Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-01-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.

muni-cable, and probably these cases
came that way
-Four distinct shocks of earthouaks
were felt In San Francisco recently.
One shock awakened many people, bit
did no damage. Outside of San Fran
cisco the disturbance does not seem q
have been felt.
-"NewspapoTisl' is a new word 10
Gently coined by a Washington Star
correspondent. 1t is acceptable II 1t
does not establish a precedent for maya.
Ziniferous, comlcweekolOQuia and So.
I ciety administrations.
Mrs. Emma FoTsythe, daughter OF
the former Consul at Samoa, is said tc
own plantation Of $50, 600 acres, on
which she employs 800 people This
would make her one of the large.t IN
dividual land owners in the world
| -Stanley's salary is said to be $50
600 per year clear, and they do not dock
HIM for any time lost while he he il
down with jungle fever. While il is a
paying Job, we have not heard OF any
one who wants TO get his place away
from him.
A big black diamond picked up il
Brazil is on exhibition in New York
1t looks Ike piece OF chestnut coal il
the rough, but it would take a gooC
many tons of coal of any kind to equa
the value of this lump. 1t weighs 3G7,
carats, and is worth 5000
AT a recent examination OF Cali
fornia schoolma'ams, one OF them
wrote IN answer 10 a question OF dis
cipline: Capital punishment shoulC
not be rescrted TO except on rare occa
| sions, only with the consent of the par.
ents and never Till the next day"
Great excitement prevailed il
Bologna recently in consequence Of the
discovery that some OF the larges
sausage-makers had been using the mea
Of diseased cattle, horses and hogs fol
some time. A crowd of 400 gathered
in front of one OF the butcher shops anC
! demolished the windows.
| Artificial gems at the Paris Expo
sltion are said TO have surpassed any.
thing ever before shown, some of the
specimens puzZling even dealers and ex.
perts. The artificial pearls were
especially successful, no means beinI
found to distinguish the genuine from
the artificial, except the use of file.
The Ephemerts OF Athens report
that a number of Golfers containing
&c, 900 gold and silver Spanish pieces o,
the sea near the island of Andres. Sil
bronze cannons were found near tn,
Golfers, and it is concluded that tht
whole came from the wreck of Span
ish man-of-waT.
| Brown, the mind reader, IS TO b,
used as a witness at Ashland. Wis, IL
| defence of a cashier who is cbaIEot
with being implicated in a robbery, the
specially of Brown being 10 prove thai
any mind reader could secure the ''com
bination" OF the safe. This beat
emotional insanity in some ways.
| "A Scotch society IN London pro
fesSes to have found q treasure in
portrait Of Robert Burns, painted BY
the famous Sir Henry Reyburn, which
was unearthed somewhere IN an olC
picture shop, and is supposed TO have
been lost for ninety years. An artist 10
restoring it with a view TO exhibition
IN Edinburgh and ultimate sale TO sOmt
| rich American.
"A curiosity of Indian trade is tn,
vast number of umbrellas imported int
the country, Last year total Of 2
62l, 745 arrived in Calcutta alone. ThU
was the largest importation on recorc
for any one single year. The business
however, was somewhat overdODe, fo
heavy orders led TO an accumulation Ol
stocks and consequent glut in tn,
market.
The students of Yale have decided
to omit the Sunday noon prayer-meet
ings and to hold classes for sys,emaii,
Bible study instead. Two large classe.
have been formed. 1t is proposed Z,
take up the historical study OF the Ole
and New Testaments in such wav
that student may have a differen
course every year. A professOrship o
Biblical Literature has been ESTABLISHED
with an endowment of lJU,O sub
scribed by a few gentlemen. Professo.
William II. Harper Will be the incUm
bent.
Petroleum, " says a correspondent
in Notes and Queries, twas known, auC
even refined, long before it was used il
lamps. A FTenchman is said TO have
spent years in vain endeavOTs 10 con.
stTuct lamp in which the new OF
would burn without smoking. Acct
cident helped him at last Vexed b,
failure, he had drained his wine flask
a lOng-necked, thin bottle, like oil flask
and set it down on the table so hard
as to break the glass bottom. He ther
chanced to catch it up and hold II owe.
the flame of his smoking lamp. Tn,
olllOhE CCdoCAs anu llc bdN lLldk " IlLL Lt
sought was found"
"A nephew of Millet lives in New
Y YOTk, and recently talking about tn,
great master sad: The friends OF the
family never thought much OF the
works which he created. and his crea.
tions were looked upon as the result OI
so much time lost, which could have
been prohtably employed IN attending
I n nTnfT1RT5nVg EF Il IL
influences around MIllet were not very
encouraging. and when he painted the
'Angelus' he was obliged 10 sell II foI
bread" +"
M. Eiffel, the builder Of the great
tower in Paris, has recently invented
bridge which promises to "6ll a long
felt want" of the railroad companies
1t is TO be used temporarily in the place
of the ordinary bridges when they hav,
been damaged. 1t is made Of steel
carries a track, and weighs, with :
length of 80 feet about eighty-six tons
1t can be put in position from either
end without the aid Of machinery o.
any preparation, simply by human
hands At a recent trial in Paris. NJ
de Freycinet and many officers Of higt
rank and officials of the railways frou
several countries, expressed their hearty
admiration OF IL.
CHILDREN speak OF making faces
at one another, when they twist then
features into an expression Of then
feelings Of disgust, or scorn, or hatred.
This kind of face-making is an act @,
the will; but there Is a steady making
Of faces by the character which Is il.
voluntary, and yet which has more en-.
during results than the other. Da,
and night the character Is chiseIins
away at the features of every face, and