Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-04-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.

There are not more than l50. 900
Quakers in America.
The Gar of Russia is building q
castle near Kasha in Finland.
Mr.. Coates, the owner of the cut
ter Marjor Q. has bought the Thistle.
"A strong effort IS being made in
London against extTayagance in run
erals
Vermont in 1909 supported seven
paper mills, a cOpperas mine, and
marble factory.
John McCullough's widow, who
recently died at Philadelphia, left an
estate valued at $4,000.
The Republic of Switzerland elects
& President every year.
The term Derrick Is an abbreYia-
tion of Theodore. hangman at Ty-
burn in the 17th century.
Theodore Ti'tCn is Lying in a re-
mote quarter of Paris in " no means
amuent circumstances.
The Princess Of Wales and her
daughter sometimes sing to the in
mates OF London hospitals.
The battle OF Buena Vista was
fought and won by General TAYLOR on
WashIngton's birthday, 1S47.
| The party which conducted the
Miandan chief to his nation aas ia.
turned. The journey was performed
in lG1 days.
The 'Great She'' is the name of
the latest gold mine speculative com
pany in London. The mine is sand IN
be In South Africa.
During 1887 eleven and one.baIe
tons of postage stamps-nearly 10
OOO, eco in number-ware sold al the
New York post Office.
Japan has twelve year-old gIrl
whose feet measure - inches in length
But her height Is eight feet, and She
weighs over 27O pounds.
"A Greek named Dimltrius Autipna
lately died at ConstautlnopIe at me
age of ll5. lie knew RObesnlerre
and possessed several of his letters.
In the State of Ohio, which lies
between that river and Lake FrR. we
learn that the population already ex-
lceeds 100000. II has ! banks and lS
weekly newspapers,
There is a woman living at Han
nibal, Mo.> who is so heavy that she
can't walk, and is wheeled about in
cart by an able bodied attendant. She
weighs 4l0 pounds, and otherwise IS in
good health.
Her Majesty the Queen of Eng
land has subscribed $500 toward the
fund for the purchase OF the cottage in
which Milton wrote Paradise Lost. -
This is not very large sum, but it IS
four times as much as Milton received
for the poem.
There is a curious law IN vogue in
Switzerland which cOmpel5 every
lnewly-married couple to plant trees
short lxy q %
jOrdeTed to be planted on wedding days
are the pine and weeping willow. On
iuatal days the suggestive birch tree is
selected.
The King OF Bavaria has moved
I0ut and William Vanderbilt has
moved in. That Is, William has
lrented the palace and estate Of the
ilateiy deceased idiot. After while the
American milliOHaires viii own all the
available palace property in Europe
and royaltry Will have 10 pay lodging
in its ancestral halls.
Eight spOTtsmen shot over the
preserved ground of Lord Mansfield at
Sceno, Perthshire, recently, when the
extraordinary number OF l, 400 head Of
game fell TO their guns. OF that num-
Der !, 100 were pheasants. One OF the
party used three guns, which were kept
loaded by two keepers, and at one spot
during the days work he had about
/ 800 pheasants lying around him.
| "A Hungarian miner who was re-
Gently treated 10y physician at Phoe-
nixvIlle, Pa, had been living for three
months at an expense for food Of only
two cents q day. He was earning 81 a
| day but ate only black bread. As a
consequence hls teeth were falling out
when the physician began to treat him,
and he was slowly starving.
"A kafir vanished and groans were
heard. He was searched for without
result, but on the following night
groaus were still heard. The search
continued, and the man was found
murdered. His murderer Was arrested
and executed, bt I the groans still con-
tinued, to the dlsmay of their auditors.
At last they were traced to a mocklng
bird. That bird, alone of living things,
had seen the deed Of blood.
The craze for japanese brio -a-brac
which has 50 thoroughly caught and
Held American collectors is the growth
f little over thlty years. When
Commodore Perry returned TO Wash
IBgton from MikadD land, about 1854,
be brought the first J panese curios
ever seen here. Among them were
TWO large lacqusred bowls, with
covers, one Of which was bought by
Edward Everett. Lacquered ware was
greatly admired, and il was declared
that the japanese had made wood NAL
leable.
"A queer custom prevails among
the Indians Of the huskowIm country.
1t seems that II a native woman Is
agreeable to = change of husbands, the
question Of her possession IS decided
py a wrestling match between the two
civals. IN which the victor carries off
the woman. The YaEquIshed combat
ant does not appear TO entertain the
slightest feeling Of anger or resentment
against his more successful opponent.
"A physician IN sending a certificate
of birth to the health Office gave the
following account OF the parentage of
the child: About a year ago Rosi
FerrarO, a widOweT with two children,
advertised for a wife. VenIe RaIeI
called 10 see him, and they were mar
ned By Rev. f. Andreis. He treated
his children SO badly that 1 had him
arrested. Three months after the
marriage he took his two children and
returned 70 Italy, deserving his wife.
She Is now cared for by friends, and all
she possesses IS y cents. She had Is,
but considering that an unluCky num-
Der, she gave one away yesterday"
The highest weather observatory
in Europe has recently been opened, on
the Saints, the highest Alp in the can
ton of AppenZelL Its 8 200 feet above
sea level. There are but two higher
stations in Europe-One, the highest,
at Obs feet. on the Sonnblick, In
the Salzburg Alps and the next highest
on the Pic "a Midi, 0, 9,375 feet. On
these two elevations snow, in most
years, must linger all summer. The
SAINTS house is built OF thick walls of
I coIid limestone l,1acbad ouf n, fba