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Year: 1879




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New YORK, August 13.-The Her
aid to-day says: 1t will startle the
community to learn that the perpetra-
tor of the crime of robbing the dead
millionaire Stewards grave, which took
place on the 9TH of November last, has
never been discovered, nor the crime
itself laid to rest by compromise. Our
reporter at Saratoga was yesterday in
formed by a gentleman high in the
confidence of the head of Stewart &
Co., that Stewards body has not been
returned. The coffin plate and coffin
knobs were expressed here some time
ago by a party demanding a quarter of
a million dollars for the body, but
Judge Hilton would not pay a cent
without seeing the remains.


Hilton has been informed by a rep
resentative of the body-snatchers that
the remains of Stewart are in an excel
lent state of preservation, and the
body, even to-day, would be easily
recognizable by any one who had been
acquainted with the merchant prince
during his lifetime; that, though there
is considerable Disagreement about the
eyes and lower extremities, the fingers,
and even the feet and toes had, singu-
lar to say, been kept remarkably in
tact Juge Hilton has said nothing
lately about the body. Some months
ago he said when any issue is
reached, | viii! he the first to give the
facts to the press.
Year: 1879

New ORLEANS, August 12.-Capt.
Kicker, of the American schooner
'Seguin, twelve days from Vera Cruz,
with a cargo of coffee, reports the
existence OF a terrible condition Of
affairs at that port. The general in
command does not hesitate to resort
to the most arbitrary and tyrannical
measures in order to suppress the
spirit of revolution that seems rife
among the people. Any one suspect
ed of harboring sentiments unfriendly
to the present government is taken
in hand by the military and disposed
Year: 1879


lEDIroR LEDGER-Ths poem of which this is
copy, is pasted in the Bible Of 'pilrim,"
who is over four score years Of age 1t is. in
deed, sadly evident she is kneeling at the
threshold" with her hand on the door"


W.R.s.l
I'm kneeling at the threshold, weary faint
and sore,
Waiting for the dawning, for the opening Of
the door;
Waiting till the Master shall bid me rise and
come
To the glory Of His presence, to the gladness
of His home.
A weary path Two travelled, mid darkness,
storm and strife,
Bearing many burden, struggling for my
life;
But now the morn is breaking, my toll will
soon be Ger;
I'm kneeling at the threshold, my hand is on
the door.
Methinks / hear the voices Of the blessed as
they stand
Singing in the sunshine Of the sinless land;
0, would that were with them, amid the
shining throng,
MinslinE in their worship, joining in their
song.
The friends that started with me have entered
long ago
One by one they left me, struggling with the
foe;
Their pilgrimage was shorter. their triumph
sooner won,
How lovingly they'll hail me when my toll is
done.
With them the blessed angels, that know no


grief nor sin,
l see them by the portals, prepared 20 let me
in;
0, Lord, I wait Thy pleasure, Thy time and
way are best;
Bat am worn and weary; 0, Father, let me


rest
Year: 1879

of without the Intervention of judge
or jury. Not long since one of the
most prominent and wealthy citizens
of Vera Cruz was arrested and shot
by order of the military satrap in
command without so much as giving
the unfortunate man an opportunity
OF sending a message to his family.
Further intelligence from this dis
traeted country will be looked for
with interest.
Year: 1879

The subscription price of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 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 por
month in advance, with the privilege of
changing pOstofice.
Year: 1879

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

The effect of the completion of the
jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi
is already manifest in preparations
for a steamship line direct between
Havre and New Orleans. II is said
that the farming interests in England
and on the continent are considerably
depressed at the prospect of cheaper
grain from America, owing to the
opening Of the Mississippi to vessels
of light draught. 1t is evident that
the future is big with progress and
development, and that the country is
just now entering upon another era Of
unexampled prosperity.
Year: 1879

The Republican managers who lay
much stress on the presence of Con-
federate brigadiers in congrcfs, will
be panied to learn that General Joe
Johnston is disgusted with politics
and intends to retire to private life at
the end Of his present congressional
term.
Year: 1879

That old Catholic woman, of whom
Mr.. Stevenson tell in his '' Travels with
a Donkey" who said to him that there
was no difference between Protestants
and Catholics ''save that wrong was
more wrong for the Catholic who had
more light and guidance" came very
near telling most important truth.
That was all the difference that the
good old saint herself knew, and if there
were other distinctions whose import
she did not quite grasp, who shall deny
that she clearly stated the only lawful
claim that one relig ion can have for
pre- eminenee over another? If my
neighbours religion makes wrong more
wrong" and right more right for him
than my religion does for me, then his
religion is for him better religion than
mine is for me. A religion that does
not deepen the moral convictions and
strengthen the moral purposes is good
for nothing and all religions are to be
valued in proportion as they bring forth
in their votaries this fruit.
Year: 1879

THE effect which the sudden seeing
i of themselves as others see them
had upon several Siamese women, is
narrated by lady:


A few weeks ago company of SIAM
ese women came to see me and to look
at my house. They consider it great
event if / invite them through my
rooms, and let them look at my bed, my
tables, my chairs, my pictures and nick
nacks, and especially if they can get
look at themselves in the mirror on my
bureau.


One or two of those who came had
been here before, and they were telling
of how they looked in the glass, till the
others were all anxious to see too, so
they gathered in crowd and stood be-
fore the mirror.


One quick look, and then surprised,
startled cry, and some of them hid their
faces, others jumped away, and some
looked about to see who was really
there.


They had never seen themselves be-
fore, and did not know how miserable
they looked with their black teeth and
naked bodies. They drew their scarfs
over their breasts, and tried to hide from
the sight of themselves.


One turned and said to me, We are
very hateful-looking; don't you think
so ?n


/ did not tell them 1 had always
thought so, but said;


"Now, since you know how you look,
Year: 1879

IN THE winter of 1888, the popula-
i ton of Howard county, Missouri,
was thrown into state of extraordinary
excitement by cause that seemed
wholly inadequate to the production of
such effect, especially in a latitude situ-
ated so far toward the setting sum-
The phenomenon which attracted uni
versal attention was neither more nor
less than the appearance of a new
Methodist preacher-a circuit-rider, as
the name goes in the west, but one of a
remarkable person, and of powers that
the superstitious deemed almost super
natural.


He was youth who had not seen
more than twenty summers; of about
the medium height, although he looked
much taller, from the slightness of his
make, apparently feeble and delicately
moulded as the form of a woman. But
all his movements, even to the flash of
his eye or the wafture of his finger in
gesticulation, were ineffably quick. He
was possessed of many of the graces
which are usually supposed to constitute
feminine beauty. His slender figure
was model for the arts of sculpture
and painting. His face was admirable
oval, soft and sweet in its expression
while in state of repose, although,
when aroused by any strong emotion it
could assume look of sternness or of
passion absolutely appalling. His eyes
were large, beaming and piercing, SO
that when on fire with sudden wrath,
not many of even the bravest could feel
at ease while encountering their fierce
flashes of inexpressible defiance, for they
plainly dared all things, not leaving out
death itself. One drawback must be
made from the exquisite character of
this portrait; his complexion altogether
lacked color, when not illuminated by
some excitement capable of pouring the
blood from the heart in boiling torrents.
His features, it is true, did not have the
unnatural and subdued hue of ill-health,
but rather that transparent paleness, so
rare and delicate which indicates lofty
thoughts, such as "wander through
eternity" persevering and studious
vigils over the rays of the midnight
lamp, and infinite longings, such as no
human language can hope to express,
Year: 1879

is sit any wonder that we always tell you
TO wear more clothes, and to quit chew
ing betel ?"


Some of them would not be induced
to look the second time, while Others
stood and stared.
Year: 1879

sit and watch the ships go out


Across the widening sea
How one by one, in shlmmering sun,
They sail away from me
know not to what land they sail,


Nor what the freights they bear
l only know they outward go,


While all the winds are fair.
Beyond the low horizon line


Where my short sight must fail,
Some other eyes a watch must keep,


Where'er the ships may sail;
By night, by day, or near or far,


O'er narrow seas or wide,
These follow still, at loves sweet will,
Whatever may betlde.
So round the world the ships will sail,
To dreary lands or fair;
SO with them go, for veal or woe,


Some dear ones everywhere
And these will speed each tagging keel
When homeward it is laid,
Or watch will keep o'er surges deep,
If there a grave be made.
Oh, human love, so kind, SO true,


That knows no mete or bound,
But follows with unwearied watch


Our daily changing round
Oh, love divine, oh, love supreme


What matter where sail,
So but know, where'er go


Thy watch will never fail
Year: 1879

An Eagle reporter drove to the
home of the grandfather of young
Tillson Jewell, who was stung to death
by hornets at Hyde Park. The body
was in an ice box, and the face bore
natural appearance except the lips,
which were badly swollen, and there
were purple spots about the neck.


Mrs. Maria Kemp, a boarder, said :
'I was near the fence at the barn
looking at the men pressing straw.
I heard the boy say, 1 am going up in
the apple tree to get some apples He
climbed the tree quickly, but was not
in it second when he screamed and
came right down and ran through the
barn. I asked him what was the mat
ter he put his hands to his head and
said he was stung by the bees. |
brought him to the house and he laid
down on the lounge. Mrs. Tillson
and myself got salt and water and
bathed him but his tongue swelled
quickly, and his ears and lips turned
purple, As he laid down he frothed
at the mouth and said: i am very
sick at my stomach, We asked him
if we should send for the doctor, but
he could not speak he closed his eyes
right away, and Mr.. Tillson went
right off on horse back kfor DR.. Hop>
kins, but the boy never spoke after
wards. His pulse would throb min
ute then stop, then throb again; and
he died in about. half an hour. We
examined his head and found red
spot On the temple, where he had been
stung, and there were other spots.
DR.. Hopkins said he was poisoned
by the stings the same as a rattle
snake poisons. - % saatis 81 s9


The hired man said he went to the
apple>tree afterward and found large
hornets nest in it. When the boy
went up the tree he was bareheaded.
NoLe Of the household thought he
was seriously hurt when heran toward
the barn. His greatest pain seemed
to be in the back of his neck.-Pougb-
keepsie Eagle, august Il.
Year: 1879

No man can do good job of wor b,
preach good sermon, try law suit
well. doctor u patient, or write coed
article when he feels miserable and
dull, with sluggish brain and unsteady
nerves, and none should make the at
tempt in such condition when it can
be SO easily and cheapiy removed by
little Hop Bitters. See .sTruths'
and "Proverbs," other column.
Year: 1879

The small boy mourneth as the hol-
iday season draweth nigh its termina
ton. But there is one con ISOLATION for
him. He should paste in his hat the
item that schoolmaster in San Fran
cisco dropped dead while Furnishing q
pupil. It is an exceeding dark cloud
that has no silver lining.-Detroit
Free Press. aa taE-3
Year: 1879

WASHING Woman's work is
never done. The ingenuity of the inven-
tive Yankee has revolrtionized labor of
the male sex, and man can now do his
work very often hundred times as fast
as he could at the beginning of this CEN
tury, but his wife takes the forenoon for
washing up the dishes, making the beds,
and baking the necessary pie. After lunch
she has to wash more distes, changes her
dress and does an hours sewing before
she gets the dinner, after which more
dishes are washed, and then the children
are put to bed, and she sits down to mend
the boys pants. This is the life of the
poor mans wife, and if she is able to
keep a servant her labor varies more in
kind than degree. The fact is, it takes
too much time entirely to keep the dishes
clean, and it occurs to us that if the ladies
kept the stores and we the houses, some
more expeditions way would be invented.
We would set paper plates and throw
them away after each meal, or we would
have a big sink instead of shelves in
which to stow our dishes. When they
SVere dirty we would lay them carefully
in the sink and turn on the water, and
when we wanted meal we would fish
them out and wipe them dry. Or, better
still, we would turn off the water and they
would dry themselves. There are several
ways which occur to us to save time, and
II we we're in the business it is likely that
many more would suggest themselves -
Under the present system, the dish cloth
paws far more important part in the life
Of ninety-nine women out of hundred
than the bridal-veil 1t may be that it is
best that this should be so. If some
friend Of the sex should invent patent
self-adjusting, rubber-cushioned dish
washer, the blessed angels would imme-
diately and with malice sforethought in
vent work enough to keep them busy day
and night, just as they did with the sewN
ing machine.-Reno Gazette.
Year: 1879

"BABY MINE. THE baby carriage
has made its appearance for the season of
1879. Itwas occupied by the usual baby,
and it was propelled by the woman who
looks into all the store windows as she
goes along. A reporter who followed
the carriage for an hour found that it
collided with five women. ten men, six
'curb>blocks, four boxes and street ear,
and every collision only made the woman
moro determined to occupy two-thirds of
the sidewalk # it took all summer. She
succeeded. They all succeed. A woman
pushing baby carriage in front of her
on the sidewalk is as dangerous as seven
roller>skaters and four velocipede riders
combined. She can't kill full grown
man quite as promptly as runaway
team, but she can knock his shins to
pieces, tumble him over, upset all his
good resolutions and leave him flint heart
ed and evil>minded. You can't dodge
baby cab. Your only safe way is to make
a jump from the curbstone or climb a
ladder, They 60 on wheels. They are
supposed to be convenience which no re-
spectacle baby can do without. No mat
tel who first got the idea that jolting
baby around town. bobbing him over
curbstones and bouncing him over cross
walks would sweeten his disposition
idea is correct. Put a man in a vehicle
of the sort and his back would be broken
in an hour, but babies have no backs
They are simply great big hunks of
sweetness. The only reason why all the
Union REGIMENTS in the late war were not
armed with baby carriages was because
the factories could not supply thom. They
would have ended the war in one year,
The woman with the baby carriage needs
no advice. She knows enough to head
the veh icle toward every crowd she can
see. The thicker the crowd the more
business she has there. 1t is her duty to
run to all fires with it, to select the bust
est crosswalks, and to get in front of all
runaway teams, and she perfectly under-
stands it. II there is any country on
earth where these vehicles are not in use,
it is no country to live in.- Detroit Free
Press.
Year: 1879

The. volumes of the Magazine begin
with the Numbers for June and December
OF each year. When no time is specified,
IT will be understood that the subscriber
wishes to begin with the current Number.
Year: 1879

beyond what was necessary for the support of the
farmer and his family. See what a source ofwcalth
would here be opened. Again what an admirable
defence would be these ex-soldiers drive back the
savage foe, and to follow and punish him The Gov
ernment of the United States never make wiser
expenditure of $40 100000 than for the develop
ment of its agricultural wealth. while at the time
it will pay debt acknowledged to be honestly due
for years past And behold the good it will do
1t will not be absorbed by the capitalists ofthe coun-
try and find resting place in per cent bonds, or,
in the shape of greenbacks lie dead in fire proof
safe, but will go into the hands of the plain poor
people of the land and be most admirably used by
them to secure happy homes for themselves and
their children 1t will give, too impetus to bust
ness in our western borders, which will break up
the suggishness of all enterprises and in every re-
spect in which it can be viewed it will prove bless
ing to the country generally, and to the west espe
cialy We commend this subject to general atten-
ton, and should be pleased to hear from soldiers
and all others in regard to it.
Year: 1879

Il never saw Southern Woman, who had been recon
sructed and the children of these will yet rise
to vindcate our principles


1t has been long time since the columns of this
paper alluded to Jefferson Davis, about the part
taken by him in the Southern Rebellion, for having
no disposition for reviving the bitter feelings exist
ing during the war we should have been content, to
let the pseudo president die unnotced and at peace
if merciful Providence could and does permit one
stepped in crimes of the deepest magnitude thus to
depart But, unabashed and unrepentant again he
stands in the forum and not only boasts of his rea-
son, but seeks to inst it more, into the hearts
of the people.


Now, it has been stated by various writer's and
speakers that Davis was /" no worse y than other
men who were connected with the rebellion, that he
was simply the head of the secession movement. 1t
is for the very that he the chief actor,
and that his whole actions malicious and infa-
NOUS that we condemn him. He, and he alone, is
the author of the unheard of barbarites practiced
upon Union soldiers at Andersonville Wirtz, who
was executed at Washington was tool And
he it was, that caused the war to last about year


longer after every southern man of intelligence
sidered the contest utterly hopeless. In the sum-
mer of 1864, it will be remembered President Lin
coin, Mr.. Seward, and some other officials held what
was known as the " Hampton Roads Conference
with Stephens, Hunter &c The southerners were
favorable to peace upon the terms made known by
Lincoln but when these were submitted to Davis by
Stephens he denounced them and declared that the


war must go on. All the blood shed by northern
and southern soldiers, from the time of that inter-


view till Lees surrender in April 1865 rests upon


the head of Jefferson Davis. Fully one hundred


thousand graves made through his wicked am


bition and enmty and when the confederacy fell, in
place Of seeking sword and fighting with Lee and


the remainder of the rebel army at Appomatox, we


behold him rushing for the train for Danvie, with


few spirits of like character bearing away the gold


belon gng to his crushed bogus government and


seeking to reach the Atlantic coast where he could


embark for some foreign port, Ere this design, how


ever could be carried out he is arrested in his hght


by party of Michigan cayarymen as he is seeking


to escape from his tent dressed in the garb of fe
J, male. Behold the photographs. First you have


that of tyrant and monster next that of sneak
and coward The torturer of 80 900 men in the hor-
rble prison pen at Andersonvlle and the murderer
| of l00 900 men through his prolongaton of the


war, when the time for testing his herosm came,
r he abandons his people and his army, and with
f speed rushes from Richmond having his per-
sonal safety primarily in view.


What can you find lover of truth and justice,


admrer of honor and courage extol in the charac-
, ter of Jefferson Davis? Well, he was arrested,
0 thrown into prison and finally discharged without
Year: 1879

A missionary some years ago preached
to the Zulus about hell, and told them
how hot it was and how surely they
would 20 there if they did not change
their courses. A Zulu chief, having
heard him, invited him to dinner. The
meal ended, the chief, says South AT.
rican newspaper, turned sharply round
to the missionary and said: "What
was that you said this morning about
putting the great Zulu people in great
fire after they were dead? Come this
way, and 1 will show you what the
Zufus are; you don't know them, [ can
see." He took him to q pile of wood,
which was of tremendous proportions
as big rs a bay store-and had it set fire to
all round. When it was prop erly in
q blaze, and gave out so much heat that
no one could come near it, the king
summoned the two regiments who had
listened to the sermon and ordered them
to charge in the burning pile and ex-
tinguish it. Naked rs they were. with
out shoes ur any covering at all, they
rushed into the burning mass like mad
men, raving and yelling, and did not
stop till hardly vestige of the fire re-
mained. The king then said to the mis-
sionary: "You have seen that. That
is what we will do with your hell. The
Zulus won't play with your fires, and
YOU had better clear,out Of this country
ut once. or I will have q little fire
made for you to put out" The mission
ary took the hint, and left the kraal the
same evening. Is it any wonder, ask
the people, after this, that Gattlins guns
and rocket batteries have no terror for
the Zulus?-and it is certain they have
none. The Zulus, when ordered to at
tack, attack; and though they may be
mown down by thousands still come on,
until they conquer or die.
Year: 1879

In some mysterious way. girls accum-
ulate faster than men. What becomes
of the surplus women? Certainly they
do not all fit into the ranks: they do not
all marry; hundreds and hundreds must
exist in some way outside and beyond
all domestic ties. The inequality and
consequent pressure is far in excess of
that which might be expected, Judging
only from the mere nominal disparity,
the mere numerical difference. 1t arises
from the obvious circumstance that,
while practically speaking, every women
is competent to marry, the men, having
provided homes and the necessarics of
life, can only be said to present a few
who are eligible. There is always hope
for man; some chance may at any time
give him 4 lift; but it is to be feared that
to very many women there comes time,
and that early in life, when, though
without vanity they may call themselves
handsome, the hard facts of existence
crush out the hope Of ever fulfilling their
natural destiny. Some bear their fate
philosophically, and contrive to ex-


ract enjoyment from life; while others
60 on their lonely way the victims of
disappointed hopes.