Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-11-28
AI,cays a Great Student.

great student, and before his eyeslght be-
came bad, for he cannot now to see TO
read or write, it was his pleasure to put
on paper the thoughts that entered his
mind. Now that he has been afflicted
with the almost total loss of his eyesight,
he dictates to his secretary much Of that
which he formerly wrote with his own
hand. An extract from his writings will
serve to show that he is a man Of great
depth of thought. The following is en-
titled "A Dream"
"In the dreamland Of the wild flight Of
fancy, in the agony of malaria, lingering
near the great gates, between time and
eternity, this writer stood on Broadway
in 1881. The children of this generation
had been swept away by unspairng time.
Where once stood the Metropolitan, there
now lowered a colosal glass and steel
concern, 21 stories bigi, with five under
ground. The proprietors, Winchester and
Duane, built and owned $50 departments
and 200 men. Their sales ran to $780,
100000. and Their terms, cash before de-
livery. King Credit has long slept in
oblivion.
aerial navigation had nearly starved
the iron horse, and electricity was the
motor of heaven and earth. -Four intense
dazzling suns illuminated the city as if
it we're midday. A factory in 2slh St.,
away beyond Spuyten Duyyil, 452 feet
high, covered six acres grain elevator
at He'll Gate 500 and the observatory at
Rockaway, upon the Isaack's estate, all
solid steel, was 200 feet or nearly
quarter of a mile. The old five and SIX
stories of iron and brown stone had been
swept away from the track Of relentless
and resistless science Manners and Ian
guages and people had changed, and
everything was grand, massive, and stu
pendous.
"Wall ST., had long ago gone 10 Union
Square, and the new City Hall, costing
100000, occupying the entire square,
its flag Hoaling 1000 feet above in the
blue azure Of heaven. Far Rockaway
was the eastern limit Of the city, Mount
Vernon the northern, Paterson the west
ern, and population 100000. Apneu-
matte car whirled to these parts every
three minutes, transit time, 70 seconds.
Briefly to the citizens of 1881 sup
posed to have long ago gone by to rest
beneath the shadows of the old Cowpen
Morgan monument in Virginia. the pro-
prietor spoke of the coming age Of the
Dist century, when these pyramids OF
gradeur and lofty magniicence would dis
appear before the paragons Of perfection
in the gigantic future.
"Vast and sweeping changes had alter.
ed the face Of the world. A l.cent stamp
carried a letter to the end Of the earth
a cable message around the world for one
penny a word. Spain had followed Italy
in the abolition Of monarchy in 1901
England and Russia were the last on the
continent to give way to the demands Of
the age Of progress. The American Ian
guage was the universal and only one
From New York to London and Paris,
the daily mail outstripped the storm time
81 hours. San Francisco had 100000,
and Chicago had reached nearly 2,OOO,-
900, but was going backwards. Power
fol rivals in the northwest had crippled
and outranked her. National disputes
we're settled by the Worlds Congress, and
not an armed soldier stood upon the earth
nor an armed vessel foated the sea.
There was not q bond Of the United
States in existence, and there was sl,-
900 100000 in the treasures. The
United States, including Canada, Mexico
and South America, numbered 100000
900, and was called America. Navies,
armies, debts, credits, gas and steam had
gone BY forever and belonged to ancient
history, and the Indian and Mormon, the
Ethiop and the Chinese, and the Teuton,
and the Irish, all condensed into the Mis-
cfgen, ran the Republican ticket, and the
, native born the Democratic American.
"The celebrated Prof. Loomis whisper
ed in the ear Of his patient that the crisis
. had passed, and in the momen. / was
back in the semi civilization Of the 18Th
r century."-Homas Dorsey BeaH N Nor
, York Sunday Neles.
Doctors and nurses
Make slender purses
The road 10 health
Il the way 70 wealth.
. MANY pers0us Of slender means have seen