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SOCIAL SCIENCE.

In the hurry and selfshness Of this money.
getting and understanding present, it well
that there are many truesouled and large-
clarified men, who give their thoughts and
labors to those works that we call humanta~
RAN. 1t is to the credit Of this age, sordid
as we call it and believe it, that the term it
self as well as the spirit that prompts it, and
the scope of endeavor it involves, are pecul
iarly the ontgrowth Of our own times. There
was never truer or more earnest philanthro-
by in the world than exists now. SO amid
all the greed of power, and the hard>grasp-
Ing sel6shness of monopolizing capital, and
the frequently blind, ill.drected, and some
times violent and uuwise efforts of Labor to
protect tself, the friend of man finds enough
of promise to give him hope in his work and
in the end.
There was "Social Science Convention
at New York the other day. II is. the func.
ton OF Social Science to explain the true or
normal organization of human society. 1t
was stated as the object of the gentlemen
who called the Convention to make Social
Science positive Science, and thus interest
the best minds of Europe and America in a
plan for the elevation of the human race 1t
was not large Convention. There were
only some fifty persons participating. But
the social and political and moral forces that
revolutionize the world are frequently nnno
ticed and Insignificant in their inception.
That dozen OF humble fishermen, with the
Nazarene carpenters Son for their teacher,
promised little in their time of the worlds
wide results that should come of their words
and their lives. Luther, as the devoutly en-.
quiring and unbelieving monk of Er.
furth, was scarce credible pow.
er to shake the Vatican And that
Mayiiower's crew an unpretentious beginning
of Higher Law Radical Republic. lie,
these Social Science men go on. They will
not produce any immediate radical results
If they, or anybody, or anything else, could
at once settle the knotty problem of Labor
and Capital, and establish the true eqnihbri
um between them, and give every laborer full
prices, bread, spend ng money, holidays ant
contentment, and make the rich man Just
and everybody happy, they would do great
work, to be sure, but just such a work as G Cd
evidently never intends shall be done in one
year or thousand years. That progress anc
development of mankind that we talk abou
is slow, and takes Gods own time for its ac
complishment. There is nothing left for the
Humanitarian but to s'labor and to wait.
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THE REcoNsTRUcrloN BILLS

The House Of Representatives has passed
Reconstruction bill which we have
already published, and which seems to be
generally satisfactory to the public. The
Senate, however, will not accept the House
bill and pass it into law, but is considering
one reported by Mr.. Trumbull.
The bills differ certainly in some of the de-
tails, and it is possible that there are still
more important differences in the fundamen,
tai ideas upon which they are based The
Senate bill may be more conservative in form.
as well as in principle. than the House bill,
and its technical phraseology may have been
more carefully framed by Mr.. Trumbull, to
battle the skill of the Attorney General in
picking flaws.
One or the other Of these bills, or com
promise between the two, will no doubt be
adopted by both Houses, and NAV answer thu
purpose. We, however, stand by our oriei
nal position, that the true course is 10 sween
away the Presidential Provisional Govern.
ments foisted upon the South during the reign
of My Policy" in the country, and to com.
mence anew in accordance with the f,nda.
mental ideas OF the loyal people and the LOYAL
congress, and reconstruct the Southern
States, not on rebel but on loyal basis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-13

Francis Joseph, King of Hungary. has
won the hearts of his people by his skilful
Workmanship. Throughout the on, doo,
portion OF his coronation ceremony he had to
SIT on very FESTIVE Bucephalus, seventeen
hands high, and which required two groom
to hold him as the King mounted. No soon
er had his Majesty settled himself in the sad
aie than a boom of artillery announced the
1act, and the horse, giving a tremendous
pouna, sprang away from the grooms into the
.hn,.. o. me alarmed people, who though,
INA; ;,as, my new crowned sovereign must inev
n lazy oe shloWn to the ground. But he KEEP
to The immense delight Of the snectators
who now think more highly of their King
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Local AGENTS WANTED throughout the q.


The Association have appointed Receivers, Mesfrs.
GEORGE A. COOKE 4 co whose we'll known integr-
ty and business experience will be surent guarantee
that the money ntrusted to them will bye promptly APP
piled to the purpose stated.
PHuapx1PHIA, PA, Msy 20, 1857.
To the Officers and Members Of the Washington Library
Co., ". s. READ, Secretary.
Gentlemen On receipt Of your favor Of the 18th inst
notifying Of our appointment Receivers for your
Company, took the liberty submit copy Of your
Charter with plan of your enterprise to the highest
legal authority Of the State and having received his ia
vorable opinion in regard to It's legality and sympathi
King with the benevolent object of your Association viz
education and maintenance Of the orphan children
ofour soldiers and sailors 1t the Riverside institute,
have concluded 10 sccept the trust and best
Efforts to promote % worthy an object.
Respectfully, yours, &C.,
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Address all letters and nrdAFa to
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80 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
1sceiver for the Wmhington Library Co.
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PERSONAL.

Alta Fourth of July dinner given by
| General Sheridan, in New Orleans, the health
of the President was proposed and drank in
silence.
Tx Confederate General Louis I. Wig
fall, formerly United States Senator from the
State of Texas, is about entering upon the
practice of law in England, in connection
with American cases.
| John c. Breckenridge writes from Paris
| to friends in Kentucky that he is tired of the
hubbLh OF the Exposition, and contemplates
leaving for Switzerland. He will sail for
Canada in September with his family.
| Edwin Booth has concluded highly
successful engagement in Chicago. He gave
| thirty seven representations. and upon every
| occasion to q crowded audience, at the New
| York tariff of prices, although the period OF
the season involved the utmost physical dis.
| comfort.
BY the death of her father, in Bath;
/! England, the wife of Col. G. l.. Eberhardt,
of Macon. Superintendent of Freedmen S
| Schools in Georgia. has fallen heir to an es.
tate valued at over 81 900, 600, which will be
divided between herself brother and two
sisters.
| The Americans in Paris. in mass,
/ signed document OF congratulations to the
two Iaperors for their escape from the as
sassiu hand, and this document, which was
| handed IN by Gen. Dix, was we'll and prop
erly received by the two Emperors aud their
| Foreign Ministers, and handsomely replied
to. This was all chat was required in the
case.
| There is great number of applications
| for the vacant position OF Commissioner OF
| Agriculture, but the President seems inclined
| to adhere to his former nomination of Col.
| Capron. whose name was sent TO the Senate
| at its last session, but which, not having been
acted upon, may be regarded as still before
that body.
"GlyE me my money! exclaimed Mad
| anne Capreli, an eminent fortune teller who
| had reposed her honest gains in the bank.
| Banker Barker" Why did you not apply
| for your money last week?'
Madame Caprell-" Because did not know
your bank would fail. y
Banker Barker Then you cant be much
of fortune teller"
Tbs following eolequy took place one even
ing between gentleman in the gallery and a
gentleman in the family circle of an east side
theatre:
nod boy -
"Whas yer want, a-y?''
"Beefsteak Jimmy's outside he's got
eleventh pence and wants a penny to come
in.
"Teli him to sell his veskit then, cant
yer?''
The boxes were delighted listeners, Of
course
The new Mormon Tabernacle at Salt Lake
CITY, furnishes sitting room for ten thousand
people
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DENVER paper publishes the following
pathetic "Ode onto the Friendlies.' There
is truth in it, if there isn't much poetry.
Noble red men of the plains, pouncnp on
unguarded trains, where you come. and 6a ~,
you go, Sherman scouts would like TO know
burning here and scalping there, east and
west and every where, prowling like the tiger
cat, night and day along the Platte, stealing
boldly at your will, all along the smoky Hill.
hrst you come IN parties small, now in nu d,
tation, robbing ranches, burning stations
such persistent visitation, does not claim opr
admiration. Mr.. Lo. now quit yonr tricks
surely you'll get in fix; now Just ston ,hssa
ugly capers, or we'll send you to the Ouas
kers, FOUR boys start on the scout, surely
.ney Wiii wipe you out; go bold red man OF
and hunt the buffalo, we can spare Won. NJ r.
Lie. ,ou' +if'
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me Alton Telegraph says: Persona
WY mere 30 fortunate as to be ont Of doors
ssnlII past II iastnieht witnessed the passs %
9. brilliant and beautiful meteor across r.
sky. The direction of the course was 81 from suu
sou.nesst 70 Northwest. In appearance It
lesemoiea 2 ball Of fire and Left behind i =
OF light OF various hues. AZ It shot
across the skya rushing sound was dist;nc eli.
heard, and then faint detonation as Il a..
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RATCHELOR,s HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best IN the world 1he
only rls and perfect pye- Harmless Reliable, Instspta
neous No disappointment, No ridiculous tinta. Nat
ur.l Black or Brown. Remedies the i'll effects Of Bad
Dyss Invgorates the hair leaving It soft and beauti
full The genuine is signed William A. Bdtcheler All
Others limitations and should be avoided Fold
BY ali Druggists and Perfumers Factory 81 Barclay
street New York. td"ct2 CAVITY
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TO MARRY OR NOT TO MARRY
WHY MOTT
Serious Reflections for Young Men,
Essays Of the ssociation, the Physiological
Abuses Diseases induced by ignorance OF Ma
tur.s Lava the FIRST age of man Sent in sealed let
ter envelopes free Of charge Address Dr. j. sRILLIN
UoUGHroN, Howard Association, Philsdelpha Pa
maY24dAM3mos
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Dutcher's Lightning Fly-Killer viii Ger
tainiy extermnste tess pests, If its use il
in. Beware Of bogus Py-paper, which some dealers
keep they get It fcr nearly nothing DON'T
be swlndled. Ask tor BUTCHERS, which is sold b
all live Druessts fmsyas-dAw
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-13

TEE Richmond Enquirer and Ezam;ne,
haze been consolidated.
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How to obtain Shares and En-
cravings.

Send deTs to us by mail, enclosing from 81 to 800
either by Post Office orders in registered letter. at
our risk, Larger amounts should be sent by draft OF
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11rThe highest price paid for CORN, RYE. SHIP
eTUfFs, CATTLE AND STOCK HOGS. either at my
once, Main Street. or at the Gibbonsvle Dstilery
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-06-20
A Rattlesnake in the Howard Express
Office

On Monday morning last there was
quite a commotion in the Howard Ex-
press office, opposite this Office, on Third
Street, in this Borough, caused by large
Rattlesnake, making bis appearance In
the midst of the clerks and attaches Of
the establishment.
1t appears that box was received at
the Office on the 4th inst, from Pittston
Luzerne county, directed to S. 0. Cart
lyon, Easton, waybilled as merchandise
and marked &c. o. d." The box was not
called for and no one about the establish
mont knowing any person by that name
in Easton, it was allowed to remain in the
office, until Monday morning, when 1t was
remarked that rather an unpleasant odor
came from the box. Mr.. Higgins, the
Agent at this place requested George
Chamberlain, one of the drivers, to open
the box and see what offensive matter 1t
contained. Chamberlain at once turned
the box over and stepped to the rear OF
the office to get hatchet and when he
returned he discovered his snakeship
crawling on the floor, he having made his
exit through knot hole in the box, from
which the knot had fallen when the box
was turned over. The alarm was given
and an indiscriminate stampede followed
some mounted the counter and others
perched themselves on the top of boxes
out of the reach of the reptile. Mr.. Hig-
gins drew a revolver and commenced fir
ing on the enemy; the second shot took
effect and made the "varmint" feel un-
comfortable, causing him to spring his,
rattles and show fight. About this time
Mr.. Chamberlain struck him with heavy
bar of iron, which knocked the life out
of him and ended the fight. lie was an
ugly customer, being about four feet long
and had seven rattles, which, according
to snakeology, indicated his age to be
nine years. The hole in the box was at
once plugged up and the package" re-
moved from the Office. The agent at
Pittston was at once interrogated by tele-
graph, concering the matter, who replied
that the box contained ten large rattle
snakes, and were intended for "snake-
chasper," who had contracted from them
Thesbox was taken to the river in the af-
ternoon and after giving it and its con-
tents good soaking, it was opened and
the balance of the "Rattlers," nine in
number disposed of. IF we were an ex-
press company we don't think we should
care about carrying much of that kind of
freight.-Edston Sentinel.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-06-20
Can any one Tell.

Can any one tell how men who abso-
lutely cannot pay small bills, can always
find plenty of money to buy liquor and
treat when happening among friendsY
Can any one tell how many men who
dodge their washerwoman, and who are
always behind with their landlord, can
play billiards night and day, and are al
ways ready for game of poker or seven
up?
Can any one tell how it is that some
men owe their butchers, owe for rent, for
tailoring, shoes, ETC., and yet have all that
is nice = eat oysters nights, wear fne
clothes and yet have all the delicacies of
the season?
Can any one tell how men live and
support their families who have no In
come and do not work, while others who
are industrious and constantly employed
almost starve?
Can any one tell how it is that a man
who is too poor to pay man four or five
cents week for weekly newspaper, can
spend ten cents day for cigars to say
nothing about drinks and tobacco?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-06-20
The Finest Speech Ever Made.

The Westminster Review pronounces
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech as the finest
that ever fell from human lips. In view
of this fact, and it is now even more per-
tinent than it ever was, we make no apollo
gy for republishing it. We give it below:
''Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this continent
new nation, conceived in liberty and
dedicated to the proposition that all men
are created.equal. Now we are engaged
in great civil war, testing whether that
nation, or any nation so conceived or de-
dicated, can long endure. We are met
on great battlefield of that war. We
are met to dedicate portion of it as the
final resting place of those who here gave
their lives that the nation might live. 1t
is altogether fitting and proper that we
should do this
"But in large sense we cannot conse-
crate, we cannot hallow this ground
The brave men, living and dead, who
above our power to add or detract. The
world will little note nor remember long
what we say here, bat it can never forget
what they did here. 1t is for us, the
living, rather to be dedicated to the un-
finished work that they have thus far so
nobly carried on. 1t is rather for us to
be here dedicated to the great task re-
naming before us-that from these hon
ored dead we take increased devotion to
the cause for which they here gave the last
full measure of deyotion-that We here
highly resolve that the dead shall not
have died in vain-that the nation shall,
under God, have a new birth of freedom,
and that the Government of the people
and for the people, shall not perish from
the earth"
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Nothing has Happened.

We have a friend in this city, (saya
the Lancaster (Pa.) ErpressD who is
very fond Of telling a joke. He has quite
number of real good ones, none of which
We believe, have never appeared in prints
We give one of them below, and if it
"takes" well, We may furnish others
The story runs:
Some years ago farmer, living in a
village bordering on Berks county, furn-
ished one of his three sons with a sum of
money and told him to 60 to the West
and remain two years, at the end of which
time he should return to Lancaster, stop
at Schofeld's, and one of them would be
there to meet him. The young man start
ed on his travels and at the end of the
specified time he returned. 1t should be
promised that telegraphs were not then
in existence, the postal system was not so
perfect as it is to day, and literary attain
ments were not so general, hence no COM
munication took place between the par
ties. He returned, however, as we said.
His brother was there to meet him and
they both proceeded homeward in a bug
gy. The wanderer after relating some
of his adventures enquired whether any
thing had happened since be left home
"No, not single thing," said the 9TH
er, everything is just the some as when
you left-expect that the old crow died"
Indeed" said the wanderer, sand is
the crow dead-what killed him ?"
"Why he ate too much meat when the
match horses died.
"Good gracious are the matches dead
what killed them ?"
"Well, you see when the house ana
barn burned down they overdid them
selves in hauling water"
Good gracious! are the house and barn
burned dowu-how did it happen ?"
"Well you see when daddy died, they
were carrying lights about aud were care
less"
"Good gracious and is daddy dead
what was the matter with him %
"Well, You see when our Sal ran away
and got married against daddy's wishes,
he just pined away and died"
"Good gracious $50 nothing has hap
pened since I've been away 2"
mo, everything is just the same"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-06-20

A man eloped with his stcp-mother
from Connecticut few weeksago. The in
Jured husband aud father pursued the
guilty couple as far as Pitts6eld, Mass,
but was persuaded to compromise the mat
ter with his son, who paid him $50 in ex-
change for his wife and mother, and an
old silver watch to boot The old man
then returned home, aud the son started
westward with his amiable step mother
A jury to try John III. Surratt vas IL
aally obtained on Saturday last.