Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-15
NO. 81.
NEW 5 IN BRIEF.

MIR. Potter goes over to France by
the French line early in June, and vii
rest while the modistes manufacture
her stage gowns for next season in tins
country.
H. Rider Haggard is at work on
novel which he says Will be his great
est effort. He is putting a great deal
of polish on it and the work Will not be
completed for two years.
-Amelie Rives reads all the criti-
cisms which her publishers send her.
and frequently breaks ont in rage at
some particularly caustic notice OF
The Quick or the Dead. "
The biggest barometer on the conti-
nent is being made for the Georgia
archaeological School at Atlanta. The
tube is to be 20 feet long. with diam
eter of three inches. SulphuTIc acid
will be used in the tube
3 The fir Mr.. Astor, it is stated in
biographies of him. after becoming the
richest man in the Union. deliberately
staked his capital in an effort which
failed, though he lost little, 10 become
the richest man in the world, and
found in the effort an absorbing occu-
patton.
WHAT'S in an executive uamey The
Governor of Illinois Is a FIfeT; of Cali
B fOTnia, Waterman; Of Arkansas, al
: Eagle; of Colorado, a Cooper, and New
Jersey has Green executive. 4
Fowle cackl,s over North Carolina,
and a Beaver works for Pennsylvania.
Z 1t IS not surprising that the Gar
of all the Russians should deny the
/ story tnat he would attend The Inter
national Exposition at Paris. Cars
and other autOcratic rulers cannot be
4 very deeply interested in celebrating
such an event as the French Reyllu-
tion.
,l As an example of instantaneous
| photography as applicable To the study
OF the motion of projeC;Iies passing
4 through the air, four negatives We're
taken OF a cannon ball that occupied
but one-fOurth of a second in passing a
n given space.
Il Almost all our famous women
writers are eager 10 see the press crit
cisms on their works. Mrs. Burnett,
accustomed though she is to the notices
of newspapers, always reads them care
fully, and a very favorable criticism Of
her works is sure to get her attention.
| -Keely has discovered the missing
link'' which was required To make his
!, motor "mote" lie has gone 10 great
expense 10 have a tubular copper ring
, made which he says will do the bust
ness. Copper rings are not remarkably
successful lately, as shown ia Paris,
and the people are incredulOus.
The directors Of the sold South
Studies in History and Politics have
included IN their new general series Of
] old South Leaflets, a leafet containing
Washington's Inaugurals- address
delivered in New Y ork, April 80, 1889,
T when Washington first took the oath,
and his address to Congress in 1893.
An immense terrestrial globe on
the scale of one-millionth is to be ex-
hibited at the Paris exhibition. The
globe measures thirteen meters in diam
ter and is so surrounded with platforms
and ladders that any part Of its surface
can be examined. Paris appears ON 1t
in a space not quite ceutimeteT
) square.
Mrs. HOdgsou Burnett Is to receive
81, 500 year for heT work IN editing
> the cmldren's department of a syndicate
of English and American papers. As
her revenue from Little Lord Fauut-
leroy" averages 81 800 a week, Il viii
be seen that Mrs. Buruett's lines have
fallen in pleasant places-at least rs re-
CARDS financial matters.
Not long ago Bosenthal and Joseffy
played, before a brooklyn audience, "A
| concerto, in unison, or separate pianos,
and with such precision that the result
sounded as if 10y but one performer.
! The difficulties TO be overcome before
: such unanimity is possible can only DO
! realized by musicians.
An order Issued during the last ad-
ministratiOn, having for its object the
encouragement Of the practice, by train
) men Of carrying special newspaper cor
TespOndence and other matter Oh other
than mail trains, has been Tesculed By
the Post OAice Department officials
The newspapers OF the country, 10 is
maintained, should receive every pos
sible facility for obtaining and dIssem-
mating the news Of the day, and TO
this end tIaiumru viii be encouraged
to lend Il eir aiI
1t is estimated by Mint official
that there are still III existence some
, where floating about the country, tied
up in old stockings OF IN the hands of
p curiosity collectors, over 10000 900 Of
the old-fashIOncd copper cent, about
+ l2O, ,COJ,OUO Of coppeTuickle cents.
r nearly $3.50 UuU CO.! the present issu- Of
bronze penui and p 900, 900 Of uIrkls
Scent pieces. The total value Of these
E outstanding various coins is Iut IA
, rpuad numbers at $4,000. oJJ.
-CretOnnes Of the cheap sort used
, for decorating rooms turn out 10 be As
arsenicaly poisonous as green wall
, paper. Out of Al samples recently eI-
, amIned in London. none were free from
arsenic, had only faint traces Of IL, y
had larger traces, II we're classei As
) very bad, and 9 were called distinctly
dangerous. one specimen yielded l9s
grains of white arsenic to the square
yard The greens and blues were tho
least harmful, while reds, browns and
blacks were heavily ] AIDED with
. poison.
? Perhaps the most novel oTganiza-
tions in the State Of New l Ork exist
!, in Poughkeepsie. 1t IS military COM
Z pany composed entirely Of girls aud
? drilled by Major Haubenestel. a senior
officer Of the National Guard. The
. young ladies' in every instance belong
!, to the best families in PDughkeepsie-
. "A couple of jackals have been
=. added 70 the Philadelphia Zoo. - These
f. little animals, which are known Ia
their native country as Lion Prov
: ders, had hardly been placed in their
ot cage, in a wing of the lion and tiger
house, before the lions set up a roar Of
e welcome.
The great musical feature OF the
y Universal Exhibition at Paris vii be
. the international contest of military and
civilian orchestras on Sunday. the 29th
of September. The jury, consisting Of
prominent French and foreign compOs-
ers, will award four prizes, consisting Of
gold medals of the value OF 8 900, $500
g 1000 and ,0OOf. respectively tie vote
VIII be a secret one, and the awards
y made according to absolute majority.
:, Each orchestra viii lie required 10 exc
D cute piece, determined by tie CON-
n mission three months before the con-
test; and another of it's own choice.