Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-10-19
NO. a..
NEWS IN BRIEF.

"A cat sees as we'll by night as hv
lag.
Canned rabbit IS New Zeslal
export
-Quakers are said to be upusuan
long lived.
France has the cheapest rate Of post
age.
Alaska has yselded s3S. 900, ,Oc0 ip
seal skins.
There are 1909 Haunted" house.
In London.
Bright violet is the Turkish
mourning color.
Some New York organ grinder
make from SO 10 SIS day.
Tie foreign trade of China lasi
year aggregated s25O,0. O,O0O-
Light howitzars, for field use, weI
lrst made by Paixhsus in 1928.
The mocking bird hates the colo,
red as much as the bull.
An Indianapolis man has invented
process for aging vlolins,
The first silver col" was made BY
Phildon, King of Argos, s69 B. g.
Gold mines about Nevada City ar,
the deepest and richest IN the world.
There are 1909 Johnsons In ChIca
go and only 1900 Smiths.
-C9Ir d'Alene are three French
words, meaning "ueart of an awl."
-SeveD-eights of the forest growth
of the State of Washington consists o.
tne Douglas fr.
Idaho Is said to be the only Stats
VIII s. name has never been satlstactor-
iiy accounted for.
The first postohlce opened its doors
in Paris, 1462; in L gland IN 1881; ir
America, 17l0.
The Salvation Army are about to
build a heaoq Iarters for Ireland a.
Belfast, to cost $40. eco.
He has an igDoble soul who Is un-
willing TO serve a royal cause snley
'.rst decked in its livery.
Daniel Weiser of Pottstown, Penn,
to win a wager, ate dozen angle
worms.
-Gas was first made from coal by
Clayton ia 1899 and first used for IL
Elimination in 1892.
The rifle was invented by Whit
worth IN 1900; the repeating ride by
Sharp, 1S4S.
1t is calculated that 1000 thrifty
coff-e trees will yield a fair average Of
5000 pounds of coffee per annum.
The leaves of the life tree, which
Is found only In Jamaica, grow after
they have been severed from the plant.
An old man in st. Louis, who had
been hlccOughing at half-minute inter
walls for two days, was stepped BY
hypnotism.
AT a Iutlic entertainment in Paris,
a young man was hypnOtized. Two
days elapsed before he was restored u
consciousness.
John F. Shine of Dedham Centre,
Mass, has horse that chews tobacco.
When its driver takes a chew the ami
NAL wants one also.
No bird can fly backward with
out turning. The dragon ty, however,
Can d. rFis, and can outstrip tbs
swallow il speed.
Clusters of clover, II hung in a
room and left to dry and shed their
perfume through the ar, will drive
away flies
"A cactus plant In a house at New
portvllle, Penn. last winter, grew SO
fest that it is too toll to be taken out o.
doors.
I'm many places 1t is believed that
the person who hears the whip-poor-wlll
In the DAYTIME will die before tue end
0f the year.
Over 30G0 officers, high and low.
have been rt tiIed or put at disposition
(half pay) within the last four years ir
tie army of Germany.
One man finds history and epic
river Of heroes with their splendid
deeds; another finds it a sleazy web o.
intrlgues with their vile scandals
Russia recently celebrated the nine
huudreith anniversary OF the founds-
tion Of the first Christian Bishopric IN
Valhynia, under the reign of st. Vlsd
imir.
Horace wrote the first OF his
"Oles," on which his fame was to rest
through all time, at the early age OF
tweDty-tnree.
An alligator at the Crystal Palace,
London, lived in perfect health upon
nothing for eighteen month"; 1t lately
10 * a piece of very high mutton with
relish.
Out of so, 900 guesses on big cake
of soap on exhibition in Berlin only two
were correct. The cake was a soap
makers advertisement, and 1t weighed
1922 pounds,
japanese Jugglers are dett smokers.
Sevell Of them will SIT before curtain
and from the tobacco smoke, which
issues from their mouths, will form
succession of readable letters.
The natives of Vera Cruz, Mexico,
do large trade in fref,es, which they
Capture by waving a burning coal at
the end OF a stick. The insects tiy
toward the light aid are captured ir
nets.
-ID midsummer the coasts of SpitZ-
bergen are icebouud and practically
ina cessible to VESSELS.
The prefix so" before 80 many
names of Ir sh leaders is an abbreviatIop
of the word oghs, meaning erandchild.
u nnOr, therefore, means grandchild
of Conner.