Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-19
NO. 80.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

l4O lcSL DelOw gravel IN sinking an
arteslan well at Watsonville, Nevada
-Sicily's sulphur is estimated at
about 10000, 600. 600 tons, from which
the world draws 400, 900 tons yearly.
-Watermelons weighing from ffty
to eighty pounds are often sold ia the
San Francisco markets. and one exhib-
tied last fall weighing ll5 pounds.
The German government has paid
100000 marks to an Austrian engineer
named Mannlicher for patent cylin-
der stopper for quick loading rides.
One hundred and six million feet
of lumber, valued at 81, $50, ,OOO, have
been shipped from FernandinA. Flor
ida. in the current year. Over IA, 600
cars were required for the transport
of II.
The Holmden farm, near Pithole.
Pa, for which, in the days OF the oil
craze, the Garden City Petroleum COM
pany, of Chicago, paid 81 500, 900, Was
sold a few days ago for taxes amount
ing to less than 500.
Vienna bread has made many
fortunes, and one of 5000, ,OUO came
to Count Zang, who died recently in
Vienna. In 1912 he established the
first shop for Vienna bread in Paris,
and from that gained his wealth.
The old cabin once occupied by
John w. Mackay os bonanza fame
when he mined in Allegheny City
from 1856 to 1859, Is to be exhibited
at the Mechanics Far in san Fran
cisco. The picks, shovel and rocker
used by Mackay Will also be exhibited.
President Carnot or France has
,,1a n
was taught the haudicTaft Of a car
penter in his youth, and the striking
carpenters of Paris have written to
him complaining that he has not at
tended their meetings nor subscribed
TO their fund.
Probably the lady who purchases
ribbon for trimmings is not aware that
she IS contributing to an enormous in
dustry, but such is the case. The de-
mand for this fashionable article is
now so great that one State alone
New Jersey-tuTns out 30, ,675, 600 yards
a year, THIS is 10, ops 900 feet, OF
not quite 22,73l miles.
Russia imports annually 36O ,OOO,-
600 pounds of cotton, chiefly from
America and Egypt, but it is believed
that recent acquisitions of the Gar In
Central Asia are eXcellentIy adapted
for cotton raising some has already
been grown in khiva and BOkhara.
and an extensive system or irrigation
is Being created TO develop other land
for this crop.
The AIikadO Of Japan has almost
finished his new palace, which has
taken six years for its construction.
There are 400 rooms in the building,
and the dining han will seat l27 guests.
I he furniture of the State Depart
meht came from Germany. Not the
least interesting object in the palace Is
an American piano.
-"Only fifty years ago" says Sir
Spencer Wells, ''lhe average duration
of human life In Great Britain WAS
thirty years; to-day, according 10 sta
tistics, it Is fOrty-nlue years. In fifty
years the population has increased 10y
eight millions. At least two millions
of this Increase may be put down as tie
fruit of improved sanitary and medical
work, and OF victory over preventAble
sickness.
John Guy Vassar, founder or the
Vassar Brothers hospital, who has
been seriously Ill for months, and
whose obituary was printed IN several
newspapers, IS now well enough To
drive in his carriage. 1t Is said OF
| tim that recently. while confined to his
bed. he made $780, 900 in stocks,
"A suit at law at Moscow, and Va
| IiOus Investigations, disclose that tea
! IS being shamelessly adulterateJ. or
! foTty-fOur samples which were officially
analyzed four consisted OF a mixture OF
| tea and certain kind OF grass, four
| of the grass alone, and five Of tea
which had already once been used. In
! Moscow the police have found a num-
! ber of barrels Of sweepings intended for
admixture with tea.
| The annual consumption OF
! feathers In this country for bedding
| purposes IS said to amount 10 3 OJU, 900
pounds, or 375 carloads. To furnish
! this 8, 900, 900 healthy geese must give
| up their feathers IN a year. The geese
! furnishing these are 10 be found mainly
| in Southern Illinois, Missouri, Arkau-
sas, Tennessee and Kentucky. The
! climate IS cold enough to cause The,
feathers to be tine and soft, and not too
cold to make their care "A matter OF
Improbable labor 10 the farmers.
West Virginia thus far hasn't
made much noise in the world, but
she's big enough to, and growing In
certain directions. According to re.
cent statistics she IS larger than MdssA.
| chusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut
| New jersey and Delaware combined
| Their population Is >, 3,yOD,U4D. hers
| GlS, 547. The value OF their property /.
over g., ,G3S, 900 900; Of hers, SJJ7, JOO, =
600. At the same rate per square mile
as the five other states named, heI
population would be 4.5T3, ,s34, and
her true wealth SJ,gll ,119, ,l2S.
Mary Anderson finds boating or
the Thames "a great TelaXatIOI after
hard theatrical work. She will row
four miles at a stretch, and Is as fresI
at the finish as at the start Sh,
dresses for this exercise In blue
/ flannel dress iuiersected with knit,
pleatIug OF white, with lines OF gOid
| braid. sailor blouse bodice ard skirt
and white straw sailor hat with wId,
ribbon band and upright bunch D
loops. No corset, tOurnure or dragR
ling skirts interfere with her work.
"A Mrs. Pratt, in Louisville, la
widow OF a well known Presbyterian
divine. is making quite little iuTtuu
, out of beaten biscuit, such as she Use,
to regale her guests on IN happier au'
more prosperous days. They ar
5 ''hOme made" under her personal su
; perYislon. white as snow as to cTum
E and golden brown as 10 crust, jus
D such as you may have eaten in many
A | Tennessee and Kentucky house When
= the divine art of making them Is stl
z possessed by the negro cooks. Mr.
e Pratt sells her biscuit at - cents
dozen, and the demand for them fO
z luncheons, parties, picnics, etc, la
= grown so that she employs several pee
j. pie besides the original "aunty' VIII
7 helped her make the first batch sh
= sent on trial 10 the Woman's Ia
change.