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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15


The Gazette of last Saturday con-
tanned telegram from Morgantown
which is of unusual Importance to
the young men of our State. At the
recent meeting of the Board of Re-
gents of the University, an Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Department
was created, and gentlemen from
Massachusetts was elected to the
Chair of Mechanic Arts. Prof. L.
G. Atkinson, Phi. b., LII. b., of Put
nam county, was elected to the Chair
of Agriculture, and will enter upon
his new duties at the beginning of
the fall term, September 9th. The
Board were indeed fortunate in this
selection. Besides being ripe
scholar, and one of the best practical
farmers in the State, he has long
been known as one of the most pro-
INV WiioSlo Oh Al liOuieulhl oupJcCto.
He was secretary of the State Grange
and an indefatigable worker in that
cause; is now President of the State
Board of Agriculture, and for years
has been Associate Editor of the
Farmer Friend. Certainlythe organ
ization of the new department could
not have been intrusted to better
hands.
The Board of Regents have deter
mined to make the Agricultural and
Mechanical Department Of the Uni
versity a prominent feature Of the
institution, and every possible OPP
portunity will be offered the young
men of the State to acquire thor
ough knowledge of practical and sci
entilic agriculture free of tuition
Charleston Gazette.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15

Charles Prayer, fourteen year.
old newsboy was drowned at Wheel
ing ON the 4th inst. He ATTEMPTED
TO jump from one steamboat to an
Other and falling between them was
drawn under and drowned.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15

Unless more care is given to the
hair. the coming man is liable to be
a hairless animal; hence. to prevent
the hair from falling use Halls Hair
Remover.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15

The newspaper correspondents of
this state who manufacture and send
out such blood-curdling stories of
murder and other outrages to the
metropolitan press ought to be
squelched. They have already done
this state incalculable harm. The
citizens Of the towns from which
their tales are sent ought to give
each one a half hour to quit the
place forever. AS a rule they are
worthless irresponsible loafers who
cant obtain employment on state
paper. Their latest outrageous lie
was that of the murder of the Brum.
field family in Wayne county.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15

Merit wins, as the marvellous sue
cess of Hoods Sarsaparilla shows.
1t possesses true medicinal merit.
Sold by all druggists.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15

wound inflicted by his own hand.
In testimony whereof the said JUS
tice and jurors hereto set their
hands. c. S. TENANT, j. p.
r. w. SINE, foreman.
r. S. LANTz.
A. /. STRoNIDER.
A. S. BROCK.
JosEPHUs THOMAS.
JOHN TENANT.
l.. l.. THOMAS.
SOLOMON MYERS.
J. w. LANTz
DIsIswAY SOUTH.
THos. j. BURKE.
J. S. HosKINsoN.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15

HUTcnINsoN JAcoBs have some
s,}rciaI Iow drives on clothing at
present also y new and nobby line Of
dents MACK STRAW hats and an ele'
vant line ~ men 8 fine shoes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15
We follow suit

You may spin and you may figger
All around the wooden mill,
But the price of Wool's less bigger
Since Mckinley passed the bill.
-Wetzel Democrat
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15
Who Next :?

You may squirm and you may figger-
Do whatever else you will
But the sugar bowl is bigger
Since Mckinley passed the bill
-Intelligencer.
We feel somewhat poetic ourselves:
Yes, in sugar Mac gave us Free Trade,
He showed that the Tariff is Tax,
And the high tariff fakirs he laid
Right down on the flat OF their backs.
Register
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15
We add our contribution

we ADD our contributor
You may boast and you may below
Bout cheap sugar if you like;
But we see the laboring fellow
Is still out on a strike.
-Greenbrier Independent.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15
So do we

In sugar Mac gave us Free Trade
And the quantity makes happy buyer,
But his war tariff on other articles made
Their prices considerably higher.
Yes, Free Trade made sugar cheaper
And of that don't complain,
But why the price on wooden goods is
sleeper
Will the Intelligencer explain?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15
RHLTImORE & OBIO r. R.

II Passenger trains will leave Fair
mont as follows, on and after Nov.
l6. 1890:
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15

wheo trayeline between Pittsbarg, Wheeling,
Morgantown, or Fairmont and Clarksburg. Weston,
\. parkersburg or Charleston, '.the "Mono Tg
Route" offers the shortestand quickest me. lose
also at CLARK sburg with h. & o. and W. Va u r
trains north, south, and west ASK Tor through
tickets via the "Monongah Route.
HUGH G. BOWLES, Gen'l Supt..
Farmont w. "
Fox genuine hand sewed shoes go
to Dunlap's.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15
T.. NJ. and Z. RAILROAD.
-be MonongaheIa River Railroad

W G. McGREw, Agent.
Morgantown, w. Va.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15

We pause to remark:
Wait and listen to the lying
About the American tin,
Which is only made by fat frying
And bringing Welch labor in.
-Fairmont Index
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
A TRAITORS ENDING.
The Sufferings of Benedict Arnold Durin
His Last DAYS.

The Sunerings of Benedict Arnold During
His Last Days.
John Fiske tells the old story Of Ben.
edict Arnold's treason in an article Of
fascinating interest written for the
Atlantic. What may be new to many
readers is Mr.. Fiske's statement that all
the family tradition goes to show that
the last years of Benedict Arnold in
London were years Of bitter remorse
and seR-reproach. The great name
which he had so Pallantly won and SO
wretchedly lost left him no repose by
night or day. The iron frame, which
had withstood the fatigues of so many
trying battle-helds and still more trying
marches through the wilderness, broke
down at last under the slow torture Of
lost friendships and merited disgrace.
In the last sad days in London, In
June, 1901, the family tradition says
that Arnold's mind kept reverting to his
old friendship with Washington. He
had always carefully preserved the
American uniform which he wore on
the day when he made his escape to the
Vulture; and now as, broken in spirit
and weary of life, he felt the last mo-
ments coming, he called for this uniform
and put it on, and decorated himself
with the epaulettes and sword-l1Iot
which Washington had given him after
the victory of Saratoga. "Let me die, !"
said he, sin this old uniform in which
fought my battles. May God forgive
me for ever putting on any other"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
Wonders of Electrolysis.

Some wonderful work has lately been
done in the removal of diseased parts of
the human body by electrolysis, says a
writer in the New York Telegraph. Dr.
Abrath, who has paid special attention
to this branch of surgery, states that he
has removed tumors and cancers with
ease by electricity where no surgical
interference with the knife was posi-
ble-cases which have baffied all medi-
cal and surgical treatment, including
liniments and injections. Grown up
people who had been under hospital
treatment and dismissed as incurablc
have thus escaped the horrors of suffo-
cation or other miserable death. These
he has had photographed in their per-
fectly cured state after electric treat
ment. He not only finds that the cleo
trio current will kill the cancer cell be-
yond where the knife can go, but that
hemorrhage and shock are more or less
prevented with the use Of the electricity
sis, and scepticemia or pyemia, which
80 often follows removal with the knife,
Is nearly always avoided.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23

ran back to the child and clasped him
in her arms for the last time. But she
did not weep, those great silent tears
of the child told how he was affected,
and she dared not let him know her
own feelings.
THAT'S all for effect" said Arnold,
haughtily, as she passed out at the door
with the sheriff ut her side.
The farmer sent his hired man,
John, with the rockaway to take them
to the village of Newton. Helen bore
up until they were on the road, and
then, wringing her hands, she cried:
"Oh, farewell, farewell, my poor
unfortunate little brother, 1 know l
will never see you again."
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
INSPECTING A STRANGER.
Novel Experiences of an American at the
Hands of Japanese Women.

Novel Experiences of an American at the
Hands of Japanese Women.
Captain Harry McGill, of the steamer
Lord Bangor, writes to a Baltimore
friend from Karatsu, Japan: ''This Is
not treaty port, and is about one hun
dred miles from Nagasaki. Ihave been
here three days and have aboard over
one thousand tons of Japan coal, and
soon will leave for Melbourne, Aus
tralia. I am the only one allowed
ashore here, and then am not allowed
outside of the town or village. 1t is a
most primitive spot, and my vessel is
the seventh that has been here, so you
can imagine what a curiosity am to
this people. Yesterday went on shore
to see the agent, who is only resident
here while am loading and has quar-
tiers ia native hut, which Is the nearest
approach to hotel this place can boast
of. Well, as to custom. I had to re-
move my shoes before entering, and
then seated myself on the matted
floor, tailor fashion, which position do
not find comfortable. After some min
utes' conversation with my agent l
noticed quite a crowd, mostly of the
gentler sex, gazing at me through the
open windows and doors, and when I
could not conceal my amusement any
longer they likewise Uttered and treated
me to salutes and bows, similar to
those represented In the 'Milzado' and
Tycoon operas. Later on one damsel
approached me, and, as was clearly
shaven, I suppose the smoothness Of my
face excited her curiosity; anyhow, she
astonished me by running her hand all
over my checks and chin and jabbered
away to the others until several fol-
lowed suit. It did not end here how
ever, for one of them quietly took pos
session of my hands and felt them and
pushed my sleeves above the elbow
with much apparent interest to inspect
my arms. as did all the others"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
IN REGARD 70 GHOSTS.
Shakespeare Believed In Them, but hi
Not Understand Them.

Shakespeare Believed In Them, but Did
Not Understand Them.
A writer In the London Quarterly Re.
view dlscourses In an interesting way
in regard to ghosts and the belief In
them which prevailed some two hun
dred or three hundred years ago in En-
gland, and especially at the time when
the Bard of Avon was writing his mas.
terpieces for the tragic stage.
We can not doubt, he says, that
Shakespeare, like his contemporaries,
believed in ghosts, while we do not.
How, then, can we say that he is true
to nature, when he makes Hamlet OF
Brutus or Macbeth see ghosts, talk with
them, and thereby in all respects be.
Heve in them?
Skeptical arguments against the real
tty of ghosts were not unknown to
Shakespeare contemporaries. He must
have read them himself in Plutarch's
"Brutus," but we can not suppose that
those arguments had more effect on
him than on Brutus himself.
And we can not escape from the diff
Guilty by saying that the superstition
being natural to the poet, and to the
men of his time, 1t was natural that he
should make the personages of his plays
subject to it. For the groundwork OF
all our study Of Shakespeare assumes
that he was not merely Of an age, but
for all time.
What we do say is that the men Oh
Shakespeare's age believed in ghosts
because they had seen them, and we for
the same reason disbelieve in them.
We have, like Coleridge, seen too many.
Plenty of ghosts have been and still arc
seen, but the sight has been verified by
investigators with habits of mind de-
rived from the practice Of the Baconian
method Of examining facts.
Ghosts have been verified, and, like
many other phenomena once so mys-
FERROUS as to be supposed to be Of super
natural or preternatural origin, they
have been found to have their place
under known laws of nature. They
have been ascertained to be, in meta
physical phrase, subjectively, but not
effectively, real. They come not under
the laws of the bodily eyes and of optics,
but under those of the imagination;
and it is imagination which can, and
does, give the brain most of the impress
sions of bodily sight and sound when a
ghost is seen.
We say most Of these, because among
the distinctions between real and a
sham-that is, q pretended, dressed-up
ghost is this, that the real ghost does
not strike such terror as the sham, nor
does it tell its hearers what they did not
know before.
1t is true that in many well authenti.
Gated ghost stories, of our own times
even, there is an element of unexplained
coincidence which still seems to give
them a supernatural appearance; but
these, too, the friends of physical re-
search believe that they shall one day
bring under ordinary natural law.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
An Unhealthy Town,

A gentleman who has been visiting
Butte City, Mont, gives the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat a rather disparaging
account Of the place. He says: 1.-THE
day left, what with winter fog and
the smoke, which pours from the Chin
neys of hundreds of rocl-crushers and
roasting furnaces, was so dense that at
noon you could not see ten feet in front
Of you. The electric lights were turned
on, but standing directly under one of
the towers used in lighting the city
the cluster Of twenty thirty-two candle
power globes looked like small star.
The death rate is very heavy; for the
week was there there were fourteen
funerals day. Pneumonia is very
prevalent, quick and fatal in Butte.
The miners who have been there any
length Of time look pale and have the
appearance Of being loaded. The real
cause of so much Of the sickness is the
presence of gases in the air, set free by
the process of burning the ores"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
Blackening the Eyebrows.

Why is it so many foolish women are
forever distorting themselves by black
ening their eyebrows! There is almost
invariably lovely harmony between
the color of the eyes and it's fringes and
the complexion of a woman, which can
not be broken up by art without an in
suit to nature, says the New York Sun.
The fair complexion is generally accom-
panied by blue eyes, light hair, light
eyebrows and eyelashes. The delicacy
Of one feature is preserved in effect by
the softness of the other. But take this
fair creature and draw a black line over
her optics, stain their beamy fringes
with somber hue and how hor-
ribly you have n1utilated her. On the
other hand, q brunette with light eye
brows is caricature of beautiful
woman. It is noticeable, however, that
nowadays one seldom sees a blonde
with fair eyebrows and lashes. These
women make great mistakes, for they
lose the chief beauty of their exprest
sion.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
THE CHURCH BELL.
A Relic Of Primitive Times Which Hal
Become q Nuisance.

Nv
Become q Nuisance.
Nowadays pretty much every man,
woman and child carries a costly
Waltham, an Elgin or a cheap Water
bury watch. A generation or two ago,
says the Independent, watches We're
| only carried by people Of wealth, and
the farmers depended upon the tall
clock In the hall, or upon the cheap
Connecticut clock on the kitchen shelf.
There was no convenient way Of reg
ulating time, and no one knew
whether his clock was correct. It was
not day Of railroads. Now railroads
run on time, and everybody can set his
watch by railroad time. No one now
depends upon the village bell to tell the
hour OF noon or nine o'clock. The viii
lage bell was an absolute necessity in
old times. Every city church needed
Its bell also. This is now changed. A
church bell is a survival, no longer Of
any use in the city and of little use in
the country. A person who wants to
know when 1t Is time to go to church
looks at his watch and does not wait
for the bell. He does not set his watch
by the bell, but looks at his watch to
see If the bell is right.
ALI this means that the bell has como
to be of no use. 1t Is kept out of senti-
ment, and not for any advantages
which it subserves. In city, or in a
crowded population, or where it is
likely to disturb the sick, q bell has
become to be q positive nuisance. Con-
stantly cases occur like that just
reported of the First Baptist Church
in West hiladelphia-which has
stopped the ringing of it's bell out
Of regard for the sick. Many of our
most expensive churches are now built
without steeples, or, If the plan requires
steeple, the erection of the steeple is
put off until money is more abundant.
When steeple is retained it is simply n
matter of ornament, simply reminis-
cence of the past, absolutely useless.
Consistency would require that If there
be no bell there should be no belfry,
and that is what we are coming to. A
church-tower Is an expensive thing, and
the money which used to be expended
on the tower can now go into the more
important Srmday-school and mission
rooms. The day is fast coming when
the church-spire, the finger pointing
Heavenward,. will cease to exist, be-
cause 1t will be only q sham and pre-
tense, indicating what does not exist
and is not called for. With it is already
going much of the pre-eminence of the
Gothic architecture, and there is no
longer any necessity that churches in
our cities should vainly rival, with their
towers, the height Of the new buildings.
The new buildings would tower above
them at their best. In the country the
bell may properly survive longer. 1t
has a pleasant sound. It is of use in
time of fires; it rings merry chime for
weddings or Independence day; it tells
the people of death; its sound does nct
annoy the sick in overcrowded habita-
tions. But in the city and in the large
towns the bell is doomed and the steeple
with it.
We may regret all this. The senti-
ment Of the bell is sweet, but there will
be sweeter sentiment and a finer use
In the mission hall and reading-room.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23

THAT makes no difference, Bill; I'll
make it all right when court does set. ;"
"Wall, eff We say it's all right, Judge,
I'll take him; we orter know"
Il know this case will be all right,
! Bill. Take this boy and 1 will have you
! fixed up as soon as county court sets.
John, the hired hand, offered to
: carry the little cripple in.
Cant he walk?" asked Bill Jones.
Not very WE'LL" answered John.
HE can walk a great deal better
than he pretends," said Arnold, in his
merciless manner.
wall, I'll bring him out O. his lazi-
! ness" chuckled Bill Jones. "Ill find
work for him to do. He kin pick up
chips, or weed the onion beds"
John, who had more humanity in his
soul than either of his superiors, took
the child in his arms.
"Oh, ya'as! We jest take him to that
second log house an set i'm down there
sum ars."
Little Amos was carried in the strong
arms of the kind-hearted John to the
house indicated. The room into which
the sick boy was ushcred was miserable,
indeed; the floor was uncarpeted, the
walls of bare logs were black with
smoke, the cracks between the logs had
been closed up with filthy rags, and at
the rear of the room were two miserable
looking beds.
Gathered around the fireplace, in
which were few Goals, were half q
dozen wretched creatures, five women
and one man. They were clothed
in filth and rags, and their long,
uncombed hair hung about their
shoulders, or was tied in knots
with strings. The day was slightly
cool, and the poor mortals were doing
all in their power to instill some warmth
into their bodies. They were growing,
pushing and snarling, moro like ami
mails than human beings. Long suffer-
ing had filled them with selfishness.
Little Amos was placed on hard
go too near those creatures, they
seemed so much like wild animals.
| Occasionally they turned their sallow
faces upon him. One was blind, two
were crippled, the man was partially
insane, one woman had the ricketts,, and
the other was too old and feeble to help
herself. These objects were disgusting
and frightful to look upon, and Amos
expected from the glances they cast
upon him that he would be soon torn
| to pieces.
"Oh. Helen Helen! where is sister
Ielen?" he cried, weeping bitterly.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
CHAPTER XIII.
IN JAIL

Mr.. Belchcr, the sheriff, had a kind
heart and did AZ he could to cheer
Helen.
Il hope, Miss Lakeman, it'll not be
as bad as you think. 1 hope you will
come out all right"
mo, no - said Helen, her face grow
ing more calm and pale, Il know that
shame, ruin and death will come out of
this; l am in the power of persons bent
upon my ruin, and nothing on earth
can save me-"
"Who do you think is bent on your
ruin?"
"Mr. Arnold and family"
''Why, great goodness! why would
they want to ruin a poor girl like
you?"
Helen was silent. She could not
answer this question, though she knew
the answer to it. She could not tell
him that the Arnolds had determined
to have the educated and accomplished
Warren Stuart member of their fam
lily, and that the pretty face of the hired
girl was in the way. That Helen Lake
man, arrested and disgraced, would
AOSO AlSA bSstulJ SfCA III G1c GS VI ucI
infatuated lover. She dare not tell the
sheriff what her honest convictions
said were the living truths, for they
would not be believed. The sheriff
waited for her to speak. Belcher had
been an officer long enough to regard
every person arrested as criminal.
OF course, this girl was guilty. He
felt very sorry for her. She was young,
beautiful and intelligent, and she was
often tempted. He resolved, in his own
mind, to intercede with the court and
prosecuting attorney and have her pun
ishment as light as possible. 1t would
go much lighter with her, he knew, if
she would own the thing right up and
make clean breast of it all. He re-
garded it as his duty to advise the girl
to do so.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
DE-AFNESS
Its Causes and Cure,

Its Causes and Cure,
Scientifically treated by an artist of worldwide
reputation. Deafness eradicated and entirely
cured of from 90 to 30 years standing, after all
other treatments have failed How the difficult
ty IL reached and the cause removed, fully ex-
planned in circulars, with afhdavits and testi-
monials OF cures from prominent people, mailed
free. Dr,A. Eontaine, 81 West 18th st, NJ,