Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-03
NO. IL.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Germany has POS ircn establish
ments.
Phil. Armour owns the finest
paintings in the West.
Among recent imports there were
10000 campaign buttons.
Texas has 5000. 900 acres in corn.
! yielding 63, 4l6, 800 bushels
The Persians, after dinner, wash
their hands In scented water.
More twins are born in May and
July than IN any other months.
"A new American bank is soon TO
be established IN the City of Mexico.
Apples that are not properly looked
after will decay in the barrels very
fast.
About $4,000 insects prey upon the
productions of man, 700 or 5000 being
fruit pests.
The deaf often hear conversa satious
when there Is music going on, which
they could not hear when there was no
music.
-Tennessee's Comptroller estimates
that the State valuation has Increased
by 5000, 600 TO Slo0, ,O0O,O 900 the pas,
year.
wide cinder path between New York
and New Haven for bicycles.
The daily consumption of needles
in this country is SAID To be / 200. 600,
most of which come from R-dditch,
England
The latest meteor story is one that
is alleged to have fallen near Kiew,
Russia, and which, when broken open,
is said to have been found full OF
small diamonds.
In the United States one man in
every 200 takes a college course; In
England, one in every 500; In Scot
land, one in every 600; in Germany,
one in every 2l3.
"A tract of land in Aroostook
county lMe..l containing l 600 OOO
acres, has been sold for 81 900 600.
Tile deed recorded contains 5000
words. covering seventy five pages.
"A Detroit factory is building an
organ for the Queen of Portugal. II
the Detroit organ doesn't play any
better than the Detroit ball club the
Queen of Portugal will send it back.
"A favOrite amusement OF the Pope
is said to be that of catching birds In
a huge net which has been made espec-
tally for him. After having played
with the birds he sets them at
liberty.
Japan has Il, 23i Buddhist TEN
pies and 1879 priests Most of the
priests are grossly ignorant, and many
of them lead scandalous lives. A re-
form is TO he undertaken by the lead
ing ecclesiastIcs.
Just before selling the furniture OF
a al a+ IrV.
ecutor examined an ancient bureau
and discovered secret drawer in
which were upward OF O0O sover-
eigns closely packed.
Newport is having "A wrangle over
her new sewer, which was 30 bs buiIt
for $50, COO, bug has already caused
Sl5O COO TO b- drawn from the city
treasury. The city engineer Is accused
OF an under estimate, and a COMMITTEES
has been appointed to Investigate the
matter.
"A temple at Hakodate, Japan,
which had been many years building
and was within ten days of completion,
was burnt July ID. Some of the wood
carvings We're magnificent. and the ed
iiice had cost an enormous sum Of
money.
There are 2OOO kinds Of thread.
The spOols are numbered by this
method: When $40 yards weigh a
pound its spool Is No !; when twice
$40 yards make a pound it is No. 2
thread, and so on up.
"A curious piece OF magnetic ore
was recently exhibited at Admission.
Alabama. II WAS 50 strongly mag.
BetiZed that a needle would cling TO il
by its point, then the attraction would
hgp0mp tTr4f f1ta Ia
dance and wave about as If shaken by
breeze and finally cling 10 the ore by
Its entire length.
The Duke of Edinburgh, who WAS
recently poisoned by bad water at Glib
raltar, has long had a passion for quack
medicines He Is something Of "A hy-
pOchondriac and is always dosing him
self with some patent nOstrum. II
must have been water Of very power
ful kind which was able 10 affect a
system which has teen so thoroughly
saturated with all kinds OF strange
mixtures.
Small pieces OF dry biscuit, TO man
almost OdOriess, were quickly scented
out IN large dlnlng-TOOm by moths.
even when hidden under newspapers, A
cushion, q boot, a fre-sh0vel. or a foot
stool on which cologne had been
poured.
The Empress OF Germany las sent
to the CZariha a beautiful fan Of violet
wood, which, when opened, displays
the portraits OF the four sons of the
Emperor william and herself. On the
reverse side are Biblical texts in the
handwriting of the Empress. which bid
the great ones Of the earth to be united
- s-S-z-t.s--
There were $50 competitors for the
prize offered by an English journal for
the longest twelve word telegram, and
the winner put IN the following, which
was accepted 10y the telegraph officers
for transmission for siXpence, the reg
ular rate: "Administrator-genera
cOunter-TevolutIonary inter-communi-
cations uncircumstantiated, Quarter
master-general'5 Observation-Disclosures
Enthusiastically a-distinguished
unconstitutiOnalists' incomprehensl-
bility."
Now that starched linen is yield
ing largely to soft wool. it is interest
ing, says the Merchant World, TO know
that the reign OF starch has continued
for little over 300 years. The frst
TO teach publicly how to starch linen
was Dutch woman, Mrs. Dingley.
She charged So for teaching the art.
1-N - AOA oAAO IN AOH " uldhe LuH
starch. Starch in those days was made
solely from wheat; but now, or since
1o4l, it is made from corn and poua-
toes.
1t will take G7GU books of gold
leaf to gid the dome of the Boston
State House Each book contains
twenty sheets OF gold leaf, each sheet
containing a little over 81 square
inches. The sheets are so thin that
1000 of them laid one on the other
make but An inch in thickness. he
gold Is within a karat OF pure, and
weighs y pounds troy. Each book is
worth 10 cents, so that the gold leaf
alone costs $4732. 1t Will take fifteen
skilled workmen six weeks to do the
Job,