Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-11-20
NOTES OF THEiDAr.

Odessa Is said to be the prettiest sni
most European town in Russia
Over a thousand people die Of delir
ium tremens in England every year.
At the present rate of increase this
country will have population Of 19O,
100000 in 1910.
Sweden has a deaf and dumb corps
Of the Salvation Army. Four meetings
lre held weekly.
One hundred thousand Odd Fellow
have died since the order was organized
IN the United States.
In Middle Smithtield. Pa, there Is q
chestnut tree that measures nineteen
, feet In circumference four feet above
the ground.
Gold beaters say that a speck Of gold
weighing less than one-milliOnth pat
of a grain can be seen with the naked
eye.
| Half a dozen men who were rolling
In wealth in the prosperous 1910 period
are now inmates of the San Francisco
pOorhouse,
The first military order issued by
General Grant is in the possession of
Colonel Dawson, late quartermaster OF
the Twentyfrst Illinois.
There is only one wooden church
building In England to-day a chapel,
guarded by tower over 200 years old,
IN Greensted park. near Ongar.
Hnhnrt <ha 10
jty on potatoes, says that 10000, 100 tu-
bers CT that species can be raised frolo
q single one In four seasons.
| In Russian Poland all trains mus
I stop at every station until the police
1Or gendarmerie) captain of the place
| gives permission for its departure. 4
In tavern at Leer, Holland, a younA
fool lately bet 80 cents that he could
eat thousand flies at one sitting. The
! flies were caught and put in q bees
glass, and then he won, ,
| japanese houses In the largest elite.
| are Of one general shape, two stories
| high and put together by a curious
method of mortisinS, at which these
people are adopts, not one nail beng
used throughout the construction Of the
building.
| The House Of Parliament in London
h partly lighted by 10000 electric
lamps. which number is being con.
stantly increased. Fifty .rienced
electricians are employed to keep the
system in order. But there is still q
gas bill of over S12 900 for the year.
About 500, 900 900 is the estir.ate bl
| mrefuI authorities Of the worlds pro
ductiOn Of gold during the yer 1S;G5
The figure last year was $1SO,OOO.OOO
an increase of 100000 over 1898. In
three years the worlds stock of gold
has been increased by s537.OOO. 900 and
the stream Of fresh gold from tho mines
grows larger and larger.
The Philadelphia street car compan
les calculate that they have received
$4,000 from trolley parties exclusively
during the past summer. The averas
amount received from each participant
Is estimated at 10 cents, and this would
show 100000 persons who indulged In
this amusement, which appear, to have
ITS chief center in Philadelphia
England Is laughing at the case Of 1
tory squire. a widower over ~ years
old, who is said to have settled all his
property on his son, with the exception
Of a slight annuity, in order to cvade
the death duties. The old gentleman
then fell in love and was accepted, but
the unfilial son declined to provide
funds to set him up In matrimony aId
the match Is off.
Tossing In a blanket was formerly s
punishment for insubordinato volun
teers during the Napoleon panic period
The Westminster boys once seized q
bookseller. Curle, who had pirated and
published the head Of Kings scholars
grafton without permission, and attel
tossing him in a blanket tucked hin
under the pump and kicked him out OF
Deans yard.
A party of Bangor bicyclists rode II
Bucksport and on their return they
stopped at a farmhouse to get drinh
of water. The man told them tLat he
could not accommodate them with
water, but they could have all tho mill
they wanted He said that lie had tC
drive his cows five miles to water then
and on account Of the dry weather
he found 1t almost impossible to ge
water enough for use in the family.
A woman at Old Orchard. Me-, In,
succeeded in making quite pet of {
I'D } n,
become perfectly domesticated, and ha:
been allowed to fly in and out of tn,
house at pleasure by window that hal
purposely been left open. 1t is house
hold pet. By night 1t perches on {
piece Of clothes line strung lr the kitch
en-, and on rainy days fiutters abOu
the plants and flowers in the house.
Indiana Is taking steps to hold a mid
continent exposition in the year 19Ot
as a centennial celebration Of the or
ganization Of Indiana as a territory o.
the United States, embracing ut tha
time all of the Northwest beyond Ohio
The territory was born July 4. 1900
and General w. H. Harrison, the fu
ture president, was its governor for tn,
next eleven years. The State Vas ad
mitted in 1916.
At ages Is and 1e fourteen wome,
marry within twelve months out Of ev
cry thousand husbandless women OF
these ages At ages 20 to "a 1O7 woIner
marry within twelve months ont OF
every thousand husbandless women d
these ages. At ages % to 81 So womeI
marry within twelve months out OF
every thousand husbandless women o.
these ages. At ages 35 and older 1:
women marry within twelve months cu
OF every thousand nusDandless wonlel
Of these ages.
The New York Legislature, at ifs las
session, enacted a law which has jus
gone into effect, the offset of which !