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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-04-22

Pat, you should never nit a
man when he is down 'Begorra,
what did | work so to get him down
for?
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-04-22
w1r AND 1auMo1s.

OF two women choose the one
that will have you.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-04-22

Take away women asks writer.
and what would follsw:' That's
easy. The men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
Tn. constitutional Con,cnt,on.

To IHE EDITOR THr SUS-Sr; In toGays issn" Of
your journa correspondent over the signature OF L.
NJ n, calls attention to the discrepancy in Ito mum,
bers OF delegates to the Constitutional Convention pro-
vided for in tho bill passed last winter hy the Legla
turo. lie says
"Tbe first sentence Of section is MS follow;
"'The number Of delegates to such Convention shall
be hundred and seyenty.one' The section further
provides that one hundred and twsnyeish delegates
shall DO chosen by Assembly districts Thrl'two
shall he delegates Tor the state nj arg' md eight Shah
lbs appointed BIZ the Governor. Ihcrr not III the act
any further provision for the election appointment
OF delegates Now, l2H- ~ ~ l'i-, Thr act orders
the numheS OF delegates to lie ~ and provides Tor
but l6s Where are tho other three '
This question can answer, The a. ms Originally
drafted empowered the GovcTnnr 10 appoint eleven
delegates three OF whom were TO o women 10 repre-
sent the Interests OF the women citizens ~ Nc state.
and - thus drawn II passed the Assembiv In tho
senate the clause providing for the three women was
stricken outa valiant act; was not srarrril hit
tnsons of It's size for the Senht of New York 10 strike
down the three little Women thus leaving majority OF
the Constitutional Convention However this done.
and then u seems the wise awgiver, forgot to amend
the bill 80 that II would agrc. in all s parts Thus
~ stands al delegates called for and only liS
pro, ided for the three lett out being three women
who; by this time. used 10 being lett ont. only
shins y . body Of women b ID made such hlanderi
wos.s ss',s.a. LsAovr lto Ess. Forty fourth street,
Dec. ]. l60l
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
THE SHAME OF PIRKHURST.
A Disgrace to His Cloth and the City.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sr: Since Pork
hurst obviously has neither . sense OF
the proprieties OF his profession nor the
judgment OF man. It Is odd that
the city does not take him In hand and
put him away. II not for self-respect sake.
then for tho good appearance Of tho thing
Surely We cannot imagine in New York
that we cut figure to our advantage by let
ting sectarian parson play the devil through
tho town with Christianity and civilization.
In the first place. the source of human action
which is OF the highest dignity is the pulpit
and New York is permitting 1t to be prosti-
tuted.
In the second place. II Parkhurst breaks UP
few bagnios, he does not reduce vice but
changes the address Of the vicious iuness
they starve in the migration. and. therefore,
soils the cloth he is not fit to wear outside as
we'll as in for nothing.
These points are almost too generally un-
derstood to iterate. but they should be enforced
upon the attention Of New York rs reprehsnd-
ing the indoent inaction with regard to this
vulgar faction. Having one Obvious defect
its own accord: fho dignity and id ecsnsy Of
be stopped. II is not for US 70 h hit to to
snsh unrGrtupH it as Jesus GhEist
dealing Is the reverse. to be on their guard
against the visitation Of him and his. and.
whore tho, latter appear to Inform the
police OF them. as Of Intentional seducers.
as they are. It would be- enough II public
opinion should be forcibly and unelnivocaiiy
expressed In tho press and the pure church to
arrest this degraded mans career with his
poor child Of tWenty.iour EiSins % Ws b 5nSs
rGady fSs a. sSt the history Of New
Thc "stonss Sna uttsranoes o, certain other
wise decorous journals one or two OF them
otherwise Judicious and honorable. on the
subject OF Or. Parkhurst have not contained
common decency. III ! were to find money
md another man came up and said to him:
II is not mine. and do not want 1t, but you
take IT," and he took u, and then caused his
arrest Tor theft. should do as does Park hurst
submit that man cannot be viewed other
wise than rs accessory to the crime he pur-
Iossly causes. or do tho Times. the 1,i6mne,
tho Comm'rcia! -idrerhser. and II believeJ the
Post believe 1t not damnnbly treaoherous
when u tempter and seducer who paws
bis way brings the persons whom he has
hired to guilt into court2 Do the editors
Of those Journals believe that religion is not
dangerously violated when the tempter is a
clergyman and does his treachery In ths
name OF God? II they think 80. may
they have GOOD Of 1t and THE Sun have the
honor OF bringing the metropolis to sense
that inc tolaraton ia lgnocle that permits a
citizen TO pollute the pulpit and affront society
In publicly violating honesty. ,deeency. and
sense. II. j.. BELKNAP
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02

Within the past two months several mil
lions OF acres Of land have been added to the
public domain and opened to white settlers
through negotiations with various tribes Of
Indians In the West Tho Pawnees hive
coded their reservation OF 100000 acres bor-
dering upon the Territory OF Oklahoma. and
two-thrds OF It will soon be offered for sale By
the Government at S1.5O per acre OF arabic
land. A considerable traot ON the San Juan
River in Utah. which was reserved long ago
for Indians who would not live upon II, has
been restored to the public domain. and it will
soon be invaded By miners. Tho Government
has completed negotiations with the Conan.
ches Kiowas. and Apache tribes for the reln-
ouishment of their reservations. which en-
brace 100000 acres in the Indian Territory;
but this great body Of land. which
is fertile and we'll watered. will not
be opened to settlers until 1894. In
southern Montana. nearly 2.OOO.O0O acres OF
land which formerly belonged to the Grow
reservation. were declared open on the 18th Of
October. and many settlers have taken up
claims there within the past six weeks. In
North Dakota. the Indian allotments on
DEVILS Lake reservation were made last
month. and the remainder OF the reservation
was put at the disposal Of the Government.
There are yet many millions Of acres Of land
reserved to Indian tribes IN the West; hut tho
Indians everywhere are adopting the personal
allotment system. and the white people are
pressing upon all their reservations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02

Opportunities to spend money wisely and
eloriously are almost as many as millions.
One Of them il described by Prof. PICKERING Of
Harvard. who asks for funds to build great
telescope in the Southern hemisphere 30 that
astronomy in it's inspiring usefulness may
cover the entire stellar field.
And no new glver Of money for this purpose
need let his llberality be affected by Prof.
P1cKER1Sa's statement that the pure air OF
mountain heights near Peru makes a thirteen.
inch lens there equal in efficiency to the three
foot lens Of JAMES LICK. The Southern tele-
scope should be the best possible. indepen-
dent OF prospective advantages in location.
The glass that will make 1t the best. whether
three feet. four feet, or five feet in diameter.
should be forthcoming. 1t Is to operate on q
region comparatively unexamined. and. all
disappointments to the contrary. 1t will look
upon the most beautiful constellation In all
the sky. the Southern Cross.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
Dowr friends mho SNror ns'ciH manuscripts for
publication ,cish 10 have rejected articles returned
Msy ntuo. i, all cases send stamp for hat purpose.
Canadn-The United States.

Our esteemed contemporary. tho Toronto
Empire. one o! the most important journals
In the Canadian Dominion. here touches
upon great and rising question In tone
OF unjustifab,c dissatisfaction
.whsrs 10 the ditcnlty In tracing the cause OF the
Norfolk Liberal Associasions pronouncement In favor
OF ann.xation' What mystery there In the fact that
esran reform-fs hers and there bob mp 20 advocate
u. political placement OF their country
The annexation OF CANADA. instead OF
bringing upon That country political efface-
n,ept. would bless 1t with political and COM
niercial regeneration. Canada would be-
como sovereign State OF the most
powerful nation over formed. the peer OF all
It's sisters In the Union. and possessed OF a
full and equal share in oil their fortunes.
Consolidation ls the manifest destiny Of
the two divisions OF the Western hemi-
sphere north OF the Gulf Of Mexico. 1t will
bring honor and profit to all concerned.
and the movement for this purpose. which
the reports OF The Sun show to be becoming
steadily more evident and influential in
Canada. is among the most interesting
features OF American politics.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02

are closed when there is any danger by
reason Of the approach Of trains. 1t Is the
most natural thing In the world to assume
that these safeguards nre also maintained
In tho night time. when certainly the
peril Is greater to those who have
any occnsion to cross tho tracks: and thus
it often happens that people are killed on
such crossings Mt night, because tho con-
duet Of the railroad company has led them
to suppose that there IL no danger in the
absence of any signal warning. or safe
guard such as would be found at the same
spot during the day. Indeed we are In
clned to think the public is more secure
where no attempt is made to guard cross
ing at all than where the crossing Is pro-
tected in the day time but not after dark.
So far. however. as cities arc concerned.
In this enlightened age no such thing as an
unguarded grade crossing should be toler-
ated at any hour OF the day or night. AS
long as our railroads are permitted to run
upon the street level In cities. they should
be compelled to protect every crossing by
gates or by signal man. to warn travellers
with flag by day and q lantern by night.
II the railroads find this burden too oncrous
to be borne. lot them elevate or depress
their tracks in cities. 80 as not to cross the
streets upon grade.
And is it not high time that, at least In
tho building OF new railroads. grade cross
iugs, whether in the city or the country.
should be absolutely prohibited ? We sug-
gest to the Legislature Of the State Of New
York which Is to meet at Albany next
month the eminent propriety OF passing q
law Of this kind without delay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
The Tumble Tonic.

Some startling information has been i'm
parted to the West as to the latest method
adopted by women Of high social position
in New York for obtaining nervous and
physical refreshment. Il seems that ph;lcs.
ophy teaches and experience convinces that
there is no other tonic so effective as q
tumble down stairs: not q studied and
nicely executed roll from top to bottom. but
q reckless. devil-may-care. bumpety bump.
until the lady fetches up against the UNI
brella stand or the hnll door. Then she
arises restored and invigorated in body
and mind for the arduous duties OF mod
ern life. To secure the greatest measure
OF benefit from this exercise 1t is necessary
that it be taken when the mind and body
are in o condition Of absolute or. we might
say. Of truly intoxicated relaxation; other
wise 1t would be followed, not by exhilara-
ton. but by visit from bone-setter.
According to our esteemed contemporary.
the Chicago Tribune. the ladies Of New York
began by falling of their chairs from tho
usual sitting posture. This they are said
to do even now when they have no more
important object In Wow than settling n
luncheon. or getting rid OF the effects Of
some minor worriment. Having acquired
the art OF relaxation. the key OF happy life
according to Mr.. SPENCER. sufficient for OK
ecuting this mild thud with benefit instead
OF harm. they attempt falling at full length
from standing position. letting themselves
60 forward. sidewise. and finally over back
ward with all the natural force Of gravita-
ton. From this to taking the grand tumble
down long flight Of hall stairs is not so
great step as it would seem. because the
degree OF relaxation requisite for the one OK
erclse Is very nearly sufficient for the other
This information concerning the ladies
OF New York has taken their Western
contemporaries somewhat by surprise. and
we are informed that they are determined
upon catching up with Gotham by emitting
the rudimentary exercises and attempting
tho grand act at the outset. The falling of
a chair. they assume, Is no harder than
rolling of log. They are not easily up
set when on their feet, and they will omit
that exercise. 30 they are padding their
hall stairs and erecting buffers against
vesttbule doors as safeguards in case of
failure to be in a condition OF properly re-
duced mental and physical tension at the
moment Of turning themselves loose at the
top OF the stairs. And here's wishing them
success! II the ladies' OF New York have
prepared themselves step by step for the
enjoyment Of an apparently hazardous but
really q beneficial advertisement, those
OF Chicago will prove themselves possessed
OF dead loads OF cold nerve II they attempt
the same thing without training.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
The Barbaric Grade Crossing.

Just after II o'clock on Wednesday night.
as an Erie vcstibule train was running
through Elmira. 1t struck wagon contain
ing i've persons. Of street crossing In that
city. and killed four OF the occupants OF the
vehicle. Tho crossing Is described as being
dangerous ono. In the heart Of the city,
1t is guarded by gates during the day time,
but not at night.
It has always seemed to us that the prac-
tice on the part Of railroad companies of
guarding grado crossings In the day time
by means OF gates or hsgmen and dispens-
Ing with these methods OF protection In the
night ls one Of the best means which can DO
devised to lead to fatal accidents at such
places. Persons accustomed to use the
crossing by day become familiar with the
fact that There 10 then always other flag
man thee 10 give warning. or that the 81 tes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
The Important Matter.

The technical objections with which DR..
BRIGGS has INSTRUCTED the course Of his
trial have been very acute. and they show
that he has good legal mind. His excuse
for making them Is that he desires that his
conviction or acquittal shall be unsssalla-
BILE on legal grounds. He says that he
wants his trial to be strictly according to
Presbyterian law. 30 that neither his
friends nor his enemies shall have any
reason for complaint Of the result.
The issue which he has made is so square
and unmistakable. however. and is SO vital
to Presbyterian faith. that his preliminary
skirmishes over those merely technical
matters must seem to the public mere
quibbling. According to Presbyterian be-
lief and the belief OF Professionals generally,
the Bible is infallible. the Word OF COP TO
men transcribed by inspired writer's Of His
choice. That is the manifest understand
ing OF the Westminster Confession. It
is the faith of Protestantism which
has organized Bible societies and has In
duced missionaries to spend many
years In acquiring obscure Asiatlc and
African languages. and even dialects
In order that they might translate the
Scriptures into them. The amount OF labor
performed on this pious task during the
last century has been prodiglous. Even
single tribes. email In number. have thus
received the Bible; and that they might
read 1t MS the only guide to eternal life,
oftentimes a written language has been
constructed for them by the Jealous mis-
sionaries. They have been taught to read
for tho sole purpose OF bringing them to
knowledge OF the Scriptures az the Word OF
COP. not to extend the range OF their
knowledge in any other direction.
The Bible societies nave expended many
millions Of dollars in printing and freely
circulating these TRANSACTIONS Of the Scrip
lures. and they have laid out many other
millions In distributing the English ver-
sion. They have put the Bible In the rooms
OF hotels and on steamboats,. and they have
scattered 1t In every direction. 80 that no.
body need be deprived OF Its light. One OF
the greatest printing establishments OF the
world is the American Bible Society. op-
posite the Cooper Union. and its sole bust
ness is the printing Of the Scriptures.
What does that all meanp 1t means that
the prevalent belief OF Christians Is that the
Bible stands alone among all the books OF
the world as OF Divine authorship. The
rest are OF man. The Bible Is Of COP. The
rest are fallible. disputable. criticisable.
and human In their imperfectioDs and lin
itat'ons. The Bible stands alone as the in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
Golden Plates. and the revelations OF the Lat
ter-Day Saints; and they are entitled to every
right OF American citizenship

Two innovations pregnant with promise
mark this rear rs an epoch making period In
the history OF higher cducntion-the admis-
sion OF women to the faculty VI Chicago Uni
versity and tho admission OF men among the
professors Mt Wellesley. Whom the woman
President administers affairs at Harvard nnd
the woman dean sits In the councils at Yale.
the man undergraduate may not be excluded
from tho class rooms at Vassar. and the mas
culine element must not DO tabooed In the
faculty at Wellesley Conservatism In the
woman's college Is as anita Ronistic to progress
as in tho mons university. and retards the
coming OF the millennium which will dawn.
according to the apocryphal saying Of CHRIST.
when men and women shall sit down together
and forget that they are men and women.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
We are assured by the papers of S

We are assured by the papers OF Salt
Lake City that. In the elections OF this year,
the Mormons Of Utah did not vote as q Nor
mon party. according to their old custom,
and that the Mormon vote was divided
according to the political opinions OF tho
voters. There are no Mormon questions
now In the politics Of Utah. The Mormons Of
QUIZ time make NO resistance to the authority
OF the Government; they obey the Federal
law which prohibits polygamy: they live
In friendly relations with their Gentle"
fellow citizens; and they give every evidence
that they have at last taken their place among
the orderly elements of the American commu.
nifty. in which community there are many
kinds OF religion.
All 10 we'll among our Mormon follow citizens
In Utah. They have perfect right to believe
In JOSEPH SAITH and BRIGHAM YoySo, In the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
More Secretaries.

Tie ideal Cabinet which would satisfy
the combined industrial and scientifl,
aspirations OF the country received an add
tional member by the address Of DR.. I
GAILnARD THOMAS, given over tho corner
stone OF the new Postgraduate Medica
School and Hospital His commission ap
peared In these words:
"Ths time has arrived when Secretary Of Public
Health. chosen from the ranks OF medicine. should
constitute OF the members OF the Cabinet OF thu
President OF the United States whom quarantine with
the ost OF auestiona which cluster around that word
should be a national and not a State function"
The list Of Cabinet officers proposed
since tho creation OF the Secretary for
Agriculture stimulated the office making
imagination. Is now. az near as we can re-
member, about like this:
q, Secretary OF Manufacturer
Secretary Of Labor
Secretary Of Mining.
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary OF Roads.
Secretary Of Hygiene
Cabinet making on the plan OF giving the
President an adviser and the taxpayers a
high oftlceholder. with Department at
tached. for every industry and every In
terest. is yet in Its infancy. Five minutes
would be enough to call Off list Of new
Secretaries wherewith Mr.. CLEVELAND could
provide home In Washington for the emil
nent Democrats Of every State in the Union.
none Of whose functions could be aspersed
US less entitled to national recognition than
the others. The craze for charging the
Federal Government. and for endowing 1t
with the power Of more minute and pater.
nal supervision Of life. liberty. and the
pursuit Of happiness. is best soothed
In the manufacture Of Cabinet officers.
The practical absurdity Of the idea. not to
speak OF Its political indefensibillty. WAS
admirably show n few moments after this
suggestion Of Secretary for Health. when
DR.. THOMAS asked patriotic and fair
minded men to recognize the solecism Of
selecting with the greatest circumspection
a Secretary Of Agriculture. and leaving the
far moro important subject Of public health
to be administered by haphazard methods.
which at moments OF great national peril
make us the byword among the nations"
We admit that Us between the interests
Of JERRY RUsK and DR.. THOMAS. the latters
has incomparably better title to seat
in the Cabinet. But making more Secre-
shIics 10 NV IL viz Deihociatic programme.
Before many years the Secretary OF the In
terror will doubtless be able to be dis
pensed with. and a glorious achievement
OF Mr.. CLEvELAND's career as President
should be the emphatic rejection of the
Cabinet-enlarging policy by abolishing the
arbitrary. snowy. and unjustiHable bureau
which. in moment Of undeveloped &C.
quaintance with the theory and practice Of
Democracy. he assigned to the Secretary Of
Agriculture
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
An Error Z DIRECTED.


A meeting OF the Natural science hssocla.
ton OF Toronto University was held on IuoS-
Iay. Mr.. r. MrCIon, Il. A., read All interesting
pSper Of, "tcll DIVISION in, It. Relation %
Hersdity" Mr.. Mrt rem said thhf OBVIOUSLY
fhs onini IN Inns held sEGv that the "hromatin
in the nnrieus was tho principal active agent
in the process. but the biological world seems
chromntin is merely passive. and Is acted
upon iv the active archopasm. which Is the
dYnnfnic nsent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
Guessed II.

The morning after election day tho children
Of the infant department o! n certain public
opening exercises. The principal stepped on
the platform and asked how many Children
were glad that Cleveland was elected. few
wien .sho sail. I'VE oil. then. who is surry >"
a hundred little hands would be- visible; but.
instend OF the holding up OF hands. a slrii l!'hs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02

Truly Fortune has stretched forth both
hands In behalf Of thu South. With one she
defended 1t from tho Infamous Force bill. and
with the other she fas lifted the price OF cot.
ton to ten cents Q pound. The second act would
have been impossible but for the first. and it
amc:.t3d to dividin. up one hundred million
dollars south OF MASON and DIxoN's line. Tho
Southern sun Is bright as we'll as warm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-02
Parl bursts MOnstrOus Spy System,


1t IL monstrous in Its conception. md. for.
tunnlely. IL impossible In its execution. Ton
times or twenty times the number OF the pro-
Information OF the nature that Is described.
" implies Z constant watch on every indl-
vldnai In the city. II IL were possible to es-
tablish such n universal surveillance. who
would watch tho watchers? A person engage
ing In ms work would need closer attention
IMAM no would bestow on any object OF his
The scheme would require a spy to sneak
MS way into every home. lilo could not pro-
cure the information required by asking aues-
IONS without grossly insulting Hg, men and
women out Of every 1000 10 whom his impu-
GENT Questions won id be addressed The work
OF obtaining tho Information would be per-
nlcious agency OF blackmai In compiling it
no no mn nnr woman would be safe from wrong
sign; The rcnorts would form a voume that
might be used for every sort OF infamy TO
the viciously inclined II would he u mere d.
rect9ry to vicious resortS. To the good it
would BIO terror and a shame TO all it
would be constant menace.