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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
SHE WANTED THE BEST.
A New York Lady's Experience In Buyin
Butter of a German Grocer.

A New York Lady's Experience In Buying
Butter of a German Grocer.
A buxom, misunderstanding woman
accompanied by lad about seventeen,
entered grocery store Saturday even
ing in the neighborhood of Twenty
ninth Street and Third Avenue.
'Vat vas ityou want alretty?" queried
the clerk, ruddy-faced German with a
mild blue eye.
Lets see your BUTTER
by grazhus, we joost got bully bud
der, and for feefdy cents pi der bound. y
"Well, let's see it,"
Several samples were produced.
"Dot vos funf-und-drezig. dot funf-
und-viersig, and dot vos funszehn cends
pi der bound B'raps you like to bite
sum of dem things" handing the
woman a cheese scoop to taste the three
samples.
She looked at them. tasted them and
smelled them, but none appeared to
give her any great amount of satisfac-
ton.
.And this is the best, is itPn pointing
to the fifty cent article.
dot vos de beshtest builder it vos
possible to make from New Yarsey.
Dot gov vot make dot builder from. pi
jimminy, am worth fife tousand tollars
effery time"
your quite sure it's the best butter?''
eff dot vos not der very beshtest dot
can't be made makes you a present
NIT the whole shtore,' persisted the
blue-eyed youth.
Then let me have half "a pound of it. y
and the woman planked down a quar-
ter. Tie it up securely. as I've some
distance to 60"
He did as requested.
Nov, let's have one of your cards
because I've walked nearly all ovel
Yorkville trying to find place where
can buy good, honest butter
The clerk, anticipating possibly good
customer, handed out a card.
Now, Johnny" turning to the lad
'.iust write the boss name on the wrap
per, and let me see. | think it's just
about nine o'clock. Put down the time
| too"
The proprietor of the store pricked
up his ears like mule, as he saw the
| deliberate manner with which the affair
proceeded. ''See here, my man. re-
marked the purchaser, I'm not sure
whether you know it or not, but there's
law which fines people one hundred
dollars for selling stuff that some gro
GERS call butter. | hope you're not one
of 'em. If you are. you'll hear from me
sure" Then she gave the store door 8
bang and waited on the corner for the
next uptown car.
| just as she signalled the driver. the
German youth overlook her and, showing
quarter in the boys hand, said:
'.Der boss tOle me ter gif yer muddel
dot money Maybe dot vos de wrong
gov dot make dot builder. ~ Y
| Star
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
DEALING IN DEAD HORSES.

shoes. Fertilizers, Ladies' Switches, But
tons and Glue Made Out OF Defunct
Equines.
crowd had gathered on South
Side street corner, where a horse with
q broken leg had been shot As the
owner stood ruefully surveying his loss
fat, dark complexioned man elbowed
his way up and said, as he smiled
grimly:
.Say, mister, I'll cart that horse away
if you will give it to me- Is it bar
gain?"
The owner pondered moment,
looked around at the crowd. and re-
marked:
"The animal is no use to me, and |
guess you can have it. but I'm blessed
If know what you want with it. You
can have il if you will tell mt"
..All right. You see a dead horse
represents considerable money to me.
and when can get one. l am going TO
drop onto it every time. I'll haul the
animal out to my place, where | will
skin it and tan the hide, or else sell 1t
raw to one of the tanneries. 1t will
then go to some boot and shoe firm, who
will proceed TO make it up into shoes.
The leather. being soft and waterproof,
makes up nicely and commands fancy
price.
"Shoes made of cordovan, as the
leather is called, are considered the
proper thing by swe,ls and sell well.
The tail. when it is long and bushy. can
| be made into nice horse-brush or
switch for ladies. To make nice
| switch. take out the bone from the
tail and tack the skin onto handle.
and there we have it. all ready for use
as soon as it gets dry"
"But, what do YOU do with the re-
mainder of the body-the bones and
| fieshPh
20, they come in handy. ! raise
lots of hunting dogs. OF course, il |
were to buy beef for them il would cost
me small fortune. When get or buy
dead horses save some of the meat,
feeding the dogs on that. They thrive
on it. and it don't cost me much.
THE hoofs sell to some glue factory,
where they are boiled down and made
| into glue. Do make use Of the bones
OF course | do. Sometimes ! grind
them up and sell them as fertilizers.
Ground bone is the stuff to spread on
your garden if you want to raise good
crops. When / am busy and want to
| dispose of them | sell them to some
button-factory. They make buttons,
| large and small out of bones. ! have
seen some knife handles made from
bone, but it cracks easily and is moi
1 p,tt n
made from horse bones than anything
| else in that line.
Now, if you want any meat for your
cats let me know. and / will supply
you,a but the former possessor OF the
horse did not seem to relish the idea OF
his cats being fed on horseflesh, and de-
clined the offer with thanks. - Milwauket
| Sentinel.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
THE sAwDUsT LEGENDARY.
The Mischief Done and Loss Caused by
The Improper Use of sawdust.

The Mischief Done and Loss Caused by
The Improper Use of sawdust.
The sawdust spittoon should not be
tolerated day in any building whose
owner is desirious of avoiding loss by
fire. To this apparently harmless and
clearly article are traced many fires,
and it is undoubtedly the cause of those
mysterious CONGREGATIONS which are SO
constantly happening. Not long ago
the treasurer OF one Of the Boston IN
surance companies was in New HART
ford, N. Y, and while there lie WAS in
town with view to making any sug-
gestions, as the mill WAS considered
quite model in its fire protection ap-
planes And so the insurance Official
found it, save in one particular In the
weave-room, under pair OF match
gears, was box of sawdust placed
there to catch the oil. ''It's only mat
ter of time said he, when that box
will be the cause of burning your mill.
A piece of rag will fall into the
saturated sawdust and spontaneous
combustion will readily ensue; or
a partially burned match will set
the sawdust smoldering." At this the
mill-owner said he knew now what
caused the fire in the Office some months
previously. He arrived at the Office one
morning to find that the floor had burned
through where sawdast cuspidor was
placed, and good fire was being
worked upin the basement. Undoubted-
ly half-lighted cigar or match had
caused the fire. after smoldering for
hours A similar narrow escape oc-
Cured in Boston only few weeks ago.
When the office boy came round in the
morning to open the building it was
found that the sawdust spittoon, which
stood under the gas-jet in most con-
venient place to throw burned matches.
had burned through the floor during the
night and was on fire in the basement.
The building was one of the largest stor-
age warehouses in Boston. and contained
merchandise at that time valued at $780,
600. A narrow escape for the insur-
ance companies. Railroad stations
frequently use this neat but incendiary
appliance, and they are to be found
everywhere. Underwriters should see
to it that they be absolutely prohibited.
The danger lies in the sawdust. Sand
is just as cheap, answers every purpose
and is safe to use. Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
sTINoLEss BEES OF CUBA.
insects Which are Improbable Except as
Objects of Curiosity.

insects Which are Improbable Except as
Objects of Curiosity.
During our stay on the island of Cuba
we employed much time investigating
its honey flora and the quality of oney
produced by each variety.
On one occasion as we were examining
the flowers of royal palw, which.
standing at the foot of rather steep
hill and ourselves at an elevation,
brought the circle of flowers within
twenty feet of us, we could, with
our powerful field-glass, bring the bees,
80 to speak, so near that the character
istics of the different kinds were easily
discovered There were wasps, yellow
jackets, bumblebees and Italians; but
what particularly attracted our atten-
ton was little insect which, to our re-
collection, was so exactly like the sting
less bees of South America, which we
had seen on one or two occasions sever
al years ago, that we at once surmised
they were identical.
After good deal of inquiry we final
ly learned that or surmises were cor
rect, and that colony Of these delight
ful little insects was in possession of a
native living several miles away in the
dense forest, engaged, in a primitive
way in the production of charcoal.
Pedro Casanova and myself at once
set out on horseback and arrived at the
cabin of the Cubal., just as the sun was
going down, and to our delight, found
the object of our search. The little
beauties were located in the section of a
hollow log about six inches in diameter
and two feet long, Suspended by rope
on the side wall Of til, c..yln in y hori-
zontal position.
A little round hole, hardly a quarter
Of an inch in diameter, in the center
Of one end Of the log, formed the only
nlacn Of exit Or fsnkrancn. the nfha,. end
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
Jumping on. Moving Trains.

.sSome folks don't seem to have any
sense about getting off cars, remarked
the brakeman. every once in while
some man will jump off and hurt him
self when little common sense would
teach him better. Some years ago Twas
running on an express on the New York
Central. just as we 60 into Rochester
we cross Hudson Street. One night as
we were running in, at the rate of
about eighteen miles an hour, I was
standing on the rear platform. A tall,
well-dressed man with shiny plug hat
and an elegant valise came out and in
quired if that was Hudson Street. /
told him it was. and before ! knew
what he was doing he jumped. looked
back quick and saw him strike the
ground. Then he lesped as if be had
been thrown out of cannon at least
twenty feet. turning half somersault
and lighting on his head in the mud.
Then he rolled over six or eight times.
The mud at Hudson Street was about
three inches deep, and when this man
picked himself up he was an object. He
looked as if he was made Of mud. Tho
last glimpse had Of him he had both
hands up trying with al his might to
shove his plug hat up of his shoulders.
I'd q laughed even il I'd ha'< known he
was dying, which he wasn't, but I'll bet
he gets OF at stations now Chicago
Herald.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
A PAIR OF SHOES.
One of the Most Typical Products of Mod
ern Industry.

One of the Most Typical Products of Mod
ern Industry.
A great naturalist said, "Show me
scale, I'll draw the fish, Had he been
shoemaker he might have said, .'Show
me shoe, III tell the wearer." The
sandal of the Arab, the tiny shoe of the
high-bred woman of China, the wooden
dancing-shoe of the Dutch, the high
heeled court slipper or the sensible
walking shoes of the English and Amer
leans, proclaim their nationality to the
tyro. An amateur might not readily
ent districts within a single nation, but
the practiced designer must know that
in the United States, for instance, your
Northerner wants his shoe comfortable,
neat and stylish: the Southerner asks
for something fancy and handsome; the
| agricultural West demands solidity,
fullness. and an article stout to break
the land for coming population.
"a pair Of shoes is one of the most
typical products of modern industry
| To make them the animal kingdom
contributes from the herds roaming on
Western plains or South American
pampas, or from the barn-yards near
at home; the vegetable, from dotted
groves of hemlock and oak or from the
great forests still left to us. Great tex
tile manufactures supply cloth and
thread; mines, furnaces and FORCES COM
bine to furnish nail or wire. A hundred
machines have been invented, one of
which has changed the whole course of
great Industry and produced large
cities. Through scores of processes,
the forty-four pieces of pair of shoes
require to bring them together the CO.
operation of fifty men, women and chill
dren; the division of labor is pursued to
the utmost, demanding in turn for its
successful maintenance The dispersion
of product the world over; until, as
result. you, well-shod reader, can buy
for three dollars what would have cost
your forefather six.
As the reader buys pair Of shoes his
next pair may at the same moment DO
lodging the lasso OF the cowboy OF
some far-away plain. or perhaps be in
process of slaughter at Chicago Tho
perishable beef promptly reaches the
market, and one day soon you dine
from fat, juicy roast, little thinking
as you smack your lips after dinner that
the fine, pliable skin which once pro-.
tected the delicate morsel may at some
time contribute to your outward COM
fort. Stranger things have happened.
The skins or hides meantime are salt
ed, and the buyer Of sailed hides sends
part of them, say, to. Peabody, Mass,
to be tanned for upper leather, and the
rest TO central New York, to be tanned
for ss.ie-leather. Il VI Neuh0K la
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

More than 5000 horses die every
week in London. This is what makes
alligator leather SO cheap over there
Philadelphia Press.
An old maid in Nashville keeps a
parrot which swears, and a monkey
which chews tobacco. She SAYS, be-
tween the two, she doesn't miss hus-
band very much. Merchant Traveller.
1t is said that when the left ear
burns somebody is talking i'll about
you; and you may have noticed that the
left ear burns about ninety per cent.
oftener than the right ear N. y
| Herald.
"A young man who left home in
Connecticut several years ago to seek
his fortune, recently wrote from Texas
saving: Il have settled here" 1t has
since transpired that he was right. He
had settled at twenty cents on the dol
lar.
"A Pittsburgh woman shot and killed
a man in that town recently because she
..loved him." 1t is pleasant, no doubt,
to be loved, but this business of having
| it shot into fellow is accompaa ied BY
its disadvantages. - burlington Xack-
| eye.
Can any one explain why New
England school-rnarm walks around
chair before she sits DOWN. BROOKLYN
Times. Certainly. 1t is to get on the
other side. We never like to see any
one in doubt when it lies in our power
to relieve his anxiety. Boston Post.
Some people make a mistake in
confounding the word .'pleasantries''
with humorous. There is fine dis
tinction to be drawn. Many editors
have lost their positions by getting u
humorous paragraph in pleasantly
column.-Peck's Sun.
"A gentleman was telling tale Of
deep distress to a Quaker, one day, and
concluded by saying: II could not but
feel for him. 'sVerily, friend. replied
the Quaker 'thou didst right in that
thou didst feel for thy neighbor; but
didst thou feel in the right placed idst
thou feel in thy pocket"
THE only serious mistake I made
during my professional career" re-
marked a physician, twas when cut
! the wrong leg off q patient. 1t resulted
in losing both legs, poor fellow" Il
suppose when he learned Of your mis-
take he became very indignant, and
made great kick, didn't hep" Well.
yes, he became very indignant, but he
didn't make q great kick. ~. y
Sun.
Now, sir, said the Prosecutino
Attorney, ponpously, '.you are . raif.
road man, you say. Now, sir, let's see
how much you know about your bus;-
ness, Sr. What motive, sir. has yonr
company for running its trains THROUGH
the city faster than the ordinances d.
CREEP" what motive?' Yes, sir. what
motive? Come sir!' WHY. iocomo.
tive. / should say The witness was
ftned far contempt of court. IS CHICAGO
News.
There is story Of . man who was
tried for stealing pair Of trousers. He
was ably defended and the jury broucht
in verdict Of not guily, The prisoners
counsel collected his fes and then said
| to the vinilicated statesman: .sWell. cet
out You're free. ssrll wait iii ~
goes" returned the victim 81 Islander,
pointing 70 the plaintiff. II don't want
him to see me ..Why not 2n s.Capss
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
QUEER THINGS IN PAWN.

False Teeth, skeletons and Babies offered
by Impecunious Capitalists.
A well dressed man entered Market
street pawn shop last night, and quietly
putting his hand to his mouth took out
full set of upper teeth, bound together
with plate of pure gold. After he had
rubbed them on his handkerchief he
handed them shyly to the clerk, and said
in stage whisper:
Five dollars"
The clerk handed the man the money
and a ticket and he slipped quietly out
of the door.
That mans been here three times
to-day" said the clerk. 1.-The first time
he left his watch and chain. The Sec
ond time he left his diamond stud and
ring. I've advanced him money on his
false teeth before. He's poker player.
He'll be back for the teeth and the 9TH
er things Monday or Tuesday.
do you usually loan money on false
teethp" was asked.
mo, not often. Some pawnbrokers
do. A couple of medical students used
to come here who got hard up about
once month. Once they had pawned
alltheir spare clothing aud all their jew
elry and books and instruments. A
couple of nights after they came here
with long bundle wrapped in gossa-
mer coat. They told me they wanted
ten dollars very badly. l opened the
long bundle and found human skele-
ton. All the bones were strung on sill
yer wire. Knowing them well ] let them
have the money and carried the skele-
ton up stairs in the store room, where it
stood in corner for month before
they came after it. Several times have
had women try. to pawn babies. It's a
common thing for men to come in here
OH bitter cold days and take off their
overcoats aud pawn them. A handsome
young woman walked in here this morn
ing, and, tab 'ng or sealskin sacque,
pawned il fos ten dollars. ~ Philadel-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
VOLUME XVI.
GIVEN AND TAKEN.

Smoothing soft the nesting head
OF a maiden fancy-ied,
Thus the grave-eyed woman said:
"Richest gifts are those we make,
Bearer than the love we take
That we give for loves own sake.
"Well know the hearts unrest;
Mine has been the common quest
To be loved and therefore blest.
"Favors undeserved we're mine;
At my feet as on shrine
Love has laid its gifts divine,
Sweet the offerings seemed, and yet
With their sweetness came regret,
And sense of unpaid debt.
"Heart of mine unsatisfed,
Was it vanity or pride
That a deeper JOY denied?
"Hands that ope but to receive,
Empty close; they only live
Richly who can richly give.
'.Still," she sighed, with moistenIng eyes,
Love Is sweet in any guise;
But its best is sacrificed
HE who, giving does not crave,
Likest Is to Him who gave
Life itself the loved to save.
Love that self-forgetful gives
Sows surprise of ripened sheayes,
Late or soon its own receives"
John Greenteof Whittier, N. Y. Independent
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
VALUE OF LABOR.

How Labor May Increase the Value OF
Metal to More Than Forty Times its First
Cost.
A school reading-book of the last
generation had an article on the me-
chanic arts in which was remarkable
statement of the immense increase of
value impaired to a pound of iron when
manipulated and manufactured into
watch springs. The illustration was
misleading because it left out all the ex-
pense of conversion from crude iron to
spring steel, and took no account of the
inevitable enormous waste of material;
the idea conveyed was that the CONVEX
sion of single pound of iron into a
pound of watch springs was possible.
But the increased value of a product
of manufacture by labor can be illus
trated by an example that is open to no
objection or overstatement. A piece of
steel bar, square, three-eighths of an
inch diameter and two inches long,
worth perhaps half cent, can be in
creased to more than forty times its in
itial value by labor. A single blow of
drop hammer on the heated steel
punches the central portion against the
sides and forms the steel into a hol-
lowed parallelogram; another blow
forms the outside, so that the squared
ends become rounded or shaped
like the bows of boat; a final
blow completes the shape into that
of a sewing shuttle. The forging
is then placed in die under pow
erful press to compact its substance
is finished on buff wheel, is drilled,
fitted with a .tension spring and is ready
for sale, bringing at Wholesale from
twenty to thirty cents. = Scientific diner
icdn.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

I'm cemetery in France one reads:
"Here lies Gabrielle, my adored wife.
She was an angel. Never shall be
consoled for her loss.n On the same
stone: Here lies Henrietta, my second
wife. She was also an angel.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

Boston is believed to have mors
music teachers than any other CITY in
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NY LITTLE HERO.

know . little hero whose face is brown with
But through it shines the spirit that makes the
boy a man;
a spirit strong and sturdy, a will to win it's way.
II does me good to look at him and watch him
day by day.
for bread
She's a dear, good mother!!' the littlc fellow
And then his eyes shone brighter-God bless
the little man!
And he added: s'Cause Ilove her I help her all
All! that's the thing to do, boys, to prove the
love you bear
To the mother who has kept you in long and
loving care.
Make all her burdens lighter; help every way
You can
70 pay the debt you owe her, as does my little
man.
-Eben Il Rexford in New York independent
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General CONVERSATIONS,

There are in existence rather more
than forty Egyptian obelisks. OF these
England possess z, America 1, Germany
1, France 2, Italy (including Rome,
which has 12) II, and Constantinople Q
The remainder, many Of which are fall.
en- or broken, are still in Egypt. The
smallest IS the Lepsius obelisk in the
Royal Museum at Berlin, which is two
feet enc and o half inches high and
weighs 200 pounds the largest, unfinish.
ed, OF Assouan, still in quarries at Syene,
the estimated weight Of which is rather
more than 100000 pounds. -Ex.
change.
Key West, which has q population Of
Is, 900, is r of the most peculiar cite.
in the world. 1t has no chimneys, no
show windows, no brick blocks, no fine
buildings, no planning mills, no steam
mills, no machine shops, no farmers
driving in with loaded teams, no country
roads, no railroads, no rattle of machin.
cry, no noise of any kind, except the
beating ofthe wave against the coral
bound shores, and yet, for its size,
does a very large manufacturing and
shipping business.
Here is a description of a Chinese
brides dress: It was of pale blue hi;
long, trimmed with rare old toyah,
while the trousers we're of six full
lengths of yellow sigee. Her hair was
dressed o la Hong Kong, there beng
no bangs of any description. Her
charming little feet were half hidden in
o bewitching pair Of silk slippers,
with the heels knocked off. The vision
Of loneliness was placed in a closed
carriage and driven to the apartments
ofthe bridegroom, who was wondering
what sort Of companion his relatives
and friends had selected for him. He,
Of course, had never seen her.