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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29
WELLS.
Advice to Farmers on Securing Good |
Water Supply.

Advice to Farmers on Securing a Good
Water supply.
The well of the house should be situa-
ted near the kitchen door, Don't place
it few rods away simply because
grandfather" or somebody else had a
well at that distance. Remember, this
age has done away with the ''old oaken
bucket and thirty-foot sweep. If a
suction pump is to be used, then place
one in the kitchen sink, extending the
pipe diagonally or on a curve to the
water in the well. 1t will usually be
found economy to have pump of some
sort in the same well out of doors.
L sometimes happens that when a
well is dug the water is found to be clear
and of good flavor, but soon after being
stoned up disagreeable taste is detect
ed. This is often thought to be caused
by new vein of water discharging into
the well, but nine times in ten the cause
could be traced to the dissolving or
chemical action of impurities in the
stone composing the wall. This trouble
may usually be removed by pumping the
of several days.
For wells less than twenty feet to the
surface of the water, rubber-bucket
chain pump is perhaps best, the action
of the chain passing rapidly through the
water thoroughly aerating it-a point of
no small Importance. But there is
great liability to freeze unless the well
is protected, making the use of an anti
freezing pump or windlass almost a ne
cessity. In an article of such universal
use as pump or water-drawer inn
provements are looked for, and are made
every year by the hundreds, as the Pat
ent office record shows. But somehow
they fail to present points of value of
sufficient Importance to induce their uni
versal adoption. Nearly every farm has
relics of some inventors scheme for
raising water. But for shallow wells
the general verdict is that the old-fash-
Toned wooden or chain pump is the best.
Where a great amount of water is to be
pumped, especial for stock or irrigating
purposes, a power of some kind should
be employed, the cheapest of which is
the windmill. Iffavorably placed, they
readily raise water from deep wells
l.. ID. SnOrk, IN N. Y. Examiner.
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A POLITICAL CLOG-MAKER.

How He Turns Out Dozens OF Wooden
soled Shoes Every Day.
"Want to see me make a pair OF
clogs?" said Lancashire manufacturer
of those articles to Times reporter
yesterday. ''Well, first 1 take this
block of wood-it's well-seasoned pop
lar-and with this knife O. mine l begin
to trim it into shape"
Charles Halliwell, the only clog
maker in Philadelphia, has little back
shop on Frankford Avenue. His tools
consist of huge chopper on hinge,
something like a paper or tobacco cut
ter, and two gouges of equally gigantic
dimensions for scooping the shape of
the foot in the soles and for making a
groove in the edges to nail the up
pers to.
when l have got the shape cut, ="
said he, using the big cutter with the
same ease as one would poeket-knife,
81 hand the sole to my wife and she
nails the upper on, with welt around
the outside. We make on an average
twenty pairs day, that s 100 in a week,
because / always saw up my timber on
Saturday. The principal people who
use clogs in this country are dyers, tan
ncrs, brewers, butchers, chemical
workers and miners. A pair of clogs
costing $3.50 will wear five or six
months"
''Do you make any fancy clogs--for
stage wear, for instance?n
mot so many in this country, but
in England | used to make plenty.
made the pair Jimmy Stokes, the great
Lancashire clog dancer, wore when he
went to Brussels and danced before the
King and Queen of Belgium
is clog-making a good business in
England?"
"Not SO good as it was. That's why
| came over here. dare say that you
don't know that in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth clog-makers were compelled
by law to use certain kinds of woods
for soles for fear they should exhaust
the forests. Clogs are not so generally
worn over there nowadays. They're a
deal more comfortable than boots,
though-at least think SOL
Mr.. Halliwell combines with his bust
ness the poets art and his sign displays
a specimen of powers in this line. A
series of verses setting forth the advan-
tages gained by using his wares ends
with:
Then give them trial, the plan is worth try
ing,
They'll Save your hard cash by not constant
ly buying;
The material is good you may wade through
a bog;
Come pay me a visit, the sign is ''The Clog"
philadelphia Times.
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ARTIFICIAL EYES.

How They May be Made to Move in Their
Sockets, the Same as Those which
Nature Placed There.
A very important surgical operation
was performed in this city yesterday, the
ultimate results ofwhich promise to make
a stir in medical and surgical circles.
Heretofore the best that surgery has ac-
complished in replacing destroyed nat
ural eyes with false ones has been to
put in the injured members place
glass eye, which, however skillfully
made, can always be detected because
it has no motion, but remains stationary
while the healthy organ is gazing from
point to point. The purpose of the new
operation is to give to the artificial eye
the same motion as that of the natural
eye.
The operation was performed yester-
day morning by DIR. Roland D.. Jones,
of No. 1882 Green Street, upon Benny
Irwin, seven years old, of No. 8O8 Noble
Street, whose eye was nearly torn out
by an accident on Saturday last. DIR.
Jones was assisted by Doctors j. F.
Written, H. N. K. Swank, Edward
Nunez and j. P. Boyd. The conjunctiva
was first severed from the cycball; the
muscles of the eyeball were then taken
up and cut from the ball, the optic
nerve cut and the eycball taken ont.
The severed muscles were then caught
up again and sewed to the under sur
face of the conjunctiva, and when this
had been accomplished the conjunctiva
was allowed to fall back into the cavity.
1t thus forms sack, in which when the
healing process has been accomplished
the artificial eye will rest DIR. Jones
theory is that when the muscles have
become permanently attached to the
conjunctiva, AS they will in the hcaling
process, they will respond to the move
ments of the muscles OF the healthy eye,
move the sack. and consequently the art
ilcial eye in conformity with the move
mont of its natural companion. Owing
to the badly inflancd conaition Of young
Twins wounded eye, The RESULT Of the
operation will not he so perfect as
might otherwise have been the case, but
It is confidently expected that enoug1,
was accomplished 70 dcln0nstrase the
value Of DR.: Joesr' theory. Rtilsdst-
sshis Record.
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The Nutmeg Tree.

If there are any attempts to cultivate
nutmeg trees in lighthouses, they are not
frequently made. Perhaps it would be
worth trying.
The nutmeg tree flourishes near the
equator. 1t is raised from the nut in
nurseries, where it remains till the fifth
year, when it puts forth its first blossoms.
1t is then set out permanently.
The trees are planted thirty feet apart
in diamond order. They begin to bear
in the eighth year, increasing for many
years, and they pay large profit
There is no nutmeg season. Every day
of the year shows buds, blossoms and
fruit, in every stage of growth to
maturity.
The nutmeg is a large and beautiful
tree, with thick foliage and of a rich
green color. The ripe fruits singularly
brilliant. The shell is glossy black land
the mace it exposes when it bursts is
bright scarlet, making it one of the most
beautiful of the vegetable kingdom.
Youths COMPANION.
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OLD THANKSGIVING CUSTOMS.
The PurifAn's Observance of the Day which
They Instituted-The Poor Re-


An" sritohs observance OF the Day Which
They Instituted-The Poor Re-
membered.
The Puritans were not a pleasure
loving people. If they had been, they
would not have grubbed living from
the rocky soil which gave its stores only
on cempulsion. They took kindly to
but one festal day, and that they made
the jubilee of farmers, who feared God
and worked two hundred and twelve
days in the year.
On Thanksgiving they combined the
duty of thanking God with the mirth of
sedate men, and with the joy of charity.
1t was to them day of solemn mirth."
Men who rejoiced under the shadow of
eternity saw no inconsistency between
the two terms. So on that day they
praised the bountiful Giver, ate and
drank, and sent portions unto them that
had none.
For years custom made it imperative
that on the day preceding Thanksgiving
gifts should be sent to the pastor and to
the poor The good old MANN those
days minister and people were united
until death parted them-dressed in his
best suit of homemade black, sat in his
parlor ready to receive the fayors which
his people never forgot.
Hams, turkeys, chickens, cheeses, Jars
of butter, boxes of honey and bushels of
apples crowded his larder. Loads of
firewood were piled into the shed. Old
Dobbin, the gentle gray, who knew
every child and every hitching-post in
the parish, pricked up his ears as the
corn and the hay were tumbled into the
barn.
There were pleasant thoughts in the
good pastors heart, which throbbed
almost as lovingly for his flock as for
his God, when he knelt at eventide to
give thanks for the many gifts.
The poor were also so remembered
that the holiday came with a bountiful
hand to the widow and the orphan. No
stinted morsel was doled out on that
day, even to the thriftless beggar.
In some sections of New England it
was the practice of the poor to knock at
the door of the well-to-do, on the even
ing before, and beg something for
Thanksgiving"
Yankee boys were as full of fun then
as they are now. Children of comforta-
BILE neighbors, by way of a joke, would
dress themselves in cast-off clothing,
and pay begging visit to the houses OF
those they knew.
Sometimes the little mimics, deceived
by the apparent credulity of their elders,
would enter, and keep up the show and
the fun. But usually, their courage
failed when the door was opened. Then
they would skurry away, shouting and
laughing, almost before their mock re-
quests had received any answer
Youths Communion.
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The use of the spoon is Widespread.
and dates from remote antiquity. The
form which we use at the present day
q small oval bowl. provided with shank
and fattened HANDLES not that which
has been universally adopted. If we
look into the manners and customs of
some of the people less civilized than
we-the kabyles, for example-we shall
lind that they use round wooden spoon.
Romans also used round spoon, which
was made of copper. We might be led
from the latter fact, to infer that the
primitive form of this utensil was round,
and that the oval shape is compare
lively modern invention. But such is
not the case, for NJ Chantree, in making
some excavations on the borders Of Lake
Paladan, the waters of which had been
partially drawn off. found, in good
state of preservation, wooden spoons
which in shape were nearly like those
in use at the present day. the only
difference being in the form of the
handle, which was no wider than the
shank. The Neolithic people used oval
spoons made of baked clay. London
NeNs
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Not Good at Conundrums.

His heart was full of a burning de-
sire to say something not only compli-
mentary but brilliantly suggestive, so
after revolving the matter in his mind
during ten-minute burst of silence ne
said, gazing into the cracking fire:
"Ah, Miss Eunice, why is the and
iron so like MYSELF"
And Miss Eunice, looking so solemnly
demur that the clock stopped, said that
she didn't know, unless it was because
it had brass head.
He was CROPPING blindly for the front
door before she could catch her breath,
and it didn't appear to relieve him a
bit when she followed him down the
hall to tell him that she wasn't good at
conundrums, anyhow. He only went
out into the starlight and held his
throbbing temples by the bits, and
wished that he had died when he was
laughing, innocent babe. -Burlingto n
HdUkeye.
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A Talking waIrus.

There is big walrus on exhibition in
Philadelphia. Its vocabulary is limited,
though what words it has are delivered
with great feeling. Itexpressed its affec-
ton for its manager on being introduced
by him by cooling "De9 Doc" in q
caressing tone of voice. The animal APP
pears to be on the mash. When it goes
through its performance of throwing
kisses to the audience with its fin, the
kisses are all directed toward the pretty
girls in the crowd. 1t halls from Davis
Straits, where it was found in the arms
of its mother when she was harpooned
to death by the crew of the whaler
Polnyia. The talking walrus is the only
one that ever survived captivity. Only
two others were ever captured, and both
died two days after their arrival il En-
gland. - hStodsipki& Noscs.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29

"A couple Of confidence men were
neatly taken in by Boston broker the
other day. They induced him to go
around to a house of their selection to
play cards, and in their anxiety to bag
their game they loaned him $75 to be-
gin playing with. The broker was taken
with violent cramps after he had bet
$40, and succeeded in getting out
side and away with the other 500 in his
pocket Boston Herald.
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Pennsylvania Railroad


The shortest route to all points East and
West. Four trains are run daily between
Uniontown and Piatsburg, making close con-
nections at Greensburg with Main Line for
the East, and at Plttsburg Union Station for
the North, West and South q
All trains run on Eastern Standard Time I
On and after December 10, 1883, trains win
arrive and depart from stations as followe.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29

Bingham was first manufactured in
the United States by Erastus Bigelow,
at Clinton Ga town founded by him), in
Massachusetts,, about 1876. 1t was the
first attempt to manufacture gingham
by machinery, and enable the American
manufacturers to compete successfully
with the English Boston Budget.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29

DR.. RoBT. NEWTON, late President of the
Eclectic College of the City of New York,
used DR.. WIN. HALLS BALsAM very exten.
sively in his practice. He always said that
so'good a remedy ought not to be considered
merely as a patent medicine, but that it
ought to be prescribed freely by every ply
stefan as sovereign remedy in all cases Of
Lung diseases.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29

London is the great fur market OF
the world, and the great bulk of all
skins are shipped there. There are two
large sales of furs. one in October and
one in March, at each of which the
skins are bought by agents for Amer
lean account.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29

"A crown of oak was considered by
the Romans worthy of the highest emu
lation of statesmen and warriors. To
her who had saved the life of a Roman
soldier was given crown of oak leaves,
one indeed which was accounted more
honorable than any other. In Corio-
Janus. Volumnia says: HE comes the
third time home with the oaken gar
land" And again: ITO cruel war
sent him; from whence he returned, his
brows bound with oak.N
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PI1TsBURG ACCOMMODATION.

For information concerning rates of fare
etc, call Oh or address the following agents:
Albert Hutchinson, Fairchance: l. W. Sc.
mans, Oliphants; G.. W. Conrad, Unknown; S.
or Thomas E. Watt, Pass. Agent Western
District, Pittsburg, Pa.
CHAS. E. PUGH, Gen. Manager.
]. r. WOOD, Gen. Passenger Agent.
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A MACHINE for cleaning carpets without
beating them is a recent invention. What
suffering man and woman need is ma
chine that will clean house without taking
up the carpets. When such a contrivance
male profanity will shoot through the
startled atmosphere each spring mad fall
Norristoecn Herald.
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If SUCCESS be the true test of merit, it is
q settled fact that " Brocn's bronchial
Iroches" have no equal for the prompt re-
lief of Coughs, Colds, and Throat troubles.
Sold only in boxes. Price, % cents.
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IT is said that John Mccullough has
earned over 81 100000. We have done the
same thing, but haven't received the money
yet. II some one will lend us 81 we will
try to raise the balance of the O00,0 900 by
Tomorrow night1-Pdris Beacon.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was married at the
age of twenty -one. He discovered light.
ming shortly afterward.
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A LOCAL exchange says: "The guests
OF the Ottawa House embrace an unusually
large number of young ladies."-N. Y. In
dependent.
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"THAT's very musical insect" said a
witty boy in grocery store, pointing. as
he spoke, to an ant that was running up
and down the scales.
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"DD you ever kiss q pair Of poutine
lips?" asks an exchange. mo; but we
have received a pout from pair Of kissing
1ipaO
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Brown: "Does your daughter practice
on the piano much?" Fogg: Sometimes
on the piano and sometimes on my nerves."
Boston Transcript
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LATEST from the Conundrum Club: O.
"When is window like an over ballasted
balloon?" A.-"When it won't go up."-
N. Y Journal.
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THERE'S one thing about paragrapher
that commands good will, and that is his
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az TRIP the light fantastic" said the
bad young man, sticking out his foot and
letting dude fall over it.-Merchant IrcU-
eler.
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partners in a wool-growing enterprise
should ''shear and shear alike. "-C Chicago
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"Rough on Rats" Clears out rats, mice, flies
reaches, bec-bugs, ANTS, vermiD, chipmunks. l5<
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A WOMAN seldom writes her will. There
IL 80 much of it that she can't.
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The sweetest thing in walking sticks
the sugar cane.-B0stOnBu Bulletin.
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A WATCH that has run down is a sort of
e miss tick affair. YOnkers Gazette.
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TEXAS laments the cattle fever, and many
Texas steers are dropped in consequence.
ssRough m Toofhachev Ask for IL Instant
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THE darkest hour is when you can't fine
the matches.-Puck.
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Catarrhal Throat affections, hacking Irritating
Coughs, Colds cured ~ Rough on Coughs Is
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Skinny Men. wells Health Remover restores
health & vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence. 81.
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In Boston the sparrows are called Mother
Hub birds Whitehall Times.
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Those languid, tiresome sensations, cauefnD
you to feel scarcely able to be on your feet:
that constant drain that Is taking from your
system all its former elasticity; driving tho
bloom from your cheeks; that continual strain
upon your vital forces, rendering you irritar
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Twas affected with kidney and urinary
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For twelve years.
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How They May be Made to Move in Their
Sockets, the Same as Those Which
Nature Placed There.
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c. c. DOYLE, Passenger Agent, Lynchburg, Va
r. H. WOODWARD, Passenger Agent Staunton
Virginia.
J. c. DANE, General Southeastern Agent 513
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, b. c.