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Year: 1879

IT is said that General Grant has
written to friend in this country to
say that upon his return :" he shall go
directly from San Francisco to Galena,
ILL.,. where he still has house, and
that he shall not take part in any
demonstration calculated to make a
part of the boom, " But this aspi-
rant for imperial honors cannot de-
ceive the Democratic papers and the
Cincinnati Commercial by such pre-
tended indifference. They know very
well that although he shall remain in
seclusion at Galena, his satraps will
be working in his behalf
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 postofice.
Year: 1879

Missouri takes an old corn-cob,
tosses it into a hopper, and it comes
forth pipe worth five cents, and one
which has an agreeable taste to the
smoker. The day will yet come when
even loafers can be turned into some
thing good Free Press,
Year: 1879

When the white man "inhales," he
rarely allows the smoke to pass beyond
his mouth and nostrils; but the Zulu
Kaffir fixes his lips over the broad
mouth of the bullock's horn, closes his
nostrils with his hands, and draws in
the reek of the burning weed till his
lungs are filled. Then, handing the
pipe to his neighbor, he lays hold of a
small tambooty reed, and slowly blows
the smoke through it until his lungs are
empty. Thus unconsciously DO they
illustrate the lyrical conceit Of the time
when tobacco was young in England
they fairly "drink tobacco" There is
no haste or wildness in the earlier stages
of such a festival; for. sententiously
talking together as the pipe goes slowly
round, and waiting their turn in order.
they blow out the spittle from their
sev eral reeds, and trace in figures on the
ground the plans and pictures that give
body to their talk. But one such
powerful inhalation Of the weed is not
enough for a seasoned smoker amongst
the men of Zululand. Again and again
does each warrior fill his lungs to reple.
ton, and blow forth the dense cloud
through his tambooty reed. until the
powerful narcotic either lays them pros
trate on mother earth or drives them
into paroxysms of madness. II have
seen them so excited by smoking" says
one who knows them we'll. THAT they
have jumped to their feet and run away
running till they were out of sight;
and on one occasion remember fellow
running at full speed, under the in
fluence of this excitement, till he
dropped down dead" 1t is clear
enough, from this example, that the
zulu knows nothing of the pipe OF
peace, and that he would be a hopeful
subject for the philanthropic efforts of
the Anti-Tobacco Society,-New Eng
In7ad Grocer
Year: 1879

The golden flush of the morning lies
O'er smiling river and bending skies;
While Ger the meadow the sweet winds sigh
And breaths of fragrance blow tar and nigh


And the tide flows by.
A boy stands under the oak tree tall,
At the old gray gate by the orchard wall;
He looks far away where the blue sea smiles
Wondering where lie the Fortunate Isles,


And the tide flows by.
A youth and a maiden pause and wait
In the sunset light at :he old gray gate;
They silently gaze in each others eyes
And dream Of the rapture Of Paradise,


And the tide flows by.
Beside the gate stands a careworn man,
Meath a wintry moonlight, faint and wan;
He looks far away toward the cold, gray sea,
With sigh for the days that were once to be,


And the tide flows by.
An old man stands by the moss-grown gate,
Sorrowing, weary and desolate;
The starlight CLEANS ocr distant grave,
And over it softly the yew trees wave,


And the tide flows by.
Through the old gray gate, toward the shining


west,


They have borne the weary one to his rest;
The new day breaks and the shadows fee,
Tho tide of the river flows fast and free


Far out to sea!


-Susine w. .Mouiton.
Year: 1879

A correspondent of the New York
Eueninq Post, writing from Columbus,
Ohio, tells story about weasel's es-
cape from hawks clutches. The in
cident is similar to one told in old read
ing books. Not long since, says the
writer, while in thickly-wooded dis
trict in the northern part of this State,
nv attention was attracted to the pecu-
liar movement in the flight of what
proved to be large male Misus "COPPER"
or Cooper's hawk. He flew in circles
just over the tops of trees which bor'
dered a meadow land, through which
ran small stream of water. Each cir
Gle he made seemed to be smaller than
the preceding one, and Notwithstanding
my presence each circle brought him
nearer to the ground. Now and then he
would take an upward flight, as if doubt
ing the certainty of his prey, when pres
emily he seemed to know that his best
chance was at hand, and. swooping down
upon his victim, seized it in his talons
and darted away. He had not gone far
when he began to descend in perpen-
dicular line, with q tremendous f1apping
of his wings, rs if something troubled
him. Arising to about double the height
of the surrounding trees he began slowly
to descend with dropping head; and his
tail, which acted so well as q rudder to
guide him in his upward flight, now
seemed to be a useless member. while
the wings haG ceased their Tapping and
were spread motionle5s in the air. All
this time 1 could distinguish something.
rs it were, in the shape Of a snake coiled
up in his talons. Notwithstanding his
seemingly exhausted condition, every
now and then he would make an effort
to ascend, but his efforts were in vain.
In a few moments more he struck the
ground, when instantly from his talons
there sprang u common brown weasel
which made its way to the nearest un.
derbush. Upon examining the bird,
which was more dead than alive, found
that this cunning little animal had sue
ceeded in forcing its slender body through
the tight grasp Of the hawks claws, unit
| it reached the part on the left side of the
bird Immediately under the wing. There
| it nibbled small hole and drank the
blood of this high-fown bird until il
was compelled to die the death it haC
| intended for it's victim. The weasel was
undoubtedly about to take its meal from
| a number of ducks which were floating
| in the stream near by; but it feasted ir
mid-air on the blood of its would-be dc
stroyer.
Year: 1879

How greatly the chances of escape
from shipwreck along the coast have
been increased by this service will be
seen by a few figures. When the ser vice
was reorganized in 1871, it was stated,
again and again, by two members OF
Congress, that more than q thousand
lives were lost annually upon the coasts
of New Jersey and Long Island alone.
No doubt this was IN over-statemenG.
No careful account Of the losses upon
these coasts had ever been kept; it was
known, however, that during the twenty
five years previous to this time, five hum
dred and twelve persons had perished,
an average of twenty-five year; and IT
was also certain that many more had
been lost of whom no record had been
made. During the five years beginning
with 1871, only sixteen persons were lost
upon this coast, an average of but little
more than three q year. I'm other
Words" says the report, "where twenty
five persons were annually lost (and
doubtless thrice that number) there are
now only. y.three." Sucn q record as this.
the, general superintendent has a right
to say, "has never been surpassed in the
annals of efforts for the mitigation OF
marine disaster"


Such are some of the results; what are
the means employed to secure thcmp At
each of these life-saving stations are
keeper and a crew of six sur!men. BY
these the beach is steadily patrolled ut
night, men going out in both directions
from each station, until they meet the
patrols from the nearest station on either
side. Each patrol is furnished with a
red headlight, which lie burns on dis
covering a ship in danger, to alarm the
crew at the station and notify the wreck
that relief is at hand. Then he hastens
to the station to help in bringing up the
apparatus for the rescue. A metallic
life-boat and small cedar surf-boat are
waiting there to be used when the condi-
tions will admit; there is also neat lit
tie mortar (the pattern of which was de-
signed by Lieutenant Lyle, of the Spring
field Armory), by which a shot-line may
be sent over the wreck If it is not more
than five or six hundred yards from the
shore. The line carries out hawser,
and upon that the people on board the
vessel are carried ashore, when the water
is so rough that the boats cannot be
managed in it. The principal convey
ances that travel by the hawser are the.
breeches-buoy and the life.car. The
buoy is sufficiently described by its
name; tits suspended by a pulley to the
hawser, and one person at time is car
ried ashore by means of it. The life-car
is ga covered boat, having a few air.
holes in the top these pcrforations being
made from within to prevent, by their
raised edges, the water from readily en-
tering), an interior capacity for receiv-
ing from two to four persons for its load,
and ring at each to which are attached
the hauling lines that enable it to be
pulled to and fro through the water be-
tween the shore and the wreck" Besides
THESE are life-rafts and cork-buoys, and
those life-preserving suits in which Cap
tain Boyton has performed so many
wonderful exploits. A medicine chest
contains stimulants and restoratives, and
the crew are thoroughly trained in How
ards method Of resuscitating the
drowned Sunday afternoon.
Year: 1879

There are certain general types OF
character which are observable on IT.
most every railway train. and with
which we are so familiar that we pay
them little attention. There is the man
of many bundles, family man OF course,
who bears in his countenance the pain
full consciousness of having lost some
thing or forgotten something, and who,
in q desperate endeavor to recover a
parcel Which has slipped down from one
arm, scatters upon. the car floor an as
sortment of parcels which escape from
the other, and are promptly trodden
upon by some hasty wretch behind him.
There is the maj who isalways late, and
who, dropping breathless into seat
after brief race with the retreating
train, wipes his perspiring brow and re-
cites to his neighbor the circumstances
of his detention and hurry. There is the
nervous woman. who after having
studied all the time tables, scrutiniZed
the placards on the cars, and harrassed
the ticket agent to the verge of insanity.
afflicts her fellow-passengers with shrill
and tremulous inquiries as to whether
the train runs through to Albany, and
whether the car she is in is the ght one
Hapless and careworn individual! Small
good does the journey DO her, for the
train has hardly started before she dis
covers that she has lost her ticket, and il
is not until she is we'll along toward her
destination and has goadsd the cOnduc.
tor into frenzy and herself into tears
that she finds the bit of pasteboard in
some unexplored recess of her travelling
bag, where she had placed it for safe,
keeping. There is the woman who will
have the window open, and the irasci:
BILE old gentleman Immediately behind
her who will have it shut; there is the
market woman with gigantic baskets
odorous of herring and onions and other
delicacies; there is the man who sleeps
the sleep of intoxication, and who
yielding only an inarticulate response to
the protests of the conductor, and dis.
closing about his person no trace of a
ticket. is presently bundled off by tho
brakemen; and there is the multitudinous
infant, weary, wide-awake and vocifer.
Gus, IN object Of loathing and detesta'
ton to every bachelor in the car.-Bos-
ton Journal.
Year: 1879

New York, Sept. S.-Pennsylvania
papers report that state nearly clear of
tramps, due mainly to the revival of
business and the stringent tramp law.
1t is noticeable that comparatively few
complaints Of the tramp nuisance have
been received from other states during
the past summer.
Year: 1879

M. Senlecq, of Ardres, recently invented
plan of an apparatus intended to reproduce
Geographically at a distance the images OBJ
tanned III the camera obscura. This appa-
ratus WILL be based on the property possessed
by selenlum OF Offering variable and very
sensitive electrical resistance according to the
different gradations of light. The apparatus
will consist of an ordinary camera obscura
containing at the focus an unpr lished glass,
and any system of autographic telegra phic
transmission. The tracing point of the trans
mitter intended to traverse the surface of
the unpublished glass will be formed of a
small piece of sclenium held by two springs
one with a pile, the other with the line.


The point of selenium will form the cir.
cult. In gliding over the surface, more or
less hgntened up, of the unpolished glass,
this point will communicate, in different de-
grees and with great sensitiveness, the yibra-
tions of the light. The receiver will also be
tracing point of black lead or pencil for
drawing very finely, connected with verv
thin plate of soft iron, held almost as in the
Bell telephone, and vibrating before an
electro-magnet, governed by the irregular
current omitted in the line. This pencil
supporting sheet of paper arranged SO as
to receive the impression of the image pro-
duced IN the camera obscura, will translate
Inc vibrations of metallic plate by more
or less pronounced pressure on that
sheet of paper. Should the selen.
lum tracing point run over 8
light surface, the current will increase in in.
tenslty, the electromagnetic of the receiver
will attract to it with greater force the vi
bratlng plate, and the pencil will exert LEST
pressure on the paper.


The line thus formed will be scarcely, if al
all, visible. The contrary will be the case il
| the surface be obscured for, the resistance
OF the current increasing, the attraction Of
the magnet will diminish, and the pencil
pressing more on the paper, will leave upor
1t dark line M. Senlecq thinks he will
succeed in simplifying this apparatus b,
suppressing the electro magnet, and collect
ing directly on the paper, by means of par
nouiar composition, the different grada,ions
OF tlnts proportional to the intensity of tn,
| electric current.
Year: 1879

team attached to hay wagon which was
left standing unhitched in front of Adam


Korn's hotel on First street, ran away yes
terday afternoon; as the runaway team
turned the corner of First avenue north, two
men, named Frank Ernst and John Allen,
who were crossing the street, we're knocked
down and run over by the wagon. The
team continued on their way and were final
ly stopped by running into buggy belong
ing to jerome Layman. The men W. O were
injured were about ''half seas over," and
were cut and bruised but not seriously. The
owner of the runaway team did not stop to
enquire who had been hurt, or what damage
had been done, but drove off Immediately
All that could be learned of him was that he
was Frenchman, and lived near Richfield.
Year: 1879

news editor scarcely read the matter al
1t came in, but once published, w
determined to stand by it without 70.
traction. No matter how excited The
public is now, they will take 8 calmsi
view Of the matter when they come 70
reflect that my brother simply did
what any man would do who had a
spark Of manhood about him."


The Chronicle, Mr.. De Young's pa.
per, closes an editorial article on the
affair with these words: "No human
being, with the natural instincts which
belong to us all as sons, brothers and
husbands, can be expected, without
special grace from on High, to hear
those who are nearest and dearest to
him coarsely aspsrssd and villifsd be-
fore the public without experiencing
an overwhelming impulse to resent
outrage. Lot those who are disposed
to indulge in harsh judgment in this
case make it their own. Let them con-
slider what they would themselves have
been impelled to do had their own
mothers and sisters heen subjected TO
brutal insult before a public assem-.
blage." r


The city has been perfectly quiet all
day. The police in full force are on
duty, and the troops are under arms,
with several Calling guns and a bat
terry of light artillery ready for use.--
There has been an immense but orderly
throng about the Metropolitan Temple
all day and this evening, where Kal-
loch lies in critical condition, although
his physicians think his recovery is
possible.


Kearney addressed another meeting
on the sand lots this evening, advising
peace and order and the making Of
capital out of the situation. J. M.
Kalloch, son of the wounded man, also
made an address, advising moderation,
which had great effect. He and
Kearney both said that Kalloch had
been offered 100000 to withdraw in
favor of the Honorable Bilks" candi-
date for MayOr.
Year: 1879

Meyers Hayes and his wife left this
city for Cape May last Thursday, where
they remained until yesterday, when
their son accompanied by his aunt met
them at Cape May Landing, and on
their return up the river on the ere
public" the boy was at the side of his
mother about an hour before they reach
ed the steamer "Susie Mccall" Since
that time the boy has not been
seen. The father on landing in this
city, at once tslegraphed to Captain
Lackey of the " Republic if the boy
had been seen on the boat, after leav-
ing the Mccall, he at once received the
ans Ver, no. The father went to Phila-
delphia early this morning, to search
for him, while the mother remaining at
their home, No. 2lS King street, in an
almost frantic condition.
Year: 1879

BIZ THE LATE BAYARD TAYLOR.
The following poem was written by the
lamented poet when me1e STRIPPING and
published in little volume with his
popular poem entitled ''Ximena:"
Twas in q sunny forest-nook,
With flowers and moss o'ergrown;
Where nought was heard save the bees low


hum


Or wild winds liquid tone
They laid the gentle bard to rest
When life's wild dream was DER,
When the Tyre he woke with magic power
Gave forth its notes no more.
They laid him there when sunsets beam
Yet fingered on the hill,
But the heart that leaped at that bright hour
In deaths long sleep was still
Sadly they heaped the messy mould
Above his fair young form,
And wept that soon the grave should hide
The heart SO free and warm.
The elm's long boughs droop DER the turf
Like mourners weeping by,
And there, in spring, the violet first


Looks up with mild blue eye;
And when the forests in the garb


OF summer proudly wave,
A thousand low, sweet melodies


Float mouynful round his grave
A holy calm braathes DER the spot,


The trees dark shadows fling,
Save when through twining boughs, quicI


CLEANS
There, when the sunsets glow decays


Bright forms with sunny hair,
Glide slowly through the forest aisles,


Then fade in twilight air
Year: 1879

A lonesome-looking boy was yesterday
hanging around woodward in the
northern part cf the city, when the owner
Of the yard, having both charity and
philanthropy for boys with tears in their
eyes, asked the lad why be didn't
peddle apples or do something to earn a
few shillings. The boy replied that he
had no capital, and the wood-yard man
took out a nickle, and said:


'Now, my noy, I'm going to start you
IN life. Take this nickel and go and
make purchase of something or other.
Ill buy it of you for ten cents, no matter
what it is. Come, now, let's sec what sort
of a business head you have on you.''


The boy took the nickel and went off,
but in ten minutes was back with a gal
Ion jug which he had purchased with the
nickel.


"Well, you are a keener," replied the
man. 81 never saw one of those sold less
than fifteen cents to any one. I want
such a jug, and here's its fair price. Go
now and lay out your fifteen cents IN ap-
pies and I'll buy half your stock"


The boy did not return. Perhaps he
fell into a sewer somewhere; but you
can't make the woodward man believe
so. When he lifted the jug from under
the table where the boy had carefully
placed it, he found a hole in the bottom
large enough to let in black and tan
terrier.-DetroSt Free Psess.
Year: 1879

An anecdote is related of court held
in village during the past year, which
we regard as one Of the richest in its lin e
OF any that has been recorded. The case
On trial was for the sale of liquor. The
principal witness was singularly obtuse,
and, though confessing to having made a
;s purchase, could not for the life of him
tell what the article was The most IN
genius questioning would not bring it
out. At last the attorney asked him,
GLOW did it taste2''


II d'no"


Here ''the cou,t'' interposed. alleging
that to be an improper question, and in
quired of the attorney why he put such
an interrogatory.


"Well, your Honor" replied the attor-
ney, II was unable to make the witness
tell what kind of liquor he bought: but 1
thought that if he would tell how it tast-
ed, the court would be able to determine
for itself!"


The nit was too palatable, and not
even the solemnity of the place or the
cause was sufficient to suppress the mirth
of the audience.
Year: 1879

M. LOUIS


The remarkable divorce case OF John
W. Mary Brunick was decided yesterday
BY Judge Thayer granting the decree to
the husband. John and Mary were
married on the 7th OF December. 1878,
and after tho congratulations had beon
poured out upon tho young couple and
al the guests had retired. IL occurred to
John that II would DO we'll to repair to
the bridal couch. Young husbands can
readily imagine tho astonishment OF
John when his blushing bride, in her
most bswitehing night robe, drew her
self up proudly BY the bedside and put
ting ono little delicate foot forward on
the moss-ross carpet, remarked: "We
are married, but We have gone far
enough. Good night" John was re-
warded with kiss and then soft hand
waved in the direction OF the door lead
ing to another bed chamber. John was
NOT . graduate OF the school Of platonic
love, and the situation was entirely new
to him, bot words and entreaties and
even tsars were OF no avail. The bride
Of few hours bade him retire and In O
twinkline the snowy drapsry OF the nup-
tial couch snioldsd in sweet repose and
virgin innocence the fair form Of the
pure Mary. Such . condition OF affairs
did not lead to much harmony, AMI
John might have expressed somewhat
warmly his practical ideas concerning
platonic affection. In any case the young
bride sobbsd herself into q pretty pet
and toddled of home to mamma. The
husband brought his grievance to the
ears Of tho court and obtained relief;
that Is TO say. decree Of divorce was
granted to him.