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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-12-31

FINE toilet sets at Ream's
drug store.
A SET of Ping-Pong would make
nice gift for the boy or girl, prices
from so cents TO $3.50 at The Acme
Dolls Sc up to SIS at the Acme.
Lime, Cement and Stone for Sale.
Pietor Cellant wishes to inform
the public that he has lime, cement
and building stone for sale at all
times. Orders left at the office Of
20. r. Hayes, Real Estate dealer, on
Peasants street will receive prompt
attention
f. w. Muldoon and Ralph Muldoon
are spending the holidays with their
brother, Chas. ID. Muldoon, and
friends OF Wheeling and vicinity.
HIRscHMANs are giving special in
ducements in the way OF prices in
their clothing department.
W it comes from Reams its goods
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-12-31
Cloudy New Year.

Fair and warmer tonight. THURS
day increasing cloudiness and warm
er."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Then He Mnuld wak..

The late Lord Dufferin was known
to his friends as one of the most
charming of men. His friends were of
both sexes. Indeed, his platonic gall
lantries, after he had reached the age
when he could safely indulge them.
were quite unconcealed. They may bs
thought to be referred to in Kipling 8
sprightly sketch, Mrs. Hauksbee Hits
Out which is of the period when
Lord Dufferin was viceroy of India.
That this tendency on the part of the
noble spouse was the subjets of ami
able banter by Lady Dufferin is at
tested by a reminiscence of their So
journ in Rome, when Lord Dufferin
was British ambassador there.
There had been during the night
shock of earthquake in Rome, which
naturally formed a topic at the am
bassadorial dinner table next day. It
turned out that every one had felt the
shock except the ambassador, who had
slept through it. "Oh. WELL" observed
a guest, "the last trump would not
waken Lord Dufferin." No" assented
the marchioness, and added thought
fully, unless 1t happened to be the
queen of hearts,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
A sable Budding Geniu.

Brother Dickey came in yesterday,
leading a black pickaninny by the
Ind. He amt but 10 year oil. sub.
he explained. but he done gone inter
de writin business, en- he says he
gwine beat dis yer Dunbar feller writ
in fer de race. He done light in ter
buildin' of story, en- heah's small
sketch er it, but he say hitil be bout
three stories high TO he git throo' wild
it, And Brother Hickey handed over
the following, which is printed verba-
tim:
When spring begins to dawn the
young sprouts of all varieties that has
been nestled in the earth during the
long and dreary winter. puts out their
green heads, looking upward. The
birds begin to warble sweet melodies
from their throats. Also one can see,
by close observation. poisonous rep
tiles lieing about as if they were sun
ming themselves and resting up from
the sleep of the cold winter that had
just passed into the great beyond, still
there is nothing or no one more thank
ful for the spring than the Poet At
lanta Constitution.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Power of "a Squash.

Strange things are found among the
plants and vegetables. A well-known
student of nature once tried the grow
ing force of a squash. When it was
is days old. and measured q inches in
circumference. he fixed sort of har-
ness around it. with a long lever at
tached. The power of the squash was
measured by the weight fe--lifted, the
weight being fixed to the lever. When
it was 20 days old, two days after the
harness was fixed on it, it lifted &C
pounds. On the nineteenth day it lifted
5000 pounds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Made IL Unique Record.

Very few kings indeed can have re-
ceived the three separate rites of bap-
tism, coronation and marriage from
the same minister of God. and prob
ably the case of George III. is unique
At the time he was born on June 4.
1888, at Norfolk House. st. James
square, London, the rector of the par
ish of st. James was DIR. Seeker. bish-
op of oxford. who first baptized the
prince privately and about month
later publicly In 1858 DR.. Seeker was
elevated to the archbishopric of Can
terbury. and only three years later
performed the ceremonies of marrying
and crowning the king and queen.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
snow Fireplace. in Alaska.

Sixty degrees below zero is the
frightfully cold atmosphere in which
Alaskan gold hunters must often work
They make fireplaces of snow in that
desolate region. The snow is pressed
into blocks like bricks, and fire
place two feet or three feet square is
built with them. When the fire Is
lighted the snow. of course, melts on
the surface. but when the fire is out
this freezes so hard that the next fire
causes it to become only damp. a
snow fireplace used only for cooking
purposes will last for an entire winter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Remarkable Speed of F1le..

There is a certain little fly that was
observed to run three inches and make,
in doing it, 440 steps-all in one-half a
second of time. To equal this, in pro-
portion to his size, a man would have
to run at the rate of twenty miles a
minute.
The common flea leaps 200 times its
own length. To show like agility a
man six feet tall would have to leap a
distance of 200 feet. The cheese mite
is about one-quarter of an inch in
length, ard yet it has been seen to
take the tip of its tail in its mouth.
and then letting go with jerk, to leap
out of vessel six inches in depth. To
equal this man would have to jump
out of a well from depth of 144 feet.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
MAY HINDER MATRIMoNY.
Married Men Fined So for Staying Out
Late at Nqht.

At Uelzen, a city in the western par;
of Hanover, the authorities have just
passed law which has met with the
warm appreciation of the women of the
place and the indignant protests of the
married men. The town was getting
altogether too convivial. The old time
honored excuses of ''the lodge" and
business" and sitting up with a sick
FRIEND were worn threadbare. The
women resolved to act. They exercised
all their influence with the city fathers
and finally got law passed requiring
that all married men be home at or be-
fore IL o'clock every night. The pen
atty for a violation of this law is fixed
at fine of So for each otfeuse. Half
of the fine goes to the person making
complaint, who, in all cases so far has
been the wife.
BY means of this law the homes of
UelZen are expected to be in an ideal
condition before long, and the wife's
authority therein unquestloned. IL
hubby" forgets himself and stays out
after IL o'clock some night the wife
can either have him fined and get her
share of the proceeds, or she can do
WHAT'S better-she can hold the knowl-
edge of his law-breaking over his head
as a club with which TO enforce obe-
dience and good behavior generally.
Needless to say, the married men of
the neighboring German towns are
much exercised over the action of the
city authorities of Uelzen, for the law
is working so well there that they are
afraid il will prove contagious and
spread to their own boroughs. The un-
married men of Uelzen, of course, are
rs much pleased with the law as the
women of the town. They can now
stay out at night and enjoy themselves
free from the incubus of the old
fogies
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Guns of the MIkaaa.

The trials of the improved Elswick
gun mountings for the barbette guns
or the Japanese Dattlesnip Mikasa
seem to prove that they are a long
way in advance of anything yet in use
in our navy, says the st. James Ga
zette. From the after barbe.te, firing
unaimed shots, the gun was on one
occasion loaded and fired in thirty sec
Ids on the best previous performance.
- the most remarkable result was
achieved by the forward barbette.
which, firing aimed rounds from open
gun, got off three shots in net period
of ninety-seven seconds, or at an av-
erage rate of one rouna in thirty-three
and one-third seconds. AS, however.
the guns crew was merely scratch
lot, it is possible that the Mikasa will
beat this performance in the future.
She will, at any rate. approach the
rate of two rounds per gun per min
ute, which means that from her four
12-inch guns alone she will be able to
hurl three tons of steel at an opponent
within that time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Ouay's Long Speech.

Senator Quay's speech was the long
est ever printed. 1t occupied over 100
pages, and included complete history
of the manufacture of iron and glass
from the earliest dawn OF history to
the present day. Everybody remem-
hers that speech and its purpose. 1t
was prepared for Mr.. Quay when the
Democrats were engaged in revising
the tariff. Every time they proposed
reduction in the iron and steel sched-
ule Mr. Quay would take from under
meath his desk pile of manuscript
about three feet high and Degin to
read. After he had kept this up for
two or three days and had made no
apparent inroad into the mountain of
typewritten sheets the Democrats
would succumb and suggest compro-
mise. At the close of The session the
speech was printed. 1t ought to have
been placed in the state Library OF
Pennsylvania, and labeled THE Bull
w0k Of our Protected Interests"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
POVERTY AND MARRIAGE.
Long engagements Not Conducive to
Prosperity. According TO Some

Long engagements Not Conducive to
Prosperity, According TO Some.
All unconscious OF the man in the
next seat, two girls on a Germantown
train were discussing engagements.
II don't care what folks would say
remarked the one with red hair IF
| really loved a man and he was poor
I would insist upon marrying him at
once. rather than submit to long
engagement"
~fhat's the way l feel" said the
girl with blue eyes. The young man
who stays single until he can save
enough to get married on is up against
it. At least, that's what my brother
Jack says. He says the trouble is
that when a fellow is engaged to a
girl he wants to show her a good time
and the consequence is that he never
saves anything
Jack is right" said the girl with
red hair. according to the Philadelphia
Record. Il know a case that proves
it. The girl has been engaged now for
eight years. Her fiance is in business
in New YORK. but he comes over to
visit her once a week. He comes over
on Saturday afternoon and goes back
Monday morning. Saturday night he
always takes her to the theater, and
there's generally supper afterward.
Pm sure that makes big hole in his
salary every week. Now L"
But the train had pulled into the
Reading terminal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Dog Hn. rohacco Habit.

Monte. a fox terrier from the Blem-
ton kennels, has the tobacco habit. She
uses the weed after the fashion known
as the poor mans smoke.
When she sees her master smoking a
cigar or cigarette she whines and begs
until he blows the smoke in her face.
Then she goes beside herself with de-
light, dancing and biting at the smoke
and tapping it with her tongue.
When she has had good smoke she
likes to &c to the vichy bottle to draw
herself drink.
The dog is owned by DR.. NJ. r. Pal
mer, police surgeon, who resides OF
Seventh avenue.-New York Times.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
HOW TO PRONOUNCE THEM.
Names of Prominent Persons That Are
Commonly Mispronounced.

Names of Prominent Persons That Are
Commonly Mispronouncsd.
Because there are no rules for the
pronunciation OF proper names innum-
cradle errors are made in this matter.
There follow the correct pronuncia-
tions of the names of some persons of
renown.
"A. T. Quiller-Couch sounds the ou
of his last syllable as the 90 is sound
ed in root. Jerome X. Jerome accents
the first syllable CT his last name; he
pronounces 1t to rhyme with tear 'em.
In the name of Robert Louis Steven
son the Louis is pronounced as though
it were spelt Lewis. Sir Walter Bes-
ants name has its first. syllable accent
ed, and rhymes with pleasant. The
poet Richard Hovey's name has its
first syllable sounded SO as to rhyme
with dove.
The name of Andrew Carnegie, says
the Philadelphia Record, is accented on
the second syllable; it should be pro-
nounced as though it were spelt Car
Maggie.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25

One of the most interesting series
shows the gradual leveling of Beacon
Hill to its present vestige of a once
proud eminence. Harvard College is
given very full treatment, together
with the monumental history of Cam
bridge Common.
The revolutionary period offered a
wealth of material. from which has
been selected a gallery of old prints
that gives a story of the actions
around Boston. at once moving and
informing.
Many of this series come under the
head of the excessively rare" in the
originals, and though they appear here
and there in historical publications,
the average reader. or even a fairly
good antiquary, must welcome this
grouping of the scattered treasurer.
The same might be said of number
of features in Boston history, as the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Records on English Books.

The following stand in England as
literary records: The largest circula-
ton of any English novel in copyright
is that of East Lynne" of which the
public have bought nearly half mil
lion. The earliest published work still
in copyright is Tennyson's Poems by
Two Brothers," which dates from 1887.
The largest amount ever given for Sc
rial rights in England is f7,000 1885,
OOO), paid by Cornhill for George Ell
lots "Romola.' The largest check ever
given to an English author is 100000
$500 OO0), received by Lord Macaulay
for his history. The most expensive
single volume lately issued is Morris
"Chaucer," published at ego (s100).
The thickest single volume in print is
the Catalogue of Current Literature"
which measures ten and half inches
across the back. The highest price
given for first edition is 545 guineas
($2, $500 for an uncut copy OF the Kill
marnock Burns"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Dinner from the Bibie.

Spread a cloth of blue, and put
thereon the dishes and the spoons. and
the bowls, with the bread in the bas-
ket.-Num. iv. and Lev. viii. 81.
Salt without prescribing how much.
and oil in cruse.-Ezra vii. % and l.
Kings xvii. II.
The bright shining candle glveth
light.-Luke xi. SO.
rell them who are hidden have
prepared my dinner.-Matt xxi. 4.
They are strong of appetite.-lsa.
vi. IL.
Let us eat and be merry.-Luke XIV
23.
Ye hea- all kinds of musician iii.
Grace-Give us this day our daily
bread-Matt vi IL.
SOUP.
Pour out the broth.-Judg. vi. 20.
Feed me with pottage.-Gen. xxy. 80.
Eat this roll.-Ezek. Iii. l.
FISH.
We remember the fish we did eat
freely.-Num. xi. ..
They gave him a piece of broiled
fish.-Lulie xiv. AZ.
ENTREMENTS.
Bring on the fish which ye have now
caught.-John xxi. 10.
Hare.-Lev. xi. 6.
Chickens.-Matt. xiii 81
Beside harts and fatted FOWL.
Kings iv. %.
Kidneys.-Lev. tx. 10.
Olives.-Mic. vi. Is.
Give a little water, for | am thirsty.
Judges iv. 10.
ROASTS.
All manner of baked meats.-Gen.
xl. II.
Roebuck.-D xii. 10
Wild goat and wild ox.-Deut xiv.
VEGETABLES.
Wheat, lentils and millet.-Ezek. iv.
Corn and beans.-I1 Sam. xvii. rs.
After that the full corn n the ear
Mark iv. 2S.
The leeks and the onions, and the
cucumbers and the garlic.-Num. xi. ..
der-seed.-Num. Xi. T.
GAME.
Partridge-Jer xvii. Il.
Two young pigeons.-Lev. v. Z.
Quails.-Psalms CIV. 40.
Ten cheeses.-I. Sam. xvii. is.
DESSERT.
A basket OF summer fruits.-Amos
viii. /.
Mrs. Miner in the Advance
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
CHAUFFEUR MEANS sToKER.

Good Joke ON MiIiionairs "MobilIsts"-
Fads In Pronunciation.
The pronunciation of the word
Chauffeur" provokes the Great Round
World to an examination into the au-
thority of pronunciation fads. 1t says:
Where polite usage gets its authori-
ty nobody KNOWS. Now. 1t is saying
that valet the final syllable of which
We have learned to give off-hand with,
a high-bred a. shall be Anglicized just
as 'parquet' was few years ago, and
shall appear in polite society in its
plain English stubbiness. 1t is likely
that we shall all stumble and stutter
and make mistakes at first, but event
ually fall into line of 'ets.'
There are those who claim that a
polite suburb should have long u,
that tapestry should be "a long, and
that the sun never 'shone politely
with a long o. The same authorities
are busy with the new automobile
Importation - Chauffeur (shofeur),
which has been called everything that
y polite. 1t might be called something
more, for it is not truthful term. 1t
means, when interpreted. fireman,
'stoker.' and is innocently good joke
on our own millionaires who speed
their own 'outos.'"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
He Thought He Knew 1t All.

He Thought He Knew 1t All.
l knew a man who thought he knew 1t
ALL
lie knew how earth became rolling ball.
He knew the source and secret of all
life.
He also knew how Adam came to fall.
He knew the causes of the glacial age.
And what it was that made the deluge
rage.
He knew in fact he knew most every
thing
In his own mind he was earths greatest
sage.
His knowledge was of such stupendous
girth
1t took in everything upon the earth
And in the heavens; but most strange
of all
He didn't know thing of re al WORTH
He knew where people so when they are
dead
He knew all wonders ever sung or said
He knew the past and future; but for
all
He didn't know enough to earn his bread.
He was a marvel of omniscience.
He knew the secret of the hence and
whence.
He was a bundle of great theories.
The only thing he lacked was common
sense.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Found Few Bodies of Animals.

1t has been a source of much sur
prise to Prof Nordenskjold that dur
ing his expedition within the arctic
circle, in regions where animal life is
abundant, he has found very few re-
mains of animals which died a natural
death. No one has any idea of what
becomes OF the bodies of such animals;
and it is indeed very strange that on
Spitzbergen it is easie- to find bones
of a gigantic lizard of remote geologi-
cal time than those of a "self-dead
seal, walrus or bird The same is also
true o. some places not so far north.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25

Stark presents them in a chronology
cal series, showing the advances in ac-
curacy and completeness of the record
1t was rapid growth. so that in 1722
when Capt. John Bonner made his
map, the result was highly credita-
BILE work. that remained standard for
many years. 1t is the Oldest map of
Boston in existence showing the
streets and prominent places.
The old houses are, of course, given
IN detail, each with brief, though as
a rule, picturesque, history, merit of
the whole feature being the grouping
in one place of so much that is scat
tered among periodicals and old rec
orda-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
TurnIp's Wonderful Growth.

The seed of the globe turnip is about
the twentieth part of an inch in diane
ter, and yet in the course of few
months this seed will be enlarged by
the soil and the air into 27 100000 times
its original bulk. and this in addition
to a bunch of leaves. 1t has been
found by experiment that n turnip seed
will, under fair conditions. increase its
own weight fifteen times in minute.
Turnips growing in peat ground have
been found to increase more than 49,
900 times the weight of their seeds in
a day.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
DO GHOSTS EXIST
INCIDENTS IN PROOF OF BELIEF.
Extraordinary 9remonition Of Death
Attributed to Spirit Information.

Extraordinary 9remonition Of Death
Attributed to Spirit Information.
DIR. Minot ]. Savage in Ainslee's-
..The history of the world is full OF
reported apparitions or ghosts. Do such
things as ghosts exist? / am perfectly
certain that they do. This does not
mean that l feel that am ready to ex-
plain their origin or nature. 1 simply
recognize the fact. Whether they are
purely subjective or whether they rep
resent some objective reality-this is II
question to be settled in each particu-
lar case. have many instances in my
notes; but they must be omitted for the
present
There is one case, however, which
is of a very extraordinary kind. 1t
occurred about couple of years ago
here in the immediate vicinity of New
York. There was certain young man
who had been studying abroad. He had
been at Heidelburg university. He was
of anything but an imaginative tenn
perment. Tall and stalwart in build
he had n reputation as an athlete. His
| favorite studies We're mathematical,
| physical and electrical. He had return
ed home from abroad, and, so far as
anybody knew, was in perfect health
mother. 1t was his habit, after din
ner, to go out ON the piazza and walk
up and down while smoking his pipe
| one evening he came quietly in, and,
without talking with anybody, went
up to bed. The next morning he went
| to his mothers room before she was
up. and laid his hand on her cheek in
order to awaken her quietly. Then he
said, Mother, | have something very
sad TO tell you. You must brace your
self and be strong to bear it OF course
she was startled and asked him what
he was talking about. He said, Moth
er, l mean just what l am saying.
am going to die, and very SOON
when his mother startled and trou-
| bled, pressed him for an eXplataion, he
said; Last night, when l was walking
| up and down the piazza. smoking, n
| spirit appeared and walked up and
down by my side. l have received my
call and am going to die The mother,
| of course, was seriously troubled. and
wondered whether anything might be
the matter with him. She therefore
sent for the doctor and told him the
| story. The doctor made n careful ex-
animation, said there was nothing the
matter, treated the whole thing as a
| bad dream or hallucination. told them
to pay no attention to it. and said that
within n few days they would be
laughing at themselves for letting such
a thing worry them. The next morning
the young man did not seem quite as
well as usual, and the doctor was sent
| for second time Again he said there
was nothing the matter. and tried to
| laugh them out of their fears. The
third morning the young man appeared
tn stf nd tl.. y, ,ir.l
time the physician was summoned. He
now discovered case of appendicitis.
| The young man was operated on and
died in couple of days. From the
time of the vision until his death not
more than five days had gone by. Some
time after this experience the mother
visited n psychic here in New York
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
American Locomotives.

The great American Locomotive
W orks built last year 1884 railway en-
gines, besides an unknown but much
smaller number built in railway shops
says the New York World. This is the
greatest record ever made, and shows
much activity in improving and equip
ping American railroads. But though
the United States is by far the best
engine market in the world, 10 per cent
of this great product, 337 engines. were
for foreign markets. A still larger
number were exported in 1900, when the
home market was less insistent The
Baldwin works alone have in the past
three years sold engines in these coun-
tries: England, Ireland Russia, Spain,
Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Holland,
Norway, Sweden, France, Finland,
Japan, India, China, Assam, Burmah,
Tunis, Canada, Alaska, Soudan. Mexi-
CO, Hawaii, Egypt, Cuba. Peru, Chill,
Brazil, Algeria, Uganda. Ecuador. Por-
to Rico, Colombia, Nova Scotia, Yucca
tan, Costa Rica, British Columbia. San
Domingo, Cape Colony Australia. Far
more than the British drum beat"
tie scream of the American locomotive
whistle and the thunder of its mighty
wheels are heard round the world"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Loft money for odd purpo,e.

Two hundred years ago John How
of Guildford, England, left property.
real or personal. upon curious terms.
Its income was to reward ''the female
domestic who remained at least two
years in one situation within the bor-
ough, and who should throw the high
est number with two dice in competi-
ton with another aspirant for the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
Men Barred from the streets.

curious custom in Seoul, Korea.
is the law which makes it obligatory
for every man to retire to his home
when the huge bronze bell of the city
has proclaimed it to be the hour of
sunset and the time for closing the
gates. No man is allowed in the
streets after. that hour under pain of
fiogging, but the v-omen are allowed to
go about and sit their friends.