ft r 1 1 JJi I Scuotcb tcr politico, Citcraturc, gricnllurc, Science, iHorniitij, ani (Scncral 3utciliqcme. VOL. 34. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 23, 1876. i0. 2u. n 5 n n fin Mi T 1 I L N c Published by Theodore Scboch. Tkrm Two loll r a year in advance and If not i(j l.f,,ri the end of the year, two dollars and fifty cents will Wi-haivd. . , s. y,, pni-r di-ii'ontinitod until all arrearages are aj j' except at the option of the Editor. e-ir- v lvertt'uvnt of in s-inaro of (pht lines) or 1 nil'1 "T t nree uiti urns ti ". r.;i.-n ;i.i;iuiou;m in jcrtiti. ."ill cents. Longer ones in proportion. JOBS PKIXTIXG OF AM. KINDS, Ei-citfd in the highest style of the Art, and on the mst reaiiuhle terms. 1) U. NATHANIEL C. MILLER, Physician and Surgeon. OiU 'O and residence: Corner Main and Toeono Street, Stkoupsbukg, Pa., Office hours from 7 to S a. ni., 1 to 2 and 7 to S p. ni. Oct. -26, lS7G-tf. J. II. sisriL,, M. u. Si-ond door helow Burnett House. Residence Jnd dj'ir west of Uickite VJuuker Church. Oliice bur S ti 9 ni., 1 to 3 p. ni., fi to 9 p. in. Mi, ISTG-tf. 51. S. .IIMi:il, I'iiysicinii and Surgeon, STROUDSBURG, Pa. OS.'c. fir'nerly occupied by TV. Si. Hes;den-e with J. !?. Miil-r. ne door tvl.ov tli Jff1rniiin Ofiice. fn -t hours, 7 to ., 12 to ;'. and li to '.. "Mt It, 137.1. tf. D u. .. i. 5s:i:si. Surgeon Ucntisl. in .Tas. Elinor's new bnildinp, nearly opjKislte ! he Stroud 'Irirj H:ink. Oas adinnisterel for extacting hen d-"si r.i. trjudilurj, I'a. Jan. 6,'TiVtf. it. s:o. W. JACKSO PIIVSIl'IW, SCRSE3X AND AlTOIXIIElR. OfTir-j in S.iv.m-1 Hood' Ifw huildinj;. nearly np p'jvt thi p -i o.Tioe. II-id .'m-e ou .Sarah Mreet, abut Fr-iuVliti. Ang!i-t s'7'J-tf Attorney at EaAV, One door above the "Stroudsburg House," Stroudsburjr, I'a. ('llection- promptly made. Oi-rober 22, 1S74. H Xotaa'3 lt2!Iic, Eeal Estate and Insurance Agent and CONVEYANCER. TV' ttarckrd and Conrryavrlnj in all its trnche carefully and promptly attended to. Acknowledgments taken for other State. OfHee, Kistler's Brick Building, near thell.R. Iepit, EAST STROUDSBURG, TA. P. O. Box 2 ). September 23, 1S7G. tf. WILLIAM S. REES, Surveyor, Conveyancer and Eeal Estate Agent. Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots FOR SALE. O.Tj'-e menrlv oppo-ife Atneriran IIoue and 2d d xr ic! w the Corner Store. March 20, lS7.;-tf. D R. J.LANTZ, SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST. UI! hai hi ofTire on Main street, in tTis -oiid story f Dr. S. Walton's hrii-k iuild;!ig. nrarly fipiite the Blnudsbiir; lToiie, and In- Uatert himself that hy eih t.en years constant ir.u-tice and the most earmt and reful attention to all mutters pertainin? to his pro fusion, that he js fully able to perform all operations la the dental line in the uiost careful and skillful uian- r. pial attention given to savinjj the Natural Teeth ; t the inTiion of Artificial Teeth on Uulor, JId, ilrer, m Continuous (turns, and perfect fi's in all easts inurrd. Most persons know the jrreat folly and danger of en Iruttinj their work.to the inexperienced, or to those 1 i t if at a distance. April 13, 1374. tf. Opposition to Humbuggsry I Th undrif;ned hereby announces that lie has re business at the old'atand, next door to Huster Clthinf .Store, Main st re-t, Ht roudsburj;, I'a., and is ally prepared te accommodate all in waul of BOOTS and SHOES, wade in the latest style and of j:od material. Repair ing promptly attented to. Give me a call. Ie., l7.Vy.J C. LKW1S WATERS. PAPER IIAKGERf GLAZIER AND PAINTER, MONllOE STREET, Nearly opposite Kautz'6 Dlacksmilh Shop, Stroudsburo, I'a. The undersigned would respecifulljr in form the citizens of Stroudsburg and vicinity that he is now fully prepared to do all kinds of Paper Hanging, Glazing anJ Painting, promptly and at short notice, and that he will Keep constantly on hand a fine ttock of Pper Hangings of all descriptions and at low prices. The patronage of the publie earnestly solicted. May 1G, 1872. Dwelling House for Sale. A ery desirable two story Dwelling House, contain ing seven rooms, one of which is suitable for a Store Itoom, situate on Main street, iu the Horoujjh of troudsbur. The building is nearly new, and every part Lofitin good condition. For terms Ac, H at this office. Dec. 9, 1875-tf. JOB PRINTING, of all kinds neatly ex ecuted at this office. THE New York Sto I 3 STILL DOWN TO THE OLD PRICES in spite of the advance in prices at whole sale, AND OUR STOCK LARGER AND MORE COMPLETE THAN EVER. We have scoured the market for things Interesting and Profitable FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, AND CAN NOW OFFER GREATER INDUCEMENTS TO CASH BUYERS TIIST EYEE ! IJrcss Goods, Cloths and fessimercs, Flannels and Bfaolicls, bleached and brown 31 US LIS, Prints, Shawls, Underwear for For Ladies1, Gents' and Children. Gents' Foraisfring Goods, HOISERY, KID GLOVES, Ribbons, &c. &c. We propose to MAINTAIN" our REP UTATION for being the Cheapest Store M TBWi 3 BY BEING JUST WHAT the TERM IMPLIES, AND IF ANY THINK THEY HAVE REASON to DOUBT IT WE WOULD VERY KINDLY INVITE Til EM TO CALL AND INVESTIGATE, AT The Kev York Store. Stroudsburpr, Oct. 12, 1876. 3m. OPEN YOUE TO THE Oppression of high prices ! RELIEF HAS COME ! ! Novr you can get the benefit of jour CASH in purchasing BOOTS and SHOES. Prices lower than any in Town. If you don't believe it call and be convinced. The People's Casli Boot and Shoe Store. E$2 3 doors above the Washington IIotel.-Qa E. K. WYCKOFF, Formerly wijjh J.- Wallace. Strouctfcburg, July 27, 1876-3m. TT-TT? fTPnTfltJ AT 170 THE METHOD OF COt'XTIXO IT MEETIXO OF THE SEVERAL ELECTORAL COLLEGES THE COUXTIXG OK THE VOTE IU' CON GRESS PRECEDENTS FOR THROWIXG OUT THE VOTE OF A STATE THE PRESI DENT OF THE SENATE'S POWER. The extreme doubt in which the returns have been received left the result of the Presidential election, has left the counting of the electoral vote iu February next like ly to be an event of ver' ;reat interest and importance. Ou more than one occasion the defects of the machinery for determin ing which of two or more candidates has been legally elected to the Presidency have been strikingly shown, and attempts have been made to remedy them ; but while none of these efforts have met with success, it has also been fortunate that on no occasion which has ever arisen has the actual result been a'Teeted by the vote of any State which forwarded its vote, and the validity of whose returns has been questioned. Now it seems possible that such a contingency may arise. No provision has ever been made for settling a dispute of this kind. Section 1, Article It, of tin-Constitution directs that 'each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole num ber of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress ; but no Senator or Representa tive, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be ap pointed an elector." The Twelfth Amendment of the Con stitution provides that the electors "meet in their respective States, and vote by bal lot for President and Vice President, one of whom shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of t he Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Re presentatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The per son having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number cf electors appointed," S:c. By acts of 17U- and 1S04. as adopted in the Revised Statutes of the United States, the following regulations are made : 'Section 1 .". The electors for each State shall meet and give their votes upon the first Wednesday in December in the year in which they are appointed at such place, in each State as the Legislature of such State shall direct. t:Section EJG. It shall be the duty of the Executive of each State to cause three lists of the names of the electors of such State to be made and certified, and to be deliver ed to electors on or before the dav on which ! the" are acquired, by the preceding section, to n eet. 'Section 137. The electors shall vote fur President and Vice President, respectively, in the manner directed by the Constitution. 'Section 138. The electors shall make and sign three certificates of all the votes given by them, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes for President, and the other of the votes for Vice President, and shall annex to each of the certificates one of the lists of tho electors which shall have been furnished to them by direction of the Executive of the State. "Section 131). The electors shall seal up the certificates so made by them, and cer tify upon each that the li.-ts of all the v jtcs of such State given for President, and of all the votes given for Vice President, are contained therein. Section 140. The electors shall dispose of the certificates thus made by them in the following manner : "One. They shall, by writing under their hands, or under the hands of a majority of them, appoint a ersou to take charge of and deliver to the President of the Senate, at the seat of government, before the first Wednesday in January then next ensuing, one of the certificates. "'Two. They shall forthwith forward, by the post office, to the President of the Senate, at the seat of government, one other of the certificates. " 'Three. They shall forthwith cause the other of the certificates to be delivered to the judge of that district iu which the elec tors shall assemble.' Section 142. Congress shall be in session on the second Wednesday in February suc ceeding every meeting of the electors, and the certificates, or so many of them as have been received, shall then be opened, the votes counted, and the persons to fill the offices of President and Vice President ascertained and declared agreeable to the Constitution. On several occasions prior to 1SG9 ob jections had been made to receiving the votes of certain States on account of alleged irregularities, but no such vote was ever formally rejected. In 18G4 a resolution was adopted by Congress excluding the electoral votes of States then in rebellion, but as no votes were received from any of them none were rejected. A precedent was, however, set for the rejection of the vote of a State by a joint resolution con curred in by both houses of Congress. When the questions arose during the first half of the eentury touching the ac ceptance or rejection of the vote of the States, the returns from which were irregu lar, long debates sometimes arose which seriously, interfered with the prompt an nouncement of the result. To cut off such debate the twenty-second joint rule of the two houses was adopted in ISo."), and re adopted by each succeeding Congress ex cept the present. The following is the text of the rule : "If. upon the reading of any such certi ficate by the tellers any question shall arise in regard to the counting of the votes there in certified, the same having been stated by tho presiding officer, the Senate shall there upon withdraw, and said question shall be submitted to that body for its decision ; and the Speaker of the House shall in like man ner submit tlse said question to the House for Us decision, and no question shall be decided affirmatively, and no votes objected to shall be counted except by the concur rent votes of the two houses, which being obtained, the two houses shall reassemble, and the presiding officer shall then an nounce the decision of the question sub mitted ; and upon such question there shall be no debate in either House, and any other question to th'u object for which the two houses are assembled may be submit ted and determined in like manner." In 1S73 electoral votes were rejected from several States under this rule, but its operation was so unsatisfactory that the sentiment at the time was almost unani mous not only for its repeal, but also f r an entire change in the mode of electing Presi dent. It was repealed at the last sessions of Congress by a failure of the Senate to adopt it. From this hasty review it appears (!) that the President of the Senate has never assumed to determine any question as to the validity of the vote received from any State, but that when such questions have arisen, they have invariably been referred to the two houses of Congress for their de cision. (2) That neither house of Congress by itself has ever claimed the right to reject the vote of any State, or to determine, in case two sets of returns from a single State appear, which of them shall be counted ex cept by authority of the twenty-second joint rule, which no longer exists. (3.) That while neither the Constitution nor the laws of the United States expressly provide the means of determiuing contro versies that ma- arise in regard to the counting of the electoral vote of any State, that power has been exercised by the con current action of two houses of Congress. Curious Things. Among the many curious things we find cvervwhere, it may be interesting to notice a few of them. Suppose we inquire into the origin of certain words, customs, etc. Take, for instance, the word humbug. It is a corruption of Hamburg. At one time dur ing the war on the continent of Europe, so many false reports were fabricated a Ham burg, that finally, when any one wished to i iiti" .1 111 snow ins uisoeiK l ot a sratemenr, no wouiu say. "That came from Hamburg." or, "That is Hamburg, or Humbug," which thus came to imply unbelief or incredulity. The word ladv is derived from an An-glo-Saxon word, and signifies giver of bread. It originated from the custom which prevailed among the wealthy Eng lish people of early times of distributing money and food to the poor. Certain days were set apart lor this distribution, which were called lady-days, or gilt-days. The word purse meant a receptacle for arms, and was not invented to mean simply a place of safety for money. Gloves were introduced into England in the tenth century, but were oidy used by the wealthy people, and were considered very valuable. As New-Year's gifs they were quite popular, or sometimes "glove money" in place of them. "Pin money" originated in somewhat the same manner. Pins were so costly that money spent or laid aside for them was called "pin-money," and it became so important that it grew into the name of dower, which was settled upon the lady at her marriage. Attar of roses was discovered by ac cident. The wife of an Eastern mogul had a small canal of rose-water, and as she was walking one day upon its banks, she noticed a thin film upon the water, which proved to be an oil made by the heat of the sun. The Egyptians were vesy famous in the manufacture of perfumes, and at the museum in Alnwick there is some ointment preserved in an alabaster vare which still lias a very powerful odor, notwithstanding it must be between two and three thousand years old. The word hermit comes from a Greek word meaning a desert place, be cause desert were generally sought in order to avoid persecution. Sandwiches wore named from Lord Sandwich. It is related of him, that one day in a gambling house, being very much fascinated by play, for twenty-five hours he was unconscious of fatigue and hunger, when suddenly, becoming aware of them, he ordered some food to be brought, which proved to be some beef and two slices of bread. Placing them together he ate them. His friends gave them the name of sand wiches, and in his memeto he declared this act to be the most important one of his administration. The origin of electing members by ballots came from the Grecians- When a member was to be elected, each member threw a small crumb of bread into a basket, carried by a servant on his head, and whoever dif fered, flattened the pellet at one side. Fortnight comes from the Angjo-Saxons, who counted time by night, and means fourtcen-night. Merry pin means merry mood, and originated in the custom of dividing tank ards from each other by pegs or pms, and obliging each one to drink precisely the next pin. It proved to be more than some of them could bear, and thus came the expression "He is in a merry piu." The invention of the game of chess is claimed by the Chinese and the Hindoos, with more authority in favor of the latter. The Hindoo version is as follows: A certain Hindoo prince oppressed his people iu a most cruel manner, and Nassir, a Brahmin, deeply grieved at their sorrows, determined to try if he could not prevail upon the prince to be more lenient. With this idea iu view, he invented a game where the king, weak in himself, should be pro tected by his subjects. As soon as the prince heard of the new game, he sent for the inventor to come and teach him, who improved the opjortunity to make known what the game really taught. Another account is that it was invented by the Queen of Ceylon in the second century, to amuse her husband with an image of war at the time his capital was besieged. From the word chess conies our English word check, and also exchequre. There are certain fashions prevalent among different nations which seem to us very absurd. For instance, the ladies iu Japan gild their teeth, in the Indies they paint them red, in Guzerat black. In Greenland the women paint their faces blue and yellow. The Peruvians and other Indian tribes flatten their heads, while other nations maltreat their noses. The Chinese shave off their hair, and allow their finger nails to grow to a great length. They wear white for mourning, they drink their wine warm and their tea cold, and a pupil reciting turns his back to the teacher. They also cramp the feet of the women. It is stated that a certain Emperor thought the ladies too fond of calling on each other and gossipping, and in order to keep them more at home obliged them to adopt this custom. The Hindoos believe that after death the soul passes into the body of animals, to live through another term of probation on earth. Among them the cow and the monkey are sacred. The Mahometans are very superstitious concerning the beard. They believe that the divine image in man rests there, and that the angels have charge of every hair. Two centuries ago our ancestors used to wear pasteboard covers over their beards in the night, lest they should turn upon them and rumple them in their sleep. The Japanese and the inhabitants of Thibet are not satsfied with devout prayers, sacrifices, oferings to the goods, etc., but they also pray by machinery. They have a square post eight feet long, and near the centre is fixed vertically a wheel, which can be reached by the hand, and which moves in an axle passed through the post. On each of the three spokes of the wheel two small rings are strung. Every person who turns this wheel as he passes by is supposed to obtain credit in heaven for as many prayers as the number of revolutions which are marked on the post. The object of the rings is, that as they jingle they are believed to secure the attention of the Deity, and the greater the noise the more certainty that it. will be listened to. Some of the inscriptions on the post are worth knowing. One is,' iso men and fools are m the same boat ; whether prospered or afflicted, both are rowing over the .deep lake; the gay sails lightly hang to catch the autumnal breeze ; then away they straight enter the lustrous clouds and become partakers of Heaven's knowledge." Still another : "As the float ing grass is blown by the gentle breeze, or the glancing ripples of autumn disappear when the sun goes down, or as ti e ship returns home to her old shore, so is life : it is a smoke, a morning tide." Emma L. Lander, in Huston Advertiser. USURIOUS INTEREST. AX IMPORTANT OPINION BY THE SUPREME COURT. The Supreme Court Judge Sharswood delivering the opinion) has just decided that national banks cannot chanre usurious interest, rollowing is an abstract of the opinion : It is very clear, we think, that Congress intended that the national banks should be effectively prevented, as far as legislation could prevent it, from either charging or receiving more than the legal rate of inter est in the State iu which they might be lo cated and carry on their business. Ex perience had abundantly shown that to do this it would not be sufficient to provide that the excess over the lawful rate only should be illegal. These institutions of large capital would naturally exercise great power over those who should stand iu need of their assistance ; for it is as true now as it was in the days of Solomon: "The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender." It was considered, no doubt, that it would be too hard a measure to provide that the debt itself should be forfeited, or the security given for it declared void. That, too, had been tried iu England, and some of the United States, but w:is found not to arrest the practice, but only to increase the unjust gain of the usurer, who required to be indemnified by the needy borrower fur the risk he ran by a much increased rate. It was deemed a sufficiently effective pre ventive to enact that whenever the bank violated the law, by "knowingly receiving, reserving or charging" more than the lawful interest, they should recover none, and that when the unlawful interest had been volun tarily paid the debtor should be entitled to recover, as a penality, double the whole in terest paid, provided suit were brought within two years. Whenever the bank must resort to a suit, then the forfeiture of the entire interest, wIi.mi an illeua! rate ha been stipulated or taken, follows as neces sary result. It was abundantly shown, iu Campbell vs. Sloan, by numerous American and English authorities cited in the opinion of the court, that whore there has boon a series of renewal notes, given for the continuation of the same original loan or advance, tho taint of usury in the first trausaeUo'.i fol lows down tho descent through the er.tir.; line. A renewal note is not payment .of the original debt, and is not a new debt e a novation, in view of the Usury laws, how ever, it may bo, if the partie.,- so intend. As to the other questions : If it were held otherwise, nothing would be so very easy as to avoid the statute. What the" credi tor is entitled to recover is the original lo in with lawful interest, and the borrower is entitled to credit fur all that he has paid beyond what by law, he was bound to pay. It is clear, then, as to the national banks, that whenever they charge or stit.tdate for an illegal rate, all payment, of interest, and not merely the excess, is illegal. "The illegal act," as is well remarked by Justice Gord..n, in Eoeas vs. Government Bank. 2S P. F. Smith. 131, -destroys the int.-rl est-bearing power of the' obligation." 'The. receiving of such excessive interest is treated by the supreme power of the State as :i public evil, and, as such, prohibited ; con sequently, when taken against the statutory' prohibition, it is acquired without right, and no title thereto vests in the taker.-" Irv such a case he is to be held as one wrong fully in possession of his neighbor's pro perty. It follows that when the bank re sorts to legal proceedings to recover it, its debts on the last of the series of renewal notes, the borrower is entitled to credit for all the interest he has paid from the begin ing on the loan, and not merely to the ex cess above the lawful rate. HOME LIFE 100 YEARS AGO. One hundred years ago not a pound of coal or cubic foot of illuminating gas had been burned iu the country. No iron stoves were used and contrivances for econ omizing heat were employed- until .Dr. Franklin invented the iron framed fireplace which still bears his name. All the cook ing and warming in town and country were done by the aid of fire kindled upon . the brick hearth or oven. Pine knots or tallow candles furnished the light for the long winter nights, and sanded floors supplied the places of rugs and carpets. The water used for household purposes was drawn from the deep wells by the crank and "sweep." No form of a pump was used in this country, so far as we can learn, until' after the commencement of the present cen tury. There were no friction matches if? those days, by the aid of which a fire could be speedily kindled ; and if the fire "went out,'.' upon the hearth over night, and the timber was damp so that the spark would not catch, the alternative remainel of wad ing through the snow a mile or so, to bor row a brand of a neighbor. Only one room in any houe was warm, unless some of thj familv was ill; in all the rest the tomnera ture was at zero during the nights i:i win ter. The men and women of a hundred years ago undressed and went to their beds in a temperature colder than that of our modern barns and wooden sheds, and they never complained. Ear Marks cf Butter Cows. John Slut tuck, a noted butter dairyman cf Chenango Coflnty, N. V., said, at the late convention of the New York State Dairyman's Association, that he had found the color on the inside the ear to be an infallible guide in the selection of a good butter cow. If the skin on the inside the ear is of a rich yellow color, the cow was sure to give a good quantity of milk ; that is, milk rich in butter. He said in all his experience he had never known this sign to fail. J. W. North, in the M line lir ier, gives some further information con cerning the subject. He observes that cows producing very high-cabred butter have a large amount of the car secretion, in many instances the whole internal surface being covered with a thick oranvje-calored, oily matter ; on the other hand, the light colored butter makers present a scanty, thin and pale yellow secretion in some cases found only at the bottom of the oar. His theory is that every animal has the power of secreting a certain amount of this yellow pigment. It the quantity be suhieiently large, secretion will take place freely in tho mammary glands, the ear and skin. . No where in the country has real estate decreased in value so materially as in the city of New York. A journal of that city says that prices, value and rents of property have collapsed to such an extent that the depreciation amounts to a fall of from forty to fifty per cent ; that few of the costly business structures erected during the in flation period, would now be valued at six ty per cent, of their actual cost, and some of them would not bring even that. This is accounted for from the .fact that New York was the center of the inflation bub ble, and that speculation run to a greater bight in that city than anywhere else ; yet "rt is said that what will apply to costly busi ness structures in that city will apply with equal force to the same elsewhere. Money was spent upon this class of buildings much more lavishly tl um upon the more moderate class, and the latter, consequently, are now paying the best in proportion to the less cost. The buildings themselves are an orna ment to the cities in which they are loca ted, and no one will regret their erection except those who fail to realize from them as much as was expected. .
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