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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-22
Flowers fn the House.

Why not have some elegance in even
the humblest home? We must, Of
course, have cleanliness, which is the
special elegance of the poor. But why
not have pleasant and delightful things
to look upon? There is no reason why
the humber classes should not surround
themselves with the evidence Of beauty
and comfort in all their shapes, and
thus do homage alike to the gifts of God
and the labors of man. The taste for
the beautiful is one of the best and most
useful endowments. 1t Is one of the
landmarks of civilization. Beauty and
elegance 10 not necessarily belong to
the homes of the rich. They are, or
ought to be, all prevailing. Beauty in
all things-in nature, In art, in science,
in literature, in social and domestic
life.
How beautiful and yet how cheap are
flowers. Not exOtics, but what are
called common flowers. A rose for in
stance, is among the most beautiful of
the smiles of nature. The "laughing
flowers :" exclaims the poet. But there
is more than gaiety in the blooming
flowers, though IL takes wise man to
see the beauty, the love, the adaptation,
Of which they are full.
What should we think Of one who in
vented flowers; supposing that before
him flowers were unknownf Would
he not be regarded as the opener Of a
paradise OF new delight? Should we
not hail the inventor as a genius, as a
god9 And yet these lovely offsprings
of the earth have been speaking to men
from the first dawn of his existence un-
til now, telling him Of the goodness
and wisdom of the Creative Power,
which bade the earth bring forth not
only that which was useful as food, but
also flowers, the bright consummate
ilowers, to clothe in it beauty and joy
Bring one of the commonest field
flowers into room, place 1t on table
or chimney piece, and you seem to
have brought a ray of sunshine into the
place, There Is a cheerfulness about
flowers! What delight are they to
the dropping invalid! They are like a
sweet draught Of enjoyment, coming an
messengers from the country, and SEEM
ing to say, Come and see the place
where we grow. and let your hearts be
glad in our presence.
What can be more innocent than
flowers! They are like children un-
dimmed by sin. They are emblems of
purity aud truth, a source of fresh de
light to the pure and innocent The
heart that does not love flowers, or the
voice Of playful child, cannot be gen
ial. 1t was beautiful conceit that in
vented language Of flowers, by which
lovers are enabled to express the feel
ings that they dare not openly speak.
But flowers have a voice for all-old
and young, rich and poor. "To me- u
) says Woodwork,
thoughts that do often Lie too deep for tears.
Have a flower in the room, by all
means. IT will cost only penny, II
your ambition Is only moderate; and
the qualification it gives will be beyond
, price. II you can have q flower fol
your window 30 much the better. Whsl
can be more delicious than the suns
light streaming through flowers
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-22
Oue.sfded Development.

The habit OF using the right hand in
preference to the left among those peo-
ple whose monuments date from the re-
motest antiquity appears to be univer-
sal fact, and this is accounted for by the
anatomical mechanism of the human
body. 1t is known that the right lung,
liyer-lobe and limbs exceed in size
those of the left side, involving Of
course, q greater amount Of tissue struc-
ture and larger supply of nerves and
blood vessels for their nutrition. A
person walking in a dense fog figures
with his feet the segment of a circle,
and if he is right handed, he takes q
direction to the left, because the right
leg naturally takes longer stride.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-22

Through the MASSIVE portal Of the
outer gate we have come, and entering
into the Jail through that handsome
door in the iron railing that closes the
inside entrance, we and ourselves ma
building in which three or more wings
converge to the centre hall. Each wing
is divided into three stories. Along
each story runs a light iron gallery.
which you can gain by mounting that
ornamental circular stair running from
top to bottom. Above, large skylights
give ample light and ventilation. Every
thing, is light, airy, and cheerful. The
brasses shine as brasses shine only i'm
jails and on men-of-war. Let us walk
along the cells, and look at some of
their occupants. Here is man making
pair of boots, and seemingly rather
comfortable and happy. He Is boot
maker who has been twenty times COM
mitted for drunkenness. He Is only
a drunkard; so we may feel a certain
amount of satisfaction that he is not very
tpisci doic. w udt u uiAcfcuCC AOi htn
is his time spent in Jail from the inter-
walls of freedom! Here he works be-
tween six and seven hours a day, and
out of earnings he receives an allow
ance larger than ever was left him by
the public-house when at home
Around him everything is exquisitely
clean. His cell is boarded, and measures
twelve feet by seven. 1t is ten feet high,
and is lit and ventilated In the most per-
feet manner that Science can devise. On
his shelf are his dish for porridge, and
tins bright as silver for soup and milk.
A clean hammock, in which you might
sleep most comfortably, IL neatly foided
and hung against the wall. In cor-
ner is basin with water, In which he
can wash himself If he chooses. In
winter the apartment is kept at COM
Portable temperature by hot-air pipes,
and a gas-burner diffuses a cheerful
light In the long winter evenings.
Should he feel i'll he pulls bell-han-
die, on which a gong sounds In the GEN.
tire hall, and from his door the number
of his cell starts out; and no millionaire
at ClarIdge's is half so punctually an
swered as he is by the turnkey on guard,
who inquiries into his wants, and, if ne
cessary, a doctor is at his bedside long
ere the Union doctor could be found
and persuaded to visit him were he at
home. As he seems a quiet fellow, We
do not feel much regret that he has had
the good fortune to become an habitual
drunkard. But what shall we say to
the occupant of the adjoining-well,
cell? Here burly ruffiian is engaged
in making mats. The work is pleasant; !;
the cell fac-simile of the one described.
And as we listen to the details of the
crime for which he is undergoing two
months punishment, We cannot help
contrasting his pleasant lot with the
squalor and misery of his lazy, idle,
polluted life outside, and feeling that
in so punishing a ruffian for brutal
assault upon a woman, humanitarian
ism has become a crime, and set up In
our ;ails temptation to idle rascals to
'come in and be happy" against which
it would require large amount of abb
stract morality to struggle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-22
Glaciers OF AOnut Raj nier.

The main Cowlitz glacier Issues from
the southeast side, just to the right OF
our ridge ofascent. Its head fills deep
gorge at the foot Of the eastern front or
face of the great mass Of rock just rs-
ferred to, and the southern face OF
which overhangs the main Nisqually
glacier. Thus the heads of these
glaciers are separated only by this great
rock, and are probably not more than
half a mile apart, while their mouths
are three miles apart. Several smaller
glaciers serve to swell the waters Of the
Cowli,z. In like manner the glaciers
from the western side form the Puyal-
lup., and those from the northern and
northwestern sides the White River.
The principal White River glacier is
nearly ten miles long. and its width Is
from two to four miles. Its depth, or
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-22
| How an InGa"i's Cradle should be
Ornam nted.

The form of the cradle demands fit
ness; its sornamentation requires a more
extended knowledge. When planning
it, a mother must remember that the
fixity of the eye upon any object-par-
ticularly upon a bright one, and more
SO if that object is situated upward and
sideways from the ordinary range OF vi
sion-and through the eye the fixedne>s
OF the mind while the body Is IN state
of repose, constitute a concurrence of
conditions eminently favorable TO the
production of hypnotism, and its terri
BILE sequels, strsbismus and couvulsions.
is not controlled, is often mistaken for
tranquil happiness or natural sleep.
Psychologically viewed. the decora-
ton of the cradle is of equal moment.
To surround All infant with highly
wrought or colored figures, often gro
tesque, or st least untrue 10 Na;ure,
may, by day, attract mora attention
than his faculties of perception can
safely bestow; hence fatigue of the
brain, or worse; but it will, BY night,
evoke other than the perceptive aud
rational powers, for, when the iislis
and shadows of dusk alter ali the fo.1n-
and deepen e. cry color, the faculty OF
imprinting images being led astray, II
photographs distorted imprints from
confused, often moving, sometimes rust
ling, ornaments. In this way the mind
is made the subject of hallucinatiOns,
which IL accepts as objective, without
inqulring into their causes, till it comes
TO the fatal credo quid absurdun, q be-
lieve, because it is absurd). The seeds
of most Of the insanities are sown at or
before this time. - Popular Science
Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-22
Proteetion or BufldfnEs from Lisht
ming.
Professor Clerk Maxwell read an

Professor Clerk Maxwell read an alb
stract of paper before the Mathemati-
cal and Physical Science Section of the
British Association at the recent meet
ing at Glasgow, la which he stated that
those who erected lightning conductors
had paid great attention to the upper
and lower extremeties of the conductor
having sharp point above the build
Ing and lower extremity carried into
the earth as far "a possible. The eff ct
was TO tap, or. As it were, to gather the
charge by facilitating the discharge be-
tween the atmospheric accumulation
and the earth. That would cause a
greater number of discharges than
would have otherwise occurred; but
each of them would be smaller than
those which would have occurred with
out conductor. That arrangement
was therefore more for benefit of the
surrounding country, and for the re-
lief of clouds laboring under an accum-
ulatiOn of electricity, than for the pro-
lection Of the building on which the
conductor was erected. What was real
ly wanted was to prevent the possibility
of an electric discharge taxing place
within a certain region. An electric
discharge could not occur betw' ell two
bodies unless the difference Of their po-
tentials was sufficiently great compared
with the distance between them. IT.,
therefore they could keep the potentials
of all bodies within a certain region
equal or nearly equal, no discharge
could take place between them. That
might be secured by connecting all
these bodies by means of good conduc-
tors, such as copper WIRE roI es. 1t
would, therefore, be sufficient to sur
round powder mill with a con iucr-
ing material, TO sheath its roof, walls,
and ground floor with thick sheet of
copper, and then no electrical effort
could occur within OIL account OF any
thunderstorm without. There would
be no need of any earth connection.
They might even place layer of as
phalt between the copper hoor and the
ground so as To insulate the building.
Ii the mill We're struck. it would re-
main charged for some time, and per
son standing on the ground outside or
touching the wall might re ceive a shock,
but no electrical effort could be pr
ceived inside even by the most delicate
electrometor. A sheathing of copper
was by no means necessary TO prevent
any electrical effort taking place. Sup
posing a building were struck by light
ming, it was quite sufficient to enclose
it with a network of good conducting
substance. For instance, If copper
wire were carried around the foundation
of a house, up each Of the corners and
gables, and along the ridges, that would
be a sufficient protection for an ordinary
building against any thunderstorm in
England; but il might be we'll, TO pre-
vent theft, to have it built in the wall
aud then il would be Necessary to have
it connected with como metal, sueh as
lead or zinc, on the roof. liz need scarce
| ly be added, said the professor, that IL
is not advisable during thunderstorm
to stand OH the Ioof of a house so pro-
tected, or to stand on the ground out
side, or lean against the walls.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-22
WHEN A MAN COMES HOME"

When q man comes home,
Don't begin to wrangle;
Better far to sleep
In the hungry deep.
Meath white sheets of foam,
And OF sea-weed tangle.
Peace, peace, peace;
Cease, cease, cease.
When 8 man comes home.
Don't begin to wrangle,
When q man comes home,
Let him enter smiling;
Take the children sweet,
Playing round his feet;
Throw off grief and gloom.
And the worlds beguiling.
Peace, peace. peace;
Cease, cease. cease.
When q man comes home.
Let him find all smiling.
When q man comes home.
He should still remember
'Tis not always May,
Either work or play
Sure as June will come
There viii come December.
Peace, peace. peace
Cease, cease, cease
Evening brings all home,
And sunshine in December.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-24
Nsw ORLEANS REPUBLICAN,, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER "a 1876.

opened until two, three, and even four
O'Clock in the afternoon. The white Demo-
Crsts would then take precedence and COn-
sumo the time to the exclusion of Repub-
lican voters. In some cases the officers of
election purposely delayed the vote on
frivolous pretexts, always giving the white
Democrats the preference Or al!o ing them
to take it.
Thus, even without positive and open
violence, tbs polls were closed at many
precincts, leaving almost the entire Repub-
licaQ vote out, and the voters absolutely
disfranchised.
The ballot boxes were also stuffed III
many instances, az will be plainly proved,
90 that Democrats will be compelled to ad-
nit the fsofe, as we're Messrs. Bayard and
Mcdonald, Of the Boutwell, committee, in
the case of Warren county, Investigated
during the last session of Congress.
In short all these instances OF fraud, in
timidation and violence. with many others,
will be proved beyond doubt when the con-
tests which the Republican candidates in
tend to make are heard, and such case
will be made out az will enforce conviction
and astoDish the country.
Nine-tentbs Of the the Repu blicans OF
Mississippi are colOred men, who were for
merly slaves, accustomed to obey and
quietly yield to their masters. The Demo
cratic party is made up Of those masters,
who are determined, resolute and well
armed. The ex-slave is weak, timid and
unarmed and has no disposition to use arms
if he had them. The white Democrats are,
moreover. to great extent. skilled SOL
diers, while the negroes are utterly jgoo-
rant Of such matters. The natural result
is that the white man, unres:rained, can, it
he chooses, play the master rs 10 ante-bel
lam days.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-24
A Significant speech by Gambetta.

Nj. Gambetta has been visiting his Belle
Vile coaAtituents, and has made them q
speech which is in many ways remarkable.
He has been accused of what in republi-
can language is termed "opportuDism," and
and he desired to have it understood that
he was not only not ashamed of Opportun-
ism, but accepted and glori6ed IN it. by
opportunism is simply meant pushing re-
publicansm only az far as the country VIII
bear With it, and presenting the republic IN
the oply form in which it has 9 chance OF
lasting. The business of q republican VINO
wishes to see the republic thrive Is, as ne
said. to be moderate cDnciliatOry and pra.
dent: to avoid anything like an attitude OF
combat: to take what he can get without
prumbling that he can not get more, and to
think always how he can carry the country
| with him
| Nor did NJ Gambetta mince matters on q
noint "a to which Belleville is supposed to
be- very sensitive. He pronounced in the
most decisive way the Communist insurrec-
ton to be q crime, and declined to support
q general amnesty on the ground that many
crimes were committed by Communists
which could not he asbribed to mistaken
political ideas. To make moderation the
avowed basis of republican policy. and t.
denounce the Commune may seem simple
things enough in Themselves; but coming
from NJ. Gambetta when speaking at Belle
Vile, they had an indisputable significance
They indicated that he felt strong enougl
to break with the extreme section Of b.
party if it chose to fall away from him. an
that even if his constituents should desel
him, he had support in France ON whic
he could rely.-Londom Saturday Reaie'c.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-24

that this largo reduction OF the State debt
the State, which in 1872 stood ct 40, are now
quoted in the financial markets of the
country at 80, and this in spite of Demo
cratic opposition. Ask them, then, where
and how they learned of the Tilden msj ,ri
ty of 1000 and they will answer that they
learned it from the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee and that they have them
selves no means of otherwise ascertainiDg
the result of the late election.
The most impultive of the Democratic
leaders pray for an armed conflict between
the people and the forces of the United
Statee. This is not an imaginary state
nent; it is not baseless accusation. You
hear it everywhere en- the streets, in the
clubs and other places where the people
conqregate. Why is such hope cherished
Simply because such conflict is desired by
the leaders of the Democratic party in the
North and West who promise to support
those of Louisiana in making the fight just
az they did in 1860 and 1861. 1t was two
nights ago only when distinguished Dem
ocrat of New Orleans said 10 q street car
loud enough for every passenger to hear
him, "If Grant means tight, he shall have
fight. If they cheat rs out of our victory,
We will not submit" These Democrats al
ways assume they are entitled to and have
gained the victory.
Nah :. oo;d ohout tho Ratnrniu0 Rnard
and it's composition, but that board is
merely an incident in this quarrel, not its
cause. The board is an adopted institution
of the Democratic party of this State. 1t
existed in 1872, and is therefore q legacy
bequeathed to us by that immaculate Or
gsnization. The Democrats, when they
made their fusion with tbs Liberal Repub-
licans in 1872 found no fault with it. Whyi
Because, as they boosted publicly, it in
sured, with the other election machinery
controlled by them, the election of their
candidates, and was equivalent to 20, 900
votes. The board in 1872 was entirely COM
posed of Democrats or Fusioniste, there
being not eingle straight out Republican
upon it. So long, then, as the Returning
Board could be counted upon to grind ont
. majority for the Democratic party we
heard nothing about it's ''unconstitution-
atty" or unsuitablenees for the work de-
volvinR upon it. Undoubtedly it should be
reformed, and perhaps abolished, as the
power it exercises, while the courts have
no revisory authority over it's decisions, is
altogether too great. But 1t is the law Of
Louisiana at the present time. The result
of the elections in 1872 and 1874 was de.
clared by the Returning Board as now CON
stituted. Being the law in existence in
1876, it must decl are the result of the cleo
ton of 1876.
AN INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-24
COURT RECORD.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1876
superior District Court.

superior U18tf1ct Court
Louis Fishel vs. Armand Mercier.-Suit
for possession of property purchased a. tax
sale of E. Fulton. collector OF the First
Auditors title. Cause to be shown Novem-
Der q.
State ex rel. Henry Street vs.. Auditor
George B. JOhnson.-Rel Ator alleges he has
been colonel, Brigadier General, adjutsns
general and acting psymaster general of
the Louisiana State Militia; that since 1870
in various accounts OF pay, Communication
payment of ratiOns, armOrers, transpOrta
ton, stores, etc he has exnended or has
has vouchers for these amounts; that the
Auditor refuses to warrant for them and
prays that he be commanded to do 30.
Cause to be shown November 2S.
Superior Criminal Court.
MOTION.
Robbery-Mollie Robinson ct al. Motion
for arrest of judgment Overruled.
Motion for suspensive appeal granted.
ACQUITTED.
Murder Sarah and Marguerite Has
singer, indicted for infanticide. Case after
examining State witnesses abandoned by
the Attorney General, who moved dis
charge of accused; jury instructed by the
court to render verdict of not guilty.
SENTENCED.
Rcbbery-Mollie Robinson and Maria
Dsvie, the former two, the latter one year
State Penitentiary.
Grand larceny-Joe Albo, alias Ahbeau,
two years hard labor.
First District Court.
No session.
Second District Court.
SUGGESTIONS of Johanna Schoenfeld, John
Crais and Mary Keogh opened.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-24
Court Items.

Judge Abel WAS quite unwell yesterday,
and in consequence there was no session Oh
the First District Court. He will, how
ever. attend to duty on Monday.
There are monsters in human FORM VINO
are utterly regardless of the tension OF
the feelings of their fellow mea WIN
the sessions of the Returning boafd
nrolopeed indefinitely. They s-e the gen.
tlemen who have court ofieee, and know
that their fees will run on till their success
sora appear. In the mesatime these sucs'
ceasors are curiously locking at their p ros'
pective places, and both have to e ndore
nonsiderable chatting.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-24
The Army Beard.

General West, our Senator, is busily en-
gagged at Washington as a member of the
board appointed to report plan for reor-
ganizing the army. The board is now hold
ing daily sessions. A late dispatch from
Washington says that the discussions of
the board particularly refer to providing
for the speedy and effective enlargement of
the army in time of necessity. Among
the propositions is that making seventy-five
men the quota of each company. to be
kept in this standard in times of peace; but
in times of war the maximum is to be 80
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-24
RAILROADS.
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE
NEW ORLEANS. ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO RAIL-
ROAD.

GREAT JACKSON ROUTE.
NEW ORLEANS. ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO RAIL
Road.
On and after Monday, October 9, 1875,
Trains depart and arrive 30 follows from CsllhcsS
street depot:
Mai, 1.'. $3.50 P. NJ Mail: :.: Ills
tlon..... $3.50 P. NJ. tion 80. 800 A. T.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars through to 81.
Louis, Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati
Only one change Of seeping cars to Easte10
cities. Accommodation trains run a. far - ~
Tickets for sale and information given at No. p
Camp street. corner Of Common, under City Hosel
A. D. SHkLDON, Agent
jal51y &. D. FROST, Gem raj Manager.
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE
IN RAILROAD.
THE MOBILE LINE.
THB GRRAT THROUGH ROUTE
70 the East, North and West,
Via Louisville. via Atlanta and via st. LoraA
CARRYING THB UNITED STATES MAIL.
Trains viii arrive and depart from Depot, fecs a.
Canal street: a. followS
,..... DsPA IT. i. |r,,,... Aas 11,s.
6aIpss :c:cm 500 NJ sosst :.so.
modstioo. 3.15 P. M modation $40 A Il
Pullman Palace Cars daily to Cincinnati, ICao.
Vile. Nashville, Lynchburg and Baltimore wttAeu9
change, and only one change to New 1oTk AA1
The coast accommodation runs to Biloxi.
Ticket Office corner OF Camp and Oon0o0
streets, opposite City Hotel
noal D. B. ROBINSON. Superintendent
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$40 will do it.
$40 will do it.

On. rich v.aurself. $40 will do it.
Got rich ourself. $l0 will do 1t.
Grand extra drawing
Grand extra drawing
Grand extra drawing
L. Aieians State Lottery Company.
Lr ,uisisna State Lottery Company.
l. ouisiana State Lottery Company: ..
Get ich vouraelf. 90 will do it.
Get ich yosrself 80 will do it.