Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-03-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.

l ,5S5, ,529; Philadelphia, LOLA 1872
Chicago, S02, COO; Brooklyn, 7S2, ,22I
st. LOUIS. 5000
The Rev. Anthony SweRsson, OF
Detroit, is the first Swede to become Q
Roman Catholic priest since the Refor-
nation. Out of population of g 000..
600. Sweden has only 1900 Roman
Catholics.
The greatest emigration society at
present is the Argentine Republic. II
will spend this year IS. 600, 600 TO
bring immigrants from the north of
Europe. Ships from England, Holland
and France are taking them over In
thousands.
-Bismarck's famous dog, the
Reichshund or Realm dog, which died
recently at the age of Is. was an unus-
ually large slate-colored DANISH boar
hound called Tyras. Bismarck got his
first Danish hound when he was Il, and
has had one ever since.
I'm Cocamonga. Cal, a pretty serv-
ant girl has captured a millionaire
aged 70 and named Daniel Hamilton.
lie has four children, thirteen grand
children and one great-grandchild, and
all objected to the marriage, but could
not stop 1t.
The growth of the Grant monu
ment fund is now so slow as scarcely to
/ be a growth at all. Fltful contribu-
tions of a few dollars are received now
and then, but practically the collection
of funds for this purpose has ceased.
The New Orleans Creole woman's
exchange is now an accomplished fact.
and the early stages of its career are
apparently most auspicous. Every
sort of woman's work will be handled,
and homemade articles will. of course,
be the special feature of the sale de-
! partment.
1t has hitherto been the rule in
Japan that all persons visiting Govern
mental offices must alight from their
horses or vehicles at the outer gate,
unless they were of certain rank. This
relic OF feudal times has now been
abolished. Every Japanese is now at
! liberty to go where he pleases on foot.
President Cleveland will return to
the State of New York 10 reside on
the expiration of his term of office,
and will, on March 3, resume the
| practice O., his profession in New York
city, having associated himself as
counsel with the law firm of Bangs,
Stetson. Tracy ~ MacVeagh.
The competition among Western
cities as TO where "the center of culture
IN the West'' should be has become
quite sharp. Chicago has been loudest
In its claims, but Cleveland, Ohio. is
now pushing to the front with great
university project which shall dissent
nate universal knowledge" and make
Cleveland 1.-THE Athens OF the West"
"A st. Paul paper says there is
paper published by the convicts in the
penitentlary at saltwater, MIMI,
entitled the Prison Mirror. One or the
last official acts of Governor McGill, OF
Minnesota, was to pardon a convict
named Voorhies, who was editing the
Prison Mirror. and he is said to have
been the fourth managing editor OF
the paper thus pardOned.
Since the Boulanger election the
peddleTs of Paris have been selling
dainty-loOking little pies, wrapped in
i pink paper, each one bearing the fol-
lowing inscription: 'SouvenIr OF the
election of January p. The BOulanger
question. What he promises us. Open
and see what he gives. THE sale OF the
pies was immense till the buyers discoy-
cred that they had been cruelty de-
ceived, for under the tempting exterior
"ho AA1NOL AAOAAAAAlB DtA nay
Following on the heels of the
"mental-culture" and "dress-reform"
, movements, there comes anotheT-the
physlcal-trainIng fad. The effort to
bring forth physical as well as mental
perfection has led even the Boston girl
: to put away her eyeglasses and corsets,
and spend her afternoons in the arduous
confines of the gymnasium. Proprietors
of gymnasla Gre setting apart days for
the exclusive attendance of women, aud
| III New York there are gymnastic
academies which are never profaned
by masculine presence.
The twenty-five missionary socle-
ties in the United States managed by
women, and whose support comes from
women, support 75l missionaries, last
year contributed Sl,O3S, ,253, and since
their organizations have contributed
80, ,335, l24. The forces Of Great
Britain, continental Europe aud the
United States have annual income
IS, ,396, ,996 man and equip 9, $50 stations:
support 5,43l missionaries; have the
assistance of 81, ,0l5 native helpers, and
mission churches that have 5SS, ga
communicates and !, $50. 600 adherents.
The Re Umberto, laUely launched
for the italian Government, is one OF
the largest war vessels In the world,
l her displacement being l3. 29S tons, or
,358 tons more than the Trafalgar or
the Nile. She is AGO feet long by 76
feet 9 inches broad, and draws % feet
! of water. The armor on her barbettes
is 10 inches thick, and she is
fitted with a 3-inch steel pro-
tective deck as well. Her main
: armament will be four lotion
lF 4 a. Il
! her engines are expected to give =
2 speed OF IS knots.
"A lale fad is a boarding house
where young women are given instruc-
tions in entering and getting out of q
carriage. "a vehicle with the proper
pedal arrangements for this sort OF eI-
ercise, which determines lady's breed
I ing and claim TO social position, Is kept
D in the back yard OF the educational
: establishment. and the carriage classes
= are put through the most arduous
training" Another accomplishment
peculiar to this institution is the acquls
5 ition of the art of eating oranges,
: grapes, and other juicy viands.
= The French women are proverbisI
n for turning their days into nights, and
: vice versa, and it is but recently that
] few fashionable Parisiennes have
awakened to the fact that they sleep
. away the best part of their lives. II
: is among them, therefore. that an
I earIy-rising association has been
formed, called ia Ligne du Matin, "
, the members signing papers TO the
= effect that, except in case OF illness,
they will arise daily at Z a. M, and
r. after a dip In the cold bath take q
brisk walk or, II a horsewoman, a short
canter. They promise, further. to end
s their balls and receptions by mid
Il night, and on "off'' nights to retire
( punctually at IL. Should this society
b flourish gay Paris Will indeed be reVo-
L lutioniZed.
l. When trained in the way you should
" go-go ahead.