Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-06-20
NO. 26.
NEWS IN BRIEF.


old and has an income OF 5000, 900.
The largest fish market in tia
world is Billingsgate, London, where
132, 900 tons of fish are sold a year.
Sir MoreI Mackenzie Is really a
Hebrew, assert some German papers,
and his rightful name is Moro Marco,
witt.
An egg of the extinct great aux
was recently sold in London for SllOO.
1t is said TO have been bought for an
American.
More than S15, 900 has, 1t is said,
been already collected for present to
Alexandra, princess Of Wales, for her
silver wedding.
Arkansas and Texas claim that the
immigration into those States during
the past year has been greater than in
any previous season.
Norway has a battalion of armed
skaters, who maneuver readily on the
ice or snow. Their skates are SIX
Inches wide and nine long.
The English call an elevator a
lift" and the French call it ''help, -
while the Scotch put IN their oar by
referring to it as drop"
Cork IS the latest material pro
posed for making railroad cars. The
idea Is that in case Of collision Il would
simply bound off the track.
Tea cultivation, it is said. is to bs
tried by rancher at ElkO, New, who
proposes employing Indian women and
children TO gather the leaves
Mrs. c. II. Moore, of PHILADELPHIA.
wears the most costly diamonds of ali
the society women of the Quaker City.
Her jewels are said to be worth about
| $50, 900.
The Prince OF Naples. crown
prince of Italy, Is, 1t Is rumOred, a
candidate for the hand Of Princess
/ Sophie, daughter of Emperor Fred
erick, OF Germany.
The profession of .'chirrupper,'
has been brought before the courts.
A chirrupper encourages the singers in
music halls, and one has been sent to
jail for blackmail.
"A convention of LAWYERS was
held in Washington on May p to form
a national bar association and to urge
upon the several States the adoption of
uniform marriage and divorce laws.
"A woman in Tennessee found a
bombsheIl the other day and decided to
use 1t as hand-irOn. She put It on
the stove TO heat and went about her
cooking. The funeral was largely at
tended.
"A thief stole the fruit trees one
night last week that John Cooper. A
farmer living near Abilene, had planted
during the day. 1t is still customary
TO leave the railroads IN Kansas out
over night.
Mime. Janauschek's name is pro-
nounced in three or four different
ways, but her own way is as though
the name were spelled "Yau-Ow-shek. -
with each syllable plainly sounded aud
the accent upon the first
One OF the most enterprIsing OF
the newspapers of BuenOs Ayres Is
edited by WinslOw, the Boston forger.
Since he became citizen of the Argen-
tine Republic he Is said TO have
amassed fortune OF 500, 1000.
The North American aboriglnes
recognize no greater delicacy than
boiled dog, the animal being Immersed
IN the pots without the fOrmality OF
skinning or otherwise cleaning, and
regard the lntestines as the choicest
part of buffalo or steer.
-WOnk Kong, a Chinamau. who
lives in Harlem and has a grocery
store in New York city, thinks he can
beat champion "Jim" Albert in a
walking match. Ills confidence is
based on the fact that he always walks
down to business, and frequently gets
TO Chatham Square before horse car
with which lie starts even.''
The health of New York compares
very unfavorably with that Of London
The annual mortality in tine British
metropolis is about % in 1000, while in
New York ii is % in 1000. The pop
ulatiOn Of New York IS also much
more crowded, there being au average
of 10 persons TO a dwelling, while in
London the average is only z.
Trees long retain the scars in
fllcted upon them by rife balls. and
trees are standing on the old Indian
battle ground near Dawson, Ga, that
still bear the scars of the rifle balls fred
into them during the fight of July,
1886. The pine tree that one OF ths
soldiers ascended to spy out the move
ments or the Indians is still there.
The decay of American teeth, and
TO some extent the loss of teeth Of all
civilized races, has been accounted for
by the ablest English authorities on
the score of the heavier draughts made
and nerve systems. 1t Is supposed that
the force that would be applied to re-
pairing the teeth is used elsewhere.
The high license system in Florida
is rigorous one. Under its proyiy-
Ions an applicant for License must
lave his application signed 10y 300 cit
liens and printed IN the county paper
at his own expense. lie must pay for
lus license $50 TO the State. SlJU 10 the
County Treasurer, and $50 to the
town or city Ia which he proposes to
sell.
Mr.. A1sheton Smith has planted
the side Of mountain on his estate at
udielnOlen with forest trees so ar
ranged as to display the words "Ju-
bIiee. lSSi,' in letters 2CU yards long
10y > feet wide, 10 all The surrounding
country. The letters are worked in
trees of light-cOiUred foliage planted
amid others forming a dark back
ground, and GO, 600 have been used ia
the undertaking.
According to the Chicago lIaH,
Mr.. II. W. Seymour, the new editor of
The Herald Of that city, used TO be
telegraph editor of the Chicago Times,
when that paper was notorious for Its
sensational headlines, and it was he
WHO put Lne cdpLlOn HJerked 10 jesus
over the news Of a hanging. But he
did 1t only at Mr. SJOrey's dIctatiOn,
and far from being proud OF Il now
regrets that he ever did such work.
There are said to be several gyp-
sizes III New York that are worth over
100000 apiece.
In certain reference suit In Lon
don the cost on one side has already
amounted to $500, 600.
The reylvaFSpf the ancient GrecIan
and Roman custbm Of 50 fitting up the
house roofs as TO make them available
childrens 8 Fairgrounds, OF breathing
spots for older persons during the
summer months, IS advocated by a
New YoIk physician. He argues that
the scheme would La an esDeciaIlv