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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-04
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A new drama is called 1.-THE Skat-
ing Rink The actors are STUDYING
their roles and have begun to tumble to
the business of the piece. Boston Com
nerciat- Bulletin.
You may speak," said a fond
mother, 'about people having strength
of mind, but when it comes to strength
of don't mind my son William surpasses
everybody / ever knew N. r. Mail
and cypress"
-Enfant Terrible-"Say, Mr.. Snobby,
can you play cardsP' snobby--why,
no, Johnny, can't play very well"
E T.--"Well, then, you'd better look
out, for ma says if Emma plays her
cards we'll she'll catch you. "-Lsfe
-"Shall put a small or big head on
this articlep" asked the telegraph editor.
Just then poet timidly opened the
door, and the managing editor sang
out: ''Put big head on it, The poet
ducked back and went rapidly down
stairs.-N. Y. Sun.
"A monthly journal published in
Paris is devoted to nothing but the art
of stamp collecting" There are quite
a number of daily and weekly
journals in this country devoted mainly
to the same thing; but some of them
lose more stamps than they collect
Norrist0Wn Herald
English at the universities: First
undergraduate (reading): Twill this
do, GusP Mr.. Smith presents his COM
pliments to Mr.. Jones, and finds he has
a cap which isn't mine. So, il you have
a cap which isn't his, no doubt they are
the ones Second undergraduates:
20. yes! first rate. y London Punch.
The shortest letter ever sent was as
follows: Dear Som" and the shortest
reply was: Dear Father 1t turns
out that the father meant, Dear Son =
Send my coal on" and that the reply
of the son, who was coal dealer, was:
Dear Father Coal on" Semi-colon
and colon never before had been put to
such use.-Golden Days.
"A girl was attacked with fits in
laundry at Lansingburg the other after
noon. The attack so exc ted the other
female employees in the shop that soon
eight were Frustrated by illness. One
was SO seriously affected it was feared
she would die. and clergyman was
sent Troy Times.
Hash has saved the lives OF great
many people by their not eating it.
Hash is noun, common-in boarding
houses-often parsed and frequently de.
clined. neuter gender, singular case.
Shakespeare had it in mind when be
wrote'of ''mincing matters" Hash IL
like good many other things lit has to
be taken largely on faith. Many people
object to it, when they are not in reality
accustomed to anything better. Those
who are continually clamoring 10,
better fare should eat sawdust, which i
really fine board. - Troy Times
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THE DAIRY.

Filthy stables may cause seUrtiun
In cows, says dairyman. but the claim
is not given as a certainty. Filthy
stables are, however, an abomination al
all times.
A correspondent asks how to keen
and ship milk without having it churn.
Well, the night milk must be kept cool,
aud the morning milk is shipped right
OF. 1t will not churn. The motion il
not sufficient.
AT the Maine State College, during
an experiment made to test the quality
OF cream from twenty cows, the yield
in amount of cream and percentage OF
butter differed greatly, no two giving
the same results.
Good dairying fits admirably into
mixed farming. There is suitable re-
turn made to the land in the wav of
manure, and the waste in the manufac-
ture of butter is great help in the
feeding of the calves and pigs.-E1-
change.
The udders of heifers should be
handled before they have had their first
calf. 1t certainly makes them gentle,
and prevents any trouble when actual
milking takes place. And then there
are those who believe that this gentle
manipulation stimulates the growth of
the organ. 1t has been observed that
when calves suck each other the udders
grow more rapidly.
An Ohio dairyman, speaking of the
proftableness of winter dairying, re-
marks that the time will never como
when winter. dairying shall be over
done, we do not say, but it seems as re-
mote as the time when candidates for
for political Office will be few and UNI
willing. With warm, well-lghted,
clean stables. plenty of early-cut and
well-cured grass, supplemented with
the contents of good silo and we'll
filled root cellar, the comfort, health
and profit of the cows should be no
more problematical in winter than in
summer. That the plan is practicable
is attested by over 800 creameries that
are being run all the year round in the
Northern States. and the number il
rapidly increasing.
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HOW TO MILK.
Carelessness, Neglect and Brutality VIII
Ruin Mixers.

Carelessness, Neglect and brutality VIII
Ruin Mixers.
1t is not every dairyman who knows
how to milk-some can not, and others
will not learn. Vast numbers of good
cows are ruined every year by careless
ness, by neglect and by brutality Of
mixers. The manner of milking and
the circumstances connected Herewith,
are often not understood, not fully
appreciated by dairymen. heard
two farmers recently comparing the
yield of milk from their respective
herds for the past season. The receipts
of one were about third more than
those of the other, and the latter said:
II can not understand this; my feed,
my water supply and my cows are as
good as yours" The reply was Yes,
but when my mixers 90 to milk, they
understand that it means business.
any price, and talk this over when
hire him, and he understands what
will have" 1t was evident the subject
had value which carried conviction.
The quantity of milk that COW gives
depends much upon the mode, time and
regularity of milking. Cows do best
that have one regular mixer, and
the time of milking should be carefully
attended to, and not be subject to varia-
ton from day to day. The udder should
be brushed, and'in case of any dirt on
it should be cleansed by washing with
a cloth and water; for if the COW has
been driven through any muddy place
and thus become besmeared, any dirt
accidentally falling into the pail will
communicate its faint to the milk.
Wetting the hands and teats with milk
before milking is a very bad practice.
This should always be avoided, both for
the comfort of the animal and the clean
illness of the milk. The mixer should
have short finger nails, for long nails
will be sure to hurt the teats and cause
irritation to the cow. There are two
methods of milking. The one may be
called stripping or catching the teat
between the finger and thumb and strip
ping down the whole length Of the teat.
TIL plan is not to be recommended.
The better way is to grasp the teat, one
in each hand, diagonally across the bag.
and press on the milk. the second, third
and fourth fingers doing the main work,
while the upper portion of the hand and
first finger prevent the milk from re-
turning to the udder; the milk should be
drawn rapidly, and the udder COM
pletely emptied of its contents. In the
flush of the season, or when cows are
yielding the most milk, from eleven to
twelve cows per hour will be about tho
rate for a. competent hand.-Fars,
Field and Forge.
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SKINNED MILK.


IT.. v.In~ for F~><y,r~ carv.s .~a r~-
Best to Feed II.
neutrality-suspicious..
n b"''ei na',y man aSAs "na' Vaius
can be practicaiiy put upon SKINNED
milk for feeding pigs or calves, and how
best to feed it.
This question of value has not been
accurately settled, and vet, perhaps. We
can approximate to it nearly as well as
we can to the value of any food. Prof.
Roberts gives it as his opinion that
sweet skinned milk is worth, to feed
good breed of pigs, one cent per Quart.
Prof. Manly Miles, in experiments made
some fifteen years since, in feeding piQs
six weeks old at the beginning, found
that it took, to make one pound gain in
weight, the first week 6.76 pounds Of
skim-milk; the second week z. Is pounds;
third and fourth weeks 1912 pounds.
This would be an average of about two
quarts for the four weeks to produce
each pound gain in weight; making the
milk worth, to feed pigs that age, about
one ard half cents per quart. But it
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-04

Bonnets made up Of some fancifu)
fabric over frame Of wires are to be
used for dress occasions, and these arc
marked by an abundance Of color and
gay contrasts; indeed, monotone bon
net is the exception instead Of the rule
as it was last year. The new feature n
making such bonnets is to arrange M
material in lengthwise pleats or n !
soft puff down each side, beginujno ~
the top, and crossing from back to ffont
extending to the lowest edge on the sldes.
When this is done with one Of the: ~,
mine scarfs OF many colors the pointed
ends are first adjusted in loops 81 q !
top. and the scarf is then gathered 8
else laid in three lengthwise pleats be-
low; the middle Of the crown Is covere
with velvet. over which this scarf =.
Tapped, and some loops of velvet ribbo,.
are added on top. Still mora dress<
b0nnets are made of the embroideret:
ak muslin SCARF. and to these Are
added lunches Of flowers OF sanSla
tssther aigrette, Harrsrs' Basar, 3
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-04
RECKONING TIME.
The Methods of Marking the Passage
Time by Various Peoples.

The Methods OF Marking the Passage OF
Time by Various Peoples.
Among many peoples the modes of
reckoning time do not deserve the
name of system. The Otaheitans used
the changes of the moon and the growth
of the bread fruit; the Makha Indians
on Cape Flattery the moon and the
seasons, of which latter they distin-
guished two, the cold and the warm;
The Muysca Indians, according to Hum
boldt, had 81 lunar months in their
cycle. and 20 of these cycles formed q
larger one. Where there were no re-
ligiOus festivals connected with the new
or the full moon, people gave up the
luni-solar year altogether and adopted
the solar year only, combining themselves
to bringing day and night into con-
nection with it as far as possible, and
paying no regard to the moons course.
1t was soon found that the solar year
was approximately 365 days in length,
and this we find first in the year of
the ancient Egyptians. They divided
their solar year of 365 DAYS into
~ months. each of 80 DAYS,
to which they added supple
mentary days. The years were counted
according to the reigns. and the Canon
of Ptolemy is chronological table Civ
ing the commencing years of the vari-.
Gus kings. The same form of year is
found among the Persians,. with the
difference that the supplementary days
are added to the eighth and not to the
twelfth month. Their months had
names. not numbers, and their years
were reckoned from the accession Of
Sezdegird, an era from which the Per-
slams, especially in some parts of India,
still count their years. It is remarka-
bic that so inexact year, originating
so long ago. should have existed through
centuries down to our own day, al
though its incorrectness was early
recognized. The Egyptians, for whom
the time of the rising of the
Nile, at the ascent of Sirius,
was of great Importance, noticed
soon the occurrence came later and
later in their year; on New Years Day
four years later it was the second day,
eight years the third. and SO on. On
this they based the Sothis, or Dog-star
period of 1,461 Egyptian years, in the
course of which Sirius rose SUCCESSFULLY
on every day of the year. Then came
the knowledge of the year of 1851 days,
which is tolerably exact, and Of this
there are several forms of years. In
Egypt the change to the more exact
reckoning was accomplished in simple
way Christian at Work.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-04
SCIENCE.
The Talent for the Pursuit of Scientific
knowledge Generally Hereditary.

AsAO AeACoe eVH eac r Oh 6ci8U BAE14
Knowledge Generally Hereditary.
A somewhat remarkable event 90
CURED in 1884, in the history of the
University of Edinburgh. That institu-
ton had been in existence for a hundred
years before a single chair in medicine
was instituted in it. 1t was now that
Sir Robert Sibbald, famous as q natur-
alist and an antiquarian. was appointed
professor Of the healing art. The medi.
cal faculty in the University, which had
SO humble beginning, has grown with
wonderful rapidity, for it has now some
sixteen professors and more than seven
teen hundred students. In another
department of science several members
of Scottish family were making the
name of Gregory known in divers parts
of the world. 1t is remarkable that in
different universities three brothers
held chairs of mathematics. Their
father is said to have been the first
owner of barometer in Scotland. and
being able to foretell the weather, made
a narrow escape of being prosecuted
for witchcraft One of the sons
was the inventor of the rejecting
telescope, which gave him a familiarity
with the stars unknown to pro-
fessional astrologers. His birthplace
was the old manse of Drumoak, on the
banks of the Dee, few miles above
Aberdeen; but little could he have
dreamed as he sported in his boyhood
near the bright and rapid river. that
two hundred years afterward, far up
among the mountains and beyond what
were then the outskirts of civilization,
the Queen of England would build .
castle on its banks and WOO in these re-
mote wilds the calm and domestic life
which eluded her grasp in the older pal
ace Of the Empire. Strange to tell, a
man who had made so remarkable use
Of his eyes was struck with blindness
while observing the satellites of Jupiter,
at the early age of thirty-seven and died
few days afterward. His sad lot re-
minds us of Beethoven and his deafness.
Down through son and grandson passed
the hereditary talent, science, and the
hereditary claim to professorships. Our
minds are carried back to Sir Isaac
Newton and the foundations he was lay
ing SO firmly of the empire of physical
science, which had grown so wonder
fully since his day. Some may be dis
posed to contrast the calm pursuit Of
science, as followed by these men, with
the heated conflicts of the religious
world. But the philosophers were not
always so calm, after all One of the
Gregorys who had philosophical dis
pute with Huygens, showed no small
heat in maintaining his ground. And
as for the church, the blame of the
strife was no more to be laid to her
charge than, in the Apocalyptic vision,
the blame of the commotion that fol-
lowed the birth of her child was to be
laid to the charge of the woman at
whose side stood the great red dragon
ready to devour her child as soon as it
should be born.-Prof Blathie, in the
Quiver
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-04
A SERIOUS CHARGE.

He 10 tender and gentle and ssoA 10 me al
w0yS:
Iheve loved him from girlhood, shall love
him TIL death.
The home he has made me q true lovers
Eden,
Except FOR serpent that's lurking beneath /;
Here SIT and embroider, paint plaques, and
write poetry,
wife;
But when rush to him and ask if he love
me,
He kisses me. saying: "You bet your sweet
o, how can bear III For love IL so serious,
SO sweet, and SO solemn, that cruel the
p0ug
The true heart must feel when its deepest
Outpouring
n met in such fashion with testing and
slang.
But the end is approaching, and, cen though
III leave him, since surely he has no re-
gard
Tor his wife-or to-day when asked IL he
loved me
He'd never have answered-"why, cert,
little pardl"
Adam Clark, In Hdtctet
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URBAN GROWTH.
The Enormous Aggregation of Population
and Wealth In Cities.

The Enormous Aggregation of Population
and Wealth In Cities.
The enormous aggregations of popu-
lation and wealth are not confined to
our coast-line cities, but are true of all
centers of trade in the interior of the
country. Recent statistics show that
while our agricultural population has
increased four per cent, our urban or
city population has increased nineteen
per cent. The recent discussion in
England as to the basis of representa-
ton in Parliament under the new Dis
tribution Bill have revealed some
curious facts. The vast majority of
members of Parliament will be from
the cities, for the reason that the British
Islands are now dominated by groups
Of populated centers. 1t has been found
that the rural districts proper have de-
creased in number, that the villages and
small towns contain fewer inhabitants,
but there has been an enormous increase
in cities of 100,0 900 population and over.
But the heaviest percentage of growth
has been in the very largest cities like
London, but more particula ly in the
suburbs--the ring of towns Immediately
adjacent to the large cities. The su-
perior attractiveness OF great cities over
rural districts to human beings is be-
cause man is naturally gregarious--he
longs to be with his fellows. Tie null
tiphcation aud diversity of modern
industries permit men and women to
follow their natural bent. wnich is,
to make their way TO the most at-
tractve Of the human hive. This ten
dency to aggregate in largo csnters
OF population Is - marked on the
continent Of Europa a II is in the
British lsls. and the United statea.--
0asuoeeaf' Mosafhla
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-04
THE GRAND TOUR.
How an Excursionist Visited the Historical
Points Of Interest in the Old World, and
How He Profited by His Visit.

How an Excursionist Visited the Historical
Points Of Interest In the Old World, and
How He Profited by His visit.
II see," said a man, addressing an
acquaintance with whom he was walk
ing along the street, ''that they are get
ting up another one of those cheap ex-
cursions to Europe. Ever 60 on one Of
themp"
mo, did your
ibid Ip Well, yes. My great de-
sire to visit the old country robbed me
of sleep. thought that if could just
go to England and catch up handful
of the soil which the great poets have
trod, 1 would be the happiest man in
the world. l met the excursion party at
New York. We were to be furnished
an excellent guide, and / suppose we
were. When we got on the ship the
guide said: This is the ship and that
water out yonder is the ocean. The
town you have just left is New York.
That thing over yonder is another ship.
See that up therep It's a bridge. See
the tug? That thing it drags along is
ship. Hear that noisep It's bell.
Somebody's ringing it. If nobody
were to ring it, you couldn't hear
it. Well, now we are going.
That Kissing noise is made by the
steam. Here we go. You see we have
left New York. This was certainly in
structive, but a little too chatty, /
thought. We were to visit all the great
places of historical interest, and was
glad that our guide was so willing to
explain every thing. When we disem-
barked at Liverpool he hurried us to the
railroad and then into. q number of
clothes closets. This is a train said
he. Now we are going. That's En-
gland on this side, and this over here is
also England Here's station. That
noise you heard was caused by some
one slamming door. He'll slam it
again after awhile. Here we 90 toward
London When we arrived in the great
city he hurried us to q hotel. He
seemed to think we were all children.
Early the next morning he came around
an<said that he was ready to show us
the sights. Put us in hacks and had us
hauled around. 'Yonder is the Tower
Of London said he. Couple of young
STEERS murdered there some time ago.
English papers haven't got hold of the
news yet Was published in America
some years ago All, here's Westmin-
ster Abbey! Lot of old fellows buried
in there. Belonged to the first families
of Virginia, l believe. Yonder's the
Parliament House. Pretty good-s,ze
shanty, you observe. Well. let's go
back to the hotel. You have seen Lon
don, so tomorrow we start for France.
That's the way it was during the entire
time, and when returned home ]
didn't know a. much about Europe IS
did before I started on the great tour. :
Ark0nsasc Travetsr.
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The reason that it is not healthy to
breathe through the mouth is, that 1.-THE
air is better warmed when taken into
the lungs through the nose. owing to
the heat Of the blood in that organ, and
becxase the capillary projections in its
cavity catch all the deleterious matte,
and throw it out. Chicago Times.
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MoRGANTOWN WEST VIRGINIA. SATURDAY April. 4 1885,

sire to travel. Then you can satisfy
your curiosity without undergoing the
privations that one must meet who goes
as did and hundreds of others have
done, and come back to tell and record
such experiences as they never would
have passed through had they had the
slightest idea Of what was before them"
Detroit Free Press
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"A genuine crocodile has been cap
cured in Florida waters. at the mouth
Of Juniper Creek. 1t was eighteen feet
eight inches in length. which at the
middle Of ths body was larger than an
Ordinary barrel and weighed something
over Gov pounds, :
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-04

There is dema and for something
new In the way OF sauces, writes :
millionaire caterer. The sauce fur.
nished by the average servant girl seelrs
y be getting old. Boston POSI-.
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TWASN'T HERE.

The Sad-Eyed Stranger who Was Look
ing for Mate.
He stood with back to the railing on
the ferry dock. bribing the sun to shine
down on his rheumatic points, when q
second man came strolling up, and thav
saluted:
"Howdy, Captain9"
"Howdy, Captain?"
They had scarcely started conversation
when the third man appeared, and this
time it was:
Morning, Captain"
Morning, Captain"
Captains White and Smith, good
morning to YOU
In the course Of three or four min-
utes man walked out of a saloon a
hundred feet away, and as he came
sauntering down it was:
"Ah--ha. Captain!"
Hello! Captain"
"Ah! Captain, glad to see your
Captains Smith, White and Green,
good morning"
The same programme was continued
until seven Captains" stood rubbing
their backs on the railing. A stranger
who had observed the various meetings
and heard each man addressed by his
title suddenly began looking around and
making inquiries for the Harbor-
Masters grappling-hoo
What's up? What dye want of the
grapplersp" asked one.
II want to recover the body Of the
poor fellow"
...Whop"
why. being you are all Captains it
is likely the mate fell of the deck before
any Of you got here! I'm going to ind
one somewhere, even if at the bottom OF
the river!'
They all looked at him for dread-
fully long time without as much as
winking. ard when he moved away not
man OF them betrayed himself, al
though there was only ono man in the
lot entitled to be called Captain. DE.
troll Il re, Press.
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