Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-10-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.

--Okabs chew their food with their
legs.
The tomato is native Of South
America.
Photographs were first produced In
England in 1902.
1t is an interesting fact that there
are no bald headed tramps.
Only SIX horses have ever trotted
twenty miles within one hour.
"A Connecticut merchant ad yertises
zion bedsteads AMI bedding"
"A university in Denver hes estab-
lished course of lectures ON insur-
anee.
"A dog at Deposit. n. Y, found a
pocket-book containing S400 few days
ago.
"A miner dressed in armor went in
to burning mine at Republic, Mich,
to fight the fire.
In the interior of South America
chocolate, cocoanuts and eggs are used
as currency.
There was recently received in New
London, Conn.,, q banana weighing two
and half pounds.
The Egyptians had very remark
able ordinance to prevent persons from
borrowing imprudently.
The Chinese paper currency is red,
white and yellow paper, with gilt letter.
ing and gorgeous devices.
1t is estimated that it takes GO, 900
tons of binder twine TO do up the annual
American grain crop.
1t is said that apes have languages
"A new race has been discovered
the PHILIPPINE Islands.
An attempt TO climb the II malaga
will be made by Explorer Conway.
The new United States sixteen
inch gun will be foriy-nine and a half
feet long and weigh l25 tons.
j. W. Hood, of Frankfort, Ind,
has turned blue from the effects OF
medicines taken for epileptic fits.
"A harness that looks luminous In
The dark has heen invented. 1t is In
tended To prevent collisions at night
From observations on the transit of
Mercury recently taken at the Lick OBJ
seryatory, the diameter of the planet is
given at 29C0 miles.
Mrs. Mary Lowell, of New Y ork,
practical electrician, has invented
contrivance by which she IS enabled to
light her kitchen fire from her bed
room.
1t has been calculated that the ac-
tual amount of salt contained in the
ocean would cover an area of 5000. .0OC
square miles with layer one mile
thick.
"A clock ''fer pointing out the di-
rection of the earth's orbital motion IN
the ether" was recently exhibited to
the London Physical Society by Prof.
Lodge.
"A sheet of ALUMINIUM II inches
square and one inch thick weighs II
pounds. A bar of aluminium one inch
square and II inches thick Will weigh
liz pounds.
The latest improvements in the long
distance telephones have raised the
question of the probability of their be-
ing put into operation between this
country and Europe.
AT Cambridge, England, butter Is
sold by the yard, pound of the article
being rolled into roll yard long and
sold in sections to suit buyers.
Paul Revere, the hero of the fam
GUS ride. was the President of Bostou's
in Faneuil Hall in 1899.
"A Lewiston (Me,) girl drowned a
kitten recently and buried 1t behind
the barn. The old cat dug it up, took
it into the kitchen, and brought it to
life, and it is living now.
Hannibal Hamlin's grandfather
had four sons, named respectively
Europe, Asia, Africa, and America,
but the late Vice-President was a son
of fifth, named Cyrus, and was named
for the latter's twin brother, Hannibal.
The low grades of m llasses made on
the Louisiana plantations are now
sprinkled over the dry crushed cane,
and materially increases its usefulness
as fuel for the furnaces.
Among recent inventions is an auto.
matte pump. 1t shuts itself off by slow.
closing switch when the tank Is full,
and starts again just before the tank be,
comes empty.
An automatic life-saving belt that
can be shaped into ball, fired from
gun, or thrown by hand, has recently
been tried on the Thames 1t righti
itself upon contact with tue water.
The following is aludicrous custom
dueCltu among lHe EODlllJy OF Bavaria.
Upon any nobleman's engaging In
trade, mechanics, manual labor or like
occupation, he must needs d,op his
title while so employed, but whish can
be resumed upon giving up the occupa.
tion.
-PlinlImmon, the St. Bernard, isths
biggest dog known. At the BirmIng.
ham show, England, on the morning OF
judging, November 27, 1886, he weighed
PA pounds. He stands thirty-lve inch
es high at the shoulder. lie was sold
IN 1888 to the late J. K. Emmett, of Al.
bany, n. Y, for $1,000.
The Sahara, the largest desert In
the world, is about 3OC0 miles IN length
in average breadth about 900 miles, and
a total area of about 1000, 900 square
miles. Parts of it could be made very
productive if liberal supply of water
for irrlgatiDg purposes were securei by
means Of artesian wells.
An English firm of potters have
produced the largest vase IN the world.
1t is of china, its chief feature being
globe representing the world, which is
supported on pedestal and surf ounded
by NEUROLOGICAL figuIes. The vase s
eleven feet high and SIX feet, four inches
indismeter. It's cost was sl7, ,500.