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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22
What a Kentucky Doctor Asks.

There are many men who chafe and fret
through life because they imagine that they
are tied down by circumstances to work far
beneath their abilities, and in which they
have no chance to exhibit the superior stun
they are made Of. Birds lit TO fly aloft, they
must content themselves with scratching
in the barnyard to pick up bare subsist-
ence. Race horses who might compete with
the swiftest, they are hitched To drays and
dung carts, and cannot even get fair
grooming. And there are others who find
their toll irksome and forbidding because
their minds are dwelling on some other sort
OF labor which they fondly believe would be
more congenial to them.
Such n case OF dissatisfaction with his
present occupation is laid before The Sun
by a Kentucky physician, who thus utters
his plant:
"slA Your advice to many persons who have come to
you difficulties aieGure much valued by the readers
Of THE SUN have Just laid aside the reading OF your
words to the young man who aspes 10 climb the tree
OF knowledge While they impress forciby enough.
| reminded OF my own rather amentable situation
In life about which II you will furnish instruc
tons shall ever feel grateful
~ am graduated physician from the University OF
Louisiana New Orleans; have been Practising medicine
years. have good country practice but from which
l get only common living Tor my vile ana three chill
dren. 80 years OF age. and stand well IN my PRO
fession. considered extraordinarily well read hY
all who know In fact, ! have read almost every
book could get my hands unon, from the Vicar Of
Wakefield to DK lIotBAons System ol Nature all the
histories, standard fiction CuyER HUMBOLDT, DucKLE.
HUILhY, DARwiN &C. outside OF law. have select
good library, excepting In law, OF 500 volumes and
fast and retenuye reader.
Now, sir, have felt for years that have misehosen
my profession. do not dislike medicine but have
unua longing to study and do other do who are
busy among The exciting scenes Of law My means
limited, but have plenty OF energy and health, l
could study law this summer while practising medicine,
attend my law tho winters be admitted
to the bar go to new country and climb the ladder OF
fame, while otherwise am compelled TO remain toilng
country doctor without eminence without thanks and
with but very little pay-probaby leaving my family
pennilesA VIII you advise met You will thus obise
- FRIESp or Tnk SUM
II Is true enough that man may mis-
take his profession, and that many men do
that thing, we all know; but that people are
more likely to undertake work above their
abilities than work TO which they are SUI
peror, our Kentucky friend must DO well
aware from observation. The happy man
Ia he who lays his hand to the labor for
which no Is exactly fit, for then he finds
! pleasure in his toll, and it comes easy to
him. The curse of ADAM falls lightly on
| such workman. and in truth 1t 10 changed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22
The Requirements of American Colleges.

This Is the season when thousands OF
American youth are seeking to matriculate
In our collegiate institutions. 1t is inter-
esting TO note the amount and quality OF
knowledge exacted from applicants by those
seminaries which common consent would
rank above the average. For that purpose,
we avail ourselves Of some useful statistics
compiled by Mr. A. f. NIGHTINGALE. the
principal Of high school near Chicago.
We may premise that all the State uni
versities, as we'll as all the colleges under
the care OF the Methodist Church. admit
both sexes; but the best-known establish
ments open to women are the Cornell the
Michigan, the Boston, and tho California
universities together with tho collegiate
institutions at Middletown and Oberlin Vas
sar OF course, being reserved exclusively to
the female sex. In such OF the semnaries
here mentioned as fall within this category,
ont OF a total OF S,776 students, nearly one
quarter are women. As regards, however,
tho amount OF requirement there seems to
bo no great distinction between these estab-
lshments and those intended exclusively
for men. We may now look at the range OF
acquisition demanded in some detail re-
Wondering that whilo the nominal scope OF
studies may be nearly identical, there ID a
great difference in the degree OF accuracy
expected by different colleges.
Candidates for admission to Harvard may
at present olror to pass in one OF two courses,
according as they propose to give a clas-
steal or scientific direction to their edu-
cation. II they choose the classical curric-
ulum, they must furnish all the books Of
| CEsARs Commentaries, all OF the Eneid,
with ten orations Of CICERO, and they must
possess such facility in Latin composition
as can be gained from the exercises in HARK-
NESS or ARNoLD's Manual. In Greek liter
ature they are examined in all the books
| OF the AnabaslS and three books OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22
The Robbery OF the Ocean National
Rank.

Ten years ago the Ocean National Bank
OF this city was robbed OF more than three
quarters Of a million OF dollars. There were
at the time vague whispers Of suspicion, and
these have been from time TO time renewed,
but the complete story Of the monstrOus viii
lainy by which prosperous institution
was ruined and scores Of fortunes wrecked
has never been told till to-day. Elsewhere
in The sun the facts win be found grouped
in an interesting narrative. We commend
them TO the careful study Of our readers.
Such study will enable them to form a
faint conception of the looseness with which
the Currency Bureau Of tho Treasury De-
partmeHt at Washington is managed. The
circumstantial evidence presented shows
conclusively that the robbery OF the bank
was planned by some person or persons
inside Had we cared to give the declara-
tions OF the professional thieves. we might
have indicated who these other thieves were.
This we have not deemed necessary. That
the mismanagement OF the bank was
of the grossest and most criminal character
has already been twice proven in the courts
OF justice. That this would not have been
possible had the Federal officers charged
with the supervision OF national banks done
their duty, everybody knows.
But the conduct Of tho Receiver who
since 1871 has had the management OF the
assets Of the bank, under the oversight Of
the Comptroller Of the Currency, has been
no less criminal than that Of the men who
began the work of ruin. Indeed, the men
who blew open the safes and carried
Off the money OF the depostors
strangely enough leaving behind the
funds of the bank. were perhaps the least
guilty OF all those concerned in this re-
markable piece OF villainy. That the Re
ceiver has been guilty of a wanton and
deliberate betrayal OF his trust seems clear.
The testimony Of confederate and his own
admissions in his letters 10 this and another
confederate place him in a position from
which he will find it difficult to extricate
himself.
The House Of Representatives has directed
the Committee on Banking and Currency to
Investigate the conduct Of this Receiver,
and it Is TO be hoped that 1t will be
thoroughly done. In that event. high
Treasury officials will not come off I'M
scathed. Incidentally, the bottom facts in
regard to the previous mismanagement OF
the bank and the robbery will be laid bare
also
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22
Will Paris Prove Danger to the French
Republicl

Since the recent action Of tho Senate, 1t
seems certain that the seat the French Gov
eminent will be presently transferred TO
Paris. II we listen to extremists OF either
sort, we should have to look upon this step
as the beginning OF the end, as the surren-
der OF the republic TO a revolutionary course.
Is there ground for these expressions Of
triumph on the side OF the radical Left or
for the outspoken approximations on the part
OF the conservative Right How long has
the capital city welded decisive influence
over the destmies Of France? What are tho
precedents of history, and how far may
these be modified or wholly overruled by
existing conditions?
The supremacy Of Paris Is a thing of mod
ern date 1t Is due rather to RoBEsPIERRE
than TO RICHELIEU; for the Capitalization OF
the old monarchy was not SO much local as
personal. The extent, indeed. TO which the
centraliZing process under the ancient re-
gime had been retarded and controlled by
provincial franchises, is too often overlook
al; but whatever the progressive encroach-
ments OF the royal authority, their focus
was seldom identified with the chief town
of tho Isle de France. At the crisis Of
Luc HllttIln CcuLuIgi lbI lhnlhhNti lho
sympathies OF the Partisan burgheg were en-
listed on the side OF Burgundy, and there
fore OF its English ally; but the fact did not
prevent, though it delayed the ultimate
success OF CHARLES Of Valois. Tho latter S
son had no mind to hatter the spirit Of citl-
zens who kept alive the dauntless tradi-
tlons Of the men Of Client, and he preferred
~ dwell apart from their busy emporium,
spinning his web Of policy behind the walls
OF Pessy 10 Tours. The three immediate
succcssors Of LOUIS XI. spent but
portion Of their reigns within the
circuit Of Paris. From the build
ing Of tho Louvre, however, the
metropolis became more attractive place
Of sojourn and acquired more political pre-
pondrrance. But although its support was
the main strength Of the League and Of the
GoIsE family, it scarcely outwelghed the
remnant of loyalty which chung TO tho last
and most vicious OF the Nalois, and even
proved impotent TO stem the progress OF a
hereto pretender. II HENRY ". finally de-
cidcd that Paris was worth n mass" it was
rather because he shrewdly gagged the
temper of the whole country, than be-
cause the half starved burghers coulC
have long held out against the VIC
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22


No ono know better than Gen. GRANT that
Mr.. T1LDEN was legally elected President
In 1876; and yet, II the statement OF Mr..
JOHN +. MINES in the World OF an interview
with Gen. STEWART l.. WooDFoRD be cor
rect, 1t would seem that Gen. GRANT had
fully prepared, in case Mr.. TILDEN attempted
TO assert his right to the Office to seize him
by stealth ON n charge Of high treason,
secretly convey him to a dungeon. and
there put him on tral-a trial which, under
such circumstances, could have been moth
ing but u mUckcry.
According to the statement OF MIR. MINES
Gen. WooDFoRD spoke as follows
Ny ptrn' ssrs all hti systematically aud approved BY
Presiisat GnASr N M TtpES attempted curry
od he cup d,t ant had h,m, datguafai On Tie CH Hdd
,seph,is n ne cy my o,,i,, and intention
snss him al si'r 9araHi charging M et hth betn
conr,v him c.iy and .e,,' oni rs,,el
s'ng IN he Eia Ri,er. and dp hbn fo,t Aiin'
Other ahsrs lecoad rcg, ht htqL The ~ thug
00t aayisig s"sn V II he isoaii haze itsippearet"
1t is tho man who planned such an uuprec-
edented outrage as this who Is now talked
about as the candidate of the Republicans
for President for third terml
II two men assert title TO the office OF
President, our civil tribunals are competent
to decide between them. But Cen. GRANT
would have madeit the occasion OF arbitrary
arrests, of kidnapping, and, IL possible Of
civil war.
We have had enough Of military rule in
time Of peace.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

HILL has been convicted Of murder in the
first degree at Atlanta. for killing SIMMONS.
That result was entirely proper considering
the law and the facts yet 1t was astonishing.
SIMMONS had seduced HILLS wife. and for that
offence HILL had deliberately and premedi-
tatedly killed him. There was only ono defence
for HILL to make. On the witness stand he
said; Gentlemen OF the jury, do not regret
killing him. and would do II again under the
same circumstances. | loved my wife, and l
love her now. killed SIMMONS because he in
vaded the sanctity OF my homo. and l have
no other excuse to Offer II this was wrong.
hang me | do not ask your sympathy. but only
justice" HILL had reason to believe that no
would be acquitted. because 1t had long been
the custom OF juries. especially in the South. to
lot that kind Of murderer 10 free. But in this
case thore WAS an upright and fearless Judge
HILLYER by name. who stated the law SO en-
phaticaiy that the jury could hardly help doing
their duty. He told them that under their oaths
they could not take sentiment Tor law. and that
II. as HILLS counsel had urged. iuries had al
most invariably acquitted men who had shot
the seducers Of their wives, it only showed the
weakness or wickedness of those Iures. The
hanging Of HILL IL only lacking TO complete a
valuable example.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

,,.-,.,.. ..,,o,, ,,,,,b, os wall cIoae its shut-
49,. ~ tha oon,ino voar The abort December
s.sioa sooros 20 hoyo doolt n nremature death
~ 10 ,ho .aoson Than cane the Afghan and
~ zrI,, ,rars and had wentber completed the
III, mr. Iondon uorId aavs.
-. -, IN. ,,,,. o,.,o thu ,r,,r
to wiGdsor to- witness from lie tcrrace blaze OF
blossom and ranorame % ysr s % @S i!osG6
Has ally one ousht Of driving to Bustcy PARK to have
,3qk ~ lne r eye br oyosy The sinple truth is
that we are having the London season without , many OF
i@.t wrcS ucre Was a lower Show nj south Remington
remarkable among other tnss or NE i, nI', ,,"W o
a flower SHOW IN Narch-and March practically isis
9 snoy snH we we wn"c " at The Botsncs
Ga dens have been Tor tie most lart nnerc"l pr1e's
&c can an m sr When nn leach can mellow
in bleak cast wind u addition to gu % the las, ~, AK
society in the eSpi,a las had no opportunity setting
down to us asui s.rr r"!sa Isat9 and neso
Parliament with all tie ocomotion which thesc events
ns s nrsg ss mrcsery in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
things COOPERATING with the influences OF ne wea,Her
""'' ''N''''
Similar reports como from Farls' Osuaiiy at
TINS tme oil tue year al 'hat cohstItu'es hIHn
lille emigratss from the capra' Iho oeE'h-
ming OF the London season is aiwHys 'he eioso
OF the Paris one ana the ariS'ocr"cy anu
wealthy classes retire 70 thelr country se",s Ut
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

The women and girls who thronged the
Brooklyn Academy Of Music on Wednesday
evening to witness the COMMENCEMENT exer-
cises OF the Collegiate ana Polytechnic Institute
were well dressed, but some OF them were any
thing but well behaved. The programmes an
nounced that the address to the graduating
class would be delivered by tho Rev. DR.. SToRRs !:
not the Dr. SToRRs who goes on deadhead
lunketing excursions with HENRY WARD
BEEcHER, but the Rev. DR.. II. S. SToRRs. the
scholarly and eloquent pastor OF tho Church
OF the Pilgrims. No man in Brooklyn is more
cordially hated by the Boecherites. His ap-
pearance at the front of tho Academy platform
on Wednesday evening was tne signal for an
outburst OF whispering and RiRRling which
lasted until the close OF the address. 10 the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

While the cause OF the double collision in
the bay yesterday is not yet definitely settled.
enough is known to show that the handling
both Of the Canada and the Italy was not what
it should have been. That two great iron steam
ships OF 1000 and 5000 tons burden respect
lively should even seem to race for precedence
in a channel occupied by anchored shipping is
a serious matter. The whole trouble would
have been avoided II the swiit-going Italy mad
remained astern OF the slower Canada until
both had steered clear OF the surrounding ship
ping. As 1t is. the Canada's passengers have
reason to be- thankful that her sides were not
stove in in midocean. 1t is also fortunate for
the persons on board the German bark Bar
barossa. which played the part Of the innocent
bystander in this affair. that tugs and shoal
water were close at hand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

- - :. -
Ana sing the song OF lruse,
For jonathan hn. hcnten John,
Aud wears tic Nlrtor's bsysl
Another Yankee Ger the wave
Another nl"w has dealt,
And Weston, Hanlan, ana Parole
Have Won the triple belt
..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

Congress has again completed after
fashion. the work for which it was convoked in
extra session. and it remains with h. b. HAYES
to say whether the Appropriation bills as now
sent 10 him shall become law. The Legislative
bill he has already signed. Those who speak
for him say that the supplemental Judicial bill
is booked for veto. and that the Army bill is in
danger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

Twenty-Five years ago, II on the heels OF
the report OF a personal alteration in the Sen
ate tho announcement had come that one OF
the parties to the unpleasantness had left Wash
ington. the whole country would have prcked
up its ears in pleasing anticipation OF the pop
Of the pistols. But these are piping days OF
peace and Mr. LAMAR's objective point is not
the field OF honor. but q prosaic college COM
mencement. The age Of chivalry. as Mr..
BURKE observes is gone.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

The Echo of Oglethorpe, Ga, is RESPONSE
BILE for the statement that the negroes OF that
region openly and generally practise polyRamy.
Some OF them are said to have as many as five
wives living under one roof. HENRY THORNTON.
a mulatto. who recently died. had two wives
each Of whom had blessed the husband with n
large family Of children. and. what is moro
surprising. they lived in the Same house on the
best forms OF amitv. and seemed to be sincerely
attached to each other THORNTON beuueathed
his property to the two women Jointly. with the
proviso that they should always hold it In COM
mon. The Echo thinks that the Grand Jury
should indict the polygamists. " as duty TO
country and to Christianity"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

1t is only natural that Mr.. CoNdER and
other Republicans should strive to prevent tho
printing Of the GLOVER report. We are afraid
1t is equally natural that some Democratic NOM
bers should look with satisfaction and sympathy
upon these efforts to suppress the publication
of facts which-whatcvcr their nature and
wherever they may hurt-the people are clearly
nntiflnh To know
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

great annoyance OF the well-brod portion OF the
audience. The worst offenders in this unman-
nerly demonstration were fashionably attired
women and misses who have yet to learn that
the dress does not make the lady any more than
the hood makes the monk
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

No less tragic in its effects than the re-
lgious deluson which led Adventist FREEMAN
Of Pocasset to kill his child was the belief en-
tcrtained by WILLIAM pADdErr OF Crawford
County. kentucky. PADGErT is uncouth and
uneducated. He had been reared among the
ignorant colored people Of tho plantations. and
ho imbibed many Of their superstitons and
vagaries. He believed in witches. and imagined
that his wife had witch hidden about the
house. and that the witch had compelled his
wife to feed him on Indian turnps until he be-
camo insane. He also believed that he was d.
rected by n spirit mentor to kill his wife in
order to free his children from tho evil infu-
ences OF witchcraft. PADGErr killed his wife
accordingly. and then tried to kill himself He
is still thoroughly convinced that h acted in
obedience to supernatural instructions. The
indianapolis Sentinel says: There are many
white men Of this class now living in kentucky"
WESTON won the match and the belt comes
back to America. More than this. he made the
best record yet in a six days walking contest
lettering that OF Brown by eight miles. This
fact alone must dlspol all suspicious as to the
honesty OF the contest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22
SUNBEIHS.

"A "cheap library" OF one hundred Sun.
day school books for children to read 4, now sold At IN.
rate OF six pages cent There 1900 page, and
the bill for the whole lot f25
"A Chinaman named Ong recently preach.
ed a missionary sermon from the text Go" lie stuck
to his text aud the text stuck to him. and there was.
great deal OF go" IN the discourse
Much trouble has been caused among
the churches of Chicago and vicinity by the erts,
number OF choir singers who perform in performanc.
Of Pnaforc While there has been in some quarters.
disposition to discharge these to dscipins
those Of them who happened to be church member,
there has also been spirit Of forbcaranc partly b.
cause they were so many and partly because their o.
fence so far from being heinous
Opposition to the Oneida Community
folks growing stronger Of the cergymeu
In their vicinity very prominent among whom is Bshon
Huntington Of the Protestant Episcopal CHURCH He and
others have been obtaining evidence from some e1mem
bers Of the Community The Bishop says that some Of
the teraturewhich sent from the Community 1. H.
lovers are worse than those Of the polygamss Abls
lawyers said 10 be cooperating with these cergymeu
and demonstration the Community may soon D.
looked for involving the arrest Of some Of its princp.
men nd women. The trouble Will be prove the charge,
The Oneida people arc exceedingly shrewd
This is the way in which Sunday school
boy rattcd on the Third commandment with the .n.s,
Of making his mother think he was Civ ng Cherokee
version Of verse OF hymn.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-03

Connecting at
FORT PIERRE for all points inthe Black Hills.
BISMARCK for st. Paul and all points east.
with the Dakota Southern Railroad
for Sioux City, Chicago, st. Louis, and all points
in the east.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-03
FASHIONABLE e00lBHNEss.

There is no modern fashionable notion
quite 90 absurd q the generally received
idea that to be beautiful and attractive a
woman must possess . wan, spiritueA noe
and q figure of sylph-like propesttons-a
|frsgility in nine cases Out OF. ten the result
of disease. By4many fashionable bellies 1t
is considered q special compliment to be
spoken Of as frail and delicate. They for.
get that the naturally delicate face and
peitefgure are very different from th1pale
and disease stricken faces that meet % In
the city thoroughfares, look out from the
luxuriant carriages of wealth. and glide
languidly through our crowded drawing
rooms. If disease were unfashionable. as It
ought to be, not a lady In the land but
would take every possible precsution to
secure the fresh, blooming face and we'll.
rounded figure that only health can give.
Ladies should remember that a. much as
gentlemen may profess to admire the face
.nd form paled and emaciated by disease,
when they choose q wife they prefer q
blooming, healthful. buoyant.spirited wo.s
maa. 1 Dr. Pierce's Fayorite prescription is
he acknowledged standard remedy fol- fe-
male diseases and weaknesses. 1t has the
lwo-fold advantage of curing the local dis.
ease and ilnparting q vigorous tone TO the
whole system. 1t is sold by druggists.