Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-05-04
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NEWe IN BRIEF.
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"A Al sSoUrl man mas carried Jn5
same knife tor siXty-nine years.
Western New York has a skunk
farm where black skuuks are bred and
raised for their pelts.
Portland, Me, in re eat entire
week hal but two arrests out of PIP
ulation of 40 600 persons.
Cd post gs stImps are highly
pr eel in China, and hundred can
celle1 stamps will buy baby.
The new G.rman tent is devisible
luto two portions, el Ia Of which can be
converted into an Oyercoat in case of
rain.
st. Tammauy Parish, La, boasts
Of spring which pours forth clear pure
water during the day, but go-s dry
when tie sun sets.
An S)0-pound cinnamon beIr was
captured recently in Las5eu County,
California. 1t is believe u he one OF
the largest ever tax in trap.
In a New Hampshie graveyard
there is a large marble shafJ on which
the following words are inscribed
"Sacred to the memory of three
twins
! ALL other thin-s being equal, a
baritone voice in a man and cOntralto
voice in woman will wear better and
last longer than any of the OtIe
Miss Morgan, tine New Y rk cattle
reporter, has made money enough by
her work TO build and furnish COM
Portable home.
Miss Madden has Travelled 2OOO
miles horseback on her mission fJr the
lepers of 81 eria She has secured
$500 for hospital.
1t is said that Queen Victoria and
the Duchess of Somerset both pour
their tea into their saucer rather than
swallow it while 1t is too hot.
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister OF
the ex-President, Is about to write a
book on Egypt, and has gone to that
far fl country in search of material.
Mrs Haber New on has the repU
tation of being one of iha few women
who would never cOn,eut to have
photograph taken or a portrait paint
ed.
The univ .rsity co nmissioner of
Scotland has passai an ordinance max
ILg provision for the teaching and
graduation o. women in a its uniyers-
itieS.
The cashier of the new Hollant
! HouSe in New York CITY, i Lisette Nc
Evoy, a ha' dsome young brunette.
| She is the only t.m al hotel cashier In
that city.
"A Mississippi man who has count
ID the number of see IS in a bdshel OF
various grains found that corn went r.
l3J; wheat, $50, coo; peas, lOy, 900; cot
ton seed, 164 1GG.
At Catholic convent in Fort Ber-
thold, North Dakota, all the si.ters, in
| Guiding the mother super or, are Iu-
dians, and the spiritual director Is a
| priest of Mohawk decent
"A new diamond is being cut IN
Antwerp, Belgium, said TO be the larg-
| est ever found in Africa. IL weighs
| 400 carats, and when it IS flashed it
| will be reduced one-half.
The daughter of w. X. Vanderbilt,
| New York, has "a reputation as a lin
guist. Th0u.h only fourteen years OF
| age, shespeaks French German, Chinese
! and It4lian with ea e.
From a report recently issued it IS
learned that the number of women puT-
/ suing studies at the various colleges in
| Paris have increas ID from 152 in lS9D
| to 252 at the pre- e;ent time.
Lace promises to BE- more fashion
! able than it was last summer. In many
cases the entire bodice is OF Ice. This
/ is particularly effective when the gown
is of the fashionable light-shaded
! silk.
Mrs. Newman, wife of Bishop
! Newman, of Omaha. Neb., has been
| elected fellow of the American
Geographical Society. She has earned
this distinction by her observations as
an extensive travel r.
! Tea and coffee are not foods. 1t
this pair of mo ierate stmulants were
, lost from off the face of the earth to-
! day and forever they would not take
away an ounce of physical prosper
| Ity.
Antelope skin, which has been e3,
ensiveIy used for pocketboOks photo
graph frames, et'., IS now being EN-
ployed foc gloves. L. is very soft and
| pllable, rese mbling the finest suede, and
! comes in all the tan and light shades.
In the magnificent court of the
| .emple of Medinet HaboO the traveller
will see a score Of columns, several of
! them bearing Greek inscriptions, and
IN the chambers on the north vest side
| OF the temple he will see crosses de-
signed to conseCTate parts of the build
! ing which had previously been devoted
| to pagan uses.
Herman ZeItuTg, who makes his
| living by travelling in trunks and then
! exh'hi ing himself in var ETY. shows on
] the Continent, made his las trip from
! Antwerp, Belgium, to Christiania,
! Sweden, in wooden box, which stood
| on the ships 'ck four days and four
nights without anybOdy's knowing 1t
contained a man. The voyage was
stormy, but Zietung kept his nose to a
crack In the boai ds, ate his sandwiches,
| and kept well.
| The PERCEPTIONS mountain crags
around a large lake near the Columbia
! River, In Idaho, are said TO be the I'm
est fields for sport In hunting the large
white mountain goat and black bear
khat there are in the world. 50 white
3ire the 20 IT'S that it TAX days Ofpractice
Fhunting them to detect band moving
| over the snow.
| Young la lies are now employed In
the spectro-photographic department of
the Paris Observatory. 1t has been
found that they are gifted with keener
visual power in regard to minute OBJ
jeC IS than men.
-Axolotl, or fish with legs, is the
| name MexIcans give a queer creature
which can swim like fish or run up
smooth wall like a fly; can live and
grow when kept constantly in water
like true fish, and yet can live and
grow entirely away from water except
lug little TO drink like true air
breathing animal.
Fish are drowned when taken from