Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-12-05
NO. so.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The temple of Apollo, at Delhi,
the most splendid temple dedicated to
that deity, was built 1868 Is. Z.
In the Sandwich Islands the ma
tives paint their faces and knock out
their front teeth In mourning for their
friends.
AS the old man grows more and
more blunderlng, if he will grow more
careful, it will go far TO cOunterbalance
that intirmlty.
"A shopkeeper having sunk his
floor two feet, intimated that goods
would be sold considerable lower than
formerly in consequence of recent i'm
provements.
Insurance statistics lead TO the re-
mark of a contemporary that ameri-
cans of the middle and upper classes
are healthier and longer lived than
Englishmen.
"A university is said to have been
founded at Bologna by TheOdosius
about ABB, but the real date of the
establishment of the University OF BOu-
lOgne was ZIG.
in giving intToduCtions it is proper
to introduce the gentleman TO the lady,
the younger to the elder, the inferior in
social position to tie superior. etc.
Chloride. a gas first obtained by
Scheele IN IVA by treating manganese
with muriatic acid, Sir Humphrey
Davy, in 1910, stated to be an element,
and named it chlorine.
In Iceland it Is the custom for
everybody to kiss everybody else he
meets. 1t requires a good deal OF
skill in Iceland 10 meet only the peo-
pie you would really like TO see.
-Inasmuch as there are judicial
precedents against wearing the Mother
Hubbard style of dress in public, the
attempt to put them on the judges
looks like dangerous proceeding.
"A lamp to charm the unsuspecting
student Is a copper serpent with silyery
scales on its rough back and tail, which
| coils Its writhing length into ring and
lifts It's Tat head to vOmit out flames.
Mrs. Browning, wife of the poet,
was little woman vino dressed exactly
| as she pleased without regard 10 fashion,
ana who had very decided mind of
her own and habit of expressing il.
Circuits We're divided into three,
and three Justices were appointed TO
| each, Il7G. -Four years later they
were divided into four, with five JUS
tices to each. They have been fre-
| quentiy divided.
The swiftest bird on the wing Is
| the frigate bird, sort of nautical
| bird OF prey. 1t can fly more than
| 200 miles an hour, but there is no
| trustworthy record or the speed Ot
which It is capable.
The emperor of Germany has bes-
| toWed the order of the Back Eagle
| upon his wife. The order that the av-
| erage American citizen begins to bestOw
| on his wife about this time Of the year
! Is that Of Duckwhcat cakes for break
| fast.
balance OF power, to assure the in
| dependCacy of States and control the
| ambitions OF sOYereIEns, was first laid
| down aG q principle by italian polite
| iaus OF the fifteenth century, on the
invasion Of Charles VII of France,
| y. D. 1894.
| or the fast trains of the country
| tine longest continuous run is that Of
= lib hours. p minutes. upon the
| Southern Pacific line from san Fran
cisco TO New Orleans, ,, 49, miles. The
average speed upon this line is - miles
| per hour.
The winner of first prize at the
recent beauty show in Spa, Belgium,
las since been shOWered with offers Of
| marriage. 1t Is said that among those
in the field for her hand are no less than
ten marquises and a dozen counts and
yiscOunts. The girl is a native of Gu
adelOup.
II David Jennings is the latest per
petual motion lunatic. He lives in
| Lyons, y. y, and commenced with
youth, health and fortune twenty years
| ago to develop hlS insane idea. lie
has spent his intellect, his youth and
$50, 600, and Is precisely as near max
ing something out Of nothing as lac was
when he started. He finds IL easy to
come very near to il, as the boy did
to finding his hat.
An influential paper of Buda-
Pesth. Hungary, advocates reform in
the upper house of that country, max
ing titles of nobility descend only 10
the eldest son, and having them insep-
arabic from seat in the House, Eng
lish fashion. The reason IS fantastic
enough-that so-called Darons and
dukes have been killing themselves
lately because they had no money TO
support their dignity.
Edward y. Dawdeu, a brakeman
on the Northern Pacific Road, dis
played rare courage after having both
feet cut of above the ankles by his
own train. He gathered up the several
parts, wrapped them In his handker-
chief and then crawled across The
tracks and washed his stumps In a
stream. Shortly afterwards he was
found, conscious, aud taken TO a hos
pital, where he declared he would re-
cover. Dawden is % years Old and d
native of Wisconsin.
Atlanta. Ga, has a paper house.
No wood, brick, iron OF other mate
Iial is used about the building. II is
a neat little store painted sky-blue, and
was erected by Frgnchman who Is
agent for the paper Of which 1t is con-
structed. Tie rarters. the weather.
: boarding, the roof and the flooring are
all made or thick, compressed paper
boards, lmperyiOus 70 water and as
! durable as wood. The house cannot
catch on fire as easily as a wooden
+ building, because the surface Of the
paper is smooth aud hard.
Down In Maryland the other Gay,
when Dr. Fulton married Miss White
the ring used was maze OF a gold
button that was on the wedding gOwr
Of the brldegTOOm's mother, and
marvellOusly tattered shoe was sent Jy
an old darky along with The ufOrma
: tion that 1t was one of ;he last pan
that ''marster," the bnde's father
! bought for him IN slavery times, and
50 he wanted Il nung after young MS
tress TO insure heT good luck.
, "A practical Joke was played OF
Mayor Hewitt o. New York, recently
He received a letter whose writer
complained that gang Of thieves anC
y murderers were lnfest!ng the block
{ bounded by Center, Leonard, Elm anC
. White streets, and that CltizeI
] couldn't go through that block a
: night" Mr.. Hew lit referred tn,
letter to Captain McCullagh with tn,
usual direction. Tie Captain mad,
prompt reply. he said 1.-THE chaTgi
j was true" but added that tile thieves
and murdereTs were al under lock auC
key" They were IN the Tombs.