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NUMBER 10.
Educational Laws,

In Prussia, where the system of
public education has been carried to
the highest perfection, every man is
required to register the birth of his
children in a public Office created for
that purpose. As soon as his child
arrives ut the age of six yenrs, he is
notified by the proper authority to send
him or her to school, and the neglect
or refusal to do SO by the parent is
q seriOus criminal offense which is
severely punished. The success of the
Prussian system Of education, has
incliaed very many, even in this very
free country, to favor a. compulsory
system Of education, and in some two
or three States Of the Union, It has, to
certain extent, been adopted. In
Michigan the law requires parent to
send his children, between the ages ,f
eight and fourteen, at Least twelve
weeks in each year to school, and the
non compliance with the law is pun
ished by fines which 60 to the school
fund. There is something for'bidding
in the idea Of compulsory education,
which, if properly analyzed, loses
much Of its harsllness. The payment
Of a tax for education is compulsory, SO
is the punishment of the crimes which
result FROM ignorance, but no one
thinks these compulsory measures are
any Infringement of liberty Tho
State, when she needs soldiers, uses
compnlsion to fill the armies necessary
for her defence. If she can compel
her children to be soldiers, why may
she not compel them to be citizenss
When they commit crimes, she can
eonfine them in .jails and pentien-.
tiaries, why may she not use her pow
er as well to prevent the commission
of crimess :. The schoolhouses is the
best prevention ofjails, and if an ounce
of preventionisw is worth a pound Of cure,
would it not be well for the State tb
save as much us possible Of cure by
using at once safe prevent;On7 In
our own section where SO large pro-
portion of the population are unedu-
Gated, and where the necessity Of ed
ucation is 50 little appreciated by a
large class of the people, it is matter
for the serious reflection of our law
makers whether the State would not
be greatly benefited by compelling
her citizens to avail themselves of the
benefits of the excellent system of free
education 80 n,unificiently provided
for their Matches Neu60sth.
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Murder Will Out.

A mystery of long standing has re-
Gently been solved in the valley of the
San Joaquin River, in California, and
in strangely accidental way. Capt.
Bissel, surveyor, was laying out
ticket of land near Antioch, and chanc-
ing to thrust staff into the earth, near
a branch of San Joaquin, he felt some
hard substance, which proved to he q
skull. On removing it from the clinging
soil, he discovered q bullet hole just
back of the ear, and in searching for
the remaining bones, FIVE skeletons
were discovered, lying near together,
evidently those of two men, q woman,
and two children. How they came
there was q mystery to the surveyor,
butan old resident, familiar with every
phase of the history Of the country,
was able to give what is acceptable as
the true explanation. Twelve years
ago, a native of Ohio, named Truman,
mined in the neighborhood, was for
tunate, and in a comparatively short
period amassed $5O,OO0 in gold dust.
A few years after he made this fortune
he sent for his family to Ohio. They
came came out to him and consisted
of his wife, grown up sou, and two
little children. When Truman decided
on returning to his native State and
there investing his fortune, he left the
diggings aud came to Stockton. There
he purchased fiat bottomed boat in
which to take his family to San Fran
cisco. They started from Stockton,
but never reached San Francisco, nor
was any clew, up to Capt Bissers dis
covery, ever obtained OF their fate.
Nov the general impression is that the
remains found on the San joaquin are
those of the Truman family. The
theory of the murder is that the assas-
sins, learning in Stockton of Truman's
departure, hurried down the San Joa-
quin and concealed themselves, and
that by them the party was fired upon
and killed, and the bodies thrown into
the mud. The sediment of the river
covered them in the course of time j;
for the skeletons were found but q few
inches beneath the surface when dis
covered by Capt Bissel.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

The monument to the memory Of
Thaddeus Stevens was completed a
few weeks since. The panel or the
south side contains the words, l re-
pose in this quiet and secluded spot,
not from any natural preference for
solitude, but finding other cemeteries
limited a. to race by charter rules,
I have chosen this that I might illus
trate in my death the principles which
l advocated through life-equality
of man before his Creator"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

An ingenious mechanic of Vienna
has invented q glass composition
which may be made at any time into
curled or fizzled yarn. These frizzled
threads We are told, surpass in firm
ness not only the finest cotton, but
even single cocoon thread, and they
appear at the same time almost as
soft and elastic as silk lint, aud beau
tiful to the eye. These smooth threads
are now woven in textile fabrics which
are made into cushions, carpets, table
cloths, shawls, neckties, cutfs, collars,
and varioes other articles, and they
may he used for weaving the figures
in brocaded silk or velvet. l, also
possesses . remarkable strength, re-
naming unchanged in ,ightor warmth,
and isnot altered by moisture or acids.
1t is stated that, with wheel of
the diameter Of three yards, one OPP
crative Is able to spin three thousand
yards of glass yarn per minute, all Of
uniform size aud of beautiful quality.
-Neso York Post.
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A Brave Boy.

Napoleon used to speak of "four
o'clock in the morning courage, which
he thought the only kind worth much
admiration. He meant, We suppose,
what 10 called, presence of mind-the
ability to decide rapidly upon and as
rapidly to do the best thing or near
est the best thing required in an emer-
gency. There is perhaps no faculty
more decidedly Unborn aud natural
than this. When great emergency,
ut sea for instance, arises by which =
number Of lives are put in peril, there
is usually some one, not perhaps of
those in authority, who asserts his
right of leadership, takes command,
it may be, out of the hands of the
officers, aud inspires the whole tremu-
lous crowd with fortitude. This abil-
ity, this born power of leadership,
this rapid and decisive quality Of de-
cision, was recently exhibited by .
mere lad at Dawlish, England, during
a peril of which we find an account
in letter written by Admiral Craigie
to the Secretary of the Life Boat As
sOciatiOn.
A boy, Frederick Perianne by name,
only fourteen years Of age, had occa-
sion to 60 from some place near Ex-
mouth in small dingy, when tlle tide
suddenly swept him out into the open
sea. There was brisk gale from
the N. E., and the boy Immediately
got up his tiny mast and sail, vainly
hoping to find some sheltered place
where he could land. He was fast
driven, however, upon the heavy
breakers. When Ae was within a few
hundred yards of Dawlish Beach he
anchored in the desperate hope Of
holding on until the sea should lit
tie snbside. He had now attracted
the attention of those on shore to his
perilous situation, but it was impos-
sible to send him aid without too
great risk of life. Nothing could
live in the broken water, with occa-
sional heavy rollers, except a life boat,
and the life-boat was at Te;gnmouth.
The little fellow in the dingy made
up his mind that she would soon
swamp where she was; 20 he rapidly
got up his mast and sail again,
weighed his anchor, and stood to the
westward, his little craft almost
on her beam ends. "With light
ningA precision and decision," he
seleejed the only spot where he could
possibly have landed, and boldly bear
ing up, he pushed his little boat into
the fOamy waters. Over the first roll
Ter she went like a sea gull. but then
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

A fellow in Norwich was bitten by
dog. As soon as he recovered from
his fright he declared he would kill
the animal. "But the dog isn't mad, I"
said the owner. "Mad," shouted the
victim, exasperatedly, "what in thun-
der has he got to be mad aboutfn
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

A good story is told Of St. Louis
dry goods clerk who attended q dance
in the rural district q few evenings
since. He wore cheviot shirt, and
put on q great many airs. He was
somewhat taken down, however, when
lie overheard one country lass say to
another: HThat St. Louis chap slings
on heap Of style, for fellow that
wears q bed-tick Shirt
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

ain London, no man ever thinks
of backing his own boots" said a
naughty Briton once to the late Mr..
Lincoln, whom he found polishing his
calf skin CATERS. Whose boots does
he black Z" quietly responded Uncle
Abe as he spit on the brush.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

A member of the history class in a
large school near Springfield recently
closed recital of tho pioneer work Of
Columbus by saying that "he did not
know the vast Importance and magni-
tu.lc of his discoveries until after his
1lenth.'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

In Arkansas man was sentenced
to be hanged, bnt all the carpenters
in the neighborhood refused to build
the scaifOld. Az the condemned man
was himself carpenter by trade, the
sheriff tried to induce him to put up
a gallows, but he steadfastly declared
that he'd be hanged if he would.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

. An eminent theologian has discov-
cred that the expensive conflagration
in SOdon and GomOrrah was due sole
~ to the prevalence Of the Mansard
roof
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

An Atlanta woman has not only
whipped bar-keeper for selling whis-
Ky to her husband, but she has whipped
her Isasband's employer for paying
him money while he was drunk.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

A preacher at Burlington, Iowa,
says he does not want Mason, Odd
Fellow, nor Democrat in his church.
He probably wants tO wrestle with the
devil all by himself.
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Senator Sprague's Idess. -
We copy the following from the
C0ff0n Roll. t-sz=,.,.....-. d.

we copy the following IRON the
Vermilionville Cotton Boil: 'Fss.a. .'es'j
TO some it has been matter of SUR
prise that Governor Sprague, of
Rhode Island, with his great wealth,
should take an interest in the construc-
ton of a railroad 80 far from his home.
We have recently learned from /.
gentleman who conversel with the
distinguished Senator and ex-Gover-
nor, that he has y noble ambition,
and one which, aside from the COM
pletion of the railroad, will greatly
benefit our country, when his plans
are carried into execution. ,..-.,.,.
He is the largest manufacturer Of
cotton goods in the United States, and,
of course, he has to expend immense
sums Of money to procure the raw
material. Not only SO, but he assists
his thousands Of operatives in procnr-
ing their supplies of provisions, and
Texas furnishes the meat, which is SO
necessary to the laboring class. Now,
clear headed man that he is, he sees
that by erecting cotton factories at
convenient points along the line of tho
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas rail
road he can purchase his cotton di-
rectly from the planters, and thus
save many thousands Of dollars an
nually in freight, commissions, storage,
ETC., and tbe able to keep his mills
running The year round, without any
interruption from cold weather. Then,
too, instead Of paying tribute to others
to transport his new material and meat
supplies, he will convey then, over
his own road. 1t is also quite probable
that he likewise has an eye to, tho
Texas wool crop, which is annually
increasing, and will soon excel that Of
any other State in quantity - it now
does all others in quality. =. al a.
With such q noble alnbitian and
such a magnificent field for the exer-
else Of his talents as a speculater and
philanthropist, we do mt fear that
Governor Sprague will relinquish. tho
presidency Of the road, as has recently
been intimated he would do, on 'ac-
count Of the disturbed political cendi-
| ton of our State. No, even if Louisiana
should be doomed to continuance Of
political misrule (which We do not for
q moment believe will be the CASEY,
our great and independent sister,
Texas, would handsomely reward him
for building railroad there f,..sa,r
IfGovernor Sprague carries out his
ideas-and he has the capital and ca
paeity to do tive may expect both
Vermilionville and Breaux Bridge to
become important manufacturing
towns, for both are happily situated
on navigabie bayous, affording tlic
planters ample facilities for the ship
ment OF their staples to the home man
ufacturer.
If sucl, good fortune is in store for
US, our present limited popula ton viii
suddenly be swelled many thousands,
and our bright dreams of the prosper
ous future Of Attakapas be even more
speedily realized than we had eve,
dared to hope in our most, sang,,ine
moments. -.v, .e..y.e* ...'
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A Kansas man lately burned
school-house, and then gave himself
up to a justice. He said he wished to
spite his mother, and thought getting
into the peniteutary would 10 It.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-01-18

An Englishman recently travelling
in Wisconsin wrote home that the
West was q great agricultural coun-
try; that every house he saw was
barn.
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Suggestive and Sensible.


Speaking of the holiday pageants of
the carnival season in New Orleans,
the West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter
says:
But in connection will, these grand
and costly displays, there are a few
questions to be consider ed as to time,
place and propriety. We have been
told over and over again that the pros
perity of New Orleans is rapidly de-
clining-that her business is passing
away to other and more favored COM
mcrcial centres, and that nothing short
of miracle can restore her former
prestige. Even now a committee of
her citizens are ut the North detailing
the grievances of the people ut the
unexpected turn the late elections took
in their city, and bewailing the loss of
trade already incurred by Radical
misrule, and predicting utter prostra-
ton i'll every department of business,
unless relief be given by restoring the
State to the control of her tax paying
citizens. Such arguments it is not our
purpose to refute or sustain.
But must it not appear strange to
the Northern people who have 80 long
heard the cry of "decaying New Or
leans," that those costly displays
should be indulged in year after year,
and even increasing in numbers or
organizations Immense sums of
money are lavished upon them, and
for no purpose whatever beyond the
silent fun of the members and the
admiration Of the crowds upon the
streets. None but men of means can
engage in those gorgeous pageants,
and, if our information be correct,
they are the ones who wall most over
the decadence of their city. A question
Are people in the habit Of squan-
deling money when their business is
declining from day to day, with no
prospect Of relief in the futurei II
strikes us in the negative.
How can Northern people believe
such statements, or what reliance can
they place in them when they see
money frittered away in that manner
It would be more in keeping with the
true condition of affairs in that city
were such displays dispensed with
until better days shall come. If we
argue in this manDer-we who live in
the South and are familiar with the
situation, what must be the impression
of Northern people, whose only means
of information is through the public
press or the dicta. Of migratory com.
mittees1 They must consider the
Orleanians strange characters-men
who are continually bewailing thei,
misfortunes, and yet lavishing thou
sands of dollars upon shows which
have neither sense, point or meaning
A suggestion: stop these costly dis
plays, or stop your lamentations ove'
real or imaginary misfortunes.
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If YOU leave an ugly weed to flourish
in the field of your neighbor, it will
presently shower your own with its
seeds.
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Every one should take local paper.
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Communications may be addressed simply
=. CHIEF, Donaldsonville, La.," or to the ed
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Transient advertisements. VI 80 per square
6ret insertion; Is cents each subsequent
insertion.
All official advertisements 81 per square each
insertion. .
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-12-18
STRoUDsBURe, Pa, Nov. 81, IS

SrRoUDsBURe, Pa, Nov. 81, 1873.
At special meeting of the Town Council,
held at the Office Of G. Burnett, Esq, this
evening, present John n. Stokes, Chief Bur-
CESS; Messrs. Marsh, Flory, Fisher and Con-
ner, Councilmen.
The following ordinance was passed:
Be it ordained and enacted by the Chief Burgess
and Iown Council of the borough Of Strouds-
burg and IL is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same:
That the deposit of coal ashes and all refuse
matter of whatever kind, in the CUTTERS and
streets of the borough of Stroudsburg, is hereby
prohibited. Any person or persons violating
this Ordinance, shall be subject to fine of Five
Dollars, for each and every offence, to be re-
covered as debts of like amount are by law
recoverable.
Sec. 2. All residents of the borough of
Stroudsburg. are hereby directed to shovel the
snow off the pavements, and also to open the
cutters in front of their residence and lots,
within six hours after the fall of each and
every snow. If the provisions of this Ordi-
nance are not complied with within the time
above specified, it will be done by the Town
Council, at the expense of each individual so
refusing, with an addition of 20 per cent.
added to the cost, to be recovered as debts OF
like amount are by law recoverable.
JOHN N. STOKES, Burgess.
Attest-THEo. ScHocH, Sec'y Prot.
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Registers Notice.

Notice is hereby given, to all persons inter
ested in the estates of the respective deccdents,
that the following accounts have been filed in
the Registers Office of Monroe county, and
will be presented for confirmation to the
Orphans Court of said county, at Stroudsburg
on Monday, the 22d day of December, 1873, at
10 o'clock, A. NJ.
Account of Peter D. Berger and Reuben
Berger, administrators of the estate of Joseph
Berger, deceased.
Account of George H. Miller. executor of
the estate of Abner Kirk deceased.
Account Of Samuel r. Bossard guardian of
Ellen M. Zern.
Account of George Correll, administrator of
the estate of Christopher Barleib, deceased.
Account of Emanuel Shoemaker admins
traitor of the estate of John Shoemaker,
deceased.
Account of Charles E. Kistler, guardian of
Mary Clara Hess.
J. APPENZELLER, Register.
REGISTERS OFFICE, STRoUDsBURG, PA,
November, IL, 1873.
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Mr.. Wilson PEIRsoN Of East Stroudsburg,
mas little daughter who for years past has
been sorely afflicted with Epileptic Fits, her
unsuccessful attempts of some of the most
eminent Physicians in the country, New York,
Philadelphia and elsewhere, to effect cure
but all to no effect. We learn from Mr.. p.
that he has at last found simple remedy by
which his daughter has been cured, her mind
restored, and she is getting quite stout. Feel
ing that all afflicted with Epilepsy should know
of il. he desires to say that all interested may
have full particulars, by addressing him at
East Stroudsburg Monroe county, Pa, and in
closing three cent stamp for return postage.
Dec AT
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FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.

A reward of $4,000 will be paid to any per-
son who can give satisfactory information as to
the person or persons, who cut of the tail of
horse at the stable, belonging to A. NJ Hauser,
at Delaware Water Gap, on Friday evening,
September 26th, 1873. Amy person giving
reward from M. g. Jones. Luke Dutot or Enos
Depue, Trustees of Caldeno Lodge, No. 376.
K. of P. JOHN J. BURD,
oct16-tf1 K. of r. and s.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that an application
will be made to the next session of the Legis-
latnre Of this State, for the passage of law,
modifying the trust of the Cemetery lot, in the
forks of Brodhead's and McMichaels' creek in
the borough of Stroudsburg. To the effect
that so much of the said lot held in trust, that
is not used, and is unsuitable for the purpose.
of a Cemetery, may be sold or leased, and the
annual income thereof appropriated towards
keeping the Cemetery on said lot in repair
nov 13-6t j. II. STROUD.
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Sept. 1s. ls7;
The Colby Washer and Wringer,

The undersigned having secured the agency
for the justly celebrated Colby Washer and
Wringer for this County, are prepared to Of
fer these matchess household utensils to the
public. Nearly three hundred of them have
been sold in Stroudsburg and vicinity with
universal satisfaction to purchasers The un-
dersigned will commence canvassing the Coun-
ry at once We refer by permission to the fol-
lowing parties who have the Washers and
Wringers in use:
G. Burnett, A. 0. Greenwald,
j. A. Hays, c. S. Palmer,
n. Ruster, c. H. Howenstein,
G. D. Brodhead, Esther Wintermute,
VIM. T. Baker, P. Miller,
Evi Rosencrans, II. Schoonover,
James Gardner, DR.. VIM. D. Walton,
Rev. w H. Dinsmore S. T. Buckley,
P. Williams, John Baldwin,
P H. Robson, z. L. Wolf
Geo. z. Stouffer
Price-Washer S., Wringer ST.
BROWN & WALTON.
]. P. BROWN. ]. x. WALTON.
July 81, 1873.-tf.
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court Proclamation.

tVhere0s, the Hon. SAMUEL 3. DhEHER.
President Judge oftbe 22d Judicis District of
Pennsylvania, composed of the counties OF
WsyEe, Pike, Monroe and Carbon, and
John De Young, and Peuer Gruver, Esqr's,
Associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Monroe, and by vir.
tue of their Offices, Justices of the Court OF
Oyer and Terminer and General Jai! delivc.
ry and Court of General Quarter Sessions in
aud for the said County of Monroe, have is.
sued their precept to me commanding that
a Court of Quarter Sessions Of the Peace and
Common Pleas, and Court Of Oyer and Ter.
miner and General Jail Delivery and Or.
phan's Court, for the said County Of Monroe,
to be holden at Stroudsburg, on
MONDA Y, the 22d day Of De Gender.
1873, to continue two weeks. if necessary.
NOTICE
Is hereby given to the Cononer, the Justices
of the Peace, and Consta bles OF the said coun.
ty of Monroe, that they be then and there
ready with their rolls, records. inquisitions,
examina tions and other remembrances To do
those things which their Offices are appertai-
ming, and also that those who are bound by
recognizances to prosecute and give evidence
against the prisoners that are or sha II be in
the jail If the said county of Monroe, or a.
gainst persons who stand charged with the
commission of offences to be then and there
to prosecute or testify as sha be just.
GOD save the Comnonwealth.)
CHARLES HENRY. Sheriff.
Sherif's Oflce Stroudsburs,
December 4, 1873.