Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-02-13
NEWS IN BRIEF.

In the single Industry of iron and
steel in this country 81 $50 men are
employed, who receive every two weeks
S939, 800 IN wages, or S23, ,4S7 900 a
year.
-Shakespsare's Romeo was Romeo
Monteocheo, and Juliet was Juliet
Capello. Bandello gives the story as
true, and, till lately, their tomb was
shown at Verona.
The lids and brows are responsible
for the apparent change In s'ze. and
the different moods affect the intensity
and luminosity, but never the color.
This Is an uudlsputed fact among phys
iologists.
The keely motor has demonstrated
its power IN one respect at least. Il
moves men to say ugly things about
each other.
The United States consumes 16O,-
coo 900 pairs of boots and shoes per
annum, 100000. 600 OF which are fur
nished 10y the New England States.
-Arched thin eyebrows Indicate the
artistic temperament, love OF color and
orderly arrange ment. Who ever saw
a slovenly hOusekeeper with a high
arched brow or a straight brow IN a
successful painter?
In memory of her soldiers who
fell in the Gettysburg fight New York
State is to build 100000 chapel ON
Cemetery Hill. The site was selected
by Colonel II. W. Oven. U. ). a,
recently.
The first male Chinese baby born
IN Boston saw the light in December,
and It's father, after naming il Ames
Hart Kee, after the governor and
mayor-elect, gave S-UO banquet 10 20
of his friends.
There has been consecrated in
| Philadelphia a church for the exclusive
use of the deaf. 1t Is the first and only
| place OF worship in tins country, II
not in the world, that Is managed
entirely by deaf mutes.
They tried new experiment at a
| church in ROckland, Me, recently,
that of sending four young ladies'
around with the contribution boxes
II is said that not a young man in the
| congregation neglected to contribute.
Talking with him about hls "Mae-
BETH in advance OF Its production.
friend said TO MI Irving: surely,
Macbeth should be a stalwart, broad
| shouldered mang' Yes" -" replied the
great actor, $50 / thought, until read
ing the text, found the words:
Throw physique 10 the dogsP"
"A peculiar story comes from
Banner, Nebraska. A new town called
Harrisburg has grown up in the same
county, and recently an enterprislng
| citizen of the latter town went to
Banner, loaded the postoflice on his
wagon. and carried II triumphantly TO
Harrisburg. Banner succeeded IN re-
covering It after "A struggle.
Illinois c.n nsus returns show that
| Of h.. oil f.- 40
decreasing. The school census OF 1888
shows that In July last there were in
the State S43 go males under 81 years
of age. In 1880 :heTe were 7S9 ,616.
This 10 a gain VI o. 500, but the gam
in Cook county was S3 2l7, 50 that the
loss in the rest of the STATE was 2S 9I7
The total wool production OF tho
world is estimated at 100000, 600
pounds. Australia is the heaviest pro-
ducer, coming 10 the front with 40
$40, 900 pounds; then the United States,
3U7 ,5SS, 900 pounds; the Argentine
Republic, 2S3, ,O47 OHO pounds; Russ a
262, 966 QUO; Great Britain, l3j. 600, ,OJO.
All the other countries range each
below 1O0, goo, 900 pounds.
Woman sphere seems to he con-
stantly enlarglng. At Manlstee,
Mich, the hoop factory employs women
work OF that nature, and finds that
they do the work well; and at the
dairy salt factories all Tie sdCking and
such work IS done Iy girls, who work
on piece work and earn about 81 to
Sl.25 day. and seem to like the eu.-
plOyment.
-Fruger-rlngs, earrings, bracelets
and all forms OF jewelry worn on the
person are the invention of sayages, as
are also bangs. tiEht shoes, cosmetics
and face-pOwdeIs, and likewise the
hustle, the later being the fashion
among the Indian tribes OF New
Mexico ages ago The only barbarous
invention in which civilized women
have eXcelled the savages IN baTbarIty
Is the corset
Among the private philanthropies
estahli shed by Joseph ". DreXel, the
late millionaire banker Of New ! Ork,
WAS large farm IN Maryland, which
he divided Into lots and gave 10
deserving Immigrants. Tie Grange, -
as he called 1t. is maintained by his
widow, Mrs Lucy Wharton Drexel,
who sent 500 presents 20 be distributed
among the children at the Grange on
Christmas day.
-"Let him sink; he Is only a Jew, ;"
was the exclamation Of a crowd OF
people IN a Russian town recently, a:
they beheld the struggles of a pool
wretch IN the river. just then young
man broke through the Gro I'D, which
tried TO hold HIM back, and, piungiug
into the river, brought the drowning
! man u the shore. As the crowd
began to jear at him for saving The
life OF amere Jew, 1t was d discovered thai
the man whose life was saved was a
Gentle, and that his brave rescucr was
Jew. The jeerIuE at once ceased
; and the crowd SUNK away.
The Duke ami Duchess Of Mari.
! borough have been entertaining "A large
family p. rty at BleuLeim. Tie fact,
about the Bleuhelm orchids are a.
: follows: The Duke has about 40 %,
, plants Of one sort aud another. bu;
manages his hOt-hOuses on business
, I principles. and whenever rare flower
turns up among the Imported spec men,
he sells IL. lie Dever gives City guinea,
OF anything ike that sum for plant
as has been stated, but sold one the
p other day for lgJ guiueas 10 Mr. san
/. ders the famous dealer. II need
Z hardly be said that the value OF the
4 collection Is a trlAe under e UUO, yOl
D sterling, tie IrepO5teTuus estimate pa
= upon II by some addle pdted sCTDbiers
I Cremation societies are being
IA augmented IN this country by wOmeI
a of the better class, who are join Il.
f them rapidly. Ii Neg York, Brooklyn
= and Boston particularly, there are
J., great mauy well known wJme,
S enrolled among the cremaiIOnIsts, an,
Il the movement is endorsed by stll
e greater nuIDb Der who have not takei
pains to become members. Mary a
LivermoTe, Lucy stone, Miss Peabody
Clara ErskIue, Clement Waters
o Edna Dean Proctor, Lillian whiting
{, Lucy LarcOm, and Miss whitney N
n among those IN Boston who adyOcat,
= burning the dead. IN New YORK tuer
!. Il