Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-04-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

BldNlQR CdIuS uSCI "tlc lGSEhNlN AOdnh
in Pompei an excavations and are now
in the possession of collector in PhiIa-
delphia. The cards are perfectly
square
Before paper came into general Use
our Teutonic forefSthers wrote their
letters, etc, on wood. The Doe, or
beech, being closely grained and plenti-
full in northern Europe, was employed
for the purpose, and hence the word
book
The revolver caused more than one
hundred deaths in England in 1889 in
cluding murders. suicides and accidents
"a large increase over the number for
1888. Some of the English newspapers
fear that this indicates an approach of
cowboy manners.
A Boston drummer had IaTrOW
escape from death while being shaved,
at Manchester, \. H., recently. The
barber dropped the razor on the BOs-
tonian'5 wrist, severing the cords and
blood vessels, and the fortunate pres
ence of q physician alone saved his
life.
"A dime is the smallest coin in value
that circulateS IN Virginia City, New.
Numerous attempts to Introduce five
cent pieces have been made, but they
all failed. a stOTekeepeT who attempted
to force nickels into circulation thereby
made himself dislIked with the result
that his trade soon fell off and he had
to retire from business.
Upon the death or the Italian
Prince Amadeus the lottery offices in
Vienna were besieged with tickets
bepring the number A, which accord
ing TO the lottery dictionary signifies
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.ite .i pl,'s eLo oLI y al O4i'
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It.
"A IIIIe IouuleI' Ihe son OF an IN
ulahit SdlooA Keeper gong uen!AH IAt
some wbiskev and drank his fill and
then stretched out for a uap. When
found bv his parents he was almost
dead. Physicians worked for several
hours before lie recovered consciousness.
Ii IS Ia" anu lllllDS were SLluGLeu IKE
those of a corpse.
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t,rant7Is sn,,Tc, at nm stril,Hg nm
nD tn, SIC of = q ,,.cIy T-,,,, fI,a bo,-l-
neck the insect Ieaprd INTO d barrel half
full of crackers. No one caring 10
medIle with such an ugly customer, at
Or Iuv
rel WAS dOsel with kerosene, and then
carried into tie street anI set on ire.
STANDING r7ou7 tra Stony cy,iar
,,,as coTsi'ItrafIa If D, - NJ 10
found a irarsTtfo~ rF r., I.,4r. ..r.f.
in nIy,nl,,II-ayut.nf-u.D a rarnarL.,I,rs
full-bIOod I-nc4U4ua iial t.0ruau OF
Dakota who us,d TO participate in all
tine conferepr.s r-,I Iv fine Sion.
chiefs, with wh N she mad a great deal
of influence. Some Of her l-teiy pub
lrshel verse. containing TRANSACTIONS OF
Standing Cloud, Is characterized 10y
eloquent simplicity.
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entire chest.
California engiuaers baya .ccor,-
nIisbed the dIf6cuit task of Gffmg the
Feather river a rlst fovyfng sfTa,n,
fffy foot md c1rr,-fr,s, n In. T,,,r. ill.,,
naIf y MIL. in an .,rfifi.i.1 I,.d ~ tI,t
baiI,bt .hova lts ,,II gT,,,reI II h.s
hem ACCOMPLISHED In a IitfIa less than
a vear The object vas to dram tba
,i,..r,,e.r pr,,i D. 3r ri.r ., r..,,.b
tba varv ricb ,,,l,I dan,sitz l,sIiay,.s n,
a,-ist in IT, bai m r,ror,,,.,.g ~ ~
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"A historic Tree, on Tie Oh Elder
W ilSon larm IN ) In toh, X l., las
De- DEE leIIe"' II va cHe''Hul, ana
lai pe'H u.i'I~eu Ds lHe boIIIIIeS ID
IIit eAcICll3 C'l'les OIL Clie boII "'r as
hl''hS pace I"I -uIS. II Sloou IN an
op'h I'lu Oh Oue ldIlu' ne trunk,
"hlch was nlhe Iret iouT inches IN d.
auneIeI, Han o.'h mono" as long as
any one Nv ius can IeLhenOeIr anu
ta!i man coulu enter and stand erect
'a,i $500, iiia
feat in 1iamater Tba 49, - -,
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faIIing
"A unique lunch club has been
started 10y a New ork dry goOis king.
a local paper gives these FACTS about 1t:
ne rooms are IN vault under
bIoauWdy' anu are IHe ordinary "AIte-
washed stone walled ailalIs oi that sort.
Inc LaOle consists oI lour packing