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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27
SOME WONDERFUL TESTS.
A Large audience sees Boone do Some
Curious things-The subjects say 1T
is no Fake-NO Fraud can be diScOv-
cred i'm any thing.


Boone the hynotist delighted a
large crowd at Music Hall last
night. Since the advent of Boone
there had been much speculation as
to whether what he claimed to be
able to do was done by fraudulent
means. His subject Mr.. John l..
Douglass who spent fifty hours in a
hypnotic sleep in Hirschman's win
dow attracted a large crowd but this
was nothing to be compared to the
throng which assembled to watch
his carriage drive test which has
been described fully in these col
umns. Promptly at $50 the curtain
arose; in the rear of stage was a
glass coffin in which was the still
sleeping Douglass A committee
was chosen from the audience to in
yestigate each particular act of
Boone. "All right said Boone at
the same time swapping his fingers.
Instantly Douglass showed signs of
waking up and in minute or so was
walking naturally about the stage.
Boone's mind reading tests while
simply wonderful consumed so much
time that the audience showed signs
of uneasiness. After this came a
short intermission
The second half of the program
was given up to hypnotism and cat
alepsy. Having placed his assistant,
Gladys Livingtone, in a cataleptic
state, he called for subjects for his
hypnotic tests. About a dozen re-
sponded mostly students. After put
ting them in his power they obeyed
his commands like clock work.
They ate potates imagining them to
be apples. When told to wash their
faces in pan of water every one
went to basin filled with flour and
went through all the motions of
man performing his additions. They
were truly good class to work on.
Their antics proved to be source
of much merriment to the audience,
His finale consisted of placing Mr..
Douglass in state of eatalepsy, his
head on one chair his feet on another.
A stone feet by 3 feet 6 inches
weighing 275 pounds being placed
on his PROSTATE form, j. P. Whyte
with few well directed blows with
a large sledge broke it in several
pieces. The town is divided into
two factions one claiming Boone is a
wonder. The other claiming he is a
fraud A DAILY New DOMINION re
porter this morning interviewed sew
eral of last nights subjects. They all
claimed they were without the pow
er to do differently from what he com
manded them. Boone was much
pleased with one of his local subjects
Mr.. Henderson, and has made ar
engagements to carry him with the
troupe. Boone left this morning
accompanied by Henderson, for
Fairmont when he opens Monday
night.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27
A Nice Piece of Masonry.

The foundation for the new cen
trail school building is about COM
pleted. 1t is quite massive looking
and contains over 800 cubic yards
of masonry. |. n. Weaver was the
contractor and be did the work in
about five weeks, something quite
unusual.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27
Special Teachers Examination.

Superintendent Waters held a
special teachers examination in Miss
Laura Shisler's room to-day. Itwas
taken by three teachers, Harry Hess,
of this county; I. b. Elliott, of
Preston; Price, of Marion county.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27

Inasmuch as there has been no
change in the sentiment of the Sen
ate or of the people since that arbi-
tration treaty with England was re-
iected, we fail to see what Mr.. Nc
Kinley has accomplished by negoti-
ating another.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27
Catholic Fair.

The committee in charge of the
catholic church have decided to
hold their Fair in the new church
beginning Tuesday evening, Novem-
Der Both and ending Saturday eve
ming. Supper will be served on
Tuesday night and oyster stew on
Friday.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27

A LETTER was received from Mrs.
Fast this morning stating that the
Colonel was very much better and
that they would be home on Sunday.
The large number of his friends will
be very glad to see him again.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27

Surely Teddy Roosevelt didn't
expect to be taken seriously when he
said that the city of New York
would last just "a hours without it's
policemen. We are sure it could
stand 25 hours.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27
Better Late Than Never.

Hon. G. w. Lynch, of this city,
was elected trustee of the Ohio Wes-
leyan University by the Annual Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church at its last session at Morgan
town, W. Va, He is an allumunus
of the State University, having grad
uated in the classical course in 1874,
since which time the University has
conferred upon bin the degree of
master Of Arts. He taught in and
was principal of our city schools
before commencing the practice of
law. Having taken a general inter-
est in educational matters he is fully
qualified to fill the position with
credit. -Clarksburg Telegram.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27

Now Mr.. Foraker goes to Ohio to
confer with the architects of Mr. Han
mas discontinue
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27

STUDENTS forts can save money at
Posten'S.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-27

A FULL line of Marvin's cakes and
crackers, at A. L. Nye's.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
POPULAR SCIENCE.

English scientists declare that the
chewing Of gum is solace for grief.
The light-giving power of acetylene
has been accurately measured, and is
found to be twenty-one times that Of
ordinary gas, under the same pressure.
Though Trowbridge wrote this year
that electromagnetic waves could not
be detected more than one hundred
feet from their source, Marconi's wire
less telegraph has already sent signals
eight miles.
Veneer cutting has reached such
perfection that a single elephants tusk
thirty inches long is now cut in Lon
don into a sheet of ivory $50 inches
long and twenty iuches wide, and
some sheets of rosewood and mahogany
are only about fiftieth of an inch
thick.
A yellow or orange-yellow coloration
of glass is found by NJ. Lemal to take
place when the glass is heated to $50
degrees or 600 degrees G. in contact
with any salt of silver. Glass into
whose composition salt has entered is
especially susceptible of coloring in
this manner.
Experiments have lately been car
ried on at the Paris Academy of Sci
ences with view of ascertaining the
influence exercised on the human
voice by giving the singer electrical
treatment. AS the result, DR.. Mou-
tier has established the fact that the
influence is beneficial one, the voice
gaining both in amplitude and quail
ity and being less subject to fatigue.
The observations of Professor Golu-
boff, of Moscow, have convinced him
that appendicitis is not only a con-
tagious disease, but that it sometimes
occurs in epidemics. 1t was unusually
prevalent in Moscow last year. To
illustrate, Professor Goluboff mentions
that in small boarding school, where
in several years there had not been q
single case Of appendicitis, he treated
seven cases within two months.
1t appears from the experiments OF
a French scientific man that oak trees
are in more danger than other trees OF
being strnck by lightning. Beeches,
on the contrary, are not good conduc-
tors Of electricity. The danger OF
trees from lightning is great in proper
tion Tn tha electrical conductibility of
their wood. Dead trees and dead wood
generally form a much better con-
ductor than living growing wood,
which offers great resistance.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
superstitious Turks.

Some of the Turkish superstitions
are of the most extraordinary nature.
For instance, if by any chance q spar
row or swallow flies in at the window
and circles three times around the
room it is a sign that blood relation
of some one present is about to die.
There are many signs and happenings
that are supposed to predict marriage.
When in summer bee flies IN ct
the window it is regarded as 3 hsrr
binger of good news, as is also q this
tledown or beetle. A moth at night
flying about light means thoughts
and good wishes from immortals; the
unexpected braying Of o donkey, e
visit from an unpleasant acquaintanca
If man leaves his home for business
and walks along the street and Q bird
alights exactly in front OF him three
times, he turns on his heel and goes
home, and no power short Of ~ i'm
perlal frman will make him pass tnAs
place again that day, for he is sure
that if he attempts to do SO something
unpleasant win happen to him. a
dog running three times across his
path will also turn him back.
When o Turk is starting ont on al
important venture he viii say to him
self: ''The issue will be as ! desire II
if the first three persons I meet have
blue eyes" Blue eyes being Tar less
common than black, he takes the
chances, and sometimes sees three
blue-eyed ones first. Augury is also
made from the forms Of the clouds and
by the entrails of fish, animals and
fowls, from orange pits and the odd
and even number of divisions IN the
pulp. If red orange be peeled by
accident the person feels great pleas.
ure, as that betokens prosperity and
gold.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
The Pig Deer.

Among the more recent and I'm,
portant arrivals at the Zoo are two
young babirussas, presented BY the
Duke of Bedford-comparatively rars
animals. and the only examples seea
at the Zoo for about fifteen years.
The word babirussa means pig deer,
and the animal has been SO called By
the Malays on account of the rerpark.
able development of the tusks OF ths
males, where emerge close together
near the middle of the face and sweer
with a strong curve backward, fre-
ouently attaining very great length.
The tusks of the lower jaw arise lika
those of the boar. What the male
babirussa needs the upper pair for is
a point which nobody apparently can
satisfactorily settle.
Another peculiarity of the animal Is
that it falls short of the number OF
teeth usually p,ssessed by the ordi.
nary pig, having only thirty-four IN
all, a fact which indicates that il
must be directly descended from one
of the extinct genera of pigs marked
by a similar type of dentition. In
other respects the babirussa is NOS
very different from other wild swine.
It is a splendid swimmer, has some
what lighter gallop than that of the
wild boar, and when hunted will fight
gamely and ferociously to the last
London Graphic.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21

Blue Winged Geese. Their range is
very extensive. They have been noted
in Texas, are abundant on the Colum-
bia River, and Audubon notes that he
has seen them in every part Of the
United States which he has visited.
The young geese are gray. At what
period they become W hite is not def
initely known. One that had been
while young remained gray
for six years, when in two months
time it grew to be pure white. Every
spring these birds migrate to the
North, and it is curious fact that the
old, white birds 60 first, followed a
week or two later by the young or
gray ones. DR.. Richardson is author
ity for the statement that they breed
in the barren grounds of Arctic Amer
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
COVER FOR TOMATO VINES.

vines. Place the covers over these,
letting the edges extend to the ground.
where they must be fastened so that
the wind will not blow them off. Leave
no opening or the frost will get in. I
prefer a heavy cover made of blankets,
as this will often protect the vines
when light canvass will fail. If the
work is carefully done the tomatoes
will stand great deal Of cold weather.
Lewis O'Fallow, in American Agri-
culturist.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
TRULY A COSMOPOLITAN TOWN.
Red Jacket, Mich, With 5000 Population
ard Thirty Nationalities.

What is perhaps the most cosmopolitan
town in the United States, II not in the
world, Is the little city Of Red Jacket
Houghton County, Mich. The town is un.
dermined and hoDeycombed by vast artery.
like shafts, drifts, cross-cuts, levels and
slopes. Each twenty-four hours sees
fortune brought to surface In this little
mining town. The adult foreign residents
of the town outnumber the native-borr
more than a hundred to one.
Red jacket, the town proper, has apopu
lation Of 5000, including no less than thirty
different nationalities, represented as fol
lows: Americans, Welsh, French, German
English, italian, Aus ;rian, Russian, Scotch
Finlanders, Polish, Hungarian, Irish
Arabians, Greeks, Swedes, Danes. Norwe-
gians, Swiss, Africans, Brazllians, Belgians
Dutch, Jews, Spaniards. Turks, Persians
Chinese, Mexicans and Moors.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
Georr.a,s Prosperous G. A. r. Colony.

In 1895 a number of Indiana Grand Army
men resolved to colonize in Irwin County,
Georgia, upon the spot whore Jefferson
Davis was arrested as he was trying to es-
cape. They founded the town Of Fitzgerald.
Within two years they have grown so strong
that they are now moving the county site
frora its old place, Irwinville, to Fitzgerald.
The assessed valuation Of the county In
1895 was something more than 81 600 600,
which has been increased in the last two
years to nearly S3,00O,0O0.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
MANY BURIED ALIVE.
Prizes Fer Solution of the Problem to
Be Offered in Italy.

1'he subject OF premature burial is just
now attracting great interest In Italy, &C.
cording to report OF United States Con-
sui Mantius. at Turin.
, He saws that realizing that there Is atpres-
ent no infallible test that may be applied
to prevent the horrifying cases Of persons
buried alive, number OF prominent physi-
clans and laymen are at work preparing
reports on the subject.
These will be made the striking feature
OF the Medical Department Of the National
Exposition next April at Turin. Reports
OF similar kind are expected from all over
the world.
Prizes will be offered for the best solu-
ton OF the problem, and the Consul says
inestimsble good to the cause will result II
the people OF the United States interest
themselves 1t.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
High Price For a Book.

The highest price ever paid for q.
single volume was rendered by mum.
Der of wealthy Hebrew merchants OF
Venice to Pope julius II. for very
ancient Hebrew Bible. 1t was be-
lieved to be an original copy OF the
Septuagent version of the Scriptures
translated from the Hebrew in Greek
in 277B. c.. The sum mentioned tc
Julius was $500. 900, but the Pope de-
cllned the offer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
MANAGEMENT of Late Cabbage.

There is nothing better than frequent
cultivation of cabbage to make it grow.
Every time the soil in stirred, and
is such warm, wet weather
IS the whole country has lately had,
there is liberation of plant food in as
arge amounts as even gross feeding
crop of cabbage can require. 1t is in
such seasons as this that care must be
:aken to upset late cabbage and loosen
some Of their roots so as to check
growth. Without this the largest cab
oage will split open and will soon spoil.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
Series of Shocking Grimes.

Gustave Muller surrendered himself to
the police OF Rotterdam. Holland, confess
ing the murder o. his wife and child. AS
proof Of the truth Of his confession he pro-
duced from his pocket four human ears,
and the police on searching his house
found two bodies. Muller subsequently
ontessed that he had also killed his par.
ents, and fourteen wives whom he had
married in various parts Of the world.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
Managing Swarms.

Swarmlng IS always sure sign OF
prosperity in the apiary, and is at
tended with profit if given good at
tention. The first swarms that issue
are always the best bees, as they are
usually strong In numbers, and they
contain the old queen, which is the
principal object, as she is already fer
tile and will begin laying as soon as
they are ready to begin housekeeping.
First, OF prime" swarms, as they are
termed, are the cream of the colony,
aad are more valuable than the parent
stock they issue from.
First swarms usually store more
surplus honey than any other, and in
every respect keep in the lead through
out the season, and the only objection
to them is that, as they always con-
tain the oldest queens, sometimes the
queen is too old to successfully carry
the colony through the following win
ter. There is a wide difference be-
tween first and second swarms from
the same colony.
Second swarms are accompanied by
q young queen, and one that is not fer
tile, aud she takes the chances of fer
tilization after beginning housekeep.
ing, and as this requires her to take
wing away from the hive, she stands
one chance out of ten of becoming lost,
and if so, the colony will do no good
whatever of its own account, as they
have no brood from which to raise
another.
Since exploring the interior of a
beehive we are no more at loss to
know when to expect swarms. The
weather being favorable. we can tell
to certainty the day, and almost the
hour they are likely to issue. Bees
begin to construct queen cells eight
days previous to swarming. and at
any time during this period we make
discovery Of these cells, we can ascer-
tain their time 6f maturity by the ad-
vancement of construction. The cells
will be sealed over about the eighth
day, and at this time the swarm is
due.
Second swarms will issue eight days
thereafter, at which time the young
queens will hatch. If We desire the
colony to swarm but once, and not
again after the first swarm has come
off, we can prevent it by taking out
all but one cell, or take all the cells
out, and introduce a queen. 1t will
be seen that the cause of second
swarms in the surplus OF young queens,
and to deprive them of these, will pre-
vent further swarming.
Swarms when not interfered with,
will usually settle and hang in a clus-
ter near their hive for several hours
before leaving. It is only rare ex-
ception that they 60 directly away,
and it is best not to modest them, but
simply keep in sight of them until they
settle, and when we'll settled get them
in the swarming box and take them to
the hive. For arresting swarms lit,
tie force pump and pail of water is
the best, but it is necessary unless the
swarm takes wing the second time, and
then it is but small per cent. that
can be induced to settle again with any
kind of prevention.-Farm, Field and
Fireside.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
CUT HIS CORN AT NIGHT.
Pennsylvania Farmers Pleasantly Sui
prise q Sick Neighbor.

Washington Sands, of East Robson,
Berks County, was the most surprised
farmer in Pennsylvania the other morning.
Mr.. Sands has been in i'll health for some
time, and in consequence his farm work
has not been attended to as it should have
been. His corn, in an immense field, being
over ripe, required speedy shocking, but
farm labor Is scarce and this work was
neglected.
All day Friday Mr.. Sands worked as hard
as his poor health permitted, and quit very
tired that night. After the moon had risen
about thirty neighbors gathered in his corn
field and industriously worked until after
midnight, when the corn was all in shocks.
Next morning, when Mr.. Sands went to the
field, he was astonished to find his task
completed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
Protecting Tomatoes From Frost.

By exercising little extra care. the
season for ripe tomatoes may be pro-
longed for two or three weeks beyond
the usual period. AS soon as there
are indications of frost, cover the toma-
toes in the evening with some kind of
canvass or old blanket. Between the
rows of tomatoes drive sticks about
four feet apart and nail strips of boards
on the top at the height of the tomato
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21

lea. The young are able to fly in
August, and by the middle of Septem-
Der they have departed for the South.
They mainly feed on rushes insects
and berries, and in turn are very ex-
cellent eating themselves, bat are
rarely domesticated.-New L-lglcnd
Homestead
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
Sheep Raising Booming.

Sheep raising in eastern Oregon has i'm
proved to such an extent that whereas
lambs in any quaL'tty could be bought 9
year ago at seventy-fve cents q head
they command now $1.50 head, and herd
ers are not anxious to sell at that price.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21
The Snow Goose.

Snow geese are exceedingly graceful
and beautiful birds, of about twenty
eight inches in length. They are
sometimes known as White Brant and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-21


mothers goiug--two funerals put out OF
sight the old folks. The daughters are In
homes where they are incarpations OF good
sense, industry and piety. The sons, per-
haps one O farmer, another q merchant,
another mechanic, another physician
another q minister Of the Gospel, useful.
consistent, admired, honored. What
power for good those seven sons and
daughters! Where did they get the power?
From the schools and the seminaries and
the colleges? Oh, no, those these may have
helped. From their superior mental en-
dowment? No; do not think they bad un-
usual mental caliber. From accidental cir
cumstances? No, they had nothing OF what
Is called good luck.
think we will take train and ride to
the depot nearest to the homestead from
which those men and women started. The
train balts. Let US stop few minutes at
the village graveyard and see the tomb
stones Of the parents. Yes, the one was
seventy-four years OF age and the other
seventy-two, and the epitaph SAYS "that
after q useful life they died Christian
DEATH" On over the country road we ride
the road little rough, and once down in
rut it Is hard to get the wheels out again
without breaking the shafts. But at last
we come to the lune in front OF the farm
house.
Let me get out Of the wagon and open
the gate while you drive through. Here
is the arbor under which those boys and
girls many years ago used to play, but it is
quite out Of order now, for the property Is
in other hands. Yonder Is the orchard,
where they used to thrash the trees for
apples, sometimes before they were quite
ripe. There is the mob, where they hunted
| for eggs before Easter. There Is the door
sill upon which they used to sit. There is
the room in which they had family pray
ers, and where they all knelt-the father
there. the mother there, and the boys and
girls there. We have got to the fountain
Of pious and gracious influences at last.