Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-18
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NEWS IN BRIEF,

Electricity ruEs Ece2sn canal
boats.
Water cXpauis in freezing. while
other liquids contract.
"A naturalist says tia. the ant is
the most pugnacious of al created be.
ings.
Gas pipes of MANILA paper coated
with asphalt have been used success
fUIly.
Lawn is fine linen bIeachsd on the
lawn instead of the ordinary drying
ground.
More than 10000 Hin1oos have
been inoculated for the prevention Of
cholera.
The earth's lowest body of water is
the Caspian sea, which has been sinking
for centuries.
As a leaper the kangaroo Is ahead
of all. 1t readily jumps from sixty to
seventy feet.
Five hundred thousnn msnare es-
imated to ride in the elevators of New
York City every dly.
The first firgsr Is sacred TO Jupiter
and is supposed to indicate the nobler
elements OF character.
Immense rs the buIk of Jupiter is.
it makes complete turn on its axis in
4 tritie less than ten hours.
The French systems Of weights IS
pretty nigh universal in all countries
other than English speaking.
Or 1000 men who marry, 80 marry
younger women, SO marry women OF the
same age, and 80 older women.
-Opals are so sensitive that exposure
to moisture or hea', or even atmOsphe-
ric change, sometimes ruin them.
The little film in the iucandescent
globe goes through thirty treatments
before it is ready for the lamp.
1t is a disputed question among Sc
ientists as TO which is the most fatIguing
walking up bill or walking down hill.
The public ezocutioner OF Austria
wears a pair Of new white gloves every
time he carries out a capital sentence.
In Chinese the letter 'si'' has I45
ways OF being pronounced, and each
pronunciation has different meaning
The physical lives Of most freaks,
like their professional careers, are short.
The fat people usually die of apoplexy.
-Tiberias, Palestine, has ii meteoro-
logical observatory situated GS2 feet
below the level of theMediterranean
Sea.
Tho London and Northwestern Rail
road passes through more than half OF
the fiftythree counties of England and
Wales.
Most Of the school states come from
Pennsylvania, where there are large
slate quaIrios. Some come from YER
mont and Ohio.
"A prehistoric human skull found at
Admission, Ala. in 1880. measured
thirty-four inches IN circumference
just above he ears.
Only one fourth Of the American
shipping Is engaged on the high seas,
seventy-seven per cent, being rlver, lake
and coasting trade.
The Chautauqua salute, waving
white handkerchief, was first given at
the request OF ChGncell or Vincent, Hs
a greeting to q deaf mute.
Deaths from smallpox averaged $50
n year IN 1880, where now they ave
rage but six. The great reduction is
attributed to vaccination.
An odd collection is that OF one of
the county officials of Maine, who has
gathered feathers from almost every
kind of bird that flies.
-Amnn who died short time ago at
Berlin, NY, lett q diary which he
began when eighteen years old and
continued for fifty-two years.
"A French priest stationed at Jerus-
alem has been the fortunate finder of
ga talent of the time of King David"
1t was unearthed in his dooryard.
A French fisherman who threw his
line into the Seine Canal near st. Den
mis-, on December 2n,got hold of
package containing 17S railway bonds
worth $4,000
The upper third of the face Is al-
tered in expression in affections of the
brain, the middle third in diseases of
the chest, and the lower third in disea-
ses Of the organs contained in the add
ominal cavity.
process of forming arti fetal whale.
bone from animal haIr, consisting in
subjecring the hair to a softening bath
then to a bath of acetic acid, and,
finally placing the mass under great
pressure, has been invented.
Growing blackberries and mush-
rooms, by law, are not private prop
erty in England. Ono may be prose
cuted for trespass on land where they
grow, but not for theft in taking
hem.
According TO the latest available as
data, 10000 double stars
have been recorded by the observers of
this country and Europe. This exec
IDS the total number OF all stars visible
Dy the naked eye, which IS only about
;, 600.
T,!Sun-exposed trees have their larg,