Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-03
NO. 33
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS In b1ilEF.
-Gypsies originally came from IT.
dia.
The first paper mill in the United
States was erected at Norwich, Conn,
IN 1865.
In the dreary deserts OF Arabia the
rosemary and lavender flourish TO pr
lection.
A colony of bees attacked a horse In
Leslie, Ga, and so severely stung him
that lie died.
Plans for additional hotels of the
monster" kind have just teeE publish
I'd in London.
The deepest mine in the world is
the rock salt mine near Berlin, which
s 4l75 feet deep.
The oldest building in the world is
the Tower of London. 1t antedstes
Ce,ar's conQuests.
The ancIents believed Delphi to be
situated In the exact center of the land
surface of the world.
Squire Beasley, of Aberdeen, KY,
has performed the marriage ceremony
for over L. 900 people.
"A human body when cremated
leaves residuum OF about g ght ounc-
e3.
Two thousand children under two
years of age die yearly in Paris from
tuberculosis.
unn Ia ha draf
of the Zuyder Zee, a sheet of water COW
Nring 730 square miles.
There are seldom more than 6000
stars visible in the heavens to the eye,
from any point of observation.
That the human race will some day
I lack noses and the sense OF smell, is
frequent scientific deduction.
For fifteen minutes fish raine1 on
I the farms north of Janesville, Wis,
recently. The whole country was fuu
IF them.
An English mathematician esti
mates the limit of ideas entertained by
any mind during lifetime ls $685.
20, 900.
"A man in California recently killed
rattle snake measuring seventeen
and three-quarter inches in circCmfer-
ence.
One of the keepers In the Philade!-
phia Zoo says that an elephant will
tremble with lear at the sight or q
mouse.
"A lobster that weighed nineteen
and half pounds was recently caught
by fishermen in st. Andrews Bay, OF
me Maine coast.
There is red kangaroo in the Lon
don Geological Gardens. Its color is
caused by a secretion from the skin.
1t is said that the only person in
the United States entitled to be called
Honorable Is the Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor of Massachusetts,.
"A fine was imposed lately upon
cruel Englishwoman who had permit
ted her two dogs to draw her baby
carriage on the public highway.
The first book printed in the Eng.
! lish language was History of Troy"
which appeared in the latter part of the
year 1474.
-Forty-four families IN a town ia
Kansas have all Their food prepared by
a cooperative cooking club, which has
been in existence two years.
The largest telephone switchboard
In the world is that in the exchange at
Berlin, Germany, where 1000 wires are
connected with the main office.
AT the present rate of Increase In
the American production of tin plate
the United States will produce 100, 000,-
600 pounds during the coming year.
During the reign of Henry VIII
IF England II 400 persons were execut-
ed. The like has never been known in
the history Of the world before or
| since.
Since its settlement Nova Scotia
has more than once changed proprie-
tors, snd was not confirmed to Eng
land till the peace of Utrecht in
1713.
In cave in the Pantheon, at Rome
Italy, the guide, by striking the flaps
of his coat, makes a noise equal to
that produced by twelve pound can
uon.
| -Hoard's DaiTyman says that q Can
adian cheese factory has an order for a
cheese to weigh Ia, 900 pounds. 1t is to
be exhibited at Chicago next year. 1t
will require 225, 900 pounds of milk.
One of the largest camelIa trees in
Europe is now In full bloom near Dres-
den, Germany. 1t was toban -.um
japan $50 years ago, is fifty feet high,
and has an annual average Of 0.000
blossom.
-Selectman 8. Byron Brownson, OF
Ansonia, Conn, has two remarkable
eggs. One measures seven inches
around the longes: way, and the other
one and three-quarter inches. Both, it
is claimed, were laid by the same hen
ON the same DAY.
That nothing Is more easily for
gotten than an umbrella or cane, Is
proved by a recent sale of unclaimed
property by a railroad company. The lot
comprised nearly 1000 umbrellas, more
than 1000 sticks and 300 psrasols.
1t is observed that in antique
statues the second toe islonger than the
first, or great toe, but men of the pre-
sent time the reverse is the case.
"A stone cornice-cutter, capable Of
turning out sixteen feet of well finished
cornice or moulding in twenty minutes,
has been made in Rome. The general
features of the machine are very similar
to those OF the metal planning ma
) chine.
Professor Short, Of Cleveland. Ohio,
has perfe> ted system of electric pro-
! pulsio1 for the elevated railroads of
, New York Ci.y. which he says will
afford 20, ZOO horse power and over
come al obstacles The plan Is under
consideration.
The largest business in America
handled by woman is the Money