Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-02-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.

! prob ably remain in America psrman-
/ emily. TAey were entered in bond ,fres
/ OF duty, and the time allowed by the
bond having expired. duty has been
/ paid on the entire collection.
Max O'Ren (Parl Blouet), who
has spent some time in Ireland, says:
- have often been asked why I have
not written a book on Ireland. The
answer is this: Ike to write on the
faults of people, and never could find
any in the IriShman." O'Rell has been
/ at the blarney stone.
An audience IN an Indian village
IN Michigan, becoming disgusted at the
/ tameness of theatrical performance,
| chased the actors out of the theatre
/ and organized a dance. The orchestra,
who were not little scared, consented,
without any cOaxing, to provide the
music.
The recumbent statue or the En-
peror Frederick for his tomb has been
finished in the clay by Professor Begas.
of Berlin. Frederick is clad in the
curraSsier uniform, and lies in his
! cloak on a hu Se sarcophagus. The
hands are eros Sed on the breast, and
hold laurel wreath and the hilt of
sword.
The terror of the Sultan when lie
heard the particulars of the Brazilian
revolution led HIM at once 10 distribute
a large sum among his Albian and Nu-
bian guards, and the AREA OF pay
! which are due to the Turkish Army
are 10 be paid of at once, though no
one knows where the money is to come
I from.
"A Nuremburg firm is bringing out
] a kind Of Gn1a f,r IAnfa
/ The sole consists OF sort of trellis
work of spiral metal wire, the inter
st!ces being filed with guttapercha and
ammOniac TOSin. which give them both
strength and suppleneSs. They are
fitted with special nails or two Ordi-
nary s1les, and can be produced so per
cent. below the ordinary prices for
/ leather ones.
According to a despatch from Vi
emma "the star of Bethlehem Will again
| be visible Ia his year, which Will make
/ Its seventh appearance since the birth
of Christ. 1t comes once IN 3l5 years,
and is OF wondrous bTilliance for the
space Of three weeks, then il wanes.
and disappears after L months. II
Will be sixth star added to the five
| fixed stars IN the constellation CassiOpia
While 1t remains in sight
"A cold spring has been discovered
on farm at StOn' ngtOn, Conn, whose
waters have a peculiar but transirOry
effect on the person paTJaking. The
veins swell, and one feels for about ten
minutes as if he were about to explode.
/ Then the sensation gradually subsidies
10 a buZZing in the ears and d sappears
entirely. The water is the talk of the
neighbOrhoOd, and, as there seems to
] ha nc harm fT1 Trfn
n sample has been sent to Boston for
analysis.
"A remarkable End has lust taken
place at st. Pabu, Finisterre. On re-
moving a granite block TO the south
west of the village a Roman fau-e-
tile was observed, which had, auu4r-
emily, served as cover to box Of
wood now fallen into decay. Inside
were found over 10000 small plated
Roman coins of Falerian, DiOcletian,
COnstantius, MaXImus, Lucinius, Con-
stantine the Great. and Constantinus
IL They are well-preserved and date
from 260 to 360.
The American Art Association has
| purchased ground at Forty-second St,
between Broadway and Sixth Avenue.
New York, where it viii erect new gal
leries of art TO he used by the Associa-
ticn and TO be known as the "Angelus
Galleries." There MIL "Angelus''
VIII remain. The famous picture,
however, soon after the present Barye
"Ange!us" exhibition closes. will be
returned to Europe for exhibition in
London, and probably Berlin. II will
then be brought back. and it will be
kept here. as long, doubtless as the as
sociation lasts.
WARP said Moltke. the great
German war general, ''is an element OF
the Divine OTder.' 'War, " saws Prof.
LuedeT, OF Erlangen University, "Is a
good and benefcent and holy institu-
ton OF God" Blood d-letting," known
as war, said Joseph de Maistre the
great Catholic coEtroversialIst, ''seems
to be necessity of mankind" " Wei,
well. these be great authorities. New
ertheless, We pin our faith on General
Grant, who knew war intimately, when
he sa d: LET us have peace.''
New South Wales is about to make
some extensive and very important e1-
penments by sinking artesian wells.
drought Is the great plague OF Aus
trala, and the dark spot in its future
has been the fear that, owing to the
scarcity of water, the land could never
support large population. But, ac-
cordIng TO experts, it has now been
discovered that there are several rivers
flowing under the surface of New
South Wales, and II this water can loo
struck and then stored, the whole
face and future of Austria would be
changed -
"A cable despatch rather dubIous,y
involved the name of ''Stonewalt''
jackson recently as the reputed author
Of a phrase quoted 10y Mr.. PdrneH, as
follows: There are times when tie
InsIgniiiCance Of the accuser is LIST ia
the ingratitude Of the accusation" " Mr..
CaTmack, Nashville editor. points out
that Jackson never had occasion to use
such words, and that it was Henry
Gra' tan, who, in a speech in 1880. did
say: There are times when the insI--
nihcance Of the accuser is lost in the
magnitude of the accusation. -
The value OF the refuse Of a great
city is very much greater than Il IS
usually supposed TO he. Charles Dick
ens's golden dustman is rot figmeut
of he Imagination. II is saId tHat aIi
enterprIsing Italian in New York nov
pays sl5J2 per week FOR the privilege IT
picking over the city's dirt-or nearl.
$50, 900 year. And he does not d.,
pend upon finding diamonds OF gold o..
money. His reliance for profit Is uIs
bones, rags, tin cans. etc a few YER.
ago the city paid men 10 trIm the dir.
then a man was induced 10 pay for IT,,
labor out of his findings, and then com
petition for the place set in, with t.r
result that the city derives eonsiderall.
revenue from letting out the privilege.
Platinum heated In a forge fire in
contact with charcoal becomes fus.bI.