Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-04-05
NEW IN BRIEF.


pudd .ng.
line knitting machine was inventet
by Hooten in 1776.
The four great ocean routes employ
100 steamships.
The present quotation for prime
Egyptian mUmmies is 800 per dead
head.
The output of the American manu-
factories for the past year wis S7,2l5,-
O00,0 900.
Texas permits hIgh-toned cOnvIcts
10 hire substitutes To work for them III
the convict camps
AT the Worlds Fair, Chicago,
there are to be three of the largest cleo
trical cranes ever built.
Every State and Territory In the
Union has an organized militia except
the Territory of Utah.
The various German fraternitles of
Freemasons were incorporated into one
bo iy by Jost DotZlnger in 1444.
Walter Bssant's sister, Mabel, is an
enthus sstic tricyclist, and regards a
"spiD" of thirty or fo.ty miles as a
mere bagatelle.
There are believed to be score OF
women in New York City whose col
lections of lace vary In value from $780,
600 to 500. 600.
George Eliot wrote for eight years
with the same pen, and when she lost It
bewailel her mlsfor tune as almost too
hard to bear.
Under chloroform, as undar al an
aesthetic gases and vapors, there Is
mode of death which may be called
the final or natural.
katherine L. Conway, recently ap-
pointed one of the police commissioners
OF Massachusetts,, is one of the editors
of the Boston Pilot.
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt gives
80 much In charity, tn It she has less
money to spend on her own adornment
than many of her relatives.
Trailer, the famous dog which
died In Southern Oregon the other dav,
during his lifetime caught los bears,
besides panthers aud wildcats.
The number of foreigners who
took up their residence In America last
| year was 543, 4S7, of whom 1l8 2IS
came from Germany.
"A wise man will make haste to
4
ue of time and will not suffer 1t to pass
away in unnecessary pain.
| An Instrument has been Invented
, by which the degree of impurity which
nav exist In the air of any room or
place can be determined easily and
accurately.
Professor Koch, who has been in
vestigating the cholera at the Nietleben
Germany Lunatic Asylum, reports
that the River Sale is strongly intCc.-
! ed.
The invention of the water pump. Of
| which that i'll use to-day differs but
little from the ancient models, WAS
made in the the Third Century. B. C..
On December 10, 1925, 700 banks in
England stopped payment. The BANK
of England's credit was saved by the
timely issne of 81 (S5) notes.
The Empress of austria has made
80 much progress in the study Of mod
eTn Greek that she is about 10 translate
two of ShakespeaTe's plays into that
language.
One of the Oldest war pensioners Of
the United States Is Mrs. SemOns, of
! Sodaville, Oregon, who draws pension
| from the war fund OF 1872 She is
over 100 years old.
Lady Haberton In her zeal for dress
reform is organizing a league, every
member Of which will be pledged to
Wear skirts clearing the ground by at
least i've inches.
There is great medicinal virtue In
onions, eaten raw at The very beginning
Il
cided tendency TO check it and act
advantageOps!y in kidney and stomach
troubles.
Reports from New Orleans show that
the Louisiana sugar crop reached last
year 159. 500 tons, upon which the
bounty will be s., ,5S0,0)O, as against
Sc, ,SS2, $50 paid IN bounties last year.
An archaoIogist claims to have re-
Gently discovered at Status, a ruined
city of Greece, the remains of an an
cienJ temple, and single archaic
inscription In the AcaTnian dialect, the
fast that has hitherto come to light.
From statistics covering the last 80
years it is computed that the average
life of women in France has been So
wears, and of men 36 years. During
last year, however, the average rose to
40 years for both sexes.
M. Felix, the well known Paris'sn
man-milIner, has always condemned
, crinolines IN anV shape. He takes some
credit to himself for having brought In
to vogue the infinitely more graceful
style that has reign6d of hate.
. Miss Eleanor Hewitt, daughter Of
New York'5 eX-Mayor, can play the
piano, violin and bauja, drive a fOur-
, in-han or tandem, ride thorough bred
AMI row and sail boat, aid speaks
French, German and italian like a
native
One day recently the young son of
Mr.. Davis, of ROslyn, Va, found IN
a rats nest a valuable watch. 1t iS Of
solid silver it is claimed, with eight eu
jewels, a compass and several other fea.
lures that are not found ia the modern
watch.
Mrs. Robert johnson, of Sonoms,
Cal has 200 high-bred Angora cats
and three servants devote their entire
time TO them. MIS- johnson Is Wild
ow to whom money Is no object, she
bsing worth several millions.
the long-distance marching comp
etitiOns by volunteer soidiers IN Eng.
land are dIscountenancei by the Com
iE-Ch'ef in a reG ent order.
1 He thinks The result IN nc practical
coed and may cause Individual harm
through undue stress of effort.
= BUST Of Harriet Beecher Stowe In
marble, modelled by Miss Rune Whit
ney, or Boston, has teen brought for
1000 by the women and children Of
| C.,nnartfput for pXhIhition at the
Worlds Fair iu the Woman's Build
ing. Eventually 1t will be placed in
the Public Library at Hartford. The
likeness represents Mrs. Stowe in her
old age.