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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-17
wine Dri.kins In France.

Mr.. HamertOn, in "Notes of Rural
Life in France" comments as follows
on wine drinking s-s
The wine drunk during meals is al
ways some cheap riR OrdiRdire. An
Englishman wonders at first how rich
people can be induced to drink such
poor wine at all but, after some ex-
perience he discovers that riR Ordindire
is one of those common things which
are better in their place than more ex-
pensive things, just as bread is better
for constant use than plumcake. There
are, however. very different qualities
of rin Ordindire, and the skill of the
master of the house is never put to a
more serious test than in the choice of
this common wine, the merit of which
is not to bear q distant resemblance to
bon rim, but to keep the appetite alive
(bon rim clogs it) and to bear mixture
with water. A good riR 0rdiRaire is
not preferred to higher class of wine
simply from economy. If the two were
at the same price, the judiciOus French
man would choose an 0rdinaire for use
until hunger was satisfied. A bottle of
better wine is always produced at or
before dessert if there is guest, but
this is generally omitted when the
family is alone, unless there is some
excuse for the indulgence, such as a
birthday, fete day or the rerIrn of a
member of the family from a distance.
In summer white wine is often served
at dejeuner and drunk with seltzer wa
ter, with which it makes a very re-
freshing beverage, perhaps only too
stimulating to the appetite. Coffee is
hardly ever omitted after dejeuner, even
in the most economical families-it is
generally excellent, though not invari-
ably. In houses where care Is taken
about coffee, it is roasted in very small
quantities at q time and very mOder-
ately. The burnt, black coffee of the
cafes is only nit for peasants at a fair
the true cOnnOisseur despises it and
takes the greatest precautions to Sc
cure the unspOiled aroma. 1t is very
probable that there may be some natu-
raj connection between the wine and
the coffee, the wine seems to call for
the coffee and perhaps Psychologists
may know the reason. The wine drunk
varies from half bottle to a bottle
each meal for each man ladies drink
less, and seldom go beyond the half
bottle. In hotels bottle is the regu-
lar allowance. Men often drink their
wine pure, but ladies never do, except
a httlc at the Gnu VI tuc IcpoSt. 1uc
quantity OF wine drunk in France
appears excessive to modern
though it would not have
the contemporaries of She
ridan and Pitt, while Americans "a
ther suspect you of tendency to IN
if you drink anything but
iced water during meals. / have never
perceived that Frenchman was less
sober after his bottle of rim ordinaire,
nor is there any reason to believe that |
it Injuries his health or shOrtens his ex-
istence: but if he drinks much wine at |
meals he ought to abstain vigorously |
from drinking between meals, and the |
wisest Frcnchmen are often very Sc
we're with themselves on this point.
knew several whom nothing would in |
duce to infringe their rule and who
never enter a cafe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-17

RObbie's Red Apple.-One day Robbie
was visiting his cousin. They went to
a neighbOiing farmhouse, and the kind
people gave them permission to go in
to the orchard and get some ripe ap-
Piles to eat. Hhe trees were bending
with fruit, and underneath their laden
bOughs were many mellow apples fall
len to the ground. Some were yellow,
some rosy checked, and some were red
all over. A few were very large, and
others quite small.
Robbie looked around, trying to find
very nice one. He wasn't satisfied
with those that seemed "fair to midd-
ling" but wanted a very good one in
deed. Presently he chose one. 1t was
one of the largest and reddest-a fine
apple to look at. But apples were
made to eat. Robbie took bite of his
beautiful one, and found its looks were
a great deal better than its taste. 1t
was not sweet or thoroughly ripened,
and it was hard and coarse grained be-
sides. Many apples, lying close at
hand, though but half as large and not
half so pretty as this one, were ten
times better, for they were mellow,
sweet and juicy.
Robbie showed little of the unwise
and selfish side of the heart, which is
too common in the world. He was
fond of size and show; he Judged from
outward appearance, and so made a
very poor choice.
The great and snowy things of life.
and the bright and glittering things of
the world, are not always what they
seem. Fine clothes and big purses do
not make good, wise people. Such
things are like the rind of RObbie's red
apple-merely outside show that de-
ceives the thOughtless. Real merit
does not love to deck itself in snowy
gaIb,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-17
Habit.

Like flakes of snow, that fall unper-
ceived upon the earth, the seemingly
unimpOrtant events of life succeed
one another. As the snow gathers to-
gether so are our habits formed. No
single flake that is added to the pile
produces sensible change. No single
action creates, however it may exhibit.
a mans character. but as tss.e tempest
hurls the avalanche down the noun
tain and overwhelms the inhabitant
and his habitatiOn, so passion, acting
upon the elements of mischief which
perniciOus habits have brought tOge-
ther by imperceptible accumulation,
may overthrow the edifice of trnth and
virtue,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-17

ma, and the course of the steamers is
so much under shelter of the land that
the enjoyment of the voyage is rarely
spoiled by sea-sickness, and the stran-
ger may pursue his experiments in
Swedish dietary without fear of cOnse-
quences.-Fraser's Maga-ine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-17

STEwED LOBSTER OR CRAB.-Take out
all the meat from two Holsters; cut i'm
squares; add three ounces of butter;
half tablespoonful mustard; same of
vinegar; teaspoonful mixed salt and
pepper, and a pinch of cayenne, and a
little boiling water. Simmer all to-
gether ten minutes. Serve with sliced
lemon. Crabs can be prepared in the
same way.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-17

AnsWer Them.-Parents run the risk
of losing the love of their children who
put aside their trivial questions as of
no consequence. An Interrogation
point symbOlizes the life of childhood.
"Why" and "What" are the keys with
which it unlOcks the treasury of the
world. The boys numberless ques-
tions often seem trivial, but the wise
parent will never turn them off unan-
swered. if he can help it. 1t is his rich
of teaching. He is met
half way, and there is all the difference
between impressing truth on an eager
mind and an uninterested one. The
little fellow helping you at your work
and pelting you with endless questions,
may learn as much in a half-hOur
there as in u week when his body is
prisoner in the school room, and his
thoughts are out of doors.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-17

Cleaning Floors wih Oranges.
shocking, isn't itf But, then, they
have more of them than we do, for it is
in Jamaica that they make scrubbing
brushes of oranges, and you may be
sure it's true, because Mr.. Gosse saw
them do it. The floor was of hard,
polished wood, and. before the family
were out of bed, two or three cOlored
servants scrubbed over the whole of it
with sour oranges cut in half. When
the juice was rubbed ont of one piece,
they would take another. and so they
used up a big trayful of them. A pO-
lish was put on by rubbing with cocoa
nut husk, and the floor looked as if it
had been waxed.-St. Nicholas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-17

The motto fer the week on little
girls Sunday school card was, "Get
thee behind me, Satan.n There were
gOOseberries in the garden, but she
was forbidden to pluck them-pluck
them she did. "Why did not you,"
said the mother, when you were
tempted to touch them, say. Get thee
behind me. Satan'f" IL did," she said.
"and he got right behind me
and pushed me in the bushw
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-12-14

quired infinite manipulation some
times entire remodeling-to adapt them
to the language of the soul, and it has
been upon this division of their noble
task that the greater portion Of labor
of translation has been expended. The
danger of mistakes in meaning
mistakes which have proved stumbling
blocks in the way Of those who might
otherwise believe-renders caution of
no ordinary kind necessary in the work,
and every translation that has been put
forth has not been the result Of weeks
nor of months, but of long years Of la
Dor. The translation into Arabic by
DR.. Eli Smith and DIR. Van Dyck occu-
pied sixteen years; DR.. Shauffler, of
Constantinople, finished in 1874 his
translation into Osminlee, begun in
1861; DR.. Schereschewsky was for more
than fifteen years engaged in the trans
lation alone of the Old Testament into
the Mandarian colloquial of China, and
Drs. Williamson and Riggs are but now
putting their finishing touches to their
translation in Dakota, begun full forty
years ago, and, as with these versions,
so has it been with all.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-12-14
Bathing in the River Morava.

+. 4
The war correspondent Of the London
TELEGRAPH writes: A great deal has
been said about the Morava. in the
course Of the war. Let me tell you what
it is like. Clearer, prettier stream never
flowed than this boundary Of Turkish
and Servian- camps. With swift cur
rent, it runs silently by Alexinatz and
Drugevatz, but higher up, at Supovitz,
it takes q sudden bend and forms INTO
the exact figure Of the letter S, where,
having been reinforced at every few
hundred yards by tiny streams and nv
ulets, which flow from the mountains
on either side, it rushes like torrent
over the white sands which spread far
and wide within few miles OF Nisch.
I believe that at its origin it is well
laden with red earth; at Supovitz and
Alexinatz it is as clear as glass. When
Ahmed Eyoub's army was on the other
side, in the Valley of Resavei, it was
our delight to descend into the plain
and bathe in the cool waters OF the Mo-
rava. But when that extraordinary
move which resulted in absolutely moth
ing was made, and we found ourselves
in our present quarters. it was impossl-
BILE to bathe any longer, for Servian
rifles were many and their owners en-
ergetic.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-12-14
Indian Summer.

Weep. weep, November rain;
Wni0 mist, drop like q shroud
Uf3h tlB4ieaf1 earth.s ended Joy and pain;
Md bAtts, lift up your voices, cry aloud,
DaA alls he dead leaves from the qulvering
ak&Eah Sbdut thefionse.
0melanch0ly wind,
n one that seeketh and can never find.
But come not, O,sweet days,
Out OF yon cloudless blue
Ghosts Of 80 many dear remembered Mays,
Wfth faces like dead lovers who died true
cme not, lest we 60 seek, with eyes all wet,
sfimfose and violet,
furesEsing that they lie
~ in the earth till winter has gone by.
ssTiu winter has gone by"
Come then, days bright and strange
fC11my while this mad world whirls on reck-
lessly;
Restful, amid this life of restless change,
GaagperE& &ect Indian summer, full OF balm;
iSsyesLs last thankful psalm
EsGod, you, smiling, bring, c
We TO win smile. and wait the eternal sprin 6.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-12-14
ri fHhE & ! COST OF A TRAIN.

At the time when the first open court
0ilxW was established in Russia, q lady,
dressed with the utmost elegance, was
waking on the Moscow promenade,
l1aning upon her husbands arm, and
lstting the long train of her rich dress
sweep the dust and dirt of the street.
4 Ayoung officer, coming hastily from
aside street, was so careless as to catch
o1eof his spurs in the lady's train, and
inan instant great piece was torn out
dshe costly. but frail material of the
-l.ssk beg . thousand pardons, ma
dame, " said the officer, with q polite
bow, and then was about passing on,
when he was detained by the lady $ hus-
band. y fazt t}fs
aYon have insulted my wife,"
Nothing was further from my in
tention, sir. Your wife's long dress is
- blame for the accident, which I sim
cerey regret, and 1 beg you once more
p receive my apologies for any care
lessness on my part . Thereupon he
attempted to hasten on.
You shall not escape so," said the
lady, with her head thrown back in a
Pirtad way. ITO day is the first time
.LhAsa worn. this dress, and it cost two
hundred rubles, which you must make
Ny dear madame, beg you not to
astain me. I am obliged to go on duty
9 e4ce. As to the two hundred rubles-
tlslH can nbt help the length of your
Rssss yet | beg your pardon for not
MHnG been mcRe cautious" l."
~ You shah not stir, sir. That you
~ obliged to 60 on duty is nothing to
es. ny ~a6is right; the dress must
b madegood.s' ~
The ofcer's face grew pale.
fou force me to break through the
ml4tl xheservice, and I shall receive
puhU6ment..'' - - - 49,
!. fPsyy Fay !, Observation-Disclosures and you
The quickly Changing color in the
4 NaeiA fsee betrayed how inward.
disturbed he was; but stepping close
up tdffsh both, he said, with apparent
self-command.
You win fenounce your claim when
.Ys Y yQg thet am. .a-a-poor man,
VINO has nothing to live on but his off
GERS pay, and the amount of that PAL
lsaasdiy reaches the,sum of two hundred
.aoies in whole year. I can, there
.ofeshAke mo- Smends for the misfor
3,r9ssPt by again begging youl
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-12-14
18th a slight but still perfectly polite

with slight but still perfectly polite
bow.
"Give me your address, and I will
send it to you"
"Oh, no, my dear madame, | am in
the habit of taking my purchases with
me at once. Favor me with the dress
Immediately"
A shout of appreciation came from
the gallery.
"Order!" cried the Judge.
"What an insane demand!" said the
lady's husband. "My wife can not un-
dress here"
"I have nothing to do with you, sir,
in this matter, but only with the COM
plainant. Be so good, madame, as to
give me the dress Immediately. am
in great hurry: my affairs are urgent,
and l can not wait moment longer"
The pleasure of the audience at the
expense of the lady increased with
every word, until it was hard to enforce
any approach to quiet, so that either
party could be heard.
s'Do not jest any mere about it. l
will hurry, and send you the dress as
soon as possible
81 am not jesting. I demand from
the representative of the law my own
property-that Dress" said the officer,
raising his voice.
The Judge, thus appealed to, decided
promptly.
sThe officer is right, madame. You
are obliged to hand him over the dress
on the spot.''
81 can't undress myself here before
all these people, and 90 home without
any dress on" said the young woman,
with anger and tears.
"You should have thought OF that
sooner. Now you have no time to lose:
Either give up the dress of your own ac-
cord, OF A nod that could not be
misinterpreted brought to the lady's
side two officers of justice, who seemed
about to take upon themselves the office
of my lady's maid.
"Take your money back, and leave
me my Dress"
"Oh, no, madame; that dress is now
worth more than two hundred rubles to
me-"
"How much do you ask for it?"
"Two thousand rubles," said the
officer, firmly.
ST will pay the sum-" the weeping
lady's husband responded, promptly.
81 have here five hundred rubles. Give
me pen and paper and | will write an
order upon my banker for the remain
ing fifteen hundred"
After he had written the draft the
worthy pair Withdrew, amid Kisses from
the audience.
Query: Did the lady ever again let
her train sweep the streetP
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-12-14
A Lament.

Would you. ask US why this dunning?
Whv these sad complaints and mErmurs,
.Nufmufs loud about delinquents
Who have read the paper weekly,
iRead what they have never paid for,
Read with pleasure and with profit,
Read of church affairs and prospects.
Read of news both home and foreign,
,Rsed the essays and the poems,
Fnll of wisdom and instruction;
Read the table of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly
Should YOU ask us why this dunning?
Ne would answer, we should tell you.
I From the printer, from the mailer,
From the kind old paper maker,
from the landlord, from the "devil,"
From the man who taxes letters
with the stamp of Uncle Samuel
IIncle Sam the r0wdies call him;
From them all there comes message
neesaee kind but firmly spoken,
sPlease to pay the bill you owe u.s."
gad it il to hear such message
When our funds are ali exhausted,
when the last greenback has left us;
When the nickels all have vanished;
CJne to pay the paper maker,
Gone to pay the toiling printer.
Gone to pay the landlord tribute,
Gone TO pay the faithful mailer,
Gone to pay old Uncle Samuel
Z Uncle Sam, the rowdies call him
Gone to pay for beef and Bridget,
Gone to pay our faithful parson.
Sad it is to turn our ledger,
Turn the leaves of this old ledger,
Turn and see what sums are due us,
Due for volumes long since ended,
/ Dne f0f years Of pleasant reading,
Due for years of anxious labor,
Due despite our patient waiting,
= Due despite our constant dunning,
i Due In suns from three to twenty.
would yon lift burden from us?
would You drive aspecter from you?
I Woula you taste pleasant slumber?
Would you haye.a quiet conscience?
Would you read paper paid fer?
S5hd dB MUhey-Bend US money;
aeuhMp mopey-send us money:
1o1d the money that you owe usl
-HuntingtOn Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-12-14
How to Do HOusewOrk and Be
Beautiful Still.

Our rural friends who bewail their
hard condition as farmers wives and
helps, and our city friends who deplore
the circumstances - which compel
them to do duty as kitchen maids while
that of parlor- companion would tit
more becomingly their education and
accomplishments, may take courage
from the following practical hints adj
ministered, with much spice of manner,
by Matilda Fletcher: "The most beau
tiful woman I have ever known was a
farmers wife, who attended to the
household duties for q family of four,
and also assisted in gardening and the
light framework; and yet / never saw
her hands rough and red; | never saw
even q freckle on her nose. Impossi-
BILE! you say; how did she managep /
never asked her, but she had some emf
vious neighbors who went slouching
around with red, scaly hands, sunburnt
faces, and their hair matted with dust
and oil, who let mo into the dreadful
secret. They informed me with an
ominous shake of the head that she was
the proudest mink that ever lived; that
she actually wore india rubber gloves
when she used the broom and
scrubbing brush, and always when
she worked outdoors; that she had
bonnet made of oil-silk completely
covering the head, face, and neck,
leaving only apertures for seeing and
breathing, thus securing perfect free
dom from sun, wind, and dust. Did
you ever hear of such depravityp She
also fastened her dish-cloth to q stick
so that she need not put her hands in
hot water. For the same reason she
accomplished her laundry-work with
machine and wringer. And then to see
her in the afternoon tricked out in q
fashionable white dress, with a bright.
colored ribbon at her throat, and . rose
in her hair, entertaining in the parlor,
as though she was the greatest lady in
the land, was more than their patience
could endure. And her husbande He
had such q satisfied expression that II
was perfect aggravation to ordinary
people to look at him. He deserved to
be happy because he encouraged and
helped her to cultivate beauty in her.
self, her family, and her home; and I
don't know but her success principally
belonged to him, because he brought
all the new inventions that could light
en- her labors, and all the delicate and
pretty things she needed to adorn her
home, and when she was sick he
wouldn't let her touch work until she
was well and strong. .',PhrenosogicGl
Journal.
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How He Came to be Out Of Money

H had q case on the docket in
which, among other things, he wished
to prove that his client had no money,
and to that end he cross-questioned
one of the opponents witnessed as fol.
lows: | 8f8.
"You asked my client for money, did
you notp"
"Well-yes, sir"
"Answer promptly, sir. Let us have
no hesitation. You asked him for money
now, what was his answer?"
81 don't know as can tell.
ssBut surely you remember"
"Yes, SIR"
"Then out with it. What was his
answerp"
"I'd rather not tell"
"Ho! no! you are on that tack, are
you? You won't tell?"
"l should rather not, sir?"
ssBut I should rather you would! So,
sir, if you do not answer my question
promptly and truthfully I'LL call upon
the Court to commit you for contempt .
"Well, sir, if I must tell tales out OF
school here you have it. l asked him
yesterday if he could lend me half q
dollar, and he told me he couldn't.
"And you believed him, did you
not?"
Yes, sir, for he said you had robbed
him of every cent of his ready money
and if he didn't get out of your hands
pretty soon his wife and little ones
would come to-"
.That will do, sir. You can stel
down. ."-DetrOH Post.
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Two hundred members of the Rus
sian sect of ssOld Believers" who had
been banished to the Ural because they
refused to join the Orthodox Russian
Church, have been treated by the Rus
sian authorities with cruelty
which has hitherto been sup
posed to be only characteristic OF
Turks. Having been ordered for service
in the penal regiments at Petro-Alexan-
drovsk, on the Caspian, they were SO
ill-used that many perished on the road
and others jumped into the sea to avoid
their oppressors, and 100 only arrived
at their destination.
IKE has had an irritating skin dis.
ease. Mrs. Partington says ''the Char.
lotte Russo broke out all over him, and
if he hadn't wore the Injun beads as ar
omelet it would doubtless have calum
mated fatally"
The New York herald., 1876-09-25

MIsFIr CARPETS, oTLcLorus, MATTINvs. az
culars sent tree. J. UExDAIf'
I)ARTlEs pkCLiNING HOUSEKEEPING ADDRESS
Tor Carpets, Furniture. Pianos. Bcdding Books '
PAYNE's PATENT PARLoR, SOFA AND LoCxuU
i Beds. No. iOi 9Th sv
get PARLOR FURNITURE. BLUE AND TAN SATIN
1850; also n.gnidccnt O Pianofyrto for S.UO Rss..
dencc 80 Eas. sth 81.
DENTISTRY.
A TiFiC1AL TEETH A AsPECIALTy.-RuBBKK SITS
Arom - upward substnnsiAlly made, carefully ntsed
J. 9. KENNEDY. IS yoad ~
The New York herald., 1876-09-25

A YOUNG MAN DESIRES A PLACE "A CUTTER
"A for genticmens garments; speak tho German nnd
English Languages correctly For particulars inquire al
JOHN BRUECk, Merchant Tailor. 2s2 7th
YOUNG MAN, WHO HAS HAD TWO YEARS EX.
n perence in baker trade would like learn thc
fectioncry trade. Apply NJ lS Csntre At.
yNANTED-A MAN TO TURN BRITANNIA HOLLOW
w ware. Inquire of GEORGE CARELESS, 529 COM
me s; philndelnhia.