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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-06-12

Found out.why people go to McCarty's to
get their furniture, because he buys it at the
Ware Rooms of Lee & Co. and sells it at
an advance of only teenty-t~o and t,co-
ninth per cent. Or in other words, Rocking
Chairs that he buys Of Lee & Co. Through
the runners he don't have) for $4, SO he sells
for $3.50. Pays hin, to buy some good FIR
nita1e. LEE q CO.
Stroudsburg, Aug. Is, 1S7O.-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-06-12
DR. j. Ill. SKULL,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Office lst door above StrOudsburg House,
residence lst door above Post Office.
Office hours from 3 to y a. NJ, from 5 to 5
and to 9P. NJ. May 3 '73-1y.#
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-06-12

An elderly lady, residing in Buffalo.
recently had the remains of her. husband,
who died twenty five years ago, disenter-
red, and caused the pieces Of the coffin
to be collected, aud had the bones
thoroughly washed. They were then
placed in new coGin and re buried iu
another cemetery.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-06-12
CHARTER PERPETUAL.

The Bylaws of this Company, and the
regulations governing insurance have, re.
Gently been very materially changed, pla.
cling it upon basis equal to that of any
Fire Insurance Company in the State.
Important among these changes are the
following. viz:
Policies, instead of being perpetual, are
issued for five years.
All property is classified and the rate o
premium is fixed according to the risk o
the property.
Premium notes are taken, and all as.
sessments are made on The notes.
Property is insured for not more than
two thirds of its actual cash value. and the
full amount of insurance paid in ase of loss
provided the loss be equal to the amount oi
Insurance.
"Annual assessments only are made, ex,
cept in cases Of heavy loss, and where a
special assessment is necessary.
The Company is therefore prepared to in
sure property upon terms much more desra-
bic than under the old system.
Applications may be made to any of the
Managers Surveyors, or Secretary.
MANAGERS.
SlosdelI Stukes, Jacob Knecht,
J. Depue I.eBar, John Edinger.
Richard S. Staples, Francis Hagerman,
SilaS J.. Drake, Jacob Stouffer,
Chas. ID. Brodhead, Theodore School,
Robert Boys; Thos. w. Rhodes,
William Wallace.
STOGDELL STOKES, Pres'i.
E. B. DREnER, Secretary and Treasurer.
SURVEYORS.
For Monroe County:
Silas l.. Drake, Thos. w. Rhodes,
William Gilbert, J. Depue LeBar,
Geo. G. Shafer, Jacob Sfouffer.
For Wayne County:
F. a. Oppelt, Jos l.. Miller.
For Pike County:
Samuel Detrick.
For Northampton County:
Richard Camden.
For Carbon County:
Samuel Ziegenfus
0T The Managers meet regularly a,
The Secrelary's Office in Stroudsburg, or
the first Tuesday Of each month. at z
O'Clock p. M May l5,'73-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-06-12
DR.. j. L A N Tz,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,

still has his Office Main Street, in the second
story Uf Dr.. ) Wtton'S brick bmdIug, neaiIv oppo-
ste the StruudSburg House, and he halterS huIself
that constant pfactire and the most
earnest and careful attention TO all matters pertaining
t has profession, that he is fully able perform All
spcratIoaS the dental line in the careful, taste
f,Il and Skilllui manner.
Special attention given 20 saving the Natural Teeth
also, 10 the Insertion of Artificial Teeth Rubber,
Cold Silver or Continuous Gums and perfect fits In
ale insured
persons know The great folly and danger Of en-
trusting their work TO the inexperienced, or TO those
living at a distance. April IS, IS1I.-ly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
GRAND RAPIDS WIS., THURSDAY, AUGUST a. 1873

and bitterly resisted by the conserva-
tism of the cultured classes and the
pre- udices of fashionable society; and
the schools which were designed to
give women purely intellectual! train,
ing like that given to men have never
achieved popularity or any considerable
success. The womanhood in woman
asserted itself in one way or another,
and insisted upon having its own nu-
trIment and gymnaslic, and developing
in its own way, and aspiring to its own
ideal
But the idea has had a vast infu-
ence upon all institutions of education
for women. 1t has acted as powerful
tonic, a needed intellectual stimulant.
The studies and the discipline in all
those schools are .nore thorough and
practical, and they all aim to make
their pupils more independent. self-re-
liant, and capable than in other days,
The standard Of scholarship has been
raised Accomplishments occupy a
subordinate place, and the graces have
given way to severer gylnnastic OF
body and of mind. Eassar College
was started for the daughters of rich
and well-to do people. 1t was design
ed as high class boarding school,
where girls should have more advanta-
ges and Incentives to study, and could
learn more than in other seminaries for
their sex. All the qraces and accom-
pishments and elegances were proyid
ed for in the course of study and by
the careful professors Fashion was
conspicuous in every recitation and on
the play ground 1t was the last place
radical ideas would be likely to work
their way into, or strong minded women
would expect to influence. But even
this fashionable institution has been
visibty affected by the new ideas and
spirit and willie her standard Of
scholarship has been raised and her
discipline invigoratsd, she aims to make
the new woman rather than the Old
and aspires to be fcr young women
what Harvard and Yale are for young
men. All that is most womanlv in
sentiment, in method, IN taste, in ideal
is sacredly kept, and the woman IS ed
ucated as we'll as the mind And this
indicates the tendency of all our col
leges and schools for women, and is a
more hopeful omen, of their future
and the future Of the sex. ex.-Graphie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
I Iermy-S2.0O pei, utar
I .Si9pLe CcJ,ies, . Cents

other person to write down horizontal
row OF figures, as many as he likes.
without letting you see what he IL
about from beginning to end Of the
whole performance. He is then to
reckon up the sum Of the digits, aud
subtract that from his row of figures.
When he has done this, bid him cross
out any figure he pleases from the re-
mainder, and tell you how much the
figures add up, without the crossed out
figure From the nnm5er SO given
you will be able to tell what figure ne
has crossed out, BY only les ing in
mind the fact learned above, namely.
that # no iigu.c at all had been cross
ed out the result would necessarily be
3 or a multiple Of 8. Hence you will
see that the CROSSED out figure must
needs be The one required TO bring the
sum to tie "e,rt nanttipte Of 9. Sup
posing for Instance, he gives his result
at 81 you may be sure that he has
removed the number s, that being the
figure needed to restore t!ie total TO the
next multiple Of 8, namely 45. His
sam would stand s. under
4o5oI sum Of dig;ts A.:
40
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
Women at College.

Vassar College has enjoyed or under
gone another commencement. The
occasion was almost brilliant. Forty
seven young ladies graduated yester-
day with honors. Their parts were
generally we'll written and we'll read.
The appearance Of the young ladies
was highly creditable. They evident
ly had not sacrificed health to study,
nor lost their womaniness by acquiring
a knowledge Of Latin and the higher
mathematics, and their performances
showed high degree Of discipline and
large attainments 1t would be mani
festly unfair to weigh the Vassar class
Of this year in the scales against that
of Princeton or I ale. The methods,
the ideal of the institution, are radi-
cally different in many respects. But
the intellectual abilities and acquisitions
of the Nassar graduates are incompar-
ably superior to those Of the first class
es that left the institution, and Of those
Of most college graduates twenty years
ago, for that matter.
The Improvement in our schools and
colleges for women is notable and en-
couraging. The first schools were de-
voted almost exclusively to accomplish
ments. They taught much but train
ed little, aud were so afraid Of making
their pupils strong minded that they
abolished most of the mind they had.
The discipline of the seminary aimed
to make graceful, polite, polished
women of society, who would appear
to advantage in brilliant company, and
talk volubly With cultivated men of
books and authors and works of art.
A dainty, delicate, fascinating creature;
never venturing to argue merely hint
ing objections or suggesting opinions
in other words piece of elegant hu
man papier-mache, with as much paint
and polish and as little of the genuine
stuff of real womanhood as it was pos
sible to give Then there came a re-
beIlion. The criticism of the strong
minded woman of thirty years ago had
a marked effect. Margaret Fuller
startled the sleeping womanhood of the
country into consciousness of posi-
bilities and aspirations that were un-
suspected before. and created an ambi-
ton for severer intellectual discipline
and more practical educatian. Wo-
men were hence forth to be trained as
though they were beings on their own
account-as though they were Of I'M
portance to themselves, and had lives
of their own to lead, and destiHies of
their own to achieve. This was Mar
garet Fuller's special contribution to
the woman movement and the culture
of this country. Her idea was imme-
diately caught up and repeated in all
dialects and with all possible variations
of tones. 1t got speedily incorporated
in institutions. But it was steadily
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
405G7SlQ5-37.

There is only one case in which YOU
oap be at fault, and that is in the event
OF a multiple Of 8 being returned TO you
as product. Of course, then you will
know that either 8 or 6 must lrayo
been struck out. Had the s been struck
out in the above instance, the result
Hould have been IS; had it been tho
0 the result would have been As. Both
being mUttiples Of 8, it would be inn
possible to tell with certainty whether
the missing figure were 9 or 0; but a
good guess may generally be formed,
because, if the figures appear susp;-
clously low in proportion to the time
taken to add up the sum, you may
spe eulate that your product has most
likely sustained the loss Of the highest
number.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
"Scat =! Get Out :"

No. that was not what the preacher
said at the close of the Sunday morn
ing service He simply prayed that
''the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
might be ard remain with US all. -
Some people seem to think that this
pronouncing Of the beEoJittion is the
pulling Of the trigger which shoots off
the congregation out Of doors as fast
as possible - but this is not what it
means 1t is a prayer for God $
blessing to remain with us always );
simply that, and nothing more How
came this habit Of rushing out of doors
like flock Of sheep at the pronounc-
ing Of this benediction? There may be
excuse for it when the exercises are
long and wearisome, and folks are hun
CRY for dinner but when this is not
the case, it is certainly more decorous
to be in less haste about the exit.
For one, the Parson likes to see the
friendly hand shaking, the pleasant
smile, the welcoming of strangers, the
social conversation, the manifestation
Of mutual interest. AH who attend
the Cong. church are re 1uested to
take notice Of this, and are cordially
invited to the Sunday morning socia-
bic Of ten or fifteen minutes before
going home. The church is a home,
not a prison.-Re0. Stanley Z. La-
WruD.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
The Romance oe Arithmetic.

The most romantic Of all numbers Is
the figure nine, because 1t can't be mul-
tipiied or got rid of anvtsow. Whatever
you do it is sure 20 turn up again, as
was the body Of Eugene Aram victim.
One remarkable property OF this figure
(sai' to have first been discoyerd by ".
Green, who died in 1794) is, that all
through the multi iplication table the
produc of nine comes to nine. Multi
ply by what you like and it gives the
same result. Begin with twice nine,
IS; add the digits together and I ard
S make g. Three times nine are - :;
and I and ? make 8. So it goes on
up to eleven times nine, which gives
50. Very good; add the digits Q
and 9 are 1c, and and are 8. Go
ing on to any extent, IT Is impossible TO
get rid Of figure nine. Take couple
of instances al random. Three hum
dred and tlirty-nine times nine are
3,051; add up the figures and they
give nine. Five thousand and seventy
one times nine are -, ,639 the sum Of
these digits is q, and : and are
8.
VI. de Maivan found out another
queer thing about this number, name
ly. that if you take any row of figures,
and, reversing their order, make 4 sub
traction sum of it, the total is sure to
be 9. For example :
Take 5071
Reverse the figures 1905
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
COMPOUND INTEREST

At the rate of : per cent. ner annum, allowed on
all money deposited in our Savings Dcpartn cnt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
336G==1S, and ]
plus So.
1 q NI Ut
Reverse the figures 1905

The same result is obtained if you
raise the numbers so changed to their
squares or cubes. Starting with 81,
begin the sum over again. BY revers-
ing the digits we get %, which sub
tracted from G2 leaves 36, or plus &
3. The squares Of 20 and c. are,
respectively, G76 and 8, st4. Subtract
one from the other, aud you get 3. l6S :;
3 plus ! plus q plus SIS, and | plus
s. SO with the cubes Of 26 and 62
which are II, $40 and .3o, o,32S. Sub
tracted, they leave 220, 752=tS, and
plus So.
Another funny thing about this fig
ure nine is this IF you have a col
umn of certain figures to add, and you
transpose one or more of them, the
product will of course be wrong, and
the amount of the error will be a mum
Der which can be divided by nine with
out a remainder. Thus 22S, 716,
519=1, 463. Now transpose, say, 2s2,
101, 4l9=15G3. Subtract this sum
from the correct answer, and we have
80. which can be divided by nine, OF
course, without remainder, and SO 1t
would be throughout any number OF
columns of figures
The powerfully beaine influence of
this figure is exempliied in another
way. Write down any number, as. fo1
example, 1,549, 1872 subtract there.
from the sum of its digits. and, ao
matter what figures yoa start With, che
digits of the product will always come
to 8.
7,549, 132=sum Of digits 81.
o,549. 1o1=sum of digsss q, and 2
plus 10.
A very good puzzle has been based
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21

o,549. l01=sum of digsts q, and z
plus 10.
A very good puzzle has been based
on this principle, as follows: Get sav
The New York herald., 1873-12-24
A Herald Prediction verifed--A Clear
Christmas Day.

Yesterdays and to-day's weather affords
striking verifcation Of the HEIALDs last
weeks prediction. On the Goth instant in an
editorial upon the late misty weather and
its probable import, we argued that the great
prevalence of fogs at that time proved the
storm-breeding proximity of the Polar and
Equatorial air currents, and the result would
be frosty and wintry, if not stormy spell,
and also dangerous gales on the coast. This
predicted result has been fully realized.
Yesterdays weather bulletin states that cloud
rain and snow extended over the southern
portion of the Middle States, and thence
westward 10 the lower Ohio Valley and
Tennessee, with storm centre off
the South Atlantic coast attended by
heavy rains. The probabilities, yesterday
morning, also warned this and contiguous
Northern ports of stormy weather ON the coast
during the night-a caution which was fully
sustained. There was quite heavy and ex-
tensive snowfall in the Middle States, as there
had been the day before in the Central Missis-
sippi Valley, Missouri and Tennessee This
whole disturbance, which commenced in the
Gulf of Mexico, was probably induced by an
invasion Of its humid air by fork Of tho
The New York herald., 1873-12-24
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Miss Annie Louise Cary has apartments at the
Everett House.
Congressman Thomas Swami is registered at the
st. Nicholas Hotel.
General James A. Garfield, OF Ohio, has arrived
at the Windsor Hotel.
General J. s. Negley, or Pittsburg, is staying at
the st. Nicholas Hotel.
State Engineer w. b. Taylor OF Utica, has arrived
at the Metropolitan Hotel.
State Senator James Wood, OF Gcneseo, N ", is
at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Lieutenant Colonel Dawklns OF the British army'
is living at the windsor Hotel.
Commodore Pickering, United States Navy ha
quarters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
General George s. Hartsun, United States Army
Is chartered at the st. James Hotel.
Congressman George +. Hoar, OF Massachusetts,
is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Congressman l.. p. Poland, or Credit Mobilier re-
nown, is staying at the Grand Central Hotel.
Ex-Governor Warmoth, OF Louisiana, Is among
the recent arrivals at the Filth Avenue Hotel.
Senator Roscoe Conking and family arrived at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday from Washing
ton.
Governor G. II. Ingcrso, OF Connecticut, yester-
day arrived at the Albemarle Hotel from New Ha.
ven.
Madame Nilsson RouZaud, accompanied by her
husband, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel last even.
ing from Baltimore.
The New York herald., 1873-12-24
WITH SUPPLEM EN- T
New York, Wednesday, Dec. "a, 1873.
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY.
To-Day's Contents Of the
Herald.

t'THE vIRGINIUS CASE AND THE HERALD'S
SPECIAL INTELLIGENCEi DIPLOMATIC
LIES AND JEALOUS JOURNALISM'-LEAD-
ING ARTICLE-FoURTH PAGE.
THE SPANISH-CUBANS CLAMORING FOR THE
VIRGINIUS AND THE UNSLAUGHTERED
PRISONERSl TIE LONDON TIMES COUN-
SELS PATIENCEl BRITISH OFFICIAL DE-
NAL OF THE RUMoRED NAVAL CON-
CENTRATION AT CUBA-FIFTH PAGE.
THE REIGN OF TERROR IN CUBAl SANTIAGO
DE CUBA FILLED WITH SPANISH SPIES i
THE AMERICANS IN PRISON THE CALUM-
MES AGAINST VICE CONSUL SCHMITT-
THIRD PAGE.
SPANS POLICY ADVERSE TO SLAVERY In THE
WEST INDIEsl SENIOR sOLER's VIEWS
HOW He LOoKS EMANCIPATION TO BE
COMPLETED IN 10 YEARS-CUBA LIBRE-
WHO OWNED THE vIRGINIUS-THIRD PAGE
FATHERLAND's COMING soRROwl ALARMING
CONDITION OF THE AGED KAISER
CROWDS SURROUND THE PALACE-FIFTH
PAGE.
GERMANY ON THE ALERT FOR APPEALS TO
FIRE THE FREE HEART OF FRANCE
ITALY SEEKS A RECONCILIATION WITH
THE REPUBLIC-FIFTH PAGE.
NJ. BAZAINE SAID TO HAVE FLED FROM
FRANCE-PARIsLAN BANQUET TO AMERI-
CAN AND BRITISH PEACE PROMOTERS
FIFTH PAGE.
THUNDERs FROM THE VATICAN ANOTHER
PAPAL ADDRESS TO CHRISTENDoM-
SCARLET FEVER EPIDEMIC IN ENG
LAND-FIFTH PAGE.
Jay BUCHU'S vICTIMSl NAMES AND RESI-
DENCES OF THOSE WHO DEPOSITED WITH
THE PHILADELPHIA COOKE HOUsEl THE
AMOUNT IN EACH CASE-NISTH AND TENTH
PAGES.
LONG BRANCH MYSTERY WAS THIS A RING
CULPRIT ON THE wING,-THE BLOODY
WORK IN THE BROoME STREET TENE-
MENT-THE WEST INDIES-THIRD PAGE
SHERIFF BRENNAN's AGENTS ON THE TRACK
OF THE FUGITIVE GENETi THE DESTINA-
TION AND ROUTE OF .PRINCE HALn-
SAFE HAvENs FOR THE RINGITEs-SEcoSD
PAGE.
WHEREABOUTS AND INTENTIONS OF THE
DISCIPLES OF TWEED WHO LEFT THE
CITY FOR THEIR OWN GOODl THE
EIGHTH WARD ThUNDERBOLT TO COME
TO TIME-THE BENGALESE FAMINE
SECOND PAGE.
!. THE EX-MAYOR'S ARRANGEMENT FORMALLY
PRESENTED BY COUNSEL FOR THE PEO-
PIE! ANDREW J. GARvEY'S TESTIMONY
EIGHTH PAGE.
THE WHEELS OF FINANCE AND COMMERCE
CLOGGED BY THE NATIONAL POLICYl
SECRETARY RICHARDSON GOOD PEA.
TURE IN EXPORTSi NEW FOREIGN vALU.
ATION-SIxTH PAGE.
OUR NATIONAL CENTENARY-YESTERDAY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARDS OF
HEALTH, EMIGRATION AND EDUCATION
EIGHTH PAGE.
The New York herald., 1873-12-24
Genet and the Detectives.

1t is part of the general political demorali-
zation of the community that the authorities
should not only contemplate roguery with a
ETY. the fundamental distinction between hon
est men and rogues should be broken down
and disappear. If half the officers Of the law
are found to be dishonest, if Office proves to
be only standpoint from which to operate
against the public treasury, it can scarcely
happen that the atmosphere of political life
should continue pure or that those who may
not be actually thieves should be able to keep
themselves so far above their daily associates
as to regard them in the only way in which
honest men should regard dishonest ones
They who habitually treat as honest men those
perception of nice phases, and will. sooner or
later, treat all other rogues also on the same
terms, and thus the authorities will acquire
that easy indifference of demeanor, that toll
erance toward all violators Of law that is one
of the worst facts in our public life. In this
way the line is drawn, not between one man
and another-dividing honest from dishonest
but it is drawn at the threshold of the State
Prison or the Penitentiary. One must have
passed that line to feel himself cut off from
the ordinary political fellowship AS for the
offence, the political philosophy clearly is that
it is just as innocent to steal as not
to steal unless one is caught and
even then there is nothing to be greatly
regretted unless one is convicted and if
there is still hope for escape between convic-
ton and Incarceration, why, it is just as good
to be safe as to be guiltless /; for to the ordi-
in guiltlessness is immunity from the molesta-
ton of justice 1t is only when political
magnate really becomes an inmate of the
prison that his glory is gone in the eyes of his
former fellows There is not point OF our
political system that is not affected by this
looseness of thought on points that the people
outside of politics regard as corner stones in
the fabric of life. 1t is this that makes possible
all our public misdoings from greatest to
littlest-from the Louisiana usurpations OF
the National Executive and the Credit Mobi-
lier down to a common assault in the streets,
friend can buttonhole the proper authorities
And with this condition before us everywhere
what mockery it is for the public to be told
that the detectives are set to discover Genet |!
Who and what are the detectives? Are they
like the rest Of our public functionaries? Are
they also what is called "human?" Is not
the universal recognition of their character
such that no one can for a moment doubt but
Gencts escape, If caught by half the detec-
tives in succession, would be question Of
| what he had with him9
The New York herald., 1873-12-24

VERIFYING THE DEspATcHEs. We were told
few months ago that tie correspondence
about the virginius outrage between Secre-
tary Fish and the Spanish government could
not be given to the public then, because, hav-
ing been conducted mostly in cipher and by
telegraph, it could not besaccurately repro
duced until verified copies arrived from
Europe. Well, eight weeks have elapsed and
no yer ified copies have yet been published.
Why is this, Mr.. FishP Is there any danger
that the verified copies will show how dis
gracefully our demands were modified and
toned down to obige our Spanish republican
friends?
The New York herald., 1873-12-24

TEE KEYSTONE STATE PAYING Up-Accord-
ing to the proclamation Of Governor Hart
ranft to that effect Pennsylvania has paid off
over million and half of her State debt
during the past year This is much better
than repudiation, which was the popular talk
in the same State not many years ago.
The New York herald., 1873-12-24

SIGNS OF MERRY CHR1sTMAs-In the inn
mense throngs OF customers in all the stores
yesterday, and in the multitude of people on
the streets, with bundles and parcels and
Christmas boxes of all descriptions Over half
million of dollars, we dare say, were spent
by the people of this island alone yesterday
in purchases Of Christmas presents, and more
will be expended to-day. Evidently, from the
thousands of people of all classes who were
out yesterday distributing their money among
our busy shopkeepers, the financial pressure,
of which we hear so much, is not half SO bad
as has been reported.