Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-30
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Berry,. Cobalt, kaOlIn, Iodide, Oxide,
Bromide and Sulphide.
Some beer was recently discovered
walled up in the cellars of a brewery
at Burton-On-Trent, which had been
, brewed in the year l79S. II was found
to be IN good condition.
"A French journal estimates that
the total length of the telegraph wires
of the world, including submarine
cables, exceeds jOJ,O00 miles, four
ffths of which are III Europe and
America.
Miss Pauucef 1rte, the eldest daugh-
ter of Sir ullan Paunceforie, the Eng
lish Minister at Washington, Is the
leader of the fashionable walking bri-
gade. She is tall and graceful, and can
outwalk any two of her numerous ad-
mlrers.
In Warsaw the public houses, res
taurants and cafes have been ordered
to remove their telephones, on the
ground that by their use warnings have
been sent around to all in the business
whenever the police st out to raid
them for violations Of the excise regu-
lations.
Professor Thompson, who was a
teacher in Philadelphia when he made
the discoveries which have placed him
among the worlds mlliOnlIres holds
that sooner or later electricity Will be
obtained direct from fuel, without the
intervention OF steam.
1t Is SAID the law regulating Child
labor in the factories of New York Is
generally observed. The law prohibits
the employment of children under L
years of age, and limits the labor of all
minors to sixty hours each week The
measure was not intended as a hardship
upon employers.
"A small boys composition on
"Umbrellas' states that "Umhrellers
were introduced in the rain of George
the Third, which was a disastrous one
In many particulars, being the tine
when the Declaration OF Independence
was signed by the four hundred and
about the date when George Washing
ton could not lie-'
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
reached her 18th birthday on June IA.
She was born in the month the United
, States declared war with Great Britain,
and was the seventh OF the thirteen
children of DIR. Lyman Beecher. This
large family is described in Mrs.
Stoves "Oldtown Folks.
The greater portion OF the cedar
telegraph poles used 10y the Western
Union Company come fIom Michigan.
From 40 to 200 men and nearly 40
teams are employed in gathering the
poles and putting them III proper shape.
The poles range from > TO 90 feet in
length and are worth from 81 10 81
each.
"A Cooper monument is to be
erected in the New York town that
James Fenimore Cooper made famous
by locating his home there The ru-
NOR that a number of subscriptions
have been received from Philadelphia
Gus tom House employees who have re-
signed within the past few months, and
, who were under All enthusiastic misap-
prehe nsion as TO the facts, seems 10 be
, baseless.
-Benjamin L. Fareon, the novelist,
is dark-faced, piercing eyed. intensely
intelligent looking man Of genial man
ner and Jewish extraction. He began
life as a journalist IN New Zealand,
where he became proprietor of news
5 paper; but having received a friendly
letter Of encouragement from Charles
Dickens, cast the cares OF editCrship 10
the winds, and returned to England,
since when he has turned out some
twenty novels.
The Desert Of Sahara Is slowly be-
coming inhabItablc, with the and of
science. The Lower Sahara is an i'm
mense basin Of aTtesIau waters, and the
French are forming fresh Oases with
/; skill and success, so that the number of
Gu tivated tracts is increasing rapidly.
After a period of 30 years, 43 oases
have 1900 Inhabitants, and l. 200
trees between l and ! years Old, and
100, 600 fruit trees.
; The Empress Eugenia, II is said,
is as much OF a recluse as though she
were nun. All day long she sits In
; her sunny parlor in a little London
r house, with tablet In her lap, sketch
ing OF writing for a memorial she is
/ preparing for publication. The book
/ will contain the letters of the late En-
peror Napoleon and tie Prince In
+ perial, the proceeds from which will 20
/ to the fund for the relief of the widows
= of the war of 1870.
-''During his visit to Norway tire
German Emperor made himself very
popular" says London Truth, land the
inhabitants Of the towns and villages
which he visited were everywhere de-
lighted with him, and warmly praised
his pleasant and simple manners. He
rode alone III a carTiOle when Ou his
country excursions, and was so much
|, pleased with the conveyance that he
l purchased one, and also bought "A Lof-
odden boat for use Oh the lakes at Pots
DAM
= The rage for gems was never
. greater than at present, and the dauEh-
ters of America are to the fore. Atsome
=, recent entertainments gwen abroad,
the Americans were conspicuous for
their gems, and attracted ESPECIAL at
tentiOn by wearing some of those
formerly belonging to the French
crown. One lady Is described AS hay
! ing her skirt lOOped up with diamond
: studded CHAINS, and tasSels which once
formed part Of the regalia Of Isabella
t; of SPAIN
( 1t is the custom in some colleges
v for members Of the graduating class To
. exchange photographs, so that each has
: complete collection of hIs classmates.
: Before photography was invented lithO-
s graphs were frequently exchanged, but
e a gentleman of New York has just dis
d covered among some old papers belougr
: ing to past general on a very uniqu-
: collection, the silhOuettes of the seniOe
J. class of Bowdoin College for 1-24, i'll
E Guiding that of Franklin Pierce They
4 are not cut from black paper, as il
o frequently done, but tie proG.es are
: cut out OF white paper which is then
d placed over black.
: No better or cheaper insect des' rOyer
y can be found for gardens than the toad.
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