Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.

eaAANiesAS AAN1 1UOALAy NAS
There is an almanac IN the British
Museum 5000 wears old.
The average duration of life in
Russia is only 20 years.
Over 125, 600 paupers receive pub
lie aid in Paris annually.
The banking capital OF the United
states to-day is sI3S, 600, 900.
Twenty-Five incorporated cities dot
the map of New York State.
Nearly half the American sailing
ships are named after women.
There were about !, $50 steam YES
sells in the United States in lS4T.
The leather product Of this country
reaches S2O0, ,000, 900 per annum.
The almshOuse at Orleans, Mass.
has closed for lack of patronage.
"A rich vein of gold is reported to
have been discovered in Fannin county.
Ga.
The number Of scholars enrolled in
the United States is placed at IL OOO.-
600.
| 1t Is TumOIed now that Emma Ne
yada will marry Dr. Palmer, her mana
ger.
The free lunches in New York sa-
looms are said TO cost Sll 800, ,0O0 annu-
ally.
The greatest height OF an ocean
wave IS said to be 30 feet above the
level.
One OF the most successful dairy
owners of Sierra Valley, Cal, Is
woman.
The total length Of the submarine
cable now in use is quoted al Is, 900
miles
The total number Of recognized
species of Australian fishes now reaches
| 1 ,29l.
There are in England I57 ragged
schools which are attended by $1,000
children.
Color blindness is said to be many
times as common in the male as in the
female.
Moody, the evangelist, is getting SD
fat that his condition is an incOnyeni-
ence TO him.
"A gray worm, about an inch long,
IS destroying the corn crop IN parts OF
Fonda, n. Y.
Nearly 6 100000 shad have been
hatched at the Connecticut State hatch
cry this season.
There are 2j0 disabled ex-C -COnfeder-
ate soldiers living in the poor houses Of
North Carolina.
The publishers of General Grants
book have already received over los. 900
orders for the set.
The total product OF copper of the
Lake Superior mines for 1888 is estima-
ted at GO. coo ,00C pounds.
Tea culture in CeyIOn is making
headway. The crop this year is esti-
mated at $500, coo pounds
Ellen Terry's visit to this country
has had considerable effect upon the
styles in American dresses.
Comparatively little money has been
made this season by the Southern mack
erel feet, hailing from Gloucester,
Mass.
Missouri employed a total Of I3,-
2y6 school teachers last year, and the
average salary per month paid them was
$40.
Representative of three generations
of the brides people were present to
witness u recent marriage in New
York.
The opinion IS expressed by a Ca
madam physician that fifty per cent. OF
all diseases arise from the use Of stimu-
lants.
The King OF Bavaria has given 4
donation of el2 towards the funds OF
the German Teachers Association il
England.
The suruames of three candidates
running for an office at a recent election
IN Clayton county, Ca, begin with tho
letter *"
"A lightning express, at Athenia.N.
j., few nights ago, struck and killed
A man whose widow lost her first hus-
band by lightning.
Fruit trees are so heavily laden in
places on the Pacific coast that hund-
reds Of labOrers are kept employed
out the fruit.
Last year 500. 1852 volumes were
from the public library OF
Paris, an increase of lS5 ,475 volumes
over the preceding year.
-Oaken pillars have been decided to
be better supports for abuilding in case
)f IRE than iron, the latter being liable
20 warp from the heat
The pendulum of the new clock i'll
he Chicago Board of Trade building
weighs $50 pounds. The dials are ten
'eet ten inches in diameter.
Ill feeling mas Deen caused in Indi-
inapolis because foreign, instead OF
American, marble has been selected for
he floors of the State House.
The population of Macon, Ca, was
z, 900 according to the United States
census in 1880. and is now 2. 900 ae-
.Ording to the directory census.
Prof. John II. Hewitt. of Balti-
more, Nd, aged 50, is named As the
'Idest living graduate Of West Point.
lie belonged to the class of 1878.
Wires and bars are sOw produced
lirect from fluid steel by pressing it out
Trough dies in manner similar to the
'roductiOn Of lead pipes from lead.
An Oregon aan has followed out
he stump of huge tree in the fashion
f room, cut door and Windows in
{, and has there taken up his abode.
There were q, 80 houses built in
4ondon and the suburbs in 1892, form
ng 50S new streets and one new square,
nd covering distance Of 10, miles.
"A rare book on a subject local To
IerefOrdShire (frOm Earl COningsty's
'COllectiOn''), sold in London for 600
D 1871. Lately the same book went
Oh el9.
"A check that was drawn In 1892
'as presented for payment at Hart
ord, Conn. bank recently. The holder
{ the check had laid it aside, and in
lme forgot all about it.
The silk worm culture in Hawaii
] stated to have been almost wholly
bandOned IN consequence of stringent
unday laws which prohibit the gath
rlng of mulberry leaves or the feeding
{ the worms on that day.
-Butterine is imported into England
1 vast quantities. During the first