Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-02-26

originally cost the city S6,O00,O 0, Bnd
now esIimat to be worth 500 OOO,-
100.
George W. Childs, of the Philadel-
Dhia Ledger, has lately added 32O clocks
o the number he had on hand, and he
now the possassor OF over 100 tick
.ack me pieces, which he keeps in a
,oom set aside for that purpose.
A sponge eight feet in circumfer-
nee is on exhibition at a store in New
York. This is hardly remarkable,
however We have often seen spongeS,
sarying in size from five feet Ell ht
inches TO six feet in height, walking
along the street.
"A champio lship emblem recently
pres ntel TO a New York chess player
vas a chessbOard Of solid silver, with
nlaid gold foT each alternate square.
full set Of chessmen which accom-
panied the board was made of sterling
,ilver.
In sinking artesian wells in the
Desert of Sahara, water barring straits
Iave been reached at depth of 23O
'eet, at which a steady flow Of about
! 5000 gallons per minute has been OIL
aimed. This water is brdckish and
well for irrigation.
A novel flower has been found at
The Isthmus OF Tehuantepec. This
! ioIal chameleon has a faculty OF
hanging its cOlOrs d ring the day. In
The morning it is white, when the sun
5 ut its zenith it is red, and at night It
5 blue The red, white and blue flower
grows on a tree about the Ze of the
! "a
give out any perfume.
! "A little town up in Northern New
! England Is said TO have only one real
well resident (all the others are either
lown with the grip or getting over an
1t ack of 1t. and he is an octJgenarian,
who insists on gong TO his place Of
business twice every day, and who
never wears an Oyercoat, no matter how
severe the weather IS.
| -Chicago's great Auditorium cost
IS2, 7OJ, 900. Under its roof is a theatre
lCapab'e of seating 1000 people, 4 large
hotel, a recitation hall, Danquetting
lhall, and other rooms There are TO-
600 electric lights IN the building,
served 10y 80 miles Of electric wire, and
there are p miles of gas and water
Ipipes, 2l pumping engines, and l3 ele-
Ivators.
Living within two and a half miles
of MattapoiSette, Mass, where all were
lborn. are nine brothers and sisters
named Bolies, who range in age from
l59 to 50 years. Altogether there were
twelve children, but three died, one at
1.-THE age of %, another at the age Of 90,
land the third when he was p. The
mother lived to be a nOnagenarian.
1.-The father died in hIs 5Sth year.
The new catalogue of Yale College
lgIve the estimated annual expenses OF
1.-THE students there as follows: The low
lest amount necessary to meet all reEU-
liar charges Is set at $3.50; the most lib
Ieral is 81 ,03O; while the average is $500.
These sums do not take into account
1.-THE income which an industrious stu
dent may derive either from work OI
from scholarships.
The biggest edible oysters in the
lwOrld are found at Port Lincoln, iT
lSOuth Australia. They are as large as
a dinner plate, and tie same shape.
IThey are sometimes more than a foot
across the shell, and the oyster fits his
lshell so well lie does not leave much
margin. 1t Is a new sensation, when
lfrend asks you to lunch at Adelaide, tC
lhave one oyster set before you fried IL
Ibutter or egg and bread crumbs.
Fish charms have been met with
lamOng many nations. The fish called
1.-The bullhead is used by some of the
Russian peasants as a charm agalus
Ifever. Many kinds of fish have two
Ihard bones just within the sides Of th,
head, and one species, the maigre, hai
these bones larger In proportion than
most others. These two bones, called
lculIc stones. are regarded to posses.
medicinal virtues. They were mounted
in gold and hung round the neck.
The trials of the new submarine
boat lie GymnOte at TOulOn are Icing
lcontinuel under the supervision Of Ad-
] miral Duperre. Tie GymnOte hu
/. passed through all the tests 10 which
she has been subjected with perfect
IsuCcess. On one Occa ION she wen
labout thTee-quaI ters of a mile under
water, and she dived under the iron
lcIad5 at anchor with the greatest ease
The perIscI DE permits the commanding
officer 10 distinguish objects on the sur
face of the sea for a wide radius while
the vessel is at a considerable depth.
"A remarkable escape was made re-
Gently by an Omaha man. lie was i'll
toxicated and took a seat on the rail
way tack as "A motor train was ap-
lprOaching. The engineer fortunately
saw the man an applied the brakes
but, owing to the Sill perry condition Ol
the tracks, the tram did not stop until
It struck him. ''Th guard passed over
d IN, grinding his head into the dirt
but the wheels did not touch him. He
WAS so tightly wedged in betweel the
lguard and tie axle that it. was neces-
sary to remove the bolts and take OF
the guard before he could be extrica-
ted. lie was tile injured"
-Stanley's expedition has cost 500,
900 thus far, and additional exp noes
will bIing the total to $4,000. a.,
lie has brought little or no ivory TO the
coast, this sum Will lie clean outlay
with no immediate return. The first
sum was raised by subscriptions il
England, and the rest will doubtless
be raised in the same way, The march
TO the coast cost 800 lives, Stanley start
ing with 1900 and reaching the sea
with 100. The march from the mouth
of the Arwimi 10 the Wadelai co {
from 800 TO 400 lives In Stanley's party
In all, therefore, be has lost about
], 900 men under his command or pr
lection. The native tribes through
which he forced his way lost no less
and probably more, so that the trip has
cost at least 2, 900 lives.
The Study Of Langu1gss. Professor
+: Lowell says: What l urge is that nc
invidiOus distinction be made, as some
l.. times Used TO be and sometimes is, be-
tween the ancient and the modern tc
the disadvantage Of the latter, bu- that
students should be encouraged to take
The course in modern languages As be-
Ing quite as good il point of discipline