Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-08-31
aEMERAL uElaa.

GENERAL ITEMS.
THH apple trees in Canada are load
ed with fruit
The deepest we'll in the world Is
5000 feet or more than three-6fths OF .
mile in depth, and Is located ct Buds
Pesht, Hungary.
Strips of very thin India rubber are
beginning to be used IS . bandage IN
grating instead Of the wax commonly
applied.
Lady visitors in the Adirondacks are
said to carry pistols in their belts As .
protection against attacks from the
guides.
If . little vinegar or some cider is
mixed with stove polish it will not
take much rubbing to make the stove
bright, and the blscking is not likely
to fly of in fine dust.
The poison of bee sting may ba
forced out by pressing the barrel of =
small key firmly for minute over the
wound. No wound or swelling will
result.
In all cases COW should be MIXED
regularly and stripped quite clean.
No doubt this has much 20 do in form
ing good milking tribes of cattle, BY
encouraging the milk giving organs as
far as possible.
On the Island of Jersey cows with
white horns are not looked upon with
favor. The yellow horn, tipped with
black, is considered . much richer
mixer than the white horn; while the
crumpled horn is there now IS, it was
nearly a century ago, favorite form.
This latter is a short horL turning in .
curve across the head to near its centre
dropping somewhat from base to tip.
Mrs. Epley, living near Washington,
was fatally bitten few days since by
a rattlesnake. A few hours prior to
her death child was born to her and
it is said to be so impregnated with the
poison that it will die.
An inconsiderate young man in Illi-
nois made engagements to marry four
young ladies, aud in each case placed
q bracelet on the arm of the girl, which
he locked with q paddock, retaining the
key IN bis own possession. He married
one of the fair quartette . few days
ago, and on the very next day another
had him arrested for breach Of promise
and the remaining two are about to
follow her example.
An ignorant fellow, who was about to
get married, resolved to make himself
perfect in the responses of the marriage
service; but by mistake be learned
the Office of baptism for those of fiper
years; so when the clergyman asked
blm in the church, "Wilt thou have
this woman to be thy welded wife,"
the bridegroom answered in very
solemn tone, 81 renounce them all. +"
The astonisLed minister said, 81 think
you are fool" To which be replied,
"All this l s,esdily believe"
Frederick Meyer, the Freemansburg
man who in revenge threw Paris green
in large spring hoping bis enemy
would drink of the water, has been ar
rested and lodged in the Easton Jail to
await trial on charge of attempted
murder. Meyers terrible act was dis
covered by traces of the poison being
found on the banks of the stream flow
ing from the spring. A hundred peo-
pie are supplied by water from this
spring.
A disgusted lady at Gotham, sum-
mering in the Catskill, thus writes to
her husband in the city: "Your cof-
fee is French; ours is compound Of
rye and chicory. You have fine rasp-
berries; there is one berry bush in
this village and it is kept in this vii
lage and it is kept for curiosity, like
a centaury plant. You have fresh
green peas; at our table they serve
aged yellow buckshot. You have
delicate lamb chops and tender cut
lets; we have ancient brown ham or
tough pieces from the sleeps neck
stewed until they are the color Of
mahogony. You have water ices for
desert; we have blue flies and buckle
berries. Your French bread is crisp
and dry; our bread is purchased
from travelling baker and is sour, or
it is homemade, and is good sub
stitute for Belgian pavement You
have two cats scolding under your
city window; we have thirty cats
strolling and yelling ON our balcony,
while all the dogs in the village are
speeding the departing comet. You
sleep calmly while the milkman sup
presses his 'too-wit-to-who; but we
are awakened at faintest dawn by
rampant roosters, tantalizing turkeys,
creaking pumps and garrulous team
sters. You have bath tubs and warm
water; we have an empty pitcher and
piece of petrifed soap"
The following shows how loose peo.
pie may be in New York City With
their marriage relationship; Edward
A. Lauten, manufacturer of jewellers
cases in New York, owns . handsome
residence in Mount Vernon, Westches-
ter county, and 3 wife who weighs
about $50 pounds. Ferdinand Jansen,
of Mount Vernon, was the builder of
the house, and during its progress he
contracted an improper intimacy with
Mrs. Lauten. About six weeks ago she
absented herself from home for three
days, and on being shown the anony.
nous notes sent to Mr.. Lauten when
she had been, but made confession Of
her love for Mr.. Jansen, and that she
would be more happy with him. 1t was
subsequently ascertsined that she and
Mr.. Jansen bad been sojourning at the
boarding house or hotel kept by Mrs.
Myers, at Farmingdsle, Loog Island, ss
husband and wife. One day recently
Jansen called at the residence of Mr..