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

than $25. 600 a year.
In the royal palace Of servia lights
IRE put out Invariably by IL O'Clock
by order Of the King.
| There are no fewer than four Euro
jean banks In Yokohama and in Japan
20. all with large capital.
In the gardens around London there
are more specimens Of the cedar of
| lebanon than on Mount Lebanon itself.
In Norway a law provides that no
,erson shall be permitted to cut down
q tree unless he plants three saplings
n its place.
The coronet worn by the Countess of
| Aberdeen on state occasions 10 distin-
guished by five emeralds. which are the
argest in the world.
| According to q Connecticut statistt
:ian there are $4,000 crazy people in
the United States, Of whom only $500
IRE under sufficient supervision.
| An eccentric farmer who died the
,ther day in Connecticut directed that
his body should be inclosed in an iron
casket and thrown to the bottom Of
long Island Sound.
| It is a remarkable fact that the actual
sost of the Kiel ship canal was below
the estimates. They amounted to 1885,
0OO. 900 marks (S37 ,44O. .OOO, and the
cost was 155, ,37S,OOO marks 1897 $780,
72O).
| A colored man was recently shown
skeleton by a Portland doctor. He
had never seen one before and was
greatly interested. He examined the
skull closely and finally asked, "Where
ire the ears?'
A family in Knox County, Maine, tha.
heeps too soundly to be awakened by
a chanticleer has q novel alarm. A big
cowbell Is attached to the neck Of the
dog, and at a certain time in the morn
ing he makes tour Of the chambers
A Boston paper which has gone dah
On abbreviations thus reports a news
item: His Hon. the Lieut.. Gov of
Mass. returned from N. II. yesterday
with y doz. other citizens Of Mass. and
expects next wk to 60 to N. Y. by way
If Prov"
| People Of middle age can rememl,ei
when the only use for India rubber
was to erase pencil marks. The i'm
portance Of the article now is indicated
by the fact that in the first three months
Of 1895 this country paid $1,000, ,230 for
IS importation.
Massachusetts may not grow "a rap
.dly In population as some Of the larger
States, but its wealth continues to pile
up steadily. 1t carried a fire insurance
last year Of s9s6, 600 900, or about five
times that Of other States with about
the same population.
For one person who cares about thea.
;ers there are a thousand persons in
England wild about cricket, and II tho
ministry had given G. W. Grace q
knighthood among the birthday honors
it would probably have been the most
popular act Of their existence.
Statistics have been accumulated
which reveal that in respect to color
blindness there Is q remarkable differ
ence between the two sexes. About S1h
per cent Of men are color blind to
marked extent while not more than
40 Of per cent. Of women are thus
,fhicted.
| A store at Tempe, Ari., Is about to in
iugurate q novel cash system. When
anyone desires credit he Is referred to
the office, where, II he be solvent, his
note Is taken for the amount needed,
the cash is advanced him, and he goes
into the store and with the money 40
luired does his buying.
Lord Rosebery will this year exhibh
40 fewer than twenty-four head of
cattle and sixty sheep at the fat stock
shows Mt Birmingham and Smithfield.
His lordship will thus be probably the
largest exhibitor. His exhibits will in
clude many noted prize winners at last
years Scottish shows.
The first horse on record whose pedi
Charles II. and called Dodsworth; and,
for his amusement when he resided at
Windsor, he appointed races to be run
in Datchet Mead, and at Newmarket.
where, 1t Is said, he entered horses and
| an them In his own name.
"Charley's Aunt" has reached Portu
gal and is attracting large audiences to
l
guise It II "A Madrinha de Charlee."
With the exception of an original play
Of Shakspeare's, this Is the first time
in years that an English drama has
been performed ON the Portuguese
tage.
William Scrubby. Trenton's official
dog catcher, rendered a pail full Of
dogs tails Us vouchers for the number
of CANNES he laid low in the perform
ance Of his duty and on which he based
his claim for payment The officials
refused to count the tails, but agreed to
accept Scrubby's statement Of the eau
lal tale as correct
John Simpson, the veteran St Regis
,rospector, states that the kangarooe
ON Blue Mountain are increasing in
number and will soon furnish good
sport for local hunters. Joe Reece came
across a wounded one the other day
and killed 1t to end its suffering. He Is
having the hide tanned and will make
a hunting coat Of It
The fish commissioners Of California
recently stocked the two largest rivers
In the southern part Of that State-the
San Joaquin and the Kings-with 5O.-
600 black bass. It is expected that not
only will the bass flourish and . little
later afford fine sport but that they will
also clear these rivers Of the small fry
/ Of coarse and low grade fish.
| On the roof Of a building in Philadci-
phia a sparrow trap IL in full swing
night and day. The trap IL one into
which the birds hop to get the grain
and bread crumbs plainly In sight
Once inside the birds do not know
enough to come out The sparrows
feed more on cloudy and windy day
than ON q bright day, but no matter
what the weather - 1t Ii a poor day