and before noon half the lot had evap-
grated and disappeared. prefer to deal
in solid fruit. I" BROOKLYN Eagle.
Arthur Crayon-"Miss Rosebud,
have brought you little picture which
| painted especially for you. It has
proved very pleasant task during the
month that have worked on it." Pinky
Rosebud-"O thanks, Mr.. Crayon, YOU
are very kind, but I'm afraid that
must return the frame, as mother never
allows me to accept presents of any
value from gentlemen Chicago Times"
Two Irishmen came to a budapest
ON wide and desolate plain. 1t was
getting dusk, and the unfenced trails
were scarcely distinguishable. "Five
miles to Glena;rlie, read one of them,
putting his face close to the board. "But.
which av them goes to glenairlie. shure?"
asked his companion, looking obviously
at the two trails. After few moments
meditative silence, the first Irishman re-
piled, I'VE can try wan av thin and
then the other 'But how will we find
the way back, av we get. lostp' "Shure.
we will take the board along wild MS"
replied the first. And so the two pill
grims lighted their pipes and marched
cheerfully away with the guideboard be.
tween them. Burlington Free Press.
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Bob TOOmbs, Wrath.

81 have no answer to Make was the
sententious reply of General Robert
Toombs TO messenger who handed him
note from his granddaughter, Mrs.
Galley, i'll which she asked the privilege
of visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Toombs, who was likely to die at any
moment. Mrs. Galley, nee Miss Camille
Dubois, was the General s favoritc grand
child. Mr.. Galley was raised in the same
ncighborhood in Wilkes County. Be-
tween him and Miss Camille love de-
veloped, ending in an engagement.
Galley was poor, and this was a mortal
sin in Toombs' eyes, and he forbade
communication between them. He read
his will to Miss Camille. in which she was
remembered to the extent of $4,000.
II will make it 100000 if you will
break off this engagement" said Gen
eral Toombs. The lady offered to re-
main single during her grandfather's
lifetime. Growing violent, he declared
that if she intended to throw herself
away on poor man he would give her
forty-eight hours to leave the house.
This brought matters to crisis which
Mr.. Galley and Miss Dubois settled by
getting married Immediately. General
Toombs at once disnherited her, and
refused all communication. The young
couple are applauded by the community
General Toombs is blind in one eye, and
the other is almost out. An Atlanta
oculist is to operate on him next week. =
atlanta (Gd. SDectd{
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-03-10
How to Act In Case Of Fire.

The papers have lately told us of q
number Of distressing deaths by fire.
Great hotels and warehouses have sud.
denly burst into sheets Of flame in the
night and frantic people have either
persisted in the dreadful blaze or.
throwing themselves from windows,
have been dashed TO pieces in the street.
] hope that none of my young friends
may ever have TO pass through so awfnl
an experience. But II you should by
surprised, ut night or in the daytime,
by the presence of smoke in your rooms,
do not lose your wits II you can help H.
Remember at such u moment that al
though YOU are in great danger, there
are friends near who will try, II posi-
BILE. to come TO your assistance. DO
not open doors or windows wildly. and
waste no precoss moments in standing
and screaming for help Instead think
II you an of the straigbtest way out
quickly wrap n thick shawl or blanket
around you. covering your head and
your hair, and then creep on your hands
and knees TO the door or the stairway.
/ There is always ar to breathe near the
| floor.
If You are in the room with others,
drapery takes fire, recolect that you
must smothe the ames by throwing q
rug on them, pulling curtains or hang
ings down. and covering them with
carpet or quilt. or in some similar
way stop the current OF air on which
fire leeds. II u child's apron catches
from the CRATE or stove, wrapa shawl or
blanket about the little creature pl ompt-
", an roll her on the floor.
You can not be too careful with re-
gard to matches, candles and lamps.
Those of you whose homes are lighted
with kero enc or other oils should ask
the person who takes care Of the lamps
always to fill them in the morning. nev-
err doing so after nightfall. A properly
filed lamp is not likely TO explode.
Servants should be warned to be ex-
tremely care nj in the use OF kerosene.
They should not be allowed TO pour it
upon their kndling- wood in order to
light n fire quickly. Make it rule
never to tri o with fire, which is great
comfort in its proper place, but dread
full foe when beyond our control. -
Ho,pcr's Young People.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

John G. Whittier. who is Trustee
Of Brown University. expresses the hope
that the institution will soon be open 10
wcmen.
Miss Anna Oliver has almost COM
pleted her fourth year in the pulpit of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Methodist Church
in Brooklyn.
President Brown. of the New Hamp-
shire Agricultural College. well says that
neglected school-house .sindicates q
community not desirable to livein
The United Presbyterian Church of
Scotland mourns the loss OF nearly all
the fund providing for the support of its
deceased ministers wives. 1t amounted
to ESQ 100000 of which has dis.
appeared with the defaulting treasurer,
Peddie.
General Francis A. Walker found n
scholar in one of the Boston schools who
could not tell why waterrose in a pump,
and straightway he lectured on the inn
portanee of teaching children the prin-
ciples OF natural science
The Rev. DR.. j, Wheaton Smith,
who has had pastoral charge Of the Beth
Eden Baptist Church, ot Philadelphia,
for more than thirty years, and for the
past three years has been pastor emer-
titus, has been unanimously requested by
the society to resume active duty,
Philadelphia Record.
The new Roman Catholic Cathedral
in Hartford, the largest church edifice
in Connecticut and not yet completed.
~, I'M l,n c;
walls have settled so that large cracks
appear, and experts fear that the whole
will have TO be rebuilt. Over $500, 900
have been spent in the construction. -
NeW Uaren Register.
The princely way in which Long
Island City teachers are salared is illus
trated by the following item, taken from
the proceedings of the School Board;
"Miss Emma Locke was promoted to the
position OF acting principal of the Second
Ward school and her salary increased to
$3.50. IN Y. Sun.
One of the most recent converts to
Christianity is Prince Sardan Herman
Singh, who is heir to one OF the richest
provinces in Northern India. CONVEX
sion in his case means much greater
sacrifice than is involved in this country;
for Sardan Herman Singh must forfeit
all claim to his worldly estates and
become poor man. Chicago journal.
Teaching the young idea how to
shoot is superseded in Kennebec Coun-
ty. Me-. by practicing the manly art of
self-defense." A correspondent says
that an exhibition was recently given in
which the teacher, scholars and parents
participated; blows were distributed
promiscuously, and several battered
countenanees attest the valor of the par
Elephants. Detroit Post.
"A new method OF instruction which
has been introduced in Yale College is
in the working system, one which has
been complained of for years as false
one. The student prepares himself on
the prescribed lesson, but at the appointed
hour does not recite it, On the contrary,
the professor recites; that is, he goes
over it and elucidates it, making it com
prehensible for the dullest At the end
Of each month searching examination
is given on the work gone over.-N y.
EIdn1t71er.
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A Mothers Car Where Tired Babies
May Roll and Stretch.

OF course baoies and their mothers.
Heaven pity them, must sometimes 60 q
travelling. In view of this fact, some
railroad potentate might earn for him
self blessed immortality in the memo
ries OF those concerned by building
car for mothers. The smoker's com ort
is provided for but who thinks OF any
extra accommodation for the smoker
wife and little chill lrenp How much the
squeaky old low chair at home is m ssed
by the weary mother on the high seats;
and when the Ii tie ones are tired sit
ting, there nothing for them to do but
slide down and lean against the mother
knee; the "tirod knee that has so much
TO bear.' Seems to me IL wouldn't be
an entirely C,opian idea to fiji up car
with different heights of seats, having
say one-h If the space of the coach
clear; cover the t'oor with inexpensive
rugs where tired babies may roll and
stretch their limbs as on their home
carpets. No man allowed in this de-
partment excepting he be accompanied
by small portion of the Kingdom OF
Heaven. No doubt many women would
find objections to an arrangement of
this kind. Some people are born for no
y iicI PURPOSE thdil W W eCt- LHcy
would probably object TO their darlings
rolling on the floor, or taking any othes
means to kill time. just as some moth
ers force their children TO sit still and
eyerlastingly look out of the window.
though eyes and every joint be aching
for change. They mustn trun about,
thy might "catch something" What
pity these exclusives can't stay in their
own peek measures. Margaret Homes,
IN indianapolis Herald.
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VOLUME XIV.
DIR. HOLMES TO HIS JUDICIAL
SON

Oliver Wendell Holmes. whose son has been
appointed to the Supreme Bench of Massachu-
sets, read poem, with reference to that
event, at the recent banquet of the Boston
Bar Association, from which we take the fol-
lowing stanzas:
His Eonors" father yet remains
His proud paternal posture firm in;
But, while his rights he still maintains
To WELD the household rod aud reins,
He bows before the filial ermine.
What curious tales has life in store,
With all its must-bes and its may-besl
Inc sage of eighty years or more
Once crept nursing on the floor,
Kings, conqaerors. judges, all were babies.
The fearless soldier, who has faced
The serried bayonets CLEAN appalling,
For nothing save pin misplaced
The peaceful nursery has disgraeed
With hours of unheroic bawling.
The mighty monarch, whose renown
Fills up the stately page historic,
Has howied to W ,ken half the town,
And finished OF by gulping down
His castor oil or paregoric,
The justice, who, in gown and cap,
Condemns wretch to stranguation.
Has thrashed his nurse and spilled his pap,
And sprawled across his mothers lap,
For wholesome laws administration.
An, life has many a reef to shun
Before in port we drop our anchor,
But when its course Is nobly run
Look aft! for there the work was done.
Life owes its Roadway to the spanker.
The whirligig of time goes round,
And changes all things but affection;
One blessed comfort may be found
In Heavens broad statute, which has bound
Each household to its heads protection.
If e'er aggrieved, attacked, accused,
sire may claim sons devotion
To shield his innocence abused,
As old Anchses freely used
His offspring's legs for locomotion,
You smile. You did not come to weep,
Nor | my weakness to be showing.
And these gay stanzas slight and cheap,
Have served their simple use, to keep
fathers eyes from overlooking
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For Young Readers.
BABES EVERYWHERE.

Here aud there, hero and thcr,.
Rabies, babies cNerywhore--
Copper-colorcd, white aud brown,
In the woods and in the town.
Far towards the Northern polo
Little bah q romp and roll
Int lie baby Esquimaux-
In world of ica and snow.
II q sunny island homo,
Where the grc at ships so and come,
Babies frolic In the breeze,
Underneath the orange trees,
Where the starry heavens span
Waving palms OF iiindostan-
In the land OF gems and silk
Babies sip tho cocua-milk;
Play with worry rings aud balls
by the fearful mountain walls
ride W tn hoby mcrr,mcnt
On n tall, tame elephant
Little Oh nese babi .. too,
wany Che Chang and Chi Chung Loa,
ook In baby sh surprs,
From their narrow amond.cyes;
Learn as little babies can
To holl their chop-sticks, wave their fan,
To eat thei plate OF snowy rec.
And now and then roast of m cc.
English babies sweet and fair;
Germans with II, taken hair.
Dark ltal ans with mamma
Floating in u gondola.
Dabics--damond, pearl and opal,
From Norway down to anStuntinople.
Precious Jewels every one,
The dca est things bsnoath Che sun.
but which of all that | have told
Is sweetest, denrcst inst pure gold
Made of many mingled cha 'msf
Why, of course the baby In my arms.
Mrs. N. r. Butts, IN IOu his Companion.
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The fattening OF horses for marx

The fattening OF horses for market
has grown to be quite business in some
places in the United States. and notably
so in few counties in Western Penn
sylvania. Horses are prepared for sale
with as much care as the finest beeves,
the horsepower making it point to
have his produce in the best possible
condition for the buyer. This has proved
to be an excellent business, and the
feeding off, has no little to do with its
success. See that your horses have first
class form and condition, as well as good
blood, and when the sale returns are re-
ceived you will find yourself we'll repaid
for your pains Philadelphia Record.
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-Tbe FIRST Jewish marriage which h,

The first Jewish marriage which has
taken place in Madrid since the expul-
sion of the Jews from Spain two cent
uries ago, was celebrated two days since.
The bride, who was welded to her first
cousin. was the daughter of foreign
merchant long established in the Spanish
capital. More than fifty persons, in
Guiding members of the very best society
in Madrid, were present at the ceremony.
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A Brooklyn dog '.takes the cake
He is big Newfoundland. and little
girl was carrying the cake in her hand,
He jumped upon her, knocking her
down, carrying off the cake and leaving
her badly cut and bruised upon the side
walk. Brooklyn Eagle.
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MS. Anna Rowney, of Paris, KY.
has CT and canary-bird that manifest
great friendship for each other. The
cat evidently listens with pleasure to
the bird when it sings. and the feath-
cred songster, appearing to know this,
seems to our forth the sweetest notes
it is capable of in order TO please its
feline friend. The cage sits upon the
table, and the cat has often been seen
to jump up and lie down against tbs
cage and allow the bird to pick fur from,
its body to line its nest. N o. Plea
ylt,ae.
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The ice on which two Philadelphia
boys were skating broke off from the
main body and tloated down the Della
ware River, sing in size every minute.
and finally becoming so email that it
would not float them. They babe each
other good-by and plunged into the
cold water, supposing that they would
not be able to swim to the shore, but
determined TO make vigorous effort,
and their pluck saved them. = Pai'adel-
paiG Press.
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Handsome tides are placed on
satin covered sofas, not so much as a
guaranty of good faith as to cover up
the spot that is worn out.-Puck.