Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-06-13
NO. 25.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

'lt Is said, robins and orioles have aQaiI
appeared IN the New York city PARIS
The Prince of Wales, it is said
has been making heavy bets for year
past that he will not Outliye his
mother, the money, II he wins, to be
! divided between his two sons.
The largest known flower is the
Rafilesla, a native of Sumatra. 1t
measures three feet In diameter,
weighs fifteen pounds. and has caIyx
holding six quarts. The odOr is often
| sive.
Miss Linda Gilbert has devoted
fifteen years and most of her fortune
to prison reform. She has established
twenty-five libraries in the prisons OF
different States, and found employment
for ., 200 ex-convlcts.
Mrs. d. L. King, the wife of David
Leicester King, attorney and counselor
at law, at Akron, o., is one of the few
descendants of George Washlngton's
only sister. she being Betty Washing
toms great-granddaugh
"A Swiss engineer named Ritter
wants the City or Paris to adopt his
plan for obtaining an "inexhaustible''
| supply OF water from the lake of Neuf-
| chatel, Switzerland, 3l2 miles away.
Tne cost Is given at about 500, ,000,O ,O0U.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland, 1t is an
nounced. have christening on hand
for July 4th, when the President is ex-
pected to be present at the launch OF
the Baltimore at Cramps, and see his
wife perform the ceremony of naming
her.
! Despite the protests of Yale
| students and graduates the historic
| fpnpa NHhnah hos HOO,
place for years, is doomed, the cor
poratlon deciding that it must be re-
moved to make room for new recita-
ton hall.
When it comes to talking of big.
ness Texas has good reason TO put on
airs. A Fort Worth newspaper shows
that the Lone Star State would make
2i1 States the size OF Rhode Island, or
six the size of New York, or nearly
seven kingdoms OF the area of Portugal.
1t is announced that the Standlsh
monument on the Duxbury hill over
looking Plymouth harbor is To be fin
lshed this season. The obelisk is now
y feet high. 1t will be 10 feet high,
and 290 feet above the sea level, and
visible 20 miles at sea. 1t has cost
S27 COO, and needs $1,000 more TO
finish 1t.
"A handsome relic OF the mound
builders, consisting of piece OF car
nelian beautifully carved in the shape
OF boat. was recently dug up near
Alton, III. 1t is about five Inches long
and gem of artistic lapldary work. 1t
has been identified as a sacred badge
stone worn 10y some prehistoric chief.
The international Fair TO be held
at Buffalo, n. y, beginning Septem-
Der 4th and continuing until tie l4th
promises tG he a grand success. About
haIf a million Of dollars will be ex-
pended on the necessary real estate,
building, etc. The main building is TO
be 300 by 45O feet in size and will cost
between S75, 900 and 100000.
Mr.. John S. Wilson, an old St.
Louis locomotive engineer, has in his
possession silver dime of the coinage
of 1927 which was presented to him
as a token OF friendship by Andrew
Jackson just before his Inauguration
as President. 1t has the name Of the
donor, the date of the presentation and
the name OF the recipient engraved
upon it.
The Rothschilds believe in enioy-
ing their wealth. One of tile Frank
furt barons not long ago paid 500 600
|
as a centre-piece of table service
which lie was making up, and one of
the Vienna barons has a stable which
cost him $50 600. This stable has mar
ble floors and encaustic tiles painted 10y
distinguished artists.
"A citizen of San Bernardino. Cal,
has succeeded in making a living off OF
one acre of land. Around the acre Is
row of fruit trees from which he has
realized S4O0 for a seasons fruit. He
put quarter of the acre in straw
| berries and sold $500 worth. From the
rest OF the acre he took three different
crops of vegetables, and was so sue
cessful with them that he sold 81 900
worth, besides keeping COW, pig and
fowls.
| The present German empress is
the fifth English princess who has held
that rank. The others were: Edgyth.
daughter of Edward the Elder, wife OF
| Otto l; Gunhild. daughter of Knut,
wife of Henry III, of Germany; Ma
tilda, the link between the Norman
and Plantagenet dynasties, wife of
Henry V, of Germany, and Isabella,
daughter of King John, wife of Fred
erick II, the wonder Of the world. The
last named princess was direct ances-
Il NcA Va NAAD AAbt 4 AAAASC NOLoolL VI I1lk-
and, and, therefore. Of the present
German empress.
"A reporter riding in a Third ave
nue., (New \ ork), surface car picked
up from a pile of papers that a boy was
carrying to the COroner's Office "A docu-
ment which proved TO he the DOCTORS
certificate Of the death of Daniel Drls-
coll, the murderer, who was hanged in
the Tombs last winter. The medical
way of expressing the death Of a man
/ by hanging Is as follows: "Came TO his
death by shock from fracture of the
third cervical Yertebrae and dislocation
OF the second cervical vertebrae."
An effort is being made TO secure
the early completion of the Melbourne
I(Australia) Cathedral, which has been
building since 1880. During these
eight years, it is understood, go, 600
has bean actually received and er-
IpeRded on account OF this handsome
structure, and as $50, 900 is required
to carry out the original plan, the
Building Committee are appealing Tor
further subscriptions. In any case, il
Is hoped that the Cathedral will be
sufficiently completed for visitors to the
Centennial Exhibition to attend the
opening ceremony before they leave
Melbourne.
| -Absinthe is the deadliest intoxi-
cant In the world, and its use is in
creasing. The drink was introduced
into New York by Frenchmen and
travellers, and it is now a common bev-
israge in hotels, clubs and fashionable
baT-rooms. French soldiers introduced
1t into Paris after the campaign in AL
gers in 1914. In an astonishingly
short period 1t permeated the civilized
world. To-day its manufacture is one
of the largest liquor trades of Europe.
Neufchatel, in Switzerland, is the
Headquarters for its manufacture.
r@o millions of gallons yearly are