Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-04-24
Yacts Worth Knowing.

, mono bsOlete CoaSt-gu uard lron-clad
vessels, and 80 sea-going. France has
) 13 obsolete, IA coast-guard non-obsolete,
and 81 sea-going iTon-clads- Italy has
. obsolete and IL sea-going iron-clads.
| Fifty British vessels can steam over II
! knots an hour and less than 20; 81
French can steam over u, and less
than 16 knots u Italian, over 13 and
less than 16 knots. OF tie whole num-
Der of sea-goi.g iron-clads having guns
that can pierce 20 inches and upwards
Of iron, Great Il itain has 2S. S4 per
cent; France, 30.16 per cent; Italy,
l9. % per cent; but of the whole num-
Der carrying l6 inches and over in COM
plete water-line armor, Great Britain,
las 81. 30 per cent; France, 1873 per
cent. and Italy, IL. 80 per cent
There are now 10000 scholars and
.0C0 teachers in tue London Ragged
Sunday School, and these numbers are
fast increasing.
BOYS in the primary schools of Stock
ton, California, are taught needlework
The same as the little girls, SO that here
after they can make small repairs for
themselves.
| The LAUGHING PLANT.-Palgrave
in his work on Central and Eastern
Arabia, mentions a plant whose seeds
I
laughing gas. The plant is native OF
Arabia. a dwarf variety is found at
kasum, and another variety at Oman,
which attains height of from three TO
four feet, with woody stems, wide
spreading branches, and light green
foliage. The flowers are produced IN
| clusters and are yellow i'll color. The
seed pods contain two or three black
seeds of the size and shape of a French
! team. Their flavor is little like that
of opium, the taste is sweet, and the
Odor from them produces a sickening
sensation and is slightly offensive
! These seeds, when pulverized and taken
in small doses, operate upon person in
very peculiar manner. He begins TO
/ laugh loudly and boisterously, and then
sings, dances, and cuts up all kinds of
fantastic capers. The effect continues
about an hour, and the patient is ex-
tTemely comical. When the excite
ment ceases, the exhausted individual
falls into deep sleep, which continues
Tor an hour or more, and, when lie !
awakens, he Is utterly unconscious that |
any such demonstrations have been |
made by him. Scientific american.
NEW THERAPEUTICAL TESTS OF |
CoD-LIyER OIL.-The suggestion made |
some time ago that the nutrient proper |
ties possessed in so marked a degree by |
cod-liSer oil might be due to the pres
eDce of uncombIned fatty acids has |
been confirmed by scientific inquiry
abroad, the fact being thus made mani
fest that the darker varieties OF oil, !
which are well known to be the most
acid, are also theTapeutIcally the most
active. The latter however, have a |
taste which Is as distinguished as their /
acIdity, and on this account are not SO L
well adapt u for medical use rs the
pIler and more pleasant kinds. The
latest examination shows the free acid
in the pale sorts 10 vary from 0lS TO /
OIL per cent, and in tie pale brown I
from 2.5i to D o. per cent. These tests
have led 10 attempts TO obtain an artifi-
clal and more pleasant tasting oil,
equally beneficial, and 1t is said, with a
good degree of succrsS. Thus, olive oil
has been partially saponified in such a
manner as to liberate per cent. of
acid, the product being unaffected un-
til mixed with the pancreatic secretion,
when rapid absorption Is effected after
emulsifcation; children are found to
take this article readily in hot weather, /
and with no disagTeeable secondary :
York II iJttHe. Il
The Prince OF Wales's comfort is well |
looked after by the London theatrical
managers At the Court Theatre he l
has Persian pavilion to smoke in, at
the Garrick Chinese pagoda, and at T
-he Lyric an apartment not a whit less :
luxurious. h,
y NOVEL branch of learning has :
been introduced into the higher grades | 4
0f the public schools of New Haven. Ii
of bulletin board, upon which
are pasted each day clippings of import .
Int home and foreign news taken from
he newspapers Special attention is
given to matters brought up in connec-
Ion with the study of history or geogra- I
1hy. The pupils take great interest in
he bulletin" and vie with one an
'ther in bringing the greatest number y
IL Items which are suitable to be pasted.
THERE are now l72 carpet manufac-
uring establishments in Philadelphia, ,
1850 looms and employing IL I
'UO workmen. Last year l,500, 900 !
ards OF carpet were produced, worth
learly s4S. 100000. 8
IHE gross earnings of our railways
n February were quite heavily in ex-
ess of those in February of last year. A.
Tie ID reporting roads earned, accord -
NJ to the Financial Chronscle's tables. 3
N aggregate of S25, 434, SIS during the -
month. as against s24, la, ,042 in Feb m
uary, lSSS, showing an increase OF ST.
'ol,o5o Heavy cotton and grain n
movements, and better rates, were the =,
hlef agencies producing the increased =,
arnings of February of this year. The !,
,ain was not so large as that made III =,
January, but it was made upon earnings ~
f month which, since 1885, has each ~
ear steadily produced heavily increas-
ng totals. =.
Mrs, JOHN LUCAS, president of the SC
Noman's Silk Culture Association. I'm a e
epoTt to the Commissioner of Agricul- so
ure, said that with proper training the
J Jnited States could, IN short time. Ia
ot only raise its own silk but much
nore, thus gaining at least so, 900, 900
er annum-
PHILADELPHIA grows. The building -
perations III March were the heaviest oC
| any month IL the history of the city. u
hey embraced 1777 dwellings, of p'
,hich 1919 were two-story, 494 three
tory and four-story, and increase of :,
AZ over those in February. The total a. a.
aIue OF the dwellings is estimated at '"
pwards of 3, 4,O0O.OOO. The number of
weillngs commenced since January lst,
Dot up 2525, an increase of 1885 over a no
period in 1888.
THE latest statistics of the China IT,
llssions, carefully collated, are found
the Chinese Recorder for January, 20
$50 The total of foreign missionaries
men, wives, and unmarried women di
ll23, an increase OF 90; native ordain-
ministers, 1852; unordained native
elpers, 1878; communicates, "a, 555, m,
D Increase of 2295; pupils in schools, to
!, i,Sl1; an increase OF 1140; contribu- m;
ons by native churches. 4,173, an
cresse OF 1896.
Do to-dsy's duty; fight to-day's an
mptations; and do not weaken and
etract yourself by looking forward to =
hngs you cannot see, and could not in