Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-03-31
NO. l3.
VARIETIES.


postage stamp.
Ii the man in the moon keeps dog.
We will bet two to one it is a skye-ter-
rier.
A man may properly be said TO have
been drinking Ike fish when ne finds
he has taken enough TO make his mead
swim.
What throat is the best for = singer
to reach high notes with "A soar
throat.
The best thing about carpets is that
you buy them by the yard aud wear
them out only by the foot.
"Boys, what is a stratum ?" ~
layer" Mention an example" "a
hem ''Yes. and ship she lays to. 3"
The latest in umbrellas is an oval
pane of glass inserted in the front
breadth to ''sight" anything approach
ing.
Voltaire sad of Mdlle. de Livry -
''She was so beautiful that ! raised nv
long, thin body. and stood before her
like point of admiration"
No distinction on account of sex,
says Dame Fashion. New spring water
proofs for ladies Will be made after the
Ulster pattern for gentleman.
'Td like to give something to the
poor. remarked Toledo lady. Its
hard times, AMI they must be suffering
but I've got 10 use this $40 to buy
another switch"
An Irishman giving his testimony IN
Of one of our Courts few days since.
in riot ease, said, BE labers, the
first man | saw was two bricks. -
Mobile Register.
A sharp talking lady was reproved
by her husband, who requested her to
keep her tongue In her mouth. my
dear" she said, ats against the law 10
carry concealed weapons.
Patient to doctors after consultation:
TELL me the worst, gentleman am 1
going to die ," Doctors We are dl-
vided on that question, SIR; but there
is majority of one that you will live. "
Young lady-Are YOU a good runner.
Mr.. DullbOy? MIR. DdllbOy Well, not
very trstrate. 1 was once in mile
race, and they gave me three quarters
of the distance start, but-aw did
not win.
Lenten dinners are becoming fashion
able, the aim being To give as great
variety AS possible in the kinds aud
cookery of fish. \ printed bill of fare
on one of these occasions mentioned
fifteen different fish served in IA multi
plieity of ways.
The Russian budget for 1879 esti-
mates the entire revenue ut jJ9, ,3O0, 900
roubles. OF this sum the direct taxes
are calculated to yield 13I ,4OO. O0I
roubles the Indirect taxes, 2S9, SDO, OOO
roubles mines, mint post and telegraph
y, 900, 600 roubles the residue being
derived from state property and other
Compared with the last year,
the revenue is expected to exhibit an
increase of nearly 2O.0OO,O00 roubles.
Plus IX, says Rome correspondent.
is one of the readiest, one of the most
fluent speakers of the day. Give him
a text, and with greater prOmptitutc
than the improvisation can string
the moment food Of eloquence. He
is born preacher and had his mission
been to follow in the steps of Paul
rather than those of Peter, he would
rank among the first pulpit orators of
,he day.
A game called lamora is played in st.
Louis bar-roOms. It's advantage is that
nothing except figures is required.
Each player puts his right hand, palm
downward, on the bar, extending as
many fingers as he chooses. Then they
guess how many fingers together have
)ut, and the one who comes nearest To
scores one point. Twelve
points make a game, thumbs rate the
,ame as fingers, and when the gUesses
ire equally good neither counts.
Lsmora is an Italian diversion, brought
over by emigrants.
For some time past the French press
las been frequently giving accounts OF
an epidemic not only preva-
ent among the civil population. but
llso in the army. The CDmmander-in-
Chief of the Fifteenth Corps Il Armes
has issued an order condemning it IN
'evere terms. 1.-The soldier" he saws
who puts an end to his life is guilty
IF an act of cowardice. His life he
ongs to God and his country" The
General has decided that every soldier
sho commits suicide shall be buried at
night without military honors and
without an escort.
The mud fish, a specimen of which
mas Just been received at the Brighton
aquarium, England, is a curious animal
abundant In Africa but not met with
AR from the equator When the African
rivers are dried, and their bottoms.
lnder the influence of the tOrrid aud
air, are baked to hard, dry
rust, with splits and cracks innumera-
Die, the mud fish, which were unable
10 retreat like the sea fishes from the
water with an ebb tide, is
iound at the depth of eighteen inches,
ncrusted IN mud, where it remains for
ibout three-quarters of the year and
Until the next rainy season. When the
mud is again liquItied the fish is set
rec, none the worse for its long i'm
and deprivation of light
md air.
In the beginning of 1916 a year
in the history of the table
turning and spirit-rapping, Angelique
Cotton was a girl OF fourteen, living in
he village Of BOuvigDOy. near La Per
riere, department of Orne, France.
She was of low stature, but of robust
frame, and apathetic to an extraOrdi-
nary degree both in body and mind
On January - Of the year named while
the girl was, with three others, engaged
IN weaving silk thread gloves, the
Daken table at which they worked
began to move and change position.
The work-women were alarmed work
was for a moment suspended, but was
soon resumed. Bnt, when Angelique
again took her place the table began
anew to move with great violence she
felt herself attracted to it, but as soon
as she touched it, it retreated before
her, or was even upset. The following
morning similar phenomena was Oh