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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19
The Horse Must Go.

4 st. Louis inventor claims to have
completed q piston movement like that
of the steam engine to which, however,
electricity instead of steam Is to be APP
piled. 1t has four magnets which act
alternately in attracting aud repclIing
the piston. 1t is proposed to apply It
to cabs, street cars, yachts, etc. It will
have storage battery capable Of run
ming it twenty-four hours. The great
desideratum in locomoton now is q
small, cheap, convenient motor for We
hicles in cities. Horse power, in its
literal, not in its mechanical, sense is
behind the age. There is no more rea-
son why the carts, carriages and cars of
a paved city should be drawn by so ex-
pensive and awkward a power as horses
than why warehouse elevators should
be hoisted and lowered by man power,
or saw-mills be operated by horses A
small neat motor slowed compactly
away under the vehicle would be as
progressive mechanical device as the
sewing machine. For in health and
cleanliness alone it would be blessing.
Nearly the whole of the mud and dust
in city streets is the result of using
horses; and their shoes pound and tear
the pavcments to pieces quite as much
as the wheels of vehicles The day will
come, perhaps, when even the present
generation will see all vehicles in large
towns and cities propelled by electricity,
and a horse be only an object of luxury
OF curiosity.--DetroH Free Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19

Cloves are the unopened flowers of .
small evergreen tree that resembles in
appearance the laurel or bay 1t is .
native of the Molucca, or Spice Islands,
but has been carried to all the warmer
parts of the world and is now cultivated
in the tropical regions Of America. The
flowers are small in size and grow in
large numbers in clusters to the very
edges of the branches. The cloves we
use are the flowers gathered while they
are opened and while they are still
green. After being gathered they are
smoked by wood fire and then dried
in the sun. Each Glove consists of two
parts-of a round head which is formed
of the four petals, or leaves, or flowers
rolled up, including number of small
st ks or filaments; the other part
of the Glove is terminated with four
points, and $, in fact, the flower Of the
unripe secd-vessel. All these parts may
be seen ii a few cloves are soaked for q
short time in hot water, when the leaves
of the over soften and readily unroll.
Both the taste and the smell OF cloves
depend upon the quantity OF oil they
contain. Sometimes the oil is separated
from the cloves before they are sold,
and the odor and taste are in conse-
qucnce much weakened. San Francisco
Gsgcaicie.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19
He Knew How.

DO you want any brakemenpn in
quired seedy looking chap of McMas-
ter, at the General Superintendent $
office, yesterday.
Mac said they did; road rushed with
business and men all overworked.
"Guess III try it SPELL said the
stranger.
"All right, SIR" replied Mac. i" Ever
do any brakingp"
"Y-a-a-s."
"What roadp"
"EhP"
~ said what road did you work one"
N"The Skowhegan turnpike; broke on
lumber trucks down johnson Hill for
two year. That's an awful hill, stranger
two miles long and steeper'n that
roof there, and you bet it took power
of muscles to hold her. If wheel
slipped she was gone. l reckon I'm the
man you want"
He was taken in on probation, and
Inside Of an hour returned, saying that
the conductor of the crew to which he
had been assigned wanted gallon of
red oil for the danger signal lanterns
carried on the rear of the train.-Boona-
erd7lg.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19
Two Wealthy Men.

The richest man in the District of Co
lumbia sprobably The venerable w. w.
Corcoran. ii great start asa capitalist
was made during the Mexican war,
when he bought Government bonds
when they were far below par, and held
them TIL they were redeemed at their
lace value. since this fortunate specu-
lation he has spent his bu mess life in
banking and in the care of his proper
ty. which is reputed to be worth 3d.
BOO, 900. Of late years, however, the
active management Of his affairs has
been in the hands of an agent, himself
an aged and wealthy man while Mr..
Corcoran has INDUCED his taste for art
and fondness for public charities.
1t would be difficult to find two men
more unlike in disposition and habits
than Mr. Corcoran and the man who is
supposed to be his rival in wealth, Jo-
seph A. Willard. Mr.. Willard alone
knows how much he is worth. The con-
lectures of well-informed citizens
vary by millions. Some guess he
is not worth a million; others be-
lievc he is worth from five to ten
millions. "Joe" Willard is an odd
character He lives all alone in
a plain, old-fash;oned bouse in Four
teenth street. near + street. which is
always kept closed. He has no friends
and no haunts, takes part in no public
or business enterprises which involve
social relations, INDUCES in no sports or
social engagements, never goes to
church, has no family except one son
who lives away from home; never
speaks with his two brothers, Henry
and Caleb, with whom he quareled long
years ago, and. in short, meets the
world at as few points of contact as
possible. His sole aim, apparently, is
to accumulate money, and in this he has
been marvelously successful. He owns
one-half of Wizards Hotel and large
quantity of real estate in the District,
and is the largest holder of Govern
ment bonds in Washington. Few resi-
dents Of Washington have ever seen
this odd millionaire, for one OF his
eccentricities is to rarely leave his
house in the daytime. After nightfall,
however. it is his custom to sally forth
aud walk about town to inspect his
property. and Mrs. Grundy observes
that he always goes back into his house
by the basement door. and then bolts
everything carefully up for the night.
He attends to his rents himself, and a.
last as he collects his money g .cs to q
bank or the frcasury and buys Gov.
crnment bonds. = PAilcieit,bia Times.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19
Artificial Infants.

The traveller in European railway
carriage makes IL the object Of his lift
to secure an enire compartment to him
self, if possible. 1t is strange that rail
way travel should develop this form O
sclfishness IN men who are ordinaril,
generous and courteous. Why, for ex.
ample, should an English curate, who
never INDUCES in tobacco, and who
lives life of the most unselfish devo,
ton, undertake, when travelling, to mo
nopol'ze whole compartment by lean.
ing out of the window and smoking VIC
lcntly at every stationp Such, how
ever, is the painful conduct of men 9th
erwise entirely unimpcachablc, and l.
could be wished that some profounc
moralist would discover why It is tina
railway travel is SO remarkably de
moralizing.
No method Of feloniously keeping trav
elers out Of railway carriage is now If
use which can be called thoroughly
trustworthy. The combined tobacco
and window plan just mentionedis, per
haps, as good as any other, but it OTTER
tails. The invention of an enterprisine
Frcnchman announced in recen
French newspaper seems, however, II
meet long-felt want, and it might BIZ
introduced into American sleeping-car
and steamboat state-roo ms with excel
lent results.
Ihe.jnvention in question is that o.
IN artificial infant-bebe de v0guqe, al
1t is called. These artificial infants car
not be distinguished by any ordinary
traveller from genuine infants. and they
possess the vast advantage Of being
made to cry at any desired momeni
without the help of pins or collie.
The artificial infants arc divided into
three classes, differing in quality and
in price. Those of the first class are
provided with voice of the most pierc.
ing quality, which gradually rises il
pitch and increases in volume to
point absolutely insupportablc. One 81
these Infants is warranted to empty
compartment containing eight travellers
at the very first station at which the
train stops after the infants voice has
been turned on. The second class con.
sists of infants with an intermittent CRY
OF peculiarly pathetic character. This
cry will often take effect upon a nerv
GUS traveller more quickly than will the
prolonged cry Of higher-priced infants,
and as these secOnd-class infants are
sold at moderate prices, they are sure
to become very popular. The third
class is small compressible pocket in.
fant-a most ingenious piece of mech
anism. 1t can be carried in an ordi.
nary coat pocket, but when it is taken
out and prepared for action it makes q
noise SO incessant that no grown person
can possibly sleep within hearing Of it.
This style of infant is peculiarly adapt
I'd for sleeping-cars, or for Kidding per-
sons who are staying at hotel OF
undesirable neighbors. 1t can be car
RED into places from which living in
Ianfs are strictly debarred, and hence
nay be useful in circumstances in
which no other variety q artificial in
ant could be used
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19
German BarOns as Husbands.

The American Consul at Crefeld is
IN original genius. He has hit upon q
new subject for investigation. The
next Consular report will have its pages
Of long-drawn-out nothings about the
dairy business in Portugal, the produce
of barley in New Zealand, the winter
foddering in Denmark and the increase
of goats in Bavaria, enlivened by the
report of Consul Potter on the subject
of the marriages of American girls with
German mobiles. He has given the sub
ject exhaustive study, it seems, and as
the Consular report is always made out
on scientific basis, he presents tabu-
lated statement of his investigations.
But he s'begs to transmit" very differ
emit report from that which the repre-
sentative Of the American eagle usually
sends. Our enthusiastic Consuls
usually draw the conclusion from
their Investigations and tables that they
have found the very enterprise into
which their countrymen should rush at
once. But Consul Potter thinks that
the German noble business is not pay
ing one. He cites thirty three such
marriages, and among them all there
has not been a single one that has not
been speed ly followed by divorce or
abandonment. Not very good show
ing. 1t looks as if he American RI
would better find something else to do
with herself, and let the German bar
ons find Their WOES at home among
ladies who will consider it evidence Of
affection to be allowed to clean their
ljege lords boots. Why don't Pr nee
Bismarck, while he is prohibit NJ
American pork, prohibit American
wives. too? 1t would rea " be great
kindne to the MARI ageable girls
whose heads are easily urncd by
title and a hereditary estate. = Boston
Globe.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19

But the truth is that Greenland.
though scarcely an eligible place Of resi-
dencc, has long been known to be not
merely great field for hunting and
fishing, but also locality by no means
! unsuited TO the miner, were it not for
its inhospitable climate and the extreme
difficulty Of approaching the east coast,
or at least the most southerly part OF it.
Jutting, as the country does, far out in
to the Atlantic (Cape Farewell Is In the
same latitude as the center OF the Shet-
land group, and curviDg, as II does at
the same lime toward the east, 1t catch
es the ice-drift from the polar seas, and
retains i all along its southeastern
coast. 1t therefore presents the spccta-
Gle, singular in the Northern hemisphere,
OF ice-bound shores to the south and free
water northward. In addition to these
drawbacks it may be doubted whether
even the pressure Of population in civil
lied countries will soon induce many
Europeans to colonize Greenland. And
without European colonization the de-
vclopment Of such mineral wealth as it
may possess is impossible. Either the
climate OF these regions, as is certainly
the case with Iceland, has positively
grown worse during historic memory,
or the human frame has become less en-
during, or which is more probable
the habits of advancing civilization have
made the human will less tolerant ex-
cept for purposes of sport or scientific
investigation, of the sordid discom-
forts OF an Arctic winter. We say
Arctic for convenience sake, though
in fact Greenland stretches for
hundreds Of miles south of the Arctic
circle. We should be the last to deny
the value Of Arctic exploration, both
as what may be called national gym
nastics and as enlarging the sphere OF
knowledge; but it may be doubted
whether any practical result of market
able value is likely to come of 1t now.
Baron Nordenskjold's own most famous
achievement--that voyage of the Vega
which has really opened up prospect
Of trade on the north Asiatic coast
may seem to be an exception to this.
But the value Of this discovery depends
on the existence of three great river
highways from the Siberian Sea, and if
the often talked-of trans-Siberian Rail-
way, which would tap and connect
these highways at their head instead Of
~ thciI loOts 10 ever cdfTleu OUT, IL may
be questioned whether there would then
be any temptation to ships to follow in
the tracks Of the Vega. The Macken-
zie in America and the Petchora in
Europe by no means supply the place
of the three Siberian rivers. and such
as the fossil ivory Of New ST.
IBERIA, though it might recur, can not
be counted upon. Greenland, indeed,
has the advantage over these distant
and still more inhospitable coasts that
when its shores are once cleared tho
distance to the great markets of the
seaboard il trifiing and the way
perfectly open. 1t has some trade Is &
IS, andSit may probably have more
though both geographical and political
are rather against any
great developments.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

AN attempt is to be made to start
religious newspaper in the hungarian
language in New York. N Y Sun.
"A great many people have very
peculiar kind OF religion. 1t resembles
the portrait which the young girl wanted
to have painted, which was to be per-
feet likeness to her lover, but not recog-
nizable by any one else,-M Y. Herald.
The ministers of all the churches
of Gloucester, MasA, and vicinity have
entered protest against small ganr
bling, prizes, etc, at public fairs, as
''subvers We of public morality and OPP
posed to the principles Of rel gion;" as,
also, illegal, immoral, unchristian and
disrcputable. They pledge themselves
to use all proper endeavors to suppress
the growing evil.----M Y Examiner.
There are now upward of 5000
churches, $500 clergymen and nearly
$4,000 communicates credited to the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States. The Roman Catholic
adherents are estimated to exceed g.
100000. The Baptists number over g.
100000; the Methodists, all told, over
$780, 600; the Lutherans nearly zoo, 900,
@hu OlC iC>uy tCllduc duout JOO,VuV.--
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The aggregate extent of illiteracy
in the whole country is SO great, and its
possible evil influence upon the future
of the country SO powerful. that if it
were allowed to continue the effect
would be appalling to think Of. In
every State some effort is being made
to educate the masses, but it is work
for generation rather than fer year,
and the limited resources OF the educa-
tional systems in many of the States
serve to discourage the workers under
those systems, while the number of il
literate voters is. not lessened. Louis
Uille Commercial
The Chicago interior says: There
are people in every congregation who
will go to church and enjoy fine SER
mon and all the physical comforts pro-
vided for them and toss dime into the
contribution box as gratuity to the
church. They do not realize that they
are themselves the mendicants, taking
for next to nothing what other people
have to pay for them. It costs money
for the minister to live, and costs mon
ey to build and maintain a pleasant
place of worship. There is nothing
that more needs emphasizing than tho
fact that there are business equities
and rights in the work of maintaining
public worship.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19

The Farm and Freside, of Spring
field, Ohio, has this tc cay about these !:
Take two wooden boxes, one three
inches larger in every way than the
other. Line the inside box with zinc.
Fill the space surrounding it with dry
sawdust, or, better, with fine charcoal.
Let the cover to the inside box be
covered with piece of WOODEN blanket.
Let small piece Of pipe pass from the
bottom of the inner box down through
the bottom of the lower box, SO as to
allow the water from the melted ice to
flow off. This is just as good rs many
Of the patent ice chests at less than one
fourth the cost"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19

"A party OF explorers recently Wis.
tied Mount Adams, in Washington Ter
ritory, and assembled to an elevation Of
1850 feet. They penetrated the
crater to distance of 100 feet, where
they found ceaseless drip OF water
coming from the roof of the icc-encased
entrance, which was caused by warm
air current coming from the fires below.
whence rolid Kissing nose arose. A
rock hurled by the patty in the cratcE
produced deafening defamation. San
francisco Chronicle.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19

THE champion rat story Of the era is
told by the San Francisco Examiner.
It says: "A remarkable occurrence
lately took place ON our northern
coast. A fore-and-aft schooner, while
lying in safe harbor, as was supposed,
and having no crew on board on account
Of the safety Of the position, was board
ed by rats in such numbers that they
ate away ell her standing rigging, in
Guiding head-stays, and also the jibs
foresail, and mainsail. All were de-
stroyed beyond the possibility Of re.
pair"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19

- Sarah Bernhardt," says Oscar
wilde. is all moonlig t and sunlight
combined, exceed ngly terrible; mag
nificently glor Gus. Miss Anderson Is
pure and fearless rs n mountain daisy;
full o. chanec as a r.ycr; tender, fresh.
sparkling. brilliant, superb. placid
The new Governor General of Cam
ada la..us't thirty nine servants With
him from England.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19

There is said to be as much mania
in England for things American as there
is in America for things English. Its
becoming all the rage in England to
travel in this country, and next season
we may expect food of English trav-
el.-N. T. Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-19

"A century ago but GOO, 600 out of
the 27.0,O.g0J souls forming the popn-
lation OF France could read and write.
Now education is universal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-01
AUCTION SALES,

TNDER AUTHORITY OF A DEED OF TRUST
- from Richard \. Windsor, dated June 9th,
1880, recorded in liber C. No. 5, folio 612, of the
land records Of Fairfax county, Va, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder. on sATUR-
DAY, January IS, 1884, at the front door of tho
Market Building, on Royal street, Alexandra,
Va, TWO TRACTS OF LAND, situated in Fair
fax county, Va.
1st-Containing 1873 acres, roods and poles.
2d-Containing 81 acres, 1 rood and 81 poles,
being the two tracts of land conveyed by n. II.
Wells, commissioner, to Richard Windsor by deed
dated January 20, 1875, recorded in said land
records in liber r, No. 4, folios 42s, 429, 43Oan
431, to which reference is made for particular
description by metes and bounds, and by the ex.
ecutors of said Richard to said Richard N. Wind
sor, and known as the DOGE BUN FARM, To-
Gated about miles from Alexandria, on the Tel.
egraph road 1t is well wooded and watered by
Doge run, and improved by a DWELLING and
out-buildings, with perfect title and all back
taxes paid.
Terms of Sale-Onc fourth cash, andthe residue
in 1, 2 and equal payments, with interest.
For particulars enquire of the Trustee.
EDMUND BURKE, Trustee.
Office: Market Building, Alexandria, Va.
dec12-d1w&wts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-01
By Green Wise Auotioneers.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.

IL
Under authority OF deed Of trust from Anon
Woodward, jr., and A Z. Woodward, his wife,
dated May Sd, 1878, of record in Alexandria
County Court. | will sell at public auction. on
THURSDAY. the 10Th day Of January. 1854 ut
] , o'clock u The PROMISES. TWO CERrAIA
LOTS OF LAND III Alexandria cOuitr. Virginia,
bounded and described as follows:
No. 1-Bcgnuin;; III 4 stake and pile OF stoucs
the north side of The : :irlingtcn Turnpike road.
the beginning corner Of said entire lot also !.
ner to Woodwaris brick yard lot, and extending
thence across said entire lot II. % 30 2G6 p to u
stone III Dodgcs line and the said lot and extend
ing thence with the lines cf said lot s. 71o 36
10 poles to stone in said line. corner To said
Woodward's brick yard lot; thence with said
brick yard lot s lGit.o o 24.S5 poles TO the be-
ginning, containips. roods and 4 :S-lO poles.
20. 2-Bcgnnins at :; s:ono on the north side
of said turnpike road: thence S. 11' q. 1873 poles
to stone on the n"r! sidn Of said turnpike road.
corner TO said entire lot: thence II. IL w. 81
poles to :. stone cUIi.rr Ia :.!d !nt IN Dodgcs line
thcnrc s. 81 :IG " 9 iii poles l" !. stone in said
line: thence aeross -aid entire lot 5. II 81 W.
~ iS ;"irS 'u III" beginning. containing acres.
:; InUGs ana ;1-iu p1irS. Toms Of saic--Cash
crS 2awi> JAMES kINES. Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-01
DRY GOOUS.
10 Raad This. is to Nave Honey.

We arc not "at with Ila>l:.ug Newspaper hdv"r-
tise-eilts, rs NC arc 700 busy without them. al
though wc rInploy ur;E HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
Statesmen ;ED SALEsLADIES. cur Customers
would suffer l.S III" rii, iI it was larger. il we
want 10 cali ruur attention I" is our Stock of
LADIES AND CNlLDREN'S CLOAKS.
All ni the i,ost fashionable styles. We liavc mis-
calculated the QUANTITY oi onr purchazes and
iim,l tl,a if We sell 1T the rst. of one hundred a
day until the 1st Of January our assortment wOnlf
still hr large enough "a stocl, any twn Houses III
this city.
We therefore have concluded not to wait until
the latter part Of the Season, but to reduce prices
III once to such figures as will mako them sell.
Our TES-DoLLAE RADASlE SATIN CIRCULAR,
QUILTED LINING. Is WORTH FIFTEEN DOLLARS
All our Goods are made
EXPRESSLY FOR US, OR MANUFACTURED
By US ON OUR FOURTH FLOOR.
Do not neglect this opportunity, but call at once.
even If you have 10 intention to buy at present.
4 few words about our STOCK OF BLANKETS.
Wr have attended three TRADE-SALEs OF BLANK
ETs in irw York. and find We have over
ONE HUNDRED CASES -
~: hand The goods were bought 40 per cent.
Cheaper than last years prices which insurcs US
against los even if we would carry them over to
next ye:r What we dread is the idea of carrying
th"!.,. lcr want ot Storage Room We shall there
fore s.'i them, with Il snail advance OH cost, by
the single pair ut prices which VIII throw all
competition ii the shade.
We are selling 1O.l Blanket at 51.2O pair
Wcarc selling an all wool, warranted > lbs, ut
s! 10 pair.
Wholesale dealers are selling them ut $3.50, and
all finer goods III proportion. We have them rs
large rs 1i-4, and guarantee you Il saving of at
least 40 per cent.
We trust that our long and well-established
Reputation for Reliability will place, with az
Intelligent Public, all Statements of Inscriptions
Competitors on their Respective Merits.
Lansburgh & Bro,
42O, 422 AND 424 SEVENTH STREET.
oct31-tian1 WASHINGTON, D. Z.