Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.

| An EngllSn amateur has purchased
Milan Stradivarius, dated 17l6, for
$4,000.
The Atlantic cables vary in length
| from 2.O5O to over 3 OCO miles, accord
ing to the distance between connecting
stations.
The demand in the London market
for lilies has become SO great that lily
growing has become great industry
I in Bermuda.
The largest railway station In Eu-
rope and probably in the world is the
new Central Railway station at Frank
| fort on n-the-Nain.
People in Alaska at this time of
! the year can see to read without arti-
ficial light from O'Clock in the morn
ing until II at night.
The duke of Westminster has an
income of so a minute. That Is to
/ say, he costs the country about 81
every time he breathes.
The tanning of boa constructor
skins forms branch of industry in
Hamburg, y. J. They are made into
pocketbOo ks principally.
A "he-ho" whistle factory, near
Erie, has manufactured 900, 600 of
them already this campaign and is
making 10000 per day.
"A milk white gopher snake Il feet
inches long, and having part Of his
/ tall cut OF at that, has Just been slain
down IN Giyun county, Ga.
Among lawyers, ErsIHne at the
English bar and rinkney at the Amer
! lean bar stand at the front FOR vanity
combined with great abilities.
England claims the largest electric
light IN the world. It Is in the light
house at st. GATHERINGS, and its ca
pacity is 10000 candle power.
There IS a coachmau at Saratoga
who IS attracting a great deal OF atten-
tiOn by lis woLdeTful resemblance to
the pictures of the first Duke OF Wei
lingtOn.
"A Scotch paper has this singular
advertisement: ''TO be let. a beggar's
stand, in good, charitable neighb0r-
hood, bringing in about thirty shillngs
per week. Some good viii is required
"A canary bird that had reached the
age of eighteen years and SIX months
died lately at IrOquOis, u. L. He re-
talned his singing powers until tLe last
year, when he seemed To be IN hls dot
age.
The Italian coral fishery seems TO
be giving out. Tie 1000 wurkmen
who use to be employed have de
creased to 900. Calcutta is now the
chief market, America and Europe
taking comparatively little
"A cynic at summer hotel finds
amusement i;n,ls'e IN the number OF broken
T'''i~'' iLo say "e eAIeCt9 10 near iJ
IedsI one lerrIAc crash or cTockery
every uay IN Ihe dining room, and
uuIlhR ElSI OF lhite weeks he has
i1oO DeSu uIad ppoiAOeu-
"A california company has been or
gained TO manufacture soap out Of
material that IS SKINNED from "A boil
ItE spring III Siid0 9la'e- Inc sub.
9''IIo Lal "eH9 oy vAp"SuIe To tAe AR,
- - ,o'o S'aS anu ,5 'aPPo5eu 10 DE
a HliAIuie oA poIdA' a'hah ana luDilca-
''ns OIL
Among the Northern nations Of
Europe there was an ancient practice
Tor newly married couples to drink me-
Jheglln or mead, kind of wine made
from honey (hydT0meD for thirty davs
81 81 yer In4IIia2e. Hence The Term honey
HlolLOn mont OF h'he' IN 'oh. Attlla. the
III NIaH - 'l"I' u.e"u al MS we'd
1i"s ieaSU .ilaI ne ulea-
1t would take. according 10 caIcul-
atlons, O,5AO,OOJ years to transport the
Who4e OF the SON laHd down TO The sea.
9hTuiu Ile "hoLe oI the solid land be-
IeuuCsu 10 one ieEel under The ocean
then the surface Of the ea-th would be
SoNsteu Os an ocean WIN uniform
1eP1h Vi doouO TWO DheS'
At POrtsdOWn Hill, England. an
extremely curious graveyard relic was
recently found. II was "a human skeI-
etOn IN good state OF preservation,
which was buried IN tie chalky soil of
the locality in the second century. The
skeleton was six feet m length. and in
It's lett hand were found Twenty-Five
Roman coins.
At one Of the schools for colored
people IN the South the girls learn
housekeeping practically by being
placed iour at time, for month at
-hle, IN d cottage, where they live and
lave compete control, under the over
slShJ OF matron. They keep strict
account OF their expenditures, practice
economy, and sweep, cook, wash and
IRON.
1t IS supposed that the veil was
taken from ancient religious ceremO-
MES. 1t IS also supposed 10 represent
the halr when left uncouhned. The
orange flower IS appropriate 10 brides,
from It's delicate, creamy blossoms and
leaves me custom OF wearing orange
blossoms originated ia the east, where
II Is the hHbngeT OF a prosperous mar
Tled NE.
Grant Allen suggests that the evo-
luton Of pottery may be traced to the
SOuTds or various forms used 10y the
primitive sdya-es for couta ming
water. The gourds were probably
smeared with wet clay 10 protect them
when heid over the campfire, as Is stlll
done 10y saVages, and the durable cUati
ing thus produced, outlastlng the inner
smell, gave the accidental lesson IN
molding dishes from natural objects
Queen Victoria has won quite 4
reputation among English agricuItu-
rIsts as what rcay be called a royal