The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-01
MISCELLANEOUS.


The average catch Of rnackerel of
the United States coast Is estimated al
294. 667. 900 FISH per ssAson.-MY Sun.
In the course Of . recent Montana
cattle case q cowboy testified that "a
maverick is somebody else's calf that
you get your brand ON first"
An effort will be made to secure @
statue Of ex-President Pierce, TO be
placed in the Capitol Park at Concord.
N. d., as companion to that of Daniel
Webster.-Boston Post
AN Arizona man has stopped TAX
ing an agricultural paper. He wrote
to the editor asking how to get fid OF
gnats. The answer came in the next
tssiie OF the paper. kill them. IN Y.
7fi6&ne.
Newfoundland has population Of
$4,000. In 1874. when the preceding
census was taken, it had population
Of 1851, 374. During the time the Cath
olics have increased in numbers sixteen
per cent. and the Protestants thirty-one
per cent.
"A bicycler fell from his machine in
the early part of twenty-mile race in
New Haven few days ago. and broke
his wrist, but he didn't discover the ex-
tent OF his injury until be had arrived
home. He finished the race. And cahie
in frst-Msc Rdcen Register.
"A mountain explorer, just returned
from Asia, states that, during four
months residence at q height OF fifteen
thousand feet above the sea, his pulse,
normally only sixty-three beats per
minute, seldom fell below one hundred
beats per minute. and his respirations
were often twice as Numerous al Rt
ordinary levels. Ii iidastphsa Press.
An Indiana lady has been dec
Grating set of dinner plates in novel
manner. On each (of eighteen) she
has painted bird of different species,
and on the border of the plate verse,
in old English text, of poetry, written
by one of the best authors about that
particular kind of bird. --fNdiandpohs
Journal
The Bank Of Spain. on capital Of
loo. OO0.0 900 pesetas, had, by a report
just issued, deposit account of over
2S0, 100000 pesetas, besides notes in
circulation to the value of 418,417, 800
pesetas. and total lab lily account of
919,770, 10 pesetas. A Spanish peseta
equals 1873 cents in American money
Calcutta is now the second largest
tea exporting city in the. world, the
leader being Fooch0w.. In 1884 Cal.
chtta sent out 62,773, 1877 pounds Of tea,
while Foochow exported 1881, 997
pounds. But, while Foochow shows a
decfease from former years, Calcutta
shows an increase y. Herald.
in regard to the operation for d.
viding certain fibrous bands in the little
finger so as to give panists more
freedom in the use of it, the British
Medical Journal says that In the
fourteen cases Of DIR, Forbes. Of
Philadelphia, good functional results
have been obtained. but it suggestA that
1.-THE effort necessary to stretch any
fibrotis band existing between the
fingers is itself useful, as tending to
stretch all the muscles attached to
them"
"A coed old deacon in Connecticnt
was very pious and fond of clans.
When once upon time he attended a
Rhode Island clam bake he overtaxed
his capacity, and was sorely distressed
But his faith in prayer was undated
Leaving the party, and going down
upon his knees behind d tree, he was
heard to supplicate: '.Forgive me, O
Lord. this great sin Of gluttony. Re-
store my health, and l VIII never eat
any more clans" Then, after a
judicious pause, Very few. if any.
Amen. Christian at Work.
"A New Yorker has patented rail
road indicator to be used to indicate
the TIME at which trains pass station
The indicator is composed of a clock
set in case about eight feet above the
ground. The dial looks like an ordinary
clock; the hands are stationary except
when train passes on the track where
the indicator is attached, when the
hands suddenly move to the hour,
minute and second, giving the correct
time when the train passes. The hands
point at this time until another train
passes, when they move ahead as be-
fore. The invention has been salts
factOrily tested.-N. Y. Tribune.