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63@ Two young men of the city of N. York,
members ct the Shakespeare Club, named res
pectlvely Leavenworlh and Breckenridge, re-
ceutly fought duel in Canada, which proved
fatal to the former, the challenger, and quite
disasterous to the latter. he being severely
wounded. The difficulty had its origin in
Brecknridge, while intox icated, telling Lea
yenworth he had better pay up his dues TO the
Club. A challenge from Leavenworth was the
cOnsequenee; the sender thereof, il is said, hav-
ing the sanction Of his father. Wretohed faith
er, and more ~retched sou. They are reaping
the reward of their folly. asi b 15al ~af bo1
ARREs'rGn. Holton, keeper Ofthe Ia.
dian King hotel in Market street, between
Front aud Second, was brought before Mayor
Wiggins on Friday morning, on the charge Of
violating the provisions Of the act for the sup-
preston o. intemperanee, in four cases. This
house was formerly occupied by MIR. Gibson.
who procured license last November for The
ensuing year, and under this license Mr.. HoIton
claims the right to sell, as agent. The Mayor
however, held him to bail in the sum. of Sou
on each complaints to answer A. the next term
of court sat4a !" "NH aa'F
- -a&i4l isaf afl 9lt os
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16
School Life.

am convinced from my own recoilec-
tions, and from all have learned from
experienced teachers in large schools, that
one of the most fat al mistakes in the train
ing of children, has been too early separ-
alton of the sexes. | say has been, be-
cause | find that everywhere this most
dangerous prejudice has been giving way
before the light of truth and a more gen.
eral acquaintance with that primal law OF
nature, which ought to teach US that the
more We can assimilate on large scale the
public to the domestic training, the bet
ter for ALL There exists still, the impress
sion-in the higher classes especially
that in early education, the mixture OF
two sexes would tend to make the girls
masculine and the boys effeminate, but
experience shows US that it is all the 9th
er way. Boys learn manly and protec-
ting tenderness, and the girls become al
once more feminine and more truthful.
Where this association has begun ear
ly enough, that is, before five years old,
and has been continued till about ten OF
twelve, it has uniformly worked WE'LL
On this point the evidence is unanimous
and decisive. So long ago as 1912, Fran
els Horner, in describing a school he WIS.,
tied at Enmorc, near Bridgewater, speaks
with appreciation of the boys and the girl;
standing up together in the same class
1t is the first mention, find, of this in.
noyation on the old collegiate or charity
school plan, itself continuation of the
monkish discipline. He says: 81 lik'
much tho placing of the boys and girlt
together at an early age. 1t gave tn,
boys a new spur of emulation" When
have seen class of girls standing up to-
gether, there has been soF of empty
tittering, a vacancy in the faces, an III
ertness, which made it, as [ thought, very
up hill work for the teacher; SO, when
was a class of boys, there has been Otter
a sluggishuess, tendency to rufiian tricks
requiring perpetual effort on the part o
! the master.
In teaching class of boys and girls
accustomed to stand up together, there i
little or nothing of this. They are bright
er. reader, and better behaved; there j
kind Of mutual influence working 70
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The Speed of Railway Cars.

Many of the accidents which happen to
persons attempting to cross railroads, are
the result of ignorance of the velocity of
the iron horse when fairly under way
A writer in the Hartford Courant gives
some interesting facts which it may be
we'll to bear in mind:
at seems almost incredible that as we
glide swiftly along, the elegantly furnish
ed car moves twice its length in second
Of time-about seventy four feet. At this
velocity, we find that the locomotive driv-
ingwheels, six feet in diameter, make four
revolutions per second, 1t is no idle pis-
ton-rod that traverses the cylinder thus
eight times per second"
"If man with a horse and carriage
upon an unimportant road in country
town should approach and cross the track
at the speed of six miles an hour, which
would be crossing rapidly, an express
train approaching at that moment would
move towards him two hundred and fifty
seven feet while he was in the act of cross
ing distance barely sufficient to clear the
horse and vehicle. If the horse was NOV
ing at a rate no faster than walk, as
the track is usually crossed, the train
would move towards him, while in the
act of crossing, more than five hundred
feet This fact accounts for the many
accidents at such points. The person
driving, thinks he may cross because the
train is few rods distant"
"How compares the highest speed of
the train with the velocity of sound =
When the whistle is opened at the eighty
rod "whistle post" the train will advance
near one hundred feet before the sound of
the whistle traverses the distance to, and
is heard at the crossing. The velocity ex-
cecds the fight of many of our BIRDS
DR.. J. L. Comstock, the we'll known auth
or of several philosophical works, inform
ed the writer that be was recently pass
ing through Western New York when a
train actually run down and killed COM
mon hawk. The train was stopped, and
the game SO rarely captured, was Sc
cured"
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"It can't be HeIDed. "

Can't be helped is one of the thous
and convenient phrases with which men
cheat and deceive themselves. 1t is one
in which the helpless and the idle take
refuge as their last and only comfort-it
can't be helped Your energetic man is
for helping everything. If he sees an
evil, and clearly discerns its cause, he is
for taking steps forthwith to remove it
He busies himself with way and means,
devises practical plans and methods. and
will not let the world rest until he has
done something in remedial way. The
indolent man spares himself all this trou-
bic. He will not. He sits with his arms
folded, and is ready, with his unvarying
observation. 1T can't be belped!' as much
as to say-Tf it is it ought to be, and we
need not bestir ourselves to alter it.
Wash your face, you dirty little social
boy, you are vile and repulsive, and vi
cious, by reason of your neglect of clean
illness. 1T can't be he}ped' Educate
your children, train them up in virtuous
habits, teach them to be industrious, obe-
dient, frugal and thoughtful, you thought
less communities for they are now grow
ing up vicious, ignorant, and careless, a
source of future peril to the nation. 1T
can't be helped = But it can be helped.
Every evil can be abated, every nuisance
got rid of, every abomination swept away;
though this will never be done by the
cant be helped people. Man is not help
less, but can both help himself and others.
He can act individually and unitedly "a
gainst wrong and evil. He has the pow
or to abate and eventually uproot them
Bat, alas the greatest obstacle of all in
the way of such beneficial action is the
feeling and disposition out Of which arised
the miserable, pulling, and ejaculation of
1T can't be helped y
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

SwEARING.-The California Christian
Advocate says, 'An intelligent lady of our
acquaintance, whose little boy was begin
ming to swear, anxious to express to her
child her horror Of profanity, hit upon
the novel process of washing out his mouth
with soap,suds whenever he swore. 1t
was an effcctual cure. The boy under
stood his mothers sense of the corruption
of an oath, which, with the taste of the
suds, produced the desired result The
practice, if universally adopted, would
raise the price of soap.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16
The Public Works and the Railroad.

A Harrisburg correspondent OF the
Franklin Repository and Wing makes
some grave charges against the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad Company which may In
volve the latter in serious trouble, if cor
rect He says zone part of the charges
made is that the Railroad Company has
bought off the transporting companies
by giving one company $40, 900, another
$50, 0,000--to withdraw their boats from
the Canal, and thus force all the carry
ing trade upon the railroad"
"When I first heard this charge made,
l thought it untrue, but l am now con-
vinced that there is some reason for ma
king it. [ am also informed on good all
M0rity, that the Attorney General, under
the direction of the Governor, has in
ouired of the Railroad Company in re-
gard to these charges, and that the Com
pany has admitted that there is some
ruth in them, bat say "they arc not 50
bad as represented" The Attorney
General has demanded an explicit an
swer, and the Company has fixed an ear
Iy day for giving their version of the mat
ter. You may rest assured that the Gov
ernor has determined to probe the mat
ter to the bottom, Gn which he will be
sustained by the people, and will call to
his aid all the power of the law to stop
any such abuses. If true, a more illegal
act was never committed, and the Dlrec-
tors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pauy will find, when it is perhaps too late,
that they will have raised storm Of pop
ular indignation before which they will
be hurled from Office, as chaff before the
angry wind, and their chartered rights,
and ill-gotten possessions resumed by the
Commonwealth. They have been so uni
formly successful in controlling the Leg
islation of the State to suit their own pur-
poses, that they have become embolden-
ed by past success, and think themselves
omuipotent They are, however, wofully
mistaken. The people will as one man
sustain the action of their independent
and fearless Executive in all that he may
do in the premises, for if through the ven
atty of the employees of the Canal Board
no revenue does accrue to the Common
wealth, still the carrying trade of the
country can be accommodated, and we are
not willing to be cheated out of the value
of our public improvements by corpora
ton which has grown up through our care,
and prospered through our Indulgence"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16
Flour Returned.

The schooner Sussex, at Baltimore,
from Laguayra, brought back 800 bbls.
aDd 300 half bbls. of -four, being part of
her outward cargo. This -four was ship
ped early in June when the current pri-
ces were from $40 rs to $40 81 per bbl.
At Laguayra it would not command with
in 20 per cent. of its cost, and it was sent
back to Baltimore in the hope of finding
a better market, but which, with the ad-
ditional charges, will doubtless cause
less of near SO per cent.
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NO. 80.

good; and if there be emulation, it IS not
mingled with envy or jealously. Mis-
chief such as as might be apprehended,
is, in this case, far less likely to arise than
where boys and girls, habitually separa-
ted from infancy, are first thrown togeth-
er, just at the age when the feelings are
first awakened and the association has all
the excitement of novelty.
A very intelligent schoolmaster assured
NE that he has had more trouble with
class of fifty boys than with school of
three hundred boys and girls together, Gin
the midst of which | found-him,) and that
there were no inconveniences resulting
which wise and careful and Efficient su-
periDtendence could not control. "Ihere
is" said be, "not only more emulation,
more quickness of brain, but altogether Il
superior healthincss of tone, body and
mind, where the boys and girls are trained
together till about ten years old, and it
extends into their life. [ should say, be-
cause it is in accordance with the laws of
God, in forming us with mutual depend
ence for help from the very beginning OF
life.
What is curious enough, l find many
peopIe-fathers, mothers, toachers-wbo
are agreed that in the schools for the low
er classes, the two classes may be safely
and advantageously associated, yet have
a sort of horror of the idea of such amin
noyation in schools Of the higher classes.
One would like to know the reason for
such a distinction, instead of being en-
countered, as is usual, by sneer OF vile
iDuau1A
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16
Insect Epidemic.

The New Orleans papers complain Of
the innumerable bugs and mosquitoes,
which this year infest that city. The
Crescent says:
The parallel was never before known
Huge, black bugs lombard your papers,
Sebastopol like, rattle against your cram
iums and charge upon your writing ma
terials. while innumerable millions of mos
quitoes attack you in every direction
assail ruthlessly your hands, face, ears,
nose and mouth, and very often obscure,
the light of the gas just above you by
which you are writing.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

One likes always to see an impudent
lawyer, whose forte is to banter and bully
witnesses, brought up with round turn
by some victim Of his ill-mannered bear
ing. We heard recent instance the 9TH
er day, which is worth relating. A case
was being tried on Long Island, about
the soundness of horse, in which cler-
gymaD, not very conversant in such mat
ters, was witness. He was little con-
fused in giving his evidence, and blust-
ering fellow of lawyer, who examined
him, at last exclaimed-'Pray, sir, do you
know the difference between a horse and
cow?' 4 acknowledge my ignorance,
replied the clergyman i hardly know the
difference between horse and cow, or a
5ully and bull; only that a bull has
horns, and bully (bowing in mock-re-
spect to the pettifogger) luckily for me,
has none You can retire, sir, said the
lawyer; I've no further questions to ask
you IN. Y Dutchm0m.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

N-FLAGER BIER RECEIPT TO make
keg of lager, take handful of hops,
thimblefull of malt, one pound rosin,
one quart soft soap, stir its contents into
slop bucket-shake and fill up with wa
ter, the dirtier the better.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

The everlasting hills will crumble to
dust but the influence Of good man will
never die. The earth will grow old and
perish, but virtue in the heart will be cv-
err green and flourish throughout eternity.
The moon and the stars will grow dim,
and the sun roll from the heavens, but
the true religion and unlefeld will grow
brighter. and not cease while God him
self shall live.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16
Pay the Printer.
BY HENRY BRADY

As honest men, attend and hear
The serious fact-that times are dear,
Who owes a bill, It's just as clear
As starlight in the winter,
That he should come without delay
That's if he can-that Dill TO pay,
And ere he puts his purse away,
Fork over" to the Printer.
The Printers cheek is seldom red,
The fine machinery Of his head
Is working when you are in bed,
Your true and faithful Mentor
All day and night he wears his shoes,
And brains to furnish you with news;
But men Of conscience ne'er refuse
To pay the toiling Printer.
Tis known, or ought TO be, by all
His dues are scattered and they're small,
And if not paid he's bound TO fall
In debtor fuel, bread, rent, or
Perhaps his paper; then to square
Up with his help-a double care
Bows down his head-now is it fair
That you don't pay the Printer!
His wife ard little prattlers too,
Are now depending upon you;
And if you pay the score that's due,
Necessity can't stint her,
But if you don't, as gnaws the mole,
Twill through your conscience eat a hole
And brand the forehead thus: "No SouL!"
Of him who cheats the Printer.
The cats will new between your feet,
The dogs will bite you on the street;
And every urchin that you meet,
Will roar with voice of Stentor,
Look to your pockets-there he goes
The chap that wears the Printers clothes
And proud. though everybody knows
The grub, he gnaw'd the Printer"
Be simply just, and don't disgrace
Yourself, but beg the "Lord of grace,
To thaw that harden'd icy cease
That honesty may enter!
This done, man will with man act fair,
And all will have the "tin'' to spare;
Then will the Editorial Chair"
Support 1OeU-paid Printer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16
How to Cure Calls from the Harness or
Saddle.

Major Long, in his valuable account of
his expedition to the Rocky Mountains,
says that his party found White lead
IN moistened with milk, to succeed better
than anything else in preventing the bad
effects of the gals on the horses back in
their march over the plains that border
the mountains. It's effect in soothing the
irritated and infamed surface was ad-
mirable.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

A Gallant was lately sitting beside his
beloved, and being unable to think of any
thing else to say, asked her why she was
ike a tailor?-I don't know, said sho
with a poutirg lip, 'uuless it is because
m sitting beside goose
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

4 LONG ABsENCE-John Gilman, q
citizen of Dexter, Jefferson county, \. L,
who had been one of the unfortunate
'sympathzers' in the Canadian revolt, IN
1888 taken prisoner and sent to Br t.
ish penal colony, returned to his family
ON the Goth, after an absence OF IL
years.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

Startling Latelyigemce-A German as
tronomer says that in twenty millions of
wears from now the earth will be destroy
ed by a comet.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

Il Thoughtful Fr6end--A gentleman
who had been absent from home two years,
SAYS that the first who came to congratu-
late him on his return, was the taI- cal
Lect0r.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

Did you know said cunning Yankee
to Jew, that they hang Jews and Jack.
asses together in Portland = Indeed J
tben it is well that you and ] are not
there, returned the Jew.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

Awag, observing on the door of house
the name of two physicians, remarked that
it put him in mind of double barrelled
yun. for If one missed the other was sure
70 kill
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

aesy- 1t is delicious to have pretty girl
open the front door and mistake you for
her cousin; but still more deIic0us--to have
berremain deceived till she has kissed you
twice, and hugged the bottoms Oft your
coat. Nav, here's Chawles.'
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

"SOME PUMPKINS. THERE'S pump
kin vine growing in Mr.. William Coulter $
garden, in Monongohela city, Pa. that
has already attained the enormous length
of 225 feet. The vine has 20 pumpkins
on it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16
JOE Rim TIN
WRITTEN FOR THE JEFFERSoNIAN.
All about the Telegraph.


All about the Telegraph.
Scene County visitors viewing the Telegraph Instru
ment at Suoudsourg
BY MIYGLE.
cay, stranger pounding that ere,
Little queer thing made Of brass,
Any messages now going!
haint seen, swon, none pass!
Crackee! Ike, just see that brass thing
Dots into the paper slick,
Gracious me how fast it makes EN-
Like clock goes tick! tick! tick!!
Whats all that ere green wire wound round
Them two things Ike cotton. .spoo!s!
say Zekc, long side Of this ere
Locomotives are but fools!
Punkins! don't he pump the news out!
He can 60 it like smash,
Reckon you cant read that writing
Nothing else but dot and dash
What's that funny little straight thing
Hitting that ere short screw there!
Guess that 'ere's what makes the huld
would tech it if dare.
Where's that big wire | seen Just now
As came across the street!
Just explain the matter will you!
And by golly I'll stand treat!
Poor MELIcK bored with questions
Gives them each book containing
Pictures of the wires and magnets,
And their mysteries explaining.
Country visitors delighted,
Takes the book and give a laugh
Saying, swon, it beats all nature
Does this Magnetic Telegraph.
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Published by Theodore Schoeh.

TERMS-Two dollars per annum in advance--TNo
dollars and quarter, half yearlyand If not paid be-
fore the end of the year, Two dollars and half.
No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid,
SXcept at the option Of the Editor.
~ Advertisements not exceeding one square Qen
Ines will be inserted three weeks for dollar and
twenty-five cents for subsequent insertion. The
charge for and three insertions the same iber-
al discount made to yearly advertisers.
III All letters addressed to the Editor must be post
paid,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

The Height of Imagination, according
to contemporary is to tie mackerel to
your coat tell and imagine yourself a
mermaid.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-16

A woman was recently fined seventy
eight dollars, ip Milwaukee, for throwing
"su1a' at neighbor'
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COUNTY,
To c. D., Collector of -
said county:

10 y. ", NOI4SCtOL " N'"'''N'i -"
said county:
These are to authorize and require you
to demand and receive, of and from every
person named in the annexed duplicate OF
school tax of said district, the sum where,
with such person stands charged; and pay
the same to E. F., Treasurer of the said
School District, and his successors in Of
fee, on or before the - day Of -
next, at which time such abatement or al
lowance for mistakes or ordigcnt persons,
or other generations, will be made by the
Board of School Directors, as may appear
just and reasonable; and on or before the
day of -- next, you will pay
into the hands of the said Treasurer the
whole amount of the taxes charged in the
annexed duplicate without further delay,
except such sum as the said Directors may,
in their discretion, exonerate you from
And if any peson shall neglect or refuse
to make payment of the amount due by
him for such tax within thirty days from
the time of demand so made, it shall be
the duty of you, the collector aforesaid,
to levy such sum by distress and sale Of
the goods and chatteIs of such delinquent,
giving ten days public notice of such sale,
by written or printed advertisement, and
rendering the surplus Gf any there be-,
to the owner in cash. And if goods and
chattels sufficient to satisfy the same, with
the costs, cannot be found, you are here
by authorized to take the body Of such
delinquent, and convey him to the jail Of
the proper county, to remain until the
amount Of such tax, together with the
costs, shall be paid, or secured to be paid,
or until he shall be otherwise discharged
by due course of law, Pr0vided, That
nothing herein contained shall authorize
the arrest or Imprisonment for noon-pay-
ment of any tax, of any female, or infant,
or person found by inquisition to be Of
unsound mind Hereof fail not.
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psg- The young lady who caught a gen
.ercsn,s ere = reaueeted 70 return IT,
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G0nrQttonal.

IL As there is some misunderstood
ing in relation to the collection of school
tax, we publish the following decision Of
the State Superintendent.
Department Of Common Schools, !
Harrisburg, Aug, 1855. !
Collectors rights to sue for Tax.
In all cases where taxes are due and
unpaid to the collector of School tax, af-
ter the expiration Of his warrant, when
such collector has not been legally exon
Grated therefrom, every such collector,
his executors, administrators or any Of
them, has full right and power to sue for
and recover the same with interest there
Oh, after the expiration of his warrant
aforesaid, from all and every person and
persons, bodies polite and corporate, ow-
ing the same, as other debts of like amount
arc now by law recoverable.
Form of Warrant to be issued to Collector
Of School TaZ.
The following is the correct form of war
rant to be issued to the collector Of school
tax, under the present school laws. Direo-
tors will govern themselves accordingly.