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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-02

Let US now examine some typica
forms of oath. The rude natives o
New Guinea swear by the sun, or by {
certain mountain, or by weapon, thal
the sun may burn them, or the noun.
tain crush them. or the weapon wound
them, II they lie. The even ruder saw
ages Of the Brazilian forests, to confirm
their words, raise the hand over the
head or thrust 1t into the hair, or they
will touch the points Of their weapons
These two accounts of savage ceremony
introduce US to customs well known u
nations of higher culture. The raising
Of the hand toward the sky seems to
mean here wha: IL does elsewhere. II
is in gesture calling on the heaven-gOd
to smite the perjurer with his thunder
bolt. The touching Of the head, again,
carries its meaning among these Bra
zilians almost as plainly as In Africa,
where we find men swearing by their
heads or limbs, In the belief that they
would wither if forsworn; or, as when
among the Old Prussians q man would
lay his right hand on his own neck, and
his left on the holy oak, saying, "May
Perkun (the thunder-god) destroy me! Z"
As to swearing by weapons, another
graphic instance Of its original mean
ing comes from Aracan, where the wit
ness swearing to speak the truth takes
in his hand musket. sword, a spear,
a tigers tusk. crocodiles tooth, and u
thunderbOlt (that Is, of course, stone
cel). The oath by the weapon not
only lasted through classic ages, but re-
mained - common in Christendom that
it was expressly forbidden by synod !;
even in the seventeenth century, to
swear the sword (like Hamlet's friends
in the ghOst-scene) was still legal oath
in HOlsteln. As for the holding up the
hand to invoke the personal divine sky,
the successor::of this primitive gesture re-
mains 10 this day among the chief acts
in the solemn oaths Of European ma
tions.
1t could scarcely be shown more
clearly with what childlike imagina.
ton the savage conceives that SYM
bOlic action. such as touching his head
or his spear, will somehow pass into
reality. In connection with this group
Of Oaths, We can carry yet step furth-
er the illustration Of the way mems
minds works in this primitive stage of
associations of ideas. One of the &C.
caunts from New Guinea is that the
swearer, holding up an arrow, calls on
Heaven to punish him If he lies; but by
turning the arrow TIE other way the
oath can be neutralized. This Is magic
all over. What one symbol can do, the
reverse symbol can undo. True to the
laws of primitive magical reasoning,
uncultured men elsewhere still carry
on the symbolic reversal of their oaths.
An Abyssinian chief, who had sworn
an oath he disliked, has been seen to
scrape it of his tongue and spit it out.
There are still places in Germany where
the false witness rekons to escape the
spiritual consequences of perjury by
crookiug one finger, to make it, sup
pose, not a straight but crooked oath,
or he puts his left hand to his side to
neutralize what his right hand is doing.
Here is the idea of our ''over the left;"
but so far as know this has come down
with us to mere schoolboy's shuffling.-
Popular Science Monthly,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-02

over, and only l6l, ,l24 reach their seven
ty-fifth year. This remnant rapidly d.
minishes, and at eighty-hve only 50. .565
remain. Another ten years and there
are on the field only 2,l53 people Of
venerable age, of whom nearly nine out
of ten will pass away without reaching
the centenarian's fame. The number
which will probably cross the threshold
of a second century is 223. but none of
these reach 10; for the last Of the mill
lion will come to hts grave in his l0Stb
year.-London paper.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-02

-Niagara Falls has been recon-
mended By Archbishop Lynch Of To
ronto - . place Of religious pilgrimage.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22


Has been assigned a place on the
State ticket, as an elector at large,
made vacant by the resignation of
DR.. Henry Vernon, who in q neat
and graceful card to the chairman
of the State Central COMMITTEES
Withdraws, and requests the position
he occupied be filed at once. Capt.
johnson is the man for the place.
A brave soldier during the war,
with an untarnished record as q
true and tried Republican since, he
will add strength TO the ticket, and
being an able and fluent speaker
will do effective service on the
stump during the campaign. We
congratulate the Committee on
their good judgement in making
selection of q representative man
of the party to fill the vacancy.
Their action will be sanctioned by
Republicans all over the State
OskaloOss Independent.
We can consistently endorse the
above. We had the honor of seY-
ing two terms in the House
with Captain j. B. Johnson
and know him to be generous
hearted, able man, of the strictest
integrity. The party honOrs itsell
by placing such men in position.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22

On the 9th Col. Miller, with $50
men Of Gen. Crooks command,
surprised and attacked an Indian
village Of several hundred warriors,
with their families, killed q number
OF tie warriors and captured I40
ponies, large supply OF provisions,
and Q number Of articles which had
belonged to Clusters men. The
Sioux Chief, American House was
killed. Roman Nose was chief Of
the village, and came mp with the
rest of his warriors and tried to
beat the troops, but Gen. Crooks
main force arrived, and the Indians
soon abandoned the fight The
number of Indians killed IL not
stated, but the attack is one they
will feel severely, and is the frat
good "whack" at them since the
Custer massacre.
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state superintendent.

The Salins Herald, and other pa
pers of ability and honesty candid
ly express doubts as to the wisdom
of the nomination of Mr.. Lennon,
of Cowley county, for Superiuten-
dent of Public instruction. It is
true that he was obscure and COM
paratively unknown before the high
honor fell upon him, but to say as
the Herald does, that he il 'totally
unfit" for the position is q very grave
mistake. In the convention which
nominated the ticket, he made the
most graceful speech of any of the
nominees. He lie q Well-read and
thorough scholar, and q practical
teacher of ability. He is young,
ambitious and progressive, and as
Superintendent viii stand among
the best We have had. That is the
opinioniof the Spirit, based on per-
sonal observation of the man. And
we see ourUpfonfon regarding these
points is backed mp in the most
hearty manner by the Winfield
Courier, whose editor has known
Mr.. Lennon personally for several
years.-Paola Spirit.
The nomination of Mr.. Lennon
for Superintendent OF schools is one
which we indorse cheerfully. Our
people here know him as the form
or principal Of our city schools, and
he is not only well qualified, bat q
young man Of excellent character
and hebits.-Independe Tribune,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22
An Excurs,ouist.s Saw.

We clip from the Bement (IlI.) Regis
fer the following extract Of letter writ
ten by one Of the excursionists which
recently visited this city and county:
'By the time we reached Emporia, ma
ny OF our party had dropped of. Here
we met with Mr.. II. Lux, OF Bement,
who is in the land trade also; being
weary with the journey, we concluded to
lay over day or two and rest.
Emporia Is one OF the finest little cities
OF the west. Its business men sre lively
and accommodating. and judging by the
way shelters are running and corn COM
ing in, it must be a good corn country.
We were led, however, to examine and
make some inquiry. Not willing to take
farmers statements, that their corn had
yielded and would yield one hundred
bushels per acre, we wished to see it for
ourselves. Meeting with one Mr.. James
OTooles we accepted an In vita tion to &C.
company him home and partake OF his
Inequalities. We found him the owner
of very fine farm some twelve miles
southeast Of Emporia, and on his farm
We found about one hundred acres OF
corn that will average one hundred BUSH
els per acre. Long will we remember the
kindness shown us by himself and lady.
We could only spare one day and night
| with him. So taking OurleaVe OF him we
took the cars again. Persons stopping al
| heart can wish at the Sherman House,
kept by the Gardner boys. No better
| fare anywhere and only twenty-five cents
per meal or one dollar per day. When
you go to the table you may hear such
questions as the following from thu
pleasant waiter girls, 'srOast beef, roast
veal, mutton, ham. or picked tongue.'
which sounds like music to the hungry
No one ever goes away from the Sherman
House hungry"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22

The returns from Vermont are all
in, showing . total Of 6S,643 votes
the largest vote ever polled in
the State. The vote is - follows ::
Republican. Ass; Democratic,
q. OBS; scattering, g. Republican
majority, q, 523. In 1874 the vote was
rs follows: Republican, $3.50 /;
Democratic, 13, 257-total vote, 49,
SS9. Republican maj ority, 0,S25.
OF the aggregate gain of 1854 in
the vote of 1876 ever that Of 1874
the Republican party got 11,O0S,
and the Democratic party 7,77S-a
difference in favor Of the Republi-
can party Of 3,225. This balance Of
gain shows itself c0nspicuously in
the choice Of members Of the lower
House stood: Republicans, ia;
Democrats, so; Libeal Republicans,
8; Independents, 4; no politics, 2.
This year the House standa; Re-
pubhcans, 305; Democrats, 81 /;
with I've districts where there is no
choice. Thus we find that the bal /.
ance Of the Republican gain over
the Democratic gAiA-S.2 25-re-
suits in gain Of thirty-one Rep
resentatIVes.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22
QUE CENTENNIAL LETrER

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10, 1876
The grand total admissions for May
were Gs4 $40; for June, 1909, S25: for
July ,906. z48; and for August, 1,I15,-
Sl4. The grand total admissions, in
GLIDING the live stock exhibition, up to
Friday night, 4,s09, jas, and the grand
total cash receipts, 81 ,430, 1924.
The object that attracts most atten-
ton in the grounds, just at present, is
q portion of the right arm and hand of
the great Frepch bronze statue that is
to be erected on BedIoe Island, in the
harbor of New York city. The statue
itself is to be 115 feet high and is TO be
placed on a base that is go feet in
heigbth. From the ground TO the top
of the mighty torch which is held in
the right hand, and raised straight
above The head, is go feet. In the
left hand is held an immense tablet on
which is e0gFaved "4ih July, 1876"
The size of t5is hand is so large, that
ir is almost impossible 70 give any ade-
quaue idea of it. The arm IRON the
elbow 70 the wrist looks like q good
sized vertical steam boiler. The fin
gers are almost as thick as q mans
body, while the finger nails ere as large
as large sized dinner plates, aud yet
the proportions are SO perfect that
they appear small and delicate as COM
pared to the other parts. Although
made of "bronze'' the metal ia so thin
that numberless iron bands and braces
have to be used inside to make it strong
enough to even bear handling safely
Instead of being cast, the different
parts have been shaped and moulded
into form, and then braced together
Unless some means are taken to give
the figure weight and greater resisting
power than is to be found in these thir
sheet metal plates, the first good squal
that cemss tahiHG ng viii utterly demolist
it. An iron frame is being made or
the grounds on which the hand is t.
be placed in 2 vertical position.
EPIC.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22

"Tom" Hendricks is one of the
biggest frauds in this country. His
name ought to be "Oily Cannon"
He was q rebel during the war and
did all he could to deliver Indiana
to the "CoRthievaracy." In speech
made at Lsporte, Ind, July 26, 1872,
Mr.. Hendricks denounced Presi-
dent Grant for having approved the
Northern Pacific Railroad bill,
granting 100000 acres of land
to that company. He was fearfuIly
indignant over such awful profliga-
cy. 1t was subsequently discover
ed that the bill granting the land
in question was passed in 1864, dur,
ing the first term of Mr.. Lincoln's
administration, and was support
ed and voted for by Thomas A.
Hendricks, az Senator. His speech
in favor Of the bill is reported on
page S2Sl, Congressional Globe,
1854.
He is now being sued, together
with his associate directors in the
Indianapolis WaterWorks Compa.
N.Y. for sppropriating 9 large
amount Of the bonds of that com
peny without paying for the same.
Oh, he's an honest bird.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22
Republican Management of
the Finances.

To successfully manage the finances
Of great nation is one of the highest
achievements of craftsmanship. The
Democrats in their hot partizan zeal
denounce the Republican party for
not having already achieved the re-
sumption of specie payments, but they
are careful never to state fairly what
the Republicans have done.
In the year 1866, July Ist, the pub
lie debt, incurred in putting down a
Democratic rebellion, amounted to
$2,773, 236,174. The public debt Sept.
LIST. 1876 amounted to $2,096, ISL ,941.
This is reduction of $3.50, O54 ,233.
In addition to this, the Republicans
b ave paid $500, OOO, 600 of debts arising
out of claims, back-pay to army and
navy, transportation, etc. which debts
were never included in public state
ment, but were paid out of the current
receipts.
The annual interest account has
been reduced from $144, 200, 900 to $685.
per year, and we are now refunding
$500, OOO, 900 of the public debt bearing
six per cent. interest into bond bear
ing only AZ per cent. thus saving four
and a half millions per year more on
the interest account.
We have raised the value of the
greenback from 60 cents on the dollar
to over 80 cents on the dollar and yet
the Democratic national platform says,
eve denounce the failure for the past
eleven years to make good the promise
of the legal tender notes, which are
changing standard of value in the
hands of the people and the non-paY-
ment of which is a disregard of the
plighted faith of the nation" The is
sue of the legal tender notes was made
necessary by the rebellion gotten up
by the leaders of the Democratic party.
Once issued the time and mode of their
payment became a question of practi-
cal craftsmanship. The Republican
policy has been to progress toward
their payment as fast as consistent
with the welfare of the country. 1t
may be very necessary for a man who
has climbed to q dizzy and perilOus
height to get down to the ground again.
It does not follow, however, that he
should make the descent at a single
leap. So in the payment of these
notes.-Lawrence journal.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22

In our rambles through the mar
ket yesterday we met Mr.. Moses r.
Grlnter, who lived on the same
farm in Kansas for forty-six years.
MIR. Grinter lives where he first To-
Gated In the Kansas valley, on the
north side OF the river, ten miles
west of Kansas City. He is fairly
entitled to be called the "patriarch
of Kansas" for we believe he is the
oldes. farmer in the state. He says
that during his residence in Kansas,
now nearly half 8 century, the grass
hoppers have only visited his local
ity twice, once in 1878 and again
in 1S74-5. Mr.. Grinter has raised
good crops every year, but in 1858,
when he had only half q crop. He
says with the exception of oats he
never had better crops than the
| present year. After an experience
in Kansas of nearly half q century,
he has no fears of the grasshopers.
Mr.. Grinter raises fruit among
other things. He has 1011 apple
trees and an abundance of peach
and cherry trees. He came into
the city on load of very fine apples
from his orchard. Mr.. Grinter is
now nearly three score years and
ten and bids fair to enjoy life fol-
many years to come. He is perfect.
iy contented with his Kansas home
and speaks with considerable inter.
est of an old discussion which hG
had in the Tribune with Horace
Greedy, who tried to prove up the
reality of the "Grest American
Desert."-[Kans&s City Journal o.
| Commerce,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22

The commissioner of internal rev.
enue is encouraged to believe from
the reports of officials throughout
the country, and from evidences
which reach the department, of in
creased activity among distillers
and tobacco dealers, manifested by
the demand for revenue stamps,
that there will be q very consider
able Increase in the revenue Of the
government during the present year
oyer those Of last year. Other re-
turns to the internal revenue Office
are of . very encouraging charac-
ter and indicate, In the opinion of
the officials here, q more cheerful
condition of business througout the
N0unfrv
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a Military straw.

cleveland HERALD
At the cI0se of the meeting Mr..
Kemberly related the following
story, the effect of witch can be more
easily imagined than described:
At South Mountain the boys of
the TwentY-third having appropri-
ated two stacks of straw for use in
their dire distress, the Gen. in COM
mand rode up to the regiment and
ordered the straw returned. Ruth
erford B. Hayes, then Lieutenant
Colonel of the regiment, replied:
''My boys have neither tents. blank.
cts nor overcoats. The mud is an
kle deep, and the loss of the straw
will cost more in quinine to the
Government, to say nothing Of the
suffering of the regiment, than Zen
times its value, if the Government
will not pay for it, will" And
Rutherford B. Hayes paid for that
straw out of his own pocket, and
this man r. B. Hayes-worshipped
by his regiments the man whom
the Copperhead Democracy would
.pollute by relating the infamous
story that he appropriated the moH-
ey Of q bounty jumper to his own
use. The boys Of the TWenty-third
fling it back In their teeth as Q dir.
ty, infamous lie
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22

The celebrated trotting and breed
ing stallion, Ethan Allen, died Sun
day noon, Sept, 10th, at the Kan
sas Stock Farm. He was twenty
seven years old and was styled the
perfect trotter, as by careful meas
nrement his frame showed almost
perfect proportions. His trotting
disposition was unparalleled, no
running mate ut the highest speed
being able to excite him to . break,
and his action Was regarded by turf
men as the standard of perfection.
Ethan Allen will always be class
ed among the few great horses that
have made the history Of the Amer
lean trotters famous ell over globe.
Ethan Allen in his psImy days
was known a. the King Of the
American Turf. With q running
mate he once beat the great Dexter
with q record Of Gals. His death
besides being Q large and general
loss to the beeeders Of the country
is no small pecunisry loss 70 his
owner, Mr. Akere. He WSs buried
at the gate OF the Stock Farm with
all due ceremony and solemnity.-
Journal.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22

An examination of the books and
records of the Chicago, Alton and
st. Louis Railway Company dis
closes the fact that in the reorgani-
cation Of the affairs of that compa-
ny, In 1865, Samuel j. Tilden had
assigned to him twenty-one-thous-
and-dolier bends Of the company,
then worth par in the New York
stock market, as fee for services.
The books further show that these
bonds were delivered to Mr.. TiIden
in April, 1863. The only explains
ton Mr.. TiIden has offered In re.
gard to the $4,000 fee received
from the Alton, Terre Haate and
st. Louis Railway Company, in
1859, is to the effect that it was the
reward Of services covering . Pc
Rod OF four or Eve years pFevions.
How will he explain the matter Of
the second fee Of $4,000, received
early In the year following his in
come rotuFa Of $7,1lS, for services
which were absolutely concluded
In 1862 z The sum to be accounted
for lie now swollen to $4,000, as
followss $1,000 received in Octo-
Der. 1863; $4,000 in November,
1859; and $4,000 in April, 1853 /;
and yet on the 18th day Of Dee3R-
Der. 1868, Mr.. TIIden called God 70
witness that his income for the year
1862 was only 81, IlSI-Inter Ocean.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22
why 4 Cams support EIlden.

Mr.. EDITOR: The mental power
which puts facts together and draws
therefrom an honest conclusion, lie
confined to no class of intellect, but
reaches out from the very brow of
Omniscience itself. Don't it? Item
ables US to look calmly and dispas~
ionately, and view the political
doings of this nation. Tell as, for
instance what kind of supporters
your candidate for Office has, and
we can tell what kind of candidate
he is-good or bad. Is he support
ed by honest or dishonest public
men? The conscientious vote Of
every state from Maine to Oregon
is the faithful answer to this ques-
ton. A conscientious vote, you
know, lie the khonest expression at
the polls of that sFstill small voice"
which will be with US while we
live on earth, and perhaps longer.
The blessed privilege of choosing
our rulers by the votes we hold in
our hands has cost so much treas
ure, so much blood, and so many
tears, that conscience meets as at
the polls, and we feel that the vote
in our hands is too precious to be
cast before those who do not ap-
preciate anything but lucre. I be-
long to that state which has lately
rolled up q Republican majority of
Il, 600 true and honest men, Maine.
And I have strung together q few
facts, and drawn therefrom the con-
ciusfon that I cannet conscientious
~ vote for Tilden. Why? Tilden
is supported by railroad frauds.
4 "fraud" is ono who never produ-
ces anything, but lives on tie sweat
of the public brow. The farmer
produces the fruits of Gods earth,
the doctor produces health. the law
yer produces justice, the scientific
man produces truth, but what did
Tom Scott ever produce? Buying
cheap and selling dear, he has pro-
duced nothing but his own fail He
belongs to that class Of men who
30 quietly and easily skim the cream,
so to speak, OF human industry,
that their business is louder with
Laughter than with labor. Tom is a
Tilden man, and Pennsylvania may
be-although goodness forbid I'm
der Toms thumb. All the railroad
men-or mostly all-including the
Vanderbilts, are for Tilden. There
are Perry III. Smith. George Dun
lap and Alex Mitchell, thrusting
their necks forward periodically
for Tilden. They are all non-prO-
ducers. They are creatures whose
source Of high living Is the public
sweat.
Farmers Of the WestI vete for
TiIdsn, and the railroad gentlemen
viii put their heads together, and,
If that perjuFed fraud is elected,
the result Of their. deliberations
will Be chain whose every link
will Be . IoGfss binding yOu down
70 impoverishing rates as long as
| the chain holds together. DlRIGo.