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Year: 1879

Perhaps in some isolated instances a
man may become wealthy through a
series of circumstances very much


resembling luck" but, as a rule


those who would enjoy success must
work hard for it. Twenty clerks in a
store, twenty hands in a printing
Office, twenty apprentices in ship.
yard, twenty young men in a village
all want to get on in the world. and
expect to do so. One of the clerks
will become a partner, and make a for


tunei one of the compositors will own
q newspaper, and become an inAuen-
tial citizen; and one of the apprentices
will become a master builder one of
the young villagers will get a hand


some farm and live like patriarch
but which one is the lucky individual?
Lucky There is rarely any luck about
1t. The young fellow who will dis
tance his competitors is he who mas
ters his business, who preserves his in
tegrity, who lives cleanly and purely


who devotes his leisure to the aooui.
sition Of knowledge, who gains friends
by deserving them, aud who saves his
spare money. There are some ways To
fortune shorter than this old dusty
highway but the staunch men of the
community, the men who achieve
Year: 1879

The defeat of the Democracy in
Ohio on Tuesday last is not so bad as
at first appeared, but it is enough to
shelve Mr.. Thurman next winter
Foster, the Republican candidate for
governor, has been elected by from
ten to seventeen thousand majority
over Ewing, and the same party will
have now a working majority on joint
ballot in the legislature. The Re
Republicans marShaled their heaviest
forces and went in to win. They en-
listed their greatest speakers in the
canvass, even sending President Hayes
himself to the aid of their cause, and,
while the result is not pleasant to con.
template, yet the Democracy are better
able to stand the loss of Ohio than the
Republicans would have been. The
worst feature in the whole business is
the prospective shelving Of Senator
Thurman.
Year: 1879

The Liverpool Post tells a strange
adventure of venturesome small boy.
1t appears that he played truant from
school, and dared not 90 home at
night. He managed to get into the
station-yard at Chorley, with the in
tention Of passing the night in one of
the passenger carriages; but he failed
to gain access. the doors being locked.
lie then crept under the guard van,
and pulled himself on the couple of
short rods between the axle of the
wheel and the carriage floor, and be-
tween which the brake apparatus
passes. In this position he went to
sleep, and at FIVE o'clock in the morn
ing the train started for Wigan. The
lad was actually brought to Wigan,
and again taken to Chorley, still
clutching the rods. At the latter
place he was discovered. still fast
asleep, and rescued from his perilous
position. The marvel is how the lad
remained on this frail support during
his eighteen miles Journey, and asleep
all the while. Had he moved death
was certain.
Year: 1879

Washington Special to Courier-J Journal.l


The heads of the weather bureau
have been much puzzled by the recent
hot spell. Such a general and pro-
lOnged siege of hot weather in Octo-
Der has not been known since 1847.
The scientists of the Smithsonian and
the weather prophets of the old
probabilities bureau have been dis
cussing the matter and have arrived
at various opinions az to the cause
and effect of the siege, Some of them
believe that the occulation of Venus
to-day had more or less effect on the
elements. All agree pretty nearly,
however, in the belief that the com
ing winter will be a severe one. Not
that it will be particularly cold, but
more boisterOus and disagreeable than
usual.
Year: 1879

dblcuuluk ucI, 10 tell Mdrk Horton
that she had something of Importance
to communicate to him, and desired
him to call and see her at once. Mr..
Horton, in response to this request.
called about an hour after the request
was made. The woman began by tell
ing him that she had kept secret
locked in her breast for many wears.
and now that she was going to die she
could no longer remain silent. She
did not wish to go to her grave as a
partner in a great fraud She then
informed Mr.. Horton that his wife
Jessie was her daughter, that she was
the illegitimate child of Reynolds,
and that the secret which had so long
been kept was the cause of the death
of Mr.. Reynolds wife, who grieved
herself into an early grave on account
of the fraud which Reynolds was
practicing in palming off Jessie as
his legitimate daughter. The woman
informed Mr.. Horton that Jessie
knew nothing Of these facts; that she
was perfectly innocent and believed
herself the legitimate daughter of
Reynolds. She stated that Jessie was
born in Wilmington, N. c., after
Reynolds had married, and that he
notified his wife that she must adopt
the child as her own and rear it as
such. He threatened both his wife
and the mother Of the child with
death should they diyulge the facts.
Mrs. Reynolds died broken hearted
after years of grief and shame.


Mark Hopkins, after hearing the
story Of the quadroom woman, at once
went to Reynolds and confronted him
with the facts. The latter did not
deny the statement of the woman, but
told Horton that he had better remain
silent, as any exposure would bring
shame on both families. But Horton
belonged to an old-fashioned, high
bred family, and pride was his most
striking characteristic. He notified
Reynolds that he would send Jessie
back to him, with their child, and
that he would at once apply for di-
voFce. He then went back to his
home, called Jessie into a private
apartment, and there told her the
story Of the quadroon woman, who
was then dying as he repeated the
words she had spoken to him.


The wife was struck with terror and
could not utter a word, She acted
for a while as if she were bereft OF
her senses. When she became com
posed she found herself and child in
her fathers house. She at once be-
came an object of pity and sympathy
She will see no one, and passes her
time locked in her room with hel
child.


This exposure broke up the Horton
family, the cid man selling out and
returning to North Carolina, and
Mark having left few days since foi
| Oalilornia-after the court had de.
clared the marriage void because Of
fraud, Reynolds is endeayoring tC
dispose of his property, intending also
to leave the country. He is blamed
| by everybody for the misery he has
brought upon his unhappy daughter
and the Horizons. He attempted tC
induce his daughter to contest the
divorce suit, but she was not in 8
condition to appear in court The
case brought together the largest
crowd ever gathered in Walker
county
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is SIS per annum ana
SOC per month forlsss 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 pOstofice.
Year: 1879

Clarksville Tobacco Leaf, October l4.l


The tobacco crop is pretty we'll all
housed. There may be small lots of
late planting still In the field, but SO
little that it can he made safe in a
days notice of changing weather or
frost. The color is mostly red, some
light pibald, considerable dark or
black. We hear of no house-burn.
and Of but little worm eaten. The
crop is generally sound and leafy. and
stemmers will find much to suit their
wants. The question next under con-
sideration by the farmers is, which
will be best, to sell early to the stem
mers at the opening price, OF prize and
hold late for something to turn up.
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 10 do tie
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Year: 1879

THE quarantine folks have turned
over a new leaf and daily increase in
disfavor. They have not kept a single
individual from having yellow fever,
nor have they cured one, nor have
they accomplished the slightest visible
benefit in any direction. Their works
are odious and a nuisance and ougl t
by right to be abated.
Year: 1879

The Philadelphia Bulletin thinks
that the best kind of an Indian upris.
ing is when the redskins have hemp
around their necks and are ascending
skyward on the end of rope hung
over the limb of tree.
Year: 1879

The present Canada tariff having
trebled the duties on shipbuilding and
stopped that industry in Canada, the
authorities there have decided to give
shipbuildcrs drawback on their
materials and otherwise to endeavor
to revive the business.
Year: 1879

As LONG as the mercury climbs up
among the eighties an will not drop
below sixty, as is the case at present,
we cannot hope for the fever to abate,
nor is it safe for absentees to return.
Year: 1879

WrsAN.-This famous old friend OF the
youth OF the country will give an enter
tainment each night this week at the Vir-
ginia Opera-House. He has laid in a large
supply, of presents to be distributed to bis
Year: 1879

Diyested of title and enacting claus es, following is the text of law passed by Congress and approved March 3. 1879:

 !" That before final proof shall be submitted by any person claiming to enter agricultural lands under the laws providing for pre-emption or home steads entries, such person shall file with the register of the proper land office a notice of his or her intention to make such proof, stating therein the description of the lands to be en- tered, and the names of the witnesses by whom the necessary facts will be established

 Upon the filing of such notice, the register shall publish a notice that such application has been made, once a week for the period of thirty days, in a newspaper to be by him desig- hated as published nearest to such land, and he shall also post such mo- tice in some conspicuous place in his office for the same period. Such mo- tice shall contain the names of the witnesses as stated ill the application. At the expiration of said period of thirty days the claimant shall be en- titled to make proof in the manner heretofore provided by law The Sec retary Of the Interior shall make all rules for giving effect to the foregoing provisions"
Year: 1879

book-spelled few words correctly and closed with the remark that he enjoyed reading Tombstone cores pondence very much, but would like something lasting" What he means by lasting" l cannot imagine. If he thinks we are going to peg out very soon he is in error. We think we can stand it for a while yet, if Charley Brown can, and will live to listen at the twilight of some beautiful summer evening to the plaintive requiem of the Burro-hOss, as he toots his bazoo over the grave of this caustic critic.

 PECACH.
Year: 1879

TIE May term of the District Court in and for the County of Pinal will open on Monday next at the county seat. His Royal Highness, Chief Jus tice c. c. W. French leaves to-day or tomorrow to preside. The Judge is a heavy weight in the balance of jus tice. does not squander time or money and permits but one man at a time to talk in his court-eX-legislators not excepted.
Year: 1879

While the murder of Judge Elliott in Kentucky is not in any degree ex- cused. attention is directed to the fact that the Supreme Court in that State, as in other States, has been for many years past a bulwark of defense to murderers. Every technicality and hair-splitting device has apparently been exhausted to shield murderers from the proper consequences of their crimes. It is hoped that this murder will bring home to the Supreme Courts and the legal profession generally the extreme danger of turning dangerous characters loose upon the community when they can. consistently with jus tice and public policy, be punished as they deserve.-Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1879

TIE neateSt and best kept road sta ton in the country is at the Cienega' It is forbidding place outside, espe- cially when one recalls the bloody times that have been seen there, but on the inside there is real comfort for the traveller The handSomest John in the Territory rules the kitchen.
Year: 1879

A NUMBER of mining claims have been located in the foothills at the western end of the Huachuca noun tains, and the specimens of ore seem to be very good There is talk of or ganizing new district there.
Year: 1879

CoPP's LANDOWNER for April says a company is being formed in Wash ington for the purpose of emigration to and settlement in Arizona. The company is expected to embrace about one hundred men pleadged to aid each other, and after arrival to take up some public land.
Year: 1879

THE Herald felicitates its readers over the assertion by some peripatetic Prescott individual, that Phenix is more prosperous and public spirited than Tucson. If the statement is true Phenix may well be happy We are very well content with Tucson. and if Phenix can do better we shall not mourn. Imagine New York being jealous of San Francisco
Year: 1879

4 mysterious dinner party was given
some short time ago by an elderly gen
tleman in the Hotel Demuth at st Pc
tersburg. One morning the gentleman
in question called upon Mr.. Pintscher,
the manager of the Demuth restaurant,
and ordered a luxurious repast for six,
OF which he, himself, made out the menW,
selecting from the wine card the cOstli-
est vintages. He asked for an estimate
of the dinners cost, paid the amount OF
his bill in advance, and requested that
everything should be prepared for the
entertainment of his guest at I O'Clock
precisely the same evening. At that
hour he entered the room reserved for
his banquet, and took his seat at the
head of the table. To the chief walters
his friends to arrive soon, as the dinner
was quite ready" he replied: They are
all here! Let the soup be served forth
withw BY this expressed command the
puzzled attendants then proceeded to
help the absent guest to course after
course, setting down full plates before
the empty chairs, and pouring out pre-
cious wines into the groups OF glasses
stationed before each untenanted place.
The gentleman ate and drank copiously,
uow and anon clinking his glass against
the masterless goblets ranged upon the
table TO his right and left. With the
first round of champagne he arose and
made speech to his imaginary friends,
from the tenor of which oratiOn the
walters gathered that they had been
engaged in attending to personages
long since defunct. When the gentle
u,an had concluded his remarks he
again went through the clinking for
maity, drained the contents of his glass,
and turning to Mr.. Pintscher, chilled
that amazed functuary's blood by the
following ghastly statement: Today
I celebrate my Joyful meeting with my
beloved relatives-ny dead wife, daugh-
ter and three sons, two of whom fell in
the last campaign. DO not be afraid: !
am not mad. 1t has done me power. OF
good to spend this happy hour or so with
my family, You may look for me again
this day twelvemonth.'
Year: 1879

The mass-meeting of Saturday night
although held in the open air instead
of the Greenlaw opera house, was a
very creditable affair, and with slight
exception, the proceedings we're as
decorous and dignifed as might have
been expected, upon an occasion Of
such importance. Most of thespeeches
made evinced great earnestness and
thoughtfulness on the part of the
speakers. The views advanced
were clearly stated, and manifestly
In a spirit of inquiry and
fairness and compromise. tits not to
be expected that every man will think
alike, and agree upon a method Of
action at once. Mr.. Goodwin made an
admirable address in support of his
resolutions, which were adopted. The
opposition to the resolutions was
allayed by Mr.. VIM. r. Moore's reso-
luton, providing for the appointment
.ofa committee of fifteen to determine
in conference with the National board
of health upon a plan whereby the
citizens Of Memphis can suggest to
the legislature whatever action NAV
be necessary looking to the improved
condition Of the city. The people
present manifested some opposition to
calling the legislature together with
out having specific object or plan in
view, but Mr.. Moore's resolution.
being proposed, was accepted as a
compromise, and both resolutions
passed with but one dissenting voice.
The committee will be announced in
the morning, and should go to work at
once, if anything is to be done at all
Of one thing we feel assured, the
governor will not convene the legis-
lature unless some feasible plan for
the relief Of Memphis is agreed upon
and presented with some degree of
unanimity. The legislature cannot
do more than pass an enabling act
whereby we may be permitted to re-
tain all the state revenues collected in
the taxing district and help ourselves.
The municipal government might
also be authorized to levy and
apply small tax for sew
age and sanitary purposes. This is
about the scope Of legislative power
in the premises, and perhaps as much
as we ought to ask. When the com
mittee is heard from, something rea-
sonable, practicable and sensible will
no doubt be presented.
Year: 1879

ing with their reputation for taste and
regardless Of expense. They have
done themselves unbounded credit,and
their enterprise will doubtless be
amply rewarded by an appreciative
public. The firm will be pleased to
welcome their friends and visitors, and
will take pleasure in showing all callers
through their quarters. Their motto,
or at least one of their mottoesis, that
it is no trouble to show goods"
Year: 1879


Texas will make considerable gains,
some Of the Eastern states will be re-
duced and possibly some of the South
ern states. The last census was
taken in a partizan and sectional
interest, but this time the South
will have some protection, in the fact
that the supervisors must be ap-
proved by a Democratic senate. Under
a properly and honestly taken census
1t will no doubt appear that the south
ern states have held their own rela-
lively and in some instances made
splendid progress.
Year: 1879

THE loyal papers of the North
jumped to the conclusion at once that
it was some vile copperhead that
made centre shot at Gen. Grant with
an egg. at Galesburg the other day.
Such things can only happen up
North, where brute force is regarded
as the highest evidence of civilization.
Gen. Grant could travel alone over
the whole South without ever receiv.'
ing the slightest discourtesy.
Year: 1879

THE census of 1870, taken under
Che law of 1850, was very imperfect


The work dragged along for something
over a year. The census Of 1880 will
be taken in the month of June, and
the count Of the largest cities will be
made in two weeks. With properly
organized force, the work can be done
much better in week or two
than in a whole year The cen.
sus OF England is taken in O
single night, and Of Prussia in one
day. Blanks ere left at every house
and called for Che next day. IF moi
filled out, this is done by the officers


after proper inquiry. This country
will be divided up into one hundred
and fifty districts, each Of which will
be sNb-divided by the supervisors in
charge. These supervisors will be
nominated by the Interior department,
and will have to be confirmed by the
senate. About twenty thousand per-
sons will have to be employed,
aud the reports will include many
statistics and much valuable informa-


tion hitherto overlooked. The most
important result politically willIbe per-
haps a material change in the represen-
tation Of several of the states in
Congress. II lis generally understood
that several Of the Western states and
Year: 1879

Yellow Jack still fingers in the
stricken Bluff City, in spite of the
universal attempts by our interested
friends there to drown all reports Of
his presence.-[ Helena World 18th.


This is serious charge, and we call
upon Brother Burke to substantiate
it by something more than reckless
assertion.
Year: 1879

THE coal famine at Cincinnati anG
Louisville is considered at an end
Will prices remain unchanged here
The scarcity of the article raises the
price, but we hope an abundance will
soon reduce it within the reach of all
We do not so much blame coal deal.
ers as sympathize with coal burners in
these hard times. At present prices
there are thousands of peoplein Mem.
phis who have to suffer this winter.
Year: 1879

Most people would rather see a rain
OF water than rain of flashing mete
ors just now.-LC LCourier-J ournal.


The rain has come, and with it a
cool breeze from the northeast. There
Is a coal boat rise at Pittsburg and
everybody is happy, even the coal
dealers.
Year: 1879

\ four ycar-old child i'll this city cot
possession of a box of bclladonna pills the
other day and ate the sugar coating from
SIX Of them The inside of the pills She
rejected because Of their bitter taste, and
it happened very fortunately that She
did 50, Us tile swallowing of the whole
Wouldundoubtedly have caused her death,
being, as they We're, twelve times the
quantity Of a regular dose for an adult,
AS it was, the slight percentage Of the
active principle that she absorbed affect
ed her in i way that led her mother to
investigate the cause Of her condition and
ascertain what She had done. The child
got hold of the box 10y climbing to the
shelf on which the mother had laid it.
Year: 1879

parative value with gold, and that the silver dollar
of 70 years ago IS now ntrlnsically worth ID per
cent. less compared with gold, than it was then.
W have tried The experiment of coming the sl-
Yer dollar since 1t was authorized in 1873 and have
coined So, sol 600 Every effort has been made
to put it in circulation without forcing upon un-
willing persons but the treasury department has
only been able to Issue Sl3,3j9,9i2. of which S.
JlS,9l2 have been since returned to the treasury


The sensible course to be pursued with the silver
question is to treat it practical one. and to coin
II without limit only when the commercial nations
have agreed upon market ratio upon which we
can all stand. 1t is now believed that this can be
brought about by commercial treaties, and a nego-
tlatlon is now pending for that purpose. IN the
meantime, silver coin should be limited in amount
to sum that can be maintained at par with gold
coin irrespective of its value As to supplement
ing the coinage by full legal tender paper money
sufficient to transact the business of the country
this is all well enough, except that the amount
should be limited to that amount winch can be


maintained at par in coin; otherwise you have pa
per money tuctuatng in value, variable the
shade, aud a recurrence Of all the evils which We
have suffered since the panic. There is but one
way OF testing the amount Of paper money that is
sufficient to transact the business OF the country
and II at Is by its convertibIity into coin on the
demand OF the holder Again they say they la
vor the immediate use Of the coin III the treasury
t,r+ l,a
Year: 1879




From our own correspondent.


Well, Floyd Settlement is up and boom
ing. A few OF us were up to the Wadena
caucus and failed to get so much as a dele
gate from this settlement, and now we are
all going to vote with: Verndale. There is
between thirty and forty voters in this psrt
of the town who will vote for Verndale men ,
but could We have had one delegate here we
would have been satisfied; as it is we are
not. Now US Wadena has left lis out in the
cold she need not expect any help FROM Us.
Last spring we went up there to election and
a certain man there said il we would helm
him he would help us, SO our, votes elected
him but instead Of helping us he worked
against u.s. That will not work this time.
We were willing to do the fair thing if we
could have had what justly belonged to us.
Now the men whom Waiena will put in the
field are good men, 50 we;will wait. till e!ec-
tion. and see who wins the glory IN
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