Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-03-12
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NO. II.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

of E. Andress, or willlsinsport. Pa
whose uncle Imported it from England
in 1919.
A canary in Sanford, Fla, that
had not warbled a note for months. re-
Gently to the surprise of its owner, sang
for several moments and was quite
lively, and then fell from its p rch and
died in few seconds. ...
AT Auburn, Cal, a woman, while
watching her hens scratching IN the
garden, saw them unearth bright OBJ
| ject and try their bills upon lit Shs
took 1t into the house, and it proTed. to.
be a piece of gold worth S57.
"A big pond on lots in Long Island
| City, l.. l., while being drained for
building parposes, was found to be ?
fairly alive with fish, principally perch.
many of them Of unu>al ze They
were carried away alive in pals liter
ally by thousands. . e ..-...u ..
"A steed that bore its owner, "a
Confederate cavalry major, through
seventeen engagements, Is said 20 be
drawing the plow on Georgia pfanta-
ton. This must be the old horse de.
| combat they used to talk about.
"A singular case of insanity is re-
| ported from Nebraska 4 young man
| named Post was sunStrucki about tour
years ago, aud each winter since then
lie has become insane. his mind nearly
rlghting with the return OF spring, 81
Acting Secretary Batcheller has
decided, in the case of the Strauss
Orchestra from Vienna, who desire TO
visit the United States on a 6-mouths'
| trip, that they can be admitted as
artists If they are musicians who COM
bine skill and taste with manual exeeu-'
ton in their art. -
"A Hindoo gentleman has called >
congress of Bramin priests and learned
men for the purpose of Incorporating
the Bible among the sacred books Of
India, and officially recognizing Christ
as the last and spiritual IUdtIr, or In
carnatlon OF Brahma, the supreme
deity.
There are sad to be scores Of
women in Charleston, :. c., who make
| all their pin money by selling flowers.
! The sales are made through small col
ored boys who hoves about the hotel
corridors and porticos with walters fult
| of tiny bouquets, which are readily
sold to tourists and other strangers.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, it is
declared, is not so infrm in either body
or mind as to prevent her taking daily
exercise or keeping up regular CORES
pOndence with her friends, among them
Mr.. Gladstone and the Duke of Argyll,
both OF whom recently wrote her letters
appreciative of her biography OF her
son, Rev. Charles f. Stowe.
The ''historic table, WHICH figured
in Paris in the palace OF the fine arts
during the exhibition is a circular Oh
ject, made of porcelain, and was ord
cred of Isabey by the first Napoleon,
who paid nearly $4,000 for it, the minia-
ture painter having painted upon it
medallions OF all TIE marshals Of tbs
empire.
An Anglo-ROman company has
Undertaken a contract TO light Rome
by electricity. The plant is TO be set
up at Tivoli, it is said, and power sup
piled by water there, the current then
being transmitted by overhead wires TO
the city Itself, and throughout the city
by overhead wires for pbulic Iighing,
and by suUways FOR lighting private
! houses.
The Americans who are exploring
and excavating in Mesopotamia have
every reason, so far, to be ttIsfied with
the results. At Niffer, the NIpur or
the ancients they have laid bare the
temple of Bel-a very fine one-and
have found inscribed tablets which date
back TO about 375 b. c.; and at Ur. in
the great temple library, they have dis
covered many inscribed tablets, cyiin-
ders and bricks of much religious and
historical Importance.
England makes better forgings
and raZors than we do. Their razors
ara forged by hand. The WOOlwieh
Arsenal has made 1lO-ton piece OF
forging. The smallest buckles made
are three-eighths of an Incl in size. A
| blacksmith and helper would forge bat
twelve or fourteen per day by the Old
method. Now one American machine
can turn out $50. Paris blacksmith
work II hours per week. g.
Among the delicacies which grsced
Queen Victoria's table at Christmas
was turtle 100 years of age, which
had been brought from the Ascension
| Island a week previously By the, Gov
ernment cruiser Wye. So thoroughly
did her Majesty enjoy the soup pro-
duced from the fat OF the reptile. that
the Wye has just been despatched 10
AscenslOn-a distance of many thou
sand miles-for a further supply of
turtles.
The latest and most unique inven-
ton is a machine for buttering bread.
1t IS used In connection with a great
patent bread cutter, and is intended
for use in prisons, work houses aud
other reformatOry Institutions There
is a cylindrical shaped brush which ~
fed with butter, and lays thin layer
on the bread as It comes from tire cut
ter. The machine can be worked by
hand, steam or electricity, and s.aas a
capacity of cutting and butteFing. $50
loaves of bread an hour. The, saving
of butter and of bread and the decrease
in the quantity of crumbs is said 70 be
very large. h7'
George w. Fox, of Redwood city.
California, has in his possession one Of
the most remarkable curlosIt-es ever
found on the Pacific COast-ffotHiug
more or less than an abaloue she'll in
the interior OF which, firmly eReased in
the pearly shell secretion, therei are q
btby's shoe and stocking. The shape
is perfect in every particular, and the
size indicates that the owner OF these
redals coverings was a very yuung
child. The sole of the shoe and the toe.
badly worn and red from water soak
ing can be plainly seen where the, Sc
cretion has not entirely eRveloped
them.
"A corked bottle that evidently had
1oated about20U0 miles, was picked
up in the river, near Pointe Coupee.
La, recently. 1t was opened AMI the
contents found to be a slip Of paper
bearing these words: Thrown over at