Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-10
NO. "a
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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When terrified an ostrich will
travel at the rate of 25 miles an hour.
New York is said to he the b st
market for Enslish damask linen in
The world.
There is but one gu Iden death
among women to every ten among
men.
Horse flesh has come into general
use among the poor of Europe as an ar
ticle of diet.
The umbrella business does not
flourish in Alden Arabia. During the
last 90 years rain has only fallen there
twice.
"A thimble is only etymologically
considered a thumb bell, the original
thimbles having been worn on the
thumb.
In Quito, the only city In the
world on the line of the equator, the
sun rises and sets at O'Clock the year
round.
The custom of adoption Is universe,
In Japan, where it Is resorted to, TO
keep family names flom becoming
extinct.
"A recently designed incandescent
electric lamp. supported by springs, is
intended for use in carriages and other
vehicles.
"A French community will try the
experiment of supplying electricity 10
drive Is, ,0OO looms scattered about In
private houses.
-Pasco county, Florida, boasts of
having the oldest Soldier in the United
States. His name is Jonathan Pratt,
and he is claim ed to be 103 years old.
in the time of Henry VIII. ParIia-
ment passed law which declared that
on and after that date pins should not
be sold for more than 81. 66 per 1000.
"A dish washing machine has been
for some time in use IN a New York
hotel. With two persons to attend
1t, it WASHES one thousand di shes an
hour.
"A large cave was TeceHtly discov-
cred In Montana which contained the
bones of hundreds Of animals which
had fallen into it and weie unable to
escape.
When the Grand Duke Paul of
Russia travels he carries his bed with
him. He is so tall that no ordinary
bed will enable him to stretch his
legs.
The latest use of the electric motor
in replacing human energy in the man
ipulation of the death-dealing Gatling
gun mas been found to work with great
success.
Three factories In tie United States
consume nearly 2, ,000, o. eggs year in
making the peculiar kind of paper used
by photographers known as albumen
paper.
The underground electric railway
proposed for Paris Is to traverse the
city in the direction of It's greatest
length, which will cause it approximate
" to follow the course of the Seine
jay Gould's outlay in pocket-mon-
ey amounts to about IS a month, and
he rarely has more than $40 in his
clothes. Nearly all his purchases ara
paid for in checks.
1t has been said that Washington
died duT1ng the last hour of the day. on
the last day of the week, In the last
month of the year and the last year Of
the century.
There is still fire burning In In
dia sacred fire that was lighted by the
Parsees twelve centuries ago. The lre
is fed with sandal and other fragrant
woods aud Is repienished five times q
day.
Labrador, country which we al
ways associate with Arctic snow
drifts, icebergs, ETC., has 900 species of
Towering plants, fifty ferns aud over
25O species of. MOSES and Ech-
ems.
What will be the largest electric
locomotive in the world Il being con-
structed at Baden, Zurich. 1t is to
develop 1900 to 1000 rse-power, aud
will make its trial trip In few
months.
The teak, which has passed into
proverb as the best material for ship
building, is superior to all other woods
from ths fact that IL contains an essen
tial Oil which prevents spikes and nalls
driven into 1t from rusting.
The ground on which lions Luth-
eran Church stands at Mannheim, Penn,
was granted to the congregation 120
years ago by Baron Henry SeIgel for
the consideration of the annual pay
The delivers among the wonderful
in nature have discovered an ice cave in
Kilckitat county, Washington. 1t ls
said to be of enormous size, but per-
vaded by an atmosphere SO intensely
cold as to prevent thorough explors-
tion.
There are seven brothers and sis
ters In New London, Conn, whose COM
bined ages are 512 years. Their
family name is Comstock, and their
Christian name are Emily, Orlando,
Cordelia, John, Frank, Ezra, and
Stephen.
"A stream near Tucson, Arizona,
petrifies all soft substances thrown
into II. 1t is In the great Colorado
potato beetle belt, and at the time of
their migrations thousands OF them
strike the water and are converted into
solid stone.
An English firm has invented an
ingenious device for turning on the
currents Tor electric lamps at certain
hour. Ad ordinary clock is so adjusted
That at the desired moment a spring Is
released, permitting pair of pivOted
contacts to fall into mercury cups, thus
completing the circuit.
The rate of progression of a storm
is often flfty miles an hour, and series
has been traced in direct line from
north to South, distance Of 400
miles. Mr.. Marriott thinks that the
average altitude of thunder storm
does not extend beyond about 5000 feet
bove the earth's surface.
The man who has the courage to fail
In trying to do right, rather than sue
cee,l In wrong, Is the real hero, no
matter whether he wears paper cap
or a crown on his head.
Our life is determined for US; and 1t
makes tue mind very free when We
give up wishing, aud think only or
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