Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.

During the early DAYS OF the war
Gen. Garfield, while in Kentucky,
bought farm near Prestonsburg for q
few hundred dollars. Recently his wi
dow sold it for $1,000.
"A new telephone has been brought
out IN England which Is said not to N.
fringe on any existing patent. 1t is o.
tile most simple construction, consisting
OF an electrO-magnet and celluloid
diaphragm.
One of the oldest silver brooches
shown resembles dilapilated shoe,
leces. A dozen small diamonds glitter
ing from the sole take the places
usually occupied 10y nails.
Among Tie many gifts received by
Mr.. Stanley recently is a well worn
copy of Shakespeare's works, from a
laboring man. Mr.. Stanley was muct
gratilied by the receipt of It, and
wrote the glver n cordial letter Of
thanks.
Three thousand patents have been
granted to women siuce the establish
ment of the United States patent office.
Some of these are Of considerable i'm
portance. The hollow brick for tluea
and partition walls is the Invention OF
woman.
There are people who still believe
in the practicabihty OF COW mixers.
One of them has just got a patent for
four tube arrangement by which he eX-
poets to draw off the contents Of the
udder without being kicked over fuI
his smartness.
The United States Government
Commissioner of Patents estimates that
from six TO seven-eIght5 OF the entire
manufacturing capital Of the United
States, or six thousand millions of dol
lars, is directly or Indirectly lascd
upon patents.
In Russia, when collins are coy
cred with cloth, the colo of the cover
ing is TO certain extent distinctive,
pink being used when the deceased is p
child or a young person. crimson fnI
women and brown for widows; but
black is in no case employed.
The increase or capacity Of the
SueZ canal resulting from the use Of tho
electric light for night passages Ia
equivalent to widening the canal f.1m
its present bottom width of twenty-five
metres to thirty-two metres an opera
AAO4A "A4ANAA NOAA4A GO0L ~ AClA2A --f. .NyO.-
900.
Cyrus W. Field is said to wear two
watches. one an elaborate affair,
valued at 3, 500, is worn to please
friend who presented II 10 him, and the
other. an ordinary gold watch, is worn
to tell the time of day. He does not
use the fine watch for fear of being
thought too ''shOwy."
The uses of electricity extend. An
electric fiatirOn is one Of the new ilIug-
under the sun. The iron is hollow, and
the wire passes into the center and j
arranged that when the electricity +
turned on the flat face of the iron Is
kept at an even degree of heat-just
sufficient to do good work
1t is reported from Rome, Italy.
that there are alarming assures in the
dome of St. Peters. About century
ago similar state Of things was Ucme-
died by encircling the dome with
strong band OF metal. The band was
heated and itr contraction on cooling
was found to be sufficient to close up the
cracks.
William Waldorf Astor, since hc
became the richest man in America,
has the glOOm;est expression of face
conceivable, his former cheerful de
meanOr having entirely departed. His
head hangs forward Ike that Of man
who is weighed down by responsible
ties, and his eyebrows are drawn to-
gether IN an almost querulOus fashion.
The latest invention Is a hat with
clock work fixed in the crown When
wound up il causes a little door to open
on one side of the hat, when the figure
of young man appears and makes a
polite bow, thus saving the wearer the
trouble and Inconvenience Of taking of
his hat every time he meets an ac-
quaintance III the street.
Engraving on metal is probably
the Oldest OF all the arts. If readers
will take the family Bible and turn O.
Exodus xxx, 30, they will find an al
luslon to engraving on gold. In the
rooms Of the New York Historical So
ciety there is an engraved gold ring
which EgyptOlOglsts say dates back To
600 years before Pharaoh.
The japanese government has
taken up the matter of public telephone
service, and proposes to bring in uni
versal Use throughout the country A
line OF telephone has Just been con
structed between Yokohama and StriZ-
noka, distance of 100 miles, at the
cost OF the State, ana a large number
OF other lines are 10 be run very shortly.
The United States has about thirty
acres of land TO each iuhabitaut, while
England has less than two acres.
This is what keeps wage s up in America
and makes the problem Of bread win.
ming easier here than in England. Yet
pTOtectionists assure US that nothing
but the tariff can cause good wage
and keep US all from going to rum.
Shakespeare is well appreciated by
the higher educated natives in India,
and last year a large number Of his
plays were published in the vernacular.
AS You Like IT, and "Tne Winters
Tale" were translated into Tamil and
/ Telegu for Madras; "The Tanning Of
the Shrew' came out in the Puujab
and Hamlet" Much Ado About
Nothing" and 1.-The Comedy Of Errors''
were great favorites in the northwest
provinces.
AS the nuisance OF a network OF
telegraph wires in great city always
has set down against it the evils for
which 1t is responsible, it is only fair TO
record likewise that these wires may be
of some use. a small boy recently fell
out of window on the fifth floor Of q
Milwaukee house, but could get no
further than the telegraph wires, twenty
feet below, from which he was taken
uninjured.
That a child, deaf, dumb anu
blind should be taught TO speak is a
modern miracle. Through the aid of
the of the sense of touch alone little
Helen Keller has acquired vocabulary
of 3, 900 words which she expresses III
u1r tnfN IL
being 1,20O to l 400 and has consider
able knOMledga OF ErencL GarL.-.Lr1