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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
LITTLE POINTS FOR HARRISON.
Friendly Correspondence Between Mr..
Cleveland and the President. Elect.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Whatever
Of disappointment there may have
been in the White House over the
result Of the last election, no hint of
it has ever gotten bcyong the walls.
One of the first acts of the President,
after the election of Harrison had
become certainty, was to write a
letter to his successful opponent,
congratulating him on the result of
the election. Close upon this letter
went another from Mrs. Cleveland to
Mrs. Harrison, in which the mistress
of the White House extended press
ing invitation to her successor to be
her guest during the days preceding
the Inauguration.
The Presidents letter brought
forth pleasant reply from General
Harrison. Since then very pleas
ant correspondence has been carried
on between the two distinguished
men. Some of Mr.. Harrison's letters
have been in the nature of inquiries
regarding the daily routine of the
office, together with many other
things which General Harrison
would naturally desire to be inform
ed upon.
Mrs. Harrison has also been in
weekly correspondence with Mrs.
Cleveland in reference to many
household affairs which woman of
Mrs. Harrison's position would deem
important to know. 1t is said by
those who apparently speak from
knowledge of past changes of White
House occupants that more friendly
relations between the outgoing and
incoming families have never exist
ed.
Colonel Lamont and his successor
as private secretary have never met
save for few minutes in Indianapo-
lis over a year ago. but since the
election they have exchanged letters
a number of times. Colonel Lamont
has informed Mr.. Halford quite fully
of the details Of the Office Alto
gether the mails between the White
House and General Harrison's resi-
dence in Indianapolis have been
quite heavy for several weeks.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
GOD BLESS BOB INGEsoLL.
A Woman.s Reasons for Calling Divine
Favor on the InfideI.

"Hvery night before sleep l say,
God bless Bob Ingersoll,'" said a
young lady to reporter recently.
"Why? Well, III tell you"
Everything has been going wrong
with me lately. I've been what you
would probably call playing in hard
luck I've lost all my money, my
income has been stopped, and I've
been for the first time in my life
thrown on my own resources entire
ly. l tried everywhere to get en-
ployment. l am willing to do any
thing, but everywhere I've been con-
fronted with the question: What
experience have you had in this lineY'
Not having had any has been sim
ply impossible for me to get a start
even-and it sounds funny to me
when / say it-even at tying up
bundles. No one knows, no one can
realize until she is thrown into the
world unexpectedly, how hard, oh,
how hard, it is for woman to get
employment in this great, big, dear
old New York.
Failing in every turn and getting
poorer and poorer, i went to clergy
man whom everybody knows and
whom l had known in prosperity
personally. Going around among
the stores was bad enough, but this
was still worse. Still / had known
him, and / was now cordially re-
ceived until l had made known the
object of my call, and then / was in
formed very sweetly that we have
so many members of our own con
gregation to assist, you know, that
really I-well--Pll talk it over with
the ladies of our society and will see
if we can't recommend you to some
place. etc. And this was about the
result with them all.
"By this time l was in actual
need, when the thought occurred to
Inc to go to the opposite extreme and
to see Robert Ingersoll, total
stranger to me. / knew he couldn't
kill me, and was sure / would be at
least politely treated. l was shown
into his private office with my heart
beating furiously, my brain in a
whirl and without an idea of what l
should say first. We shook hands,
and showing me to a chair. he said:
sit down, please and let me see what
the trouble is, with such a kindly,
cordial smile that / was at once
at ease, and told him plainly
just what a predictment l was in.
He watched me closely and ques-
toned me shrewdly, and then
kept people waiting while he gave
me lot of his precious time and
just such friendly, fatherly advice as
/ had been yearning for. l could
have just Rugged him, while my
eyes were full of tears. l felt al
ready rich with his earnest, sympa-
thetic words, but before l left he
voluntarily helped me substantially.
Then he came away out to the door
with me, and after asking me to let
him know how l got along, his last
words were, as he shook my hands;
Good by; success to you-and yes,
Pll say God bless YOU
II think I've gotta little start now,
and that's why say every night be-
fore 1 sleep and thousand times a
day: God bless "Bob' Ingersoll.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
MODEL COKE SYNDICATE.
Why West Virginia Coke Com
mands Such High Prices.
A TRUST CONTROLS FLAT TOP
Mines and Ovens, and Leases Them al
Stipulated Prices--The Analysis
Of the Coke Shows up Better
Thsn Connellsville.

PrrTsBURGH, Pa, Jan. Sit has
been continual mystery to Con
nellsyille coke producers why coke
made in the Flat Top region of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia usually
commands higher prices in the South
ern and Western markets. Flat TOP
coke has never sold for less than
s1.75 per ton, and when Councils
vile coke was quoted at from 90c to
81 per ton the. Flat Top continued in
the market at $l.75 a $500. To solve
this mystery a member of the Coke
Producers Association went down
to Flat Top, and this is his re-
port:
1.-THE Flat Top coke is in the hands
Of a trust, and there is absolutely no
competition between producers. The
fourteen coal and coke companies
now operating in the region are
working on leased property owned by
two land companies. Formerly the
field was operated under leases made
by the Southwest Virginia Improve
ment Company, the Bluestone Coal
Company, the Flat Top Coal Compa-
ny, Crane Creek Coal Company, etc.
Last month these companies became
absorbed into one organizations, I'M
der the title of the Flat Top Land
Trust, with the following officers:
President, f. w. Clark; Vice Presi-
dent, S. f. Taylor; Secretary and
Treasurer, c. NJ. Clark General Man
ager, C. II. Duhring. This compa-
ny proposes to move its offices to
Pittsburg and enter into competition
with the Connellsville field. 1t owns
10000 acres in Tazewell county, Vir-
GINA; $4,000 acres in Mercer county,
West Virginia; $4,000 acres in Nc
Dowell county, West Virginia, and
over 100000 in Wyoming county,
West Virginia, in which no leases
have yet been made. The other
company is the Crozier Land Com
pany, which controls $4,000 acres on
Lower Elkhorn. These companies
now employ a mine inspector to see
that no coal is unnecessarily lost,
and by recent provision require all
lessees Of their property to build 100
coke ovens. The Pocahontas Coal
Company sells the entire product of
the Flat Top coal field. In 1887
their shipments were 1,025,SS0 tons;
for 1888 they were about 100000,
and expect in 1889 to ship fully q
100000 tons. From so to 60 cars Of
coke now leave the region daily, but
when the new ovens are completed
in May, the Trust expects to go into
the market with fully 1000 cars per
week or about sixth of the Con
nellsyille output. They claim that
an analysis of their coke shows per
cent. more GORDON or heat molecules
than does the Connellsville article,
and they will eventually drive the
latter from the Southern market.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
A HUMAN ALMANAC.
The Strange Case Of a Man Whose
Birth Mark Has Changed Regu-
larry With Every Phase Of
the Neon for the
Past IS Years.
Connellsville Courier.

IN oprlngnlll township, this coun-
ty, along the banks of Cheat river
and near where that stream loses its
name by union with the muddy
Monongahela lives James B. Rothar.
mel, young married man, who, be.
cause of one popularity in his phys.
ical organization, is looked upon by
some of his superstitious neighbors
with sort of reverential awe. He
is about twenty-eight years of age
and is the only son of Jacob and
Sarah Rotharmel, both of whom are
living some miles from their sons
present residence. Young Rothar.
mel is carpenter by trade and is
possessed of more than ordinary in.
telligence. The popularity about
him is birth-mark which, so far
as can be learned, has no known par.
allel in the history of natures
strange freaks. Strange looking
birth marks are common, some OF
which are said to undergo slight
changes in color at certain periods
Of the year.
But Rotharmel's birth mark out
strips the most unique of all others.
1t has the shape of, and is, or seems
to be, controlled by the moon. On
the back of his head, just below and
little to the right of the base of
the brain, is a small excrescence, blu
ish in color and crescent-shaped.
When the moon begins to turn the
first quarter of her pole the blush
color of the mark turns to reddish
hue, and the flesh below it and ex-
tending diagonally across his neck
to the right shoulder begins to SWELL
AS the moon grows older the birth
mark grows redder and redder, and
the flesh swells more and more, until,
when the moon has become full, the
cresent-shaped mark is of bright
red color, and the flesh extending
from it to the right shoulder has
swollen into horn like roll, an inch
or two in thickness at the largest
point, and gradually tapering to
point at the shoulder.
AS the moon begins to wane the
color of the mark becomes less fiery
and the horn-like roll across the neck
decreases in size until, when the
moon is dark again, there is nothing
to be seen but the small blush cres-
cent-shaped mark. For over twenty
eight years these changes have fol-
lowed monthly with the moons
phases. They are so marked and so
regular that Rotharmel does not need
an almanac to inform him of the
moons stage, for he has but to sim
ply place his hand on the back of his
neck to obtain the desired informa-
ton. While pupil in the public
schools of his native township the
changes in the appearance of Roth
tharmePs strange birth-mark were
watched with much interest by his
fellow pupils. He suffers no incon,
venienee from the enlargement of his
neck, although he can always tell
when the changes occur He has
always enjoyed good health. The
strange freak has been the subject
of many a discussion by Rotharmel's
who have evolved many
strange and wonderful theories as to
the relation of the moon to animal
life
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
The Girls Of Long Ago.

The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fratern-
ity Of Hamilton College recently
formally opened their new Chapter
House. At the banquet. Prof. A. P.
Lesley, So, of Clinton, presided
Among the guests was "A. Miner Sift-
ings,' who responded to the toast,
The Girl We Left Behind Us, in the
following strain:
"Mr. President and Brother Dekes !:
The toast you have assigned to me
is one that touches a very tender
chord in my heart. I have always
felt sorry for the girls we left behind
us. 1t seemed cruel at the time, but
how could we help it? Circum-
stances were such that we couldn't
possibly take them along-we had to
leave them behind us. / think
promised three or four to come back
for them in the spring or early au-
tumn, but | was too busy for several
years to attend to it, and after that
well, / was afraid my wife might
not like it. / met one Of. the girls
we left behind us,i the street day.
That is, l thought / did. The same
soft brown eyes, the same sweet
smile.
is it possible l said, that l be-
hold Miss Sally Jones?'
That was mothers name,' she
smiled, before she was married. /
am married now, and have named my
baby after ma
Great Heavens! The girl l left
behind me was a grandmother!
| told the young lady who | was,
and she said she had often heard her
mother speak of me as one she used
to know a great many years ago.
Then asked about the girls used
to know, and what had become of
them. found that some, alas, were
dead. Others, who were married,
wished they were dead. Some, who
were widows, had lovers seeking for
their hands. Others, not yet widows,
were seeking for divorces.
Oh, those seminary girls of long
ago--how we did regret leaving them
behind us-except one poor fellow
who eloped with one of them. He
has regretted all his life he didn't
leave her behind him with the rest
of them. Fate beckoned us on. And
in some cases, the faculty order US
to go. Were we to blame, then, for
temporarily forgetting the debts,
mean the girls we left behind us!
Why some of us had to leave our
trunks
A rare collection Of girls they were,
gentlemen, as 1 recall them now.
Tall, willowy girls; short, plump
girls; black eyed girls that made us
blue, and blue.eyed girls that we
were ready to take a black eye for
any time; fair complexioned girls,
Brown girls, Smith girls, girls with
auburn hair, and girls not being able
to match their own hair in Auburn,
were compelled to buy it in Utica or
Syracuse. In fact, there was about
every kind Of girl there is now, ex-
cept the tailor-made girl, who seems
to be altogether modern creation.
Still the latter has points in her ia
vor. While the girl / so tenderly re-
call possessed virtue, beauty, intelli-
gence and many engaging ways, l
must admit that she somehow lacked
the get-up, in fact, she hadn't the
hustle of the girl of to-day.
mo, brothers of the olden times,
we must confess that in comparison
with the tailor-made girl Of to-day,
the girl we left behind US had very
little left behind her.
sStill we remember her with ten
derness and respect, and let US all
join in bumper to the girls Of long
aQo.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
PLENTY OF ROOM FOR MORE.
Quarters for sixteen Thousand People
Still Unsigned.
Washington Post

The committee on public comfort,
Col. L. Wright, chairman, held its
first meeting last night and perfect
ed its organization by the election
of f. w. Evans, secretary, and w.
X. Mendenhall, first vice president;
John +. Cook, second vice, and
George Francis Dawson, third vice.
A resolution was adopted, stating
that it was the sense of the COM
mittee that a standing ADVERTISE
ment be placed in a morning and cv-
ening paper, requesting household:
ers to call and register any quarters
which they may have TO rent during
the inaugural ceremonies.
A resolution was also adopted cx-
pressing the thanks of the commit
tee to the chairman and his assist
ants for the able manner in which
they have conducted it's business.
The following report was read and
approved:
The committee have secured and
recorded in their book of record ac.
commodations for 27,l99 people up
TO date.
These quarters are as follows:
Hotels and halls, 24,5l5; private res
licences, 2,679.
Seventeen military organizations
have been quartered, tie aggregate
of'men in said organizations, q, 200
Twenty -four civic organization
have been quartered, the aggregq
of men in same, 3,S45. In addit
there have been Quartered K
$50 private parties, making an ags'
gregate of l0,255 who have secured
quarters, leaving accommodations
yet unsigned for 1894.
Very little business was transact-
ed at committee headquarters yes
terday save the quartering Of the
Fifth Maryland regimentin the base
ment floor of District Court House
and the Washington Light Infantry
of Pittsburg at 400 Maine avenue.
The j. l.. Campbell Club of Shcnan-
doah have been provided for at the
corner of Eighth and + streets.
NOTES.
Chairman Willard, of the inaugu-
raj committee ON reservation, some
time ago requested the Commissions
ers to waive their reservation Of 1907
feet of space on the Center Markok
park on which to build n stand G.
the use of the District employees OF
the District to view the inaugural
procession. The Commissioners
have replied that it has been the GUS
tenn for sixteen years to reserve this
space for the District and ~shey-1fc.
cline to grant tleofeduest.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
Renews Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson,
Clay county, Iowa, tells the following
remarkable story, the truth of which
is vouched for by the residents o
the town: 81 am 70 years old, have
been troubled with kidney complaint
and lameness for many years; could
not dress myself without help. Now
l am free from all pain and soreness,
and am able to do all my own house
work. I owe my thanks to Electric
Bitters for having renewed my youth,
and removed completely all disease
and pain Try bottle, so cents
and 81 at J.. NJ. Reed & Co.'s Drug
Store.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

The question of dancing at the in
augural ball is Creating considerable
connection throughout the country,
and ministers of many denomina-
tions are condemning it, The dance
will 90 on as usual.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

Washington City is preparing to
entertain more than one hundred
thousand visitors at the Inaugural
ton. What horde of hungry repub-
llcans will be there
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
POsTsCTIPTs.

1t is better to give than To receive
except on New Years day.
This one was sent in by young
man up tree:
Oh girls, oh girls, your hopes are
gone,
For with the New Years glorious
dawn,
The Leap Year skipped into the past
Because it was too good to last,
And with il go-ah bitter tears
Your chances for, at least, four
years.
This is the oldest year of the
world, but it is the New Year all the
same.
Drink and the world drinks with
you;
Don't and you're left alone;
For the New Years day will have TO
be gay,
Though the night may be full Of
moan.
1889.
Swear not at all, but if you must
Swear as person who has cussed
Because he has wrote upon the line
An 'SS for 'S9.
THE DEAD YEAR.
The old years is dead, with its
hopes and fears,
Dead, like the thousands of other
years.
Lay it way,
This New Years day,
The last is the past, where others
stay.
Let us raise tombstone to the dead,
AS white as the sunlight overhead,
And on it write
In letters bright s
The song Of an angel taken fight
TIME, A. NJ, JANUARY /.
am Il resolution!
Look at me!
Examine my back bone!
See it stick up like
Flag pole over prairie!
/ have come to stay
There are no fes on mel
Don't look like
/ had just been elected
To fat Office?
Well, l should smile!
There's nothing SO becomes
A man as do.
/ am as solid as the
Adamantine hills,
When temptation is
Buried in the tomb,
You'll see me at the funeral!
Gyrating round like a
Skyrocket at political
Celebration;
And don't you forget it!
TIME, ii r. NJ, SAME DATE.
What am /?
Damfino,
Or any other fellow!
Who's in the soup?
faint me.
Soups in me, "A a
Sos everything.
Jee Rusalem!
Resolution?
Whot's the matter with
Resolution
Busted
By thunder!
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
Brother Harrison's Gloomy Outlook.
Cleveland Plain Dealer !.

Now whether it will be happy
year to Brother Blaine or not de.
ponds. Brother Harrison could
make it so if he chose, but then
where would be Brother Harrison's
happiness? And if Brother Blaine
isn't made happy by having his
hearts desire what hope is there of
Brother Harrison's comfort and
Joy?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

The right will in the end prevail,
hence there is little doubt that Judge
Fleming will be the next governor of
West Virginia.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

The new county administration in
Monongalia is moving along smooth
ly, and we have no doubt will con-
tinue to do SO for the next four
wears.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

The indianapolis postofice was
robbed Of $4,000 the other day. Mr..
Quay was recently in that city.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

GERMANTOWN yarns in a variety
Of shades. Quality thebest and Il
is just the thing forslumber robes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

More than 10000 persons died in
the city of New York in 1888 and
$4,000 were born; while $4,000 coup
les were Joined in marriage.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

Many more people will get disap-
pointments than appointments after
the 4th Of March.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

This is 1889. Don't write it 1883
and then swear 1t isn't nice to
swear.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

NY. wife had been sufferer for
some time with pain in the back;
Salvation Oil was freely used and /
!. Am glad to say my wife to-day suf-
IsFs no pain. w. y Couneiil. Balti-
more, Md,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

The West Virginia Farmer, the
only agricultural paper in West vir-
ginia, has just completed Is, n.eC
volume. 1t is published by our
young friend d. Sherman Gutherie
and ought TO be read by every farm
or in the State.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

It will be III years before 1883 is
followed by another year in which
There will be three figures alike
1899.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

In colds of great obstinacy and
hacking chronic coughs, use Dr..
Bulls Cough Syrup TIE fsvofite.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

Wichita, Kansas, began on real
estate At SSl3 per foot, advanced It to
s420, and has now dropped back to
$75 TO take new start.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12
Not Wen Named.
From the Chicago Tribune.

Canada" is said to be aPortu.
guesc word signifying "there is MOTH
ing here" Then they had better
call it something else. The Uni<o|I
States has several citizens over th@11
who went away in hurry
know there is something there.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

Now is the time to begin your adj
vertising for the year. The old ar
gument that it costs to much is only
used by the slow going, way-behind
fellows, The new blood knows it
pays. A prominent business man
said to us few days ago: "My sue
cess in this town is due to advertis-
ing" And we know the gentlemen
was right.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

The county commissioner of Ka-
nawha county have torn down the
old court house in Charleston and will
erect handsome new one to cost
100000. The attention of our own
commissioners is called to this fact.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

Don't take something for nothing.
If you do you will be cheated
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-12

Mildness conquers-and he
is that the gentle yet positi
luence Of DR.. Bull's Baby
overcomes SO quickly the dIs
Of baby hood.