Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-11-07
NO. 46.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

; bcru lOALu 10 DC so ul6llY CldrGGO
with arsenic as to render 1t dangerous
TO health and life when used either for
dresses OF other attire, or for curtains.
Several seamstresses have been made
very Ill by working upon It.
The Rev. Frank NJ. Bristol, of
Chicago, has ''CdtO Naior,'' printed
by Ben Franklin in 1946. that is said
TO be as fine a specimen Of typography
as one could find anywhere. 1t was
| printed when Franklin trundled hls
| forms from his composition room to
where his presses We're set up.
Madame vincent, French
woman, has saved twelve persons
| from drowning. y short time ago
she jumped into the waves entirely
| dressed and rescued the twelfth, a
| slX-year-Old boy. She has seven child
ren OF her own, the youngest a baby.
Probably the oldest voter in the
| country is George Hubborst, of Staple.
| ton, Ind. He Is lG4 years old. With
! his two sons, who are still living, he
| voted for Harrison for President in
| 1886 ana 1910. Mr.. HubbOrst Is still a
! vigorous Old man, despite his great
! age.
There are 4S3 mountain peaks in
| the United States more than 10, 900
/ 49, i-A AtNAsah'N- AAN l4CNA LAlbAll II
east OF the Mississippi is Mount Bal
sam Cone, III the Black Mountains OF
| North Carolina, that is 6.67l feet
| high.
Among the devOtees OF the violin
| amcnG the early statesmen Of the Re
| public may be mentioned jefferson,
! Patrick Henry and President Tyler.
| Jefferson was an expert, and could
'rosln the bow" and draw il equal To
! any of the professionals.
| "A direct descendant of Paulding.
| one of the scouts who arrested Andre,
the British spy, when lie attempted TO
| pass the picket under the name Of An
| dersOn, has IN his possession the origl-
nal pass given TO pass Andre through
| the American lines. when Benedict
Arnold had resolved to give West
/ Point into the hands of the enemy.
The pass Is signed 10y Arnold, as
| MAJOR
Two English sydicates own =
ZOO acres of land IN Texas. An
other owns l 100000, Sir +. !. Reid,
the famous English naval constructor,
has 2,OOO,0OO acres in Florida. Two
London firms own 3,O5O.OUO acres. An
English company has TOJ, 200 acres IN
Mississippi and another company has
$780, 600 acres.
Among the medals which were
awarded bv the Massachusetts Humane
Society last year, was one OF bronze,
| given in recognition OF remarkable
presence Of mind and courage in saw
| ing from drowning Cora Robins, De
cember 1G, 1851" Il bore the IN
scription "To Harold Novel;. four
years old" and such was, in fact, the
age of the recipient.
In an Old magazine We find IL
stated that until the year 1870 this law
was in force in England: Whosoever
shall entice into the bonds Of matri-
Spanish cotton, steel corsets, crinOline,
high heeled shoes, or false hips, shall
be prosecuted for witchcraft, and the
marriage declared null and void"
1t is stated that a nOiseless tire
for adjustment to Gao wheels composed
of a combination Of rubber, asphalt,
and Portland cement 1.-THE invention
of a cab propTietOTl, is likely very sOOu
| to be extensively used in London. 1t
| is believed that this silent or Hoiseless
tire can be affixed TO the wheels OF We
| hicles for carrying heavy loads. II
this is practicable the roar of London
| street traffic VIII be enectual dead
ened.
1t Is pretty generally known that
not a few young women use bella
donna TO give buiiiaucy TO their eyes,
but il Is not SO well known that -
large majority OF those who thus IN
Jure their sight and brave Jue danger
| of becoming blind are women who have
! light eyes. DaTk-eyed women either
| have more sense, OF think that their
| eyes are we'll enough as they are.
| Count Zichy, the Hungarian noble
man who lost his Tighs arm through an
accident, but learned to play the most
difficult music Uu the piano with his
| left hand alone, never plays In public
| except Tor charitable purposes, being
not only OF high family, hut also pos
| sessed OF ample means, and the sing
ular and romantic facts with which
his present extraordinary efficiency Is
connected insure him crowded audi
| ence5 wherever lie appears.
| George I. Pullman says he first
visited the Thousand Islands in 1862,
camping out with brother and sister,
| and liking Il So well ulaJ Le bought the
! island Cn which he had pitched his
| tent. The price was forty dollars.
| Then he put up five hundred dollar
| cabin, in which lie entertained Grant,
| Sheridan and other IuustriOus guests.
| The cabin has now given place TO a
''palatial mansion costing more money
| than Pullman at one time ever eEpec-
ted to see.
"A learned gentleman in Athens,
| Ga, recites an Instance of a wonderful
| memory. WhIle aL college years ago
| a professor OF his had often stated that
| he could read an article ia a paper and
| then repeat IL verbatim. The narrator
| was anxious TO test him, aud one day
walking up said, IF you have uO OBJ
| lection ! should like tn have you read
| this piece on Know NDtLIngism aud
| repeat IT TO me-" The professor took
| the paper, read the article of "A column
| and a half in a few moments and then
| repeated it without an error.
1t has generally Teen believed
| that The reduction u the average
| height of French soldiers which fol
| lowed Sapg'-au's wars, cue, ui course,
| 10 the Immense slaughter lu those
| campaigns, made all o! those soldiers
the shortest Do Europe. But, accord
| mr 10 "a high medical aud military au-
th8rity Iu Eass.a, the minimum
| height uf the Russian and the French
| couscript Is about egla.-Iye feet;
while iu most other European COuu-
| tries the minimum ranges from i've
feet one inch i1 i've feet three inches
| One Of the remarkable women Of
the age IS Mrs. Cornwall, whose sue
cess IN deciding upon aud estimating
the properties Of mines, has won for
herself the name of The Princess
Midas She Is English, but IN baby
hood was taken 10 Australia. Five
years ago she began 10 visit mines and
ask questions. She listened to the eX-
plantations OF theorists, and got prac-
tIcaI miners TO teach her what they
knew. To the theories and facts thus
| obtained she added her own intuition
and Judgment, ami thus developed
such q remarkable faculty for deter
mining the value OF mines that many
persons think she has the git OF sUcond
sight.