Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-12-15
5nmmarn of Nems.


eo- Calculated to display a persons agility
attempting to cross our muddy streets
et- Queen Yictoria's mother, the Dpcbss. r
Kent, is seventy-two years old.
o. Electrical lights are 70 be applied 10 Il.
light houses on the French coast.
&C. The centenary anniversary Of Rob. Br-,5
birth will occur on the 25th Of January. lss
CO. The tallest chimney in the United Stat
is at the CharIestown Navy Yard, it bein, gss
feet in height.
II Several periodicals in Spain Eere ,eos,.l,
forced to suspend publication Oh ncoouu, Of u,
scarcity of white paper.
ey- The use Of chloroforul IN cAzs Of spasr,o,
ic diarrhoa is recommended by Dr.. Eo,s.v 70
Edinburglg
Co. The next return Of the comet which h..
lately attracted 50 much attention, may be e,
pected about 1889 or 1890.
o. 1t is said that fewer accidents, in p,vU.,.
ton TO the number Of travellers, occur on he
railways in Prussia than any other country.
eo- The value Of each warm growing dag hs
tween seed time and harvest is estimated 70 -
SIS, 900 ,O90.
So 4 tremendous dream-that one tie e.
tor of the Altoona Tribune" dreamed. T..
memhc-. dreams so by ccntraries."
Co The printers and telegraph olssasssa t.:
New Orleans have .aken steps tyA arI ere>tjny.
monument over the grave o. Franklin, IL Pki5.
delphia.
g. The avc~age lumber Of daily tsaNs d
Boston is t,7elve; but, during the present ysa-
two davs passed without the occurrence Q; Ass,
gle death.
ey- FL I-ooUFsT.-As winged lghtniugs tsri
from the clouds when Jupiter has unbarred the,f
bolts, 50 does niger run like bla1es when a bs
dog is after him.
o. a patent has been granted st Washingsoa
to DIR. C. P. Page for pillow or rest foE tie
head, for night travellers in railroad cars, lie
improvement being ATTACHED 10 sD umbrella
o. Among the curiosities Of the late iuduah-
al exhibition at Providence, r. l., were Roger
Williams pocket compass and hing Philips
choir and succotash kettle
c. The feat OF swimming across tie St. Law
renee in twenty-five and = half minutes, was
recently pertorRed by an officer ATTACHED TO
regiment stationed at Quebec.
! C- A pig four months sld. with horns tes
inches in length. one above each eye, waz Eooe0:
one OF the freaks Of nature on exhibition al
Faquier county.
| CO. According 70 late estimate, there a7u =
the State Of New York 100, 900 voters who ss''
er visit the polls, and zoe, 900 who only DO .
! occasionally.
tg- The longe+t train that ever pas-ei ove, n
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad arrived At CuIats''
land recently, consisting of ninety seven cars
mainly coal -hoppers.
90 Bridget, Bridget" said an old lady "a
morning 20 her servant. who ras rs: disposed
sc worry early; get up--hgro'- H,uiay n0r-
ing. II morrow II b. TuesIsy, nrzs 6Ay Wedrs4
day-Iralf the week gore a,.,l ;.of':ing done y--
l$- E5enezer Francis, who ,!:sd lately i. Bs
ton, age,i nearly Sc, left tho largest estate s'.'
accumulated in New England. A. the ii-ne 4
MS death, he md on deposit in the Boston ksIi.
about s., 500, 600.
o. Miss Mary Wright, f rmerly Of Amsica
but now of England. aged 1o8, preached ltsiy
| in Leeds for about twenty minutes; he voice -
i~g from the beginning to the end perf~-.'! S'~F
and distinct.
90 A pear tree in Salem, Mas, zi.eh "s'
transplanted last FAN. hloomei in May All o9n
tinued to bio ssom every month during tie sess1
up 10 September. when it was well fTC!'Si "a
ever.
CO There is pleasure in the pathless vaSiL
There is a rapture on the lonely shore.
| There is society, where none Intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in It's Tos'
The poet might as VI ell have added, thst n5'S
, happiness, in comparison with the outlay ne>+
sary, is produced by the introduction Of Grove
s Baker Sewing Machine into family, tbsn l!
any other known means.
- An IsPoRrAST FEATUEE.-Thr s'$2
t demand which exists for its graduates, and Us
/ high salaries wli,h they commend are The 'e''
c possible guarantees Of the practical snd bus!E@s
t value of those whom the Iron City College -
S commends.-T Hunts Merchants Magazine
r ec- Cape May, which is now one Of tie ES'
: celebrated places Of summer resort in tie o'el'
e try, derives its name from Captain Cornelius .
May, a navigator in the service Of the pa'N
/ West India Company, who visited ps!a"''
IF Bay in 1928
) Co At Wilmington, \. c., recently the -,
e which had been ebbing for some time. sGtd'1!
st turned, and ran back for three quarters O. -
hour, then stopped, and renewed its doWH6','
direction till low water. At Saithville, y -
on the same day. the tide ebbed and tioWea *
D eral times, the strange fuctuation being oAlSS-
e as was supposed, by the heavy equlnccta' s'''1
o. of the night before.
NJ o. The late DR.. Chapman, Of Philade'PD-
a was walking in the streets, and baker 49,
driven furiously, was about to run him down.
The baker reined up suddenly, and just IL -, :,
j. to spare the doctor, who instantly took on =
y hat, and, bowling politely, exclaimed
lg the best bred man in town."
el o. steamer with boy of twelve S' :
of helm: Old Gentle man-"You're smart W.
IN fellow to be trusted in that station alresd''
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