Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-10-20
NEWS IN BRIEF
The ballet of the Paris opera cost
5000, 600 a year.


The leading New York restau-
rants and cafes have undergone reno
vations for the winter season.
Gen. Booth, the head center Of the
Salvation Army, is said to have prom
lnent, massive and very red nose.
The statutes Of New Jersey now
forbid the killing, woundIng or catch
ing OF any song birds at any time.
Lumber is said to be growing
scarce in some parts of Alabama and
has to be transported long distances.
Prominent members of the Ohio
club gave ex-senator Thurman a rous-
Ing reception at Cincinnati recently.
AN English angler explains his de-
votion to the sport by saying that it IS
''the only amusement fishes ever have"
-O' the thtrty-four large coffin fac
tories In the United States, Cincinnati
claims the largest and Chicago the
next,
There are thirty-two separate taxes
on wheat IN Mexico from the time it
leaves the field until it reaches the
miller.
White ash Of fine quality is consid-
cred the best for the inside finish Of
cars, being the most durable In reflect
ing light.
Senator Edmunds is enjoying de-
hghtful autumn weather at Buffers
Island, Lake Champlaln. the guest OF
DR.. W. 5. Webb.
! Large joboing houses in the grocery
trade in New York are complaining OF
the condition of the canned peaches put
up i'll Maryland.
The New York Times saws of the
opening of autumn in the Catskills that
the sumacs are afame and there is an
avalanche of girls.
We suppose It had to commence
somewhere and at some time, so the
Chicago Inter Ocean has discharged Eli
Perkins for lying.
The New York lIdl- Express says
"the really better element OF the re-
publican party in that city are rapidly
coming to the fIont."
The new French line steamer La
GascOgne, which cost Sl,175, 600 has
made very flattering passage from
l1aVre 10 New Ork.
Emperor William has accepted the
godfathership in the case OF the recent
| ly born eleventh son OF well-to-do
master butcher in Barmen.
The United States Hotel, at Sara
tOga, made 500, ,OO0 the past season,
aud the Grand Union, which has no
rental to pay, made Sl5), 900.
| Gov. Foraker, of Ohio, Is doing the
people of not only that state but of all
other states valuable service by ex-
posing peritentlary rascalities.
Cranberry picking on the lower
part of Cane Cod will begin IN a few
days, the crop is fully up to the aver
age, and the fruit is well colored.
"A transparent man, through whose
body large print can be read, is adver-
tlse1 as on exhibition IN Chicago mu-
Seum-an ex-glas5 eater, perhaps.
"A young woman, named Miss
| DOwner, is the regular pastor of "A
Methodist church in Kewanee. Ill, and
Is an earnest, convincing preacher.
-Munkacsy's famous picture, Christ
Before PLATE, is to be exhibited in
this country. In Europe 1000 ,0OU
persons have paid admission fees to see
it.
London clubs are becoming so
thoroughly ''AmerIcanizedn that, so
the rumor goes one is to be started to
which only proved LOndoners are ell
gible-
The congressional committee, not
the president, will send invitations to
French dlgnitarie5 and citizens to be
present at the Bartholdi statue inaugu-
ration.
"A photograph lately taken in Will
Transport, Nd, shows a young couple
and their infant child, surrounded by
the latter's two grandfathers and three
great -grandfatheTs.
"A British ship, the Melanope, from
London, was dismasted in rounding
the Horn, and proceeded all the way
under jury maSts to San Francisco,
where she arrived recently.
The richest country i'll the world,
England, has a million of pauper5, and
Of the eight million WOrkingmen more
than half, says member of parliament,
stand at the workhOuse door.
The Charleston NaCS says the de-
mand Is ressing In that city for addi-
tional bTicklayeTs, carpenters, ,slaborer5,
and others whose work goes into the
erectloe of buildings.
Recent discoveries in various re-
mote places of families living like wild
beasts indicate that no well regulated
museum or circus need be without It's
wild-family feature this season.
Ben Butler Is developing a fancy
for yellow ribbons on the backs of all
of his chairs, and he is an expert with
the knitting needle, and IN his time has
worn stockings of his own make.
The Timberman, Chicago. predicts
an extensive use of cypress for inside
finish, and for doors especially.is the
red and white varieties are used in
tasteful combinations.
The Italian Ministry Of Public
Works i3 seriously considering the pro-
ject of making Rome a seaport by con-
Meeting the city through canal of
eight meters in depth with the Tyrrhe-
MAN Sea.
The ancient city of Damascus is In
a prosperous condition. Its trade with
foreign countries is rapidly increasing.
The narrow tloroughfares and bazaars
are disappearing and giving place to
wider streets.
1t has been discovered in France
that nickel can be rolled upon soft steel
plates In such manner as to produce
a material from the lamp rehectorS Of
equal brilliancy with those made OF
silvered copper, and will not rust.
Visitors to the Markisches Museum
in Berlin are always attracted by a
curious collection of executiOners swords
In old times it was customary for these
instruments OF punishment to bear in
scrlptions, and most OF the swords in
the museum are inscribed.
Sugar can be made from any descrip-
ton OF vegetable fibre, such as sawdust,
rags or tow. The process is to digest
for several hours in sulphurlc acid;
then to dilute the mixture with water
and to boil for some time, when the
rags or what not will be found to have