Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-08-07
NO. 33;.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Robert Browning is said to have =
.eM volume of poems readv-

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Newark n. j. leather men are
forming a syndicate" TO maintain
prices.
Macy Ference, OF Bare, Hungary,
claims he Is III years old and has used
tobacco since he was Il.
In former times it took ten mills to
make one cent Now it takes hundreds
Of pounds to make one mill.
A telegram from Sparta lately Az
nounced that the inspector Of autiQui-
ties III the old LacOnian town OF Pharia
had unearthed some ancient tombs.
containing a number of objects worked
IN the best form of Greek art. in gold.
silver and precious stones, besides sew
eral copper vases, all Of great value.
A gentleman in Pomona informs
us that only i've days have passed since
March, lSSS, that he has not had fresh
Strawberries on ms table at home. He
also says that he vii be willing 10 wa
ger that no other market than Pomona
In the world can furnish the same
delicacy so regular and for so long a
time.
A romantic couple in Indiana were
married on horseback in the middle of
the road, and then took a Eallop into
the country In lieu of bridal trip. The
bride, who is only sixteen. suggested
the horse feature, and insisted that
both ANIMALS be coal black. There
were no opposition 10 the union.
The widest guesses have been
made in Paris and other parts OF
France as to the range Of vision from
the Eiffel Tower. The real limit. ac-
cording to the Temps. is forty miles,
which takes in Fontainebleau, Nantes.
and POntoise, and even this area can
only be viewed in exceptionally clear
weather.
In few of the famine stricken
districts Of China mothers are selling
their children. 4 missionary. who
visited the market town of Wang CHA
Ch 'uan, met many women on the
streets calling out: "WhO will buy this
boyF | can't feed him any longer. aud
don't want 10 hear him crying about
for want of food"
Preston county, W. Va, has a
young lady who would make a fortune
for dime museum manager. She can
write just as well with her left hand as
with her right. She has been known
10 write two letters on different sub
iects at the same time, one with the
left hand and one with the right hand.
and what makes it doubly curious is
that the style Of writing Of the two let
ters is always different.
Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, OF Phila-
delphia, who makes her home in Lon
don, IS one of the wealthiest American
widows. She is about 90 years OF age,
of little more than average height, and
inclined to plumpness. Her hair is
snow white, and rolled high I'D from
her forehead. Mrs. Moore has written
one or two books, besides pamphlets and
magazine articles, the latter two advo-
eating the keely motor, in which she II
firm believer and large stockholder.
1t is reported that ''the operations
on Rembrand's Night Watch have
endangered the whole work, 30 that It
may be needful TO rework the entire
picture" Why not get Rembrandt to
paint another 'Watch' through the
medium of Madame Diss De Bar, aud
thus save useless trouble in revamping
the old one.
According TO the McRae Ca En-
teTpriSe the spectacle of woman pull
ing plOw while the husband holds the
handles can be witnessed within a mile
Of that place almost any day. The
parties are white, and the husband is a
preacher from Ohio. The wife says her
part IN the matter IS voluntary.
In Central Park, y. Y, two horses
travelling IN opposite directions, reared
at the sight of a baby coach, and each
planted his fore feet in the front OF the
wagon TO which the other was harm
| essed. They remained IN this curiOus
position for a second or two. After
freeing himself one OF the animals fell
and broke his leg.
Captain Nathaniel II. Falker, OF
Maine, although he has followed the
sea steadily sixty years, for forty Of
which he has been captain, has "never
! lost man, never had a man die at sea,
never lost spar or sail and never called
upon the underwriters for cent" "
"A remarkable locomotive explosion
| occurred at StrOmmen, Norway The
| machine was thrown into the air and
alIghted upside down on the top Of an
other locomotive standing close by. The
latter, it appeared, was net even de-
rallied, and only slightly damaged.
The number Of suicides in the
United States last year, as closely as
can be figured, was 700, and the ma
| JOrity Of them were farmers and farm
ers' wives. People who write OF ''the
homes Of agriculture" don't know how
a per cent mortgage pulls at the
heart-strings.
The giant tower, at Hell Gate, In
New Y Ork HarbOr, is now no more.
All that remained OF il WAS pulled down
at l.3O, Tuesday, July 10th, and sold
at auction for old iron. TIE total
height OF the tower was $50 feet and o
| inches, the base being 100 feet high
| The upper part was removed iu sec
| tions. The tower was built by the
government in 1884. It was pulled
down because the Pilot Commissioners
condemned the electric light as an OBJ
structiOn to navigation.
Great rain storms continue 70 flood
| PENNSYLVANIA streams, but they are
nearly all confined to small areas and
| do no great damage. The season has
been remarkable, however, for the
number and violence Of the rain storms.
| Mention has been made Of the wide
| spread the storms have taken. They
seem to encircle the globe. yet some
places are free from them. In Dublin,
Ireland, up to July % not a drop Of
rain had fallen Tor six weeks, and the
| weather in the British islands seems to
have been exceptionally dle for
| months.
| Women are generally very timid,
but Mrs. Hage, wife Of Captain Hage,
/ proved, after her husbands bark, the
| CupidO, sprang a leak, that she WAS an
! exception, and great one, too. Dur
ing the 20 days the vess i tossed about
on the ocean her courage never hagged,
and she kept the courage OF the sailors
up by her example, working at the