Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
NO. 80.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

near Howardsville, Colorado.
Prince Louis Ferdinand, of Ba-
varia, is an enthusiastic veterinary sur
geOn.
| The two cables connecting Aus
| tralia and Java were recently simult-
aneously broken by an earthquake.
Flowing bv electricity Is IN con
temptation for large property in Cen
trLl Spain.
Electric roads exceed % per cent
of the mileage and OF the number of
street railways in this country and in
! Canada
! "A luminous Bvoy has been inven-
ted, the light for winch is produced by
| phOsphuret of calcium, and is visible
swo and half miles away.
Electrically deposited copper is so
dnctie that 1t can be drawn down IN
til 1t resembles the finest hair, and this,
too, without annealing.
The famous Physick Garden, in
| Chelsea, England, whose preservation
is now matter of discussion, has 20
600 different herbs and plants.
Bee men are generally giving up
urging the cultivation of honey plants
by the acre, as bee pasturage, on the
| ground ''theTe'S no money in il. -
| -I.endon has A female barber shop
| where three young women handle the
razor and shears for the benefit OF the
sterner sex. The place Is We'll patron
lied.
With a rainfall of two feet an
nually, it Is estimated that the land has
the benefit Of about twenty pounds of
ammonia per acre.
don.
The Turks are said TO be especially
| fond of the tulip, and that the red sort
| is used as an emblem by which a lover
makes known his passion for his mis-
| tress.
The Car of Russia, Alexander
| Ill, is the owner Of 100000
acres Of lard in Russia in his own right.
This Is an area equal To the whole Of
! France.
A new toy barometer from Paris
comprises the figure of a coryphee on
thick card. TIE skirt of the dancer
is sensible OF every change in the
weather.
Paint the tongues Of your fever
patients with glycerine, says a physi-
cian; 1t Will Remove the sensation Of
thirst and discomfort felt when the
organ IS dry AMI foul.
New York'5 new aqucIuct is thirty
miles long. 1t costs So. 600, OOb and
eighty lives were lost in IFS coustruc-
tion. 1t brings 5lS, OyO.UuO gallons OF
water to New York daily,
"A history Of all the wars in which
Russia has been engaged since the
| time of Peter the Great Is soon To be
issued. 1t VIII be edited 10y Gen. LeeT.
| Three volumes are nearly ready.
domestic servants are SO scarce in
Montreal that women IN want Of help
are said TO visit the JAM with "A view to
engaging young women TO work for
them at the close of their terms Of i'm
| pTisOnment.
"A lady of Kursk started in the
middle of July for st. Petersburg. She
| intends to make her way, a distance Of
| about 200 VeTsts, on horseback within
| twenty days. 4 club of yelOcipedlsts
escorted her TO Orel on their wheels
The literary production OF Mexico
is quite wonderful. one of her latest
photographed lists mentions no less
| than l., 900 volumes 10y 1900 native
Mexican authors. The first book
| printed on this continent WAS published
III Mexico.
"A mass of pure, compact rock salt,
said to contain 9j,OOu,UtO tons of min
erll, IS located on an island lS5 feet
! high, which rises from "A sea marsh on
the route from Brashear 10 New Iberia,
up the river Tech o, in louisiana.
"A young woman wnO pays q large
amount of taxes in Parsons claims the
night to pasture her cows in the school
! house grounds because she never had
any children TO send to the school
That woman ought 10 have been a law
| yer.
The Duchess Of Aosta has the dis
tinctiOn of possessing the most elabOr-
ate mourning cloak ever made ia Paris.
1t is of heavy lustreles5 silk, trimmed
with fiat bands of the richest ostrich
plumes, headed by bands Of costly duh
jet.
The locomotive telephone signal
enables two trains approaching each
| other TO communicate 10y closing the
| circuit when two miles apart The
! ringing OF the gong warns the en-
gine-rs, who can converse with each
other over the telepOne.
There is a family living in Athens,
| Ga, whose head delights in long names
for the children. The first child is
named Mary Magaliua Mandy Mectum
Elizabeth Betsey Polly Mack Barrett
the second child Is named Alice GeOT-
gIa Ann Yorena Jarrett, and so forth.
One of the peculiar industries OF
Kern county, California, is the cOllvc-
ton and shipment of horned tOads-
They are sold To Chinese, who use
them for medicinal purposes. They
are considered especially valuable ia
tie treatment OF rheumatism
The granddaughter OF Charles
u cEens, the famous novelist, Is named
I Mis-. Ethel Dickens. Like her noted
ancestor, she il au expert stenOgTapheT.
by the employment Of hcT skill In that
line and at tyPewriting she Is said TO be
caTuing an excellent livelihood in Lon
don.
If you want a lovely OdoT In your
roOms break off branches Of the Nor
way spruce ana arrange them ia a large
jug well filed with water. In a few
days tender. pale green branches
feather out, SOFT and cool To the touch
giving the delightful hCalth-giyIng
Cdor.
Among the Chinese no re les are
more valuable than the boots That have
been worn bv A magistrate. If he re-
signs and leaves the city, crowd &C
companies him from his residence 10
tie gates, where his boots are drawn
off with great ceremony, to be pre-
served in the hall of Justice.
I'm Dorchester, England, a bounty
of eight cents per dozen is offered for
old sparTows, four cents per dozen for
young ones and one and one-half cents
per d,Zcn for eggs. The sparrOws have