Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Each wing of the ostrich furnishes
20 long white plumes.
Projecting engines were drst in-
vented by the Greeks.
Mixed chain and plate srmor was
used frOu 1900 to 14l0.
Damascus blades were famous all
over the world B. 9. 500.
The Chinese Holy Land is India,
the native land of Buddha,
De la Reyniere's "Almanach des
Gourma ds'' Is the most famous COOK
book.
-Vstel, ,Conde' cook, killed himself is
despair because the 6sh came too lats
for dinner.
The noble army of commercial
travellers IN the United States numbers
800, 900 members,
Gross bowmen were always attend
ed by bearers, who protected
them in action.
Drowning, as a punishment or
crime, was legally enforced in Scotland
up to the year lt11.
The great Bank Of Venice, which
opened its doors in 1892, continued 20
do business 600 years.
AT banquets during Queen Eliza.
beth's time, every guest came with his
spoon in his pocket.
The postal service in the United
States was first established In a small
way IN the fall Of 1779.
The Egyptians and the Peuicians
are joint claimants Tor the honor Of the
invention Of water craft,
The seats of a Greek theatre were
arranged as at present, but the parquet
was given up to the chorus,
Some English capitalists have
formed a company for the acclimatiza-
tiOn OF elephants IN South America.
"A bird in the London "Zoo," a
sheldrake, has apparently committed
suicide on account Of the death Of its
mate.
"A recent experiment has proved
that carrier PIGEONS may be trusted to
convey messages from ships several
hundred miles at sea,
"A tree in Ashburnham, Mass. has
two kinds of foliage, that Of a pine ana
that Of an oak, In the fall of the year
burTs fall on one side and acorns on the
other.
"A cham made for the United States
government at Toy, n, Z, in 1883,
was six miles and . fraction in length.
1t was made OF bars Of iron each 2 Ia
inches in diameter.
"A mare on the Buena Vista farm.
SOnOma City, Cal gave birth to twins
one day recently. Strange to say one
of the colts is a horse and the other d
mule. Both are alive and doing
well,
"A shark recently washed ashore al
Midiau, British Columbia, had two
distinct tails, three perfect eyes, and
what appeared to be the Tudimsnt or a
fin or Upper hanging to the under
jaw.
An American bald eagle settled
upon the spire of The Baptist Church
at anger, Cal, a few days ago. He
was killed with a rife bullet, ard
measured six feet from tip to tip,
There IS a denominational educa-
tiOnal institution in New England
which numbers among its students a
young man respectively from KlOtO
Japan; Thessalonica, Greece and Ice
laud.
Elizabeth City, \. g, has won
derfui freak OF nature, it is claimed, IN
the shape of live calf with a bulldogs
head. It is further stated that the
entire head has all the formations of
the bulldog,
"A KennebunE, Me, lady has made
pets of five field crickets. Each has a
name, and seems to know it when
spoken. They are peculiarly sensitive
to music, always Chirpipg while any
musical instrument Is in use,
The Royal Sovereign of the British
Navy is the most powerful warship
atiOat. Beside her Leavy armament
she has several rapid Grins guns to
keep of torpedo boats. They are
worked with wonderful speed,
Complete statistics of the great
FIRE at ST. Johns, Newfoundland, have
Just teen issued. The number OF
houses destroyed was 1,5 0, the num-
Der of families burnei out 1874, aud
the total number Of persons burned
out, 10 234.
The Navy Department has issne1
an order that hereafter IN firing salUtes
with blank charges only black powder
shall be used, and the guns spoDged
after each round. The brown pris~
matte powder must be used only when
fling projsclles.
"A corn -husking contest Of SOD ears.
fer So dollars a side, took place re
Gently in Australia, the winners time
being tNenty-eIght minute, forty
eight seconds, and the losers time
twenty-nine, minutes ten seconds.
William Patrick of Reeve town
shiT, Ind, baited r hook with worms
" hile fishing in the White river, The
bait was swallowed by two pound cat
fish. who in tu.n was swallowed by
-pOunCer. Mr.. Patrick succeeded
in landing both fish.
The Japanese method Of cultivatiDg
the cucumber IS guile unique. They
drop the ell IN double rows on a bed,
and when the plants tegin to form
vines they are brushed as We brush peas
with the brush of IwO adjoining rows
leaning against each her.
Nj. Townsend Of Anacortes, Wash,
made a peculiar eaten the other day
Yhile fishing. 1t appears that q dog
fish had swallowed the bait and hook
and a shark IN turn swal!o ed The dog
fish. The s ark measured y 4 ct long
and weIph he'd about $50 pounds.
N1zrF t;UP7sTrAN NILSSON has oi-oz
S, 90 towards founding an hospital in
France, especially intended for the
cure of diseases OF the throat. Such
munlficenc- on the part of the famous
singer is the result of an early VOW.
Nine. Nilsson, whose parents we're
very poor, had often shivered under
the cold blast of wintry Sweden. When
she was about seven years of age she
was attacked with Group, and had to be
conveyed to q small hospital at Chrisna,
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