Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-01-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.


reported from PieTson county, 5. c. a
despatch credits him with being per-
fectly sane, and says be would Ike to
stop walking, but cannot.
AT Oxford, Pa, the other day, q
sparrow hoped upon a pile of clans
and was suddenly Imprisoned by one
of the biyaive5, which closed it's shell
together over the bids feet.
The hrst translation into English
.of Hebrew novel will shortly appear.
France first discovered that there were
Hebrew novels worth translating, and
has had them for some years.
The Japanese have a legend that
fish are the embodiment of the souls of
naval officers, AMI tie African ne
grces believe that magicians assume
the shape of fish and come to their
nets to work evil.
"A lady interfered with an impa-
tient driver in Lynn and started a
stubborn. balky horse attached to a
heavily loaded coal wagon by giving
the animal four apples and then sim
ply saying, Come along"
"A 5000 foot well is being sunk at
San Diego. Cal. 1t is hoped that
supply of water equivalent to 2,OOO.-
900 gallons in every twenty-four hours
will be obtained from that and an
other deep well how being sunk.
There is cotton plant at Mar
coOssee, Fla, which is over five feet
across the branches aud has from $50
To 400 blooms, buds, and bolls. 1t
contains cotton in all its stages, from
the swelling bud to the mature article
itself.
"A flock of seagulls were seen re-
Gently on the Schuylkin river, near
Hamburg, Pa. One of the birds was
shot. 1t is supposed that the dense
fogs and storms on the Atlantic coast,
100 miles from Hamburg, drove them
inland.
Monkeys IN Eastern countries are
said to acquire such a foDdness foT
opium that they will habitually smoke
any that may be left in the pipe when
the master lays it down, and when
deprived OF 1t Will suffer from ner-
vousness and depression.
"A Kansas City cOnfectIoner drew
crowds of curious people to his store
and sold quantities OF candy by sus-
pending five dead mice from miniature
! scaffolds and labelling them with the
names of the condemned Anarchists.
The toughest resident of Silver
City, Ari., is a little Indian boy who
was captured during Geronlmo's raid
two years ago. He is only years
| old, but he has already nearly killed
boy by cutting him with bowie knife.
Pennsylvania has two of the thirty
eight widows of Revolutionary soldiers
who draw pensions from the Govern
| ment. Susan Curtis. of Maine, and
Nancy y 4ipg of rrappas-aa Ei-'f.
| bly, the Oldest widows. The block
"A merchant OF Merri', long, three
adopted a novel and succeI ID three feet
| of adyertisiop. lie tooE mpoTary track
! COW, plasteTed her oveId the big piece
heels with advertisement boat and
at large III the streets
Diamond" a cal papers discov-
prize winner for whicb Is an extra issue
is said to have bees, announcing the
Hartford recently. ackson 8 victory at
tiger variety, and : EicUoFy was won
chair. W, IL toogseTa-
a Dor,v ~ s,or+i,, each Popt'l'ei d
lem, n. y, recently witnessed about
/ the stTangest contest on record. II
was fight between a ferret and a
cat, and a lively and exciting battle
ltoulBCu lC hlllilldlS lOuG0L Ten
minutes, and the referee decided the
battle draw.
"A sea turtle, weighing about l, ,0OC
pounds, eight feet in length from nose
to tail, two feet through and eight
feet from tiipper TO nipper, was caught
by James BuerO. "A Sequel fisherman
while out with nets fishing near Capi.
tola, Cal, a few days ago. 1t is the
largest sea turtle ever caught Gu the
Pacific coast.
"A woman of jersey CITY recently
brought home a strange egg as the
souvenir of trip and placed it on the
parlor table. One week after she was
surprised to see a little turtle break
the shell of the egg and slowly crawl
out. The heat Of The room had
Matched it.
The cOldest known spot on earth
is Werchojansk, in Siberia. The mean
temperature for the year 1885 was
2.SO F., below zero for January and
December it was 81 % below, and foI
July it rose to 6O.6O above zero. The
lowest temperature in July was 50. q
above, while in January fall to 50 &C
below zero WAS experienced. Wercho-
jansk is in latitude 6To34', !oDgitr,'~
l33O5I,
The continuous decrease of crime
in England is very remarkable. So re-
Gently as 1869 the prisons contained nc
less than II, 600 cOnvicts. In July last
there were only 7,44l. What is also
very interesting the education act
marked the turning point Ia the his
tory of crime, Since the passage OF
that act the decrease Of crime has
been steady.
"A remarkable accident recently
occurred at Chapul'epec. y youth
ful student named ContEeras was
about 10 cast in bronze a small statue
representing the Aztec emperor Cuauh-
temoc IN torture, when the vessel con-
tanning the molten metal burst and let
II fall on his feet, producing horrible
burns, similar to those inflicted on the
tortured emperor.
"A young lady of Philadelphia, a
teacher in young ladies' seminary at
Newburg, escaped death in a remark
able manner. ''She attempted to get
on car on a West Shore passenger
! train on her way to Philadelphia. The
train started and she lost her balance.
rolling between the trucks. y brake
beam showed her OF the track into the
deep snow and she again rolled on the
edge of the track. i again did the same
thing happen. Thomas GiIhooly, a
! newsboy, grasped the young lady and
attempted to keep her from the rails.
but she slipped from his grasp. The
last car of the train bad, however,
passed and Miss Bgler was picked up
without having received scratch
The Japanese Bamboo never grows
in diameter after it appears two feet
above the soil. There are many species,
some being as slender as LADY, riding
whip, and others several inches through.
1t is very vigorous, grows In height at
the rate OF from two to four feet per
day, and attains forty or fifty feet; at a
ripe old age Il flowers ind dies The