Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-04-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.

"A quantity Of fish shippel to Read
ing, Penn, from Maryland were found
to be alive when Unpacked, and when
thrown into a tank OF water darted
around as lively as ever.
"A London confectionery store gives
to every purchaser of a shiIIing,s worth
ticket emitting the purchaser to have
one photograph of herself taken at an
establishment up-stairs.
Some unknown person has been
sending one thnusand-pound notes Ia
anonymous letters TO various charities
in England.
The Car of. Russia has never worn
the uniform of a Russian Field Mar
shal. 1t Is one Of the forty four uni
forms he possesses, and by family ira
ditiOn can only be worn in tie field sf-
ter a victory.
The largest single pension which
has ever been awarded in this country
has inst been drawn in Indiana by
Charles Flaherty, an engineer on the
NandalIa roal. 1t amounts TO S13, ,070.
Sending pictures 10y telegraph is
one of tie latest inventions. The
salient points OF the picture are estab-
llshed by a previously agreed upon sys-
TEN of cO-ordsnates, and the de.ails are
hlleu IN by The descriptive words
aCutu'
1t j. estimated lhaJ the Iorlda
orange crop ol I,it present season VIII
exceed , uU0,OgO boxes, AM may reach
2. 2.5JU,0U0. 1t las been a prosperous
season for the growers. Last year the
nulnner OF boxes was l,SUO,OVU-
r rom the year the Patent once
was established up 10 Tie present time,
q n,
o0Co patents nave Deeh sIahleu 10 le-
males. Inc hIst woman patentee was
Mary hees' Who invented machine
LOT weaving mixture OF SIX ana
LII
y ouhS AoraIaih Lincoln Whlle
nnI Sr'. u'''i me lSt Mlote 70 d ILLGIG III
~, 80. 80 an ellJ9S i,s my Sett mere;
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anu anu 'lICe T.ioe iel' llOlnS' "uO 'lieIe
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t1,,ss tto.s ,, ~ d s'iiie Vi 0''S' O"i' Win 'ue
oc'ehIluc farming ID IIaly IS 10 De
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beId tho CieIJ sinca n or, bafoTa ths
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To- .o ,,'I'SU lI'i az 'ioii ~ 'le
the largest animals OF their class They
are so large and strong that It Is said
I'm India burglars sometimes makes
use of them seiZinp hold of the lizards
tail and being drawn by il to the upper
windows of a house.
The first submarine teIepbone line
-running between NIontevideo and
Buenos Ayres-is tbirty-miles long, the
entire length with the overland line be-
ing lSn miles. There are five inter
mediate stations all of winch can tele-
phone and telegraph simultaneously
with the other Stations
p .easantville, n. j., has a citizen
with twenty five fingers and toes. Some
of them had to lie cut off because they
restricted his freedom of action. The
freak in This case appears to be $
iamlly one. MS taIuer anu hls OTolh-
eTS anu SISTERS having hau seven toes
edch Oh tue IeII iOol.
The 1-cent stamp in the new Uni
ted States postal series l. the object OF
much artistic criticism. 1t is said that
ETankln's profile portrait on the stamp
is 'Iutty faced persOniication of SEN
ihty," and a bel on the good old
| printer whose memory all Americans
delEht 10 hohor.
"A company has been formed iu
France for tie urpose Of div-rtIng the
GuierO River to ST. ChrIstophe, where
a fall OF 200 meters would be thus OBJ
! taiueI, represent ng force of 1000
horse power, which would be utilized
IN developing electricity for the produc-
| ton of aluminium 10y new process
| from the clay there found.
Max O'ReIl tells a story to the eff
feet that Alfred Tennyson, when a
young poet, called on bluff, gruff old
Thomas Carlyl- and together they sat
near the fireplace for hours, neither
| speaking. Finally carlyle accom-
! panied Tenuyson to tie door, and,
! shaking his hand warmly, bade the
! young man come again, for he Carlyle
had enjoyed such pleasant time.
At Kansas CITY recently Il was an
nounced that Thomas \. Edison would
| deliver an address, though he was thou
| sands of miles away. one or his i'm
proved monographs was set in opera
| lion. and though il did not deliver an
| address. it spoke the inventors apology
| for not having prepared one, and spoke
! it so loud that every word Was heard
| distinctly throughout the hall.
T,ara i , c,,rious IA, 30 ,r,,o-.s+-
,,C, i+rrT,,'f,,, - ,',t VII To I,aSr 70
uns,pv readers In Africa the preHr
| serve for tI,. nurDose that the aHY
serves for the European languages For
| example: Spain, Spaniard, Spauish-so
| in our mother tongue: but IN Africa
! Cganna is the name of a state. Wa
| rtI.Ia are the inhabitants thereof and
! AIaranda the language.
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