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the Texas International railroad. The
Mexican government hold out very
strong inducements to the company to
push the road forward. II completed in
eight years, It has promised the compa-
nv one hundred thousand dollars pre-.
MUM; IL in seven, four hundred thou
sand dollars; il in six, nine hundred
thousand dollars; il in five, one million
six hundred thousand dollars. Itmakes,
besides, a donation to the road Of fifteen
thousand two hundred and lightweight
dollars for every mile completed. The
road ard property Of the company is to
be exempt from taxation for fifty years,
and all the material needed to construct
and operate it will be free Of duty for
fifty years. The road will connect the
best mineral and agricultural parts Of
Mexico with the United States. Both
countries will be alike benefited by 1t.
Mexican ores will be shipped to this
country to be refined. The trade IN
bananas, pineapples, lemons, and other
tropical fruits, will be greatly stimu-
lated; as will also the cattle and the
wool trade. What is more important
yet, is the effect the opening of the road
will have on articles of universal con-
sumption, like coffee and sugar. The
cost of transportation, and even of the
production of these articles, will greatly
diminish, and with the cost of produc-
ton, the price.
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VIRGINIA POLITICS.

The proud and grand old common
wealth Of Virginia is preparing for the
next State elections. The Democratic
and Conservative committee have
issued stirring address, rsuying their
clans. The people Of Virginia are pecu-
liar in several respects. They are not
only good takers, but they are equally
good listeners; that is, they delight in
public speaking; they expect their pub
lie men to address them in public as
sembly, and they are open to great in
tluence from commanding oratory.
They are, moreover, a people of tradi-
ton; they are attached to their histOri-
cal names, and especially to what are
called the "Virginia Doctrines to
which many worthy citizen proclRims
his devotion with very little idea of
what they are. They only know that
the resolutions OF 'SS were passed by
men whose names have come down as
household word5; that their fathers
voted for them, and so must they;
and, having taken their side and pub
HcIy recorded their vote when first they
exercised the right, theviUa UOce mode
has great influence af,erwsrd in pre-.
venting a change. There is respectabil-
ity in consistency, they think, and so
Te confess there is, however poor may
be the reason. In Virginia, as in Ten
nessee, the State finances and the State
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nExroO AMP THE UsrrED STA

HEAACO AMI THE United STATES,
Although Mexico is our near neighbor
we know but little Of her people. All
this is about to be changed. In short
time the city of Mexico will be nearly
as accessible as the city of Boston, for
the republic Of Mexico and the United
States will soon be united by iron bands.
For five years negotiations have been
going on to secure the legislation neces.
ssry for the establishment OF railroad
between Mexico.snd this country, to be
known as the Mexican and United
States railroad. The corporation which
has undertaken the enterprise is the In
ternstional railroad company of Texas,
and the contract between it and the
Mexican minister of public works was
completed December IA, 1874. The
Mexican congress has recently ratified
the contract, and hence it has the force
OF law. Tie gauge of the road is to be
four and one-half feet, and its length
over six hundred miles. Its Mexican
terminus will be at Leon, in the State
Of Gusnsjuato. 1t will run north to the
Rio Grsnde, and there connect with
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THE Hot Springs Telegraph. has asen-
sible article about the exploded CalifOr-
MIA humbug. 1t earnestly warns its
readers against this delusiOn set on foot
by d.jobbers and Spectators. The
telegraph says ''that il is acknowledgement
" the case that persona say they would
go to California Immediately if they
could only sell out and get reasonable
amount for their improvements here.
Such men are too hasty. They should
look before they leap. 1t is in California
about the same as it is in every other
new country. Everybody who can write
or talk, or possesses true Yankee inge-
nuity, are endeavoring to get immigra'
ton there. They are paid for it, too.
Because large Iand-holders are extreme
ly anxious to sell, and if they can per-
suade immigrants there, they will be
enabled to sell their land at large fig
ures. Those who sell their property in
Arkansas, and move to California, or
any other country, with the expectation
of making fortune in few years, and
having paradise to live in, will find
themselves egregiously humbugged.
Now we claim that we have just as good
a country as any on the face Of the earth,
and all we have to do is to nOurish, i'm
prove and develop it. In comparing
Arkansas with California, we do so for
the purpose of showing to our citizens
the folly Of even thinking of moving to
any other country" The APPEAL has
contributed much toward stopping the
emigration that was preparing for re-
moval TO California from West Tonnes
see, and we are grstified to see the Ar
kansas papers engaged in the same
work. Rev. Napoleon A. Bailey,
q prominent Baptist preacher, was
in Memphis few days since, on his
way from California, and he fully con-
firms all the APPEAL has said on this
subject. He removed there two years
ago, but at 8 heavy loss he returns with
his family, disappointed and Disguised
with the State. He says it has nothing
to recommend it but its healthful eli
mate. Rev. Mr.. Bailey is g man Of
truth and ability, and our only regret is
that all who are afflicted with the Cali
fornia fever cannot hear him personally.
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~redit seem to be the pervading ques-
lion. Every newspaper in the State, so
far as our reading extends, is for sustain
ing the credit Of the State. They take
the correct position, that it is Of infinite
moment that the people make no diss-
vOwal Of a debt that will be a blot
through ages on their proud name and
annals. But there are regulators in
Virginia, as there are in Tennessee.
TIE Enquirer thus exposes them and
their equivocatiors, which apply with
equal forceto the same party in this State.
at is gratifying to every right-thinking
man to observe that there are very few
men in Virginia who are willing to ac-
knowledge that they are repudiators.
However much they may be tainted
with the virus OF reputation, they are
unwilling to admit the facts They seem
to be conscious that reputation cannot
be Justified in law or morals. They
tacitly concede that it involves some de-
gree Of moral obliquity; hence they re-
fuse to avow themselves its champions.
They regulators! By no means. They
scorn the impeachment! They are only
opposed to paying. These persons re-
mind US of the self-righteOus man, who
sbhorred horse-raciDg, but could see
nothing wrong in competitive trial of
speed between blooded steeds. They
know that the name Of repudiator is an
offense in the nostrils OF honest men, and,
therefore, while they are ready to en-
brace the thing, they Indignantly reject
the name. Others seek to disguise their
purpose to repudiate under the flimsy
pretense Of hostility to the funding bill.
They cannot deny the justice of this
debt; nor, indeed, that it was incurred
for purposes Unexpectedly connected with
the best interests of the State; but they
denounce and spit upon every honest
effort to provide. for its payment. They
think that If they can succeed in arous.
ing public prejudice against the funding
bill they can soon turn the tide Of odium
against the public debt, which is the
real object of their attack"
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Little Rock Gazette: Hon. Dan. w.
VOORHEES,, of Indiana, is at Hot Springs.
The Telegraph Of that place says: "His
coming Of this moment of the congress
sionsl gathering is q coincidence. Heis
a lobbyist of no mean influence" What
ever his business he is welcome to Ar
kansas, for whose people he did willing
and able service in trying times.
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NOTICE

TTHE public viii take notice that The firm OF
i Baum Il hOCh~tadte-, composed OF =.
Baum and VI. EOchst8Cter, has been dissolved
by mutual consent this day. Their ST. Cce~sOrs,
Baum & HOChstadter, composed CO q. Baum
and VI. HOchstsdter, will continue the y hole
sale liquor business at $50 Nam street, aud
who, having aSsumpd the Liabilities of the old
standing debts.
BAUM& HOCHSTADTER.
July L. 1873,
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Literary Selections
UNIVERSITY OF VTRGINIA

OPENS October /; continues through nine
~ months. II is organized in schools on the
elective system, with full courses in CLASSICS,
Literature, Science with practice in Chemical
and Physical Labors tories, in Law, Medicine,
engineering, Teaching and Agriculture. APP
ply for Catalogues TO JAMES =. HARRISON,
Chairman, i. .. University OF Virginia, Abe
marie County. Virginia, iSlS
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E0NS0LIDATION,

F51HE White River Valley and Texas Rail-
L road Company having consolidated with
the Memphis and Kansas city Railroad Com
pany, gives To the latter Com pany a cOnstdera-
Die increase OF It's capital stock, and e IS ex-
Dected that the work OF clearing on and grad
Ing the road will be commercial at an Cartv
day bids Tor that purpose having been made
70 the com pany. The undersigned fs sam 70.
ceiying subscriptions n Arkansas Lar - for
which the company IS paying from two to
nVe dollars per acre, as heretofore published
Now IL the time TO subscribe lands before
they are assessed for 1875.
Remember, all taxes cease from date CT SUBJ
scnpuOn. All communications addressed to
the undersigned, CETs Adams & Dixon No a
Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, will receive
prompt attention. Z. Il. HcCRAY-
Subscription Agent IA q O 4. r. 60,
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* EN- lucky
MILITARY INSTITUTE.
Goth sesaIOn Begins s1Oaernber Bth,

FACILITIES for education unsurpassed,
L aided by a military training which
enures to health, gTac6fulness, maniineSs,
truthfulness, and sense of honor. Estimated
Ca pensss for one cadet SIS.
Eeferences.-S P. Read, cashier Union and
Planters bank; Capt. J. NJ. TreZsvaEt; r. W.
White and T. A. Lamb, 36S Front street; u.
Harder, Esq Major +. II. Wildberger, of the
faculty, at 26S Front street, VIII furnish iufOr-
nation and catalogues till June 2jth. Address
COL. hOBT. ID. ALLEN, Supt,
tulS Farmdale, Franklin CO., XIV.
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z. p. CONWAY,
RENTAL,
Real Estate and Collecting Agent,

a LII business intrustsd to Ele viii receive
- prompt attention. CEarE55 always res.
enable.
Refers by permission 20 LCi. ". J.. Vauce
z. A. Parker, Cashier Bsuk Commerce.!
+. N. HeisoE, Secretary EerusutO Insurance.
Co.; 4. @. Daniels, President State National
Bank; Henry J. lynn, Secretary NemDhLs
Fire Insurance Co; stanton & Af0CFe, grCce-F
and commission merchants recI
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A PERMANENTLY established Institution
"A for the care, custody, and treatment of
the INSANE, including those suffering from
EPILEPSY. a separate department and
buildings for patients with NERVOUS DIS
ORDERS, ana for INERRIATES and those
addicted 20 the excessive Us5 o. opium and
other narcotics. For circular, address.
VIM l.. PECK, NJ. D.. Sup't,
COLLAGE HiLL. Hamilton county,. ONO.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,

sUMaRR Law LEOTUREs-tnine weeks
ly) begin 18th July, 1875, and end 18th Septem-
Dir. Have proved of signal use. lst-tO stu
dents designing to pursue their studies at this
or other law school; 2d-to those who propose
to study privately; 3d-to young practitioners
who have not had the advantage of system
attic instruction. For circular apply Up. q.
University of Va.) to JOHN b. MINOR, Prof.
Com. and Stat. Law. jul5
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NOTICE,

TDHE public will take notice that MY wife,
i Mrs. Pauline Baum, is unauthorized to
make pure bases or contract debts on the faith
OF my credit, and the business community are
hereby warned that / viii consider my sell
responsible for the payment Of such bills.
g. BAUM.
July L. 1875
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go ''''''a''' - 13AV = 95VON %
e Company, the "PoysI" owes a
I its Kentucky business, where,
! rates with well known Com
are now only equaled by one
hOut retereC css to Liverpool or
Louisville Genera Agency.
corner Main and Sixth Streets.
Tenn.
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MUSIC BOOKS
For the Seaside, the KOuniains, for
Hours Of Leisure at Home or Abroad.

VIHE following collections contain the best
l and most popular of all published Songs,
Vocal or Instrumental Duets, ROndos, POlkas,
Waltzes, QuadrilIes, Etc, and furnish unfail-
ing rtainment To all lovers of Music.
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WHEAT WARTED
CINCINNATI sAEITARIUM.

ON consignment. Sacks furnished. Highest
" market price guaranteed.
jul5 GUY, MCCLELLAN = co.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-01-21
A Good Suggestion.

A saving woman at the head of the
family is the very best savings bank es-
tablished-one receiving deposits daily and
hourly, with no costly machinery to manage
it. The idea of saving is a pleasant one,
and if the women would imbibe it at once,
they would cultivate and adhere to it, and
when they are not aware Of it, would be
laying the foundation Of security in a
storm time and shelter i'll rainy day. The
woman who sees to her own house has a
large field to work in. The best way to
make her comprehend it is to have an ac-
count kept of all current expenses. Proba-
bly, not one woman in ten has an idea how
much arc the expenditures of herself and
family When from one to two thousand
dollars are expended annually, there is a
chance to save something if the effort is
made. Let the housewife take the idea
act upon it, and she will save many dollars
perhaps hundreds where before she
thought it impossible. This is duty, yet
not a prompting of avarice, but a moral
obligation that rests upon the woman as
well as upon the man.
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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, Pa, JANUARY 90, 1875

and bring to the front, to the important
positions Of the Government, all the ex-
perience, ability, ability, and character they
can command, A broad, wise, and mag
nanimous policy should be promptly inau-
gurated, and steadily and honestly pursued.
When the country clearly sees, as it will
see, the only alternative presented, the real
issues involved, the policies and men to be
supported, their record in the past and
their present affiliations, who and what
shall prevail if the Republican party be set
aside? When the country sees where the
loyal men of the land are found and where
they stand, who believe in the perfect
equality of the races, and who, come vic
tory or defeat, life or death, mean to MAIN
tain in its completeness the equal rights of
American citizens of every race, nationality,
and faith, then will the Republican masses
rally again, achieve new victories, and give
the party a new lease of power. Truly
yours.
(Signcd) HENRY WILSON.
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Novel way of Destroying Woodchucks

James j. Webb, of Hamden, Conn, who
is very thorough and intelligent farmer,
being troubled with woodchucks, adopted
a novel mode of destruction, which he af-
firms is Sure cure. In the first first place
make diligent search to discover if the bur
row has more than one entrance if it has,
thoroughly close all but the principal one by
means of stone and earth. Having done
this, fill four ounce vial with powder, and
insert into the same a coil of fuse, putting
in cork to prevent its being too easily
pulled out then put the vial as FAR into
the hole as possible, and thoroughly close
the entrance earth, cut off the fuse which
has been imbcdded in the earth, with a
rrotrusion sufficient to be easily ignited,
then light the same, and after the discharge
of the powder, the woudchuok will never
be heard of more The ground may be
slightly lifted, but no injury is done but
ly means of the eoncussion aided by the
stihling effect of tho confined smoke, the
work Is accomplished
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men with beasts, beasts with beasts The
engineer does more with his spade than the
scholar with his books for archaeological
research, and we congratulate Signor Rosa
on his success. We can now realize more
vividly the scenes of the Boman amphithe
atre, but while we wonder how ladies high
ly born and dclicately cultured could take
delight in witnessing torture, we may re-
member that it is not many years since
bad er-drawing and bearbaiting were ia
varite English sports, and you may see a
bull worried and baited even now in Spain;
and that school boys have never ceased to
find their keenest pleasure in watching a
fight IF Nero and Queen Elizabeth were
to visit the Crystal Palace, while the for
mer would miss the gladiators, the latter
would deplore the absence of the Bears
London Netcs.
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Il
NO. 80:
The D. L. & w. Railroad.

EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS At HOB5Kcy:
The Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railrad company have so improved their
terminus at Hoboken that they will cease
shipping coal to Elizabethport after March
/, 1875, aud will then sell all of their pro-
perty at that point or will remove it to
Hobokcn. By an agreement entered into
between the two colossal corporations
several years ago the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad company was
pledged to pay certain percentage on
every ton Of coal that passed over the rails
of the Central railroad to Elizabethport
from the junction Of the two lines, forty
eight miles from Hobokep. The agree
ment had proviso, giving the first named
company the privilege of Withdrawing from
the contract in case they gave six months
notice. This has been complied with. The
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road company, by June, 1875, expect to
possess the most carpaious coal, iron and
general merchandise docks resting on the
North river. The vast marshy track of
ground lying between Jersey City and
Hoboken has been filed in 10y mad dredgtd
from the river, and the whole area will
soon be covered with network of tracks
extending to the coal bins facing the river
The different bins will have capacity Of
three hundred thousand tons, or just one
half more than at present. Five Of these
coal docks extend into the river distance
of twelve hundred feet, and trains from the
Lehigh coal regions discharged dtrir.e the
past nine months 100000 tons of coal.
The company is now aiso engaged in build
ing an immense canal, which extends inland
three thousand feet from the North river.
1t will be one hundred feet in width and
will have depth of twenty -four feet, thus
affording good anchorage for the largest
class of vessels. Fire-proof warehouses will
be erected along either side, and in the
spring ground will be be broken for new
depot These improvements arc based on
great expectations in the future of the
coal trade, and who can doubt that their
expectations in this will be realized This
trade doubled III the last ten years. and
may again double In the present decade
Tie improvements of the Pennsylvania
railroad company at Harsimusj opposite
New York, are even greater than those
of the Delaware, Lackawanha and West
ern company at Hoboken.-PHiItdelphia
Ledger.
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A Simple Disinfectant.

One pound of green copperas, costing
seven cents, dissolved in one quart of water
and poured down a water-closet, will
effcctually concentrate and destroy the
fouiest smells. On board ships and steam
boats, about hotels and other public places,
there is nothing so nice to purify the air.
Simple green copperas, dissolved in any
thing under the bed, will render hospital
or other places for the sick, free from un-
pleasant smells. In fish markets, slaughter
houses, sinks, and wherever there are
offensive gases, dissolve copperas and
sprinkle it about, and in a few days the
smell will pass away, If cat, rat OF
mouse dies about the house and sends off
offensive gas, place some dissolved copperas
in an open vessel neay tee place where the
nuisance is, and it vii purify the air. Then
keep clean,
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Profit Of Rats.

If bright eyes and smooth fur are the
points Of animal beauty, rat should not
be an object of disgust and aversion but
when the rat appears Sin his thousands"
he certainly inspires the greatest possible
loathing in the human breast The notion
of swarms of rats running over each other
to reach some hapless victim, and forming
seething mass instinct with hunger and
thirst, is one ever present to sufferers from
nightmare or students of historical novels.
These unfortunate persons avoid Paris,
for, if we believe some statistics lately pub
lished of the number of rats in that metro
polls, the Joyous city is complete rats
nest Thirty thousand were killed last
year in the Central Halles, 10000 in the
Market Halles, 100000 in the slaughter
houses, 10000 in the butchers shops, 300
900 in the groccrs shops, goo, 900 in the
tanners yards, 10000 in the canals-a
total of ,790, 900, to which sum must be
added about 100000 rodents which
eluded capture, SO that Paris boasts of a
standing army of something like 100000
rats. Some idea may be formed of the
magnitude of this loathsome host from the
fact that if procession of Partisan, rats,
running ten abreast, were to start from
Paris to Berlin, the vanguard would reach
the German capital while the rear guard
was issuing from tie gates of the French
metropolis. But then there is a profit for
all in them. OF the 4,790,000 killed per-
haps nearly all went to the glovers, where
their skins are turned into ''prime kid
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CryStalization of Honey.

The action of light causes honey to erys-
tafire. The difficulty may he obyiated by
keeping it in the dark, tho change, it is
said, being due 10 Photographic actions !:
and that the same agent that alters the
molecular arrangements of iodide of silvre
on the excited callodian plate causes the
syrup honey to assume crystalic form.
1t is to this action of light that scientists
attribute the workings of bees by night,
and they are SO careful to obscure the glass
windows that are sometimes placed in their
hives. Therefore, keep honey away from
the light
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DR. GEO. w. JACKSON
4 NFEEeFGAS EsOTEE.

The subscriber would inform the public that
he has leased the house formally kept by Jacob
k7eeh,, in the Borough Of StroudSburg, Pa,
saIh7yius repanted and ref,rrnishcd the same,
rp7elarei TO entertain all who may patronize
him. !. is the aim of the proprietor, to furn-
rl superior accommodations at moderate rates
and will spare no pains TO promote the conf
art OF the guests 4 liberal share of public
patronage solicited.
April H. '72-.fl y. l. PISLE.
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DENTISTRY.
DR.. HOMER PATTERSON

MIll be at the office Of Howard Patterson, VI.
=. formerly DIR. Seip's) Main ST., Strondsburg,
r} r9m December 9th to January Cd. 1879. (ho-
ala[S,l His former patients also others wish
NY Dental work done are requested to CALL
-, a,esn Laughing Gas will be ready for extract
\. B.-Those indebted are requested TO
make payment. IDec. 10, 574-4t.