Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Peanuts are not cultivated in Afri-
ca. They grow wild.
-"Carpets that can't be beat" are
advertised by Kansas merchant.
Edison says that gold is not as val
liable nor as necessary as iron or lead.
A lump of nickel weighing 4,5)O
pounds is worth half as many dollars.
Every nation on the globe has had
its ''stone age' at some period of its
history.
-Thrasher Is the appropriate name
of a school teacher in Hickory county,
Indiana.
Powerful air brakes are now being
constructed for use on freight trains OF
100 ca 5.
The oldest known pottery: Is that
of Egypt; some of it dates from nearly
1900 b. c.
The distance from the farihest point
of polar discovery to the / ole itself is
46J miles.
Rose leaf jam is common dish in
Roumanla, where roses are grown by
the million.
nmong the latest applications of elec-
tricity
A distinguished British scientist be
lieves that the coming man will be
toothless.
The smallest races are the Eskimos
and certain dwarfs in Africa; the larg-
est the Patagonians.
Dogs, horses, elephants, seals,
kangaroos, bears au1 lions have been
taught to box with gloves.
The capital letter 80" will he
found but twice in the Old Testament
and three times in the New.
The oldest railroad III France runs
between Paris and Havre. 1t was built
more than half century ago.
Attempts have been made to coun-
terfeit meteOrites because they are so
valuable, but without success.
The Oldest flute in the world is
made of the thigh bone of a sh, ep and
was found in tomb on the Nile.
The District OF Columbia has the
largest death rate from consumption
OF any part OF the United States.
The largest tomb in the world is the
pyramid of Cheops, 46l feet high and
covering thirteen acres of ground.
Australians summer is said to be 50
hot that matches accidentally dropped
on the ground often become iguited.
Fort Scott, Kan, has new paper
mill which is making paper from the
refuse cane stocks of the sorghum sugar
mil
-Carica:ure by meaIs OF illLstrl-
lions is said TO have prevailed III Egypt
as early rs three centuries before the
Christian era.
1t IS estimated that territory eGuul
to the whole surface of the globe has
been dug over 100 times 10 set room
for burial places.
There is a coal mine at Nanaimo, in
British Columbia, the galleries of which
extend for a distance of twelve miles
under the ocean.
Only citizens who have the power
to read and write have power To- vote IN
Bolivia, and several other South
American republics.
In 14sS Henry VIII built the Roy
al Harry, considered to be the begin.
uInS OF the modern English navy. This
vessel was of 1,20O tons.
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of
Canterbury, first divided the Bible into
chapters and verses. this about the
close OF the twelf,k h century.
AT Chesterfield, England, there is
;hurch with very curious stee1'e.
Whichever way the observer looks Mt
it it appears to bulge out in that dircc-
| lion.
There is II haunted tree at North
| SearsPOrt, Me-, which shelters "a spot
where n murder had been committed
Moss has formed the initials ~. e."
on the bark
The sword carried by Colonel
Ethan Allen when he demanded the sur
render of Fort Ticonderoga is on exhi.
biton at the National Museum Mt
Washington.
A Canadian has invented a conduc-
| tors fare box for use on street RAILWAYS
1t registers every ticket or fare dropped
in the slot and deals out dated transfer
tickets automatically.
- J. Ht hlllldl WHICH most nearly lt-
| semlles plant is probably the hyme-
| nopus bicorious, an insect founi / in In.
| dia, which bears an extraordinary like
ness to the flower of al orchird.
1t is said that on account of the
| size and attractiyeness of the sun,
man of 1G5 pounds weight removed to
! the surface of that orb from this planet,
would tip the beam" at no less than
| two tons.
| -Camphor trees have been planted
nt Sanford, Fla, and give proof OF
adaptability to soil and conditions.
This is the identical camphor three from
from which all the camphor of com
merce is obtained.
When you speak of bees, designate
| the kind referred to. There are A.
species popularity known as "wild
bees" 5000 being natives of the Amer
icas. Britain has seventy species OF
bees and sixteen of wasps; of the latter
there are 10 species known to entomo-
! logists.
Pleasant Surprise.
An amusing instance of the sin
blicity OF little negro boy is told by