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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22
About Cellars.

A cellar should be dry, light, and
airy. II the soil is moist 1t should be
drained all around the house by deep
trench at least two feet below the level
of the cellar floor. This drain should
have safe outlet The cellar should
be not less than seven feet deep In the
clear. and the floor should be covered
with cement A wooden floor cannot
be healthful. The walls should be laid
up with good lime mortar, thus prevent
ing the entrance of vermin. There
should be windows on every side to let
in abundance of light and air, and the
top of each window should reach near
to the ceiling TO afford an easy outlet to
the air. The windows need not be large
if they are sufficient In number, and the
stills should be foot above the ground
outside. Areas around the windows
are Objectionable rs they admit the
dampest air which floats upon the sur
face of the ground. ~ Y. TIMES.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

An old '49er says OF gold hunting:
"It's the fascination of it. Lor', man,
when you've struck it pretty rich and
can see yer gold right in front of yer;
when you're piling 1t up every half hour
O. the day. with nugget now and
again as big as a bullet to cheer you,
and then when the evenin' comes and
you count it up and find a hundred odd
dollars just picked out O. the earth that
day there amt nothin' like it.
Then when you don't strike it rich you
always think you're going to next day,
an IT'S just as excitin' hearin' other
men tell In the evenin' what they pulled
out as it is countin' over your own.
Why. I've been three or four months at
. time without making 3 iaslar, and
without cent in my pocket, but gee
whitaker! the excitement of it don't
give man twice to think how hard up
he is. "-E9changs.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22
DECORATING HOUSES.


The various Devices for Beautffying the
Interior Of Household.
Flowers begin to appear in the win
dow boxes of houses. and new blinds
and curtains lend their aid to brighten
up architecture. Old pattern window
blinds are now being replaced By q
pretty material with conventional
floral pattern printed on il in blue. terra
Gotta and other colors. and finished off
with deep fringe to match the color
Of the blinds.
For the dining-rooms or other rooms
on ground floors, which can be over
looked by persons passing in the streets.
the old horse hair blinds have quite
disappeared, their place being taken by
curtains OF figured Indian muslin (shoft
ones. the length only Of the lower sash
esq, edged with lace and fastened back
with broad ribbon or small handker-
chief Of Indian silk of terra Gotta or
peacock blue or other artistic eelcr. On
the window sill. between the curtains
thus looped back. there may be placed
a large ornamental flower pot, with a
palm, of some foliage plant. such as
Aspidistra, Drac@na, india-rubbeY,
Aucuba, Thuja, etc.
The old familiar CRY at this time OF
the year, Ornaments for your fire
stoves is no longer heard. A Japan
ese fan on stand, or two Japanese
hand screens crossed, and in the center
a china flower pot, with arum, Lilium
auratum. or some such flower looks
well. Another good way of treating
the fireplace is to have board made to
exactly fit the opening, the board to be
covered with velvet or plush. with
small shelves secured to II to receive
knick-naeks or articles OF vertu, and
this arrangement has the appearance Of
being continuation Of the mantel
piece shelves, If the room is fitted with
an over mantel. In front of this the
new screen writing table may be
placed, and the table will be found very
useful as well as ornamental.
Invention seems to have no end in the
matter of lamp and candle shades. For
lamp shades the silk and lace trimmed
parasol ones get larger and more elab-
crate, and for candle shades exact rep
tuin, or OF monkeys head, or enlarged
colored pansies, or of butterflies are
much in vogue. Another form of the
candle shades-or candle screens, as
they should be called, for they only
shade one side of the flame-are small
colorcd paper screens having In the CEN
ter a transparent medallion with a
group of Kate Greenaway figures.
which, with the light shining through
them, are seen to advantage.
The newest wall pockets are either
plush, embroidered with bright colored
flowers In the shape of an envelope
with the flap cut of, or small baskets
made TO hang on the wall and fitted
with pincushfon, scissors, etc. Our
grandmothers used to say every woman
should be provided In every room with
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22
Some Things Education Can't Reach.


There's some things" said Broad
way policeman the other day as he
mopped his brow carefully. (which
makes me feel as II there wasn't no use
spreadin' edjercation and SIGH like with
lavish hand in this great country.
Peoples so internally ignorant of COM
mon things. Now stood on this cor
ner about half an hour ago watchin' an
umbrellar family tryin' to cross the
street"
what kind of familye"
"A numbrellar family. Father.
mother an nice, large, fat. pious son.
Every one of them had big new UNI
brell, an they carried the umbrellas open
to perfect themselves from the sun. The
sun was shinin' at an angle of about
forty-five degrees. but that bloomin'
family insisted upon holdin' its umbrells
straight up in the air. They paraded up
Broadway three abreast, with their big
umbrellas an three red mugs, which was
drippin' wet The sun fell on them like
furnace, but they stalked on on the
sunny side of the street until lost to
view. tho still to memory dear, an
SEE to myself, what's the good of edgur.
kation after all Brooklyn Eagle.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22
Suicides in Austria.

In Austria the dog-days appear to
have the curious effect of causing more
suicides than any other season of the
year. To-day Gully y several re-
markable cases are reported. In one
instance, cadet. aged twenty, living
in barracks in Vienna. put the muzzle
of his gun to his chin, and. pulling the
trigger, died instantly. Another case
is that of an artillery lieutenant at Cat
taro. who blew himself to pieces by
firing large cannon against himself in
a rather ingenious manner. In a third
case young man and girl jumped into
the Danube together. A fourth suicide
was that Of a sculptor who hanged him
self. These by no means exhaust to-
days list. At Prague two young lovers,
aged respectively sixteen and fifteen,
fastened themselves together with a
rope and then jumped into the Moldau.
At Pesth fashionable master tailor
ended his troubles by hanging himself
to bedpost, while waitress at Brunn
shot herself with a revolver. A son of
a rich Vienna merchant. aged twenty
one, and clerk also took Their lives
with revolvers. The latter gives as his
reason his inability to support his
parents owing to the smallness of his
salary, while the other was the victim
of so-called American duel Vienna
Cor. London Standard.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

Few people will be sorry that the
sunflower has been weeded out, the cat
tail relegated to its native swamps, the
straight Eastlake furniture sent to the
fourth story. The dull, dead shades
which were so wrongfully called aesthetic
are all out Of fashion. Drawing-rooms
and bathrooms now blaze with color;
red paint is freely used for the wood
work; bright cretonne. or tapestry, or
stamped wooden or silk, is put on the
walls or held down by mouldings of
bright-painted wood; ceilings are pa
pered with the most brilliant of tiles,
that is to say. paper initiating tiles,
Harper's Bazor.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

1T is a post-ofiice law in most coun-
tries that n letter once posted belongs to
the person TO whom it is addressed, not
to the writer. The law is good one,
but it has its Inconvenience. Not long
ago. a young lady came to the post
master Of small town In a condition
of the greatest confusion and distress,
and begged him to return to her a letter
which she had just posted. He ex-
planned to her that 1t was against the
rule for him TO do so; but, when she
confided to him that she had accident
ally sent an acceptance of the wrong
offer of marriage, he consented to break
the rule for once, and returned the let
ter,--N. Y. LedQer,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

"A new industry in the Southern
forests is the utilization of the needles
of the long-leaved pine-pinus palustris.
The leaves are soaked in u bath to re-
move the glazing, and then "crinkled"
for stufling cushions and other up
holstering purposes. They are specially
valuable on ship board and other
places where furniture is in danger of
becoming infested with insects. The
turpentne which remains in the leaves
makes most inhospitable abode for
these ANNOYING visitors.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

The will of the late Joseph W. Tor
rey, of Boston, contains the following
peculiar provisions: 81 declare that
none of my family shall make any
parade over my funeral or waste any
money in the purchase of mourning APP
parel. fully believing, from observation,
that widows weeds are too frequently
a badge of hypocrisy, and the more con-
spicuous the habiliments of woe the
more the insIncerity. "-Boston Journal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

For information concerning rates of fare
etc. call on or address the following agents
Albert Hutchinson, Fairchance; /. W. So
mans, ELEPHANTS; G. W. Conrad, Unintown; g.
Farr, Dunbar; David Barnes, Connellsvflle;
or Thomas E. Watt, Pass. Agent Western
District, Pittsburg, Pa.
CHAS. E. PUGH, Gen. Manager.
j. r. WOOD, Gen. Passenger Agent
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22
TEE eyes OF old age see best the danger.
Gus flaws of childhood.-N Y Post.


when 1t is the old fashioned blue masss
blue pill sort, and insist on using DIR.
Pierce's pheasant Purgative Pellets" q
modern medical luxury, being small,
sugar coated granules, containing the act
I've principles of certain roots and herbs,
and which will be found to contain as
much cathartic power as any of the old
fashioned, larger pills, without the latter's
violent, drastic effects. The pellets oper-
ate thoroughly but harmlessly, establish
ing permanently healthy action of the
stomach and bowels, and as an anti bilious
remedy are unequaled.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22
"a little fire is quickly trodden out

Which, belng sunered, rlvers can not quench."
Procrastination may rob you of time,
but by increased diligence you can make
up the loss; but If it rob you of life the
loss is irremodiable. If your health is
delicate, your appetite tickle, your sleep
being out of sorts, depend on it you are
seriously diseased In all such cases Dr..
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" will
speedily effect genuine, radical cure
make a new man OF you and save you
from the tortures Of lingering disease.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

There is such q thing as being
smothered In honey. A Kansas man
recently drew big prize in lottery,
aud the very same day his wife had
twins-both boys-his mother-in-law
was struck by lightning while in transit
10 pay him visit. and man who had
owed him nine dollars for ten years
sont along the money. - Chicdgo Ledger.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

"A Pennsylvania inventor has
patented step-ladder which is COM
bined with folding table and drawer
for holding small articles. The ladder
opens automatically and is made more
firm than step-ladders usually are
PhiiGdeLDhtG Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

TIE VoLrAIo BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich.s
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol
TAIc BELT and other ELECTRIc APPLIANCES
on trial for 30 days, 20 men tyoung or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
fly and all kindred troubles. Also forrheu-
matism, neuralgia ,paraly sis, and many 9TH
or diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as 30 days. trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

While digging on the site of the old
jail and tavern at Somcrvillc, N. j.,
lately, workmen found rusty pair of
shears, large key. "horse-head
penny" of the date of 1887. and an En-
glish penny of 1718.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22
A Russian Trick.

A number of Bashkirs have just been
brought to account for reducing the
size of their chests by semi-starvation
and other tricks, and thus obtaining
medical certificates of exemption. IN
Russia q conscript is rejected by the
doctors If his chest does not measure at
least half tho length Of his stature. In
one quarter only Of small district
there we're $50 men disqualified on this
sccount out Of 500, which fact led to y
strict investigation. It was found,
several months afterward. that those
rejected had quite recovered their nor
NAL healthy condition, and measured
round the chest even more than was
necessary. --Lossdon Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

Where you find one young man
who can, il he has to, saw wood TO raise
a family, you will find two others who
can display only white hands and talk
nonsense. = Chicago Ledger.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

ION, you can laugh" exclaimed Fon.
derson, with a show of impotence, "but
am not quite so much of a fool as you
think am" Tell you the TRUTH" said
Fogg. 81 didn't believe it could be posi-
BILE. "-BOstOn Transcript.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

AT a negro wedding, when the minister
read the words 'love, honor and obey"
the groom interrupted him and said:
"Read that agin, sab; read it wunce mo-,
SOS de lady kin ketch the full solemnity OF
de meanin!. Pse been married befo'.'yM
T. Sun.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

THIRTEEN has always been an unlucky
number. Adams thirteenth rib was the
cause of all his troubles. Chicago tribune.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

The business in which you know you
could make money is generally the other
man's.-BOst0n Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

SPEECH is certainly silver at the tele-
graph office. Ten words for a quarter
SOmeruille Journal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22
Pennsylvania Railroad
SOUTHWEST BRANCH.

The shortest route to all points East and
West. Four trains are run daily between
Uniontown and Pi1tsburg making close con-
nections at Greensburg with Main Line for
the East, and at Pittsburg Union Station for
the North, West and South.
All trains run on Eastern Standard Time.
On and after December TO- 1888, trains will
arrive and depart from stations as follows:
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

Piles, fistules and rupture rad
lcally cured. Book of particulars two LETT
ter stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

IT is useless to interrupt the course Of
true love. "a Liverpool woman, to relieve
her husband, who was charged with cut
ting off the end of her nose, swore that she
bit 1t off herself"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

PIXIES TooTHAcHE DROPS cure in m'nute25c.
Glenn's sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c-
GERMAN Com REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

A DENTIST says: "Teeth are like money
--hard to get, hard to keep and hard to
lose. philadelphia Call.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

THE butcher should always be placed on
Joint committees.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

THERE is marked difference between
getting up with the lark and staying up to
have one.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

A SHIP is called "she" because it always
has the last word. The ship is bound to
answer its helm every time.-Boston Tran
SCRIPT
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

THE st. Louis girls admire their own
feet. No doubt they are carried away
with Them Yonkers Statesman.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

THE Goddess of Liberty is to be married
to the Bey of New York. They will begin
light housekeeping N. Y Herald.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

THE BARRIERS trade is the best trade, for
it's always at the head.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

"THE Shamrock: pretense at kick
ing the cradle. Philadelphia Call.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

"A New York State dairy maid has
succeeded in milking nine COWS in
twenty-eight minutes. and that without
being kicked once. She'd probably 20
through her husbands wallet in I've
seconds. Dstrojt Frss Prssa
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

IT is a sad and solemn thought that
Franklin did not discover lightning until
after he was married. Fail River Advance
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

" afflicted with Sore Eyes. use Dr. Isaac
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell 1t. $50.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

DOES the man who puts the powder In
the flre-cracker fllibustcrf-C Chicago sun
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

A HuMoRfsr doesn't write for money but
" in st for the fun of It,"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

Through Tickets and Baggage
Cheoks to all Principal Points,
Can be obtained at any Ticket Once, G. ]. st.
L. & c. Ry, also ia this line AZ all Coup n
Ticket Offices tho ghout the country.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

JOHN EGAN, Gen Pass, and Tiki, Agent,
CINCINNATI, O.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-22

gSee Agents of this Company for Rates,
Route, &c. or write
w. H. PAGE, IT,, Pass, Agent.
N. ". Cor, Fourth l. Vine Sts., ncinnau. o.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-03
Music Boxes.

"There are a good many facts about
music boxes that the public is not aware
Of, remarked dealer to a reporter for
the New York Mall and Erpess. In the
first place they were invented one hun
dred years ago and in Switzerland.
They all come from that country. even
at the present time. ''Why9 Because
the labor required to make them is toe
costly in this country. The length Of
time music box will play varies con-
siderably. They are furnished with one,
two or four powerful springs and will
play for four, six, eight, fifteen, TWEEN
ty-five or seyenty-ive minutes, accord
ing to the size Of the box and the num-
ber of springs it is divided with. Asa
rule the works are enclosed in highly
polished inlaid cases Of variety of rich
woods. They never require tuning, as
many people suppose, but if the simple
instructions which accompany each box
are followed, they viii last lifetime,
requiring, like a clock, only an occasional
cleansing. There are a number Of cautions
which should be told to every one who
owns music box. Under no circum.
stances should it be moved while it il
playing; it should never be allowed Il
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-03
A Managerie in His Stomach.

DR.. Rowles, Of the marine hospital,
Chicago, tells Of singular occurrence
in connection with an operation recently
performed at the hospital Some time
ago sailor applied for admission. He
was tall, lank and cadaverous, and was
suffering from an almost perpetual pain
in the stomach. At some times he
would be seized with frightful convul-
sions, and nothing seemed to allay his
sufferings but food. He had a ravenous
appetite, and could eat hearty meal
dozen times day. The doSfors, after
long course of treatment, succeeded in
taking from the man tape worm and
also snake thirteen inches long resem-
bling a monstrous angle worm. The
physicians were somewhat astonished at
finding so strange a resident as the snake
in the mans stomach, but they were
quite dumbfounded by the startling
phenomenon that presented itself soon
after. While examining the reptile, the
physicians found that it was actually
giving birth to another claimant for the
vast quantity Of food devoured BY the
unfortunate Jack tar They could ac-
count for the appearance of the snake in
the mans stomach, but that a reptile,
which when quite small had found its
way there should increase to its present
size, and also have young was problem
which they were unable to solve.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-03
Facts About Flags.

Flags form one of the most interesting
subjects of study in the world, for the
changes in them mark epochs of history.
For instance, the present beautiful tri-
color of France, which succeeded the
white field with the golden lilies, was
formed by the combination of the colors
of the city Of Paris. red and blue, with
the white Of the house Of Bourbon.
Every schoolboy remembers that the
founder of that house 'tbound a snow
white plume upon his helmet crest :"
What is now called the ftunion" of the
British flag once consisted only Of the
cross of St. George. Then the cross of
St.FAndrew was added to it, and finally
the cross of St. Patrick, and as the first
and last are Of the same shape, the last
change could only be denoted by the
addition of the narrow white
line to the edge of the cross of
St. George, which can be seen by
closely examining the union of Britain's
''surly rag" Many people fancy that
the present German flag has some rela-
ton to the "German liberty flag" of
black, red and gold horizontal stripes,
adopted by the German revolutionists,
which in turn is fancifully connected
with the Holy Roman empire. AS a
fact the German flag is simply the flag
Of the North German Confederation,
which was combination of black and
white of Prussia with the red and white
of the Hanseatic league. The blue in
our own flag and in the federal uniform
has as interesting history as any ma
tional color. We got it from the Eng
lish Wings, our national champions in
the colonial days, whose colors were blue
and buff. 1t will be remembered that
George ~, then Prince Of Wales, was
jealous Wing, when at Mrs. Crewe's
garden party he gave as toast: "True
blue and Mrs. Crewe." The Wings were
of course allied with the Protestant
cause in Germany during the thirty
years war, and got their eoIors from
Sweden. The portraits of Gustavus
Adolphus, ''The lion of the north, the
Protestant champion, =" as Major Dugald
Dalgetty called him, represent him in a
uniform of blue and buff, the same color
which, with dash of red in the union
to signify the coalition with Norway,
still form the flag of Sweden. Buffalo
Courier.