Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-06-26
NEW > IN BRIEF.

analyzed the other day and found 70
consist of rum, molasses and extract Of
dandelion-
Bishop, the mind reader. left an
estate valued at $50, which goes 10
prove that people who mind other peo-
pies minds 10 not gather in the
shekels.
Christine Nilsson outbid the
Louvre lately III race for a Madonna
Of Mabuse. The Louvre agent bid 81
600 francs and Nine. Nilsson got the
picture by one of A.. 900 francs.
Some men are born to be drowned
in fresh water and others in salt water.
\ Danmark passenger actually jour
neyed al the way 10 South ManitOu,
Mich, to meet his death in the
lake.
The kangaroo is said TO have got
its name in this way: Captain Cook
first discovered the animal in Aus
tralia- When he inquired Its name Of
4 native the latter replied Kan ga
roo" which, in the Australian Ian
guage, is Il don't know"
Large tobacco farms, TO be
worked and managed b. skilled Gu
bans. have Just been established At
De Euniak Springs, Fla. Tobacco
grown there from Havana seed is said
to be even finer and more dellCately
favored than that from Cuba itself.
During the last eleven years nearly
1000 persons have lost their lives in
trading and fishing vessels, the worst
year being that Of lSSl-S2, when , 35l2
pers5us perished at sea. In the last
year, however, for which there are rs
turns, lSS6-SI, the number of lives lost
on vessels had fallen TO 2,01l.
The people Of Cardiff, ales, Wit
messed a somewhat singular phenOme-
non. II WAS noticed that after a fall
of rain pools of water in the thorough
fares were tInged with red-the effect
of what is known as red IaIn." In
past generations this appearance pro.
duced the gravest alarm, a fan of So
called "bloody raiu' being regarded as
sure precursor Of plague.
At t-on-the-Hudson man
died, leaving a property valued at
$1,000. This was partly mortgdged.
The mortgage and costs involved
amounted TO Sl999, thus leaving but
81 TO be divided among the widow and
fourteen heirs. The window VIII,
however, have only the use OF this dol
| lar during her hfeIme, and must leave
| 1t 10 the heirs at her death.
At the Harvard observatory there
are eight women now at work under
| the supervision of Prot Pickering. not
as students but rs valuable assistants
III his spectrOscopic stuIy of the stars.
! In the different departments supported
by the Draper memorial fund, the
| Boynton Iuu1, and contigenJ fund,
| these assistants are engaged in compu-
tations, In study of photographs. and
| in other necessary branches connected
| with observatory wOrn.
"A despatch from Findlay, Ohio,
| reports that while Henry Gremdle, hv-
ing on Limestone Ridge, over the line
in Wyandot county, was plowmg, one
| of his horse broke through the earth
| into a deep hole. The animal was res
cued from Its position with great diff
| Guilty. Upon examining the spot,
| Greindle found 4 Large hole leading
i perpendiculIrly down into the earth,
| and subsequent inyestigdt atoms, il is as
| serted, revealed Cayerns that may TO
some extent duplicate those of Luray.
Some time ago Mrs. Langtry en-
| gagged chef at a salary of Slj a day,
! to take entire charge and provide
| everything for her kitchen. The chef,
/ a Frenchman 10y the name of Broche,
soon found out that, owing to the lux
urlOus tastes of his mistress, the sum
allowed him was entirely iudeaquate
for the contract. lie brought In a bin
for extra marketing amounting to S235,
which Mrs. Langtry refused pay. lie
brought suit against her in the New
York courts.
Il "A stalactite cave Of enormous eX-
tent has been discovered at RecleTe,
/ close 10 the French frontier and Is at
lracting considerable interest among
biologists and others. The whole eG-
tent Of the cave has not yet been as
/, certained, but an idea can he formed
| of its size from the circumstance that a
short time ago two exploring parties
visited the cave, one entering at 8 A.
!. NJ, and the other at IL a NJ, and
each party roamed for about two hours
without coming across the other. The
cave IS fairly dry, containing 50 far a
now ascertaIued, only q small pond
! and it can be entered with perfect
safety.
One Of the strangest pieces Of ar
{ tllery in EurOIe is at Metz and i
known by the name Of the Griffin, >
from the figure OF the fabulous anima
i which is to be fOuHd among the oTna
| mental portion Of its workmanship
/ The gun was cast in 1929 at Ehren
j breitsteIn, near Cobientz. IL is Il fee
5 in length and , IN diameter. The Dor,
is BOB inches; weight, p, 800 pounds
Its carriage Is p feet IN length, aut
: the weight Of the ball which il carrie
IS $50 pounds; AZ pounds Of powder i
e required for the charge. Napoleon in
tended il for tie War Department
} Paris, but found difficulty IN transport
= ing il.
Il Fourteen carrier pigeons wer
a. taken 10 New y Ork from Newport Ol
Il the United States steamer Juniata o.
/. her recent trip. The birds were traine
to hy only from Point Judith, and Tn
intention was 10 lIberaje them of tina
point on the day Of the ships departure
but as the weather was thick, the
p were not flown, being taken on 10 NeN
!, | York. While the ship was there on
/, Of the birds escaped, and Mr.. Bolton
/. to whom it belonged, considered ii lOs
/. to him, a. IL had never flown from
$ greater distance than Point judith
,e and hence could not be expected {
a. know its way from New YOIk. Gres
n was Mr.. Bottoms surprise, therefOr'
in when the bird subsequently arrived q
al his loft in Newport, safe and IN goo
H. condition.
an In Brazil there is tribe Gale
lls Cafusos. which has sprung into eNis
.ee ence by marriage between the lOnl
I'll stin-haired natives and the lmpOrte
ed negro slaves. As might be eApecte
ID from the admixtures OF these extreme
ty, these people possess hair Of very eNtr
AN ordinary kind. II rises perpendicular
ere from the head in thick curly masse
D ! and forms a wig of such enormous d
ne -;[,-g tI,,t9 fine ros,es.o ors mn