Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-12-16
NO. 50
NEWS IN BRIEF.

l342.
The first English clocks we're made
In l6OS.
Potatoes were introduced INTO
ireland in 1899.
The first Goa III was made In Eng.
land In 1894.
The assessed value of New York
State is si,779, S9S, ,746
The gold Coinage of England is
made of % carat gold, not Is carat
Emile Zola is usually about nine
months writing one of his novels.
Two centuries aud seven different
men claim the invention of gunpow-
Ter.
--GreeA Lake, Col, 10, 252 feet above
the sea level, is the highest lake in the
world.
-Wisconsin's wheat crop is estimated
at elghty-six and half per cent. of a
full yield.
Baltimore. Md, boasts of a New,
foundiand dog that is an eXpert In catch
ing thieves.
Printing was invented at Mentz,
by Gutenberg, in 1850; introduced in
To England in l47l.
The greatest long distance bicycle
riding record IS I45 miles in tifty-four
and one-half hours.
-Postoflicas were first established IL
France in 1464. The first English post
office was opened in 1881, the first Ger
man Office III 1911.
The average French family embraces
three members and the average Irish
family five. In England the average
number OF members of a family is
four.
More than 81 900, 600 was received
in London, England, during the past
year in dog taxes. The London police
are vigilant III this direction, if no 9th
er.
-Spectacles were invented in the
gear 1880, but were not In general use
until nearly 200 years later.
In New York City the quantity OF
hnckleberries sold is ten times that of
any other berry. Dried huckleberries
in winter time, always bring a fair
price.
1t is pointed out as an interesting
fact that people with a tendency to con-
sumption are never bald. On the con-
trary, they usually possess a luxuriant
head of hair.
Melons were first called cantelOupes
from being cultivated near Canteluppi,
village near Rome, where they had
been introduced from Armenia 10y mis-
| sIonaries.
1t is the custom IN Lima, Peru, t.
EalTA = a of
A calf makes its first appearance on
the roof, and never descends until 1t
comes down as beef.
-Lewlstown, Me-, has a thTee-year-
cd girl who prattIes IN French, Swed-
iSh and English. Each of her parents
were of different nationality, aud she
| ickel up English from visitors.
"A new style OF saddle cloth has the
| underside made Ike a waffle. Tue
| holes and their edges are Intended 10
hold fast to the horses hide and pre-
vent slipping If the saddle-girth is not
| fastened firmly.
"A railroad tunnel 1900 feet long, is
being drilled through a mountain peak
! near the village OF Galerd, Penn,
which Is II. 600 feet above the level of
the sea and 600 feet above the perpetual
snow line.
There are 5000 clubs In the United
States, whose aggregate membership
| Is 80 1000, and on whose list are en-
rolled the names of many of the IA
nous men OF the day.
The output Of matches in the
United States amounts to SI2 600, 900 a
year. One cubic foot OF lumber pro-
duces exactly Is, 600 sticks of matches,
and an ordinary match manufactoTy
turns out about 10000, 900 sticks a
| day.
An Alabama man possesses a curI-
Osity in the shape of two trout grown
together like the Slamese twins. The
body of each is perfect, but they are
united by membrane attached to
their bellies. They are alive and
risky.
1T is not definitely known who
brought The wheat seed to America.
When this continent was, discovered the
only cereal that grew here was maize.
Wheat was introduced into Britain 10y
the RomanS. and it can be traced back
for rearly 1000 years.
The locomotives in the United States
If coupled together would make train
800 miles long, the passenger cars
would make 800 miles more, and would
carry l 500, 900 people. With the
| addition of all the freight cars the
train would be more than 1000 miles
long.
Lieutenant Maxwell, of the United
States Army, says the climate Of the
| Oak It adds to ones stature. When
ordered to that country he was over
| tNcntv-one years old and had reached
| The age when growth was supposed to
| stop, but during a residence there of
over year he grew three and half
inches.
Some immigrants carry tin trunks.
| 1t is easy TO imagine what happen to a
| tin trunk " hen an ordinary trunk falls
on it. "Why anybody should make a
tin trunk" a baggagemaster says, 'Is
more than l can understand, They
may be good enough to stand in house
to put things in, but they are worthless
for travelling"