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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-13

The JACK RABBITS. is O little
girl who lives on farm in Nebraska.
Que day her father came home from a
IN his hat he had four-what do you
think he had ? You little Eastern chill
dren could never guess; but perhaps
some of the prairie children who read
this true story will guess 'Jack-rab-
bits ;" and they will guess right.
"What are ''Jack-rsbbits ?" asks the
little Boston boy. Well, 1 will tell you.
They are really hares, which live ON the
Western prairies, and are good deal
larger than common rabbits.
They run very fast,-so fast that few
dogs can catch them, and little boys
would have to look very sharp to keep
them in sight. But Dora's father had
found four young ones, SO small that
they scarcely filled his straw hat; and
he thought Dora and her two little
brothers would like them for pets.
Dora put the rabbits in box which
her brother Dick had made on purpose
for them, and fed them on fresh grass
and milk. For few weeks Dora and
the boys were very happy with their
pets.
But, as the rabbits grew larger, their
box seemed to be rather crowded. So
one warm night Dora left them out on
the floor OF the shed, where they could
hop and play as much as they pleased.
Now, it happened that there was a
large crack between the boards In one
corner of the shed, which was so con-
cealed by rubbish, that Dora had not
noticed it. When she came to lock at
her pets in the morning, not one of
them was to be seen.
They had all run away. Dora was
very sad at first but she frightened up
at once when her mother reminded her
that the rabbits were much happier
frisking about in the open fields than
they could possibly be as anybody s
pets.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-13

TIE life of man is the aggregate OF
his loves.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-13

How LITTLE MAMIE Cor HER SHOES.
One cold night last winter. all were
seated quietly around the fireside. after
prayers, when little-ive-year-oldN Mamie
was first to break the silence. Stepping
mp to her pa, and placing her hands
upon his knees, she said, with deep
sigh:
'Pa, what do you have prayers for p
Rejecting a moment, to frame an
answer that might be simple enough
for her to understand, he said {:
eve have prayers that the Lord may
make us good, and give us such things
as We need"
While she seemed to be thinking on
the answer that had been given. her ma
interfered by asking:
"Don't you think Mamie might get q
pair of shoes if she would pray for
them p
Certainly" said her pa; 81 have no
reason to doubt il"
81 know, Now I lay me down to
Sleep but don't know how to pray for
shoes, replied Mamie.
Her pa then proceeded to give her
the necessary instruction, and his words
took deep hold on her little heart, and
bursting into cry, she fell across her
mas lap and wept. Recovering her
feelings so as to be able to speak, she
said
II would pray three times day for
the sake of pair of shoes"
The next day she set about the work
Of praying for her shoes and no doubt
she made her words good. For, after
about the space of a fortnight, when
her pa was absent from home, out on
the circuit preaching, man came STEP
ing in at the door, having in his pocket
pair of little cloth shoes, just suited
to Nannie's feet. Learning these were
for her, you may guess her joy was
complete. Her prayer was answered.
This story is no fiction. 1t has been
written by one who knows it to be real.
Whatsoever things ye desire, when We
pray believe that ye receive them, and
We shall have them," says our blessed
Redeemer. But we should take care
that our prayers be consistent with His
will.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-04-01
TIE SoUED RAfL ROAD.

We regret 10 learn f-cnftbe Journal and
Star, that the voice of the people u Wiz
mipgton, as expressed through the ballot
boz On the 2srd iust. sas sgainss the sab-
scripiiOn BY the city 10 The protested Rail
vsy 70 The Sound. The opposition arose
10 great degree from an uDviIliugnes to
increase the burden Of taxation. which ii
truth, i snormous aud partly % hilare
to appreciate The advantages % arise from
tbe opssisg such an ssenus 10 the sea
shore. A e.
It's much tcbe Regretted. bu, few great
seAsmss ever present stissseIyes TO all a
like. There are always great nsiDds 10
every community far shsad d The cOEprs-
bsnsion of TIE msjsrisy % tbe ciii1ess.
heir impatient and ssgdcus :stelligence
leaps to eopcIusiouz ~hiehh tak-srhs los,
godding eleaaed brains of the spultitudss.
yean u study o. sof sesehins io'esnspss.
bend. ~ as.rfs4ss psft
Let tisspscsesossof TIE xbesss lave %.
tienee. Let them bide their time. 1ae
pscjeef hss'msrit xbich siil force itself up
on the usdefstsasing u the masses after
srhiis. Lighis sill'brsakupon them, aud
ihsy win recognize a necessity sbstthey
,s,r eau.Sc,,n an xi.;on.rx.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-04-01

Wasliillgisa. f,.F ltl, ta fe. I< - ~
hsrchs1 NJ f1fi' "'''h ne 49,
The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-04-01
HHisb1iaagb gstardsr.,



is tse thas ds6nite sstids WA beins
taken in connection with the nominations
for the August election. The time is not
50 very remote. that II can be wasted IN
inaction, II esv IS
There is much to be done. not only as
regards the lection Of fcpr can Ida e,
but IN ditfusiag information among the peo-
PIE counieraeting prejudioisl ihAaencess
combating false statements, aud dissc'pinat-
lug right doctrine.
There Is much circumspec,iou u betised
By the Conservative party ID It's movements
during The campaign. The radical party
6f this State win use every efortto divert
the minds of the people ffem the true is
sues, to work upon their prejudices, toar
faign all the short eonihss Of the Legkia.
ture, and TO fide again Tito power ipea the
idea Of The failure Sf the conservative par;
tytu accomplish ssa that was expected
I ON il s.a -
But flour party l. active aid sigliart i
viii not permit ihs diversion 70 be made.
Itbas good and valid defence for ail It's
failures ana disappcihtmeuts Itcan point
% The accomplishment of real and substan-
Gal good % the people and the State L
can claim restoration Of hooesty and eco
aemy in the ministrstion Of tie aaairs Of
the Scate government. and . abs0idtsly
free from sns faint of that CORRUPTION which
vas the immediats cause Of the oferthrow
Of the radical party iasiSdU "a III is 81
There is no party. there Is no man; who
Is isabsolateiy faditless there is none which
does not incur a some time the disappto-
baton Of friends; or the censure Of enc
tnies. But IN its essential : features. the
Conservative party has been true to itself
and 70 its pledges. II stiIt retains It's ho-
nessy dnstaiped and its purity unsullied,
And hsre = the great distinction between
the tso parties 1T Is upon this ground
Chat the battle : nos beng fought at the
North. The people are ri''ng m Their
wrath 70 overthrow TIE colossal fabfic Of
corruPtion which y safFiHg tiisff fortunes
and efsmpirg their liberties. The moral
sense . y been 50 outraged, thst i eau no
longer endure he shame 81 an admins
tration, yenal. extravagant. eorrapt; Or Of
aparty whose whole legislatioh is dfrecsed
TO the robbery cf the people ard the pro-
lection Of The spoilers.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-04-01
4 pLUcxY People.

Our yvilminFtou correspondent IN his
jsbilans anticipation of . favorable sose
upon the measure. asks IL 'ouf little ciiy.
depressed ss sbs 10 from tas effect of the
panic. has not shown usorsztsl. more ssssr.
Prise spd more ihden.issbls viii sad con
rass. thss any o,hsrof iissifs sffl pspaial
tics 10 the uufted statns' tfte
The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-04-01
Bald OR STONE luoUYTdlY

bSILD IrAA ~ O16 - NIGstE <alN.
There j. just enough of truth II ihe re-
ports Of commo.ion 10 justify the interest
ou the subject, and Dot enough 70 feed the
passion for novelty and ezei,etaem % eha-
neisfsfis Of the American people. Those
living IN tss nsighborhoOd arc alarmed. y
weIl they may be. from the nnwoDted
movements and noises Of their mountains
heretofore % quiet. but ths fsct that
these connections bave existed tRo months
si,hout increase. and without destructive
.actibu. void srgus. that iLey viii pass
away without damsge. c.1il 81 = Sc,
The theory Of roIcanic action. that IL is
eoaahsd q is!sbds of 70 the vicinity of the
coast. is borne oAt By observation. and il
would be side departure FROM nsiuts.s :
laws 70 ace an eruption Car 10 ihs iptsrier.
Such thing. i not impossible, bst il j.
unlikely. -
II is more than probable, that We will
fsil % GA spsush ssensatios Is VIII make
North vsrpIina' hmtns f5f ! rebellion
sgsiBss geOlosivaIsbey1s,. shd'srsiass ths
established brssiiesOf tbe USissns. 80
Tbe disiurlspses ssilI, eoniinus, but
wifhoui no,issubls Increase. Some grntls.
rsen n seieses are near ihs spot. aud ists.-
iigeut repoft snd esplaaatiou may scoh b
expected:
The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-04-01

Basihss dsims ihslss week was active
essry~hsre, she wsashsr being suitable 10
The handling of tobacco. Bot though saIes
zets large, there = great SIMILARITY Of
prices u compared wish llS quosatious Of
the previous week
Rithmcad. 10 chsngr of zlemtat, and
ossis qsetsti0nss "a
es, y DAsyIlIkj sIsrsh 2s.h.
SIT Holland 4 Co. repors tsst While
sales are large and baSihass se,isc, there
sfs no qsctable changes 10 prices.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-04-01

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itfIsnu flltinlnaisat mlailtie< s1stt AZ n ~,
ltifif. ~ epf lsn1Ii xifhep( denner RI f-elsiino
~ fxkinR NE. fiahllfiefiiFed rxpfrss,Y 10 d.
ijaee fhe i-e ofvolsflIe AND dshrf0f& olls M
saittt iiiiaef every possible Iced and ~ pcrfrst
.iFns i,'.,ilss .al ,. sre grQ'fd " teenfinusd
MILLIONS ofNsllgus btse l<en sold sn.1 ne .c.
rtlsit1 dFefflfg oF lgdreffiy~sl4hs aran oex1F4d
ffpfn Dul1l'ng. tt0rink Df haldfinen.
tt~ fnnirshre reu1zHie- and Fire fsr,sd
l2isf,rffs ~fsHrflelf f4s ce,inffe f~,oDimcsd
thr ArifAl ~ tlr lr.st salfzprd when lsinp~ arr
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fhn ffndc afuTail, end a. @isnIeseir ~ Inc
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-05

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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-05
PROCLAMATION.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department,
New orleans, July "a, 1874.
whereas during the night Of the ninth OF july,
1874, on the Bayou Pierre road, in the parish OF
Caddo thirteen miles from the city of Shreveport,
one MANUEL MUNOS, an industrious and unoffend-
ing Spaniard was called from his bed and cruelty
murdered in cold blood by a body of armed and
mounted men. claiming to belong to the so-called
White League of Caddo parish, on the false pre-
text that he had been carrying arms to negroes.
Whereas these same men subsequently proceeded
to rob the widow and fatherless children OF the
said Nunez of all the money and valuables they
possessed, leaving them in a state of sickness and
utter restitution; and whereas such crimes are a
disgrace to the State community which tOler.
ates them or permits them to 60 unpunished;
Now, therefore I, William Pitt Kellogg, Cover
sible of bringing the perpetrators of this outrage
to justice. and of preventing the repetition of
such crimes in the future, do issue this, my
proclamation offering reward of ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS for such evidence as shall lead to the
arrest and conviction of the said murderers Or any
Of them.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State
hereto attached this fourth day of July, in
the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
bred and seventy-four, and of the independence OF
the United States the ninety -ninth.
WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
BY the Governor:
WILLIAM WEEKS,
Assistant Secretary OF State. iy25
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-05
PROPOSALS FOR A NEW DRAINING
MACHINE.

DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS, ,
New Orleans, July g. 1874.
CEALED PROPOSALS, ADDRESSED TO THE
y undersigned will be received at this office un.
til 10 A. NJ. MONDAY, August 10, 1874 for the cree.
ton of buildings and machinery for a draining ma.
cline at the lake end Of Upperline canal.
Bids to be made for payment in cash, and in new
consolidated bonds, drainage SERIES at par at the
option of the City Council.
The city reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
Proposals to be accompanied by plans and speci.
fications, both general in detail. The propo.
sails to state the price of the machinery, including
boilers engines pumps, foundations and buildings
total height Of lift, or force or both to be seven
teen feet also to state the quantity of fuel
sary for the discharge Of certain quantity of
water in given time.
per hour to be of durable character, and in all
respects first class.
Buildings to be of iron, good design well VENT.
lated, and constructed in a substantial manner.
Work to commence in sixty days following adj.
judcatiOn of contract and complete in i've months
The work will be located Immediately inside of
the northwest angle of the lake embankment at
It's intersection with the west upper embank.
ment.
A plan showing arrangement for pump engines
and boliers can be seen at the Office of the CITY
surveyor, but bidders will not DO confined to any
particular class of pumping machinery.
All parties making proposals for this contract
are required to deposit with the ADMINISTRATOR of
Finance, as Evidence of their intention to abide by
the adjudication, the sum of $500 in cash, which
sha Do forfeited to the city in case of failure to
sign the contract.
Bidders to- whom the contract is not awarded
shall nave their deposits returned to them on the
cay the adjudication is made.
No bid will be received unless accornpani
py the certificate of the Administrator of Finance
made. oNA
:, Bids to be indorsed Proposals for Draining
Machine"
jystd JAMES LEWIS. Administrator.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-05
ALL DOUBT DISCARDED,

We presume that after having seen the
proclamation Of Messrs. Waggaman, Ellis
and Ogden, attorneys for the Seventy, all
doubt disappears, and the recognition Of
the Democratic party as the organization
authorized to conduct the coming cam
paign, is, so far as depends on the Seventy
is absolute.
It will be for those interested to de-
mand what is the authority of this Com
mittee of Seventy? Is it body with
sovereign powers and unlimited duration,
like the French Assembly?
So far as the public is advised the Com
mittee of Seventy was appointed or ap-
pointed itself, to conduct the SEN
atorial contest at WASH ngton. Some
of its permanent heads appear no
longer before the public, but in their
place appear some of the most violent and
intolerant politicians, some of them ac-
lively connected with the active political
disturbances which have worked such
detriment to New Orleans. We can not
omit to remark that Mr.. Mari, who has
recently appeared for the Seventy upon
the very critical question of election Or
ganization, turns up as speaker at, per-
haps, the most intolerant league meeting
that has been yet held. That meeting,
held in New Iberia, proclaims the negro
not fit for self-government; calls upon all
white men to fight the race battle
at the polls, and threatens to with
draw all business support from
those whites who do not join their
party. Mr.. Mari addressed the meeting,
and received its sincere thanks for the aid
which he rendered these objects. Can
there be any further doubt that the Com
mittee of Seventy has declared in favor of
the Democratic organization? Is it not
probable that the oratory of the distin.
guished member who addressed the New
Iberians has had the effect to bring the
White League into cordial conformity
with the Democratic programme? With
this evident exposure of the programme,
what becomes Of the peoples party of
our friends of the Picayune? We
have cause to fear that even this
resolute opponent Of Democracy and
friend of the Quaker system must sue
cumb. We fear to see the Pic chained
behind caisson, or commissary wagon
of the Democracy, following as a captive
in the train of the conqueror. There is
no doubt of the Democratic ascendency.
Among the most violent Of its members
are those who have disguised themselves
as septuagenarians, and surrendered the
stronghold Of conservatism to the fire.
eaters and White Leaguers. 1t has been
adroitly done.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-05
THE STATE CONVENTION.

The meeting of political State conven-
ton is always an important event to the
party which it represents; especially so IS
that which holds it's first session to-day at
the Hall Of the House Of Representa-
tiyes, st. Louis Hotel, charged as 1t IS
with selecting the committee which is to
conduct the party through the approach
ing campaign. It's members are FORUM
ately men Of character, fully alive to the
responsibilities of their position, and pre-
pared to conduct their deliberations with
wisdom and decorum. Standing con-
spicuously before the community as tie
chosen representatives Of the Republican
party, at time when the opposition ar
rayed against it is on the watch to seize
every advantage, we feel confident that
the members Of the convention will realize
the necessity of not Only doing the right
thing, but doing it in the best way, and that
they will so deport themselves throughout
their whole proceedings as to 60 credit to
themselves and their constituents. Each
member will doubtless bear IN mind that
the character Of the whole body rests par
tally on his shoulders, and that his polit-
ical opponents are present, ready and
eager to trumpet to the whole world every
breach Of decorum; and to exaggerate and
and misrepresent every violation Of par
iamentary rules as evidence of the inca
pacity and lack OF cultivation Of the Re-
publican party Of Louisiana. Appre-
ciating these facts in all their significance,
as every thoughtful man must do, there Is
no fear that the delegates Of the present
convention viii! permit any conduct which
would cause modification to themselves
or their friends, or give an occasion of
triumph to their political opponents.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-05
Duty AND POLICY,

1t is proper the Republican party should
appreciate precisely the perils of the posi-
ton. The assemblage of SO many intel
igent members from the country will
enable them to learn and carry home re-
suits best ascertained in this, the centre
of information not only from this State
but from the whole Union. A very
formidable association has been formed
for the purpose of carrying our election
through terror to the negroes and social
ostracism to the whites who vote the
Republican ticket. We call it formida-
because it does not merely involve the
loss Of Office in the defeated Republicans,
but the loss of life, the total deprivation
Of right and the destruction Of property
which civil violence invariably occasions.
Those who intend this revolution take
the name Of Democrats at one time or
place, and White Leaguers at another.
They are identical. Under the White
League they would annihilate the negro
vote; as Democrats they would cast
the electoral vote of the State
in the election of 1876. There is a
| third or conservative sentiment, I'M
| organized. 1t consists: /. Of those who
never were and never can be Democrats.
2. Those who know that the slaughter
and exile Of the negro laborers will ruin
agriculture and commerce, and defeat
immigration, either Of capital or numbers.
3. The independents who await the action
of all the parties, prepared, perhaps, to
make scratch-ticket for themselves,
selected from the best men of all the
tickets.
From this statement it will appear that
| the election threatens to result in violence
and bloodshed, and may require the inter-
vention Of federal force to guarantee the
Republicans if they prevail at the polls in
the possession Of the positions to which
they shall have been elected. While
timely measures will be no doubt adopted
by the State government for the enforce
ment of the laws, and while no effort will
be spared by the Republicans to counter
act the lawless purpose, it would tend
greatly to soften and simplify the state
Of affairs if the anti-Democratic and
anti White League citizens should find
their interest in supporting the Repub-
lican ticket. This they may even do
without departing from their political po-
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sition, precisely as the Democrats have
done in supporting Warmoth and Gree
ley, Republicans, and resuming their old
party name and professions after their
Republican candidates were defeated.
As the support Of the conservative ele-
ment to which we allude must depend on
the peculiar personal fitness of the nonal-
nees, we must urge upon our Republican
friends throughout the State the extreme
propriety Of selecting none except unex-
ceptionable candidates. It is easy to take
the name Of Republican on the lips, but
the banner-bearers Of the party must
be Of integrity above suspicion and
of undoubted competence to dis
charge the duties for which they
are chosen. A pitched and decis-
i've battle is to be delivered. Our
forces must be disciplined and vigilant.
They must move unincumbend by in
valids or men weighed down by spoils.
The Republican party must have no foe
but in front. Nothing to defend but its
principles. If therefore ambitious or
dishonest men, expect to fall in, that the
party, or the party press will defend a foul
record or protect successful fraud.
Such men must be turned away to vindi-
cate their own acts Or defend their own
acquisitions. Just as the Republican
party has inexorably left such as have
abused their trust to the protection Of
those political adventurers who first re-
duced and then abandoned them. This
is no army for political cripples or cow
ards. 1t is ga squadron to be set in the
field" in the highest discipline and with
the most impregnable moral muniments.
With such an organization the sympathy
Of the whole country, and especially the
secret good wishes of all who regard the
industrial welfare of New Orleans is
with us. With such discipline and de-
lenses and such moral approval the
victory will be assured US.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-05
IRONCLADS AT AUCTION.
NAVY DEPARTMENI
Bureau of Construction and Repair.
T., nj

NAVY DEPARTMENT, }
Bureau of obstruction and Repair. :
Washington, July So 1874
TIME NAVY DEPARTMENT WILL OFFER FOR
l. sale at public auction, tie following named
vessels:
At the United States Navy Yard Boston, on SAT
URDAY, the twenty ninth Of August, 1874, at
twelve o'clock NJ. the ironclad single turret screw
vessels Shawnee and Wassuc, each OF 4so tons
measurement
At the United States Naval Station. League
Island, on SATURDAY, the fifth Of September, 1874,
at twelve O'Clock NJ, the r0ncad vessel Yazoo, OF
483 tons measurement.
At the United States Naval Station, New Orleans,
on SATURDAY. the twelfth of September, 1874, at
Twelve O'Clock NJ, the ironcad single turret screw
vessels Elijah, Iris, Klamath, Umpqua and Yuma,
each of 433 tons measurement, the ironclad screw
vessels Kewaydin and WinnebagO, each of $40 tons
measurement, and the ironclad screw vessel
Chickasaw, of 45e tons measurement.
The vessels will be offered as they lie, and may
be examined at any time previous to the day OF
sale upon application to the commandant of the
yard or station where they are, respectively. who
will exhibit to persons desiring to bid an inventory
OF such articles as may be sold with them.
Thirty per centun of the whole amount of the
purchase money for each vessel must be deposited
at the time of sale. and the balance paid in cash
when the sale is confirmed by the Department.; the
vessels to be removed within three weeks from
the date of such confirmation.
The government reserves the right to withdraw
the vessels, or either of them, from sale at any
time, and TO reject any bid Or offer which may be
considered Inadequate. aus IL 10 26