Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-11-05
NEWS N BRIEF.

gears old.
One OF the highest students st Cam
oidge. England, is blind.
The first game Of cricket wac PLAYED
n London, England, in l774.
An immense double watermelon at
Facts a tent - in d Georgia grocery.
New Haven, c m, IS called the City
)f Elms; NaShvine, Tenn, the City OF
Rocks.
Kansas has more miles OF railroads
= an all tie New England States put
! together.
y hungry horse tied IN front OF 3
store III Norris own, Penn, deyOured g
box Of slraw Lats.
! Roller skates were arst patented by
"A LO.d fru.tersr named Tyrrs IN
( |ls23, aud his la,tern hal one line Of
SLeels.
4 woman at Uagrr,tCn, Nd, has q
I l9oOse which came INTO her pos ssiOn
When she was married, tw-uty-one
e Is ago.
A pair of blntam chickens were
'old at Ihs London Crystal Palace for
! 5000, which MAS almost twice their
vi sht III old
| In Eng.anl they look upon strawber-
! les very much a. Gallon iaus 40 On mug
] Il S of gold Ihe II ulJersn sell them
| .or about s. a pound.
! AsaiOe .ua Is a vegetable, not an ami
nal pr uLct. L ~ pr pred from the
.oCt' OF 4 pant extensively grown ia
PeIs.t, B-lJuculsJ Il aId Al ,hauisJan.
The first s-rike in this Country Is
3 In, h.sL
\ ok IN ,SJ3, whe a uumb-r Of sauors
| struck fUT AL Vance III wages
1t Is reported from China that during
storms in Tie Chtklaug pIoviuce hail
/ tones Of such enormous s ze fell, a 70
l destroy a imals and even b uses.
/ The people OF san Francisco have
! presenter TO the cruiser OF that name 4
-, 800 silver service IN L is said to be
she nandsomest thing OF It's kind owned
| Il America.
y toper in WatervilIe, Ne, received
4 Startling surprise. He Was locked up
tor being drunk, and next morning dis
covered that lie had spent the night IN
II with corpse.
Fashior able entertainments have
teen enormously eXtravdgaut in Lon
| don TINS season. Several have cost
between S3J.,OO and $4,000. The
ItowtIs for bachelor pa " cost s.. 900
Aftr spending two or three months
and hundreds OF dollars in litigation
As TO the ownership of dOg, two
! Chicago gentlemen are now advertising
Tor the dog which has mysterously dis
appeared.
The new Masonic Temple in Chicago
| ts 70 have eighteen - 'rles, and the roof
VIII lie 24J ieet from the pavemr
/ Ine grounl dimensions will bs III by
ia feet. The structure Will Le built
| principally Of steel.
! Rochester, Ind, has a boy orator
years Old. lie Is uamsd Irwin J. Sien-
ger, has Te uaTkaJIe memory, and
-pouts speeeil-s and sermons, 10 the
amazement Of The people who visit his
IA hers farm.
N. Cass- CUES, a Parisiln, has invent
ed "A system OF rIe o-ie.egraphy, by
which shurt-haui notes of speeches and
iother repOIts may ls telrgrdpheI. His
plan saves threr-lourth- OF the dne or
dlnarlly used IN telrgraphluZ.
In Germany the numuer OF drug
stores are registered ty lava certain
number 90 certain distI let, according
10 population. A druggist there Is
allowed TO sell Ouly dru :, or such
articles as are used for mellc nal pur-
poses.
The use OF india rubber for erasing
pencil marks WAS FIRST suggested in or
just prior 10 l752 by an academiciaH
Lamed Magellan, a descendant Of the
great navigator.
The Austro-HunVarian convict who
! Is condemned TO die stands on the ground
W Lh a Ope aTOuu this neck, and at
given signal h. is pulled II Ills legs to
remain struggling II the HiU until be l.
sIIAnG Glsd-
Trad m rks were known In Bnclen,
Babylon; China has O. b ID as early AS
% b. 9 tley w,re autn, zed IN
England iu l2DO; Gutenberg. be inven-
tur OF printing, Is Sd d to have had
lawsuit over hIs trademark.
Fully three-fourth, Of the tables OF
the world 20 max d until they ge 70 be
Eve OF SIX yea old. Tie Canadian In
VI rs keep Their babies naked 10 a Ger
talA point, ana as FOR the little Coreans,
they never wear anything but a shCrl
skut until they are as old as our school
boys.
A wonderful flower has been dis
EDktItil AIl Tue l.. lNlI us DA EtHt-L.s
It's chief peculiarly Is the habit of chang
ing IJs cOIOrs during the cay, ln the
morning IL IS WhiJe;Whe the sun Is at
is zenith it IS red. aud at night IS rs
b ue. The red, Whit q blue flower
grows on q tree about esz= of a guava
TT, ., and ONLY a. noon does II give out
any perfume.
The famous 'Toop'' on the sourI sru
Pacih Is on the : ezra Mountains, be
tween Mi Ia aud CaIIrnte. II WAS a
vice by which the TehtChape Pass, by
which Fremont first crO-e the mount
ain ri'ge betw en- Northern agd ~Ou b.
eru. .CallfOr MIA, isIa-srd. First the road
runs through tunnel, then it bridge
an abyss, aud Gually eros es over itself,
seem ngly lyiuG a DOW-kuot with It's
own straps.
Elder down q the down of the elder
duck This duck - common IN Green
Ind, Ice AMI, AMI the islands north aud
west Of Scot and. IL IS about the size
Of a goose, and receives Is distinctive
me from the river Elder IN Den
mark.
1t Is asserted by French vintagers THAI
the grapes gathered a. sunrise always
produce the lIght.st and most Hmpld
wine Moreover by plucklER the grapes
when the early morning sun Is upon
them they are believed 10 yield fouith
more juice.
-Sboe dealers recommend the cloth
top gaiierbu o;s I, 7 laiies suffering from
heated or swolie feet.
If dist nee lenus enchantment 70
the view, what b aulv tie latest new
mt must be at 100, OyO,JOJ NIL. 3
from the earthl