Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-10-22
NEWS N BRIEF.

| J.
IS the year 1873.
In the United States there were IA
| I79 murders between 1854 and 1889, and
only 55S legal executions.
in Bradford County, Fla, is hol-
| ow stump from which comes a noise
similar TO that of boiling ketils.
"A Harlem CNew York; bride re-
,eived among her wedding presents a
'eceipted gas bill of Sl7 from her father.
Five generations Of one family sat
'or their I h DtOgraphs in a single group
1t Springfield, Penn, few days ago.
Under the laws of China, the adult
who loses his temper III discussion Is
'ent to jail for ive days to cool down.
The King ot Dahomey has sent an
ambassador TO Germany to engage a
oand of musicians TO play, not serve, for
MS dinner.
! 1t is said that in many Welsh vii
ages the yew tree aud the church are OF
he same age, the one being planted
when IN other was built.
"A carpet usel in a room of the Uni
ed Stat Minta after being in wear some
| years, was recent burned IN pans aud
! yielded $500 worth of gold.
The first English theatre was that
erected by James Barbage, in 1576-77.
IL stood in Ilolywe Lane. Shoreditch,
London, till 1t was pulled down in 1895.
AT L'Orlent arsenal IN France a
great ironclad war vessel of IL, 900 tons
3 nearly completed. 1t is strongly arIne
with immense cannons in revolving tow
ers.
gold in the world is about six hundred
and thirteen cubic yards, and it would fit
in a room twenty-tOur feet each way If
Ia solid cube.
There is said to bs striking simi-
larity between the sign language of
| leaf mutes and that in vogue among
the Indians of North and South Ameri-
| ca.
| The collections at fremont Temple
! Baptist Church in Boston. Mass, dur
ing the last year included lis, $50 cop
pers, weighing Sl4 pounds, and "a, $50
nIckels, weighing 59O pounds.
There is a turtle famine in London,
and caterers are obliged To pay fifty
! four cents per pound for turtle that last
year they could obtain in any quantity
for sixteen cents per pound.
A Macong ga man has a frying
! size chicken with not a feather, except
ing few on the wings The chicken
has been featherless ever since It was
Matched and enjoys perfect health.
"A postage stamp was recently found
/ by connecticut physician in the ear
OF lI,tle patient. and on its removal
a severe pain, from which the child had
suffered and which caused the visit Of
the doctor, disappeared.
J Count de Lesseps did not build Il q
first canal across the Isthmus Of Suez.
Six hundred years b. c. that neck of
land was traverSed by a waterway. 1t
got silted up with sand, was cleared out
by the Roman Emperor TTajan in the
second century and again IN 767.
"A japanese paper states that at
kanawaza a family of six generations
live. The oldest Is said TO be 1872 years
of age and to be a great-great- great-
grandmother, her husband aged l3O also
being alive.
The first elephant seen in England was
sent as present 10 Henry III. by the
| King of France about the year 1855.
Numbers of people crowded to see the
curiosity, and special building was
erected for 1t at the Tower.
Out Of seventy-six Irish Kings who
ruled between y. u. 4 and 1l72, no lsss
than fifty-twO died violent deaths either
in battle, by murder, Orby thunderbOlts
Lby the latter three were slaln).
"A faithful dog in Hamilton, Ohio,
did 'nt abandon It's attempt to arouse its
drunken owner who had fallen aslt-ep
on the railroad track, until an engine
cut off its leg. The man escaped in
jury.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is lSS
feet high, and is, if the cOTnice be in
4 cluded, 13 feet 3 inches out of the per
pendicular. The walls at the base are
| 13 feet thick. IL is built of the local
building stone marble. 1t probably as
sumsd its position in course of con
struCtiOn.
The first bank was established at
| Venice about 1857, aud the name ban
co" was given to it in Italian, from the
| bench upon which the money ch Ingers
| used to sit. The Bank of Genoa was
established in 1345; that OF Amsterdam
In 1909; OF Hamburg in 1919; and the
Bank of Rotterdam in 1855.
For those interested and who want
to know how a turtle digs her nest q
gentleman who witnessed the perform
ance says that after finding a suitable
location the old ''hen'' digs the hole
something like Jug, using the hind
fiippers, first one and then the other
moving her body about so as - be able
to get at the nesr. If the sand is not
too hard she VIII make a nest in from
twenty-five TO thirty minutes.
DIR. Gatling, the inventor OF the
! 20 gaI, l. sg l..
most industrious man for one Of his
years, and while he has done II tie in
the way of invention since be gave his
famous field-pIece to the world, Re has
been far from idle all these years. The
Doctor lives in handsome hOr Sc on
Charter Oak HUI, built near the spot
where the historic charter oak tr,e
stood. In his back yard stands long
wooden shed, under which extends =
carpenters table. This is the Doctor 8
workshop, Wooden and metal mo lels.
old and weather-stained, lie about, sur
rounded by diagrams and drawing
To this shop The Doctor goes eve }
morning.
a gigantic beef trust was recently il
corporated in Denver, Col, " tn a cap
itsl of SIS, ,0GO, 900, controlling prop .riy
worth $500, 900, comprising 1900
acres of land and $50, 200 head of cat
tie.
"A good deal OF interest has been ex-
cited at the antpOdes by the appearance
after twenty-seven years Of submersiou,
of the wreck of the British war-ship Or
pheus, the singular loss OF which, with
nearly 201 hands, caused such commc-
ton at the beginning Of the last Maoli /
war.