Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.

graphed.
The Fl ST modern bank was opened
at Venice in 1919.
San Francisco has 5000 miles OF
telephone wires that are TO lie replaced
by cables in underground conduits.
"A new metallic crosstie has b ,en
invented by a railroad man who was
formerly an employe on the Pennsylva-
MIA road.
The smallest church in the world is
at st. Lawrence; near Ventnor, Isle
OF Wight. 1t has seating capacity Of
twelve people.
"A company of Russian and Belgian
hnanciers with large capital has been
formed to cultivate cotton on large
scale in Bokhara.
The old Matiu quarter in Paris In
blooming out with new and modern
buildings that promise to make 1t rival
any other portion of Paris.
in Switzerland every man is his
own tax assessor. When you die they
examine your estate, and take out any
shoTtcoming in this respect.
Among the other novelties put up.
on the market for the benefit of house,
keepers in banana -four, an article OF
traffic which Is becoming quite popu-
lar.
One dollar minute is the charge
for using the new London Paris tele-
phone line. This IS about double the
rate charged for a similar distance In
this country.
The Secretary of the Navy has con-
cluded 10 name one OF the gunboats
building at Bath, the Lexington, in hon
or of the famous town in Massachu-
sets.
"A London tradesman recently re-
ceived an order for sixty-four pairs Of
shoes for the daughter of the Grand
Duke Paul, of Russia, child less than
year old.
"A bride in Montreal appeared at
che altar with pet canary fastened to
her shoulder by a golden chain. The
bird enlivened the marriage ceremony
with song.
"A Limoges (France) firm of porcel-
ain makers have substituted petroleum
for wood in firing their wares, and not
only find that it produces better results
but cheapens the cost.
The Prince o. Wales being asked on
one occasion who was the cleverest
woman he had ever met promptly an
swered:
MY sister, the Empress Frederick.
"A German statisticlan has shown
that a married man has good chance
to reach his siXtieth year; bachelors
have to be cOntented with a term OF
only fOrty-five years.
The Superintendent of the Phils-
deiphia Mint says that ten ten-cent
pieces instead of weighing as much as
silver dollar, as formerly, only weigh
about nine-tenths as much.
Mrs. Jennie June Croly is little
woman of slender figure. Her hair Is
brown, W tn few strands of white In
II. Mrs. Croly is pleasant talker and
an amiable and interesting woman.
The Mexican Government has been
experimenting with a machine and pro-
cess for degumming and cleaning ramie
hbre, the capacity of the machine being
y tons of fibre per day al a cost of about
4 7-l0 cents pound.
Senator Blackburn's daughters are
ardent admirers of thorough bred
horses. They are ALWAYS to be seen at
the Lexington (Ky.l races and are
thoroughly accomplished In equine
lCre.
Thousand of ready made skirt yoke5
are sold in New York every day. They
fit the figure nicely and are invaluable
to fat women. They are, however, cut
on the bias, ana require careful hand
ling.
Miss NJ. q. McClelland, the Vir-
gina novelist. is of middle age, tall aud
slender, with irOn-gay hair that she
wears parted over her forehead. She is
cordial and kindly of manner, and a
prolific writer.
"A girl medical student in a West
ern coll -ge Ii the proud recipient of two
prizes won from competition with sew
enteen otlIer places. One of the prizes
was for the best physical diagnosis OF
the disease of childr,n.
Mrs. Richard Manning, Of South
Carolina, IS the only woman on record
who was the mother of a Governor,
the wife of a Governor, the sister Of a
Governor, the niece of a Governor, and
the aunt of Governor.
a hC" 1IpAlaAllIG weighing OILY a
few pounds enables cloth dealers and
others TO measure fabrics while rolling
or blocking them. The cloth passes
over and under a set of four rollers. the
last OF which actuates counter. which
tells the number OF yards paid out.
The harbor authorities of South
ampton, England, the great mall port,
have decided to adopt elastic cranes for
the unloading If vessels, on account OF
the greater rapidity with which they
will enable work to be performed.
In the list of late patents are one
for propeller and brake cork-packed
bicycle, another for improvement In the
construction OF tires for bicycles, Others
for improvements in the running gear
of road vehicles, and all invented by
women.
1t has been concluded that for any
constant volume the specific heat
whether at constant volume or at con-
stant pressure, decreases to
limiting value with rise of tempera-
tuTe and subsequently increases, and
that the smaller the volume the more
rapid the change of temperature.
May is usually said to have been 50
called in honor of Maia, the mother of
Mercury, but t"is appears to be erro-
/ neous. Modem photographers concur
III the opinion that the root OF the word
| is a contraction of the L tin word ma
gins, and that it simply means to grow,
or the month OF growth,
Nearly all of the most famous Of
the Senators from Illinois have been
Kentuckians by birth. Among them
q Palmer, Browning, Oglesby, Gu ilom
ID Yates. Douglass WAS born in Yer
ont and Logan was native Of SOUTH
ern Illinois, Lincoln was Kentuckian
and Grant an Ohio man.
The HindOos are about 10 adopt a
modern notion in forming '-Hindoo
| tourists party" for visiting Europe,
America, China, Japan and the states
| The "Hindoo noblemen and gentlemen
who are invited to join the party are as