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Year: 1879

The first forms which coald b. called by the
name of money, says the Popular Science
Monthly, were ingots in various shapes,
stamped or sealed with the seal of the ruler, as
a certificate of the quality and weight of the
piece, no attempt being made so to fashion the
coin as to guard against alterations of weight.
Some Of the early pieces were stamped on but
one side, and it was only by very gradual steps
that the handsome circular pieces which we
know as coins were evolved. But these are
still defined by Jevons as ingots, Of which the
weight and fiueness are certified by the integ-
rity of the designs impressed upon the surface
of the metal. The stamping of the bits Of
metal has always been assumed as prerogs-
tive of the ruler, and to supply the people with
coin has come to be generally considered a
function of the Government. 1t will be well to
bear the above definition of coin in mind; for
the fashioning, stamping aud certifcation have
often caused very important fact to be lost
sight Of, which is, that throughout these
changes the metals continue to be commodities


aud nothing more. The stamp works no alter.
alton in the metal, any more than does the
label on q bolt of muslin, showing the width
and the number of yards, convert it into some.
thing other than cotton cloth. The conversion
of the unfashloned metal into coin in no way
affect, the principle Of exchanges, and its
transfer is barter just as much as it was in the
beginning.
Year: 1879

Jupiter, the bright star seen in the Southern
sky, is thiltesn hundred times larger than our
little earth, and if you don't believe it 60 meas
ure for yourself. Yeull believe even George
Alfred Townsend when you get back. Jupiter
has four moons and consequently coon hunting
is good the year round. Its days and nights
are only five hours long, and member Of the
Common Council has to be mighty careful or
his trip to the club will stick over into the
next day. A great many young Jupterians go
insane every year, because just as they get
nics ly to sitting up with their girls her mother
calls them to breakfast. There hasn't been a
night on Jupiter in two million years long
enough to propose to girl in, and some of the
young fellows get the bulge on nature by dark
ening the windows and holding an executive
session right through for a day or two. The
Labor Reform party on Jupiter are IN hopes OF
getting law through the next Legislature
making three hours days WORK. The short
DAYS are rather inconvenient for some things,
as o man has to sit up all night in order to take
his pills regularly once in tour hours.-Bridg-
port Standard.
Year: 1879

TEEY do not take jokes easily in the Mas
sachusetts city OF Springfield. A minister
ecturing there the other evening said that
where Sunday Afternoon was so secular he
could feel justified in treating of secular
topic on Sunday evening. This mild jest con-
cerning Springfield monthly magazine was
lost; the speaker was reported as saying: "a
city which will tolerate as much secularity on
aSunday afternoon as have seen here to-day
will surely not object to my being secular this
evening"" and the conscience-stricken people
thought he was referring to the sleigh-riding
that had been going on during the day.
Year: 1879

The New York Sun has started penny
subscription for Vanderbilt, that capitalist
having declared that he has no personal
property over and above the amount OF his
debts and consequently none ON which he
should pay taxes.
Year: 1879

ENSIGN STEBBINs was present in the
spirit at the Democratic Washington caucus
and dictated the resolution in which the
democracy announces that it is in favor OF
the constitutional amendments but against
their enforcement.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve con-
munications that are not used,
Year: 1879

The plumber came down like wolf on the fold.
His pockets were laden with solder and gold.
And for four mortal hours he made love to the cooc
And seventeen dollars were charged up 10 his hook


Wheeling Leader.
Year: 1879

Gail at our Drug Store and get tria
bottle of Dr. Kings New discovery
free of charge, if you are suffering with
a Cough. Cold. Asthma, Bronchitis
Hay Fever, Consumption, loss of voice
tickling in the throat or Lungs. This
is the great remedy that is causing SO
much excitement by its many wonder
full cures, curing thousands of hopeless
cases. Over one million bottles of DIR.
Kings New Discovery have been used
within tbs last year, and have given
perfect satisfaction in every instance
We can unhesitatingly say that this is
is really the only sure cure for throat
and lung affections. and can cheerfully
recommend it to all, Call and get o
trial bottle free Of charge, or regular
size for 81 90.
Year: 1879

Frank Miller's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade of
these goods is always standard and their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
has the largest trade in its line. diff
Year: 1879

said a sick man TO druggist cant you
give me something TO cure meY His
symptoms were a lame back and disorder
ed urine. and were a sure Indication of
kidney disease The druggist told him to
use Kidney Wort and in short time it
effected complete cure Have you these
symptoms2 Then get box to-day before
you become incurable Il is the cure; safe
and sure
Year: 1879

The prevalence of malarial diseases in
county and town indicates danger to
which we are all exposed. These diseases
are easy to contract and hard TO eradicate.
But Warmers Safe Pills neutralizes the
poison and cures them. And they arc
equally effective against all bilious troub-
loo
Year: 1879

President Bartlett selects one Incident from
the Cheyenne massacre the killing OF an
aged Indian woman, as especially Disgrace
full "This Is a piece OF army gallantry," he
says, that would be greatly relieved by
on one person prove the victim to have been
q good mark near at hand. No doubt her
sixty years made her slow OF foot. Her
'squaw's' attire would have indicated the at
tack to be eminently safe" The fact that
she received seven bullets makes President
Bartlett ask Did the same soldier bring
down his victim at the first fire. and then
empty seven other chambers upon her pros
trate frame, as he would crush snake? Or
did six comrades finish the manly work? Or
did the whole seven overtake her as she
halted along or hid herself behind some
place Of shelter, and jointly slay her In cold
hlo0d2r
Year: 1879

WAsHIs GToN, Feb. 22.-The friends OF the
Western Union in the Senate propose to strike
from the Butler amendment the words and
for the public" These words are the pith OF
the amendment and their removal will be
firmly resisted by the opposition.


Washington's birthday Is being generally
observed here, business is mostly suspended,
flags are displayed from all the public and
many private buildings.


There is to be a parade of the fire depart
ment during the day,
Year: 1879

PrTTsBURa, Feb 22.-Frederick Stapleton,
an old man living on Twenty-eighth street,
while standing in front of his CRATE last night
mad fit and fell into the fire. Both of his
eyes were burned out and his injuries were
such that he cannot recover.
Year: 1879

We hear with pleasure that In the English
paper In the matriculation examination OF the
University Of London-the first that has been
thrown open to women-a woman is first, and
every woman candidate well up in the list.
Such answers as that Potatoes were intro
duced into England by Julius Caesar at the
conquest In 1866 are due to the male portion
of the examines
Year: 1879

Dirt, Dust and Disagreablo OdOrl


Things OF the Pest.


The famous invention known as Hol.
lands Hydro Carbon Patent is on ex
hibition at the stove store ofFlinn and
Jackson. The simple object ol
its construction lies in utilizing
beat from the generation oi
steam in connection with crude petro-
leum and water. A common stove ia
used, in which a cast iron retort, with
its pipes and necessary appliances,
is used. 1t is simple in its construc-
ton and can be applied to any range,
crate, furnace orheater. The appliances
most necessary are two reservoirs in
which is placed naptha and water
From these run pipes. This water is
decomposed and the gas is separated.
The oxygen uniting with the car bon
flame Of the oil and perfecting its COM
bastion and the hydrogen left
free to burn thus producing
a hydro-carbon heat Of great intensity '
at mere nominal expense The
lighting and extinguishing is an in
stantaneous operation and the proc ess
is quick cooking and far more salts
factory than when done by the old
time method.


1t also furnishes gas OF a quality
superior to ordinary carbon gas which
is only limited by the size Of the reser-
voir and quantity desired. This item
alone is deserving Of particular atten-
tion. The apparatus is on exhibition
and all desiring to See It in operation
can do 80 by calling.
Year: 1879

MIR. William NJ. Candy, President OF
the Delaware Western Railroad, has
called upon us to say that he is not
aware of any movement being made to
sell the road to the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, but he is aware of an
active competition going on in relation
to the purchase Of stock by different
nartins
Year: 1879

A Quaker grocer in a country village
became notorious for selling eggs.
Tho village gossips were ready to tes
tify that he bought large and tine-look-
Ing eggs, and where he could find so
many small-sized eggs rs he daily sent
out to customers was mystery they
could not fathom. There were two
mysterious looking holes in his counter
about the size of an egg, and curiosity
was excited to the highest pitch to as
certain what use they were put to-.
The only answer anybody could get
from the old man, when questioned
concerning the use OF these holes, was /:
"My friend, If tell thee the truth, 1t
would not benefit me nor thee, and /
don't wish to tell falsehOOd. It Ia q
pity lying is a sin, for 1t comes In 80
easy in trade"


AT last, 1t was resolved by some of the
spinsters TO watch his actions through
the cracks Of the shutters after he had
closed his shop for the night, and thus
endeavor to find out their use. This
resolution was put into execution and
the ladies caught the grocer passing
eggs through the holes by the light Of
penny dip. All those that passed
through the smaller hole he placed in
one basket; and those that passed
through the larger one he put in anoth
er, and all that would not pass through
either he placed in tin pan and took
them to his own house.


On his way thither, he heard the rust
ling of the women's dresses, and he saw
That lie was caught; so he called them
to him, and In the blandest manner,
said:


''Sisters, ye have given yourselves
much trouble to appease thy curiosity,
and will therefore explain all to ye.
Ye see, sort my eggs Into three sizes
by means Of these holes. The largest
uae in my own family; tho next size
sell a half-penny cheaper on dozen
than any of my neighbors, for cash !;
the smallest send to those who will
buy no other way than on credit"


The ladies were satisfied with the
Lesson In trade, and spread the news
abroad. "' .iaNF
Year: 1879

In that office for four nights and three
days with a bucket on my head, put
there to hold the machinery down ;and
that was so delirious most Of the time
that he had to strap me to the bookcase.
When l came to, found had bump
over my ear as large as four-cent loaf
of bread, and old Partridge you know,
was standing there eXclaiming, ,"Splen-
did! Splendid! !" and decorating it
with carlcatare In caustic Of miser
grasping bag of goldl l'll kill that
old idiot yet. If get chance!'


"You recovered thoughp"


Yes; and next day artrldge said
he must have a cast of that noble bump
at all hazards. Said he wanted it to
use to illustrate his annual address be-
fore the Philosophical Society. SO,
like the incredible ass that l am, |
yielded. He put mo down OIL the sofa
plugged my nose with quills, and then
daubed some kind of white mud over
my face. stood It patiently till the
stuff hardened, and then the old man
took the mould Off. About an hour
later he had bust Of me, without hair
and with bulge on one side that looks
like q, canLelope skewered OH a water
melon. He has it on his table now,
with busts Of murdurers, pirates, pick
pockets and paupers.


"You got his daughter, thoughp''


"That's what l was coming to. AT
ter he had finished the bust, | thought
I'D done about enough, and 80 asked
him plumply If could have her. And
do you know what the beastly old
buccancer sald9 Actually rose up and
said that Sally was engaged to young
Jim Duncan, and the announcement
would be made OIL Tuesday! Laid me
right out! The girl had gone back OH
me, fair and square! And 80 here
am. l bought Wig and went off to
hide my misery"


Then Simpson said good morning
and left. 1t struck mo that his case
was rather hard, taking it altogether.
Year: 1879

The sun comes up and the sun goes down
And bic day and the night are the same at
The year grows green and the year grows


brown, -
And what is 1t all when all Is done.


Grams Of sombre or shining sand


Sliding into and out Of the hand.
And men go down in ships to the seas.


And hundred ships are the Same as ono
Aud backward and forward blows tho breeze.
Aud what is 1t all when all is done
A tide with neyor Q shore III sight


Setting stead ly on toward tue night
The fisherman droppeth his net in tho g. ream,
And hundred streams arc the same as ono
The maiden dreameth her love-lit dream,
And what is it all whom all il done
The fishers net tho burden breaks.


And aftcr tho dreaming the dreamer awakes.
Year: 1879

In some people mountains develop legs,
in other wings.


He who travels alone is dependent on
nobody and at the mercy of everybody.


There Is only one thing less cndurable
than FOOLS folly-to wit, wise mans


1t is a little queer how giving the law to
the world In fashion consoles us for no
longer giving it the law in anything else


The most intolerablc Of travelled folk are
those who have come back from everywhere
without having been anywhere.


An Englishman never travels without
his ficld~glass, a German without his spec
taclcs, or Frenchman without his eye
glass. A.grs.lg IsS


Real distinction is to be obtained not by
doing anything different from what your
neighbor does, but by doing everything
hcttcr than he does. t
Year: 1879

The work on the extension OF the
Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston
railroad from Monongahela City to
Brownsville, is progressing rapidly. The
preparation of the road bed for grading
is nearly completed all along the twenty
three miles. The first estimate OF the
contractors was paid Tuesday. About
five hundred men are at work, and it is
expected that the road will be graded
and ballasted and ready for the laying
of the track by the first Of November.
By the first of January the track will be
finished and the road opened.
Year: 1879

To the reflective mind the egg con-
stitutes one Of the greatest maryels Of
nature.


AT first view it would seem that it
is a special characteristic of birds but
when we observe that fishes, so differ
ent from birds in their organization
and their mode of life, have also eggs.
we see that it must be the same in
one sense with all kinds of animals.


A pullet's egg is a very small germ,
possessing at first only the most essen
tial organs for the actual sustenance
of its existence, and the gradual de-
velopment of its other parts inclosed
in a box with its provisions for the
time it must actually remain in seclu.
sion.


The animal is the little whitish cir.
Gle remarked in the membrane which
envelopes the mass of the yolk.


The house destined to protect the
young animal until it has acquired all
Of Its own organs, and all the neces.
sary strength, and yet allow the all
and heat to penetrate it, is the shell.


Hence, the size of the eggs of ami.
mails is not necessarily proportional
to the size of the animals to which
they belong.


All animals, whatever they may be
from the elepant to the humming bird
are at the moment when they begin t
feel the principle of life nearly of the
same size.


That which varies is the provision
Of nourishment they require.


The crocodile, destined to affair
colossal dimensions, can take care o.
himself very well in the river wher,
he was born when he has attained tn,
size of lizard SO nature places il
the box where he is confined foot
sufficient to enable him to reach tina
size.


The same with fishes; there ar,
some enormous ones which have onl,
very small eggs, because, howeve
diminutive they may be on leavinJ
their envelope, they can already obtaiI
their own living in the bosom of tn
river or ocean.
Year: 1879

out Of the ffty-fve relieved number
received larger share than others
owing to their more needy condition,
but the economy that has been prac-
ticed is fairly attested by the small
amount expended in the aggregate.
While the relief committee stops at
no expense that will aid in saving a
sick brother or member of his family
from the grave, yet at the same time
they do not expend two dollars where
a dollar will do as much good. In other
words, they make the best possible use
OF their money and expend nothing
unless it will do some good. Up to
the present time $3.50 in contributions
have been added to the Odd Fellows
relief fund. OF this Sl0O came from
the Greenville (Miss.) lodge. The
order now has a few over one hun
dred members in the city, and with
their families there are about 500
persons who look to the relief board
for assistance in the event of sickness
or distress. The dead brothers so far
during the present siege number seven,
the same being Mitchell Escozo, DR..
Il. b. Richardson, George Miller, Ferd
Rehkopf, G. II. Hilscher, J. P. Hof-
man and A. w. Dowell. The total
burials so far reach seventeen, show
ing death rate this season of about
one in four of those attacked with
fever. Last year the order was una
bic to save more than three in eight Of
those taken. At the present time the
order is nursing eight sick persons
one of whom is considered critical
The relief board will continue its work
Of benevolence through the season
and when their present limited reliet
fund is exhausted, they will let the
grand master of the order know of it
after which a call to replenish viii
follow, should such action become nee


essary.
Year: 1879

The cornerstone Of the new Eddy
stone lighthouse, which was to have
been laid last June, has at last been
put in place with due ceremony by
the Duke of Edinburgh. The site OF
the lighthouse is not favorable one
for ceremonies of any kind, and last
June the sea had entire possession Of
it. On Tuesday the Duke of Edin-
burgh, the Prince of Wales and their
attendants stood with the waves wash
ing their feet and the spray rising over
their heads for the few minutes re-
quired to offer prayer, and declare
the stone well and truly laid" The
lighthouse is one of the first import
ance, and is. to take the place Of an
existing light so we'll and truly built
by Smeaton that it has outlasted the
foundation on which it was construct
ed. 1t is being gradually undermined,
but before it falls the new lighthouse
will probably be completed ready to
take its place.
Year: 1879

The twenty-ninth volume of the
LEDGER commences to-day. Four
teen years ago its initial number was
issued from the Office it now occupies,
a period of time fraught with many
changes in the world, and the world S
inhabitants. From day to day it has
gone forth to greet its patrons, its
pages filled with the current news Of
the time, in periods of gloom and
good cheer alike, and always earnest
inbts efforts to perform its whole duty
as q public journal. With hope that
thu dark pail of woe now lowering
oyFr us may soon disappear and that
thl bustling period of business activi-
ty Fill replace it a few weeks hence
thd LEDGER enters upon the fifteenth
yeat of its life with kindly wishes
for all and an expression Of
SYMPATHY for those of our people who
havP felt the blighting hand Of pesti-
lent, Thankful for past favors-thc
IEDGER hopes to merit a continuance


Of that liberal support with which il


has heretofore been favored.
Year: 1879

sUBSCRIBERS who wish TO 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

The subscription price OF the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is So 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 pei
month in advance, with the privilege o.
changing pOstOfioe.
Year: 1879

Often has lake or stream been dragged
and cannon fired over the water to cause n
dead body to rise that luy quietly on shore
Just 80 it is with many who are constantly
buying patent medicines at high prices
when they could get the same thing Mt their
own doors almost TO commence lust here
Not ten pnccs. from my door grows the
plantain, universal companion Of tho tillcr
of the soil, usually destroyed as mean
weed, which 1t is, but ''givo the devil his
due" as they say, and let lis take out
this plant what we can. If a shoe has
rubbed foot (and it often happens with us
poor clodhoppors,) just slip clean fresh
plantain leaf between the sore place and the
leather and then think OF this. Lay the
plants Oh hot stove until wilted and lay
them as q poulticc, on Il sore or intlamma-
ton and it will give relief. Not far of is
the dctcstablc Jamestown with its showy,
trumpet shape flower into which the sphinx
tobacco bird, delights to poke its long pro-
boscis III the shade of the evening" Bruiso
its leaves and pour little whisky on them,
strain it and you have wash for rubbed
shoulders or back Of horse, and no other
wash can excel in tho way of healing. The
seed Of it fried in lard and tho grease used
as an application for the piles will give re-
lief equal to anything that can be bought
The burdock and ncttlc both denominations
to the husbandman, have their good quail
ties. The roots will make a tea that will
purify the blood, and put stop to the big
gcst nest of boils ever Matching on mans
body. The tea is bitter and not pleasant to
take, but this is the case with nearly all
medicine. The leaves of the common
privct are sure cure for sore mouths,
simply by chewing the leaves and letting
them rest on the sore in tho mouth, and is
not half as nasty as chew Of tobacco. If
this is not on the grounds, piece of poach
leaf will be often quite relief.