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The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-14
Saturday Night.

Somebody gets of the following beau.
tiful paragraph OIL the closing night OF
the week. There is volume Of truth
In IT:
Saturday night makes the people hu-
man. sets their hearts to beating softly,
rs they used 10 do before the world
turned them into war drums and Jared
them 10 pieces with tattoos. The led.
ger closes with clash the iron door
vaults come TO with u bang; up 90
the shutters with will; click goes tho
key in the lock. 1t is Saturday Night,
and business bronthcs free aguin
IIomcward ho! The door that has bcciI
ajar all week gently closes behind him
the world is shut out.-Shut out? Shut
in. then, rather. Here arc his Treasures
after all not IN the book-savc the old
family Bibc-and not in the bank.
May be you are II bachelor, frosty and
forty. Then, poor fellow, Saturday
night Is nothing 10 you. just Us you arc
nothing to anybody. Get wife, blue
eyed, or black eyed. but above all true
eyed; get little home, no matter how
little, aud Il little sofa, just TO hold two
or two and half, and then get the two
or two and u half IN it Of Saturday
night, and then rcnd this paragraph by
the light Of courage.
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Tr1e.hucatiOn.
ny HORACE 0REELRY.

True Education begins, not with the
primer, but With; our entrance OH this
q" Visible diurnal sphere If, indeed,
many of the Influences which power.
fully affect II do not take rise oven an
tectdcnt to this. And rs 1t begins
with our mortal life, SO does it co-cxist
and end with It; though for certain
purposes il mny bc said 10 be conclud-
cd when the subject is fitted for useful,
honorable, manly(or womanly) career.
By keeping these, two idcas distinct,
| It will be easy to solve some Of tho
most difficulty and stout!y contested
problems-as. for instance, whether
religion should or should not be taugh!
in schools, and whether tho State
should or should not provide for NOR.
nj as. well as mental. training; thus
placing itself Ira aa6st>important pn-
rental relation to every child.
Viewing Education, then. in its
brundrr and trucr srnSe--as the form
in", training and arIuing Of, the man
for life and for eternity, beginning
with the mothers cradle songs and
endn. with the final prayer by The
bedside Of approaching death. let me
inquire, for how murh arc parents re-
sp0n>iblr? How far are their best cr-
forts liable to be- ihwartcd hy the ma.
lirn influence Of want and misfortune
How much OF il should the State un-
dcrakc: How far may we hope 1"
ovcrbcar rnali1n circumstances by the
force OF II happy constitution. physical
and mornI? What light is she'd upon
this vast theme by the observations OF
savcs and the lc>,uns oi'hiAtory!
II can not be denied that many chil.
irrn inherit vicious constitutions from
their parrntS-m"t merely defective
or deficient srn>rS and physical frames,
tainted and corrupted through parent.
nj error or vice. but moral natures also
drpravrd and inclined I" chcnncry
theft. drhauchrrv and crime, from the
same source. let those who wnnld
understand and respect the fearful
truth on this subject consult the stan.
lurl writers on human physiology,
phrrmolngy. and the less timid writers
on marriage.
| think parental responsibility fol
the moral iniirniric> Of the children Is
not yet sufficiently realized and CON
>idrrcd. We need 10 feel its full force
in order to imhur us with adequate
charity for the. faults which strike H.
so unpl"asam,ly. Here is onr--bad
! tempered. or glutt"nomS. or cnrionS
even at lhc mothers breast: d" W,
readily md uniformly remember tha
some parental vice ur error was tht
cause Of that misfortune! DO lh'
parents themselves always realize thai
, they owe more to this unfortunate. anc
should treat il with greater tenderness
! and inrhcaranrr. ihan the moral!
healthy and sane brother ar SISTER
whose liir j. n perpetual joy to it>cII
and all around it!
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-14
4 Love Affair.

The following story as it was told 10
us. happened near Lake City, Ind.
where there lived 1T the breaking out
Of the war wealthy farmer whom We
will call Blank. This man kcpta num-
Der Of servants; among them was 4
good and religious Young girl. posses
sing unusual attractions. She was
courtcd by an officer Of some rank in
the Federal army, while at home re-
cruitinS for his regiment. When the
day Of his departure came. he made
known to the servant girl how deeply
she had interested him, and begged TO
know ifthcrc was any hope. She con-
fesscd that his attarhmcn, WAS rccip-
rocatcd. and they were nj once atli-
'auccd.
"Should Mr.. Blank" said Jennie,
"comc to know Of this | shall at once
be discharged. H." believes it was his
daughter for whom your visits were
intended"
SHOULD this be So" returned tho
fond lover, "only write and let me
know. and YOU shall not suffer"
With nm aflectionatc kiss and prom
ise that both would be punctual in
their letter writing. they separated, he
to join his regiment among the boys
on tho Potomac.
He waited long and anxiously for
tidings Of his loved one, but not one
word was received to ease his troubled
mind. Finally, his own letters were
returned. What could it all mean ?
Was Jennie false? lie could not be-
licve it.
Alter the soldiers departure. Mr..
Blank took Jenuie in room, fastened
the door, and. with rawhidc in hand
commanded her to tell him il she was
bctrothud ia Colonel --. When she
told him ali ho had her blindfoldcd.
ken to the great city Of Chicago, and
shore left without friends or money.
lie reported that she had died OF
cholera, und to make the deception
complete, built false grave.
When the war was over. and Col
- returned home. he made his way
at once 10 the old graveyard, and
sought out that Of his lost Jennie.
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A REMARKABLE CLlrrEH RAcE.--The
Snn Francisco Times says: This city
is the terminus Of one Of tho most re- "
markable nautical events on record. l.
Two lrst-cluss ships-rhe Governor
Morton aud tho Prima Douna--saIled,
together from the port Of New York
on the l4th Of February. They being
towed outside Sandy Hook side by.
side so near TO each other that couver. g
sation wasmaintained by the connau::,
dcrs. Large sums were wagcrcd by tho
friends Of these ships. on their respec.o
tive favorite reaching this port frat
The racing vessels crossed the equator
on tho Atlantic on the same day,
although not in the same longitude.
They entered the Straits Of 10 Maire-
tho. same day and cumc out on tbs;
same day. They crossed tho equator:
in tho Pacific on the same day and In
the same longitude. Both ships ar.
rived at THE port on the samo day,
within threo hours OF each other. after
y raco Of sixteen thousand miles. These
facts demonstrate the accuracy that
has been attained IN the science OF
navigation, and also proves the reliance
which may be placed upon the wind :
and current charts prepared under tho,
direction Of Mr.. Maury. ,... a,
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-14
Sung MY. Mother into Heaven.

There arc IN our city, Gays the CHRIS.
tim I1dr0catc Of Cincinnati two or
plan children, boy aud Il girl, depriy.
ed Of their parents within year. Tho
lad is but seven years old, and Is sus.
tanned in his grief by M almost glad
some remembrance that the last words
his parents spoke OIL earth were to him.
and that he sung his mother into hca'
ven. lie lately told the story thus
his mother, it must he remembered, had
been sick for some time.
"My mother called me-" said he,
" and told mo that she felt like going
to sleep; and ifshe did, she wanted he
to sing 10 her; anil if she fell asleep shc
wanted ne 10 sit by her bed till the
doctor came. So," said he. l." / began"
Here the little fellow with great tears
trickling down his checks, sung lis lit
Tic song, beginning:
81 want to be m angel"
to show just how it happened.
"When | was DONE continued he.
mother had turned over and gone to
sleep, and | set ever SO still by her bed
until the doctor came. told him she
was asleep; that | had sung her TO
sleep. He went over to the back side
Of the bed, and rs soon rs hc touched
her hand, lie started back and said My
boy, your mother is dead SO [ hud
sung my dear mother into heaven"
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-14
y MARSEI.OUS STORY.
Sinbad and Robinson CruSOc Out.
done by II Yankee Sailor.

The Jribanc relates marvellous
story Of the adventures Of i Rochester
boy named Jerry Daily who began Il
sea laring life at the tender age o: nine
years. and who after IN absence OF
lhirtv-two wears. returned 10 hia native
State as the mnmarcE Of the MarqucSaS
Islands, where le rules absolutely over
two thousand subjects. under the ter
rifying title Of "Cannihal Jack. but
which. By right, should he rendered
King Of the Cnnnibal Islands" Daily
wa. an apprentice on Seine steamer
plying between lEnvrc and Roucn
then he tried life ona Scotch schooner,
but an accident threw him upon the
mercieS Of u Swedish crew in the BAL
tic Sea. II seems the stock was limit
ed. and Daily deserted to n Russian
brig, out of which he fell into n swift
sailing fruitcrcr upon the mellow Med
itcrramcan. Next this boy Of many
adventures sunk to the depths Of vcs-
sci in search Of Goldfish, from which he
emerged 10 serve OIL n whalcr. Here
he first contracted an "intimacy' with
his present subjects. From that time
forward his life was spent mainly
anon. the SavageS Of the Marqucsas,
Friendly aud Society Islands. just
here we would remark that all the ac-
counts we receive Of these terrestrial
spots do not seem TO correspond with
their attractive titles. There VIC are
informed the Yankee sailor rcisncd
in naked and native dignity. with
his tappa girdlc and his feather head.
dress" And there, we may add, CAN
nibal Jack admits that he has fourteen
wives in one houSc--how many others
have basked in the light Of the Yankee
sailor boys cUunicnance We arc not i'll
formed lie makes the laws, plans
the raids On other sava@cs, and per-
mits his subjects TO roast the bodies of
their slain enemies between big stones,
after stufling them with sweet secuted
leaves. No white man is treated in
that manner with Jacks permission or
knowledge. All Of these statements
arc su6stGAtiatel.. Men from Califor-
MIA, odd sailors from the bay Of Naples,
and many others recognize in Jack the
boy. Of the "truiterer." Jack was
brought here in irons. The story is
too long to tell how Jack was seized
with longing to see his native land
once more. fell anon 6 thieves" and
il out at the elbows IN New York;
thinY sack must be used to by this
time. He is preparing to return to his
fourteen wives in one house, US soon
MS he can gather up some tools. ammu-
nition and a" bundle Of old story pa
pers to last him his unnatural Ito
time" ..,
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Extraordinary Revelation In Ru1.
80" ain. ia sGIdSS

A very remarkable affair bas recent
" been brought to light in KusSla,
through the revelations Of: . merchant
in the town Of Morsht chauIk, . rdouE;
ishing place southeast Of Moscow.-
This merchant accused one Plotit1in
with having uulawfully Amassed and
sccrcted al immense amount Of money
which he said was slowed away IN eel.
lars under the owners reaIdence. -t'ur-
tlermore he declared that Plotitxln.
held strange doctrines and performed
hideous cerem onies in secret! The
representations Of tho merchant WerS;
such as 10 arouse. the. attention Of che.
authorities, md they proceeded to In,
Ycs,igatc. : Plotitzin's house wa
searched by the police, andin the eel.
lar u scene, presented, Itself which;
might recall tho old tales oi the Span
ish conquest Of Mexico. Stores. Of
gold revealed themselves in every d.
reclion; pots, pans, lcathcrn bags, can.
vas sacks, all filled with the precious
metal, and even number Of large
casks, which stood Ut the further end
OF the vault, were found to he crammed
with bars anu MBots OF Ro!u 10 tpo
very top. The gold coins were mostly
Of ancient date. 49,. 49,,
The whole scene formed such tab.
lcau as the Oldest man present. In all
probability, had never before gazed
upon and the earliest estimate (prob-:
ably an exaggerated ons) rates tho
treasure rs high rs 10000, 900 roubles-,
considerably over El.000,000 sterling.
The alleged accumulation OF wealth
having been fully established, tho au..
thoritics extended their examination
TO the other matters charged against
plotitzin, which, according TO the on.
cial record, was that Plotitzin was ono
Of the principal leaders and supporters
Of u secret but very extensive sect,
comprising many rich merchants aud,
money changers, whose doctrine 10 ap:
parcntIy the abjuration Of all ordinary
pleasures and the dcvo,hing Of them.
selves, heart and soul, to the amaSSing
Of money. They form r secret COM
mcrcial league, distinguished by the
practice Of rigid ceIibacy. 49,
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-14

After bathing the little mound with
his tears, he made his way to the house
Of Mr.. Blank TO learn the particulars.
While he was thcro the guilty man or
dcrcd the tombatones for tho false
grave. In due time they were placed
ut the supposed grave, with some ev-
ergrccns and flowers.
Colonel - had been mourncr
three years after the war closed, until
December. 1868, when business called
him to Chicago. There, in street car
with bundle Of soilcd clothes which
she was taking home to be washed: no
found his buried Jennie. lie flew
across the car, taking her in his arms
and almost screaming with JOY. re
had found her at last.-h""S0S C'ly
J0HrRUi.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-14
Statistics Of American Intempcr-
:lllHO.

DR.. Mckinley, Of ST. Louis, has com.
piled, after ! very careful research
come very interesting md startling
statistics Of incbrinton in The United
States. BY him tho following state
mcnts are made: Taking the popula-
tion Of this country at forty millions
Of 800 men, l22 never drink spirits Mt
nil; 100 drink moderately, but not to
|intoxication 50 arc cphemcral drink
crs; 25 drink periodically, called
"sprccing;' and 3 are habitual inebri-
atcs. To every 17S who drink, 8 arc
confirmed incbriatcs; 25arc periodical
drinkers so are ephcmeral drinkers.
There is one confirmed inebriate 10
every 591% Of men. Of700 women, 600
never taste alcoholics Of any kind; ~
taste wine occasionally; II taste ard.
cnt spirits; SO drink ale or beer con-
stantly; II drink ardent spirits period
ically, and arc habitual incbriatcs.
prcdominance in confirmed inebrlatcs
Of sexes 3 men in every l7S; women
IN every l00-l confirmed incbriate to
every 33,$ Of women. Fewer women
drink than lnen, but II larger proper.
ton Of them become habitual drink
ers. Dcbauch drinkers rarely become
habitual, but periodical drinkers: the
latter rarely become habituai incbriates,
as tho violence Of their drinking IS too
great, and leads to disgusting safety,
and hence to intervals of.sobriety.
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Things. Worth Knowing,

| kno~ that my Rc,lrcmcr livc,h.
(Job xix. 23.)
] kmom-in whom I have believed.
and am persuaded TINT He i able I"
keep that which have committed un-
10 Him against that day. e. Tim. i. l.. }
Yr kn0r-that lie wHs manifested
TO take away our sins. q John iii. 81
We kuor-that if our earthly house
of this tabernacle were dissolved. we
have a building Of God. u house not
made with hands, eternal In the hrav-
Gus. g. Cor. Y. l.)
We kaom-,hat when lie shall ap-
pear, we shall be like Him; for We
Shall sec Him rs lie is. q John iii. IL
"GoG 'hath spoken unto us by his
Son., not only by what lie said. but by
what he did and suffered. His blood
>peakcth better things than that OF
Abel 70 use the words of one in
heaven: Know yc the language Of
the wound in his side? IT says, Come.
come. And the wounds in his hands
SAY, Come. come. And the wounds in
his feet say, Come, come. -Or. "ohh
Lore.
THE Result OF FArPLlCATlON.-SccE
TO acquire the power rofcUntimuouS APP
plication. without which yon cannot
EXPECT success. If YOU do this. you
will be able 10 perceive the distance
which it creates between you and those
who have not such habits. You will
not count Yourself, nor will they count
YOU, rs one Of them. Thus YOU will
find Yourself emerging into the higher
regions OF intellectual and earnest men
-men who are capable OF making 4
place for themselves, instead Of stand
;n- idlv gaping, desiring place with
out the power TO command it. Keep
ON striving to accomplish more and
more every day, aud thus enlarge con-
stantlr the range Of your intellectual
ability. II YOU learn to do rs much
work in one day as you used 10 in two
sr three days, you are rs good rs two
or tGreG such men as you formerly
wore, boiled down to onc.=Dr. Uoy-
!ana.
OrARRELlSa.-lf anything in this
world makes n man feel badly, except
uinchins his tngers in the crack OF q
door, It is unqucstionably a quarrel.
No man ever fails to think less of HIM
SELF than before. 1t dcgradcs him In
the ewes OF others. and what is worse.
blunts his scnSibilities on one hand,
and increases the power Of passionate
irritabilitv on the other. The truth is,
the more pcaccably and quiet we get
ON the better it is for our ncishborS.
In nine cases out OF ten, the better
course L.. ifa man cheats YOU, cease to
deal with him; if he is abusive, quit
: his company; and ii he lies about YOU,
so conduct yourself that nobody will
believe him. No matter who he is, or
how he misuscs you. the wisest way is
to let him alone; for there is nothing
better than this cool, caln and quiet
way of dealing with tho wrongs VIC
meet with. Return not railing for
railing.
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My Home In tho Spirit Land.

I've a beautiful home on I'll" other hhor".
\ hom" OH tho golden strand
Hniua .lcar ones have gnnr "a TINT hom" Gc'
fDre
My home iu the splrlt.land.
They come to ~" now sine" their sous are
frCs'
And gently they press my hnni:
They say thrr" arc treasures In >t"r" for me-.
AT home In the spIrit.land.
They tell me- that beauties unrrns!ne n"w.
Around where Ia" angels stand:
They'll guide me niun. when have 20 X"
To dwell IN the sp!rIt.land.
I'vo father and mother and sisters dear.
Who !nrm th"r" q happy band;
Oh. when shall scc that bright mansion fair
My h0mc In the spirit-lnnd"
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-14

DUDLEY RANDALL, who makes "hSlh' :,
for the Aurora Beacon and spices It. I"
well, Is guilty Of the following: As
Coltax had Nellie Wade, why didn't
hc have her uncle weighed, also Be- ;
cause he's Ben. Wade. ID. ....,..,., 80.
THE following sentiment is ,Rttribu. "
ted to Napoleon Bonaparte: " A hand, r.
some woman pleaseS the eye, but
good woman pleascs the heart. The''
one is a jewel--the otheriS treasurer
WHEN Il gentleman steps on lady'sa
train, the lady should turn round and $.
say politely: II beg your pardon, sir" n
The gentleman should bow. aud ssy:,.
Iacccpt your apology, madam" II
4 LADY advertiscs for sale one bab-, q
oon, three tabbv cats and, . parrot RI
She states that, being now married, -,
she has no further use for them, for =
the reason that their Amiable qualities 50
arc all combined in her husband.,..: r7I
ANY business is moro respectable -
than what is termed loaing. : Il youny >:
man had better sell clans by he.paila :,
full than hang around public rcsorts, =.
numbering time and his own rcp,Ita.
tion. 70. B.. H.; - s-..@ .'.' 's';.'' -. n.y..
A pERsox who was recently called '''
into court for tho purpose Of proving"
the correctness Of doctors bill. -was ~
asked whether "tlc doctor, did. not f..
make several visits. after. the patient
was out Of danscr?' NO replied
the witness, ~ considered the patient !.
in danger, as long MS thc doctor coh-s.
tinucd his visits" .:...,A, ~: ,j.:v;:',
.MEs: often; lose opportunities bye
want Of selt:con 6dcncc. doubts and {.
fears in the minds Of. some rise up ;,
over every event, and they. fear to St: =,
tempt what most probably will be sue.
cessful, through nero timorousness.'
while brave, active man Will, wiuic'
perhaps half tho ability, curry, the Gu. q:
terprisc toa prosperous termination.
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What the Tribune Philosopher
Says Of Female Suffrage.

What the Tribune Philosopher
Says Of Female Suffrage.
In Il recent lecture at Providence,
Rhode Island. Horace Greeley Is re-
ported TO have suid:
In dralimg with the shrill demand
thut all the political disabilities Of
womahhood be abolished, so that
women shall vote and be voted for at
rIcrtionS precisely n men are, ] re-
gard this rs prc-cmiucntIy question
10 be decided by women. Women
have not participated at the ballot box
or on the tented field, because they
have chosen, and, think, wisely choS-
en-. not 10 do 80. When the women OF
this entire free country shall desire to
vote, the day Of the enforcement is not
.nr distant. II every woman in the
republic were required at this hour to
say. each for herself, will you accept
and exercise the right Of suffrage with
the resulting ri ght to be chosen To and
hold Office on condition that You br
drawn to serve on iurics, summoned
To the aid of the sheriff in cases Of cx-
igrncv. warned out for training, and
drafted ont to fight unfortunately
with men: do not believe that one
woman in Il hundred would sincerely
answer yes. And this is the fair, prac.
tical way of putting the question. The
right Of suffrage IS not properly n na-
tive privilege, but high public trust ;
4 trust which involves high and wei gh-
Is Obligations. 1t would not be fair
nor ust that woman should vote TO
20 into II desperate. bloody war. and
then require the men alone to fight US
out Of it. She may not be allowed TO
assume q single function and exclude
all the others. For my own part. hay
ing been voter for thirty-scven wears.
accepting tho right Of suffrage rs high
public trust. to be exercised for the
benefit Of tho entire community. and
after diScliarging that trust rs well rs
my limited capacity would allow.
am entirely willing TO rclinquish il
whenever | shall receive an honorable
discharge from the service. If tho
women Of our country say. with sub
siantial unanimity, VIC will resume the
rcins Of the government, believing
that We can rule better than you men,
|, n weary, needy. dclapidatcd politi-
clan, worn out in the strife and toll OF
elections. would gladly step out and
enjoy the quiet Of home. lfall Of you
are going to the polls, somebody will
be wanted to stay ut home and mind
the children. shall Of course make
some bIundcrs at first, but be patient
with me, and / shall live and learn. ll
] were 10 counsel the women in the
premises, l would advise them to try
the experiment Of voting Oh modcr-
ute scale.
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\ Secret worth knowing.

AN able writer gives the following
valuable secret: ...... .'... s--' :
"l'hc looking forward 10 enjoyment
don't pay. For what l know Of II, I
would US soon chase butterflies for .
living, bottle moonshinc for cloudy
night. The only way 10 be happy 10 to
take the drops Of happiness ~ God
gives them to us every day Of our
lives. The boy must learn TO be happy
while he IS learning his trade; the
merchant while he is making bis for
tune. If lie Iais to learn this art he
will be sure to miss his enjoyment
when lie gains what he has sighed for" !"
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MARK or \ GESTLEMAS.-So man
is q gentleman who, without provoca'
ton, would treat with incivility, the
humblest Of his species. 1t is vulgar
itv for which no accomplishment oi
dress or address can ever atone. Show
us the man who dcsircs TO make every
one around him happy; and whose
greatest solicitudc is never to give
cause Of offence to any one, and we
will show you gentleman by nature,
though he may never have worn
a suit Of broadcloth, nor never
heard ofa lexicon. We arc proud to
say, for tho honor Of our spccies, there
are men in tho every throb Of whose
heart there Is solicitudc for tho well
fare Of mankind, and whose every
breath is perfumed with kindness.