The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1872-09-04

The southern Planter and Farmsr.-Dr L r
Dickinson has been admitted TO an interest in thi
popular monthly in conjunction with Mr.. ]. w
bison, the principal owner,
West Virginia The latest news from WbeeHnl
states tbal The new Constitution is adopted -
JACOBS majority Will be decided one. The claus
restricting negroes from holding Office is defeated
The Constitution Is believed to be good one. apC
It's adoption prevents another State election.
The New Jersey Temperance Union Roman Catho
hel now numbers over forty societies with mem
bcrshlp Of nearly four thousand Their seconC
annual meeting was in Paterson, n ]. Over on,
hundred thousand of the addresses of Bishop Bay
ley and Father Burke on that occasion, have beer
distributed By the societies, and have done i'm
menSe good. An address is to be delivered by
Father Burke in Elizabeth in next September anc
great preparations are being made to make it
great success.
The national organization, consummated last
September at Baltimore, Of which we gave an ac-
count az the time, is operating with great power
and success j. j. MahOney calls il the great
temperance movement, now sweeping the country
from North TO South, and from East to West"
The success Of the movement is due In great
part 20 the jealous cooperation of the bishops and
other ecclesiastles. The movement is certainly a
national blessing
The Boston Jubilee cost $3.50, 600; the receipts
were $40 OOO leaving balance against the Exec
uuve Committee OF $4,000. The committee ex-
pect 70 realize $500 900 By the sale of the Coliseum
building and ITS contents the eff concert plan
$4,000 OF which amount 1t Is proposed to do
nate 20 Mr.. Gilmore We observe that a huge
concert was given IN the Coliseum on Sabbath af-
ternoon for the benefit of Roman Catholic insti-
tuition. There was a chorus of $4,000 children
voices.
And so ends the great fasco, mis-called the
'PEACE JUBILEE, which threw all Yankeedom
into extaeies. Began with Old Hundred, and ends
in gamblngll
ChieAgo-what City! And what city it is des-
tined be, gTt with It's boulevard OF thirty miles,
intersected by eight parks. What railroad centre
The Chicago Times, has a carefully prepared arti-
Gle on the railway interests of Chicago, from
which 1t appears that the Chicago system COM
prises about ten thousand miles of railway lines,
or one sixth of all the railway mileage OF the
United States. The net earnings of the capital
invested were, in the last year twenty millions of
dollars. The number Of trains arriving and de
parting daily at Chicago is about three hundred
and Sicty The total amount Of capital invested
IN the roads entering here, is over four hundred
millions OF dollars. Twenty years ago, says the
Times, "a distinguished railway man was suspected
Of mental alteration for saying that tlCO lines Of
board, would lind remuneratiye business"
woman in Japan.-SOmething like year ago
japanese gentleman, Mr.. r. Kuroda. passed
through the United States on his way home from
England During bis visit here he became so i'm.
pressed with the elevated and happy condition of
woman IN this country. that he began to inquire
into the causes OF such state of things, and
learned that the secret lay in the fact that women
were here educated, and regarded otherwise as the
equals Of men. Backed by Mr.. MOri, the japan
ese Minister az Washington, he wrote to his Gov
eminent on the subject. He enlarged upon the
necessity OF educating the mothers If japan were
to expect future men worthy Of the empire He
expressed his satisfaction at seeing so many young
men sent hlther for education; but he felt that
girls should also be sent for the same purpose and
he suggested that the experiment be tried
The letter from Mr.. kuroda doubtless influenced
the Emperor to utter the following words in his
address 70 his Lords, on the departure of the EN-
baSSy: I'VE lack superior institutions for high
female culture. Our women should not be igno-
rant OF those great principles on which the happi
ness Of daily HE frequently depends. How i'm
portsnt the education OF mothers, on whom future
generations almost wholly rely for the early cult
vauon OF those intellectual tastes which an en-.
hghtened system OF training is designed to develop
Liberty Is therefore granted wives and sisters
70 accompany their relatives OF foreign tours that
they may aequaint themselves with better forms
OF female education, and on their return introduce
beneficial improvements in the training of our
children.
What a changed epoch do these words indicate
especially when We remember that they are from
the Emperor Of Ong-hidden, pent.up, and ever
jealous Japan
Surely here Is an open door and effeetual," for
the exercise OF all the zeal which American women
can oestoT upon their sisters across the Pacific
IL Is not often that good Offices, and on so large
scale, are invited by the benighted.
Horse. Racing seems to be on the increase of late
THE daily press, says the Herald and RreS6yter,
"is taking as much pains to teach their readers
the names and deeds of fast horses as of men Of
renOwn and usefulness. About all that any one
presents in favor Of hOrseracng is that it improves
the breed of horses Ii does improve the breed
Of race horses, but not of horses for the pOw the
wagon, the carriage or the saddle. The worst of
IL Is however, 1t deteriorates the breed of men, In
inverse proportion 10 the improvement OF the
breed of one class OF horses Moreover while one
horse is produced Of improved breed, one thous-
aud men are made OF lower breed In moral char
acter. We wonder why it is that people who
would keep their children from becoming gamblers
do not set their faces ike flint against horse
racing.
Stesple Of Presbyterian Church in Farmvills, Va
The Commonwealth says: e MIR. o. L. Wicker has
completed bis repairs to the steeple OF the Presby
terrain church IN this place IL has been thoroughly
timed and painted from summit to base. Liberal
and timely contributions Of painting materials on
the part Of Spencer & Co, and n. L. Vena6le,
druggists, saved the church expense, and enabled
the w0rkmen to do the job properly"
Writing for the Press.-We thank the author of
the following, which is found in one Of our news
papers. Editors are made to suffer so much, both
in the flesh aud spirit, on account Of the condition
in which correspondents send their manuscripts,
that they are thankful for anything tending towards
relief.
The writer says that "those who write for the
press should write plainly aud make good sized let
ters Sometimes It takes US much longer TO de
cipher the words, than it does prepare the arti
Gle Tor The eOmpositOr Never try TO get the great
est amount OF matter on one sheet Remember
the cOmp0sit0r has 20 read the manuscript at a
long distance from the eyes, as he stands at the
desk and Il viii be quite a convenience to have
coarse plain writing Also use good black INK
Write your name and all proper names, very plan
D. Do not write carelesSly. After page Is writ
ten look IL over With care, and see that every i
crossed and every dotted. Ii you have occasion
10 interhne words be particular to make plain let
tiers. If you make a wrong word, cross Il ont IN
stead Of attempting to write another in Its place
~ these pulutS were Oosei w. ~ ''iN "uOiu NAus
for much gratitude, and save Is many P9rPioSi
ties.
Tan ssuars ~nes-Its OutcOme.-The whole mum
Der OF acres Of land which have as yet produced
petroleum Is about 500, or ten square miles
This tract, which Is about one two hundredth par
Of The Oil Region, produced, in 1871 5 100,
600 barrels Of oil, worth $40 O5600O. The valu,
of this land is constantly increasing.
Supsrseded. Nantucket once noted as the chic
whaling port of the country with It's feet of a hun