Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-07
NEWS In BRIEF.

The German officials are Fastening
the preparations for the departure OF
the Emin expedition. 1t is believed the
first objective point of the expedition
will be the lake district.
"A 11-year-old lad who climbed TO
the dome of the State House at Topeka
recently, managed to fall TO the base
ment. a distance OF so feet, without
breaking bone.
The next fad among the doctors
will be the administration of medicines
through the skin by means of an cleo
trlc current. since this has been shown
to be poSSibl, 10y some English and
German doctors. The world moves.
Rabbi Stern, of Washington, in
!ate lecture referred TO the faith Of the
Indian as being nearly identical with
that of the Isrdelite, and said thyt in
treatment the same fate had overtaken
them in being driven from their posses
sions.
The ex-Emperor OF Brazil recently
entered a restaurant at Cannes and
nodded familiarly to one of the walt
ers. 1t turned out that the waiter had
been one of Don Pedro's attendants in
Rio de JaneIro.
-PaganinnI's favorite violin-a
Guarnerius del Gesu Of l743-is pre-
served under a glass case in the NUM-
cipal Palace of Genoa, his birthplace.
He bequeathed il to the city on condi-
tion that 1t never should be used.
An old well, over 1000 feet deep,
was discovered recently at NauvOo, III.
1t is believed 10 De connected with sub
fsar-, 4 10. #
the days when Mormons made the town
their home.
A remarkable three-story reservoir
has just been built upon Mpntmartre,
the highest point In Paris. Tie capac-
ity is II, $50 square meters and the area
2,3 o square meters. II IS proposed to
supply the whole city with water from
this high level.
There are now 80 creamatories in
various parts of the world, In Italy
23; i'll a herIca. IL; ard Z gland, Ger
many, France. Switzerland and Sweden
have only one each. The Archbishop
of Paris has forbidden the practice of
CIT nation in lds jurisdiction.
Artificial gems at the Paris expo
sition are SAID TO have surpassed any
thing ever before shown, some of the
pA4LLilll- tNttl uCd4tAo anu GA
perts- The artificial pearls were
especially successful, no means being
found to distinguish the genuine from
the artificial, except the Use of a file.
When Sir J. Heischel WAS defend
Mg the character OF as economical sci
eHce in view OF an error of II arly 4,
90, ,0JO miles in estimating the suns
distance, the correction was shown TO
] WH.awa
small as to be equivalent to the appar-
ent breadth of human hair at a dis
tance of l25 feet.
The magnitude OF the Siberian
railway scheme which the Russian gov
ernment has under advisemeIt may be
understood from the report OF the en-
glneer at the head of the commission
that has been invrStigat ng the matter.
He announces that the whole line can
be completed bv the year 1890 at an eY-
pense of about S13O QUO, 900.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
gone into the business of manufactur-
ing ice wholesale. The company will
establish ice factories at points ali
along its main line. THIS will enable
it to make ice enough to supply all the
tanks on che cars for the comfort or
the passengers and to keep perishsble
goods in healthful condition through
out the heated term.
Monte Carlo ou:waTdly IS one OF the
most beautiful and attractive places il
Europe, but more suicides occur thers
than at any of the capitals of Europe.
The great gaming establishment IS re
SpOnSible for an untold amount of mis-
cry, and every gold pieca of profit might
almost be said TO be wet with human
blood.
The London institute OF ACtuaTles
proposes to dispense " III the services
of medical men in examining for insur-
ance in cases where the applicant pre-
fers to make q statement GefOre a re-
spOasible officer. This change is based
upon the idea that thousands of people
in good health will not insure because
they have to Uass through the doctors
surveillance.
Eight new war vessels are TO be
added to the japanese navy before the
end of February, 1892, three TO DO
completed this year and the remaining
five before the date mentioned above,
and l3 more before 1894. Since April
last year the Naval Department has
paid abroad the sum OF l,70S, 235 on
account of new mcn-of-waT, guns, etc.
"A burglar named Heine, while be-
ing taken from Louisville to Eddville,
KY, to work Oh prison contract, es-
capped from the train in a daring man
! neT. He walked forward in the car to
| get a drink of water. When near the
| door he seized the guard, chOked him
70 insensibiility, and. with another con-
vict who was helping HIN, jumped of
( the train and disappeared Ill the dark
ness.
Modem inventions have a hard
! time of it IN ConstantinOple. a Ger
man photographer undertook TO catch,
| a picture of the sultan as he rode to
| the mosque, but the royal guard rushed
upon him and smashei his Instruments.
| The reason for the violence is an inter
dict of the Koran which forbids all pic
lures Of the human form. The photo
! grapher, after a months Imprisonment,
was saved by the Intervention of his
| Ambassador.
Robert Browniug's will, dated
| Temnyson and +. r Palgrave, and left
all his property to his son, the artist
| Robert Barrett Browning, save a
charge of 81 900 year to Miss Brown
ing, the poets sister. The gross value
of the personal estate IN the United
Kingdom is sworn under SS4, ,0U0, but
there Is also property IN Italian stocks
and real estate. This was chiefly in
| herited money, well invested.
NJ Edmond Soaet recommends In
| Bull. Soc. Roy. Phar. Brux. the use OF
| 3 drops of tactic acid to l6 grains of