Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-09
The Forum, for May.

Inc political articles IN Inc 4Vi""' ~
May are "The republican Party and the
Negro" by Mr. E. L. Godkin, editor OF the
New York Eesaiag Post, who shows the i'm
practicability of all plans to give special
protection to the Negro vote in the South,
except the plan of allowing the Southern
people to solve the problem themselves,
citing evidence to show that the South Is
doing this as fast as possible; THE Saloon
as a Political Power" by Mr.. Ernest z.
Crosby, of the New York Legislature, who
argues the necessity of destroying the poll
teal influence of the saloon before dividing
public attention as to methods of temper
ance reform; and Prof Emile de Laveleye,
of the University of Liege, writes a politi-
cal article lin the large sensel on "Perils OF
Democracy" reviewing the new dangers
that beset free governments Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps shows the deep gulf between
Christianity and the teachings
of Christ giving Christian society and the
churches many evidences of their shortcom-
ings. Another article that has a religious
as we'll as scientific bearing is Prof. st.
Mivart's second essay on "Where Darwin
ism Fails" in which he points out the
break in the Darwinian theory. Grant AL
len, replying to a recent argument by Prof.
Lester F. Ward, maintains that women are
not the more important half of the human
race being the sex sacrificed TO reproductive
necessities. Mr.. F. B. Hawley, of New
York, criticising Mr. Edward Atkinson's re-
cent articles in The Forum, maintains that
Mr.. Atkinson has made a capital error in
his calculation to show that labor gets 80
per cent, and capital gets only per cent.
of the total product, and he argues that
such a statement miseads and does great
harm. President William Dew. Hyde, of
Bowdoin College, shows the i'll effects of
school examinations as they are usually
conducted and points out the proper part in
rational education. Mrs. Oliphant analy-
zes the elements Of success in novel-wIit-
ing; Prof. James NJ. Hoppin, of Yale,
shows the value of art in popular education;
and James Payn, the English novelist,
writes an essay on his memory of pleasant
and on what it consists, under
the title of "The Closing of the Doors"
which refers TO his own deafness. The F6-
rum Publishing Co., n. K-5O cents a copU
s. a year.
Of course we feel proud of Hon. w. L.
Wilson, for he is a Christian, a scholar and
statesman, and we feel confident that the
workingmen have arrived at the conclusion
that what Mr.. Wilson told them in his
speeches during the late campaign in refer
euce to a high protective tariff being for the
benefit of manufactures and capitalists, and
not for the laboring class, as the Republi-
cans told them was true-King,cOOd argus.
Nine years ago some thirty young women
in Berlin formed an old maids club, with
provision for a fine of 1000 marks upon
each member who married. Everything
went merrily for awhile until an epidemic
IF marriage set in, and at the annual meet
ing this year only one member was found
left and she found herself called upon to
dispose of $4,000 marks, the accumulation
of the fines paid by the former members.
When the new States are added the cleo
toral college will consist of 4l4 members,
instead of 4Ol, thus making Dos majority.
In 1884 Grover Cleveland had 2l9 electoral
votes, so that the four new States will not
destroy the chances of Democracy in 1892.
With New York, New Jersey, Indiana and
Connecticut the hustling from the Federal
offices will be just as lively as it is now, but
on the other side of the Berkeley
Springs Ne'cs.
The disbursements of the B. & 0. r. R.
Relief Association for the month Of March
are as follows: Accidental Deaths 5-cost
s. 800; Accidental Injuries 40l-cost So
6S3.55; Surgical Expense-cOst 81, 744,9O;
Natural Sickness 7lS-cost SO, 142, a; Nat
ural Deaths S-cost $45513O Aggregate
S29,62l99. Aggregate paid since May l,
1850, 81 ,995, 2SL94.
First mortgage bonds of 10000 600 have
been issued by the Chicago, Parkersburg
and Norfolk Railroad company to the mer-
camille trust company Of New York to build
the road, aud the mortgages are being re
corded in the counties through which the
rad passes. In this State 800 miles will
be built directly east from Parkersburg to
the Virginia line.
Last Friday the Berkeley Springs Ne,es en-
tered upon its fourth volume. It's career
thas far has been a very successful one
highly creditable to its editor and propre.
tor 1t is soundly Democratic, decidedly
newsy, as its title implies, is clean and read
able and deserving of prosperity.
Its swectly solemn thought that right
in the face of promising rich yield of fruit
sugar has taken an upward teudency-gran-
ulated sugar already ten cents a pound
Claus Spreckles, what are YOU about to let
things be thusly so? Those who "take SUI