Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-08-21
NO. 80.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

EANhNAS bNs fnAAeAN NA@Ng NeAA
and can what they get.
The name of Key East. y. j., has
been changed to that of AYon-by-the-
Sea.
Students who use tobacco in any
form are denied admission to the Uni
versIty OF the Pacific at San Jose, Cali
fornia-
"A Nebraska boy stubbed his toe
recently, InJuring his foot so severely
that lockjaw resulted, from which he
died.
Out of respect to Queen Victoria,
the private papers Of John Bright, like
those of Lord BeacOnstield, Will not be
published till after her death.
A farmer In Connecticut fed his
cattle on leaves during portion of last
winter, 1t is said, and he intends to re-
peat the experiment when cold weather
again sets in.
From Vienna comes the intelli-
gence that tourist and guide names
unknown) fell from precipice and
Were killed while descending from the
peak Of Sonnblick, in Corintma.
"A Yankee has set up a school in
= Gnd adve.tjses that he "will
teac,- ny EreEchmtn 80 speak the only
sensible language IN tine world in six
weeks and at cost of only So
a Bartlett pear tree near Wiusted,
Conn, is not only loaded with half
green pears, but recently put out buds
,gaiu and is white with blossoms \
zee loaded both with fruit and bios
ms IS a rarity.
Sapphire produces somuambElism
I'D impelS the weaTer To all guul
""rks. In the zodiac IL signifies Leo,
ID in Christian art is dedicated TO st
..adrew, embiematic of his heavenly
;,.;h and good hope. Some give this
e:-m TO April.
During a short thunder storm at
:: trim, Iloga county, Pa, lightning
=; oke telephone wire, turned one end
:.~ck and welded it solily, making a
Jp. 1t is said the weld was as per
''st as any expert could have made
Recent experiments at the ear hos
{; -it;tl in London Indicate that stalnmer-
dg is not 4 nervous defect only. In
pcrations for deafness in several cases
he patients were cured Of suammerlng
GlsO, and the result is the opinion that
dammering comes from some defect in
the hearing.
Physicians around Galena. Wis.
ale puzzled over the case of an S-weeks
old child that has been asleep ever
since its birth. The infant, which is
perfectly formed and of ordinary sze.
takes nourIshment regularly, but never
wakes.
The feat of lowering a large house
Intact from an undesirable location on
a hill 80 feet high 10 the street was ac-
complished in San Francisco lately, the
cost being about 500. The building.
before removal, brought on account Of
its poor location. only $50.
"A curious collection Of newspaper
cuttings is being brought together by
NJ. l5enedetto Locatelil, by order of the
municipal authorities of San Reno. It
Is to contain every article published by
the Italian press on the Emperor Fred
erick III during his last stay at San
Reno. The collection will be kept at
the Bibliotheca Municipale OF the
town.
The Shah, on his former visit to
London, attended a grand concert given
in his honor. Being asked afterward
What part OF the programme especially
pleased him, he expressed great delight
in hearing the first selection, referring
to the hldeOus sounds accompanying
the "tuning-up of the orchestra.
The Burmese believe that the ruby
ripaps like fruit. They say that a ruby
in its crude state is colorless, and, as It
natures, changes first to yellow, then
to green, then 10 blue, and lastly TO a
brilliant red. its highest state OF perfec-
tion and ripeness. In the zodiac IL
stands for Aries. Some give it 10 De-
cehber, and make It the emblem OF
brilliant success.
When a French Deputy is cen
sured and expelled by the Legislature
lie IL forbidden, it is said, even TO enter
the palace where the sessions are held
during the fifteen sessions following
his expulsion, and he Is fined a half OF
his pay as a member. Furthermore.
he IS compelled to advertise his shame
i'll the department which lie represents,
at his own expense, by posting in pub
lie places three hundred printed ac-
counts of the whole affair.
The Jack Sheppard" of Sing Sing
Prison, y. Y, died there recently. He
was James Montgomery, serving a term
for hurglarly, and received his alias on
account of his daring attempts to es-
cape from the institution. On January
,, 1899, while timing the roof Of the
main prison with gang Of convicts,
lie eluded his keepers, went down on a
rope ladder he had secreted about his
person, entered Warden Brush's bath
room and then walked boldly through
the latteT's house TO the outside coun-
try, where, after hard chase, he was
captured at the point Of a pistol by
Farmer GinsleT and several other men.
In June last, with Convict Charles II.
Cummings, who occupied the adjoining
cell, ne removed a big stone from be-
tween the cells, and had nearly sawed
the bars Of an outside window
when discovered. As the deceased has
10 known relatives OF friends he was
buried in the prison cemetery.
"A juvenile beggar IS working q
very profitable little game around New
York. He is s years old and wears
just enough clothing TO keep within the
lines OF decency and always looks dirty
aud forsaken. He usually takes his
stand near the entrance TO a reslau-
rant, and when a patron comes out he
asks him for nickel to get a cup Of
coffee or sandwich. He tearfully tells
Il sad story Of how he has lost a little
money and is afraid to go home. He
invariably gets his nickel and, TO the
douer's satisfaction, always makes 4
joyful dive for the door. 4 World re-
porter who had noticed HIM several
nights in succession begging, handed
him nickel the other evening to "get
4 cup of Coffee AS be disappeared in
tie doorway the reporter hurried down
the steps TO keep an eye on him. As
soon as the lad got inside the restau-
rant lie hauled out from under his coat