Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-12-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Outside of Charleston there are no,
lOO saloons in all South Carolina.
voluntary attendance at prayer at
Harvard has so far proved a great sue
cess.
No arrests have been made in Me-
tamoTa, ILL.,, in two years, so the police
force has been dispensed with.
In St Louis seven thousand pounds
Of copper have been used In making
Just one steam kettle for brewery.
-Herr Paul Ritter has bequeathed
Sl5, 600 70 the University of Jena to
found chair OF Darwinian philosophy.
There is young married woman
In Washington who has three dozen
pairs of stockings that cost all told
$500.
An Orangs county farmer took
six barrels of apples to Newburg, and
none OF them weighed less than a pound
apiece.
The paper gas and water pipes in
troduced so extensively in Vienna,
some time ago, it Is claimed are a COM
plete success.
Frozen milk is now given to patients
suffering with irritable stomachs, and
Is retained when all other substances
are thrown off,
"A London lady utiliZeS the parcel
post to obtain poultry from ireland at
much less cost than she could buy it
for in the h0ma rnarixat
A rich merchant at Calcutta, who
is evidently believer in metempsy-
Ghosts, has established and endowed a
hospital for sick animals.
OLA Washington, a colored woman
lis years old, died recently near Marsn-
go, Ala She had sixteen children, tbs
youngest being So years old.
-Nickels are so scarce in Sioux
Falls. Oak, that by mutual agree
ment iron washers are made to do duty
for that much abused article Of circu-
lation.
"A correspondent Of the New York
Christian Aduocdte calls attention TO
Catharine Rood, Of HInesburg, Vt,
aged 103, as the oldest Methodist in
America.
The Earl of DufEcrIn has probably
the smallest book in the world. IL Is
an edition of the sacred book of SIkhs,
and ia said to be only half the size OF a
postage stamp.
Hamilton College students are con-
sicering plan for structure TO be
used both for the College Young Mems
Christian Association and the Gymna-
sium Clubs quarters.
The dogs N Constantinople, it is
said, only bite foreigners who walk
with naughty air." That Is the dis
tinction Colorado folks make when
dealing with the tenderfoots.
"A veteran who is ofteR seen in the
streets Of Columbus. Ind, led by q lit
tie girl, has been granted pension OF
SIC, ,426 and S72 per month. 10 Is one
OF the largest pensions ever granted.
People who have presence Of mind
enough when in danger Of drowning 10
lock the hands behind the back, fully
initiate the lungs and close the mouth,
may thus keep themselves adoat some
time.
Several Arabs Joined the Salvation
Army In Jackson, Miss. They addres,
crowds on the streets, although they
speak no English. One OF the Arabs
used a city directory for Bible during
an address.
"A citizen OF Brandon, VT, who Is
a believer of clairvoyants, has spent
thirty thousand dollars during the past
three years in a search for silver coins
which he believes are buried somewhere
in the village.
One Of the peculiarities of $50
pound pumpkin grown at Newburg is
that 1t was fed on milk. A root WAS
sent out from the pumpkin to basin
OF milk, fand it consumed q pint Of the
fluid each day.
"A man In Quincy, H., has subsis-
ted for the last five month, on raw
prunes, with a cup Of tea three times
day. He has not only maintained his
excellent health, but has gained three
pounds in weight.
Victor Hugo is an engraver, George
Washington hostler, Andrew Jackson
barber, John Brown a policeman,
Cesar truck driver, and Brutus a
laborer. At all events that Is what tks
Chicago directory says.
George w. Childs, the editor OF the
Ledger. said short time ago: al have
noticed that Philadelphians generally
succeed in busines, when thev moro
over to New York, while New Workers
coming here are rarely very successful"
1t has been shown tha. the strength
of the lion In the fore limbs Is So 9 per
cent. of that Of the tiger, and the
strength of the hind limb, only $50
per cent. Five men can easily hoh
down lion, but nine men are required
to control q tiger.
There are 1000 hawkerS Of news
papers in London-big men, little bows.
old women and young girls. A whole
sale dealer says that the majority o.
the retailers are in the preliminary con
dition Of paper !. e., rags. and liV'
from hand to mouth
"A citizen OF Minneapolis IS build
ing genuine log house light In ths
city. 1t will be big, rambling dwell
ling, with queer corners and quain:
windows, but 1t Will have all the mod
ern improvements and will cost S2O.
600.
The following which appeared In
the published report OF New York
benevolent society, seems parado1ical:
IN the large amount
paid FOR medicines and medical atte; =
dance, very few deaths occurred during
the year."
Miss Lucy Green, OF Davenport,
IL, was offered new silk dress TO
walk through graveyard at midnight
alone. She started out with the great
est kind OF nerve, walked halfway
through, and then uttered who oop. ]"
and tainted dead away.
The keystone OF large arch In q
Chicago building recently fell out OF its
position without any apparer, efo-t,
and came down on the sidewalk W 3
duh thud. On examination the zone
was found It be -Otten. The climate
Of Chicago seems TO be li-tle hard on
stones.
There are 251,000 lead pencils, ae-
cor(iinp to some unknown s'atiStlcian,