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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-18

Major General Otis taught school in
Spencer when young man; has rela-
tives and former pupils in Wellington
whom he has visited at intervals in his
army life. He is most genial and en-
tertaining guest, and as good talker as
NsOldier.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-18

The Woman's Afternoon club met with
Mrs. ]. w. Houghton yesterday afternoon.
A paper on "0ur New Fellow Citizens,
The Hawaiians," was read by Miss Eliza
beth Johns. Mrs. McDermott was not
present and her paper on Educational
and Religious Work in Hawaii",,was read
by Mrs. Rogers.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-18
OF LoCAL INTEREST.

The days are getting longer.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-18

Rev. Barnes, Of the Disciple church, is
preaching series Of sermons on Jesus
as Teacher" On last Sunday evening
he spoke on "What Jesus Taught about
God" Next Sunday night the theme
will be "What Jesus Taught about Him
self" He extends an invitation to all
to attend services.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-18

1t is a credit to the sense Of majority
Of the women seen on our streets that
they do not follow the lately revived but
idIotic fashion Of skirts sweeping the
ground. What would be thought Of the
sanity Of man who would wear panta-
looms reaching below his heels into the
mud and water.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
"Poor Excuse.v Etc.

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40 ,,,,,ht A. h. ~ 49, a.,;n 20
49, ia al eanrot ~, -. :. .,S ~
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an s,. n.u .aa s ST. sen.s ~ 'iea,
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s 80 s'ppo' 'Ae "s0"i 'au"ieu nin''
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.rs,s 49,. .ne nsn.e' ,ue"
~. 81, ma. 'ne oicnes'ia
$3.50, IN ~ nm because sue sang III
en m anu uiun ! Deiohs " 'he union.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

AIter the Lucky baloWln eneater ana
notei Ire IN Gan Francisco there were
nine rect OF water In tne basement
wnere tile Instruments Oh .he orches1ra
were stored "hen a httle OF II mao
oeen pumped out August Hinricns'
'eaaer OF 1ne orcnestra, nared man 70
SWIM III anu eee ou' MS FAMOUS Alia''
Vioiin'
~ was wreckea--water soaKeo,
warped Twisted ana broken up INTO 90
pieces Inc not water nad soaked OUT
an the ola giue' ana every piece nad
iaiieh away IroIn ltS helgnpor' pesiues
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
FIGHT FOR YOUR BAGGAGE.
That Seems to Be the Proper Caper
on English RaiIyyayn

That Seems to Be the Proper Caper
on English Railways.
mo American can ever travel on the
railways of England in comfort" said
the New Yorker, who had crossed the
Atlantic score Of times. "In the first
place you've got to play hog If you
get compartment by yourself, and In
the next it's an even question whether
you get your baggage at the end of
your journey. Everything is piled
upon the platform, and every passen-
ger must pick out his own. If you are
two minutes late, there is nothing to
prevent somebody claiming your bag
gage. ! never arrived at O terminus
without witnessing big row between
passengers, ;snd l never talked with a
fellow passenger who had not lost
trunk or satchel at some time or other
In three months of travelling about |
saw my trunk claimed by others at
least 20 times for assaulting the
porters. This assault consisted solely
in abusing the railroad companies
about the baggage system. | finally
got so mad about the thing that spent
two days in securing an interview with
a railway magnate at his office In Lon
don. | straightway asked him If he
had never heard of baggage check.
81 have, sir he replied.
Don't you think it good sys.
temp
"I do, sir
"Then why don't you adopt It.?
Because it's Yankee idea, sirp
81 told him 1t was also Yankee idea
to eat oysters and asked him why he
followed suit, and he was as serious as
judge as he replied:
"'Oh, but that's different, you know.
You Yankees swallow your oysters
whole, while we always halve and
sometimes quarter themp "-Exchange.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
A blind MANS COLONIZATION.

When Gauss became blind, his only
amusement consisted in making calcu-
lations of curious and somewhat Pc
culiar nature. These sometimes lasted
for days. When more than 80 years
old, Gauss computed the amount to
which 81 would grow if compounded
annually at 4 per cent interest from
the time of Adam to the present, as
Stunning this to be 5000 years. This, If
in gold, would make cubic mass so
large that it would take ray of light
travelling almost 1000 miles a second
more than l,000 100000 years to jour
ney alongside of it. This mental COM
putation is SO startling as to be almost
beyond belief, yet the conclusions of
this eminent mathematician are cor
rect.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
Gold and silver signs.

Nearly 100000 worth of gold and
over 100000 worth of silver are left
out of doors. unguarded. every night
the year round in Greater New York.
No one ever thinks of stealing it. and
indeed. until some inventive thief
comes along the owners need have no
fear, because the wealth is securely
glued down and generally from ten to
100 feet above the sidewalk
1t is on the signs of the city. Gold
and silver leaf. far purer than the
metal which Uncle Sam uses for his
coins. amounting in value to over
100000 year. is used on the signs Of
this city. One brewery alone spends
$4,000 annually for gold and silver
leaf Next to the brewers the cigar
manufacturers go in most extensively
for gold and silver signs, while good
authority has estimated that ON the
windows and above the doors of New
York's drug stores there is enough gold
to tempt any number of thieves. New
York World.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
Relic PiIfering Ministers,

The superintendent of public build
ings and grounds who has charge Of
the Washington monument, says one
of the greatest troubles the watchmen
at the monument have to contend with
is the chipping Of these memorial stones
by relic hunters.
Zone of the strangest things in re-
gard to these relic hunters" said the
superintendent, sis the fact that more
than one-half Of the men arrested for
chipping off relics are clergymen. When
the police arrest these despoilers and
tart with them to the station house,
9 man will begin to ask what is the
-,onalty and try to beg off. He is told
that the fine Is heavy one, but that
$15 security can be put up for appear
ance in the police court. Then the pris-
oner explains that he is a minister Of
the gospel and meant no harm, and
that he could not stand the disgrace Of
appearing in police court. He ends up
by giving up the collateral after gener-
ally trying to cut it down to $40, say
ing he has only that amount with
him. New York Mail and Express
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

a0f eoursr we used to put up small
bills wherever they'd catch tina eye =
said a bin poster who travelled with a
circus makg one day stands. s'and
one thing we used TO do that alwsy
pleased fol was 90 hang bin frosaa
ceiling. you had to have a woods l
ceiling, to start with. and then all 70 4
wanted. seSides the bills, was tao !.
and silver dollar. Ii took practice TO
do It. but when you'd got the knack Il
was very simple and easy.
You attached two bills together, one
at the foot of the other so that it would
hang down when the first one was at
tacbed TO the ceiling. Then you folded
the bills up. with tack, thrust point
upward through the top fold of the up
per bill. with a silver dollar under it.
up against It's head and between it and
the other folds of paper under it.
''Then, some time when the room was
full of peopie-this might be hotel of
ice or perhaps a barroom--you tossed
the bills up. and there was weight
enough in the dollar to drive the tack
into the ceiling far enough to hold.
Then the weight of the paper itself
and of the dollar would open the bills
out. and the coin would drop and you'd
catch 1t as ii fell, and the chances are
that not one man in five would see 1t
fall. The bills would be seen, fasten-
ed up there somehow. most of the peo-
pie wouldn't know how. and opening
or1f with tho lower hill hanging so Won
could read IT,
This was not the greatest thing in
bin posting ever was. but. as said be-
fore. always pleased folks."-New
York Sun.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

While Northcote was studying paint
ing with Sir Joshua Reynolds he paint
ed the portrait of one of the housemaids
and placed the picture on the parlor
floor, resting against a chair for the
family to see it. Sir Joshua had large
macaw, which he often introduced into
his pictures. Between the bird and the
housemaid there was no little hostility,
as she had to clean up after him and re-
sented his roaming habits
When the picture was placed against
the chair, the macaw, being in dis
tant part of the room, did not sso IL,
but on retracing it's steps tho bird saw
the portrait of its enemy and, with out
stretched wings, frlriously rushed at the
hated face and even tried to bite it.
Discovering that the face did not
move, the macaw attacked tho hand in
the picture AS it moved not, the bird
marched round the picture, as IL exam
ming what the thing was, and then
walked away. Again and again the
macaw repeated the advance, the at
tack and the retreat
The singular story was noised abroad,
and Edmund Burke, DR.. johnson and
Goldsmith visited Sir Joshua s parlor to
see the exhibition. What made it the
more remarkable was that when the
macaw was tried with any other por-
trait it took no notice of the picture. -
Youths Companion.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
A Painful Discovery.

lit was about the witching hour. "
said the suburbanite II had left the
station some distance behind me and
was on my way up the road toward
home. l had got comfortably cool by
that time, and the charming influence
of the starlit night possessed me and
made me feel at peace with all the
world Nor did the fact that and my
new suit had made hit with the
friends l had been visiting detract from
the fullness of my self satisfaction
''All went well until l came to a
street crossing my road. At the corner
was street lamp. which from some
cause was not lit, and from this lamp
huttered what seemed to be a handker-
chief. You know am little bit near
sighted.
81 reached over to take it, but it was
touched by the wind and waved just
beyond my grasp reached over far
ther, leaning full against the lamp
post. This time l was successful, and
found that the supposed handkerchief
was piece of paper on which was
written in bold and dashing letters the
legend Fresh Paint. "-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
GOT HIS CLEAN CLOTHES.
lie Had No Money, but Had Nerve and
nm Eazy Cssfnnman.

mn Easy C1fnnman.
That there are more ways than one
TO accomplish thing If man only
has the necessary nerve is illustrated
by the experience OF young man.
The young man tells the story himself,
SO there is no betrayal Of confidence
In printing it.
1t seems that he had big bundle of
collars and cuffs and shirts at Chi
nese laundry night or two ago, some
articles In which he needed very much
The night was the furthest in the
week from his pay day, and he was
broke" Still he had to have clean
linen in order to keep an important en-
gagement.
Il didn't know what to do" he said
In relating the incident. II felt sure
that the Chinaman wouldn't extend
credit to me. for 1t Is a well known
trust At last | hit upon a scheme
Going to my room, bundled up all
the soiled linen | possessed. Hurry
ing around to the laundryman's, pro-
duced the bundle.
"'Sixty-fve centsp he exclaimed
blandIy. holding out his hand for the
coin.
II picked up the clean linen and, de-
posting the bundle of soiled on his
counter, started for the door as If my
life depended on my being half mile
away within five minutes.
That's all rightp | shouted back
In reply. Just mark 1t on that bundle.
and I'll pay you for both together
'"rhen ! was gone, but not before
caught a glimpse of the laundryman
hastily unwrapping the bundle | had
left, as IL he was anxious to see wheth-
er or not the contents were worth the
65 cents / had hung him up for He
was evidently satisfied, for he didn't
yell for the police or make any COM
motion, as was afraid he might do,
and | had all kinds Of freshly launder-
ed collars and cuffs and shirts to wear
that night And all on account Of a
bit of nerve. "-Philadelphia Inejp'rer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

at Alto Crucero water freezes every
night of the year and the thermometer
frequently falls to 6. and 10 degrees
below zero. There are no facilities for
artificial heat-not even a fireplace
and people keep themselves warm by
putting on ponchos and other extra
wraps.
At MONDAY the sun is intensely hot,
because of the elevation and the rarity
of the atmosphere. and bllsters the fesh
of those who are not accustomed TO Ii.
There is a difference OF 20 and some
times 80 degrees in the temperature of
the shade and the sunshine. Water viii
freeze In the shade while 20 feet away
men may be working IN their shirt
sleeves
The natives seem to be entirely
Injured TO cold and 60 about harefooted
and barelegged over the ice aud the
stones indifferently without regard to
the temperature; hut they have a way
OF heaping the blankets on their head
and wrapping up their faces to keep
the pure air out Of their threats and
nostrils The women who herd the
fiocks are often out on the mountains
for weeks at a time without shelter or
anything To eat escspi parched corn.
strips of G;ied meat and coca leavVs.
which are the most powerful of nerve
stimulants. Chicago Record.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

The man was nearly out of breath
When be could speak he said to the
wondering woman:
Il have just saved your husband
from watery grave. He threw him
self into the river. and at the risk Of
my own life jumped in and saved
him.
well" she said. as she resrmed her
ironing. II always feared that you'd
try to be reyenged for being refused
by me seven years ago, but l never
dreamed that your hate would lead
you to do such a thing as this"
Then she began singing lullaby to
the bare legged little boy who was
rolling on the fioor.-Exchange.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
Washington. Sea voyage.

AS the companion of his invalid elder
brother, Lawrence, then in rapid con-
sumption, George Washington sailed
from Virginia on the 2Sth Of September,
1851, arrived at Barbados on or about
the Sd Of November and sailed thence
on his return to Virginia on board the
Industry on the S2d of December His
passage each way was rough one and
prolonged to five weeks. The methodical
young Virginian kept a diary during
his trip, extracts from which were pub
lished by Jared Sparks in his Writings
of George Washington. This was the
only time George Washington ever
went outside the territory that became
the United States. Note the fact that
ave weeks were occupied in making
this little trip to Barbados. Buffalo
Commercial
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

Yes. ! tind II extremely difficult -
make my living by my pen" said Il .
poet.
difficult exclaimed his friene
You mean Impossible, presume"
mo. do not" replied the poet. i
am In the habit of saying precisely
what ! mean. and when | say dif
cult mean just that and nothin (
more"
You don't mean to say that yon
have ever earned anything by yonr
literary work."
Indeed | do" answered the poet
Il once got six months board for
some poems"
''Who did you sell them tor
"My landlady."
What on earth did she want with a
lot of poemsY''
81 don't know that she wanted them
particularly. but | left them in my
box when | went away, and there was
nothing else in sight They were good
poems. too. but | couldn't sell them"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

Fuddy-Hilton went home the other
day and found the house empty. He
thought he wouldn't tell his wife he
had been at home. but she found it out
the moment she entered the house.
Duddy-Left the pantry door open or
forgot to close a window or some
thing Of that sort?
Fuddy-No. He sat down on a chair
for moment. and of course he mussed
the tidy In his usual way.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
s. S. 8. FOR THE BLOOD
WAY OF SUCCESS.
Hard Work and Hustle are Imperative
In This Life.

A wise neighber who observes
things closely and has accumulated a
goodly stock of wisdom addresses him
self to young men as follows; Young
men there is one thing yon cannot do.
You can't make success in life unless
you work. Better men than you have
tried it and failed. You can't loaf
around The street corners and saloons.
tell fool stories and sponge on some
one else without making failure in
life. You must learn a good trade or
get into some honest business. il
you don't you will be a chronic loafe,,
despised by all, producing nothing
simply making yourself a burden on
your parents or On the state. There
is no place in the world to-day for
loafers. The ripe fruit is all at the
top Of the tree. You must climb IT,.
II you wait for 1t you will never get
it. Smarter men jump up and pluck
1t all Move. Do something, no
matter how small. 1t will be start
er. Help yourself and others viii
help you. There is no royal path 10
success. Toll, grit, endurance, these
are the requisites. Wake up and see
what we can do.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

A member Of the Mug House club
who had failed to win a fortune on
the turf decided to go into Wall street
to tackle easier game. "On the turf
he explained, "a man has exactly q
chances against him in field of ten
horses. In other words. he has one
chance In % to hit winner. Now,
In Wall street stocks go one of
two ways either up or down.
giving a man one chance In two. II
looks like q dead open and shut I'm
going to make II pay There's moth
ing against you except bad judgment"
ooh. yes. there Is" said New street
operator. noddng his head sagely.
"And that is"-we all asked.
"Your broker and his commission.
New York Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

1t doesn't pay to get angry. Anger
uses up the nerve forces of the body.
So does worry; so does hate. bad
temper wears you out 1t makes you
needless enemie5 II spells your looks
A man with bad temper had better
tie stone around his neck and throw
II into a lake. II he doesn't, 1t is liable
to drag him-but we won't speculate
about that-Denver News.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
4 nentnl.

$50 exelai nod Senator Sorghum
Indignantly. ''that man told you my
vote was for sales
He said 80 in so many words. =
well, you can go to him and refute
the calumny It's for rent once in
awhile. but never for sale "--Washing-
ton Star.
The present series Of the Peoples
building and loan association will
pay out in three more nights. Make
arrangements to take . little block
Of stock which begins January 1st'
II you haven't home take this plar.
to get one. Leave your name Ant
the amount you will take - hi
Ceaselberfy' olIlce.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

Mr.. Ward Heel-Booze has promised
me that if help nominate him he will
give me d job
Mrs. Ward Heels this man Booze
sure Of getting it,
Mr. w. H.-Not by any means Old
Slydog is running against Booze
Mrs W Fl. And if Slydog gets it,
Mr., w H. I'll be all right anyhow.
I'm under contract to help nominate
both of them on the same terms Ohio
State Journal
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
Clothed with Power

He was little uncouth, but was a
great traveller. He had just returned
from the wilds OF central Africa, where
he had hobnobbed with all the royal
ties of that savage region, and was be-
ing llonized in the swagger drawing
rooms of Belgravia.
do tell us about the queen of
Boorabooloo." said the Duchess of
Loamshire. "Is she clothed with great
powerY
"Your grace would think So" he re-
piled. IF you were to see her six mig
ger maids of honor Iacing her cor
sets" Pick Me- Up.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
Valentines.

Nearly all the comic valentines used
In February in almost every part of
the civilized world are made in Ger
many, in some parts of which country
the work goes on from one end OF the
year to the other. One factory turns
out more than 100000 Of the
"comics" in year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

From the time that the mother binds
the child s head till the moment when
some kind assistant wipes the damp
from the brow of the dying we cannot
exist without mutual aid. AL, there
fore. that need aid have right to ask
it from their fellow mortals. None who
hold the power of granting aid can re-
fuse it without guilt
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06

IN. Peck's wife leads him a rather
merry gate. | fancy"
"Oh, yes. When he was counting her,
he told her one day she looked pretty
when she was angry. And now 1t has
got to be it"-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-12-06
Also Anxious About II.

II would like to know" said the gruff
old father to the young man who had
been calling with considerable fire.
quency, whether you are going to
marry my daughter?"
$50 would L." answered the diff,dent
young man. "Would you mind asking
her 7"-Chicago Post.