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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-11-23
II buge Joke
10 longer Is
ncrtb Mor9afttoWtl.
so per cent.
With its SIS, 700 worth of beautif
hornnc oil h1,ilt ,.ithira two roarc


80 per cent.
is unusually large per cent. but has been made
on these lots several times.
Don't you want to invest few spare dollars each
month and repeat the experience of others.
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The Parthenon society is prepar-
ing to give public performance at
the University within the next few
weeks and the performers are al
ready hard at work on their parts.
The entertainment will as always be
most delightful one and there will
be very large crowd out to hear
the young people.
THE beef steaks served by the Deli
catessen are splendid and served In a
style not heretofore in vogue. The
reputation of the place has brought a
goodly number of customers who want
to become regular boarders.
MoRGANrowN is praised by every
stranger who comes into the town
and in the next few years there will
be even more to praise than we have
now. The old town has Just started
on it's march to industrial supremacy
in this section. There is no town in
the valley that has any better
chance than we have to take prom
inent part in manufacturing.
HAVE you .ried MADEIRA Bros. Hot
Chocolate.
MEMS leather lined shoes only 81. 90
at Waters up-to-date shoe store.
DESPITE the talk the thieves in
Fayette county have not yet been
apprehended and the people living
in the section in which the robbers
have been circulating are not any
more safe than they were before.
There should be a strong effort on
the part of the officers to run the
thieves TO earth.
THE entertainment Grade Songs
of Many Nations has been given by
Sunday School children all over the
country and has always proved a
great success. Come and hear the
children at the Presbyterian church
Friday at s o'clock.
The rain seems determined to
make up for all the good weather we
have had up to date. The rivermen
are very anxious to have a rise and
for the sake of these and others who
have money tied up waiting for rain
we can afford to see it come for a
while at least
WILL not bore you with long ad.
If you want anything fresh in fancy
and staple groceries call at A. L..
Nye's. Phone So.
WORK has been resumed on the
lower side of the bridge and the
flooring is being put in as fast as it
can be. The upper side now has to
be used by teams going in both di
rections and it causes some slight de-
lay at times. The rest of the i'm
provements will be shortly completed
and the bridge will be better than
it has been for long time.
THE largest and best line of grocer
les in town at the City Market.
If you want to buy anything, go
to Smiths. If they don't have it,
then go elsewhere.
For SALE; A good heavy horse.
Apply to VIM. Wilmington.
Our stock of Mems Shoes is COM
posed of the leading brands Of Amer
lea. Such as Hanan's, Banister's,
Humane etc. Hirschman's.
NoBBY things in Boys overcoats
at Hirschman's.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-11-23
Charles Dickens SAYS

81 have always thought Of Christmas time as
good time,a kind, forgiving, generous, pleas
ant time; time when and women seem
by one consent to open their hearts freely;
and SO | say
tsGod Bless Christmas"
Don't let the egood time pass without max
ing your friends happy with some Of our
beautiful books They are irdiculously
cheap. We have them piled on our shelves
and counters, hundreds yes thousands of
them.
Fancy Books but
Not Fancy Prices.
You will enjoy your Christmas if YOU buy
your presents at the Acme. The proprietor
of the Acme is in New York with wide open
eyes for the latest and best You can't 90 to
the city, perhaps but you can come to our
store and it has the best the market.
Tilt. ACME BOOK STORE,
H L. SwIsHER, Proprietor.
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is unusually large per cent but II has been made
these lots several times.
Don't you want to invest few spare dollars each
month and repeat the experience of others.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-30
A Good Family Friend,

When one finishes school or college
one is only beginning to learn, and
what better postgraduate courses could
one have than the practical application
of ideas through the medium of friends
and family? AS far as education is con-
cerned the best family friend is the die
tionary. When you see some one in
family consulting a dictionary when
ever. a doubtful word or phrase comes
up in the course Of conversation you
will find the members intelligent peo-
pie as far as facts can educate. The
vague idea Of geography possessed by
mature Americans was never better
demonstrated than by the poverty of
the general knowledge about our late
territorial acquisitions. I heard one
woman of 30 years, possessed of more
than the ordinary education, say: 81
don't see what we want with Porto Rico
and those other places way off there
in the East Indies" Her husband with
out a word got map that had come
with the Sunday paper and pointed
out the lay of our new lands. If men
would do that sort of thing oftener
they would be Of greater use. AS it is
they frequently pass such mistakes with
a laugh, commenting to themselves:
That's the woman of it it. = Frances Ev-
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studying the lion, the tiger, the rhin-
oceros and other strange beasts in their
native lair: No artist before him had
undertaken such dangerous trip on
his own responsibility. His predeces-
sors--and he had but few who had
visited the African wilds had done so
as the paid representatives of pictorial
journals. Kuhnert went for arts sake,
giving up lucrative employment to
gather knowledge for himself and man
kind. While on his way to the Germna
East African possessions he stopped
for time at Cairo and other Egyptian
cities, filing his sketch books with
little treasures which afterward were
eagerly purchased by lovers of genuine
art and which the critics have pro-
nounced gems of. the purest ray. i
Kuhnerta organized his exploring and
sketching expedition at Tanga. His
force consisted of few carriers, q
guide and a cook, of whose natural
goodness the artist speaks words >of
highest praise, in direct contradiction
of other travellers who have pronounced
these natives ,treacherous and lazy.
Whenever Kuhnert's little expedition
touched native villages 1T found a
hearty welcome; and eggs, flour, chick
ems, corn and sugarsaca were always
offered in exchange for European tri-
hes. The. negro men would stand for
hours behind his camp chair and would
accompany every movement Of brush
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studied at the Berlin academy, under
Profs. Thumann and Hildebrandt, i'm
mediately securing recognition as a
clever portrait painter: But portrait
work was too tame for the ambitious
young fellow, who passed all of his
leisure hours in the Berlin geological
gardens, where he observed the habits
and movements of domesticated as well
as wild animals. In the course of a
few months he surprised his instructors
and the art editors of the great German
illustrated journals by submitting to
them a series OF sketches of lions and
tigers. These drawing were eagerly
purchased by enterprising publishers
and reproduced in German, Austrian,
English and French periodicals.. From
absolute obscurity Kuhnert rose at
once into celebrity, his name being as
sociated with those of the greatest
animal painters of the present genera
ton.
Instead of having his head turned by
such words of commentator the young
artist concluded to undertake a journey
to East Africa for the sole purpose of
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During such conferences az the1e Il
was decided that war with Spain should
be deferred until we could get powder
shot and supplies for the army and navy
It was also decided that the congress
should vote $50, 100000 "for the national
defense" in order that the president
might hasten preparations for the IL
evitable. It was decided that prelim.
mary work should be done on the fnan-
cial bill which is to be passed next
winter. Thus these midnight confer
ences prepare important legislation;
and Col. Henderson has left his impress
on all important measures for nearly
20 years in just such conferences.
Well, this is sample Of the way the
days are spent, in a constant grind of
brilliant effort and consistent work.
The reader will grasp at once the fact
that popular congressman cannot
find time for pleasure or recreation
while the congress is in session.
Now what has Mrs. Henderson been
doing all this time? She cannot have
her husband with her to lunch, at mid
day. She cannot see him from break
fast time until supper time. She can
not have him with her in the evening, to
60 to theater, lecture or other enter
tainment. She and her daughters are
deprived of the company of husband
and father nearly all the time congress
is in session. 1t fs only when they are
at home in Dubuque that they have him
to themselves a part of the time; and
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GOOD USE OF DEAD cows
- Irhcky Oia FaTHeF's Gnfque
Scheme to Ckenf q RAIL-
FOad CQMpaBy.

1T was great scheme laughed the
claim agent, land If I hadn't by the
merest chance tumbIed to the old mans
game it might have been going ON vet.
Some time ago I was notified that a
man down the road had had cow killed
by the cars and that he had put in q
claim for damages. I looked the mat
ter up, and as it was perfectly straight
On the face of it there was nothing te
do but to settle with the old man on
the best terms that could get. did
30, and was hardly back when was
again notified that the old man had hao
another cow killed by the cars.
Il looked into that claim little more
carefully, but it was all right as far
as could see, and + settled with him.
Before had had time to catch train
back to the city the old man sent me
word that he had had another COW
killed by the cars. This struck me as
being very strange, particularly so as
none of the train crews had reported
killing any cows. Moreover, they all
denied it when questioned about it.
Il went out where the cow was still
lying by the side of the track and found
1t almost cut to pieces. I was about
to settle with the old man, as there
was no other way out of il, when his
ten-year-old boy came running up
'Pop! he gasped. there's another
COW dead! Hurry up and we'll drag
Der down here and make the old rail-
road think that they have killed two
this time
''WeIl, the truth of the matter was
that the old mans stock had been dying
from some cause. and he with great
forethought had dragged the victims
down on the railroad grade, pounded a
few holes in them with a pickax. and
then calmly notified the railroad to set
tle."-N. Y. Sun.
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had refused to furnish the day before.
Toward evening the expedition arrived
at the fortified Soma of the sultan
of Marungu, an African chieftain noted
for bravery, energy and wisdom. He
proved very useful to the travellers, and
showed his friendship in many ways.
He refreshed the weary party with
home-brewed beer, which was drinka-
BILE, and a meal of dried ribs of beef,
which was left untasted by the
European, The next night Kuhnert, VIII o
had hitherto been exceedingly careful,
threw caution to the winds. He slept
on the ground, which was>damp from
recent rains, and fell victim of swamp
fever. Fortunately for. himself and
the cause of art, he succeeded in reach
ing the military station on the Kilima
Ndscharo before losing consciousness.
There he received excellent medical
treatment and found congenial COM
pany. During his convalescence he
made numerous short trips, in the
course of which he came across, many
rare animals and birds, sketches of
which now adorn the walls of scores of
European. galleries. One of his most
charming water colors is that of pair
of marabous, which is here reproduced
in black and white. He also sketched a
rhinoceros which he shot in the Arusha
territory. After the demands of art
had been satisfied, the unwieldy beast
was cut up and devoured by his black
VHho CO. ,,1,;
oceros the .daintiest of African morsels.
Soon afterward the artist began his
return trip. He stopped for few days
at Masinde, a British mission station,
to recover from the effects of a cold
contracted on the road during the
rainy season. On his arrival at .Tanga
he dismissed his carriers and servants;
and thus ended the only exploring ex-
petition ever undertaken for purely
artistic purposes.
Kuhnert was received with high hon.
ors by the representatives of the Ger
man government in East Africa, and
on his return to Berlin was feted by
statesmen, artists and geographers.
His journey, although undertaken as a
private venture, enabled him to make
many observations of a sociological and
political nature, which have since been
put into practical operation by the
colonial office. It was the artists in
tention at one time to undertake Sec
ond journey to Africa, but Cupid inter-
fered with his plans. Instead of again
Drawing the dangers of jungle and
prairie, he ventured upon the sea of
matrimony; "a decision which, ac-
cording to the friend who has furnished
the notes upon which this chat is based,
might have been wisdom for shop
keeper, but which is. detrimental to an
artist who, sir, needs freedom more
than money or comfort" But Mr..
kuhnert is happy man, just the same.
-. G. w. wEIPPIERT. &
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Henderson,
they do love him much, and enjoy his
splendid, congenial, affectionate COM
pany.
Is it any wonder then that this low
ing, loyal little woman should say that
she will be proud of his advancement
to the great position of speaker Of the
house, but she will also be sorry? For
you must understand that while the
time of the popular congressman is
taken up by his duties, and by his call
ers, and by his letters, and by the con-
ferences, when he becomes speaker the
demands upon his time will be multi
piled more than a hundredfold.
Then every member of the house (355
of them) will daily want to see the
speaker about some little bill, or some
public policy, or some appropriation.
They will follow him to his hotel, and
will watch for him as late as midnight,
in order to get their turn to talk to
him. He must continue to attend to his
correspondence, because he will con-
tinue to be the representative of the
Third congressional district of Iowa,
and his people will expect even more of
him than ever before.
With this prospect before him, and
his wife understanding the situation
by experience in the national capital,
it is very apparent that pride in sue
cess is mingled with sorrow, because
his family will not be able to see much
of him.
This letter may be lesson to some
of the wives of ambitious young men
who are aspiring to congressional hon
ors. You must understand that Col.
Henderson is one of the most domestic
men in the land; man who loves his
family devotedly. And yet, like others
who possess superior ability and who
forge to the front in national affairs,
he is busy from the moment his eyes
open in the morning until they close
at night; and when he yields the gavel
of speaker he will be buster than ever,
and all of his time will belong to the
people and their representatives.
The life of this popular congressman,
as stated at the beginning, is simply
type of the life of each man who at
tains prominence, It was the same
with Lincoln, Garfield, Harrison, Me-
Kinley, and every man who has served
in congressional life, before attaining
the highest office. And even in the
white house there is no relief, for the
presidents time is constantly taken
up with national affairs, and his fam
lily can see little of him. - 80
But Col. Henderson will never be
president, because he was not born in
this country. He was born in Scot
land; and although he came to this
country as little boy, and served in the
federal army he cannot be president.
But he is fit for it, anyway.
SMITH D. FRY
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DE TED TO HIS ART
German Fainter Visits Africa to S.
cure Authentic Sketches.

Especial Chicago letter.


The other day the writer had the.
pleasure of passing an hour or two in
the company of half dozen ar
lists J. whose landscapes and por-
traits are known to the connoisseurs
of two worlds. One of them was op
his way to the Rocky mountain re-
gion, where he will spend six months
or year for the purpose Of sketching
the natural wonders Of that magnifi-
cent country. whose grandeur seems to
be estimated more justly in Europe
than at home. Another one was en-
route to Hawaii, where he thought ma
terial for brush and pencil could be
found in abundance. The others of
the party were less ambitious one be-
ing headed for the Upper Mississippi
country, the others for the lakes and
woods Of Wisconsin and Michigan.
From personalities the conversation
drifted into broader channels, one be-
ing the discussion Of the journeyings
of artists of note. The statement was
made that painters-even those of great
reputation-draw largely upon their
imagination, especially in the depic-
ton Of comparatively unknown lands
and the wild beasts which inhabit them.
This broad assertion caused a young
Belgian artist to speak lovingly of a
German colleague, wilhelm Kuhnert,
whose achievements are comparatively
unknown in America and who deserves
to be better known in land whose
people delight to honor intrepidity and
devotion to duty, wherever they may
find it. -.
Kuhnert was born September 20, 1865,
in the little German city of Oppeln. He
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S. While camping not I'll from ii su,,r,i,
ii fat but waterless prs aiirie, the artist
met the lion whose picture accompa-
MES this article. The king Of beasts
emerged from the high grass, looked
at the white man md his tent, and
disappeared with truly royal dignity.
Unlike many travellers, Kuhnert has
nothing of the Munch ausen about him..
He does not claim that the lion posed
for him, but he had the courtesy to
remain long enough to Impress his
features on the mind LOT the artist, who
completed the rough sketch made ON
the spot after his return to Berlin,
using a captive East African lion AZ
model. 5sss
After a tedious march through
swamps and. marshes the expedition
reached the foot of the Kilima
Ndscharo, the highest peak in German
East Africa. After q short rest, de-
voted not to sleep but to thoughtful
contemplation of the snow.capped
mountain giant, the party proceeded
on it's march and shortly afterward
encountered it's only disagreeable adj
venture. By chance the travellers en-
tered the domains Of negro chief who
claims to be British vassal. The
dusky potentate looked upon the artist
and his servants as legitimate prey and
threatened to hold them as captives.
Kuhnert protested that his mission was
not of a warlike nature and, to use a
slang phrase, ''put up good bluff -
but when the old chiefs warriors be-
gan to shout and form lines for a war
dance his followers weakened and the
drtist was compelled to pay tribute in
the shape of white cotton goods.
When, on the next morning, the chief
attempted to extort further contribu-
tions, Kuhnert replied with more em-
phasis than politeness and was suf-
fered to depart. An hour later party
of suspicious-looking natives was dis.
covered by the guide of the expedition
but a few shots from the repeating RI
fles caused them to vanish almost in
simultaneously. ssea# ,.>ii
A COW antelope, which the artist had
managed to bring down early in the
morning, formed welcome substitute
for the food supplies which the natives
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"Deweys father was physician, no
better than hundreds of other physi-
clans, but his services were in great
demand, and he found little time to
play with George Thus, when Georges
good mother died, five years after his
birth, the care of George largely de-
volved upon his sister Mary. The sis
ter did her level best to bring George
up in the way that he should go, but
she had a hard time of it. To put it
plainly, George was a bad boy; but
his early amusements were harmless
enough. He used to whitt1e out little
boats and sail them on the Onion river,
which flowed close to his fathers house.
In this same river he also learned to
swim and could stay under longer
than any other boy in the neighbor-
hood.
1T was at school that the badness
In George began to show itself. He was
a 'scrappy' little fellow and not only
took delight in bullying his mates,
but on more than one occasion he
tried to fight the teacher. II remained
for schoolmaster, H. X. Pangborn by
name, to conquer Georges warfike dis
position and impress upon him the
value of strict obedience, and IL took 8
rawhide to do it. Old DIR. Dewey was
SO pleased with the change IN Georges
behavior, which dated from the raw
hide incident, that he personally
thanked the schooImasfer and con-
graduated him upon what he regarded
as brilliant victory. Soon after this
lesson in obedience. George became one
of the best-behaved boys in the school,
as well as the brightest scholar
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
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One OF the Old School.

"Bah!'' cried old Testyman, angrily,
as he finished the report of case in
which a school-teacher had been fined
for. thrashing one of his pupils, bah!
things have changed since my time,
assure you. Boys were boys then, and
not afraid of good licking, and they
got one pretty often, I can tell you.
Why, sir, I've had my back SCARED with
weals for six months at a. time. ''a~ssss"
''You must have looked a pretty pic
ture, I should Think" remarked a fel.
low clubman. 4. '~~~ f.
II was,'' said Testyman, briefly; "a
picture by one of the old masters
And the old fellow chuckled grimly as
he toddled away to the, card-room.-
Ally Sloper. s'~ ''.'."5#: ~s's ~''7''1'
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at the battle of Iuka, in 1862; there
fore it is necessary for him to take
carriage, whereas men who are not
thus afflicted would walk, or take
street cars.
Usually by noon all of these errands
are attended to, and Col. Henderson is
in his committee room at the capitol,
attending to public duties there. When
the gavel of the speaker falls, calling
the house to order at noon, he is in his
seat on the floor of the house, and there
he. remains, participating in public de-
bates on all questions. For the COM
nittee on rules he often appears, to
state the policy of the majority con-
corning pending bills, and his utter
ances are always lucidly delivered and
we'll received.
The house generally remains in ses-i
sion until half-past five or six o'clock,
and, when adjournments are taken, Col. :!
Henderson goes at once to the hotel,J
where he has supper with his wife and
daughter, remaining with them until
about eli ght o'clock, when he goes to
his office room in the hotel, to write
letters to those who have required him
to visit the departments in the morn
ing. He is generally engaged in this
work until about ten o'clock at night.
In the meantime from five to twenty
men have called and been seen, all of
them having requests to make, which
will require some of his time and at
tention the next day. So, you see, the
popular congressman has enough to do
to keep him going all the time; and
he never dreams of such a thing as
limiting his. days work to eight hours.
That would be impossible. ~
Well, when ten o'clock at night ar
rives, one would suppose that the man
was entitled to a little bit of rest and
sleep. But things are different here.
About ten o'clock at night the politi-
clans begin to hold conferences about
pending bills. Col. Henderson is always
5 wanted in these councils, and they
usually last until midnight or one
o'clock in the morning. sla