The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-10-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

marriage may De denned as tenn
porary social alliance. entered into for
the purpose of acquiring a cheap noto-
riety through the Medium of divorce.-
Rhiiadeiphia Times.
Two locomotives built exactly after
the same model have different rates of
speed and drawing power. This differ
snce in speed has been known to reach
fifteen miles an hour.-Bost0n Budget.
ooh. was it 1, or was it you?" asks
the golden-haired poet, Nora Perry. If
Nora will refrain from making noise.
perhaps between us we can shove it on
to the procf-reader.- Buffalo Express.
The indications are that the great
Lick Observatory in California will be
completed in 1887, a French firm having
successfully solved the problem of cast
ing the disc, which is to be threet feet
in diameter.
"A late critic gives it as his opinion
that the word rye in Burns song,
Coming Thro' the RYE. means river,
and not a field; that the author in
tended the word to mean crossing on
the stepping stones in the river Rye
Chicago Herald.
The wits of the people in England
go.wool-gathering just as they do here.
It seems. Last year there were $4,000
letters posted in England without any
address upon them, and in 1900 of
them coins and money were enclosed.
The deep concern displayed by a
number of esteemed contemporaries
over 1.-THE decline of marriage" gives
rise TO the suspicion that a large stock
of mittens has accumulated among the
personal belongings of the respective
editors. -Indianapolis Journal.
There is nothing new In the idea Of
pneumatic tubes. A pneumatic con-
yeyor for letters, etc, was suggested
by Dr. Papin. in 1895; patented by
Madhurst in England, 1870 on the
compressed air principle, and by Valen-
tine, in 1924, on the exhaust principle.
N Y. Sun. ffa
The First Kiss of Love:
Her cheeks are flushed. her eyes are wet,
She heaves gentle sigh;
Her hair is mussed, she scarce knows yet
What's best-to laugh or cry.
What makes her blush and tremble SO
Withsmightydoy and fright
The first time in his life her beau
/ Had kissed her sweet good night.
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--Colonel Short editor oil the crosby
county CLARION, came TO New orleans
nor long since. ana upon peing shown
his room at a hotel and reading the
printed notices hung up IN h room,
sad: "Ihls is queer hotel. IL
guest can pay his Dill every week. what
use has he got Tor hre-escape9 And
II there IS ilre-escape, why should he
| pay his board at the end OF the week!
There is some mystery about this hotel
that l can't understand. ~ q.
1nhes.
"A prize hight was arranged between
| TWO young women IN Australia The pu-