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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
Good For Rhode Island.

The Democrats of Rhode Island
have done well, indeed. Their can
didate for Governor has received
4,398 more votes than his Re-
publican competitor, but which, not
being majority Of all the votes
cast for Governor, does not elect
him. The Legislature will have to
choose, and the latest returns show
the Democrats have so far secured a
majority Of that body. But it re-
quires a majority vote of the people
to select member of the Legisla-
ture, and where there has been fail
ure to elect a member by reason Of
no one receiving a majority, new
election must be held as to such
member. These new elections are
termed "bye elections. The official
count gives the complexion of the
Legislature, so far as the same has
been chosen, as follows: Senate
Republicans, 81; Democrats, IL
House--Democrats, 81; Republicans
20. This leaves sixteen more mem.
bers to be selected. The Republi.
cans must capture eleven Of these fol
working majority,in joint assembly
while the Democrats will have tc
capture but six.
If the Democrats succeed, which
they probably will. the State Of
Rhode Island will have Democrat.
ic Governor.
The election shows that Rhode
Island is Democratic State, ~
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20

HALLEcK, April S.-Clearing, pillow
ing and general preparations fol
spring crops was brought suddenly
to close Friday night by the deep
est snow we have had this winter
John SteyeB one of our most enter
prising and successful farmers, has
sale Of personal property today and
will move to Maryland. Coleman
Tricket has rented the Steyer farm
and will move this week. Will
Griffith will move in the house vaca-
ted by Trickett.
Lee CUTLERY, who has been work
ing on the Shoots and Reppert saw
mill, near TOWNSVILLE, spent few
days at home last week, also Grant
Steele and Enoch Reppert were in
this community on business last
week.
Joseph Haldeman had a log roll
ing, and Erny Jones and Frank
Kerns grubbings the past week.
Mr.. Wade of Washington Terrific.
ry, was visiting special friends at
Halleck last week.
The Hill brothers purchased a
yoke of oxen of. a Mr.. Carlow of Ma.
rion county, last week.
Several families in this commune
ty have humps.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
Get Out OF the Old Ruts.

There is one thing which no young
man with ambition and enterprise
in his make up should ever allow
himself to be accused of, and that is
that he is moving along in the same
old ruts made by his predecessors.
1t is most decidedly not American
and still more decidedly not enter
prising. This one great trouble
with too many men and with too
many kinds of business. They keep
right on in the old way. Their pre-
decessors made money and built up a
fine trade, and they think to carry
it out successfully by simply letting
the wheels follow the old ruts. But,
it. cannot be done. There is too
much competition. There are too
many wide awake, go-ahead men in
this country to admit of such course
at the present time. One must
watch the times ands change with
them. This is an age Of progress,
and those who have not the ambi-
tion, skill and enterprise to pull out
of the old ruts and run for them
selves, will stand very poor show
of success. 1t is impossible now to
conduct business upon the same
plan or principles that it was half
century ago. Things are done in a
very different way, and the only road
to success is the new road.
This same principal is also appli-
cable to workmen at trades. Don't
think that because thing has been
done certain way for years, that it
is the only way it can be done, or
even the way in which it can be
done the easiest and most economic
ally. If you do, you will some day
find out that q competitor has been
at work and continued a different
method, and is quietly pocketing
large profits on account of time and
material saved. And above all
things, do not be one of those bigots
who sneer at another's ideas for
these same ideas may be valuable to
you, and you are cheating yourself,
and doing no one else any good.
Young men very often hit upon
some new kink or way of doing work
that their seniors in the business
have never thought Of, and it is too
often the case that, instead of being
encouraged, they are laughed at and
made fun of, simply because they
have left the old ruts and started
out upon an independent track.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
Enormous Fortunes.

Notwithstanding the enormous
fortunes accumulated through the
use of printers ink, large sums of
money are annually wasted in inef
fectual and unremunerative adyer-
Using.
The merits Of really valuable
commodity properly portrayed in the
columns of an influential and widely
read newspaper, like the NEW Do
MINIoN will speedily become gener-
ally known and appreciated, while
the returns reaped by the advertiser
will be like those Of the wise hus-
bandman who planted his seed in
good ground, wherein it bore fruit
and brought forth, some an hundred
fold, some sixty, some thirty"
The wording of an advertisement
is an all-important matter.
Clearness, attractiveness, brevity
and sincerity must characterize any
announcement intended to catch the
public eye and appeal to public CON
fidence. An advertisement inserted
in London journal a few days ago
brough instant and multitudinous
replies accompanied by an almost
unlimited supply Of bank notes, sim
ply because it touched the chord OF
nature which makes all mankind
akin. Its simple pathos and self
evident truthfulness appealed to
every heart.
The advertiser sought for lost
relative, and, giving his name, said
Il am i'll and friendless. My last
half crown is expended in paying for
this advertisement. Write me att
L giving the address, AS already
stated, nearly every one who read
the announcement FASTENED to relieve
the necessities Of the sufferer--a real
sufferer in this case, though many
swindles are perpetrated in the di-
vine name of charity.
Thus it is with really meritori-
Gus commodity or preparation; if
its virtues be properly and truthfully
set forth in the public press, its sue
cess is prompt and certain.
On the other hand, the public is
quick and uncrring to detect decep-
tion and charlatanry; and, accord
ingly, no amount of "puffery'' will
force vile nostrum into public es-
TEEN and patronage. Untold sums
have been sunk in vain efforts TO adj
vertise into popularity so-called med
ical preparations which did not pos
sess the virtues or properties claimed
for them.
Valuable medicines, however like
Warmers Safe Cure and Warmers
Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, carry their
own best commentator in their pow
er to cure the particular disease for
which they are specific.
They require no labored panegyric
to convince the people of their pow
er and efficacy, for they have been
tried and found perfect.
Natures remedies, by their own in
trinsic merits have conferred last
ing boon on mankind, and they have
secured an enviable reputation and
unlimited sale throughout the civil
lied world.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20

IRoNDALE, April 1.-THE furnace
stopped the 4th inst. As to how
long it will stand idle is difficult to
tell. You can hear from one source
that it will start soon; from another
it will be several months, and from
another it will never start. But the
fact that some men are still driving
the heading in the mines for the
purpose of testing both the quanti-
ty and quality of the ore, and that
they are meeting with some encour-
agement looks as if the works would
start after time. Many families
have left looking for work elsewhere.
Diptheria has mainly subsidized,
with occasional cases of mild form.
Rev. d. w. Rogers has been COM
planning very much for the last week
with his old trouble, nervous dys-
pepsia. Doubts are entertained
whether he will be able to fill his APP
pointments for time.
Schools at Irondale and Fairview,
suspended for a time on account Of
sickness, are now progressing finely.
Misses Lizzie and Florence Shafer
are teaching the former and Miss
Lena Rumble the latter.
linn Bros. 4 Kelly, Of Gladesville,
expect to suspend work ON their saw
mill in less than q month for want
Of timber.
Grandmother jackson Is very low
With . cspcer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
Wherein We Delight.

One OF the pleasantest features of
politics in the past few weeks has
been the symptoms of Republican
pain over the situation in West Vir-
ginia. The squirming and writhing
Of the Infatuated, disappointed, and
helpless conspirators against the
States peace, honor and dignity, are
beautiful to behold, and carry the
rich balm of sweet consolation to
the Democratic heart
When we read the epithets and
abuse the Radical journals fling at
the Governor, the Legislature, the
Supreme Court, and the chief men of
the Democratic party, we know that
their hearts are full of the gall and
NORWOOD of defeat, and the knowl-
edge gives us peace that almost
passes understanding. We hope TO
hear still further their walls of an
guish before many eeks.--Kanatcho
Gazette.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
Vivid writing.

A little descriptive piece entitled
"Over the Guns" from the Detroi,
Free Press, of which we give para
graph, reminds us that great adyer
tisers, like H. H. Warner & Co, pro
prietors of Warmers celebrated Safe
Cure might get hint from it.
Here is the paragraph;
"Shoot to the right or left, ovel
the guns or under them. Strike
where you will. but strike to destroy
Now the hell surges down even te
the windows of the old farm house
now back under the apple trees and
beyond them. Dead men are un.
der the ponderous wheels of the guns
mad devils are slashing and shoot
ing across the barrels. No one
seems to know friend from foe
Shoot, slash, kill and
''But hell is dissolved. The smoke
is lifting, shrieks and screams grow
fainter, and twenty or thirty living
men put the dead bodies away from
the guns. Three hundred dead and
wounded ON the single acre. They
tell of war and glory. Look over
this hell's acre and find the latter y
And in just as deadly strife, though
noiseless, are men falling at our right
ana left to-day. Is it war? Yes,
war of the blood. Blood loaded with
poison through imperfect kidney &C.
ton. And is there no power to stop
this awful slaughter? Yes, Warmers
Safe Cure, tried specific, pana-
cea that has brought life and hope
to hundreds of thousands of dying
men and women.
Be enlisted therefore, in the great
army Of living men and women who
have been rescued from disease and
premature death, and be eternally
grateful that the means of life can
so easily be YOURS.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20

lngtoD, and mas already gotten 8
considerable distance in that direc
tion. The lawyers who have bust
ness with the department of justice
are high class men, most Of whom
are more than qualified themselves
to fill the position Of attorney gener
al. They have sized up the present
incumbent as a man of only moder
ate legal abilities and with that feel
ing against him in his own profes.
sion he will not be likely to leave
Washington with more than four OF
| five baggage cars full of laurels.
PIcTUREsQE FIGURE.
In exact opposition to Miller il
Jerry Rusk, of the department Of
agriculture. Rusk is ignorant as q
horse but approachable and genial
If the horny handed farmers of the
earth had selected a man of their
own pattern, Rusk would probably
have been that fellow. His manners
are, however, not so much like the
farmer as those Of the pioneer or an
oil field wild-catter. The secretary
Of agriculture can be seen any even
ing around the Ebbitt House mixing
complacently with the crowd of Office
seekers, his pointed white beard
flowing down over his large paunch
and with silk hat on three or four
sizes too small, the nap of which is
usually rubbed the wrong way
Rusk is not likely to make ten
strike in his position, but he is a
good fellow and will come out better
in the end than the fancy men of the
cabinet.
Tracy is the man who is endeay-
oring to make display. Following
Secretary Whitney, who laid the
foundation for the restoration Of the
United States navy, he wants to
make showing that will rot cause
unfavorable comparison to be made
between his administration and that
of the late secretary of the navy
Tracy has been snorting and plung
ing around the navy yards for the
past week or so, affecting great
desire to familiarizc himself with de-
tails, but the blowing of trumpets
and beating of tom toms which ac-
companied his hippodromc was
dead give away. Tracy evidently
feels that he is not the equal in adj
ministrative ability to Secretary
Whitney, but he would very much
prefer that the general public should
not find it out
RESEMBLES MR.. CLEVELAND.
There is one prominent cabinet
officer and that is John w. Noble.
He has already tackled the land
grabbers and corporation attorneys
and has not yielded an inch. He
has in him that same sturdy deter
mination 10 look after the people
that characterized President Cleve-
lands administration. The boodlers,
millionaires, grabbers, spectators,
and all-round sharks who are here
and there conspicuous in every other
department as now organized, cannot
be found around the department of
the interior. From all indications if
any success whatever is to attach to
SO thoroughly inharmonious cabi
net it will probably be about the de-
partment over which Mr.. Noble pre-
sides. Why he is Republican God
only knows.
Whatever comparisons can be
drawn between the present cabinet
and the one which has just passed
out of existence are highly favorable
to the latter 1t is early to judge
just what the present administration
is going to do, but in this city of
politics and politicians it is custo-
mary to take a mans measurement
pretty early in the game
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
West Virginia Postmasters.

There are but seventeen Presiden-
tial Postmasters in West Virginia.
The commissions Of none of the in
cumbents will expire until March,
1890. 1t seems to be the policy Of the
new administration, like the last one,
to allow postmasters appointed for a
term of four years to serve out their
full terms before appointing their
successors. If this is the case there
will not be many changes in the
Presidential offices until the terms
of the present incumbents have ter
minated. Unless there are good
business reasons for doing SO, the
charge of offensive partisanship"
will not be sufficient to get the Dem
ocratic incumbents ont and a Re-
publican appointed. The following
shows the name of the Presidential
office, name of the incumbent and
date Of expiration Of commission in
all West Virginia Presidential post
offices:
Charleston, R. w. Ashly, May,
1890.
Charlestown, G. II. Flagg, March,
1890.
Clarksburg, L. Reed, July, 1890.
Fairmont, N. S. Barns, February,
1890.
Grafton, A. J. Nuzum, December,
1891.
Hinton, B. S. Thompson, July,
1892.
Huntington, c. L. Thompson, An
gust, 1892.
Keyser. E. H. Davis, November,
1898.
Martinsburg, W. B. Colston, Feb
ruary, 1890.
Morgantown, A. L. Nye, April,
1890.
Moundsyille, c. R. Oldham, De-
cember, 1890.
Parkersburg, A. W. Williams,
March, 1890
Piedmont, P. ]. Rodgers, May,
1890.
Point Pleasant, F. D. Hay, De-
cember, 1891
Weston, A. H. Brown, February,
1891.
Wheeling, r. Simpson, May, 1890.
Wellsburg, w. p. Campbell, De-
cember, 1891.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
MAUD $. IS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.
The Queen Of the Turf is rs Speedy rs
Eyer-Driven by Mr.. Bonner
Every Day.
Now York suu,

New York SUI,
Maud S, the only trotter that ha.
ever trotted mile in 2;0ss, was Il
years old yesterday, and in honor o
the event her owner, Mr.. Roberi
Bonner, drove her through Contra
Park and up the road, doubles.
happy in the thought that he sal
behind the most perfect trottcr The
world has ever seen.
The great mare was foaled al
Woodburn, Spring Station, Ky, from
which farm many bright lights Of
the running turf, as we'll as the trot
ting world. have graduated. Sh,
was sired by Harold, son of Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian, and her dam
Miss Russell, is by Pilot, Jr.
When she was 3 years old, Maud
was handled about sixty days, and
trotted q half-mile trial in 1:l3, and
the following season, after careful
preparation, she covered a mile over
the half.mile track at Chester Park,
Cincinnati, in 2:223, and few days
later went a mile on a regulation
track in 2:l7b. At this time she
was owned by Captain George N.
Stone, of Cincinnati, who named her
after his young daughter, Maud. -
She was then purchased by Mr. Will
liam II. Vanderbilt for $2l 900, who
brought her to New York and placed
her in the hands of Carl S. Burr, of
Comac, L. |. In the spring of 1880
she was placed under the manage
ment of Capt. Stone. Driven by
Billy Blair at Chicago on July "a of
that year, she distanced the great
young mare Trinket in match
purse race, going the mile in 2:l3J.
She then trotted in Rochester. gain
ing mark of 2:lls, and closed the
season in a race against time in Chi
cago, where she lowered her lecord
to 2:10a. In 1881 she cut below
that at Pittsburg, stopping the
watches at 2:101. On August ii,
at Rochester, she trotted in 2:101.
During that season she won in purses
$1S,500. Jay Eye See trotted in
2:10, two years later. but the follow
ing day Maud S. rccaptured her
crown by trotting the Cleveland
track in 2.094.
Shortly afterward Mr.. Vanderbilt
sold the wonderful mare to Mr..
Robert Bonner for $4,000. While
Mr.. Bonner's property she trotted
the Cleveland track in 1885 in 20S3,
which has stood ever since as the
best on record, and viii still stand
for years TO come, unless Mr. Bon
ner sends the little mare after it.
Mr.. Bonner is of the opinion that
Maud S. can trot below her record
whenever called upon, and Johnny
Murphy, the driver, is confident that
he can drive the daughter of Harold
in 2:0S over any good track There
is no doubt but that Mr.. Bonner will
send her fast mile this season
should Guy or any other flyer en-
croach upon her domain. Guy is a
wonderful speedy horse and can trot
at whirlwind speed.
Maud S. is in perfect health, and
has not taken lame step since pas
sing into Mr.. Bonner's hands. She
is shod under his personal supervis-
ion and is driven by Mr.. Bonner
himself on the road almost every
day.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
Tired OF Kansas.

On Saturday evening last there
arrived here direct from Kansas Il
car loaded with tive wagons, two
horses, three head of cattle and Ill
the household and personal effects
Of family of West Virginians who
three years ago left Randolph coun-
ty, this State, for the boundlcss
West in pursuit of wealth and other
earthly comforts. 1t was the family
of Mr.. Woods who thus returned.
Woods is thoroughly Disguised with
Kansas. He says that he bought
land and located in Morris county,
and in the three years of his sojourn
there he did not raise over half
crop, it being dry and unreasonable
every season. He says times are
hard and money scarce. He brought
all his personal property back be
cause he could not sell it in Kansas.
He says further that there are other
West Virginia people there who
would gladly return if they could
raise the money to bring them back.
Grafton Eagle.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
Little Falls Locals.

LITTLE FALLS, April 8-Isaac A.
Powell commences work on his new
house to-day.
r. HI. Jones was taking in the
sights of Mt. Morris Friday and
Friday and Saturday last.
Nelson Clark Steele is now a resi-
dent Of Ellington, and Charles Sum
mers occupies his house recently
purchased of Steele.
J. M. Jacobs reports a pleasant
trip to the east.
Snider q Bennett will make their
first shipment of two car loads OF
heavy lumber Thursday next.
The Sunday school at Pisgah is
moving off nicely under the super
vision of J. Wesley Staritt.
Misses Alice and Grace Frum en-
tertained their lady friends one day
last week in the way of quilting
John /. Frum who has been housed
with the mumps for the past three
weeks, is now able to be out.
Garden making received a sudden
check here Friday last on account Of
the inch snow fall. Good sleigh
ing in the mountains reported.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
A Good Example of Hypocrisy.

We regret to see Judge Fleming
falling away from his high standard
Of decency. 1t was his avowed pur-
pose, originally, to contest the cleo
tion on high ground, and non
technical basis. But his supple
mental notice to Governor Golf,
raises technical objections which
have nothing in them and are in
line with the grand free-for all steal
that the Democratic heelers are at
tempting to perpetrate on the people
of this State.-Stdte Tribune.
The State Tribune would not tell
that Judge Fleming's original notice
Of contest did not contain single
technical specification. 1t would
not tell that Judge Jennings coun-
sci repeatedly proposed to Gen.
Golf that no technical charges should
be made by either contestant. 1t
would not tell that Gen. Golf first
brought technical questions into the
contest, and challenged over 1900
votes ON the flimsiest legal bubbles.
1t would not tell that Gen. Golf
challenges the votes of nearly
1000 Democrats, because he charges
merely that they did not vote at the
right voting place, although it is
confessed that they had the right of
ballot. 1t would not tell that Judge
Fleming made these specifications in
his supplementary notice, merely to
protect himself, and is now willing
to drop all technical charges if Gen.
Golf will do so.
Oh, no! the State Tribune, a model
Republican organ, would not tell
these facts, and yet it sets itself up
TO pirate Of decency in politics.
Register.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
Parents Crimfnally Liable,

More than half of all deaths occur be-
fore six years Of age. An army Of limo
cent, lovely children are swept needless
ly away each year. Parents are Grim
inally responsible for this. The death
rate Of children In England ! less than
half this, Acker's English Baby Sooth-
eFs has done more to bring this about
tnan all other causes combined. You
cannot afford to be without Il Sold by
j M. Reed& Co
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20

Waynssburg Independent.


The oil news in the Mt. Morris
field is scarce indeed. Since the
Smith 4 Aiken we'll, Que mile North
east, came in buster. The Kenne-
dy, one mile south east, came in and
is now pumping only Is barrels per
day; but even that stirred up the
CHARTERS Co., and they started hole
on the Wise lease, close to the Ken
needy, and are building rig on Moses
Cores land, which also joins the
Kennedy lease. Mr. Hukil also
wanted hand in that locality, so
he start I'd downward with two holes
on D. L. Donley's land, adjoining
the Kennedy lease.
Guffy is drilling on the Long farm,
on line northeast Of the produc-
ing wells here, and is down 600 or
700 feet. This is the outside we'll in
that direction.
Mr.. Hukil started new we'll on
JAS. L.. Donley's farm, and has aoan-
doned the first well in which are two
strings of tools, and has moved the
rig over a few feet, where new hole
will be put down.
Mr.. O. j. Brown ran narrow risk
of being blown out of this country the
other day. He was moving some straw
and hay out of an old barn on his
place, and uncovered can of glycer-
inc which had been stolen from some
well shooters and secreted there.
Fortunately for him, he uncovered
it without striking it with his fork.
Had he done so he would never
have known what happened him.
They usually explode all the surplus
glycerine after shooting we'll, but
neglected doing SO in this case, and
some of the young men thought it
would be nice to use next summer
in shooting fish in the creek.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20

There are enough applicants from
West Virginia to fill every position
in the gift of the President. The
ninety and nine will not throw up
their hats and yell with pleasure
when one gets there.