Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-04-12
NO. H..
NEWS IN BRIEF.
More than 100. .OOC, 900 people speak


1t is said that the yew tree some
times attains an age of 2S00 years.
"A bear weighing 713 pounds was
killed recently near Hoods Canal,
| Wash.
An Indian girl student at the Has
kell (Kan.) Institute Is named Jenny
| One Feather.
Tanning extract IL used to treat
| railroad ties to preserve them fTom de-
| cay.
"A coyote was recently killed while
ieisurely walking down On3 of the
principal streets of PondletoH, Oregon.
In the Twelfth Century hook WIS
attached to a foo; mans spear to en-
able him to drag knight from the
saddle
-Mexicans have been u ing deco
| tion of black spiders as cuIe for
typhus fever.
The average I-ht of the circu'a
ting blood in the body IS about twenty
eight pounds.
Tanning is done in this country ia
| about one quarter of the time allowed
IN Europe.
Lord Bacon gave the world some
| excel mt culinary receipts. One OF his
papers live nine metbO Is of making
| minGe pies.
Bacteria gUow most rapidly in the
warm, sultry conditions which usually
precede thunderstorm.
"A man may be tie very essen oil
virtue and yet far fIOm happy-it he
| have the rheumatism.
Every unmarried woman says she
wouldn't stand it, and every married
woman does stand it.
Whenever the preach.r takes II
square aim at sin, every hvpC crite in
tie church begins to dodge.
An UPRIGHT judge needn't be
| ashamed of his sentences even in the
| preSence of the stTlc,est grammaTiaus.
The first man 70 can tomatoes WAS
ths late Harrison W. COOl er, aud they
were sold az 80 cents ler can. Tn
was In 1913.
1t is said to be POSSIBLE to cut down.
| a growing tree and make 1t into paper
ready for the printing press within
| twenty four hours.
| In some parts of China formal in
| PRODUCTION is given N these words.
"Tbls is my friend. II he steals any
thing will be responsible"
- cemen during the Fihter declared
| that men could see to read a newspaper
through the clear teu-in h ice In the
| Hudson River near Poughkeepsie- n.
Y.
DO not think it wasted time tU
| submit yourself TO any inf renee which
may bring upon you any noble feel
| ing.
Act always so that the immediate
motives of thy will may become a uni
versal rule for all intelligent beings.
There IS joy IN Heaven when sinner
repents, but nothing said on a million
aires monumens has any effect.
"A Maryland woman entertained
| three guests some time ago, strangers
| to her and to one another, named Mrs
Sprinkle, Mrs. Shower, AMI Mrs
| Storm.
The fan is Chinese invention, and
was brought to Western Europe by
early Oriental travellers as ore of the
most interesting products Of the land
of Cathay.
The custom is universal in Madrid,
| Spain, of closing one of the two outer
doors OF the house " h II person dies.
This door is kept closed for noveLa,
or period IF nine days.
What is supposed to be the longesI
DeaTd in existence is attached to the
! chin of the French sculptor, Louis COu-
Ion of MontiucOn. IC measures "a
| feet in length and is still growing.
"A discussion is in progress as Il
whether English or French IS the more
economical language to use In cOnvefs-
ing over the London Paris telephone
| line.
In the probate curt of Boston the
other day, IN contested will case, ore
| of the counsel presented a type-wrltt.
hypothetical question 81 pages long
| and which consumed three hours IL
| reading.
Among some recently observed
interesting results of application of
cold, NJ. Raoul Pictet has found that at
$50 degrees all chemical reaction il
suppressed.
"A Brussels dispatch says a new
pharmaceutical bottle has recently Teen
invented which indicates the hour at
which the medicine Is TO be taken. A
Belgium establishment has secured
the sole night to manufacture trese
bottles.
"A considerable freight business l.
being carried on by an electric railroad
In Maryland operating eighteen miles
of track in farming country which Is
not reached by steam roads. The caTs
1sed have a capacity of five tons.
The leading metallurgis,s in thi,
country and in Europe have for some
time been endeayOring to enlist elec-
tricity into their service.
"A moist, warm atmo ,pbere, where
the changes of te II perature are Slight,
is the most favoratls for persons suff-
ering from rheumat sm. The worst
place is one In Which the air is te
dryest and the climate the most change
able.
The programme of the sanitary e&.
hibit to De held in connection with the
Chicago Exhibition defines its purpose
to be to show as att quatey as pOssibl'
the position in which the theory d
practice OF hygiene stand at the present
dav.
Lizard skins come largely frour
BOrneo, as well as Germany.
1T has been shown Ly Nathan that
the addition of a sm Ill proportion of
nitrogenous material to the must Of
fruit results IN the formation of more
alcohol than usual.
The duration of the electric SPARK
does not exceed the twenty-five thou
sandth part of a second, and bullet in
flight has been photographed by means
of this spark, marvellous develorm M
of modern science.
In the search Fight which is beng
experimental with uron the Worlds
Fair grounds the candle power Of the
arc light alone is only $50, 900 candies,