Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-10-26


John McDarbv of Salmon Falls,
Mass, has double teeth all round.
Wearing apparel was first cut ou,
by machinery in England In 1853.
Twenty words per minute is the
average at which long hand Is written.
AT Marie, Mo-, the other day,
James 81 .ghiand was MARI ed TO Anna
Fling.
The flavor of an ostrich egg is ex
;ellent and one egg makes an ordinary
neal
"A vast ow-Held in Iceland spreads
over a space of about 1000 square
miles.
The average daily amount of sun
shine the world over is a little more
han three hours.
The national debt of the United
Strtes on Jan. l, 1871, amounted to
s75, ,463, 476.52
"A farmer living near FurlonR
Penn, dug up 10 stone knives in his
garden.
In the United States there are
about sixteen million cows-one for
syery four persons.
The American combination of
p-intir g telrgr phs conveyed 1000 words
N hour IN 1850.
"A ccrucob in Georgia is shaped
like human hand, having four we'll
1edned fingers and thumb.
"A woman's tombstone is the only
one IN EGgl nd upon which the epitapb
s written in shorthand.
FLEET street, London, has been
visited by plague of tiny, but persist
INT aud VenOnoas mosq LiUoes.
-aerod the great was the first He
brew king Nho Imported into his realm
Z Jman mo1es of society lfe,"
Chain shot were the invention OF
d. Witt, the great Dut b admiral.
rney were first used in 666.
"A Mr.. Hyatt of Boston has Mexi-
can beetle which Is still alive, though
t has eaten nothing in year.
The Chinese houses are generally
oInamenled Wit SO many quaint tur-
rels and gables that they resemble toy
houses.
The Emperor of China chooses his
own successor, whether the person
chosen IS member of the royal family
u not.
1t requires s4OO, 900, 900 annually to
pay the expenses of Federal Govern.
meut-m, than $1,000 900 every
twentyfOuT bours.
Unless an Austrian gains the con
sent of his Ifs he cannot get pass
port 10 Journey beyond the frontier o!
his own country.
The most important Japanese hoIi.
day IS the Feast OF the Lanterns from
JuIV Is to 10. 1t Is the japanese Dec
lTation Day.
Along the coast of Peru there is no
rain al ami all agricultural operations
aie carr Ell on Oy a co.Dplete system
0t Irrigation.
Tile mace of the House OF Repre-
sentatIve5 cons sJ5 OF a bundle OF
thirteen ebony rods entwined and
bound together with silver bands.
There is saIpetre cave IN Burton
county, Georgia that is oVerrun by
millions # bats, and has been so ever
since the first settlement of the coun-
try.
-Glbbon began the "DecIine ana
Fall of the Roman Empire" at thirtv-
nine, and finished it IN twslve years.
The work of preparation was really the
,aOor of d lifetime.
-Defoe was f'ty-eight when he be.
gan his 'R )binsoa Crusoe." His
literary career began at twenty, and
his rest political works were written
before the C.usoe."
"A douole-yolked egg wa, hatched
by hen Dear Gettysburg, Penn. re-
Gently. The farmer was greatly
amaZel to find two little chicks grown
to- ether after the fashion of the SIAM
csc twins.
Lady Blake, wife Of Sir Arthur
Blake, Governor of Jamaica, promises
a pract cal memorial TO Columbus In
the shape Of a marine biological station,
to be established near Kingston, the
'apital of the island.
Il Philadelphia opticlan makes L
special summer thei imometer which
registers ten degrees of heat less than
the actual temperature, an he says
that persons with vivid imag,nations
IAN keep COL with one In the house.
"A curious marriage custom is re
corded by DR.. Post as existing in
southern India among some Of the
primitive non Aryan tribes. This con-
sIsts of wedding a & RI to plant,a "A tree,
an animal, or even to an inaLimate
o. jrct, the notion being that any i'll
luck which NAV follow an actual mar
riage may be aYerted by union of this
kind.
"A resident of Columbus, Ind, hs,
a ganecOck which vas recently attack
ed by bull, hut in a very few minutes
the bull was minus an eye. About a
year ago the gamecock killed In one
day sew, n geese, eleven tsrkeys, aDd
thIee rOOsters.
In the year 1886 a tulip bulb was solo
for $1,000 in Holland. 1t weighed 200
grains.
). b. Victor, of Columbia, No., haA
worn lhe same dustsr and straw hat for
30 years.
a field OF wheat is reported to have
hoa.ed down the Missouri river past
Atchison, Kan, recently.
a six-year-old Salem. Gre, girl be.
came S exciiel aIout FIRE that her
heart stopped beating and she dropped
dead. gH 1la-5L:u q 8J .s. @
The game Of Backgammon was In.
vented by Palameds, Greek, about
1924.