Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-06-29
NO. %.
NEWS IN BRIEF.


Cal., recently received a cocoanut tree
weighing six tons, from Honolulu.
A carrier pigeon alighted in an ex-
Iausted condition on transatlantic
steamer recently many mil, at sea.
"A HindoO rajah has had an entire
,et of furniture made of glass, includ-
ing huge bedStead and a sideEoard.
London existed long before the
Romans visited the island. Its name
IS derived from Llyn-Din, The Town
IN the Lake"
The English are equipping what
hey call corridor trains, which are on
very much the same principle as our
yestibule trains.
Five hundred thousand LoDdoners
ave Eve days per annum each by rid
ng on railways, a total saving Of 2
500, 600 days, worth $3.50, ,0CO.
1t appears from recent researches
hat the oxide produced on the surface
of Iron when heated is practically trans
parent.
! "A German inventor is reported to
ave devised an ingenious camera for
taking photographs of the internal or
In about sixty years a walnut tree
: grown from the seed will attain q
( diameter of four feet, and If properly
:ut and seasoned will be worth S400.
DIR. Cutting of the Vermont Board
lJr Agriculture once counted 222 3C0
hairs to the square inch of piece
clipped from the pelt or full-blooded
ram.
A Shasta Indian broke the egg
eating record by devouring thlrty-two
raw eggs at one sitting. He would put
an egg in his mouth, crunch it and
swallow 1t, shell and all.
There are two yew trees in the
department of the Eure, in France,
which are supposed to be 1900 years
Did, They measure about 80 and 20
ieet 10 circumference respectively.
What is claimed to be the plow
which General Putnam left in the
furrow up in Connecticut when he
rushed to the defence of his country,
ll6 years ago, is exhibited in front of
a hardware store in Danielsonyllle,
Conn.
Fluids which do not adhere, OF are
lot attracted upward by the sides OF
vessel, sink round the brim and rise in
tie center. Thus mercury in glass
forms convex surface, while water
forms coDcave.
"A new method of impregnatins
logs with zinc chloride In order TO pre-
serve them is now in use in Austria,
being known as the Pdster process.
The tinker is impregnated in the for
est as soon as possible after 1t is fell
ed.
1t is said that an excellent cure foT
,ameness in horses is to put them INTO
a swimming tank. In swimming the
horse takes the same or more violent
exercise than he would trotting on the
track, while there can be no injury 10
teet or limbs
The latest method Of hydraulic pro
pulsion, instead of forcing the water
always In one line OF direction, the
nozzles or outlets are made to rotate
around a common axis, aud thus act
upon the water in spiral paths, similar
to the action of propeller blade.
To insure durability, wood pave
ments must be laid with great care and
have a concrete foundation made of
the best materials. Those that have
been laid in Paris, France, have stood
about seven or eight years under
heavy traffic and about fifteen under
moderate.
In South America there are giant
SrasshoppeIs with bodies five in. hes
long and a wing-spread of ten inches.
Owing to the fact that they are not
very numerous, these formidable in
sects do not do much damage
To make good calcimlne soak one
pound of white glue over night, then
dissolve 1t IN boiling water; add twenty
pounds of Paris white, diluted with
water, until the mixture shall be OF the
consistency of thick milk; to this any
tint may be given that is desired.
Crocodile eggs are much soug'..
after by the natives of Madagascar,
their flavor closely resembling a mix
ture Of rancid oil and musk. In The
Pacific and West Indian islands lizards
and lizal ds' eggs are eaten i'll variety
of styles.
We owe the invention of visiting
cards to the Chinese. So long as the
period of the Tong dynasty (61S-907l
common use in China, and that IS also
, the date of the introduction OF ''red
|, silken cords" which figure so co1spic-
uously on the engagement cards Of that
country.
, Ten miles from Lexington, n. Z.
is a cave once used by Daniel Boone as
, a retreat and rendezvous, and near IL
stood the mighty hunters primitive
cabin. When this cabin was destroyed
!, some years ago the hearthstone was
! saved and it was sent to Chicago &c
form part of the States exhibit at the
Worlds Fair.
Mrs. Celia Thaxter, the PoetTess, /,
j fifty-seven years old. She Is tall
, handsome woman, with dark face, dark
eyes and snow white hair. Appledore
Isle of shoals, was her home when she
was ten years old, and it has been hel
! summer home ever since she was six
teen-
Christian Nilsson, the prima donna
is a clever woman of business. Nine
Modjeska, the Polish actress, play:
Chopin and speaks a half dozen Ian
guages. Patti Is very proud Of bei
needlework, especially OF her darning
Albani, the singer, cultivates the do
, mestic arts and writes eltertainiL
letters to her friends.
A recently returned traveller says be
) saw these odd signs displIged in Lon.
: don, England: "Thunder & Co.." -
/ b. Blazes," "Holyland, Floor q
, Heale," "Baldwille, Treer & Co.,
, "Peace & Plenty" &C. Heavens" ant
J many others equally as odd.
. Cne form of insects resembles 4
7 broken bit of bamboo, and another il
provided with hairs, distributed in sucf
, a way as to make it appear overgrowr
! with moss. Others have assumed thei
} form and color for the object Of catch
{ ing their prey.
Coaches wore first usei in England il