Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-01-14
NO. 4.
NEWS IN BRIEF,

Sugar was unknown to tie ancient
Greek and Romans,
st Peters Church at RoTe, Italy
has seating capacity C 81, zoo.
Fowls have undoubtedly a large vo-
carnla.y than any OF the otLer domestic
animals.
e. N. Bond of New York City. has
lived in one hotel--the Fifth Avenue
for thIrty-one years.
I'm the middle ages the lower
aaimalswere frequently tried. convicted
and punished Tor various offenses.
The ruby is much rarer than dIa-
mond, and about as costly. the prices
ranging from SIS carat to 5000.
Two sort-shelled eggs connected BY
a ligament Of the same material as the
shell were laid by = hen In Paw Paw,
Mich.
"A young man walked in his sleep
recently at Statewide, Ga. and when he
awoke he found himself at a grlndstons
sharpening his knife.
All of Emreror Williams Hohenzol-
lern ancestors born since 1922, as well
tho Alui>Sli. us OiOlutES anu SlSLcTs udFo
; been rocked in the same cradle.
-"Old Sacramento" the cannon
taken across the plains by General Fre-
mont In his first eXDf diuon, IS an object
OF interest at the Kansas State Capitol.
In contest between cowboys at
San Antonio, Texas. a man named
Capes broke the void record by lassa-
ing a wild steer in As 1-2 seconds.
The highest prices ever paid for
hook, it said, was s. 200, 1t was
for a vellum missal which was pre-.
sented 10 X ng Henry VIII, by Pope
Leo X.
1t has been calculated that It would
be possible to take from a section Of the
the River Negro lakes, occupying sbou.
nine square leagues, upward Of two
millions of tons OF salt.
-Dainit white feathered ptarmigans'
feet decorated with jewels and silver,
for scarf-pins, and purple tufts OF heath
sr are among the pretty souvenirs
trourists bring from Scotland.
The use of India rubber for Grazing
pencil ma ks was first suggested In or
just prior to 1852 by an academIcian
named Magellan, descendant Of the
great navigator.
Bees stored over one hundred
pounds of honey under the caves of q
church IN Hartford, Conn last sum-
mer. The luscious bonanza was removed
neatly by steeple climber.
-SwIfts and swallows fly every year
from England 10 southern Africa and to
the MOluccas, and the res leI', wander
Ing light OF various oceanic binds Is still
more surprising.
&c. A. Blixt won n record in MInnea-
poll MIMI, ON October, %. 1885, by
putting in 1920 pants of glass II seven
hours, and thirty-one MINUTES, and
twenty seconds, exclusive OF stoppages.
speaker Reed HIS n double IN
/ Washington photograph, whose striking
resemblance to tile new Man fIom
Maine has beeu tie cause OF several
singuIa' blumders on the part Of Con-
grassmen.
-CJffae is a good barometer. Always
H the eve ot ralnstOTm il is very hard
to grind, but when there IS a suIe pro-
spect OF dry weather il grinls easily.
This is because coffee Is a 1rstclass
absorbent.
The fastest fact, brought to light re-
gar'llng Nero, the infamous Emperor
of r me, is that lie wore a mouocie.
1t is stated that tie tyrant was never
without his eyeglasses when watching
the gladiatorIIl gam,S
Tho Sultan of SokotN, who rules
over y. .C0J subjects IN West Africa,
has presented Queen Victoria with an
elegant lion. The animal has arrived
at Liverpool, and VIII probably be
taken care of at the Zoo.
With the aid of gasErfne and pepsin
W. ). Walcott, o. New York City, ats
two qIais day between tive I'D six
P. NJ. for thirty consecutive DAYS, eni-
ne his astounding feat on February 8,
1888.
The deer Is furnished with supple
mentaTy breathing places in addition to
the nostrils. and this would appear to
be an extraordinary provi ion of nature,
giving the beast OF tho chase frter re-
spirat.on.
The pneumatic line between New
York and Philadelphia IS now consid.
cred an assured TACT. Il is expected
that it will tran port large packages
between the two citllu in less than
twenty minutes.
Two Ladies' OF Santa Clara ar.
given the credit of putting up some of
the handsOmcst package OF caUned fruit
IN the Cal turnia market. Their rancu
comprises 2OJ acres, planted 70 fruits
of the choicest varieties, Tney en-
ploy only women.
England wants privileges for her.
self in eXtrad.tiOu treaties she Is never
willing to accord TO Utler countries
She Will insist upon tHe nights Of as
YUM within ler own LorGcrs for dis
LurbcrS CT the p ace anu slices having
her baLIt interrItt=d.
-The enormous appetite of the giant
penguin (Which wsIZhs about eighty
pUunds) NAV lave something TO do With
It's restricted Ipw-r' Of DichS, and in the
stomach Of these Ryss found .eu hounds
Of qGartz, gURai'r, and trap fragments,
swallowed NOS; ERsly t. promote diges-
iion.
Upon one occasion falcon was OBJ
served 10 cut 4 s!Iip: right 10 Two, With
such rcHgth and speed did it ut down
It's prey, SpGrro hawks and merlinS
have not IafrJquehny been known to
1'''oi eii4'"1" I'-i-t - t'A''S' 3 AoS' H+-40O"s
whcn n p-rsC:t OF iTey or ss Gagged
birjs.
Probably the oldest house IN the
United States Isl decaving stnne dwell
ing Tint stands IN Guiiford, Com. It
was built in IGIJ and is still occupied.
In Colonial Tires It id duty OCCASION
ally a. fort and WAS a place cf refuge
for settlers when King Philip was on the
war-path,
1HE Misses Kelly, Of West Fifty.
second Street, own and nrta3e prtss-
porous blacksmith ard hU-seshueing
shop. On The death OF ilo.r father, who
owned 1t, the eldest laughter took charge
Of AFFAIRS, engaged the best workmen,
and gradually established reputation
for good work, reasonable prices, mud
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