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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-25

BASE BALL-MoRE PREY FOR THE
MoRGANTowN BoYs.-Business in
base ball circles hereabouts SO far
this summer has been dull, but from
what we can learn there is likely to
soon to be a revival in that profitable
branch of industry. It seems that
the old Rough and Ready club of
this place having vanquished all the
clubs within reach, had concluded
there were no more worlds to con-
quer, and were about to disband, but
the challenge published below has
caused them to re-organize, and we
learn they will take the field on next
Saturday in response to the chal-
lenge. Here it is:
FAIRMoNr, July I'D. Bennett
agrees to play game of base ball
at the "Y" on the B. Il o. R. R., or
at the Fairmont fair grounds, said
Bennett to select his nine from
among the players at Rivesville,
Newport, Catawba, Houlttown or
Fairmont against any club that may
be on the grounds Oy O'CLOCK on
Saturday, July 25th, 1885, for $50,
or forfeit $40. / further agree to
forfeit $40 if do not have nine on
the ground at that hour.
d. BENNETT.
Witness:-
E. w. PENNINGTON,
j, F. WATSON,
EUa. CUMERFoRD.
The r. Il RS we learn have de
termined to accept the challenge
and we would suggest that Mr.. Ben
nett get his $50 together and have II
ready for them. There is much in
terest aroused in sporting circles
about the game, and it will no doubt
attract a large crowd. A number o.
folks from here will accompany the
boys on the occasion.
p. S.-Just as we go to press w
learn that Mr.. Bennett concluded
that discretion was the better part
of valor; has backed out and paid
his forfeit Of $40, hence the game
will not be played
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-25

IT TAKES TALK TO BUILD RAIL
ROAD AS WELL AS MONEY. The King
wood Journal speaking of the rail
road that will soon be completed to
Mergantown, and the Kingwood
railroad, discourses thusly:
In the Autumn Morgantown will
have her railway. 1t was on the
Both day of November, 1852, that
her first railroad company was in
corporated, to build railway from
the Pennsylvania line to Indepen-
dence in this county. Almost in
every one of the 33 years since, new
railway project has been put forth by
her public spirited men and has agi-
tated the people of the county. AT
ter 33 years of talk, the railroad will
have come. And this proves what
the Journal has often said-that it
takes great deal of talk, much time,
as we'll as money, to build a rail
way
In 1882 the Kingwood Railway
Company was incorporated. Since
that time the enterprise has had
many ups and downs. But all
through its vicissitudes, notwith-
standing much evil prophecy, there
have not been wanting those who
never lost patience.
On last Friday evening, July 3,
the contract for the building Except
the ballastingl and equipping of the
Kingwood Railway Company's pro-
posed narrow-gauge railway from
Kingwood to Function, about IL
miles in length, was signed. The
contractors are Jonathan Barrett and
W. j. McKeever, Of Pittsburgh.
They are gentleman of experience in
such work. Mr.. Barrett has been
in the business for 16 years or more.
He worked on the Wheeling and
Lake Erie, on the Waynesburg and
Washington, and on several others.
They are, VIC confidently believe,
| honorable and STRAIGHTFORWARD men,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-25

The Soap bubble party makes a
very good return, they say for the
capital invested
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-25

DeSAOur Entire Stock of STRAW
HATS and WHITE DRESS GOODS are
offered at cost, Extraordinary bargains.
Call and see them one door North of
the Merchants National Bank, in the
room formerly occupied by T. G Lazier.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-25


and will visit friends at Grafton,
Fairmont and Morgantown, before
their return to their home at New
ark, Ohio. -Buckhannon Delta. +
Prof. Thos. E. and Mrs. Hodges,
and Miss Grace Hayes started on
Saturday to visit friends in Martins
burg and also to see Mrs. w. M.
johnson. at Union, Monroe county.
They will be absent about one
month.
Marshall Jacobs, of the firm of
Hutchinson & Jacobs, was in town
on business last Saturday. He is
one of the squarest and cleverest
young men in the county and we are
glad to note the prosperity of his
firm at Little Falls. With the open
ing of the railroad the Falls will be
a good business point.
We are pleased to note that Hon.
VIM. L. Wilson has so far recovered
from his recent severe illness as to
be able to leave home for change
in the hope of speedy restoration to
health. 1t takes a Democratic con-
gresham with an iron frame and
the bellows Of first class forge to
stand the wear and tear just now
Free Press.
Prof. Geo. d. Purinton, late Of
Furman University, Greeneville, S,
c., arrived at his old home here on
Monday. He came by way of New
York and unexpectedly met Mrs
Purinton and her father in Union
town. They. of course, had a pleas
ant ride from there home. Prof Pur.
inton will go from here to Fayetteville
Arkansas, whefc he takes the chail
of Chemistry in the University Of
that State.
DR.. and Mrs. Dorsey P. Fitch lef,
on Wednesday Of this week for Frost
burg, Md, where they will make theil
, 1885-10-23

The best time for seeing perfect feath-
ering is in the winter, or onward 10 The
spring; then, after a very shorf honey
moon, the birds settle down to domestic
drudgery with exemplary ardor, with the
result that at the end of "a few weeks
their tail feathers are rough and irregu-
lar. their pinions worn and ragged irom
constant contact with the nest in sii-
ting; and by the time their new suit come
at midsummer they are more than ready
for it. The spring, Of course, is the eli
max Of a birds life. With scrupulous
care he arranges hourly his feathers, all
their markings are seen to perfection,
and many pcculiaritirs Of decoration are
then, and then alone. displayed.
1t is said that not II single bright.
colored feather on II birds body is left
idle or unplaycd. If birds have bright
colored tails they raise them TO their
highest and fullest and abase their head;
II bright heads, then they shake out
their plumes, their eyes distend, and
their wattlos swell; and if, as in some
cases. they have large tippets Of feathers
falling on both sides Of the head, they
contriye the bewildered hen shall see all
the glories Of both sides at a glance, and
so drag all the feathers of the far side
round to the neal side, making such a
huge mass that the face is nearly hid
dou, and the projecting beak alone shows
where the head must be. All this is
done for the hens benefit, and It is only
done when she is near; it all turned on
her existence, and ceases if she is alb
sent. Magazine of Art.
, 1885-10-23


The English cooperative societies have
transacted a business during the past
twenty years amounting to 81, 400, 600, =
900. The profits were $106. 900, 900.
There are 1884 societies, with about
700, 900 members representing heads Of
families, making in all 9, $50, 900 people.
The sales for the year 1882 were $780,
900, 600; profits, $40, 900, 900; capital, s43,-
900, 900. The increase of capital in ten
years was 100 per cent. The co-opera-
tive manual which furnishes these fig
nres goes into a vast amount of detail to
show the operations Of these societies.
The movement took its present shape in
1884, when the membership was II, 500.
In four years the membership was 10. 600;
in seven years, 115, 900.
The movement took wholesale proper
tons very early. In 1888 the dry goods
branch Of the business involved a capital
of 81, 600, 900. Furniture was dealt in,
butter agencies were opened in Ireland
and houses were opened in Hamburg and
Copenhagen for the transaction of busi-
ness. The societies have now their own
fleet. They have agencies in New York,
where in one year over 800, 900, 600 vas
handled. They have depots at Liverpool,
Manchester and elsewhere, ane they in
sure their own property. They make
crackers, boots and shoes and soaps.
They do much of their own milling, and
are every year expanding their operations
in a manner which shows that there is
ability in the working classes, when it is
properly selected, to manage their own
Affairs. - Philadelphia Record.
, 1885-10-23

Every portion of the civilized world
must now acknowledge that the station
Of the London L. Southwestern railway
called Waterloo Station') is the colossus
Of stations. 1t was recently declared
complete. having for a long time been at
one end under the hands Of masons and
carpenters. Imagine twenty-five acres
rooted In, and the building covering this
area containing fifteen platforms and
nineteen distinct lines Of rails, making
an aggregate length of four miles.
Imagine, also, a signal-box containing
1870 levers. During the building, ex-
tending over many years, of this enor-
nous station 800 houses have been de-
molished and a population Of q, 1000 dis
placed. The cost has been only 81, 700, e
900. 1t il over this railway, with its
thirty spur lines, the traveller reaches
England's southern and southwestern
counties, containing Portsmouth, South
hampton, Isle of Wight, etc, and by
railway steamers Hayre and the Channel
islands. There is no minute through
the day during which some train
does not depart or arrive At this station.
-IOudOn Letter.
, 1885-10-23
Wide Awake for nn.Ines..

One characteristic of successful men
Is close and wide awake attention to the
work in hand, such, for instance, as
marked a New York driver on the line
Of stages which have recently been with
drawn from Broadway. He had a gen
ius for driving a stage, and was noted
for keeping his stage full of passengers,
and for taking in more fares than any
other driver on the route. His success
was not accidental. His eyes were for
ever on the lookout, both on Broadway
and in the side streets, so that he never
failed to see n distant nod nor a slight
gesture.
A similar alertness for business is no
tieeable among the fruit-peddlers, the
bootblacks and the newsboys Of New
York. Three carts full Of bananas and
other fruit may be seen standing close
together by the sidewalk. The man in
the middle carr will work every moment
standing up calling attention to his
stock, and alert to grapple with any one
who comes up with the slightest inten-
ton Of buying.
But the other vendors will be seated
and half-dozing. or reading n newspa-
per. carelessly waiting for a customer to
ask for fruit. Before moo the appear
anca Of the wagons shows the inevitable
result. BY night, the middle wagon is
empty, while the other vendors wheel
home a good part of their stock to keep
till the next day, and complain of bad
luck and hard times. "6Youth's Com
panion.
, 1885-10-23

John 6mith-We are sorry that you
should be distressed at having so COM
mon a name. You might translate it
into some foreign language; the old
name would still be there, but the two
common syllables would climb a good
many rungs up the ladder Of gentility.
The Italian, for instance, smooths it Off
into Giovanni Smith; the Spaniard
makes it Juan Smithus; the Russian
transposes il to Jonlof Smittowski, the
Icelander calls il Jaime Smithson; John
Smith among the Tuscaroras becomes
Tom gu Smittia; in Poland he is known
as Ivan Sehmittiweiski; while the Turks
transpose him into zoe Seef. Tom gu
Smittia or Ivan Schmittiweiski would
make an imposing signature, though
your ink bill will 20 up. Everything
has is drawbacks. - Unknown Ell
change
, 1885-10-23

Daudet is smashing some " the old
ideas on the subject Of eating. lie says:
"Whcn | wrote the Nabob / worked
twenty hours every day. One becomes
intoxicated with work, and | found that
my digestion was much better if | ate
while | worked. always took my
meals at my writing table and the result
was invariably satisfactory. You know
that if you go to bed Immediately after
eating the digestion will accomplish itself
during sleep. The same with writing.
Commence Immediately after you have
swallowed your food. Don't wait for
digestion, or you will feel heavy and in
capable. | can assure you that this
physiological law has been a yeritable
god-send to me.5Foreign Letter.
, 1885-10-23
R-EEoRMEn.s ExpENsrs.

In the bill OF expenses sent in to the
treasury department by the civil service
commission are about $50 books, ranging
in cost from 81 to SO per copy. They
consist oS 'algcbras, " "arithmetics, 10
"grammars, etc, according TO the &C
counts as rendered. The popularity is
that these books are no where to be found;
neither is there anything to show where
they have gone. There lisa suspicion that
"algebras," ''arithmetics'' and gram
mars were found to be better to be
placed in the accounts than ginger ale, y
watermelon Roman punch, lem
onade' and newspapers Under the
last administration there was no suspicion
whatever in connection with this class Of
accounts. The totals only were looked at
and then Immediately approved.
Auditor Chenowith, of the treasury de-
partmcnt. speaking of the loose manner
in which business of this kind has been
conducted, says that in looking over the
accounts of the National Deaf and Dumb
institution here he has discovered that
Professor Gallaudet purchased a portrait
of his own father, paying $500 for. it, and
then took a trip to Europe on pleasure
and charged it all as expenses of the
college. He also found, he said, where n
leading scientific man, who was sent
abroad to make some observations of the
transit of Venus, had taken with him
two of the lady members of the family
and had all their expenses paid by the
government, on the ground that they
were his secretaries
, 1885-10-23

As the system is by fever and que, and
obstinate as that malady is, Deycrtbeless
Hostetters Stomach Bilters will repair
the damage that il does to the constitu-
ton, and eradicate every trace OF it. Used
as a means of prevention, it invariably
proves efiectual. The most malignant
forms of malarial disease prevalent in the
tropics, the dreaded o~dleHtura Of the
Guatemalan oOasi. the Chagres fever, and
other types of mlasmatic waladies yield
10 and are prevented by il. Not only
should il be used on the first symptom Of
a chill, but all persons residing in local.
ties where malafial infection exists in the
air and water, should take it ~ a safe
guard. IL is an Incompatible remedy
for disorders Of the stomach and bowels,
Tor rheumatism, inactivity of the bladder
and kidneys. aud for debility and billions
ailments.
, 1885-10-23

You may not be avian OF 1t, but it's a
fact, that many Of the medicines recon-
mended Tor Group contain either chloro-
form or opium, and cannot be given to
children In the large and frequent doses
required, in cases Of group with any de
gree of safety, They are dangerous agd
should be avoided at all times. There il
one preparation, however, that does o
contain a single ingredient that would in
jure a child, and il IS ? certain aud posi-
live cure for CT lup, and that is Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy II has cured
thousands Of cases and can always be
depended upon. Sold by W. N. Hunt
, 1885-10-23

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal, is
Natures Own Ture Laxative, This plea
sent liquid fruit remedy may be had OIL
Hunt 4 Whipple druggists. Sample bot.
ties Tree and large bottles at fifty cents oil
one dollar, 1t is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, tC
cleanse the system, to act on the Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels gently yetthoroughly
to dispel Headaches, Colds and Feyer; L
cure Constipation, Indigestion and kind
red ills. For sale by w. N. Hunt
, 1885-10-23

TuE New York school teacher who
bumped a 9-year-old pupils head against
u wall and threatened to kill him because
he whispered in class is entirely too war
like Il young woman to occupy a peaceful
position. IL is not possible, no matter
what the discipline or who the master, to
have any number of children of that age
together without an occasional violation
of the silence rule. aud the teacher in
question, who evidently is far from being
a woman Of angelic temper, might bump
a head against a wall too often. Her
prompt arrest served her right and it
should be followed by her discharge as a
teacher. She should get married-if she
can delude some bad man sufficiently 10
bring about such . result, which isn't
very likely-and vent her anger on some
body nearer her own age and size.
, 1885-10-23
rerttr. d lhr park c%onllnsn.

some Of the finest material for pqrters
,as hcen found among the natives Of
axe SyaSsa, who, the missionaries say,
re- the most devoted and faithful Of
crvants when properly treated. Messrs.
olinson, Stewart, Law, Mapes and other
Missionary travellers around Lake Nyassa
ave found their native assistants faith
nj, ready to go with them anywhere,
willing to work for a wonderfully low
Gale of wages, and fraternizing readily
With the people they have met. Bands
IF trusty native porters have for some
years carried the annual supplies for the
missionary stations on Lake ~Tanganyika
from Zanzibar, 500 miles, without
European escort, and letters for King
ntesa, at the north end of Victoria
Nyanza, intrusted to native messengers
at Zanzibar, have safely reached their
destination.
Over /, 1000 Zanzibar porters have been
In the service of the International asso-
citation for several years. Their Lam
guare. the Swahili, is as useful in Africa
as the French language is in Europe.
The Bantu dialects of the Congo and in
fact of nearly all the great central
African plateau, sufficiently resemble the
Swahili to enable the Zanzibaris and in
land natives to understand one another.
The Zanzibaris have, therefore, been Of
great service as Intermediates between
Europeans and the Congo tribes. Their
term of service has now expired; most Of
them have gone home, and the associa-
ton not wishing to depend for its
labor upon so distant a source Of supply,
Is filling their places with Congo
natives. Twelve hundred of them were
10y last accounts carrying loads to Stan
ley Pool, of whom 800 were transporting
the steamer Stanley to the pool. 1t will
be n great point gained for the new free
state If it successfully carries out its ex-
pertinent, now tried for the first time on
a large scale, of developing among the
millions of Congo natives a considerable
body of wage-workers New York Sun.
, 1885-10-23
The Aurora BoreaIi. In Scandinavia.

While our author was at his post every
night the aurora borealis appeared; ut
Mt any rate, there was not a single clear
evening when it wa absent. Sometimes
t filed the whole sky: often its displays
were confined to insignificant and faint
phenomena, low in the north, just like
those observed in southern Scandinavia;
but sometimes they obtained a magniii-
cence which delicd description. He
came to the conclusion that the great
many different forms might certainly be
reduced to a few simple ones.
In most instances the aurora forms
belts or zones. which stretch across the
earth in the direction of the magnetic
east west. which zones are a conglomer-
alton of thin sheets Of luminous matter.
ranged one behind the other. their direc-
ton being parallel with the inclination
needle. The luminous matter in these
sheets is even. or ditfuse, or divided into
streamers. The red color in the lower
edge Of ares aud bands often u~ndergoes
remarkable hnnges. and becomes Grim
son, or purple. or pink, on fed-ochre. or
violet. The light, however, Is weaker
than was to he expected. Literary
World.
, 1885-10-23

A Pennsylvania Sunday school, desir'
ing to send some gifts to a mission
school in India, prepared a lot OF doll
babies-nearly 800 in number. These
we're shipped to the little Hindoos,
together with some articles Of clothing
and other comforts. Unfortunately, the
vessel bearing this precious load went To
the bottom Of the sea, A subscription
Is now on foot for money wherewith u
buy for the Juvenile heather another LOT
of dolls to make good the loss of the
shipwrecked ones.5lChieago Times.
, 1885-10-23

TnE president is thoroughly impartial
and cven-handed in the distribution of
Offices. Shades Of opinion do not con
troll him. No two members of congress
hold more widely divergent views on the
tariff question than do Samuel j. Randall
and William II. Morrison, yet no two
have had more influence with the admin
istration in the matter OF appointments,
, 1885-10-23

We know of a tortoise, which, when
called aloud by its name, "Laideron, -
would run toward the voice. Another
learned to come when called by n hiss
ing sound, followed its master like a lit
tie dog, relished careSses bestowed on its
head and neck, gave gentle bites to show
its affection, and would climb up on its
masters boot. OF pull at his clothes TO
draw his attention. RI Revue Scientiioue.
, 1885-10-23

Many people catch cold by leaving
their windows entirely open all night
II may be warm when they 90 to bed,
but very cold toward morning. A man
in Iowa has invented an adjustment that
will be affected, like a thermometer, by
the weather, and will cause the window
To rise or fall as the night grows hot or
cold. lChicago Journal.
, 1885-10-23

The present administration has ap-
pointed more editors to office than any
previous one. This is only an indication
that journalism has taken a higher plane,
that it is more assertive, than it formerly
was. Yet some of the greatest men in
the history of the country have risen
from the printers case to the editorial
frirnnI
, 1885-10-23
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per line one year 8 cents per line. Marriage
and birth notices SlOO each. No Advertisement
inserted for less han d cents.
II. GIAFCKE. Publisher.
, 1885-10-23

SINCE the election the price of beer has
been reduced to three cents a glass in
some of the saloons in Cincinnati. An
exchange says this is a sure sign that the
coming winter will be a severe one.
, 1885-10-23

NEW YORK is hoping that when its
Grant memorial fund shall have reached
100000 that the millionaires will come
to the front and boom it. Oh, yes the
New York m~illionaircs are that sort.
, 1885-10-23

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, 1885-10-23

For rich and poor who wish to enjoy good
health, and do not wish to resort to bitter,
nauseating liver medicines and cathartics,
is the concentrated liquid fruit remedy,
Syrup of ies. Sample bottle free, and 80
cent aud q bottles for sale by W. n.
Hunt.
, 1885-10-23

The deaths in Europe from small pox
are said to be 60, 900 annually. The
mortality is almost wholly confined to
civilians, "a owing to constant yaccina-
ton and revaecination the armies are
almost wholly free from the disease.
, 1885-10-23
SKIN5 BLOOD
Diseases from Pimples to ScrOfuIa
Cured by Cuticura.

Hundreds OF letters In our possession, copies
OF which may be had by return mail. repeat this
story II have been a terrible sufferer for years
from diseases OF the skin and blood have been
obliged TO shun public places by reason Of my
d%lsnguring hnnors have had the best physi-
clans have spent hundreds OF dollars, and got
no relief until | tried the tuticura Remedies.
which have cured me and left my skin and
blood rs pure rs q child's.
, 1885-10-23

Oysters are cheap food, and yet a
steward explains that they are unproht
able for hotel tables. because guests
never think Of letting them take the
place Of any regular course in q meal
, 1885-10-23

MONTANA cattlemen are opposed to
Texas cattle. They say they can get bet
ter stock east or west of them if they
need it to fill up the ranges.
, 1885-10-23
FRIDAY. OCTOBER %, 1885.
TFVNS on STANDARDIZATION

Ent,rrd at ne Post oDrce, Cheyenne, Wvo-
rn'nO. for transmission Through ne mdi4 as
fecoHd siass matter.
, 1885-10-23

The result in Ohio has demonstrated
that it will not do to relegate Democrats
like Allen G. Thurman to the rear.