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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
Bridge Building Projects.

The proposal to bridge the English
Channel from Dover TO Calais has given
rise to 3 number of similar schemes
elsewhere. Amoug them there Is one
for bridging the Dardanelles and there
by uniting the European with the Ash
attic shore. This is feat that has not
been attempted since the days when a
great storm destroyed the bridge of
boats which xerKes had cast across the
Hellespont for the passage of his army
1t is stated that the plans for the new
bridge have already been drawn up,
and that they are now being considered
by the Sublime Porte. The distance
between the Asiatic aud European
shores does not exceed a mile and u
quarter, and the chief engineering diff
tculties are due to the extreme rapidity
of the currents.
Another project which concerns the
United States more closely il the Rus
sian plan for bridging over the Behripg
Straits, and thus connecting America
with Asia by means of railroad. The
narrowest part of the gulf which sepa-
rates Siberia from Alaska does not eX-
ceed sixty miles. and there are a num-
Der of islands in straight line which
would serve as points of division, and
reduce each portion of the bridge to q
length considerably less than that OF
the proposed English Channel bridge.
The Behring Strait project has aroused
much enthusiasm throughout Russia,
and is being eagerly discussed in the
great cities of the umpire. OF course.
there is something very attractive in a
scheme. which. if carried out will
bring US nearer to the day when II may
be possible to make tho circuit of the
globe on foot. But, on tbs other hand,
in view of the generally accepted pro-
Phecy that the supremacy Of the world
in years to come Is to be divided be-
tween Russia and America, II might be
better for the general peace il the sea
remained unbridgsd. At any rate. il
would be well to delay the execution
of the enterprise until our extradition
treaty with Russia is ratified by the
Senate. Otherwise natiye-boru Ameri-
cans would be- crowded out Of Alaska
by the thrush of Siberian eKIles and
conyicts.-N T. TRIBUNE
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
Ornamental Handkerchief.

Pocket-handke erchiefs are descending
TO tilmy cObwebs of delicate lace and
silk Some very unique handkerchiefs
have just been imported from Mexico.
They are entirely of lace except a
small central spot measuring about
two inches square, which is of linen.
They cost ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS each.
4 good many of them are worn at
receptions. They harmoniZe very well
with fine dresses, but no practical use
can be made of them. Many OF the
daintiest handkerchiefs have borders
and insertions of Nalenciennes lace
They cost -snd-siX pence each.
But exact cOunterparts trimmed with
imitation lace can be bought for one
third that price
The hand embroidered handker-
chiefs are exquisitely neat and pretty.
They come from France and Ireland.
Since the Irish linen weavers have
taken to embroidery the French have
no longer II monopoly in these hand
kerchiefs. The Irish embroidery is
in every way a. good a. the French.
The only difference is that in the hand
keI chiefs from Paris the linen 10 of n
slightly finer texture. Handkerchief.
with coloured borders are very popu-
lar, and the designs aie numerous. A
handkerchief with a scalloped out edge
in imitation OF an ivy leaf lis novel and
pretty. Then there are hsndkerchiefs
with deep borders of coloured dots
Each dot is worked in by hand.
Handkerchiefs of japanese silk have
coloured corners only.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
Journals of General Gordon.

The unpublished journals Of General
Gordon in China are TO appear shortly.
Mr.. \. Egmont Hake, his cousin and
companion, and editor OF 1.-The Story
Of Chinese Gordon" is at present en-
gagged on them, and they are TO be
published by w. III. Allen a: d Co.
There Is TO be u beautiful etching of
Gordon, in Mandarin dress by Val
Prinsep, from the original in the
Chatham mess. Tho work will also
contain numerous original maps of
and letters relating to the country of
the memorable TAPPING rebellion. The
journals were supposed TO have been
lost some time ago under very peculiar
circumstances. They were lent by
Gordon To IA member of Lord Russells g
Cabinet, and were sent to be printed
for the convenience Of the Ministry, as
they contain valuable and exclusive in
formation about China. When Cor
don came home he was exceedingly
angry at this publicity, and immedi-
ately went 10 the printers and broke
up the type, and il was supposed that
no destroyed the manuscript at the
same time. This, however, was not
the case, for some time ago they were
found by Sir Henry Gordon in an old
lumber-room, and were by him handed
over To Mr.. Hske.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
4 BOY MiLilCNklRE.
littfs Marshau Roberts. 10 Years Old. this
Fsssss.sr OF Fortune OF S5. .ooO. 600.


Little Marshall Roberts. son of tho
late Marshall o. Roberts. is the young
est millionaire in New York City.
There are hundreds of children in New
York who will probably some day in
herit one OF more millions. but little
Marshall Roberts already iuheTfts his
vast fortune. and IN eleven years it will
be entirely IN his control
His father was one of the great mer-
chants of his day. and when he died
some four years ago he left en- estate
valued at $40. 900, Geo. The little boy
did not have this entire fortune be-
9ueathed him, because there we're other
claimants with equal rights TO it.
When Mr.. Roberts died be was an old
man. His widow. one of the beautiful
young society women OF our metrop-
oils. and the mother of little Marshall.
was his second wife. His first wife WAS
thirty years her senior. and had
daughter who Is now Mrs. knes Van
Wart. Mrs. Van Wart has a daughter,
Miss Evelyn Van Wart who is 90 years
old. This makes young Mrs. Roberts,
who Is now but 50. stepmothcr to a
lady of 40. and stepgrandmothsr to q
yonng lady of 20. and the little million
aire OF 10 uncle to . maiden twice his
age.
When Mr.. Roberts died he left a will
dividing his money between his wife,
his Granddaughter and his little son
The son has half of the fortune for
his own use. but until he comes of age
his mother Is to have the income from
the IS. 900, 600.
Little Marshall Roberts will some
day be one of tho greatest catches in
the matrimonial market, and he bids
fair to be a handsome and clever Young
man. He is "A nice, ealthy-looking lad.
tall for his age, we'll formed and with n
round face full of intelligence. He has
great. soft, brown eyes like his mothers,
and dimple in q rather decided-look-
ing chin.
He has been across the ocean almost
every year of his life, has lived for
months in London and Paris, speaks
German and French as well as English,
and is being educated for man of the
world.
His greatest ambition at present is
to be an athlete. He has a bicycle on
which he rides up and down Fifth
avenue; he plays tennis, bowls and
rides. Two horses are at his command,
and almost every fine morning he may
be seen mounted on one of them, and
attended by his own special groom, "a
young Irishman who once rode in cir
Gus" as the young millionaire is fond
of explaining TO his friends.
He has a tutor who lives in the house
and looks after his mental training.
He is being educated after the English
fashion and learns his Latin and Greek
with his English primer.
Mrs. Roberts is proud of her bright
handsome boy, and takes every pains to
make him a healthy. educated gentle
man. He eats plain food, sleeps on a
hard mattress. Is taught 10 know the
value of money and in every way is
trained with the same rigor as q royal
prince.
His fortune Is, most of it, invested in
real estate and Government bonds. and
four or five well-knOwn men are his
guardians. His income. when he comes
into his fortune. will be 500 900 year.
which is almost $3.50 day. or s22 for
every hour he lives.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
UngaIiant BeauI We're These.

A reception was held at the home of
one of society's local queens, says the
Pioneer Press. When gentlemeu IN
coats of steel-pen cut and ladies clad
in fashions triumphs were courtesying
and bowling in the well-marked meas
ures of a quadrille, 10! a garter was
seen lying upon the floor among the
feet of the light-hearted dancers. OF
course, some Chevalier Bayard of the
ballroom stopped and picked up the
dainty circlet to keep until claimed BY
its fair owner, remembering how 3
king bent down TO regain the countess
Of Sslisbury's garter, and made it the
badge of England's highest order But
no. they politely stared, while ladies
blu.hsd, until the hostess, discovering
the cause sent domestic, who re-
moved the shocking article upon a
dustpan. Ye godsi such is the nine
teenth century that the young men
would hold themselves polluted by the
touch of = silksn cIrclet. Once men
went forth to battle trusting TO the
talisman of q little ribbon or frag-
ment Of q maiden's samite dress.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
Big Prices For Hair.

Purely white hair, if long and fine,
may be converted into little fortune
10y its Possessor, supposing she be so
minded. Albino women have been
known 10 obtain for a crop of hair
white as snow and fine a. spun silk,
the nice little sum of $3.50, which GER
tainly would make hair farming q re-
munerstive occupation, supposing that
only two such crops could be raised
and disposed of in lifetime. 1t is
said that the French eX-empress paid
5000 an ounce for hair to ms:ch her
OWL, which was, in her youth, that
much priced hue which is the same as
virgin gold
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
May Sue For a stolen Husband.

The New York Court of Appeals has
decided that a woman may bring suit
for damages against another woman
who has robbed her of her husband
The decision is of particular interest to
women because it seems to settle the
fact that in law, at least, the wife is as
good as the husband, and is entitled TO
the same privileges as he Judge
Vann ssys, in his opinion: The
husbands right to the conjugal society
Of his wife is no greater than her right
to the society of her husband The
rights OF one and the obligations of the
other spring from the marriage contract,
and are mutual" If this principle were
carried into everyday life surprising
revolutions would occur in . great
many households of the land
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
The Remarkable History Of a slave.

General Khaireddin Pasha, WI no died
last week at Constantinople, was un-
questionably the most remarkable Tun-
isisp functionary OF the preseut cen-
tury, and at one time seemed destined
10 play . really important part in the
history Of Islam Purchased some
sixty years ago as slave by the State
Treasurer, hahmoud Ben Await, he
lived to become = fsyorito in Partisan
salons, although he was engaged In
prosecuting a heavy claim against his
former master, who produced his own
deed of sale as an exhibit at the trial.
He married a daughter of the Tunisian
Prime Minister, whom he eventually
succeeded, and having gained the APP
probation and decorations of half the
courts in Europe by an erudite essay
on "Moslem Reforms," he finally
gained the good graces OF the Sultan
by warmly espousing the Cause of Pan
Islamism.
The Bey of Tunis dismissed him
some time before the French invasion,
but hhalreddin only exchanged his
gorgeous abode on the shores of the
Mediterranean (t.ow or lately 9 French
military hospital) for . scarcely less
magnificent palace which he built on
the heights above Stsmboul. Abdul
Hamid, within few months of his ar
rival, made him Grand Visier, but his
tenure of office was brief The Turks
resented his success, and neither his
commanding presence, his marvellous
power OF talking political platitudes,
nor his lavish expenditure in the mat
ter of bskshish, could prevent his fall.
lie talked French fiuently, and loved
to PROFOUND to European visitors his
theories as TO the future of the Cali
phate. He constantly endeavoTed TO
return TO office, but the Turkish cabal
always proved too strong for the willy
and eloquent Circassian.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27

pade contemp'uously says these me
will hurt nobody.

pade contemp,uously Gays these men
will hurt nobody.
1t appears that tho lady. who is the
editor of Gordan's opposition sheet, got
wind that her opponent was to bo
handled for his Hopping and urged
these men to arm and come to his rcs
lief, but they being too slow 10 please
her. she procured a saddle hdr.o ID
bIsvely carI7 sione. ant IucA, ior joe
Gsordan it was that she did
Irrona the Flower. October 21l
Owing to the cowardly attack made
last wsek ON Mr.. Gordan and his
paper, be has been unable TO get out
his paper this week, and his readers
WA be compelled to await his COM
Flete recovery and reorganization Of
his Office. Mr.. Gordan was but
slightly injured in the affair with
which all are familiar. but the shock
ias incapacitsted him for work for u
lew days.
IsiiSbtiy eontrsdictcd in another pisce.l
we have to thank Mr.. Gordan, of
the late Centropolis, now Prairie Cit"
sun, for some assistance in the me-
chanical work on QUE paper this week.
From the sunfloweT, October 2s.I
With this issue the names Of our
papers arc changed, and We present to
our combined readers . combined
paper under the combined name of the
Suniower. Thanking all for the many
expressions of good will and well
wishes for future happiness and sue
cess, and trusting that Prairie City will
County,
We remain, gratefully yours,
JOSEPH GoRDAN,
JANE PURDER GoRDAN.
You may tangle the tale to suit your
self.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
Divorce Figures.

A striking fact brought out at the
annual meeting of the National Di-
vorce Reform League at Boston, is
that SOL per cent. of divorces occur
in the state in which the marriage took
place. While such figures indicate
that the evil lies elsewhere than in
defective laws, the league declared
that the marriage laws were in q de-
plorable state, especially with regard
to 3 system OF registration.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
gE8RUAltY HUSH.

Snow DER the darkening noorlands;
Flakes nil the quiet air;
Drifts Ia the forest hollows
AID . soft mask everywhere.
The nearest twig on the pine-tres
Looks blue through the whitening 81
And the clinging beech-Ieayes rustic
Though never . wind goes By
But there's red on the vIld-ross berri6S
And red in the lovely glow
On the checks of the child beside me
Thxi once was pale. like the snow
Thomas Wentworth Hig ginso1.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27

There is a spring In Georgia the
waters of which cure all kinds of
nausea,
An ounce of aqua ammonia to each
pailful OF water is said to provide the
quickest restoration of tone to ex-
hausted nerves and muscles, besides
making the flesh nrm and smooth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27

A Michigan man, tue to his ruling
passion, beat down the trader from
whom he bought = pistol with which he
committed saicifA Re got IS cents of
troA lie Ix1nA
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-22
BOLD BANK K0BDEaY
In Brond Daylight by Three Glover
Strangers. aF

In Brond Daylight by Three Glover
Strangers. 2a
New YoEK, Nov. el.-The Twenty
sixth Ward Bank OF Brooklyn, which is
situated Oh Atlantic avenue, near Hing
dale street, was robbed yesterday OF a
package containing $1,000 in bills. The
work is supposed to be that of band Of
clever sneak thieves. The money was
taken from safe which get directly
back OF Cashier Spellmap's desk. bout
noon yesterday, when the cashier and q
clerk named Bookman were alone in
the bank man entered and engaged
the cashier in conversation. The talk
took place through an aperture in the
partition which divides the desks from
the main office. As they were talking
the bell Of the telephone in the office
rang and Clerk Bookman answering it,
informed the cashier that the cashier OF
the Queens County Bank wanted to talk
with him. Mr.. Spellman lett his desk
and at the same time Mr.. Bookman waa
summoned outside 10 receive some
money foE deposit from man who had
driven up to the curb in light wagon.
This left the coast clear for the thieves,
but the loss Of money was not discover
ed for some time. 1tthon dawned upon
the men thn! the converaationslist, the
man in tho buggy and the man at the
other end Of the telephone had clearly
victim:zed the bank, though the cashier
does not sec how any body could have
come behind, the partition without being
seen, OF hea.i by him.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-22
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
From. a Horrible Death Of Three
Men Yesterday.
THE B. & 0. BRIDGE COLLAPSES
In tho Passenger Station, and an En-.
stnc, Tender and Express Car Go
w Down...An Accident Which
Surprises Nobody.

| 4
an "eeiuent occurred at the Baltimore
u ONO depot yesterday a few minutct
after noon which is wonderful from thf
fact that no ono wos L;I,od "A ,n,on,o,
a.. -, - ~ VIC ""4eu' a 'o'o'''o
wv "au 'enoer anu one express car
went through the bridge over the creek,
with the engineer and fireman on board,
and one man or t,o n,o,iorm olon.,;do
- . o ~ w. P'"'t'' IL ''oAs''e'o
went uowh with the wreck.
Locomotive No. 7S7 with Engineer
Thomas Triess and Fireman John Croth.
era in the cah wos h,cl,l IN ;nto .ho
.L.a ~ ' o"."o" W 'A'o .l'
s"eu pe'o" tno oepot 10 make up tho
t40 train for Pittsburgh. Tho train
passed over to the north snan of the
bridpe when ,bo uho,n .,,nn,,,.a,.s
way latin, tho rJ trn;n s,,do'uts ond uia, sase
down in,o iha ~ crooi. "m .noa,' u'u paa.s,ntl aa,n
Georoa T. Fo;rh,ni.,s h. '"eu.y Zee. peiow.
peer from Raceoon a,iyona ,n'' WY ,aSo ehsi hssG
nm arm t,t"n IN! ;"one' H. WIZ ilau
Last Jnlv and uhn w., ~ "osiuiis ~ ~
way to B6s,on wba," ho ho ovaa,,,9 mas 9t as aas
MI artiGrinl arm Twss ~ on .eL ,hn g., ~ ~.
near the enpine when III Tho 'r r;d"a H,a',utn ,nra
way, and he went down ' s,lusv .maS, s"Se ,he
pieces OF the platform The s eno;nss anI 'mI
tauSsr aant s%n,;rotu % ~ tue ~ emsiue a;h. snd
the cxorrsa c,r iolI,o e, " an I's., aa,.; sna
against lie nipr, remainad nhont % hnif
ont OF water The ono;nner and DGus Sramam mn,'
who live mt Clan wool pa r waro eI"n' r"a
cued by persons in n sk;g Ns;thar
was much hurt and | Crothaps ss
was ableto walk nhont t,n % So,ot TSiess Ts;ess
WA plohtlv hrnissJ and 1upo'. cnt ,rd ireos ,.as
tsken 10 the bom ~ ~ @ I,;a GI, fatSo. uiu has l,
on Eighteenth street p Fa;rhanLs ] ]i1m tho
onc.armed man ' swo" nu. ",uapns, n,;,hnn,. .ne an
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-22
Wild EXCITEMENT
At Huntingdon, Tenn, Growing
Out Of a Double Murder.
an ATTACK ON A COUNTY JAIL
syH NIob...Vain Attempts to Break
In tho Doors...Two OF tho Mob
Mystcriously shot...NIoro
Trouble Expected.

HUNTINGDON, Tenn. Nov. 2l.-The
Town is wild with excitement and has
nus been 30 for tho past eighteen hour.
Wlddis, who murdered Constable Rols
and his nephew, few days ago, YVES
brought from Paris yesterday evening 10
have his preliminary examination. A
mob met tho train at the depot. Jake
Ross, father Of the murdered boy, pei.
saaded the mob to let the law take i,s
courae.
At ! o'clock all preparations were
made ant. an attack was made on tire
jail with hsledge hammers and coal chil-
els The mob destroyed tho lock and tie
outside door. The inside door WIS
solid cast iron. They could not break
the door, but broke out piece twelye
by eighteen inches. An Irish.
man named Ed. Coulter climbed through
hole after he got in and claimed Kin
pistol would not fire. Another wis
handed him. Then n report was
heard and Coulter claimed Lo
was shot. Sam sellars started
IN TO bis assistance, when Widdie, or
some ono else, shot, the ball entering
seliars' face near the nose and lodging
under the jaw bone on the opposite side.
Dr. Cox dressed the wound and Sellam
went home. Report reaches here that
he is dead. The mob disperaed after
THIS. The prisoner was returned to
Paris this morning without having had
a preliminary trial. The end is not yct,
II Sellars is dead the Governor will hayo
to send a regiment to protect Widdie,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-22
THE B. 4 0. STEALS A MARCH.



5.... Night.
Thursday night the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company ran about hundred
men into the Eighth ward on con.
strNction train, followed by c load OF
ties, rails aud tools. They were put to
work on McColloch street at Forty.Gith,
and in q few hours had a switch laid
south to Forty.eighth. +
When the fact was discovered yester-
day morning that the switch had been
put down, itcaused quite commotion
in city circles. The Chairman OF the
Council Committee on Railroads, P. +,
Farrell, was about, actively engaged in
inquiring by what authority the track
was PLACED there. City Solicitor White
scanned all the ordinances relative TO
the B. 4 o., but could not find any which
by my implication gave authority to oc-
cupy tho street.
The Board oi Public Works did not
seem disposed to take any action, aud
nobody else thought he had authority.
Chief OF Police Delbrugge ordered the
night forca in the Eighth ward TO arrest
any man who undertook to do lick oil
work last night en tina switch, but no.
body appeared there to work. Dur.
ing the day cars were run in
on the switch. 1t is not ballasted,
but probably serves tho purnose.
The company seems to he simply trying
how far it can 80 without interiercnce
ttoln the city authorities, and encouraged
by two recent experiences OF the dolCss.
moss OF the peoples representatives,
may be expected to steal any other street
or part Of a street it may want some
night soon. lGsS
The fun over the McOollooh street
switch 10 probahly not all done yet. 2,