Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-11-28
NO. 40.
NEWS IN BRIEF.


fornIa Indian, recently aStomshed the
editor of the ElkO Call independence
by calling at the Office and ordering =
supply of visiting cards.
Edison, the electrician, is said to
be collecting the yells of his baby
daughter on the phonograph, with the
| intention of grinding them ont for
her fortune when she becomes a young
lady.
"A city in Japan VIII open bric-a-
| brac show under the rule, IN o article
admitted that Is not more than l 900
years Old" No exhibition of that sort
could be held In the United States with
American bric-a-brac.
"A cane made by prisoners con-
fined in the State prison at Carson,
New, was sent to Senator Stewart
The cane IS composed of !, GA pieces
of WOOD and thirty-Gve different vari-
cites are used in its construction COM
ing from all parts of the globe.
Humanity is an afflicted race with
the errors and casualties of a material
civilization. IN the United States
there are SO, SIS deaf mutes; As, 92S
blind; 1885 prisoners; 70, ,S95 idiots;
s., ,665 paupers, 81, ,997 insane.
Mrs. John y. Markle, Of Fond du
Lac, Wis, who has not spoken above 4
whisper in twelve years, went out
shopping, and while examining some
goods was surprised TO find that her
voice had returned in full volume.
The best paid drun..lers travelling
for Chicago houses are five men In the
grocery trade, who receive salaries OF
from $1,000 to $4,000 a year. There
are perhaps "A hundred travelling men
1 1v,F l= Vr-h4. :
year, but the average is not above
81 eco
Claus SpTeckels's new beet sugar
factory at WatsOnvIlle, California, Is
running day and night. y san Fran
cisco correspondent states that
''Spreckels will probably establish
several other reGneues IN different
parts Of California"
The Obelisk TO be erected on the
; summit OF the Ortler IN commemoTa-
tI0n or the IlLh year Of the Emperor
Francis Joseph's reign Is nearly ready
for removal from Vienna. 1t will
stand on the highest point of the En-
, peTOr's dOminIous-Oyar 1000 feet
above the sea level.
"A lawsuit IN New York has de-
veloped the fact that latter the owner
of a lot in Cypress Hills Cemetery has
buried deceased member of ms own
. family IN il lie is absolutely forbidden,
10y law under which the cemetery is
incorporated, TO ever transfer or sell the
lot outside OF his family"
} "A correspondent OF an exchange
5 writes: "APropos of left-haudedness, 1
= should Ike to see a satisfactory explain
7 alton Of the fact that women always,
: with exceedingly rare exceptions, but
= ton -fsola r!;;Saa--tGx X. ,.si-inen L-oln-
J left TO IIght Personally / have re-
7 marked only four cases Of exception 10
, the Tnle.
, Crooked and Straight are the
: names Of "a pair OF clcrgymen iu charge
!, Of an English church. Lock and Key
, were long familiar names over the door
/, Of hardware store IN Louisville, Ky.
: Scarcely less appropriate were the last
: named parties To their business than
= were the famous L. Ketchum ~ 1.
Cheatum firm Or Lawyer
Clara Morris began her theatrical
life IN Cleveland, o.. where she WAS
employed in cleaning the theatre, add
Ing To the slender income thus OBJ
tanned 10y appearing at night IN the
extra ballet, for which slight histrionic
effort she got So a week. She worked
her way up by degrees until Augustin
2 DAILY saw her, and then she began to
grow famous.
"A philanthropic Nine. Batifol es-
tablished some zine ago an annual
prize Of 10000 francs TO the most de-
serving and Industrious young woman
4, The prize has been awarded this year
by the appointed jury TO Mile. Termi-
| naux, who has for years kept her
father, mother ard half a dozen
1. 4 r.T#aH..
5 out' In millinery shop.
1t has been discovered that a large
/, portion of Utah is underlaId with
stratum of water, which may be
reached by boring wells from one
hundred to two hundred feet. Tue
wells flow so literally that one OF them
: will water five or Six acres thoroughly.
= The desert is literally made to bios
' som as the rose"
! Many eulogles have been paid to
the late Judge McAllister of Chicago.
''He hated the millinery of life," said
one. His court was the court or
: humanity" / once heard him say, II
have a contempt for a judge who
: writes his opinions from the shoulder"
= | He was a great lover Of music, and
: : once said that if he hadn't been
Judge he would have been fiddler"
9 William Arrow. a negro, has just
D | finished a ride of 300 miles on the Sa-
e vannah river lodged in the braLches Of
g a tree. He WAS fishing in the river
] during the recent foods, and his line
] ! becoming enLangled III a tree he
b climbed up TO uuiasteu it. The high
= water had loosened the roots Of the
= tree and the weight Of the negro threw
, | It into the stream. Arrow was aboard
] - 10 al I.4N nd g2FIa
: cued was thoroughly exhausted.
S The late official returns, which
/ are for 1886, show that p al persons
were killed by wild beasts in that
4 year In British India. OF these 22,-
l34 were killed 10y snakes. y2S by tigers,
i 222 by wolves, 1874 by leOpaTds, lib
by bears, 81 by e ephants, - by by
enas and J, ,l69 by other animals. IN
Guiding scorpions, jackals, lizards,
J | boars, crocOdiles. bLffalOes, mad dogs
and foxes. In the case both Of human
e beings and animals the destruction ap-
e pears to be on the increase. During
d the past nine years rewards were paid
d for 179, ,639 wild animals, and FOR 2,6T2.-
e 467 snakes
"A writer in the WiIe HtraEe re-
lates being present lat the house OF a
ParSee merchant when their evening
d service took place; and, TO my great
surprise, 1t was the simple act Of light
Il ing their evening lamp. Just at sun
= set the doors and windows are closed,
and the family assemble around the
e large hearuh-lamp. The mother re-
II pairs to an inner chamber, lights her
I taper at a sacred light, kept ever burn
Ing in most Parsee houses, min. les her
2! breath with 1t by lightly blowing on
it, then returns to the family room and
o lights each one OF the seven wicks OF
b the hearth-lamp; while the family
q stand around, and. with hands crossed
a on their bIesstS nurmur their 1Yening