Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-07-10
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

the American machinery exhibit.
An odd snake was discovered by
o. T. William, of Patillo, Ga. The
| body of this snake is no larger than \
very small knitting needle, Vet It is
nfteen inches long. 1t seems TO be q
very lively snake, and is coiled around
some plants in "A jar of water. The
movements of the little fellow and the
fact that it remains most Of the time
under water would indicate that it is
variety of water serpent.
THE English Sappho'' was .
sobrlQuet given to Mary Darby Robin
son, who acquired a reputation for
beauty, wit and pOesy during the reign
of George ".
Queen Margaritl. of Italy, and
Mrs. (''BonaEza'') Mackay are the only
two women, II is stated III a fashion
journal, who have gowns embroidered
with real pearls; bat it is believed that
there are several other women just as
happy.
| "A Montgomery farmer has a colt
that has learned to ring the farm bell
by catching the rope in his teeth and
prancing b Ick and forth. He knows.
too, when TO ring it-at daybreak, to
awake the farm hands, AMI at noon, to
call them to dinner, and is never i've
minutes late or early.
An American painter, living in
Florence, has painted a big picture OF
Satan so Realistically that when a lot
of young people who went to see it be-
gan TO dance, the shaking of the can
vas made the figure have such sem
blance of demoniac laughter that the
dancers would not continue until the
picture was covered.
-WOrkmen digging for the new
sewers at Burlington, Vt, came upon a
group Of three skeletons, supposed to
be the remains of soldiers buried dur
ing the war of 1872 After the excava-
tlon had made further progress six
more skeletons We're found, two iron
buttons with ~. :. - on them, an old
coin, a scarf pin and a small green
glass bottle.
Of the 100000, 600 Of personal
property left by wills in the first quarter
of 1889 in Great Britain the portion
left to charity was but E36S, sos. The
three largest estates were Mr.. Rylands',
Manchester manufacturer and ware
house man, g. 574 922; Sir William
Pearce's, Glasgow, shipbuilder, e.
O69, 669, and Mr.. W. J. Cookson's,
chemical manufacturer, e585. 900.
Beauty shows are not quite a
novelty. The Intermedidire dss Cherch-
etlrS describes one held at Paris in
1856. In remembrance of the oldest
competition of the kind, the prizes
"s scc ,,,-,s.Iiden apples. The first prize was
E-a,oa .r5Yarded to the Queen Of
nth ti,' I7l9 a. roinrs SECOND was obtained
| WIN Ai@o PoAhtH ny RTddla Gar,ura
Most OF the prizes were give. 1aSse.
from Normandy.
Rider Haggard, the novelist, will
visit Persia and surrounding countries
unattended. He is an experienced
traveller and is used to the ways of the
Orient. When he starts off Oh an eN-
pedition like the one he now contem-
plates he buys small dog to accompany
him. This Is the only weapon he takes
with hIm.
"A Newfoundland dog in California,
which lost its master, WAS found no
less than three different times trying TO
dig open his grave. After the last
| visit, according to the San Francisco
Bulletin, the body, for some reason OF
other, was dlsuterred and the dog,
upon shifting the coffin, took to the
woods and thereafter refused all food.
Hereafter the Boston Board OF
Health Will cause the public library
card in each family where a contagious
disease is found TO exist TO be stamped,
so as TO indicate the presence of such
a disease there. The library viii there
after decline to allow other books TO be
taken out on this card until the cOuta-
giOn has been stamped out from the
home, when books returned from such
a locality they will be disinfected.
In the largest jewelry shop in New
\ ork, where -, 900 worth of gold Is
used day, the gold is not weighed out
TO the woTkmen, and nothing but the
honesty Of the employees prevents loss.
But while the gold is allowed TO be
thus exposed, tobacco has to be locked
up, because it has been found that the
man who would not steal a grain OF his
employers gold would not hesitate to
appropriate his neighbor's tobacco.
"A New York jewelry has sent
some wonderful brooches TO the Paris
Exposition. They are gold enameled
orchids, of fifteen varieties, each as per
feet in its way as the product of nature
The stems are made green with en-
eralds. The coloTiug Of the leaves is
marvellous beyond description. testify
ing to the extraordinary skill Of the
designer as well as the artistic sense
and exquisite taste Of the enameler.
"A rare collection of photographs.
Mr. L. Vanderbilt, Of New Brunswick,
/. n. j., who graduated with the class Of
|. 40 from Rutgers College, has present
. ed to the college museum his collection
Of photographs of Generals and other
officers of the late war, said 10 De the
largest Of the kind in the country. The
collection numbers over loo pictures,
and includes every Major General.
Brigadier General or high officer of
note. The pictures in the collection are
all taken from life, with the exception
of one, Maj. Gen. a. W. Whipple, who
was killed IN battle. and whose rank
was raised after his death. Mr.. Spadsr
was unable TO get photograph Of this
officer, but the publishers Of the Cen
ttTy borrowed one, which they repro
duced in print. One Of the print copies
fills the vacant place in the collection.
, 1t is amazing how policemen on
the Brooklyn Bridge are Piled with
question. One of them thus talks about
some Of his experience: Sometimes =
man viii come up to me on a warm
day and take his hat of for five min
utes, while the river breeze cools his
head. He asks all kinds OF questions.
How long my hours are, what my pay
Is, how / like my work, and such
things. We'll, said one man to me
once, after talking with me a little
while, you're lucky man. Don't
lever try 10 do anything else. wish
were a policeman Do you know, one
man used to come to me every day all
lone summer and talk for half an hour.
1t seemed as if his face got o der every
lday. lie used TO say 10 say to me:
Talk to me: tell me about your work.
He seemed to like to listen 10 me.
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