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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24
OUEe SCRANTON LETTER,
SCRANTON, August 16, 1871

Prominent among the many other
powerful enterprises of Scranton, is the
press of this city. This department of
industry is fast looming up, aud each day
becomes more formidable than is generally
anticipated. The Scranton Republican
may be mentioned first in order. as being
not on ly the best conducted, but the most
influential paper in Northern Pennsyl-
vaDia-complete in all its departments
The editorial department is under the
Immediate control of Mr. j. ID. LaCair,
of Carbon county, and as jealous ex-
ponent of Republican principles, stands
second to none in the country. Mr..
LaCair may be termed an easy aud very
spicy writer. The local columns are also
conducted by a very efficient corps of
editors, thereby making it a very interest
ing and readable paper. The energetic
proprietor, Mr.. j. a. Scranton, has
spared neither pains nor expense in build
ing up his paper, and bis unceasing labors
have been crowned with abundant sue
cess. He is at present engaged in erect
Ing very handsome ''Printing House"
on Wyoming avenue, which when COM
pleted, will add greatly to the beauty of
that portion of our city. The circulation
of the daily Republican is between 1000
and 5000, and it is the only paper in the
city that receives the Associated Press dis
patches.
The Daily Democrat is the next Oldest
daily paper in the city. Mr.. j. B.
Adams, the enterpriSing proprietor, has
labored very hard in the cause of Democ-
racy, and has, we believe, finally succeeded
in placing his paper upon paying basis.
81. B." assumes the editorial manage
ment himself, while the local columns are
edited by Mr.. E. r. Williams, better
known to the outside world as "Jenkins,"
both of whom are live newspaper men.
The Democrat appears each evening, aud
boasts fair circulation, Notwithstanding
the fact that it receives no telegraphic
news.
The Daily Times, morning paper of
rather tender years is fast growing in
populor favor, especially among the work
ing classes. This paper is owned by
stock company, the editorial management
being under the immediate control of Mr..
j. w. Stanton, while the local depart
ment is very ably conducted by Mr.. j. c.
Coon: an agreeable and sociable gentle
man, and man of many years experience
in newspaper tactics. During the whole
of the suspension, the Times zealously
advocated the cause of the workingmen,
for which fact alone it deserves unlimited
success. In politics it is Democratic.
Then we have, in the way of weekly
editions, the weekly Republican, Demo
crat, City Journal, Baner America
(Welsh), and the Wacheublatt (German),
all of which are very ably conducted. For
the present, adieu.
CRITIC
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24
New Mining District.

The Eureka (IIander county, Nevada)
Sentinel of July 24th had the following
in regard to Fish Springs mining district:
This new district is situated about eigh-
teen miles southwest of Eureka, and the
best road by which to get there" is by
Spring Valley, and then down Spring
Valley canon, where the water will be
found and the camp of the proprietors.-
The district was organized few days
since, and about twenty claims have been
recorded. The claims are situated upon
a low hill of "a few acres, and the dis
coveries so far made do not cover but a
few acres in extent. The appearances
now indicate, on the east side of the hill,
that there are regular veins Of quartz !;
and the west side seems to be entirely
carbonates and galenaores. The carbon
ates at the surface assay from $50 to S35,
while the galena has assayed as high as
S400. The Mountain Queen is the first
location in the district, and shows ore
fully fifteen feet in regular assure vein.
Several specimens have been assayed, and
the average is S2l2 in silver and forty
per cent in lead There is good ma
tural road to the district, and although
there were only half dozen persons there
when the district was formed, there are
now about hundred. Over twenty claims
have been recorded, and there is much
excitement about them. The entire trade
of this new district will come directl to
Eureka, and we presume the increase from
this source will make an addition OF no
small importance. Restaurants and lodg-
ing houses are going up at once, and with
in week all the appearances of a village
will be given to section of country that
has been a waste and totally unoccuped
The timber is good-much above the
average-and is easily obtained There
is already talk of furance and other ap.
picances to work the ores The new dis
trict is near at home, and may be, as
worthy of attention as some that attract
people many miles.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24
NO. 18.
An Arab Prince on the Wife Question.

y writer in the GornhW Magazne has
had an interview with an Arab Prince,
and gives the following as his views on
the woman question:
English women think of themselves,
always think of themselves, think very
much of themselves, think very little of
their husbands ; so they are disobedient,
self-willed, do what they like, and will
not do what their husbands like; but
Arab women think more more of their
husbands than themselves they live to
please their husbands they are obedient;
they are much better than English wo-
men; a man may do with them just as
he pleases. Suppose she should disobey
him-what does he? He. says to her,
by Allah l will leave you" And if
she disobeyed him three time and he
says that three times, she is no longer his
wife; she must go back to her fathers
house. But suppose an Euglishman mar
ry woman, and she proves to have
very bad temper and disobeys him always;
very hot tongue, and scold all day and
night too lead him devil of life make
him sweat very much with trouble, make
him wish to kill himself-what can he
do? He can do nothing; he must keep
her, and must not take any other woman
to wife to comfort him. All the Arab
custom is better than the English Gus
tom and the Arab women are better for
the man than the English women. | am
sure Of that.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24
Where the Immigrants Go.

This is the season when immigration is
at its maximum, and the people of North
ern Europe are pouring into this country
at the rate of forty thousand a month
Every steamer that arrives is crowded,
new line with new attractions has entered
the list with the old ones, and New York,
Boston, aud all ports of entry are swarm
ing with the recent corners. The late
war, which claimed the attention Of all
Europe, seems scarcely to have affected
the steady tide of immigration to our
shores.
Where will these immigrants go is
question which it is difficult to answer,
but which is of vital importance to the
nation at large. Many of them, no doubt,
will remain in the large cities, to swell
the sorrowful ranks of the workers with
no work, more will 90 South, and beyond
the Mississippi to the vicinity of the re-
Gently built railways but by far the larg-
er number, especially the Scandinavians,
are moving towards the great North west,
whose area of settlement and attractions
to settlers have been immensely increased
by the building Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad already the results of this
movement are becoming conspicuous.
Minnesota is filing up even to her
western boundary the broad prairies
of the Red River Valley are being staked
off into "caims," colonies are buying
large tracts in order to prove on an ample
scale the advantages of organized and co
operative industry, and at the other end
Of the road, in Oregon and in Washing
ton Territory, the better lands are rapidly
being taken up by settlers. Even to
Maritoba and the adjacent British pos
sessions, the tide of the population seems
TO be rising, and there can scarcely be any
doubt that in few years, as the advan
tages of the Northwest are more and more
understood by the world, bread belt of
towns, villages and prosperous farms will
extend across the continent, from Lake
Superior to the Pacific. The public
would not believe this year ago, when
the Northern Pacific enterprise was first
broached, but the curtain has already ris
en- on the first act of the drama, and
events in our day move fast.
Let the people come forward now, and
with their means expedite the enterprise
which is thus transforming one of the
richest portions of our territory. They
are invited to do this, not from charity or
patriotism, but simply from intelligent
self interest for no safer or more remun-
erative investment can be found In our
markets than the first mortgage bonds of
the Northern Pacific Railroad - Philadet
phid BUtletia.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

VERY extensive deposits of sulphur
have been found in California. but for
some reason the working of the beds have
not been profitable. Surprised at this
fact the San Franciscan Bulletin" says
-"In the region of Clear Lake we hear
that the work of preparing sulphur for
market has been abandoned in several
instances. An inexhaustible sulphur bed
ought to be desirable property. Accord
ing to Ex Commissioner Wells forty seven
millions Of pounds of sulphur are annually
imported into the United States. The
duty on crude sui phur is sic dollars ton
and on refined ten dollars. The bulk OF
the sulphur used in the United States is
brought from the coast of Sicily, where it
is obtained for little adVenee on the cost
of collecting. But to this must be added
the duties and freight money. 1t has
been stated that the annual consumption
of sulphur in California is six hundred
tons, which equals one fourth of the
amount imported into the United States
The production of refined sulphur in this
State ought to be profitable business. "
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

During the May anniversaries in New
York the following dialogue was over
heard between two newsboys: "Say,
Tim, what's the meaning of SO many min
isters beiu' here altogether 2" Why"
answered Jim, scornfuily, "they always
meet once year to exchange sermons with
each other"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

The Pennsylvania Bible society, in it's
sixty third annual report, gives its total
receipts during the past year as SIC, 49,
%. 1t has distributed l0I ,374 volumes
in eighteen different languages, and rails
ed letters for the blind. Since its or
ganization in 1903, this society has issued
2,542 ,95l volumes of Bibles and Testa-
meuts.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

The apple crop throughout Pennsyf-
vania, as far as we are able TO learn from
our exchanges, promises even larger
yield than last year, when they were very
plentiful
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

The capital of the Bank of Montreal is
to be raised to $4,000, 600, which will
make the bank the third largest in the
world, coming after the Bank of France
and the Bank of England S12, 100000
is the largest capital of any American
bank
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

Gentlemen having hip pockets in their
pantaloous, should be careful in deposit
ing their handkerchiefs therein. They
look rather suspicious when the tip hangs
below the coat tail.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

Our devil says he never heard OF but
one old woman 'who kissed cow" but
he knows hundreds of young women who
kissed great calves. The poor limp" has
had his share-no doubt.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

a mineral which performs all the duties
of soap, and has an aromatic odor, has
been discovered in immense quantities
near Iowa City.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

The cattle exodus from western Texas
still continues. Three droves for Kansas
passed Gonzales last week, which makes
total of lS7 droves, or upward of 250,-
600 head, that have been driven over the
Gonzales route since spring oponed,
against 90 droves, or about 45 900 head,
for the corresponding period of last year.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

The hay crop must be a failure in La
COMA, n, H., for the local journal says
that "grasshoppers have got lame trying
to hop from one blade to another"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

The Canadian revenue for this year
will exceed SIS, 500, 900, which is largely
in advance OF last year.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24
D r. j. L A N T z,
Suroeon and Mechanical Dentist,

still has his Office Main Street, in the second
s,or, Of Dr. $ Waton'S brick building, nearly oppo-
lite the SiroudSbuTg House. and he fatiers himself
mat by eighteen years constant practre and the most
,rnet and careful attention TO all matters pertaining
m his profession, that he is fully able to perform all
atoms in the dental line III the most careful, taste
,ul and SkiIlfu manner.
srrcal attention given to saving the Natural Teeth
sISo TO the insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubber
Gold Silver Continuous Gums, and perfect hts IN
all cases insured.
Most persons know the great folly and danger OF en-
trusting their work to the inexperienced, To those
living at a distance April l3, lS.l.-ly
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

On the 10Th ult. snow fell at Ream's
Gap, Rappahannock county, Va, to the
depth of three inches
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

81 read my papers with moro satisfac-
tion when they are paid in advance" is
the testimony of one who has tried it for
years. Others should do likewise.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

Daring game of base ball, at Tama
City, Iowa, the batter, in throwing back
his club for a telling stroke, hit the catch
er in the temple, killing him instantly.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

a great pear.shaped spot, forty thou
sand miles long, is now to be observed on
the sun. 1t is said that it can be seen
without telescope through a dark color.
cd glass
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

Patches may be fastened upon rubber
boots and shoes, or cracks aud rents clos
ed up, with a cement made by disSolying
rubber cut fine in benzine.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

A colt in Cambridge, Mass, about a
week old, is only twenty three inches in
height and weighs twenty pounds.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

The United States army comprises at
present $4,000 men divided into 40 regi-
ments, of which ten are cavalary and FIVE
artillery.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

Law is like sieve; you may see
through it, but you must be considerably
reduced before you can get through it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

The President has signed the postas
money order convention with Great Bri-
tain, and it will so into effect on October
lst.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

False hair is going out of fashion
What will the poor girls do who have
burned off or worn out all theirs crimpins
and frizzing it !?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24
VOL. 20.
Published by Theodore Schoeh.

TERMS Two dollars a year in advance-and if not
nail before the end of the year, two dollars and fifty
rents will be charged.
No ntper disc onlinuei until all arrearages paid
c,ceot A. the q. . tiOn OF the Editor.
~ Advertisements Of one square OF (eIght lines)
~ ,uc or three insertions 8 50. Each additional
S.ertIon, 50 cents. Longer ones III proportion.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

A coutented mind is continual feast,
consequently, contentment is better than
wealth.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

Eight hundred new bnildiugs have
been erected in New York since January.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-24

1t is stated that the wedding ring used
at the marriage of Miss Swan, the Nova
Scotia giantess, was about the size of
muEn-ring.
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.sOH PRINTING,

rrecu,ed in the highest style Of the Art and on the
most reasonable terms
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-04-12
notice.!

THE undersigned having been com
/ misSidHed ard qualified as Justice
of the Peace, for the Bayou Rapides
Ward. hereby gives notice of his deter
mination 1. ehiOlce all Laws foi the
preservation of Peace and quiet among
the People, and most especially those
for the punishment Of trcspassers on
Fences and Enclosures. tor damage to
shade, ornamental and mt hearing
trees by making fires mt the roots at
them, or otherwise iIjnrinS them, and
for in any manner obstrurting :iin free
passage of the Public Road. Those
neces~itated t" encan,p on the Road
should have consideration enough for
others to draw their wagons well to
one side, not to halter their teams tu
fences and t, make their fires IA mnch
screened as possible from risk of injury
to I.assersbv in frightening their teams
He hopes that all good citizens will aid
IN this effort by arresting and bringing
before him, ar some other magistrate
every violator of sncll Laws.
GEORGE MASON GRAHAM.
| ,tta Justice of the Peace.
Bayou Rapides, March 25lh, 1871 -3t
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-04-12
Succession Sale.

No. i3.-Suceessi IN of francois Pous-
sin-Parish Court.
DURSUANT to an order of sale
1 issued by the Parish Judge of the
Parish of Rapidts, State of Louisiana,
in the above succession, dated April
10, 1870, and addressed to me, will
sell at public auction on the premises, on
SATURDAY, the 18TH day, of APRIL,
A. D. 1871,
between the hours of IL A NJ and P
P, the following property for the pay
ment of debts, viz:
| A certain tract or parcel of land lyin
/ and being n aud :,rnand the town al
Pineville parish of Rnpides. containing
eighty acres (eO), more or less, aud
numbered by l"ts from one (D I.
Invent, -fonr CAY on a plat Of snrve,
made Ivy Robert w. Bringhurst, paris!
surveyor, on the 9th day OF january
1870, or file in the Parish Court, ant
bounded as therein set firth.
/ TERMS OF SALE: CASH.
/ JOHN DELACY.
i March 29-tds, Sheriff.
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FOR NiIE.

THE plantation of X. NJ. Clark, fnnr-
teen miles ly railroad south OF
Alexandria. containing $500 acres, ~
ing on both sides of Bayon Boemf, on
the line of the Baton Rouge, Alexand
ria and Shreveport Railroad. ahont one
mile of front on each side of said ha
you. 1000 acres cleared and under
good fence. Whole place composed of
about two thi:ds aliuyial. the rest mp
land. Fifteen double houses for la
barers. (now tenantc.l by good cnlnrt,i
lahor,) situated on the bayou. with els
trrus sufficient. One brick store, in
operation at present, to which Is III
t;,cl,ed IL d,eellng house of four rooms.
! with suitable oni -honsts. all recently
built to which store and dwelling pos
session viii be given 1T the expiration
of il LEASE. The main dwelling OF the
plantation is situated on the HplaHds
ut u point Intnri,uS for its beauty and
health it contains seven rooms, neat.
~ pape:ed, with wide hall and gale
rics, having ali necessary om'-h"nses
on the place there are ample cribs and
stables. There will hc sold with this
plantation 81 head OF horses and mules.
100 head of ca'ilr, with Il number { t
hogs and sheep. together with all stock
and fixtures. r
TERMS & 65 900 for the whole-one-
third cash. the renal der in equal pay
men,s, iw" and three years, with lien
and mortgage retained hy the, vendor
until final payment.
For further particulars apply at this
| agenry.l I. L.. Boy Ds
March 22-4t. Agent.
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M SDEIIANFOUS. 2s z
SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY

I n dcscri, +, ~ Of the cotton ulnu,a-
-, NJ +, u Nr,,,,t .e ,s;i
paris, situated on the tet, d,srendiuo
bnnl, Of R,,u, Rmuf less than one.
miIa bal,w tL. y;ll,uc ,f Chen.yy,lln5
within nnn mila IF th. Inc nf IN. IA
ION Rnnne and Alexandria Railroad,
roptninir~ twelve hundred and .i.h =
acres aunreo,te ,f which s.yen Inn.
.lred and tif,v ,are rlenred, and ,brp,.
Lu,dr.d .cras .,c,,S.d n,,la, /, u,,d
f..u.. ,n, m;ln ,,F f,,nt ~, Rnv,,,,
Rnnf ne dw.|iin, 1hnpsa una,lv
nevis two story framed hui,1;,a
CONTAINING eirht rooms. with wide nul.
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PUBLISHER
NUMBER 80.
Dnp gosi = Corner ssleftsll
POE6I.l
wRIrTEN On A $50 CONFEDERATE NOTE, BY
REBEL COLONEL

Take this scrap and hide it-hide it!
Four long years of war have tried is,3a
And the people row aeriGe t,
For its valne all is gone.
All its promises are broken, Pa 4n5-
Its destiny been spoken.
And tn MS tits but token ,litb-
Ofthe glory once our own. eo .4il
Take this note-for none will have it.
Thousands died in vain To save 1t,
And nations honor gave it :,
AS truly pledged for gold: - -
But that nations courage faltered,
For the peoples hearts were altered,
And as traitors some were battered,
Ere this currency was old. j=+
Fold this bill,-Keep it foreveri
For it tells of lips that culver
Ger graves by hill and river,
And of blood by heroes shed.
With Il curse for every tory, t
Aud Il blush for fallen glory,
On its face the nnurnful story:
"Our country's hopes are dead y,
-[Sonthern Magazine.
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