Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-24
NEWS IN RRIEF.
marble grows in use.

sively used in England.
The highest altitude ever reached
by balloon was seven-miles.
In France and Germany horses are
now vaccinated for the gIanders.
The total number of Buddhists In
the world is estimated to be 75.0o),-
O01.
1t is said that nearly 1000 men
desert from the German army every
year.
In twenty years there has been no
counterfeiting OF American postage
stamps.
1T is estimated By scientists that
Colorado's cliff dwellers existed 10000
years ago.
Owing to ifs extensive use in elect
ric appliances the price of platinum has
advanced fully 100 per cent.
-CalIfornia's wine crop this year will
equal quart for every man, woman
and child in the United States.
The l241 miles between Newcastle
and Edinburgh, which is done without
a stop, is at present the longest run In
Britain,
I'm Corfu sheets Of paper pass for
money; one sheet buys one quart of
rice, or twenty sheets piece of hemp
cloth.
1t is proposed to unite all the is
lands of Japan by a system of subma-
rine Telegraph cables. The estimated
cost is S2,OOO,OoO.
Tho pot;opaI dabt in Garnanv
which is much smaller than that Of
any other great country in the world,
Is, in round figures e39, ZOO. 600.
"A walnut tree 81 feet in diameter
and 50 feet to the first branch will be
the unique exhibit of Missouri town
at the Worlds Fair.
Rich Hill, Mo-, has an 18-year-old
young lady who weighs 325 pounds.
I She Is feet 10 inches high and wears
a shoe 16 inches in length.
In Boston that remarkable shock
of hair which Paderewski wears has led
somebody to remark that he looks like
a human chry sanlhemun.
In France little more than 100
years ago it was impossible for anybody
TO work unless he Joined the union OF
his particular trade and submitted to
! its rules.
"A provincial British postmaster is
In trouble Through a hole IN the
roof of his Office the rain poured In one
night and stuck together e2OO worth
of postage.
1T is asserted in some Italian and
other medical journals that protection
has been afforded by he.fer vaccine
against measles whooping cough and
influenza
Sixty years ago only one public
banking company existed In London,
and at the Bank of England private
accounts wer- at that time opened
rarely and with the greatest difficulty.
The social magnifcence of state
ball at st. Petersburg s such that on
one occasion the guests numbered g.
900, yet there was no crowding and
every arrangement was project.
"A French Physf6iaq iscomGends
vacc mating with steel peas, since ons
could easily afford TO use a fresh one
each time and thus avO d danger of
infection from the lancet.
IN automatic electric gas extin-
gui>her depen Is on the variations In
the electrical coud ctivity of selenium
when expoSel to light, and turns OF
: the gas on the lrsJ appearance OF day
., light.
1t has been estimat that the m0-
tive power furnished by the steam en-
cine of the world represents the stength
| of 1000 millions OF men-that Is to say,
twice as many as there are work.
men.
: Count Herbert Bismarck has been
= visiting in London and studying the
a labor problem. HIS resemblance to
his great father IS said to grow
!, more striking as the years roll on.
a fa IA in Missouri has a half
l gallon jar If peach preserves that have
kept in perfect condition for more
, than 80 years. They were recen ly
tested and found to have retained
Their flavor as well as their looks.
. The wife of Senator Davis, of Min
: nesota, is fond Of hunting. While
r mtre Guild she WAS trained 10 handle
l rife; and she has a small Win
chester that shows signs of use
/ hanging in her Washington home.
Two Germ n women of Orange,
MIS-. Au2uSC LIuiudu dlu ucI SNep-
7 d lighter, recently issued two editions
3 of tue Orange VolAshots entirely alone,
5 writing the C. py, setting type, reading
e proof, making up the forms ana work
ins them off on hand pres.
AT a Civil Service dinner the
Prince of Wales made a speech, at
which he sad that he was ''glad and
: proud to think that the Duke of Clar-
euce would marry woman born In
this country, living in this country anl
. aving the feeling of an English wo-
man.
e Mrs. Antiouette Brown Blackwell,
4 who has been called the pOineer woman
q preacher OF America, lives \ life OF
: great retirement al Elizabeth, n. J..
: But during the YEAR size viii make a.I
t appeal for public recognition in the
: form of book. on which she is now at
: work, conceTing the relation OF religion
n and science
{ The ancient city of Smyrna has
been the scene OF many CONGREGATIONS
in past years. In 1863 fire destroyed
!. $500 houses, with loss of 81 900, ,O00i
}. In l772 fire in the same city car
y ned oil 5000 dwellings, and 5000 to
! 1000 shops, entailing a loss of S2O,O0O,
" COO; and in 1776 there were 1000 shops,
. mosques, magazines, etc, burned.
Z IT Is said that Confucius, 500 years
g B. c., wss the first man on record who
:. admired and popularIzed the chysan-
- themum.
70 a country Judge in L ,ngary gave q
decision a few weeks ago of which
solomon himself might be proud.
Members of the n zarine sect in TIE
le town of Gyoma requested his honor to
oi be allowed to cruelty one of theiI
N number "who was Messiah, and had
!. been called by heaven TO save men.
~ The iudye for moment was dumb.