Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-12-19
NO. 50.
NEWS IN BRIEF.


the fastest stenographerin the country.
tie recently took down !, 337 words il
| five minutes.
An aged turtle was picked up neal
/ Kingston. y. y, recently that had
/ the following inscription on Its back:
Nv. ID. Whitaker, Aug. 10, III
The chrysanthemum is 4 plant OF
such recent date in this country that
many will be surprised TO know that
next year will be the centenary of its
| introduction in England
Henry Goode, of Madison, Wis,
is the owner of a cat that has struck
up great friendship with q billy-goat
The two are together night and day,
and the cat occasionally takes ride
! on the goats back.
Patti is to sing J,Eidtl in the re.
vival of GounOd's "RomeO aud JUL
ette'' at the Grand Opera House II
Paris. She IS 10 receive El2UO a night
Tor her services, and one of the clauses
in her agreement stipulates that GOu-
nod himself shall conduct the or
chestra.
during a fire in 4 hospital at
Cleveland, Ohio, the legs on one end
of a dlssecting tatls were burned off,
pUecipitating Eve subjects upon the
heads of fremen who were at work
upon the floor below.
"A man IN Jackson, Mich. has
small blacE-and-tau that plays the
moutlI-organ. His Performance.
though not remarkable IN a musical
way, seems to delight the dog, and he
whines for the organ several times
day.
"A well-to-do citizen Of Macon,
Ga, uses for a bath tub a zinc lined
} coffin box. 1t was intended TO contain
J the coffin of his ueighbor, bnt proved
| to be too large 10 enter the grave. and
! was bought 10y its present owner for a
: song.
AS a result Of heavy rains, a Los
; Angeles house foateG Of 10 "A COnsld-
; cradle distance, and finally brought
, up where it now completely blocks a
; street. There is talk OF hitchlng a tug
, 20 it and dragging II back where II be-
, longs.
The Empress of Austria and the
Empress OF Japan Will be IN this cOun-
try about the same time. The former
has the more beauty and is the better
: horseback rider, but the NIkadO's
wife will possess the greater charm as
| a novelty.
Sir John Lester Kaye has eleven
, farms IN Manitoba, all supplied with
9 buildings and machinery. lie raises
l better flax than the Irish, which is
worth $3.50 ton. Next summer $4,000
9 sheep now IN Oregon VIII be trans
J ferred to his farms.
: "SnuT-dipping" is said TO be grow
ing quite the fashion in Lewiston, Me.
, The deyotees don't Inhale the snuff,
but make what is called "a smear"
/, with CASTLE soap, and apply it to the
| nostTIls. y species OF mid IntOxica-
; tiOn is SAID to result.
l -DeadwoOd, d. T, must contain
/ sOme tough citizens. One of them
5 was digging into a HI!l between two
5 projecting powders when one OF the
h rocks, weighing :, coo pounds, fell and
{ pinioned him To the other. He was
II extricated only slightly Injured.
: The petriled remains OF a huge
: monster have been discovered near
. Knoxville, Iowa. The body was be-
= tween fifty and sixty feet long, with a
u head almost four feet long and two
% and a half feet wide, with four eyes.
:, The sockets of the eyes are eight
u inches IN diameter.
Michael Mooney of the town OF
Erin, Washington county, WIS. found
"a BAbAAloAO-4S NDtkSA ti'SoAAa a'NaANA '-ShDA
inches long and one and half inches
broad at its widest place. 1t is nicely
finished. having the customary socket,
and Its edges beveied and sharp.
K San Francisco papers are discuss.
Df | ing the wonderful strength of Hans
r Hansen, a seaman on the revenue
e cutter COrwln. For raising a disturb
u ance on board a ship he was put in
h irons, but giving his wrists "A sudden
e wrench he snapped the tough steel
J, bracelets as if they had been made Of
d paper.
D. "A queer incident took place at a.
g Lowers home at Griffin, Ga. a col
le ony of black bees had been living peace
$ ably near tribe Of Italian bees for
IS years until recently, when the black
II bees attempted to rob their yellow
2, neighbyrs. y fierce fight was the re-
p, suit III which hundreds of the black
il robbers were killed.
lg Eugene Oudln, leading tenor OF
= the McCaull Company, IS composing
x the score Of new opera. Those who
iu have heard the numbers already fin
II ished are enthusiastic over the beauty
III and grace OF the melodies and the
Is skill and originality displayed In the
j" setting of the ensembles and the or
Ln chestratiOn.
~ Some fifty models have been sub
- mitted for the Grant monument in
r.. New York, but the committee is not
~ yet satisfied and the time for competI.
40 tiOn has been extended to January !.
lo The models all call for $500, ,UOJ
shaft, but only Sl3O, OOO has been col
-, lected by the committee, and Congress
"a will be urged to appropriate S2JU.OOu
for the work.
- The patronage Of the Boston Sym.
~ phOny Orchestra IN its own city has
- surpassed even Its PRECEDENT or former
m seasons. Mr.. GcT.Cke has secured addI
Of tiOnal talent where It could be jUdic
m ioUsly used and his orchestra is in The
Va best possible condition. At intervals
= during the season a week has been re
:, served for CONCERT tour. which iu.
.sr clGdes New York, Philadelphia, Ralti
~ more and Washington.
nd "A curious button was made about
he a century ago and worn by the Eng
ed lish dandies of the period. 1t con-
on sisted of polished brass, and was ruled
nd with lines so fine as TO be almost MI
of croscOpic. The IOughness of the sur
of face thus obtained broke the reelection
of the light falling on IL and gave Il
prismatic cOlors. The beauty OF mother
of pearl and its iridescent briIliancy art
believed to be produced by three plates
Ia overlapping each other unevenly, and
ed thus they dIspeIse the light as they re
7 a fleet It.
Is There Is in a Southern insane
III asylum an eIght-year-Old boy 30 has
IS, never been awake since the ht n oI
Yer his birth. He was the child of a, var.
ig' alytic mother, and has delicate r. IT
'h ures and high, white forehead, Will
mp long, black curls. HIS arm is moi
ny larger than an ordinary mans thumb
'uc He lies on his bed year after year, tax
aus ing no note of anything that passes
LILY Twice a day he is aroused enough x