Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-28
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

phorus is the latest project. 1t is to
consist of a single span Of $50 yards,
and will connect the railway systems of
European and AsiLtic Turkey.
Ben Butler Is reported TO be worth
s., ,OU0,O00 He has law Offices In sew
eral cities and a pact ce worth 81 co.
600 year. Lowell is the place he
calls his home, and his residence there
is pa'a
New York State has [, 1000, 600 peo-
pie, of whom one-half live In the six
largest cities. The most densely popu-
lated square mile III the world, con-
tainlng 2S9, 900, is sail to be in New
York city.
Mrs. CART Id is now 80 years old.
She Is somewhat stouter than OF old,
and her hair is whittier than in the days
Of her Washington life. She Is said to
10 k prettier in her mourning costumes
than in the brigh er co ors that she
used TO wear.
When Sir Walter Raleigh smoked
the fir,t pipe of tobacco in England the
palace attendants threw wat.r over
him, thinking him on tire. What might
they not have done if he had been
smoking cIgare te?
An exclt ng sceae took place at a
Jul ldA III dSAAoCs ~. lLc ldullll
monument falling, smashing the coffin
and precipitating il, the body and
pail bearer INTO the grave. A new
coffin was soon obtained, and the corpse
buried.
The largest and heaviest locomo-
tive ever constructed WAS made by the
b 4ldwin Locomotive Works for the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
last year. 1t weighed, with its tender,
225, 900 pounds. The ordinary weight
is fIom Al, 000 to 165, 900 pounds.
The Is talk in France OF utiliz-
! ing water courses as a rail ay M tive
power, 1t is proposed that the track
shall be laid on ali ambankment in the
middle of the current, and that the
locomotives shall have two paddle
wheels dipping into the water and re-
yolved by it.
There Is curious law in vogue IN
Switzerland which compels every newly
married couple to plant trees shortly
after the marriage ceremony. The
trees ordered to be planted on wedding
days are the pine and weeping willow.
On natal days the suggestive birch tree
| is selected.
The island of Borneo, generally
supposed to b. Inhabited by wild men
and savages," b lastS of the smallest
re ularly published newspaper in the
| orld. This is the Sardwdk Gazette,
an English paper, size ght and one
quarter inches wide 10y thirteen inches
long, and was first lssUed in August,
1870.
The steamer China, from Japan,
reports that in storm off the Boshu
coast, January oath, over 800 fishing
boats drifted out TO sea, and the 200 or
more men on board were lost. Fifty
fishermen Were drowned off Tobishima,
and tweniy-three Oh the coast of Mas
chawa.
Ca. b. c. Barkley, of Charleston,
). { says that the curlewS and sea-
gulls on that coast at more cl ms than
the entire population OF the city. They
pick them up, carry them into the air,
drop them on the rocks, which breaks
them open, and then, swooping down,
feast on them.
Cinnamon Is the bark of tree,
and is grown most largely in Java and
Ceylan. Only the young branches are
striped for the cinnamon bark. but vecy
small branc .eS are not peeled. Tie
bark is removed IN strips and scraped
on both sides, aud aft-rward suu-dr ed,
when 1t is re dy for commerce.
All the best sites along the hill
country of Judea, between Jerusalem
westward and the sea, have been
bought 10y Russia, and covered with
splendid Greek temples. The great
pilPrimages of the day are from Russia
to Palestine. Every year about thirty
TO forty thousand Russian pilgrims
visit the Holy Land.
"A quaint superstition formerly ex-
isted in Wales to he effect that bees
were originally created white, but be
came brown after the fall; a white
pigeon settling on a chimney is re-
ga -ded as a certain token of death and
in some parts. if in a row of beans one
should happen TO come up white in
stead of gree ., a mem er of the family
Will die before the year Is out.
The King of the Belg ans has
ordered a magnii ent gold casket To
pr sent to Stanley. Several of the most
expert workmen In Belg un have been
engaged on the work. The lid bears a
media lion pOrtr It of the explorer, sur
rounded with precious stones and chas-
ing. The casker IS to contain the
grand Gordon of the Order of Leopold,
with which Stanley Will be inves ted.
The Eiffel tower was recently
struck by ghtning, and many sensa-
t.Onal stories were rculated in refer
ence to the occurrence. Some reports
spoke of the lightning rod having been
melted into ball, others of a shower
of molten iron dropping on the by
ISLANDERS, and. again, others had won
derful tales of sheet lightning and cleo
trio shocks.
The largest sailing ship in the
world IS in the possession OF France.
She is vessel with five mas 8, on four
of which square sail is carried. The
length Is 344 feet. W tn beam OF forty
nine feet The cargo which the France
could carry is 81, 900 tons. The ship is
built of steel, her masts and yards be-
ing of the same material She is at
present trading between France and
tie Pacific.
DIR. Mary Walker has been trying
for fifteen years TO get 5000 from the
Government for services performed by
her during the war "a a surgeon Dur
ing the early months OF the war she
was the only woman surgeon in the
field, and many prominent men, among
whom was Pre- ident Lincoln, have
testified to the value OF h work. Sire
now lies on a bed IN "A little attic room
IN w aShlng ton PENN ess, AM suffering
from a serious accident which befeIl
her over year ago. AS a result of her
injuries it is likely that one leg will
have to be amputated. There is no
good reason why Or. Walkers claim
should not be al owed, and 1t probably
will be, as the House COMMITTEES on
War Claims has decided favorably.
AproDoS of the recent large output
81 -. 4.
of Russia, the Oil, Paint and Drug
Capa A