Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-04-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.


The monu1aent to Mcclellan in
The cemetery of Trenton. New Jersey,
VII be a column forty-six feet high
with an eagle on It.
The stamp collection of NJ. Fer
rari, son of the late Duchess Of Gall
iera, contains about 1000, 600 speci-
mems. and has a market value of
Sl25, 600.
The mother of John Quincy
Adams said, in letter to him, written
when he was only II years old, II
would rather see you laid IN your
grave than grow up profane and
graceless boy"
"A wonderful landscape which is
on exhibition in Paris has been eXecu-
ted in European and foreign insects.
The desired tones for the foreground
are supplied by 45O 600 celeoptera, and
1000 varieties Of other insects make
the rest of the picture.
Mrs. Eaton, one OF President Har-
rison's sisters, wore at the Inaugural
Ball lace shawl which belonged To
her grandmother, the first President
Harrison's wife. She also wore
locket once the property Of Mrs. Benia-
min Harrison of Revolutionary fame.
"A lot Of Paris schoolboys sent
case of Mandarin oranges 10 General
Boulauger by way OF congTatulatiug
him on his election. But the dealer Of
whom they bought them was sup
porter of NJ. Jacques. and he saw To Il
that the fruit did not reach ''le bray'
GeneraI'' until 1t was far too aged for
consumption.
"A New Jersey bird dog went into
room where a parrot was at Liberty,
when he stopped and pointed. The bIrd
approached, looked the dog square in
the eye, and said: "Y ou're "A rascall'
! The dog was SO surprised at hearing =
bird speak that lie dropped hIs tail,
wheeled and ran away, and from that
day to this he has never been known 10
point a bird.
1t is proposed to rig up on the top
OF the EIffel tower an aerial orchestra,
consisting of -EJliOu harps, immense
gongs and gigantic tTumpets, on which
the air, being very keen at such
height, will be made to play 10y an
ingenious mechanism. The instru-
ments VIII perform at certain hours Of
the day, and even IN the dead Of night
torrents of aerial harmony will over
spread the sleeping capital.
Among the public bequests Of the
late John :. Wells, of New Haven,
Conn, are: Home Missionary Society,
$4,000; American Bible Society,
g., 600; Yale Theological Department,
$4,000; Hartford Theological Semi
nary. SIS, 900; American Tract Society,
IS, 900; American Missionary AsSOcIa-
Ition, s., 600; American Congregational
| Union, New York, $1,000; Congrega-
tlonal Sunday-school and Publishing
| Society, Boston, 5000. All these he
quests are payable alter the death OF
his wife.
For the first time since her mar
riage Mrs. Cleveland card bears the
name "Mrs. Grover Cleveland. Ohl-
cial etiquette requires that the wife OF
the Chief Magistrate shall have her
cards engraveu in the simplest possible
mauner-"Mrs. Cleveland" or Mrs.
Harrison" as the case may be. The
President g card bears only the in
scription, "The President" For fthe
Cabinet the cards are engraved, The
Secretary of State, - The Secretary of
the Navy :" and SO on, the wife in each
instance having a card on which the
prefix Mrs" IS not followed by the
husbands given name.
For generations certain japanese
family had box Into which they put
percentages. SAID one Of them: IF l
want to buy "A garment that costs one
Idollar, l buy Il for cigL ty cents; or
give a feast that would cost five dollars,
I give il for four dollars; or TO build a
house fof one hundred dollars, ! build
il for eighty dollars, and put the bal
lances in the box. At the end Of the
lyear, We meet, open the boxes, and
lgive the contents to the poor. II costs
Ius some self-leuial, but We are always
prosperous and happy" They call this
worshipping TIE Great Bright God
of self-restraiut.
AT her last reception in the White
House MS. Cleveland took TO counting
the number OF HadIug wells that
passed before her. She became 50 inter
Tested in the occupation that she forgot
TO pay attention TO the lutrOductlOuS
made by Marshal Wilson, As she
shook hands with pretty young
woman wearing one of the striking
wells undergoing enumeration the Pres
ident'5 wife exclaimed, -Four hundred
and one" The girl Looked up IN sur
prise and Mrs. Cleveland realized that
she had made a JulL pas. She at once
abandoned the count.
One OF the most striking women
at the Inauguration Ball was tall,
1.-the, dark-haired girl with brilliant
eyes and clean-cut features she looked
like a Spanish beauty and attracted a
great deaI Of attention. There was
nothing Of the African in her appear
ance, but she was. in fact, a full-biOOded
negro named ROb!nsOu-Juliette Rob
inson-frOm Louisiana. a number OF
the best dancers In the room asked 70
be presented to her, but she refused 10
waltz with anyone. She is sld 10 be
as brilliant in conversation as In ap-
pearance.
The bazaar in the old palace at
Berlin, over which Princess Bismarck
annually presiIes, has Just been held.
and the Chancellor has not disap-
pointed the ladies, who hoped that he
would grace the occasion by his pres
ence. For a whole hour he remained
! every afternoon while the bazaar was
open, delghtlng everyone by his gal
l lantry and suayity. Next TO Prince
: Bismarck his tiny granddaughter, age
three, was the persona grata Of the ba-
zaar, and a golden harvest was poured
into the lap Of the graceful little flower
gIrL
1t has Just been discovered that
the shrewdest New York bOOtblaCks
aim to become the owners OF several
complete bootblacking outfits. They
can not, OF course, use all OF these
. themselves, but they lease them 70
other boys, charging usurious rates
therefor. If he rents his brushes 10
one boy and his box and fOOt-Test to
another he exacts from each one
: quarter of his daily earnings. II he
rents the whole concern to one boy.
: that boy must give him half OF bis
= gains every day. Not iufrequeutly the