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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24
Economy in the Household.

l. After mixing bread at night take
up al! the bits Of crusted tlOuT left on
the mixing board and sift them into a
saucer. Enough flour will be saved to
use to -four the board at Tue AUI uiI <
mixing and only very few scraps
need be thrown away. instead of the
saucerful which the servants usually
waste.
2. When all the bones have been re-
moved from a fowl in preparing it for
pie or for pressing, there is still lit
tie gelatlnous and nutritious substance
left on them. Put the bones back INTO
the pot with enough water to cover
them and boil for a half-hour longer.
Enough liquor to thicken slightly for
gravy for the dinner will be added to
that already obtained from the boiling
of the fowl.
3. The fine wheat meal which is now
much used as a breakfast substitute
for the once universal oatmeal makes
very palatable and nutritious pudding.
There is usually little more cooked
than is served, and if this is saved
from one or two breakfasts 1t may ap-
pear in the form of pudding. The
cold boiled meal Is better than the hot,
too, to make the pudding, as the meal
should come to a boil with the milk in
which 1t is baked. Three pints of milk,
three eggs, a teacup full of sugar, and
a coffee-cup full of the cooked meal
are the proportions. Flavor to suit the
taste and bake half an hour.
4. There is no need of putting eggs
into cakes made in layers for cream or
jelly, and in the winter, when eggs are
not cheap, this Is worth remembering.
Much less butter than the usual cook
book recipes demand may also be used
for this sort of cake. A half cup Of
butter, cup of sugar, cup and half
of sweet milk. and two tablespoons OF
baking powder always sifted with the
-four, in two cups and half OF flour,
are a very useful recipe for a simple
foundation for cOrnstarch cream or for
jellies.
5. When meat boils dry and burns
on, as meat has a way of doing once
In a while in the best regulated kitch-
ems, do not turn it out directly into
pan and waste that still good part Of
the fibre which adheres to the burned
and spoiled part. Plunge the pot into
a deep pan of cold water as quickly as
possible, then take the meat out Of the
pot with ladle, clean cooking towel,
a large fork, whichever is at hand, The
cold water under the hot iron makes
the meat steam and break off immedi-
ately almost where it IS desirable that
it should. And if the pot is well
washed, and the meat put back into 1t
in hot water, there will be no burnt
flavor record of the catastrophe.
6, Enough bits of meat, grlstle and
bone are thrown away in nearly every
meat-eating family to keep the pro-
verbal French family OF fine econo-
mics in soup stock all of the time An
American household might not realize
the French delIciousness of soup ''made
out of nothing" if none of Its members
were instructed in the gallic mysteries
of soup-making; but 1t is certain that
the stock might be used for making
simple gravies, which are more heath
fuI, especially for children, than too
much butter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24
How GrOccrs Got Their Name.

The Michigan grocers recently held
a meeting at Grand Rapids, Mich,
when Mr.. r. II. Floyd, of Chicago,
read paper before them on the origin
of the word grocer" We make an
interesting extract: dealers in mer-
chandise were OF two kinds: Whole
salers, called grossers or engrossers,
and retailers, called regrators (huck-
sters). An old work, called 'Putnam's
Worlds Progress, gives the following:
GrOcers. one Of the Oldest trades In
England, and anciently meant engross-
ers or monopolizers, as appears by
statuts 81, Edward III. The Grocery
Company Is one Of the twelve chief
companies in the city of London, IN
corporated in 1929. Now, as you read
ily see, this does not refer in any way
to your present line of business, but
rather, as l have SAID, to any general
wholesale merchandise business, and
did not refer, as 1t does now, to the
sale of sugar, teas and other edible
commodities. Such dealers, or, rather,
dealers in such commodities, were then
called 'spicers.' Richard Grant White
in his essay on misspelled words, draws
the attention toward the word ''grOs-
SER" and says it should be used in that
way; instead Of "grocer's.n But now,
as it seems very good word, and as
we have grown use too, we had better
leave 1t as it Is. can recall an old
sign in New York City that read Gro
GERS and Spicers," but when "spicers
and grossers," first merged into gro
GERS" am at loss TO ascertain. As
peoples needs increased. and with them
desire for more convenient place to
buy general stock of food it Is natural
the grocer has absorbed, by degrees,
the many branches which were at one
time distinctive trades, and We find
now under the general head OF gro
GER" what was formerly known as:
The chandler-dealer and manufac-
turers Of soap, candles, oil, ETC. The
iish monger-dealer in all varieties OF
dried, smoked and fresh fish. The wine
and spirit merchant, whose occupation
we can well Judge from the name. The
green grocer, or dealer In fresh garden
products, or butter, eggs, etc. The
poultereF, or dealer in live or dress ed
poultry, game, etc. The sp!cer, or
dealer In teas, sugar, spices, etc. The
tobacconist; the name fully indicates
the business. The italian warehouse
man, who sold fine oils, dried and pre-
served fruits, pranes, olives, sardines.
etc. The fruiter, who dealt exclusive
ly In tropical and domesticer fresh
fruits. The cheese-monger, or dealer
in cheese. Yon can readily see that in
a country like America, where the pro-
gressive element predominates, and,
there being no time for barter, the mer-
chant or grocer has gradually drawn all
these several lines under his care and
merged them into a general business,
and now the grocer of to-day is a rep
resentative buyer Of the food products
of all countries -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24
The History of Steel Pens.

A Roman metal pen is said to have
been found at AoSta, not a mere stylus,
but bronze pen slit, and there is some
evidence of pen or reed of bronze
nearly as early as the invention of print
ing In the fifteenth century. 4 hun
dred years ago some steel pens were
made in Birmingham by Mr.. Harrison
for DR.. Priestly, and some OF these
passed into the hands of Sir Joseph
Mason in his early days with Mr., Har-
rIson, but all seem to be lost. The first
pen of metal of a definite date, beyond
all question. Is one in a Dutch patent
book of 1717. At about the same time
a polite ode of Pope refers TO a ''steel
and gold" pen, but these were evident
ly luxurles only. and it was not until
about fifty or sixty years ago that metal
lie pens became more generally In use.
1t was about 1929 or 1924 that the
great revolution came by which pens
were made by cheaper process-the
hand screw-presS, which pierced the
pens from sheet steel. Previously pens
had been made from steel rolled into
tube fashion, and the joint formed the
slit; but these required considerable
labor to shape them into pen-iorm.
The use of the screw-press belonged to
the period of John Mitchell, Joseph
elliott, and Josiah Mason; but on a
careful review of the facts, it seems to
be clear that John Mitchell has the
best claim to be considered as the
original introducer of the press made
pens. Skinner, of Sheffield, was appar-
emily one of the first to cheaper steel
pens, but his productions were soon
surpassed when the screw-pre5s was
introduced.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24
GLOOMY DIVERSION.
A Widow Whose One Enjoyment fs
Seeing Other People Buried.

There Is most estima5ls widow
nearly seventy years of age, living in
one Of the border Pennsylvania VII
lages not far from Elmira, who, as
long as any Of her neighbors can re-
member, has had but one diversion.
Although lady of exceeding cheerful.
ness Of mind, possessing a fund OF
quaint humOr, and very charitable and
warm-hearted, she has never been
known to mingle with or take part in
social gatherings or entertainments OF
any kind, or to indulge in any of the
pastimes IN which people ordinarily
lind pleasure and recreation.
Her idea OF passing time pleasantly
and eniOyably is to attend funerals. She
has attended, with one exception, the
funeral OF every person, young or old,
who has died during the past fifty years
and more IN the village where she lives,
and OF all those who have died in the
country and adjoining counties that it
was possible for her to reach. The one
exception in the village was not her
fault but was due to the refusal of the
family Of which the person to be buried
either the day before or the day after
General Grants funeral in New Y ork,
at which the old lady. patriotic as well
as eccentric, intended to be present; for
she has attended, ever since President
Lincoln's death, the funeral ceremo-
MES of every great man or woman held
at any point within her convenient reach
except Samuel J. Tllden's. She was at
Horace Greeley's funeral. Charlotte
Cushman's, saw Gartield's remains
taken to Ohio, and was present at the
Mcclellan and General Hancock. She
mourned her inability to go to Vice.
President Hendricks funeral, the dis
tance being too long for her to travel,
and her grief at being forced to stay
away from Mr.. Tilden's was great.
She was all ready to start for New York
on that occasion, when she received
word of the sudden death of her sister.
She keeps list OF public men and
women whose funerals she wants to
live TO see, mot because she wants
them to die, but because their funerals
will necessarily be well worth going to
see. This lady has a relic of some
kind Of all the notable funerals she
ever attended. 1t is said she can tell
the date of any funeral that ever oc-
CURED in her village, the correct age
of the deceased, and any particular IN
cident connected with the ObSeQuies.
She herself has buried three husbands.
a neighbor of hers has made an esti-
a nd hnN g oil Ia 10
she has seen buried were living tO-iay
they would make a city with p0pula-
tion Of at least fifteen thousand.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24
The Moonstruck Attitude.

Women are seif-conscious enough
under certain conditions. 1 don't
believe that In all the fine collections of
photographs exhibited this year there
are half a dozen girls who have not as.
sumed the expression they were taken
in. 1t is curious to note the character
displayed In these unknown faces-ths
bias toward the sentimental. as in that
Young lady's with the fine eyes that
gaze languishingly upward, with her
pretty hands clasped under her rather
sharp chin.
AS a rule, think thin girl most af-
feet the moonstruck attitude. A cast
of melancholy does not suit excessive
ayoirdupois. The fat ones affect dig
nity as a general thing, and a fine
reserve. even a haGghtiness, indeed,
before which the travest photographer
must quail at times. Then there is the
CYNICAL expression, though this is rare,
and the expression of extreme felicity
and good will toward all mankind, and
tbe trustful, questioning expression,
and the debOpaire, saucy look, ike
that upon TIE countenance OF the
nretty girl in the sailor hat and yacht
ing suit. .,.,,or
axtreme sternness or lofty intellectual
ity IN photographs, but mans picture
ia much more likely to be a faitniui
ronroduction of his common mood than
q woman,s Is of hers. Unconscious
moss we are told, is the last effect OF
good breeding. II photograpns ass.S' are 70
be regarded as Indicating our posses,
Son T Of it, we have not advanced very
far.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24
How the Gar Travels.

A Cracow despatch describes the
Cars last journey as having been un-
dertaken with even more precautions
for his safety than usual. The day be-
fore he arrived at Warsaw Nihilist,
WHO had been sentenced to death some
days previously, was hanged in all
haste. Soldiers stood along the entire
line where the imperial trains were to
pass. AS the trains approached the
soldiers turned about so as to be ready
to fire upon any one who might try to get
near the line. There were three trains
-one for the imperial family, one for
the baggage and a third for railway
workmen, who could repair any dam
age happening to the lines. On the
Journey the Emperor changed from one
to the other train several times AT
the stations the windows and blinds
were closed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24

and IN the morning my liver felt as If
John l.. Sullivan had been using it all
night as sand bag. My spirits were
dismal as November fog. and 1 felt
as If to offer me food were heap insult
upon my misery.
But wholly unlocked for rise in my
spirits followed the tremendous shak-
ing up Of my liver. The tea prod ced
a healthy stimulation of the torpid
organ that made me feel happy and re-
generated for a whole week. And
each time thereafter that 1 made my
self temporarily seasick by swallowing
the awful stuff the reaction was SIM
ilarly grateful and invigorating.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24
TREED BY A BEAR.
The Adventure of Brooklyn Young
Lady Which Will Lead to
Marriage,

a romance which will result in q
fashionable wedding in Brooklyn in
the near future had its foundation the
farmhouse near Hunter, Green county.
The young lady, who Is in her teens, is
the only daughter Of Brooklyn man.
She Is beautiful and accomplished. The
prospective groom Is about 80 years of
age, but his stern, settled manner
makes him appear older. Up to few
months ago he was considered to be
confirmed old bachelor, crusty wIthal
and misanthroplcal in his views of life.
Last June he was advised by a physi-
clan and his friends to give up business
for a while and seek rest In some quiet
spot among the mountains. Very re-
luctantly he made preparations. A
pleasant farmhouse near Hunter was
selected.
Among the few other bOarders at the
house were two ladies from Brooklyn.
mother and daughter. The daughter
was given to whist playing; so was the
bachelor, The girl was fond of long
solitary walks; the bachelor had simI-
lar weakness. One day the girl had a
thrilling experience. an account of
which was published in the papers at the
time. The young lady went out one
afternoon in company with a large
Newfoundland dog, for stroll through
the celebrated Stony Glove, declaring
as she left the house that she would
bring home chunk of ice and perhaps
a SNOWFALL from the cave where ice is
found all the year round. The Glove is
only short distance from the house,
so no objection was raised to her pro-
posed expedition. On her return the
girl related her adventure as follows:
After walking about mile 1 turned
round to speak to Carlo, the dog, bit
the animal was nowhere in sight l
called him, but he did not come. Think
ing he would soon reappear I went on
alone. saw some wild flowers and
stopped to pick them. As / raised my
head l saw several yards distant what
supposed to be the dog. Come, old
fellow called. There was some hes
Itation, but it came closer and closer,
but not until it was nearly upon me
did realize that was almost in the
clutches OF big black bear. don't
know anything after that. MIR. --
says he found me perched in the low
branches OF a tree, nearly dead with
fright, while the bear kept watch and
guard near by. How ever got up the
tree l cannot imagine, for never could
climb. Mr.. fired at the animal.
but bruIn turned tail and waltZed of
into the woods apparently unhurt.
1t was almost dark when the baehe-
lOr and his fair burden arrived at the
farm house. Parties had been sent out
TO search for the missing ones, and
great anxiety had been felt by the in
mates of the farm house. The girl did
nos recover from the effects of her
escapade for several days, during which
the bachelor begnIled the hours to such
good purpose that an engagement was
announced soon afterward.
A large bear was killed IN the Stony
Glove few days after the events mar
rated above. 1t was supposed to be
identical with the one that made the
girl "climb tree" At all events Mr..
purchased bruins shaggy hide
and soft rug 1t viii make for my lady's
chamber.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24
Sunrise.

The East is blossomingi Yea, a rose,
Vast as the heavens, soft as a kiss,
Sweet As the presence of woman is,
Rises and reaches, and widens and grows.
Large and luminous, up from the sea
And out Of the sea, as blossoming tree.
Richer and richer, so higher and higher,
Deeper and deeper it takes Its hue;
Bri. hier and brig liter il reaches through
The space of heaven and the space of stars
TIL all is rich as n rose can be,
And my rose leaves fall into pillows of fire.
Then beams reach upward as arms from the
sea;
Then laDces and arrows are aimed ut me,
Then lances and spangles and spars and
baTs
Are broken and shivered and strewn on the
sea:
And, around and about me, tower and
sPire
Start from the billows like tongues of fire.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24
Soda as a Heat Producer.

The European idea of using soda in
stead of coal in running engines IS
shortly to be tried at Minneapolis,
Mimi, where steam engines are forbid
den. Sevsral tons of soda are placed
inside of a boiler and slowly saturated
with water, which prOdu es an intense
heat. The soda can be used again by
driving out the moisture. Soda engines
are in the st. Gothard tunnel, where the
bad ventilation prevents the use Of coal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24

The farm work should always be
kept in advance of the season.
Give the boys as good tools to work
with as YOU do able-bodied men.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-24

"A crematory Is to be built az rem
sacola, Fla.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-28
NOTES.

| pom what does the success of tbo
liquor traffic depend: Upon debased
manhood. wronged womanhood. defrald-
ed childhood. 1t holds mortgage over
every cradle. a deed written in hearts
blood over every life. Shall mothers
know this and be silent: Shall father.
understand and he Indifferent.
York TrjL,p,e.
IN the summer of lG4>. there wa, held
at the mission of Sillerv Cnear Ouebec) -
temperance meeting; the first in all prob
ability on this continent. The drum beat
after mass. and the Indians gathered al
the summons. Thcnan Algonquin chief
Jealous convert of the .JeSuits. proclaim
ed to the crowd late edict of the gov-
crnor imposing penalties for drunkenness.
and III his own name and that of the other
chiefs. cNhOrted them to abstinence. de-
claring that all drunkards should be
handed over to the French for punish
ment.-FroHcjS Porkm0H.
The organism of the child is. as Il whole.
physical intellectual and moral. cannot
be added to after birth. but only acted
upon. Ieredity ends at birth. and ed
ucation begins at birth. Education
creates nothing. Neither an intellect
nor an eye is educated into child. They
are born with it. The formative stage
of both the intellect and the eve is the
process of the summing up of the differ
ent ancestral forces. affected by and in
fluenced through the mpressionable ma
ture of the mother. If the mother be
slight-natured, miserable. her full power
of growth in many directions shut off. or
her opportunities imperfect and stunted
the ancestral forces however magnificent.
cannot. through her dwarfed and cramp-
ed capacities. impress themselves upon
the child. How many men and women
we see who instance this. They are
still shallow boys and girls mentally,
when they should he in the full dignity
of manhood and wOmanhood. and they
never will be intellectually full grown.
in the creative process of Inheritance.
and no form of education can create
or make Il substitute for the omitted
faculty. Each child must be studied a.
a limit in and of itself. As Richter
says Each one of Us has in himself
his ideal prize man. | am at birth the
harmonious maximum of my individual
Inheritance, and it is the business of ed
ucation to develope such faculties into
full growth" Kent claims thar 1.-The
child should be more sacred to You than
the present. which consists of things and
adults. Through the child you move
future generations" Children cannot
be successfully trained in flocks. Parents
and teachers should study carefully the
particular bias of inheritance of each
child and guide the education of all its
powers according to its individual needs.
Mary Weeks B3rHeu. ". u.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-28
Dome Department.
The LAST BLOSSOM.


Though young no more, we still would drea
OF bcauty's dear deluding wies;
The leagues of life to greybeards seem
shorter than boyhood's lingering miles.
When sixty bids us sigh in vain
To melt the heart of sweet sixteen,
We think upon those ladies twain
Who loved so well the tough old Dean.
We see the patriarch's wintry face,
The maid of Egypts dusky glow,
And deem that youth and age embrace
As April violcts fill the snow.
Tranced in her lords Olympian smile
His lotus-loving Memphian lies
The murky daughter of the Nile
With plated hair and almond eyes
Might we but share one wild caress
Ere LIES autumnal blossoms fall.
And earth's brown clinging lips impress
The long cold kiss that waits rs all
My bosom hcaves, remembering yet
The morning of that blissful day,
When Rose, the flower of spring, met,
And gave my raptured soul away.
Flung from her eyes OF purest blue,
\ lasso, with its leaping chain,
Light as Il loop of larkspurs flew
DER sense and spirit, heart and brain.
Thou comst to cheer my waning age,
Sweet vision, waited for so long,
Dove that would seek the poets cage
Lurcd by the magic breath of song!
She bushes! All, reluctant maid,
Loves drdped" roUge the truth has told
Der girlhood's yielding barricadc
Floats the great Jewelers. crimson fold
Come to my arms love heeds not years,
NO frost the bud OF passion knows
Ha what is this my frenzy hears:
\ voice behind me utterred,-Rosel
sweet was her smile, but not for me,
Alas, when woman looks too kind,
Just turn your foolish head and see
some youth is walking close behind
-Oiircr JTendeH Holmcs
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-28

When Baby was sick, I'VE gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When abe had Children, she gave them CastoriA,