The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-11-28

oHS cc1tci o1aio III IedIulug Wuab
will be opened to them in the school
of the Hereafter.
At any rate, if we are going TO
travel at the rate of one hundred
miles an hour. | want to get used TO
it before the Worlds Fair opens. /
have an idea that otherwise | should
reach my destination a trihe dis
turbed. Especially would this be
the case if the Baltimore and Ohio
adopt this means of rapid transit
from Morgantown to Grafton.
What a saving Of time such travel
ing would bring about! and what
boom in real estate few hundred
miles from our larger citiesl What
an extension of suhul be. and what ii
destruction of scenery! No more bril-
liant newspaper correspondents will
describe the car window views. and
no one will be left to tell TIE story
Of a wreck. People will take 10 walk
ing in order to see the conniry. and
Wayside Inns will again flourish I'M
der the patronage of leisureIy travel
lers.
After all, the Inventions of the
world are for the busy men and wo-
men in it, and while they increase
their capacity for work they also null
tiply their opportunities for recrea-
ton, and it is to be hoped that the
time gained will be shared between
the two. There is little danger that
our business men will not work hard
enough, but there is danger that they
will forget to rest Mr. Edison thinks
that eventually men will be able TO
dispense with sleep, but none of the
men we know will be benefited by
attempting it. He must be thinking
of race made over according to
newly discovered scientific principles.
At least. the modern man seems to
demand both rest and recreation. else
he becomes very shortly an extreme
iy ancient man.
This is the season of the year when
we are supposed to look about US
and count our blessings. A good
many generous hearts are number
ing among others the blessing Of
sharing with those less favored.
| know a good woman who has OBJ
tanned the names of the Methodist
ministers stationed in the mountain
GUS and out-of-the-way places in
West Virginia, has written to each
one for statement Of his salary, his
expenses. and what he most needs,
and she has given each ones neees.
stiles into the care Of some friend
who knows only the circumstances
and not his name, and boxes of cloth
ing for the families are being pre-
pared and will be sent by these wo-
men who find it more blessed to give
than to receive.
This is a worthy example for other
than Methodist women to follow, for
the poor preachers of West Virginia
are not confined to the Methodist
faith, and the story of hardship and
sacrifice is the same among them all.
1t is not story that is told un-
asked, but when we find it out we
cannot but reverence the men who SO
heroically are doing their work
They are doing it, too, knowing
that their families will be provided
with bare subsistence, that they
cannot be warmly clad, and that they
cannot enjoy the bright home com
forts that gladden. other mems lives.
No other profession except the min
istry would find men ready to give
themselves to its service for the nom
inal sum of two hundred dollars a
year. which some Of these ministers
are promised, land even Of that they
fall short.
BARBARlAx.