Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-07-31

10 ShaerO000, In BRUSSELS, there Il 10
be seen, half buried In plaster, a can
non ball which was fired from q Dutch
cannon at the period Of the revolution
Of 1880, and has ever since been per-
mitted to remain. Recently 1t was de-
termined to restore and refront the
house. and 1t was decided to make the
repairs without disturbing the cannon
ball
At Portland. Me-, one Of the crew Of
: fishing schooner went out in q dory
to haul up some travis which were set
of PemaQuid in thirty fathoms Of wa.
ter. The usual number of cod and had
dock were found on the hooks, but the
man received one Of the biggest sur
prises Of his life when he hauled in a
GOrty-pound salmon. What In the world
the big fish was doing out in deep water
no one can explain.
Henry Elliot, who has written numer>
,us papers on the fur seals of the North
ern Pacific, tells how the Eskimo, with
a frail skin canoe. when the craft,
heavily laden with furs. had to land its
freight on a craven beach. put q row
Of inflated sealskin floats In front Of the
umiak their skin boat and rolled her
high and dry. Without that precAu-
ton the thin skin bottom Of their boat
would have been torn.
OF all the varied changes In the Yal&
commencement exercises, the most i'm
portant is the last step which places
the scientific department on a clear
footing with the academic. The intro
ducton Of a class day, . senior prom
enade and high stand scholarship So
ciety are. perhaps, only symbolic, but
they have broken down the last bar
riers which separate the academic from
the scientific departments
In 1880. Tampa, Fla. had TO inhab
ltants, and in 1894. 15.6SS. Five lines
Of steamers run regularly between
Tampa and New Orleans, Mobile. Ha-
vana, Key West and local portA Its
hotel property Is valued at $4,000. 900.
The city has twenty-five miles Of cleo
tric car lines, three electric light plants
about seventy-five cigar factories. sand
Is supplied with pure spring water,
through eighteen miles of mains, to the
extent Of 5000, 900 gallons daily.
Ono Of the sections Of the Constitn
lion for Utah provides that the States
Indebtedness shall never exceed $780,
900. Another forbids the giving or
lonning Of State. county. city or bor-
ough credit to any business enterprise.
Another fixes the salary Of the Gov
ernor Mt $1,000 a year. Another pro
vides that trial juries shall consist of
eight persons. and that in civil cases
the concurrence Of six out of the eight
shall be sufficient for legal verdict
In Los Angeles. In a jewelry store, I
three-horse power motor Is used In the
cutting Of precious stones. The ma.
chine worked by the motor Is said tc
be the only one Of the kind In the coun.
ny. The stone is held by a quadrant,
which is adjusted by set screw to Its
required position on the lap. As many
as sixty stones can be cut at one time,
and the method Of adjustment Is so
accurate that in no case would there
be tho slightest possibility Of over
grinding.
From the registry Of visitors kept a,
Stratford-on-Avon. 1t appears In the
past year there have been in round
numbers 1900 visitors, Of whom 1000
were from the United States. Shaks
peare's plays were among the first pre-
sented by regular theatrical companies
in the American colonies, and the visit
Of Washington Irving to Stratford. with
his charming description Of 1t, did more
than has ever been done by any other
single person to turn mems minds to-
ward the quiet old town beside tb