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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-12-12
WelSbach Lights Reduced to Sl25

Large mica chimneys 40c extra. We
are the only authorized agents for
the genuine "Welsbach. All other
incandescent lamps are infringements.
$500 reward for the conviction Of
ANY one selling spurious burners as
stWn
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-12-12
TO INVESTIGATE Booz's DEATH.
House Passed a Resolution--War Reeve
nue. Reduction Debated.

Washington, Dec. 12.-The debate
on the war revenue reduction bill
opened in the house. but Mr.. Payne,
of New York. chairman of the ways
and means committee, spoke on be-
half of the majority! and Mr.. Swan
son, of Virginia. on behalf of the
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-12-12
RTLTmORE & OBIO Z. r.

II Passenger trains will leave fair
mont as follows, on and after Sun
day, May 20, 1900
WEST BOUND.
No Through Passenger. ........... SOB A. NJ
No. 5-Limited Mail ................. 7:06 az
No. 55Through Express. 1925 P. M
No. 47-Wheeling and Cumberland Ac-
commodstion. ................. 2:20 Pm
HAsT BOUND.
No 8Througn Passenger.............. 3:le A. NJ.
No. Wheeling and Cumberland Ac-
eommodation. .......... 1918 AN.
No. 46--Through Express................... 1;22
No. 4-MaiI and Express. ............... 6:l6 p
All trains stop at Fairmont.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-12-12
Population of crestlinc. o.

Washington, Dec 1.-THE census
Office announced The population of
Creslline, o., to b. $3.50.
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
John Rrirht.

Mr.. Bright was one of the great ig-
ures of this period. as he was of the
earlier which ended with the death OF
Pafmerston. 1t is not necessary to add
to what l have already said about his
eloquence. He was always very great
ly in earnest. l recolleet his once say
ing something or other in the Quaker
vein, and Palmerston, in replying. re-
ferred TO him as the reverend gentle
man." There was no love lost between
the two, But Mr.. Bright was in ear
nest about everything His keenness
in voting for the union aud in uphold
ing it in all matters and not merely in
the Irish question, was extraordinary.
He was very simple man. l remem-
ber once going upstairs withehim after
dinner, and he said TO me: Who's
that man with the legs?" That's a
dean, I answered He was aware that
it wasn't bishop, but he was man
who wouldn't know the differences and
distinctions of that kind.-Blaekwood
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
Iird No Bookkeeper.

Joseph Ibig OF big y Collier. for
thiriy Years engaged in the mercan-
uie business NJ Sednlia, Missouri. died
iilst week. aged scvcnty-five years. The
urn WAS peculiar in the fact that ii
di1 strictly cash business. and di-
Sided the days receipts each night,
siihre and share alike. When a bill of
goods was purchased each member OF
,he htln paid one-half of the money,
carried IN his pocket, and there was
never any bookkeeping connected with
the establishment.
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
Peabody Institute.

America was the beneficiary in sew
eral ways of the philanthropy Of
George Peabody, the London banker.
The Peabody institute, fine marble
building in Baltimore, Md, was found
ed by him. 1t contains n fine large lee
ture hall, gallery of art, conservatory
OF music and library. and the object OF
its patron was to promote education
and to diffuse knowledge among the
masses. Mr.. Peabody also endowed
the Peabody museum, which is an inn
portant adjunct of Yale college, New
Haven, Conn, and contains large col
lections in mineralogy, natural history,
etc. The town OF Peabody, Mass,
which was named for the English phil
anthropist, was also remembered gem
erously by him, in large building
there being provided with we'll
stocked library and lecture room.
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
ELECTRICITY ON ALUMINIUM.
Carried Eighty Miles with Loss Not Ex
ceedIng 4 Fer Cent.


Electric power is being transmitted
over an aluminium cable three-eighths
of an inch in diameter over a circuit
eighty miles long at Provo. Utah. ae-
cording TO II. r. Newcome, one of the
large stockholders in the Telluride
Power Transmission Company, which
owns the Provo plant Mr.. Newcomb
is n banker of Cleveland. Ohio. and he
is stopping in Denver on his way home
from a trip to the two plants belonging
TO his company at Telluride and at
Provo
I'VE are generating about 2.3OO-horse
power" he said, 'and sending il TO the
mines at Mercur and Tintic We have
n demand for all the power we car
furnish, and shall enlarge our plant AT
once to G.OOO or S.OO0-horse power. 1t
Is located In Provo canon, and has the
water of Provo river, one of the largest
In Utah, TO draw from, so we have no
scarcity to fear.
Our wires run to Tintic and to Mer-
cur, and across between the two, max
ing circuit eighty miles long. We
send power over them in both direc-
tons, SO that II n break occurs, we can
supply nny point from the other end of
che loop. At the Provo plant we start
the current with n voltage of 10000.
and the loss in transmitting forty
miles we lind TO he only something like
four per cent. We use cable of
aluminium, six strands, and the whole
Is only tritle more than three-eighths
Of an inch In diameter, but 1t carries
all the current we send over 1t. and l
presume would carry great deal
more"
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
"MEplAN" in THE CENSUS
Use of the Word Likely to Benome ra-
miliar-Its Meaning.

Use Lne MOru Likely TO oSs'ohiS
miiiar-Its Meaning.
A new word seems destined to come
into use with the census of 1900, and
the discussions that will follow the IN
terpretation of it's results. The word
Is t'median." 1t ought to displace ave-
rage and center for the greater num-
ber of ordinary census uses, since the
notion of average which most people
have is really expressed by ''median,"
while average" means quite another
thing. There is room in our termi-
nology for both terms. Just as we dis
tinguish between pluA atty and major
ity to good advantage in discussing
election returns. The average age OF
the population of the United States,
for example, is twenty-five years; the
median age is twenty-one years. The
latter means the point at which there
are as many people above as below; an
S0-year-old man would then have no
more influence in pulling up the me-
dian age of his community than a 40
year-oId man, so long as both were
above the average. The octogenarian
would, however, have great influence
on the average age of a community, as
will appear from the formula by which
that result is obtained. If there are
157 persons l year old, 113 persons
years old, 95 persons 3 years old, and
so on, the Isl would be multiplied by
one, the 113 by 2, the e5 by 3. as far
as ages go, and then the grand total
would be divided by the whole number
of persons. The quotient would be
the number of years OF life which had
been enjoyed by the average person, OF
the average" age. For statistical
purposes "median' age is just as val
liable, and the establishment of the
distinction is important, as numberless
errors arise from the confusion of this
two. What will probably surprise
more people, however, is that the "cen-
ter of population" of the United State.
Is not the point of which Just as many
people are south as north, as many
east as west. That would be the me
dian point of population. BY the cen.
sus of 1890 the center of populatio1
was twenty miles east of Columbus
Ind, while the median point was about
seventy miles northeast of it in Darke
county. Ohio, near the western boun
dairy of the state. The reason this
center gravitates west of the mediau
point is that the Pacific coast popula
tion is on the long arm of the lever
and influences result much as the octo.
genarian does the average age Just
think where our center of population
would be, according to theory. with
the Philippine islands regarded as
part of the United States! The east
ern seaboard might well say. I'VE have
no influence here. e."-washington cor.
respondence of Boston Transcript
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
when Tulip. Nearly Overturned Holland

The ancestral bulbs of the tulips,
which give our flower gardens of to-
day such graceful form and superb
color. once came near overturnlng the
little kingdom OF Holland. The nation
nj lad for tulips reached the stage of
madness. and nearly all other business
was neglected In consequence. Every
body was frenzied with the fever to
speculate In tulips. and as much as
5000 was paid for single balb--
the equivalent OF many times that sum
to-day.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
The serrct. OF PIapet. Rovenloa,

The telescope which Is now in pro-
cess of construction Is expected to
bring the moon within a miles eye
sight OF this world. aud to reveal the
secrets of the planets II may cause ns
great a change In III" worlds thought
as Hostnttcr's Bitters does to suffer-
ers from dyspepsia, constipation, liver
or kidney troubles.
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
Couldn't Lose Her.

Green-I see your daughter was
married last week. l suppose you
gave her away" as the saying is?
Brownies, did; hut she's come back
to me again. Green-What. She
hasn'tleft her husband already? Brown
oh, no; she brought him with her
Philadelphia Press.
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18

H"-WhHt lot OF ladies you have
asked 10 assist you at your reception.
Isabel! Shc-Of course. Harry: how
stupid ypu are about society. | have
to ask all those from whom want to
borrow thlngsn
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
Modern Poetry.

Ardent Young woman-"From what
hidden sources, Mr.. Berlde, do you
seek your inspirationy'
Poct-"My dear girl, I'm too much
rushed with my writing ever to waste
tIme chnsing around after inspiration .
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
FREE GIFTS TO AGENTS.

We want 10000 Agents, men aad ~o-
men. boys and girls all over the United
States to sell our wonderful Lskko Scour-
ing Soap, Lsskosnc and other Toilet Soaps
Bic prufit, easy work Prize with every
cake. Write to-day. O. II Marshall & Co,
pSp'f 10. Chicago, N Factory Iis-l26
SaN May ST Ref, any hank In Chicago.
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18

the high-priced magazines are taken
at the house, also a daily paper.
Though she avoids contact with the
world, she thus keeps in touch with
what is going on around her.
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
DO rour Feet Ache aud uurur

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease. powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Buni0ns, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. OlmEted. Leroy, n. Y.
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18

Miss I0nca-''lt seems to me that all
the uic,St men arc married" Mrs
Brown Wen, dear: ;hcy weren't al
ways - nice, you know; they've only
beea caught early and tanned"
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18

MEllincg-'-rhls hat will last you sew
eFal seasons. Miss FIyhigh."
Miss Flyhieh-"Oh, | don't want that
kind OF hat; show me one that won't
hc lit 70 b. -ern in about four weeks. 50
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18

"How's your new apartment "Oh.
It's all right; We are just good walking
distnncr from the elevator"
The Lamar register., 1900-04-18

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The Lamar register., 1900-04-18
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23
Bale of LiQuor.

Washington Special New York Times: A decision of Justice Brewer has been raked up which may enable druggists to sell some kinds of liquor in communities under the control of the federal government where such practices are supposed to be prohibited The District of Columbia Pharmaceu- tical Association has been trying to find out how it can prevent the sale of certain kinds of malt extracts, and has been enlisting the aid of the dis triet government. AS result of the investigation of the legal aspect of the question it has been found that the act of congress regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors contains no defi- nition of intoxicating liquors. An opinion given by the district attorney cites an old decision of Justice Brewer. holding that the question whether any particular compound is within or with out ths law is question of fact,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23

Generally Knows When His Elephant Is
 Planning Murder.

Generally Knows When His Elephant Is
 Planning Murder.
 Few more impressive condolences can be imparted than one in which Him. doc describes how he knows his ele- phant intends to destroy him. It is all so seemingly trivial, and yet in reality of such deadly significance. His story is so full of details that prove the mans profound understand ing of what he is talking about, that one remains equally amazed at the brute's power to dissemble and its in- tended victims insight into the would be murderer's character. And yet. from psychological standpoint, an elephant never gives any other such in- dieation of mental power as is exhib- ited in it's revenge. That patient, watehful, implacable hatred, often pro- yoked simply because a man is in at tendance upon another animal (for 1t is the rule with tuskers to detest their next neighbors), speaks more conclu- zively of high intellectual guide than all stories. true or false, that have been told of their ability. Such cencentra- tion and hxedness of purpose; such careful, unrelaxed vigilance; such per feet and consistent pretense and, when the time comes, such desperate, unhesi- tating energy as homicidal animals ex- hibit, are more impossible without an irregular development. No one can deny that if this creature is great at all its greatness shows itself in it's crimes. These have caused it to be worshiped in the east, where men venerate nothing but merciless, ire. sponsib1e force. and where an exhibi- tion of those qualities and traits de- scribed fully accounts for the formula, My lord. the elephant!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23
WITH THE FUN MAKER.

Every time a doctor collects fee hs adds to his ill-gotten gains.
 "If you see a man walking out of the house with an umbrella under his arm, that doesn't mean a storm. necessarily" Crimsonbeak-Well. if it's my umbrella he's walking out with, it does.
 Questionable Guest-Waiter. am in great hurry, and would like to bnow what there is that you would require the least time to bring me? Waiter Well, I dunno, sir, unless it might be y'or bill, siri
 And what do you call the little brother that the doctor left last week at your house?" inquired Johnny's teacher as the small boy appeared at Sunday school. I've hain't give him any reg'lar name yet. Pa calls him a little pink bunch of yell" was the re- sponse.
 Father" said the boy who was look. ing pensiye1y at the sunshine and lux ariant foliage which told of approach ing June. What is it?" Where do you suppose General Funston would be today if his father had punished him so that he was afraid to go in swimming?"
 The following note was recently re- ceived by an employer from an absent workman; "Honored Sir: am sorry to say I cannot say when I shall be well enough to be able to come back to work. The doctor says I have in- formation of the left lung which I hope will meet with your approval v
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23
Yield ot Gold in the rransvaai.

The latest published returns show ing the yield of gold In the Transvaai are said in London 10 be eminently satisfactory to those persons financial ly interested in the Rand. The entire Transvaal yield in June was 467 ,271 ounces. or 819 ounces better thal in the preceding month, the latter return be- ing the previous best on record. So far this year each monthly return since February has been over 100000 ounces better than the corresponding yield in 1898. In fact up to date, the 1889 yield is some 625. .000 ounces above the showing the corresponding period in 1898. Here are the total yields of the TransvaaI since 1894, when tbe records showed 2,024,159 ounces In 1895, 2.277635 ounces; 1896, 2,280, 885 ounces; 1897, 3,034, 474 ounces, and 1898, 4,o55,- GOO ounces. London hnanciers do not deem it possible that this extraordin- ary showing can be maintained throughout the year. owing to the dis turbed political situation and particu- larIy to the fact that the exodus of labor from the Rand seems to be as- guming serious proportions
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23
ESTIMATE SIZE OF TIE SUN.
Comparisons show It to Be A Very
 Large Anair.

Large Affair.
 The earth on which We stand is. no doubt mighty globe, measuring as it does 5000 miles in diameter, yet what are its dimensions in comparison with those of the sun? If the earth De rep. resented by a grain of mustard seed. then on the same scale the sun should be represented by eeeeanut. Per haps. however more impressive con eeption of the dimensions of the great orb of day may be obtained in this way: Think of the moon, the queen of the night, which circles monthly around our heavens. pursuing as she does a majestic track at q distance of 240,0o0 miles from the earth. Yet the sun is so vast that if it were a hollow ball the moon could revolve in the or bit which it now follows and still he entirely tnelosed within the suns in- terior. For every acre on the surface of our globe there are more than 10000 acres on the surface of the great lum- mary. Every portion of this iiiimit- able desert of flame is pouring forth torrents of heat. It has, indeed. been estimated that if the heat which is ln- cessantly flowing through any single square foot of the suns exterior could be collected and applied beneath the boilers of an Atlantic liner, it would suffice to produce steam enough to sus- tain fn continuous movement those en- zines of 90,oo0-horse power which en- able a superb ship to break the record between Ireland and America.-Pear. son's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23
FIRST PATENT IN AMERICA.
Was Granted in 1ots by the General
 eurt of Massachusetts.

aurE or Aassaen Hsetfss
 tae Boston Transcript. To the geAal court of Massachusetts belongs the honor of granting the first Amer ican patent; this was in 164S, and was then designated as 8 monopoly It was confined to the region controlled by Massachusetts, and the one issue ap- parently included all the inventions of the inventor connected with engines that depended upon water for their mo- tive power. The limit of the monopoly was fourteen years, and the court not only retained power to forbid exporta- tion, but to prevent exorbitant charges upon the public for their use. The patent was issued in this form. "Jenkes Monopolye.-At a general Courte at Boston the 9th of the 9th Mo 164S. The cor't consid'ing ye ne, cessity of raising such manufactures Of engins of nils to go by water for speedy dispatch of much worke with few hands, and being sufficiently in- formed of ye ability of ye petition to forme such workes grant his peti. tion (yet no Othr p sen shall set up or use any such new invention, Or trade for fourteen yeares without ye ucence of him the said Joseph Jenkes1 so farr as eoncernes any such new invention, < so it shall be always in ye powr of this cote to restrain ye exportation Of such manufactures & ye prizes of them to moderation if occasion so require. ," This inventor, Joseph Jenkes, of Jenks, as it would now be spelled came from Hammersmith, England. settled down in Lynn in 1614, and died in 1682-S3, aged 81. He was a black smith and machlnist, made the dies for the coining of the "pine-tree" money and built the first fire engine in this country-altogether man Of great inventive genius and the ances- tor of a large number of descendants. One of his sons removed to Rhode Is. land, wbare he built several mills.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23
Served Her Right.

The Kansas City Star tells of Trip- let (Kan.) girl who sent dollar to s smart New Yorker for a "sure cure for freckles." This is the recipe which she received: Remove the freckles carefully with a pocket knife, soak them overnight in salt water; then hang up in the smokehouse in a good, strong smoke made of sawdust and slippery elm bark for week. Freekles thus treated never fail to be thorough ly cured"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23
Making pucks Lay Black Eggs.

According to writer in French scientific paper, ducks fed on aeorns, which they will eat rayenously, Tot unfrequently lay black eggs. The req son is that their eggshell is naturally rich in iron. and this combines with the tannin in the acorn to produce a good fast black. The same paper states that if fowls are fed on boiled lobster shells they will lay bright red eggs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23

wrtt to' Hander4
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-23
THERE IS A SATISFIED
THE DENVER ROAD.

Our passengers to California and back take advantage of the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-21

gave the weight of her influence and
advice in favor of restoring WI to the
palace; and by praising the beauty and
amiable qualities of the royal recluse
she so inflamed the emperor's passion
that he determined to carry out his will
in spite of the opposition of the min
listers. This is the last case on record
of Kaotsong's having his own wav.
WI was restored to the palace as one
OF the emperor's secondary wives.
Alas for the empress Wangshi! In
order to overthrow rival She had in
vited a far more dangerous enemy into
the fortress.
Hardly was Wu's position in the pal
ace secure when she succeeded in sun
planting Leaoushu in the affections of
their master and began to scheme for
the downfall of the empress and the
elevation of herself to that station
Inc two former rivals joined forces. in
the race of this their common peril hut
not for one moment was the issue of
the contest in doubt. "Wu" means
warrior, and well did the name suit
It's present owner. She was NOT over-
scrupulous in the choice of her wean-
onS- She killed her first born child a
girl, and reported to the emperor that
Wangshi had done the deed Infanti-
c1de is common in China, and the ,,111r-
der OF female infant was no such
great matter. But this was the en-
peror's own flesh. Still, Kaotsong was
OF an easy disposition and reluctant to
resort to harsh measures. Wu then
bore to the ear of the emperor tale
the truth or falsity of which does not
appear OF how Wangshi had been dis
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-21

MS wires suggestion, took to his house
concublne, maiden named Chang.
the daughter of a carpenter. From this
alIance sprung WI, who developed
great beauty as she grew in years. The
emperor of China fills his palace from
time to time with the choicest of the
beauties among his subjects. There
are several ranks of these ladies of the
palace, the emperor being permitted to
nave one empress. three queens and
many wives of inferior degrees. beside
some hundreds of concubines. Those
VINO belong to the lowest rank of i'm
perlal consorts are called tsae lin.
talented ladies" and are usuallyythe
daughters of obscure parents. At the
age of fourteen WI TSih-tfen was ad-
mitted to the harem of Taitsong as a
talented lady. From this position she
rose to be wife of the emperor. and
at his death was sent with the rest of
ms secondary widows to an honorable
confinement in a Buddhist convent.
While she was still in the palace the
belr apparent had become enamored of
her, and meeting her at a state cere-
mony for the worship of his ancestors
some 1--WE years after he assembled the
throne, he determined to make her his
VIE. His ministers stoutly opposed
the project, not because WI was his
fathers widow, but because it was
beyond all rule and precedent to re-
move her from the convent. Wangshi
the relgning empress. happened at that
tlme to be jealous of the enperor's
faVorite concubine Leaoushu. and
thinking only of weaving his affec-
tlons from this obnoxious rival, she