Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-07-25

ITEMS.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
psny gives employment to 500 tele-
graph operators.
An Everett man recently took Al
pounds Of honey from . bee tree found
BY him when On hunting expedition.
The comb measured 7 feet in length.
Captain Webb, the English swim
mer, proposes to 90 over Niagara Falls
in rubber ball four and one half feet
in diameter and sne-forth of an inch
thick. Experiments With animals will
be tried before Webb makes the final
leap.
Senator Jones, of Florida, says this
Of Ireland :"While / enjoyed my vis-
it to the old country l could not live
there again. That is tho country Of
the past-this is the country of the fu-
ture.
The Wyoming Democrat records
the fact that the house Of Charles H.
Riker, at Nicholson, that county, was
struck by lightning recently, while the
sun was shining brightly, and WAS
burned to the ground.
"President Gowen states that the
new line from Harrisburg to Pittsburg
will make route from Chicago to
New York II miles shorter than any
in existence. 1t will shorten the dis
tsnce between Pittsburg and New
York 30 miles, and between Philadel-
phia and Pittsburg the distance will be
IL miles less than the present line"
Captain Webb, tho swimmer, per.
formed the feat Of plunging into the
water at Pemberton, Mass, from .
tower IS feet high. Of his experience
he said afterwards: "I hit with an
awful crack, and very small object in
the water would cause an inconven-
ienoe if struck upoa it. must have
struck chip or something on the
surface, for as you will notice by my
eye, there is . slight Disagreement Of
the lid. In every decent l make run
. risk. A log hidden beneath the sur
face, for instance, might cause me in
slant death" "How far do You 90
down below the surfacs 2" "Not more
than ten feet. The water even at the
depth, is very cold, but the crack I
get by the fall warns me all over.
have jumped from height ten feet
greater than this"
Last Tuesday afternoon Captain A.
LARGO returned to port after fine days
cruise among the islands of the coast.
He says that short distance from San
Miguel Island, standing out lone and
solitary in the Pacific Ocean, there is q
rock with surface OF about 3 acres.
The sides are PERCEPTIONS and almost
inaccessible, except during calm wealth.
er The island is covered with . lay
er of guano, in which sea fowls Of all
description were found laying or in
cubatlDg their eggs. The surface ap.
peared to be almost entirely covered
with eggs, principally those Of sea
gulls, shaggs and small bird known
as the sea waterduck. He says it was
difficult to walk without treading upon |
the eggs. LARGO says he could eaily
load ship with eggs from this island,
but as there is no market for them
here they would not be worth gather
ing.
The great Robert HoudiI went by
royal command to Saint Cloud to give
show before Louis Philippe and his
family. In the course of this show be
borrowed 6 handkerchiefs from the
audience. Then various members of
the audience wrote down on slips Of pa
per the name of places whittier they
would like the hankerchiefs to be trans
ported. Ibis done, the conjurer asked |
the King to choose 3 Of these slips at
random, and preferred. "Come,' said
Louis Philippe, "let us see what is on
this slip l should like them to be
found under one of the candlesticks on
the mantlepiecs. "That is too easy
for wizard let US try it again" l
should like them to be found on the
dome of the Invalides. "That is too
far, not for the hsndkerchiefs, but for
US. All! you will, fear, find it di if-
cult to comply with the request on the
last slip."i The request was that the
handkerchiefs should BE found in the
box of the last orange tree on the right
hand of the avenue at St. Cloud.
The oonjurer expressed his readiness
to comply with the request, and the
King Immediately sent off . party of
men to keep guard over tie orange
tree. The coDjurer put the handker-
chief under bell of thick glass, wav-
ed his hand, took up the bell, and
showed white dove In place of the
handkerchiefs. Then tie King, with
a skeptical smile, sent orders to the
head gardener to open the box of the
orange tree chosen, and to bring what
ever he might find there. Isl toute-
fols il 3 trouve quelque chose" This
was done, and presently there was
brought in an iron Golfer covered with
rust.
"Well," cried the King, "here We
have . box sire," replied Robert Houd-
in, "t.ey have been there long time"
A long time, when it was only quar-
ter of an hour since they were given to
you" "What, sire, would be the use
of magic if it could not perform impos-
sible feats, Your Majesty will be
surprised when prove to you that
Golfer and its contents have been in the
box of the orange tree for sixty
years.
The King now observed that key
was needed to open the box, and Rob
ert Houdin asked to take the key
which was hung by . robbin round the
white doves neck. This was . key
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