Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-09-28
NO. 4l.
rEWS IN BRIEF.

was ELS.
There are 800, 600 blind people II
Europe.
| in Irish in 1902.
1t cost the present Emperor oJ
China $40, COO, 900 to get married.
-Four salmon weighing from eight
to thirteen pounds, were caught In the
Hudson River recently,
The English mint possesses an
electrical machine which counts coins
I with precision and accuracy.
"A pet rattlesnake at New Smyrna,
! Fla, recently committed suicide by
biting itself in the meek.
Eight nationaIities are said 20 be
represented in choir of sixteen little
girls at st. James mission, New Yors
city.
The shortest street in the world il
Mansion House street in the city Of
London. 1t is not more than a few
yards in length.
Father Gre, French priest sta
toned at Jerusalem. recently found
talent of the time OF King David In his
| door yard.
"A novel feature OF the Springfield
Mass, street car system is the letting OF
electric cars to parties who wish to hire.
The price is 81 an hour.
In the time of Henry VIII parlia.
ment passed a law which declared that
on and after that date pins should not
be solo for more than 6s Sd per 900.
"A pair of gloves pa ses through
about 200 hands from the moment the
skin leaves the dressers until the glove
are purchased by the intended wearer.
Squirrels are botherlng the farmers
in Oregon and destroying their crops.
Many acres of grain have been com
pletely destroyed IN various parts OF the
state.
In speaking of the solidifcation OF
II body cooling, Professor Dewar say
that water can be made to become solid
by the evaporation OF a quarter OF its
weight.
The colored population OF the
| Unit d States consists of 7,470,040 OF
African descent, 107, AIS Chinese, 2,03g
japanese, aud 5S, 500 civilized Indians
1888, 500 in all.
"A curious relic OF old Roman life
found recently at Lanurium Porto Por-
teSe), and now stored In the British
museum, is thin slab or stone that
Was anciently circus poster.
AT AK la ChapeIle there is news.
paper museum founded by Oscar Won
Forckenbeck, which contains tiles OF
specimens of more than II 900 differen'
newspapers,
Russia has recently celebrated the
nine hundredth anniversary of the
| foundation of the first Christian bishop
III; in the V,leynia, under the reign OF
Vladimir.
The Romans used the first shaving
brush and razor, B. G. 300, and Pliny
tells us that ScipIo Africans was the
first individual Roman to shave
daily.
Mrs. Anna Jack, of Fsrmi1gton,
IL, was taken with severe coughing
spell some time ago, and lump was
elected which is reported to have beer
a mass of common pins.
A Japanese soldier has invented
gun which enables the possessor to send
"cloud of binding DUST into the
eyes Ol iOc aI a 0ioshuSo VI N"eA'
feet.
More than IS, coo letters are ut II
the postoffice of the United States
every day that, through tje misdirec-
tIon OF miscarriage of some kind, bring
up In the dead letter office.
There has Just died in Poland a
once celebrated beauty, who refused
4 ho Of III Sha was
the Princess Helene Sagonsko, and
died unmarried at the age Of 6fty-
seven.
Mr.. Peter Marie, of New 7 oTk, Is
said to have the finest collection In ex-
istence of the miniatures of pretty
women, unless there Is excepted the
collection of the late King Ludwig Of
Bavaria,
The ladies of Arabia stain then
fingers and toes red and their lips blue.
In Persia they paint a black streak
around their eyes and ornament their
faces with representations of various
figures.
Elizabeth Robins Pennell advo-
Gates that perfect cycling dress should
be skirt Of gray tweed, made with
out foundation, with a deep hem
turned up on the outside aud secured
by rows of stitching.
-Newcastle-on-Tyn spent $50, ,000,
600 some years ago In digging out a
shallow stream. The income from
that investment has since been SIS, 900,
600, besides the increase in trade and
the enhanced value OF property.
Polo has been rapidly gaining Ia
popularity In France, and there has
been good deal of play this season
upon the ground belonging to the Ger
Gle des PalIneIrs, in the Bois de
BoulOgne, Paris.
Mrs. Joseph ". DeIano, of San
Francisco, possesses the dress worn by
/ Laura Keene oD the night Of Lincoln's
assassination. LincoIn's head rested
for a moment on Miss Keene's lap, and
the bloodstains thus caused are still
! visible.
Rhode Island will present It's
| Worlds Fair building to Chicago after
the exposition closes. The structure
will be very picturesque in appearance,
beng reproduction in part of the
famous sold Stone Mill" at New.
port.
-Four citiss in Europe stand wholly
or IN part on islands. Venice Is the
best known on account of its historical
past; next comes st. Pc eTsburg, the
capital OF Russia, and the two last are
| the cities of of Ghent and Amsterdam,
ituated respectively in Belgium anc
| Holland.
"A census bulletin shows that our
males within militia age number 49,
! 13), ,l6S. Is there another civilized
nation on the globe with over 13 900, 600
lighting men? With 90 much food for
gunpowder We are sleeping over our op-
portunities.