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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
LEARNING TO TALK.

Nothing Like an Educational Establish
ment to Induce Correct Habits Of
Speech.
Since the State University has been
located at Austin, Tex, people have to
be very careful how they use language.
as the following dialogue will show,
which occurred between . student and
a lawyer:
"Say, wait minute, +" said the law
yer.
"Where is your minute, and what
will weight it with?" asked the stu
dent. looking around as If expecting to
see something lying near.
40, mean stop moment
IL do not see any moment to stop,
and would not know how to stop one
should / see il, /" said the student, still
looking puzzled.
Thunder! want you to hold on .
while SO that can talk to you. You
know wha: mean. -
"Well, if you will show me . while
/ will try to hold on to it, If that
will assist you in speaking to me-
"Great heavens! What shall I say
to get you to wait whore you are until
/ can overtake you and speak with
YOUR yelled the now indignant law
yer.
why. that is al right; / now under
stand You. II You had 1t first said
wait for me : minute instead Of tell
ing me to hold on . moment, or to
wait minute ! should have known
what you meant
The lawyer was 30 mad that he for
got what he was going to say, and went
down the street With his mouth fairly
working With rege. -z beae Sj5tM0A
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
ONE WOMAN'S WAY.

How She Sought to Send q Telegram to q
Detroit Friend.
"Can get some one to write mes
sage for mep" asked lady, accompanied
by another lady, at one of the windows
of the Western Union Chicago Office
Saturday. Then a young man was de-
tailed to do the work. He sat down at
the table, fanked on either side by a
form divine The young man wrote:
Chicago, March a."
One Of the ladies looked over his
shoulder and said: ''This isn't the 18th,
is it?'
The young man said he could not be
mistaken.
II thought it was the 15th," the
second young lady remarked. adding,
with an upward tendency of the voice:
"Isn't it the 15thp"
The young man insisted it was
the 18th.
What day does St. Patrick's Day
come onp" asked No. /, crossing her
hands on her lap like a corpse.
Tuesday, the 17th," the young man
answered.
Then this is the l4th," No. con.
cluded.
ITO whom do you wish this message
sentp"
ITO my friend in Detroit
YES" sighed the young man; the
name, please, and the number -
20, yes; I forgot that. Why to
Thomas-got that? W--Thomas w.
-G-i-b-b-s-Thomas w. Gibbs"
.sNumber nleasep''
'.He-I don't know. Kitty, what is
Tommy's numberp''
Really, haven't it."
''How stupid in me. But never mind.
just send it to him as told you, and
then I'll write to him tonight when !
60 home to call at the telegraph office
and get the message. How much is
thatP'
Nothing. You haven't told me
what to send yet,' said the young man.
The young ladies looked at each other
like a couple of Interrogation points ..off
their feet" and one of them called for
water, while the other used a powder
rag instead of her handkerchief on her
lips. AS they went out the young man
said: This is what I'm paid for in
this Office. The job gets monotonous
because they all act the same way"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
NUMBER IS.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

TO stab the peoples Free School n
70 pierce our country in the heart-ia
matricide.-W II. Tsna5le, in Intelli-
gesce.
The cost of the maintenance Of re-
ligion in the United States is estimated
ut one-half cent per annum for each in
dividual.
The Episcopal Bishop of Missis-
sippi, DR.. William Mercer Green. 10 in
his eighty-eighth year. yet on recent
visitation he preached nineteen times,
baptized eight and confirmed thirty
three persons.
1T is doubtful" says the New
York Graphic, ''if there are fifty men In
the United States who speak and write
the English tongue correctly" 1t Is
probable that ery ono of these fifty or
less is teaching foreign language in .
university. - Chicago Carrent.
The annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Tract Society was held at Washing
ton, ID. c., recently. The reports showed
receipts of the year. 1854 ex-
penditures, $345, 083; books, tracts and
periodicals circulated, 9,250.000; num-
Der of colporteurs, 16l, who made 1861
225 family visits.
The nine leading denominations in
London provide sittings as follows:
Church Of England, 677,645; Congre-
gationalists, l72,547; Baptists, 1856, IT'S;
Wesleyans, 96. l40; Salvation Army,
IS, 1870; Presbyterians, 32. 22l; Primitive
Methodists, 1875; Methodist Free
Church, 17,100; Roman Catholic, 5l,-
1870.
The rrr,,,,,tb - A., E,o., Cnhool A.
popular favor has had striking DEM
onstration in Berlin. In 1888, 122.098
children received gratuitous instruction
| as against 53.7S3 in 1872. while only
34,646, or 22 in 100. children paid for
instruction in 1883, as against 50, 995, or
80 in 1872. At the present time about
four-fifths of the Berlin children are
educated at public expense.
In New York there are 489 churches,
| chapels and missions, which have &C.
commodations for $4,000 persons. The
1896 Protestant places Of worship can
| accommodate $4,000. OF the 304. 762
children in the city. lis, 1926 are in Sum
day-schools, while 1903. 329 is the esti-
| mated attendance ut the day schools.
public and private. The current ex-
penses of the churches amount to about
SO, 900, 900 a year.-N y Herald.
In report to the Baptist General
Association DR.. Evans states that while
Pennsylvania had population Of about
4.500, 900 only 500, 900 are members Of
Evangelical churches. There are eleven
counties with a population Of 100000
without a single Baptist Church and FIVE
counties each having only single
church of the Baptist denomination.
There is only about one Baptist to every
sixty-six or sixty-seven of the popula-
ton.
"A writer in the ongregationdlist
says that when some one asked Rev.
DR.. Meredith how he would deal with
Christians who refuse to join the church,
the eminent divine made this character
istic reply: II would talk with them,
would not tell them they could not 60
to heaven unless they joined the church,
but that they had better do SO. think
/ would talk to them in this way. II
were going to Europe would go down
to the Cunard wharf and take
passage with others on large vessel
made on purpose for such voy.
age But If were fool / would take
an eighteen-foot doryi'
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18

forget it when come to call on them
for favor. One Of them is an ''old.
liner" and the other is an assessment
company. took policy in the assess
ment company because had been in
politics some, and when / went out !
missed my assessment sadly. l had be-
come a slave to the assessment habit
and so had to do something in order to
supply its place l now feel first rate.
When ! get my assessment notice ]
imagine am an of1ice-holder and that
it is billet-doux from the Central Com
mittee, so it is like old times almost
Life-insurance is good thing. ]
would not be without it, My health is
greatly improved since i got my new
policy. Formerly used to have q seal
brown taste in my mouth when arose
in the morning. but that has disap-
peared entirely. ! am now hopeful and
happy. and my hair is getting thicker
on top. would not try to keep house
without life-insurance. Last September
/ was caught In one of the most de-
structive cyclones that ever visited a
Republican form of Government A
great deal of property was destroyed
and many lives we're lost, but l was
spared. People who had no insurance
were moved down on every hand, but
aside from broken leg l was entirely
unframed.
Since insuring my life l sleep better
nights, and my neighbors are getting
more reckless about leaving their water
melons and clothes lines out over night.
If had voice that could be heard on
the other side OF the Soudan II would
still be for good. solid life-insurance.
In these days of dynamite and roller
Kinks and the CORY meat axe Of new
Administration we ought to make some
provision for the future. Nye, in
Boston Globe.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
Smart London Girls.


The latest way Of making money is
that of girl in London, whose method
is to remain perdne near any house she
intends to operate on until the mistress
goes out. Quickly noting the more
striking details of the lady's costume,
rural innocence waits awhile, then
marches up to the house with her bas.
ket and rings the bell. To the servant
who attends the summons she relates
that lady had told her to leave the
contents of her basket at the house ON
receiving payment. What ladye The
artless one does not know her name,
but she wore such and such raiment,
seemed so many years old, etc. The
servant recognizing the description as
that Of her mistress. takes in the country
produce, consisting Of fresh butter and
newly laid eggs, and pays good price for
it, receiving q proper courtsey in return.
The denouement is, of course, that the
fresh butter is discovered to be curiously
rancid, that the newly-laid eggs appear
to have been for some time in An in
cubator, and that the mistress disclaims
the honor Of rural innocence's &C.
quaintance. London Standard.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
A Partisan Suicide.

A dramatic scene was enacted re-
Gently in the Rue Pierre Charron. A
man of lean conntenance, worn, bag
gard, unkempt. and thinly clothed.
stood at the corner of the street, prey
to the deepest distress. Addressing the
passers-by, he declared that he was
ruined, and that his children had not
touched food for days. Suddenly he
drew revolver from his pocket, turned
it toward his breast, and fired. He was
raised and carried to the entrance Of q
house, and upon his coat being opened
his shirt was found to be deeply dyed
with blood. A warm-hearted member
of the crowd which had assembled un-
dertook to make a collection for the
wounded mans family, and was pro-
ceeding to pass round the hat when the
police came to transport the suicide to
the hospital. Hereupon the suicide dis
appeared with the revolver and the
warm-hearted man with the collection,
making, it is said, until lost to sight,
the best short distance time ever known
in western Paris. Cor. N. =.
Evenirag Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
VOLUME XVI.
HOW EASILY THINGS GO WRONG.
u how easily things 20 wrong;"

s.Alasi how easily things 60 wrong"
A sigh too much or kiss too long.
And q fathers patience is quite worn out:
There's hurried step and q wrathful shout
And the dream of q youthful pair Is DER.
A youth escapes through the open door,
With terror imprinted upon his face,
And goes down the street at flying pace
With hat In hand and a dog in chase.
The dog to the flying youth draws nigh;
There's savage growl and q piercing cry,
ALAS! how easily things go wrong;"
Why did the lover stay SO long7
A painting youth at his mothers door
Is vowfng he'll go out to court no more;
A dog is returning with visage grim,
Dragging an listers tails with him.
Alas! how easily things go wrong
When lover foolishly tarries too long;
"And yet how easily things go right"
When he leaves at decent time of night
He's wise who this In his memory logs;
Fathers are fathers, and dogs are dogs.
boston Courier
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

at oorf< f,r,,;eh x,o,, ,.v;kl 1.vass~a T
oa.r, :, ho avaia;,no3 r." 1T d.. 80
, ,, cant ), Che rsni;ed ..Yo,, Sov,t
soan, y ~ hara onw ,,sa - tha,, vS,,.
self " y Gro,hic
NJ cadobo,,. ..wou 49, -,
,vo,nan s t. o J oon"ndyr " snywsu .' ~
~ w. :, -, ;,,st ahn.,t thoy .ass;.s. 80
~" ~ su,s "a ~ e'.S :, 0 sT -
VIZ, -" ~ 49, $40 Lc ,.,;4Sa -.
Gndy;,o Won ont MT u ph;io,isI,,l;n rcT
''nu,as ~. o''. l"''1''o'l"''" LUZ :,
Iopeaklng OF names one OF sne
'chara;1ers OF Iroviucnce' n, I. ~ en
aged negro OF dlminu.lve STATURE, wno
Is haPpy IN inc possession OF Inc name -
vior Gus vaiofious 'reorge wasnington
recK Hanhton otout'--N' 4. 1rso~ne'
Hugo Arnot one day when painting
with asthma was almost deafened BY
the noise Of brawling fellow who was
selling oysters below his window. 'STho
extravaganza rascal, said Hugo, 'he has
wasted as much breath as would have
served me for month.
Astronomers tell us in their own
simple. Ineligible way that the grad
ual lenothening of the DAYS is due 10 the
..obliouity of the ecliptic to the terres-
trial horizon This ought to set e
rest the foolish idea that the DAYS ara
lopper because the sun rises earlier and
sets later. CHICAGO Tribune
Little girl on visit to ST. Louis
90 mamma think this mnst =.
heaven apo YOU. petP WHY. "Don't
Won ace. mamma. ali the ladies and cen-
flemen have WINGS but thew are ,e a. "a
sides of their heads instead Of ON their
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
LIFE INSURANCE.
Truthful Willamette Good Results Ac-
complished by Securing q Policy.

Truthful Willamette Good Results Ac-
complished by Securing q Policy.
Referring to the matter of life-insur-
ance and its benefits, l can hardly give
the Globe very extended experience SO
far as am individually concerned.
carry an insurance of $1,000 only,
and though that may look small to you.
Mr.. Taylor, l am sure if you could
see me and converse with me you would
say it was plenty large enough. If I
should die suddenly tomorrow would
be almost ashamed to claim the full
amount of the policy. am trying now
to lead such life that by next fall /
would have no hesitation in asking the
companies to raise my insurance to
$4,000.
look upon life-insurance as great
comfort, not only to the beneficiary, but
to the insured, who very rarely lives to
realize anything pecuniarily from his
venture. Twice I have almost raised
my wife to af1uence and cast q gloom
over the community in which lived,
but something happened to the phys
ician for few days so that he could not
attend to me, and l recovered. For
nearly two years l was under the doc
tors care. He had his finger on my
pulse or in my pocket all that time. He
was young Western physician. who
attended me Tuesdays and Fridays.
The rest of the week he devoted his
medical skill to horses that wers men
tally and physically broken down. He
said he attended me largely for my So
.ciety. l felt flattered to know that he
enjoyed my society after having been
thrown among horses all the week that
had had much greater advantages
than L
My wife ct first objected seriously to
an insurance on my life. and said she
would never, never touch dollar Of the
money II / were to die, but after / had
been sick for nearly two years, and my
disposition had suffered good deal,
she said that / need not delay the obse-
quies on that account But the life in
surance slipped through my fingers
somehow, and recovered.
] have built up two life-insurance
companies and placed them on their
- sinee that hope they viii not
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
PROGRESSIVE EUcARE.

How the Last and Most Fashionable Game
at Cards IL Played.
There have been many inquiries from
time to time as to methods for enter
tanning ones friends who have dropped
in" to spend few hours of an even
ing. In the large cities this season q
game of cards called progressive euchre
has served to bring people together.
Possibly those living in quiet country
towns may care to know just how the
game is played. To begin with there
must be an even number of couples,
never less than six--the game may be
either two or four-handed. If there be
six couples three tables are required.
The hostess or an odd couple generally
keeps tally of the progress Of the game
with paper and pencil, or with small
waters of different colors. All must be-
gin playing at once the game is played
the same as euchre. Cards are pre-
pared, each containing the name Of
lady present, and the gentlemen draw
these for partners. The couples next
draw for positions at the tables, two
couples at the first, two at the Sec
ond, and so on. At the first table, or
head, five full points are played, when
bell is tapped and all players cease
playing. The winning couple at each
Of the other tables, although they may
lot have played five full points, advance
one table, the losing couple at the head
going to the last table. The couples that
remain At the tables at first receive no
cards, excepting at the last table, where
defeat is indicated by red card. which
censs J poor 81 PLYING tSs Each .s e tho
given blue Gard. tho I Il The s1 thrd ~
pink or yellow. When the game ceases
the tally sheets and cards are oom-
pared, and the couple holding Tie
highest number Of cards Of each color
is given 4 prize -s0me trifing home
made article ClsvejaMd Leadev 90
ADY0N
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18

Nearly one hundred chests Of leaves
c0lored with soapstone and Prussian
blue TO resemble tea were conf1scated
rscently In New York. IN z. 6wn.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
Something Better.

She stood on the front steps gazing
at the eclipse through bit of smoked
glass, and the old fellow stopped his
team at the curbstone and stood up in
his wagon and gazed all around in
search of the attraction. Discerning
nothing unusual he called out:
What is it, marm-what's the riotP"
'sThs eclipse" she answered.
.Whar is itp"
ION the SUM-"
Eyes, does seem . leetle dim up
thar" he said, after long squirt,
''but, Lor'-a-massy, it's nuthin' tur
grown folks to waste their time over!
II you want to see sunthin' better
sunthin' real excitin' come out hum
with me. I've got five-legged calf,
q two-headed chicken and an oak tree
as was struck by lightnin', and you kin
see 'em ali without glass an have .
billed dinner on top Of EN- for nuthin'.
'Clipse of the sun, eh! Well, now,
how little it does take to tip some folks
Of their balance!"- Detyo; Free Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18

Gralting Is often done too early;
wait until che swelling Of tia buds
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-01-22
BUSINESS NOTICE.

We are now sending ont statements to
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70 which We hope all will. promptly re-
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are specially anxious to do this without
having 10 carry over u single old &C
connt.
We also earnestly hope that all Of our
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N make THE LEADER very interesting
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column.
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Notice for Publication.
LAND OfYICE AT JACKSON, Miss, !
January % 1898 {

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, Miss,
January %, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice of his
intention TO make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before +. NJ. Martin, Chancery
Clerk, at Brookhaven, Miss, on March 9,
1855, viz: Abraham Harness, Homestead
No. l0143, for the southeast quarter
northwest quarter and southwest quarter
northeast quarter and northwest quarter
southeast quarter section 35, township
north, range 8 east.
He names the following witnesses t.
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz:
James Ard, All of
Ephriam McCOmb, Summit P. o.,
Levy StOvall, Pike Co,
Alexander Magee, Miss
r. c. KERR,
CIV Register.
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Peterson's Magazine for February opens
with a most bewitching steel-plate, emit
tied Dressed for the Charade" represent
ing two children, four years old, attired in
fancy costume and singing duet in keep
ing. Of all the charming engravings for
which Jefferson" has become famous,
this is certainly one of the most cunning.
Besides this, however, there are some fifty
other embellishments, including a very
beautiful colored steel fashion-plate,
double size, and a costly large-size color
ed pattern. The literary contents, always
superior, are better than ever this month.
We would call attention particularly to
'In the Ring" The "Pickpocket," and to
the two novels, "The Motherless Grip
and "The Lost Ariadne." Every lady
ought to have this magazine. Now ID
just the time, with the opening year, To
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Two Dollars year, with great deduction.
to clubs, and splendid premiums for get
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to compare Peterson" with other maya
zines at the same price. Address Chas.
]. Peterson, 3O6 Chestnut St., Philadsl-
phis.
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Circuit Court.

Circuit Court convenes next Monday.
Aoemplete list Of the jurors drawn for
the term is published in another column.
There viii be rather q large docket to
dispose Of SO State eases and % civil
eases being carried over from the last
term. In addition to these several ne
sroes are in the county Jail awaiting trial
for snndry new offences, and H. B. Penn,
who obtained 9 change Of venue from
ccpiah TO Lincoln, Is to be tried for the
murder of z. B. Rails The term will
DOUBTLESS consume the full three weeks
prescribed by Law.
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Notice tor Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON. MISS. =,

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, Miss,
January %, 1885.
Notice is hereby gwen that the follow
ing-named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before C. K. Watts, Chancery Clerk,
at Monticello, Miss, on February 18th,
1895, viz Ephram Jett, Homestead No.
l0l15, for the east half northwest quar-
ter section 81, township : north, range 10
cast.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, aud
cultivation oil, said land. VIZ:
Haywood Bryant, All Of
James Prestidge, Lawrence Co.,
Nathan Wells, Miss.
II. c. KERR,
CIV Register.
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