Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-06-27
NO. 81.
NEWS IN BRIEF,

NE" Ork nOrSeS are said 20 rep
resent Sl2, ,OOO,OOO.
Mr.. Isaac PItman, the father of
shorthand writing is now seventy-six
years old.
The archbishop of Gran, the Hun
garian primate, has an income of $780,
600 year.
The Prince of Wales is Just under
feet inches in height. He weighs
$50 pounds.
Lester Wallack, the actor, owns
200 suits of clothes, and none of them
need patching.
speaking OF international copy
right, there is a multitude of Ameri-
can authors who would be delighted IL
England would steal their books.
Henry Irving is thought by some
of the more acute critics in London to
have had his accent distinctly Ameri-
canized by his tour in this country.
"A British shipmaster at New Or
leans reports that while of the coast of
Patagonia, butterflies were blown
aboard his vessel at a distance of $50
miles from land.
There is a gentleman in Boston
| who wants to give a dinner to the
twelve greatest American authors, and
he would like for the public to decide
for him who they are.
Greece gained her Independence
| from Turkey in 1929, and by protocol
OF London, 1880, was declared king
dom under the protection of Great
Britain, France and Russia,
Prince Bismarck's paper mill at
| VarZIn, which was burned last year,
has been rebuilt at cost of $3.50, 600,
and is now producing fifteen tons OF
paper daily. 1t is the largest in Ger
many.
| Eight hundred and thlrty-6ye
mine cars were hoisted in a day re-
Gently in the Central mine at Hyde
Park, Scranton, which is 400 feet
deep. This record has perhaps never
been beaten.
Half mourning is now vigorously
condemned to eastern society. The
idea that a widow should say at the
end OF year that she now mourns only
half as much as formerly was always
a matter of ridicule.
An animal having a head and fore
feet like a squirrel and hind feet like a
coon has been killed near Augusta,
Kentucky. Several hunters of that
section, when shown the carcass, de-
clared that they had not seen one like
it before.
| There will be divided among the
superannuated preachers, and widows
and orphans of preachers, of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, next year,
100000 ont of the profits of the
Methodist Book Concern. The book
concern will be century old in 1889.
| The steamer Iowa, at Boston. on
her last transatlantic trip. was sur
rounded by a school of whales, which
INDUCED in all sorts of capers, until
finally one of the bOlder of the mons
ters unwIsely attempted to cross the
vessels bow. 1t was completely cut
in two.
Edith Thomas, the poet, is very
generous in distributing her poetic
favors among her friends, writing to
them directly, and without thought Of
publication, some of her chosen lines.
They contemplate gathering up some
of these waits and having them pub
lished.
Probably the Oldest employe OF the
government in term of service is Lind
sey Muse, an ancient cOlored man who
has stood guard at the door of the sec
retaries of the navy since 1928. He Is
so years old, and growing SO feeble that
he will probably be forced to Telinqulsh
his post.
Rev. Dr. r. W. Dale tells OF a
sagacious deacon, who said concerning
his minister: The trouble is not that
our minister Isn't orthodox, or that he
isn't earnest, but when he is earnest
he isn't orthodox, and when he is OrthO-
dox he isn't earnest"
| In Mexico City a few days ago,
they tried a mans courage by shutting
him up III a room with six rattle
snakes. AT the end of six hours they
| opened the door and he WAS standing IN
a window sill, and the snakes had
fought and killed each other,
"A female demagOgue in Chicago
tried to get up a strike among working
girls, but she couldn't find one who
would plead guilty TO doing house,
| work. All those who came to hear
her speak were carrying library books
or music rolls under their arms.
DE Voc predicts hot, dry sum-
mer. The season has been known 10
turn out that way before, once or
twice, and a prophet who has any re-
gard for his reputation Is much safer
with predictions like this than he
could be by De Voeting his talents TO
! the fOretellIng of unreliable storms and
uncOnnected earthquakes.
Almost contemporary with an i'm
mense falling off in his trade New
York baker was deluged with COM
plants about tacks, hair pins, shoe
buttons, boot heels and other such un-
healthy articles of diet having been
found in his bread. At once he con-
cluded that he was the victim OF a
conspiracy on the part of his assistants,
and several of them, therefore, now
langulsh in jail.
The common expression, ''Mind
your p's and q's," had its origin in the
ale houses in the olden time, when 1t
was customary to keep each mans
account upon the wall or door. At the
head of the bill would be tue initials
z and Q, which stood for pints and
quarts, and as the numbers mounted
up, we can imagine one kindly rustic
saying to another, mind your p's
and q's, man; mind your p's and q's."
Father MOrtara, priest who is at
tracing considerable attention in
Madrid, by his fervent preaching. is de-
scribed as a "delcate-lOOking ecclesi-
astic about 81 years of age, whose
thoughtful and worn face bears traces
of severe study" His eloquent ser
mons have SO moved the Queen Re-
gent OF Spain, the Prlncesses, and the
ladies of the aTistocracy, that they
have resolved to assist him with funds
for the convent chapel he has built at
Onate, in the Basque Highlands, amid
!, the mountaineers.
Joseph Tucker, OF Marion, OHIO,
owns a sey COW with very remark
able appetite. The animal eats every
cat that comes within its reach. This
, spring she has eaten I've cats, and
whenever a feline comes within her
, range of vision she Is wild until she
} catches, kills. and eats it, In all other
respects the COW appears to be normal
! in her tastes and disposition. She Is
three years old, and has had this pecu.