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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06


! Barbour county has smallpox
/ scare. Sixty cases are reported TO
have been found in the county Prop
er precautions are now being taken
after the disease has been allowed to
get firm foothold and every effort
will be made 10 stamp it out. There
+ is a great deal OF excitement over
the matter in Barbour but il is not
thought to be at all dangerous as
the cases with but one exception
have been mild ones. The special
telling of the attack is as follows
and comes from Grafton:
DR. T. f Lanham, of this city, a
member oil the State Board OF
Health, received postal card from
Philippi asking him To come up there
and investigate what it was feared
was a case of that loathsome dis
ease, smallpox, man in the neigh
borhood Of Lillian postoflice having
died with it that day. The Doctor
went up and in company with some
OF the Philippi physicians went to
the scene of the suspected smallpox
outbreak. Several cases were visit.
ed and pronounced TO be genuine
cases OF the disease. DR. Lanham
says the cases were clearly marked
and that there could be no question
OF the gennineness of the character
of the disease. 1t is said that the
seonrge has been prevailing for sew
eral months. and that the opportuni
ties for its spread have been abun-
dant There has been no restriction
upon the movements of those who
hive been exposed to the disease.
There are said to be twenty families
/ IN the afflicted neighborhcod in
which the disease exists and that
not less than sixty persons have had
it. The man who died is said to be
the first fatal case that has occurred.
DR.. Lanham went up again this
morning to meet with the anthori
ties to see what can be done to quar-
antine the community and inaugu
! rate plan tor the stamping out Of
the disease. A special session OF
the county court is to be held and
vigorous methods adopted to rid the
community of the pestilence.
1t may develop that it is the same
kind of an attack that has been en-
countered at several points in the
state during the past year which
while soaring the natives into fits
never proved to be very serious.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
POLITICAL MATTERS.
Situation at Martinsburg Before
Convention Meets.
Hon. Stuart Walker Declines to Al
low His Name to go Before the Con
yention who are Mention
ed Walker is For Mcgraw again
State Committee Meets.

fenti0n-Utfers VINO are Mentions
ed Walker is For McGraw again
State Committee Meets.
This week the center OF attraction
among politicians will be Martins
burg where the Democrats Of the Sec
ond District will meet on Wednesday
TO name their candidate for Congress.
The attendance from this section will
be large. A special from that place
tells of the situation as it stands at
present.
There is the greatest interest being
manifested in the Second Congression-
al district in the nomination which
will be made by the convention which
meets in this city on Wednesday next.
1T seems to be conceded all over the
district now that Owen Mckinney, of
Marion, is out of the race, that Hon.
Stuart w. Walker. OF this city, will
be nominated by reclamation, il he
would but express a desire for it.
Your correspondent, however, called
upon Mr.. Walker and asked him
about the convention and his nominal
ton. Col. Walker said that the sem
timent in the district TO nominate
him was without his consent, that he
was not a candidate for the nominal
ton, and his friends must not use his
name in connection with the nomina-
ton in the convention on next We'd
nesday. He stated that he fully APP
preciated the great honor his party
wanted to confer upon him, but inn
portant private business reasons pre-
cluded him allowing his name to be
used in connection with the nominal
ton. Mr.. Walker said that II the
nomination is to come TO the eastern
part of the district, then, in his judg
ment Col. Forrest W. Brown Of Jeffer
son, was the most available man: and
if the convention determined that the
nomination should go to the western
end Of the district, then Hon. S. V
Woods, of Barbour: Hon. Fred Mar
tin of Marion, or Hon John I. Nc
Graw, .os Taylor, would be strong men.
''In fact said Col Walker. i think
that Col. McGraw who made such a
splendid fight two years age. should
again lead the Democracy of this dis
trict.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
Fine Entertainment.

This evening most interesting
entertainment will be given at the
Salvation Army which will consist Of
a Scarf Drill, Salute Drill, Rock Of
Ages and sermon on the canvass. It
WILDE very entertaining. You should
all attend and see and hear for yonr-
selves. Singing, recitations and mu
steal accompaniment for the benefit
of wiping out the old standing debt
on the Local Corps.
CAPT JAS WATKINS.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
BALTIMORE Il OHIO RAILROAD.
Excursions to Atlantic City. Cape May,
Sea Island City. Ocean City, N. j.,
Ocean City, Md, and Rehoboth Beach
Del, at Very Low Rates.

The Baltimore & Ohio Il. Il. have
arranged series of Popular Seashore
Excursions, to be run or Thursdays,
July 26, and August 9, and %, to At
lantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle City
and Ocean City, N. J. Ocean City,
Nd, and Rehoboth Beach Del. Tick
cts will be good Sixteen Q6) days, in
Guiding date of sale.
Stop overs will be allowed on the
return trip at Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington on tickets sold to
New Jersey resorts, and at Baltimore
and Washington on tickets sold to
Ocean City, Md, and Rehoboth
Beach, Del
For tickets, time OF trains, sleep
ing and parlor car accommodation, cali
on or address nearest Ticket Agent
Baltimore & Ohio r. r.. for full infor-
nation.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06

The Board Of Education Of the Nor
gantown School District has prepared
specifications for the construction Of a
stone wall on two sides of the school
house lot for which it desires bids. The
specifications may be seen at w. Fl.
Bailey's Hardware store Bidders are
requested to bid specifically on every
item OF the work or else make lump
bid and say for what sum they will con-
struct the entire work as specified. The
kind of stone to be used has not been
determined and bidders are requested
to state in their bids the kind OF stone
they propose to use
Bids will close on August l4th at 8
o'clock p. m. NJ. l.. Brown, Sec.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
Bonanza For sale.

! have for sale one Of the very
best paying stores in town. A lease
of the room running for two years at
a reasonable rental with the bust
ness. No better location. 1t is sit
uated in the very business center
Reasons for selling good. Unless
sold in d short time will be with
drawn from the market.
Profits last year amounted to al
most as much as the capital invest
ed and the business is increasing.
Parties meaning business can obtain
the price and terms by calling on or
addressing me.
G. w. FINNELL,
Morgantown, w. Va.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
MASONTOWN WINS.
Score Was Twenty-One to One-Treat-
ment Extended the Boys was Very
Good.


Masontown took the Morgantown
lads into camp on Saturday by a
score of twenty one to one. They
managed to hit the ball early and
often while neither side played very
good ball in any other department
of the game. They treated the local
boys royalty. The team came back
by boat.
A return game will be played here
with Masontown in week or so.
The home boys are then confident
that they can make a much better
showing. They had never played
together before the game Saturday
and were in very poor shape for a
match game.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
Waddell Appointed.

Mr. J. G. Knutti OF the Fairmont
Normal school has resigned his posi-
ton aud Mr.. G. w. Waddell, Of Pres
ton county, has been appointed BY the
Board Of Regents to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Knutti and wife will move to-
Morgantown where the former will
continue his studies in the Univer-
sity.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
Roosevelt's Estimate Of Democrats.

.Tney stand for lawlessness and
disorder, for dishonesty aud dishonor,
for license and disaster at home, and
cowardly shrinking from duty
abroad. - From Rooseyelt's speech All
st. Paul. MINI.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
sTATE COMMITTEE MEErINei.

PARKERsBURG, w. Va, Aug. o.
The Democratic State Committee will
meet in the Blennerhassett Hotel
here to-day. Several members Of the
committee have arrived. Hon. w.
A. Ohley being the first to get in last
night. The purpose of the meeting
seems to be to discuss few matters
which Chairman Miller thinks should
be considered by the full committee,
rather than by the Chairman and
Secretary alone.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
BALTIMORE 4 OHIO RAILROADS
Bulletin - Special Rates to Various
Summer Resorts.

CHICAGO, Ill.-G. A. Il. National
Encampment, August 2I-Septemoer
1st. One fare for the round trip.
Tickets good going August 25 TO 81,
good to return until August 81 inelu-
sive. Full information furnished BY
ticket agent.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
Coal Land for Sale.

For sale, seven thousand acres OF
coal in Upshur county. The land is
all unlerlaid with excellent coal is
easy of access and will be sold at Il
bargain. Address
DANIEL O'GRADY.
StewartsIowp, W. Va.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
Wanted Immediately

One good office girl, also one to
learn Laundry business, Apply at
Miller's New Method Laun Try this
evening.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
The Buli Liked Berries.

A vicious bull ran Lamar Fawcett,
of Marion county, up tree and ate
his dinner and seven gallons Of hlack-
berries which Fawcett had Just pick
ed. 1t was hot Gay and the man
was kept up the tree for over three
hours.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
G. w. FINNELL,
Morgantown, w. Va.
Tommy-say paw.
Mr.. FiopWpll3
..What IS a nonner2,'

IOmHy--say paw.
Mr.. Figg Well2
What is topper"
"a topper, my son, is man that
leaves his party because he cannot
take it with him.
my parents may come between
u, she faltered-
IF they do. he exclaimed, hotly,
they must be pretty small.
And he pressed her still closer to
his manly breast.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06

j. s. McWhorter, Of LeWisbnrg has
bought the Democrat OF Roneeverte
and will move it to Lewisburg.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
Notice co Contractors for Grading.

Bids for grading at the University
will be received until 6 D. m. August
The right is reserved to reject any ana
all bids. For specifications call on
l3l-4t f. E. EMORY sS;upt.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
SMALLPOX.
Sixty Cases Declared to Exist
in Barbour County.

Dir. Lanham, of tsrafton, Authority for
The Statement Disease has Been
Prevalent for Several Months Man
DIED With IL and Investigations
Made With Startling Results.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06
The Weather.

Fair and warmer tonight. TAas
day fair u
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-06

TRY onr want ADS
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
ESCAPE GIVING TIPS.
There Are MANY Mes Who shun Theax
Regular BARRIERS In Christ-
maa Season.

Say. / want to tell you something
that is dead straight" said Schneider.
the calculating barber. according to the
Philadelphia Record. as be hurried his
razor over the face of one of his vic
Tins you notice this crowd here
waiting to get shaved-well, you will
be surprised when tell You that there
are only two of my regular customers
among the entire men there. What does
that mean? Well, not that there has
been an influx into town or that the
eight men have just moved into the
neighborhood. 1t simply means that
that double quartet is made up of men
who are regular customers at other
barber shops. but who have come here
to get out of giving Christmas presents
in those shops Say. are you on2
"Oh, you'd be surprised at the num-
Der of people who every year perform
the ge-of-barber-shop act We
don't do any more business here. as for
every strange customer who comes to
us regular customer goes TO a strange
shop at this season of present giving.
When they again get back TO their reg
ular shops after Christmas is over they
carelessly remark that they have been
out of town 'Sh. don't talk so loud
for I don't want any of my once-a-year
customers to hear you; they nigh. GU
somewhere else next year. Next gent"
with emphasis on the gent. the individ-
ual being one of the strangers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
WINE FROM APPLES.
Evea the Most knowing
Experts.

Science has lately made it possible TO
obtain good wine from the apple. which
has always been devoted TO sparkling
cider. Experts have been deceived III
sherry. madeira and sauterne which
came from apple juice instead of grapes.
Juice from the apple is fermenfed
with yeasts of different kinds brought
from the grape-growing districts of Eu-
rope to this country. For instance. the
flavor of sherry is due not TO the grape,
but to the infinitesimal fungus germs
that cause it's fermentation. The Amer
lean companies import these germs
from the district in Spain wher, they
flourish, inoculate the apple juice and
obtain a fine wine. The same process
is followed with other varieties OF wine.
1nese yeasts are obtained rom the
sediment in the watts OF Europe They
are easily propagated. and the only
difficulty is TO separate the different
kinds. As the quality of wine depends
on these fungi winemakers have usual-
~ left to chance the kind of wine thew
produce, depending on the organism
which float in the air and attach them
selves to the grapes The yeasts are
sold bottled, and are much in demand.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
cHRYsANTHEMUMs TOO GAY.
Profuss Display of Big Red Flowers
at q Funeral shocks
Whole Town.

Chrysanthemums will no longer be
used as mourning flower at funerals
to be held at Mankato. Mimi, an
nounces traveller from that commune
ity. 1t appears that popular young
society man Of that town recently died.
He was a member of many social or
CARNATIONS. Each strove with the
other in Indicating at the ceremonies
of his burial how much his loss was felt
The time of the year was the football
season, also the period when the chrys-
anthemum defies all laws of color and
faunts its wanton shades in public
view. The Isis society, to which this
young man belonged, in an unhappy
moment determined to attend the flu
neral ornamented with chrysanthe-
NUNS. The deceased had always adj
mired the flower and it would be strik-
ing tribute TO his extinct preferences.
An order was sent TO a florist in st.
Paul to forward by first express 60 pure
white chrysanthemums 20 the Isis
members.
The morning the funeral was to take
place they had not arrived. but there
/ was train due from ST. Paul 20 min
utes before the services would COM
mence. One of the Isis members vol
unteered to meet that train. get the
! flowers, hurry with them to the church
! door and distribute them as the society
marched in. This was agreed to and
! the members marched 10 the sacred
edifice. The flowers arrived. were
taken to the church door and there I'M
covered. The Isis was just coming in
and quick action was needed. The or
gan was playing Nearer, My God, TO
Thee" when the society marched up
the center aisle. each decorated with a
faring red chrysanthemum. The for
list, not having white, had forwarded
red with apologies.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
BoSTON'S BOHEMIA.
h fS Several Times More yirtuous
Than Boston Society, says
Thim Writer.

Here lin Pinekney street, is the free
dom OF the Latin quarter. with but
small amount of its license" writes
Margaret Aliston. in Her Boston IN
periences," in Ladies' Home Journal.
Human nature bears a close family
resemblance all over the world whtn
judged by communities with similar
earmarks. but in America individuals
merely pose as Bohem ians: they sell
dom come up Tor down. to the simon
pure article of foreign cities. America
is eminently a respectable eouEiry.
we'll washed morally and with causid-
cradle respect for the Reighbors opin-
ion. Americans become Bohemianizesl
in Paris. but seldom in I.oston where
the spook of Cotton Mather and other
standards of responsibility still hold
sway with a groan and a ghostlv shud-
der at mishap. In truth. This ls.sfon
Bohemia stands for good spirits and in
nocent unconventionaliiy. and is sew
eral times more virtucus than BOSTON
society, no matter how preteniiouslv
and fiamboyantly The little country
tries to disprove it's virtue"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
A HARD RAIN.
The Man from the East Was Not Ae-
eust0med TO the Tides of
the Northwest.

at rains a great deal in the Puget
sound country" said the man from
that section, according to the Wash
ington Star, land l heard of a funny
incident not long ago about it. Some
chap had come from the Missouri val
ley to take up his residence at What
com, on Bellingham bay, where there
are very high tides. When the boat
landed him at the end of the long pier
extending over the tide fats the water
was low and the new man didn't no
tice anything but a wide stretch OF
sand between the boat and the town.
1t was in the evening about dark
and was raining, and he went to the
hotel on the front street and stayed
there, going to bed without having
gone out for walk. The next morn
Ing when he got up he looked out and
the tide was in, the water coming up
close to the hotel. He gazed at the
Widespread waters for an instant, and,
throwing up his hands in astonish-
ment he exclaimed: Gee whiz, but
it must have rained hard last nigat.'
Then he hurried downstairs to the
office to find out if there was any dan
ger from the food, and the clerk
smiled four or five times and gave him
some much-needed information.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
MYSTERY OF MINERAL NINE.
soothsayers of Oiden Times Attached
sacrednes@ to It-some Curl
GUS Condolences.

Among the maRicians and sooth-
sayers Of ancient times both the fig
ures nine and three had a certain
amount of mystery and sacredness at
tached to them, and volumes have
been written in explanation of their
meaning in connection with the his
tory of men and the world. Apropos
of this, a curious coincidence is noted
in the fact that nearly all the great
mining discoveries of recent times
have been made in years ending with
the magic figure nine. Thus the IA
nous gold find in California fell in the
year 1s49. Ten years later, in 1889,
remarkable discoveries of the same
metal were made in British Columbia,
causing great rush of fortune hunt
ers TO these points, says Leske's
Weekly.
In 1869 the famous Comstock lode
find became known to the world; in
1870 the gold-bearing region around
Leadville and Tombstone, A. T., began
10 attract attention, and in 1889 the
diggings at Clover Creek and in lower
California became the objective points
of great multitudes of excited and
anxious seekers after sudden wealth.
And now again, at the end of another
decade, history repeats itself once
more. The remarkable gold finds re-
Gently made at Cape Nome, surprising
in richness and extent anything yet
discovered in the Yukon district, bid
fair to make the year 1899 as notable
as any in the annals of goldSmining.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
robacco a Neees.ity.

One of the few things of which the
Beers have an inadequate supply is TO-
bacco. While spending millions for
guns and ammunition, they neglected
TO provide themselves with an abund-
ance of the soothing weed. Soldiers
positively cannot get along without it.
They can easier in many instances dis
pense with food. An editor in Pre-
toria, the capital of the Transvaal. ap-
preciates the situation. He has made
an appeal to the citizens who remain al
home TO deny themselves tobacco il
order that the supply Of the men at tbs
front may not.be restricted.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE.
Owners of Vineyards Could Protect
Themselves Against Damage
by Storms.

DIR. Barrata has advocated in the Ital-
ian parliament compulsory insurance
against earthquakes, says the Scientific
American. Owners of vineyards and
others protect themselves in this way
against hail and, therefore, why not
against another calamity even more
destructive, as they average about $50
shocks year, and certain parts of Italy
have occasionally suffered terribly.
The idea of the insurance is a shrewd
one from the point of view of public
economy. 1t shifts the burden from the
exchequer to private purses. The BUSH
ness would be of peculiarly risky ma
ture, for such an epidemic of earth
quakes as has devastated Calabria be-
tween 1888 and 1856 might easily bring
any ordinary company to bankruptcy.
The risk would have to be widely
spread, and actuaries would be buzzled
to calculate the premiums for different
places.
Some parts OF the peninsula enjoy
practical immunity. The great plain Of
Venetia has never suffered. Rome and
Naples are occasionally shaken, al
though as rule not seriously. but dis
aster frequently occurs in volcanic dis
tricts, as in Ischia in 1881 and 1883.
when the loss both of life and property
was serious. Calabria is far the worst
as an earthquake region. Over l,40O
people persisted in one locality in the
period mentioned above.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
TOM THUMB AND THE QUEEN.
The Dtminutive General Tried 20
Back Out of Her Presence,
But Failed.

The American minister. Hon. Edward
Everett, was very kind TO bis country
men, and 1t was at bis house that NJ.
Barnum met a certain Mr.. Murray.
master of the queens household. says
st. Nicholas. On the day following one
of the queens life guards appeared be-
fore Mr.. Barnum with a note contain
ing an invitation from the queen to
Gen. Tom Thumb and his guardian. Mr..
Barnum, TO appear at Buckingham pal
ace on a specified evening.
In retiring from the royal presence.
Mr.. Barnum attempted TO follow the
example set by the lord in waiting BIZ
backing out The gallery was Of great
length, and the gentlemen with long
strides made rapid progress; but Tom
Thumbs short legs left him far behind
OR before. Seeing that he was losing
ground. he turned and ran few steps.
then resumed the process of backing"
Again losing ground. be repeated the
performance, to the great amusement
of the royal spectators. The queen
soon sent another summons. and the
general. with his guardian. made a sec
ond visit to the palace. being received
in the yellow drawing room
A third visit was soon paid TO Buck
ingham palace. and this time the
. queens uncle. Leopold. king OF the
Belgians. was present and was greatly
: amused, asking many questions; and
I Queen Victoria. desiring the general to
sing, inquired what song he preferred
Yankee Doodle" was the prompt re-
ply. All present laughed heartily. and
I her majesty said: That is very pref
! ty song. general; sing it, If you please. ("
i and he did.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

The division of forestry of the de-
partment of agriculture has 16 men in
The state of Washington gathering sta
tistics regarding the growth of red fir.