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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
table VIA nnerS-

II is not now the custom, as 1t used
to be, to wait until every one is helped:
haste or impatience are ont of place, bat
it is proper to eat whenever the food
is placed before one. One is not expec-
tes to ask twice for soup, fish, or salad,
and is seldom helped second time TO
desert.
Preference for white or dark meat,
rare or well done, should be expressed
without hesitation, and all food taken or
declined promptly and in courteous
terms. Well-bred people never handle
the glass, silver or china unnecessarily,
or the food; they never make bread pills
or drink or speak with food in their
mouths, or leave the table while eating,
or complain of the dinner.
When the child is strong enough TO
manage fork, give him one instead of
spoon. and when the dignity of a
knife is arrived at, teach him the use
of it, and also, when done with the
knife and fork, to lay them in close
parallel across the plate, the handles to
the right.
Teach him to use a spoon properly;
to lay it in the saucer while he drinks
his tea noselessly, (holding the sup by
the handle), to leave it in the saucer if
the cup is to be re-filled, and TO place it
in the empty cup when done.
Table manners forbid all unnecessary
gathering of knives and forks, Salt is
taken on the knife, which is tapped on
the fore finger of the left hand, instead
of the fork. The hand is the proper
medium for removing grape skins and
fruit pits from the mouth to the plate.
and the napkin should hide all use Of the
toothpick.
Vegetables are generally eaten with
fork or a spoon. Asparagus may be
taken In the fingers; water-cresses, eel
cry radishes and olives are always sc
eaten. Cheese is generally taken with
fork.
Economical housewives cover the ta-
BILE with a square of baize, canton fan
mel, or cloth of some kind, over which
the linen one is spread; this improves
the appearance, keeps the cloth from
wearing at the edges of the table, and
prevents noise.
However one may econonize In house
hold labor, good taste and much pain;
taking should govern the appointments
of the table and dining room.
An attractive table is a good appetizer
and has something to do with good be-
havior. Human nature is easily affect
ed by the atmosphere with which it /;
surrounded; children cannot be expect
ed to behave well in an hour given owe
to fretfulness, disorder and furry
Table manners for the housekeeper be
gin in seeing that her table is neat an'
attractive, and calculated to inspir
cheerfulness from it she should Danish a
far as possible, all vexations, cares an'
worries.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
MIFFLNrowN JUNIArA COUNTY JANUARY

on the table, and left the dining
room,
81 had just strength enough TO stretch
my hand for the razor, and close my
fingers on it, when heard o scuffiing
ard loud voices, and down went in a
dead faint.
"When 1 came TO, my old father was
standing over me, looking pale enongh.
Well, Marthy, you've had nice WIS.,
itor,' says he. as soon as could sit up;
'one of the worst patients in the insane
asylum. It's the greatest mercy that
yon're aiivel"'
Il ANITA doubt the old lady came near
Citing killed." said grandpa. "They
he'd hard tHssle before they captured
him, But the oldest thing is that his
name was Van Dorm, and that DIR. Van
Dorm was dead"
..And did he leave you ten thousand
dellars?"
Not cent? said grandma, indig
nantly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
In u Hammock.

There is something about "A hammock
that is indescribable, and there Is no
rule that can be made that will insure
safety while sitting in one of the queer
things. There are people who believe
that a haa mock understar DIS what is
going on, and occasionally indulges in
a joke. II is certain that an old person
with lame back can swing in ham,
mock as thick as three in a bed, and
there is no danger, but let spoony
young couple sit in hammock ever so
carefully and it seems as though the
confounded thing was alive, and had
taken a contract to spill them out on the
ground in all sorts of embarrassing
shapes. There can be nothing much
more annoying to a young couple than
to lie sitting side by side or facing each
other in hammock, looking into each
others eyes, and allowing the love they
dare not speak to show itself in those
orbs, and just as they are feeling as
though they couldn't live n minnie I'M
less they clasped each other to each
others heaving bosom, or at least one
heaying bosom and one boiled shirt ,and
then have the hammock turn bottom
side up and land them on the back of
their neciis, on the ground. with legs
pointed toward the crabs apples on the
tree to which the hammock Is hitched,
arms ainging lively to pull down panta-
loon legs, and hands convulsiyely claw
ing gravel, and muslin and delaine,
while bushes srffuse faces that mo-
ment before were backgr Jund FOR the
picture of loves young dream, and a
crowd of spectators on the hotel veran-
da laughing and saying. ''Set 'em up
again" The hammock shakes itself and
turns right side up for another victims,
as though it knew what it had been do
ing, and enjoyed it. There are young
men all over the land who have been
through such experiences, while the
number of girls who have been mortified
by having TO get TO the house with their
back hair in one haud, their skirts in
another, while six places between the
polonaise and the earrings were aching
like the toothache from the contact with
the gravel path ara legion. No girl who
is bow-legged, or has an ankle like a
Tutabagar, ,seould trust herself in a ham
mock, even though it is held by half
dozen friends, as hammock will shy
at piece of paper as quick as a snttish
horse, and in such a moment We think
not you are ON all fours. your head diz-
~, and if there is hole in your stock
ing it will look to outsiders as big as the
gate to the fair ground. On a hammock
is worse than bicycle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
Don't Deceive Me.

What asking me again for money I"
replied Michigan avenue merchant as an
old woman requested him for mercy's sake
to give her a nickel.
elf you please, sir.
.'It was only yesterday l gave you a
dime
II know it,
"Ard I'll bet ycu went right to saloca
with 1t.
''Oh, no sir.
Don't deceive me.
II wouldn deceive you for the world,
sir. I'm too much of lady to go into q
saloon, and besides that have irusty boy
whom can send with bottle"
"Did you buy bread or whiskey with
that money!"
"Well, sir, Tipped coppers with the
old man u see which 1t should be, and the
penny fell into crack of the floor and we
compromised On gin and riot which sent
INN to the Work House for sixty days.
I've no one to flip with now, and the money
shall 90 for the silk stockings I've needed
these many weeks"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
As Usual.


The commercial traveller OF PEiia-
delphia house while in Tennessee ap-
preached stranger as the train was
about to start, and said:
care you going on this train?'
II am.
"Have you any bargage?'
"No,"
swell. my friend, you can do me a
favor, and it won't cost you anything.
You see, I've two rousing big trunks,
and they always make me pay extra for
one of them. You can get one checked
on your ticket, aud we'll euchre them.
See:"
.Yes, see; but haven't any ticket. .
"But thought you said you were
going on this train:'
$50 an. I'm the conductor
"Oh!"
He paid extra as usual.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
W ,shed Oyerboard and Back Again.

W .-hed Oyerboard and Back Again.
The following incident occurred in
the experience of a Portuguese vessel on
a trip from Rio JaneirO to New York. In
the course of the night the sails were
ole 10y one furled, and the morning
found only reefed topsails set, while the
force of the wind, even under this light
canvass, buried the bulwarks on the lee
side under water. ''The tips Of the
yards almost touched the sea-" was the
phrase used TO describe the situation.
While the vessel labored along III this
position, about Z a. M, tremendous
sea struck her amidships from the wind
ward side. 1t swept across the deck
with awful force, carrying away every
loose object, and tearing three men from
the rigging to which they were clinging,
it swept them clear over the lee side,
some fifteen or twenty feet from the
vessel, Ths waves were washing over
the decks from all sides, and luck had it
that the mass of water into which they
fell was moving towards the vessel.
just how it all happened, or how long
they were overheard no one could tell.
The Captain. Francisco Dias dos Santos
Boria-thinks it was about minute.
He saw them carried away, and terrible
feeling took possession of him for mo-
ment. Then he saw them swept on
board again. He rushed forward ahd
seized Campos by the hair, holding on
for dear life while the waters retreated.
A couple of others caught the boatswain.
Tercira grasped aud held on to some
part of the rigging 1t was all over be-
fore any one quite realized what had
transpired, and the only injury inflicted
proved to be trifing laceration of the
mates left leg and knee. The weather
moderated later the same day, and
the passage vas concluded uneventful-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

Bear malice toward every man who
differ from you if you want to be in con-
tinusl misery.
Grumble incessantly. 1t won't do
you any good but it will make other
people miserable.
Never acknowledge that You are in
the wrong for fear some people will
think you have no mind of your own
If kind friend points out to you
some of your glaring fallings, cut his
friendship at once. OF course he does
not value your friendship or he would
not take so much interest in you.
Give your counterfeit currency to a
blind man and your silver money with a
hole punched in it to children who won t
know the difference Remember that
caution is IA necessary rs corn bread and
sorgum.
Give yoar support and influence to
public enterprises and let other people
pay the expenses. Show that you
have the advancement of your native
brothers interest constantly before you
and your pocket book constantly behind
you.
Collect your bills promptly and don't
pay any debts until you have to. You
will thus have plenty of cash on hand
and make little something in the way
of interest on what you owe. You
should always remember that other peo-
pie have no nights lou are bouud TO res
pect.
Remember that your occupation
whatever, it may be. is disagreeable, ,and
thst all Others are agreeable. Don't be
happy for then your great mind would
have a chance to rest, and your fellow
man would not be bored to death with
your chronic complaints and that would
not he according to Hoyle' or any
other STANDARD of what Is right and
just.
Make yourself at home if you happen
to find yourself in strange house: in
spect the furniture critically ask wheth-
er the carpets are body Brussels or three
ply, hammer n'the piano without in
vitation, comment on the pictures and
be sure and find out whether they are
OIL paintings or chromos aud make your-
self generally agreeable.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
straw Furniture.

The lumber of the future is to be
made of straw. 1t is to compete with
that of the better class, rs there seems
to be no necessity of introducing knots
and shakes into she artificial material.
1t is manufactured in any desired
lengths, from twelve feet upward, and
as much as thirty-two inche es in width.
The cost Is such as to compete with
better or finished grades of pine, and
the locality of competition cannot vary
much, for straw is usually cheap where
lumber is cheap. Some samples re-
Gently exhibited hold nail as well as
wood, are susceptible of high finish and
can be polished to any extent desira-
ble.
1t is waterproof, and therefore must
be as endurable as pine or oak, while it
S as well adapted for roofing purposes
as for fine interior work. 1t is suscepti-
BILE of being worked by the ordinary
tools of the carpenter, and once fitted
for its place it will not be apt to shrink
or swell. Samples resemble hard wood,
about as dark as oak, but more dense
in texture, with a specific gravity of
one-fifth more than thoroughly season.
ed black walnut.
For finishing, it will not be required
to be as thick as ordinary lumber, as
its tensile strength is about double that
of wood. The future will introduce q
complete change in building materials.
These will include a paper for doors
and window frames, floor, monldings
and roofs, glass for porches and pillars,
cornices and walls, iron for beams, joints
and rafters, with not splinter of wood
in the whole construction, which Will
be replaced with straw lumber, II
needed,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
Osllinna.

Oshima, one of the largest of the Isl
ands between the south coast Of Japan
and the east coas. of Formosa has lately
been visited and partially described by
DIR. l.. Doderlein. 1t is subject to pro-
loDged and violent typhoons. Besides
what appear to be the aborigines, it is
inhabited by the more robust and bet
ter proportional Japanese. The former
have narrow face and pointed chin.
Their eyes are large, the lips thin, and
the bridge of the nose convex. All the
body is protected with thick hair like
that which distinguishes the Amos. The
language is sort of Japenese dialect.
Except some veneration paid to de-
parted relative, the author could not
find that they had any religion. Al
though the population is fifty thousand,
there is not priest or temple on the
island. The customs differ greatly from
those of the Amos and the Japanese. A
married woman in Japan blackens her
teeth, for example; the Oshima women
do not. A woman among the Amos has
her lips tattooed;an Oshima girl as soon
as she is thirteen years old has her
hands tattooed from the wrists to the
roots of the nails by experts, but the
lips receive no tattooing. The plague
of the island is snake called ''habu. y
1t is amphibious, pursuing eels Ia the
streams and climbing trees to strike its
prey on land with equsl facility. Death
| is inevitable from its stroke unless the
part affected be instantly cut out or the
limb itself amputated. Villages have
been abandoned where the habu pre-
walls. The fauna of the island is Loo
choo in character generally. No other
traveller from the West has hitherto de-
sclibed Oshima.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
WOODS IN wTNTR.

When winter winds are piercing chill,
And through the hawthorn blows the gale,
With solemn feet tread the hill
That oyerbrows the lonely vale
Ger the bare upland and away
Through the long reach Of desert woods.
The embracing sunbeams chasteiy play,
And gladden. those deep solitudes-
Where, twisted round the barren OAK,
The summer vine in beauty chung,
And summer winds the silence broke,
The crystal l:icle Is hung.
Where, from their frozen urns, mate springs
Pour out the rivers gradual tide,
shrilia the skaters iron rings,
And voices III the woodland side
Alss how changed from the fair scene,
When birds sang oui Their mellow lay,
And winds were soft and woods were green.
And the song ceased not with the day.
But still wild music is abroad,
Pale, desert woods. within your crowd:
And gathering winds in hoarse accord
Amid the vocal reeds pipe loud.
Chill airs, and wintTy winds: my ear
Has grown familiar with your song.
/ hear II in the opening year
l listen, and il cheers me long.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

The Turks have a debt of $500, 600, :
600.
-Mexico's population is put at sl0,-
0C0,0
"A Siamese prince is on his way to
the United States.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-20
CROUCH ON RATS

Clear out 1sts, mice, reaches, flies, ants, bed
bugs, skuuks, chipmunks, gophers. l5c. Druggists
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-20

CIVILIZATIONS THAT Is NOT SOUTH
ERN, OR SLAVERY TAINTED. Airs.
Hunter was carrying two bundles aboard
the day boat tor Albany, in New York,
when Mr.. Snyder kindly relieved her of
half the burden. On deck they sat down
together, aud as they sailed up the Hud-
son rapidly grew acquainted, though
previously total strangers. He was a
widower, aged 81, and an Ulster county
farmer; she was widow, aged 35, and a
seamstress in New York. He asked her
to marry him. She was surprised, but
not offended. She asked ior time to
think the offer over. Certainly would
give her until the boat reached Ncwburg.
Then she must go ashore with him aui
get married, or stay on board and renlaih
single. Just as the plank was about to
be hauled in at Newburg, she said Yes, y
and the couple went off with the two
bundles. A justice performed the cere
mony, and Mr., and Mrs. Snyder travelled
on by rail.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-20

A ROYAL SHAKE-UP.-Princess Louise
and her "Highland laddie," a Lord,
for Lorne. are taking trip across the
Continent to see the Yosemitee, and also
visit the Queens plantation on the Pacific
Coast. The Royal Party spent several
days in Chicago, and were followed by
troops of vulgar gazers; who were as
much disgusted by what they saw, as their
own conduct was disgusting to well-bred
people. The daughter of Queen Victoria
is second edition of her mother that is
to say, short, fat, and pretty-in name,
but not bit pretty in face, form, or man
ner. She waddled about the streets of
Chicago. pricing the finery in the shops,
and showing her sense Ito the disgust OF
the salesmen) by buying only good SUBJ
stantial dresses, at SIS, and $50 or $40
apiece. instead of the gorgeous raiment
which Princes" ought to wear. The
puffed-up wives of the Pork Packing
Nabobs actually stopped their carriages
near the side walk as she passed and de-
clared that Louise dressed more like a
dowdy than their own servants. (This
was because she was well-bred enough
not to wear diamonds and silks while trav-
elling in dusty cars.)
An accident happened ere the Royal
train reached San francisco. A switching
engine got in the road (they usually do.
you know ard the result was bad bump
up. Princess Louise was thrown down by
the shock, but, being fat, was not bruised
much.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-20
See change of time, Weldon Fair.

Mr. Geo. c. Jordan has been can
vassing the city for the Valley Mutual
Life Insurance of Staunton, Va, with
considerable success. Hon. Alex. II. H..
Stuart is President.
A negro named Oliver Barnett com
mitted an outrage, with violence, on a
little negro girl near Bushy Fork. John
S. Coleman, an ex-Confed., spent several
days hunting for him, and lodged him in
Jail. Judge Shipp will settle with the
beast.
-"Blind leading the Blind" Wash
inton Press says: Rumor says that blind
man by the name of Balance, at or neal
Lake Landing, Hyde county, sold a few
days ago to person calling for caloInel
some strychnine. A portion was given tC
. young lady, and the balance taken by
Mr.. Thos. Midget. The woman dice
but by successive treatment Mr.. Midget
was saved.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-20

From ,hs New Haven Reg ster
80 CELERY~
AS A REMEDY FOR NERVOUS
DISEASES.
About and the Good Results
Attending Its usc.
HEADACHE. sEgRALuIA. SkkvousN \ Ess>

HEADACHE. sEtRALuiA. SkkSousN tss>.
sLEKrlI ssNESs AND DYSPEPSIA.
'Dr. Beusons preparation of CELERY
and Chamomile for nervous diseases -
the most important addition naie -
the ''materiA medica" in the last quar-
ter of a century DIR. J w j. Englar,
% Baltimore.
DIR. Benson's Pills, srr worth their
weight IN goii IN nervous snd sex
headac he. - Dr A. III Schlichter. Of
Baltimore
These Pills are invaluable III nervous
disease. DIR. Hammond. Of New
York.
''Dr. Beuson's Pills for the cure of
Neuralgia are a success DIR. G. l..
Holman. Chi tlanburg. Va
These Pills are special preparation,
onl, for he cgre of special dlsea.ss, "a.
named. and Tor thes' diseases they ar
worth of trial by all Intelligent sui
ferrrs. They zre prepared expressly to
and will cure SEX ea5tch.. nervous
head he; dachr. neural Ia nervous =t..,-,
paralv sis, >leeplcssncsS aud dSsyrp-ia.
Sold bv all druggI,t. Price a0. .-.st#
a box. ID ptt 100 North EuAs
Bait morr. Md Bv mail two boAe- Tor
sl or s'x box, iur - -, to any ua-
dress
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-20

The Philadelphia papers are. actively
following up their investigation of adul-
terated drugs, comment upon which has
already been made in these columns
They find that these adulterations are
most commonly practiced with powdered
drugs, and that instead of using the best
drugs in powdering, the tag ends and un
slightly portions are used. Quinine, it is
said, is frequently compounded out Of the
alkaloids of cinchona extracted from red
bark that contains little or no guinea, and
the bitter taste is then glyen to it by
strchnia. Ether also is weakened by long
keeping or turns acid by exposure to the
light. Lime water is also sold after it has
formed precipitate from long standing
and is useless, and laudanum is frequent
" reduced from two-thirds to ene-halt
the standard strength. The agitation Of
the matter in Philadelphia has caused
much excitement, and may lead to the
appointment of an inspector Of. drugs, III
which case it is to be hoped that the in,
spector himself will not be adulterated.
Col. w. j. Green returned on the 18th
inst, from an extended canvass through
the lower part of this district. The Col
onel looks fresh and vigorous, as if be
| had been successful in his work, he gives
an encouraging account OF the enthusiasm
that is prevailing among the people.
/ From the best information we can gath
er, it is thought the district will give a,
least sixteen hundred majority for Col
Green.-Fayetteville Ecdnmer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-20

w ELDOH FAIR.-The time for holding the
w next fair has been changed from October 23d,
to November 18th, l4th, 18TH 10th and 18th, 1882.