itmiata Sentinel.
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"Wednesday Morning, April 2. 1873.
II. F. SC II WE IE It,-
ti:T(iti t rnopRiETtiR.
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GEO. P. ROWELLi CO, 40 Park Row, New York
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S. M. PETTENG1LL & CO., 37 Park Row, N. Y,
Are our tutt amenta in that city, and are an-
thoriicd to contract for advertising at our
lowest rales. A Jvertiser in that city are io-
quoted to leave tbeir furors with either of
tlit aliure house.
THE EESl'LT OF BRIBERY.
It is faid that revolutions uever g0
backward. This i.i believed to be par-
ticukilv true when revolution is in the
interest of the people. The rule of the
obstinate Stuart family in the govtrn
metit of Great B.itaiu is a Etriking ex
ample. It opposed rvery rflWt that
I'ailiatnent made to ref.irm the abuses of
the throne and li ut led the country into a
civil war, which resulted in the behead
ing of King Charles the First, and ex
tending the rights of Parliament nud the
penplo.
Some one has declared that our jour
n tlistic brother Allison is a descendant
of the stubborn and unfortunate Stuart
family. It may have been En ironical
declaration : po.'fibly it was a pun. Yet
for all we know to the contrary it mar
be true lo ihe letter If not true, Bro-
t'i r Allisou is neverthtless stubborn, and
puts himself in the way of that which
tends to the purity of the public service
of the country. If true, then it is the
blood in bira that makes him as stubborn
as the Stuarts, and the onnouenU of
progress ar.d reform, as represented by
tlie ptess of the country, generally, in its
efforts to expose and break down the
ruinous pnlicy of bribery that has been
put iuto operation in legislative bodies,
and in the Congress of the I'uited States.
We have de mi d it proper and right
to use the columns of the Sentinel in
the publication of news relative to cor
tuption in Legislative bodies, in the
Ixiwer House of Congress, and in the
United States Senate. The York county
frauds, the Kvans swindle, as it is called,
the stealing of Boss Tweed, the Credit
obilier sraudai, the bribery cases of j
it p i j i, j i .. i :
.1 omeroy, Caldwell aud Patterson have
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rdl been published in tue columns of the
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rmtiHM, far m itH limited space !
would admit. We have discharged our 1
duty a. a public journalist, fairly ai:d ;
impartially, screening neither Republican
crDemnerat nnnVr tl.P rnnviYtinn t.t
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hide from the public eye the corrupt i ,ioa doilar8 " PProP"J State a salient point in the Federal line which
doings of public men, is to become a party j toward tLe Centennial Exhibition, and then half encircled the city of Petersburg,
to the building rip of a system of cor mean9 for raieinS tbi8 Iar&e eura are Pr- j Gencral Gordon e,ts the U"'
ittntion that m.,t som.er r.r l.ter Hp,trv i vided without making the Commonwealth j ted States Senate. Then Alexander II
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the Republic. We believe it to be ihe
eseence of fogj ism and public wrong
to encourage unscrupulous and brazen
faced men in their bribery of Legis
latures and Congress aud the public
rervice generally. To encourage such a
pid'cy is to become tbe opponent of pro
gress and the advocate of wrong. It is
as much as to say that might makes
right not, itistiue, the might of the
sword, but what is only oue degree re
moved from it, the brazen aud fiendish
might of the ra.cal. Give him but li
cense, and (here is nothing so pure that
lie will not attempt to pollute.
To encourage such corruption is to de
ftroy the equality of citizens, for it
puts that which should be places of
honor and tru;t, in tbe market as things
of merchandise, to be knocked off to the
highest bidder. Once tbe laboring peo
ple of this country recognize such a
policy, it will not be long before tbe
equality that wc all love to talk about I
will have passed away like the bastless j
fabric of a dream. '
Bribery and corrnotion a.e the onlv !
enemies that the institutions of this
country have, that endanger their contin
uance. A revolution has already set in
against bribery, fraud and corruption,
deadly poisons to free iu.titutions.
There is not a respectable paper in
Pennsylvania, or in any other State, but
what has published the current news
relative to the poliry of bribery aud cor
ruption that revealed itself during the
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past year, as minutely as the Sentinel
has. Tbe few exceptions are confined
to those who have been engaged iu such
work themselves, or are gagged by mer
cenary hopes of reward from men who
are in tbe mire. It is a source of regret
that our journalistic Brother Allison be
longs to the exceptions, and has become,
if not directly, indirectly an apologist of
the policy that excited the whole country
during the past winder, aud awakened
the deepest disgust. Mr. Allison is stub
born. Like the defunct Stuart family,
he clings to old usages. Iu la.t week's
Republican be published a medley, made
tip in part of personal abuse of us, and
in part of sickly praine of Col. John J,
Patterson Of the abuse of ourself we I
have nothing to say. for Mr. Allison as I led in Jhe city of Pbiladelphia shall
f . , iii "make return to the State Ireasurer, nn
good a. apologized for it, when he jer o,,,.!, of tbe proper ofEcers, stating the
elated that Lis better judgment con-1 receipts of each of said companies
denned him for publishing it. uy :
ehould we continue to condemn tLe man
who is under tbe condemnation of his
own conscience for his blackguardism ?
Mr AIlisoB chtrges us with having i
abused Senator Patterson. We publish- ger railway companies to the State Trea
ed the current news in r-gard to the suief three per centum of such gross re-
chirge of bribery, made ngainst him in
Soutb Carolina. They were published
j by almost tvtry newspaper in this State.
We did not publish tlie evidence in the
! case of the State of South Coralma
i ngniust Senator Patterson ; we did not
j have it at the time. We published the
j decision of the case. It is proper here
' to add that two of Senator Patterson'
' witnesses in that cas. -were formerly cit
i zens of this county, namely, J. 0. Bon-
! ,all and Wm Link-field. We published
j that the Speaker of -the United States
j Senate had Btated to that body that he
: bad recieved documentary charges and
'statements ajain.'t the manner of the
! election of Col. Patterson to the United
j States Senate. All of the daily papers,
I and all of the weekly papers of any
! standing at home or abroad publish the
I Mm e MM rt.
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I terson had been admitted to a seat. We
j published that he had been appointed on
j two committiea. We stated that be had
a reception at Will's hotel ; that it was
quite a convivial nffair; that speeches
were made ; that Johu 0. Calhoun was
talked about, and that Patterson promis-
cd office to those present in the event of
M1' lt'" to" the Presidency of the
Uuited States. We called him honest
Johu Patterson, which his devotee Mr.
Allison had also done not long ago, and
we a.-ked permission to whisper iuto the
Senator's ear that it would now be a
suitable time to give Mr. Allisou an office.
All these things were published in the
Sektinkl. They related to the public
acts of Mr. Patterson. What we did
publish caused Mr. Allison to write the
article of last week, which is so like
himsrlf that its author might have been
known in Germany, or in Scotland, or in
any other foreign land where read. If
it appears that Senator Patterson is gtiilt-
j less of the charges professed against him,
I we shall rejoice as much as any one. If
he is guilty, he will be looked upon as
i are Tomcrey. Caldwell and the Credit
! Mobilier men. The result of the bribery
' of such men, if not checked, will over-
i throw the Bebubiic.
1776-1676.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 23
ult. says, Senator McClure's bill appro
priating one million of dollars to provide
a permanent Centennial Exhibition build
ing for the State of Pennsylvania, t be
erected in FairmounfTark, passed the
Senate ou Wednesday evening, the
House yesterday, was subsequently ap
prorod by the Governor, aud, conse
quently, is now a law.
The consummation of this measure
practically assures the success of our
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certain of accomplishment that which
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before was doubtful. In yesterday's I.-
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queer we printed the full text of the
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om' wun lne remarKe 3Pon 11
veral prominent Senators. Its main
features, however, will bear restating :
M "e7.are Drlen7 aS JOliOWI UDe mil-
iri ,-,,, y-v .,
n 1- e I
rfKiinii4iiiif iiir ranrn liihii nn nnxrrpr nr ,
the whole amount. The other three-
quarters are to be realized Ay a tax npon
the gross receipts of the varbus passen
ger railway companies of this citv. By
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companies will be obliged to make quar
terly returns of their gross earnings to
the State Treasurer, under oath, and
from the 1st day of July, 1873, to the
uroi uay oi January, lou. uiey win oe
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obliged to pay over to the Treasurer of j
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the Commonwealth, at the stated times I
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of makiug their reports, three per cent.
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of their receipts the same to be set aside
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and devoted to the purpose of providing
a permanent Centennial Exhibition build
ing in the Park, and to be expended by
and under the direction of a Commission
composed of gentlemen, the appointment
of every one of whom connot fail to be
eutirely satisfactory to the people of the
whole State.
In consideration of the payment of this
lax lue ra"wa' comPanle8 are 8 "
'ievcd f any an all liabilities to the for-
,e,lure OI "''r cuancrs wuicu incy may
have heretofore incurred through neglect
to conform to the terms under which they
hold them Amoug other things they
were bouuden to keep the streets occu
pied by them in repair, and free from
snow aud ice, which, as is well known,
they have not done, and for which ne
glect tbeir charters might at any time
have been revoked upon tbe application
of auy citizen. In addition, they are to
be permitted to charge seven cents fare
until the 1st of January, 1S77.
These concessions are very great ones,
and it is not doubted that the companies
will promptly signify their acceptance of
all the provisions of the bill, in order to
enjoy the inmunities which it bestows.
But it will be secu from the text of the
act that, should tbe companies refuse to
accept the concessions made to them,
they are in no wise relieved by such re
fusal from the payment of tbe 3 per cent
tax. The bill is clear enough upon thai
point, declaring.
That in order to provide revenue to
enable the State to meet appropriation
herein before made, on or before the first
day of July, A. 1). 1S73, all street paes-
cnger railway companies now incorpora-
from the passage ot this act until said re
turn is made, aud like quarterly returns
shall be made by said compauy tnereaf
ter until the first day of January A. D.,'
1S77, inclusive, and with each report
Blinll he naid bv said street nasaen-
ceipts, which revenue shall be placed by
the State Treasurer to the credit of the
Centennial anniversary fund.
After all, the tax must fall upon Phil
adelphia which has already done so much
for this great enterprise. " Without doubt
had this bill not passed, the Legislature
would, at the next session, have reduced
fares to five eeuts a measure that would
have borne more heavily upon the com
panies than the three per cent. tax. The
companies will be in every way the
gainers by accepting the concessions
gi anted by the act, for, owing to their
neglect to fulfill their obligations they
now hold their charters at the .will of
any persou or of the Reform Association
who may see fit to call them to account.
The advantages offered them iu consid
eration of their prompt acceptanco of
the provisions of the bill are so great
that there can be no possibility of tbeir
refusal.
The main point in the matter is that
the success of the Contcnnial is now an
assured fact, and it therefore becomes the
duty of every citizen to push for ward
all necessary arrangements for it. with
energy and spirit. The time for prepar
ation is none too long, and every hour of
it must be wisely aud industriously iai
proved.
TllK New York E-rprcss says that
"when American girls become 'too prond
to do housework,' they are on the high
way to swift destruction." It adds that
"the Roman matrons of old did not dis
dain 'housework' neither did the Greek
women but the virtues of' these ancient
heathen are of no account in these days
of fast living, when the problem is, too
often, not how to work, but how to live
without doing any work at all." Preju
dice against honest industry, no matter in
what form, is unreasonable in auy class,
not less in those who cannot live other
wise than iu those who can. No one in
need of employment is justified in refus
ing that for which he is competent be
cause it does not suit false social ideas of
diguity aud respoctability. Real dignity
and respectability require the performance
of duty and personal independence. It
is more disgraceful to lead a life of indol;
ence and want, or of needless dependenc j
upon others than to accept any opportu
nity of honest employment There is
notuing in uouseuold JaOor more tuan
any other which should cause shame to
any one, nor need it involve auy expo
sure to wrong or insult, under any cir
cumstances, if those who perform it res
pect themselves. Self respect, iu all
stations of life, secure the respect of oth-
ers when accompanied by a faithful per
tormance ot duty, it only requires these
to make household woik as acceptable to
indigent and capable American girls as
auy other employment. Ba'limore Sun.
Just eight years ago General Johu B.
Gorden led a strong column of the Con.
federate army of Northern Virginia in
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'"' "'o. ao.c .uu ou t on Cieauman
hjiTruui'iJO was iuc v ice j. ifpucui u me
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Confederate States : now he is a member
of the United States House of KeFe
sentatives, in which he finds seven ex
generals of the Confederate army to keen
i.im ;n .nton...na Ti.... i. i..i..
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ers n the lost cause nroscrihe.l. anrl thus
does the relentless North keep its heel on
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the ueck of the prostrate South. Botton
Advertiser.
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1 hose Oongressmcn who, after voting
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against the salary steal now sneak around
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by starlight to tho back door of tbe
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Ireasury and lug off their Bbare of tbe
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and cowards. They wanted the money
all the while, bnt hadn't tbe nerve to
sU: .d up and say so when their names
were reached on the roll-call. The con
stituents of such men deserve to be plun
dered if they fail to spot them, this time
to some purpose. Springfield R'-publi
can.
Ex- Governor Win. T. Minor, in his
letter accepting the Republican nomina
tion for Congress in the Fourth district-
of Connecticut, says that, in his judg
ment, the back-salaiy grab by the latt
Congeess is "the most alarming, as well
as the most immoral act ever carried into
effect by any legislative body in this
country."
Wkst Viaoixi.v, it seems, is as much
at sea iu its politics as is Louisiana, pos
sessing two scate of Congressmen elect,
a double Legislature, and two claimants
for every State office. Trouble is antici
pated when these numerous officials at
tempt to take possession of their places.
Ex.
There are rumors at llarrisbnrg that a
new political movement is ou foot. A
people's convention is suggested, to be
called solely ou the issue of State and
municipal regeneration, to nominate State
candidates, and organize the State for
the election of a Reform Legislature.
The Rrpublicau Convention of Trum
bull county, Ohio, have adopted a resolu
tion requesting Hon. James A. Garfield
to resign. They declare that he has for
feited the confidence of his constituents
by voting for the retroactive salary bill.
Stokes' counsel have again asked to
amend the record of the first trial by
noting the absence of the Judge and the
prisoner during a portiou of the trial.
Held under advisement.
O.N tbe 28th of March, an American
lunatic frightened the guards at Window i
Castle England, by asking an audience'
with the Queen, when he declared was j
his mother. '
For tbe Juniata Sentinel.
"A TIME TO DAXCE.
COMmTMCATED BY BKV. V. X. BLACEWItDCB.
A faithful and successful clergyman,
who did all in his power to influence
those under his pastoral care to .absent
themselves from a ball about to take
place in the town, received the following
anonymous note from some fascinated
lover of the giddy dance :
Sir: Obey the voice of Scripture.
Take the following for your text and con
sider it ; show in what consists the evil
of that innocent amusement of dancing
"A time to weep and a lime to laugh ;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance."
A Tri e Cubistiax, but xo IIti-ik-kite ash
Stickles.
Tbe minister immediately wrote the
following reply, and had it published in
the papers, for the general good, together
with the above note :
Mr Dkab Sir, or Mapam: Your
request that I ehould preach from Eccl.
3 : 4, I cannot comply with at present,
since there are some Christian duties
more important than dancing, which a
part of my people seem disposed to ne
glect. Whenever I perceive, however,
that the duty of dancing is too much
neglected, I will not fail to raise a warn
ii.g voice against so dangerous omission.
In the meantime, there are certain diffi
culties in the text which you recommend
to my notice, tbe solution of which I
wonld receive with gratitude from a "Truo
Christian."
The first difficulty respects the time
for dancing ; for although the text de
clares there is a time to dance, yet when
that time is, it does not determine. Now,
this point I wish to ascertain exactly
before I preach upon the subject ; for it
would be as criminal, I conclude, to
dance at the Krong time, as to neglect to
dance at the right time. I have been
able to satisfy myself, in somo particulars,
when it is not "a time to dance." We
shall agree, I presume, that on the Sab
bath day, or at a funeral, or during the
prevalence of a pestilence, or the rocking
of an earthquake, or the roaring of a
thunderstorm, it would be no time to
dance. If we were condemned to die,
and were waiting in prison the day of
execution, this would be no lime to dance;
and if our feet stood on a slippery place
beside a precipice, we would not dare to
danc8. jiut .oppose the very day to be
ascertaincd, is the whole day, or only
a part, to be devoted to this amusement ?
Ar.d if a part of the day only, then
which part is "the time to dance V From
the notoriously pernicious effects of late
"night meetings" in all ages, both upon
i moraIs an1 Lealh no oae gure, ,,,
pretend that the evening, or tho mid
night hour, when tired nature should be
restored by balmy slcpp, is " the time lo
dance." The midnight hour and the
morning dawn might perhaps be " the
time to dance" for the sluggard, who
spends his daylight in sleep, that he may
revel all night, but cannot be "the time
to d ince" for those who spend the day in
labor, and earn their living by honcbt
toil.
But allowing the time to be ascertained,
there is still an obscurity iu the text.
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mi'!on ? or ig il merely declaration of
the fact that men aud women, with such ;
hear,s a8 the7 Lave- feel inc!ined to dance- i
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and do dance r It the text Ua a
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so, then "old men and maidens, young ,
men and children" must dance obedience.
If the text be a pcrmision, does it not
imply also a permission to refrain if any
are so disposed ? Or, if tho text be
merely a declaration that there is a time
when men do dance, as there is a time
when they die, then I might as well be
requested to take the first eight verses of
the chapter, and show in what consists
the evil of those inuocent practices of
hating, aud making war, and killing men,
for which it,secms there ia " a time'' as
well as for dancing.
There is still another difficulty that
occurs to me just now in connection with
this text. What Icind of dancing does
the text demand ? For it is certainly a
matter of no small consequence to a "true
christian" to dance in the Scriptural way,
as well as to dance at the Scriptural
time. Now to avoid a mistake on a
point of such importance, I have con
sulted every passage in the Bible which
speaks of dancing, the most important of
wbicb permit me to submit to your in
spection : "And Miriam the Prophetess,
the sister 'of Aaron, took a timbrel in her
hand, and all the women went ont after
her, with timbrels and with dances."
This was on account of the overthrow of
he Egyptians in-the Red Sea. The
daughter of Jephthah "came out to meet
him with timbrels and with dances."
This also was on account of a victory
over the enemies of Israel. "The yearly
feast in Shiloh was a feast unto the Lord
iu which the daughters of Shiloh went
forth in dances." This was done as an
act of religious worship. "And David
danced before the Lord with all his
might;'' but the irreligious and impu
deut Michel " came out to meet David
and said, How glorious was the King of
Israel to-day, who uncovereth himself to
day in the eyes of the handmaids of hie
servants, as one of the vain fellows
shamelessly uncovereth himself!' Danc
ing, it seems, was a sacred rile, and was
usually performed by women. At that
day it was already perverted from it sa
cred use only by ' vain fellows," desti
tute of sharao. David, however, vindi
cates himself under the bitter irony of
his wife by saying, " It was before the
lord," admitting that had not this been
the case, -her rebuke would have been
merited. On account of the victories of
Samuel and David, " the women came
out of all the cities of Isiael, singing and
dancing." "Let them praise his name in
the dance." "Thou hast turned for me
mourning into dancing." The deliver
ance here spoken of was a recovery from
sickness, and the dancing an expression
of religious gratitude and joy. "As soon
as he came uigh onto the camp, he saw
the calf and the dancing." From this it
appears that dancing was also a part of
idol worship. ' O virgin of Israel, thou
shall again be adorned with thy tabreta.
and go forth in the dances of them that
make" merry.' This passage predicts
the return from captivity, and the resto
ration of divine favor, with the conse
queut express'ou of religious joy. "We
have piped unto you, and yebave not
danced ; we have mourned unto you,
and ye have not lamented." That is
neither the judgments nor the mercies of
God produce any effect upon this incor
rigible generation. They neither monru
when called to mourning by His provi
dences, nor rejoice with the appropriate
tokens of religious joy when his mercies
demand their gratitude. "Now his elder
brother was in the field ; and as he came
aud drew nigh unto the bouse, he heard
music and dancing." The return of the
prodigal was a joyful event, for which
the grateful father, according to tbe
usage of the Jewish Church, and the
exhortations of the Psalmist, praised the
Lord in the dance.
"A time to mourn, aud a time to dance."
Hence, since the Jewish Church knew
nothing of dancing, ejeept as a religions
ceremony, or as an expression of grati
tude aud praise, the text is a declaration
that the providence of God sometimes
demands mourning, and at other times
gladness and gratitude.
The following passages mention an
other kind of dance, in which the "vain
fellows'' and silly women make a display
of iheir empty heads and light feet. "But
when Herod's birthday was kept, the
daughter of Herodias danced before
them (not before the Lord), and pleased
Herod." In this case, daucing was per
verted from its original object to purposes
of vanity and ostentation, and ended in
taking off the bead of John the Baptist
We have also a passage in Job 21 : 7-11
"When-fore do wicked men live, be
come old, yea, are mighty iu power?
They send forth their little ones like a
flock, and their children dance, 'j hey
spend their days in wealth, and iu a mo
ment go diiwn to the grave. Therefore
they say unto God, Depart from us, we
desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
What is the Almighty, that we should
serve 11 im, and what profit shall we have
if we prav uuto Him ? ' Their weidih
and iheir dancing nrs assigned as the
reason of tluir saying unto God, " De
part from us," and of their not deming
the knowledge of II is ways, or of rirv
ng Him, nr of praying unto Him.
From the preceding passages we learn
the following b-tsMis :
1. Th.-.t dancing was a religious act
both of the true, au j also of idol wor-
ship.
That it was practiced exclusively
on joyful occasions, such as national fes
tivities or great victories.
3. That men who perverted dancing
from a sacred, religious ufe to purposes
of mere amusement were deemed iufa-
moU3 and '""ig'""'-
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bo found in the Bible, in which ihu two
sexes united in the exercise, either as an
act of worship, or amusement.
5 That thi-re is no instance in the
Bible of social dancing for aniusenr-ut.
except that of the vain fellows,'' de-
void of shame; of tlie irreligious fatci-
lies described by Job, which produced
increased impiety, and ended in dintruc
lion ; aud of Hemtlias, which terminated
in the ra.-h vow of IliroJ and the mur
der of John the Baptist.
We congratulate yoli, sit, or madam,
on the assured hopj which you seem to
have attained, that you arc "a true chris
tian," and on the meekness aud modesty
with which you have becu nblc to ex
press it ; and most sincerely do we join
with you in the condemnation of all
"hypocrites and sticklers."
We recommend that this reply be care
fully read by every dancer, and that it be
re read just before going to eacli ball and
dance it will fill the head, and give
steadiness to the feet.
I am affectionately yours, See.
A flock of wild boars entered a French
village recently and took refuge in a
garden. The inhabitants armed them
selves wilh guns, spades and whatever
offensive arms they could lay hands on
and tri'd to destroy ''them. One of the
boars, the largest of the heard,' jumped
over the palings of the garden, rushed
through the village, entered a house and
rushed iuto a room in which an 4ld wo
man of eighty was lying in bed. Her
son, who was the best shot in tbe district
pursued the animal and overtook it as it
bad its paws on the side of the bed ; he
cried out to his mother not to bo afraid,
fired at and wounded the beast, which
then dashed through the window, but
another sportsman, who happened to be
ontside, killed it on tbe spot. The other
wild boars had also been hunted from the
garden by the peasants, one of whom
was attacked by an infurated animal and
was so severely injured by its tusks that
his life is iu danger.
The new postal cards are to be ready
by the first of May. They will be 3 by
5J inches in size, and will bear a one
cent, stamp and the water mark "U. S.
P. O. D." The law calls for 100.000,
000 the first year, bnt tlie Postmaster
General thicks one third more will be
needed
SHORT ITESS.
Strawberries are for sale at $2 00 4
box in Boston.
It is reported that a movement is on
foot at Harrisburg to establish a People's
P"-
T !. it.. Si.i. A n.o
r. l it .1 p . .u
General will carry the Evans case to the
Supreme Court.
i, , ." .t i.
A Boston eentleman keeps the small-
1
pox hospital liberally supplied with flow
ers.
TllK legal weight of a bushel of corn
has been reduced in Iowa from seventy
to sixty-eight pounds
A woman named Annie Adair has been
arrested in Lorraiue, III, for poisoning
' her husband last January.
The skeleton of an infant was found
in a house near Snsqnehanna station Ly
coming Co., on the 23th ult.
It is reported at Omaha that the In
dians are raiding on stock near Cheyene,
Wyoming Territory.
The Chicago police board has asked
for an ordinance compelling the closing
of all drinking saloons at 1 1 o'clock at
nigh t.
Miss Jennie Brown, of.Wirconsin, has
received fifty yards of watered silk as a
reward fur aving three men from a wa
tery grave.
A distinguished critic and traveler as
serts that the ladies of the rcyal family
of Russia are the most beautiful women
in the world.
The dwelling of Joseph Swain, in Gil
ford villiage, N. II.. was burned on the
aS:h ult , aud Mrs. Swain, aged 32, per
ished iu the flames.
A New York Judge on the 2Sth nit.,
decided to admit George Francis Train
to bail in SI 000, bnt the irrepressible
George refused to be bailed.
Boss Tweed has resigned his seat as
Senator from the Fourth District of New
York, and the committee investigating
the charges of corruption against him
has been discharged.
The Iowa Pacific railroad is to be sold
under execution, on a judgment obtained
by Maurice Brown and George W. Mit
chell, for $41,000, iu a suit under the
mccbau.es' lien law.
The Roman Catholics are reported to
be rapidly gaining ground in Kentucky,
multiplying tbeir schools, colleges and
hospitals, and doing extensive work
among the colored people.
W. S. Pride, a correspondent of the
Wilmington (Del.) Every Eceninj, was
expelled by a large vote from the floor
of the House of Representatives on the
27th ult. for criticising certain measures
before t e Legislature.
One of the Boston hor..eshoers has
been held to bail in S1C0J for threaten
ing a non-striking ehoer. Tlie penalty
if convicted is State prison not exceed
injj ten years, or S5000 fine, or both fine
and imprisonment.
Rev. W. A. Kerr, of Williamsport,
was recently di.iui.sed by the Pres
bytery of his church. His congregation
ratified the opposite of the conclusion by
giving him lately a donation of over two
hundred dollars.
A dispatch from Peoria, IU., says the
farmers in that section arc organizing for
war against tho railroads. A meeting
was held there yesterday and resolutions
adopted declaring that the farmers inten
ded to prosecute the war on the railroad
corporations until farmers' rights are rec
ognized and respected.
Willis Williams, of Islesboro, Me.,
was out on the ice hunting sea gulls,
when an accidental discharge of his fow
ling piece wounded him so badly in the
thigh that he could not walk. He smear
ed his dog's face with blood and told him
to go home, which the sagacious animal
did, and by signs and the blood alarmed
the family, and they followed him to the
place where the young man was lying.
The wound was very severe, but Wil
liams is likely to recover
At Liuuvi'ilc on tbe 2Sth nit., the
negro Thomas Smilh, was hanged in the
presence of about seven thousand persons
for a murder committed in May, 1871.
In his prayers on the scaffold he protes
ted his innocence, bnt when ordered to
stand on the trap he confessed his guilt.
He had previously implicated the prison
physician. Dr. Pope, in an attempt to aid
him to escape by asserting that the pris
oner had the smallpox, and seitdiug him
to the pest house, from which he escaped,
but was recaptured.
A young lady at Vallej , about to go
off in the cars, stepped iuto the waiting
room at the depot to kiss a lady friend
gocd by The damsel was in a hurry,
and the room was rather dark. So has
tily embracing her friend, she bestowed
two or three kisses on her lips. "Hi
yab ! ' shouted the object of her caresses
struggling for freedom "whatee for you
so chokee me ! Too muche squeeze."
The lady didn't scream but fled precipi
tately. In her haste to catch the train,
she had mistaken a Chinaman for her
friend.
On last Friday, while the family of
Mr. Samuel Oberdorf, residing on L'ev
cnth St , Lewisburg, were at dinner, a
bullet came crashing through the window
struck a door opposite and bounded back
on the dining table, fortunately doing no
serious damage. Only a moment before
Ji is event Mrs. S bad removed her little
boy fiom a high chair directly in range
of the window. On investigation it was
ascertained that the missile had passed
through the barn of Mr. Cyrus Brown,
opposite Mr. O.'s house. Who the
, '
;ue
rn.
"shootist'' was is not noDularlr know
but we hope more care will be exercised
. -
in me I mure.
Hfir mdi-miscacuts.
"D ULE. In the Orphans' Court ofjT
T7. E,,a"f ROBERT C. Mil
; ,' Samuel II. ftolm"1''
; Scholl fr decree of specific perfrlnanl,,7 8
, in hm lifttinie, for the purchase and H
i two Lots of liround. aiiinin ir. ..'of
ilr.i.1 ;n .. u -mil
",rect in,l,e borough of Mifflintown i- T"
: y 25lbt 87? , nIe w p,nl"J'bltlr-
S id eort on Joseph Kothroek. n-,'"1
! ,b W wi" ",1 ,"'""'nt f iwi.1 R0lL ,.f
rGuIIaher. f.i- .,i , .. .
deceased, to appear on the firt , ?'
next Orphan, ( onrt. at 4 o'clock p v' '
wit : the 8 h dir of Ai rlt, A 1) . ly
said oar, an l show enije. if ar.v Ihe k
why Ihe prayer of the petitioners hulaa''.
be granted ?s grayed for.
To Jaeph Rothrock. eiectror of C"
C. Gallaher, deceased; Ljuia C Bei
A. RejnoMs ; Cukiirina A. l!obiin .'rk "
O. Rrvnnl.U . Ir M U.. ,.l l . . ' crt
E. Geehan ; Joseph Jl!aher : Elii,he,, pi
Dr. Thoma J. Gallaber : Samuel Galliher
John A. Galtaher : Jame Ga'liber- tV), '
rine A. Gu'.l iher : Jhn It Uraiton". "Vli"
ander SpedJy ; lUrriet RiclcinWh ' MJ
J. Kunner ; itth ZeiRler ; W.llia,,, Bration
Rohert Uratton ; Sophi Osaalf, an ! Jial
Gallaher. widow of Rohert Gnllaher:
T.K Nori. K, that you are required ia
obedience to ihe above Rule of ( ourt, to'
and apprar at our Orphana' C.titrt. in an I for
the eour.ty of Jitniata. to be held at MiP
FLIN'TOWV. onlhe-.'Hi'j DAT OF raiL
A. b . at 4 o cleck P. M. of saij iW,
there to how eau.ie. if auy you hare, w'jy
Ihe said decree ol apifie performance of
contract jhoul j not he mule aa prove I for
JOSEPH ARI, 'Shrnr. '
Suinirr'a Orriex.
Mifflintown, April 2, li7Slt. f
AGENTS WASTED
roa the
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE.
LARGE INDUCEMENTS OFFERED.
Tbe unparaltcd success of the Domestic
Sewing Machine, Ea-il, West, North an!
South, opens a pood opportunity to Sawing
Machine men and others for Juniata county.
Mate your application early, or you will
loose the chance. AiMreaa
DOMESTIC 5F.WIXQ MACHINE CO.,
1111 Chestnut St., riiilada.
apr2 Im
AXTIjL). ye will gire men & women
Business that will Pay
from $4 to $S per dny, can be pursiud in
your own neighborhood ; it is a rare ciiance
for tho e out of employment or having lei
sure time ; girls and boys frequently do as
well as men. - Particulars free.
Address J. LATHAM k CO,
202 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
March 2C-fit
Airy View Academy,
JUNIATA COUNTY, PA.
A NORMAL CLASS
Will be opened on TUESDAY, APRIL lut.
IN-'!, this institution, for the benefit of
Teachers of this and neighboring eountie.
to continue sixths wckk. (intermitting two
weeks in barrrs' ). Special instruction will
he (riven in refrrence in teaching in Orthog
raphy, Kenilin. (.eographj. Arithmetic,
(mental auJ fe. ilu-n). EnRliih Grammar, and
the Theory and Art of Teaching. Daily
Class Drill will h? jriren in Practic-il Teach
ing in nil the ahore branches : and the
O.tinly Superintendent wiil from time to
time visit the C!as and lm-iure on various
topies pertaining to tbe advancement of lLa
school interests in Juni-ia county.
For terms of Uoird. Tuition, fir., addreas
l AVID WILSON.
A. J. I'ATTKUSON.
mar2S P.irt Kojal. Pa.
Administrator's Notice.
Fttatt of Jrrome lirynrr, tleceitifti.
I F.TTERSnf Administration having been.
J granted to tbe undersigned upon tho
estate of Jerome Ervner, deceased, all prr
sons indebted to said estate arc requested to
make payment, an 1 those having claims,
against tbe same, lo present Ibeni without
delay, to
ALFRED J. PATTERSON',
JACOH URV.NEIt.
A-imir.isirators.
Feb. IJ. fx
Admirastrator's Notice.
F ttate of Jach Ttiomttn, tlrrfatfi.
'IMIE undersigned, lo whum Letter pf Ad
Jl ministration on the estale of Jacob Thom
as, late of Feiiimn..':h towu.ship. have been
duly granted according lo Kw, herehy give
nolice to all persons indebted to s-iid estate
to come forward and make payment, and
those having claims ai;.-iint ii, to present
I hern properly a'uihentirated for settlement.
. JtKSEpI! l. THOMAS, ,, .
SAMUEL A. TIIOvlAS, j
March 10, 1878-t
Administrator's Notice.
Fstale of Lemuel R. Beale, areeaieJ.
rIMIl. undersigned, lo whom Letters of Ad-1-
ministration on the estate of Lemuel R.
Beale, late of Bilo township dee'd.. have
been duly granted according to law, hereby
gives notice to all persons indebted to aaid
estate to come forward and make payment,
and those having claims against it. to pre
sent them properlv authenticate! for settle
ment. LOUIS E. ATKIXSON. AJm r.
Mar 5 '73-St
Executor's Notice.
Ettate of William Okeson, dtetatei.
"VfOTICE is hereby given that Letters Tes
1 tamentary on the estate of William Oke
son, late of the borough of Perrysville, hava
been granted in du.t form of law to the un
dersigned. All persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make payment, and
those having claims will please present them
properly authenticated for settlement.
JONATHAN B. OKESOJf,
JAMES B. OKESON,
Executors.
Feb. 2t. 1873-Cw
BLAT;HI.ET'a IMPttOVKtl
g ! Cucmn'oer Wood Puap.
-e. S Tasteless, Durable. Efficient,
5S and Cheap. Tbe best Pump-
for the least money. Alien
Mtion is especially invited to-
CaLll P"t il'.latehley's Patent Improve !
yfSRS Nbs Bracket and New Drop Check.
'-"&. S3 Valve, which can be with
'S 2 drawn withont removi-g '
S pnmp or disturbing the joints.
&,-t3 H aig ,he Copper Chamber,
which never cracks or scales, and will outlast
any other. For sale by dealers everywhere..
Send for Catalogue aud Price-List.
Cuas. G. I'latchlet, MnDufact'r,
500 Commerce St., Philada., P-
INSTANTANEOUS RELIEF AND SOUND;
REFRESHM SLEEP
Guaranteed by using mi
Instant Belief for the Asthma,
It actsinstan(.y, relieving tbe paroxysm
immediately, and enabling the patient to lie
down and sleep. I suffered from this dis
ease twelve years, but suffer no more, and
work and sleep as well as any one. Warran
ted to relieve in the worst ease. Sent by
mail on receipt of price, one dollar per box ;
ask your Druggist for it.
' CHAS. B. HURST.
RtKDESTEB, ElAVEtt Co., P-.
Feb 19-ly
CAUTION.
I LL persons are hereby eautionel igain
XX trespassing by hunting, or in any other
way, on the farm on which I reside in l er-
I ' . ! . nffondin-
, . -1. t-pnhin
AU persons offending
: b dealt witn r. the full extent f t
1 n i..,.' .iZt.M
. law.