Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-11-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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a silk handkerchief, so often recon.
/ mended for wiping the spectacles or
/ EYEGLASSES, IS not good for this pur-
J pose as 1t IN axe the glasses electrical
and cAuses dus- to adhere to them.
Life in the little German village or
| Strobeck, in the HartZ Mountains Is
! almo en- iuely given up to chess play
! ing. Even the children in the schools
are proficient in the ancient and royal
| game.
Each section OF our great country has
a specially" which is more or less de-
! tructive heproductiveness of the soil;
not only this but to the general welfare
| ot the human family.
English shOemakers always cut a Y
IN the bench leather for luck. Swed-
! lsh carpenters mark a cross on their
! tools for the same purpose, and many
| Painters mark a cross and TT angle on a
high scatfoid before they feel cOmforts-
ble upon 1t.
In China the man who lives nearest
che scene of a murder is accuse OF the
crime, and he must prove his innocence
| pr stand the punishment. Consequent
! iy if he Is innocent he rattles around
pretty lively 10 discover the criminal.
Nearly every building intended for
fhe trical performances is called an
opera house. If it Is over rich mans
store III a swell little town the show
hall viii be called the grand opera
house, though its patrons may never
See grand opera nor any other kind OF
opera.
Railroads are invariably the forerun-
ners OF civilization. Tney Will lift up
the benighted people VIII are responsible
for tine tOTOidding name by which Afri.
ca Is now known. They will carry gos-
pei Of light ana liberty. They viii be
veritable missionaries on wueels.
1t is a point for the boy growingup
on the farm to consider that the
farming Iale'' well learned will pay
him as well as, or better than any othsT
trade he eau Adopt. The boy who
thoroughly learns all the details Offarm
processes, when he AT ives at mans es-
tate is well equipped Tor the battle Of
life As it is p oss bis 10 be.
There Is no other country on the globe
IN which the construction of canals and
the canaliZatiOn of rivers would be at
tended by greater advantages than in the
Uni ed States; but we have been so ab-
sorbed in railroad build NJ that we have
only thou. lJ of aid talked about such
enterprise bu-tNa time VIII come when
their IeaI impo. taLce ~. be recOg
nized-
The news apers areagaln speculat-
ing on the probability that the Nor
mons viii gather IL, N elves together,
OIg and baggage, anu go TO Mexico.
As there is no danger that their morals
viii have an injurious effect on the na-
4 L.
hoped that IeY will 90 hence without
DELAY. Ii they can teach the MexicAns
industry their going will be a good
thing all around.
Insurance Il not only a benefit to
the individual insured. but also to the
society, since II prevents the undoIug OF
any member of the society aud leads to
greater confidence aud enter. rise III the
acquisition of property. On the other
hand il IS jUslihAble and wise that an
individual should provide that his loss
shall lie shared by tue many, he giving
them reasonable compensation for the
tlsk they assume.
What We need IS no. reforms ir
methods and forms so nue. as a change
in social tendencies. Let the i10uenc es
which are concentrating wealth at the
cost of iguOT nceand pJveTi y among the
masses be checked and the fundamental
Intention OF rvpt bHCan institutions will
assert itself. LIT them keep on and
the misgoveUument Of american cities
W IL be among the Least of the evils that
follow.
1t is said that the electric compass
IS having an excellent effect on the
sal ors on ships in which lJ has been
adopted, as the steering in such cases
his marked ImprOvedly, The object OF
this invention Il TO Indicate by an electric
bell placed IN the Captains cabin any
deviation from the course laid down
though any carelt IS ess Of the man a
the wheel. ThiS Invention is likely Il
materially lessen dangers at sea.
Noble works ought not to be
printed in mean aud worthless forms
and cheap pness ought TO be limited by au
instructive sen-e and law OF fitness.
The binding % a book IS the dress
with W ich 1t walks out into the wOrldt
, Tie paper, type and Ink are the body
% in which its soul IL dom-cIled. And
these three-sOul, body ID habilImont
are a triad which ought 10 Ue adjust
ed TO one another by the laws OF hai,
mony and good sense.
All this lush 10 the cities, by cut
LlI2 uONu lie Eduh5 u LlS AOOA BlDs
luce s, Is bound, sooner o. later to give
the raising Of Ia IN products tremen-
duOus boom. Wien Horace Greely
used TO go about lecturng TO the farm
ers be told them the best Iug they
could do was to set out shads trees.
He thought hs knew something about
farming, but the millionaire railroad
president gees far ahead Of him oD
practical points.
! A pretty pass we have come to wheD
all tue pleasant attributes of courtesy.
considerable, cleanlin IS and cIvIlity
, are at discount At pubic places, and
. only the TiOJOus rough, and ,he elbow
Ing, pushing, iucOusiderste boOr are
/ held high in popular estimation.
Cleanliness IS not no prnpatibls with
mankind, neitI er j. il n ce ,oaTy tn chew
tobacco, drink mhisAey OF 20 unshaysn
pr unkempt 10 prove yourself q sOI Of
Mars or a descendant Of Thor.
Outside of the cause the material
from Which the greatest proportion OF
the worlds supply Of sugar and mOlas-
ses is deprived IS the sugar beet.
, France and Germany successfully and
= prufitaDly manufacture SUGAR fIom the
! beet. Why cannot weg 1t may be
answered: because labor is 50 high
, I'm this county" Thai Will undoubt-
? edly enhance the cost, especially the
: cost OF growing the beets. But then,
? to offset this disadvantage we have
! cheaper, less exhausted soils.
The once renowned English racing
Jscut Cambria has LIFT the MeTsey fol
the coast of Arr.cs, where she is 70 be.
come a palm oil trader" Her race
ross the Atlantic with the Amer.
ican schooner Dauntlsss was one OF