Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-04-30
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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The Philadelphia MINT force has
been working night and day to meat
the demand for silver dollars, of which
1t expects to turn out 1,S00, 900 this
month (April.)
1t is estimated that only twelve
per cent. of the population of Russia
can read and write. The number OF
primary schools is 80. .0J0 for the popu-
lation Of over 10000.
What Is probably the largest cargo
of petroleum ever shipped arrived at
Galatz, Romania, recently. 1t con-
sisted OF J, 100000 gallons and was car
ried by Russian steamer.
A new meteorological and volcanic
observatory is to be opened next May
in Pompeii, when there will be q con-
gress of scientific men to celebrate the
occasion.
Pet Tennyson IS said to be an in
Neterate smoker and the cheap clay
pipe is his SPECIAL favorite. Now we
understand what is meant by piping
his lay.
"A dog in France which was struck
by lightning and considered dead, sf-
terward partly recovered. 1t continued
leaf and blind, and had TO depend on
ITS smell for recognition Of persons aud
things.
The development of Texas has but
Just begun, yet there are 2lO6 post
offices in the State, the receipts are
more than 81 600, 600 annually, and the
length OF mail routes is more than than
22,0O0 miles.
An engineer who has been examin-
ing the condition Of the Panama canal
predicts that 1t Will be finished by the
close of this century. One is glad &c
find they are getting down TO some de
finite time.
Senator EvaTts is noted for his
courtesy. Even in the hustle of a big
city crowd he never fails to lift his hat
and bow If by chaEce he runs INTO any
one of the fair pedestrians who thrOng
the thoroughfares.
In Piedmont. while peasant wa,
engaged in digging tine soil, he discov.
cred deep hole i'll which were found
buried an immense collection of copper
and bronze coins of the Roman EN-.
pire and republic.
An English naval officer has in.
vented pneumatic line throwing gun,
very light and portable, which fires .
hollow shell, bearing the cord 10 Q
wrecked vessel, or into burning build
tngs Oh dry lands.
David y. Wells, the greatest sta.
tlstician of the United States, estimates
that the additional cost TO this coun.
try OF steel during the ten years from
1873 to 1888 in consequence Of the
tariff was $40, 200, 900.
Whenever Gladstone catches cold
he at once goes to bed. This has been
hls rule for fifteen years. 1t is an In.
teresting fact not generally known that
he Wrote his election address announc-
ing the dissolution Of parliament of
1874 iii bed.
john Jacob Astor owned 2.7O-
high class dwelling houses, rented al
an average of 81, 600 year each. He
owned besides tenement houses in IN
told number and no end of real estate
devoted to business uses.
During the last two years the
Italian army has been increased by
30, 600 men, 200 field guns, and 6,OoC
cavalry. Never was the army so nu.
merous or powerfully organized as at
present under the attempt to keep Ut
with Germany's military step.
y new stamp cancenng machine il
being tried in the Philadelphia post
office. 1t is operated by electricity,
and is said to cancel the stamps on let
ters at the rate OF %. per hour. aU.
tomaticaly registering the number
cancelled.
Not every person knows that the
sure test of genuine paper currency it
10 hold the bill u e light, so that
You can discern tw les running pa
rallel across Its entile length. These
are red and a blue silk thread inside
tie paper. No counterfeit has them.
Monuments have now been COM
pleted over the burial places of the En-.
glish, French and Italian troops killed
III the Crimea during the war OF lS54-5.
Russian memorials over her fallen
soldiers on the same plains are on
grander scale, as she continues to hold
The fort, SebastOrol.
In the medical museum, Washing.
ton, there are two skulls all cracked ur
been knocked together They formerly
q,
negroes who butted each other TO death
because a woman CUu'dn't decide
which Of the two She liked best.
H. .. Forbes, Is reported TO have
made an important discovery In the
neighborhood of Christ Church, New
Zealand. 1t is the discovery ina cave
Of a great many valuable relics OF men,
birds and beasts. Not the least inter
esting portion OF tie find consists OF the
bones of an extinct species of swan.
Minnie Madden, the well-known
actress, has married Harrison Gray
Fiske, the editor Of The Dramatic MIR
rOr. The ceremony took place at the
Larchmont manor, with only a few
relatives and immediate friends pres
ent. Miss Maddern's union with Mr..
Fiske is her second marriage. Mr..
Fiske' s wife died about year ago.
AT recent duel between two
young men at Warsaw. both fired and
hit, but the bullet Of one was nattened
against the cigar case or the other, ami
the bullet OF the other was turned aside
by the pocket knife OF his opponent.
The seconds decided that the young
men were not born TO kill each other.
and declared the affair off.
Queen Victoria has written two
books which have never been published.
They are yOluu Is OF travel and recount
her impressions of various places Oh
The continent. She has been so an
noyed 1T the criticisms of her published
works that she has refused 10 have
these manuscripts put into print. They
will be published after her death.
1t is claimed that wall paper can
be made in such way that the pas
sage Of low-tension electric currents
Will heat ii moderately warm to tho
touch and fuse Throughout tha room