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Year: 1879

In this last sad scene at Chiselhurst
beyond all question the central figure
was not Victoria, Queen of Great Brit
ain and Empress of India, 1t was
Eugene. In her youth brought up at
a brilliant court in Spain, and, by an
unexpected development Of events,
she was transferred to be the empress
of the most brilliant court in the
world, and then suddenly the scene
shifts. From the very top of the tower
she is hurled a refugee, not wander
er, but guest of Great Britain, and
now, as a widowed mother, she touches
the highest state of all. In all her
glory she was not so great as she is to-
day in her desolation. Not when
flashed from brow Jewels of which a
nation was robbed; not when armies
and navies were in her power and she
had so much glory; not when she was
young and beautiful did men so wor
ship and bow down to her as now
where she sits in darkness. The whole
world to-day bows its head in allegi-
ance to her, not as the empress but as
the mother


There gather about her in Great
Britain the noble queen, whe has her
self known sorrow of heart, and
whose heart is easily moved in sym
pathy for others. There are all her
royal sons and her daughters. For
the sake Of this poor uncrowned
woman they have made procession
from throne and palace to the doors
Of her humble dwelling, and from
there followed her son to his grave
They have made her grief their grief
and there are no pearls in the neck.
lace OF the queen, no jewels in all
Great Britain that are of such
priceless value as are the-tcars shed
by her there at that grave. And that
mother there in her desolation anC
grlet-she is not one step worse than
ten thousand times ten thousand
others. To the mother with her deaC
child in her lap, the dim-eyed mother
that breaks her heart over the cradle
to all the mothers of the world sh,
is related, and by her, as we'll as by
all others, in the stroke of death il
felt the hand of God. God says t.
the mourner, " Enter into oblivion
for little time what | am doing "
know not; :" but by and by, when tn,
crown of experience sits gloriously
upon their hearts, they will learn tho
mystery of Providence.


Such is the ennobling faith of tn,
grave that while it brings nations
down it lifts all up Before the moutl
Of the grave there are no mobiles, MOI
kings nor princes, but simply suffer
ing, weeping men and women. Their,
is imperial democracy in the grave
There is one other view. In the mids
of the world dies the sound of artille
ry, and while the bell began to tol
from the Catholic chapel, | hear tn
sound of another bell. 1t is the bel
of the Protestant church of that par
ish. Why did not some lightnin
smite and blast that bell that dared t
toll at a Catholic funeral? Thank
be to God that there was neither Cath
olic nor Protestant there, but tn
priest of the Church of England an,
the priest of the Church of Rome she,
tears together, and when the De Pro
funds was chanted, they sang togethe
who had wept together. May we no
hear in this the voice of the prophec
saying that the day is coming wheI
churches and sects shall lay down thei
arms, and the lion and the lamb shal
peacefully dwell side by side.
Year: 1879

A London letter to the New York
Tribune, speaking of the queens at
tentions to the Bonaparte family, SAYS:


1t may be hoped that the French
understand the extent to which the
queens acts are dictated by ca
price, but the French are too little in
the habit of following the course of
events in foreign countries with sus.
tanned attention. Few of them have
a minute knowledge of what goes on
in the royal family of England. They
may not be aware how far the queens
observance Of conventionalities de-
pends on her state of health or mood
at the moment Possibly they never
heard that she quilted Windsor for
the north two days before the arrival
of the emperor of Russia, some years
ago, or that she left the residence
when the empress Of Germany was
her guest two days before her guest 5
departure hurrying off this time also
to Balmoral. To put it N homely
way, her majesty does very much what
she feels like doing. She is sorry for
the mother of the dead boy, and went
to Chiselhurst this morning to tell her
so, aud to offer her what comfort she
might in the midst of her distress.
She did not mind offending the en-
perOr Of Russia, her own sons father
in-law, nor the empress of Germany.
to whose son her eldest daughter is
married. And she minds quite as
little wounding the just susceptible
ties of a friendly nation who have not
yet learned to distinguish between the
individual and the constitutional acts
Of constitutional sovereign. In the
present case, the offense is not lessen
ed by the fact that not only the queen
but nearly the whole royal family
We're in attendance on the Bonapartist
coffin. The Prince and Princess Of
Wales, the dukes of Edinburgh and
COnnaught and Prince Leopold al


went. The queen and her sons brought
flowers for the grave, but the queer
herself did not go to the chapel.
Year: 1879

Boston p5st.l tsf l.a


The rapidity with which the
telephone business has grown can be
estimated by taking survey Of the
city of Boston from the top of any of
her high buildings. All over the
town the significant frame works meet
the eye threaded with thousands OF
diverging lines Of communication,
Its tendency so far is to consolidate
business. A single firm can run hall
a dozen branches of its main house OF
Office as easily as it could before keen
its business together at a single point,
Year: 1879

is of beautiful russet gold in color
seems to know its mistress, and has
charmingly coquettish ways. 1t per.
mlts Its mistress to handle it without
exhibiting fear, and seems to enjoy
being stroked and petted. When il
gets hungry-it makes plaintive call
and is then fed from fresh petunia,
into whose depths have been sprinkled
sugar, moistened with water, in imita-
ton OF the honey that is the natural
food Of the bird in freedom. The
bird enjoys its meals with gusto, and
calls for about twenty Of them daily
1t is very seldom that one of these
dainty birds is caught, and still more
rarely is one kept alive, to say nothing
of becoming a pet, as is the case with
the one spoken of.
Year: 1879




Special to the Courier-Journal.


New YORK, July 1.-THE Brooks
Underground Telegraph Company has
been busy preparing to begin its work,
which the officers say is to be started
in few days, to connect New York
and Philadelphia by wires sunk in the
ground. The sole right to use the
Brooks system was purchased by Gen.
Anson Stager, in behalf of the West
ern Electric Manufacturing Company,
Of which he is president; but the I'm
derground Telegraph Company has
been formed here with two hundred
thousand dollars capital stock, divided
into two thousand shares of one hun
dred dollars each. All of the stock is
held by Norvin Green, president of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, Anson Stager and David Brooks.
The route of the line is from Broad
way and Dey street, the Western
Union Offices to West street, thence to
some prominent point on the North
river; across North river to jersey
City, thence to Philadelphia, whence
the system will be extended to various
points throughout the United States.
The cable, which is buried, has core
composed of any number of copper
wires, each wire being covered in cot
ton, ard the whole bound by another
covering. Then it is boiled in oil, then
washed, boiled in water, bound with
hemp to protect the cotton covering
and again boiled in oil. The core i
then drawn into iron pipes, which are
filled with boiling oil, and when the
pipes are buried they are kept filled
with oil by a standing pipe or an
elevated vessel The oil serves as an
insulating medium, and keeps out
both air and moisture.
Year: 1879

PhiladeIDbin TimeS,l


They are telling of a rough joke
played on my Lord Roscoe few days
before he left Washington. 1t was at
a dinner given by the New York
poodle, when he suggested thai every
man Of the party should write on q
slip of paper the name of the probable
Republican candidate if Grant were
out Of the way. With characteristic
modesty Lord Roscoe RETAINED from
writing. The list included eyerybody's
name but Lord Roscoe's.
Year: 1879

OVER in Germany and Belgium they


are giving serious consideration to the
project of introducing steel sleepers
upon the Railways, one or two expert
ments in that direction having indica-
ted that the movement might have
profitable results. The undertaking, il
it is made, will be watched with good
deal Of interest by the railroad men Of
this country. The annual consump-
ton of wooden ties in the United
States is enormous, and as the supply
must gradually decrease, it will become
an important question whether some
thing of more durable nature than
wood cannot be found tcreplace them


Steel ties will cost more, but if they
Year: 1879

The widow of a Normandy peasant
has exhibited a more than ordinary
share of woman's wit in the duty
which her husbands demise imposed
upon her of executing his will. His
property consisted of good horse and
a worthless cur, and he directed that
they should be sold, the proceeds of
the sale of the horse to be divided
among his other relatives, while the
widows portion was to be the sum
which the dog would fetch. This
discrepancy in the value of the two
animals was naturally not little gall
ing to the lady, but after stunning
affairs over in her own mind she dis
covered a means by which she could
fulfill her late husbands behests with
out suffering pecuniary loss to herself.
She announced for sale horse for the
sum Of five francs and a dog for five
hundred. Those who wished to buy
the horse were informed that they
must also take the dog; and when at
length a purchaser for the pair was
found, the widow handed over five
francs, to be divided among the dead
man S family, keeping for herself the
five hundred, as the sum which the
dog had fetched" f"
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per annum and
SOC per month fOrless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
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 postoffice.
Year: 1879

Philadelphia Inquirer.l


Charles Summers grave is to be
marked by a handsome sarcophagus
Of white Concord granite, bought with
the funds left over after paying all ex
penses connected with the statue of
Sumner made by Ball and erected in
the Public Garden in Boston.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish 10 re-
new will do us a favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as Our mail list is very
large, and our force TO do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Year: 1879

We copy the following good-tempered and
well-reasoned article from this valuable paper.
So far it goes it is correct and its conclusions
are fairly stated. But if the Leader will notice
our article of this issue he will see that the evils
OF the law are far greater than he has on his
examination found them, and in the interest OF
pensioners and pension claimants he will with
us demand its early repeal


Our attention has been invited to apparent inaccuracies
in article published few days ago copied from the
teegraphc correspondence of the New York TriBae with
request that them The new law therein re-
ferred to is as follows, TO wit:


IAN act relating to claim agents and attorneys III PEN


sion


" Be IL enacted 6y the Senate and Hoase Of ReDreseato
tires of The United States Of aaeica Congress assembled
L. 1t shall be unlawful for any attorney agent or other
person to demand receive for his in pension
greater than dollars. No fee contract shall
hereafter be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions in
any In pending cases which fee contract has
heretofore been fled il the pension shall be allowed the
Commissioner of Pensions shall approve the same as to the
amount specified in the contract Sections 4f6S 4169
claim hereafter fled any pending claim in
which the claimant has not been represented by agent
or attorney prior TO the passage of this act


SEc. 3 Section 41s5 of the Revised Statutes hereby
Approved June 10, ls7s.n


tdoes apper from careful reading of this law that
the fee allowed an attorney is dependent upon the allow
ance claim the contrary the reneaed portions
those which provided that the fee was only due in case
of success and that should be deducted by the agent for
paying pensions and 10 the attorney The fee not be-
ing contingent one, may be demanded at any time True
the law does aot require that be paid advance vet
nevertheless an attorney demands it, we do not see how
claimant can compel rendering of the service desirable
and necessary to the adjustment of the claim Practically
then would seem that those who have claims to be pros
ecued must pay the fee in advance if it demanded or
accept the alternative of not having it prosecuted at all
IN this view we not quite certain that claimants are
benefited by the order of things the extent that
might otherwise appear j8if #.f@
certain classes claims cannot ba
prosecuted for the small fee now allowed If THAI is true
deserving claimants in may be practically en-
rey deprived of the privilege of avang themselves of
their rights under the pension laws


We desire TO every soldier have whatever the laws
permit to him. and favor neither law or a policy
which works TO his disadvantage
Year: 1879

The last session of Congress passed a
resolution directing that the rooms
in the Capitol at Washington,
now occupied by the Court of Claims,
should be vacated, and the vacant space
be equally divided between the House
and Senate for committee rooms. The
Secretary of the interior was also au
thorized to procure a new room for the
Court of Claims. Up to this time the
proposed change has not been made
Chief Justice Drake, of the Claims Court
refusing to remove his tribunal from it:
present apartment. He says he will no
go because it is not convenient, anc
that he intends to have Congress repea
the resolution anyway next winter. /
Is probable that writ of ejectment may
clear the premises.
Year: 1879

THE decision of the court of Inquiry,
at Halifax, N. s., censures Captain
Noodle, of the steamship State of Vir-
ginia, for shaping his course SO near
Sable Island in thick weather without
using lead. As his conduct previous
ly has been highly meritorious, it was
therefore adjudged that his masters
certificate of competency be suspended
for three months only from the date oil
the loss of the steamship.
Year: 1879

A MAN named Pennet, of Atlantic,
North Carolina, adopted novel meth
cd for committing suicide. He went
upon high bridge, with a long rope
and heavy stone, attached one end OF
the rope to his neck and the other to
the stone, and lay down upon the
bridge with his head projecting over
the edge. He then threw over the
stone and his neck was broken.
Year: 1879

Thus far this year we have exported
81 ,628. Isl in specie, of which less than
two millions were in gold, and we have
received from abroad little more than
five millions of silver and one million
of gold.
Year: 1879

Columbus Journal.


Nestor Cooley, the escaped convict who scaled
the walls at the penitentiary last Wednesday
evening" returned to the prison last evening of
his own accord and without any flourish of trum-
pets Soon after o'clock he rang the front door
bell and was admitted by the guards, one or
two of whom recognized him, but Cooley, once
being IN the office, gave no time for inquiries,
but asked if the warden was in. On being in
formed that Warden Dyer was in his Office,
Cooley stepped in, when the warden asked
what he could do for him in a business way,
and he replied that he wished to give himself
up. The warden was somewhat surprised when
Cooley made himself known, and was very
well pleased to think that the prisoner choose
to save the State fifty dollars which had been
offered as reward.


Cooley had very little to say, further than he
had been out to see his family and intended
when he left to return in few days. He was
| turned over to the deputy warden few minutes
after he arrived and was placed in his old cell
1t was concluded to inflict no punishment fol
his little breach of prison etiquette. Cooley
will now continue to finish up his term of SEN


ence, which expires in May, 1880.


When he arrived last night the prisoner was
pretty thoroughly disguised, and would not
have been recognized except by those who had
been in the habit of meeting him every day.
He had on an overcoat, which was large enough
TO cover Lnree SuCn men as ne, anu q pair OF
| butternut overalls The overcoat and overalls
| he secured at the shop the same evening he
| stayed with some relatives at or near Wester-
vile, from where he expected to 60 to his broth
| ers home at New Albany, the next morning,
but his brother sent him word that officers
from the prison had been there consequently
he failed to put in an appearance at the house
| of his brother before Thursday evening. After
spending night and day with his family
who are living with his brother at New Albany
Cooley went to Delaware and put up with Bang
DAVIS, said to be relative of the Davises who
hold forth in this section, and also relative OF
Cooley. This seems to have been the extent of his
perambulations since he left the prison Wed
| nesday night, and amounted to little more thar
a flying visit to relatives. He came down from
Delaware yesterday and harbored on the out
skirts of the city until darkness had come and
then proceeded to the prison, arriving at the
time stated. He says he did not care to be
brought back by anybody, and knew if he came
into the city in the daytime he would be ar
rested by some person, who would have secured
the reward offered.


Cooley came back in excellent condition, with
the exception of very sore feet, caused by sc
long tramp. The prison officials accept the
statement from Cooley, that he intended to re-
turn when he left, with great deal of allow
ance. The probabilities are he saw no chance
of getting away, and concluded to do the fair
thing.
Year: 1879

In his third Yale lecture Bishop Simp-
SON advises the young men who are enter
ing the ministry to avoid all stimulants,
and in connection with this advice gives
bit of information which is )t general
ly known: 81 would scarcely suppose that
any one who feels himself called to the


ministry will countenance their use; yet
kind friends will sometimes suggest that
you are weak, your nerves are tremulous,
you have been out in the cold, you need
stimulant, and they will urge the talk
ing of little wine or brandy before
preaching. These friends will tell you
that the most distinguished ministers are
in the habit of using them I regret to say
that in many churches both wine and
brandy are there kept in the vestry for
the use of the minister, both before and
preaching" He further says: 81 have
known some young ministers who have
Year: 1879

used 9 few drops of paregoric or opium
to give them strength for the pulpit l
am glad to say that know but few such
cases but | must add that these were lei
In the end to either physical or moral
rum" And in passing he fires shot at
the clerical cigar: II suppose there is a
sort ofenjoyment connected with it, for
have seen men sit for an hour smoking,
with their feet upon table, protesting to
be studying. l have no doubt they have
visions of greatness and glory; but
prolonged observation shows that their
lives usually ended, with their cigar, in
smOken
Year: 1879

MEETING AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE-"sEN-


AToR" BOB HART TELLS THE STORY OF HE


CONVERSION.


meeting Of the American Temperance Union was
held yesterday afternoon at the Lyceum Theatre, in
West Fourteenth street The event of the meeting was
the appearance the stage, among the regenerated
of Senator Bob Hart" once famous minstrel, who
will be remembered in connection with Birch and
Backus It was also announced in the notices of the
meeting that the Rev. H. Eddy, of Jersey City.
would make the opening address and introduce
Senator Bob. President William Mason Evans. after
the opening prayer. read letter from DR.. Eddy in
which he conveyed his regrets at being unable to
keep the engagement. In the absence of DIR. Eddy
President Evans delivered short address on the
subject of temperance in which he enunciated again
the broad platform Of the Union and besought his


THE SENATOR ON SALVATION.


After the singing of q hymn Senator Bob Hart
was introduced. He said he proposed to tell tho
story OF his life and conversion in simple matter
oact way and d b sSs @ 70 ,%i the
he did not dream OF ever becoming q temperance
man. but Jesus had come to his assistance. and now
he was saved he firmly believed "What trans
formation" he calculated This day two weeks
ago I was dead drunk ut little station Of tho
testimony ana thank God" Before giving the mar.
rative OF his conversion the senator took q retro
spect Of twenty years. He said that about twenty
years ago he became associated with the stage and
continued to maintain such relationship until his
besottcd habits drove him forth Just here the SEN
ator took peculiar pains to impress his hearers
the fact that his association with the stage had
not the slightest influence In making him .
drunkard. 1t was in him. and he would
have been the in any walk OF life. The stage,
he said had disciples the beauty of whose daily life
even some Christians might copy with proAt He
spoke of his last respectable engagement in New
York with Birch, Wanfbold and Bsckus; Of how he
promised them to stop drinking. and how, .
hundred previous occasions he broke his word,
and came to the verge Of deirium tremens,
"of which," said he. parenthetically. II see BY
the papers died in Jersey City few days since. n
while he Mt Goshen but he heard that Billy
Dwyer, the minstrel, had signed the pledge, and
hercupon he made up his mind to do so too. and no
did.


DR.. Lambert, Of insurance fame, was present at
the meeting. and o number of pickpockets were
noticed in the body of the house.
Year: 1879

The DOALlIf Or MAN NATUHE-SEhMoN bf


Mr. BEEcHER.


Mr.. Beecher made the Anal announcement ycster-
day morning of tho Plymouth Bethel Fair, which is
to be held during three days of the present week.
Though our outward man perish yet the inward
man is renewed day by day" The duality of man.
said he. in thought through all of Paus writ
ings. There . man insphcrcd within man;
invisible creature hidden within the objective
whether taken the purely spritualistic view Of
the soul. a. being something scparabc and separate
from the body or the msterialistc one. that IL Is
matter carried up to the highest degree OF refine
mcnt, II practically amounted to the same thing
As o very general statement IL was true that q
mans outward life was the reflex OF his inward. and
that have in some degree the reputation Of
did not through mans whole nature; IL was
only true of his more violent passions and those
which have to do especially with human lite. The
man who smites prejudices full In the face had
always bad reputation among those whom he hurts
and hinders. On the other hand, some men were
better in their conduct than In their inward life
Their ruling desires might be unpopular, and the
rules OF society, working through their vanity.
might prevent them from openly seeking their graft
hcation. Many men did coarse cruel and selfish
generosity.


LADIES.


How much misery was caused by the devil appear
ing on earth In the shape of woman. There were
many devils walking the streets in linsey wooscy,
but there great many also dressed I'm broad
cloth. In velvet and in satins who devils
than they There were those whose whole lives were
wrapt up in surdidncss, who hurt whomsocvcr they
touched. whose hands we're iron and whose fingers
had claws. Their hearts were like dcns of dragons,