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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-08-04
THE GIRL OF TO-DAY.

Girl of the past-"of the long ago. si :
Thou TT gone with ages past.
HirI of to-day-girl thar know
With thee my lot is ca0.
rho others may swear and others may rave
Der maidens fair, long in the grave,
Girl of to-day,
can but say
Thou art the girl for me.
Dear girl of to-day, sweet girl of to-day,
[ live and die for thee.
6irl of the past-''of the long ago"
Thourt but poets dream.
Girl OF to-day-girl that know
Thou art more real ween.
rhan phantoEs beyond poor mortal control
Chonrt flesh and blood, thou TT heart and soul
Girl of to-day,
can but say
Thou art the girl for me.
Dear girl of to-day, sweet girl of to-day
live and die for thee.
b1ri OF the puet--sAcf the long ago.
Thourt long since ION the wane'
Girl of to-day-girl that know
lis thee-my queen doth reign.
And others may say whatever they will
say what said-I say it STILL
Girl of to-day
of thee say
Thou art the girl for me.
Dear girl of to-day, sweet girl of to-day,
live and die for thee.
--(loIyssfon Neus
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-08-04
In Search Of Information and Favor.

A minister while riding along lonely
road in Arkansas that glided under tall
bushes and wound around rugged hills,
approached man who stood at the
gate of a rude house. The minister
addressed a question to the man, but
without replying, the latter turned to.
ward the house, bowed to woman
who appeared in the doorway, and
said:
Good mornin', madam; how's youl
health an the health of your familyP''
The woman did not reply. "Fine day,
madam" continued the man, "only the
suns strikin' down mighty peart. ~
Still the woman did not reply.
my friend" said the minister, 81
am to preach at Harvey's Point and
would like to know how to get there. -
"Don't you knowP" asked the man.
mo, sir; / do not
Then how do you expect me to
know more about your business than
you doP Say, there, madam" turning
to the woman, I'D like to come in and
make myself at home. How's .the
prospects?"
The woman made no reply, but, kick
ing a cat out of the way and "shooing''
chicken that came up on the steps,
she leaned against the door-facing and
regarded the man with hack Of in
terest that characterizes the sweep OF
an eye over a barren waste.
1.-THE church is situated near here, lie
it not?n asked the minister. SSH
Eyes, but it is nearer to some places
than it is to here.'
'Say, madam, am very glad to see
you, an hope that our relations may
be pleasant.
The woman made no reply.
(which way must l go, as the roads
have been changedp"
$50 down the creek. Compliments
of the day, madam"
"Will following the road down the
creek take me therep"
1--WE dun told you. If you know
better, go up the creek" and he smiled
and bowed to the woman.
"You seem to take great pleasure in
being polite to the lady at the door.
Who is she?'
1.-The boss"
1.-THE boss of whatP"
''The situation. She's nv wife,"
"Why do you stand out here bowling
to herp''
mister, whar was you raised, any.
howP You don't know this country
like do. This mornin' went outen
this gate with skillet follerin' me, an
I've got to do my courtin' over agin OF
it amt safe to hang around the house
I've got to win that woman afore the
sun goes down or I'll sleep in the
woods. amt got no time to talk
about churches. AFTER win this won.
an come aroun' an I'll talk to you.
How do you do, madam Fine lot OF
chickens you've got No, sir, my
friend, I've got big job before me an
| amt got through. She's got fiat
iron back thar an is apt to let drive at
me any minute. Go on away now, and
let me make the fight I'm mighty per-
suadin' in my natur'. Fine day, mad.
am. ''-ArkansaW Traveller.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-08-04
NUMBER AZ.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-Therr are moro Roman Catholics IN
| New York CITY tbnn IN any other civ
| N the world. IN v sun.
Ono bunared a,a r;nety voura,,.n
hava annl;ai sor ad,n;ss;an,o tha 11Iass
Of 'S7 at Yale College.
The corner stone of the new He
brew ASYLUM, in New York. was laid
recently. The building will front on
Tenth Avenue, and will cost 5000. 900.
-The First Conaraaa,ional church
NJ OAKLAND Cal Lss Sa,ad 80 nv t,a
Suner;ntendent ~ i,s Sahhatb schoo ~ :
onpd salary 90 that ba ron davn,, h;s
whnle I'm. - tha wi NS'''e .'"'
-
y, i'r 'ne Ep'soopaI Nonyentioh Oh inc
. o,so - . l.snv's, e 'espiup9n WIS M
ton ~ .hsm,ra ' es Sy s...,.',.
sron, .pnasas, ~. ~ r aae ~ '',o onul1n '
Ta,i,,,;., y ." ..pteeoi,"i ~ .iioV
man;:astaa !, ~ s.,. ~r IT. w" ~,
raSoln,;nu ,yas ,,,,.hp asl,,,s,M e,"o 1 Ts
a,,sae. ""' "''''"s avn ~
~.
u,s, ~ csn n 200" nas recen.iy received q
Elit q Soo,VoV Tor ms Northieid Mass
cond;,;ay thot o.har So o" 20 ~ -"
tnfiop e,,be,,;h. aSn non ,x,.... <.......I
sahnlarsh;,ss 80 y" nnn aaoio' ,soseaa'
oonti,, haai ~ 800 oson nave ~.
Il aSnec,a e , iU WI, IT, ~ uo.o al !.
snnd ~ ,oo , nno WI h 30 "l 1 p
-'' - ~.oV'ooo W MANU- ''osso" foss'
Isn't 1t about time for the press to
stop its customary summer course Of
lectures to the young men just out of
college on their ignorance OF coming
disappointmentsp II Is a good deal
oet'er 10 give young men words
~ ', IMAM 70 Keep up THIS
USELESS everlasting sneefing, Inc boys
wlll ma out their deficiencies in due
'ime. -bosson Herdfa.
james Parton says when General
Butler sent his son to Harvard he gave
him a check book and said to him:
Take that, and whenever you want
any money draw as freely as you like.
II you are ever in doubt consult your
mother" At the end OF his college
course the young man had spent only
$1,000 year, which Is considerably be-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-08-04
She Raised Them All.

"A past city official was entertaining
a number of members of the city gov
eminent at his residence. The day was
Saturday. Supper had been partaken
of, and at its conclusion "a little game
of draw was proposed, and before
many minutes the entire party were
deeply engaged in the mysterious and
fluctuating fortunes of 'spoker'' as laid
down in General Schenck's rules for
the government Of that alluring but
tickle game. The time flew rapidly
and merrily, the blind goddess favoring
now one and now another. At length
it was noticed that the hands of the
clock passed the hour Of midnight and
the players were encroaching on the
first hours of the Sabbath. But what
cared they for that! There were large
sums of money on the table. and the
SPOT was one of formidable pro-
portions. "T,l raise you five dol
lars, exclaimed one of the play
ers. "Tll see that and raise you
ten,' shouted another in his ex-
element. ''I'll raise the whole of
you out Of this, was the cry of a new
conner, as female was seen enveloped
in her night clothes and with horse
whip in her hand. There was an inn
mediate break made for the door, and
some even found exit by the window,
abandoning the .pot'' and whatever
money there was on the table; and It's
said. that some OF those city officials
are running from that little game up to
the present time. The lady of the
house admonished her liege lord. not
over gently, it is to be presumed, on
his Dissertation of the Sabbath, quietly
swept up the money and betook herself
once more to bed. There is good rea1
son to believe that the money was
finally disposed Of in charity. Boston
1raUeller.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-08-04

The literature Of advertisements is
sometimes as comical as the funniest
sayings of the funniest men. In the Far
West man advertises for a woman ito
wash, iron and milk one or two COWS. y
TO wash COW occasionally may not
be entirely out of place, though in the
east we wash the milk instead of the
COW, because it is an easy way Of ac-
accomplishing the desired result; but to
iron COW seems preposterous even for
the enterprising West.-N. Y. Herald
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-08-04

Pau, France, is fast becoming col
onized by the Irish gentry, who ara
compelled to combine hunting with
economic arrangements. If the sport
is not as good as in some parts of the
Emerald Isle, it is less precarious. and
society's pleasures are enjoyed without
personal danger.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-08-04

Tight Squeeze" Ca, is to yriggle
from under that sobriquet and hatch
into full-fedged Incorporated town
named North Atlanta. Detroit Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

Mr;. Clara T. Leonard of Springfield, Mass.
a member Of the State Board of Health Of
that State. has published her account OF the
present condition OF Tewksbury almshOuse.
In the last two years she has visited the in
stitulion twice, "both times without notice."
spending 'tho entire day" She found
scrurulous neatncss everywhere beds sccm-
ed good, bread and food also, and she heard
no complaints" She also afiirms that the
charges now made arc not new; they are old
ones rcvivel nearly all of these abuses
have been rectticd, and the frequent visits Of
two benevolent women on the board of irus-
tees is great safcguard.n II have been
several times assured, she continues, ''by cx-
perts from other States, one q well known
physician Of Philadelphia, that Tewksbury is
the best managed institution of the kind in
the country that Is, as "a large State aims
house, Still 1t can he improved. The pub
lie are now being filled with false imprcs-
sions aud greatly overslatcd accounts of it,.
Probably the final result will be to place the
institution under such medical treatment us
otherlarGe hospitals and 10 cause much I'M
provcmcnt in detail" Mrs. Leonard's state
ment is at least sufficient to show that there
may be two sides to the Tcwksbury business;
ard that while like most such institutions it
may need frequent overhaulings, and have
many features that cannot be approved, it
may not be necessary to believe that it is the
utterly abominablc affair that 1t is made out
to DC by the testimony of discharged nurses
and irresponsible inmates.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

The American hog promises 10 become an
international issue. Ex-senator Sargent,
minister to Germany, has deeply offended
the Germans by proposing retaiatory meas
mes as against Bismarck's hostility to Amer
lean pork. He thinks that the assumption
Tint only American pork is affected with
lrichiuw has been So repeatedly disproved,
that the persistence with which ii is insisted
on plrtakes of the nrure of malicious pur-
pose 10 njurr American trade with Germany;
AMI he advises that steps be taken 10 dscrm-
/ nat acalus, German exports to this coun-
try until the injustice done 10 US is remedied.
Naturally the Germans papers seek o make
II hut for the Independent minister.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

To the facts and suggestions in Our ar
ticles on temperance work, should be added
one important consideration. That is that
the large and even alarming number of places
licensed under the United States law to sell
liquor, in this city and others Of the larger
towns in our State, by no means represents rs
large ali amount of drinking, as such pro-
portion of drinking places represents 10
many towns in other States, or as such a
number of grogshops would represent here
under license law, The forty nine places
which have procured United States licenses
in this city, for instance, include number
of wholesale and retail drug s,ores--to which
the term srogshop does not apply-and the
saloons and eating places which constitute the
larger part OF the number do much smaller
business than the saloons and dives" and
bar-rooms, where the liquor business is open,
unforbdden and undisguised No sign or
display Of bottles and labels, Of liquors, wines
and punches, here tcmpts the drnker as he
passes by. The seller can not afford to per
nit crowd of revclling and treating tip
piers to call attention to the unlawful
portion of his business. As u general thing
the drinkers must sneak, one or two n, u
time, into some back room or closet, or dark
cellar. The business Of selling liquor is under
a distinct ian, legal aud social, even where
the law is enforced with only ftful and easy
pressure This must, and as an actual fact
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

The Philadelphia Times dcniqs the story
tina, there had been held conference of
Stalwars aud Independent leaders, at which
an arrangement was made 10 unite both fac.
tons Of the Pennsylvania Republicans on a
compromise ticket ''NO such conference
has been held it says, NOR even contem-
plated That n Republican convention will
be he'd this year under the reform rules
adopted last summer, aud that its work will
be such as to command the support of the
bulk of the Republican party, is not at all
improbable. But the Independent move
ment was instituted for the elimination of
the abuses Of bossism in the party, and not
to obtain mere division of spells, lis lead
ers are not dickering for offices and do not
need TO hold conferences with the Old-timc
bosses as 10 terms OF peace, II the abuses
they fought are Abandoned and fit men nomi-
mated by fit methods, their battle is won. If
the abuses are not abandoned they are Just
as ready to fight AS they were last year and
strong enough To defeat the bosses, as they
did then"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11
DICKENS BELIEF IN sPIuITVAL-
ISM,
How the Great AuIhOr was Convinced
the Power of the Unseen Spirit.

Few people know that Dickens WAS =
spirtualst. Yet he was. And it is nv own
remembrance of his experience in these two
things that wish now to relate. One Of
lis great friends IN tie quiet circle OF hi
acquaintance was the wife Of leading LoI-
don physician, She was mesmerst and
spritualis,t and it was from her teaching
That any lnteres, was aroused in his mind
upon these two subjects. He came in one
night with nervous headache, and said to
his friend: Nov, Mary, try your mesmcric
hand on me, and see ii you can do my head
good"
Seating himself on the cGrre, at Ter feet
che gantly passed her hands through his
hair, from his forehead back ward, for about
five minutes, at the same time breathing
upon the crown Of his head, and then. with
Il look of satisfaction to me, called NV
attention to the fact that he was fss.
4sl.ar. continuing her n,alipulalions f0r 1.
few minutes more, she finally shook him rude
~ IN An ondeavor to awaken him; but he
was too far gone Calling servant she had
him conveyed to the room he often used
when there. lie was undressed and put To
bed. remained by his side for six hours,
ard during the whole OF the time he client ~
soundiy as u new.horn babo. When he awoke
he was completely surprised to ind himself
there, and /, took him some minutes TO recall
To his mind the fact that for the first time in
his life he had allowed his friends to mes
merize him, aud willingly let himself sue.
cunb to the Influence, lio never sIterwald
doubted the power OF mesmerism or magnet
ism, 81 Whatever else il may be termed. But
1t was some two Years before he could ever
he prevailed upon To believe that he contain
ed large amount of magnetic power,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

There has been in many departments oil
labor especially in the iron and coal dis
tricts, growing discomfort and uneasiness,
which have at last resulted In a strike OF
miners. Charges are made that the officers
OF some of the trades unions are aiding such
results us it is understood that the negoti-
atoms they conduct in the attempt to effect
II compromise between employers AMI en-
ploycs are lucrative. But the men whom
they represent and frequently mulct, do not
derive much profit from strikes. The great
strike of 1sS2 deprived multitude of men
OF wages Tor many weeks, and they have not
been compensated for the loss. The iron
workers of the West who are considering
whether to join in strike, will do well to re-
fleet upon their own experiences of 1882 be-
fore deciding TO abandon work without eX-
IRENE provoca,ion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

conducted another expedition 10 the upper
Congo, under French auspices. Tie c nSo,
it appears, at one part of its course circles
aud approaches within comparatively short
distance of the French possessions ON the
West Coast Of Africa. While thus near II
miles along the course of the stream 10 its
mouth. De Brazza struck across the country
from the French settlements with the object
of reaching the Cong above Stanley aud If
possible, while the latter was delayed at the
mouth Of the river. Both Of the explorers
returned home last year, aud each claims
perfect success. Dc l}razza has, according
ing to his account, barred Tue way OF STAN
ley by pljn'ing The French llig in front Of
HIM, and by making treaties with natives
who, he says, have recognized French SOW
ereignty. Stanley, according to his account,
has taken complete possession Of the Congo
and all It's tributaries 10 the head-wo,cra
thereof. and where DE Brazzi has made one
treaty Stanley has made dozen. Both Dc
Brazza and Stanley are now on their way
back TO the upper waters of the Congo, the
former backed by French troops, and the
latter being fully prepared to maintain by
force tie rights Of the society he represents.
TINS ''war" is perhaps Of not much Consc-
quence, especially as Stanley has far ont.
stripped Dc BIazza, but serious c)mplica-
lions are liable TO arise. 1t being evident
from the reports OF the rival explorers that
the Congo country is really worth having,
Portugal promptly revived her ancient claim
by tight of discovery, aud also maintains
that her present recognized possessions in
Angola, south of the Congo, extend north
ward and include the mouth of that river.
similar claim is put in by France, on whose
behalf ii is asserted that her possessions on
the Gaboou, north Of the Congo, extend
south TO a sufficient distance TO include the
mouth OF the latter river. Belgium claims
the country because Stanlcy's discoveries
were made under the auspices OF Belgian
company, and last bat MT least England,
though she makes no claim to the country,
is determined that no European power
which can hamper her traffic shall possess
the Congo.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

The New York Legislature finally adjourn
ed Friday night with the Democratic men,
beers in very sanguinarY frame of mind,
Governor Cleveland ignored" Tammany
in his appointments, large number of
which (notably that of W. H. Murlha OF
Brooklyn for commissioner of immigration
we're left unconfrmed at adjournment. Gov
ernor Cleveland sent message tot the Senate,
just before adjournment, in which he said
that the present management Of the immigra.
ton department is "a scandal and reproach
to civilization !" that it has recklessly squan-
dered the money of the State and that the
immigrants, instead of being protected by it,
are remorselessly hecccd and swindled. lie
also charged that the failure OF the Senate to
act upon the nominations offered by him for
the purpose of giving effect to n remedial law
recently passed, was owing to the lover
weening greed for spoil among the polite
ians composing that body, and their desire to
continue the existing abuses, 50 the New
York Democracy have very pretty quarrel
on their hands.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11
CARRYING THE WAR INTO AFRICA,

The work OF opening the worlds great
wilderness, Africa, to settlement and civiliz
alton has made great progress OF late, and
the indications are that The last of the secrets
which the mysterious continent has SC
long and so jealousy guarded will soon be
disclosed and that the worlds wealth will re.
ceive an enormous increase though the util.
ization of the vast aud marvellous physical
| resources of the country. A gigantic enter
Prise locking tc these ends is that ia which
Stanley, the famous explorer, is now cngag-
cd, under the auspices of an organization
called the International Association, of which
the King of Belgium is the head The grea,
river Congo constitutes the only means of
access to large and densely populated regions
of Equatorial Africa. The river is naviga-
bic for fair-sized steamers for many hun
bred miles of its course, but within short
distance of its mouth, there are a succession OF
cltaracts which form, and probably will form
for many years TO come, % bar rendering trans
shipmelt Of goods unavoidable. Until few
years ago all that wss known of the river
was that these bars occurred near its mouth,
and such being the case no European Power
thought it worth while to assert its owner
ship. The title by right Of discovery belongs
to Portugal, but ,Gs. country has exercised
only the most shadowy authority over The
river. But some Ave years ago Stanley took
charge Of large expedition equipped by the
International association, TO explore thorough
ly the Congo and establish trading places
on its hauks Stanley took with him small
steamers bull, in sections, which could be
takcp apart and transported around the
iuli.. The expedition was thoroughly sue.
cessful. practicable rolds were made past
the cataracts, and the steamers put or the
upper waters. At last accounts four stations
had been established, the last one seven hun.
dred milee from the mouth Of the Congo, and
four steamers were Elyirg It's waters The
development Of the stations wniel hayg been
founded is naturally work Of time, but al
ready they are becoming ccntres of civiliza-
ton, and are exercising strong and healthy
influence on the nstiveg In their neighbor-
hood. At one, horned cattle. which ere pu-
known in Central Africa, have been success
fully introduced, and the great luxury OF a
supply OF fresh milk has been secured to the
station. At another speciA attention has
been paid to agriculture, and fairly SUCCESS
full endesvors have been made to introduce
the more useful of the European vegetables.
A band of devoted missionaries accompany
Stsnleys party, and from their effects much
good is likely to come.
la the meantime, however. a complication
arose. In consequence OF the proceedings OF
ono De Brazza, u Portuguese by birth, who
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

The meeting of the American Institute OF
Instruction will be held at Fabyan's on July
18th, 18th and 18th. DR., William I. Harris
OF Concord, M9ss,, will read u paper on
"Pedagoglcs In Colleges to DO followei by
President NJ. ii. Buckham of the University
of Vermont, on the same subject. DR.. Julius
Seelyc Of Amherst College, and Miss Ellen
Hyde OF birmingham, Mass, will read
papeis on moral Training" DR.. Henry
Barnard and A. +. Stone Of Springfield are
expected to give papers on "ScLool Super
vision" Dr. s. d. Runklo Is to prepare a
report on Industrial Education" Arrange
meuts are being made with competent
speakers to fill up whatever time may be left,
so that profitable meeting is insured. Mrs.
Mary A. Livermore will givo ono evening
lecture, and the Euterpc Club is engaged TO
furnish music. Il is expected that round
trip, including both the meeting of the ma
tional association at Saratoga and the AmcSi-
can Institute at Fabyan's, may be arranged
on such terms as TO induce large number
of teachers to secure the benefit Of both.