Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-10-08
NO. 42.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

foot and half long.
a jaguar Will rather attack q black
man than a white one.
The coins of Siam are made Of porce-
lain; those Of Japan are principally OF
ron.
HeligoIand has a national debt of
elO The revenue is between $4,000
and 90 coo.
a failure % the potato crop is threat
eI e III Ireland, ana famine will follow
if 1t happens.
W. L. Osborne, of Phoenix, Arizona,
mas collected ten tons OF honey tins sea-
son from III hives.
a hunter of Chepallls, Wash, recent
ly killed a cougar which measured 9
feet inches in length.
a large sturgeon, with a chain five
feet long attached to 1t, has been caught
# The coast of Oregon.
y man in jefferson County, Penn, is
said to have lost h. sight from drinking
ice water when heated.
Consul Meyers, of Honolulu. declares
that Of The 1859 lepers at Melohair only
twenty-elght are Chinese.
y Louisvillsphvsicia few days ago
married his six wife. He is eighty-oEe
and she is forty years old.
y Los Angeles (CaL) pickle factory
bOa ght eighty tons of Cucumbersa at Ana
helm recently at one cent pound.
In Bradford country, FLORIDA, Is =
hollow stump from which comes a noIss
similar to that of boiling kettle,
In clearing up the post office at
Astoria. Oregon, recently, a pacaage
OF letters mailed IN 1857 was found.
He Is a curel cynIc who declares that
people who eat most at summer hotels
are those who are said to be invaIds.
\ Portsmouth, Ohio. man has q well
developed apple growing on an ordinary
grapevine, tie result OF sklllful graft
ing.
The famous Physic Garden IN Chelsea
England, whose preservsJi IN IS now a
matter OF Discussion, has 20, 600 differ
ent herbs and plants.
y North S "a coddzher carries a set
of lines 1900 fathOms in length. and
having an amazing number Of 1850
I hooks, every enc of which must be
Oaited.
Lincoln Ne, has a blind man who is
a clever croquet player. lie plays by
information as TO direction and by peas-
/ urlng the distance by walking to the OF
ject ball.
y Waterloo veteran who resides near
I Oswestry, England, has just attained bic
/ rinetieth year, He has been married
four times, and is the father Of twenty
four children.
a unique horticultural exhibition
held II England is devoted to carnations
and ferns. One large tent Is filed with
tie buttou-hole carnation, and the air
Is heavy with perfume.
Parasols made Of the best linden wood,
mauufa tured by Finnish peasants IN
/ the s. b IRIS of NidOrP, are in fashion
/ IN he R4ssian summer resorts along
lines OF q e Russo-Fiunish railroads.
/ 'ILey are light, elegant and very cheap.
/ Pemterton, y. J.. has a curious freak
+ of nature. At the farm OF Alfred John
/ son are twin calves, under sized, Yet
+ healthy, covered with white, heecy
4 wool and with tails like those of a rab-
/ bit.
Domestic servants are so scarce IN
/ Montreal that women in want of help
/ are said to visit the jail with a view 70
/ engaging young women TO work fOI
/ them at the close OF their term of i'm.
! pTI5Onment.
/ a triplet steer team is one OF the cur
! iosities TO be seen at Old Orchard. The
| steers are hltChed to a vehicle resem-
/ bling those used in chariot races in cir
t CUses, and 10 cents pays for short
tide III this novel turnout.
4 vessel has left San Francisco to
]. i
of the Pacific in the wreck of the i'll
fated Brother Jonathan, which was
/ lost many years ago on the coast, some
where in the vicinity Of Crescent City.
The effect of gum-chewing has been
| studied carefully by an expert. In gum
/ chewing the masss' er muscles which
move the jaw are abnOTmalIy developed
and the fatty substance which produces
fair, plump cheeks is de.erIorate1.
Tt is SAID to be not at all unlikely thai
the house In which President Lincoln
d ell viii follow Libby Prison to Chicago,
Western syndicate having made al
offer for il. The intention Is 10 put il
on exhibition during the Worlds Fair.
One Of tie la. gest forests in the world
stands Oh ice. 1t IS situated between
L
Siberia. \ well Was recently dug in this
region, when It was found that at a depth
Of llG metres the ground was still fro.
zen.
The French order, the Legion OF
Honor, was established by Napoleon in
1902. There are five grades. that OF
chevali-T, officer. commander, grand
officer ana grand crOiX. Recipients re
ceive 50. elgO, 500, S4OO, $500 year
r-spectiyely.
Richard TeytHicb, Of England, built
the fist locomotive in 1874 but the first
locomotive after the modern idea was
built by George Stevenson In 1929; the
Idea Of the construction OF a locomotive
was given TO the world by James Watt
IN 1863. and patented by him 1884.
Lewis Ledger, Of New York city, on
q wager recently ate thirty hard boiled
eggs IN fifteen minutes.
4 sparrow at CDlestOwH. Penn, built
a nest IN the running gear OF a farmer
wagon, aud makes "A trip 70 market every
week.
The American druggist is called a
chemist in England, many Of the oldest
Practitioners retaining the old spelling
&C lymis'."
j sign over h office counter in the
leading hotel OF Letdville, Col, reads.
dogs boarded at $40 a month";
What lie Was Arraid or.