Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
NO. 6.
NEWS IN BRIEF.


New Haven in 1867.
The eggs of the silk worm were
first brought into Europe in 537.
Boston, Mass, was the first city in
the country TO establish free baths.
The first paper mill established in
New England, was at Milton, Mass,
in 1870.
"A peculiar feature in an oak tree
at Vernon. Alabama, is that the upper
half Is perfectly yellow, and has been
so since it sprouted.
The FIRST iron boat is said to have
been built in III, on the river Foss,
in Yorkshire. 1t was fifteen feet long
and made of sheet iron.
"A vicious wolf, which for several
years had pTOwled around Branford,
Fla, to the terror OF the villagers,
was recently killed by lucky sports
man. who received $40 from the town
as a reward.
On Jenny Lind's coffin was placed
by MT. GOldSchmidt Il wreath of myrtle
made from tree planted years ago by
the great singer herself, in the shape of
a tiny twig plucked from her wedding
wreath.
Nobody ever heard of French or
German pugllist The Germans and
French can become good fencers, but
when it comes down to fist lighting
they have no heart, or, as we say in
sporting circles. no bottom.
Ben Franklin was the first to sug-
gest that ships carry oil 70 pour on
the rough water. lie also advised ship
builders to separate the ships hold into
water tight compartments. These two
simple devices have saved many a
ship.
The Inscriptions on the coinage Of
Belgium have hitherto been in French,
the official language, but on the coins
most recently struck the Flemish Ian
guage IS used. This Is held to be an
other straw showing the decadence OF
French supremacy 10 Europe.
Until the Fifteenth century no
/ Christians were allowed to receive In
terest on money, and Jews were the
! only usureTs, and therefore often ban
| ished and prosecuted. In England,
under Edward VI, interest was for
hidden entirely from religious motives.
The aggregate number OF troops
| furnished the Federal side for all pc
| RODS of service was 1853, 1872. Re-
| duced to uniform three years. stand
ard, the whole number enlisted
amounted TO 1920, ,272. The number
| on the Confederate side was, it is said =,
about 600,000 men,.
The French claim TO be the Ro-
mans, and almost everything they
undertake to do they refer TO Roman
| precedent. Glory is one of these things.
! The English dwell upon the idea OF
| power. The Frenchman has no partic-
uIar care for power, unless Il brings
him action, admiration and artistic
| sribute.
One of the largest Jumps Of coal
5yer mined IN the Monongahela
Valley, was taken out of J. :. Neel's
Cincinnati mines recently. The block
is seven feet eight inches long, three
feet five inches high and three feet
seven inches wide. a temporary track
was laid to the river and the big piece
| OF coal was placed on a bUat and
| shipped to Cincinnati.
in bundle or Old papers discov-
! cred in Portland, Ne, Is an extra issue
by the Eastern Argus, announcing the
! news of General JacksOn's victory at
New Orleans. The victory was won
on January 8, 1915. This bulletin was
issued on February 10, 1t took
month for the news to reach Portland.
Another of the new diseases which
| follow IN the wake Of civilization has
been reported from Berlin, where two
telegraph operators have been affected.
The finger nails have fallen out, one
after another, though the persons have
been otherwise in good health. The
curious affection is ascribed to the
constant jar and pressure on the nm
gers produced by working the Morse
Sey.
y Oung men clad in the garments
formerly worn by students have been
numerous in the streets of Osaka, ia
pan, lately. They lecture in out OF the
way corners, and even in crowded
streets when no constable is at hand,
upon political subjects, and frequently
urge the doctrine that "Official salaries
are the life-blood of the people,
"A two-headed calf was born in
Duluth recently. The heads are per-
fectlly distinct and of ordinary size,
and are connected at the ears. 1t has
two ears, four eyes, and two mouths,
ard takes nOurishment in both
mouths. The calf is perfectly natural
IN every respect and healthy, but not
strong enough in the neck to support
two heads.
Several silver coins bearing the
date of ls42, have been found on the
shore at lpsWhiCh Neck, Mass, Soon
after an army of treasure hunters,
equipped with spades, hoes and rakes.
invaded the spot. The ground was
thoroughly oveFhauled, but only few
hinges weIe found. 1t is told that a
Spanish ship went ashore there in lS45,
with a quantity Of coin on board,
which tradition says was never recov-
cred.
The Krupp gun establishment en-
braces. in addition to the huge concern
at Essen, works at SeuweId and Sage,
in Germany, and enormous iron mines
at Balboa, Spain. The firm possesses,
moreover, four large and splendid
steamships, twenty-nine locomotive
engines, eighty miles of railway, ninety
miles of telegraph, $50 railway cars,
439 steam boilers, 40 steam engines,
supplying total of -, 900 horse power,
and which CONSUMES daily ,, 100 tons
of coal and coke.
An American gentleman who has
recently Travelled through Japan, saws
that the japanese will in a few years
be the greatest railroad builders of
the world. AS yet there are only 80
miles of railroad in Japan, but many
roads are projected. The japanese are
good railroad patrons; for even when
they have no business to transact they
will ride back and forth on the rail
road until they have spent their last
cent. And the beggars in the large
towns nearly always spend the money
which they get on a railroad trip.
Two small boys of RowIey, Mass,
have been making money by catching
eels there frosty evenings. Armed
with lantern and a pole they sought
the shallow brooks that empty into
the creek there. One boy wiIn the
/ pole prodded TIE sides of the brook
thoroughly as he moved upstream.
The other boy, with the lantern, stand
ing some yards above, crouched low
over the water and grabbed the eels