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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14

modern research into the primitive
conditions Of society," we are enabled
TO reconstruct that society in some of
its essential features:
(a) Status was the basis of print
tive society.
CO. Society first the family, sec
ond the tribe, third the state-count
ed for everything.
(c) The individual counted for
nothing in primitive society; govern
ment and law came to be recognized
before the individual was reekoned as
a unit of government.
Under these conditions there was
no room for the ''soeial compact. y
As to the other theories of the origin
of law, % the Individual law-giyer,
and (2) law by divine dictate, sit is
sufficient TO say that the one exager-
ates the part played by human choice.
and the other the part played by
mans implanted instincts :"
Back of all these theories however,
there exists evidently some grain of
truth. A distinguished writer has
summed it up as follows;
Although government did not
originate in deliberate contract, and
although no system of law or OF social
order was ever made out of hand
by any enc man, government is not
all spontaneous growth. Deliberate
choice has always played a part of its
development. 1t was not on the one
hand given to man ready-made by
God, nor was it on the other hand a
human continuance. In its origin it
was spontaneous, natural, twin-horn
with man and the family \ :.
But once having arisen, government
was affected and profoundly affected
by mans choice; only the choice en-
tered, not to originate, but TO modify
government.
This then is the extent to which
reason and will may control human
actions; they must modify but not
originate: adapt, but not create; they
must work in accordance with law
naturally fixed in human character
and within the sphere of its external
activities
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14
This is Awful.

Henry Taylor, an ex-assessor of
Fayette county, has large pair Of
microscopic glasses to be worn on the
heads of roguish stock for the purpose
of magnifying small fences to keep
the animals from jumping the same,
thus making fence three feet in
height appear to be nine feet high.
When the animal approaches the
fence with his new spectacles and be-
holds the huge monstrosity before
him, he at once becomes perplexed
and walks away In dismay. This
unique device is simple in construc-
ton, yet novel in action.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14

The enterprising citizens of Terra
Alta will organize a board of trade
for general Improvement.
THE West Virginia Pulp and Pa
per Co., has heen awarded the gov
ernment contract to furnish seven
different lots of book paper at two
and nineteenth cents per pound
CHARLES Town is now lighted with
electric lights.
WEST Virginia is now producing
more high grade petroleum than any
other State in the Union.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14
Emphatic.

JOHN DAMN, OF Randolph county,
was married last week at Point Pleas
ant. A letter from his folks at the
old home contained this endearing
sentence: ''Please accept the con-
CALCULATIONS of the whole Damn
family
AN exchange gets off the following:
''If men are the salt of the earth"
women are undoubtedly the sugar.
Salt is necessary sugar a luxury.
Vicious men are saltpeter, stern men
are rock salt, nice men are table salt.
Old maids are brown sugar, good
natured natrons the loaf sugar, and
pretty girls the fine pulverized sugar.
Pass the pulverized sugar, please. y
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14

MRS KENNA
May Be Allowed to Remain Post
offlce-Senators Opposed to Her
Removal.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Senator
Faulkner is now confident that Mrs.
Kenna will continue Indefinitely as
postmistress at Charleston. He has
made pretty careful poll of the SEN
ate, and finds that four-f1fths of the
Senators are opposed to superseding
Mrs. Kenna and would vote to re-
ject Petty's nomination if it came
before them. 1t is not improbable
that a petition may be sent to the
President, signed by large number
of Senators, requesting the with
drawal of Petty's name.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14
THE COURT.
Some of the Things Which Have
Been Done.

A Charge aud what Came OF lt-Admis-
sion OF Eyidence-Some New Citizens
Made and the First Papers Granted
to Another - Sarser- Anderson Case
Now in the Hands of the Jury-Pr0-
ceedings To-day.
Gentlemen, if YOU find these
things TO exist, and they do exist"
said Judge Hagans to a jury during
the term of court, you will find for
the defendant After hearing this
charge the jury went out and after a
two hours deliberation returned
verdict for the plaintiff The YER
dict was set aside Mt once by the
court
Some people did not understand
why the old prosecuting attorney
was not allowed to testify to certain
facts in his possession gained
through his official position while
being consulted about the paternity
OF child yet unborn. The plaintiff
in the Anderson Sarver bastardy
case came to him and told him that
certain man was the father of
/ the child and that she wanted war
rant for him. She was told that
the laws of our state compel the au-
thorities to wait until the child is
born before any steps can be taken
in the matter. So she went away
After the birth of the child the war
rant was obtained for another man,
His lawyer wanted the testimony OF
i the prosecutor introduced as it
would have cleared their client. But
the court held that the evidence was
not admissible as it was obtained in
the course of a confidential interview
and that il was sacred Had this
mot been true lawyer could be
forced to tell whether his client had
| told him that he was guilty of any
crime and many great evils would
result. Even il the lawyer was vii
ling to tell what he knew that does
not make any difference. He can
not tell it to the jury.
Argument in the Sarver-Andersof
bastardy case was concluded this
morning and the case was given TO
the jury at noon. AS we go TO press
they are still out. The prosecution
has made much stronger case than
it was thought that they could make
through the inability of the defense
to get some OF their strongest testi-
mony before the jury.
The following persons having given
satisfactory evidence to the court
were made American citizens on Sat
urday:
August Stenger, German, %, ma
chinist.
Jacob Schenk, German, %; glass
blower
A. Joseph stenger, German, Al,
glassblower.
Andrew Sigwart, German, 50, glass
blower.
Frank Ecker, German, "a, glass
blower
Peter Brogniez, French, 80, glass
blower, was granted his first papers.
All the parties are employees of the
Senera Glass factory.
MONDAY, FEB. IA
Rachael r. O'Grady VS.. Balsa
Rexroad, asst. Demurrer plea non
asst.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14
A Lively Contest.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. H.
A lively contest is going on among
a number Of citizens of Morgan coun-
ty for the place on the Board Of Trus-
tees of Berkeley Springs, made vacant
by the death of Colonel John A. Rob-
inson. The Governor has received
the applications of John w. Johnson,
T. Fl. B. Duckwall ex-Sheriff Lewis
Largent and A. Fl. M. Saltonstall,
all OF Berkeley Springs, who are
strongly endorsed for the position.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14
DAMN PLEASANT AFFAIR.
Was this Wedding in Randolph COun.
fV

Married at the home of the brides
parents Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Pleasant
in Randolph county, w. Va, by the
Rev. John HI. Stitson, Miss Anna
Pleasant and Peter b. Damn. A
sumptuous meal was served at the
conclusion of the ceremony partaken
of by a host of friends and relatives.
During the reception an amusing in
cident occurred which was quite a
shock to the ministerial feeling when
one Of the brides little brothers re-
marked that the whole Damn family
was present, and that it was a Damn
Pleasant affair all around.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14
Can Win In a Walk.

Mr.. Dayton can never be renomi-
mated, much less elected. Hon. Geo
c. Sturgiss, OF Morgantown, is quiz
city working for the nomination, and
it is conceded by the most astute
politicians in the republican ranks
that the gentleman from Monongalia
can win in walk Grafton Leader.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14
The Leading Florist

Mary M. Jenkins, Florist, Grafton,
w. Va. Fine cut flowers and floral
designs speciality. Potted plants in
variety. Grafton, w. Va. Box 122.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14
Prof. Cumnock's Opinion of Miss Wini-
fred Gray.

Il regard Miss Winifred Gray as
one of the few readers fitted by nat
ural endowment and superior OPP
portunities in training, to hold a
place in the front rank of public en-
tertainers. She is pleasing in adj
dress, natural in speech and man
ner, and intelligent and appreciatiye
in her renditions. '-RoBERT MCLEAN
CUMNocK, Director Cumnock School
of Oratory, Northwestern Universe
ty, Evanston, Ill.
Miss Gray will read at Commence
ment Hall, February Goth. Tickets
may be obtained from any member
of the Woman's League, or at the
Acme Book store.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14

TRY the Alpha toby to-day at the
Athens.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14

THE entire University orchestra will
furnish the music for the The Minis
ter's Son which will be produced to-
night by the NATURALIZATION Co.
DURING a recent storm in Jackson
county barn in which horse had
been tied was blown down shortly
before daybreak. A hurried inyesti-
CATION with lantern showed the
barn mass of wrecked timber, with
the horse standing on top of portion
of the debris, without scratch. The
halter strap was still tied to piece
of timber, and how the animal es-
capped injured is impossible to i'm
agine.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14

A Charge aud what Came of lt-Admis-
sion OF Eyidence-Some New Citizens
Made and the First Papers Granted
to Another - Saryer- Anderson Case
Now in the Hands of the Jury-Pro-
ceedings To-day.
, 1898-10-07

when not depending upon any particu-
lar disease, may be removed or greatly
lessened by daily friction with mild
u~nguents, or oil, or glycerine.
Coughs and sore threats may be much
alleviated by glycerine and lemon juice
diluted with water, taken at night. Hot
faxseed tea with lemon juice, sweet
ened with rock candy, Is excellent also.
Headache which is the result Of ex-
posture to colds or draught or sudden
changes, is best treated by hot applica-
TONS. hot water bags and gentle fric-
ton of the place of pain. If this does
not Danish the headache in a day then
a deeper illness is indicated.
Very convenient little articles for a
sick room are the glass covers for tum-
blers holding medicines or nourishment.
These covers have q clock face paint
ed upon them and a steel pointer, which
may be placed at the hour at which the
medicine is next to be taken. With
this for q reminder the time is not APT
to be overlooked.
, 1898-10-07
The GaIt-CeUar.

The ~salt-cellar dates back to remote
fines, and that is natural, since the
usg of salt is lost in the night of
time. Homer qualities 1t as divine
Among the Greeks and Romans it &C.
eupied the place of honor at banquets.
Among the wealthy it was of silver or
gold, and was handed down from
father to son. B~envenuto Cellini chased
some for Francis L. that were of the
most exquisite workmanship. There are
likewise some beautiful specimens in
faience. and at the Louvre may be seen
those made at Oriu for the celebration
set called the service of Diana of Pot
tiers or Of Henry II.
, 1898-10-07
sToRE up FOOD Foa wrNrgR.
Weasels, chipmunks and SQUIRRELS
Prepare for Cold Weather.

"easeis, I~hipn1uuks and SQUIRRELS
Prepare for Cold Weather.
Have you ever seen the weasel carry
his winter food to his den? If you meet
him In the woods, watch him at work;
no n could be more methodicaI. He
brings his food to the entrance of ais
home, and suddenly pops into the
round hole In the ground that serves
him as a doorway. Whatever food
he may have brought he Will lay near
his door, go In, turn around and then.
reach out TO drag In the dainty after
him.
The chipmunk is another busy house.
keeper. He works on much the an
plan as the weasel and to and fro be.
viii hasten OF the still days of Octo-
Der, seeming to understand the advan-
tage of toiling while the winds and sky
are favorable. In storing his proYIs-
ions the chipmunk IS far more careful
thai the red squirrel, and he Is also
o particular about furnishing his
home. He selects the dry maple
leaves or those Of the plane tree, and
stuffs them carefully into his cheek
pockets to carry them to his den. When,
he cannot find enough nuts OF grain
this %proyident little housekeeper
chooses something else.
We know of two chipmunks that
were observed by a student Of animals
while they We're gathering cherry pits
from under a cherry tree near the stu
dents house. As he preferred watch.
ing the workers to disturbing them.
they grew more friendly, and we're full
of joy at the unusual feast that they
were laying up or>themselyes. They
gathered the seeds of the sugar maple
also, and, as many of the keys were
yet on the trees, although the leaves
had fallen, the chipmunks harvested
them by running swiftly out upon the
ends Of the small branches, reaching
for the maple keys, shipping off the
wings and deftly slipping the nut or
samara into their cheek pockets.-Our
Animal Friends.
, 1898-10-07

army paymaSrer, there Is put one pay
in each month. Congress has been ap-
pealed to time and time again to regu-
late pay days by legislation but for
some unknown reason it has always
refused
Though there are now and always
have been, advocates of frequent pay
days, it is not sure that weekly pay
days are the best for department clerks.
Getting their money in four parts, one-
fourth each week, seriously interferes
with them, for, as a rule, all of one
weeks money is expended by. the time
the next week ome around, leaving
nothing TO pay off their boarding house
or rent bills, which come due every
month. All through Europe department
clerks are paid but once in three
months, and It is said they manage to
save more money by that method than
is saved by those who receive their
salary more frequently."-St. Louis
Globe-DemOcrat.
, 1898-10-07

affected were the gentlemen. One of
them leaned back IN his seat and closed
his eyes while he softly beat time on his
knee with one hand.
What retrospect did he see behind
those closed lids? Youths golden
hours, wealth, affluence, the turmoil of
war, the sting of defeat, then peace,
new fortunes and-then Bessie stopped
singing, while the applause surged over
the hall, led by the S~outherners and the
old colored couple. Distant In environ
ments as the two poles. yet brought to-
gether by the reminiscent music.
"Lawd Dress yo' soul, Sue; amt dat
man wild de watah million mouth just
like old brack Phil what Marse Peyton
owned?" remarked uncle.
"Yaas, indeedy," returned nanny;
tan jess look at dat brazing wench wild
her low-cut dress. An dem steps; dat
girls got de debil in her. sho'."
"KurneI," remarked the elder Of the
two %Southerners to his companion,
that's the finest cake walk, sub, I've
seen since the wah. I used to own,
sub, d niggah just like that fellow on
the end. He was the greatest cake
walker in the South. Po' old boy Jack,
he died befo' he got his freedom
Washington Star.
, 1898-10-07
AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM.

Mrs. W. E. PAXTON, youngstown.
North Dakota, writes about her strur-
gle to regain health after the birth of
her little girl:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that I add mr. testimony to
your list, hoping that it may induce
others to avail themselves of your val
liable medicine.
After the birth of my little girl,
three years ago, my health was very
poor. I had leucorrhna badly, and a
terrible bearing-down pain which
gradually grew worse. until I could do
no work. Also had headache nearly
all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men
situations were very profuse, ppear
ing every two weeks.
"1took medicine from a rood doctor,
but it seemed to do no good. I was
becoming alarmed over my condition.
when l read your advertisement in a
paper. I sent at once for a bottle Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and after taking two-thirds of
the bottle l felt SO much better that I
send for two more. After using three
bottles I felt as strong and well as any
one.
Il think it is the best medicine for
female weakness ever advertised. and
recommend it to every lady I meet suf-
fering from this trouble"
Maternity IS a wonderful experience
and many women approach it wholly
u~nprepared. Childbirth under right
conditions need not terrify mt
The advice of Mrs. Pinkham is freely
offered to all expectant mothers, and
her advice is beyond question the most
valuable to be obtained. If Mrs. Pax
ton had written to Mrs. Pinkham be-
fore confinement she would have been
saved much suffering. Mrs. Pinkham's
address is Lynn, Mass.
, 1898-10-07
Venus.

Venus rotates on her axis once IN
about twenty-four hours, according to
Mr.. Bremen, of the Manoa observatory
at Bombay, who has been watching the
planet and says he car prove his assere
ton. This agrees with ~Schroter's state
ment that the time is twenty-three
hours and twenty-one minutes and is
opposed to that of SchiapareIli, who
says that the time is the same as that
of the planets revolution around the
SIN.
, 1898-10-07
Silver weddings in Germany.

a great many silver weddings were
celebrated in Germany during July.
Immediately after the declaration of
war in 1870 thousand of weddings took
place. The soldiers made up their
minds that the State should provide
for the women of their choice, if death
prevented themselves from doing so.
The authorities assisted by dispensing
with the usual publication of banns.
Many men were married in full uni
form, ready to march, the regiment
hating before the church just long
enough to have the necessary ceremony
performed.
, 1898-10-07
The Retort Courteous,

The proprietor of a new Washington
hotel celebrated its opening by inviting
a large number of distingues to a sup
per. At the table d distinguished judge
Of diminutive stature took ofense at a
joeular remark of the landlord and,
handing him 81, said; "Sir, I wish to
pay for my supper The landlord
handed him back 90 cents, saying quiet
ly: children half-price. What to
Eat,
, 1898-10-07

lor Ncle People. He coaxed his grand
1ausbter to get him a box Of the pills.
Alsr chat box had been used he secured
another. In three weeks he began to feel a
li.liS life in his arm: at the end of four he
eouid move his fingers: at the end of two
inonths he could walk, and in three months
he Sould shave himself with the injured
AZ lie told his story in the Herald office.
ue i9oked the perfect picture of health. He
eallles a box of the pills in his pocket, and
Nhenever he does hot feel just right ne
tak9s them. They cured him after doctors
aaa given hin up, and his death was daily
expscted.
a he elements necessary to give new
ne I'D richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained, in a con-
Gensed form, In DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
taie People. They are an unfailing spe-
-eins for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
paltial paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, ~sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache.
tne after effects of la grippe, palpitation of
she heart, pale and sallow compilations, all
lorhs of weakness either in male o rfemale.
, 1898-10-07

Bad men have always tried to hinder
the work of God, but they have never
delayed His purpose for an instant.
The man who is truly praying for the
coming of Christ will be found doing
something to help prepare the way.
The man who has to read what men
say to find out whether the Bible is
true or not, has no business in the pull
pit.
No matter how humble the preacher
may seen to be, he is n Of the great.
est Of men, If God has ordained him to
preach.
, 1898-10-07
Mommsen, the Historian.

Prof. Theodore Mommsen, the famous
historian, is a man Of small, almost In
significant stature, with long, snow
white, silky hair hanging down to his
shoulders, and a frame almost enact
ated; but he still has the energy and
the power of work that one might ex,
pect In a mar half his age.
, 1898-10-07
Cold.

Intense cold, as is well known, burns
If we may use the term-like heat. If
a "drop'' of air at a temperature of
$50 degrees below zero We're placed
upon the hand, 1t would have the same
effect as would the same quantity of
molten Oteel or lead. Every n who
has had the care of horses ought to
know the pain inflicted by placing q
frosted bit in a horses mouth. It
burns like hot iron.
, 1898-10-07

RSaying no to seie Is not always say
ing yes to Christ.
Rest is never found by those who q
not first ind Christ.
The law kills, but Christ Is the resur
rection and the life.
We r made richer by whateye,
makes us more grateful.
Happiness is not found in getting the
world, but in giving 1t up.
Whoever would have power In prayer
must be Instant in prayer.
ThQses who would borrow trouble ney.
er have to go far to find it.
To make the standard OF Christian
life low, is to belittle Christ.
The problem of dying solves itself,
when men learn how to live.
Tho deafest people are those who
have ears and will not hear.
In proportion as we live for others,
will we find life worth living.
The more u~nconsecrated wealth q
Christian has the worse he is off.
When men live as Christ lived, they
will not find it hard to die as He did.
The rest of Christ is only for those
who are willing to say good by to sin.
Whoever keeps close to the cross will
have to share the reproach of Christ.
An old truth stated IN a new way viii
bit and stick where it has often missed.
Pounding the Bible in church is not
the right way to thresh out its golden
grain.
The devil gets much of his best work
done by people who love to tell bad
news.
The devil tightens his grip on a sin
ner's neck, every time he says no to
Christ.
The difference between love and self.
dshness is that love s~uffereth long and
is kind"
God Is being slandered IN the home
where the children do not want to see
Sunday ONE
The hamlet In which a great man Is
born and reared, is the last to find our
that he is great.
To keep the people from going to sleep
I'm church, the preacher must keep him.
self wide awake.
We understand why the vine is prun-
ed, but how we are perplexed when we
are being pruned.
Too many sermons would have no
Bible in them, If it were not the fash
Ion to take u text.
What God says will always make peo>
pie think, il stated in a way suited to
their comprehension.
II the preacher sleeps too much over
his preparation, the people will sleep
while he is preaching.
When we stop looking toward the
wrong place we wlK not find it SO hard
49, -
, 1898-10-07
PAY DAY.
Every Department Goes on It's Own
loo in Recommending Employees.

II RI oOCB Oh It's WI
Hook in Recommending Employees.
Zone of the most peculiar things In
connection with the department ser,
vice" remarked a disburstng officer, SIS
the almost entire absence Of legislation
regarding the question of when pay.
ments are to be made The whole mat.
ter of paying is left with the head of
each department, subject to any rules
which be wishes to adopt, and this is
governed by custom rather than by di.
rect OF expressed law. Thus In some
Of the branches of the treasury depart.
ment there are weekly pay days, nota.
bly, in the redemption division, while in
the others there are semi-monthly pay
days. In most of the branches Of the
other departments there are semi
monthly pay days, tho gh-to the clerks
of the Headquarters elrmv in thu
, 1898-10-07
Had No Desire for Eama

"Mr. Speaker" exclaimed a member
of the New South Wales parliament,
my colleague taunts me with a desire
for fame. 1 scorn the imputation, sir.
Fame, sir! What is fame? 1t is a
shaved pig with a creased tail, which
slips through the hands of thousands,
and then is accidentally caught by ON
lucky fellow who happens to hold on To
, 1898-10-07
Do Be Considerable.

Wiggins-I never argue with a wom-
an. In the first place, it's a bore, and,
then, again, 1t " does any good.
Mrs. Henpeck-Ah, but you forget
how much JOY 1t gives to the woman
Truth.