Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-06-25
NO. 81.
NEWS N BRIEF.

on the average l,J3S, ,2IO words a day
to newspapers alone.
The artistic arrangement Ot nat
uTal flowers Is part OF every japanese
lady's education-a much more salts
factory accomplishment than the man
ufacture of floral monstrrsities in wax.
The city of Philadelphia makes a
profit of more than 81, o @, 600 a year by
supplying gas to the consumers, besides
having the entire city lighted free of
cost.
-About seventy-two million cans of
tomatoes are put up each year to salts
fy the demand for this vegetable, which
only fifty years ago was raised for orna-
ment, and thought not fit to eat.
OH and gas have been discovered
in Iohnstowu, Fulton county, y. Y,
and the most tlattering prospects for
these industries have dawned upon this
quiet locality.
1t Is said that in London luncheon
! is to take the place OF late dinner as
social function, the fashionable people
recurring to the habits of their fore
fathers, Will take their heartiest meal
in the middle of the day.
Trials of the latest express com
pound locomotive IN England, with a
SpCG4dA bAilll VI GAr AlAttt4 tAl4dGc5, uG-
veloped the unpaTaIled speed of about
ninety miles an hour. The highest
speed, as measured by stop watch,
was just over ten seconds per quarter
mile run
Stanley says hIs one aim now is to
get away from the crowds; Lot because
he does not wish to see them, but be-
cause they prevent him from DO ng any
work. He told an artist at Cannes:
''If you were to offer me a thousand
pounds | could not sit down and let
you sketch me, am too busy"
Mrs. Wanamaker. it is stated, has
| introduced new fad in Washington,
/ aud has a class of young ladies meet at
/ her residence twice a week, where q
I professor OF physical grace from abroad
/ teaches them how to walk, 10 go up
and down stairs, to bow, to smile, TO
make eyes and to dispose of the hands.
! There Is said to be plant in Ara
! bia with flowers of bright yellow and
! with seeds which are like black beans
and these dried and powdered and
tax n in small dO=eS cause a person to
dance about and behave like a lunatic
till he becomes exhausted and falls
asleep.
"A wealthy citizen Of Osaka, Japan,
who Is the owner Of 4 rich copper mine,
has celebrated in a rather peculiar man
ner the two hundred and siXtieth ami
( versary of the mne coming into the
| possession Of his family. On that Occa-
sion each OF lis 800 or more employees
received as a ~ nIentO Of the occasion
a SwallOw-tail coat.
The Eighth HuSsars OF the British
Army have a gaZelle for ''child of the
regiment II accompanies the regi-
ment everywhere, and is an especially
conspicuous figure on the Sunday
church parade, when it accompanies
the band, leading the line with a state
ly tread, apparently initiated from
that Of the drum major
There comes from over the sea the
important announcement that of the
eight women who agreed to appear on
horseback riding astTide, at LOndOn's
next coaching meet, four have backed
out. TIE other four intend to appear
in costumes of "blue TCdingOte, with
skirts falling to the knees, tight buck
skin bTeeches, long pateut-lcatheT boots
and a silk hat -
"A French statisticiau has been
| studying the military and other records
W til view of determining the height
of men at different periods. The re
corded facts extend over nearly three
centuries IL is found that IN 1910 the
average height Of man in Europe was
/. - meters, OF say > feet . inches. II
1890 it was feet Q inches. In l-2J Il
was . feet . inches and a fraction. AT
the present time 1t is feet . inches.
What would appear to be a form
Of telpherage system is at present beng
I considered as a mea.s Of transporting
i
Montevideo, in South America. Postal
communication between the two cities
is now maintained 10y way Of the Platte
river, but the service IS necessarily
slow and full of delays The new pro-
pOsal is TO erect a small overhead cleo
trIc railway, on which will run cars
capable of carrying postal matter and
other light freight. The distance be-
tween the two cities Is about $50 miles.
The biggest flower in the world
was recently discovered by DR. AleXaD-
der Schadenberg 1t was found on
Mount Parag, which is situated on one
of the southeastern PHILIPPINE Islands.
The native who accompanied DR..
Schadenberg called the flower "bolo "
The bolo in bloom is a fine petalsd
flower, nearly yard IN diameter, az
large as a carriage wheel. \ single
flower weighed over twenty-five pounds
The five petals of the immense flower
are oval and creamy white, and grow
around a center filled with countless
long-hued stamens.
"A new ''fad' has struck the social
circle at some places. II Is called
''spider web party" and is becoming
quite popular. 1t consists OF running
as many threads as there are guests all
Z over the house twisting them about
the pictures, over the doors, windows.
etc AT the end OF each thread is a
number, and each guest is furnished
with a corresponding number to follow
by the threads through all their de
viOus windings aud snarls to the end
where prize awaits him. The pUT.
suit leads to all kinds Of comp ications,
| and is very amusing to him.
At present English is practically
an unknown tongue at the Vatican.
l The Pope can neither speak it nor read
it. Cardinal RampOl!a, the secretary
of state, IS in the same plight. So il
Mousignor Mocenni the under-secre
tary. Cardinal SimeOni, chief OF tht
Propaganda, who has charge Of all tht
English-speaking countries, cannot
! speak word of our language. Mon
slgnor JacObini is learning it. OF thC
Italian Cardinals only one, Card ma
Mazella, can talk English, and he, it II
worth noting, is a Jesuit. The genera
! of the Jesuits, Father Anderledy, also
! speaks English.
, Through errors in the trianGulatior
! of Hungary the maps of Austria have
heretofore made 1t out to be muci
smaller country than it is in reality.
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