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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Rev. John Jasper, the Richmond
colored preacher of 1.-THE sun do move"
fame, has been communicated from
his church, Caicaso Tribune.
I'm one of the St. Louis schools n
girl thirteen years old was given prob
lens in complex fractions to write out,
and she headed her paper "Perplexed
Fractions. $50. Louis Post
AT the dedication services in the
Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church in New York the other day,
800, 900 was subscribed, covering the
entire indebtedness of the church. N.
Y. Tribune.
Plug hats are worn as mark OF
distinction by the students of the Uni
versity Of Texas, at Austin. When
they appear with their head-gear they
never fail to create a sensation. --1er-
as SJfings.
MIR. w. w. Corcoran, the Washing
ton millionaire, is practical in his phil
anthrophy. He has given $4,000 to st.
Johns College, Annapolis, Md, on
the condition that it be expended in
planting trees upon the campus. -
Washington Star.
DIR. Bliss, of Constantinople, who
sailed from this city, has distributed
more than 1000, 900 Bibles in the East
during the quarter of century of his
superintendent of the American Bible
Society's work in the Levant.-N. Y.
Mail.
New Haven Comm girls don't
like to have their names printed when
they earn pocket money by teaching in
the public schools. and the board have
amended their rules so that temporary
teachers can be hired without getting
their names in the papers. Hartford
Post.
Every girl and boy should be
schooled in practical business. If they
are to be rich, it will not last long UNI
less they know how to manage and take
care of 1t. If they are destined to be
poor, they will need all of the practical
schooling and experience parents and
guardians can confer. Detroit Post.
Efforts are being made by the
Catholics of Denver, Col, to make that
city the seat of the largest Jesuit college
in America. twenty-five thousand
dollars have already been subscribed
toward fund for the erection of the
necessary buildings, and much more is
promised under certain conditions. =
DenUer Tribune.
-Bryn Mawr College, of Bryn Mawr,
Penn, has just issued its first circular
of information. The college was
founded by DR.. Joseph w. Taylor, oil
Burlington, n. j., with view to giving
young women the advantages of col
lege education or to preparing them to
become teachers of q high order. The
college buildings are in process of con
struction, and the trustees expect thal
they will be ready for the reception o.
students in the autumn of 1885.-M Y.
Examiner.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12
For Young Readers.
ONE YEAR OLD.

'Yls babys irst birthday On. what shall we
No this dear little boy, who's year old to-
day2
Shall We kiss him. and give him some beautiful
toyV
Shall we greet him, and wish him life full
of joyY
Shall we chide him, and tell him he's been a
great carer
Shall we praise his bright eyes aud his soft
silky hair2
Shall we laugh when he's happy
And weep when he's sad2
BE proud when he's funny,
And grieye when he's bad9
Speak quickly, aud tell me just what we should
To this dear little boy, who's a year old to-
day.
May his childhood be sweet as the blossoms of
May his boyhood be free as the birds on the
wing:
May his manhood be pure as this flrst year has
May his whole life be noble, untarnished by
sin:
May God send His blessing. we earnestly
To this dear. little boy, who's year old to-
day.
Let us try so to live that In us he may sec
The model of nil we would wish him to be;
Let our looks be most gentle our words al
That no thought of harshncss may enter his
mind;
Let us ever be mindful OF all that we say
To this dear little boy, who IA year old to. day.
Yes, wen kiss him, aud give him some beautl-
full toy,
And well greet him and wish him life full of
Joy.
Wen not scold him or chde him for being a
care,
For the love he brought with him Ia precious
and rare.
We'll laugh when he's happy,
And weep when he's sad;
Be proud when he's funny,
And grieve when he bad.
Well do all that We can to brighten the way
OF this dear little boy, who's a year old to-
day.
kate G. Nelson, IN Golden Days.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12
MORGANTOWN VIRGINIA. SATURDAY. JANUARY 1884

on the doorstep and looked up and
down the street. Before she had per-
ceived him. Bill had ooolly placed the
bag in her hands, and was preparing to
hurry away.
Hi" exclaimed the girl what is
thisp''
.'For your MASTER" answered Bill,
over his shoulder.
Il amt got no master. Hi! stopm
cried the girl, raising her voice as he
vanished.
II say, mate, somebody's a calling of
your' said an efficious errand boy, as
Bill plunged across the road.
Hi Stop there! You're wantedw
cried another passer-by, in stentorian
tones.
There seemed to his excited imagin-
alton a general disposition on the part
of the by-standers to impede his flight,
and he hastily concluded that it would
be wiser to yield to the hue and cry.
He would stick to his story that he had
been told TO leave the bag at that par
ticular house, and he probably would
succeed in making the girl believe him.
With this object he retraced his steps,
gathering assurance as he walked. but,
as ill-luck would have it, who should
stroll up at the same moment but his
vigilant enemy, the constable.
''Hii You've made a mistake. This
doesn't belong here. There is no name
on it, said the girl, as he approached.
"What is the matterP" inquired the
constable, in casual way.
30! nothing. I've made mistake,
l suppose, as the young lady says SC"
answered Bill, hastily.
He mechanically held out his hand
for the bag as he spoke. but failed to
grasp the handle. and it fell through
his fingers on to the ground. Bill
started back in CONSERVATION, fearing
his last moment had come, and stimuli
taneously he felt himself ccllared by the
constable.
"Hullo! young fellow. What does
this meanP" exclaimed the officer
Bill, who had closed his eyes in an
agony of apprehension, ventured to
open them again, and perceived that
the shock of the fall had burst open the
bag, the contents of which were scat
tered upon the doorstep. To his amaze
ment, they consisted of miscellaneous
collection of silver plate and iewelry,
which made quite an imposing display
The articles had evidently been bum
died unceremoniously into the bag, and
were, no doubt, the proceeds of some
recent robbery.
The constable naturally concluded
that it was his duty to escort Bill to the
nearest police station to make the nee
essary explanations. During the Jour
ney, Bills reflections inclined to bitter
ness as he realized how foolishly he had
abandoned rich prize. The mstallic
rattle which had startled him had been
due to careless packing, and altogether,
he perceived that he had fallen vic
tim to senseless scare. Needless to
say, his ingenious story of having re-
ceived the bag from nameless
stranger was not considered satisfac-
tory, and as the valuables were identi-
fed by pawnbrokcr in the Strand,
whose premises had been burglariously
entered during the evening. Bill re-
ceived the full credit of the transaction
and was rewarded accordingly.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12
The Wings Of Insects.

There is nothing more delicate than
~ wings Of insects. They are like
gauze, but they have framework that
makes them quite firm, just as the
leaves on the trees are firm from the
little ribs that are in them.
Those wings are all covered with hair.
You could see it under the magnifying-
glass, hut not without.
In some small gnats the hairs spring
from each side OF the veins, like butter
flies feathers, or like blossoms on the
twigs in spring-time.
Even tho wing of common fly is
very beautiful. Did you ever notice
that if you take a butterfly by the wings
colored dust is all over your fingersp
Then the wings are left transparent
where they have been touched. II you
should put some of this dust on a slip
of glass and examine it you would find
that each particle is little scale of req
ular form and sometimes most beauti-
fully shaped. But the insect flies just
as we'll without the dust.
Besides his regular wings the fly has
others for sails. They are all lifted by
a great number OF little tough muscles
in his sides Thus he moves in the air
and darts away. Before he goes he
''plumes' his wings just like bird
Our Little Ones
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

The poet says: ''In the world a
man must be either anvil or hammer. -"
He was wrong, however. Lots of men
are nothing but bellows Chicago
Tribune.
The most polite woman we ever
saw was the young lady who would not
peer into the mirror because, as she
said, it was very rude to look right into
ones face.
While an American girl looks with
favor on Duke or Count, the En-
glish girl snatches up an American
plumber and has the best of the swap
every time. Y. Graphic.
-Yu will observe this, the de4il
never offers to go into partnership with
q bizzy man, but yu will often see him
offer to jine the lazy, and furnish all
the capital besides. Josh Billings.
The difference between a long and
short yarn is very well illustrated by
the difference of ones feelings in hold
ing skein for ones grandmother or
ones sweetheart.-DetrOit Post.
What is the worst thing about
riches?" asked aSunday school teacher
"That they take unto themselves wings
and fly away" promptly replied the
boy at he foot of the class. Chicago
Times.
"A writer says that Burmese girl
who wishes to kiss presses her nose up
against face and shifts" If we had
happened to go to Burmah without this
information we should have had the
girl arrested beyond doubt Now we
know how to act.-Boston Post.
The only occasion upon which rail-
way trains in the United States are
known to attain a speed of eighty-five
miles an hour is when you sweep in
sight of q station with your overcoat
only half on and see the train you want
just starting out. Before you can reach
the platform shot from a Parrot-gun
couldn't catch that train. She mar
Jolt along at twelve miles all the rest Of
the day; but for about one minute, an
you 20 charging down the platform, she
makes an easy hundred. -Burlington
Hawkeye.
Take the old ballads of any people,
and few adjectives will be found. The
singer says: ale laughed; she wept."
Perhaps the poet OF a more advanced
age might say: "He laughed in scorn;
she turned away and shed tears of dis.
appointment" But nowadays the am
bilious young writer must produce
something like this: "A hard, fiendish
laugh, scornful and pitiless, forced its
passage fromt his throat through the
lips that curied in mockery at her ap-
peal; she covered her despairiBg face,
and gush and whirlwind Of sorrow
ing agony burst forth in her irresistible
tears.-Phila1clphsG Press.
"A young lady who thought her per.
sonal charms gave her the right 10 be
disagreeable, was present few days
since at party, during which quarrelI
between husband and wife were dis
cussed. Il think said an unmarried
elder son who was present, '.that the
proper thing is for the husband to have
it out at once, and thus avoid quarrels
for the future. | would light a cigar
in the carriage after the wedding
breakfast, and settle the smoking ques-
ton forever" II would knock the
cigar out of your mouth interrupted
the belle. ..Do you know, l don't
think you would be there!'' quietly re-
marked the elder son. Troy IN. ~
Zines.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12
A Strange Story.

A strange story is told in connection
with the sudden death of DIR. Marion
Sims. When he visited Washington a
few weeks before his death he promised
to return and spend the winter with his
cousin, DR.. Mackey, says correspond
ent of the Louisville Courier-Jouraal
The rooms ne was to occupy were pre-
pared for his reception, and everything
was in readiness About three O'clock
in the morning DIR. Mackey awoke
from his sleep and told his wife that he
had Just had such vivid and horrid
dream that he could not dispel the Wis.
ion. He dreamed that DR.. Sims stood
by his bedside, with the face of
corpse, and said, over and over again:
james the Fourth is dead" DIR. Sims
was the fourth in his family bearing the
same name, and among relatives called
himself James the Fourth. Finding
that he coul5 not shake off the impress
sion, DR.. Mackey rose and went down
stairs to his library to sit there and
read. He observed that the clock had
stopped at three, and superstitious
dread of evil almost overcame him. He
remained in his library until it was time
to dress for breakfast, and while at that
meal telegram was brought in an
nouncing the sudden death Of DIR. Sims
at three o'clock.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12
WOMAN.

Dear woman, Strange ii is that sko
Such opposites involves:
And very deep man must be
Who that enigma solves.
Just view her as she, smiling, stands;
A paradox is there;
Look at her soft and dimpled hands
Yet how she bangs her hairl
How woman studies to unite
Economy with taste;
But spite of that. you'll find I'm right,
She loves a little waist.
In such soft arms there seems to be
Just strength to WELD a fan;
But still you'll find how thoroughly
She shakes poor young man.
Her unassuming nodesty
The mind with wonder fills;
But then just see how easily
She puts on lots of frills.
But woman's heart is kind and warm
Her faults are trivial, small;
Her beauty lends to all charm
Her love atones for az.
VIM. J. c. Taylor, in N. Y. SUI
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12
Dangers Of Competition in Girls Schools.

One of the practices most energetic
ally relied on in the higher class OF
girls schools is that of the competition
of one scholar with another. In some
of them this competition is terrific. 1t
extends to'every subject; it becomes so
keen as to put each girl who is in the
foremost rank in fever heat of emula-
ton before the examinations. In some
cases it overmasters every other feeling
for the time being. No doubt, from the
sehoolmaster' point of view, 1t is the
very thing he wants. In his professional
enthusiasm he aims at the highest
mental result. He is not professionally
interested in the health or the special
nervous constitution of his girls; he
does not regard them as each one a
medico- psychological entity and prob
lem. don't say this by way of re-
proach. All good men try to attain the
highest result in their special depart
ments. The educator has no means of
knowing the constitution and hereditary
weakness of his girls-that the mother
of one died OF consumption, that the
father of another was insane, that
neuralgia is hereditary in the fami-
ly of a third, that one has been
nervous, another had commissions
when baby, another has been
threatened with water in the
head, etc. His own education and
training have not taught him 10
notice or know the meaning of narrow
chests, or great thinness, or STOPPING
shoulders, or very big heads, or quick,
jerky movements, or dilated pupils, or
want of appetite, or headaches, or irri-
liability. or back-aches, or disinclina-
ton to bodily exertion. But all these
things existin abundance in every big
school, and the girls handicapped in
that way are set into competition with
those who are strong and free from
risks. 1t is the most nervous, excitable
and highly strung girls who throw
themselves into the school competition
most keenly. And they, of course, are
just the most liable to be injured by it.
All good observers say the intensity Of
feeling displayed in girls competitions
is greater than among lads, and that
there is far more apt to arise personal
animus. Girls don't take beating so
quietly as boys. Their moral constltu-
ton, while in some ways stronger than
that of boys, especially at that age, suf-
fers more from any disturbing cause.
The whole thing takes greater hold Of
them-is more real.-S. CIouston, M
D., in Popular Science Mouthly.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12

There is clergyman in Tennes-
see called the satisfying preacher.
If a congregation is discontinued he is
sent for, and SO astrociously bad is he
that after hearing him once or twice
the congregation is entirely satisfied to
keep the pastor it has. The Christian
ADVOCATE tells this story, and adds that
when the great Robert Hall was reeov-
cring from mental alteration he took q
whim that he would not preach. Sew
eral clergymen filed his pulpit At
last he heard one so poor that he said
to him-so the tradition is: "Sir, you
have produced great effect by your
sermon to-day. If the people must
hear You or me, my duty is clear-I
must resume preaching"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-01-12

The organized band Of fence cut-
tiers in Southwest Texas call themselves
Javelenas,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-30

memory Of every hero who fought and died
for conscience-lcyal to principle-North,
South, East or West will be embalmed as
a precious heritage to our common country.
And believe me when say that II ace are,
asa Nation, az true 10 our God as zoe hare
been 10 our country, this glorious Republic
will live to the end of time
"Let knowledge grow from more TO more,
And more e/ rfy<rsses In rs dwell,
That mind and soul according well,
May make one music ~ before
But vaster o o 81"
18th. Poem, THE Heroic Dead" Miss
Hattie Rowell.
9Th. Music by Quartette and BAND.
9th. Salute the Dead
At the close of the exercises the pro-
cession was reformed and marched back
to the city, and the crowd dispersed to
their homes conscious of having done for
their country and the memory of the
dead, who died that the country might
live, an act of patriotic devotion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-30
ATTENTION..

am peddling needles, threads,
pins, combs, aprons, handkercheifs,
extracts, and other articles. Wait
and buy of me.
G. M. Harris.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-30
FOR SALE,

FOR SALE,
A quantity of the Minnesota early
Amber Sugar Cane Seed. Inquire of
A. Robertson. VIZ
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-30


droop." A great theme requires indeed q
great artist, and what greater theme can
man have than that of heroism-that God
like attribute of the soul which pure, lofty,
fearless and void of selfshness seems
A glorious flower of Heavenly birth
Pluckcd and transplanted into earth!
But stand here not unwillingly to-day.
glance at many Of the faces before me
and see in the whilhom bronzed and
bearded countenances the companions Of
those who have covered their glory in the
dust-who shared with them the march,
the bivouac, the toll, the battle field, and
well do know that my feeble effort 10
trumpet their fame and do justice to the
memory OF those who are Immortal with
the immortality" Of our National unity,
will meet with generous allowance and
kindly indulgence.
We must remember that not, as In days
Of old, did Columbia 60 forth to battle an
invading foe. The transports of foreign
soldiery no longer thronged our coasts
and poured down upon our defenceless
homesteads bearing away their plumber BY
the light Of the blazing pile. Here in the
far north the fields were smiling with
plenty, and peace and tranquility were
destined to remain undisturbed Every
tie of personal, selfish or local interest
bound them TO their homes. The filial
devotion Of the son to the aged parent
the tender attraction Of husband to wife,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-30

great 1amliy, In the neart OF the Ndtl0n.
"Only private and who will care
When have passed away;
Or hon, or why Iperish or where
mix with the common clay.
They'll all my vacant place again
With comrade true and brave;
And blot me out ere the autumn rain
Has freshencd my nameless grave"
But over the river on the everlasting
hills" all earthly distinctions Of rank
and position are swept away, the soul will
be Invested of all worldly glamour, and
glitter, and the spirit at last crowned with
the light of its own innate heroismi--
and the Christian soldier who without
hope Of glory or thought of reward, has
calmly laid life and all upon the altar of
his country will then stand highest on the
scroll of Heavens famel
"When narshalled stand the hssts of Heaven,
And God calls cut his own;
There'll glorious band Of PRIvATEs stand,
Victors, around the throne!"
/ claim no vision Of seer or prophet, but
/ hope and heartily believe that the day Of
earthly battles is nearly ended. The influence
of Christian civilization and wisdom and
enlightenment of mind and conscience, will
hereafter substitute peaceful methods for
that, which however necessary and heroic
in the past, we must acknowledge as a
relic of barbarism. The prophecy of The
Poet Laureate of England now bids fair to
be verified.
when the war drum throbs no longer,
And the battle nag is firied,
In the Parliament OF Nations,
The federation Of world"
Peace and unity now bless us--such
peace and unity Of heart as we have not
known before for three-quarters Of cen
tury; and in this happy peace the precious