Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-06-11
NO. 25.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

scure town in Illinois.
AT a recent b IL in London the
electric light was arranged to vary in
color, being alternately red, blue, green
and yellow. The ladies didn't like it,
as it ruined in alienation the effect of
their costumes
The great tower of the Cathedral
of L I'M is at last on the eve OF compile
tion. Tie tower when finished will be
524 feet high. which exceeds the height
of ST. Paul's in Hamburg. The cele-
bration VIII pr badly take place on the
Both of June next.
The instruction classes in laundry
work in England have proved "A great
success as well as a great benefit and
have raised the standard of the work.
1t is a scheme that might be copied to
advant &c, also t. give instruction in
other kin Cf household work
The fr-t German Catholic church
TO be lighted electrically is the grand
old cat edral ut Stii~burG. Arc lights
have been used outside with fine effect,
and ii is stated that many of the noble
lines of the architecture are accentUa-
ted 10y night as they never have been
by day.
n liC w museum W III SUM RF 0lAA AEA
in Paris to be known rs the Museum
of the French Army, and to comprise
ancient uniforms, equipments. arms and
everything relating to the history of
French re imeuts. An enormous
amount of material hos already been
secured.
Thunder storms are more frequent
in Java than in any other part the
uIOhA ON an 4Npr4pA they ppPnr
the island on N ety--eyen days IN The
year. In gland e average marks
thunder storms on about seven days In
the ysar-only half the number record
ed in France.
The little island of Iceland, 300
miles lonI and 100 broad, and isolated
from the great cOuJiEeut of civilization,
is found to have as great "a number of
news aperS as are printed in the YER
nacular tongue Of the empire of China.
The uewSpap is of Iceland are pub
lI,hed at a point farther nLrth than any
other journals in existence
The Duchess of Westminster, whose
husband IS the richest man IN England.
III ds herself unable 10 give SluU year
for five years towards a scholarship at
the Female school Of Art, London. She
writes that she 'has SO many claims
upon her, and that when she subscribed
to the fund she did know that it was
to run five years.
A woman has been found living In
New York city whose expenses average
four cents a day. She makes button
holes when she can get them to make
and finds that the revenue derived
from her toll compels her To depend for
sustenance on bread without butter,
and tea without milk. A five cent loaf
Of bread lasts her two days.
/ There Is a very curious stone about
which very little is ever heard. Ii is
called the "Alexandrite" IN honor of
Alexander Of Russia, who was very
fond of hem. In the daytime they re-
semble an emerald, except that they
are somewhat darker, but at night they
are d ep, purplish red. They are
/ found in India, and, like all rare stones,
/ vary much in their qualities.
Henry NJ Stanley is in the field
for doodle" He said TO friend be-
fore he left America IN search OF EmIn
TashI: I'm getting past middle
life. l have not $, ed a cent. My
books and lectures sha 'dy me within
the next five years enough TO make my
old age comfortable. This African
expedition 5 for money, not glory"
Our imports of merchandise for the
year 1890 were $40, 600 900, and our
exports S~27, 900, 900. This IL a good
showing So far ds IL gees, but then we
sent abroad So, 900, 900 more gold and
silver than We received from other
/ countries, which about eyens up the
balance sheet for The year. If the new
tariff bill goes through, as is most
probable, We hope that year after It
goes into operation we shall show a
large balance Of trade IN our favor.
-The champion Gne-haud writer OF
the world Is believed TO be Mr.. Ria
KitterIdge, who resides 1T Belfast,
Maine lie Is - years Old, but has
written the Lords PRAYER six times re-
peat"d on the space covered 10y "A silver
Iye-ceUt piece, which 5 at the rate OF
5000 words on postal card. He has
written the Lyrl's Prayer on a space
o. three-sIEteeuLhs ut an inch, and says
lie VIII come under a contract 10 put
800 U words on a postal card.
Mrs Gen. Grant has a girls fond
ness Tor candy, and she always has a
box on heT writing desk willie engaged
in WI ting. she is At her desk three or
four hours daily now, being ga ed in
pondence. in which she is be NJ assisted
by her son jesse. who came back from
California, where he was engaged in
minin and farming, FOR this especial
purpose.
The rare metal, uranium, lode Of
which was discovered in a Corn wall
(Eng.l mine recently, has been de-
veloped, and is believed to be extremely
valuable. II thertO the only source OF
uranium has b eu Isolated pockets and
patches The Cornwall works expect
to turn out about a half a ton OF metal
"A week. Ow ng TO its great scare ty
the market price has been about $1,000
per ton. II is . ought g. dJ II Will be
highly valuable 10 electrical engineers.
"A correspondent hears from Japan
that the latest western innovation IL
that land Of fleX lity and innovation
is "A system of railway book stalls at al
the principal railway stations in the
empire, which an euteTpTlsIng book
sc ler in Toxic las decided 10 intro
duce. The japanese are a nation oi
readers, but the, are, indeed, far from
being nation Of travellers, but. foTtu
nlteIy labor and the materials ar'
cheap, so that the pioneer IF the new
system does not rIsl very much
"A strange battle IS reported x
, have lately taken p ace in Toxic, Japan
"A sire IN runs through the compound
of Tobukuji Temple at Sugamo, and
some hundreds OF bui.-fTOgs gathered
on either bank. Theu q terrific battl,
o. ensued, lastins frora 4. NJ, 70 Il
NJ, and it is stated that when the com
bat was finished tie lIOJk was blocked
TO such An extent with the bodies o
the slain tina: tie course Of the watei
! was ain Jst totally Impeied. Larg,
; numbers 81 people visited the place I,