Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-08-14
NO. 81.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Aa4A INTO Ine river, GRABBED up casting
net, and throwing 1t over the child,
hauled him safely out of the water.
During the last ten years Amerf-
cans have contributed S20, ,0O0, 900 70
relieve suffering caused by disasters OF
epidemic. Not such very bad record
for nation of money-wOrshipers.
There are now Young Mems Chris
tlan Associations in thIrty-niue coun-
tries. Among the latest founded is
one at IarSus, the birthplace of the
Apostle Paul There is also one in
Jerusalem and another at Nazareth.
In his report on New Y Ork hzrbor,
Colonel Gillespie says that TO complete
the removal of Flood Rock and the
connecting rocks in the neighborhood
OF Hell Gate will occupy four years
longer, at possible cost Of S40O, 600.
-Brownstown, Ind, has baby 10
days old that weighs only one pound.
An ordinary finger ring viii pass over
its hand, while a pint cup viii cover
its head, body and limbs" The par
ents are of average size and in good
health.
Policeman James Kane, of Brook
lyn, New York, told a reporter on July
18th that he had a presentiment that
he would die, and asked him TO be sure
and write good obituary notice. On
Sunday, 2lst, Kane dropped dead from
apopleXy. The clock in the station
house from which he used to time the
men at their post stopped the minute
he died.
One of the alleged sea serpents has
been captured at Lake Winnebago.
and proves TO be a sea lion, eleven feet
long, that escaped from circus some
years ago and had been forgotten. The
people who had seen il while il was at
large are now trying to reconcile their
exaggerated stories as to its dimen-
slons with the facts as now ascer-
talned.
An unusual number of deaths by
drowning are reported from summer
resorts on the Atlantic coast. Com
menting on tins fact, the Trenton
Tunes says: There seems to be even
large quota than usual OF smart
swimmers tins season. The life guards
men who go out TO save them from
drowning thereby risk much more
valuable lives than the one they design
TO rescue. -
"A newsp per syndicate recently Of
fered William L. Gladstone the sum of
SO, 900 for a series of twenty-five art
The following reply TO this proposition
has just been received: AT nv age
the stock Of brain power does not wax.
but wanes. And the public calls upon
my time leave Inc only fluctuating
residue TO dispose of. All idea Of a
series Of efforts is, therefore, / have
finally decided, wholly beyond my
power TO embrace" "
"A dispatch from Maine reports the
discovery Of "a plumbago mine near
Augusta. Specimens have been ana
lived and nEaunuucaa 0l..s9s. -,..--
black lead The mine was discovered
accidentally. The road ran over = por-
tion of the deposit and the dirt would
not remain IN place. Digging down
the mineral was found. \ mile square
of land has been leased by Augusta
men, and the mine is to be opened at
once"
Recent references TO the origin of
the stars and Stripes recall The fact
that the present form of the national
flag was decided upon by Congress
slonal committee in consultation with
Captain Samuel Chester Reid Of New
\ IOTk city. The latter, who was a dis
tinguished naval officer, suggested the
design, and Mrs Reid, assisted by sew
eral of her friends, made the first flag.
1t was handsome fabric, Of silk, and
was placed in the House of Representa-
tives on April 13, 1918. Captain Reid
died in 1861.
The last memorials of Napoleon
lII's long sojouTn at Camden House.
at ChislehuTst, in England, have now
been dispersed by public sale Napo-
leon spent some tranquil years there
and died in peace, after all his miscon-
duct and misfOrtunes. Eugene lived
there eleven years, and only left Cam
den House to 20 TO FarnbOrough.
whittier the remains of the eX-EmperOr
and his son We're transferred some time
ago. y good many articles of furni-
ture which had been used by the En-
p 'rOr were bought 10y Americans
1t Is stated that President Curbin.
of the Reading Railroad Company, and
also or the Rapid Transit Steamship.
Company, has purchased an extensive
water front at MOntauk Point, Long
Island, which is to serve As landing
place in this country Of a TRANSATLANTIC
steamship line. The new vessels. which
are to be constructed in this country.
are expected to make the voyage be-
tween the American and Irish coasts
in five and a half days. They will
carry no freight except express and
mall packages, being intended solely
for passenger traffic.
At a circus exhibition, July L, in
Milford, Mass, two sections Of seat
gave way, and about 600 people fell
with a crash; several persons were
badly hurt and hundreds more or less
bruised. Physicians were summoned,
and the broken seats and injured peo-
pie removed. The perform mce lad
just been resumed, when half Of the re-
served seats. with 2DO more spectators.
fell in. This created panic, and u
was with much difficulty that order
was restored without serious injury 10
more people. 1t was found that the
supports Of the seats In the wet ground
had been forced down by OvercrOwd-
ing.
There is an old man in Washing
ton, named Roger Evans who claims
TO have polished the boots Of every
President since the time Of Jackson.
He has been obliged at times 10 resort
to peculiar devices to accomplish his
designs on the shoes or a new Execu-
tive. up TO a few weeks ago he had
not been able 10 capture President Har-
TiSOn's feet, but he met the President
one day recently about block from
the White House. The Presidents
shoes were dusty, and in an instant
Evans had his box on the ground, and,
before Mr.. Harrison realized what had
happened, had begun to WELD his
brushes vigorously"
. "A swindler in Vienna, who hal
borrowed large sums Of money and had
collected great deal Of jewelry which
was unpaid for, knew he could not get
away from the city by train, so he ad-