Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-05-04
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Clean piano keys with a rag dip
ped in alcohol.
There are SIS inmates in the Hun
tingdon Rsformatory.
Pennsylvania raised thirty millior
pounds of tobacco in 1891.
According to the report of the de
partmsnt at Washington there hal
been an increase of one-fourth in tn,
production Of the potato in the pas
ten years.
"Ths simplest remedy known fol-
nervous headache is pinch OF sal
taken on the tongue and allowed to
dissolve slowly, followed in about ten
minutes with drink of water"
The accumulation of deods ano
official records have multiplied sc
rapidly in Blair county that an anne,
to the Register and Recorders ap
partment in Hollidaysburg is con
tempiated.
Mrs. Suburb, care you acquaint tee
with her personally" Proprietresl
(of intelligence sffics). "Yes, indeed
She is n good girl. 1 have known
her for years. She comes in here
almost every week for place.
Spring Mills, in Centre county
has been much annoyed by robbories
of late. Tuesday night of last week
the creamery was broken into and
the safe blown open. About eight
dollars in postage stamps and some
drafts were taken.
at seems necessary to be a slim
dietist in order to become a great pi.
anist. Rubinstein is reported as
breakfasting on cup of tes and q
cigarette preparatory to two hours
hard work at prscticing; and Padsr.
ewski is said to live on eggs and lem
cnade.'
There's a scarcity of gold. Not
more than $100,o00,0O0 worth Of the
precious metal is mined annually, is
what the Philadelphia Record of last
Thursday, April 21, said, snd vet in
an other column Of tho same Record
it denounces the free coinage Of sill.
yer, and advocates that gold be made
the standard of value.
A few days ago while J. L. Peters
of Bucks Valley, was cutting a tree
down, one of his small boys walked
up behind, unknown to him, and
when he swung his ak around il
struck the boy in the face making an
ugly cash from his chin up to his
eye. Had the AK struck him q half
inch from where it did, it would
have cut him right in the eye.-Liu.
erpool Sun
Probably the largest apple tree in
the world is in the northwest corner
of Cheshire, Conn. Its ago can be
traced by family tradition to lao
years, it is probably seven years old.
er. One foot above the ground, free
from any enlargement of the roots,
the circumference is thirteen feet,
eight inches. This trunk is very
symmstrial and divides into eight
limbs. Three of these usually bear
one year and the other five the next
One hundred and ten bushels have
been harvested from the five limbs
IN single year. The tree is about
sixty feet high and the spread of the
branches not far from 100 feet. The
fruit is sweet, rather small, and only
moderate in quality.
About S o'clock on the evening of
April 9th, just as the play was
about to begin in Central Theatre
Philadelphia, some one in the audi.
ence saw smoke and fire in the ma
chincry over the stage. The cry of
! fire was raised which caused a panic
among the audience. In their rush
from the place many people were
trampled. About 60 persons were in.
Jured in the scramble to got out.
Eight persons perished in The flames.
The frs spread so rapidly that the
people in the Times annex in the
rear of the theater barely escaped.
The Times loss is $500, 900, half in.
sured. The loss of the theatsr is
$4,000. A number Of other houses
were burned before the fire was
brought into subsection.
Miss Jennie Smith, of East Broad
Top, is lady-like woman, q good
housskesper, and each morning after
her domestic affairs are accomplish
ed she finds ample time to personally
superintend the hauling of stone and
ether material in her neighborhood,
for which purpose she has two teams
and five men constantly employed.
Miss Smith devotes much of her
time IN looking after this work, which
she finds quite profitable. To some
this might be regarded as an advanc-
ed step for woman to take in the
business pursuits of life, but it only
shows the illimitable scope that il
held out to the fair sex in the bust.
ness world. We can only add sue
cess to Miss Smith.-Hultingdon
Globe.
Wm. Hildebrand, of Mount Union,
has been in his time quite a hunter
and claims to have killed more rae
coons than any other man in the
stste. In his younger days he thought
nothing Of working six days and be-
ing out four nights in the week hunt
ing GOODS. He hunted over the hills
and hOllows from Harencame's to
Witherow's Mills and from Jacks
Mountain to Black Log aud Licking
Greek, and be believes that ccons are
nearly as plenty now as they were
fifty years ago Ho has killed bears,
deer, wildcats aud hundreds OF fox
e, and he killed three hundred and
hfteen raccoens with one dog. He
has enc % the best hounds in the