Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-06-19
NO. 26.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

that of superintendent Of a visiting list.
She arranges names in alphabetical or
der, with marginal notes of lat home''
DAYS.
The negro population Of Missis-
sippt Is increasing at a much faster
rate than the white. Ia 1870 the num-
Der of negroes in the state was AS
$50, and of whites 3S4 549, In 1850
the negroes numbered O53, 500. and the
whites only 4Sl OPS.
Carl ShurZ has abandoned the idea Of
preparing magazine sketch of Bis
mark, with whom lie had many lively
talks, as he has concluded that to rush
into print with the knowledge he thus
found would be a violation of their
friendly intercourse.
The Army Floral Association, lust
organized Ia London, propose TO set up
disabled or pOverty-stricken veterans
in the business Of flower selling on the
streets. The veterans are 10 be pro-
vided with glaSs-cOveTed barTOws like
greenhouses, on Wheels
The very latest attack Of jewel
mania experienced among certain Eu-
glishmen of rank Is the wearing OF
bracelets made of hair from the tip of
an elephants tail. This portion of the
ElillLlAAAlt udl AdllNt IdN AllAltk Allt
demand assumed an almost priceless
value. The circles ar most eNquisitely
mounted in gold and silver.
An eccentric Germa>. has created
a sensation at Mount Holly Ov an
nOuncing that he has offered his Will
for probate in order 10 have his estate
settled up during ms life time. a
clause in the instrument provides thai
one-half of his estate shall 90 10 has
wife as long as she remains his widow.
and when she marTies again the other
half shall be paid her, ''as II costs more
TO keep two than one"
The largest moccasin snake Oh
record has been found near Lake Oke,-
chobee, Fla. When IOund Il had Just
completed the task Of swallowing a
ten foot alligator, and was therefore
unable to make hIs escape. Ii VAS said
that he me sured Is feet IN length aud
feet in circumference. He WAS cap
tured with great difficulty, and only
gave W. the ghost" after fe.eiving
twenty-seven shots from a Winchester
rifle.
"A rumor comes from the Dead
river logging camps in Maine tkat two
trout fishermen recently resuTIccted a
curious relic Of antiquity from beneath
the placid waters of one of the Carry
ing Place ponds. The story goes that
they had finished fishing aud were
about to start for their camp when
4 they found themselves unable 10 raise
. their anchor from the bottom. The
rope was strong, however, and, re-
doubling their efforts, they pulled 10
: tile surface a rude shallop. partially
hlled with stones, which had caught
. upon one point of the wooden killock.
The boat is supposed to he one OF those
used by Benedict Arnold in his daring
but fruitless effort to capture Quebec.
Gen. Boulanger now occupies a
house in London formerly tenanted 10y
the Austrian millionaire, darcy and
evidently furnished 10y its original
owner, Col. Ellis. BY strange coincI-
dence, says Edmund Iates Ia Tribune
special, "A great bust of Napoleon ] inn
mediately faces the door OF the Gensr-
ais study. Figures of Louis Nv and
! Marie AntOiuette adOTu the oyeT-man-
tel, and IN the drawing room the first
things which meet the eye are the fea-
lures Of Napoleon III and Empress
, Eugene. Colonel Ellis seems TO have
taken a benevolent interest IN French
history, and the Generals French vIsi-
tors insist on regarding the relics in the
light Of favorable omen.
An exhibition Of nerve that's
rarely eKcelled was given recently by a
Trenton woman. She made "A tour OF
the offices In the State House there,
asking subscription for bicycle for
her son, who IS very fond Of bicycle
riding. She said that '-she could not
very well see how she could afford 10
} purchase one, and as her son was OF
( noble birth, he should enjoy the adyau-
tages that more fortunate boys Ell
JOyed. " She could not induce the
D ''stOny-heaTted" State officials 20 put
down their names, however, and she
D left the capitol building ldmentiug the
fact that people generally were 10th 10
give for worthy purpose.
The story IS going the rounds Of
. retail dealer who obtained a rare bar
, gain in ladies' hemstltched linen hand
keTchiefs, which he designed TO sell at
a fair profit at p cents each. On eN-
} animation Of the goods he determined
. not to give such value for 80 small
& sum. Taking One-half this lot, he
marked each handkerchief IN the corner
with lead pencil, % cents, aud the
other quality, he marked in the same
way, 80 cents, and displayed the goods
, on his counter slde by side Imagine
hIs surprise when he found that two
s out Of every three of hIs lady custom
e eTs selected the bargains AT 30 cents,
20 leaving him with the larger part of
% those marked % cents on his counter
I As II was impossible 20 alter marks
% from % to 30 without sOillng the goods,
he was actually compelled 10 purchase
z another invoice of the same lot 10 Oblige
/ the fair buyers, who preferred TO pay
s 30 cents for the article rather Than %
{ cents.
"A remarkable discovery has Just
been made at the Cathays Yard Of the
Taft Vale Railroad Company. A large
. elm tree, grown in GlOucest ire,
: was being cut up INTO timber, when,
I. right III the very heart, d cavity Of E
, feet long and u inches wide was dis
+ covered. 1t contained a comb Of the
. honey bee and a squirrels skull. NO
! means Of access to the hollow was dis
, coyerable, neither was decay anywhere
apparent, and around the cavity itself
no less than 80 rings each ring de
noting years growth, were counted.
. The hollow was Of uu OF size
: throughout, and presented the appeIr-
g ance Of having been bored with an au-
! CUR, and, great though It's dimensions
] were. 1t was practically filled with the
I comb intimatlng that the bees were In
possession for several years. How the
bees got there 5 a mystery. II is sur
r missed that a squirrel once occupied a
r decayed hole in the tree, cleared away
, the decay. occupied the cavity as its
own, and there died. Then the bees
, took possession and filed the hole with