Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-03-26
NO. II.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Oliver Wendell Holmes has
refused to write poem for a promi-
nent magazine. He said that lie felt
that it was time for him to stop.
Important original letters from Lu-
yher and Melauchon have recently
been discovered in i church in Neu-
stadu, Bavaria, and given TO the
Munich Museum
"A Maine newspaper has figured Il
out that the peope of that State con-
tribute about 5000 0U0 year TO the
Louisiana lottery millIonaires aud get
back les than per cent of that sum
n prizes.
The Russian Government, IL Is
stated, has announced its intention to
beg n operations soon on the great raIl-
wav across Siberia. Work VIII begin
at NiadIvostOk and at the present east
eTn terminus # the Russian railway
system at The same time The total
length of the lire is to be 4375 III les.
In some pats Of Texas the people
live TO be very Old. An old man Of 81
years, living quite distance from the
nearest to.vn, requiring some family
groceries, sent hIs son, a man of 20
odd years % Il a~e. Wien the son failed
TO show up with the provisions on time
ais father Ieproache hims IF by say
ing: That's what comes from sending
kid"
"A table that belonged to Shakes
Deare has been discovered at Stiatford-
On-AYOn. II seems that john " Wheeler,
aged 50, late an inmate 0, the War
wick Union, who at one time iTreveT-
emily cut his initials on the sacred
re ic," has depOsed on oath before
Justice of the peace that il WAS long
the property of his family and known
among them, at least, as Shakes
peare's table, - and that he remembered
hearing his grandmother say that she
purchased il from woman who had
oOught It at a sale III Shakespeare's
louse in Henley street.
"A woman in ST. Louis, who iden-
,iiied body in the NlOTgue there Is
hat Of her husband from whom she has
been separated for years, buried the
remains. The funeral WAS an eXpen-
5ive one, and the widow was greatly
commended for what she hai done. 1t
now turns out, however, that she made
mistake. Her husband has turned
up alive and well, and having learned
that his eN wife had buried him In
style, lie called on her to express ms
| thanks. Nobody know who the dead
man Is. lie vas picked up dead in the
street, and papers found IL hls clothes
! eLd to the suppOsitiUu that his name is
J. J. O'COnnor.
! At SaudTngham, according to a
! London correspondent, the Prince of
Wales has long instituted a pleasing
custom OF weighing both the coming
and the paru guests. A. the first
convenient opportunity, after being
shown to his bedroom, the guest is
weighed, the entry made IN book,
and lie is weighed again on the morn
! ng OF his departure. The book IN
which the record Is kept IS a bulky vol
Ime, perhaps one of the most interest
ng collections OF autographs IN the
world. Among other signatures Is
hat of salisbury" with tie pOrten-
,ous announcement following that on
his last visit TO Sandringham the Pre-
nier weighed over Is stones.
Some time ago when W. II. Phillips
| sore down the old house on the Phil
Ips fam, near the west shaft, lie found
among the aCcumulauous Of the gar
| -et the parchment inieuture made when
! Slr. Phillips ; great grcat-GTedt-graud-
Gather, John Bull, started 10 learn the
kft44btAo ALtA'tt All LUZ ltLAlh4 lie y sAh
appreuticed to serve seven years and
ais remuneration was TO be g year.
At the end of that time he WAS to re-
seIve, according TO stipuIations OF the
bond, lone y (axel and u SPUR and
landsOO lhanIsawl foueT uogcrs llug-
srs), paire of Chysells, a gouge sud
hammer" The iudeuture IS dated
''Septem" 8, lG6S, and is highly prlzed
oy Mr. Philip as relic, and also as y
fragment of family history.
"A watch nearly two centuries old
las come TO the notice OF tie Je,CeJer's
RerteJO. The movement Is Inscribed
''Au ustin J.. lIrcke, FTIeibeTT," IN
German text, AMI the dial Is Ouldnent-
ed with the figures of a man and NO
man III Old-t me German costume AID
bears the name Aulreds Schuster in
old Continental text. The watch is
provided with All iH-en!Ou~ly arranged
bell which strikes the hours by single
stroke and quarter hours toy dyuuls
stroke III slightly altered key. IL may
be made 10 strike at any time and as
often as the owner may wish to push
the Thanksgiving provided for lie pur-
poSe-a great convenience in the dark
ness and prime necessity 10 a blind
person. The piece stIll keeps accurate
lime.
"A Preacher at Cortland, ". Y,
adopted way-nOt a new one, how
ever-of raising money which beats
the best returns of the contribution
box. He bought S25 worth Of nlckels
and distributed them among the con-
gregatlOn. No person could take
more than one, and it was 10 be mves-
ted in any way the ppssesSor might
nj Tho
One little girl put her nickel into eggs
and cleared g on the investment. a
lady, who first invested in cucumbers.
by successfully re-investing her accu-
INFLATED capital III potatoes, soap and
bread, came out with net profit OF
S3.02. -Four young ladies formed q
pool and with a Joint capital OF 20
cents went into photographs or the
pastor, which they sold at a profit OF
Sl7.35. Many other members Of the
church invested their nickels in various
ways with like success, and the neat
sum OF S375.S2 was realized from this
ingenious idea.
MOT persons would say that the ont
side light IS two or three times as strong
as that within our houses. Bot the
ratio of difference Is vastly gleater.
Carefully prepared tables show that for
view at the seashoIe, comprising sea
and sky mainly with a Iense and plate
Of certain sIeed), an exposure Of one
tenth of a second Is sufficient. An
open landscape away from the sea
would, with the same lens, the same
aperi ure, and the same plate, require
One-thlrd OF a second. a fairly lighted
interior would require two and a half
minutes, while a badly lightly interior.
such as rooms which most ladies' prefer
TO occupy, would require half an hour
TO obtain an equally good picture. In
other words DatieutS atrolIiDo, On ~.