The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-08
Things in Quaker City.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 9Th, 1884.
The farce of bringing insanity in a
means of sitting justice has never been
better exemplified than in the case of
Emma Bickel, the woman who shot down
a former lover in the street in the broad
daylight, and with the most exact prece-
sion of Judgment as to how the deed
should be done. How twelve jury
men could honestly say she was under a
cloud of mental obscurity can best be
imagined than explained. Everything in
her life tended to show that her mind
was bent on the destruction of herself or
somebody else. Now that she has been
incarcerated in the Norristown asylum
for six months plea is made for her re-
lease, as it is proven that she is not
insane, and no doubt before long she will
be free to put the life of some other
young man in jeopardy. To tell the truth
some have superstitions about convicting
women for capital offences, and a sheriff
would sometimes rather give up his
commission than hang one. Emma
Bickel was not over progressing, yet she
managed to shed enough tears at the
trial to soften the hardness of the jury
mems hearts. Yet outside of this the
jury gave verdict which was entirely
against the testimony so far as outsiders
are concerned. Now as women are Pres
candidates in this our day and
generation they should all come under
the common law.
DIR. Magoon is one of Philadelphia's
most respected clergymen. OF all his
Baptist brethren he is the only one who
stated publicly in his pulpit that he does
not believe in the eternal punishment of
eternal fire and birthstone. He believes
in man making his Heaven and Hell here
with his life work. His learning is UNI
surpassed, and his exposition of the scrip
ture lesion is worth visit to his church
outside of the sermon. ] was at service
there ON Sunday night, and his vigor and
force is remarkable for man who is sew
enty four. His sermon was on the sub
Unity of greatness when it is acquired in
disinterested way. His style is caustic,
and his mannerisms abrupt. He could
have made an excellent actor, and is a
great admirer of talent in that line.
Edwin Forest was his friend, and Shape
speare his study. Some of his sayings
are in this vein: "All of our masters
twelve disciples were ignorant numskulls.
There chief concerns was in fighting as
to who should be the greatest man among
llltlll, anu Nlitll Jbbll Nli uoh
| for honor in the Kingdom, the other ten
didn't like it because they bothered their
master in that way" And in speaking
OF the young men of our day, meaning no
doubt our duedish offspring, said:-"rhe
young men of to-day desire to get into
prominence without effort, except as re-
| CARDS wearing rim of hair on their up
per lip. They put all their fervor into
raising a mOustache, when they have not
got enough brains in their head to oil a
sewing machine" Mr.. Magoon was pres
ent on last Sunday evening in the Jewish
| tabernacle, where he assisted in celebra-
ting the one hundreth anniversary of
| that great Jewish Humanitarian, Sir
| Moses Montepeom, and in the sermon on
the occasion of my visit above referred
to made graceful alusion to the ancient
Jew.
1t seems as if Philadelphia will never
realize her hope in having steamship
line owned by her own capitalists and
flying the American flag. The American
line of steamers has never paid expenses
although seemingly doing a large bust.
ness, and every means was devised to
build up a paying trade, yet after ten
years of hard fortune the line has at last
been transferred to a continental com.
pany, known as the Red Star Line This
line is also Philadelphia one, but is moi
owned by capitalists here, and does bust
ness mostly in the grain trade. The
American steamers, of which there were
four, will still run between this port and
Liverpool, yet it is quite a chagrin to
the pride of this great city that she can
not control a steamship line as she does
the largest railway system in the world.
1t may not be generally known thai
the production of patent medicine litera
ture is great lucrative industry in thii
city, one firm turning out in aggregate
from fifthteen to twenty millions o
copies of different publications for Ger.
tain quack medicine firms in year.
refer to the firm of McCalla & Stavely
an old established one, and whose facili
ties for such work is unsurpassed in thii
city or any other in the country. The
Junior member of the firm is considered
an expert estimating and contracting fo
delivery of these very multifarious pub
LEGATIONS, and has been very successful il
this line. At this establishment can b,
seen the latest invention in the way o
press mechanism,-a self-perfecting print
ing and binding machine, in which
book of 80 pages is printed entire from
roll, and cover bound on before it i
taken from the press. A pamphlet o
I Warmers Safe Kidney Cure is now beinl
run on it, and can be seen at any time b,
paying visit to this establishment,
THE MARKETS.
They say the potato crop will be shor
this season. 1t seems that no matter hoy
large the yield is it is pretty well "boiled
down before the next years growth come
] again.
The apple crop is Shaving" one, so
/ am told-that is there is no end to tn
number of barrels" which will be gath
cred.
Pumpkins are just as yellow as on pre-
vious yields.
Cabbage heads are very large this yea
but then you see they are running rue
> with the swelled heads of these afte
election days.
SPHYNN