Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-20
NO. 80.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Dc Emperor OIL Japan Is TO nave
: tate coach costing $4,000.
There are l3, 900 different kinds of
postage stamps in the world.
The Japaneze make artificial tor
tolse she II with the whites Of eggs.
In 1905 there were thiTty-five trans
lations of the Scriptures in existence.
Hamilton GRAY has been Post
master at Gray's Hill, Tenn, since
1928.
A Bristol florist who planted to-
matoeS on May Ia last is now getting q
good yield.
The Ruby mines of Burmah are
rich in material and closely guarded by
the government.
Mrs. Annie Roush OF Letart, O.,
IS the maternal ancestor OF two thou
sand people. She can look down on six
generations.
The largest fresh water lake COM
pletely within the boundary OF a single
State of the United States is Lake
Oke chobee, in Florida.
Lettuce has sedstiye effect on the
nervous system, and the ordinary plant.
as well as druggists preparations OF it,
may be success essfully employed In cases
! of insomnia.
AT the wedding of Miss Theresa
Fair in San Francisco, the rooms were
hung with draperies of white silk mus
slim, while the ices were served in cases
of brocade silk.
1t is proposed to substitute new
measure of light as standard in place
of the candle, and it is thought that
some one of the measures already used
will be adopted.
The picture gallery and ballroom In
London of Colonel North, "the Nitrate
King" are fitted with the new spray
system TO protect the pictures AID pre-
vent damage by heat.
"A DanbuTy Comm lady has a
dress worn by bride in the yea 100,
that weighs only three ounces. 1t is
white, cut low in the neck, sleeveless
and well preserved.
"A manufacturer OF one of the
| standard typewriters on tie market,
says that there are $4,000 women who
make living III this country by run
ming the machines.
1t appears from statistics published
| by the government OF India thai III
one year, while 92S persons were killed
by tigers, more than 1000 children
were carried off by jackals.
| "A NEWS III L lOI4Cst ltl Is ABOUT
a flower that is a notified yellow, with
a rough leaf. and III appearance and
smell resembles a frog very much. Ii
is called the "frog cactus"
Among the Romans there were
| two different palms; one corresponding
to the breadth, and the other to the
length of the hand. The former was
1912, the latter S731 English inches
led its population since 1861, its in
crease being relatively much more
rapid than that of the population OF
the United States during the same
period.
Never touch a vine that has three
fingered leaves-that is, leaves divided
into three parts. Vines that show
flve-fngered leaves may be handled
with safety. Poison ivy has three fin
gers.
The elevators in the Equitable
Building, New York, have a run Of
135 feet from the basement to the top OF
the building, and 1t takes twenty SOC
Onds to make the whole distance with
out stops.
The japanese war authorities are
translating the army laws of Germany
and the Conscriptiou law Of France, TO
aid them in the contemplated alteration
of cOnScription methods in their own
country.
One of the highest ObserVatorieS in
the world is about TO be erected in Tan
anarivO, Madagascar. 1t will be In
every way complete and the site chosen
for it is about 44OO feet above the sea
level.
Odessa, Russia, has been preparing
to celebrate the hundredth anniversary
of its foundation. In 1Ys4 un1 Duke
de Rlchelieu, "A Frenchman, laid out
the plan of Odessa, now become ono
OF tine most nourishing cities IN tie
world
"A yellow catfish weighing fifty
eight pounds was exhibited in the Pal
ace Market, at Eighth and McGee,
say the Kansas City Tins 1t had
been captured at the mouth of the
ksw. The fsh WAS over five feet long
"A curious fashion has come INTO
vogue in Paris. In all cemeteries met
al boxes with a slit in the lid are placed
on the tombstOnes to receive cards OF
visitors. The relatives of the deceased
are thus enabled to see who among the
living still cherish the memory OF their
departed friends.
The Prince of Wales, Albert Ed
ward, recently ordered an Administer
carpet made in one solid piece, with
twenty-seven irregular projections The
manufacturer who received the order
was in despair, but succeeded so well
that when 1t WAS laid IL fitted like the
traditional paper on the wall"
The culinary art even owes that
favorIte pOtage, OK tail soup. to the
thrifty nucuenots, who were ac,us-
toned to purchase at peppercorn prices
the caudal appendages of bovine origin,
which had hitherto been thrown away
as offal by the Whitechapel butchers.
"A lion tamer' tells new York
6eeper that after lion has been In
captivity FOR a year he IS no more dan
gerOus than the average dog, and that
the trainer who enters a cage runs less
risk than the tramp wGO enters a yard
where a Newfoundland keeps guard.
Throughout France gardening IS
practically taught in the primary and
[ elementary schools. There are about
has a garden attached to IL, and is
under the care of a master capable Of
, ImpaTting a knowledge of the first prin-
ciples OF horticulture.
, Wood brought to mirror polish is
coming into use for ornamental pur-
.. poses in Germany, and has the advan-
iage, that, unlike metal. IL IS not af-
fected by moisture. The stuff is first
treated with a hath of caustic alkali
for twa or three days. At a TEN perature
! between 1G42 and l91- +. Next comes
dip in hydrosu'phate of calcium, for