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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

SrRAwBERRIEs IN WNIER.zA CORES
pondent Of the Plosqkssaa desires to
know the best mode Of protecting
strawberry vines In winter. In a
climate like ours, where the soil is not
always covered with snow in winter,
some protection is requisite. II we
could be sure of snow on the ground
from December to April we could get
on well without any protection. II
may not be the actual severity Of the
cold that destroys the vines, so much as
the frequent and repeated freezing and
thawing TO which they are liable, if not
covered up. 1t matters little in our OBJ
servation and experience, what the
material is that Is used as q mulching
provided it is non-conducting. Strawy
manure or old hay would be as good as
anything, provided We could be snre
that they would not fill the ground
with the seeds that will spring up into
vile weeds. Perhaps salt hay or COM
mon meadow or swale hay might be
free from this objection, and they may
be used to advantage. But We prefer
the use of leaves from the forest, and
pine needles that can be easily gathered
in sufficient quantities, or even pine
boughs, to the use Of any common
coarse manures. They are usually
cleaner, and make less work in weed
ing. Spent tan will do very well,
chopped straw, or even corn-stalks.
When Strawberries are cultivated on
the annual system the use of the hay is
not so Objectionable, and We notice the
market gardeners, whe almost invaria-
bly, cultivate on this system, use hay,
which they rake off towards spring,
and pile up for use again i'm the fall.
OF leaves, pine needles, as they are
called, are better than oak. as they lie
better without blowing off. Two or
three inches is covering bOughs enough
especially if they are held down by a
few pine boughs. Cover the beds be-
fore the ground freezes very hard, and
before the first heavy fall Of snow.
Leaves settle down among the plants,
and may then be left. Some cover a
foot deep or more with oak, maple or
other similar leaves, and throw over
them a few boards to hold them in
place. e.-Mdssqchusefts PloIlghmdn.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

ITwAs rich old widow W no wondered
that the handsome young man had fallen
i'm love with her. "Yes, it is wonder
ful, J" said Mr.. Sprueeup; ''but do love
you to distraction; why, even love
the ground you walk on" 81 thought
so, observed the widow ''bu. 1 am
not in want OF landlord at present."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

The Iguana Family. - The lizard
tribe furnishes one of the most uni
versal and persistent types in all natu-
raj history No country is entirely
without them, and none but the very
earliest geological formations fail to
furnish specimens of this remarkable
race. OF the iguanas, the character
istics are mainly the horny scales
which cover the body, and the toes,
which are distinct and free. The ser
rated crest along the ridge of the back
is generally present and the teeth are
usually set in a common alveOlus, but
sometimes they are attached to the
free edge of the jaw bone.
Eleven species of the tribe have
been found in Australia. ~.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

CoMPREHENDED IT. = A clergyman
having been inducted into living in
Kent, England, took occasion during
his first sermon to Introduce the word
''optics." At the conclusion of the SER
vice farmer who was present thanked
him for the DISCOURSE but intimated
that he had made small mistake in one
word, softening down at the same time
the severity of his criticism by saying
yet We all know very, wei, sir, what
you meant On the clergyman making
further inquiries about this word the
farmer said: '.What you called hop
sticks, in this part of the country we
call bop-poles " - "IIf .-.'r- Ia
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

III. oIdesr Magazine In America "A PREMIUM
cmessor-THH MORNING cALI.--sai b given to
every subscriber whether single or IN club who pays
,ir--. n. A. Cooley. RhtIn-. Pa ll-s+t
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01
And thus they parted.

A LITTLE 3-year-old, who had often
been reproyed for eating the inside and
leaving the crusts of her pie, was re-
Gently afflicted with sore toe. One
day, when at dinner, she was observed
to slyly remove the crust of her pie
and place it under her plate while eat
ing the inside. On being discovered she
innocently replied: SWELL, papa, my
toe is so sore l couldn't eat the crust.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

''I'M AVA. Dean Ramsay tells al
amusing story of the cool self sufficiency
OF the young Scottish domestic-a boy
who, in very quiet, determined way
made his exit from house into which
he had been very lately introduced. He
had been told that he should be dis.
missed if he broke any of the chins
under his charge. On the morning OF 8
great dinner party he was intrusteG
trather rashly) with great load OF
plates which he was to carry up. stair:
from the kitchen, to the dinning room
and which were piled up and rested or
his two hands. In going up stairs hi:
foot slipped, and the plates were broker
to atoms. He at once. went up to tn,
drawing room, put his head in at tn,
door and shouted: ''The plates are a
smashed and I'm awa'.''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

SOME WITTY SAYINGs.-''There was,
some time ago, famous English wit
named Foote. FoOte saw an old gentle
man rowing in boat near Kingston,
and asked him what business he had In
it, i,r fuf -. 81 e..st. $40 4;r.. Sd
"'Business, sir, business replied the
old gentleman. DO you know, sir, that
this is my pleasure boat 20 o -s.fl
"'Exactly,' says Foote; .'and how
can you have any business in pleasure
bOat?" Iis b. y, saf i q ltIrf .a
"a good tale is told of Curran, an
other witty Englishman, who was once
engaged In legal argument; behind
him stood mis- colleague, a man whose
person was remarkably tall and slender,
and who had intended to be administer.
The judge observed that the case under
discussion involved a question of ecclesi-
astical law. 'Then,' said Curran, Il can
refer your lordship to high authority
behind me, who was once intended for
the church, though in my opinion filter
for the steeple.'
"Apother was Charles Young, who
was great practical joker. A good
tale illustrative of this is the following
Young meeting friend in busy Lon
don thOroughfare, told him, among
other things, that he was going to have
a tripe supper, upon which ais friend
stated that he detested tripe.o Young
then said, in very loud voice, Not
like tripe. Do you mean to observe, sir,
that yOu don't like tripeYa His poor
friend, seeing crowd attracted by such
loud and unusual conversation, begged
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

Sisiag -R. X. Whitehead renders
materials employed for sizing yarn,
woven fabrics, &C., proof against mil
dew by the addition of little mustard
oil, or other vegetable oil possessing
antiseptic properties. About four
ounces of oil to one gallon of size is
usually sufficient.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

The thaumascope is cheap and ex-
cellent substitute for the magic lantern
1t does not require glass sides, but will
enlarge photographs, prints. and the IL
lustrations of book without injuring
the volume, and will also reflect live in
sects and fishes on the screen. Though
not equal to the magic lantern in inten-
sity of light, it surpasses that instru-
ment in the variety of its illustrations
and the scope of its usefulness, and can
be obtained for very much less than q
magic lantern. For educational pur-
poses it is very valuable, and delight
full source of parlOr amusments.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

UYORK FOR ALL in search Of .mp,oxm.,,
w Make your goods. and have all the profit
ssnd stamp for cir eulsr, J. L. LANG Lock Box i0s
P.ttsbu zh. Pa IIS2t
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

/ SHE was romantic young lady, and
he, her father, took practical view OF
everything. She looked up from her
book in botany, and inquired:
''Father, did you ever study botany.''
He was interested in his paper, and
did not reply, and presently she con-
tinued: H u -ild af' r"i' -ih'iaI
''Papa, what flowers do.you prefer?''
'.FlOur,, eh?" he replied as he looked
up, ~why, always get that made from
winter wheat, if Iean-I think it makes
better bread ~
She sighed and wished there was a
young man ON the other end of the sofa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

RULES FOR GRADING OATs.-The di-
rectors of the Detroit Board of Trade
have adopted the following new rules
for grading oats:
1. White oats, which include all
white oats, whether State or Western,
that come up to the standard of mer-
chantable oats.
2. Mixed oats without regard to State.
3. No. 2, which includes all good,
clean oats below the standard of white
and mixed.
4. Rejected, to which class are con-
signed all musty oats, or those not
properly screened.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01
BCIENfW1c

Modern Suspens,on Bridges. :, At
Kiev, one of the most ancient towns In
European Russia, and for centu-
ries the recognized capital of the
whole empire, is one of the most grace
full and solid bridges ever erected. The
roadway is perfectly level, being sus-
pended from catenary chains of great
strength which hang between the
piers, of which latter there are five.
Although the dimensions of these spans
have been far exceeded in many bridges
in the country, it will be admitted that
the architect of the Kiev bridge has
united, to a form of construction ex-
ceediDgly difficult to treat with any
artistic effect, a picturesque ana I'M
posing appearance.
AlthOuxh we are accustomed to con-
slider the suspension bridge as one OF
the triumphs of modern engineering
skill, it is really one of the Oldest forms
of bridge construction in existence. In
the year A. D. 65, Ming. the Emperor
of China, built one in the province OF
Yun-an it was $50 feet long. and the
road bed was laid directly on chains
suspended across the river and drawn
comparatively taut. In the time OF
the Incas of Peru, suspension bridges
across the defiles of the Andes were
made of ropes of the bark of trees a
roadway was in some places cOnstruc-
ted, and In others basket was drawn
to and fro. The latter plan is In use
in that country in this day. The iron
suspension bridge was not brought into
use till the year 1915, the first being the
bridge at Berwick-On-Tweed.E England.
The roadway was hung to - cables,
n xl~
able distance for a first attempt. Tel
ford's bridge over the Menai Strait has
a span $50 feet. The Conway bridge
by the same engineer, 327 feet, and
Tierney Clark's bridge over the Thames
at Hammersmith, London, 422 feet,
were cOnsideredmarvels ofengineering
in their day but the wire bridge at
FribOurg, Switzerland, with a span $40
feet, eclipsed all llpreviOus achievements.
But of late years, suspension bridges
have been numerOusly constructed,
and we have ceased to marvel at the
dimensions they assume. The Clncln-
matt bridge has clear span OF .O51
feet; and the most remarkable OF all
the suspension bridges yet designed,
the New York and Brooklyn, is to
have a span of / ,595, feet the whole
bridge being 3.475 feet long. :.
1t must be considered that the
bridges of the future, for long spans,
will be constructed on the suspension
plan. The great superiority of the iron
and steel of the present day, and the
improved facilities for turning out
large masses of these metals, make II
impossible to limit the capability OF
bridge constructors to defy the diff
culties which Nature has placed In
their way and every year shows us
fresh achievements in the art of engi-
neering the way over crevasse, canOns,
and defiles.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-12
CUTTING ARRAY ON BASIN
STREET.
Bob Swim and Harry Wicks Stab
Each Other with an Oyster Knife.
All for a Ten Dollar Bill.

The fist fight INDUCED in, Thursday night
at the corner of Common and Rampant DE
tween small fry sporting men and gamblers
did not settle the misunderstanding existing
between two of the parties engaged, named
Harry Wicks and Bob Swim, although they
blackened each others eyes and had good
fight. They were locked up all night Thurs
day, and on Friday were tried and paid 6
fine for their fun.
Saturday morning at 1915 o'clock they met
for the first time after the fight in Sally
Stewards house, 16 South Basin street, and
renewed the difficulty, which resulted in
Swim's drawing al oyster knife, evidently
bought for the purpose, and plunging it into
Harry Wicks's left breast intiicting serious
wound. scuffie ensued, in which Wicks
seized possession of the knife from the hands
of his assailant and stabbed him in the left
side of the face and in the shoulder, inhicting
two CHASTITY wounds.
Officer Fitzgerald was in the locality, and
on learning OF the affair Immediately entered
the house and arrested bota men and brought
them to the Charity Hospital, where their
wounds were dressed and pronout ced not
dangerous, and afterwards taken to the Cen.
trail Station, where they were locked up,
charged by the officer with fighting and dis
turbing the peace, assaulting, staDbing and
wounding each o.her.
Bob Swim was subsequently taken back to
the Charity Hospital and an officer placed in
charge of him. 1t appears that Bob came
along Basin street, asking everyone he met if
they had seen Wicks, and entered the house,
where he met him and demanded ten dollars,
that he stated Wicks had stolen from him on
st. Charles street.
Wicks denied taking the money, where
upon Swim remarked that he would kill him
if he did not give up the money, at the same
time drawing MS knife and stabbing Wicks,
who grasped the weapon and retaliated, as
above stated.
Wicks was released on bonds to appear be-
fore Judge Evans, but neither of the COM
batants were able to get to court Saturday
morning.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-12
SusnpnSiOn of ATTORNEYS.

A Washington dispatch says the Commits
sioner of Pensions has commenced war
upon lawyers who, it is alleged, have been
endeavoring to obt1in pensions upon fraudu-
lent evidence A number of Philadelphia
firms have just been suspended from practice
before the pension Office, involving the sus-
pension of 20, 900 cases and the possible pay
ment of $1,000, coo annually.
The special agency force of the Pension
Bureau has been for months engaged in ae-
cumulating evidence of frauds. The agents
report that the firms suspended were in the
habit of having deputy county clerk affix the
seal of the court to jurats in all atidavis with
ont seeing persons who are certified to as hav-
ing been sworn. This practice, it is thought
may enable some of those who have made
statements to escape prosecution for perjury.
1t is said that similar methods have been prac-
ticed in other cities.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-12

ont the advantages of even rudimental in
great extent, beyond remedy.
After the war, and before bayonet recon-
struction began, the leading men of the State
had begun to pay serious attention to the
subject of public education, and, if they had
been let alone whatever was consistent with
the narrow resources of an impoverished and
desolated State would have been done for the
benefit of the children of the Safe.
For the past seven years the enemies 4ot
the white children and white parents of Lou
isiana have done little except to enforce the
payment of heavy school tax, steal the bet
ter half of the resulting school fund and
apply the balance to the education of negro
children. The whites have tried to accom-
New Orleans and the larger towns have man
aged, at the cost of much patience, to get
their children partially educated. In rural
sections We see no chance for white boys and
girls as long as the usurpation lasts To get
the benefit of any part of the unstolen half OF
the school fund paid by their parents, they
are obliged to accept negro children as their
schoolmates, price by far too high to pay
even for learning.
Meantime, as the Aduoeate suggests, there
is field open for the charitable exertions of
benevolent citizens to secure tuition for
white children, in spite of the adverse condi-
tons above referred TO. 1t is noble cause,
and we'll deserves the consideration of philan-
II AZ
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-12

cal household! Well may President Grant
| clam or for O third term, and even life tenn
in the Presidential chair, in order to put Cd
| the evil day of Democratic investigation into
the dark and crooked ways by which heand SC
| many of his friends have SO suddenly become
rich
When the day Of retribution comes, as
come it will to many Of the devotees OF nam
mon, who have prostituted their official trusts
| to the accumulation Of the treasures OF
wickedness by fraud and larceny and
living tongue" they will bewal " the vanity
tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
| They will curse the day when they ahJured
the divine mandate first delivered to man
| /" In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat
bread" They will find that their ill-gotten
riches have become dross, and proht
nothing" serving only to pave their road to
perdltion. They will learn in the day OF their
disgrace that there are none so mean as to do
them homage, and none so charitable as to
commiserate their fate. Then will come to
pass the words of Solomon: "When the
wicked perish, there is shouting.
The avenging angel is on the wing. He
has entered the temple of Mammon and is
oyerhauling the records Of its votaries. An
other priest mastering at the altar, Avery,
one of the chiefs of the whisky ring, favorlte
of the President, has been convicted of COM
passing the treasures OF wickedness' by a
lying tongue and frauds upon the revenues,
and will soon have time to reflect within the
prison walls that they profit nothing" Gen.
Babcock, the Presidents confdant, one OF
the high priests of the temple, is IN
a fir way to share the fate OF Nc
Donald and Joyce and Avery, whilst
the mighty throng of votaries who have
laid the offerings Of purjured souls upon
the affairs Of the foul god are filled with dis
may at the words Of awful portent uttered by
Mr. Lamar in the Democratic caucus at
Washington, that "there isalso an imperative
demand that a yigilant examination be made
into the administration of the public revenue
of the country, both in its collection and its
disbursement: that all the public accounts
shall be scrutinized by US, as it is the solemn
privilege and duty of the House to do, and
that corruption be ferreted out, and wrong
doers-no matter how high or low-shall be
fearlessly arraiened and fully exposed and
punished" So mote it be.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-12
Neso Orleans Dental College.
FREE DISPENSARY.
Corner of Canal and Baronne Stroete

The Ninth Regular Annual Session of this Ins,it,
tiom was con enced o, the 18th of November and
VIII continue TIL the 18th of March, prox unrer the
SreG ff Of the following able Profess rs VIZ VIM
p Su Ia Z = = ~ D. s., JAS s. KNAPP, d. d.
eHAS n kELLS, d. d. s., J. r. WALKER d ID
s. op ALFRED W PERRY. M. d., FREDERICK
LoBER D.. MARTIN WET, ID. DIS and
MCLAIN, NJ. ~, d D. s ~ o. anu II.
w mist conducting FREE, PUBLIC CLINICS in
with course of lectures for the nnrnosa
Of pea1sec1ng its pupils in the practical depa tents
hen. At et r., ane FACULTY have thought proper
ext dng general in taton to all those Who b, Ds
noe the meaf OF paying regular fees for dental on
IIrauonE 70 apply at the Infrmary where tIev car,
n nave teetn extracted, diseased mouths etc treat
Gu Ir.e CT charge; and where other oneratinns
p ba me use OF expensive materials performed
Immediate supervision Of memsers of tL Eao, mo
lor very little if any more than actual cost Re-
speclaDe persons neea not hesitate about annlvipo
,or GENITAL treatment, as they will be received a.
oo .eoGsiy az at the best dental offices in the CITY
y clinic hours are from o clvck M 10 10 NJ
every day, Sunday excepted - = ~ ~ l. M
ne., 90 a. A F. Nolan, M, odds.
d. gu tml6
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-12
GRANTS WHISKY RING TRICKS.
A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SHOULD DO HIS DUTY L
SPITE OF THE PRESIDENT OR RESIGN.
Extract from the Speech of the Hon. J. B. Hen
derson at the Avery Trial.

Extract from the Speech of the Hon. j. B. Hen
derson at the Avery Trial.
This is the blot upon our government, that
it is possible for such things to exist. They
could not exist in England France, or any
| other civilized government, but are peculiar
to our boosted Republic. 1t is party, party,
party that damns our country, and he who has
the nerve to resist the behests of party is
worthy of more credit than-the bravest OF
old Roman soldiers. Under the name OF
party every fraud and infamy within the
range of possibilities is perpetrated
It is to be hoped and prayed that the time
is coming when a man who has the imperious
force of character to resist the dictates OF
party will be looked up to as hero. But we
may 60 to the bottom-corruption may feast
in all our institutions, and our nation may de-
cay and fall before We learn this grand truth.
respect party when it is composed of honest
men, organized for honest purposes; but
when it is composed of men banded together
to perpetrate frauds upon the government, or
to serve the personal ends of its leaders, then
away with it. I'll none of it.
What right had Babcock to 60 to Douglass
to induce him to withdraw his agents? Doug
lass was placed in his position to see that the
revenue laws Of the government were prop
erly enforced. What business, then, had
Douglass with him? When an official goes
into office he should be free and independent
Of all influences except that of law, and if he
recognizes any other master, then this govern
ment is tumbling down. What right has the
President to interfere with Commissioner
Douglass in the proper discharge of his duties,
or with the treasure? None; and Doug
lass showed a lamentable weakness of charac-
ter when he listened to Babcock's dictates.
He should either have insisted that his orders
as they existed be carried out, or should have
resigned his office.
Douglass now determined that his only
course was to change the supervisors all ove9
the country, and this would necessarily ex-
pose frauds. On January 90, 1875, he tele-
graphed Rogue: 'You are hereby ordered
to report in person to Supervisor Tuition, who
supersedes Mcdonald in st. Louis" This
was one Of the first moves toward the change.
On February 3, 1875, telegram signed
"Sylph" was sent from here to Babcock, say
ing: "We have official information that the
enemy weakens. Push things"
This was Joyces writing, and the enemy
referred to were those persons who were favor
ing the change of supervisors. A couple of
days later Douglass telegraphed Brooks "The
order telling you to report to Tutten is sus-
pended" Now why did Douglass bend the
supple hinges of the knee and permit any in
reference by the President? This was Doug
lass's own business, and he stood resp nnsibe
for it under his official oath. He Was bound
to listen to no dictation from the President,
Babcock, or any other officer, and it was his
duty to see that order Was carried out, or to
RESIGN.