Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-04-06
NO. 16.
NEW S IN BRIEF.

Envelopes were first used in 1889,
Fish, it is said, are fond of music.
-Anesthesis was discovered In
1874
The Frsnciscans arrived in En-.
gland IN 1924
-Shad ara used as money in many OF
the North Ssa islands.
There are altogether go members
of the British House of Commons.
"A Philadelphia Penna crank
wears his hair In a long plait down his
back.
In California hogs that weigh SoU
to $50 pounds are becoming common
nowadays.
-Prussia's iLcome from the culti-
waited public domain is about 1000.
O0J annually.
An estimate of the annual value OF
wax anil honey in the United States ID
the amount OF $40, ,0O0, 600.
"A Macedonian golI coin dating
from about 200 3. q. WAS found at
Bergerae, in France, recently.
Vandalism at Shakespeare house
in Stratford, England, has recently
been specially with visitors.
Among other expensive improve
ments going up in Chicago, ILL.,, Ii
hbrarybuilding to cost 81, 10000
"A tenor at the opera in Geneva,
Switzerland, who was hissed, promptly
W mt home, thus stopping the perfor-
nance.
Tiger bones are some of the queer
things in the commerce of China.
They are used as a medicine, being
accounted kind of tonic.
The blossom of the plant from
which coffee is Obtained is white. IL
grows to the height of ten feet, and
the fruit is of br' ght red color.
DIR. Henry @. Bullock, who lives
almost within sight Of Hartford,
Conn, trapped twenty foxes, six
minks, and several coons during the
month Of December.
There is to be a new Prussisn
throne. Frederick I. had one, but
Napoleon took it off and melted 1t, and
there are only now two small chairs Of
small value.
"A wi d goose recently flew against
big electric light post in Alameda,
Cal, with such force as not only to
break the glass but to bend the brass
rods that supported it.
Steel casKets for the bodies of those
who die suddenly on shlpboard are
being carried on many of the trans
atlantic liners. The remains are placed
in them and Theoretically sealed
Eight veterans of Waterloo still
survive in france, and there are .
dozen other old soldiers, mostly GEN.
tenarians, alive, who fought under the
great Napoleon.
Boston, NJ S., Is considering three
plans for New City Hall. One would
cost S4,010, 100, another g. 400, 900,
while the present structure could be
enlarged for Sl,4O),00O.
There are 1000 native students in
colleges and 1900 pupils in schools
of various grades in foreign lands
These schools are all under the care Of
missionaries and teachers OF the
American Board.
The first teIegraphic instrument
was successfully operated by s. +. b.
the utility was not demonstrated to the
world until 1912.
Almost any place in the Sahsr.
desert one can fin glass sticks or tubes
from one TO three feet IN length, caused
by lightning striking the pure sand and
Instantly converting it into that fragile
substance.
The La Plata was discovered by
Juan DiaZ de Soils I'm 1916, who took
possession of the country for the crown
CT Spain. BuenOs Ayres was founded
by Don Pedro de Mendoza, who becama
governor in j35.
1t is recorded that in the time OF
King William II. there occurred in En-
gland a wonderful shower of stars,
which seemed to fall like rain from
heaven. An eyewitness seeing where
an aerolite fell, cast water upon it,
which was raised In steam with 9
great noise of boiling"
One of the earliest accounts of star.
showers is that which relates how, In
472, the sky at COnstaGtinople, Turkey,
appeared TO be alive with flying stars
and meteOrs. In some Eastern aunals
we are told that In October, 1902. "the
stars appeared like waves upon the sky.
They flew about like grasshoppers, ard
were dispersed from left to right
The three tallest trees In the world
so far as known, are said to be a Sc
quOla near stockton, Cal, 325 feet in
height, and twO eucalyptuses in Vic
tOria, Australia, estimated to be ABS
and 40 feet high respectively.
-Misfortunes did not come singly to
William Mcdenry, travelling sales
man OF Lima, Ohio. When he arrive
in Cleveland recently four tele-
grams were handed him in close su2-
cession, each announcing the death OF
brother. The four children died with
IL an hour from dphtheria.
There is a carving knife and fork
In New York which il the largest set
in the world. The knife is 10 1-2 feet
long and the fork is Z 1-2 feet. The
handles are made out of elephants
tusks end are worth $500. Together
tie implements are valued at $500
and weigh go pounds.
The st Lawrence river is the only
absolu. ely lloOdlesS river in the world.
Its greatest variation, caused by
drought or raiH, never exceeds foot.
The iIanCs of Lake Nicar GU :,
Central America, are rich in idols anu
pottery, esuee islly the southwest sides
of the slopes of tnat most Picturesque
of volcanoes, OmOtepe. This island
was evidently the cemetery for all the
region around, who vorshIped the fam
ing cone as the Col of fire.
a ''raZZ' d ,ZLe" was one OF the
nuisances specified in the complaint
against place of amusement in the
old Cross Bones Burial Yard, near
London, England. The "razzle daZ-
zle'' was a contriyance intended TO
make people experience the motion of
the waves at sea, and the screams of the