Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-12-17
NEWS IN BRIEF,

NA1'hH Tue iltL44t7 u LIS = AlLL5e SO4ou
les was a girl.
Two { tsousand seven hundred snt
fifty languages are spoken by the inhAb
itauts OF the world.
Two ei0ht-yelr old boys ara In Gus
tidy at s.. Paul, Minu., fyr attempting
t0 Crack" a safe.
"A Till to forbid and punish the
max n OF cJriCNuCe5 haa been intro
a-eeI ILtJ &c ! g stature of Vermont.
The Australian tailor who Travelled
In track fiOH NieYna to Paris has
Just made jlIs lripflolu Paris to London
IL tie same manner,
A great hydraulic C nal Is proposed
10 convey 4 p,r.Iou Of the water OF
Niagara River, Rui thus utilize this
enormous power fcr manufacturing
purposes.
or the 1910 species of flowers now
cultivated III Europe, only ten per cent.
give lor any oIUr Therefore It
:aunot be said that most flowers are
tIagIaut.
The latest invention IS clothing
made OF a fabric in which fine threads
OF cox are iHlerwOyeu With wool or
silk, which Tende ItImp ss.ble for the
welrer 10 siak in water.
One OF the latest inventions IN the
bicycle line is a whistle that IS operated
By tie automatic appica OF
small wheel upon the revolving tire OF
the steering wheel.
farming IN WasLington's day knew
nothii Z os machIl ery: even the hrst iron
pow. patentei in 1871, was u failure,
( FOR New Jerusalem la mers thought, il
/ poisoned the soil.
! "A prominent member Of the New
York Stock Exchange has been arraign-
Ell before the FOveTnug COMMITTEES on
the char -e o. mdscorOus conduct In the
board loom. HIS Ofenss was resting bis
loot IL = chair.
T There Is a family il Armstrong
County, Peun.-fdJuer, mnfher aud
4 CulldTen-whosec comb nee " light Il
1870 pounds, au average of2IU pounds.
One Of the girls weighs 3J5pouuds, and
i OILY eleven years old.
Z Miss Ticknor, of Boston, has done
more TO encourage home study than any
woman in New England. She founded
a Home Society seven. cen years ago,
which has membership # 5240.
Professor Coreu, OF Brssl4u, Ger
many, his found by careful experiment
t az The heating Of damp hay 10 tenn
! pe:atuTe suIci, n 10 cause spontan-
eous combustion IS due 10 fungus.
The distance from which : light
/ HouSs becomes visible on board an
/ o can v-ssel depends upon the state OF
weather and the ocean In claar calza
I weather a powerful light can be seen
tIlTty mile.
Miss Alice RosallI vas the frat
! singer Who brought out Cardinal New
( mans hymn, Lad, Kindly Light. d"
She NJ II with :. eatsuccess at one Of
! herannua. Concerts at the Princes Hall,
! London.
TIE PhIyg'an cap isagalu coming
to the front IS Il form in lad es' head
gear, J. Is IN q the basis OF some OF
The most chic French hats and bonneti
OF tie season thar are seen at fashion.
able u llIuery openings.
Miss Lou CucIrlne, a composltor
7 at Dre-un CHy, successfully mAn1pu.
ldtes an engine that runs the presses
. and thorough y understands the work
/ uiGs OF lie machinery 10 the miuutest
DC al,
"A tree planting society has bean IN.
I ri ell, through letters received from
/ societies Iu The leading cities. Of the diff,
. GCUlt eS OF uIJtu tree piantl2Q. The
. cuIef enemies 10 Tree, IN cIrics are gas,
. horses and eltcLIIC light AID telepbOos
meu.
! "A silver kuea buckle was found T.
/ Gently u swift Run GaP, RJckIHg g1sla
! County. Va, wAI u was set with Lis
molds. 10 is slpnYsgd that they nav
. haye cen lastb Gov. >pnltswOod In IA {.
famous expedition described u Fon
jaIue's history.
-Sin~e ladies' pockets have becoue
so Effectively c0nce led within the tcIi
OF their dresses, rIylp 'cEets have b o.
. o i red 10 invent d new metnoJ OF : ss.
ing purses 1t Is 10 dTlIlicially con ga' p
the hrst TWO iuger-, 50 that they IDHs
s-rve as drlicat, pine rs,
"A traveller has discovered that br
netes are not the rule IN Sp-iu.
Many Spanish women are fair, witu
blue ryes, e-IeCIalIv il CadZ, Will.
,yrn the Basque women often have au-
burn la T.
a boys strange mania was brought
TO the notice of London mag strate.
The boy WAS five and half years old
his lavorIte pasJime beng haillnga cab
man OF a "a K and telling 10 hs was
wanted at SOM dist mt street Ia order
to yet into the Vehicle aud have q
ride,
-Threelitt1e boxes Of CeyIou tsa, each
weighing live rounds, we're sold by sUc-
ton in LoUIon at-iy at the extraorji-
nary price OF S7.G2 peT pound. IL WAS
We y re variety known as "cboicesi
gDideu up ed , koe. The leaf Wa
small u eT4 I'v Ll4Ta1 with -TC1Tar
tipping.
Sammy Brazelton was caught In one
Of hIs own bear traps at TraftoD, CAL,
anl While waiting for assistance nearly
starved 10 death. Postmaster Ester
brook happened along, however, a.
Sammy WAS about 10 ftIHt from hunger
and e'eaSei Lin from lis uufoItuusts
yTedicauenL
Gin Non, = Chinese merchant OF
Riverside, Cal, is about , re urn 10 Chi,
ma 70 secure himself a wIfe, and, ia order
10 be allowed 10 land upon his return, be
has dawn up certificate sstt ng forth
who he Is, and had his Photograph
pas ed on tie same sheet, and tad the
ferelt equity Cfis.als sign the docD.
meut.
It IS interesting TO know that tSs
hair which waves from tie helmets OF
French dragons is the real article
|: being the product OF Chinese and Ton
kin skulls. l. Is fner and lighter thsI
bOTSelar.
The number OF marriages Is In pro-
position OF % 70 every 1000 IndiVidua.
born; the time when the greatest nun
Der Of marriages takes place is In Juns
and Decenbe about the time OF thl
summer and winter sulstlces.