Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-09-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

tays In their trousers.
Chime whistles are now In use on I
,ome transatlantic steamers.
Soap bubbles will freeze when the |
thermometer falls to 14O degrees below |
zero.
A Bank Of England note is payable |
N demand after the lapse of any num- |
Der Of years.
The small steel screws used In watch
naking are worth six times their weight
gold.
A French railroad company has or
Tered clocks to be placed on the outside
If every locomotive.
Bird lime may be prepared from the
,erries of the mistletoe, from the young
shoots of the elder, aud from the cellU
ir portions Of other plants.
The apricot crop in California is COM
,aratively short this season. Pomona
County will produce only about $50
tons, as against $500 tons last year.
George Lucas, of Henryville. Ky.
ecently paid a years subscription to
Editor Daley of the Jeffersonville
News by one rattlesnake, which the
EDITOR values at $5.
In Australia, though 1t Is part Of the
British empire, n man can "get rid" OF
lis wife If she is twice caught drunk.
II that becomes generally known Aus
ralia will prosper as never before.
One Of the ornaments OF the hand
ONE lawn Of Captain Obed Baker. who
lied ut West Dennis, is q large elm,
grown from n twig plucked by the cap
ain from Napoleon's grave In St He
ena.
In England there is one divorce to
ST marriages, In France one to eighty
seven marriages, and in the city OF
Paris one to thirteen marriages. Paris
seems to be determined to maintain Its
ank as a fast city.
A lady Of Neuhaldensleben, Germany,
vho died last month, has bequeathed
he sum Of 5000 marks to a subaltern
officer who. during the battle Of Mars
| la-Tour, twenty-five years ago, carried
her wounded brother from the field.
Lately forty horses were started in a
| ong-distance race at Warsaw, in Aus
| rian Poland. Thirty-six of the poor
beasts came to a finish by death, and
the other four are in an exceedingly
sorry condition. The cruel sportsmeD
will be prosecuted.
| Partisan makers can produce fans at
| "A francs per gross, or 3 centimes.
ibout a third Of a penny each. The
Chimes paper fans, however, are sent
over from Canton at the price Of nine
francs the 1000, that is 1.3O francs the
gross, or a penny the dozen.
After the death Of a "pauper" IN ST.
,wner Of 5000 marks $4,000 in cash,
H5 pairs Of pants. 100 shirts nearly all
new), 35 undershirts, SO coats. %
pairs of socks and 80 hats and caps. Nc
soap.
On Pentecost day, at Brunn, Aus
ria, journeyman baker and his sweet.
leart found death together in the wat.
FRS Of the Schwarzawa, having sough;
It because they were too poor to marry.
Quite lately lottery ticket owned by
the drowned man drew a prize Of 10000
yulden (s1O,O0O.
The old Abbott house, which Is to be
,old Mt auction, is the oldest house in
Providence, and the only one left stand
Ing after the burning Of the town by the
Indians in 1876. 1t was the towns first
Inn. Notwithstanding its great age. 1t
S sound, we'll preserved and an inter.
.sting relic.
The production Of pig iron in 1881 in
Russia amounted to 492. $50 TONS and in
1893 to 1,27s,35O tons. This industry
has especially developed in southern
Russia, where the works, situated near
the rich mineral deposits Of Krivorog,
ire abundantly supplied with combus
dble material.
Frances great military post at Bi-
ierta, on the Tunis coast, has been for
nally declared open. By connecting
he great lagoon with the sea by an arti-
icial channel q harbor has been OBJ
aimed large enough to hold the whole
French feet, and as safe as II It were
IN artificial basin in the center of
france.
The touch Of the hand upon the head
,eems to have a directing power over
the thoughts which one would formerly
have been inclined to deny, but such
Experiments as those Of Tesla and
Crookes with electric currents Of very
high tension give visible illustration
VI phenomena previously unknown and
eemingly incredible.
1t Is not an unusual thing at all for
people to have their toes partly Joined
together. The case Of one family is re-
eorded whose second and third fingers
were webbed together except the
fourth. For generations this malfor'
nation had run through the family, but
10 far as the feet were concerned the
members seemed no worse off than
heir neighbors.
Three months ago a servant woman
It Pilsen, Austria, drowned her 2-year
,ld baby. During her Incarceration she
confessed to having previously killed
I / 4-year-old child. both because ''they
, wept for hunger and cried for bread
! The murderess was condemned tc
Heath, but the emperor has commuted
The sentence to fifteen years imprison
, nent
Twenty miles il the average walk Of
N English clergyman during the morn
hs. Lunch Is succeeded by a stroll OF
light or ten miles. His parish covers
, In enormous area and $50 miles q weeA
b almost routine work with this won
lerful walker. On Sundays he has
Snly alternate afternoons to himself
Ind usually takes q 18-mile stroll by
way Of recreation. He IL 81.
s American students have long beer
Omitted to the higher courses Of in
ltruction In French Institutions ol
4 earning. They are not, however, al
owed to receive an advanced degree
3 | ,nlosa thew have Drovionslv obtained