Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-07-20
NE VS. IN BRIFF.

Europe uses 10000 900 matches
daily.
The first trumpet was sea shell,
and was used by the very old Nations.
The use of English rape has, it is
sal J., been tried with success for fatten-
ing sheep in Wisconsin.
1t is seriously proposed to purify
she Thames, in England. by importing
a school of crocodlles to act as river
scLvengers.
More men have died and are buried
n the IstLmus of Panama, along the
line of the proposed canal, than on any
equal amount OF territory In the
world.
The largest woman in Maine %
Jnly twenty-eiRht years old and weighs
Ais pounds. 1t is impossible for her
To stand for more than a minute at
time.
Over 100, COZ pounds of sDaiIs are
tally eaten oy the Parlsian lovers OF
such dainties. The taste of properly
cooked snail is said to resemble that Of
q mushroom.
People in Japan are called by the
iamily name first, the individual, or
what we should call the Christian
name, next, and then the honori6c,
thus, ''Smith Peter Mr..
According to law of nature,
when body is cooled 1t becomes heav-
ier than when 1t is hot. There is one
exception to the rule, however, and
that is in the case OF water.
"A physician in Massachusetts re-
GENTLY treated broken neck success
fully. Alter setting it he fixed 1t IN its
place by an iron head piece anu the
pat ent now seems TO be as we'll s3
ever.
A recruiting circular sent out by
she Scot Guards of the British army,
states that for two years the Inter-regi-
mental football cup has been won by
the second battalion, and concludes
with, "Come and join the Champions
The method of skinnIng a sable is
20 draw the skin over the head without
any incision in the body. The feet and
tail are left as part of The fur. Every
thiriieth of an inch Is valuable, for the
average length OF the animal Is only
twelve inches and the tall about six
inches.
"A Massachusetts man has invented
recording device FIR scales. Upon
roller is placed piece of paper. upon
which a marker records the weighing Of
the scales as desired.
"A paper just issued by the English
parliament shows that the number of
emigran's who left Irish ports In 1891
was 59,S65. or this number 52,273
came to this country.
Two California inventors have de-
IiSed tOll-coilecting apparatus for
/ telephones. 1t consists of the usual
coin-in-the-sln device, with the addI-
tion of a clock-work apparatus that
automatically cuts off the telephone
when the time for talk has expired.
The mesquite bean, that grows
rank in Mexico and Texas, when
Drowned and ground. it is said, mas
querades as genuine Java, which 1t re-
sembleS in appearance ami oior.
: "A Georgia man has in his possess
ION palm oil lamp made in Madrid,
Spain, in 1904 1t was dug up in the
/ woods sOme time agC, and is supposed
20 have been lost by Ponce de Leon.
"A nurber of prehistoric skeletons
we're recently unearthed In Rome,
Ita y. They were of males and fe-
males AMI averaged seven feet in
length.
AT Marshall, Mo-, rat has made
up with litter OF kittens and comes to
play with them every day, but it is
without tie knowledge and consent of
the kittens mother.
The ants have their great perso1-
ages as well as the human race. These
little inS cts go under commanders, and
it is well known that the bee colonies
have their queens
In ancient times Greece possessed
about seven and half millions OF
acres of dense forest, and sbe was com
paratively rich in timber until about
ifty Years ago. Much of it has, how
ever, now disappeared.
1t is a time-hOnored tradition of the
Hohenz iller"s that the Cr,wn Prince
OF Germany upon attaining his tenth
year, shall be TO: maliy commissioned
as lieutenant OF the First Regiment OF
the royal or imperial Foot Guards.
-Peeresses ofGreat Britain. Scotland
OF ireland, by birth, marriage or crea-
tio1, are free from arrest or imprlson-
ment on civil process; and, in the event
of a p"eress being charged with crim-
inal offence. she would be tried by the
House of Lords.
In France there are two classes OF
the olive. the wild olive, producing
onlJ few small berries, and the cultl-
waited olive. The tree flowers every
year but the majority of olive growers
are content TO get a good crop every
second year.
"A novel invention is bran packer
FOR the use of mIllers who do large ex-
port business and to whom economy OF
space is desirable The apparatus CON-
sists OF an augur working III the funnel
that fills the bag. 1t constantly re-
wolves, at the same time having an up
and down motion. On the down .t-oke
it forces the bran into the sack, pacxipg
1t solidly at the same time.
A clockmaker of Warsaw will send
TO the Chicago Worlds fair clock
represent ng a railway station, in which
all the circumstances of the arrival and
departure of a tr in, with whistles,
bells, rattle of carriages, etc, are re-
peated with wonderful fidelity, every
Quarter-hour.
! The British ship Berean, which re-
Gently made the voyage from Tasmania
around Cape Horn to England, enroun-
tered a emarkable but not unusual
phenomenon at sea, viz: A storm Of
dust. Fine dust falling on vessels in
the Atlantic near the Cape de Verde
isl-nd= has often haen reported