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Our Wafer Works.

There is no more certain indica-
ton of the presence Of impure water
than typhoid fever. This is strik-
ingly demonstrated in the terrible
experience of the population of Ply
mouth, Pa. which has been almost
depopulated by scourge of typhoid
fever developed through the use of
impure water. That dread disease
is the most direct and usual penalty
we pay for carelessness about the
water we drink.
Every season demonstrates the
unheathful character of our well
water. There is no other explana-
ton of the frequency of typhoid fever
cases among our population Every
one of these cases could, doubtless,
be traced to the effect of impure
water. Some of our wells are not
much better than cess pools. We
would not dare drink the water if
we could see it analysed. All Nor
gantown needs to make it superla-
lively healthful is the stream ofpure,
mountain water from an artesian
well such as-we hope to have in a
few weeks. That will make Morgan
town one of the most delightful
homes in America, and will draw Wis
itors and residents from all over the
country.
When this is accomplished our
wells ought to be abandoned. They
are not suitable reservoirs for water
in towns. This is what the MedH
cal NeUs says about them:
1T is well-known fact that the
ground water underlying an inhab
tied district is almost invariably
polluted. Leaking cesspools and
privy-wells, leaking sewers and
drains, stable yards, graveyards, and
soakage from defiled surfaces, all
contribute to its contamination. The
domestic use of water derived from
the drainage of a soil saturated with
foul organic matter, particularly that
Of fccal origin, is known to be fire
quent means Of communicating dis
case, and the disgusting practice
should be exposed, condemned, and
prohibited wherever practicable.
The custom Of disposing of sew
age and of providing for water
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DemagOguery Among News
papers.

Now watch the demagogical Re
publican press of the State, There
may be several honorable excep-
tions J, and see how they will annihi-
late the new license law. They
howled until their faces were four
teen colors because the Legislature
did not face the music and levy a
tax to cover the overdraft. Now
they howl because a license tax has
been introduced Revenue had to
be raised somewhere and somehow,
and in small degree the method
that generally prevails in Pennsyl-
vania, was adopted in West Virginia.
In point of fact there is no tax on
real estate in Pennsylvania, the
revenue is nearly all raised from
licenses.
In this demagogical howl there
will be large slice devoted to the
extravaganza of the State officers
their big salaries, long sessions, etc,
etc. The Register only hopes there
will be some specifications along
with the general charges so as peo-
pie can understand where the items
of prodigious expenses come in. In
view of the recent protracted ses-
sions Of the Republican Legisla-
lures, of New York, Pennsylvania
and Illinois, and innumerable parrot
and monkey scenes which they have
been guilty of, by comparison, the
West Virginia Legislature may be
called the model Legislature ON the
continent. The illinois band of
hoodlums thought nothing of spend
ing as much money in week on
their per diem and sundries as the
West Virginia Legislature expended
during the entire session. In the
little mountain State u. S. Senator
was elected in as many days as it
] took months in Illinois, and in New
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-06-13
500 Reward.

Whereas, it has come to the knowl
edge of the undersigned that certain
parties have fraudulently canvassed
from house to house in our name,
taking orders for photographs, re-
cciving moneys in part payment,
and frequently possessing themselves
Of valuable originals, of which they
profess to be able to supply copies:
we herewith state that we have
never employed agents to take orders
for us, and that to any person giving
us such information as shall lead to
the apprehension and conviction Of
any one of the above mentioned i'm
posters, we will pay reward of
800. Ed. G.. PRoTzMAN.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-06-13

We have been reliably informed
that among one Of the first official
acts to be performed by Collector
McGraw will be to tender to Mr..
Owen S. Mckinney, of this county,
the position of Deputy Collector for
the counties of Barbour, Preston,
Taylor, Monongalia and Marion,
with headquarters in Palatine. This
information will be highly gratifying
to the people Of Marion county gen
orally, by whom Mr.. Mckinney is
held in the highest esteem, and will
be accepted by the dominant party
as a merited recognition of one of
our most popular, capable and de
serving Democrats. He will prove
himself most efficient Deputy, and
we compliment Mr.. McGraw upon
his wise selection, while we tender
to our friend Mckinney our warmest
CONGRATULATIONS /nder.
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This gives O. & M, passengers time for
meaR IN st. Louis and first choice of
seats in trains of connecting lines in
same depot, for all points West, North
west aud Southwest.
Nhe o. & M. always makes fast time
and sure connections, and is the only
line between Cincinnati and st. Louis
under one management, running all its
trains through SOLID" and in conse-
quence is the recognized first class route
between those cities.
No change ofcars for any class of pas
sengers. First, class, second-class and
emigrant passengers all carried on fast
express trains, consisting of palace Sleep
ing cars, elegant parlor coaches and
comfortable day coaches, all running
through without change.
In Cincinnati please call at As West
Fourth street, Grand Hotel, Union Cen
trail passenger station.
w. w. PEABODY, w. B. SHATTUC,
Pres. & Gen. Man'r. Gen. Pass Ag't.
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
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York and Pennsylvania the people
were praying for an adjournment of
their legislative imbeciles and cor
ruptionists. These were model Re
publican legislative bodies for you
from two Of the greatest States in
the Union, Why, as compared with
the bodies cited above. our West
Virginia body, for economy, sagaci-
ty and honesty, stands head and
shoulders above them.
The Register suggests the Repub-
lican press Of the State drop the
West Virginia Legislature as a cam
paign document until the people for
get there are other Legislatures
standing around, the fierce odors
from which in the shape of dishonest
jobs ascend to heaven so high that
the chap in the moon wants to get
out of the way Wheeling Register.
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Our Centennial,

=
1--WE will have our railroad completed
in ample time for Morgantown's Cen
tennial Celebration, and we will
make arrangements to run in ten
thousand visitors, and you can say
that we will do it at half fare rates. -
Now, that's business
We are hearing a good deal of
talk about our Centennial Celebra-
ton, in a general way, but Col. Moore
has made about the first business
suggestion we have heard.
He is not resident of Morgan
town nor is he very familiar with its
history, but he is an intelligent OBJ
server and is not slow to perceive
that such an occasion as that of the
hundredth anniversary of town
ought to inspire and will inspire, en-
thusiasm enough, not only among our
own people, but our immediate neigh
bors, to tax railroads capacity in
carrying visitors.
Already our sister towns are man
ifesting an interest, and manifesting
it in practical way. They promise
us large delegations to join in the
jubiles and to make merry with us.
And they will come by the thous-
ands. Morgantown will see the big
gest and merriest crowd in all her
history.
Now, it seems to us that while visi-
tors and neighbors are taking such
an interest in this occasion, it would
be especially opportune and sublime
ly appropriate for our Town Council,
to manifest some little active inter
est. They are standing in the way
of everybody else and postponing by
their hesitation the work of organ
ization and preparation so that it
will materially interfere with its
spirit and completeness. There is
no time to lose. hepeople through
out the county ought to be talking
and planning and organizing for the
occasion. The programme ought to
be formulated now, so that everybody
might know how to assist in contri-
buting to it. We ought to have a
committee searching for and collect
ing historic relics to make up a NIL
scum for exhibition. We might
erect small, typical and movable
centennial building or cabin out of
the old time logs and mud, in which
we could display the relics and pre-
serve the building as a memento of
the occasion.
1t would probably be a judicious
step-by way of hurrying the com
pletion of our railroad--fo the Town
Council to make formal arrange
ments with the railroad company
for transportation of visitors at spec
flied rates, and to publish this ar
rangement. Beside, invitations
should be going out to all old Mon
ongalians throughout the United
States to come home at that time and
join in the festivities. We must
kill the fatted (calf) OK for them.
There are a thousand and one
thinsg to be done in preparing for this
event. Let us be up and doing.
We invite all readers of the New
COMMONS to make suggestions.
Send in your communications when
ever you have an idea that will con-
tribute to the interest of the cen
tennial celebration.
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There are two things for which
the New DOMINION has won credit
among its readers: They tell us
that they are quite sure, when they
have read it, that they are informed
about all the news, local and general,
of any Importance; and secondly they
know when it comes into the home
there is nothing in it to offend the
good taste of the family. These are
concentrations of which we feel
proud.
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THE NEW EDITION OF
WORCESTER'S DICTIONARY
Contains Thousands of Words not to be
found in any other Dictionary

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We endorse every word said by
our Fairmont contemporary, the In
der, in reference to the appointment
of Mr.. Clarence L. Smith as Re
gent of the University.
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CHICAGO ROUTES TC| OMAHA.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-14
TYPhus FEVER
IT'S Breeding Places and Those Most
Likely TO BE Attacked.


Likely TO BE Attacked.
Last winter number Of cases OF
typhus fever appeared in New York
City. During this last autumn several
similar cases were reported, showing
tendency of this dangerous fever to be-
come misunderstanding from nest
of foulness and degradation in one OF
the West Side slums. Up to January
9Th the discovered cases numbered
twenty. Every effort has been made to
check the disease, but it is difficult to
control it amid its unsanitary surround:
ings. ru,.a g..
land and Ireland more than elsewhere.
From the latter country it sometimes
finds its way to this in emigrant ships
and is known among us as the ship
fever. In Europe it is called camp
fever, whole armies having been nearly
swept away by it. 1t is sometimes
called spotted fever, from the extensive
rash thrown out on the body OF the pa
tient who is Frustrated by it.
Typhus fever is very contagious. 1t,
however, mainly attacks only those who
come into close contact with it. From
1881 to 1864 nearly fifteen hundred
cases were admitted to Bellevue Hos
nital-over five hundred within the last
six months of the period. During that
time forty persons connected with the
hospital service took it, as did also
twenty-six patients admitted to the hos
pital for other diseases. The poison
seems to need to be concentrated to be-
come dangerous. A single patient sell
dom communicates it.
Crowded, filthy tenements are It's
brneding-places. Epidemics OF it pre-
vail in Liverpool more than elsewhere.
LARGE numbers of the houses IN that
CITY are built back to back in unventl-
lated courts. In these quarters the
fever often attacks every person not
protected by a previous attack.
Tt is a disease of cold and temperate
climates, and is unknown in the tropics.
It is also largely winter disease,
doubtless because of the lack of yenti-
lation in the filthy lodging-houses of ou1
commercial cities, and the depressing
influence of the cold and of the utter
restitution of the poor.
It attacks persons of every age. Most
of the children-ninety-fVe per cent
recover. OF persons over sixty, sixty,
six per cent. die. The mortality IN
creases regularly between these ages.
A person is seldom attacked twice by
| the disease Its duration, if uncompli'
| Gated, is from twelve to twenty-one
days. When the crisis is passed, the
recovery is exceedingly rapid. The
subsequent health is generally good
Medical science knows no means either
of curing it or of cutting it short, bu
simply seeks to palliate the symptoms
and to support the system until the
poison is eliminated by the proper or
| CANS YOUTHS Companion.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-14
CASTOR OIL.
An Invaluable Article for the Preserva-
ton of Leather.

An lnV3luaDA0 AELAclo AOk tAAo = ASSOA -
ton of Leather.
For waterproof boots a writer says
nothing is equal to ''coal-drawn castor
oil, pure and simple and this is how
he uses it. 1T is best applied before
moderate fire. The boots to be dressed
should be clean and dry, and especial
care should be given to the welt and" the;
tongues and their stitching to the upper;
feathers. I generally begin by pouring
the oil from the bottle all round the WELT
SO that the angle between the sole and
the upper leather is quite filled WITHHOLD
and then proceed all over the boots in
Guiding the edges of the soles, rubbing
it with the hand. When one is done,ii
have turn at the other, and SO on alter
nately till you have got in about table
spoonful and half on each boot. Yhe
tongues being thinner leather, should be
quite saturated. Subsequent dressings
will not require so much OIL l have
never found anything to touch this as 3
waterproof dressing; the gelatinous oil
seems to elfectually stop every pore In
the leather. There is another advantage
for those who are natty in such matters,
the boots will soon take good (com-
mon blacking) polish; so much SO that
a man may, if he likes, waterproof his
ordinary walking boots for bad weather
without spelling their appearance. With
a common walking boot of ordinary
thickness, apply the oil all over the SOLE
I wear boots SO Observation-Disclosures
thick wooden socks, for from eight to
twelve hours per day or more, without
feeling the slightest Inconvenience in 2;
any way; but they have the chilly feel
inseparable from all boots that are oiled
in that way. ''-Coha0l1'S World.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-14
HuMoR IN THE FAMILY.
One of the Most Valuable Aids to Happy
Home Life.


Home Life.
Good humor is rightly reckoned a
most valuable aid to happy home llte'
An equally good and useful faculty IS
sense of humor, or the capacity to have
a little fun along with the humdrum
cares and work of life. We all know
how it brightens up things generally TO
have lively, witty companion VINO
sees the ridiculous points of things and
who can turn an annoyance into an oc1
casion for laughter. 1t is a great deal
better to laugh over some domestlS
mishaps than to cry or scold over them.
Many homes and lives are dull because
they are allowed to become too deeply
impressed with sense of the cares and
responsibilities of life to recognize us
bright and especially its mirthful side
Into such household, good but DUH,
the advent of witty, humorous TREND
is like sunshine on cloudy day. Whhe
it is always oppressive to hear persons
constantly striving to say witty or
funny things, it is comfortable to see
what a brightener little fun is
to make an effort to have some at
home. 1t is well to turn off an impatient
question sometimes, and to regard 1t
from a humorous point of view instead
of becoming irritated about it. wife,
what is the reason l can never find
clean shirt?" exclaimed a good but
rather impatient husband, after rum
maging all through the wrong drawers.
His wife looked at him steadily for a
moment, half inclined to be provoked,
then with comical look, she said: ~
never could guess conundrums; give
it up Then he laughed, and they
both laughed, and she went and got his
shirt, and he felt ashamed of himself
and kissed her, and she felt happy; so,
what might have been an occasion Tor
hard words and unkind feelings, be-
came Just the contrary, all through the
little vein of humor that cropped out to
the surface. Some children have pc
culiar faculty for giving a humorous
turn to things when they are reproVed.i
It does just as well oftentimes to laugh;
| things off as to scold them off. Laugh
ter is better than tears. Let US have a
little more of it at home. = Christian at
| Work.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-14
A Cautious Man.

'sDo you take will cases?" asked a
tall young man, with country air, as
he entered the office of a prominent
lawyer.
Eyes, SIR replied the attorney.
s.What can do for you9"
.sIf man dies and leaves million
dollars to his widow, can his step-chil-
dren come in?'
''Why, certainly they can. Has your
stepfather-"
dCould you be engaged in such a
casep"
"Certainly I can, my friend. When
do you want me to begin the suit?"
swell, not just yet. You see it's this
way: Mother is engaged to an old man
who has pointer on Western Union
stock, and if she marries him, and if the
market comes out all right, and if he
should die, and if he made Withhold
on! quit your kicking. I'll go out. =
Seems to me- he soliloquized, is he
limped up the street, ''these lawyers
offer very little encouragement for a
man to be cautious. ~. 7. Graphic
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-14
READING FOR CHILDREN.
The Evil Likely to Result from omniver-
GUS Reading.

GUS Reading.
Radical exception will be taken by
thoughtful and considerate parents, and
by instructors of children generally, to
Rev. James Kay Applebee's suggestion,
in his lecture last Wednesday evening,
that boys should be allowed to 'sread
almost everything they come across"
Untold injury to youthful minds will
result, as it has time and again result
ed, from the pursuance OF any such I'M
wise and dangerous course. The lee
turer's point as to the strength and ne
cessity of individual Judgment, and that
one must decide for himself as to the
good and bad in reading, is intrinsical-
" correct, but it is not safely applica-
BILE to the unfedged mind. The aver
age school-boy is not capable of always
separating the good from the bad either
in the s.si1liest novel; or in any other
volume. His peculiarly impressionable
mind will become contaminated, if it be
not prudently protected. Not to speak
of the youthful crimes committed, and
the downward careers begun, by pc
rusal of the pernicious clash literature
of to-day-of which lamentable facts
| evidence so frequently and alarmingly
crops out-there is to be mentioned the
Importance of keeping away from youth
| full readers the sensational, trashy,
sickly sentimental and unreal stories
of less pronounced criminality, but of
no less pernicious and of far more sub
tie influence in destroying legitimate
ambition and noble sentiment, and in
imparting unreal views of life which
lead only to disappointment and dis
couragement when the actual struggle
for existence begins.
No, we cannot safely allow our
| children to be "omnivorous readers. :"
A bad book may only ''have its day
and go down to oblivion in general con-
domination, but in its shortest day it
may sow in some innocent child's life
the seeds of ruin. There must be, by par
ents and teachers, careful, thoughtful,
specially considerate and constant cen
sorship over the reading of children
during the training period of life, not
only to keep them away from bad
books, but place before them good
books. And this censorship is not to be
conspicuous by authority, or to favor at
all of compulsion; it will be fiat fail
ure if it suggests any such impression
to the child. 1t must succeed by
arousing the child's attention and in
terest; by showing that there is an
abundance of wholesome and lnstruc-
tive books which are at the same time
attractive and entertaining. : PTo0s-
de1see Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-14

els that marble g'' said a gentle
man, pointing to the bust Of Kentueky's
great statesman, recently, in New
York store mo, sir, that is Clay, :"
quietly replied the deaier.-M. + Led
ger.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-14

THAT absolutely fre-proof buildings
can be built, suitable for any comfort
able occupation, is very much of adelu-
sion and a dangerous one. Proper and
scientific methods may reduce the
danger to minimum. But what is
most needed is that the tenants and
occupiers should have fre-proof ohseF-I
walton, diligence and method. P6ila-
tJeJsahSG Ledqer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-14

did you whip Johnnie as / told
you tor asked Chicago father Of his
wife. Certainly | did," she replied,
What did you whip him withe'' '<MY
slipper" Great heavens. womani I
didn't tell you to murder him. M u
Graphic.