Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-03-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.

GerfDany, 10 a prisoner serving out 4
sentence IN Nebraska Jail for the
theft Of steer.
AT Columbus, Ohio, a railroad
train entering tie station jumped the
track, but almost the next Instant rs-
gained the rail and moved on without
the slightest injury.
William Golding Henry, the col
ored centenarian who died IN Canada,
left twenty-six children, more than
fifty grandchildren, and q scOrs or 50
Of decentralization.
The Poor Farm in Pawnes
county, Kansas, IS said TO be a failure
for lack Of paupers. And this IS
suffering Kansasl
In the view of the scarcity of coal
in San Francisco. the adoption OF crude
petroleum rs a fuel Is being very gem
orally talked OF there.
Stringent measures are being
taken, it is said, to rid Detroit of the
"croOks, " who have found that city
congenlal home for some time past.
After having suffered from
great hood, China IS now complaining
of "A severe drouth.
-GeOrgia TrouH a 13.year-old girl
living IN West BridCewater, this
state, Is said TO have eaten two quarts
or peanuts the other evening, since
which time She has been al the point Of
death.
The largest book ever bound Is
owned by Queen Victoria, and meas
ures eighteen inches across the back
and weighs thirty pounds. 1t contains
the Jubilee addresses of congratulations
from members of the Primrose league.
AT last accounts smallpox was
spreading in Hong Kong, China, and
the authorities were Gndlng great dir-
hculty in compelling the Chinese to
pay attention To even the simplest
laws for preventing the spread of the
disease.
Owing to the action Of the frost.
a crack occurred in the blnk of a
large reservoir at Burlington, Yer
mont, starting leak which soon de-
veloped Into large excavation 10 feet
wide and two feet deep, 50 that about
100000 gallons Of water escaped.
-GstImatIng the population Of the
United States at $4,000, 900, enough
corn IS annually grown TO allow each
inhabitaut at least one bushel Der
week. This is more than enough corn
alone to supply all the food required,
but the larger portion is consumed by
live stock, being therefore converted
into meat.
Social lIfe In Vienna Is fast losing
its brilliarCy, chiefly through the
tyranny Of porters. The city Is prm-
cipalIy inhabited in flats, which are
presided over by concierge or porter.
This official imposes a tax upon evely
one who enters the house after a given
time, 1t most cases an early hour at
night. On this account people stay at
home evenings and the streets are de-
serted.
-Expedments were made at MI
ford, Mass, recently with the Pulson
telephone, which has been perfected by
jerome Prince and Lemuel Miller, and
operates without the use of electricity.
A loose wire was extended 600 feet
from a transmitter to a tree. with a
loose end lying on the ground. Con-
versatiOn was heard distinctly 10y sim
ply placing straw hat on the wire.
Ordinary conversation was heard
through Derby hat rs a receiver at "A
distance Of sixty feet.
For years Indian arrow heads have
bCNl A'AAAAA Al bANLl NUMBERS on LlIt
shores Of Bantam Lake, IN Counecti-
cut, that antiquarians thought a battle
must have been fought there once.
Recently workers digging there found
Confederation of the battle theory in
the form of bones Of men mingled with
rare Indian weapons. Apparently the
men had been buried IN d sitting pcs
ture, and one grave, by its unusually
large collection Of weapons. indicated
that its occupant had been a chief or
mighty warrior
Count Won Moltke lately expressed
his belief that -.Eolapuk, - the univer-
sal language, had great future lie
fore it; and It las been learned and Is
being studied by an enormous number
Of persons on the Continent. Last
winter more than 1900 people received
instruction in the language in Vienna
alone. 1t is claimed that "Eolapuk''
Is so simple that II can be lelured III
ten lessons, There is now published at
Vienna "VOlapukaga5ed, ," which
claims to have large circulation.
-Ex-Queen Isabella's friends assert
that she never formally abdica.ed. She
signed paper in the presence Of wit
nesse5 which was understood to be an
act Of abdication. But II was never
ratified by the COrtes, never given
legal publicity, and, indeed, never let
out Of her possession. Tie royal sigma
ture is no longer visible. Where it
was there IS now huge INK stain, she
having, IN her sons lifetime, in a tit Of
anger at his disregard for her wishes.
taken up an iukSJaGd and dashed il
down upon the document in question.
dollars. which have been received at
the United States Assay Ofice in New
York was melted recently. These
dollars were taken as they came in and
transformed into silver bricks Of 100
or 1,2OO ounces in weight. What is
denOmluated an Enclosure" in one of
the vaults Of the assay Office contains
over 400 cubic feet Of trade dollars
which have passed through the cruel
bic and are now stacked up in the
shape of silver bricks. The Govern
ment has pad about S3, 400 900 for
them.
Among the interesting objects
that were exhibited in the Texas state
fair at Dallas is a large aerolIte or me-
teoTitc stone, which was found in the
county Of the COmauche Indians in
1858 by Prof. 4. r. Roessler, then
State geolOgist of Texas. The In
dians knew from tradition that had
come down to them from an extremely
early period that this was a thunder
stone" which had fallen from the skies.
and they regarded it with great rever-
ence and wonder, and were accus-
toned TO visit II where it lay partially
buried in the earth 10 wet their knives
and arrow points upon its sides, be.
Ievieng that their weapons thereby ac-
quired some celestial or magic powers.
An analysis Of Its composition made by
Dr. W. Riddell, chemist Of the geolog-
ical survey, shows it to consist in parts:
Iron, 1878, nickel, 1918, cobalt, 1854,
and the remainder brOuzite, which
contains silica. alumin3, protoxide Of
iron, prOtoxide of manganese and
traces of InaUDesia soda r,O+ash aud