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Year: 1879

Her biographer says that e" she pos
sessed the practical economy of Frank
lin" She was very mean and very
stingy, and delighted in filling her
letters with lamentations over the !
sums she has to pay on her travels.
She had, as we have said, announced |
her intention of spending $1,000 year
She never, however, contrived, it
would seem, to screw her courage to
the sticking place. By her careful
management she so increased her
property that in the last years Of her
life it yielded her an income of nearly
100000 year. The mistress of this
splendid income lived in boarding
house, and, forgetful of her boast,
spent every year something like
$1,000" She did, however, at times
indulge in a magnificent generosity
not unworthy of the sister-in- law Of
an emperor. "In the last few years of
her life she was accustomed to give at
Christmas a present of one hundred
dollars each to two or three favorite
relations" Assuming that her income
amounted to exactly one hundred
thousand dollars, that her expenditure
was two thousand a year, and that her
favorite relations were three, it will be
noticed by the reader who is given to
calculating that by these generous
presents she reduced her savings for
the year from ninety. eight thousand
dollars to nineU-seyen thousand seven
hundred. She invested her money"
we read, 'in various ways, because, as
she said, it was not wise to put all
your eggs in one basket. " These
three hundred dollars by which she
had reduced her savings she perhaps
considered to be all that it was pru-
dent to invest in that particular bas-
ket in which is stored up the treasure
which neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt.


By her letters she shows that, with
all her cleverness, she was at heart a
vulgar minded woman, resolved to
push her way up somehow or other
into the highest circles. She met
| Napoleon's brother and at once seized
| her chance. She knew we'll enough
| that she was playing hazardous
game, but she trusted to her beauty
and her cleverness to carry her
| Through She felt sure that she would
| master Napoleon himself could she
see him; but he would never let her
set foot in France. He insisted that
his brother should be divorced, and
Jerome had not strength of mind tC
resist. His conduct, no doubt, was
pitiful enough; but when we read
this narrative it is easy to see that he
had, when youth of nineteen, been
married to woman who was little
better than an adventures.


1t would have been difficult, even
in a brief sketch, to succeed in giving
an interesting account of woman
who was so utterl y mean and pltiful.
In a dozen pages her whole story
might have been easily told. Mr.


Didier, however, has chosen to FIJI q
volume, and, of necessity, has pro-
duced a very dull and tiresome book.
1t contains the names of great many
people of high rank and great wealth
and fashion, among others the STEP
son Of the duke of Kent Gather OF
Queen Victoria)." Mrs. Patterson,
we are told, though Protestant her
self had "a great respect for the Ro-
man Catholic belief as the religion Of
princes and kings" On some such
principle as this there may be not a
few readers who will have a great
respect for Mrs. Patterson's Life and
Letters.
Year: 1879

Philadelphia LEDGER


When the Princess Louise advises
the rich and high-born young girls of
the Canadian Dominion to learn to
cook she tells them to do only what
she has learned to do herself The
daughter of a queen, she and her sis
ters have all been trained up to un-
derstand the domestic duties of an
accomplished woman. She can do
more than many queens of our Amer
lean sovereigns can, who know nothing
of the way to direct the kitchens in
their own houses, and but little more
of their dining rooms than to 60 there
and get their meals when called.
Year: 1879




Away down in the southeastern
corner of Arkansas, in Columbia
county, letter dated the 9th inst,
written to the Little Rock Democrat
tells of the crop situation as follows
Eighty-two bales of cotton passed
Lamartine last Monday bound for
Hope, where they expect to get from
10 to 10l cents, and replenish their
supplies, as all that can be seen is
-four and bacon on nearly every wagon
as they return home. If they get any
money they put it into the very bottom
of the deepest pocket they have. They
intend to buy but little next year and
pay cash for all they buy. Crops are
short in this county on account of the
excessive drouth, and of late the
rust passes along and Injuries crops a
great deal, nearly as much so as the
drouth.
Year: 1879

Syracuse Courier Dem.)


The form which the opposition to
Robinson's denomination by the New
York delegates finally assumed will,
doubtless, be worth many thousand
votes to him in the rural districts.
Notwithstanding the bolt, we look
for Governor Robinson's vote outside
of New York to be swollen to such a
degree as to elect him independently
of New York. Governor Tilden was
elected in 1874 without the aid of that
city, and why not Governor Robinson
as well q?
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
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 postoffice.
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

ING COMPANY.


This company heretofore known as the
Capital Leather and Manufacturing
Company, of Salem, has been recently
reorganized under the name at the head
Of this article. This company is making
very fine exhibit at the Third street
end of the Pavilion. Their factory is in
Salem and they not only make their own
leather of the very best quality, but they
manufacture it up into saddles, horse
collars, saddle-trees and harness of vari-
Gus kinds. They took the first premium
in all these goods at the last State Fair,
as the blue ribbons attached to their ex-
hibit shows. They are making sixteen
different patterns of saddle-trees and
eighteen different patterns of horse
collars. They make the only horse
collars manufactured north Of San Fran
cisco, and the dealers who have examined
those on exhibition here are greatly sur
prisad at the superiority Of the goods
over anything manufactured in Cali
fornia or elsewhere. In fact all dealers
throughout the State and Territory who
have tried the goods manufactured by
this company, uniformly pronounce
them superior to all sthers, whether
made here or in the East.


AS stated in the beginning of this ar
ticle, this company has been reorganized'
A large amount Of new capital has been
put in, and its sphere Of action will be
greatly extended. Among other things
in this direction, it is proposed to open an
extensive wholesale and retail store in
Portland. The vacant store on Front
street, nearly opposite Hodge, Davis &
Co.'s, has been leased for this purpose,
and the company will soon fill it with a
large stock The manufacturing can be
done to greater advantage in Salem, and
for that reason the factory will reman
in the capital city. We cordially vel
come enterprises Of this kind to our
metropolitan city. There is room
enough for all, and the facilities for
wholesale trade in Portland, Of course,
must needs be superior Of the vast
quantities Of raw hides that are export
ed from Oregon, there is no reason that
some should not be made up into leather
and goods instead OF being sent away
only to be returned again at greater
cost in the manufactured article. This
company is entitled to the gratitude of
the community for retaining this bust
ness here, and thus affording employ
ment to our labor and retaining that
much capital to benefit our State.
Year: 1879




Has on exhibition in the south gallery
near the east end, a fine display of tailor
work of the latest styles and most Gle
CANT finish. His work will bear the
closest inspection in respect to cutting,
making and in the material used. Mr..
Neimeyer asks comparison of his work
with any made up in San Francisco.
Now is favorable opportunity to make
the comparison. Take a look at the
goods, the Innings, the trimmings, the
buttenholes, the pockets, and everything
that goes to make up the mans furnish
ing, and see if Portland cannot beat the
world in superiority in all these respects.
Mr.. Neimeyer's place of business is at
No. 40 First street, and all who want
the best of work and stock would do
well to see him.
Year: 1879

A land without ruins is q land that
has associated with it no memOrles--a
land without memories is land with
out liberty! A land that wears a laurel
crown may be fair to see, but tWine a
few cypress leaves around the brow of
any land, and be that land beautiiess
and bleak, it becomes lovely in its con-
secrated cOrOnet of sorrow, and it wins
the sympathy Of the heart and history.
Crowns of roses fade-crowns of thOrns
endure! Calvaries and crucifiXes take
deepest hold of humanity; the triumphs
of might are transient, the sufferings of
right aIe craven deepest on the chrOni-
Giles OF nations.
Yes! give me land where the ruins arc


spread,
And the living tread light on the hearts


of the dead;
Yes! give me land that is blessed by


the dust,
And bright with the deeds OF the down.


trOdden just!
Yes! give me land that hath legends


and lays
Enshrining the memories of long van


ished days.
Yes! give me Il land that hath story and


song,
To tell of the strife of the Right and the


wrOngl
Yes! give me land with a grave in


each spot,
And names in the grave that shall not


be forgot!
Yes give me the land of the wreck


and the tomb,
There's a grandeur in graves, there's a


glory in glOOml
For sout Of the gloom future brightness
is born
AS after the night looms the sunrise of


morn;
And the graves of the dead With the


grass Overgrown,
May yet form the fOotstOOl of Liberty's


throne,
And each single wreck in the warpath


Of Might
Shall yet be Il rock in the Temple OF


Right.


Father Ryan.
Year: 1879

This is the pride of Clinchdale.
This has given it reputation far
and wide already, and is destined
in all human probability to make
it one of the most noted farms, not
only in Tennessee, but of the en-
tire South. This breeding stock
consists of sheep and cattle.
Year: 1879

already on hand. Now for crops
that may be planted and utilized
early next season.


Clover stands at the head Of the
list, red clover in strong clay and
limestone soils, crimson, Califor-
MIA or burr clover in all soils if
rich. The last two are annuals,
planted next month they VIII now
er and produce seed next spring
and then die. For feed early in
the spring, they are probably to be
preferred to red clover, unless one
had contemplated sowing the lat
ter for other reasons. The Cali
fornia clover is not always rclished
by stock at first, they must be
taught to eat it the crimson is
fully as palatable to them as red



clover. Put the land in good
tilth, manure heavily with stable
manure, crushed cotton seed or
cotton seed meal, and 100 or $50
lbs. of superphosphate per acre
and sow of crimson clover Is lbs.
per acre, of California clover 8 or
4 bushels per acre (the seed OF
the latter being in the burr) and
harrow or brush in and then roll.
By the first of March, or possibly
earlier, you can cut and feed to
stock. We do not recommend ln-
cerne in an emergency, such as
now under consideration, because
it is when young more delicate
than the above plants, and more
uncertain the first season.


The next in value is barley
admirable both for grazing and
soiling early and nutritious
furnishing also matured grain for
stock feed earlier than any other
crop we can grow. Can be haiVes-
ted in May, from 3 to 4 weeks ear
lier than oats. The threshed grain,
soaked in water or crushed in the
mill, makes excellent horse feed.
All know it must be sown on rich
land-for grazing 3 TO 4 bushels
per acre for seed 2 bushels will
answer. -oafQ tntn


. The main dependence must,
however, be placed upon oats
sOwn from 1st September to mid
| die October, according to latitude,
or again early in January. Those
sown in January will not mature
quite as early as those sOwn in
autumn. The red rust proof on
good land is the most certain, and
at least two bushels seed per acre
should be sown-on excessively
rich land as much as 4 bushels
per acre may be sown. The thick
er the seeding, the earlier the ma
turing. Prepare the land we'll,
feed the crop well, and don't re-
tard growth by grazing, unless it be
necessary in the fall to prevent
'jointing' before the freezes come.
Perhaps it would be well to divide
the crops and take two chances,
sowing part in autumn and a
part in January. The latter SOW
ings in our own experience have
been very successful.


They have this advantage, that
they can be made in cotton land,
and the seed thoroughly ploughed
and narrowed in, without inter-
fering with the cotton crops
They can be manured also with
cotton seed without the necessity
Of killing or crushing them. Sow
the first open spell in January
we have succeeded well, however,
by sowing as late as the last week
in the month. If sowings are
made in cotton fields in Septem-
Der, follow the pickers with the
ploughs siding the cotton as clean
as possible, then sow seed and
cover with sweep or harrow
Southern CultiVatOr. g gfh
Year: 1879

Christopher North, writing about news
papers and their readers, averred that he
would give more for the praise of one
country clergyman and his family than for
the admiration of q whole city, but for
tunate is the journal that can command
both. This double good fortune our neigh
bors Of the Tribune and the World enjoyed
yesterday, when the former resumed the
publication of a Sunday edition after an
interval of eighteen years and the latter
appeared in gay new dress. It is an
effete delusion that the clergy in city or
country disapprove of Sunday newspapers.
The experience of the Sunday HERALD
always has been that clergymen and their
families are its most eager and appreciative
readers. and now that the Tribune has ad-
ventured again we do not doubt that its
own will be the same. Since Joshua's
time the sun has not stood still on any day
of the week, and neither can a newspaper,
unless it would make a solecism Of the
words that combine in that name. AS to
the Worlds new type, it is as becoming as o
winter bonnet of the latest style is to q
Fifth avenue belle.
Year: 1879

We print an interview with Congressman
Springer. who denies that his visit to the
city is for the purpose of consulting Mr..
Tilden. In reply to question whether
Mr.. Tilden will again be the democratic
candidate Mr.. Springer says it will de-
pend on whether Mr. Tilden can have the
united support OF his party in New York.
This does not seem very hopeful for Mr..
Tilden. Mr.. Springer regards New York
and Indiana as the two pivotal States and
thinks the first name on the ticket should
be taken from one and the second name
from the other; or, at least, that the ticket
should be SO composed as to carry these
States.


On the financial question he is confident
that there will be no important legislation.
The greenbacks will not be retired nor the
legal tender clause repealed nor the coin
age of silver arrested. The President would
veto any bill in conflict with his own
policy, and Congress will pass none to carry
out the Presidents views. We have no
doubt that Mr.. Springer reflects the average
opinion of Congress at present, but strong
pressure of public sentiment may effect o
change in the course of the session.
Year: 1879

We congratulate Professor Proctor that a
lively shower of meteors occurred last
evening, sufficient to justify him even if
he had positively predicted the whisk of
comets tail into the earth's neighborhood
about this time instead Of merely advising
watchfulness. Since Thanksgiving night,
when the public were disappointed in see
ing meteors, less than a fortnight has in
tervened, and if we can grant three days of
grace on temporal notes of hand surely it
is not unreasonable to allow at least ten to
redeem promises in this celestial business.
In astronomical measurements of the move
ments Of comets and their meteoric attend
ants few millions of miles, more or less,
are Of no more relative account than the
length of city block is in ride from the
Battery to Spuyten Duyvil.
Year: 1879

The Supreme Court is growing in i'm
portance as factor in current politics.
Besides holding on its calendar the legal
tender question in the Butler-Chittenden
suit our special dispatches from Washing
ton explain that legislation touching ap-
propriations to enforce the federal election
laws is delayed for its decision upon their
validity. These close political relations
of the court to questions which are in
debate between the great political par
ties cannot be welcome to the judges. 1t
is true that they are relations plainly
contemplated and directly imposed by the
constitution, but then it never was de-
signed that Congress should take advan-
tage of them to evade its own duties.
There is sound sense in Secretary Sher-
mans wish, which is expressed in our
dispatches, that Congress shall anticipate
any judicial decision upon the legal tender
question by repeating act of its own.
Year: 1879

Some months ago it was said that the rea-
son why successors of Mr.. Welsh and Mr..
Stoughton were not sent to London and st.
Petersburg was because it was desirable to
have the confrmations by the Senate i'm
mediately succeed the nominations by the
President, and assurances were given that
the appointments would be made instantly
upon the meeting of Congress- But Con-
gress has been in session O week already, and
now it is said that they are not made be-
cause Secretary Evarts is embarrassed to
decide which of number of excellent gen.
tlemen, all we'll qualified for each position,
is on the whole supremely suitable. The
situation suggests what that of Sodom
would have been if the difficulty in finding
ten good men to redeem the place from
destruction had not consisted in O de-
ficiency of so many, but in the invidious-
ness of making selection among the large
array Of respectable citizens. Mr.. Evarts,
like Childe Harold, wishes that he had only
one fair spirit for his Minister.
Year: 1879

The account of the disastrous norther
that visited Aspinwall on the Goth ult.,
which we publish to-day, will give the
reader fair idea of the force exerted by
those terrible tropical phenomena. Ever
since Aspinwall Bay was made the port of
entry for vessels laden with merchandise
for the Central and South American trade
constant vigilance has been found neces-
sary to guard shipping against destruction
by the. hurricanes that are so suddenly de-
veloped yearly in that quarter, and cap
tains have now become SO used to the pecu-
liar changes of the weather prior to their
development that it is but seldom they are
caught in the landlocked bay when the
storm breaks. Many theories have been
put forth as to the cause of ''northers" in
the torrid zone, and while differing as to
minor details they nearly all agree that
their development is due mainly to the eff
forts of the atmosphere to regain its equili-
brium both in temperature and pressure.
The position in which the Bay of Aspinwall
lies with regard to the Atlantic makes it alb
solutely necessary for vessels to put to sea
before the storm begins, otherwise they will
surely be driven ashore, as there are no
high hills near under which they could
take shelter from the wind. It has hap
pened many time that the seamen
of steamer were in the village
or roaming outside along the rail-
road when the officers detected the
dreaded ''norther" approaching, and
nothing could be done but to cut the lines
and run for the open sea with what few
hands could be collected at moments
notice. The damage to the railroad is
likely to be very great, particularly when
the rivers begin to subside and bring down
tho heavy "drift" that accumulates along
their banks.
Year: 1879

would now appear to be wise to with


draw the exercise of such power. :"


Not to insist on the thrice re-


Secretary's reasoning is inconsistent with


the idea that the repeal of the legal tender
clause is not desired at this session. After
further argument he concludes this part OF
his report with fourth ''now. saying, "The
Secretary, therefore. respectfully submits
to Congress whether the legal tender clause
should not now be repealed as to all future
contracts"


We have been thus particular in showing
the precise form in which those high OFF,
GERS made their recommendations, because
the public does not read documents with
sufficient attention to perceive from its own
recollection how glaring a departure from
their committals it would be for the Presi-
dent or Secretary to disclaim that they had
any wish for immediate legislation in re-
spect to the legal tenders. They have said
so much more than any possible ingenuity
can explain away that they could not retreat
without discredit if ever so much in
clined. We do not believe that either
of them has any such inclination.
although they did not perhaps anticipate
the amount of opposition they were to en-
counter in their own party. They cannot
afford to show any signs of vacillation now.
Since Congress proves recreant the people
will take the subject up, and from all the
commercial cities there will be flood of
petitions in support of the policy of the
administration. The President and Secre-
tary have only to maintain with vigor what
they recommended with so much clearness
in order to gain a great moral victory over
the pusillanimity Of Congress.
Year: 1879

In his annual report of 1873 Secretary
Sherman asked Congress for authority to
suspend the coinage of silver dollars when
the amount should exceed fifty millions.
In his recent report he renews the
recommendation, though not in the
same form. BY January the proposed
limit of fifty millions will have been
nearly reached. On November / the
amount was s45, ,2O6, 200, and four mill
ions additional will have been coined
by the end of the year. But a trife over
thirteen millions of these coins are in cir
culation, although no effort has been spared
by the Secretary to force them into use.
The greater part of this silver passes from
the mints to the vaults of the sub-treasuries,
where it lies as idle as II it had been put
back into the mines from which II was ex-
tracted.


How long is this farce to 60 on7 The
people do not want this form OF money,
and the banks are unwilling to receive it
on deposit. Unless its coinage is stopped
it will eventually be worth only it's bullion
value, and will sink the paper currency of
the country to the same level. 1t accumu-
lates in the Treasury to swell the reserve
held against the legal tender notes, and in
time the government will have no other
means of redemption. The paper currency
will then sink to the value of the silver
coin in which it is redeemable and be at q
greater discount as compared with gold
than it was five years ago when the Resump-
ton act was passed. The solid around