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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
Dish0n0rable Discharge No Bar to the
Allowance of Pension Claim.

Assistant Secretary Bussey has
rendered an important decision on
the pension claim of Daniel b. Kauf
man late of Company A., Forty sixth
regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers
which was brought before him on q
motion for reconsideration. In his
decision the Assistant Secretary re-
sends rule No 1876, made by Com
missioner Black, September 4, 1885,
and overrules the opinion of ex-As-
sistant Secretary Hawkins in the
same case, that "dishonorable dis
charge from the service operates as
a "bar to pension" He also holds
that rule No. 1875 was an erroneous
Interpretation of the statutes grant
ing pensions to the soldiers of the
late war, for disabilities incurred in
the line of duty, and declares that
the character Of soldiers discharge
cannot affect his claim for pension on
account of such disabilities.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
Newspaper Deadheads.

Every newspaper publisher is
cursed'with an occasional subscriber
whose soul seems TO have been made
of the flag end Of material, and a
skimp pattern at that. We are al
ways thankful when such lift them
selves from our list. The sooner the
better. They generally refuse 10
take the paper from the Office after
taking it two or three years without
paying q cent for it--a plain steal
with an insult added. Or else they
move away without saying word
or paying a nickle. Or they at once
discover that they never ordered it,
never wanted it, never received il
regularly mot more than half the
time) and won't pay for it. In eth
er case it is eowardly creep, such
as no honorable man would be guilty
Of The proper way to stop news
paper is to pay up first and then
stop it any way you please afterward
If you are gentleman and don't owe
cent, walk in the office, look the
editor full in the eyes, and tell him
you don't wish it or can't afford it
If you are built on the hog plain
chuck it back into the postofiice and
mark it refused"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
Inventors of the Name of the Continent

Amerigo Vespucci had no part in
the bestowal of his name on the new
world, says Moulton Emery, in the
New York Tribune. 1t was the act
of a body of learned men. Colum-
bus always believed that the country
he had discovered was part of Asia
but the discerning and camprehen-
sive mind of Vespucci thought differ
emily; he believed it to be a separate
continent His written description
Of the country, its people, climate
and productions, convinced the learn
ed men of Europe that his views
were correct.
The suggestion of America as a
proper name for the new continent
came from Matthias Ringman, the
poet, and the professors of the Col
lege of st, Die, in Lorraine, among
the Vosges Mountains, in a corner
of France. They put forth Il little
work in 1907, entitled "Cosmograph-
lac Introductis," it which it was
suggested that the Southern Cont
nent should be called America, after
man, as Europe and Asia had been
named after women. In course of
time the name came TO be applied to
both continents.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
HIS COLOR AGAINST HIM.
Fred Douglass Not Wanted in Hayti ms
Minister There.

New YORK, August 30.-The pos
sibility that Mr.. Fred Douglass may
not be sent as Minister to Hayti after
all pleases many of the New York
merchants interested in the Haytian
trade, The principal avowed obiec-
tion to Mr.. Douglass seems to be
that he is a colored man, and that
the Haytian negroes have less re-
spect for negro than they have for
a white man. The lighter the negro
is in color the lower he sinks in the
estimation of the native Haytian.
A prominent representative of a
New York house doing business with
Hayti, said: II certainly hope that
Mr.. Douglass will not be sent to
Hayti."
He is not at all skilled as diplo-
mat, and is not even a practical
business man. Besides, he does not
speak French, and is n man of mar
row views at best. But even with
out these disadvantages under which
he labors, the fact that he is col
ored man makes some other selec-
ton advisable. The Haytians have
no respect for a negro, and it is time
we stopped sending colored men to
represent us there. What the Uni
ted States wants in Hayti is a white
man Of ability, who will inspire re-
spect and really have control of our
interests at the Haytian capital.
We have a splendid chance just now
to effect this by sending the proper
man, and hope the State Depart
ment will recognize the fact
Other merchants expressed SINH
lar views as to the disadvantage Of
having colored representative at
Port au- Prince. Minister Preston
is in favor of Mr.. Douglass, and
points to the fact that Mr.. Reid, who
has been sent to France, does not
speak French, and that Mr.. Bassett
and Mr. Thompson, the two former
American Ministers to Hayti, were
both colored men. what the Uni
ted States wants in Hayti," said
Minister Preston, emphatically, "is
an honest man who cannot be
bought"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
A Child Carried Up by Toy Balloons.

CHICAGO, Aug.31-At Sheffield Park,
yesterday, an Italian peddler of toy
balloons attempted to serve two pur-
chasers at once, and in doing so let
go his string Of bright colored globes.
The cord got twisted about the left
arm Of two year-old Sophie Schwab,
and the buoyant rubber bubbles
started heavenward taking her along.
Her mother tainted. The bystan-
ders stood horror stricken as the
balloons swept close to a tree and
the infant grasped handful of twigs
and checked her fight. A young
German assembled the tree in an in
slant and then crept out on the
branch nearest the child. AT this
moment Sophie's strength gave out
and the balloons suddenly released,
went again upward at least 100 feet,
drifting out over the lake. Gust
Koch, a sharpshooter, grabbed a re-
peating rifle, hurriedly jumped into
a skifi with two companions and
pulled out into range. Koch sue
ceeded in piercing several of the bal
looms, each successful shot helping
the bunch to descend. Before it
finally reached the water the boat
was at the spot, and little Sophie
did not even get her feet wet.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
RATTLEsNAKEs AS FOOD.
A Man Who Partook OF the Reptiles and
at Once Ordered More.

The Athens, Georgia, Chronicle
knows a gentleman in its city that
ate rattlesnake. 1t was in Mexico,
and there rattlesnakes are regarded
as delicacy. The Athens man par
took of quite a dish of reptile at one
of the hotels before he was aware of
what he was eating. When asked
how he found out his dish was snake,
he said: by cleaning up the dish
and ordering more. The waiter was
an Italian. and said in broken Eng
fish as he started for another plate,
lie Americans like re snake like &c
diavilor This was enough for me.
1t is told that negroes living in
the Georgia coast counties will eat
rattlesnakes if they can kill them
before they get mad. When surpris-
ed and killed, the poison in them re-
mains in one place, and can be re
moved. When angered, the poison
circulates over the entire body, max
ing them dangerous food.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
Alaska as a Place for Convicts.

A correspondent of the Birming-
ham, Ala. AgeHerald is strongly
in favor of Congress setting apart a
part of Alaska as a place for coloni-
alton of conyicts from the States.
She coust of transporting convicts to
Alaska would be greater than the
cost of transporting them to the pen
itentiaries, but, urges the correspon-
dent alluded to, "the security that
would result to society at large by
such action would be of untold value,
and is not to be weighed by dollars
and cents" He further suggests
that such disposition of our convict
population would be of great benefit
to the workingmen, who, upon the
adoption Of this measure, "would
neither have to work longer side by
side with felons nor compete with
f5ttered labor"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
A Robber Gang to be Broken Up.

The gang of robbers which has
been operating so extensively in
Greene county, Pa, and Wetzel
county, w. Va, since 1875, is at last
in fair way to be broken up. Chas.
Gorby, suspected Greene county
man arrested last Friday, has made
a confession covering IA years oper-
ations of the gang and including
nearly 100 robberies of live stock,
grain, flour, farming machinery, ETC.,
and six arrests have already been
made, with many others to follow.
The headquarters of the gang is in
Greene county, Pa.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
Peculiar

In the combination, proportion and
preparation of it's ingredients, Hoods
Sarsaparilla accomplishes cures
where other preparations entirely
fail. Peculiar in its good name at
home, which is 'tower of strength
abroad" peculiar in the phenomenal
sales it has attained, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is the most successful medi-
cine for purifying the blood, giving
strength and creating an appetite.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
The Best Laundry Work.

Merit always wins in the long run.
Hence it is that the Muskingum
Steam Laundry's customers are rap
idly increasing in number. Its work
is its best advertisement. Mr.. Wa
tiers, the proprietor, is constantly
adding improvements and conven-
fences, the help employed is all ex-
perienced, and the work turned out
is first class in every respect. No
chemicals used in washing to injure
the finest linen. Mr.. A. Bowers,
agent in Morgantown for the Mus
kingum Steam Laundry, will for
ward all laundry. Take your laun-
dry work to the barber shop.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
Coke From the Montana Mines.

A large specimen of coke from the
Montana mines, ON the Monongahela
river in West Virginia, has been sent
to the Office of the Third Vice Presi-
dent, c. X. Lord, of the Baltimore q
Ohio. The region which produced
it is shortly to be further developed
by ex-senator Camden's system of
railroads. The coke now used on
the Baltimore & Ohio comes from
the Connellsville territory, but it is
designed to use the West Virginia
article when the new burning
engines are ready for use.-Bali-
more Sun.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

A two-year-old child of Mrs. Lulu
Weeks, of Washington, fell from a
car window at Shenandoah junction,
on Monday, and died from injuries
received thereby, at the Watson
House, in this town, ON Tuesday
morning. The distressed mother de-
sires us to express for her, her sin
cere thanks for the practical sympa-
thy extended to her by the people Of
Charlestown, to whom she was an
entire stranger.-Free Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
They May DO it After All.
New York World.

1t is tolerably safe to say that the
Illinois coal miners will not carry
banners in the next Republican
campaign inscribed "Protection Fills
the dinner-pail." Nor will the wool
len mill operatives bear aloft the
motto, Protection and Steady EN-
ployment."
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
49,, A. w. GLEASON.
/ SEAL Notary Public,
Making Politics Pay.
Cincinnati Enquirer.

Our beloved Postmaster General
does not permit politics to interfere
with business. Bids were invited,
some time ago, for the uniforms of
the Cincinnati mail carriers. Many
of our local leading furnishers went
into the competition. The lowest
Cincinnati bid was $29,05 per uni
form. But Wanamaker & Brown of
Philadelphia got the contract at 500.
OF course John did hot have any tip
to knock off that 5 cents.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

When Jay Gould was 81 he wrote
book entitled 1.-THE History of Del
aware County, New York" 1t is out
now, of course, but it takes SAL to
buy copy now. But supposing any
body else had written it, would the
figures have been quite as high?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

1t is now settled that Judge Elem
ing was elected Governor of West
Virginia, and there is great wailing
among the hungry Republicans.
This is not Republican year in West
Virginia
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
VOLUME XIV.
Justice VIII be Done.

Lie HOWL IuaI has gone up lrOH
the Republican press as result o.
the contest committees action in
throwing out the fraudulent votes
cast in Kanawha county is no more
than might have been expected. The
justice of the matter is not taker
into consideration by these self-con
stituted mouldcrs of public opinion
nor do they intend that the public
shall know the facts in the case il
they can help it, The fact that the
Democrats had majority of one in
the committee, was prima .facte evi
dence to them that its action would
be partisan, and no matter how con
elusive or convincing the evidence
may have been, every imported oil
pauper vote that was thrown out
was the signal for long and con
tinued howl of fraud from the Re
publican press. If the Republicans
had majority in the committee they
tell us that Gen. Golf would have
been declared eleated, and we have
no doubt that he would have been
but fortunately they had no such
majority. We take it for granted
that the Republican members of the
committee are gentlemen who are
entitled to some consideration, and
while we differ from them in politi-
cal belief, we have no reason to be-
lieve that they would tell a deliber-
ate falsehood, particularly when il
could not be of advantage to them
selves or their party, and they have
commended from the beginning that
the investigation was being conduct
ed with fairness and honesty. 1t is
true that the dispositions from all
the counties have not yet been acted
upon, but there is no doubt that they
will increase Judge Fleming's hon
est plurality. The Republicans
themselves do not pretend that il
can be otherwise, which is pretty
fair evidence that they know what
may be expected, and we suppose
they have good reason to. 1t was
not the intention Of the committee
to find a plurality for Golf, unless
the evidence showed it to be an hon
est one, and all the abuse showered
upon the members has failed to have
any effect If the Republicans have
any charges to make let them par
ticularize and let the people know Of
what they complain. Making sweep
ing assertions of dishonesty without
attempting to say when or where the
fraud was committed is not argu
ment, neither is it likely to commend
itself to the belief of intelligent per,
sons. Judge Fleming is not the
man to take seat the title to which
is tainted with the least suspicion Of
dishonesty, and he would not coun-
tenance any action in his own behalf
that would not bear the closest scru-
tiny under the full light of day
This is admitted by even his politi-
cal enemies, and no one who knows
him would doubt it for an instant
The Democracy of the State is en-.
titled to congratulation on the fact
that it has elected men to office who
know their duty and are not afrai6
to do it, in spite Of all the adverse
criticism that may be showered or
them by partisan press and by dis
appointed politicians who hoped, by
fraud and rascality, to wrest thu
State from the hands of its rightfu
owners. Justice will be done ant
West Virginia will remain in tn,
Democratic column.-Star.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

Delinquent Subscriber-"I don't
like my copy of the Spread Eagle
as used to. / think the paper is
rather dry"
Sarcastic Editor-'sI don't see how
it can be dry. There is considera-
due on your copy"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

AGENTS wanted for the best and
fastest selling books and Bibles
One agent made $50 one week, and
another $40 in one day. Best terms
given. Address S. Kitchens. Nor
gantown, w. Va.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

Way down in Alabama there is a
county with only two negroes and
one of them was appointed postmas-
ter by Rett Clarkson recently. The
new D. m. cannot either read or write.
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give wears aro ] ho

give years ago had constant
cough, night sweats. was greatly re-
duced in flesh, and had been given
up by my physicians. l began to
take Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and af-
ter using two bottles of this medi-
cine, was completely cured. Amiga
A. Lewis, Ricard, N. Y.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
-
The Most Successful Advertisers

Are using Remington Bros County
Seat Lists, issued at Pi;tsburg.
They cover the ground the most
thoroughly with the least expense.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
TEXAS FEVER.
The Dread Disease Spreading Among
Western Stock Yards-Chieago
Not Yet Affected But Fears
That il Will Be.

Reliable news of the greatest i'm
portance to the cattle men of all sec
tions of the United States comes
from the southern line of Kansas
and the pasture lands of the Indian
Territory. There has been for some
time strong suspicion among the
cattle dealers of Kansas City that
the herds of native and Texas cattle
which range in the Territory were
afflicted with the Texas fever, but
the fact was so well guarded that
nothing more definite was ever made
public than a suspicion.
Mr.. William johnson has just re-
turned from a trip to Oklahoma,
and passed through the country
where the herds are pastured. He
gave the testimony of his own eyes,
and as he made the trip on horse
back was in a position to investigate
the trouble. He says that not only
are the native cattle afflicted, but
the through Texans are dying by
the hundreds in the pastures south
of Arkansas City. The symptoms
are exactly the same as Texas fever,
but through Texans have never been
known to die with the disease before
1t has always been the natives that
suffered by taking the disease from
apparently healthy Texas cattle
which passed among them. He says
that cattle are being shipped from
pastures where carcasses are lying
in hundreds and of the same brands
as those shipped. He says they are
considered good enough for Gamers
stock, and everything goes. A col
ored man living in Arkansas City
who recently bought $50 head of
good natives and had them in pas
ture with through Texans has al
ready lost over half of them, and the
rest are dying so rapidly that it will
be only short time until he loses
his whole herd.
CATTLE MEN ALARMED.
This incident is repeated from so
many pastures that the cattle men
arc becoming alarmed at the outlook
to such an extent that there is
strong probability the Governor will
be called upon to take such quaran-
tine measures as will prevent the in
PRODUCTION of any more infected
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

Ex-senator Riddleberger announc
es that he will not vote for Gen. Ma
hone for Governor of Virginia, and
predicts his defeat in November.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

The office should seek the man but
itshould inspect him thoroughly be-
fore taking him.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
STATE OF Ono, CRY OF TOLEDO

LUCAS COUNTY, 5. 5.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm
of F. J. Cheney q Co., doing bust
ness in the city of Toledo, county
and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars for each and every case
of catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De
cember, A. d. SO.
A. w. GLEASON.
SEAL Notary Public,
wv
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally and acts directly on the
blood and mucus surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials, free
F. j. Cheney d Co., Toledo, o.
90 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

= A mortgage is worse than an
earthquake. 1t can make mans
farm shrink into the size of a piece
of paper.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
Maryland's Exposition.


Elaborate preparations are being
made for the great Exposition to
open at Baltimore, Monday, Septem-
Der 9th and continue until Saturday
September 14th.
A monster parade, Industrial and
Civic with 200 floats and over So
600 men in line will be one Of the
features of the first day. A Sham
Battle, Grand Concert and Massed
Band Concert in which so bands
will take part, Dedication of the Post
Office by the President and Cabinet
and Maryland Grand Bail are on the
program for Thursday the 18th.
The Bombardment of Fort Nc
Henry is arranged for Friday the IL.
Eight United States Men-of- War,
the Maryland Oyster Navy and 800
men will be in the engagement and
something realistic can be looked
for.
Some of the best stables in the
country are entered for the races
which take place each day, on the
Pimlico track.
The railroads are making low
rates and the b. q O. with it's us
ual liberality announces that excur-
sion tickets will be sold to Baltimore
from all stations on its lines east of
the Ohio River, for all trains Septem-
Der 9th to 18th inclusive, at one fare
for the round trip, valid for return
passage to Dist inclusive.
A queer subject came into Math-
ew's art gallery last week to have
himself photographed. He called
himself Professor Gabriel and came
over from Boone or Logan county.
He had with him sixteen large and
lively rattlesnakes, which he han
died with less concern than bache-
lor would baby. He wound the
snakes about his store clothes and
was photographed from the east,
west, north and south sides, stand
ing, sitting and lying down. In one
standing picture the largest and
most vicious RATHER was coiled about
his head like crown. One of the
snakes began striking at everything
in reaching distance, when the ''Pro-
fessor" caught it by the tail and
beat its head against his boot until
blood flew all over the scenery.
During all the time the snakes were
in the gallery Mathews kept one
foot in the dark room, ready to beat
a hasty retreat. Huntington Adver-
| fiseT
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

There is open rebellion amongst
the Republicans of Virginia against
Malone. These people who are
against him are the best men in the
party and see the mistake of the con-
vention in giving him the guberna-
torial nomination. But what can
they do to defeat Mahone9 The
answer is easy: Vote the Democrat
ic ticket and Malone will not only
be defeated but the voters will be
in harmonious ranks.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

There has been a great deal of talk
about Secretary Blaine going out of
the Cabinet. All this could not have
been unfounded-there was some
thing to start the rumor. But listen
to this from Secretary Halford.
"There is absolutely nothing in it..
There is no more probability of Mr..
Blaine leaving the cabinet than there
is of the sun dropping out Of the
heavens at this moment" Neverthe-
less, such statement is in cilcula-
tion and the subject apparently is a
disagrecable one to the administra-
tion.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

Are you weak and weary, over
worked and tired? Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is just the medicine to purify
your blood and give you strength.