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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
FOREIGN PAPER MONEY.

The Bank of England note is five
inches by eight In dimensions, and is
printed in black ink on Irish linen,
water-lined paper, plain white, with
ragged edges.
The notes of the Banque de France
are made of white, water-linei paper.
printed in blue and black, with nnmer-
Gus NEUROLOGICAL and allegorical pic
lures, and running IN determinations
from the twenty-franc note to the one
thousand franc.
South American currency, in most
countries, is about the size and general
appearance of American bills, except
that cinnamon brown and slate blue
are the prevailing colors, and that
Spanish and Portuguese are the pre-
vailing language engraved on the face.
The German currency is rather ar
tistic. The bills are printed in green
and black. They run in denominations
from five to one thousand marks Their
later bills are printed on silk fibre pa
per-
The Chinese paper currency is in
red, white and yellow paper, with gilt
lettering and gorgeous little hand
drawn devices. The bills to the ordi-
nary financier, might pass for washing
bills, but they are worth good money
in the Flowery kingdom.
Italian notes are of all sizes, shapes
and colors. The smaller bIlls-fve
and ten-lIre notes-are printed on
white paper in pink, blue and carmine
inks, and ornamented with a finely
engraved vignette of King Humbert
The one-hundred- rouble note OF
Russia is barred from top to bottom
with all the colo-s of the rainbow,
blended as when shown through a
prism. In the centre, in bold relief,
stands large, finely-executed vignette
of the Empress Cathar me 1. This is
in black. The other engraving is not
at all intricate or elaborate, but is we'll
done in dark and light brown and
black inks.
The Australian bill is printed ON
light colored, thick paper, which shows
none of the silk fibre marks or geo.
metric lines used in American currency
an a protection agaist counterfeiting.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
A SEALS INTELLIGENCE.

A few years ago some fishermen
were following their vocation off har-
Dor on the Main coast, when they OBJ
served a commotion on the surface, and
soon made out a seal leaping from the
water as if followt d by some enemy.
1t came near the boat, swimming
around it several times. and then, max
ing leap, the men saw that 1t was be-
ing chased by larg Q fish.
One of the fishermen dropped his
line, and, stepping into the bow, leaned
over and held out his hands. To his
amazement, the seal Immediately
dashed toward him, and, with his help,
scrambled out of the water into the
boat, Just IN time to escape the sharp
weapon of a swordfish that darted by,
its big eyes staring, probably in won
der at the method of escape, to its fishy
intelligence being evidently a case of
out of the fryingpan into the fire.
But the little seal apparently knew
better, and it need not be said that its
confidence was not misplaced, as the
men we're SO pleased with its action in
coming to them they kept it as pet,
and the seal became a familiar object
about the shore.
The fishermen had small house
upon the beach, in which their boats
and nets were stored, and here the
seal made its home, sleeping on pile
of old nets, and during the day lying
upon the sands, lazily rolling over IN
the enjoyment of perfect freedom.
When the men came down to the
shore, the seal was there to greet them,
frisking about and attempting to crawl
into the boat. When not taken in, it
would follow the boat out, swimming
alongside, with it's intelligent black
eyes fixed upon them. If taken into
the boat. it would lie on the forward
deck and watch its protectors, occa-
sionally eating fish which they tossed
over to it, or diving over after one
which they threw away.
During the winter, the seal was
moved up to the home of one of the
fishermen, where it spent much of Its
time by the kitchen fire.-Chas. F.
Holder, in Golden Days.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
Misca1culation.

The Boston Globe prints a story
which reminds one of the old saying
about the shoemaker and his last.
A Yarmouth captain had a small
coasting schooner lying in port, and
decided to give lesson to painters in
general by himself painting the ves-
sells name on her bows. He could
not reach high enough from the float,
and did not care TO put out a swing
ing stage, so he reached down over
the side to do the lettering.
After finishing the job On one bow,
he went ashore to view his handi-
work, and this is what met his gaze.
-HID OWN
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
Electric Light ON BattI.fie,ds

The ubiquity of electricity is be-
coming almost prOverbial. From the
brightest spot on earth" to the
blood-stained battlefelds is rather
far cry, but there is no end to the
application of electricity. A recent
telegram from Austria described
some experiments of great interest
which have recently been carried out
successfully there. The difficulty of
searching for the wounded on the
night after great battle has been
one which has long occupied the at
tention Of military reformers, and
the army medical service in Austria
has been endeavoring to determine
how far the electric light may be
utilized for this humane end The
value of powerful search-lights with
refiectors has been proved in naval
affairs, and at Saukim and elsewhere
soldiers have found them very effec-
tive on open ground. They would
be equally effective, under similar
conditions, for assisting in picking up
the wounded, but when the battle
has ragged over a wide extent of coun-
try, or when the fighting has occurred
amidst woods and brushwood, the use
of this class of light is attended with
difficulty. The need for a special
form Of light for this purpose having
been recognized, the Austrian medi-
cal service have been experimenting
with portable electric lanterns fed by
secondary batteries contained in the
knapsacks of the men who carry
them. These experiments, concludes
the Electrical Review, have been
carried out under conditions as nearly
as possible similar to those which
would occur in actual warfare, and
the results were so encouraging that
it is highly probable that the port
able "search-light" will be taken up in
earnest by the military authorities in
rther countries.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10

something awful had happened ts
every single family of 'em; but ma said
she'd risk it an jackson should go
with his folks.
The new house looked like everv-
thing when we got there. We was all
about starved, too, n ma hurried an
made some coffee, an boiled some
eggs; but when she came to open a big
box of vittles she Jest screamed. She
had some billed ham in it, an big
pan of baked be ms, an a lovely cake
an some biscuit; but Aunt Hester had
found bottle of bluein' that hadn't
been put in where it orto, so she
tucked it In the box with all them good
les, an the bottle had got smashed an
the glass an blue stuff had run all
over the beans an things.
Ma put 'em straight into the ash
barrel; an Aunt Hester says We was
the most wasteful family ever she see,
an if We didn't come to want she'd
miss her guess for once.
There wasn't many of the dishes an
things broke, only a couple of vases
that ma thought the world of, an a
pitcher that was give to her when she
was married, an some cups an plates
destruction as might have been expect
ed, so Aunt Hester said. She wouldn't
have single bedstesd put up till the
carpets was put down, SO that night we
slept on the lounges an floor. Some
Of us got awful colds an pa said he'd
take his family an go to hotel if there
couldn't be some beds put up an we
live like Christians; SO there was some
fixed right away, an things finally got
so we knew where to find 'em an looked
good.
Ma cooked a lot more vittles soon as
she could; an I've got a nice big room
with key to the door Of it, an I've
got all my things in it, an nobody
can't snoop when L don't want 'em
to.
We have taken lots of comfort in our
new house since Aunt Hester went
away. She had to go. She said she
knew Peters folks was a-sufferin' for
her presence, an We must git along
the best way we could; she couldn't be
in two places at once. She's goin' to
stay there all summer. I'm glad L
don't live to Uncle Peters.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
MINERAL WAX.

At the mouth of Nehalem River, on
the coast of Oregon. is washed ashore
at high tide a substance having the ap-
pearance of a mineral and the qualities
of fine beeswax. 1t is also found on
shore in black soil where trees are
growing, at considerable elevations
above the water. 1t is sold in Astoria
at the regular price of beeswax. 1t
belongs to the kydro-carbon series, al
lied to amber, a fossil remain of the
resinous trees of the Tertiary age.
Our truckman took one load off, an ,
then another truckman came with the
folkses things that were goin' to live
in our old house, but Aunt Hester
wouldn't let him bring in a scrap of
anything till ours was all out, an made
him set them on the stoop an in the
yard. He was mad as hop, an said
bad words to himself all the while
he was unloadin' an when she took him
to do for such language, he said some
swear words at her. she said he wasn't
no gentleman, an she'd have the law of
him, an then our truckman come back
an said the other one was In his way,
an they got to jswin' at each other.
They was goin' to fight, but Just then
Aunt Hester put her head out of an up
stairs winder, an ordered our man to
come up an git wash-stand that min
nit She's always putin in an spoil
in something. The men said they'd
settle their trouble some other time,
but I won't be there to see it.
Ma an the girls went over TO the
new house, but Aunt Hester an staid
till the very last thing had gone, an 1
worked like dog all the time. was
kind O. sorry to 60 leave ihe old house
after all. Ma carried the cat herself;
we've got an awful nice cat, an she
would move him. Aunt Hester was
horryfied about that; she said we court
ed bad luck; an'ehe told of lots of FAM
des that had moved their cats. an
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
Why They Knelt.

Charles II. of England was noted
for his good nature, and although he
was sometimes called "Unthinking
Charles" yet his heedlessness was
more an apparent than a real charac-
teristic. The extravaganza of his
reign went hand-in- hand with poverty,
and on some occasions even the royal
table was but poorly served.
There is story told of Grammont,
who one day dined in state with the
King.
Charles bade the Count to notice
that he was served upon the knee, a
mark of respect to guests of the King
not common at other courts.
Il thank your Majesty for the ex-
PLANTATION" answered Grammont. Il
thought they were begging pardon for
giving you so bad dinner"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
One Mans Expedient,

When the Doctor entered the room
the man on the bed indicated by a
motion of the hand that his wife
should be sent outside. The physician,
accustomed to many queer things,
contrived to send her away without
any apparent design, and then the
sufferer turned to him and said:
doc, are you married MANI"
Yes" replied the man of prescrip
tions.
"Ah!" sighed the patient, with evil
dent relief, then you'll understand. E"
"Well?" queried the NJ. D., hoping
to set at the trouble in the case.
Perfectly. Never was better ID
ny life"
This was somewhat of a startler to
the Doctor, who had been called in a
great hurry. He retained his nerve
however, and asked:
what did you call me for?"
why, because I've got to be sick
It's this way, Doc. Last fall l made
fun of some Of my wife's purchases,
accused her OF getting swindled, and
told her to take me with her when
she did her spring shopping. She
took me up, made Inc promise to go,
and yesterday she began to talk of
starting out. I'd rather live on baled
hay for week than 60"
"Oh, 1 see, interrupted the Doctor,
you want to be sick until the shop
ping is done"
Exactly"
well, how would grip or pneumo
aia do?"
Not any. If she thought / was
sick she wouldn't leave my bedside.
Give me something easy, something
just hard enough to keep me in the
house and let me send her out. You
advise her to go-tell her she needS
air."
The Doctor saw" and made life
long friend. Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
Dacchu3.

The ancient Greeks always repre-
sented Bacchus and the Bacchanal-
iaDs as vine-crowned. The ancients,
men and gods. appear as if they could
not enjoy their liquor unless they
were crowned" with some sort Of
flowcly or vegetable coronal. Gar
lands of leaves and flowers were out
ward and visible signs Of merriment
and rejoicing. People liked to dress
themselves up" when they were
happy with anything of this kind,
just as children do now. Chaucer de-
scribes one such
"A gerlond hadde he sette upon his head.
As gret as It were for an ale -staken
This habit Of crowning the ale
stake with leaves and dswers-put-
ting "gerlond" on top of it, in sort
was the first public-house sign. In
many parts Of Belgium, France and
Germany it Is the only outward sign
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
Pocket Fire-E.cape.

A correspondent of the American
Architect describes the successful
working of novel fire-escape. If
the invention is what it appears to
be it is very ingenious, and likely to
prove of great benefit to mankind.
A public trial of it was made from
the top OF the new Masonic Temple
at Chicago.
The pocket tire-eScape consists of a
metallic tape one-quarter of an inch
wide and thirty-second of an inch
thick, running on a steel reel which
is fastened to a web belt passing
,Lout the waist.
The reel is provided with a brake
by means of which the person can
control the speed of his descent.
There is also an automatic brake to
keep required tension on the tspe,
and thus prevent a sudden drop.
The end Of the tape is provided with
a thumb-screw, which can be fastened
to the window-sill or any object in
the room. In appearance the ma
chine Is like fisherman's reel, and
is about twice the size Of spool of
thread.
The beginning of the experiment
seemed perilous in the extreme.
The inventor fixed the thumb-screw,
fastened the web belt about his waist,
and stepped off apparently into space
from the twentieth story.
At first he descended slowly, then
faster and faster, till it seemed as if
he must have lost control over the
little machine, the slender tape of
which could scarcely be seen, and at
any time looked 20 larger than an
ordinary cord.
At the tenth story he stopped
suddenly, and then descended again,
rapidly and slowly by turns, until he
came to the scaffolding where were
several workmen. There he took
three men on the escape" with him,
md thus dropped to the ground.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
A Kite Flies a Boy.

James Donovan, a 14-year-old boy,
while attempting to fly kite six feet
in height made of linen cloth, was
carried about twenty feet up in the
air. Fearing that he would be car
ried still farther up, the boy let 90
his hold and fell heavily to the
ground, striking on his side. A doc
tor was sent for. The boy was found
to be severely bruised, but no bones
were broken--New Haven Palladium.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10

over as Indicated by G A. If the line
G E comes upon G d it will show
that you folded correctly according
to figure 2. If it comes little out
side or inside, modify the first fold
G ID.
When you are sure that the line Q
E comes exactly on @ ID, cut with
your scissors along the straight line
marked by dots, and, unfolding the
paper, you will have the star with
five rays, and can cut as many thous-
ands Of them as you like on the same
plan.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10

of drinking house to this day. Even
when modern preteDtjousness has
caused the host to adopt some other
high-sounding name for his "hotel,"
the green branch, bush or "gerlond"
hangs in front "Good wine needs no
bush, says the old proverb, in allud.
ing to this ancient custom.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
STARS AND SCISSORS,
How to Make Five Rayed stars at q siugls
stroke.

stroke.
This Is the way to obtain the exact
shape of star with five rays, ty q
single cut in straight line with q
pair of scissors in a single piece Of
paper.
Take letter sheet double, folding
1t on the left, A B, as in figure l.
Then fold it according to the line
Z ID, figure 2, so that the angle A B
G shall be half of the angle B c d.
You will get this by folding the sheet
according to the line c E, which is
no other than the prolonged line G B
of figure 2.
Your sheet is nov in the form in
dicated in figure 3. Now double it
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
kaleidoscope is from the Greek kslos.

kaleidoscope is from the Greek kalos,
beautiful, eidos, form and skopein, to
look and the sentence-like word means,
to LOOK upon beautiful forms. The
lenses. mirrors and broken bits Of glass
making this wonderful toy, have been
well named.
A curious relic Of old Roman life
found recently at Lanurium porto
Portese) and now stored In the British
Museum, is thin slab of stone that
was anciently a circus poster.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10

HABrTUAL drunkards are cared for in
singular and withal effective manner
in Norway and Sweden. The penalty
is imprisonment, and during incarce-
ration they are fed on bread and wine,
no water being allowed to them. The
bread is stepped in wine for an hour
before 1t is brought to the cell, night
and morning. 1t tastes good at first,
but after Fighter ten days the prisoner
is SO nauseated by it that he refuses
it. The cure is considered quite as eff
fective as any gold treatment can be.
There are many fine collections of
intagli in Europe, one of the finest
being The Hague.
Suspension bridges which we're built
in the time of the Han dynasty (202 B.
@. to 220 A. d., are still standing,
striking examples of early Oriental
engineering skill.
The City of Paris has 81, ,655 trees in
its streets, and each tree represents q
cost to the city of It's francs. This
makes in round numbers So, 900, 600
worth Of trees in the streets.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10

AT Greencastle. Ind, there are two
maple trees, growing about fifteen feet
apart. At the height Of fifty feet one
of them makes sharp angle, growing
solidly into the other 80 that their
identity above that point is entirely
lost.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10

Men OF science estimate that every
year layer equal to fourteen feet deep
Of the surface of all oceans and other
bodies Of water Is taken INTO the atmos.
phere as vapor.
Spiders have bright eyea
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-30

Gen. Benjamin Harrison is candidate for re-eleo-
ton The Nation demands that the hero who led It's
armies in the Field and who for four years has wisely
and noby steered the ship state shall continue to hold
the helm and guide our Nation through the perls OF the
future as ably he has through those OF the past lie
who during the administration has saved the country
from series of threatening dangers has brought Italy
and Chile to the feet of our Republican throne and
made even England yield to American demands IN the
Behrng Sea difficulty is the for the people OF these
United States.
Gen. Lew Wallace. who is known throughout the
United States as one of the most intimate personal
friends of President Harrison, and as having had
great deal to do with his denomination, has written
Biography of the President. which reads like ventabc
Romace vet is Accurate History.
The book has been officially authorized and con
tributed to by the heads of the government IN Articles
regarding the workings of the Republican policy and
the Present administration. These distinguished CON
tributors include Hon William J.. Curtis, Hon. John
Wanamaker. Hon Jeremiah Rusk Secretary, Foster
and Hon Eugene Hale. Their topics include COM
mercial Reciprocity, Postal Service, Progress of the
Public Domain, Etc.
When General Harrison was asked his choice of
bioqrapher he promptly replied, My lifelong friend.
General Wallace His chief advisors interpreting the
President desire have officially supplied the volume
with most valuable contributions.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-30

Composed OF Well Known Busi.
ness Men.

The store lately occupied by SHAT
tuck 4 IrosDridge Is about 10 be
opened with = new STOCK and by arm
composed Of well ami fsyorably known
business men. The head Of the arm.
Mr.. strahan. mas long been ldenuned
WITH tne liberal and progressive element
OF our younger merchants, and
Tor thirteen years has held al enElaols
position among Westside merchants.
Ar. GTellen, the junior member OF the
firm. occupied Tor many years u posi-
ton of trust and responsibility IL tae
Well-knOwn Giant clothing house. He
Is a clothIer OF wide experience and en-
Joys the confidence aud esteem az q
wide circle OF Trends. The new firm
commences business under hatterng
circumstances. Their stock OF gOocs
is all fresh and new, their location as
good as could be desired and, withal,
the good will OF the public OF this city.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-30
A Head for Finance.

A young husband, says the New
York Tribune, finding that his pretty
but extravaganza wife was considerably
exceeding their income, brought her
home one evening a neat little account
book, nicely bound and looking very at
tractive. This he presented to her, to-
gether with one hundred dollars.
Now, my dear" he said, Il want you
TO put down what l give you on this
side, and on the other write down the
way il goes, and in a fortnight / will
give you another supply" A couple of
weeks later he asked for the book.
"Oh, have kept the account all right, ="
said his wife, producing the little leath-
er volume; see, here it is" and on one
page was inscribed: Received from
Algy, one hundred dollars" and on the
one opposite, the comprehensive little
summary: Spent it all"