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Year: 1879

EXPERIMENTING WITH THE SICK,


The febrile malady now moving
mysteriously among the people of this
city, picking off victims in every
neighborhood, battles the skill of the
learned and the unlearned in medical
science. A prominent physician re.
marked a few days since that his pro-
fession had learned nothing in respect
to its cause nor to effectually check
its ravages during the last two hun
dred years. Another of the same
calling stated last fall to O meeting of
his professional brethren in another
city that he had treated patients here
with various remedies during the
SEQ urge of last summer and with bad
results in almost every instance, until
he tried the no-treatment policy, when
he was remarkably successful in his
practice. This statement was made,
as he thought privately, and was not
intended for public circulation, but it
happened that a newspaper reporter
was there and he published the news.
AS soon as discovered he was hustled
out Of the meeting without ceremony,
being regarded as an unwarranted
intruder, but he had taken notes
of this much Of the proceedings
before he was found out, What tales
were told after he left the medical
mems gathering will never be known,
except to those who were in the secrets
of the society. Enough, however, was
made known to the world to show that
many of the suffering here had been
victims OF experiments, and that those
who were not experimental upon by
various nostrums stood much better
chance to recover than did those who
were dosed with quinine, drenched
with cold water, or rubbed down with
lotions. A new experimcnter has now
appeared within our midst, in the per-
son of DR.. Jerome Cochrane, of Mo-
bile, who comes to us wearing the
garb of a National board of health
official He gets his ten dollars day
and travelling expenses throSn in; ar
rives month after the yellow scourge
and when it has spread to almost every
Year: 1879

A colored boy from Perry, Ca, re-
Gently arrested for stealing, declared
that he derived his kleptomaniacal
propensities from wearing a pair of
old shoes which had belonged to
convict, and that the said convict had
put a spell on him. This plea was
considered sound by tho Intelligent
court and jury before whom he was
tried, and he was diseharged,
Year: 1879

Germany has notified the United
States that she is officially willing to
cooperate in the establishment of
bi-metalism. We may now confidently
look for an appreciation in the value
of silver bullion, as it looks to the
unity Of gold and silver never more to
be divided.
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
800 per month fOrless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per anuum-
postage free,


Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOstOfiCe.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish TO re-
new will do us a favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list Is worry
large, and our force to do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Year: 1879

How TO TEAcH.-C Children hunger
perpetually for new ideas. They will
learn with pleasure from the lips of people
what would be drudgery to learn from
books; and even if they have the misfor-
tune to be deprived of many educational
advantages, they will grow up intelligent,
if in childhood they hear daily the con-
versation of intelligent people. Hence,
the importance that the teacher should
be an Intelligent person. The child comes
home and says, 'sWhat do you think my
teacher told us to-day ?" The daily eff.
fort of the teacher should be to render
himself fresh and bright, to meet with
the young minds that form the class; not
to think, How shall I repress and bottle
up all the energy?
Year: 1879

GoosEBERRY JELLY. the fruit
before half ripe; put into Q dish and place
in kettle of hot water; cover closely
and boil until the fruit is tender. Strain
the same as currant jelly, and to each
pint of juice allow pound of sugar;
boil twenty minutes; turn into jelly cups
and set in the sun for several days or
until stiff. Protect from insects aud
dew.
Year: 1879

When Mr.. John Wise of this city wa.
lost in his balloon, called THE Pathfind.
er, some time ago. the newspapers print
ad many accounts of trips made into tht
air, some by brave men and some by fool.
ish ones. A lady who lives in the town oi
Centralia, in the state of Illinois, SAID
nothing until all the rest were througl
talking Then, one day not long ago, s. Z
told the editor of the St. Louis Repu6 ican
to look into the number of the Republican.
that was printed on the 2lst day of Sep
tember, 1858. The editor looked am
found an account of how two little chill
dren took a trip in balloon all by them.
selves. On that day an aeronaut or sailor
of the air named Brooks filled his air shin
with gas on the farm of Mr.. Harvey. win,
lived near Centralia. lie expected to sail
up in the afternoon. About noon Mr..
Harvey put his two children into the has
ket OF the balloon. just to please them
without any thought for moment of dan.
ger.


The balloon was tied to tree by ropes
All at once gust of wind broke the ropes
and the balloon shot up into the sky with
nobody but the two children in the basket
MIR. Harvey was wild with grief and
shouted aloud: They are lost, they ar,
lost! All the ncighbors ran to the spot
only to see the balloon drifting off to The
north and more than mile high. One
of the children was girl, Nettie, eight
years old, and the other was her little
brother, Willie, four years old. Both
cried when they found themselves leaving
The ground, and going on very, very
strange journey indeed. Nettie looked
over the edge of the basket and saw her
father wringing his hands away below.
Soon the people looked to her smaller than
babies and the houses like toy houses.


She and Willie were going up, up all
the time. expect WE are going to
Heaven, Wille,' said Nettip. Willie
thought it was very cold in Heaven, then,
for the higher they went the colder it
grew. Nette wrapped Willie in her apron
and held his head in her lap until he
cried himself fast asleep. Then Nettie
folded her hands and waited. She said
4" think we must be near the gate now"
She meant the gate of Heaven that she
had heard about in Sunday school. But
Nettie fell asleep too. When she awoke
she found that some strange man was
lifting her from the basket. The strange
man was Il farmer in northern Illinois,
who had seen balloon d fling low down
across his field. The rope Was dragging,
and SO he caught it and landed the chill
dren safely. The balloon had hoated all
night. Nettie and Wille's father soon
learned that they had been found, and
took them home two days afterwards
Nettie IS now woman-lhe very same
one who told the editor the Republican
to look back in his files FIR the story
Philadelphia Times.
Year: 1879

How TO Grow COOP CoRN.-The best
piece of corn grown in our neighborhood
belongs to Mr.. Veeder. 1t was manured
in the hill with we'll rotted barnyard
manure. A small shovelful was thrown
into the hill, on which the seed was drop
cd. This corn came up rank and vigor-
Gus and grew rapidly. 1t kept ahead of
other corn all the season. We are convinc-
ed that it is the best plan to apply manure
directly to the roots of plants, or, in other
words, to so place it that the roots of
plants can feed upon it as soon as they
begin to grow. An early start is a good
start, hence it is advisable in sowed crops
to harrow the manure in. Mr.. Veeder's
corn field was IN old meadow not particu-
larly rich. The crop was thoroughly cul-
tivated, which helped largely to make it
such good one. There is no doubt but
that it would pay every farmer well to
prepare compost, especially for his corn
crop. and put it in the hills. The fine
manure could be set apart for this purpose.
In it should be mixed the contents Of the
privies and chamber wastes and soap
suds.
Year: 1879

A lady writes: 1.-The subject of fresh
air in children's rooms is often difficult
one, on account of the impossibility Of
keeping the restless little limbs sufficiently
covered TO prevent the owners from taking
cold when the doors are left open. In the
days when my children were young,
wrestled with this difficulty in various
ways-sonetimes spending hours, whose
rest sadly needed, in continued watch
fulness over the beds Of persistent little
kckers. At last tried plan which my


husband laughingly suggested, and made
for each child long, full, thick flannel
bag with drawing string at the neck.
After they were in their night-gowns each
one was put into its appropriate bag and
consigned to its appropriate bed, and then
could let down the window sash at the
top with impunty. Icould sleep in peace,
too. No more springing out of bed ten
times in night to SEQ if the baby is
covered up l knew they were all cover
ed up and slept tho sleep of tired mother,
OF course the thickness of the bag must be
proportional to the season"
Year: 1879

Roses IN PoTs.-The ever.blooming
roses are best for culture in pots-beeause
they bloom quicker and more continuously
than any of the others, and besides this
their stvle and habit of growth is more
bushv and better adapted to the purpose.
They can be kept nicely with other grow
ing plants and with proper at' 'ention to-
their requirements will bloom freely. O
Do not use the large pots-if possible not
more than three or four inches. The rule
is, one size larger than the plants have
been grown in. The smaller the pot
provided of course, it is large enough to
contain the plant-lhe quicker and strong
er the plant will start. 1t is difficult to
get small plant to live and grow in a
large pot. A rose will not bloom much
till the pot is well filled with roots there
fore small pots facilitate quick bloom. If
the pots are old. they should first be
thoroughly washed. If new they should
be soaked in water, otherwise they will
absorb the moisture from the plant.
~ Have good rich soil-melow and
friable That made from old decomposed
sods is best. If manure is used, it should
be old and thoroughly composted; fresh
manure is injurious. (3) Put some bits of
broken crockery, charcoal,o or other similar
material. in the bottom of each pot to
facilitate drainage, then enough fine earth
to raise the plant to the proper height. 1t
should not be much deeper than it was
before. Next put in the plant and spread
out its roots as near their natural position
as possible; then fill in fine earth and
press firmly down with the hand. When
done, the pot should not be quite full; a
little space is needed for water.
Year: 1879

The latest expedient for Kidding house
of rats is furnished by writer in the
Scientific american, who says 1--WE
clean our premises of these detestable
vermin by making white wash yellow with
copperas and covering the stones and
raiters in the cellar with thick coat of it.
In every crevice where rat might tread
we put the crystals of the copperas. and
scatter the same in the corners of the floor.
The result was perfect stampede of rats
and mice. Since that time not football
of either rats or mice has been heard about
the house. Every spring a coat of the
same yellow wash is given to the cellar as
a purifier as well as rat extsrminator.
and no typhoid, dysentery or fever attacks
the family"
Year: 1879

PRACTICAL SYMPATHY.-In one of our
sleeping cars in America there was an old
bachelor who was annoyed by the contin-
ued crying of child and the Intellectual
attempts of the father to quiet it, Pulling
aside the curtain and putting out his head
he said: Where is the mother of that
childP Why doesn't she stop this
nuisanceP' "The mother is in the
baggage car in her coffin; am travelling
home with the baby. This is the second
night have been with the child, and the
little thing is worrying for its mother
am sorry if its plaintive cries disturb any
one in this car" "Wait minute" said
the old bachelor. The old man got up
and dressed himself, and compelled the
father to lie down and sleep, while he took
the babe himself. The oil bachelor still
ing the cry of the babe all night was II
hero And the man who, for the sake of
others, gives upa lawful qualification in
his own house Or in the social circle, is us
great hero as though he stood upon the
battle field. B. Cough.
Year: 1879

John Bright the other day said that there
are people who know almost everything
that can be known in the library, and yet
hardly know their way from one street to
another. 1t is this fact which keeps peo-
pie from learning what they ought to
know. Many u farmer would find time to
read and study agricultural papers If he
did not happen to know of q much-learned
man who raises wretched crops. This
may all be; but the knowledge isn't what
caus's tho poor crop. A learned block.
head is the worst blockhead in the world
except, perhaps, smart man who can
learn, but won't.-Land and Home.
Year: 1879

PRESERVING ApPLEs.-A correspondent
of the Rural New Yorker writes that he
has tested the method suggested in agri.
cultural papers of keeping apples the
year round by wrapping them in paper.
for two successive years, and finds ii to be
a perfect success. The plan pursued was
10 take old newspapers, cut them into
pieces of sufficient size and wrap each
apple by itself and pack them away cure.
fully in boxes or barrels, so rs to exclude
the air. The variety selected was the
northern spy, and this year, as late as the
18th of August, they were still fresh and
crisp, and he had no doubt they might
have been kept much longer, had not Tue
temptation to eat them been SO strong.
Year: 1879

rec precious stones from Siberia, Ceylon and Main
thought this Pen would arise
From the casket where it lies


Ot itself would arise and write
MY thanks and my surprise.
When you gave it me under the pines.
dreamed these gems from the mines
OF Siberia, Ceylou and Maine
Would glimmer as thoughts in the lines.
That this iron link from the chain
OF Downward might retain


Some verse of the poet who sang
OF the prisoner and his pain;
That this wood from the frigate's mast
Might write me rhyme at last,


As it used to write on the sky
The song of the sea and the blast
But motionless as wait,
Like bishop lying in state


Lies the pen with its mitre of gold.
And its jewels inviolate.
Then must speak, aud say
That the light of that summer day
In the garden under the pines
Shall not fade and pass away.
shall see you standing there,
Caressed by the fragrant air,


With the shadow on your face
Aud the sunshine in your hair
shall hear the sweet low tone
Of voice before unknown,


Saying, " This is from me to you
From me, and to you alone"
And in works not idle and vain
shall answer, and thank you again
For the gift, and the grace of the gift,
o beautiful Helen Of Maine
And forever this gift will be
blessing from you to me,


As a drop of the dew of your youth
On the leaves of an aged tree.
iearB w., Lon0Jeiio,r. in Hdrper's Magazine TO
December. -
Year: 1879

Never paper wall over old paper and
paste. Always scrape down thoroughly
Old paper can be got of by dampening
with salaratus and water, Then go over
all the cracks of the wall with plaster of
Paris. and finally put on wash of Il weak
solution of carbolic acid. The best paste
Is made out of rye flour, with two ounces
of glue dissolved in each quart of paste ;
half an ounce of powdered borax.improves
the mixture.
Year: 1879

An ivy, if kept in the house, will not
flourish unless tho leaves are occasionally
washed. Each plant leaf is full of pores
or breathing tubes, which are closed If the
plant is full CT dust, thus injuring vigor-
ons growth. Fifth avenue mansions are
often almost covered with wisteria, which
grows to a great height and very rapidly;
living out we'll all winter. Red brick
walls at best are unsightly, and the timely
outlay Of trihe might, in most cases,
make them exceedingly attractive.
Year: 1879

The best women are indeed necessarily
the most difficult to know; they are recog-
nized chiefly in the happiness Of their hus-
bands and the nobleness of their children
they are only to be OWNED, not discerned,
by the stranger; and sometimes, seem
almost helpless except in their homes; yot
without the help OF one of them the day
would probably have come before now
when l should have written and thought
no more. .--RuSkin
Year: 1879

WAY OF TREATING A BAD CoLD.-A
bad cold, like measles or mumps, or other
similar ailments, will run its course of
about ten days in spite of what may
be done for it, unless remedial means
are employed within foty-eight hours
after its inception. Many useful life
will be spared to be increasingly useful,
by cutting cold short off in the following
safe and simple manner: On the first day
of taking cold there is y very unpleasant
sensation of chillness. The moment you
observe this, 90 to your room and stay
there; keep it at such temperature us
will entirely prevent this chilly feeling,
even if it requires a hundred degrees Of
Fahrenheit. In addition, put your feet in
hot water, half leg deep, as hot as you
can bear it, adding hot water from time 10
time for a quarter of an hour, so that the
water shall be hotter when you take your
feet out than when you put them in it;
then dry them thoroughly, and then put
on warm, thick wooden stockings, even if
it be summer, for summer colds are the
most dangerous, and for twenty-four
hours eat not an atom of food, but drink
as largely as you may desire of any kind
of warm teas, and at the end of that time,
if not sooner the cold will be effectually
broken without any medicine whatever.
Year: 1879

The cipher inquiry has practical import
ance which some people are slow to appreciate
1t is not pursued from motives of Idle curl
ositv or of personal enmity. II is likely 10
determine who shall be the next President OF
the United States. 1t is likely to settle the
question whether the Government shall pass
into the hands of the party which tried
to destroy the Union and which is now irving
to reverse the results of the war; or shall be
retained in the charge of the party which
saved the Union, the party which is committed
TO the defence of national honor, justice.
peace, progress and equal rights. The con-
spiracy disclosed by the cipher dispatches
was so base, 80 daring, so traught
with danger to free institutions, that the IN
Quiry ought not to stop until the rem0teSt
ramfcatons of the plot have been laid bare
II il not enough that disgrace has oyertaken
t.c few men who figure by name i'll the cor
respOndence. They were only the agents in the
affair." not the principals. They only negotiated
the brides some higher authority stood behind
them with the money. Perhaps a committee Of
Congress might have got at the bottom facts,
if il had begun in season; but at tins late
hour the discovery of the full truth must de-
pcnd largely upon discussion in the newspa-



peTs.


Already Tue debate has had one very serious
effect. 1t has placed the Democratic party in
the dilemma of either convicting its leader and
candidate of an outrageous fraud-which it
will not do or of voting him resolution of
acouittal-which would inevitably make him
the leader of the party agan. Either choice
would be distasteful to the Democracy.
y.
faction by the Republicans. We could de-
sire nothing better than campaign
with Tden as the Democratic can
dIdate; unless it were campaign Ill which
the Democratic party started out with an
acknowledgment that its reform candidate
was such disgraccful old cheat that 1t could
not run him again. Repudiated or yindlcated,
Mr.. Tilden has been made by the cipher dis
cussion the great obstacle to Democratic
success in 1850.


1t should be remembered that the discussion
has not only proved that Weed. Pelton, Mar
ble and WOOley We're ready TO buy the Pres
idency for the Democratic candidate, but IL
has satisfied all reasonable persons that some
body was ready to pay the money which
they promised. If Mr. Tiden is to be
acquitted of direct acquicscenco in the
scheme, upon whom then will suspicion
fal7 The Democracy cannot relieve their
c,ndidate without throwing terrible dis
credit upon their National Committee, or
uDop some of the leading men of the party.


Wa must not lose sight of the fact that the
rascality was cOncocted somewhere on their
premi,cs, and it chiefly concerns them to de-
eide which of the family shall bear the dis
Year: 1879

With more than double rs many Chinese
leaving our coast as are coming to 1t, and
with this proof that the tendency to leave us
il growing Is it worth while to preclpi-
tate tho abrogation of the treaty
If 40. is there, at any rate, any need for such
hot haste that we cannot comply with the
usual diplomatic formalitiesf These arc
po,nts on which Mr.. Blaine's letter, compre-
hensiye and cogcnt as 1t Is, sheds not the
slightest light. But they are points which
thinking. people viii not forget. The ultimate
problem of the Chinese immigration Is
most difficult one. and there Are many con-
siderations in MIR. Blane's letter that may VII
challenge the best thought of the country.
All we mean now to urGe is that there is no
such emergency as to drive us into acting be-
tore we think
Year: 1879

NATIONAL BANK RESERyEs.-The House bank
ing and currency committee decided this morn
ing to substitute Mr.. Prices bill for Judge
Buckners bin, requiring one half Of national
pank reserves to be kept in coin. The bill Will
De reported to the House after the holiday re-
cess. The full text of Mr.. Prices bill, the sub
stltute adopted by the committee this morning,
enacts ''that the national bank act be and it Is
hereby so amended as to require every backing
soclat10n to keep in gold or silver coins OF the
United States one-half OF the reserve fund now
required by law. Any banking association fail
Ing to comply with the requirements of the first
section OF this act shall not be allowed to in
crease its liability by making any new loans or
discounts otherwise than by discounting or pur-
chasing bills Of exchange payable at sight. nor
make any dividend OF its profits until the re-
qufred proportion OF coin has been restored, and
the comptI oller OF the currency may notify any
assistant whose lawful money reserve shall be
Fellow the amount and proportion Of coin as
above required to be left on hand to make good
such reserve, and II such assistant shall fail for
80 days thereafter so to make good its reserve OF
lawful money in the proportion aforesaid the
comptroller may. with the concurrence OF the
secretary OF the Treasury, appoint receiver to
Wlnd up the business OF the association as pro-
vided In Sec. 1924. All acts and parts of acts la
conflict with this act are hereby repealed
Year: 1879

The first public entertainment for the benefit
Of the Southern eolored people now seeking honest
Kansas given laN evening In Ohckcrng Han under
the auspices OF The Grand unitd o der o. Oii Feuw%
The house well hlrd by TAR the greater part VI the
audience being cOlOrcd iOk Of the better ciass
Year: 1879

rFA few weefs ago learned that Mr.. Bridges
was to become owner of the Atchison Patriot.
That turns out TO be incorrect A few days ago we
were informed that Mr.. Bridges would discontinue
the Troy Bulletin. This last We suppose is correct.
Sol Miller is left alone with the Troy Chief in
Doniphan. county. He is editor of very rare
ability, and his twenty-five years cid paper is famous
all over the West. A man who has worked 80 hard
and well is entitled to generous support.-Si. Joe
Herald
Year: 1879

R Now they have commenced accusing diff
ferent persons Of writing our Highland letter,


last week. As the writer is not anxious to be
known, to be made . mark for those whom he


has exposed, he may rest assured that We shall
not compromise him by denial of the charge
against each one that comes up, until at last
they guess the rigot one. That is an old game.
They pay their money, and can take their choice.