Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04

of fruit last year.
, An old bell in one of the London
, churches bears the date l42S.
5 The ex- King Of Naples is living
quietly on the outskirts Of Paris.
No gift of God does or can contradict
! any other gift, except by misuse or mis-
, direction.
A lady clergyman at kittery, Me-, re-
Gently performed the marriage cere-
mony for her son.
A central railway station is to be erec-
ted in Dublin, at a cost of seven hun
dred thousand pounds sterling.
J Paris proposes to extend the comforts
of home to Americans by taxing all visi-
! tors during their stay in the French
metropolis.
More marriages are said to take place
in Boston on New Years day aud
Thanksgiving day than any other day
in the year.
A pennyweight OF silver in England
is now represented by eight grains
Troy. In the middle of the thirteenth
century it was twenty-four grains Troy.
Italy is receiving corn from America
to make into whiskey. During October,
Boston sent 1000 barrels of whiskey to
Turkey. Number OF Bibles sent, not
stated.
As it is Christian duty to love others
it is likewise obligatory on us to use all
helps that may make us lovely, and
of those around US.
The big rhinoceros, the pride of the
London Geological Gardens, is no more.
He succumbed to a severe attack of in
digestion, and died in the bosom of his
family. He leaves widow and an in
FAINT son to mourn his loss.
The late Mr.. Van Dyke, of New
Hampshire. didn't set much value upon
the tears of his heirs. Having left
/ $4,000, he requested that no one
should "snuffie and shed crocodile
tears at his funeral, but cover him over
and then hurry home to fight over his
money"
1t is related of one of the children of
Mr.. Sigourney of Boston, whose family
was lost on the Vile du Havre, that,
prior to their sailing. though elated
with the prospect OF voyage, she per-
sisted in saying: 'But we are all going
to be drowned - Had they reached
France in safety, nothing would have
been thought of the childish expression
/ but now it is remembered as almost
prophetic.
/ Very near where the remains of Eliza
beth Barret Browning rest, in the Pro-
testant graveyard at Florence, lie the
remains of Fanny Waugh Hunt, wife of
Holman Hunt, the distinguished English
artist. She died here in the first year
of her marriage. On the marble above
her remains are inscribed the words
"When thou passeth through the waters
L will be with thee and through the
/ floods, they shall not overthrow thee.
Be not afraid. Love Is stronger than
death. Many waters cannot quench
love, neither can the floods drown it.
/ The Siamese twins were excellent
/ farmers, and superintended all the work
upon their plantations. They could hoe
and plow, and were very de1terous in
using the axe. They built several log
cabins themselves, and could put up the
corner OF a two-story house as quickly
as any other two men. As traders, es-
pecially in live stock, they won quite
reputation. In making a bargain they
would obtain all the points in the case
and then withdraw, and under the plea
/ that two heads were better than one,
consult with each other as to the best
course to pursue.
The receipts of tea in Great Britain
have steadily fallen off during the last
three years, although the consumption
has increased. The decrease has been
/ in the trade in tea with the Continent of
/ Europe, whose buyers are now making
direct shipments from China. The con-
sumption in the United Kingdom in
1871 amounted to 123, 500, 900 pounds
/ in 1872 itincreasedto to 127, $50, 900 pounds,
and reached in 1873 132, 900, 900 pounds.
The exports of tea from the United
Kingdom were in 1871. 1900, 900
pounds in 1872, 80, 500, 900 pounds,
and in 1873, 1880, 900 pounds.
A beautiful porcelain medallion por-
trait supposed to represent Sir Walter
Raleigh, and which was ploughed up in
field near Stratford, Westmoreland
County, Virginia, in 1874, by colored
man, is now in the possession of a gen.
tleman of Leesburg, Va. The colors
are as bright and fresh as if they had
been Just put on, and the whole piece,
which is not much larger than a silver
half-dollar, will bear the closest scrutiny
under a magnifying glass, which indeed
only develops its faultless beauty of
execution. The minutest points of de-
tail are given with Photographic fidelity.
The peculiarly brilliant and enduring
coloring of this medallion belongs to
the lost arts.
The Library OF Congress now contains
258, 752 volumes, and about 48, 900 PAM
phlets, but the restricted accommoda-
tions for the books makes large num-
Der of them useless. Over 1000 vol
umes were added during the year, ard
the books are now piled up in alcoves
and on the floors of the library. Designs
have been received for a new library
building, which will be made to accom-
modate three or four times as many
books as those already on hand, besides
giving accommodations to the depart
ment for the granting of copyrights.
One of the interesting series Of books
to which additions have been made
during the past year is that of English
county histories. All but seven of the
forty counties of England are now repre-
sented in the library, besides many Of
the town histories and the local histories
and genealogies of Ireland, Scotland,
and Wales.
A correspondent writes "While re-
porting the proceedings of the Repub-
lican State Convention at Dallas, Ga,
met a colored preacher who, from q
habit he has of commencing his ad-
dresses with the exclamation thrice re-
peated, Come to the Rock, has ac-
quired the name Of 'Come-to-the-Rock
Ben.' On one occasion, while member
of the Legislature, he advanced to the
front of the Speakers desk, and taking
two rocks, as small stones are called
here, he struck them together, e1claim-
ing, Come to the rock, and proceeded
in a yionrnns sneech 10 address the