Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-10-25
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

WITH Hamilton Fish dead, only
three members Of the Grant Cabinet
survive. They are George NJ. Robe
son of New Jersey, who was Secre-
tarY OF the Navy; Benjamin II. Bris.
tow of New York, Secretary OF the
Treasury, aud J. n. Tyner of Indi-
ana. who filled out Marshall JEWELS
unexpired term as Postmaster Gen
eral.
ROBERT Louis STEVENSON is sa d
to be the most laboriOus writer. lie
rewriteS his manuscript to such an
extent that at the end of the day
scarcely one Of the original sentences
remains unchanged. Occ cls.onal y
he spends three weeks on a sing e
chapter, and then throws it away
Some Of his recent work ems 10
have escaped his vigilance in this d.
rcction.
ALBERT 5. WILLIS, our new min
iSter to Hawaii, has hid no eXD.ri-
ence in diplomacy, but is said to pos
seSS the wisdom and discretion nee
ceSsary for his duties at Hon lula
He is Kentuckian by birth, breed.
az = hAi'a SbuNoIaOlI, anu was OOl III
shelby County in lS43. He was in
OugrcSS four terms aud could have
been there now if he had not declinrL
4 denomination. lie is a lawyer b.
profession.
Miss EUGENTA DE FORREST, an ac-
tress OF San Jose, Ca, has received
the sanction of the author ties Of
that city to wear trousers, and pro
poses to obtain legal right to appear
in the same garb all over the couE-
try. Being an unmarried lady, Mis-.
de Forrest is, Of course, doubtful o
her rights. Thousands of married
ladies' are wearing the trousers,
whether the constituted authorities
like it or not.
The MarchiOnesS of Waterford is
woman of action. 1t is related that
looking through the window OF her
house on Charles street, London, the
other DAY, she saw cabman iiI-using
his horse Eaising the window, she
commanded the man to desist, and
upon his refusal she gathered up her
>kirts opened the front door, and,
letting @ her aristOcratic lett, she
blaCkei the fellows eye and then had
a po iceman take him into custody on
the charge Of cruelty to animals
The Cabmdn hasn't recovered from
his astOnishmcnt yet.
ONE Dr. Mcgowan is said to have
discovered that the Manchoorian
monkeys OF China store up wine in
earthen vessels, the wine being OF
two kinds, pink and green. Posi-
bly, the doctor may be right, yet there
is room for the belief that he has got
things mixed. Gentlemen who are
addicted to overinduIgence in wine
not infreIuently have visions of pink
and green monkeys, not to mention
cardinal-red elephants and PrusSian-
blue boa constructors and the doctor
probably confused his facts In max
ing up his statement. He very likely
means that he has seen pink ana
green monkeys
NEARLY every printer in the coun.
try has heard Dictionary" Brown,
who died in Washington recently
He was proofreader in the Govern
ment printing Office and his knowl-
edge Of English orthography was lit
tie short OF marvellous 1t was use,
less to argue with him. Compositors
would challenge his marking OF
proofs, and bring the dictionary to
him to sustain their position. Mr.
Brown would take the dictionary and
remark; well, well: that is re.
markable error to creep into a die.
tionary. We will correct it," and
taking pen he would note the proper
spelling on the margin Of the book.
and then he handed the disputed
proof back to the compositor to Coz
rect He was always right, too,