Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.

of the twenty-six barons who
signed the Magma Charta, only three
could write their names.
Old Queen Bess is said to have
died of melancholy, from having sacrI-
feed Essex to his enemies.
William the ConqueIor died from
enormous fat. from drink, and from
the violence of his passions.
The Oxford English dictionary
shows that there are $4,000 words in
current use beginning with the letters
a and 3.
-Meteorites are said to sometimes
attain a velocity OF 10000 feet per
second.
Queen Sophie, of Sweden, reads
the newspapers from every European
country after breakfast each day.
-Four figs taken from a tree in
Cherokee, Cal, weighed one pound
seven ounces, one of them weighing
eight ounces.
"A curious theft was committed by
an old woman of Orange, n. J. She
dug up cobble stones from the highway
10 pave her cellar floor.
Sir Isaac Newton's autograph, in
the shape of letter, brought S3l5 at a
for Trinity college, Cambridge.
"A volcanic eruption has occurred
at Dandison, 0fty leagues distant from
Yokohama, Ja!an, destroying several
villages and killing l 200 persons.
According 10 recently published
Italian pamphlet there are now on
Mount Athos 20 different monasteries,
II Greek, Russian, Servian and /
Bulgarian.
Glasgow, Scotland, has a system
of automatic telephone call boxes.
There are seventy-six of the boxes
scattered about the city, and every sub
scrlber has key to them.
"A remarkable photo-engraved
chart of the Plelades, showing 2,32G
stars from the third to the seven
teenth magnitude, has been produced
at the Paris observatory.
Federal Point, Florida, has a
learned blacksmith whose sign reads:
General Repairing in All Materials
Neatly and Promptly Done; SpecialtIes.
Surveying and Photography.
1t is estimated that $50, 900 worth
of diamonds are used every year In the
cutting machines III Rutland, Vt, and
vicinity. A single diamond drill often
contains stones valued at $3.50.
Seth Green says that one may
figure on fish for every ten square
feet of water twelve feet deep. He
may be large or small, and he may bite
and he may not. but he is there all the
same.
The Queen OF Sweden, since she
learned and began cooking by the ad-
vice of her physician for her health.
takes long walks, and often goes into
the peasants houses and shows them
how to make good dishes.
| Under what is known as the
Union of Calmar. Denmark, Sweden
and Norway were united In June,
1896, under Margaret, Queen Of Nor
way and Sweden, 1.-THE Semiramis OF
the North" The union continued
until dissolved by Gustavus Vasa In
1928.
"A bell brought to Mexico by Cor
teZ is preserved In the old Church OF
San Miguel, Santa Fe, n. NJ. 1t was
cast In the year 1856, about the time
Susan b Anthony first becama a belle.
After The fall OF MOntezuma Indian
slaves carried the ancient bell TO New
Mexico.
1t appears that besides having
ships with no guns, England has cav
alTymen with no horses. For example,
the Third regiment of Household cav
( airy has but 800 horses for l, 800 men,
and II, 900 dragons and hussars have
! but 10000 horses. In the German
| army the usual proportion Is 1000
horses to go men.
On exhibition at the Itali tn show
IN London is "A lamp deslgu, d 10y the
Queen of Italy. 1t is of ruby glass
with figures of gold olive leaves and
blossoms laid upon it, aud gold doves
perching on the globe. There is also a
candelabra, partly designed by the same
Queen, which has small winged angels
climbing up 10y the suspended chains.
Nineteen emigration agents were
arrested at Cracow, Austrian GaliclA,
for melting natives Of the district to
emigTate TO America. Bonds and Sc
curIties representing a valuation OF
! ZOO, 600 forms were found in their
possession. Similar arrests were made
at BrOdy and CzernOwItz, Austrian
GalIcia. All of the inhabitants sought
to be influenced by these agents are
liable to military duty, hence the
arrest.
queen Victoria Is a sort of crank
on the subject OF fresh air, which
makes 1t very unpleasant for many of
her attendants. Many ecclesiasticaI
dignitarIes who have been hoEored by
an invitation to visit tie Queen have
grOaned at being sent fOr Ia the dead
of night In an open carriage, aud the
Queens regular physician iutimated
Ieoently that he would have To throw
up his post II compelled to 90 about at
night IN dog cart.
While the gardener of the rector
OF Chichester, England, was delvIng IN
the garden recently he came upon a
small, regular building in the form Of
a square. lie called his masters atten-
tion to it, and the rector at once sur
missed it was Roman sentinel tower.
Consequently lie had the excavations
carried on on the other side of the
wall, and they came upon what he
supposes TO be one side of the northern
gateway into the camp. Ii is in
tended TO carry on the excavations.
In the discovered tower were found a
piece of ROmana-B IltIsh pottery, u
stone supposed TO be part OF a mill
stoDe) and the bones of animals.
Salmon, 1t is reported, are likely
to become extinct in the Tyne Eng
land9. An inquiry into the matter was
recently instituted at Tynemouth, and
at a public meeting the following fig-
ures regarding the annual take of
salmon in the Tyne were furnished:
1870, 129 900; 1873, sS 600; 1873, As
0O0; 1881, $4,000; 1856, $4,000; 1887,
81, 600. The chairman said the de-
crease arose from one or more of five
causes--namely, Overlishing, improper
, fishing, river pollution, obstruction "a
the passing of the fish, or the killing Of
, the fish by other elements OF destruc-
ton, such as the otter, pike or birds
. "None of these quite account for the
, diminution OF fish. The deep drelg.
, ing has increased the volume of pure
: sea water in the river, and so dimln-
ished pollution. The natural elements
, of destruction have not increased, and
: the fishermen stoutly protest that there
has been no over-dshing.n