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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14
THE COCA LEAF.
Wonderful Properties of Plant Whi
Grows in South America.

Wonderful Properties of Plant Which
Grows in South America.
Coca leaves, when chewed like. to-
bacco, arrest the waste of the system
and keep up its nervous tone and vigor.
DR.. Smith, in his Peru AsIt Is" says:
when used in moderate quantities, it
increases nervous energy, enlivens the
spirits, and enables the Indians to bear
cold, wet, great bodily exertion and
want of food to surprising degree
with apparent ease and impunity."
In 1850, two men buried in a mine
eleven days were kept alive by the
small amount of coca they had with
them. The natives of Peru make
three days journey over the mountains
with no other support, and reach their
destination without exhaustion.
/. The recent discover that the most
difficult surgical operations can be per-
formed on the eye without causing
pain, by simply dropping in it a little
solution of the active principle of the
coca, has given it new interest, and we
add the following, gathered from the
New York Medical Record:
1.-The leaves resemble those of the
tea-plant, and in fact, the active prin-
ciples-the alkalods, as they are termed
are essentially the same. The tree
grows wild in the mountains of Peru
and Bolivia, and is also cultivated in
highlatitudes.
In 1864 the annual product was val
ued at two and one-half millions of dol
lars. The leaves are worth in Peru
seventy-five cents a pound. Thev have
been used by the natives from lemose
antiquity. The high esteem in which
they were held is seen from the fact
that they were among the offerings to
their gods, and it was believed that the
latter would not be propitious unless
the priests chewed the leaves during
the ceremonies. 1t is estimated that
thirty million pounds are now annually
consumed by ght millions of people,
each using two or three ounces day.
1T is about twenty-five years since
the discovery of its active principle (the
alkaloid) and of the properties of the
latter Its present name. cocaine Qpro-
nounced coca-.ne), was then given it.
at crystallizes in six-sided prisms.
1t unites with acids to form various
salts. The salt now used to deaden
sensibility is the muriate of cocaine.
Like all the alkaloids, it is pc son in
large doses. the symptoms being cere-
bral excitement, complete paralysis Of
sensibility, tetanic (fixed) spasms, and
death. 1t is thought that theme (the
alkaloid of tea) may have the same
an2sthetic properties, and be substi.
tuted for it. Caffeine-the alkaloid of
collects also radically the same. -
Youths COMPANION.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14
THE DAIRY.

The annual product of cheese in the
United States is estimated at 450. 000,-
900 pounds. A few years ago 20, 600. 600
was the product.
"A scrub dairyman is more injurious
to the business than scrub COW. But
less is being done to remedy the defects
of the former than of the latter.
Cows that suck themselves are
practically worthless for dairy use.
They can be cured but it is usually more
trouble than the COW is worth.
The importance of thorough train
ing for the dairy is being more appreci-
ated in England and Ireland. An
enormous Improvement in Irish butter
is said to date from the establishment
of dairy schools in Ireland.
The dairymen selling cheese at
Rome and Utica have adopted resolu-
lions asking the Legislature to amend
the law to prevent deception in the sale
of dairy products by authorizing the
State Dairy Commissioner to brand
cheese New York State Full Cream
Cheese" and by providing a penalty Of
$500 where this brand is used on skim
milk cheese.
Western dairymen are becoming
more and more convinced that there is
a food value in corn stalks not hereto
fore recognized. When run through a
feed-cutter and fed with little meal or
bran they form an excellent ration.
When fed without cutting, much of
their value is completely lost 1t GER
tainly pays to have good feed-cutter
on the farm.-Elgin AdUocate.
When you are milking the cows on
cold mornings and your nose is red and
your toes are cold and you are shivering
all over and the COW will not give down
her milk, you have still one consolation;
the dod-rotted flies can't bite you any
how. 1t is astonishing how much real
consolation there is in this world, lying
around loose, if we only knew just
where to find it.-American Dairyn,dn.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14
HE SkULkED
The Meanness of His Enemy in Not Giving
Him Half Chance.

The Meanness of His Enemy i'm Not Giving
Him Half Chance.
Riding out from Chattanooga towards
Bridgeport on horseback / came across
native who had seat on a rock quite
a piece above the road. If he hadn't
ratified stone down just as l came
opposite he might have escaped unde-
tected. He had gun across his knees,
and / called to him:
pretty good hunting around herer'
..May be" he answered.
What do you findp''
'Nuthin' yit."
He seemed so cranky that was about
to ride on, when he rose up and &c.
scended to the road He didn't look a
bit good-natured, and he held his shot
gun in very careless manner as he
said:
"Stranger, you mought have come
frum Chattanooga
Yes
"You mought have had company part
O the way"
Yes. A man on a mule rode with
me as far as the forks, half mile back. y
.Man with reddish ha'r-long nose
whiskers on his chin-swears good
dealP"
That's him."
And, hang him, he turned of, did
hep
Yes took the right-hand road
'.Jist like him-jist like the onorery
'possum he is! Stranger, that ere Teller
shot my father more'n two years ago,
and he was the game was waitin' fur
He's got three different roads to go an
come by, and jist as sure as I'm watchin'
one he'll go by t'other. He's fooled me
all summer long in this way, and I'm
gittin' that desperit that if | miss him
to-morrer l shall have to 60 up to his
clearing and take a shot at him as he
sots in the door smokin' his pipe!
Stranger, what's yer real, downright,
Christian opinion of man as will put
another man out of the way as he has
me!'--Detroit Free Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14

that rods past as if all the witches in
the countryside were at his heels?
Faith. it was proper fright had given
him. /"
"But tell me- / asked, ''what on
earth were You doing there at such time
of night?"
"Weel sir, was very late of gettin'
across the ferry; and it was LANCER
step than j had thocht doom TO the
village; and had guild walk the day
already, and was tired-like. The brig
was kind O. handy for a rest; so / just
sat down on the dixie and had bit
smoke o. the pipe. Losh, sir, when you
cam scourin' past, thocht it was the
dell himself; but then just thocht it
was myself sittin' in the shadow that
had frighted your beastie, and it had
run AVA wi you like. And when |
cam the length o. the village, / just
had to creep into bit shed; and wi
my pack and some straw soon made a
bed"
So here was the whole story. The
deep shadow on the bridge had pre-
vented me from seeing the stter's legs;
the heavy knap-sack had given him a
hump-back: the fur cap and the glow Of
the pipe accounted for the fiery counte-
nance. With mutual explanations we
parted-he TO push his sales in the
villages beyond; |, to hurry on to the
house in the glen, whose inmates at first
evinced the liveliest interest in the over
night episode-an interest, however
which waned to disappointment as l
proceeded to explain how the ghost was
laid. may mention that l omitted the
"scourin' past" portion of the adven-
ture. How they will chaff me when
they read this! Chambers Journal
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14
A GREAT JOKER.
How the Editor of an Arkansas Newspaper
Failed to Acquire Renown as Humor-
Gus Writer.

HOW the FultOT OF III kirkduSdS Ne"SpdptF
Failed to Acquire Renown as Humor-
Gus Writer.
Hack Knober, editor of the Weekly
Ker St0sh, a humorous paper, itches
for prominent place among the testers
of America. His marked paragraphs
having failed to produce a sensation,
and his long articles having been de-
clared to be as dismal as the screak of a
wooden hinge, he decided upon making
some new attempt.
II notice." he unused, one evening,
"that the best humorists in the past
were practical jokers. John Phoenix
and Artemus Ward made their greatest
hits in that way. Now, if | get up a
joke on some teller who travels around
some drummer who would go around
and tell It'll would soon have nation
al reputation. "
Hack was soon afforded an opportu-
nifty of enforcing this determination.
One night at the village hotel, he no.
ticed a nervous fellow who travelled for
a shoe house.
There's my man., mused Hack.
'.I'll have him standing on his head to-
night How do you doP" addressing
the drummer.
$50, so. What sort of place is
this you've got here? just now, while
standing out there. a dog came up and
it was all | could do to keep him off
me.
Must have been mad dog" re-
piled Hack. ''Good many of them in
the neighborl,aod,
.FWell, THAI lets rue out. l shall leave
here in the morning
Hack inquired the number of the
drummer room, ard, late in the even
ing. slipped in and aot under the bed
The drummer came in after while
and sat down on the edge of the bed.
Hack growled like dog.
II hope" said the drummer aloud.
''that | won't have another fit tonight.
I'd better throw this pistol away. for |
might kill somebody No, blamed if |
don keep it. wouldn't mind killing
few such fellows as live in this town.
That fool editor ought to die. -
Hack did not growl.
''He ought to go this night. | feel
that thing coming on me. Believe I'll
sleep under the bed Then, if any one
should come in to kill me, they couldn' t
find me-"
The sharp corners of Hacks bones
began to thump the floor.
"Believe I'll shoot under there a
couple of times"
''For Gods sake, hold on. Mistern'
exclaimed Hack, crawling out, 81 wasn't
doing anything" He made a
break for the door.
"Who is that awful fellow?" asked
Hack, when he reached the Office.
''Why, don't you know himP''
mo"
"He's going to be your rival here in
business. Has bought the NeOs Saw
him laughing just before he went up.
Said he was going to have some fun.
Hack groaned.
''Said one of the boys was trying to
play joke on him. Said that he heard
that you were great practical joker.
Don't be in a hurry. Told me that
whep he got chance he was going to
write you up. Well good night.
The weekly Ker Stosh has suspended.
Hack works at steamboat landing
ArhansaW Traveller.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14
Dr.. johnson in His Own Time.

DIR. Johnson's death was announced
in the principal country paper of De.
cember l6 to %, 1884, by paragraph
in the SUNNI airy of London news very
much in the same way as London Cor
respondence" is now sent down every
evening: December 14-Yesterday
afternoon, about ten minutes before
seven of the clock, there departed this
life, at his house in Bolt Court, Fleet
Street, in his seventy-sixth year. to the
inexpressible grief of his friends, and
to the infinite loss of his majesty's sub.
jects, that eminent ornament OF litera-
ture and firm friend of virtue and relig.
ion, DIR. Samuel johnson. His veneer
ated remains will be inferred in West
minister Abbey. Sir Joshua Reynolds,
Sir John Hawkins, and the learned DR..
Scott of the Commons are appointed his
executors. DIR. johnson settled his
worldly affairs five days before his
death. He was entirely resigned to the
will of God, and rarely spoke during
his last days except upon religious sub
jects. He passed away without strug-
gle, dying SO quietly that the persons in
his chamber we're not aware of the ex-
act moment of dissolution. "--Londos
World.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14
THE DEAR OLD MOTHER.
A Pathetic Romance Told by Passenger
ON Western Train.

Western Train.
She was poorly clad, and shivered as
she sat down near the stove and wrung
her blue, rough fingers to warm them.
The passengers all felt sorry for her,
for she had kind, benevolent face, and
seemed to be grieving about something.
Il wonder-I wonder-I wonder if 1
will get there in time" she mumbled
over and over again. Poor boy! He
was always SO good to me, and wonder
if will be with him when it comes?n
"Tickets?' said the conductor.
The old woman opened her basket
and was long time looking over it,
although she searched diligently, and
when she got through she looked very
white and sad, and softly said to the
conductor:
''Stop the train and put me off.
bought my ticket yesterday and put it
in my purse, but l have forgotten my
purse and left it at home. o! sir, am so
sorry. but l was going to st. Louis to
see my poor boy who worked in a
foundry until yesterday, when great
wheel fell over on him and crushed him
so badly they say he will die; but have
forgotten my pocketbook, and now l
will never see my poor. boy again in
this world. Put me off, but don't know
how i will get back home or go on, )"
and the pleasant ridges on her face
were drawn up into corded lines, and
the blue veins stood out in great knots,
and she clenched her bony fingers in
agony, as the tears started from her
eyes. The passengers were all looking
on, and when the conductor passed on
as if he had lost his mother. his great
hand grasping his punch tremblingly
and his eyes brimful quiet, big
hearted passenger whispered to him and
then went through the coach ahead OF
him, asking for half-dollar subscrip-
tons, but the passengers would not
give, and as the train slowed up at the
next station the conductor walked up
to her and gently put his hand on hei
shoulder.
Never mind she said, swallowing
big lump that kept coming up in her
throat, 'Tll get off peaceably,n and her
frame was convulsed with shudder,
and as the brakeman opened the door
to call the name of the station, the
snow-burdened air came in and blew of
her bonnet and she uttered a sharp cry
as the conductor pressed her back into
her seat and said:
Don't get off, mother. Your fare is
paid clear through To- He stopped
and said, in deep agony of mind;
my God!'' and as the passengers
gathered around, he completed his
sentence. Her fare is paid cleal
through to Heaven" and as the pas.
sengers looked on her glazing eyes, her
agonized features resumed their wonted
pleasantness, for she was travelling on a
pass written in letters of living light
and had reached the end of her journey
and met her son, who had died an hour
before The conductor and brakeman
tenderly lifted the vacant tenement OF
her soul and complied with the request
to put her off at the next station. A
pretty girl that had been flirting began
to cry and woman and baby took il
up and joined the pretty girl. and one
by one the rest of us united our tears
with theirs, and the fat woman Rugged
the brakeman of our coach, and so We
went on our way, all feeling better fol
what we had seem Through Mail.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

An Ohio girl, while out riding with
young man, got out Of the buggy and
killed herself with pistol. He proba-
bly, persisted in driving with both hands
Detroit Free Press.
well, now, that sticks in my
cropr' remarked the old farmer, as 9
customer showed him over six bushels
of twgs and branches extracted from o
ton of his best DISQUALIFICATION Free
Press.
Bachelors can breathe easy again.
For three years they need not blush
and start coyly and tinorously when the
fair maidens tell them they have some
thing to say in confidence.
If you would be truly happy, nv
| DEAR said one lady to another, ssyou
will have neither eyes nor ears when
your husband comes home late from the
club" Eyes, l know" answered the
other, YEARLY, '.but what am to do
with my noseP"
AT the rink
a daring young man named McCollum,
Who was long and lank, and looked solemn,
Hit the floor with his head,
And the words that he said
-N0TrfstOscn Herald.
1T was just after the tiff. II won
DER snarled Romeo, ..if we shall
know each other in heaven "I'll re-
member you, Of course" replied Juliet,
with tender emphasis, 'but, of course,
couldn't know You without meeting
you," and period of silence as long al
centennial poem crept into the room.
N Y Herald
Business has been rather dull in
Texas thisyear. A Galveston drummer
who had made tour of the State. ON
his return to Galveston was asked by
his boss: '.Well, did you get any
orders?'' Il should smile. / don't
think went into single store, that /
wasn't ordered out by the proprietor
himself ~ Teas Siftiags.
When Mrs. Cleo, the boarding.
tor of provisions had seized 468 pounds
Of veal, ninety-two pounds of poultry.
| fifty-two pounds Of bear meat, thirty
seven lambs, six barrels Of peas, and
200 boxes of herring, she remarked:
pretty good appetite; but nothing to
I some Of my boarders. You'd ought to
see them when they're good and hun
cry Chicago Tribune.
-.Smith, how is it that you ALWAYS
get such good bargainsp" queried Jones.
because was taught in my infancy.
habits of thrift, patience and economy,
replied Smith. my father was always
drumming it into me to wait little
while and you'll purchase cheaper.
Nhv avon INV vnofhor mead f<, es.. - 49,.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14
VOLUME XVI.
BECAUSE.

"Good-morning, pretty maid, whose eyes
The brightest stars outshine.
I've come to beg that you will choose
Me for your Valentine"
sAnd why should ! choose you, and whyY
The pretty maiden made reply.
because / have goodly house
Set mid the goodliest lands,
Where you may reign, served faithfully
By willing hearts and hands"
THAT is, L think, no reason why
The pretty maiden made reply.
Because / can on you bestow
The loveliest things to wear,
Gay silken robes and laces fine,
And jewels rich and rare"
THAT is, think, no reason why"
The pretty maiden made reply.
Because love you, oh. so well,
So tender and so true,
That would fain from every care,
My darling shelter you"
"Ah! now l see the reason why
The pretty maiden made reply.
so take my heart, dear youth for thine;
] choose thee for my Valentine"
-Harper's Bazar
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14
Nothing New Under the Sun.

That there is nothing new under the
sun must surely have been the reflection
of those who read the strange story OF
robbery at Portsmouth, which is de
scribed in this mornings papers Some
thousands of years ago King Rameses
of Egypt-as described by Herodotus-
got builder to build him secret
treasure-house to which the King alone
could find an entrance; but the astute
builder left loose stone and helped him
self at the treasury when he liked.
About ten years age, it appears, gen.
tleman named Milligan. residing neal
Portsmouth, being of primitive ideas,
thought that a ''secret drawer" would
be safer than bank, and instructed a
workman to make him receptacle OF
this nature. Into this drawer, when
constructed, Mr.. Milligan poured some
hundred sovereigns, and never after
ward inspected. the store until last year.
In the early part of this year Mr.. Mill
gan put two hundred more sovereigns
into the drawer. The builder of the
drawer seems, however, to have been
struck with the same idea as the Egyp-
tan architect of the. treasure house, and
went and helped himself as he liked,
and to such an extent that he
has during the year purchased
some houses in the neighborhood. I'm
fortunately the tales end differently;
for, when the son of the Egyptian
builder eventually secured the princess
and half the kingdom, the English
builder has merely found his way into
the hands of the police.--St. James
Gazette.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14

The German people, who were
only 100000 in 1916, are now 49,
100000, and their present rate of in
crease is greater than that of any
European race. The population, which
in France only increases by 26 year
for every 10000 and in Great Britain
by only 101. increases in Germany by
lis. and this in spite Of vast emigra-
ton which, since 1916, has carried
away $500, GOO. mostly young adults.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14

--One-half of the world doesn't know
how the other half lives. And It's Just
Is well. It saves great deal Of gossip
Boston Courier.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14

There are nineteen known metals
valued at over $1,000 per avoirdupois
pound. The most costly is vanadinm,
which is said to be worth $4,000 a
pound. OF these nineteen metals only
one is produced or used to any con-
siderable extent, and this is iridium,
which is valued ut 81, 600 per pound. 1t
Is sometimes, but very sparingly, used
in electrical experiments. IN. r Herald,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14

There are 100000 school chill
dren in the United States, 100000 of
whom are enrolled in the public schools.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-14

Thomas A. Doyle has entered upon
his seventeenth year as Mayor of Prov
idence, Il. /.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06

At ROSELLE.-Queen Anne cottage. 10
n rooms beautifully farnishedi a. trains Oh way sI1
az minut from Ork desirable loo nOn Eoo Satuen
convenient t. depOt Edsons electric hgnt IN hnuse ana
sIoesS' W NV 'OA Wv ' i2l Iiberty.st-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06
Gonntrp propertp for Sale an 20 fst
ARGYLE COTTAGES. BABYLON.

few these very desirable summer homes are 20
Handsomely furnished gas. hot and cold wafer hlcheh
meals served from Argyle hotel Desired extenslv
stables every sanitary requirement CHAhlh Pm 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06
flats ano Rooms to Get.

A FINE FLOOR to Jet $33; also one at $35 !:
~ fashionable neghborbcod; newly papered apd painted
l7ths and "a ave. rontng stuyvesant Park Addess by
letter only /. r. DELAN 30 BOwcry.
AN APARTMENT of g rooms and one of 8
n rssns the dre-proof house ~ West lsthst
UNHE WYOMING. 7th-ave and 55th- ST.
10 let-Apartmcnt second noor from My l. Apply
TO the Jsntor.
ITO LEF.-Fiorence small apartment, South
aspect pnce 5000, until October bargain. Ad-
dress p. o. box 2.0l4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06

BARGAIN.-Two handsome country-seatS
N for sale sio.0oO and slb 600, In Planaeid AZ
I'm Drv uents stables fruit shade lawn rarnen etc tler
derh fu Tome in frsi- lass iocaton Terms oneqnaIle
cash Address Unce BOX l,sDo Ne"-i OK I3 OF 0a
Room 80 Temple court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06
ameiion Sale, OF RsII Gst1ts.

A ~
AUCTION SALE AT ROCka91smoA al DNAoii'
fho,ce villa and Cottage sites
"RAYyIEW lark" NEAR S~ASiDh NO.
Handsopest property on ,ne De''A
Crest ch nee :or Investment
mr., I'm, steamboat Companys steamer o'rl"' hV"
,,ar ~ r. will leave nj IL o'clock noon
Mans md passes application Can upon or souress
UITCHcoCK's REAL ESTATE OFFICE,
ID Chambers-st. New-York.
N NJ. SEAMAN, Auctioneer.
Partition Sale. Improved Property.
Division and Bayard sta
d. NJ Seaman will sri at auction on
THURSDAY. May Z. At IL m. at
Real Estate Exchange Auction Room Us ana es re-
at bv order superior wilbur Lawrence ~
rre corner Mot Nos. o2 81 % anu 90
and Nos / 3 > and Bayard-st story NnenSnn q
stores Also No ~ 29 81. ~ l. 81 and on DFlos@'
lots 2-sory and atc houses ana slore clovor 10
Mhps etc at Finest, clover s"eezy q "io'o' iO
Broadway.
DlCHARDV. HARNETT & CO, Auctloneers'
Ia WIN sell at auch0n. THURSDAY. MAY ..,,oo
Al 10 neocE al the seal Estate xchhnge ana Auou"n
Room. 81 TO 90 ibert3 ST. ,.....-.-
SAFE by order OF Mery y am IoAsob M
" Kstchep esqs ex ,cnors aud VII lam Caula"en e'4
# Q valuable block OF ground
lsT and ID AVES, 1uOTH-lui ~ 49,
Containing in all OF lots, as foloWs
Ottawa e a hetween IOQth ard l0l st ats. OTIS
1st-aye W A. between Tooth and 10 - sts 0 10Y,
i0ntbst N a 100 Re from lat and "a aye%: ~ lois
1Ost-st-s 100 feet fro LIST and asos - % 100
1lIoRN ALL. SQUIRES & CONSTANT, AuorhoSo' N-N
Maps ut Auctioneer's ONCE. lS Li0ertysk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06

CHEAP, FOR THE SEASON. Elegant resi-
u dence rear depot south all modern improve
nle"'S' "N0 81" n w LAND. Tribune once