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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
BUGGY-RIDiNG MADE EASY.

A Family Vehicle That Dispenses with the
Services and Annoyances of the Horse.
A Williamsport genius claims to have
invented a buggy that, like the boys
whistle, goes itself-that is, it doesn't
require a horse to make it go. 1t is
furnished with two upright levers in
front of the seat, by means of which the
rider can propel it with great ease six
or seven miles an hour. If he has
feminine partner, he can use one lever
and she the other. If the weather and
scenery are delightful, the riders can be
as deliberate as they please. They can
stop to rest, if they want to, under a
big shade tree without being compelled
to pull at the bit of an impatient horse,
or make themselves hoarse shouting
whoa" to him. The new buggy won't
scare and run away, wrecking itself
and running the feathers and inery of
its fair occupant. And there is no horse
with eyes to see and give away any
trifling impropreties that may be in
dulged in. As to cheapness, the new
buggy doesn't eat, doesn't have to be
rubbed down four times day, doesn't
want new set of blankets every fall,
and new harness and whip once q
year. In short, the cost of the buggy,
which is about that of the modern
bicycle, is all the outlay required.
1t is evident from this description
that the Williamsport invention fills
long-felt want. When the new buggy
has become popularized everybody will
ride, of course, and livery-stable keepers
with their vexatious bills will go out of
fashion. Romeo and Juliet, as they
take their daily drive in the park, each
working lever of the new vehicle, will
be taking practical lessons in the art of
working in matrimonial harness. If
any would-be-Juliet should prove too
lazy to work her lever, Romeo would
understand at once that he had better
be looking for a new Juliet with more
industrious turn of mind. The ordinary
riders will ride for pleasure and go as
slow or as fast as their muscles and
surplus energy dictate, instead of feel
ing compelled, as now. to drive like
Jehu in order to get their moneys
worth out of hired horse or team.
The only drawback to this delightful
picture of possible era in which every
body can take buggy rides to his hearts
content, is the fact that the inventor has
only perfected one of these self-acting
buggies and charges an admission fee
of twenty-five cents to all who want to
see -Phil0delplsd Times.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
How China Got Its Name.

Upwards OF / 100 years before Christ
the Chinese were q people ruled by a
dynasty Of kings, of whom, like the
Pharaohs of old, there is no clear history.
and not until the s'Chow" dynasty, B. G.
1928, is there any clear history of the
main Chinese state. The Chinese take
their history back to the time of Noah.
This very ancient empire has borne in
its time many names, for it was. the GUS
tom when new dynasty assembled the
throne to give another name to the
empire, as Hai-que, Chpm-que, Han-que.
etc.. according to the name Of the
ruling monarch. The true name is said
to be Chum-que, 1.-THE center kingdom of
the world" This term was by usage cor
rupted to Chin-que, and from this word
the Portuguese gave it the name OF
China. China proper consists of eigh-
teen provinces, containing $50, OOO, 900
pnav21.-- Nsp1iea Zz1Astrofed Magazine.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
PUNoeNT PARAGRAPHS.

Ii there is anything above ground
more thoroughly permeated with bliss
than woman with q new gown, It il .
boy who has Just learned to whistle.
The cup of life is filled with punch.
Youth furnishes the spirits. middle age
the sugar, and old age the acid. Ice
10 furnished by men who indorse notes.
- Whitehall Times.
-"Let 20 my ear" yelled passen-
ger on West Side street car yesterday.
II beg your pardon" said the other
man, II thought ] had hold OF the
strap. ~ Chicago Herald.
worth" says a fashion item. 'is
making his wraps in such way that
that they give slender effect to. the
figure" This is well. They have long
given slender effect to the pocket
book. Courier-J0urnal.
We've got new dollie at oui
house." said wee lass to stranger
who happened to be passing. IA new
dolliep How nice!'' replied the lady.
lis it pretty dolliep" 20, no, it isn't
pretty bit; but it's alive!'- Golden
Days.
Scene on a horse-car: Passenger
-"Conductor, what are we being de.
layed for?" Misplaced
switch, SIR" Little boy in the rear
well that is what told mother this
morning when she gave me such q
whaling" Passengers in chorus all
smiling and satisfied. Chicago Journal
The best State for an artist, Colo
RADIO; for doctor. Nd; for pigs, Penn.
for miners. Ore; for dogs. Ky; for o
poor marksman. Miss; for Arabs, Ala. /;
for those unable to pay, O.; for flood,
Ark. The State one is apt to like beat
Me. The worst State for health-IlN.
A State worth more than nine States
put together-Tenn.
What's the reason yon didn't
speak to Jones when he passed us Just
nowp" He insulted me the other
day" "What did he say to youp''
He called me an old ass. Called
| YOU an old ass? How ridiculous! WHY.
you arc not old! You are just in your
prime! You will not be an old ass Tor
ten or fifteen years YETI Y. Indepen.
, dent.
A sutton who lost case in the law
courts through the ignorance, as he a.
serts, of his solicitor. always alludos 20
| the latter individual when he speaks a.
him as '.Old Necessity" Asked 10 ex-
plain this appellation. he answered.
:sWell. 1 call him Necessity. You see.
because. ss you perhaps may have
heard. Necessity knows no law "-CRi-
cogo Tribune.
"A Chicago paper tells about young
lady who was drowned in kid shoes.
We suggest that Chicago girls shoea
should Be supplied with self.actinc
valves. which would let out any Wate1
which would otherwise accumulate
therein. It is sad to think Of the rirlrs
lives being sacrificed for want Of : sim
pie appliance like this. on Cyty Dsr.
rick.
-Repented at ease:
Inc elegant, titled Sir Thomas Haut Uon y.
Fell In love with the only fair dau9hter
| OF an oloomargarfne maker, and won
| Her affections by swearing. HIS honor uuon
/ That he would never kave any but her.
Alas! he repcnted tho pun 1t his eass.
They were wed, and, Is she had the dollora
He must smile when addressed - "Ny Iarif'
or Your Greascs
when daughter came. exon, tho Joke didn',
But sSsy marked Margarine o. hon eol,ar,
i Havper's Buse5s
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
just a Family Affair.

Ibid you make that, papap" inquired
Johnny Smithers.
Eyes, my son." replied Mr.. Smithers,
dissatisfaction and paternal pride
beaming from his countenance.
'And you made it all out Of your own
head, papap'
Eyes, my son."
Really and trulyp''
johnny" interrupted Mrs. Smithers,
in an icy tone Of voice, lyon will often
be surprised, as you grow older, to learn
how many curious things can be made
from wood"
And then Smithers felt cold chill run
down his back as he remembered that
he had not stopped at various stores on
his way home, as directed, to get spool
of silk twist, a paper of needles, a box
of matches, pound Of coffee, paper
Of tacks, some sausage, pound of but
ter, and one or two other things which
he could not just then call to mind
Oil Cttu BlizzGrd.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
FOREST FIRES.
An Astonishing Assertion of Losses By
Forest Fires.

An Astonishing Assertion of Losses By
Forest Fires.
The Lumber World makes the aston
ishing assertion that the loss to this
country through forest fires is now not
less than S300.000,00 a year, simply
through the destruction of available tim
Der, without counting the additional
loss from the humiliation of the young
growth and the seeds scattered on the
surface. and the scorching of the ground,
which often renders it sterile for gen.
Grafton. This enormous sum, about
equal to the interest on the public debts
of all the civilized nations of the world
combined, is, according to the report OF
experts. annually thrown away forever
by the people of the United States, with
out the smallest return in the way of
comfort or satisfaction, but, on the con-
trary, at the cost of many lives every
year. simply through the carelessness of
boys and hunters, and of those more in
telligent persons who ought to know
enough to keep sharp watch over these
destructive animals. Next to human
beings of feeble intellect, railway loco
motives do most injury in forest coun-
tries, and the Lumber World inquiries
seriously whether the owners of such To-
comotives should not be compelled, in
the public interest, to furnish them with
spark-arresters during the dry season.
The idea that railway companies are re-
sponsible for the value of timber de-
stroyed by fires set from their locomo-
tives undoubtedly has some effect in pre-
venting legislative interference with
their management; but it is so difficult
to fix the kindling of forest fire with
certainty upon locomotive sparks, to say
nothing of the obstacles in the way Of
collecting large debts from newly -estab-
lished railway corporations, that the
safer way would be to provide as far as
possible against raising the question of
responsibility by compelling the use Of
spark-arresters. Against animated in
cendiarics forest patrol might be toll
erably effective, but it would be still
more useful to provide in some way for
the removal of underbrush from the
woodland. Trees by themselves are not
easily kindled, and the mischief is usu-
ally done through the ignition Of dry
leaves. ferns or bushes, which burn long
enough to char. and at last to kindle
the branches of the trees above them.
-IMlric0H Arebtt1ck
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
LIFE RULES.
A Great Deal OF Impractical Nonsens'
Written About the Laws of Health.

A Great Deal OF impractical Nonsense
Written About the Laws of Health.
A thoughtful writer observes: at
really seems sometimes as if hygisnic
science were all wrong, and as if late
hours, much hard work done under the
gaslight and the smallest amount of
fresh air were the way to be healthy, if
not wealthy and wise. Who lives under
more unhealthy conditions than our leg
islators or the leading counsel learned
in the lawp But our statesmen are in
green old age at seventy-five and law
yers are quite boyish at sixty; 80, too,
are actors and actresses" Our con-
temporary then goes on to say: ''Sani-
tary guides should tell the meaning of
these things"
$50 far as we may presume to re-
spond to this appeal" replies a physi-
clan in the same journal, 1--WE must be
allowed to point out. first, that there is
fallacy in the inference that because
members of Congress, busy counsel,
and, perhaps, actors and actresses, live
on in spite of the adverse influences of
surroundings which are held to be in
furious to health, therefore the sur
roundings of their lives can not be as
injurious as they are supposed to be.
One of the earliest exploits in the APP
piled science of statistics as brought to
bear upon sanitary questions was the
drawing of an inference that, because
the London night men, who slept as
they might by day, and spent the hours
of darkness in emptying cess-pools,
were able, as class, to claim very
low rate of mortality, their mode of life
and the work in which they were en-
gagged could not be unhealthy. A good
deal of excitement, we remember, was
produced by this delivery some forty
years ago. 1t was forgotten that
another point of view was posi-
BILE, and that, in truth, none
but the Injured could live
under such conditions! So it is with
members of Congress, busy counsel,
and actors and actresses. The weakly
and sensitive retire or die, or have the
wit not to enter into way of life which
must obviously prove unsuitable. At
the same time, we are quite prepared to
meet our contemporary half way in his
argument, though the inference with
which he opens the debate is obviously
faulty. We think great deal of I'M
practical nonsense is talked and written
on the conditions of health, and we are
quite sensible of the fact that regimen
and dieting may be carried too far.
Practitioners and those who set them
selves up as apostles of sanitary scierce
are too prone to measure other peoples
o<,vv, I,v THAR our, by1aho1 For oYQm-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
VOLUME XVI.
HAS IT NEVER BEEN kNows7|

Has n never been known
A maiden fair, with her 1axen hair,
Eyes tender and true, as vio]ets blua
And . lover, who 10 all her own
Has 1t never been known
Has It meyer been known
A tale that 10 told with ring Of goidr
Loves springtime and kiss, with dream Of
bliss
Lke . bird that is 6own2
Has IL never been known
Has II never been known
A fair girl in white, as from realm Of hight;
Now flushed, now pale, meath bridal veil,
Ana the man no longer alone?
Has Il never been known?
Has II never been Known
Wife gentle and good In her womanhood;
Loves coronal worn. and loves scepter
borne
Like queen ON her thronef
Has II never been knownf
-DSv. ,. y. RoNstm, Z. ~ r. Independent
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
In Insulting Judge and . No Less Insult
ing Lawyer.

Ing Lawyer
AScottish Highlander has great pride
n his clan, though the sentiment is not
as romantic as it used to be. There is
good story that when the Princess
Louise was betrothed to the Marquis of
Lorne, son of the Duke of Argyll, a
fisherman meeting comrade, both be-
ing of the Campbell clan, said:
Have you heard the news, Sauneyp
They say MacCallum More's son is to
marry the Queens daughter.
"Aproud woman the Queen must ber'
answered the loyal clansman.
There was once a Scotchman named
Douglas, who was Judge in Florida,
then Territory. He had little of the
judicial mind, and less of legal learn
ing. but he was very proud of mis-
descent from the great Scottish chief
tain.
On one occasion, man named
Whiteman was put on trial for horse
stealing. Mr.. Wescott, his counsel.
moved that the prisoner be discharged,
because his name had been misspelled
Whitman in the indictment. Judge
Douglas overruled the motion, saying
that the addition of letter to mans
name, or the omission of one, made no
difference.
For instance" said he, illustrating
this court, Mr.. Wescott, for murder, do
you suppose, because your name might
happen to be spelled in the Indictment
Waiscoat. Waistcot, or Westcoot, in
stead of Wescott, that you would escape
punishment No, sir; you should be
hung, sir! you should be hung, sir!''
Wescott, not relishing the illustration,
replied that for all he knew, Whitman,
as charged in the Indictment, might
have stolen the horse, but it was unfair
to make Whiteman suffer for Whitman s
offence.
"The right, he continued, ito change
the spelling of name can not be main
tanned For instance, your honor is
very careful to spell your name Doug
las. Yet if, according to your honor
decision, the spelling may be changed,
I believe nine-tenths of the population
of this Territory would swear that
your honor's name should be spelled
Douglas.
"Mr. Clerk" roared the angry
Scotchman, every vein in his body
swelling at the affront offered to the
honored name of Douglas, center fine
of fifty dollars against Mr.. Wescott fol
contempt of COURT"
The Judge had certainly been as in
sulting as was the lawyer, and was the
first to offend. 1t seems pity some
times that lawyers can not fine Judges
for contempt Of the bar.-Youth's Com
Danio71.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
wAsAlNoToN's CHERRY TREE

Piece OF the Identical Tree which
Washington Hacked with the Historical
Ratchet.
Eyes, sir. walk this way said .
pretty young lady to a Post reporter
last night in the temperance fair room
on / street. The reporter was in search
of a piece of wood advertised as por-
ton of George Washington's cherry
tree, and when it was pointed out to
him several person were gazing in
curious awe upon it. The relic is about
half an inch square, cut in the form of
diamond, and surrounded with gold
setting formed from the first two dol
lars which the Rev. P. H. Burghardt
received in the army He wears it as q
watch-charm.
II came into possession of this piece
of wood in 1862" said Mr.. Burghardt
to the Post reporter. ''At that time /
was Chaplain of a Pennsylvania regi-
ment stationed near Fredericksburg.
Here it was that / heard Of the tree.
which was in that vicinity, on the Fitz-
hugh estate. 1t was guarded night and
day by Federal troops in order to pre-
vent it's be ng entirely cut to pieces by
souvenir seekers, and in order to get .
piece of it had to get permission from
headquarters This l succeeded in do
ing and visited the tree. / found it
was mostly dead, though apparently Of
considerable age. 1t was surrounded
with stone wall, overgrown with moss
and bearing the same appearance as
the tomb Of Mary Washington, which
is located at Fredericksburg. ! pro-
cured small chip from it,which I have
since preserved. "
Notwithstanding the fact that tradi-
ton says Washington cut the ree
down, while Mr.. Burghardt's tree Vas
still erect when he secured his relic. he
believes implicitly that he has . piece
of the cherry tree Oh which the Father
of his Country exercised his little
Ratchet. He is. however, unable to
give any reason for this faith that IL In
him, except that the people in the local
ity named possess the same belief and
many years ago erected the wall To
preserve tho tree. = Washington Post
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things tina. disagree with him. while
they agree perfectly well with the ma
jority of mankind. By pushing dietiag
to the verge of starvation, we are SIM
ply pretending to cure. not curing; we
impose on ourselves and on those who
confide in our practice. Scientific
American
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
A Mustache Changes White.

1t may not be known. generally, that
the hair, in many instances. is as liable
to change back to its original color.
from gray, or vice versa. A case to the
point is that of Judge Sage, of the
United States Court, on the occasion of
his daughters death at Lebanon. He
was called up home from Cincinnati
late at night, after the trains had all
left, and had to take the long drive
(thirty miles) in buggy. The anxiety
and the strain, mental and physical,
were great. When he-reached home in
the morning his attention was called to
the fact that his mustache had become
almost white. In the course of few
days, however, it resumed its original
shade. -Ercltuage
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
A Harvest of Switches.

Would you like to know very much
what I've got in this bagP" inquired a
bald-headed skater on Prospect Park
lake.
I'm rather curious" the Journal re-
porter admitted 1--we noticed you
skating around generally in the wake of
pretty girl, and once in q while you
pick something from the ice and place
it in that bag"
swell, if you don't repeat what say,
I'll tell you. / might as well, for you
would find out for yourself, suppose.
swell, to commence with, times are
hard. ! am out of job and must make
a living. I've noticed that pretty girls
generally wear nicer hair than plain
ones. Pretty girls like to skate, but be-
cause girls pretty is no reason why
she should be exempt from collisions or
other little accidents which make her sit
down on the ice when she doesn't want
to-"
s.What's that got to do with the bagp"
Everything. When girl falls she's
liable to lose some of her false hair. II
she does, she's too excited to notice the
fact or ashamed to pick up the switch.
I glide along, pick up the hair, and ram
it into the bag. There's always mar
ket for good hair. See the pointp"
Yes, I see; but are you never de-
tectedP'
Every seldom. / only work at night,
and girl nine times out Of ten is never
going to ask for her false hair when her
best young man is with her. Rut there's
q collision; I'm of. Nv r. JourstGI.
-Old-fashioned mirrors over the maA-
tel are again in style, with the addition
Of bronze or gayly-painted framaA
~. r Nal
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28

The life of quadrupeds generally
reaches its extreme limit when the
molar teeth ara worn down. Those Of
the sheep last about fifteen years, Of the
OK twenty, of the horse. forty. and Of
the elephant o1c hundred. Many IN.
ferior species die IS soon they have
laid their eggs, just as herbs perish -
coon M they have lowered,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28
la sincular coincidence hannened All

"A singular coincidence happened at
Ingraham's case shop, Bristol, on Friday
last. Frank Miller slipped while sliding
a box on the floor and fell, striking his
chin on the edge Of the box, making a
bad cut. Soon his brother, Joseph
Miller, was struck by piece of joist
flying from circular saw and was quite
severely injured in the arm and side,
In less than two hours Lewis Miller,
another brother. cut off the end of his
thumb in tho joiner Hartford Times.
"A bee man says there is . vast dif-
ference between the scolding hum and
the happy hum of bee, and one who is
versed IN bee language can tell whether
the hee means to sting or not. Italian
bees sting less than other breeds - ChS-
csgo Journal
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-28

-Old-fashioned mirrors over the maA-
tel are again in style, with the addition
Of bronze or gayly-painted framaA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-04
NETWORK CENTRAL AND HunSo,

~ RIVER acknowledgements June % isSsS
through trains will leave Grand Central depot - AooA
~ a. m Rochester and Montreal Express throneb 49,.
ing room cars 20 Rochester, st Adams and Montreal
300 M Fast Limited Chicago and st. Louis Fxn,..
with dining cars, stopping at Albany, Utica synacnss
Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls Erie Cleveland and To
arriving at Chicago 800 a. m Cincinnati 100 a w. and ~
Louis 7:40p. m. next day. ~
1880 a. chicago express, drawing to Cana,
dagua, Rochester Niagara Falls and Buffalo.
I'll NJ. Western New-YoI and Northern Exprcss with
drawing room cars
drawing cars. To SARATOGA, Fl Edward and Isss
Falls on Saturdays only.
4 D. IL. Accommodation TO Albany and Troy.
s6p Chicago and ST. Louis Express, with seepng
for Niagara Falls, Buffalo. Cincinnati Toledo Detroit chs
1880 D. m Express with sleeping syracus, cs a
1915 D. Pahc Express, with sleeping Rncha.
BuO. Niagara Falls. Cleveland Toledo Detroit 40,
to WATERFOWL Ogden daily except saturday
ll:l5 D. light Express, with seepiDgcsrs Ahanv
Connects with the morning trans for
for the North except saturday night. ~ -'
Tickets sale at Grand Central Depot, No. Bovtr1
Green 4l3 Broadway. Harlem Depot l2tbst and lhaye
and WestcOts Express Offices Parkplace Broad
way, 7s5 and 9l2 Broadway and G2 West l25th Nsv.
York, 33J Washington and 73O utonss Brooklyn and 10
lth.st, Williamsburg
dra and sleeping cars can n.
procured az any ticket Offices in NewYork Civ AZ
1893 W ashington- st., Brooklyn.
Baggage called for and Checked from residence.
s1hese daily. All others daily except Sunday
THESE trains stop at Harlem 125th.st and 4th.ayeL
J. NJ. TOUCEY ID. NJ. KENORfCK.N
General superintendent. general Passenger Agent